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gree, that fort of attentive politeness which must ever please, as it puts us in good humour with ourselves, and generally gives us a high opinion of the perfon who has thus played upon our vanity. I have made it an obfervation, through life, that few people fmile always, unless it be in order to hide fome ftrong affection of the mind, which they are afraid the world fhould read in their faces; it is a kind of malk, which they put on to conceal fome known defect of the heart; and it frequently fucceeds, because the world in general judge from exteriors alone. But to return to my narration:

A fervant came and told us, that dinner was ferved; my father-in-law gave me his hand, and led me down stairs: The converfation, whilft we were at table, was chearful enough; Mr. Smith told us the news of the day, and the Mafter and Miftrefs of the houfe talked on various indifferent topics. I found, by her difcourfe, that the old Lady had an open, generous, benevolent heart; and no-body judged more accurately than The did on any fubject; fhe was goodnatured, and had a manner of feizing ridicule which fhewed the vivacity of her imagination. Such as I have here painted her, in fpite of the rough manner in which the had treated me, I could not help feeling fomething like an affection for her, before the day was over. It must be obferved, however, that the had intirely altered her behaviour to me after the first half-hour; the now feemed to look upon me with a fort of tender regard, which touched my heart, and laid me again open to fenfibility.

Before I took my leave of my father and mother-in-law, I asked, in the most pathetic terms, their permiffion for my husband to wait upon them. The old Lady replied, Yes, yes, my dear, George may come, whenever he pleases." His father faid: Daughter, if his marrying of you had been his first offence, I could very easily have pardoned him; but, indeed, I am forry to fay it, he is a worthlefs young fellow; and, if I do fee him, it will be for your fake, Madam, and not for his own. I feized his hand, and kiffed it with tears of thanks. My mother obligingly fet me down at my own door in her coach; I could not prevail with her to walk up ftairs; the delired I would fend her fon the next morning, to fee her and his father.

I found my husband at home, and recounted every thing in order to him as it happened The next day, at noon, he went to dine at his father's; he did not return till evening, when I thought he looked much out of humour. I asked him, with an anxious concern, If any thing had paffed be

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tween him and his parents, which had either
displeased or vexed him? He answered:
"Yes, my dear, that covetous old fellow,
my father, was born to plague me; I can
get him to do nothing more for us, than he
did for me before I was married, and even
that only at pleasure. However, I am to
give him a list of my debts, and he has pro-
mifed to pay them. D- him, why could
not he have lumped them, and given me the
fum total, with ut plaguing me with recol-
lecting, and fetting them down upon paper;
An old mechanical hunks, he wants to cri-
ticife every article, and fo collect matter e-
nough to fcold upon, for the rest of his life.
I did not attempt to interrupt the course of
his ill-humour, judging it better to let it
have its full vent; fo, after he had thorough-
ly tired himself and me, with abufing his fa-
ther, he reaffumed his good-nature, and,
fmiling, faid: Well, Charlotte, never
mind, he cannot live always; fo, patience.
I will go to-morrow (continued he) and
look out for a house; I don't like lodgings.
Whereabouts would you chufe to live, my
dear?' I answered, Wherever it was moft
agreeable to him; (adding) that I had no
choice, fince a defart would be delightful to
me, fo he was but prefent. He thanked
me for the compliment I paid him with vi-
vacity, and faid every thing which a well-
bred man may be fuppofed to have faid upon
the occafion. I ventured, however, to ob-
ferve, That, though a houfe was certainly
preferable to a lodging, yet it could be of no
ufe to us, unless we had the means of fur-
nihing it.' He started, and replied, Faith,
I never thought of that. But, my dear,
continued he, I have a house already; it is,
indeed, in a part of the town which you
won't like, nor can live in; but, perhaps,
you may find fome of the furniture not un-
ufeful, and we can sell the rest.' I easily
understood, that this had been a house in
which he had kept his favourite Ladies;
therefore I avoided making any inquiries,
which could in the leaft embarrass him.

The next morning Mr. Williams went out, as he faid, to look for a house, and my mother-in-law came to make me a vifit: She talked to me in the most friendly and affectionate manner, and defired, I would give her leave to introduce me to my husband's relations. She named the day for our beginning the round of vifits.

