were advantages which the wifhed for Sophia, but not for me; or rather the latter, which the held a neceffary part of a young Lady's education; and indeed, in her opinion, was the most effential part of it, as it, the faid, gave eafe and grace, a knowledge of fathjons, and a kind of fmall-talk, which, all together, contributed to form the fine Lady. About a month after my father had declared his intention of fending me from home, I was ordered to pack up my cloaths, and informed, that I was to fet out the next day, with my father, for my aunt's countryfeat, which was about thirty miles diftance from our houfe. I took an affectionate leave of my dear Sophia, who fhed floods of unfeigned tears on parting with me. During our journey my father endeavoured to give me fome idea of the characters I was going to live with. He told me, with a fimile, That his fifter was a great fool, and confequently thought herself extremely wife. peared like a little world to me, from the number of its houfes, and the multitude of people I faw in the streets. My uncle's houfe was a very good one, and looked into the Park. The morning after our arrival, when I came down to breakfast, I found a young Gentleman in my aunt's drefling-room, whom the immediately prefented to me, as the nephew and heir, of my uncle. I took very little notice of him, excepting that I thought he was a good pretty figure. He paid me many compliments, which I hardly attended to enough to appear civil; however, I thanked him, upon his offering to attend me to the play, opera, ridotto, &c. for fights were what my little heart fighed after, much more than admiration from the men. This young Gentleman was about twenty years of age, rather tall than fhort, remarkably well made, flim, and genteel; his complexion was fair; he had light hair, and blue eyes, which expreffed rather more goodShe was an old maid when the mar- nature than fenfe; he had, indeed, an inried, an epithet which she had (in common exhauftible fund of the former, nor was he with the rest of her fex) an averfion to: In in the leaft deficient in the latter: He was order, therefore, to get rid of it, the married lively, had fome humour, and I could foon the first man that alked her the queftion; perceive was not a little in love with me: your prefent uncle was the perfon; fo, In fhort, I am perfuaded that I should have without holding it the leaft neceffary to in- been in love with him, had not my uncle and quire into his character, difpofition, &c. fhe aunt defeated their own purposes (which only informed herself of his income; and, was our union) by making him the fpy that being found fufficient to keep her in the over, and cenfor of, all my words and acrank of life in which the had always lived, tions. I was never fuffered to go to any they were married. He is one of thofe men, public place unaccompanied by him; and, who, not being able to make themselves of when they faw any thing in me which they of any confequence abroad, are Czars in their wished to reprove, they requested him to own houses. His tyranny puts her out of thew me my errors, in the gentleft, and pohumour, and then the vents her fpleen on liteit, terms poffible. Thus, whilft I listened the fervants, and probably will fometimes to and admired the Mentor, and friend, by upon you, my dear. However, you must what fatality I know not, the lover vanishfollow this unerring rule, which is, to act ed; I efteemed him, I valued him, I would right, and laugh at the reft; but not fo as have trufted him with my life; but, whento offend any one: What I mean by laugh- ever I thought of him as an husband, an ing, is, not to make yourself uneasy, because univerfal chilinefs feized my whole frame, fools act abfurdly. Let Her follies be a and I found that, in this point of view, he leffon to you, to avoid practifing what you was become my aversion. contemn in her.' As he came to this period of his discourse, we arrived at my uncle's. My aunt prefented herself to us in the hall, and at her heels my uncle. She received my father with an air of real joy, and is that Charlotte? faid the: Come here, my pretty dear; the s a fweet child; I fhall be am zingly fond of her, I perceive; then patted me on the cheek, and chucked me under the chin. My uncle kiffed me, saying, I was a fine young Lady. My father, having ftaid a week at my uncle's, took his leave. We ftaid about a month in the country, when we fet out for London ; at the fight of which I was extremely delighted. It ap It was now the feafon when every body wishes to leave the dusty streets of London for green fields and a purer air; accordingly, my uncle and his family, his nephew Sir Charles Stanly, and myself, fet out for -fhire, where we arrived in much better health than temper, for my uncle and aunt had quarrelied all the way, and I had fat next my lover during the whole journey; a circumftance which was no way to his advantage, and gave me great pain, as it convinced me, that my diflike of him was now increafed into a contumed antipathy to his perfon: