stead of taking away the life of the least person in the nation for the preservation of my greatness, (which is a burthen to me) I would not have one drop of blood spilt."

An anecdote is told of the late Beau Nash, of Bath. When he was to give in some official accounts, among other articles he charged, "For making one man happy, 107." Being questioned about the meaning of so strange an item, he frankly declared, that happening to overhear a poor man say to his wife, and a large family of children, that 10l. would make him happy, he could not avoid trying the experiment. He added, that if they did not choose to acquiesce in his charge, he was ready to refund the money. His employers, struck with such an uncommon instance of good feeling, publicly thanked him for his benevolence, and desired that the sum might be doubled as a proof of their satisfaction. In the severe winter of 1739, his charity was great, useful, and extensive. He frequently, at that season of calamity, entered the houses of the poor whom he thought too proud to beg, and generously relieved them. But of all the instances of Nash's bounty, none does him more real honour than the pains he took in establishing a hospital at Bath. It is with pain we add that, after this, in the evening of his life he stood in want of that charity which he had never refused to any one.

YOUNG LADIES' GARLAND.

AMIABILITY.

"I would not rail at beauty's charming power,
I would but have her aim at something more;
The fairest symmetry of form or face,

From intellect receives its highest grace."

Or all the graces which adorn and dignify the female character, amiability is perhaps the most pre-eminent; the peculiar excellence of this virtue consists in the power of exciting universal love and esteem. It is exercised without effort, and enjoyed without alloy; disVOL. I.

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cretion and good nature are the material ingredients of this valuable quality.

It was this inestimable grace which induced the wise man, to confer on the woman under its influence, a value whose price is above rubies; and he invested her with this endearing attribute-that she opened her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. It is this grace that throws an irresistible charm over the natural beauties, and exhibits every moral and intellectual attainment in their most interesting point of view. While many other graces have a specific and limited operation, this is universal; when once it is implanted as a principle in the heart, it never ceases to grow, but is continually yielding the most delectable fruit; every incident, however minute, and every event, however disastrous and mournful, constitutes alike an element in which this grace flourishes in all the luxuriance of eternal health. In the sick chamber, the social circle, and the drawing room, it furnishes from its own ample resources all that is most soothing, attractive, and captivating; ever prompt without officiousness, and deliberate without indifference. invests its most trifling offices with an unspeakable value to those on whom they are conferred, and bestows the most costly presents with a liberality so pure and genuine, as to silence the most captious, and captivate the most scrupulous.

It

Of the conduct of others, an amiable female is always charitable. The omission of attentions disturbs her not: she is ever ready to suggest a thousand reasons for a supposed injury: and should it be realized she is satisfied with one-she knows she does not deserve it! In the absence of evil she invariably argues good.

Of her own conduct she is scrupulously guarded and rigidly exact. She remembers the language of a modern writer, "that virtue in general is not to feel, but to do--not merely to conceive a purpose, but to carry that purpose into execution-not merely to be overpowered by the impression of a sentiment, but to prac tice what it loves, and to imitate what it admires;"

and thus loving and beloved, she progresses through the various stages of life, ornamenting all its interesting relations, and bestrewing the path of duty with flowers of sweetest fragrance: she closes her brilliant and beauteous course, by gathering her duties together as a never fading boquet of flowers, binds them with her amiability, and bequeaths them to posterity; then fullorbed, she sinks beneath the serene and expansive horizon.

"Death steals but to renew with bloom
The life that triumphs o'er the tomb,
She died not-but hath flown.
Live, live above! all beauties here,
What art thou in another sphere-
An angel in their own?"

ERNEST.

YOUNG GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT.

ECONOMY WITHOUT AVARICE.

