Sweetly foothing was his behaviour. He entreated her to be calm. “All will foon be accomplished: I will not for a moment delay an explanation with Mr. Rutland." "Yet stay a moment, Harry, (faid fhe) only to promife me that you will bear with the impetuofity of my father's temper. He will be greatly irritated, and his anger will be violent." "For your fake, my love, (folding her in his arms) I will bear with every thing. At this moment Mr. Rutland entered the room.-His rage, like a torrent, bore down all before it At last, exhaufted by his own violence, he funk on a feat.-Lord Severn refpectfully addreffed him, while Ellen could only weep. "I afk not wealth (faid Severn): -keep mifs Rutland's fortune for her own ufe; and I will engage to make what other fettlements you may require, as foon as my affairs are arranged." fervant, ordering him to return to London with the horses. She pleaded indisposition; and, for two days, watched his wants, and wept over his fufferings.- He grew worfe. - A violent fever brought on a delirium, and concealment became dangerous.-Mary was dispatched to a physician, in whom Ellen had great confidence; and he was requefted to come in the morning, before Mr. Rutland was ftirring.Mary told the family he came to her lady. From Mary, Mr. Wilkinfon heard the melancholy tale. "I will fetch, Mr. Rutland here (faid the good man).-This fcene would foften a heart of marble." Severn foon after gave fome figns of recollection.- Mr. Wilkinfon haftened to find Mr. Rutland, and they returned together. Aftonishment and rage were pictured ftrongly on the countenance of Mr. Rutland, while the fcene before him for a time flopped his utterance. -Ellen regarded without emotion the entrance of her father:-fhe felt nothing but the danger of Severn, who recollected her father, and ex Mr. Rutland again few into invective.-Severn vindicated himfelf with fervour. Mr. Rutland commanded him to leave his houfe in-plained their fituation. ftantly, and left the room in a rage. "Procure (faid he) a fpecial licence, that I may clear her fame, and legitimatife her child." The fcene that followed mocks defcription. Mr. Rutland vented the moft bitter imprecations on his wretched daughter, who was fun in agony by the fide of her lord, inattentive to all but him.-She knew Rife, my love (faid Severn to Ellen, who had funk in a chair); rife, and prepare for your inftant departure. But he fpoke with difficulty, and looked wildly on her.] -I feel a tightness here, (faid he, putting her hand to his forehead) and am fuddenly ill.-I rode hard in the rain-But, come, let us in-nothing,-heard nothing,-felt noftantly depart." thing, but the groans of Severn.— For him all affiftance was in vain :he grew worfe and worfe; and, raving on the name of Ellen, fixed his dying eyes on her pallid face, and breathed his laft figh in her much-loved arms. "Impoffible, my Harry, and you in this ftate!It ftill rains dreadfully, and is very dark.-Go, for this night, to my apartment.-Mary is there: you know the way. I will only ftay to watch if my father returns here, and foon follow you." Severn was too ill to make any refiftance,-while Ellen, roufed by a profpect of his danger, forgot her own. She dispatched a note to his In a ftate of infenfibility they conveyed her from the chamber; and, for feveral days, her life was defpaired of.-Sweet fufferer!-fhe was reftored to all the bitterness of reflection. reflection. Mr. Rutland had never feen her fince the death of Severn. -He difpatched a fervant to London, to acquaint lady Severn with her fon's death, and to defire the body might be inftantly fent for. Lady Severn, almoft finking under the fatal shock fo unfeelingly communicated, had yet the tendernefs and humanity to intereft herfelf for the prefervation of my friend.-A confidential fervant of her own was fent to Rutland houfe, offering mis Rutland an afylum with her, fhould her father's anger render a change of abode neceffary; and the remains of Severh were conveyed away during her infenfibility. On her return to recollection, my friend fent to entreat the prefence of her father. "Tell her (faid he, in a determined tone) that we never meet again. She is no more my daughter. I have torn her from my heart.As foon as he is able to travel, I expect her to leave this houfe.-Tell her, I am inflexible; and every attempt to change my refolution will only multiply my curfes on her guilty head. My friend heard his refolve,with patience heard it:-at length the exclaimed-"Fate has dort its worft; and mifery has fet her feal upon the heart of Ellen.-We will go, Mary.--I will not call down his curfes: they need not multiply; for I already fink beneath them." In the evening, Mr. Monfon requefted permiffion to fee her. He was admitted He came to fay, fhe might take her cloaths, and even her diamonds:-he gave her, likewife, from her father, a pocket-book, in which were notes to the value of two hundred pounds; and concluded by defiring her not to irritate her father by a fruitless oppofition to his commands. My friend affured him it was not her intention; and he took his leave. She then wrote a farewel letter to her father, which the requested might be given him after her departure; and the next day, attended by Mary, fet out for London.-They arrived fafe; and the maternal kindnefs of lady Severn, foon, in fome degree, restored the ferenity of her gueft. During thefe events, I was abfent on a tour to Scotland-On my arri val in London, I was informed, by a friend, of the fate of lord Severn. Mary had heard of my arrival, and came to request, I would come to her lady. I haftened to her.-Heavens! I fhall never forget the effect her altered form had upon my heart.