This proceeded, I believe, from his having entertained me all the way with I i the the frongest affurances of the force of his paffion, a lubject which always rendered him odious to me. I was delighted, when I found myself releafed from this converfation, by our arrival at, where, after staying fome days, I went to my father's. I was received by him with rapture, with civility by my mother, and with real joy by my dear Sophia. In the courfe of a month's vifit which I made to my father, he took frequent occafions of telling me, how rejoiced he was to find that I was destined to be the wife of Sir Charles Stanly. He is (continued my father) every thing my heart could with the man to be, whom I would have chofe for your husband; he has a fine eftate, you can have no objection to his perfon, for that is handsome; and his understanding is univerfally allowed to be uncommonly cultivated for fo young a man; befides, he is perfectly good-natured and well-bred, and I think you peculiarly fortunate to be the choice of fo accomplished a Gentleman. You, my dear, I am perfuaded, are fenfible of your own happiness, and will, I make no doubt, deserve the continuance of it, by exerting our utmost endeavours towards making a good wife, mother, and mistress. Here he paufed, and looked ftedfaftly at me: I durft make no reply: The awe in which I stood of my father, the deference I paid to his judgment, in fhort, the confcioufnefs that all he had faid was truth, except that part of his difcourfe which concerned myself; all these confiderations tied my tongue: And thus, by my filence, I confirmed him in the belief, that I had no objection to the marrying Sir Charles. No time, however, was yet fixed for our nuptials, as I was thought to be much too young to take upon me the care of a family. In this dilemma I used sometimes to flatter myfelf with the hope, that time, perhaps, would cure me of a caprice I could no way account for, and which my reafon invariably condemned; and in this difagreeable fituation of mind I continued for near two years, which I spent with my uncle and aunt; du ring which time nothing material happened to me. Every body knew I was engaged, confequently nobody made any propofals of marriage to me; fo that I spent my life in one continued infipid monotony; till a Lady, an intimate acquaintance of my aunt's, happened to come and spend a few weeks with her in the county. She was a lively, agreeable, well-bred, fenfible, woman; and took fuch a liking to me, that, when the time came that fhe was to return to her own feat, which was in the North, she begged fo ardently of my aunt to fpare me for a couple of months during the fummer, that fhe could not refufe her, though the feemed to confent reluctantly; and made me promise not to exceed the time. I affured her of my obedi ence to her will, and in a few days afterwards the Lady and I fet out, in her chariot, for the North. The journey delighted me; for now, for the first time of my life, I felt the charms of liberty. In this difpofition I arrived at Lady Betty Ruffel's feat: It was an ancient, but noble mansion, and not far from the county town, where, fhe told me, the races would begin in a few days; and added, that fhe propoled taking a lodging there for the week, as the fancied the balls, concerts, &c. which there would be every night during the race week, might afford me fome amusement. I was infinitely pleafed with the propofal, and thanked her Ladyfhip for her obliging attention. A few days after my arrival at Lady Betty's, I received a letter from Sir Charles, filled with the tendereft profeffions of his inviolable love for me; but hitherto not one of the other fex had taught me to know, that I had a heart capable of loving. In this state of indifference, I fet out for races. The first day we went upon the course, and, returning from the field in the evening, drank tea, and then prepared to go to the affembly, On our arrival at the rooms, I was charmed and furprised at the beauty of the building; the company was numerous and brilliant. After the Women of Quality had danced minuets, I was taken out by a noble Lord, whom I had known in London. The dance done, he asked me, Who he should fend me?' (which is the phrafe.) I anfwered, I knew nobody, and therefore begged his Lordship would chufe for me;' he bowed, and left me: when in an inftant I perceived a young Gentleman, dressed in white and filver, advance towards me. I thought him, the most agreeable figure I had ever seen. When we had finished the minuet, he handed me to my feat, and faid, Madam, if you are not engaged for country dances, I beg to have the honour of being your partner. I curt'fey'd affent. I found he was fo much the favourite of the Ladies, that he danced four minuets to any other perfon's two, and was at laft obliged to quit the room, to avoid being called upon any more. As foon as the company ftood up to coufitry dances, he flew to me, took me by the hand, and placed me next to Lady Diana H-, who, I perceived, was an acquaintance of