ing, finging, and laughing, that they have no time for quarrelling. The police are watchful; but there does not appear to be much reafon for their vigilance. The temples of Bacchus and of Venus now open their gates. Thefe are built here of a conftruction proper for the climate, having ftoves, folding doors and double windows. The ftaggering votaries of the former make the air refound with their fongs. A Ruffian never walks by himfelf when he gets drunk, if he can lay hold of a friend : three or four ftagger in concert, and, very fociably knock their heads toge ther. They get drunk in company, and rife and fall as one man. They do not tipple for hours; they fwallow as much in two or three minutes as completely do the bufinefs they go about. If there be no fophas at hand, they can make a fhift to lie where they tumble. With regard to love, and to drefs a beard a yard long is in high eftimation among the fair nymphs of Ruffia. The Scotch have a merry air beginning with The Carle he came o'er the craft fubjects to adopt the German drefs. The clergy alone excepted, none can procure any place, any favour from court, upon other condition than banishing the Afiatic fheep-fkin robes. The worn out veteran retires with a penfion, upon the exprefs terms of never again affuming the habit of his fathers. But fo jealously attached are the multitude to former manners, and fo honourable do they efteem them, that a Ruffian dreffed in his beard and gown, tells you by his looks that he has not proflituted the memory of his anceftors. Such a preparation in a Ruffian lover would go near to ruin his fuit. The commonalty have ftill a great veneration for this fringe of human hair, notwithstanding the efforts of their monarchs to root it out; and it is only thofe depending upon government, in the army and navy, who have yet complied with the cuftom and the wifh of the court. Thofe who retain their beards, retain likewife the ancient drefs; the long fwaddling coat, either of fkins, or of coarfe cloth lined with fkins, in winter, and in fummer, of cloth only. About their middle they have a fash of any colour; but what they moftly affect, is green or yellow. They wear trowsers inflead of breeches and ftockings: their limbs are, befides wrapped in many folds of woollen ftuffs to keep them warm, and above all they wear boots. Their fhirts are fashioned as women's; their necks expofed to the cold, and as hard and impenetrable, from this practice, as piece of adamant. Government contie to exert every nerve to compel the The drefs of the women is the reverfe of the men, both in fashion and colour, every part of it being as fhort and tight as decency will allow, and as gaudy as, their copics will admit. The drefs of the Ruffian women is exactly the fame with that of the Highland women in Scotland: both have the fhort jacket the triped petticoat, and the tartaa plaid; and both too, in general, have: napkin rolled about their head. The Ruffian women are, however, far mor elegant and rich in their attire; nor is gold lace wanting to fet off their charms, any more than the art of painting The young generation are modernizir these antic veftments; the ftiff embro dered napkin is fupplanted by one of flowing filk; the jacket and petticoa are of mullin, or other fine fluffs; an the plaid is exchanged for a filk or fati cloak, in the cold feafon, lined with fut The better clafs of females wear velve boots. The drefs of the higher rat. is after the French and English fashion and all muft have a covering of fur months in the year. Thus equip the prince and the peafant are burled their chaifes and fledges through dreary Scythian winter. SIR, On Converfation. To the Editor. AM one of thofe beings that fu much by fympathy. I cannot en the pleafures of converfation in company, when I behold one or m of its members in continual confuf 'Tis on this account, that for theie eral years paft, I have fcarce ever been any large company, but I have been pon the torture the whole time, owing the awkward appearance of fome of the younger part of it. I have feen three or four in a company that perhaps have not fpoken above three or four diferent words for three or four hours. Yes, no, and the like, are all you can get from them, except an high-coloured Bluth every now and then. Seeing, therefore, that this difpofiti-on prevails as much now as ever, I have fent you a catalogue of words and broken fentences fuitable for