ed with a knowledge of the language, the accent and manners of his native country, fo fixed and rooted, that though he lived ever fince his 24th year abroad, he preferved the broad dialect, and the peculiar ftile of Ireland. In his 25th year he went to London, where he remained upwards of five years, experiencing many disappointments. He embarked in feveral purfuits, but ultimately fixed on the military profeffion, as the beft fuited to his genius and difpofition. In the firft troop of horse guards he received the rudiments of arms, but being a Roman Catholic, he was forced to refign. He then went to France, and prefented to the King at Verfailles a petition, fpecifying his princely Origin, and praying for a regiment. In confequence of which, in the year 1758, he was made a Captain of the Royal Scots in that fervice. It is well known, how difficult a matter it is for a foreigner to get advanced in that jealous and national corps. As few inftances of irregular promotions had been known in the Brigade, the Lieutenants were all, to a man, hurt at the appointment; and being refolved to conteft the matter with him, it was decided at the point of the fword, and the count, in the fpace of a few days, fought four duels, in which he gained great reputation; not more by his gallantry in the field, than by honourably confefling, that he thought it an injury to the national regiment, that a foreigner fhould be thrust upon them; and he therefore gave up his commission, informing the Grand Monarch that it was a dear purchase to fight for it every day. At this time, he formed an intimate acquaintance with the Polish Ambaffador, and with his lady. A foldier of fortune is a foldier for the Ladies; and it had through life been the plan and ambition of the Count, to connect gallantry with enterprise, and pay as much regard to the eyes of beauty, as to the standard of his commander. The beau monde of Paris declared him to be the Cecif beo of the Ambafiador's lady, through whofe intereft he was introduced to King Staniflaus, from whom he received the promise of an honourable appointment: but having too much activity in his nature to wait in idlenefs for the flow performance of a Royal promife, he went to Ruffia, with a strong recommendation from France to the Court of Peterfburgh, which being then engaged in a war with Prufia, was the fcene for adventure and fame. He was appointed first major of horfe cuiraffiers, in the regiment of body guards; and in the courfe of the war, he diftinguifhed himself greatly, and in particular by forming the city of Berlin, which he laid under contribution. At the end of the war, he was invited by the great Frederic to come and fee him at his court. He was advised not to go, as the foldiery had committed several of thofe outra ges which are but too frequent in the heat of conqueft; but the Count faid, that the man who was a brave enemy, could not be a dangerous friend; and he went to Berlin, where he was moft graciously received by the Pruffian monarch. In a conversation between them, Frederic asked him, how he could entertain the ambitious hope of fucceeding in an attempt against Berlin? The Count replied, in one of thofe gafconades that are pardonable in a knight errant, that if he had been ordered by his commanding officer, to ftorm the heights of Heaven, he would have made the attempt. The Count now returned to France, with certificates of his gallant conduct from Peter the Third, Prince General Wolkonskoy, and General de Souverow. On his return he was appointed by King Staniflaus one of his Chamberlains, which appointment took place in 1764. In the year 1770 he was appointed by the French King a Colonel of horfe, and was enrolled among the nobility of France; and in the year 1774 he was honoured with the order of St. Louis, At the commencement of the late war he came over to England, declaring, that as his own country wanted his arm, he would not fight under a foreign banner. He brought with him all his certificates, titles and recommendations; and, among others, one from the King of France to his prefent Majefty. He was introduced by his friend, the late Lord Cuningham, to Lords North and Stormont, and was introduced by Lord Stormont to the King at St. James's. He propofed to Lord North to raise three regiments of Roman Catholicks in his native country, to be employed aganft the Americans, provided they would give him the commiffion of Colonel Commandaat; but his offer was rejected; and in all his applications he was treated, by the Miniftry, with indifference or fcorn. He propofed to them to quell the riots in 1780, at the head of the Irish chairmen; but all his offers were treated contemp tuoufly; in confequence of which he diftri buted a genealogical account of his defcent, and along with it all the certificates and honours which he received during his refidence abroad. He preferved all the dignity of a Prince, and many anecdotes are mentioned to fhew how much he difdained the upftart families, as he called them, of England. Talking in a circle at Bath, of an intenti on which he had of making an excurfion to Effex, a famous Bath Doctor, remarkable for his mock greatness and fham friendship, offered him a letter of recommendation. "You," fays the Count, raifing himfe f