his. After the firft dance, which was fatiguing, he propofed fitting down: I know not why, but I dreaded his converfation, and therefore went went to feek Lady Betty, hoping that her prefence would prevent it, between my partner and me, from becoming interefting; but, unfortunately for me, I found her engaged in a party at whift, furrounded by a crowd of people, fo that I could not approach her; therefore, with a palpitation at my heart, which I could not very well account for, I was obliged to feat myself upon a bench, when, as it may be fuppofed, my partner placed himself next me. I began the converfation by obferving, that the weather was very hot. He replied, That he never danced but for the fake of having an agreeable partner, especially in hot weather,as he thought the exercife much too violent; adding, that, if he had been fo unhappy as to have found me engaged that night, he fhould, moft certainly, not have danced at all.' I bowed to this compliment. He continued the converfation, by obferving the effects of fympathy, which he proved from being forcibly ftruck at the first fight of one amiable object more than another: He said, That the heart decided its choice en tyrant, and that fometimes fo defpoticly, as to fubdue both reafon and prudence in the pursuit: How happy, then, (continued he) mult that perfon be, whofe judgment and reafon both approve of the choice, which his heart, from an irrefiftible impulfe,had been compelled to make. Here he paufed, as feeming to wait my reply. I faid, That a paffion, fuch as he had been defcribing, founded only on the fenfes, could not, I apprehended, be of any dangerous confequence, as it would probably be of very fhort duration.' So faying, I rofe from my feat, telling him, that Lady Betty must have now finished her party; and indeed the foon joined us, and made a third in the converfation. She feemed much pleafed with my partner, who paid her all imaginable respect and attention; he handed us to our coach, wifhed us a good night, and took his leave. I had kearnt his name at the tea-table, where he feemed to he known to every body but me. In the coach, as we went home, Lady Betty afked me, How I liked Mr. Williams? I replied, Very well; and added, I think he is a well-bred agreeable young Gentleman.' He is, I find, (faid Lady Betty) the only fon of an old acquaintance of mine; his father, I am told, is immenfely rich; the means by which he became fo he must anfwer for himself: As to the mother of the young Gentleman, I have known her from my infancy, and the is a fenfible, worthy woman as lives; the young man is very like his mother in perfon; I hope he has her mind too, and, in that cafe, he has nothing left to wish for. I liftened to this difcourfe of Lady Betty's with great attention, and found myself mortified, on hearing that his father's character was equivocal, efpecially upon fo important a point as that of probity: I however immediately checked my fenfibility on this fubject, by asking myself, What his father was to me? And inftantly changed the difcourfe. The next morning Mr. Williams waited upon us, and I faw him every day during my ftay at : He had engaged my affections before I myself had any fufpicions that my attachment to him was of any other nature than that of liking his company; but, having once drawn his picture in my mind's eye, his perfonal charms did not fail to heighten the colouring, and fuch a picture, placed in a heart, on which no prior impreffion had been made, must naturally produce a powerful effect. It did fo; for I found, with no fmall fhame and terror, that being separated from him would be painful to me; however, I flattered myself with the hopes, that I fhould conquer my weakness, by absence from the object of it: Accordingly, I had virtue and ftrength enough left to prefs Lady Betty to leave which he willingly complied with. On the morning of our departure, Mr. Williams handed us into the coach, and, with a look full of inexpreffible tenderness, seized my hand, faying, May you, dear Madam, enjoy, in your folitude, that peace, of which, I fear, you have for ever robbed my breast. To this harangue I made no answer, but by a blush. He then addrefled Lady Betty, telling her, That he purposed spending a few weeks with a friend of his, who lived in her neighbourhood, when he hoped the would give him leave to have the honour of paying his respects to her, and Mifs Rutland, (which was me.) She bowed, and, with the moft gracious air, affured him, I hat the fhould be extremely glad to fee him, for his own fake, as well as for that of her old friend's, his amiable mother; and added, that the should efteem it as a favour, if he would come and spend a few days with her at her feat. Mr. Williams thanked her Ladythip for the honour she did him, and told her that he accepted of her obliging invitation with the greatest pleasure. On my arrival at Lady Betty's feat, I found letters from my father, my aunt, and Sir Charles Stanly; the two firft defiring me to return, without fail, at the expiration of