sTAGE-CoACH PHYsIOGNOMIsT.

BY THE LATE MIR. EDGwoRTH
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 con fine day in the beginning of sum- mer, when the weather was neither too hot nor too cold, when the glasses on both sides of the coach were by tacit consent left open, and when neither the weather nor the road were such as to occupy the attention of my fellow travellers, they by degrees, entered into conversation, and a. mongst various subjects, at last we fell up- on that of physiognomy. A thin, pale man, who had the air of traveller, told US, that he had lately been to Zurich, where he had been well acquainted with the famous Lavater. He spoke of him & of his art, with so much warmth, that at first began to suspect that we had got Law ater himself in the coach. l however, soon perceived by the accent with which he pronounced French, ,that he was an En- glishman.-He mentioned various strange opinions, which his master had not ven- tured to put into his book, but which were still more absurd than his attributing char acter to dish of tea, and physiognomy to cockchaffer. At these ridiculous fan cies, fat, fair lady, who sat in one corner of the coach, laughed most hartily. 'How is it possible,' said she, 'that dish of tea can have characterl I have heard say, that cup of coffee, may have virtue in une-tellIng-indeed I once had cup of coffee turned upon myself, and it cer- tainly was not much out, as to my fortune: -and then cockchaffer l! Lord bless me! who ever looked at the features of cock chaffer flor my part I cant tell whether he has eyes, nose, and mouth, or not

 "'Ma'am,' replied the traveller, 'the cockchaffer is species of beetle. You have, I suppose, ma'am, seen beetle ? Surely, sir And, Ma'am, as the immor- tal Shakespear says,

 sThe poor beetle, that we tread upon,

 In corporeai sufferance feels pang as great

 As when giant dies"

 Now, ma'an, don't you think when the poor beetle feels the corporeal pang, he shows his feelings in his countenance, like any other creature l' This speech was ui- tered with much emphasis, and with such an air of triumph, as plainly showed, that the speaker was much pleased with his own eloquence. A corpulenE gentleman dres"