Sweet excellence! Complete your generous goodness to a grateful heart; it is a grateful one; and shorten the days of your single power, in order to enlarge it!

Lucy appeared; but seeing us engaged in conver-sation, was about to retire: but he, stepping to her, and taking both her hands Our Lucy, obligingly, said he, you must come in You are to be one judge of three in a certain cause, that will come before you And I hope

No prejudgings. Sir Charles, said I You are not to plead at all^

Yet deeply interested in the event, ^liss SeJby! said he.

A bad sign, cousin Byron! said Lucy. I begin already to doubt the justice of your cause.

Allu(iint. — to icstiis’s answer to St. Paul, Acts x.w, 12.

When you hear it, Lucy, make, as you usually doy. the golden rule yours, and I have nothing to fear.

I tell you, before-hand, I am inclined to favour Sir Charles. No three judges can be found, but will believe, from his character, that he cannot be wrong.

But from mine, that I may .’ O my Lucy! I did not expect this from my cousin. You must not, I think, be one of my judges.

To this place, I have shewn my three judges. The following is their determination, drawn up by the dear lady president, my grandmamma:

SIR CHARLES GRANDISON, AGAINST HARRIET BYRON. ET E CONTRA.

We, the undenvrittcn, do find, upon the case laid before us by the said Harriet, that, in the whole conversation between the said Sir Charles and her, she has behaved herself with that true virgin deli-cacy, yet with that laudable unreservedness, that might be expected from /^cr character, and his merits. We think, the gentleman has the advantage of the lady in the arguments for the early day contended for; and. if she had defended herself by little artifices and disguises, we should have had no scruple to decide against her: but as she has shewn, throughout the conversation, noble instances of generosity, trust reposed, and even acknowledged affection; we re-connnend to thcni both a compromise.

We allow, therefore, Sir Charles Grandison to pursue his intentions of going up to town; declared-ly to prepare for the happy day; and recommend it to Harriet, in consideration of the merits of the requester (who lays his whole heart open before her, in a manner too generous not to meet with a like return) to fi\ as early a day as in prudence she can.

For the rest, May the Almighty shower down his blessings on both! May all their contentions, like this, be those of love, and true delicacy! May they live together many, very many, happy years, an example of conjugal felicity! And may their exem — plary virtues meet with an everlajsting reward! So prays, so subscribes,

HEXIMETTA SHIRLEY.

MARIANNE SELBY.

LUCY Sl.LBY.

To-morrow morning, when Sir Charles comes to breakfast, this paper will be presented to him by my grandmamma.