my two months leave of abfence, because my father and mother were to accompany my uncle, aunt, and felf to London, in order to affift at the celebration of my nuptials with Sir Charles, which they had fixed for an early month in the approaching winter. CIT My lover's letter was that of a man of fenfe, elevated with the hope of thortly poflefling the woman he loved; his ftyle was pallionate, but delicate. I was feized with an univerfal tremor on perufing thefe letters; and I felt myself in a state of terror and defpondency. In this fituation of mind I flung myself into a great chair; but my reveries were foon interrupted by the entrance of Lady Betty and Mr. Williams, who might eafily obferve my confufion, which was, indeed, very great. She preffed him to ftay dinner, which, with great politeness, he declined, faying, That he had given his word to return to his friend's houfe, in order to meet a felect company, who were invited to dine there, intirely upon his account. Lady Betty then reminded him of the promife he had made her at -> of spending two or three days with her; he bowed, and the infifted upon his fixing the time; which, after fome compliments of thanks, he did for the Thursday following. On naming the day, he fixed his eyes upon me, as if he defired to read in my face, whether I should be pleafed or difpleafed at having him in the houfe with me. My eyes met his, and I felt myfelf blufh. The interval between Mr. William's vifit, and the time appointed for his return, was five days, during which period I had a continual dread upon my fpirits. I fincerely wished for the power of avoiding him, by leaving the house of Lady Betty; but this could not be done, without avowing my weakness for him; a humiliation, which my vanity would not confent to, though my reafon ftrongly urged the neceffity of fuch a confeffion. I wrote, however, to Sir Charles Stanly, in a more obliging style than ufual, vainly imagining that I fortified myfelf against my weakness, by binding thofe chains till ftronger, which both duty and reafon called upon to regard as indiffoluble. In this ftate of fecurity I faw Mr. Williams arrive without any fenfible emotion in my heart; I was even chearfuller than ufual in his company, for which reafon he was more ferious; and I rallied him upon his gravity; upon which Lady Betty faid with a fmile, Mifs Rutland is in the right to laugh as long as the can; for, though I am perfuaded the will be happy in her choice, yet matrimony is apt to make one grow ferious in time. When Mr. Williams, in a low faultering voice, afked, Is the young Lady fo near being married, Madam ? Yes, Sir (replied the) it is no fecret that Mifs Rutland has been fome time engaged to Sir Charles Stanly; and I learn from her friends, that the wedding is fhortly to be confummated.' Here a filence of fome minutes enfued; and I perceived palenefs and dejection fpread themfelves over Mr. Williain's face. During the rest of the day, I carefully avoided looking at him, fince I found pity was nearly allied to love; neither he, nor I, were very lively, but we both ftrove to appear fo, till the clock ftruck twelve, when we took leave of each other, and retired into our apartments. As foon as I found myself alone, I recollected the converfation which had paffed that afternoon, and was pleased that Lady Betty had told Mr. Williams that I was going to be married. I hoped that this information, joined to the refolution I had formed of avoiding ever being left alone with him, would fecure me from any farther pursuits in life, on the topic of love. My heart feemed to exult, in thus thinking itself free from danger; and yet I found an unusual weight upon my fpirits: I fighed involuntarily, and felt that I was unhappy, without being able to account for the reafon of my being fo. The next morning however, let me into the fecret. I was fitting with a penfive air in a summerhoufe of the garden, upon the only chair in the place, when, all of a sudden, I perceived Mr. Williams at my feet; an univerfal tremor feized my nerves, when, ftarting from my feat, I exclaimed, "Good God, Sir, how came you here? What do you mean?' He held me faft by the hand, and forcibly re-feated me in the chair, faying, Pardon me, charming Mifs Rutland, if my depair offends you; I came only to obtain your pity, or to expire at your feet.' I interrupted him with fome vivacity, telling him, That he knew my hand was engaged to another, and therefore I looked upon this declaration of his love of me, as an infult done to my honour.' So faying, with an air of refentment I rofe from my chair. He ftill held me with a convultive grafp; and, with a voice which betrayed the agitation of his fpirits, faid, Yes, cruel girl, I did know that your hand was engaged to another, but, till this moment, I was not certain that your heart was fo too.' At thefe words I fighed involuntarily, and my eyes, I believe, loft fome part of their feverity: I affumed, however, courage enough to fay, Sir, I infift upon your letting me go; I have no account to