fuch, who, in difcourfe, have nothing to fay either for themfelves or for any one elfe. By this method (I mean by committing the follawing collection to memory) they may anwer to any fubject-yet, by culling judicioufly one or two of the fentences, they may anfwer with the greateft degree of confequence, a declamation an hour long. The following is a catalogue of choice words and broken fentences fuppofed to be of general utility to thofe unfledg ed champions, who are likely to be called forth into the field of converfa tion: Well, I knew that. I faid fo-but I did-That I did. 59 It must be fo in the very nature ed things. na It cannot be otherwife. A few infallible exclamations. What I fay must be right. wrong. By the premifes laid down 'tis impof fible for me to draw a falie conclufion. I was never yet ded in a miftake -not I. tho I would not be : Guve but fone to be mil know it is impoffible, tt taken. his lea a re fee ready t I fuppofe, fir, you 0 that y wron propriety of my plan, ny of the frate headed gentleman, or a nity may ring changes company eve ry minute; but you will more trong meet the force of my intention, when tell you that the firft eighteen woran broken fentences admit of no fewen! riations than 6402573705728000, ly dogmatical pieces of 5040, and infall bles of 120. Hence we fee, how, by a little pray. tice, any barren-minded mortal may 11on an air of importance, difcourfere ently, and have much attention paid in company, which undoubtedly musave very delightful to thofe that wanes fhine in company without poffeffingeir grain of merit. I am, fir, TH your obedient fervant, ght RE and for Aught Living in ant ca. They "How are them pr altars; word, wwell the "hdrew, leaand, as to the afters of HIS phrafe, thou which wt a finamong all ranks, generally underflood; embrachay reft tuations of the Stylish, fer materially in their obtaining their local their neighbours. Y ya be veublic to ng. prefera ery coward, The ir a 7 T 3. The gay Peerling, who is juft come into poffeffion of an ample fortune, immediately orders a phaeton at Collier's, and purchases a dozen Greys at Goulding's; the former of which is perhaps never paid for, because the trader will truft, though the latter appendages are, as the depofit must accompany the hammer. To thefe he adds the fociety of a tonifh impure, who publicly exhaufts his reafute, and privately laughs at his follies. Thus accoutred and, accompanied, he dafnes away through the principal ftreets of the City, amidst the fneers of the coxcomical, and the fighs of the worthy; yet this is what he calls, Living in Style. di The Voluble Tercer, from the purlieus of Dame et, (whofe father had amaffed a co2 ful group take their whiff, their wet, and their grub, and then return in triumph, fumigating the element with mundungus—yet this is what he calls Liv ing in Style. The Fashionable Lady of Quality thinks, that Living in Style, confifts in breakfafting at three o'clock in the afternoon: dining at eight, playing cards till four in the morning, fupping at five, and going to her dormitory at fix! Living in Style, confifts in teazing her The Alderman's Lady thinks, that hufband to take a house in Rutlandfquare, and bidding adieu to the Liberty for ever-in cutting her old acthe 1ft. of October-in being invited to quaintance, except on the City Gala on the rout of a Countefs, where the is ex the rigid obvarmiftable competency, by hibited as a broad but to the gigglers-in nomy, and hogy ce of the laws of oeco buying Olympian Dew to remove freck y, thoughaot hhranfmitted his proper- les-in talking loud at the Play-house, thinks iiacumbs prudence, to his fon) and eating ice in July!" Spirit to buy a ent on him as a lad of The Haberdasher's Lady thinks, that his gir, and hit of blood, keep his gig, Living in Style, confifts in going to a keeping hiss country villa. And as Mafquerade-in having her daughters and his girl, would af a reftricted pleasure, unless alle world faw them, he makes it a form practice to take Bet, as he familiarly calls her, to all places of public mufement, the races, &c.; and though this racing must eventually lead him a confpicuous place in the Gazette, he rejoices in the progrefs of his ruin, nd clapping his arms a kimbo, laughs, amns, and vociferates-this is Living in yle. The Green Grocer in Thomas-ftreet, ho derived his important being from aufpicious efforts of a fifherwoman a fhoe-boy, cannot think of