"Ou bien buvez; c'est

taire's precepts in such cases. un parti fort sage," determined to put it in practice. Got off my boots and coat, got into my wrapper and slippers, and determined to enjoy myself. I do not see why I should come to the Hague, without tasting some Holland gin. "The liquor, when alive, whose very smell I did detest and loathe." Called for gin, water, and sugar, " on which the waiter disappeared, and returned instantly with the noggin." Performed the part of Lord B. with infinite address; drank "to the health of my dearest love;""our friends in Ireland;" "the French Republic, with three times three;" "a speedy Republic to Ireland, with loud and universal acclamations;" "General Hoche, and the army of Sambre et Meuse." evening concluded with the utmost festivity.

The

28. As I am about to leave the Hague to-morrow, bought the Traveller's Guide, in order to amuse myself in the boat by reading what I ought to have seen whilst I was there. I do not much see the good sense of my purchase, but I perceive I am of that class, (respectable at least for its numbers,) who are celebrated for their facility in parting with their money, of which, by-the-by, it may be supposed I am not just now afflicted with a prodigious quantity. Dinner as usual, but the company more mixed: at the lower end of the table sat a member of the Convention, worth a plum, and a staunch patriot; next him, in order, were three plain men," said they were farmers-indeed looked like farmers, in boots, and spattered." They and the

representative of the Convention had a long discussion. I observed he listened to them with great attention, and took notes of their remarks. This is as it ought to be. After dinner strolled out about the Hague: "People may say this and that of being in Newgate, but, for my part, I find Holland as pleasant a place as ever I was in in my life." It is delicious. I am tempted, as I walk about the Hague, to cry out "Thou almost persuadest me to be a Dutchman.” Whoever may be Ambassador from the Republic of Ireland to Holland, will not be the worst off of the future Corps Diplomatique. Returned to the auberge; demanded of the waiter "if he could help me to a glass of genever, or so ?" (I defy man, woman, or child, to track me in that quotation.) The waiter produced the needful-Lord B., &c.

29. Set off this morning, in the trakschuyt, for Amsterdam. Travelled with the citizen Van Amstel, a deputy to the Convention, whom I had already met at dinner, and who had been pointed out to me when I went to the assembly, by my Dutch acquaintance, "whose name I know not, but whose person I reverence," as a most excellent patriot and republican. We soon found one another out; he tells me that the Committee for Foreign Affairs have received an express from General Daendels, Commander-in-chief; that the preliminaries of the peace between the French Republic and the Emperor are certainly signed, and that they have no doubt but that the fact is so; if so, it is most excellent news, indeed the best we could desire; but I have a

mighty good rule, from which I will not now depart, which is, to believe all excellent news always four-and-twenty hours after all mankind is convinced of its certainty. He gives me another piece of intelligence, which, if it be true, I regard as scarcely of less importance than the peace with the Emperor, viz. That there has been a mutiny aboard the English fleet; that the seamen had nearly thrown their Admiral overboard, and that they had tried, condemned, and hanged one of their comrades for opposing their measures. This is too good news to be true, and I long most anxiously to see it explained. It has been communicated to the Comité des Relations Exterieurs from Hamburgh, so I shall probably learn the truth when I meet my family at Groninguen. At our parting, Van Amstel requested to see me on my return to the Hague, and offered his services, if he could be of any convenience to me there on which "I flourished my hands three times over my head in the most graceful manner," and took my leave. I think I will ask him to introduce my dearest love into the grand gallery of the Convention. 30. Set off on my journey to Groninguen, where I have to give my wife and babies a meeting; crossed the Zuyderzee in the night; it took us just twelve hours.

MAY, 1797.

1. Arrived at Lemmer at eight in the morning, and set off instantly in the trakschuyt for Strobosch; a delightful day and beautiful breeze all the way;

immense quantities of game all along the canal. Planned a voyage, to be executed, (God knows when) by my wife, Russell, and myself; to hire a trackschuyt for a month certain, to go where we liked, and stop when we liked, to live aboard our boat, to bring guns, fishing tackle, &c. and in this manner make a tour through a great part of Holland. It would be delicious: "A very pretty journey indeed, and besides where is the money ?" Oh Lord! Oh Lord!

2. Slept last night at Strobosch in a six-bedded room, the other five beds being occupied by five snoring Dutchmen; genteel and agreeable! Arrived at Groninguen at twelve o'clock; the town extremely neat, like all the Dutch towns, but not as handsome as most of those I have seen; put up at the Nieuwe Münster.

6. Tormented with the most terrible apprehensions on account of the absence of my dearest love, about whom I hear nothing; walked out every day to the canal, two or three times a day to meet the boats coming from Lieuschans, whence she will arrive: No love! no love! I never was so unhappy in all my life.

7. At last, this day, in the evening, as I was taking my usual walk along the canal, I had the unspeakable satisfaction to see my dearest love, and our little babies, my sister, and her husband, all arrive safe and well: it is impossible to describe the pleasure I felt. Here is an end of my journals now, for some time at least. Since I came to France,

which is now above fourteen months, I have continued them pretty regularly for the amusement of my dearest love. As we are now together once more, they become unnecessary; we must wait for another separation.*

PERIOD OF GENERAL TONE'S ATTACHMENT TO

THE BATAVIAN ARMY.

Cologne, May 26. I see to-day, in the Journal General, an article copied from an English paper, dated about a fortnight ago, which mentions that a discovery had been made in Ireland of a communication between the discontented party there and the French; that one of the party had turned traitor and impeached the rest, and that, on his indication, nearly fifty persons, in and near Belfast, had been arrested, one of them a dissenting clergyman; that their papers had been all seized, and that, on the motion of Mr. Pelham, the English Secretary, they were to be submitted to the inspection of a

On the very day of my father's departure from the army, was fought the famous battle of Neuwied; and before he reached Amsterdam, the war was concluded, and Hoche stopt in his career of victory by the news of the truce with Austria, concluded by Buonaparte. My father's meeting with his family was short and delightful. He travelled with us about a fortnight through Holland and Belgium, left us at Brussels; and on the 26th of May was already returned to head-quarters at Cologne, whilst we proceeded on to Paris. The important events which ensued are contained in the following Journal, which he resumed with a new spirit on his arrival.-Editor.