a coloured handkerchief round my neck, a nightcap on my head, a short jacket, large panta loons, and-slippers? BIRTHS. At his house in Connaught-place, the lady of the Hon. Archibald Macdonald, of a son. At Catch-hall, near Lockerbie, Scotland, Mrs. Johnstone, of a son and heir. Mr. Johustone has had four wives, and this is the only child, although he is nearly eighty years of age. At Brighton, the lady of the Rev. M. Rice, of a daughter. The lady of H. C. Berkeley, Esq. of Lincoln'sInn, of a son. MARRIED. At Mortlake, Surrey, Mr. John Tilleard, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Joseph Oliver Allman, of Princes-street, Hanover-square. At St. John's Westminster, William Ellis, of Hatton-Garden, Esquire, to Catherine, eldest daughter and on the same day, Edward Ellis, of Tavistock-place, Russell-square, Esquire, to Frances, youngest daughter of John Wolston, of Tor Newton, Devon, Esquire. At St. Mary, Newington, Mr. Critchell, of Islington, to Miss Taylor, of Walworth. Miss Smith, of Drury-lane Theatre, to Richard Bartley, Esq. of Birmingham. Lord Moreton, to a grand-niece of the late Judge Buller. DIED. At Guildford-place, after a very short illness, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Martin, sister to his Grace the Duke of Athol, deeply lamented by her afflicted family and friends. Mr. Thomas Carnelley, aged 65, late of the Crown Inn, Rotherham. At Richmond, in Surrey, aged 52, Richard Smith, Esq. late of Woburn-place, Russell square. At his seat, Old Warden, in the county of Bedford, Robert Henley, Lord Ongley, aged 42.He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, a minor. His Lordship's father was the first Lord Ongley, who died in 1785. It is an Irish peerage. Robert Henley, the first Lord, assumed the name and arms of Ongley, on succeeding to the estates of his great uncle, Sir Samuel Ongley, of Kent, and was created, July 30, 1776, Baron Ongley, of Old Warden. At the house of his friend, Mr. Darling, Hun || ter-street, North Brunswick-square, James Anderson, Esq. Assistant Surgeon on the Bengal Establishment, many years stationed at Prince of Wales's Island. At Plymouth-Dock, Devon, in the 30th year of bis age, and after more than four months of severe and unexampled suffering, in consequence of a wound received at the battle of Toulouse, Peter Joseph Bone, Lieutenant in the 30th Regiment, and second son of Henry Bone, Esq. R. A. of Berners-street. "Count Rumford," says the Gazette de France of Wednesday, the 24th Aug. " Associate of the French Institute, Member of the Royal Society of London, &c. &c. died in the night between Sunday and Monday last, at his country-house at Auteuil. His disorder was a nervous fever. This celebrated man devoted his life to the study of the sciences, and never ceased to direct his pursuits to the promotion of the interests of humanity. He has left many works which cannot fail to render his memory dear to posterity. He was only 60 years of age. He was interred this morning at Auteuil." Baron Munchausen. This traveller, so celebrated amongst us for the accuracy and probability of his narrations, and hitherto considered as a fictitious character, turns out to have really existed. The Journal de Paris of the 22d Aug. gives an account of his death, and laments the loss which the republic of letters have suffered. He died suddenly at Paris, at the age of sixty. Mr. John Brett, aged 74 years, news-vender, Lambeth, much lamented by all who knew him, At his sister's at Deptford, Daniel Isaac Eaton, the publisher of free Theological and Political Works for the last 25 years, for which he bad been prosecuted eight different times by the Attorney-General. His last imprisonment, of 18 months duration, was for the third part of Paine's Age of Reason. He was lately prosecuted for a work called Ecce Homo, for which he suffered judgment to go by default. He was not brought up for judgment, in consideration of his years and infirmity, and on account of his having given up the author. Miss Bays, of Cambridge; she was troubled with a humour in the face, and had received from a medical practitioner, two vials of medi cine, one of which she was to take internally She unfortunately swallowed the external appli cation, by which she lost her life. London: Printed by and for J. BELL, sole Proprietor of this MAGAZINE, and Proprietor of the WEEKLY MESSENGER, Corner of Clare-court, Drury-lane. BEING Bell's COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE, FOR OCTOBER, 1814. A New and Improved Series. EMBELLISHMENTS. 1. A correct PORTRAIT of the GRAND DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Engraved from an Original Painting. 2. A beautiful WHOLE-LENGTH PORTRAIT FIGURE in a RUSSIAN MANTLE, PELISSE, and BONNET. 3. A WHOLE-LENGTH PORTRAIT FIGURE in a BALL DRESS. 4. THE PRIZE; an Original BALLAD. Composed by Mr. REEVE. 5. An Original PATTERN for NEEDLE or TAMBOUR-WORK. LITERARY CONTENTS. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF DIS- | Anglo-mania of two young Frenchmen TINGUISHED AND ILLUSTRIOUS Grand Duchess af Oldenburg. Reflections on mistaken Education ....... 155 Different modes of Waltzing.. ib. Palais Royale ib. 147 Sketch of the Billet de Latterie............ ib. ib. ib. Geographical error corrected 157 ib. 148 ib. Charlotte Charke ... Marriage of the Princess of Saxe Weimar described 157 ib. ib. Death of Prince George of Oldenburg 150 Description of her Mother's person ........... Anecdotes of Illustrious Females. Bianca Capello Characters of celebrated French Women. ib Charlotte Countess de Bregy Madame de Montespan Presents bestowed upon her by the credu Select Anecdotes. 160 Samuel Boyse 161 Abbe de Vatteville. ib. ib. Prince de Conti and a Naval Officer 162 t ... 163 ib. Distress experienced by M. Dormeuil ..... 164 154 Impressions made by viewing the City of LITERARY CONTENTS (Continued.) Indisposition of Madame Dormeuil Effrontery of Mademoiselle Olivier Obtains the forgiveness of his first Wife..... 165 Extreme porosity of its leaves ཝ Curious experiment which may be made on Madame Dormeuil declared unmarried by Account of the green spots, percussors of London: Printed by and for JOHN BELL, sole Proprietor of this Magazine, and Proprietor of the Weekly Messenger, Clare Court, Drury-Lane. NOVEMBER 1, 1814. For OCTOBER, 1814. A New and Improved Series. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF ILLUSTRIOUS AND DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS. The Sixty-Chird Number. GRAND DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Ir has too long been a popular preju. dice that the great were more remarkable for their artificial rank in society, than for their virtues or personal talents. This opinion has indeed, of late years, been more loudly inculcated by self-called philosophers, whose sole objects were to gratify the spleen of their own little minds, and, at the same time, to excite prejudices in the minds of others, so as to do away all veneration for rank, and thereby to give greater facility for the introduction of their || new fangled systems of equality! That even the well meaning, and in some instances the well informed, should have been led astray by such theories, is not surprising, when we consider how very few, comparatively speaking, have had op portunities of mixing in ranks much superior to their own, so that they could not form any personal knowledge of the talents or virtues of those from whom they were so far separated, whilst any eccentricity or foible was certain to be made conspicuous, and often to be misrepresented. hoped, without lowering the ranks of life one degree in the scale of progressive superiority, a scale so necessary in well ordered society, will have the effect of putting all ranks more upon a mental par, whilst each rank will become better acquainted with its own duties and those of others. Of the illustrious individuals who have availed themselves of these new opportu, nities of knowledge, no one has been more conspicuous than the subject of our present biography, her Imperial Highness Catharine Paulowna, Grand Duchess of Russia, and Princess Dowager of Oldenburg, as widow of Prince George, brother of his present Highness the reigning Duke. Of the amiable Imperial Russian family, for such they would certainly be called in private life, there are three sisters; the eldest is married to the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Weimar, and the youngest, Anne Paulowna, born 18th of January, 1795, is still, we believe, unmarried; but the subject of our present biography, was born on the 21st of May, 1788, so that at present she is only six-and-twenty. That such circumstances were detrimental to a general knowledge of mankind, cannot be doubted; but they had even a A recent English traveller, who was at worse effect upon the higher ranks them- St. Petersburgh in 1807, observes, that the selves, as they were educated by a system | two eldest Grand Duchesses, who were which completely prevented their amalga- || then grown up, did honour to the care of mation with general society, and therefore obliged them often to see all things around them through a false medium. their Imperial mother, and