THE beautiful wife of the Parisian financier hastened to perform her promise of paying a visit to England; and, soon after the departure of the belles of nobility from Paris, this celebrated lady arrived at the court of London.

While her soft and attractive charms influenced Englishmen in her favour, they / most of them gave the palm of superiority to the native beauties of their own island. Whatever innovations fashion may produce, yet modesty ever will be the peculiar charm of Britannia's daughters. They know not how to divest themselves entirely of this endearing quality; the faint relics of it will appear in those who have professionally laid it aside; and, however the gay female, who lives in reputation, may throw off the outward garment, in compliance with ridiculous custom, an overspreading blush and a downcast eye shew, that the mind of an English woman is incapable of casting off its inward veil of purity.

Whatever the dissipation of a depraved court may allow, or whatever free ideas the fashionable and high-born women of quality may adopt, which, in teaching her to cast off vulgar prejudices, too often / cause her to lay aside the principles of virtue and delicacy, yet the major part of the English were much shocked at the nudity of the exotic fair one. The youths and maidens blushed as they passed her in the public walks; the sober citizens and their wives held up their heads and eyes; the canaille laughed, and made use of coarse expressions, while her quality supporters walked on each side of the fair Parisian in triumph, habited nearly in the same style with herself, whose outrè dress, or rather undress, was more wondered at, than her lovely face or perfect form were applauded. She walked, unblushing, amidst her numerous gazers, inwardly ridiculing the awkward imitation of her fashionable copyists, and the gothic appearance of the English Bourgeoisie.