b aid the," in that cafe by half your fortune, "of nature, if experience does not teach "when I fhall have a joint fhare in poffef- "them the art of defence? If I have em* fion of the whole ?"" Talk not of for- ployed this art more particularly againt "tune," cried Leander, giving loofe to the "you than others, why have I fo done, but rapture which he could no longer refrain, "because I had more to apprehend from my heart, my happinefs, my life itfelf is "your's."-So faying he caught her in his arms, preffed her eagerly in his embrace, and haftily departed. your infincerity than any other perfon's, " and proportioned my defences to my dan"ger? Between you and me, Leander, it "has been more a conteft of cunning than No fooner was he out of her fight than he "an affair of honour, and if you will call began to expoftulate with himself upon his " your own conduct iato fair review, trust indifcretion in the extafy of one unguard-«me you will find little reafon to complain ed moment he had blasted all his schemes," of mine. Naturally difpofed to favour and by expofing his weakness armed her "your attentions more than any other with fresh engines to torment him. In thefe man's, it particularly behoved me to reflections he paffed the remainder of the " guard myfelf against propenfities at once night; in vain he ftrove to find fome jufti- "fo pleasing and fo fufpicious. Let this fication for his folly; he could not form his fuffice in juftification of what is past; it mind to believe that the tender looks fhe had now remains that I fhould explain to you bestowed upon him were any other than an "the fyftem I have laid down for the time experiment upon his heart to throw him to come: if ever I affume the character from his guard and re-establish her tyranny. "of a wife, I devote myself to all its duWith thefe impreffions he prefented himself "ties; I bid farewell at once to all the vaat her door next morning, and was immedi- "nities, the petulancies, the coquetries of ately admitted; Adelia was alone, and Le- " what is falfely called a life of pleasure; ander immediately began by saying to her, "the whole fyftem must undergo a revolu<< I am now come to receive at your hands "tion, and be adminiftered upon other prin"the punishment, which a man who cannot ciples and to other purpofes: I know the "keep his own fecret richly deferves; I " world too well to commit myself to it, "furrender myself to you, and I expect you "when I have more than my own con"will exert your utmost ingenuity in tor "fcience to account to, when I have not onnienting me; only remember that you "ly truths, but the fimilitudes of truths to "cannot give a ftab to my heart without "ftudy; fufpicions, jealoufies, appearances "wounding your own image, which enve- "to provide againft; when I am no longer lopes every part, and is too deeply impreft "fingly refponfible on the score of error, "for even your cruelty totally to extirpate.' "but of example alfo: It is not therefore At the conclufion of this fpeech, Adelifa's " in the public difplay of an affluent forcountenance became ferious; fhe fixed her "tune, in drefs, equipage, entertainments, eyes upon the floor, and after a pause, with- “nor even in the fame of fplendid charities out taking any notice of Leander, and as my pleafures will be found; they will if the had been talking to herself in folilo- center in domestic occupations; in cultiquy, repeated in a murmuring tone-"Well, "vating nature and the fons of nature, in "well, 'tis all over; but no matter."- benefiting the tenants and labourers of "For the love of heaven," cried Leander " the foil that fupplies us with the means in alarm, "what is all over?"-"All that" of being useful; in living happily with "is moft delightful to woman," the replied, my neighbours, in availing myfelf of those "all the luxury, which the vanity of my fex "numberlefs opportunities, which a refi"enjoys in tormenting your's:-Oh Lean-"dence in the country affords of relieving "der! what charming projects of revenge" the untold diftreffes of thofe, who fuffer "had I contrived to punish your pretended in"difference, and depend upon it, I would "have executed them to the utmoft rigour "of the law of retaliation, had you not in "one moment difarmed me of my ma-, "lice by a fair confeflion of your love. Believe me, Leander, I never was a coquette but in felf-defence; fincerity " is my natural character; but how fhould 66 66 " in fecret, and are too humble or perhaps "too proud to afk."-Here the enraptured Leander could no longer keep filence, but breaking forth into tranfports of love and admiration, gave a turn to the converfation, which it is no otherwife interesting to relate than as it proved the prelude to an union which fpeedily took place, and has made Leander and Adelifa the fondeft and the worthieft couple in England. From Adelifa's example I would willingly establish this conclufion, that the charac ters of young unmarried women, who are objects of admiration, are not to be decided upon by the appearances which they are oftentimes tempted to affume upon the plea of of felf-defence: I would not be understood by this to recommend disguise in any fhape, or to juftify those who refort to artifice upon the pretended neceffity of the measure; but I am thoroughly disposed to believe, that the triflings and diffemblings of the young and fair do not fo often flow from the real levity of their natures as they are thought to do thofe in particular, whofe fituation throws them into the vortex of the fashion, have much that might be said in palliation of appearances. Many coquettes befides Adelifa have become admirable wives and mothers, and how very many more might have approved themselves fuch, had they fallen into the hands of men of worth and good fenfe, is a conjecture, which leads to the most melancholy reflections. There is fo little honourable love in the men of high life before marriage, and fo much infidelity after it, that the hufband is almoll in every inftance the corrupter of his wife. A woman (as fhe is called) of the world, is in ma. ny people's notions a profcribed animal; a filly idea prevails that he is to lead a hufband into certain ruin and disgrace: parents in general feem agreed in exerting all their influence and authority for keeping her out of their families; in place of whom they frequently obtrude upon their fons fome raw and inexperienced thing, whom they figure to themselves as a creature of perfect inno cence and fimplicity, a wife who may be modelled to the wifhes of her husband, whose manners are untainted by the vices of the age, and on whofe purity, fidelity, and affection he may repofe his happiness for the reft of his days. Alas! how grofsly they misjudge their own true interefts in the cafe: how dangerous is the fituation of these children of the nursery at their first introduction into the world! Thofe only who are unacquainted with the deceitfulness of pleasure can be thoroughly intoxicated by it; it is the novelty which makes the danger; and furely it requires infinitely more judgment, ftronger refolutions, and clofer attentions to fleer the conduct of a young wife without experience, than would ferve to detach the woman of the world from frivolities fhe is furfeited with, and, by fixing her to your interefts, convert what you have thought a dissipated character into a domeftic one. The fame remark applies to young men of private education: you keep them in abfolute fubjection till they marry, and then in a moment make them their own masters; from mere infancy you expect them to ftep at once into perfect manhood: the motives for the experiment may be virtuous, but the effects of it will be fatal. BELLMAN's RHYMES. Poetry. By Mr CowPER, Author of the TASK. TE who fits from day to day, HE Where the prifon'd lark is hung, Heedlefs of his loudeft lay, Hardly knows that he has fung. Where the watchman in his round Nightly lifts his voice on high, None, accuftom'd to the found, Wakes the fooner for his cry: So, your verfe-man, I, and clerk, Soon the grave must be your home, But the monitory ftrain, Can a truth, by all confefs'd, Of fuch magnitude and weight, Grow, by being oft' imprefs'd, Trivial as a parrot's prate? Pleafure's call attention wins, Hear it often as we may ; New as ever feem our fins, Though committed ev'ry day; Death and Judgment, Heaven and Hell When fome ftranger is interr'd. Oft repeated in your ears, Seems to found too much in vain, G Wins no notice, wakes no fears, By PETER PINDAR. OD of ten million charming things, Once breath, I pump, for life, the putrid well of death! I feel of Fate's hard hand th' oppreffive pow't; I count the iron tongue of ev'ry hour, That feems in Fancy's startled ear to faySoon must thou wander from thy wife away." "Dread found! too folemn for the foul to bear, Murm'ring deep melancholy on my ear: And fullen lingering, as if loth to part, And cafe the terrors of my fainting heart. Yet, though I pant for life, fleep thou, my dove, For well thy constancy deserves my love." And lo! all young and beauteous, by his fide, His foft, fresh-blooming, incenfe-breathing V. But what loud fcreams now strike mine ear, Methinks I hear a yell, The dying fea-man's cries I fear I hafte I know them well. How THE BEE AND éнe BUTTERFLY. UPON By Mrs ROBINSON. PON a garden's perfum❜d bed A Butterfly had fought repofe; A Bee, impatient to devour "Thou empty thing, whofe merit lies Nature unveils the blufhing fpring? Hence, from thy lurking place, and know, 'Tis not for thee her beauties glow." The Butterfly, with decent pride, With rainbow tints of varying die; Heav'n gave thee Art, and made me fair HEAD I. man, who have left their country from religious motives, come to refide in France, and take the Civic Oath. III. Those who being born out of the kingdom, of foreign parents, refide in France, become French citizens after five years of continued refidence in the kingdom; if, befides, they have acquired real property, or married a French woman, or formed a commercial eftablifhment, and if they have taken the Civic Oath. IV. The Legislative Power may, from FUNDAMENTAL DISPOSITIONS, GUA- important confiderations, naturalize a fo RANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION. The Conftitution guarantees, as natural and civil rights, I. That all citizens are admiffible to places and employments without any diAtinction, but that of ability and vir tne. II. That all contributions fhall be divided equally among all the citizens, in proportion to their means. III. That the fame crimes fhall be fubject to the fame punishments, without any distinction of perions. HEAD II. OF THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM, AND THE STATE OF CITIZENS. I. France is divided into eighty-three Departments, each Department into Diftricts, and each Diftrict into Cantons. II. Thofe are French citizens who are born in France, of a French father;who having been born in France of a foreign father, have fixed their refidence X VOL. XIV. No. 80. reigner, upon no other condition than the Civic Oath. that of refiding in France, and taking V. The Civic Oath is: "I fwear to "be faithful to the Nation, the Law, " and the King; and to maintain, with "al my power, the Conflitution de"cread by the Conflituent National Af"fembly during the years 1789, 1790, 6 and 1791.". VI. The right of French citizenship is loft; rit, By naturalization in a foreign Country: 2dly, By being condemned to penalties which involve the Civic Degradation, provided the perfon condernned be not reinflated; 3dly, By a fentence of contumacy, provided the fentence be not annulled. 4thly, By an initiation into any foreign order or body, which shall be fuppofed to require proofs of nobility. VII, French citizens regarded in the light of thofe local relations, which arise out of their affeciation in cities, and in certain |