Hoist ev'ry fail to the breeze Come, fhipmates and join in the fong; Let's drink while our thip cuts the feas, To the gale that may drive her along. A New Song, Sung by Mrs. Kennedy. