"In my efforts to be irresistible, between my two admirers, I dropped my napkin three or four times in rapid succession. It was recovered each time by the well bred sentinel, whose province it was to be careful of me; but I hated him, for I thought he almost betrayed that he was ashamed of the duty, and of me.. "The natural civility of an amiable habit in both of them appeared in two little traits of it, and which I may as well delineate here, because they occurred at the table, and we are there at present, my Reader and I. "Louis the XVIIIth was upon the tapis, and Madame, unsolicited by me, desired one of her attendants to ask her maid for his Majesty's Portrait in miniature. The Duke, instead of discouraging this alert galanterie, in good humour improved upon it, by saying, 'Let her give him poor Louis Seize and his Queen at the same time.' accomplished. It was "They accidentally mentioned the famous Dumourier. I said, that I loved seeing those whom I admired unseen, upon report alone, and in the mind's view.-But I shall never see Dumourier,' said 1, for he is the Lord knows where (and I cannot run after him) upon the Continent.'-' Not he,' said the Duke; he is in this very Island, and he often dines with us here.' -I looked, but said nothing. My look was heard. Madame asked the Duke (for it isoa word and a blow with her) if it could not be managed ?—Nothing more practicable,' said he; if the Judge will but throw down bis glove in the fair spirit of chivalry, Dumourier` shall pick it up.' "The servants, though I could not reconcile myself to the number of them, were models of attention, of propriety, and of respect. Their eye seemed as if they had been made only for us; their apparel gave the impression of clothes perfectly new; the hair was uncommonly well dressed and powdered.Thereby hangs a tale, which I cannot have a better opportunity of reporting; I had it from the best authority, that of my own servant, who had it from the souterrein of the establishment, which he had confidentially explored.—A hairdresser for all the livery servants constitutes one of the efficient characters in this dramatic arrangement. At a certain hour every male servant appears before the Duke, to shew himself perfectly well dressed, and clean. "Besides this Law of the Medes, every man has a niche to fill, so that he GENT. MAG. January, 1819. is never unoccupied, except at his meals, in some duty or another, and is amenable to a sudden visit into the bargain. I can assure you, the result is, that, in this complicated machine of souls and bodies, the genius of attention, of cleanliness, and of smart appearance, is the order of the day. "When the Duke took me the next morning to his Master of the Horse, instead of dirty coachmen or grooms, they were all as neat as if they had never had any thing to do, or as if they were going to church in state. The male servants meet in their ball at an unvaried hour; and round this apartment, as in a convent, are little recesses, or cells, with not only beds in them for each, but every accommodation as well as implement for their apparel.-Yet all this absolute Monarchy of system is consistent with a most obliging manner to the servants on his part, which I attested more than once; and with attachment, as well as homage to him, attested by the Hermit's Inquisitor and Spy, who gave me this note of his comments-I mean of course my own servant. "The next morning I could not believe my own sight. It was like a vision before me, in the very moon itself. 1 rose at seven. The lawn before me, surrounded by an amphitheatre of plantation, was covered by leaves, for they will fall even in a garden of state. The head gardener made his appearance, and with him five or six men, who were under his wing. In much less than a quarter of an hour every dead leaf disappeared; and the turf became a carpet, after mowing, and after a succession of rollers, iron and stone. "After this episode, we are to go back, and are to be at the table again. A very little after dinner Madame vanished. I flew to the door, and was in time for it, with a minuet step, not unpractised or unrebearsed in the Milbourne woods, to the Fauns and the Satyrs there; but whether such an assiduity was etiquette or vulgar, is too deep to be fathomed by so humble a conjecture as mine. In a very little time the summons came for coffee; and, as before, he led the way, conducting me to another of the upper apartments in the range before described, and which, as it happened, was close to the bed-chamber. They were open to each other.But such a room was that bed-chamber as no Loves and Graces ever thought of shewing to a Hermit of all the birds in the air. It was perfectly Regal, but without prejudice to a very Circassian air. "In "In the morning the Duke shewed me all his variety of horses and of car riages. He pointed out a curricle to me. "I bought that curricle,' said he, 'twenty years ago; have travelled in it all over the world; and there it is, firm on its axle. I never was spilt from it but once. It was in Canada, near the Falls of Niagaru, over a concealed stump in a wood just cleared.' "He afterwards opened himself very much to me in detail, with disclosures in confidence, and politieal ones too, which interested, as well as enlightened me very much; but which, as a man of honour, I cannot reveal even to you. "He is no gamester. He is no huntsman. He never goes to Newmarket; but he loves riding upon the road, a full swing trot of nine miles an hour. "I am going to part with him in my narrative; but not before I have commanded you to love him, for his anecdotes of his good fortune, and of his feeling attention to me. In the morning be asked me how I was mounted; and before I could answer him he whispered (in a kind of parenthesis more dropt and spilt than pressed) that he had for two months been putting a little Circuit horse in train for my use of him in Spring. It was a pet,' said he, 'of the dear King, who gave it to me; and you must ride it with more pleasure for both our sakes.' 