"For this and other cogent reasons, which hereafter may be specified, Principals only will be treated with. Such communications, and positively no other, as are written in the Party's own hand, at once explicit respecting situation, intention and expectation, &c., shall according to their merits be duly acknowledged, and the necessary steps in consequence will be pointed out to bring the matter with safety to an immediate issue. "Should an object whose person, talents, and accomplishments, &c., are superior to the generality of females, be discovered with proofs of serious intention, a marriage may be the result. The want of pelf, if of a respectable connection, should with the Author, be no impediment thereto, being, with prudence, amply provided for. The Advertiser forbears saying any more of himself, than that his person, age, qualities, &c., would probably suit such a Lady as he has described: and as a well cultivated mind, united with the requisites above stated, would be preferred to the consideration of either family, or fortune, he hopes some credit will be allowed him for his good intentions. "Letters free of postage will be received if addressed to G. A. S., at the Recorder Printing Office, No. 12 Duke St. Drury Lane."--(_Times, Feby. 7, 1793._) * * * * * "ELEGANT PRIZE FOR LADIES. "Marriage Ceremonies, Science of Match-Making, Names Qualifications and Fortunes, of Heirs and Heiresses--Copious and Alphabetical List of Marriages in Great Britain and Ireland--New and Chaste Love Epistles--Matrimonial Bon Mots--Art of Tormenting--New and predominant Fashions, delineated by the Pen and Pencil,--And a new Cassino Fan, by way of reward, to the Lady who shall best answer the prize Enigma, Charade, or Puzzle. "This day is published, price 6d, embellished with--1. Ludicrous representation of a Foreign Marriage Ceremony.--2. Exact sketches of the newest and most prevailing Male and Female Dresses.--3. A new Matrimonial Song set to Music. Number 1. (to be continued monthly) of "THE MATRIMONIAL MAGAZINE for January 1793. To contain, besides what is above enumerated, original Essays, Biographical Sketches, Dramatic Tales, Tales humorous and pathetic, alike calculated for the Maid, the Widow, and the Wife, the Stripling and the Greybeard. Wit will be combined with decency, and humour with sense. "London: Printed for H. D. Symonds, No. 20 Paternoster Row."--(_Times, Feb. 15, 1793._) * * * * * "Advt.--BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE.