remnant had escaped the burst spontaneously, the cry of -"Moscow ! Moscow ?" They were in the dust-only a small vengeance of the Lord of Hosts. She and her brother remained living monuments of His mercy and His power. Such were the reflections of Teresa, as she entered Moscow. "Another town in time's due course shall rise, AGNES STRICKLAND. Moscow was beginning to arise from its ashes. Its inhabitants were flocking back to this ancient capital, the poor peasant had already raised his wooden tenement-the artizan his shop. The celebrated Foundling Hospital, the finest establishment of the kind in Europe, was re-opened to receive those whom the late events of the war had rendered fatherless, and among them-Teresa and Carlos Alvez. As this asylum is conducted upon an admirable plan, it will be as well to give a particular description of it in this place. "Among the most remarkable public institutions of the reign of Catherine the Second, may be reckoned this Hospital, which she founded shortly after her accession to the throne, in 1776, it is now supported by legacies, voluntary contributions, and charitable gifts. It is an immense quadrangular building, situated in a very airy part of the town, upon a gentle ascent, near the river Moskwa. It contained, (when Mr. Coxe saw it,) three thousand foundlings, and will, when finished, contain eight thousand. "The children are brought to the porter's lodge, and are admitted without any recommendation. The rooms are lofty and large, the dormitories, which are separate from the workrooms, are very airy, and the beds are not crowded; each foundling, even each infant, has a separate bed-the bedsteads are of iron. The sheets are changed once a week; the linen three times a week. Through the whole of the rooms the greatest neatness prevails, even the nurseries are remarkably clean. No cradles are allowed, and rocking is absolutely forbidden. "The infants are not swaddled, though that is the custom of the country, but loosely and comfortably dressed. The children remain two years in the nurseries, when they are admitted into the lowest classes; the boys and girls continue together till they are seven years of age, at which time they are separated. They are all taught to read, write, and cast accounts. The boys are taught to knit, card hemp, flax, and wool, and are taught to work in the different manufactories. The girls learn to knit, net, and in short, every branch of needle-work; they also spin and weave lace, and are employed in cooking, baking, and house-work of all kinds. At the age of fourteen, the foundlings enter into the first class, when they have the liberty of chosing any particular branch of trade, and for this purpose there are different species of manufactures established in the Hospital, of which the principal are, silk stockings, ribbands, lace, gloves, buttons, and cabinet-making. Most of the young females learn to embroider. A separate room is alotted to each trade. "Some girls and boys are instructed in the French and German languages, and a few boys in the Latin tongue, others learn music, drawing, and dancing. About the age of twenty, the foundlings receive a sum of money and other advantages. They are also allowed the privilege of setting up their trade in any part of the empire, a very considerable one indeed, in Russia, where the peasants are slaves, and cannot leave their village without the permission of their master. The boys and girls eat separately; the dining-rooms, which are upon the ground-floor, are large and vaulted, and distinct from the workrooms. The first class sit at table, the rest stand; the children are waited upon by servants, but those of the first and second class alternately |