— Care fat on her faded check,'and fhe was but the fhadow of my former friend. She was, however, compofed, and related minutely the circumftances I have been defcribing. I faw her every day:-fhe was grateful for my attention, and pleafed with my fociety; for to me the could talk of Severn.-She frequently expreffed a wish that her father would fend her his forgiveness; and I determined to try if it could not be procured. Unknown to my friend, I fet out for Lancashire, and, by travelling poft, foon reached Rutland-houte. I was ushered into the parlour:Mr. Rutland was alone. He arofe at my entrance, faying, “To what ftrange event, madam, am I to attribute this honour?" To a defire, fir, of promoting your happiness, by reconciling you to my friend." "Can Mrs. Merioneth plead the caufe of infamy?" faid he. "No, fir!—the cause of humanity,-of juftice, of mercy,and Ellen!-Think of her fituation: think of her fufferings!-It was the hand of heaven fnatched him from her, who would have gloried in being her friend, her protector, and her husband." Name not the villain (replied 3 M 2 he, he, with indignation):-my eterna! | but, as if recollecting himself, hè curfes light upon his memory." "Be pacified (faid I); nor load the memory of Severn with opprobrium or, at least, Mr. Rutland, condefcend to inform me if you have had no fhare in bringing on the forrows of your daughter." "Was not his want of wealth a fufficient reason for my conduct?” "No, fir; it aggravates your mifconduct,-being the weakest reafon you could poffibly affign." "Mrs. Merioneth, (faid he) all further converfation on this fubject is unneceffary-my refolution is unalterable. I will never fee her more. Has he not difgraced my name?-fullied the honour of her family? Do you think, madam, I could take a wanton to my heart?" "Is this the language of a father? (faid I)—For heaven's fake, be not fo rath in your refolves.-See her but once more-speak peace to her woe-worn heart; and, by your forgiveness, reconcile her to herfelf.Mercy, Mr. Rutland, is doubly bleft. -it blefleth them that give and them that take.'-Extend then its influence to my fuffering friend; and, by a deed of humanity, gild your own days with the funfhine of peace:for peace you can never know, if Ellen dies unpardoned." "Let her die!-let her perifh! (faid he-for the has made me wretched." faid, "lady Severn I mean: though I am forry, for the lady's fake, to fay, that the marriage will not ftand good in law." "But it will stand good (faid I) before that tribunal where ironhearted cruelty and fmooth-faced hypocrify will be equally rejected." I did not wait for his anfwer, but hurried to my carriage. As my application to Mr. Rutland was fo little fatisfactory, I never named it to my friend.-On my return to London, I found her much altered.-From her fettled grief and fagile conftitution, I could hope but little.-Lady Severn watched over her with unceafing attention; but we did not think he could furvive the hour of trial, which was every moment expected -As her frength decreased, her intellects improved; and fhe would frequently converfe calmly on her late forrows. "Weep not (fhe would fay) over my expected departure.-What can life be to one who has loft, except you, (looking affectionately on lady Severn and myfelf) all ties to the world?-My Henry is gone before me, my father d lowns me,-my reputation is indelibly wounded,and my conftitution broken by calamity.Alas! life has no charms for Ellen!-Should my unfortunate infant furvive, to your care I bequeath it.-You (addreffing us both) will Again I attempted to plead, be joint guardians to its helplefs but his anger overpowered my ef- years.-Exert, I conjure you, your forts, and talking to him was fruit-influence with my father for its adlefs. He paced the room a few minútes, and then abruptly left me. A ftranger, of genteel appearance, foon atter entered, and told me my carriage waited. I had fat down, hoping Mr. Rutland would return. I believe my looks teftified my furprife, when he told me his name was Monfon.-I did not anfwer him. He proceeded to make fome impertinent remarks on my vifit, -profeffed to pity mifs Rutland; vantage.-Perhaps, when the grave inclofes Ellen, he may receive her child.-Take (faid the) thefe miniatures of its wretched parents (prefenting them to me)-Ah! they were drawn when happy profpects fmiled,-before the blight of dif appointment had destroyed my fondeft hopes." The dreaded time arrived:-the event juftified our fears -She lived but to prefs you to her heart, and invoke a bleffing on your infant | head; then instantly funk on her pillow, and expired without a groan. -We difpatched a meffenger to Rutland-houfe, with letters on this melancholy occafion; but Mr. Rutland did not condefcend to anfwer them -The remains of my friend were depofited by the side of Severn. -Lady Severn retired into Kent, taking you and Mary with her. She frequently favoured me with letters filled with your praifes.You were the delight of her heart, and the darling of her age. On the death of her fon, the title had devolved to a diftant branch of the family, entirely unknown to her lady hip. You must recollect the lofs you fuftained in her death; for you were at that period eight years old. At her earnest request, I made a journey into Kent, and arrived Italy, that he has formed an acquaintance with the prefent lord Severn. He fpeaks highly of him, and talks of introducing him, at his return, to our acquaintance.