You know, madam, Sir Charles, when in North-amptonshire, offered me my choice of servants of both sexes; and when I told him, that I chose not to take with me any one of either but my Sally, he said, that when I came to Grandison-hall, where they would be all together, I should choose which of the men servants I would more particularly call my own, I have not, my dearest life, said he, run into the taste of our modern gentry, for foreign servants any more than for foreign equipages. 1 am well served; yet all mine are of our own coun-try.

And then he gave me the names, and an account of the quahties of each.

Frederic I had seen at Selby-house, an observant sensible-looking young man: 1 chose him. He called him in (my aunt Selby present): All my servants, Frederic, said he, are as much your lady’s as mine: but you will devote yourself more particularly to her commands. I mean not, however, any distinction in your favour, where you all equally merit distinction. The power, madam, of change or dismission through the house, is entirely yours.

To-morrow, I am to go over all the bridal osten-tation again at the parish-church. On Monday Lady Mansfield and her family are to be here. Your guests, my dear, said Sir Charles to me, I hope, for a week, at least. This was the first notice he gave of it to Lord and Lady W. What joy and gratitude appeared in her countenance upon it!

Tuesday, by general approbation (Sir Charles submitting the choice of the day to his company) we are to have the neighbouring gentry here to din-ner, and for the rest of the day. Sir Charles has been long wished by them ail to reside among them. He breaks through the usual forms, and chose this way, at once, to receive the visits of all his neigli-bours, and in both our names gave the invitation. He shewed us a list of the persons invited. It is a u3 very large one. My dearest love, said he, we shall be half-familiarized to them, they to us, even tomorrow, by the freedom of this invitation for the Tuesday following.

Mrs. Curzon came to me for directions about the bed-chambers. 1 took that opportunity to tell her, that I should add to the number of female servants, only my Sally, of whose discretion I had no doubt. You must introduce to mc, said I, at a proper time, the female servants. If you, Mrs. Curzon, approve of them, I shall make no changes. I am, myself, the happiest of women: every one who deserves it, shall find her happiness in mine.

You will rejoice all their hearts, madam, by this early declaration of your goodness to them. I can trtily say, that the best of masters has not the worst of servants: But Dr. Bartlett would make bad ser-vants good.