THE

Lady's Magazine;

For MARCH, 1796.

DESCRIPTION of the CITY of for them in the palace. This city

VIENNA.

(With a View elegantly engraved.)

has fix gates, well defended, and twelve walled bastions, with strong ravelins, which have twice refitted the force of the Turks, namely in 1529, and 1683. There are 80 areket ftreets, and

places. The emperor Charles VI. rebuilt the ancient archducal palace, in which the emperors formerly refided; he alfo erected a handfome opera-house. Befides this palace, there are others in different ftreets, the principal of which are thofe of Eugene, Lichtenstein, and Daun. In the fuburbs there are a great number of houfes of pleafure, with very handsome gardens; and the Pratt, a grove on an island formed by the Danube, is very much frequented in fine weather.

VIENNA, or, as the Germans call it, Wien, which is likewife the name of the river on which it ftands, and which near it falls into the Danube, is the capital of the circle of Auftria in Germany, and of the whole German empire. The city itself is not very large; but the fuburbs are fo extenfive, that in the whole it may contain about 600,000 inhabitants. Between the city and the fuburbs, all round the walls, there is an empty space of about 600 paces in breadth, in which no one is allowed to build. The city contains no more than 1223 houfes all built of ftone, with 29 The city of Vienna is the fee of churches and 8 chapels nor will an archbishop; and the cathedral of this appear extraordinary when it St. Stephen is a ftately fabric, the is remembered that the public edi- windows of which yield but a dim fices, facred and profane, occupy light, on account of the painted about the fixth part of the city. glafs in them: it is 114 yards long, Befides, the houses are almost as and 48 broad, and the fteeple is deep below. the ground as they 447 feet high. Inftead of a weatherare raised above it, and they are cock, there was formerly a Turkish generally fix or feven ftories high, crefcent, in memory of the fiege in of which the middle ftory is always1529; but after the fecond fiege at the difpofal of the archduchefs, in 1683, they changed it for a wherein the lodges her officers and golden crofs, which three months domeftics, when there is not room after was thrown down by a ftorm. Ο

At

At prefent there is a black pread-gardens. Jofephftadt was built by eagle, over which is a gilded crofs. Adjoining to this church is the archbiflop's palace, the front of which is very fine. The imperial palace here has but low and dark rooms, with mean furniture; but no prince has a finer treasure of tapestry. The arfenal is one of the moft fpacious and beft furniflied in the empire.

the emperor Jofeph, where the fathers of the fchools of piety have a very fine house, and where several noblemen have built houfes of pleafure. Neuftadt belongs to the Benedictines; and as the fathers of this convent are very humane and liberal to the inhabitants, this fuburb now contains about 40,000 fouls; many persons of diftinction pafs the fummer here. The great fuburb called Weyden is fituated eaft of the city, and contains a handfome church, and feveral fine palaces. The inhabitants of Vienna, in general, live in a fplendid manner, and are at once luxurious and hofpitable. This city ftands 30 miles W. of Prefburg; 160 S. W. of Cracow; 350 N. E. of Rome; 520 S. E. of Amfterdam; 565 E. of Paris, and 680. E.S. E. of London. Lat. 48 deg. 13 min. N. Lon. 16 deg. 28 min. E..

This city has alfo a univerfity, the head of which is called the rector, and walks in proceffions immediately before the archduchefs, unlefs he be a Jefuit. It had feveral thousand ftudents, who, when this city was befieged, mounted guard, as they did in 1741. Befides this, there is the academy of Lower Austria, founded a few years fince. The archducal library is much frequented by foreigners, as it contains above 100,000 printed books, and 10,000 manufcripts. Diofcorides, in Greek, is one of the most ancient in Europe; it is now in a large hall of the new academy. The academy of painting is remarkable for the fine pictures it produces. There are alfo two remarkable columns, of which one is called the concep. I. tion of the immaculate virgin, and the other the holy trinity. The latter coft 300,000 florins: it is 66 feet high, in the form of a triangular pyramid, and on the top has three figures of gilt bronze, reprefenting the trinity. The archducal treafury, and a cabinet of curiofities of the houfe of Auftria, are likewife confidered as great rari

ties.

FASHIONS for MARCH, 1796.

MORNING DRESSES.

TH

HE hair in fmall curls, plain chignon; cottage cap, of fine muflin, tied under the chin, trimmed with lace, and white fatin ribbands; petticoat of muflin richly embroidered at the bottom; fpencer of

maroon fatin, plain or blue cape, trimmed with lace; muflin neck handkerchief; fur muff; red morocco flippers.

