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wooldirave very
at Nei% is that
ahsotbed in the

procure

ire atill retain some
whole, nithing is

more silly, than a
whom you are not in love.
speak to her of any
is io affeaed, so
pretensions, as ladies of this
despotially over your con-
But nothing is
woman of genius,
reads them to great(
lately said to me,
the talent of ;he
well, is the charades
and ill, is the man•
.4 little and ill, is the
"—" And, to speak'
is to speak like a
not since invited

frequent the Garden

Museum, the works in
monuments, which are the
ornaments of their
.'aris have so many
many invitations to
so many solici-
to make, so many
so many letters
console, so many in.
morrow almost al-
have commenced

Paris ; in the pro-
saloons of company
roar ; in the city

and in the coun-
occupations of the city.
his condition. He
relinquishes a profession in
tranquil, to aspire to a
1 which is sure to

doing ?" " est nil,"
of him." So much
be said of a quiet,
with the mediocrity
himself by means of
the sekft circle of
arts, and of friend-

Parisians surpass all other
of the table (par-
Gastronomy ; an
icterml sits Gourmands,
an astonishing sale. A
person of Importance
may not aspire. In
reputable ;
foibles: he is rather
stealing and dis-
,utal, rather lazy,
compensates fur
masters make a jest of
people do not eat,
some measure,
people or Paris will
in coaches; its
calculator asserts,
in Paris, the fewer
Population is always in

who I have not
, notwithstanding all
charming place in the

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night. but at too
Post-office.

town on Sam-
Concordia, DUBINA, ar-
some of them,
date as Thursday ;
seen is dated from
It states, that

. army joined the
Brandenburg, on the 29th
tidy cavalry, had,
`arts, at Sw•eren.
an aCtion on ti.e
of the Dantzick:r,
Letter mentions that
Poland. Russia,
thret weeks, so that

