She looketh well to the way of her husband, and eateth not the bread of idleness: her children rise up and call her blessed her husband also, and he praiseth her.' As a good and pious Christian,she looks up with an eye of gratitude to the Dispenser and Disposer of all things, to the Husband of the wi so are all the vanities of this world: dow, and the Father of the father-saith he cannot leave it, it doth Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord shall be praised.' VARIETY. bewitch him-even so the plea- ORIGINAL AND SELECTED For the Lady's Miscellany. THE CHARMS OF TOBACCO. BY KING JAMES, THE ILLETERATE ROBER. A gentleman, one evening pretty late, passing over the Pont Neuf, new bridge,in Paris,with a lanthorn in his hand, was accosted by a strange man, in a manner rather polite and seeming suppliant, who requested him to read a paper. which, he said, he had that mo. ment picked up, and did not know, but what it might be of consequence; the gentleman, in holding up his, lanthorn, in order to read the paper, had likewise an opportunity of surveying the person, and features of the person who had accosted him, This Monarch had a remarkable antipathy to Tobacco, and he has left us his opinion of his now pop ular herb. • Tobacco,' he says, was the lively image and pattern of hell; for that it had, by atlusion in it all the parts and vices of the world, whereby hell may be gained; to wit: first, it was smoke--"which he did with some attention In the paper, he found a few lines, which I have translated as literary as the idiom of the two languages would admit, Speak not a word when this you've read The gentleman considering his situation, and the purport of the thread contained in the paper, thought it most prudent to continue silent, and to act as it directedhe accordingly delivered his watch, rings, money, &c. but, at the same time, renewed his survey of the person to whom he gave themand was so minute in his scrutiny, that he fancied he could at any time swear to him. The man was soon apprehended for a riot, and, on his way to the justice was perceived by the perceived by the gentleman to whom he had presented the peper, who accompanied him to the magistrate, and exhibited an account of the before mentioned occurrences against him; he was, for want of proper proof, respecting the riot, acquitted of the affair, but was sent to prison on account of the gentleman's accusation. the only evidence that could be produced, swore positively to the fact, and to the identity of his person. When he was brought to the bar to take his trial, he appeared quite unconcerned, and pleaded not guilty, with the greatest con. fidence; the gentleman, who was When he came to make his defence,he thus addressed the bench: "My lords, I confess on the evening specified, I did meat this gentleman on Pont Neuf, and the transaction as he has related it very exactly, passed between us; but in; the affair, I am very far from having been guilty of any ill intention-It is my misfortune not to be able to read; I picked up the paper just before I met the gentleman; I thought perhaps it might be of consequence. Seeing the gentleman, and judging from his appearance that he might be able to read, observing likewise the conveincy of his having a lanthorn in his hand, I requested that he would do me the favour to read the paper-he complied-and after reading it to himself, to my great surprise, he put his ings, watch and money into my hands: I was so astonished that I had not power to inquire into the contents of the paper, or to follow him for an explanation of his actions-afterwards, on reflection, I imagined the paper must have been of great value, and that he had given me his rings, watch and money, in order to get rid of me, and to keep to himself what was far more considerable in worth. Thus, if any one hath been wronged, I think it is myself, and I hope justice will I be done me." By this bold and artful defence, and the notority of his not having made any formal demand on the gentleman, he got off, for he was acquitted, though the whole court was conscious of his being the guilty person. From à late English Magazine. A LOVE ADVENTURE IN INDIA. without looking out, as she had There have been frequent instances of the daughters of Moors and Persians marrying, with the consent of their parents, European gentlemen; but I do not know, that ever an European married a Gentoo. The ladies, I believe, might sometimes be prevailed on to sacrifice religious prejudices to the power of all-conquering love, if they were not restrained by the authority of their parents.-Lieutenant L-th, happening to walk abroad in the suburbe of Bombay, perceived a very beautiful lady looking from a window of a house one of the walls of which almost touched that of the garden in which it was enclosed. He stopped to contemplate her charms: which the lady perceiving, she instantly withdrew into her apartments Mr. 1th, kept his ground, in hopes that his charmer would ap-quired as much Persian, as enapear again at the window: nor bled him to express in words, what were his hopes deceived; for he endeavoured to communicate whether from curiosity, the vanity to his angel by the language of naof being admired, or the dawn of ture. In the mean time, his visits a passion similar to that which be- were regularly repeated, and the gon to fire the lieutenant, she ap-lady did not fail to give him audiproached the window again, but ence. The time of meeting was Although the East India Com pany make a considerable addition to the pay of such officers in their service as understand the language of the natives, Mr. L-th, who is by no means a lover of money, had not given himself the trouble of acquiring it: but now, to the sur prise of all his acquaintance, he became a great student, and his only companion was Richardson's Persian Dictionary. He soon ac changed from day to night, whose The governor replied, that if Mrs. the lieutenants⚫ conduct. J. M. Lines on the Death of the Venerable 'How sleep the brave, who sink to resta Ah? whence those sounds of woe, that The breast with boding fears; And why is Freedom's sacred fane® With sable garments hung ; Why is thy lyre unstrung? Alas! the gales that round us play, roar Mr. L-th had used either fraud Proclaims the Patriot CLINTON is no or violence, in order to carry off his daughter, not only would the Company have discarded him from their survice, but the British laws would have inflicted severer punishment: but since it appeared that what had happened was with the lady's consent, it was incompetent to him or the British government, to stigmatize, in any shape more. And is the veteran hero dead, The chair of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and of the President of the Senate, were hung in black on the mournful occasion. Charlestown, Mry 21. By a person from St. Jonas Berkeley, we are informed, that on Tuesday night last. the house of D. Ware, situated in devouring element! No part of the Ba dy has been found, but his collar bone. CONDITIO.:S OF THE LADY'S MISCELLANY. 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