lost it. At this time Lieuteantmediately resolved to accompany

Wyegate was very ill, and notwithstanding all Hannah's care of him, he died the very next day after their departure from Fort St. David's. This loss shocked our heroine greatly, as he was one of the most sincere friends she had on board, to whom she constantly appealed whenever any vexatious occurrence took place. By daily acts of good nature, she was taken notice of soon after the death of her much lamented friend by Mr. Kite, who was second lieutenant of the ship, and who took her in his immediate service. At this time the sailors began to rally her because she had not a beard; and soon after, though in a joking way; they christened her Miss Molly Gray. The more she reflected on this sacering appellation, the more she found grounds for her alarm, fearing some of the crew might harbor a suspicion of her being a female. Aware, however of the consequences, if she should resent this proceeding, she, by her manly deportment, braved it out; but rather apprehensive of the continuance of this name, she determined to exert herself in the art of deception, whenever she could get on shore with her messmates, and by this means impose on their credulity, and endeavor to pass for as good a man, by joining in all their scenes of dissipation, as any one on board. The ship soon arrived in safety at the port of Lisbon, and hearing their plans laid out for a cruise on shore, she im

them, and shake off a name in Portugal, which would greatly interrupt her happiness, if still applied to her. Accordingly she. joined the crew on shore in parties of pleasure; and was one of the foremost (in appearance) to promole every species of jovialty, so the name of Miss Molly was here buried in oblivion, and hearty Jemmy took i's place. Thus affecting a gaiety of heart, and acting such parts as in secret gave her the utmost disgust, her title to manhood was no longer suspected, notwithstanding she returned to her dear country by no means cornup ed in her morals. At Lisbon, on her way home to England, she was informed that her husband had been a prisoner in Geneva, for murdering a native of that place, and who was also a gentleman of some distinction, for which he had been sewed up in a bag with a quantity of stones, & thrown headlong into the sea: Though melancholy as this information must have been, Hannah had sufficient presence of mind to conceal her emotions. On her return to London she went to her sister's who,. notwithstanding her long absence and disguise, immediately knew her, and gave her a hearty welcome. The adventures of this lady, with an account of which she used fiequently to entertain her friends, would far exceed the limits of this work. In her journey from Carlisle to Portsmouth, she acted the gallant at a publican's house, and.

and she lived many years i adding to the conviviality and cheer. (Concluded)

To the EDITOR of the LADY'S
MISCELLAKY.

SIR,

rendered Boniface jealous of his wife. At Chester she engaged the attention of a young mantuamaker At Winchester she carried on an amour with a widow, but hearty Jemmy paid dearly for this, as the widow contrived to empty our adventure's pocket's and leave Hannah to ruminate on her folly. Hav ing acquired some degree of popurity by her astonishing exp.oits she appeared before the public at the Royal Theatre in her favorite character of a sailor (Bill Bob stay.) She likewise represented a military character, and in a most masterly and correct manner went through the manuel and platoon exercises, with all the various and intricate wheeling,aching, countermarching, &c. Having in his manner made a genteel livelihood for several months and with considerable applause, she quitted the stage; and as her manty appear-aby appien by the world; The

I had occasion last evening, to make inquiry of a fiend of mine, concernin the character of a certain porn in this c ty, with wh m. I expected to have some deslin s; and eci ed in a swer tha he person I anuced to, was a man of large property, wore good cluti es and had obtained une appellation of a gentleman; but in is disposition morose possessed of no urbanity and perurious to a prove.b. This information led me into a consideration, of the word gentleman, and how inaply it was, ener

definition of Gentleman by the schoolmen of the latter, and present age, is--One raised above the vulgar, by his character for probity, politeness complaisance and softness of manners; bu a gentle. man of 1812 signifies almost an

ance suited her inclinations, resolved to continue in it for the remainder of her life. In consideration of the great hardships she had endured in her country's cervice she obtained an annuity of 201. and with this assistance opened a public house in the netghbo-toing, indirect contradiction of the hood of Wapping---on one side of which was painted :be figure of a tár, and on the other that of a soldier, unde peath which was written The Widow in masquerade, or The Female Warrior ih se at tractive signs had the d'esi ed ef fect, her house became the resor, of nume ous customers, particular. ly of all the Hearts of Oak, &c.

