C HiAPRIME TE RS, 
Nothing could surpass. the..strtt- 
ness. which prevailed in every quar- 
ter where the fugitive nobility 
are received; and if I might draw 
conclusions respecting the country 
at large from what I see around 
me, restraint of opinion is exiled 
with those. who owed to its exist- 
ence their guilty pre-eminence, 
The day. after our arrival was 
rendered festive by a new enrol- 
ment of national guards, This was 
formed out of the citizens above 
the age of eighteen years, and 
was. effe&ted without the least 
symptom of disorder. Beside the 
guard thus regularly embodied, 
the citizens are seen every even- 
ing in different parts of the town, 
learning, against an emergency, 
the use of arms... It certainly is 
animating to read, in a thousand 
conspicuous places, proclamations 
setting forth the right of private 
judgment;. allowing to every man 
the free exercise of his opinion in 
matters of religion; and establish- 
ing to each individual the liberty 
of adopting that mode of worship 
he best approves. 
This would, however, be nuga- 
tory and. ridiculous, were the 
slightest encouragement given to 
contumacy and disorder. ‘ihis has 
been said out of the country ; but 
the contrary has appeared wherever 
I have inquired. J read upon. the 
door of the cathedral at Strasburg 
an advertisement, which stated, 
«© That a young man having be- 
haved improperly in the cathedral 
during the performance of divine 
service; and, after admonition 
from the centinel, persisted in a 
conduct unbecoming the solemnity 
of the place and occasion, was, by 
the officers of the police, sentenced 
to imprisonment. for this insult of. 
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[353 
fered to religious worship.’’ ‘This 
accords but ili with a toleration of 
disorder. 
Accsuxt of the Public Eating house? 
at Vienna. From the same. ° 
IN all these houses the custom /s, 
to give every man his portion s?- 
parate;. insomuch that though 
numbers dine at the same table, 
they seldom dine in common. In 
almost all the dining-houses here, 
a bill of fare, containing a vast 
collection of dishes, is written out, 
and the prices affixed to each ars 
ticle. As the people of Vienna eat 
of variety, the ealculation at the 
conclusion of the repast would ap. 
pear somewhat embarrassing ; this, 
however, is done by mechanical 
habit with great speed. The cus. 
tom is, for the party who has dined 
to name the dishes, his quantit 
of bread and wine. The keiler, 
who attends on this occasion, fol- 
lows every article you name, with 
the sum which this adds to the 
calculation; and the whole is per. 
formed, to whatever amount, with. 
out ink or paper, It is curious to 
hear this ceremony, which is mute 
tered with great gravity, yet per. 
formed with accuracy and dispatch, 
Tt is inconceivable how numerous 
these houses are in Vienna, to 
which we have in England nothing 
that corresponds exactly. There is 
something remarkably pleasant in 
this mode of living. An evening 
seldom passes in these houses with. 
out music, and the German dances 
have an air of vivacity and cheer. . 
fulness superior to all others, 
I have been often regaled by a 
strolling band at one of these 
houses; where, deeming myself 
totally unknown, I was accustomed 
Aa to 