II. The front hair combed short upon the forehead, the fide hair dreffed in curls, and the hind hair turned up plain. Highland bonnet,

One of the fuburbs is named Leopolditadt, and is fituated on an ifland formed by the Danube.made of gold foil and carmelite. Here formerly the Jews refided; but they were banifhed in 1670, and their fynagogue turned into a church. The fuburb of Roffau is on the other fide of the Danube, and contains a magnificent convent, feveral palaces, and very handíome

coloured fatin, the ends trimmed with a gold fringe; two carmelitecoloured, and five, fix, or seven black feathers, placed in the front, and at the top; plain muflin petticoat: ftraw-coloured chintz gown; cape and lappels of carmelite-colour

ed

ed fatin; long fleeves; muflin neckhandkerchief, trimmed with lace; double ruff of lace round the neck; gold ear-rings; jonquille gloves and fhoes.

EVENING DRESS.

feffing many bleffings, and worthy of enjoying them, by readily acknowledging their happiness. Over them reigns their monarch Zulim, a prince endowed with many virtues, whofe principal delight confifts in beholding the welfare of his fubjects. After a long and expenfive war against his enemies of a neighbouring kingdom, the inhabitants of Tafrah experienced the bleffings of peace. Many years the olive branch remained flourishing, but at length. the rumour of war feemed ready to blast its verdure. The good Zulim, by repeated advice to the great men of his kingdom, urged

Turban of orange-coloured fatin; gold and filver fpangled bandeau ; the hair (with or without powder) drawn through in different parts of the turban; the hind hair turned up fhort and plain; the ends returned and formed into a large curl at the top of the head; one falmoncoloured, and one white oftrich feather, with feveral diamonds placed in the front; white fatin pet-them to purfue fuch measures as they ticoat; robe of orange-coloured crape, fcalloped and trimined round the neck with lace; fhort fleeves, equally fcalloped'; fafh of white fatin ribband, tied at the right fide, the ends trimmed with gold and filver fringe; large pearl ear-rings; diamond necklace; large gold per bracelets; white gloves fhoes.

judged moft proper for the honour and happinefs of his crown, but more especially of his people. Relying on their wifdom, he contented himself with the hopes they would act in conformity to his advice, and therefore remained in domeftic feup-licity, with his beloved queen and and beauteous progeny. One evening, as he was alone in his clofet, having juft parted from his chief vifir, on a fudden the battlements of the palace feemed to shake; a noise, re

To the EDITOR of the LADY'S fembling the thunder of heaven

SIR,

MAGAZINE.

Conceiving fome particulars contained in the following ancient Allegory to be not diffimilar to the prefent ftate of fome of the European monarchies, you will much oblige by inferting it in your entertaining Mifcellany.

when most violent, was heard; a thick fmoke filled, the room, in which fat the astonished Zulim, which, as it evaporated, prefented to his eyes the genius Gondarac, who, with a voice tremendous as the roar of a volcano, thus addrefled the monarch:

"Is it thus, O Zulim, thou contenteft thyfelf in eafe and inattention, whilft thy faithful people are oppreffed? Not even the rectiH. H. tude of thine own heart will extenuate thy fault, if thou dost difpense power to those who mifute it. The deity I ferve, and whom

An ALLEGORY.

N the banks of a fruitful ri-thy fubjects revere, is incenfed ;

teous city of Zinon, the capital of the kingdom of Tafrah, inhabited by a brave and warlike people, pof

cafts from her the cap and staff of indulgence, fince they can be of no further ufe to the inhabitants of

Tafrah!

Tafrah! With indignant anger the | fian band, authorised by power, en

tered the cottage, and foon laid hold on the harmless peafant, to the terror of himself and astonished fami

of his unhappy wife, and clafped hands of his little innocents, were ineffectual: they tore him away, faying, with horrid imprecations, "he fhould go with them to ferve Zulim, and fight against the enemy;" during which fpeech they threw the infant he held on his knee, into the arms of its fainting mother. Gondarac now afked the monarch if he was

firmative;to whom the genius, af ter replacing him in his palace, thus fpoke:

