refpected, in the company of her whom he so tenderly loved.

In the mean time Mr. Benfon perceived the increafing intimacy between this youthful ftranger and his daughter, and was not flow in taking the liberty to fpeak to him on the fubject. Mr. Seagrove, with little hefitation, vindicated himself by declaring the warmest affection and most honourable intentions to

fufficiently healed: yet ftill he lin-
gered. The charms and artless
manners of Henrietta, the strong na-
tural fenfe and goodness of heart of
her father, chained him to the fpot;
and in this ruftic cottage he tafted
pleasure which cumbrous wealth and
pampered luxury know not of. Fre-
quently he walked out with her to
whom he had given his heart, and
wondered that he had never before
obferved the face of nature fo fmil-wards Henrietta.
ing and delightful. Often would he
fit with her on a bench in the garden,
and relate to her the occurrences of
his travels, which fhe would 'feriouf-
ly incline to hear,' though it was
not his hint to speak' much of an-
tres vaft, or deserts wild;' nor did
he dwell on the cannibals who
each other eat.'

You do not rightly apprehend me,' replied Mr. Benfon; I meant not to accufe you of the meanest bafenefs to which a man can fink; [ meant not any fufpicion that you could endeavour to repay my kindnefs to you by endeavouring to feduce my daughter; nor, if I had, fhould I, perhaps, have fpoken to you on the fubject: for fuch is my opinion of Henrietta (pardon a fond father's partiality), that I think her armed too ftrong in virtue, to have been in any very great danger. But what I mean is this :-you are, I be

and wealth from mine; you have a father who will probably think both you and himfelf degraded by fuch an alliance. You know what barriers the customs of fociety have

His difcourfe was generally of a man the reverfe of a cannibal,-of his friend; for the heart of Mr. Seagrove was equally fufceptible of friendlip as of love. He related with honeft pleasure and heartfelt gratitude the numerous acts of kind-lieve, of a family different in rank nefs and friendship he had experienced in the Eaft Indies from a Mr. Wanley, whom he depicted as poffeffed of every virtue, and the model of what a man ought to be, to reprefent human nature in perfec-placed between the rich and the tion. He related a sketch alto of his friend's adventures, who had, by the moft unufual favours of fortune, in a few years rifen from a very humble feation to honour and opulence, without having had recourfe to any of thofe difgraceful arts which in that country are but too common. To dwell on the praifes of this man in the company of her to whom his foul was devoted, feemed to be his fupreme pleasure; and frequently he told her that as he was now on his return home to enjoy what fortune had beflowed, in his native country, he hoped it might be poffible that he fhould have the pleasure of the fociety of him whom he fo much

poor. I cannot confent that you should render your father unhappy by overleaping thefe bounds, and thus expofing him and yourself, it may be, to the contempt of thofe with whom you have fed to affociate. Let me recommend to you, firft, to apply to your father; paint to him the good qualities of Henrietta, in all the glowing colours with which your paflion may fupply you: and fhould I find that he is capable of rising fuperior to the perhaps too general prejudices of life, I, at prefent, fee no reason why I fhould object. But till he is informed, and has given his confent, be affured I cannot give mine.'

It

to remonftrate; he could make no impreffion on Mr. Berfon; and, in a few days, having obtained a tender interview with his Henrietta, he took his leave, and repaired to his father's houfe.

It was in vain for Mr. Seagrove | feveral perfons who came to England, to make inquiry for you, and tranfmit you money but none of them could ever difcover you. I now find you when I least expected it and while I thought only of performing an act of generofity to my friend, Providence has rewarded me, by reftoring to me, and enabling me to render happy, my father and my lifter.'

In about a month from that time he returned again, accompanied by Mr. Wanley, the friend, of whom he had spoken with fuch warmth of commendation to Henrietta. Mr. Wanley addreffed Henrietta as the miflrefs of his friend: Mifs,' faid he: your appearance and manner ftrongly confirm the warm encomiums my friend has given of the good qualities of your understanding and heart. As it feems nothing prevents your union but the want of a part of what I poffefs,-fince Mr. Seagrove's father is unwilling to confent that his fon fhould marry a perfon without a fortune,-I here engage to prefent you with as much as he may think proper to give his fon; for what better ufe can be made of wealth than to employ it in beftowing happiness on a friend

The tranfports of fuch a fcene muft fuffer by any attempt to defcribe them. Let us draw a veil over the ecstacy of the actors in it, as the judicious painter did over the countenance of Agamemnon, when he defpaired to reprefent his agony, while affifting at the facrifice of his daughter Iphigenia.

The CARELESS SPORTSMAN.
A TALE.