A few days after I had been prefented to my new relations, and very politely received by them, as I was fitting alone one morning, my footman brought me a letter, which contained a bank bill of five hundred pounds,

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bill, because I apprehend you may want money, your husband being too prudent to keep much by him at a time; take it without hesitation, as it comes from a relation of your own, and may you be as happy as my wishes would make you, did it depend on me.'

In a poftfcript were these words :

Keep this money yourfeif; be advised, don't give it your husband; you may one day want it more than you do now.'

I could not decide, after the most mature confideration, whether this acceptable prefent came from my father, or my uncle, but I was certain that I owed it to one of them; a tear of gratitude and contrition fell from my eye, on recollecting the worth of thofe friends my ill conduct had robbed me of. Oh confcience! how keen are thy reproaches to a mind warped from virtue, but not funk in vice! I could not, however, bring myself to comply with the admonition given me in the letter: I thought it wrong to conceal any thing from my husband, and bafely ungenerous to fhare his fortune, and not to make him partaker of mine; on the contrary, my heart exulted in the thought of having it in my power to make him to welcome a prefent. This day was one of the few lucky ones which fortune had, with a mifer's hand, allotted to my fhare; for, whilft I was enjoying the thought of agreeably furprifing my husband, with my treafure, Sophie, my dear Sophie, entered the room, and, in a moment, was round my neck. We neither of us fpoke for fome feconds; floods of tears choked the paffage of our words; when, at laft, fhe fell on her knees, holding one of my hands between her's, which kiffing with ardor, the faid, Charlotte, I am come to pafs the day with you; my father has given me leave to order the coach at eleven o'clock.' -Good God! I exclaimed, can he be fo forgiving to his unworthy child! I could fay no more; gratitude, filial tenderness, and confcious demerit, all rushed fo precipitately upon my fenfes, that I fainted away. Sophie Hew to my aid, and, with the help of my maid, brought me to myself. A torrent of tears, which fucceeded, calmed my fpirits enough for me to tell my fifter (as far as words could do) the joy I felt, on leeing her again. I trained her to my breaft, and gazed at her with the utmost delight: She Tooked at me, with eyes full of the tenderet pity and affection; and endeavoured to draw my attention to indifferent cbjects, withing to fubdue fenfibility, in favour of chearfulnets and gaiety. She fucceeded but aukwardly in her attempt, till Mr. Williams came home, when his vivacity and humour

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diffipated our tender melancholy. He was delighted to fee Sophie. She told us,‘That my friends were pleased to hear, that his were reconciled to us. I afked Sophie, 'If fhe knew any thing of my father or uncle's having wrote to me?" She faid, ' No ; and the dared to fay, that they had not. this question to her when Mr. Williams was gone out of the room: See ftayed with me till eleven. When the coach came for her, I defired her to give my respectful duty to my parents; the promised that I should foon fee her again, and then wished me a good night.

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The next day, I went to fee a house in Square; I liked it much. Mr. Williams took a leafe of it for feven years, and then ordered his furniture to be removed into it, which, when done, I went to examine. I found it rich, but much foiled; the filk damask I ordered to be cleaned; the chairs, beds, &c. were good; there was no kitchen furniture, nor any linen. told me, that he had had a good quantity of the latter, and he fancied he could get it again; I never asked by what means; and, in about a week's time, a porter brought to our lodgings a large bundle of dirty houshold linen, which, upon examination, was new, but had been very ill ufed; no part of it had ever been hemmed, and it was cut and stained in many places; however, with proper management, I hope to make it both good and useful. I easily guessed, that these things had been fetched out of pawn, and fo, it feems, they were; for my huf band told me so, on his return home, but did. not tell me who had disposed of them in that manner, nor did I inquire. Mr. Williams's mother made us a prefent of fome_useful china, and his father gave us as much plate as was neceffary for our small family; thus we found ourselves fettled in our houfe, almoft without any actual expence on our part.

One day, when I was alone with my father-in-law, he began abufing his fon in the moft indecent manner, called him an extravagant, debauched villain; he then told me how often he had paid his debts, and to what amount; they were, indeed, by his account, very confiderable: He added, and now, though I offer once more to clear him with the world, he will not give me in a fair lift of his debts; he has two reafons for this refufal, (continued the old Gentleman;) the one is, becaufe he is afhamed of the nature of them; and the next is, that he wants me to give him the fum total of what he owes, that he may put the money in his pocket, and not pay one of his creditors a farthing out of it; he has ferved me fo before, fays he,

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fo I shall take care how I truft him for the future. Here he paused. I could make no answer to this cruel harangue, but by a figh! He looked at me, and, feeing forrow painted in my countenance, he faid, Yes, child, you have reafon enough to figh, for having flung yourself away, in fpite of your parents care of you, upon fuch a worthlefs fellow as George is; and, you may depend upon it, that, whenever he grows tired of you, (which he would do, in a fhort time, of Venus herself) he will infallibly leave you to beggary and mifery, whilft he purfues new pleafures. At this prophecy (for it really was one) I could refrain my tears no longer; I begged of him to fpare my fenfibilty, and to think more favourably of his fon: But he filenced me, by faying, Daughter, I know him much better than you do; and have thought proper to let you a little into his real character, out of pity to your youth and inexperience.'

Thus this cruel old inan, under a pretence of compaffion and benevolence, had, in a great measure, robbed my breaft of peace, and filled my mind with fufpicion and terror. From his ftudy I went into his wife's dref fing-room: On my entrance the asked me, with concern, If I was not well? I told her, That I was juft come from having a converfation with my father-in-law, which had given me unutterable pain; I then narrated it to her. She coloured, and, with great heat, replied, Mr. Williams is a fool, child, to talk to you in that manner, and fo I fhall tell him; befides, he lyes, (these were her words;) for George has been a rake, it is true; but I can tell him, that he is a very honeft fellow, as well as a very pretty Gentleman; and, as he loves you to diftraction, which I perceive he does, it is in your power not only to reform him, but to make what you will of him; fo all his future conduct, whether good or ill, I fhall lay to your charge; for, I am convinced that you can lead him, with a fine thread, which way you pleafe. I trembled at this pofitive atletion, as I knew the character of my mother-in-law was, that, whenever the adopted an opinion, however abfurd or unjuít it might be, the never departed from it. I

affured her, That, though I did not think my power to be fo abfolute as the feemed to think it, yet I would use all the afcendancy I had over him, to engage him to act prudently; and this both for my own fake, as well as for the refpect and love I bore to him and his parents.- -Make him, then (the replied) bring in an honeft list of his debts to his father, no matter of what nature they are, and then all will go well.' I pro, mifed to use my endeavours to that effect, and fo we parted.'

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On my return home, Mr. Williams asked me, What converfation I had had at my father's?' I repeated to him what his mother had faid, but fuppreffed the abufive part of his father's difcourfe. He started from his chair, and, with an air of paffion, faid,

Well, my dear, for your fake, and not to oblige them, I will give an account of what I owe; but it is fuch a trifle that it would make a man mad to fee what a bustle they make about it; the whole don't amount to three thousand pounds. I was furprised at the largenefs of the fum, efpecially when I confidered his youth, and that his father had already paid his debts twice. However, at laft, the affair was fettled amicably enough between them, but not before the old man had made his fon fwear folemnly, that the account he had given in was a juft one.

I now turned all my attention towards the attaining domeftic happinefs; we saw a great deal of company; I fometimes went into public, but rarely. Mr. Williams was always gay, well-bred, and good-humoured; he was, however, a good deal from home, and very often stayed out extremely late. I never enquired where he had been, and always welcomed him with a fmile of complacency; and was well convinced, that reproaches and four looks will never keep a man at home, when chearfulness and good-nture cannot do it. A perfeverance in the latter conduct has, I believe, reclaimed fome libertines; but I never knew a practice of the former productive of any good. The man who comes home, only because he is afraid of being fcolded when he stays out, is no companion for a fentimental mind.