-Albert is a ftranger to the particulars of your ftory, fo can make no difcoveries; and fhould he vifit us at the return of my fon, I think it will be prudent to keep this little tale a secret from him; for there could be no advantage arifing to you from his knowledge of your affinity to him; and it might, perhaps, be productive of much mortification to you. (To be continued.) on the A HINDOO's REMARKS EDUCATION of FEMALES in ENGLAND. time enough to affure her that I [From Mifs Hamilton's Letters of a Hindoo Rajah.] URING the period of infancy, thefe Chriftian females (whofe would endeavour to fupply her place, and guard, with tendernefs, your inexperienced youth. She was made happy by these affurances; and, foon after, departed this frail existence.-fouls are, in the erring mind of Mary had before paid the debt of nature. Lady Severn's income was confined; but he had, by strict economy, referved two thoufand pounds. This, with your mother's jewels, and fome valuables of her own, was placed in my hands.-Her fteward was left executor, and settled all her other affairs.-I brought you home to my own children, and shortly after you were placed with Julia at M****. I have nothing more to relate, but that I have frequently written to Mr. Rutland, yet never obtained any anfwer. He is ftill alive, and is thought immensely rich.-Should chance ever throw you in his way, your perfon muft awaken his remorfe; for you appear the very being that twenty years ago was his daughter. I find, by my fon's letters from Zäärmilla, deemed fo precious) are permitted to receive their firft ideas from mercenary attendants, always ignorant, and frequently vicious. When the rifing plant puts forth the tendrils of curiofity, which may at pleature be directed to the tree of knowledge, or fuffered to twine round the hollow bamboo of prejudice and folly,-at that period, left from the converfation of fathers or brothers, thefe young females might, peradventure, acquire fome degree of information, they are removed from the poffibility of fuch deplorable confequences, and placed where frience, reafon, and common-fenfe, dare not to intrude. In these feminaries, far from being treated as "beings, whofe intellectual faculties are capable of progreffive improvement through the ages of eternity," their time is folely employed in learning a few tricks, fuch as a mon key cafe of defeat, to employ them in procuring terms of peace, which from the remarkable complaifance of their adverfaries to the female fex, it might be fuppofed, would be negotiated by the bibbys with pe key might very foon acquire:-and thefe are called accomplishments! Judge how ridiculous it would be to make creatures, believed to be accountable to their Creator for the employment of their talents and the improvement of their virtues, fpendculiar advantage to their country. I was, however, forced to give up this conclufion, on being affured, that after years spent in the study of the language, as it is taught at these excellent feminaries, few are capable of reading, and still fewer of converf this tongue; and that the only real advantage refulting from it was, that, by what they knew of it, they were enabled to understand the peculiar terms belonging to the articles of drefs imported from that country, which had an acknowledged right of impofing its fashions on the other nations of Europe. the most precious years of life, in running their fingers over certain bits of wood, which are fo contrived as to make a jingling fort of noife, pleafant enough when one is a little accustomed to it, but which, in the manner executed by them, verying, with any degree of fluency in feldom equals what is every day to be heard from the itinerant muficians that practise in the streets! Another ingenious contrivance for filling up that portion of time which the friend of Maandaara fuppofes to be employed in the acquifition of ufeful knowledge, is, by the afliftance of a mafter (whofe attendance is paid for at a vast expense) making wretched imitations of trees, and flowers: and this is called learning to paint! It appears as if great care was taken, to avoid the poffibility of the female pupils ever arriving at any degree of perfection in the art, as I am well-informed, that not one in five hundred is ever capable of copying from nature, or of doing any thing, when left to herself, that is not many degrees inferior to the little pictures which may be pur-improvement, exactly in the manner chafed for the value of a rupee., Dress is, indeed, one fcience in which full fcope is given to the faculties of thefe females: and the love of it is, at the great fchools of the Chriftians, fo fuccefsfully inculcated, that it remains indelible to the latest period of life. Nor is the mode of education I fpeak of confined folely to the children of the higher cafts: it extends to all, even to the daughters of tradefmen and mechanics, who are employed, during the years of I have defcribed. All the difference is, that at inferior schools, where, inferior masters are employed, the girls do not, perhaps, -arrive at the art of running their fingers over the bits of wood, called keys of a harpfichord, with an equal degree of velocity; they make rather more execrable copies of more wretched pictures; and the knowledge they acquire of the French language does Another indifpenfable part in the education of females of every caft, of every rank, and in every fituation, is the knowledge of the language fpoken in their neighbouring nation. 1 was for fome time at a great lofs to know what reafon could be affigned for fo frange a cuftom; and after many conjectures, I refted in the belief, that, as the French nation was frequently at war with the Eng-not, perhaps, enable them to run Jifh, it might either be customary to fend the women as hircarrahs, into the camp of the enemy, or, in Spics. over the names of the new fafhions with an equal degree of volubility; but as to making any attempt at † Ladies. inftructing |