because our doors and windows admit a little of the pure air; and wish us to drink coffee, study the Kantean philosophy, and substitute the plays of Kotzebue for those of Shakespeare;-thus evincing to the world our refinement of taste!

There are, however, many exceptions among every order of the Germans who now reside in this capital; men who would be an honour to any country. When will that selfish and contracted principle mis-named patriotism give place to universal philanthropy, which, embracing all mankind as brethren, will feel no peculiar partiality, except for those enviable mortals who possess superior talents and virtues? When will mankind agree to promote mutual peace and happiness on the earth, instead of the homicide which attends competitions for wealth and power?

FRENCHMEN.

Several Frenchmen, who have sought an asylum in London during the present contest, endeavour to make themselves, not only agreeable, but in some respects necessary. Witness the literary productions of the Abbé Barreul and others, who have written with all the poignancy of sarcastic satire against the French republic.

Literary Frenchmen formerly visited London from metives of curiosity, and a desire to enlarge their minds; but those who now reside here repay their protectors by writing against their persecutors. Thus they have saved us the drudgery of invective against our enemies: but, however they may reconcile this conduct to their own feelings, it renders their principles questionable in the estimation of unprejudiced men.

The Frenchmen now resident among us are well known to be emigrant noblesse, priests, and persons of an inferior class. They are in general very inoffensive, intelligent men, but mostly tinctured with that national vanity which accompanies a Frenchman like his shadow.

We may form some idea of the seductive manners of the French, from the account publicly stated as a fact, that the emigrant priests have, since their arrival among us, converted two thousand maid servants to the catholic faith!

Several French ladies who accompanied their fugitive friends, have contributed in some degree to the improvement of our countrywomen. The broad stare, the waving arm, and the tripping gait, are strong indications of the decency of French manners; and to do our fair

females justice, especially those of the higher classes, they seem to have successfully imitated their polished visitors.

It is almost impossible to exclude the pernicious and atheistical opinions of the French, that (like the sirocco which withers the bloom of Sicilian fields) depraves the morals of those who imbibe them; and it behoves us, both as men and christians, to prevent the inroads of this baleful philosophisme with as much energy as we would repel their invading armies.

The precept of the Grecian philosopher ́ reverence thyself' seems in one sense to be the favourite maxim of the French. This amiable self-love, which they indulge to such excess, is thus described by Goldsmith: "Every thing that belongs to them and their nation is great; magnificent, beyond expression; quite romantic! Every garden is a paradise; every hovel is a palace; and every woman an angel. They shut their eyes close, throw their mouths wide open, and cry out in rapture, Sacre! what beauty! O ciel! what taste! Mort de ma vie! what grandeur! was ever any people like ourselves? we are the nation of nien, and all the rest no better than twolegged barbarians." If this whimsical account be compared with the hyperbolical proclamations and other

public papers of the great nation, as they have most ridiculously denominated themselves, it will be found a faithful portrait of French vanity, which is still increased by our childish imitation of their follies and fashions.Our propensity to adopt foreign amusements and sentiments is a most odious degradation of our own original genius The names of Marmontel, De Lille, La Harpe, Madame de Genlis, Mercier, and several other distinguished contemporaries, will survive the little prejudices of this age; and when the blissful reign of peace shall be re-established in Europe, we shall derive much useful knowledge from the acute researches of our great. rivals in arts and arms.

To explore the regions of nature in quest of useful discoveries, is the honourable task of the true naturalist; and to promote the welfare of society by the unerring principles of revelation, is the province of the moralist. May we ever be able to sustain a generous competition with the French nation in every art that can contribute to the safety and happiness of society!

SPANIARDS, DUTCHMEN, JEWS..

With respect to the Spaniards and Dutch who have settled in London, their number is too inconsiderable to

require a particular description. The Spanish merchants retain their characteristic honour in all their commercial transactions; and the Dutch are as indefatigable in pursuit of wealth here as in Amsterdam.

A very distinct class of the inhabitants of London consists of Jews. It is computed that they amount to twenty thousand; and though a few of them are respectable characters, the majority are notorious sharpers.— Their adherence to the Mosaic law prevents them from mixing with the rest of their fellow-citizens; hence they absolutely subsist on the industry of others, and become public nuisances. The Jewish dealers in wearing apparel, gold, and silver, purchase these articles at an undervalue without scruple; hence they are the principal receivers of stolen goods, while the itinerant Jew-boys circulate base money in every direction.

A classification of the different gradations of rank which constitute a populous community, is extremely difficult; for though pride may inflate the nobleman or the merchant with preposterous ideas of an unapproachable superiority, reason will never admit artificial distinctions as paramount to the claims of genius. Yet even the pretensions of impostors are often successful in London; nay, a very recent instance of an impudent