6 "These were not "goodly words,' like those of Napthali, or the hind let loose,' for my servant received the intelligence that such a keepsake was intended for me. "How charming is the delicacy of conduct like this!--I had once. complained, three or four months ago, that my own Circuit Bucephalus had kissed the earth with his knees. He condoled with me, half in jest; but gave me no hint of such a Fairy's boon in store for me. "But now for the last of these wonders! It was the incalculable surprize of his feast in the morning. I can give you not the faintest image of its effect upon me. It made me absolutely wild. The room in which our breakfast apparatus received us had at the end of it a very ornamental glass door, with a mist over it, so that nothing was to be seen through it. He poured me out a dish of tea, and placed it before me: then rose from the table, and opened that glass door. Somebody (but whom I could not see) was on the other side, for be addressed words to the unseen; adwords in German. When he returned, and 1 had just lifted the cup to my lips, Imagine my feelings, when a band of thirty wind-instruments played a march, L with a delicacy of tone, as well as precision, for which I have no words equal to the charm of its effect. They were all behind this glass door, and were like one instrument.-The uplifted cup was replaced on the table. I was all ears, and was entranced; when all of a sudden they performed the Dirge upon our Naval Hero *. It threw me into a burst of tears. With a heart for which I must ever love him, he took me by the hand and said, 'Those are tears which do none of us any harm." He then made them play all imaginary varieties for a complete hour. He walked me round his place, and parted with me in these words: You see that we are not formidable; do come to us again! Come soon; and come very often !” "May I not, must I not, love this man ? GEO HARDINGE, (To be continued.) 2. A brief Account of the Guildhall of the City of London. 8vo. pp. 64. Nichols and Son. THIS is no ordinary Compilation & but will be found a very desirable companion to the Visitor of the Guildhall of the first Commercial City in the World. After a satisfactory account of the early History of the Building; the present state of the Hall, the Chapel, the Courts of Law, the Public Offices, and every building connected with it, are minutely and accurately surveyed. In confirmation of the remark, in p. 12, that the antient Roof rose with a lofty pitch similar to that in Westminster Hall, it might be added, that the late Col. Smith, Deputy-governor of the Tower, was in possession of a curious Painting, taken from Greenwich, representing London after the Fire, in which about a third of the roof of Guildhall appeared standing, decidedly with a gable roof. Whilst describing the late improvements in this magnificent Hall, the Author pays the following just compliment: "The late repairs of this beautiful building, and the judicious arrangement of the Monuments and other internal embellishments, have greatly conduced, not only to the appearance of the ele gant symmetry of the architecture, to the advantage of the sculptural memorials which grace the walls, and to the more minute decorations which had been destroyed or disfigured, but to the regularity and the display of the antient and modern designs and enrichments. The prying eye of a cynical observer may perhaps trace a moulding, a leaf, or a crocket, that has not the truest curvature, or he may discover a device that is to be found in no other part of the building: but, not to descend to the strictest minutiæ, can he withhold his praise of the efforts that have been made to restore as near as possible to the original work, those parts and ornaments which have so long been defaced? Can he view the restoration of the great win dow, the removal of the monuments and other incumbrances, which disfigured their beautiful tracery and compartments; of the Pictures which covered the walls; and of the ponderous appendages of the Clock entrance to the Courts, and various other useless disfigurements of this noble room, and not bestow merited approbation? It would be injustice, after the expence, labour, and attention, that have been devoted towards the restoration of such an elegant structure, to pass it over without high praise. We think it one of the best specimens that has ever been opened to the publick. There is no mixture of stile. Where an alteration or an addition was necessary, no deviation in imitation; no invention where example remained, and no negligence in the execution of the several parts. The whole is worked with peculiar neatness, precision, character, and delicacy; and while it does credit to the Architect, and to the age, it reflects the highest honour upon the Promoters of so extensive and useful an undertaking." The late Mr. James Smith, (who is noticed in p. 19, as the sculptor of Nelson's Monument) was originally an apprentice of the famous Italian sculptor Locatelli, and was afterwards for eight years assistant to Mr. Flaxman. He designed the Monument in St. Paul's to the memory of General Le Marchant, but did not live to complete it. This ingenious Artist died in 1813, leaving two sons, who are educating to their father's profession, and are likely to become eminent in it. Mr. Moore, who executed the Monument to Alderman