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The HISTORY OF ENGLAND, continued from Page 246 of our laft,

THUS affairs went on very unfucceff ful in Portugal, fo that it was thought, if the Duke of Berwick had followed his advantages, nothing could have hindered his marching to Lisbon. The enemies fucceis gave no fmall uneasiness in England, and

Duke Schomberg, finding his advice had not that weight it deferved with the Portu guefe, was defirous to quit a loling game. Upon which, the Queen refolved to bestow the command of her forces in Portugal on the Earl of Galway; who having accepted

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of it, more in fubmiffion to the Queen's command than out of any great profpect or hope of fuccefs, reprefented the neceffity of augmenting the forces and the train of artillery. All his demands were readily complied with, and four thousand men ordered to be fent to Portugal from England and Ireland, the States-general having agreed to fend thither a proportionable number of their forces. The Earl, having embarked at Portsmouth on board the Tartar man of war, with feveral French engineers and volunteers, in eight days failing fafely arrived at Lisbon, where Duke Schomberg refigned to him the command of the English forces. About a month after, [July 30, 1704] the Earl, having reviewed the Portuguefe and auxiliary forces, marched them over the little river Coa, and incamped near Almeida. On the 20th of September, the two Kings of Spain and Portugal came to the army with defign to invade Caftile; but, when they reached the river Agueda, which they intended to pafs near Caftel-Rodrigo, they found the oppofite banks fo well guarded by the Spaniards, commanded by the Duke of Berwick, that they did not think it adviseable to hazard the lofs of their whole army; and fo, retiring farther into the territories of Portugal, they fent their troops into winter-quarters. On the other hand, the Spaniards were fo weakened by the detachments fent under the command of the Marquis de Villadarias, to attempt the retaking of Gibraltar, that they were contented to defend their own country, and had no thoughts of invading Portugal; fo that things were quiet on thofe frontiers all the remaining part of the year.

The Spaniards had drawn all the forces they had in Andalusia and Estremadura together, to retake Gibraltar; and the Marquis de Villadarias had with him fome French troops, with some engineers of that nation, who were chiefly relied on, and were fent from France to carry on the fiege. This gave fome difguft to the Spaniards, who were fo abfurd in their pride, that, though they could do nothing for themfelves, and indeed knew not how to fet about it, yet could not bear to be taught by others, or to fee themfelves outdone by them. The fiege was continued for four months, during which time the Prince of Heffe had many occafions given him to distinguish himself very eminently, both as to his courage, conduct, and indefatigable application. ConVoys came frequently from Lifbon with fupplies of men and provifions, which the French were not able to hinder or intercept. Monfieur de Pointis at laft came with a

fquadron of twenty French fhips, and lay long in the bay, trying what could be dona by fea, while the place was preffed by land. Upon that, a much stronger fquadron was fent from Lisbon under the command of Sir John Leake and Rear-adıniral Vander-Duffen, to relieve the place, and raise the siege, who arrived in the bay of Gibraltar on the 9th of October. In the mean while, Marfhal de Teffe, who was tent by the Court of France, which was diffatisfied with the conduct of the Marquis de Villadarias, had no better fuccefs at land than that General; fo that the enemy was at last obliged to raife the fiege.

In Italy the D. of Savoy had a melancholy campaign, lofing place after place; but he fupported his affairs with great conduct, and fhewed a firmness in his misfortunes, beyond what could have been imagined. Vercelli and Ivrea gave the Duke of Vendofme the trouble of a tedious fiege: They defended themfelves againit him as long as poffible. The Duke of Savoy's army was not ftrong enough to raife thefe fieges; fo that both places fell at last into the enemy's hands. The French had not troops both to carry on the war, and to leave garrifons in those places; for which reafon they demolished the fortifications. After they had fucceeded fo far, they fat down before Verue in the end of October. The Duke of Savoy posted his army at Crefcentino, over-against it, on the other fide of the Po: He had a bridge of communication; he went often into the place during the fiege, to fee and animate his men, and to give the neceffary orders. The fick and wounded were carried away, and freth men put in their ftead. This fiege proved the most famous of all that had been during the late war: It lasted above five months, the garrifon being often changed and always well fupplied. The French army fuffered much, by continuing the fiege all the winter; and they were at a vast charge in carrying it on. The bridge of communication was, after many unfucceffful attempts, at laft cut off; and the Duke of Savoy, being thus feparated from the place, retired to Chivaz, and left them to defend themselves as long as they could, which they did beyond what could in reafon have been expected. He complained much of the Emperor's failing to make good his promifes; but, in a difcourfe upon that subject with her Majefty's Envoy, he faid, though he was abandoned by his allies, he would not abandon them himself.

