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And so on, increasing one fol, or a balf, penny, for every ten pounds. Now, though I do not with a London porter to carry a hare from Whitechapel to Portman-fquare for twopence halfpenny; yet I fee no reason why he fhould demand twice as much as it coft to come a hun dred miles by a coach, or more than the thing is intrinfically worth.

There should evidently be two im. provements made on the Paris bureau. First, that there fhould be feveral fubor. dinate offices under the principal one, in all parts of the town where there is a refort of carriers, stage-coaches, &c. as in Whitechapel, Alderfgate, Bishopfgate, and St John's ftreets, the Borough, near the three bridges, Charing-crofs, Piccadilly, Oxford-ftreet, &c. Secondly, that the price of porterage fhould be regulated, not by the weight only, but by the weight and distance jointly. Thus every parcel, &c.

From one to ten pounds, for any diftance not exceeding one mile, fhall be charged 6 d. and so on.

This is the more necessary to be attended to in London, on account of its exceffive length.

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All carriers, &c. fhould be obliged to deliver their goods gratis at the nearest warehouse or office, within a limited time after their arrival, unless there is no office within a certain distance: in which cafe they might be permitted to To the Rev. Mr Whalley L. 210 0 (charge a trifle.

The impofitions of porters are fo great, as to justify me in troubling you with the above; and, if the hint I have thrown out should put fuch as have it in their power upon thinking of fome regula. tions in this matter, I fhall flatter myself that I have been of fome ufe to the community.

The office at Paris ferves another useful purpofe; which is, that perfons coming out of the country, and foreigners, who have not taken any houfe or apartments beforehand, may direct their baggage or goods to this office, where they will be fafely kept till they are demanded. It may, perhaps, be useful to fome of your readers to know, that for this purpose they must direct their baggage -A Monfieur Vauleger Duvallon, Directeur general du Bureau du transport interieur de Paris, hotel des chiens, n. 26. rue du mail.

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An Incombustible Pasteboard.
AN experiment of an incombustible

pafteboard was made on December 4. 1786, at Berlin, in the prefence of Duke Frederick of Brunswick, and feveral perfons of diftinction. The inventor of this compofition is Dr Artird, a native of Saxony. A fmall building, which had been conftructed of wood for the purpofe, was lined with this pafteboard, and filled with combuftible matter. Notwithstanding a fire that burned most violently for a confiderable time, the house was not in the leaft damaged.

SIR,

Fan. 14.

I Truft the following inftructions to,

and anfwers of, the commiffioners fent to treat for a marriage between the young Queen of Naples and Prince Arthur, fon of Henry VII. and elder brother to Henry VIII. who after the death of Arthur married her, and who was the mother of Queen Mary, and from whom he was afterwards divorced for the fake of Anna Bulloygn, will prove acceptable. Yours, Gent. Mag. Harl. MSS. 6220. Inftru&yons geven by the King's Hughenes to his trufty and well-beloved fervaunts, &c. fhewinge howe they fhall order themselves when they fhall come to the prefence of the olde Queene of Naples, and the yonge Queene her daughter.

S. A.

First, after prefentation and delyveraunce of fuche letters as they shall have with them to be delyvered to the faid Queens from the ladys; K. making her recommendations of fuch charges and words, as fhal be opened and declared on her behalf to the faid Queens, they fhall well note and marke theftate that they keape, and how they be accompanyed with nobles and ladyes.

Item, to take good heede and marke th' eftates the faid Quenes keepe, and whether they keepe theyre eftates and houfholds apart, or in one houfe together; and how they be accompanyed, what Lords and Ladyes they have about them.

Item, if it fortunes the said King's fervaunts to find the faid Queenes keeping their eftates together, they shall well and affuredlye note and marke the manner of keepyng and ordering them in theyre eftates, with the countenance and manner of every of them; and fuch anfwer as they thall make upon the fpeech, and communycation of the faid letters and declaration of the other matters before mentioned, and to marke her dyfcretion, wisdom, and gravytye, in her faid communications, and aunswer in everye be balfe.

The aunswer to this in parte. As for the countenance and manner of everych of the faid Queenes, and of theyre aunfwer they made unto us at the delyveraunce of fuch letters as we brought unto them from my Lady the Princeís. First, the old Quene answered for herselfe as a noble wyfe woman; and alter, the young VOL. XLIX.

Quene, with a sad and a noble affured

countenance, with a good delyberation,

and with great discretion, uttered and fpake fuch wordes as pleased her, and not havinge many wordes, nor movinge countenaunce, but full stedfaft and with no high speech; and after the manner of that countrey, with a noble gravity, and not to bould, but fomewhat shamefaft womanly.

4. Item, they fhall endeavour them lykewife to understand whether the young Quene speak any other language than Spanish, Italian, or whether the can fpeak French, or Latyn.

5. Item, fpecyallye to mark and note well the age and ftature of the fayd young Queen, and the fetures of her bodye.

6. Item, efpecyally to mark the favour of her visage, whether the be paynted or no, whether fhe be fatte or leane, sharpe orrownde, and whether her countenaunce be cherefull and amyable, frowninge or melancolly, ftedfalt or light, or blufshynge in communycation.

Aunfwer. As far as we can perceyve or know, the is not paynted, and the favour of her vysage is after her ftature, of very good compaffe, and amyable, and fomewhat round and fatt, and the countenance cherefull and not frowning, and ftedfast and not lyght nor bold, hardy in fpeach, but with a demure womanly fhamefaced countenance, and of few wordes, as that we could perceive, as we can thynk that the uttered the fewer wordes, because the Quene her mother was prefent; which had all the sayinges; and the young Quene fatt as demure as a mayden, and fometyme talkinge with the Ladyes that fatt about her, with a womanly laughing chere and counte nance, and with a good gravity, alwayes the Ladyes talking with her havinge theyre countenaunces towards her grace with reverence, honor, and obedyence.

7. Item, to note the clearenes of her skynne.

Aunfwer. She is, for ought we could perceive, very fayre and cleare of skynne, by her vyfage, neck, and hands, which we saw and well perceyved.

8. Item, to note the colour of her heare.

Aunfwer. By that we could percyve by her browes, and by th' endes of fome of her heare that we perceyved throughe her handcarcheth, yt fhould feme her heare to be browne of colour. B 9. Item

9. Item, to note the eyebrowés, tethe, and lypes.

Aunfwer. Her eyes are browne colour, fomewhat grayifhe; her browes are of a browne heare, very small, lyke a wyre of heare; her teeth fayre and cleane, and, as far as we could perceive, well fett; her lypps fomewhat round and thyck, according to the proportion of her visage.

10. Item, to marke well the fafshyon of her nofe, and the height and breadth of her forehead.

Aunfwer. Her nofe is ryfinge in the mydwarde, and a little comminge or bowinge toward th' ende; she is much nofed unto the Quene her mother.

11. Item, to note her complexion. Aunfwer. As far as, &c. The is of a very fayre fanguyne.

12. Item, to marke her armes, whether they be great or small, long or shorte. Aunfwer. Her armes are fomewhat founde, and not very small, by ought, &c. and as for the length of her armes to our, &c. yt is good according to the proportion of her perfonage and ftature of height.

13. Item, to fee her hands bare, and to note the fafshyon of them, whether the palm of her hand be thycke or thyn, and whether her hands be fatte or leane, long or shorte.

Aunfwer. Her hands be right fayre, fomewhat fully, fofth, and fayre, and clean skynned.

14. Item, to note her fingers, whether they be long or short, small or great, broad or narrow before.

Aunfwer. They are right fayre, and fmall, and of a neitly length and bredth before, according unto her perfonage very fayre handed.

15. Item, to marke whether her neck be long or fhort, fmall or great.

Aunfwer. Her neck is fully and comely, not mishapen, nor very shorte nor very longe, but neitly after the proportion of her perfon; but her neck feemeth to be the fhorter because of her breftes be fully, and fomewhat bigge.

16. Item, to marke her breftes, whe ther they be big or small.

Aunfwer. They be fomewhat great and fully, and infomuch as they were truffed fomewhat high after the manner of the countrey, yt caufed them to feme the much more fullyer, and her neck the more horter.

17. Item, to marke whether there be

any heare appearing about her lippes or

not.

Aunfwer. She hath none, but cleare fkynned.

18. Item, that they endeavour them to fpeake with the faid young Queen faft ing, and that she may tell unto them fome matter of length, and to approach as neare to her mouth as they honestly may, to th' entent that they may feele the condition of her breath, whether it be fweete or not. And to marke at eve ry tyme when they speake with her if they feel any favour of spyces, rose water, or mufke, by the breath of her mouth of

not.

Aunfwer. They could not come fasting, but at other tymes when they have fpoken with her, they have found no evil favour of any fpices or waters. And we think verily by the favour of her vifage, and cleanenes of complexyon, and of her mouth, that the faid Quene is lyke to be of a sweete favour and well eyered.