THERE is no station in life sufficiently elevated to render a regard to economy altogether unnecessary; and as the income of the majority is confined within narrow limits, the duty of becoming economists is invested with additional importance. Let me, therefore, strongly exhort you to be temperate in all your views and actions; be especially discreet in the article of apparel; for if you do not adhere to moderation in this respect, you will soon have the mortification of seeing your affairs in disorder. If you once lay aside attention to economy, nothing can be answered for-pompous living is the high road to ruin, and the reduction of fortune is almost always followed by depravity of manners. Remember, that in order to be regular, it is not necessary to be sordid-avarice is unprofitable, and disho nourable. Adhere to good management only in order to avoid the injustice and shame attendant on irregularity. Let us retrench unnecessary expenses for the sake of preferring such as decency, friendship, and charity require us to make. It is established good order, and not an avaricious looking into trifling matters, which turns to great account: avoid meanness in every shape,

for it is usually associated with dishonesty. When PLINY sent back a bond for a considerable sum, which the father of his friend owed him, accompanied with a complete acquittance, he remarked-" Though my estate be small, and I am subject to heavy expenses, yet my frugality produces a fund which enables me to render services to my friends." Abridge, therefore, your fancies and diversions, that you may not be deprived of the gratifications of generous actions, in which every person of a liberal mind ought to indulge. Avoid vanity, and be wholly regardless of the wants it creates. It is commonly said, "we must necessarily be like others:" this sentiment has great latitude, and leads to much evil:-a just regard to your income will leave you in no doubt as to the line of conduct you ought to adopt. He who is regardless of his own means, can never effectually enhance his friend's. Have a noble emulation, and be ambitious to excel in honour, probity, and integrity. Be rich in the endowments of mind, and in the practice of virtue. Poverty of mind is far more deplorable than poverty of circumstances. S. L.

CHANGES IN SOCIETY.

I LOOK forward a few short years, and see the aspect of society entirely changed. The venerable fathers, who have borne the heat and burden of the day, are dropping one after another into the grave, and soon they will be gone. Of those too, who are now acting members of society, some have passed the meridian of life, others are passing it, and all will soon be going down in its decline, to mingle with the generations who have disappeared before them, from this transitory scene of action. To a mind, seriously contemplating this mournful fact, it is an inquiry of deep and tender interest ;-who are to rise up and fill their places? To whom are to be committed the invaluable interests of this community? Who to sustain its responsibilities and to discharge its duties? You anticipate the answer. It is to you young men, that these interests are to be committed and these responsibilities transferred-you are fast advancing to fill the places of those who are fast retiring to give

place to a new generation. You are soon to occupy the houses and own the property, and fill the offices and possess the power, and direct the influence that are now in other hands. The various departments of business and trust, the pulpit and bar, our courts of justice and halls of legislation; our civil, religious, and literary institutions; all, in short, that constitutes society, and goes to make life useful and happy, are to be in your hands and under your control.

This representation is not made to excite your vanity, but to impress you with a due sense of your obligations. You cannot take a rational view of the stations to which you are advancing, or of the duties that are coming upon you, without feeling deeply, your need of high and peculiar qualifications. In committing to you her interests and privileges, society imposes on you corresponding claims; and demands that you be prepared to fill, with honour and usefulness, the places which you are destined to occupy. She looks to you for future protection and support, and while she opens her arms to welcome you to her high immunities and hopes, she requires of you the cultivation of those virtues, and the attainment of those gratifications, which can alone prepare you for the duties and scenes of future life.

THE RIVER.

"How happens it, papa, that the river, which is com monly so peaceful and clear, that it resembles a large looking-glass, is to-day so swelled and yellowish?". "My dear, that is because the stormy south winds have brought down torrents of rain, which have drawn all the impurities of the fields into the river. A peaceful and innocent heart is like the surface of the water when it is limpid. Heaven and earth paint themselves upon it in all their beauty; one may read to the bottom of it. It is thus, my child, that I can still read in your's; but if stormy passions should one day rise in your breast, your heart will be like this river, swelled and dusky, my eyes will no longer be able to read in it, and... it can no longer reflect the beauty of heaven.”