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To-night the playhouses open again, and we are going to the Oratorio, and

the captain goes with us, a circuers, and he will tell us the names of the perfor to be of the party; but when he

heard that an Oratorio was a concert of sacred ht it would

be only a sinless deviation if he did, so he goes likewise The captain,

therefore, takes an early dinner with us at five o'clock Alas! to what

changes am I doomed,--that was the tea hour at the manse of Garnock Oh,

when shall I revisit the priain! But neither tie the

affection hich I subscribe myself, ever affectionately, yours, RACHEL PRINGLE

At the conclusion of this letter, the countenance of Mrs Glibbans was

evidently so darkened, that it daunted the company, like an eclipse of

the sun, when all nature is saddened "What think you, Mr Snodgrass,"

said that spirit-stricken lady,--"what think you of this dining on the

Lord's day,--this playing on the harp; the carnal Mozarting of that

ungodly family, hom the corrupt hurass was at some loss for an answer, and

hesitated, but Miss Mally Glencairn relieved hi, that "the harp was a holy instrument," which somewhat