19. Item, to note the height of her ftature, and to enquire whether the wears any nyppers, and of what height her flyppers be, to th' entent they be not decyved in the verye height and ftature of her. And if they may come to the fight of her yppers, then to marke well the fafhyon of her foot.'

Aunfwer. Her flyppers be of 6 fingers heyght; fhe is of a convenyent sta ture, fomewhat rounde and welllykynge, which caufeth her Grace to seeme lesser in height.

20. Item, to enquire whether she have any fickness of her natyvytye, deformytye, or blemmifhe in her bodye, and what that should be, or wher the hath bene commenly in health, or fometyme fycke, and fometyme holle, and to know the fpecyaltyes of fuch fyckneffes and defeafes.

Aunfwer. They have enqueired by her apothecary and physicians, and other wayfe in talke, but find non, having in her perfon no difconformytye, nor caufe of fyckneffes.

21. Item, whether the be in anye fingular favour with the K. of S. her unckle, and whether the have any refemblaunce in vyfage, countenance, or complexion, to him.

Aunfwer. She favoureth much her unckle in many thinges, and be much efteemeth of her, and will promote her in maryage, &c.

22. Item,

22. Item, to enquier of the manner of The LOUNGER, N° 101. Sat. Jan. 6. 1787.

her dyet, and whether the be a great feeder or drynker, and whether she uses often to eate or drynk, and whether the drynketh wine, or water, or both.

Auswer. She is a good feeder, and cates well her meate twyes a-daye; and that her Grace drinketh not often; and that the drynketh most commonly water, and fometyme that water is boyled with fynamon, and fometyme the drynketh ypocras, but not often.

23. Item, the King's fayd fervaunts fhall also attend unto, and dyligently enquier for fome connynge painter, having good experience in makyng and payntyng of vyfages and purtreytures; and fuch one they shall take with them to the places where the faid Queenes make theyr abode, to th' entent that the fayd paynter may draw a pyeture of the vyfage and femblance of the fayd young Quene, as lyke unto her as it can or may be convenyentlye done; which pyeture and ymmage they fhall fubftantiallye note and mark in everye poynete and circumftance, fo that it agree in fimylytude and lickneffe as neere as it maye poffyblye to the verye vysage, countenaunce, and femblaunce of the fayd Quene. And in cafe they may perceyve that the paynter, at the firft or fecond makynge thereof, hath not made the fame perfect to her fimylytude and lyckness, or that he hath omytted any feyture or circumftance either in colours or other proportions of the fayd vyfage, then they fhall caufe the fayd paynter, or fome other connynge paynter that they can get, fo oftentymes to renewe, or reform the same pycture tyll it be made perfecte and agreeable in everye behalfe, with the verye ymage and vyfage of the fayd Quene.

24. Item, the fayd fervaunts, by the wyfeft wayes that they can ufe, fhall make inquyfycion and enfearche what land or lyvelyhode the fayd young Quene hath, or shall have after the deccafe of the Quene her mother, eyther by tyth of joynture or otherwayfe, upon the realme of Naples, or in any other place or country, what is the yearlye value thereof, and whether the fhall have the fame to her and to her heyres for ever, or else during her life onlye; and to know the specialtyes, and the tytle, and valewes thereof in everye behalf, &c.

Forfan et hæc clim meminisse juvabit. VIRG. MY latest predeceffor has compared the

opening Paper of a periodical publication, to the first entry of a stranger into a room full of company. I think I may borrow his idea, and not unaptly liken the concluding Paper of fuch a Work to a perfon's going out of fuch a room. The fame doubt whether he fhall go or remain a little longer, the fame reflections on what he may have faid in the openness of his heart during his stay in the company, the fame folicitude about what people will think of him when he is gone, attend the periodical author and the guest. And though the ease of modern manners has relieved us in a great measure from the ceremonial of fuch a fituation; yet still an author, like a perion of confequence, cannot with propriety take what is called a French leave of his company, but muft formally announce his departure as an event in which the perfons he is about to quit are confiderably interested.