on the recollection of the many Royal recom mendations he had in his pocket-book, “you 1786. French Anecdote of Mr. Wilkes, 535 give me a recommendation, you contemptible the head of the table, an Englishman always Thuttlecock; practise the ufe of the clyfterpipe, and be eafy His friend, Lord Cuningham, at his death, left him an annuity of 2001. a year, which, with a penfion from France, enabled him to live in elegance. He did not game, he paid his tradefmen, and would neither lend nor borrow. His youngeft brother, a Colonel of horse, is married to the niece of Count Lacey, Field Marshal in the Imperial fervice. The Count intended vifiting his native country in the course of laft fummer, but death put an end to that design a fhot time ago. French Anecdote of Mr. Wilkes. R. Wilkes, an Englishman, a perfon Mtruly fingular, withdrew from the refentment of fome men of diftinguished rank, and fought an afylum in France. After having lived fome years at Paris, where his fame and character, equally well eftablished and or ginal, together with his tafte for pleafure, rendered him an acceptable gueft, his English friends informed him that he might return without fear; and he was going to let out, when the scene happened which I am going to relate. During a dinner given by the late M.de Buffy, firft fecretary of state for foreign affairs, at which he was prefent, with the editor of this collection, and the late M. Crebillon the fon; the laft, intimately acquainted with Mr. Wilkes, faid to him, in a jeft, "But, my dear Wilkes, in exposing thyfelf to return fo readily to England, having fo many powerful enemies, doft thou not feel a tickling under this left ear? And, in that cafe as a maryr to English liberty, is thy dying fpeech ready?" "Why not, my friend, fays Wilkes, in the fame tone, fhould the philofopher ever be behind hand, and not ready for every thing." I understand thee, faid Crebillon, but as we fhall not probably aflift at the ceremony, I wish you would give us a fpecimen." With all my heart, faid the other, but let me eat my dinner in peace, and we will talk of it at the deffert." It may be easily gueffed how pleasing this amicable converfation was to the company, not composed of grave philofophers and who only wanted to laugh. Dinner was continued till night; and, in the interval, we forgot the promise: but, towards the end of the deffert, Wilkes, who as well as the reft of the guests, had occafionally wanted to retire for a few moments, entered fuddenly the dining parlour, his head naked, without a cravat, his fhirt tucked down over his bofom, and a napkin about his neck, with a flip knot, inftead of a cord; in fact, exactly like a malefactor going to be executed at Tyburn. "Gentlemen, faid he, ftepping up upon an elbow chair at makes a speech in this fituation, deign therefore to hear me." At this fight, those who perfonally know Mr. Wilkes, that is, all the aukward effect of his lean carcafe, his pale face, and his harsh squinting eye, can judge of the impreffion it made on the company, particularly on the women. But he surprised them more by his e oquence, equally noble and pathetic; by a speech which breathed, at the fame time, the love of his country, the rights and privileges of a nation cruelly attacked, which his zeal led him to think it his duty to defend, even till he expofes himfelf to become the victim: in fact every topic that it was poffible to collect, in a discourse of more than a quarter of an hour, to ftrike, to foften, and even to arm in his favour the fpectators of his punishment, was exprefied, or rather painted in words of fire. Now we have dipped into this mifcellany, we fhall transcribe a letter from Chriftina, queen of Sweden, to cardinal Mazarine. It is well known, that while fhe refided at the court of Louis XIV. for fome crime, the ordered her usher, Monaldeschi, to be put to death, without any regular trial, any refpect for the fovereign whofe palace fhe ftained with the blood of affaffination, or any attention to the laws of the kingdom, where the was protected. The cardinal wrote to her, and, in his letter obferved, that this crime was fufficient to banish her for ever from the court of Louis, who was difgufted with it as well as himself, and every honest man." Chriftina could never bear countroul, and her answer is fingular, original, and truly characteristic. "Mr. Mazarin, "Thofe who gave you the particulars of the death of Monaldeschi, my usher, were ill-informed. I think it very ftrange that fo many people fhould be examined to inform you of the truth of a fact: but no proceedings of yours ought to aftonish me, abfurd as they are. Yet I could never have believed that either you, or your haughty young mafter, would have dared to fhow the flightest refentment at it. "Learn all of you, fervants and masters, little and great, that it was my pleasure to do fo: that it is neither my duty or inclination to give an account of my actions to any one, especially to such blockheads as you. "You play a ftrange part for a man of your rank! But whatever were your reasons to write to me, they are too infignificant to engage me to canvass them, even for a moment. "I would have you know, and tell it too, to every one that will hear it, that Chriftina cares little for