(Embellished with an elegant En-
graving.)

TNATTENTION, in

kind

As he pronounced thefe words, I of bufinefs or undertaking, is

Mr. Benfon entered, when the countenance of Mr. Wanley difcovered a very vifible emotion.

to ask

the natural parent of ill-fuccefs and difappointment; but in the affairs of love and courtship it is more peculiarly fatal, as there is nothing the gentler fex are more impatient of, and that with reafon, than neglect.

Sir,' faid he, you have here a very amiable daughter:-permit me you, had you ever a fon ?' Alas, fir,' faid Mr. Berfon, I George Meadows was a gay young had a fon but, at the age of four-man, devoted to fashionable folly teen, he left me to go to fea, and I never heard of him more; he may perhaps by this time repent his rafhnefs. I have feen many changes in life. I at that time refided in a part of the kingdom very diflant from this place. I have long lost all hope of feeing the poor boy again, though I have not lost all

remembrance of him.'

I am that fon,' exclaimed Mr. Wanley, falling on his father's neck. Fortune has fhowered unexpected favours on me by the most extraordinary accidents. I have directed 3

and heedlefs diffipation. Yet as his perfon was elegant, and his manner was diftinguished by a peculiar enfe and fprightly levity, he was a favourite with the ladies; and from among his acquaintances in that fex he had fingled out Mifs Clarifla Leefon to addrefs fomewhat more ferioufly than the reft by offering her marriage,-not fo much from admiration of her perfonal charms or amiable difpofition (though both thefe fhe poffeffed), as from the confideration of her lortune and expectancies.

George,

him, at the head of which were feveral men of great abilities, integrity, and patriotifm. They attempted, firft, to obtain the famous bill of exclufion, to deprive him of the fucceffion on the death of his brother; but in this they failed. Sull, however, they continued their oppofition; and, in the fpring of 1781, a little before the Oxford

George, however, was not much inclined to país regularly through al the formalities of a love fuit-not at all calculated for thofe days of chi valry when capricious damfels exacted rigid attendance, and impofed fevere probationary penances, on the knights they led captive. George was gay and facetious, purfued his own amufements in his own manner, and at his own time, without deign-parliament, the king being feized ing to confult the opinion or the with of his miftrefs on the fubje&t; and as there was no fmall tincture of felf-opinion and pertinacity in his character, he was more apt to purfue what the had hinted a difapprobation of, than perhaps he would have been had it been, perfectly agreeable to her inclination.

Perhaps this difpofition might not, for a time, caufe the regard his appearance and manners had infpired her with to diminish; perhaps it might even increase it:

For women, born to be controul'd, Favour the forward and the bold; Affect the haughty and the proud, The gay, the giddy, and the loud.

But a fuccefion of fuch behaviour began by degrees to infpire her with fome kind of difatisfaction, and a diftrut that it fprang as much from want of affection to her, as thoughtless levity of character.

(To be continued.)

ACCOUNT of the RYE HOUSE

PLOT.

(With a View of the Rye Houfe,

elegantly engraved.)

with a fit of ficknefs at Windfor, the duke of Monmouth, lord Ruffel, and lord Grey, inftigated, perhaps by the reftlefs Shaftsbury, had agreed, in cafe the king's ficknefs fhould prove mortal, to rife in arms, and oppofe the fucceffion of the duke. Charles recovered; but projects of the fame kind were not laid afide. Meetings were frequently held by thefe noblemen and feveral others, the object of which, it is probable, was, to prevent the fucceffion of the duke of York, in cafe of the death of the king, and fecure the crown for the duke of Monmouth. Some among them, it is pofiole, might mean to go further, and aim at the immediate depofition of the reigning king, that their defign might not be frustrated by delay. Lord Shaftfbury appears to have been particularly active in the promotion of fuch a defign; but finding many of his affociates much more cautious than himself, or perhaps, from a fenfe of loyalty and duty, unwilling to engage in fuch a fcheme, he left England, and retired to Holland.

While thefe plans were propofing and difcuffing among the leaders of the party, there was an ir ferior order of confpirators, who held frequent meetings, and concerted projects quite unknown to Monmouth, N the latter end of the reign of Effex, Howard, Sidney, &c. Among Charles II, in confequence of thefe men were colonel Rumfey, an the bigotry and arbitrary principles old republican officer, who had dimanifefied by the prefumptive fac-fting uifhed himself in Portugal; lieuceffor to the throne, the duke of York, afterwards king James 1I. a ftrong party was formed against

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tenant Walcot, likewife a republican officer; Goodenough, under theriff of London, a zealous and noted par

ty-man;