appeared, by an anonymous writer who remarked acutely enough, that the consent of the parties could not render a compact legal, which was illegal in its nature; he proceeded to shew syllogistically, that the lady had been blinded respecting certain circumstances, by the rank and fortune of Sorlisi, and that this match was certainly brought about by the Devil himself. - To strengthen his argument, he adds the curious story quoted by Dr. Warton, in his Essay on Pope, respecting the complaints of a matron against the barbarities of a certain Italian duke; adding, by the way of inference, "huic sané uxori - plus credendum, quam nostrae Mariae inexpertae et nescienti quid distent aera lupinis." He adds, that it would be harsh and uncivil to prefer the fancies of a raw girl, to the unanimous sentiments of an host of bearded civilians.

Another examiner came forth, who might be suspected, from his manner, to have belonged to the faculty of Strasburg. He declared, that Madame de Sorlisi lived "in