render you of my private fentiments; let it fuffice for you to know, that I never can be yours. Upon which I quitted the fummer-house abruptly, and, with a precipitate step, hurried to my own roo. He did not offer to follow me. As foon as my fpirits became a little calm, I tried to regulate and examine into the mul titude of ideas, which had rushed impetuoufly upon my imagination during the feene in the garden. At length, I found myself much more at my eafe than I had been for fome time: In confequence of which, I went down to dinner, with an air of gaiety and good-humour, which, no doubt, furprifed Mr. Williams; and must have indicated to him, that the feene which paft between us, in the morning, had not offended me fo highly, as I had endeavoured to make him believe it did. Hereby perhaps encouraged, he found an opportunity, in the evening, to flip into my hands a billet, requefting a quarter of an hour's audience, in the fame place the next day. I concluded without hesitation, that it would be better to meet him, in order to put an end to his hopes, than, by avoiding him, leave him to form what conjectures he pleafed upon my fentiments, with regard to what had paffed betwixt us. I therefore refolved to go to the rendezvous the next morning, I found him waiting for me. He appeared more calm than the day before, and much more dejected. He began, by expreffing his fenfibility of my condefcenfion, in thus having complied with his requeft; he then defcanted much upon the impoffibility of a delicate mind's finding its felicity in a union of hands, to which the heart fubfcribed with reluctance. Here he paufed, and looked full upon me. I knew the picture, and trembled when I threw my eyes over it; I fighed, and anfwered, By what means, Sir, you have read my fecret thoughts, I know not: I will not pretend to difavow the invincible coolness of my heart towards Sir Charles Stanly; I confefs I could never teach it to love hin; but it honours, values, and efteems him above all his fex; and I hope that duty, reafon, and time, will infpire the reft. Here Mr. Williams feized my hand, faying, Well, lovely Charlotte, I must do juftice to Sir Charles's merit by acknowledging, that I know no man who is more worthy of you than he; and, though I am doomed to be wretched for life, I inoft fincerely with you happy in each other; but forgive me if I doubt of that's being the cafe. His excefs of fondnefs will ever be a reproach to you, for your coldness, whilft that coldness will be a perpetual dagger to his heart. You may fuppofe that I argue thus from an interefted motive, but I give you my word of honour, that I prefer your happiness to my own; and, if I really thought that you would be happy in marrying Sir Charles, I fould find fome confolation from your felicity, but I fee you falling a facrifice to fentiments, which, though noble, are yet fallacious, and to which you will infallibly die a martyr. Your heart was formed to love with vivacity; its delicate fenfibility will furnish an eternal fource of mifery, unless you are united to the man you love, with tendernefs; and are beloved by him with rapture." Here he fighed, and I perceived a tear ftal from his eye. I was moved. He continued: I beg, on my knees, that you would honour me with your friendship; command my life, my fortune, they are both yours, and reft affured, that I will never more trouble you with a hopeless paffion. But, if any unforeseen accident fhould happen to break off your intended nuptials, may I hope, divine Charlotte, that you will then fuffer me to make my addreffes to you?' I replied, You do me honour, Sir, but you talk of impoffibilities.' I then obferved, That our converfation had already been of a confiderable length, and, for that reason, proposed our returning to the houfe.' He faid, I obey; but, dear, lovely girl, fay that you accept of me as a friend, and, as fuch, promife to confide in me.' I anfwered, precipitately, I do I will.'-He kiffed my hand, and we feparated. The next day he took his leave of us. [To be continued.] ་ Obfervation on CAUTERIES, applied to the HEAD, at the Part where the Coronal joins with the Sagittal Suture, by Cæfon. Gramm, Phyfician and Profeffor in the Univerfity of Keil.From the Ephemerides of the Curious. W HEN authors point out the different parts of the body, where it is cuftomary to apply cauteries, they never forget the head, and particularly the part of the head, where the junction of the coronal future is with the fagittal. This remedy, they have affured us, they employed with fuccefs, in fome very grievous and chronic difeafes: But in our duchy of Holstein, though caute ries to the arms, the legs, and thighs, are much used; none, however, are applied ever to the head; and tho' very great advantages accrue from this remedy in a great number of difeafes, the fick are here fo averfe from the remedy, that it is very difficult to perfuade them to it. It has been particularly fucceffful with me in an inveterate and fcorbutic megrim, with which a young Gentl.woman was |