The author of a periodical performance has indeed a claim to the attention and regard of his readers, more interesting than that of any other writer. Other writers fubmit their fentiments to their readers, with the referve and circumfpection of him who has had time to prepare for a public appearance. He who has followed Horace's rule, of keeping his book nine years in his study, muft have withdrawn many an idea which in the warmth of compofition he had conceived, and altered many an expreffion which in the hurry of writing he had fet down. But the periodical Effayift commits to his readers the feelings of the day, in the language which thote feelings have prompted. As he has delivered himself with the freedom of intimacy, and the cordiality of friendship, he will naturally look for the indulgence which thofe relations may claim; and when he bids his readers adieu, will hope, as well as feel, the regrets of an acquaintance, and the tenderness of a friend.

There is fomewhat of this regret, and fomewhat of this tenderness, in the laft farewell we take of any thing. That place muft have been very unpleasant, that companion very disagreeable indeed, whom, after a long fojourn or fociety, we can leave without fome degree of melancholy in thinking that we fhall fee B 2 them

them no more. Even that abode, or that fociety, with which we have been for months or years difgufted and diftreffed, long habit and acquaintance fo ally to our minds, that we often wonder why we are fo little rejoiced at the arrival of a period for which we have frequently wished; that our parting fhould rather be fad than gay, and bring us, amidft the reflections of relief, an involuntary feeling of regret.

But as the Lounger flatters himself that he has not been altogether an unenter taining, or at leaft not a disagreeable companion to his readers, he may hope for a parting on more favourable terms: that on the morning of next Saturday, they will miss his company at the accuftomed time, as fomething which used to be expected with pleasure; and think of the papers which on that day of fo many paft weeks they have read, as the correfpondence of one who wished their happiness, and contributed to their amusement.

If he may judge from what himself has experienced in fimilar circumstances, they will be apt to indulge a perfonification of the author of these sheets, and give him a local habitation, and a name," according to the ideas they may have formed in the courfe of his performance. When such a writer has with. drawn himself from that fort of authority which he claimed for his opinions, that fort of credit which he affumed for his fituation, we are naturally inclined to examine the reality of each; as at the death of an acquaintance, we talk with more precifion and affurance than formerly, of his age, his character, and his circumftances. To afcertain, as well as to fatisfy any fuch inquiry, the Authors of the Lounger will fairly unfold themselves; not individually, for that were to affume an importance to which they are not intitled; but they have an aggregate name, by which, like corporations, they can be known and impleaded: they are the fame Society which, fome years ago, published in this country their periodical Effays under the title of the Mirror. [vol. 41. p. I.; vol. 42. P. 517.]

In making this declaration, they incur as much danger, perhaps, as they affume distinction. He who has fome merit of ancestry to support, draws the attention more clofely upon his own. During the course of this publication, they have fometimes been amufed with the difco

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very of its inferiority to its predeceffor and have heard, with a mixture of mor tification and of pride, fome people exprefs their regret, that the Authors of the Mirror did not write in the Lounger, and rescue it from the lefs able hands into which it had fallen. It may ftill indeed be faid, that an author is often impar;" that a fecond work is feldom equal in merit to the firft: But they may be allowed to indulge themfelves in the belief, that great part of the criticifm arofe from a natural enough propenfity to undervalue what has not yet been fanctioned by the general opinion from that difpofition, common in every thing, not to be fatisfied merely with what is good, but with what is called good. Be this, however, as it may, the Authors of the two Works found themselves fomewhere flattered by the remark; as a mother can but flightly refent the criticifm of her daughter's beauty, when it only difcovers that the herfelf was handfomer fome twenty years ago.

When thus, like Profpero, they « break their staff," and lay afide the airy power they had affumed, they feel, like him, the lofs of that fociety which the Lounger had raised around them. The vifionary characters with which he had peopled their acquaintance, they cannot help regretting as departed friends; and it is not without a figh that they difmifs Peter from his fervice. But they owe the confeffion to fincerity; and there is fomething more folemn in their obligation to this avowal now, because it is the laf time they will have an opportunity of making it. Particular circumftances induce them to declare, that they will not again appear before the Public, as periodical Effayifts, in any fhape or under any name. If any future Work of that kind shall happen to come out, they will have no claim to its merits, nor refponfibility for its defects.

It only remains for them to do justice to thofe correfpondents to whofe affit ance they have been indebted during the courfe of their Work. To Correfpondents they owe the following Papers. N° 7.; the letter fubfcribed Mary Careful, in N° 8.; Nos 11. 16. 19. 24.; the letters from Theatricus, in N° 25.; from Philomufos, in N° 42.; from John Trueman, in No 44.; N° 45.; the letter figaed Almeria, in No 46.; that fubfcribed Hannah Waitfort, in No 55.; Nos 60. 6370. 79. and the Poem in No 85.

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