excited the attachment and admiration of all who approached them: much indeed did they owe to that mother, wife of the Emperor Paul, a lady, who, at the time of which we speak, was stated by an eye-witness to exhibit very powerful traces of having been one of nature's favourites. Her complexion was very fine; her face full, her eyes of hazel colour, sweet, and expressive; her person, though somewhat embonpoint, yet very majestic; her manners, in a peculiar degree, soft, benign, and interesting. a strong attachment for each other, and finding that they were now to be separated, they both burst into tears; when another young lady, who immediately after them drew a prize, seeing the distress of the two sisters, without holding any communication with their parents, or with any other person, instantly ran up to the luck tunate ticket, and running up to the directress, exclaimed, "See! Madame, I have drawn a prize, but my papa can afford to pay the pension, and I am sure will pay it for me; pray let one who is less fortunate, enjoy the good that has happened to me!!" We have been thus particular in her de-less little girl, presented her with the forlineation, because we are sure that those who have been honoured with a near approach to the Arch-Duchess, must be aware of her striking resemblance to her amiable mother, whose pride it was to devote herself to the education of the younger branches of her august family, even whilst the late Empress Catharine was more particularly occupied in superintending the studies of her grandson, the present magnanimous Alexander, upon whom, it is said, she fixed stronger political hopes than upon his father Paul. Whilst instructing her amiable daughters in all useful and ornamental studies, the Empress Dowager displayed many exquisite specimens of her own taste for their improvement, being actually a most excellent medallist, and performing several exquisite works in gold chasing, which would have done honour to any artist, as well as executing specimens of needlework, which might with justice have been exhibited even amidst Miss Linwood's exquisite productions. The effects of the elegant and useful education given by the Empress Dowager to her daughters, may well be traced in the conduct of the amiable Arch-Duchess during her stay in this country; but we may, perhaps, exemplify that mode of education by stating some of the practical modes adopted by the Empress to instruct her daughters, and at the same time to serve the cause of benevolence. | No sooner did the Empress Dowager and her daughters hear of this little anecdote, than they expressed the highest delight, and paid the pension of the little generous benefactress. It was a part of the instruction of the young Princesses to accompany the Empress in her frequent visits to this institu tion, where a degree of familiarity was permitted and encouraged; and that indeed to such an extent, that when Madame Bredkoff, the Directress, was sent to Moscow to establish a similar institution there, the Empress herself, during her absence, took the chair, and was assisted by her amiable daughters in the discharge of the duties of that situation. It was not, however, to the merely orna-` mental parts of female education that the Empress directed the attention of the Arched to in the establishment of the instituDuchesses; for the useful was also attendtion of St. Mary, supported entirely out of her own private purse, where fifty-six girls were clothed, maintained, and educated in French, German, and their own native language, as well as in arithmetic, drawing, and even in embroidery, to such an extent, that the state dresses of the Imperial family were made by them. One of her first patronized institutions This latter institution is described as rewas for the reception of a limited number sembling a large, genteel, and happy faof young ladies, free of expence, by ballot;mily, into which the only qualification parwhilst others were received on paying a ticularly necessary, was that the applicant small annual sum. Of this an anecdote is should be destitute and friendless; whilst recorded, that on one occasion, two little at the age of eighteen they were sent into girls, the daughters of a naval Captain, the world, but not until they were provided and not more than ten years old, were pre- with respectable situations in genteel fasented for the ballot, when one drew a milies, or married to worthy husbands, who prize, the other a blank. Although so very received a small dowry with them. young, these amiable children had formed With an education founded upon such |