' 73TANSE1p of virtue, I ath convinced that tie
41, KODIAK Mtn, in Tan uonret oP Coctosak„ applause, were it only,lseelOse he v
LAST. illbecnispeeltors: °
A tot nt which is di the decline
A 'philosophical writer , under eke' pretest of gists •
oP benVersation. Every thing is
ing the world a pidure of Paris, has published six
vertex of gaming. People in years
large volumes, which are mach' admired by fo-
reignere. We will do justice to his intentions, and sparks of gaiety ; but, upon the wl
more insipid, mote frivolous, mo
woe read his book. He Is a charming fellow ; thinks
handsome woman with whom you
in the street ; writes about every ;sett be comes to ;
You almost. affront her if you spea
and knows every thing, anise the art of pleasing,
thing eau that; her face. Nothing,
'sad standing still. He has written six volumes on
methodical, so _full of pretensions,
Paris. Isbell give a few pages on the same subject,
'for I hate nothing so much as prolixity. deicription; • they rule despotically
versation, your taste. your ideas.
At Paris, every body builds and every body me-
so formal, so disgusting. as a sec
Vulates ; there some amuse, many ruin, and very few
who writes little books, and read.
enrich themselves. The multitude live by the
hopes and the follies of the opulent upstarts. connoisseurs. One of these ladies 1:
The literati excite very little sensation at Paris, "To speak much and well, is tl
terouse the spirit of books interests nobody, since the 6et esprit ;to speak little and well,
spirit of business has taken possession of every minds of the wise man; to speak much an
Let us likewise ackaoe ledge, that very little
genius nor of the insipid fool ;to speak lit
_
is requisite to c impose t novel, and that none is unfortunate fate of the silly."—'
necessary for a Tragedy, which is first read with like you, Madame," replied 1, "is
book." She blushed, and has a
presumption, performed with confidence, praised
• with tumult, kept up with great 'sperm*, and is nee to her house.
!totally destitute of every qweicapon thateasown. Scarcely any but Foreigners freq
• mend success. of Plants, the Libraries, the Museu
411._ •
_ The Dralha, it is true,liellipeasgleded, and for the Louvre, the public moeurnent
this very reason, because the 4141billtes are so uneven-
luxury of great Empires, and the or
mealy well frequented. Capitals. The inhabitants of Par
However paradoxical this '
observation may at first i;grit appear, it is nertrthe-
occupations to attend to, so man
lees true. The Opera has only one male and one dinners which they cannot refuse,
female singer, and two skilful dancers ; the legs of rations which they have promised tc
•
ow one, indeed, are rather 'old, and the head of the unprofitable or sacred assignations,
other rather young. Madame Branch% has a charm-
to write, so many ladies ,to cone
, ing voice, great skill, taste, and what, I be-
terestiog men to visit, that the nu
!Lop, is denominated manner. But sire is not corn-
ways surprises them, before they I
Otent to the part of Armada, nor to that of Dada. the business of the day.
&wider her in whatever way ycu please, she is too Laughing is out of fashion at P,
small either on a throne or in a palace. The cho-
menades people yawn ; in the sato
ONO are very ill adapted, nay, almost foreign to they play; at the theatres they to
*staltion e. and those who execute them have the they affes2 to prefer the country ;
fogy tb use their spying-glasses, and to laugh, while try they propagate the oceupatic
lbey ihw tinging the disasters of Greece. It is, upon Every one is eager to change his
the whole, a tedious and magnificent spedacle ; is a eapalle man V4lO relinquishes
What Is done there, only proves what might be done. which he lived obscure and tianqu
The number of the audience is too great, and that place of uncertain duration, and
of the aeon too small; there is too much dancing, n him who holds it.
rui4.
• ,000 few ballets; too mach music, and toe little sing. .What is Mr. Such-a-one doing
tag. Wienee has failed, but Castor is kept up by is the reply. " Nobody speaks of h
the better for him. What can be
Means of Garda! and Depot,.
At the Theatre Francais, the elegant and ac-
peaceable man, who, satisfied wit]
of his lot, seeks not to raise hims
etodilked Fleury evinces that grace may be ac- '
intrigue, but spends his days in th
. Dugasion hag brought to perfeelion the
tried tants, in the bosom of the art
istsfiwtunate profession of a Buffon ; Dasineourt,
keeps up, with admirable spirit, the tone of comedy ; ship 1 -
In my opinion, the Parlditat
beloved on the stage, esteemed in social life, he
people in a taste for the pleasures ol
swim's that a good actor, as well as a great writer,
*ways has something of his charaler in his talent. in4rndac) have
a poem on
Mademoiselle Georges is rising, and Mademoiselle 'nu" 41"
"1"16""6.
Yeen"i
Duchesnois sinking; the cne seeks instrudon the and all these works have an anal
celebrated restauratear is a person
other panegyrists. A wrong estimate is formed of
there is nothing to which he may
both ; few have the courage to be now of the same
*sloe as they will be ten years hence. Telma like manner, a good cook is a very
he generally has some little foibl
tides, in certain parts, the applause of the pre_
addicted to drink, rather given to
1110togle, avid than of posterity.
honesty, rather insolent, rather bru
The comic opera continues to excite mere regret
rather peon gate ; but Isis talent
than hope. Here are seen some little, and tolerably
these trifling defe4s. The mattes
handsome young ladies, who sing pretty well, play
and forgive them. For Cie rest, pi
inatchedly,andJangh with an air of self-sufficiency,
but devour ;and voracity belongs, i
Wads proves that they know not what they are
to the boa ton.
Ellevion is a fine after, Martin a line sing-
Its another half century, the pea
er, but Madame St. Anbin, and Madame Gouthier,
go abroad only on horseback, or
are capital actresses. Chenard has a good voice, a:
size is prodigious. A splenetic C.l
physiognomy for all his parts, and a happy medics- 'that the more houses there will be in
may, which never tires. The other Theatres arc
inhabitants it will contain. Popala
not worthy of notice, "wept that of Louvois, which
an inverse ratio to luxury.
is frequent. I on amnion of Picard.
What I have said is true ; w
- A taste for the Drama makes no alteration in the
manners of society. There is, at Paris, an hear in said, is still more true ; and, not
which all appear equally rich, converse on the same this, Paris is still the most charm
isalirets, and occupy themselves with the same world to live in.
things. Pleasure seems to be the only employment, r
• E IS
and gaiety the prevailing characteristic. What , _ __ _ _ _ _
shall we say to the opinion of Marivaux, who main-
LONDON,
weed, that people who are not offended by any
MONDAY, Newest
Wag. are not fitter for society, than those who take
dbeee at eves y thing A Hamburgh Mail arrived lest
Reading and study are almost totally relinquish- late an hour for delivery from the
ed. How many things are there which it is dan-
gerous to learn, and how many others, the know- Several Letters were received in
ledge of which is of no service I Fame is no longer day from Holland, by the Coerara
the ohjed to which we aspire, but wealth ! Our very rived in the River from Catwyck :
authors are a kind of literary financiers. There are we understand, are of so late ada
undertakers and composers of histories, travels, but the only one which we have se
new plays, necrologies, ate. It was formerly said, •Ratterclam, on Tuesday evening.
that the sciences knee no differences of rank, but the first column of the Russian a
rather destroyed them, and conferred, distindions, Pi ussians at Landsberg, in Brandenl
which permits of the highest quality could not al- ult. and that another corps, chief
ways attain. This fashion is past, the present at that date, crossed the river Ws
.) generation takes delight only in what is ridiculous. Notnention whatever is made of
As it is absolutely necessary to be rich, in order Oder, as reported by the Captain ol
to enjoy pleasure, the exterior cf }appiness, and a arrived in the Forth. The Lette
Led of consideration, no means arAleft untried to the posts from Saxony, Prussian
obtain wealth. Were any one Co follow the paths ice. hod not arrived for nearly Una