aloresong definion. I shall endeavour in a succuict manner, (as. far as my experience and ability extends) point out the qualifi cations necessary, to constitute a modern Gentleman. In the first pace he must be rich, or at least have the appearance of riches and dress in the most approved and fashionable style this exterior en

titles him to respect at the first glance, no matter of what materi als his interior is composed. In the next place, he must be in possession of an unblushing font, arti a natural aptitude for the bozie. The first man at a party of debauch. and have a talent for telling an in decent story, with a gout; conspicu ous for ill manners and quarrel some propensities at every place of public amusement, in fine ne must be the terror and abhorance of modesty, and the delight of ban. vivants. Thus commences his first grade--S condy it will be indispensably requisite for him, to seduce the innocence of several unprotected females, (the more the better) and to have debauched the virtue of his friend's or neigh bour's wife; but above all a few successful duels, where he has been palpably in the fault, will render his title unimpeachable. Trades mens bills must by no means be paid, but the money which ought to be expended in the payment of his just debts, must be lavished upon prostitutes and the venal companions of his corruption.

If an offended heaven, should not cut short the carreer of this highly finished Gentleman, he may possibly reimburse his extravagan ces, by underhand fraud and extor tion; cloke his former excesses with bypocricy: revel in ill gotten wealth dispise the thread bare coat of modest merit: trample on the rights of the poor: be courted and elevated to power, by

his cotemperies and still (forsooth)
be a Gentleman, O! Tempora, O!
Mores.
Your's &c

For the Lady's Miscellany.

1 HE ODD FELLOW. YOUR odd fellow is one who will do nothing like the rest of the wo ¡d. there was, a few years ago, a remarkable illustration of this character in one White, a man of small independen fortune, who lived in the Borough of Southwak; this man acted wholly upon thep inciples of contradiction; on a Sunday he always wore the worst cloaths, and fed on the wo st food be could get, because other peop'e both eat and wore the best; on a Monday, because it is a holiday, ne used to employ himself in some sort of work from the morning till night; the rest of the week he kept holiday, dressing himself just decent on a Tuesday, better on a Wednesday, better still on Thursday and so on till by Saturday evening, when other people are busy and dirty, he was the idlest and best drest man in the parish: he used to make a point of dining on a goose on Shrove Tuesday, and on pancakes on Michaelmas-day; he fed upon oysters as long as the weather continued hot, but left off eating them as soon as there was an R in the month; he almost

starved himself on a Chrismas-day and eat like a glutton, when there was a public proclamation for a fast; when it rained bard he went without his waistcoat or great coat, but would button himself up close and warm in the hottest day in summer; he wrote with a skewer cut into the form of a pen, and fastened his letter with paste; he constantly sat on a low table, and eat off a chair; he slept in his kitchen, breakfasted in the garret, dined in the cellar, and eat his supper all the year round in the passage leading to the street-door; he married three wives, and lived with neither of them; he would frequently pay a waterman to take his boat, and attend him on the banks of the Thames, but never got into it; and once a month he bired a coach, but always rode with the coachman; he sometimes call. ed for liquor at a public-house, but always drank it at the door; he snaved himself with a penknife, and combed his wig with a cloaths brush; be sometimes went to church and staid the whole service but never sat down; when in company he never spoke a word, but when alone he was always talking to himself; when he was sick he sent for the butcher,but often when in health he consulted the apothecay; he paid his house rent in the middle of the quarter, and always before it became due: when he died he owed no maŋ a shilling, and took sufficient care that no man should ever owe him six

mence.

SELECTED.

For the Lady's Miscellany. CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT fort a HUSBAND, by a LADY of Considerable Fortune.

HE must be young, as amorous as Jove, as brave as Julius Cæsar, or Alexander, as just as Aristides, as handsome as Adonis, as musicalas Orpheus or Apollo, as wise as Nlysses, as eloquent as Cicero or Demosthenes, as great a philosopher as Socrates, as subtle a logician as Aristotle or Zeno, as-rigid as a Stoic,yet occasionally as much addicted to pleasure as Epicurius, he must possess the learning of Homer, with the sweetness of Virgil, and the wit and pleasantry of Horace, he must be as great a natural philosopher as Bacon or Newton. He must indulge all the lady's caprices, understand all the following languages, the dead as well as the living ---Hebrew, Arabac, Persian, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, English,. Irish. High Dutch, German Russian, Prussian, Danish, Swedish, Turkish Gentoo, Hindoo, Chinese, &c. Whoever thinks he is possessed of the above requisites, may apply to the printer of the MP, where he will be informed of farther particulars respecting this Lady and her fortune.

PLAIN DEALING.

G. O.

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My verses oft displease you-What's the
matter?
You love not to hear truth, nor I to flat-

ter.