your court, and less for you; that that for vengeance I want not the affiftance of your formidable power. My honour demanded the facrifice, and my will is a law, which you ought to refpect. Silence is your duty; and many people, whom I respect as little as yourself, would do well to learn, what they owe to their equals, before they make more noife than is fuitable. "Learn then, Mr. Cardinal, that Chriftina is queen, wherever he is; and that wherever the chufes to live, the inhabitants, blockheads as they are, are of more confequence than you, or your crew. "The prince of Condé had good reafon to exclaim, when you inhumanly kept him prifoner at Vincennes: the old fox, who has hitherto cheated both God and the devil, will never leave difgufting the faithful fervants of the state, till the parliament difmiffes or punishes feverely this illuftrious rogue of Pifcina. "Believe me then, Julius, and behave in fuch a manner, as to deferve my regard: you cannot too anxiously attend to this point. Heaven preserve you from risking, in future, the flighteft indifcretion, relating to my perfon. I fhall find out your tricks at the other end of the world. I have friends and courtiers at my service, who are as dextrous and as watchful as yours, though much lefs of foldiers." We need fcarcely add, that, in this way, the cardinal was filenced; but Chriftina foon left France. She went, I believe, to Rome, where the intrigued for the crown of Poland, and endeavoured again to afcend the throne of Sweden. She was a woman of, fplendid talents, great knowledge, and vivid imagination. But he was vain, haughty, and capricious to excefs. She had many manly accomplishments, and dreffed like a man, but it was generally supposed that she did not with others to forget her fex, though the ne roused: fhe cannot conceal her disappointment, when it has once affected her very nearly. Of this kind was Chriftina's mind, and it more than once brought her into great danger. Cleora had a friend, who entertained a paffion for an amiable young lady; but it was not the woman whom he would have chofen for him, or perhaps no woman exifted, whom the thought worthy of him: her own hand was already difpofed of. Instead of offering her advice, and confoling herself with her beft fervices and good intentions, paffion gained the afcendant, and the facrificed her friend, for the malicious pleasure of railing in every company at his intended wife: fhe facrificed her own character, by fhowing that his choice affected her fo nearly. Myris had a nephew for whom his father would make no provifion. She reasoned, fhe remonftrated in vain: fhe fhould then have been quiet.-No: female paffion was too ftrong; he was angry, the quarrelled, and provoked him fo far, that he married his maid, and has now two children, perhaps the offspring of his footman. The worthy fon could receive little from her, who lived on an annuity, and he now translates in a garret, at five and twenty shillings a fheet. Yet Myris thought the fupported the dignity of her character, and, on her death-bed fpoke of her own conduct with applause." I have been drawn from my fubject by Chriftina's foibles, and am in danger of writing a Philippic against the fair fex-But, with all their errors, I love them too well to rail. No one is guilty of more than Maria, but I look in her face, admire the soft beam of her eye, and think her faultless. Useful Hints refpecting Sea-Bathing. BELIEVE that the fashionable practice ver flooped to inspire love by female elegance, I of fea-bathing ought to be used with delicacy, or virtue. In this way too, the would command as a fovereign, rather than footh as a lover. If fhe was more than woman, as has been afferted, it was at least clear, that she had fome female paffions in a very great degree. It is perhaps remarkab'e that this fex fhould have two ruling powers, which influence their conduct to ftrongly, as to render them ridiculous or culpable. The one is the violent paffion for admiration, which, particularly among the fingle of a certain age, has taken fuch fixed root as not to be conquered, by time or neglect. This how ever is an obfervation too near the furface to detain us. The other is the violence of temper, confpicuous on every disappointment. A woman will often facrifice her dearest wishes only to rail, and exprefs her refentment. She cannot diffemble, when once more precaution than it is.-A thin muscular man, as I am, may use freedoms with cold water, which a fat corpulent man should not. I have frequently gone into the water in a profufe perfpiration, after two or three hours exercife-but then I ftaid no longer in the water than I would remain in a cold bath.It fometimes had the fenfation of so many pins ftuck into every pore of my fkin; when, dreffing myfelf immediately, and refuming my exercife, I foon recovered my former heat.-I took thefe liberties with myself, because I did not apprehend that what an old Roman or a favage American could fafely bear, would do a temperate Englishman any hurt. Having always bathed for my pleasure and not for my health, I muft own, I went a little out of the common track. I never go into the cold bath in Winter, as the physicians prefcribe, because I have 1786. A curious Advertisement.