The people of the Cevennes fu Fered much this fummer. It was not poffible to come to them with fupplies, till matters fhould go better

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IV. That the Parliament of Languedoc fhall be established on its ancient foot, and rettored to its privileges.-The King will advife.

V. That no capitation-tax fhall be paid by the province, during the fpace of ten years.-Refused.

better in Piedmont, of which there was no privileges.-Granted on condition they take profpect. They were advised to preferve the oath of allegiance to the King. themselves the beft they could. Marthal Villars was fent into the country to manage them with a gentler hand; and, the fevere methods, taken by thofe formerly employed, being now difowned, he was ordered to treat with their Leaders, and to offer them full liberty to ferve God in their own way without disturbance. They generally inclined to hearken to this, for they had now kept themselves in a body much longer than was thought poffible in their low and helplefs ftate. Some of them capitulated, and took fervice in the French army; but, as they came near the armies of the allies, they deferted, and went over to them; fo that, by all this practice, the fire was rather covered at prefent than extinguished.

Colonel Cavallier, their principal Leader, in his Memoirs of the wars of the Cevennes, B. IV, tells us, that the whole country was now reduced to a defart, an hundred boroughs and villages plundered and burnt, the prifons full of Proteftants, and the fuccours, which had been promifed two years before from England, not come, when Marfhal de Villars arrived in the province with fresh troops. The first thing he did after his arrival, was to give notice to Cavallier, that if he would come to any agreement, and lay down his arms, the Marshal had orders from the King to grant all his just demands; but, if Cavallier fhould refuse, the Proteftants fhould expect no favour. At laft, after a conference between the Marshal and Cavallier, the latter in conjunction with his friends drew up articles in behalf of the Proteftants of the Cevennes, which were figned by the Marshal and Monfieur de Bofville, Intendant of Languedoc, in the King's name, on the one part, and by Cavallier and his Lieutenant Billiard, on the other; and were as follow:

The humble requeft of the Proteftants, in the province of Languedoc, to his Majefty.

Í. That his Majefty be pleafed to grant us liberty of confcience in the province, and to hold religious affemblies in fuch Country-places, as they fhall think convenient, and not in cities or walled towns.Granted, provided they do not build churches. II. That all fuch as are detained in the gallies only on account of religion, fince the revocation of the edict of Nantes, be fet at liberty in fix weeks after the date hereof.

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III. That all who have left the kingdom, en account of religion, fhall have free liberty to return, and be restored to their eftates and

VI. That we fhall have the cities of Montpelier, Cette, Perpignan, and Aiguemortes, as cautionary towns.-Refufed.

VII. That the inhabitants of the Cevennes, whofe houfes have been burnt in the wars, shall pay no impofts for the term of 7 years. Granted.

VIII. That out of a body of two thoufand of those who were actually with Monfieur Cavallier, and such as shall be delivered out of the feveral prifons, he shall raise a regiment of dragoons to ferve in Portugal: And that he fhall receive his orders immediately from the King.-Granted, provided the remainder lay down their arms, that the King will permit them to live undisturbed in the exercife of their religion.

By virtue of a full power we have received from his Majefty, we have granted the above articles to the New-converts of the province of Languedoc. Given at Nifmes, the 17th of May 1704.

The Marshal de Villars.
Lamoignon de Bosville.
J. Cavallier.
Dan. Biliard.

But whether thefe articles were ever laid before the King, or only before his Minifters, Col. Cavallier was not able to determine; but it is certain they were very little obferved in favour of the Proteftants.

The diforders in Hungary had a deeper root and a greater firength. It was hoped, that the ruin of the Elector of Bavaria would have quite disheartened the malecontents, and have difpofed them to accept of reafonable terms, if the Emperor could have been prevailed upon to offer them frankly, and immediately upon their firft confternation, after the conqueft of Bavaria. There were great errors in the government of that kingdom. By a long course of oppreffion and injustice the Hungarians were grown favage and intractable; they faw they were both hated and defpifed by the Germans. The Court of Vienna feemed to confider them as fo many enemies, who were to be depretfed in order to their being extirpated; upon any pretence of plots, their perfons were feized on, and their eftates confifcated. The Jefuits were believed to have a great fhart in all these contrivances and profecutions;

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