138 State of Manners, &e. of the M-tropolis of England, . [Sept. 1, 
the bafhas, when they generally compli- 
mented him. by obfervitty : ‘* gue enla ex- 
cellencia de aguclla mujfica fe conocia la fine 
ceridad y buena fe, con que venia el plenipo- 
tenciario Efpannol.” 
Oa the 6th of February, the Embafly 
arrived in Mequines*, and were received 
with the greatett diftinction. It was the 
firft time a Spanifh embaflador had come 
to the refidence of the Emperor cf Moroe- 
co, and the people flocked from all quarters 
to view him. When he entered the houfe 
prepared for him, alarge bafket full of dates 
was prefented to him, asa mark of the 
emperer’s friendinip,—aa honour that had 
never before been conferred onany foreign 
embaflador. 
Three days after his arrival, the em- 
baffador had a public audience; and no lefs 
than 216 mules were empl yed in carrying 
the Spanith prefents. The emperor gave the 
embaflador a moft gracicus reception; 
and, among others, faid, "* gue preferia y 
anteponia la amtijtad de la Efpanna ala de 
todas las damas naciones.”’—And truly the 
embaflacor was diftinguifhed in every po/- 
fible manner. The emperor permitted 
him to ride to the audience thiough the 
imperial garden; received his credentials 
immediately from bis own hands ; at his 
departure entertained him with mufic; 
‘fent bis brother to efcort him home; and, 
en the twelfth day, had agreed to every 
point demanded of him. Thus the formal 
treaty between the two powers was already 
fiened on the firft of March, +799. Moit 
ot the articles of this treaty are already 
known from the newfpapers ; but one of 
the mof important feems to have been pai- 
fed over unnoriced ;—that, namely, which 
grants to both nations the right to purchafe 
jands, and acquire poffefiions in both 
countries, not even the difference of reli- 
gion being any longer admiffibleas a valid 
objeftion, On the whole, this treaty 
tvems to have laid the foundation for a 
clofe and firm alliance between the two 
nations; and to have procured to the 
Spaniards efpecially material advantages. 
In the condu& of this important nego- 
tiation, the greateft praife is certainly due 
to Don Juan Man. Gonzal. Salmon :—he 
himfelf however does jaftice to the merits 
of the Emperor of Morocco’s minitter, 
Sid Ben Othman. At taking leave, he 
publicly afked Don Salmon, “* Tell me 
whether thou be fatisfied? whether thou 
ftiil defireft any thing ?—I will do every 
thing.” 

* Mekues, the prefent refidence of the Sul- 
tan, inthe interior of Fez. 
On the 2oth of April, the embuffy faf-ly 
landed at Tarifa, to the no {mall chagrin 
of the Englifh, who bad endeavoured to 
intercept them. 

For the Monthly Magazine. 
PRESENT STATE of the MANNERS, SO- 
CIETY, Gc. Gc. of the METROPOLIS 
of ENGLAND. 
[Continued from page 38.] 
HOUGH the inhabitants of the me- 
tropolis of England have not that 
ardent tafte for public entertaisments, 
which has long charaéte:ized the French 
nation, fti}l we fee our {peétacles well at- 
tended by nearly all ranks of perfons ; and 
even the loweft orders of fociety enjoy 
the humourous fcenes ct Sadler’s Wells, 
the wonderful horfemanfhip of Aftley, and 
the pantemimic pageants cf fimilar the- 
atres, though the dearnefs of provifions, 
and the augmentation of taxes, afford in- 
ceffant fources for gloomy and painful ru- 
mination in the retirement of the cham- 
ber. 
The public promenades, particularly 
on the fabbath, are thronged with pedef- 
trians of all clafles, and the different ranks 
of people are {carcely diftinguifhable either 
by their drefs or their manners, The 
duchefs, and her femme de chambre, are 
drefied exa&tly alike ; the nobleman and 
his groom are equally ambitious of dif- 
playing the neat boot, the cropped head, 
and the external decorations, as well as the 
quaint language, of the ftable-boy. The 
dapper milliner, and the fauntering female 
of fiender reputation, imitate the woman 
of fafhion, in the choice of their cloaths, 
and the tenour of their converfativn ; 
while all ranks of females diiplay a light- 
nels of drapery, which would completely 
charaécterife.the dimenfions of a Grecian 
ftatue. — 
Among the crowds of feminine zothings 
(if I may be allowed to ufe the expreffion), 
we behold fome of the fex who are an ho. 
hour to genius, and to human nature. 
The women cf England have, by their 
literary labours, reached an altitude of 
mental excellence, far above thofe of any 
cther nation. The works, which every 
year have been publifhed by females, do 
credit to the very higheft walks of litera- 
ture: to enumerate names will be unne- 
ceilary; their productions will ‘be their 
paflports to immortality! We have alfo 
‘{culptors, modellers, paintrefles, and fe- 
male artilts of every defcription. Mrs. 
Damer, Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Cofway, and 
Mils Linwood, have produced Specimens 
) of 