beholds thofe who pretended to echo her name the loudeft, now trample beneath their feet her focial laws; the furious Pynfent, long her pre-ly. Not all his artlefs yet expreffive tended votary, and whom thy fa-fupplications could prevail; the tears vour has made great, feeks by eve ry violent attempt to fubvert her faJutary precepts, and argues for oppreffion--but enough-I muft now obey, and by real fcenes convince Zulim of the truth." So faying, he caught up the amazed monarch, and, fudden as the lightning's flath, conveyed him to a diftance from the palace, alighting under the cover of an humble cot; when, breath-fatisfied, and had feen enough of ing on him a blue vapour, the prince mi ery occafioned by lawless power? inftantly became invifible: then The compaffionate prince hid his Gondarac bade him obferve with the face in the imperial mantle, while attention of mercy and compaffion.fighs and tears acknowledged the af The bright luminary of day was just finking beneath the western hills, gilding the furrounding æther with his parting fmiles. At the door of "Tis not enough, O Zulim, the cottage flood a young woman, that thou feeleft for these miseries. in whofe face cheerful innocence and Exert thy utmost efforts to prevent health fat triumphant: in each hand them; convince thine oppreffed the held a blooming infant, and people thou art in reality their fafrequently turned her head to viewther, and reft affured the inhabitthe guiltless flum ber of one ftillants of Tafrah will readily affift younger in the cradle. She now thee; but remember that affistance went a few fteps from the door, but will proceed much fooner, from lefoon returned with him for whom nient than compulfive means." The The had waited. The happy huf-thick finoke now again encircled the band entered, and feating himfelf genius, and he left the trembling near a table, the two children, leav-monarch to his own reflections. ing their mother, came and prattled at his knees, each feeming anxious to fhare the envied fmile. The little infant in the cradle now awoke, which the pleafed father, though tired with the day's toil, foon took, and placing it on his knee, began to fing a foothing lullaby, while his happy wife fpread the table with their homely fare. Such calm content delighted the good heart of Zulim, who was preparing to inquire of Gondarac, where was the mitery he had promised to fhew him. But ere his fpeech found utterance, a boisterous noife, was heard; auf

LETTERS which passed between CHARLES WALLER, Chaplain to OLIVER CROMWELL, and - FRANCES, one of the PROTEC TOR's favourite Daughters.

LETTER I.

MADAM,

KNOW very well that my ut ter ruin depends upon the ftep I have taken; but whatever may be the confequence, the die is now caft,

and

and I am bound to fee the event of

it.

me on to defpair, and I will unfold the horrible tale, while I may be yet understood.

Imagine a man raised to an unlooked for state of comfort and refpectability by a generous patron, and who is daily in the habit of converfing with the daughter of that patron, a young woman of wit, beauty and elegance.-Suppofe him to have long beheld her with the

admiration extended-and foftened by degrees into love.-Imagine him fo vain as to give himfelf up to it, though not without firft having undergone the most painful struggles. Imagine him fo ungrateful as to forget his duty to his patron, and to repay him for all his kindness and

You will, doubtlefs, be furprifed at receiving a letter from me; and unqueftionably more at its contents; yet, 1 affure you, that though I run the hazard of your difpleasure,-nay, though I must in cur it, I am obliged to perform the talk:-I feel myfélfirrefiftibly drawn by the force of fate; and I have neither the courage, nor the capa-greatest admiration. Conceive that bility to oppofe it. But I muft alfo declare, that I have not ventured upon this rifque, without having frequently and unavailingly attempt ed, by reafon and every other means in my power, to combat with my madness, but in vain: the voice of fate calls in a tone, the folemnity of which is not be contended with.-unmerited attention by hoping to Fate! and what is fate?-The attract the favour of his daughter, common excuse of villainy, and the and thus plant a dagger in the heart vifionary deity of an infidel.-Fate! of his friend and benefactor. Imagine cannot religion's holy power avail him o lot to honour, as to build even thee? Wretch! Ah! bandon a the hopes of his very existence upon profeffion to which thou art a dif- ftealing her affections.-Imagine all grace; nor vainly fulfil the out-this.i am that man-and you ward ceremonies of a religion which (O God!) the object of my attachthou haft not virtue enough to ap-ment. ply to thy inward failings.

I beg pardon for detaining you fo long, and for occupying fo much of "your time with thefe unintelligible ravings; and will now proceed to acquaint you with the occafion of this addrefs.

Yet think hot, I mean to felicit your pardon for my prefumption, or to extenuate my own conduct-a conduct bafe and ungenerous as it is vain and deftructive. No, madam, you have every thing to confirm you in your duty to confirm you, did I fay-Alas! you are, moít likely, unmoved at my mifery.-But filial piety will teach you not to rend the heart of a parent by difappointing" all his views, and to return his af fection by holding a cup of bitter

O! that I could invent new terms to inform you, what all language feems too prefumptuous to exprefsyet yet what? Why does my daftardly hand refufe to perform its destined task? Why fhrink from its duty? Why do I think it a hap-ne's to his lip ;-morality, to fhun pinefs to poftpone what I am about a man, who has openly confeffed to fay, even for the fpace of a few he has written to you at the expenfe lines? Coward!-Ruth rather with of his honour and religion; to fhuda precipitancy that becomes thy de- der at a being, who profeffing a fa-' fperation; nor feek fuch trifling de-cred function, does not fcruple to lays. fay, he is no longer actuated by its principles.

Pardon, I beseech you, the violence of my expreffion; for the keennefs of my feelings has hurried

Thus, madam, have I revealed the fatal fecret; and all I hope