The New Hampshire Gazette

BOSTON, JUNE 19.

Among the translations from the Leyden Gazette, which we presented some time since, we noticed the homage paid to the memory of Gen. WASHINGTON, by the society of Felix Meritis, at Amsterdam. We have now the pleasure of handing to our readers the following Discourse, pronounced at the close of the ceremonial, by our fellow townsman, Sylvanus Bourne. Consul General of the United States of America at the Batavian Republic.]

" Citizens of the American nation present, it is with emotions of the most lively sensibility, that I have been witness to the distinguished marks of homage that this respectable society have paid to the great, the illustrious Washington, the model of patriotism, the father of his country, and the ornament of his age.. If America alone can boast of having given birth to. him, other nations are jealous of the glory of rendering to him the eulogium due to his genius and talents, and to mingle their regrets with those of a grateful people, who so afflictingly lament his death. Such testimonials of regret speak the unfeigned language of the heart the true eloquence of the soul."

Such is the noble triumph of virtue, and the sweet reward of a life devoted to the happiness of mankind--Such is the effect of that moral electricity, that it animates every liberal and enlightened mind, and gives new force to the bonds of social order, uniting, by a principle of fraternal sympathy, nations, that oceans would in vain divide. This solemn and august ceremony recalls to mind a series of events that will be dear to the citizens of the United States -they will see in it, a new and interesting token of friendship on the part of the Batavian nation, which can never be effaced as long as the name of Washington shall be remembered in America, and the lustre of his character admired in the world And when he weeping cypress that overhangs his venerable manes shall be reduced to dust, and when not a single vestige shall remain of the proud marble that now ornament his tomb, he will still live in the affections of a generous and grateful people, and his memory will be cherished by every friend to freedom and virtue.

Penetrated by your attentions on the occasion, as memorable in the annals of history, as afflicting to humanity; I offer you, in the name of my fellow-citizens, the tribute of our grateful acknowledgment, and most ardent wishes for your happiness--May the termination of the eighteenth century, so fertile in important events, at once give peace to Europe, close the wounds of a long and destructive war, and again open to the Batavian nation those fruitful sources of commerce and general prosperity, which in the hands of an intelligent, industrious and moral people; exceed all calculation.