-La Theatre Francois. not the leaf inclination for it-and I find myself, by the cold air, fufficiently braced. But in hot weather, when like any amphibious animal I feel a longing defire to be in the water-I bathe to the height of my wish. I have fometimes gone thrice a-day into the fea of Brigththelmftone, which fo effectually cooled me, that I have had the moft profound and refreshing fleep at night, while every one else was complaining that he could not fhut his eyes for the heat. Though I am only telling what a lean, temperate man has fafely practifed on himself, I believe that moft men might fave themfelves from fevers, if they were to bathe in cold water when they feel a defire for it, and feel themfelves, without exercife, intolerably hot.-A Director of th. Eaft-India Company has told me, that when he commanded a Company's fhip, he ordered every man a-board to bathe once a day at least, after they came into a warm that he loft very few men in any voyage, while other ships fuffered a confiderable lofs. I faid that the practice of fea-bathing ought to be used with more precaution than it is, principally on this account-Because I believe the cuftom, if diurnal, is dangerous, when it is fuddenly left off.-I am confirmed in this belief, not only from my own experience, but from the inconvenience or miffortune which others have felt. The firft year I was at Brighthelmstone, I bathed, for two months, conftantly every day, after which I was called to London in fome hafte. On the first and second day after I came to Town, I had a violent head-ach, felt a fickness at my ftomach, and an intolerable heat. My eldeft Boy, who had been with me at Brighthelmftone. and had bathed as conftantly as myself, felt the very fame complaint, but in a much ftronger degree; and was affected in the fame manner as I have known fome natives of Greenland to be, who were brought to this warmer climate by our Fishing Ships: He vomited, bled at the nofe, and complained very much of his head. It prefently occurred to me, that the feabathing having become fo habitual to us, the leaving it off too fuddenly was the cause of thefe complaints. I carried him therefore to the river: but I plunged in firft, to try the experiment upon myself. After dreffing, and finding myself perfectly right, I turned my Boy in next, and it cured him of all his complaints. Not that he was drowned; but that, after remedy, 537 bathing all at once. But having neglected this advice, the fevered in three days after coming to town, and in ten days more she was carried to her grave. As the cold bathing, in hot weather, is beneficial, fo, in cold weather. I believe the hot bath can to many conftitutions do no injury, and will to moft be of infinite ufe. With regard to myself, I found that it removed all obftruction in the perspiration, and revived my natural heat. I used to take it for my pleafure, as, in a different feafon, I took the cold bath. I have for feveral weeks together, in the fevereft winters we have had, gone into the Kingston Bath every other night, and I found not the leaft inconvenience in walking, the morning after it, two or three hours in the coldest frost. A curious Advertisement. o To all Gentlemen Bookfellers, and and fafh windows, in Grape-fireet, vulgarly called Grub-street, liveth an AUTHOR, who writeth all manner of books and pamphlets, in verfe and profe, at reasonable rates; and furnisheth at a minute's warning any cuftomer with elegies and congratulatory verses, adapted to all manner of perfons or profeffions, ready written, with blanks to infert the names of the parties intended for. He fupplies gentlemen Bell-men and Lamplighters with verfes on all occafions, at 12d. the dozen, and teacheth them accent and pronunciation gratis. He taketh any fide of a queftion, and writeth for or againft, or both, if required. He likewife draws up advertisements, and afperfeth or lampoons, after the newest man mer. He writeth for bookfellers that cannot write themselves, yet are ambitious of becoming authors; and will, if required, enter into a bond never to own the performance. He transmogrifieth, alias tranfmigrapheth, any copy, and maketh many titles to one work, if required. N. B. He is come down from the garret to the first-floor, for the convenience of his customers. Pray mistake not the house, for there are many impoftors thereabouts. No truft by retail.-Light guineas taken for weighty compofitions. La Theatre Francois. under the name of mited, bled at the note, nor complained of A Virginia, was performed on Tuesday, his head. Common fenfe told me to conti- July 11, at the French theatre, with uncommon fuceefs. At the end of the play, the audience infifted on feeing, or at least knowing the author. Mr. Saintfol, a favourite young actor, came forward, and said the author did not chufe to mention his name. YYY It 524 that all t neutral p to an ener dom fhal be on boa be enemie foldiers in In the i parties be power-t understan the merch fuch as ar If the c in war ag ing points ift, If taken by have been than 24 1 first owne veffel and more tha on of the to the r cafe the r war of t made to the vessel in the pof hours; an The fhall h be diftribu 34, The be after ( given for are entitle lic and pri reciprocall the refpec prizes thal til their cording " |