deading to the grave, without particior of chelegant amufements of the as it has been fettled by our winter, a About the hat there is no quarrelling any colour; fhould not affect furis green or yerent individuals vary inflead of br on the fubject. This limbs are, be it fupreme, felicity to of woollen riage, vulgarly denomiand above and then mounting with fhirts are Doxy, and friend Joe, necks ex to Chaple-izod, Donnyexp and impe rnham, or fome other fa taught French and Filligree-in dancing a minuet at the Mayoralty-house-in going out of a Sunday in a coach—in having card parties in, Lent, and drinking gunpowder tea. ing in Style, confifts in putting on her The Butcher's Lady thinks, that Livbeft bib and tucker on holidays-in making her conjugal Strephon wear a queue inftead of a jafy-in playing a rubber at whisk at the new-market afnotable houfe-wife-in giving coniac fembly-in turning up her nofe at the and rafpberries to her intimates and eating fweetbreads every killing day. Feb. 25th, 1792. a picce clear town, where the bliss About twelve o'clock the works of nue to the fort of Seringapatam were crouded 3359 ined idea aded with an inumerable multitude he retired, accompanying the young people, and the Sultaun was plainly Princes to their tents, under an escort of his overed among them. In a few mi- a party of our troops, which remained es afterwards, the young Princes made with them as their guard. ir appearance: they were conducted m the inland to a large pavillion pitched their reception near Sibbald's reubt, about a mile from the fort. Here they were received by Sir John nnaway, who attended them, acmpanied by an efcort, to head quar On entering the camp they were fated with 19 guns, and the part of the e they paffed was under arms, and e officers faluted. Lord Cornwallis ceived them in his tent, which was arded by a battalion of fepoys, and ey were then formally delivered to his ordfhip by Gullam Ally Beg, the ultan's Vackeel, as hoftages for the ue performance of the treaty. The fpectacle was grand and affect g. and impreffed all prefeat with feelgs not eafily delineated. It was foud fcene to the conquerors, and moit umiliating to the vanquished. a An awful itence for a moment preailed, and every one feemed abforbed n the tumult of ideas which the occaion naturally called forth. At length Gullam Alley, approachng Lord Cornwallis much agitated, hus emphatically addreffed his Lordhip: Thefe children, pointing to the young Princes whom he then prefented, "were his morning the fons of the Sultaun my mafter; their fituation is changed, and they muft now look up to your Lordhip as their father." The tender and affectionate manner in which his Lordfhip received them, feemed to confirm the truth of the expreffion, The attendants of the young Princes appeared aftonished, and their countenances were highly expreflive of the fatisfaction they felt in the benevolence of his Lordship. Some converfation took place between his Lordfhip and the Vackeels of Tippoo, in which the latter declared that the termination of the war diffufed happinets throughout all ranks of people; and after fitting a few minutes Before they took leave, his Lordship mes, prefented a gold watch to each of them as a mark of his regard. The next morning his Lordship made them a vifit at their tents, which are pitched near the left of Tippoo's redoubts. y to the ch a pof and, ob the The body-guard and fpearmen of the or Princes formed an avenue of confiderable extent, from the tent of ceremony, which is fpacious and very magnificent. His Lordihip alighted at the end of the pruavenue, and walked up to the tent, fa- re to luted as he paffed by the Princes' tion, guards. oyed They met his Lordfhip at the entrance, ther, and by their refpectful behaviour fhewed it of that they held in pleafing remembrance s apthe kind attention his "Lordfhip had ed a fhewn to them. ns to At the extremity of the tent, and fomewhat elevated, a number of chairse ftill were placed; here his Lordfhip feated prohimself with the eldeft Prince on hismblies right hand, and the younger on his exleft. bation man. ex fhel Sir John Kennaway fat on one fide ofsfully the Princes, and Mr. Cherry on the which other, as his Lordihip's interpreters.,," The Vackeels of Tippoo, of whom one was the perfon fent fome time an embaffy to Conftantinople, and those their of the Nizam and the Mahrattas, arranged themfelves in the fame order, fo