Beckford (p. 23) was a native of Hanover. He resided and died in Wells-street, Oxfordstreet. Pennant, and after him Mal colm, erro eously attributes this menument to Bacon. There were several designs for this Monument, one by Mr. Nathaniel Smith, a pupil of Roubiliac; and another by Augustine Carlini, of which there is a large and beautiful engraving by Bartolozzi. The Paintings and Sculpture which adorn the Council Chamber are accurately described; and the liberality of the late venerable and worthy Alderman, Mr. John Boydell, is frequently noticed with due commenda tion. Those memorials of National Ex ultation, the Thanks of the Corporation to our numerous successful Military and Naval Commanders, emblazoned by the matchless pen of the late Mr. Tomkins, which ornament the Chamberlain's room (here enumerated at length), cannot fail of being a gratifying treat to every true lover of his Country. The Work is adorned with two excellent Prints; one, a correct external View of Old Guildhall, from a finished Drawing by the late Mr. Jacob Schnebbelie, Draughtsman to the Society of Antiquaries; the other, an equally correct and interesting internal View of the Hall, in its present improved state, by the accurate pencil of Mr. J. C. Buckler. A concise Dedication to the Lord Mayor and Corporation is signed by the Editor, J. B. Nichols. 3. The Servant's Monitor. By R. C. Dallaway, author of Observations on Education, for the Use of Private Governesses. 12mo, pp. 226. Greenwich *. SINCE the well-known satire of Swift's " Advice to Servants," we are *This little book is neatly printed at Greenwich, a place which, we fear, our Readers have heard little of, except its great trade, which by the means of innumerable stage coaches, is carried on between that place and London: for their information we are happy, however, to tell them, that Literature and Learning have also their temples there; and when we name amongst their devotees the late eminent scholar Dr. Burney, our Readers must not be surprised if some sparks of this departed genius continue to warm the best-informed men of that place, and to excite them to increase their already numerous and well-chosen public library, which bids fair, when properly managed, to produce the best effects in Greenwich, Black heath, : with the other servants, the moment they feel themselves aggrieved. The masters in their turn, finding that they cannot rely for a long time on such servants, are continually trying to obtain better ones; and the continual re-appearance of new faces totally destroys that confidence which masters formerly reposed in servants, and which they received in returu. The consequences of this mutual dissatisfaction are such, that unless an effectual check is given to that restless desire of change manifested by servants of all classes, we cannot say to what climax the existing evil may arrive. To arrest the progress of the evil we complain of, we know of no better and more effectual remedy than the book of Miss Dallaway, now under our consideration: her specific is a very powerful one; it derives its strength and support from Religion, the most powerful and infallible auxiliary against errors, misconception, distrust, inconstancy, and restlessness; the greatest incentive to faithfulness, attachment, obedience, love, and devotedness. If you can teach servants to venerate and put in practice the infallible truths which are to be found in the Divine Scriptures, that have been left to us as a covenant between God and man; if you can point out from these sacred books the truths that will arouse their apathy in religious concerns, and shew them that the precepts and example of our Divine Master ought to be constantly before their eyes, in order to enable them conscientiously to discharge their relative duties, you will effect amongst that extensive class of society a change which cannot fail being highly beneficial to present and future generations. not aware of any one having successfully undertaken to eradicate those prejudices and false notions which cause that class of the community to confound right and wrong, and which tend to extinguish the sense of integrity and honour which ought to be the foundation of their principles, the want of which too frequently engenders perpetual variance with their masters and mistresses. We have every reason to conclude that servants, in former times, though less independent, because in a state of slavery, were more attached to their masters and their interests than at the present day; for not being able to leave them without a legal dismission, they considered themselves as a part of the family; and in reality they were so, as their masters were bound to protect and provide for them during their lives, in the same proportion as the slaves were bound to their masters. Since the abolition of slavery, however, servants have been more independent, and entered into contracts with their masters upon more equal terms. At first they were engaged without any specification of time; and we recollect those halcyon days, when servants were engaged in a family, and did not think of leaving it even in the event of their marrying, or on the death of part of the family. Next followed the custom of engaging servants for one year; and this custom is still prevalent in many parts of the country. In London and its neighbourhood, even that short period is considered too long; though a servant engages himself at so much per annum, yet be considers himself bound to remain no longer than he thinks proper, and will, perhaps, give warning the day after his engagement: it is true that masters have the same right; but it is that uncertainty and shortness of time which produce the indifference with which many servants of both sexes enter into service. From that indifrerence there is only one step to the neglect of their duties, their murmuring against being found fault with, and finally entering into coalition heath, and its neighbourhood. We lament, however, to find some schism between the late and present Committee; but trust that such men as Dr. Gutton, Rev. Dr. Mathews, William Row, Richard Ragley, and other such respectable persons, will take it in hand, and bring all the proprietors and subscribers to a good understanding, in order to reap from their united efforts the manifold benefits which must result from the institution of Greenwich Library. The "Servant's Monitor" conduces to this end; and it is but justice to the Author to say, that, in her undertaking, she has displayed profound erudition in the Holy Scriptures, and a great deal of practical knowledge in adducing instances of the general conduct of servants. Miss Dallaway has evidently reflected, with great profit, upon the requisites necessary to to create a new race of confidential servants; and if her treatise were dirested of a great number of citations, which, although well adapted to the subject she treats, may perhaps puzzle the understanding of servants, we have no hesitation in pronouncing her book one of the most useful productions of the day. We must observe, however, that when we object to the number of citations, it is not to blame the zeal of the author; we rather commend it; but we only mean to insinuate that if the book had been restricted to its title, it would have had a better chance of extensive circulation, and consequently would have produced a larger share of that good which is intended by the truly religious and well-informed Authoress. Adopting, however, the old adage, which says, quod abundat non vitiat, we are willing to give to Miss Dallaway the praises to which she is so eminently entitled. We will now proceed to give some extracts of her useful book. In the first apostrophe she makes to servants she advises them to imitate, in some degree, our Saviour, by endeavouring to be useful to others. "Your duty as a servant being chiefly confined to the family in which you live, you should consider yourself bound by the laws of God and man, to devote your time and talents to the service of your master. Let it be your first care to perform every part of your business in the manner most agreeable to your master and mistress. Be always anxious to promote their interest, careful of every thing belonging to them, and ready to obey their commands in trifling circumstances, as well as in your general conduct. Be always good-natured and civil towards your fellow servants: ready to assist and teach those who are more ignorant than yourself, and willing to learn of those who are better informed. "In case of any sickness or distress in the family, you will have more frequent opportunities of imitating your Divine Master, by the practice of many Christian virtues. For although you cannot perform miracles and cure diseases, yet you may, by a thousand kind offices, alleviate the sufferings of the sick, and add to their comforts; and by your ready assistance you may frequently lessen the Inconveniences of illness. In this manner you may shew your gratitude towards a good master or mistress; or, if you happen to be in the service of an unkind person you may do more, you may show the same attention, only for the sake of pleasing God. If you have the care of children, your opportunities of doing good will be increased. Indeed, the duties of a nursery-maid are so important, that I shall speak of them more particularly in another place. Although it will not be in your power, like your Heavenly Master, to give the best instructions upon every occasion, yet, by your example and assistance, you may be often useful to your fellow-servants, and save your master and mistress much trouble and inconvenience, from the ignorance of those who are not accustomed to the business of the family. You may sincerely rejoice at any good that hap pens to your fellow-servants; and although you cannot remove the cause of affliction, you may frequently soften their sufferings, and in some measure lessen their sorrow, by compassion and kindness." The manner in which servants ought to spend the Lord's Day is ably described in page 57 and following. It is preceded by the necessity of selfexamination in case the text of the sermon should be this-"Thou shalt not steal." Suppose, for example, the text were, Thou shalt not steal,' you might immediately say, 'I am not a thief, and therefore this sermon cannot affect me.* But there is no fault, however trifling it may at first appear, which may not, by degrees, lead to crimes, and banish you for ever from Heaven; therefore, before you dismiss the subject from your thoughts, let me advise you to say to yourself: "Do I never waste, through carelessness or inattention, any thing belonging to my master? "Am I as careful of his provisions and furniture as if they were my own? "Do I never spend the time which ought to be employed in his business, in idleness, in amusements, or in working for myself? "Do I never, under the pretence of allowed perquisites, give away or sell any part of my master's property, which my conscience tells me I have no right to do? "Am I as faithful to the interest of my master in his absence, as at the moment when I am in his sight?" The necessity of good temper in servants, is ably impressed and deduced from the dependent situation in which God has placed them." "If you are not convinced that God has placed you in a dependent station, because he knows it is the best suited to |