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diance over the plainest features. and will al ways charm, when beauty has perished. Cor : ''h t's hie was long and happy. She gladdened the. In-aits of all around her, forming a striking contrast to the short career of her unfortunate i>ter, wh >se guide was impulse, and who sacri ‘•ced duty and priucijdv at tiie altar of passion. BIOGRAPHY. Maria is the daughter of Richard I.ovelt Milgeworth, Kup of Kdgewor'.h-town, Ire land, a gentleman distinguished in the literary world for his talents and writings. The daughter is s-.i 1 to eve! her parent in talents ; site has devot ed herself to li'ciwry pursuits with real and ardor.— One of h„r objects has been to pert bet the system d female education, in which situ ha-in part suc ceeded. As a novel-w 1 iter, she ranks among the. most ("'.incut; and the Irish character has never been d: .'in with equal truth and spirit by any other wri. tci Her publications, which are numerous, have been well received on both sides of the Atlantic. Mrs. Otiit .—This lady was born in 1771 She is the daughter of l)r. Alderson, an eminent physician ci Norwich. She early evinced superior talents, In composing poems and descriptive pieces, at an age v. he; young ladies have not usually hnisln-il the:: education. In 1798 she married Mr. Opie, a cele brated painter ; and, soon after his death, in I Sod, -he published a memoir of his life, prefixed to the lectures he had read at the Royal Academy. By this and other publications, she has acquired consider able reputation, both as a prose and poetical writer, Vrs, Sii!.'on* is the daughter of Mr. I!. Kemble. She was born about the year 1749. This lady com menced her career as a singer, but she soon relin quished that enipl'wmenf, and attempted tragedy, t In her appearance at Drurv-Lane theatre, 1784, her success v. us complete : the public were aston -bed at her powers, and she was a know lodged to . c the first tragic, actress of the age. Tor more • ban twenty years she retained her high rank as an actress, and continued during that period, to en aaut the lovers of the drama. >hc also possesses considerable merit as a sculptor. Mrs Sibdons has 'accumulated at: ample property, with \v Inch silt- lias retired from the stage to the quiet of domestic life. • Inna 1titiu Barhauhi.— I his lady is the daugh ter of the Kev. .lolin \iken, at; J'ngli-h diwnting t lergyman, and wife of the Kev. It. lt.ubuuld, mas ter of a school in Norfolk. She was born ,n the year ]~}-lj and was early instructed in the Latin and flreek languages by her father, she is distinguished Ibr her learning, us well as for her nuinc-r.ms writ ings which have gained her great celebrity. She ■ now* far advanced in life, and vet retains great vigor, both of intellect and b- !v. As a writer of y:r.) e she has surpassed almost every female of her time, and is equalled, for elegance of diction, ai.d soundness of sense, by few of the other sex. Joanna. Bui Hi* is a single lady, who resides chief ly in her native country, Scotland. She is distin guished for uer talents and writings, and has pub i.sheu a scr.cs of plays in several volumes, illustra tive of the strong passions of the mind. She lias also written a collection of metrical legends of emi tnent characters, in one volume. 1 * Mrs. Barbauld is not not now living.] Muj't: D'.l-h/iU', better known by her maiden name, ot Miss Frances llurney, is tiie daughter of Or. llurney. Tliis lady has deservedly attracted public attention, and gained a high reputation for herself, by her writings. She unquestionably ranks among the first female novel-writers of the age.— Her fust work was Kvelina, published in 1777.— 1 o th.s succeeded Cecilia and Camilla : she has al so written a tragedy, which has been performed on the Knglish stage, and recently a novel, called the Wanderer, or l'emale Difficulties. Madam D‘Ar bi.«y is now a widow, and reside0, since the death u! her husband, in Knglaml.—1 .V. 1. Mirror. DF.SClill’TIOX Of WASHINGTON 111V1NC, . t’lllior of (hr Skitch JJook, \c. He is a very well dressed, good humored look i mg' man ; il nut handsome, at least very prepos sessing in appearance, though his countenance has nut that intellectual expression which his I writings woujd lead one to expect. The most : remaikahle feature is his eye : it is large and lull, with a very soft,dreamy expression—a look I of indolent repose in il, w hich strikes one at first sight, very forcibly. 1 - canned it. and fancied that Mr. living could newer be accused of earlv using ; and I have suspected that he admired Cray s description of Paradise, •• to lie on a sofa I and read new novels.’’ Hut with all this he pos susses a keen perception of the ludicrous, and .1 any object or phrase presents itself w hieh ex cites his ha-ling, Ins eV(. lights up twill astonish mg brilliancy ; the dreamy, dozing louk gives | tv ay to an expression of wit and humor, of talent I 'And irresistible mirth it is not ill-natured enough I fw satire - which makes one readv to laugh with | him. VARIETY. Cami'la. — “The character of Camilla,’’ sat-. Mr. l’rooks, “the beloved of Foseuri," is admirable drawn. It is a beautiful embodying of the noble and generous qualities of a woman, firm and con stant in lur affection, when man forsakes foscaii, she clings the closer to him. When man persecutes him with unworthy and injurious suspicion ; when circumstances combine in confirmation of that sus. pinion, her unchanged and unchangeable love as serts his innocence, with warm ami well-placed con fidence. Woman only is capable of this. Man is a much more scliish being, and he deserts the unfor tunate and the oppressed in the hour of trial— when woman comes forward, to shelter and to save. We have all proper respect for the male part of creation ; but in friendship, or in love, one woman hai more soul than a whole regiment of men.” 7’/n fur^iciwj: boy.—In a school at Yougal an instance lately occurred, in the master's acciden tal absence, of one hoy being provoked to strike another, (in hearing the complaint, the mas terdetennined on punishing the culprit.when the aggrieved buy entreated pardon for the otl'en der. On being asked why he interposed to pre vent so just a punishment, lie said, “ I was read in.r .n the new Testament latclv, that Jesus 1 Christ said we should forgive our enemies and I wish to forgive him. and beg he may not he pun ished for my sake.” This Christian plea was loo powerful to he resisted. The oilender was par doned, and the parents of the poor hov were , highly pleased at the circumstance. , knowi l.uiii:. The following1 extracts are said to he from the pen of Mr. liroughum :— “ It may easily lie demonstrated, that there is an advantage in learning, both for the usefulness am! the pleasure of it * * * There is somethin .■ positively agreeable to all men—to all, at leas', whose nature is not most grovelling and base, in gaining knowledge for its own sake. When you see any thing for the first time, you at once deri\e some gratification from the sight being new ; ymn attention is awakened, and you desire to know more about it. If it is a piece of workmanship, as an instrument, a machine of any kind, you wish to know how it is made ; how it works ; and what use it is of. If it is an animal, you desire to know where it came from ; how it lives, what are its disposition -, and generally its nature and habits. This desire is felt too, without at all considering that the ma chine or the animal may ever be of the least use u yourself practically ; for in all probability you may never see them again. Hut you feel a curiosity t > learn all about them, because they are new arid un known to you. You accordingly make inquiries ■ v ou feel a gratification in getting answers to yom questions, that is, in receiving information, and ir. knowing more—in being better informed than you were before. If you ever happen again to see the - a me instrument, or animal. \ on find it agreeable to recollect hat ing seen it before, and to think that you know something about it. If you see anothc instrument or animal in some respects like, hut d.i b ring in otiter particulars, you In 1 it pleasing to compare them together ; and to note in what tin i | agree and in what they differ. .Vow, all this kind of gratilication is of u pure anil disinterested nature, and lias no reference to any of the common purpo ses of life ; yet it is a pleasure—an enjoyment. You are nothing the richer for it ; you do not gratify your palate or any other bodily appetite ; and yet it is so pleasing that you would give something out ot your pocket to obtain it, and could forego some bodily enjoyment for Its sake. The pleasure deriv ed from science is exactly of the like nature, or ra ther it is the very same. For what has just been referred to i.~, in fact, science, winch, in its most comprehensive sense means only / nT.ilnlf’r .• and in its ordinary sense means 1 /ivu lr<f"c rn/tic'i! lu a •V '/' i/i , that is, arranged in a regular order, so as to he conveniently taught, easily remembered, and readily applied.” rOl.OONR WATf.lt. (tin female readers who arc disposed (o prac ticc a litth' domestic economy, will find I }.<; lb I lowing preparation of Cologne water, a very cheap substitute for the Cologne water of the shops, lor which they pay three or four hundred per cent more than the cost of this. The pi in eipal ingredient is worth one dollar per gallon, at retail, by the druggists, and the perfumery costs very little. To one pint of alcohol, add sixty drops of lavender. .ixty do bergamot, sixty do. essence o< lemon, sixty do • range wa ter. To one gall, alcohol. put two hundir d and forty drops of each of the perfumes. Good nature is the very air of a good mind : the sign of a large and generous soul, and the peculiar soil in which virtue prospers—OV'" iiunt't IFi’ifir /•>(..dies 4