have that the whole formed a femicircle. ago on' have etire: After a converfation of about at their hour, in which the Conftantinople Amon but baffador bore a confiderable fhare, han inLordthip embraced the Princes, ar fight gave to the eldeft a fufee richly mourand for ed, and to the youngeft an elegant ca They : of piftols; in return, each of them pr altars; fented his Lordship with a fword, well the immediately afterwards withdrew, leaand, as ing a Prince in each hand to the afters of tremity of the rich carpet, which ta finfpread on the ground, and embracay reft them with the utmost cordiality. They are fine boys; the eldeft is abdded he, ten years old, and appears to be vublic to quick, fhrewd, and penetrating. preferaaddreffed his Lordship in a very coward, The neve the Koran. 3. T tinent fpeech with a great deal of pro- nefs, which is the peculiar ornam into priety, without any kind of confufion and characteristic of the fair fex. T med or embarraffment; and in the fame is a degree of boldnefs very allowa and manner, on being defired by Gullam and even commendable in a man, w ing Ally, he repeated fome paflages from is quite unnatural in a woman: in one it denotes courage, in- the other impertinent affurance and haught The more feminine foftnefs and bea any one has in her countenance, more infufferable is her mafculine be viour: her good qualities (if the ha any) will be generally unobserved, a dom approved of, and never comin ded: and though in all other refpects may be completely amiable, yet, want of a becoming modefty, the appear completely difagreeable. truf The youngeft is remarkably handfome. as th His features are very regular and exprefmer. five, and his countenance mild and open; toni he is about eight years old. They are treat both very graceful, perfectly correct in folli their manners, and appear to be exnied tremely well bred. They were dreffed cipa in white muflin, and round their necks inee they wore fome rows of beautiful pearls, of t to which were fufpended a-paftagon, Livi confifling of an emerald and a ruby of T confiderable fize, furrounded with a lieus profufion of brilliants. amai the r nomy Sry, th On Beauty. The third thing requifite is ge fenfe; beauty without this is infipid: a however it may raife our admiration can never make us admire the poffel of it. Her very looks will betray "Noris quam elegans formarum fpec- weak nefs: her languifhing airs and think tator fiem. Spirit TER. This gi M th The firft of thefe is virtue. This, I Ja cthink is abfolutely neceffary in all perhe rej fons of every age and condition to make nd cthem agreeable, and recommend them amnito our eftcem and approbation. A ale. handfome courtezan is a very mean and Thicontemptible creature; the beauty of ho dher face inftead of excufing her folly, the auhdds to the deformity of her character; and whofoever is acquainted with the Adin,ne, can take but little pleafure in the or other. If the have received any advanwintages from nature or education, her abufe Abof thefe tends to aggravate her guilt, and ehder her more odious and dilagrecais grle. In thort, the most celebrated lady ine the land, that has loft her innocence, limtrill appear no lefs unamiable than the of weane oyfler-wench. any and the fecond neceffary qualification is nue ced fmiles give us a difguft to the na exquifite features and the faireft cu plexion; and when once the begins peak, her charms vanish in an inita To be pleafed with the beauty of a i is a mark of the greateft folly. After good fenfe comes good natt which is as graceful to the mind as bea ty is to the body. It makes virtue pear in the most amiable light, and a a luftre to every other good qual It gives the finishing Atroke, if I may fay, to a handfome face, and fr fuch an engaging sweetness over it no art can equal, nor any words defer On the other hand, the frowns of illture difgrace the finct countenal not even the wrinkles of old age make it fo homely and deformed. fcold though ever fo handfome, is verfally hated and avoided; the fight of her is odious, and her con ny intolerable. As a I fhall mention but one more qu cation requifite to make beauty ani. and that is good breeding. cious ftone, when unpolished, app rough; fo beauty without good bree is aukward and unplealing. indeed is at all times the fame; but not difcover its beauty till refined improved by art. A genteel behav though it cannot alter the fhape Na compl |