 a batchelor; for having been in his youth jilted by a woman he ardently loved, who, after all preliminaries to their marriage was settled, left him for a man of larger fortune, and more gaudy appearance, he had made a vow never more to address any of the sex; and kept that vow better than is usually done by those who make it in a fit of resentful rage and disappointment. His father died soon after, and left him in the possession of 3000l. per annum, free

from any incumbrances whatsoever; the estate in good order, and the mansion house well furnished, and above a year's income in cash.
Mr. Ellison, though well pleased with Sir William's reception and conversation, finding he laid him under some restraint, determined not to make his visit very long; and, therefore soon called upon the Baronet to fulfil his promise, of shewing him the houses which were to be purchased in that country.
After seeing them all, he fixed on one almost adjoining to Sir William's, and purchased it with the estate belonging thereto, consisting of two farms of about 150l. a year each.
The house was a large and good old mansion, in tolerable repair; but, having stood empty near ten years, during the minority of the owner, was inwardly in very bad order, and the gardens entirely gone to ruin. This circumstance much lessened the price,

but was no disagreeable thing to Mr. Ellison, who rather chose to lay out the place to his own taste, than to pay for what the seller might call improvements.
He immediately purchased it, and, being provided with a house-keeper who had ample recommendations to him, he informed her, that a decent and regular oeconomy in his house was what he expected, as far from extravagance and wastefulness as from parsimony. He would have his servants enjoy soberly all the comforts of life, as he thought that to make them happy, was his first duty; but this he knew was best done by order, regularity, and decent frugality. He would have such a number of servants as could perform the business of his house with ease, and therefore desired her to consider how many servants would be requisite.
As for the state of the adjacent poor, being yet but little acquainted with it, he could give no particular directions, but wished she would inform him of what she heard on that

point, and likewise ••ntion to him the sort of relief she judged more proper.
It may not be amiss to shew how Mr. Ellison was circumstanced,
