NASH, Rierrartia,,bctlienknown .by thcfnanie of Beau a.fashionable character of the last century, Win) attained to a very remarkable uotoliOn 'vm the 'son of a WelSh gentleman, and was born at Swansea, in Glamorganshire, Oct. 18, 1674. After studying at Oxford, he held for some time a commission in the army, and subsequently took rooms in the Temple, but the dissipations of society had more attraction for him than the pur suits of law. He became a diner-out, a frequenter of good society, and contrived to support himself by gambling. But the grand turning-point in his fortunes wits his visit in 1704 to Bath—then a favorite haunt ofelegant invalids, and the scene of the gayest intrigues. Nash undertook the management of the public balls, which lie conducted with a splendor and decency never before witnessed. In this way he came to acquire an imperial influence in the fashionable society of the place. It appears that he was also distinguished by a species of sentimental benevolence. Ile played hard and successfully;
yet if he beard an individual sighing behind his chair, "Good Heavens! how happy would that money make me," Nash would thrust his own winnings into his hands, with theatrical generosity, and exclaim: " Go, and be happy." His own equipage at this period of his career was sumptuous. He used, we are told, to travel to Tunbridge in a post-chariot and six grays, with outriders, footmen, French-horns, and every other appendage of expensive parade. Ile is praised for the great care which he took of the morals of the young ladies who attended the Bath balls, always pump.a them on their guard against needy adventurers—like himself. In his old age, Beau Nash sank into poverty, and often felt the want of that charity which he himself had never refused. Ile died at Bath, Feb. 3, 1761, at the age of 87.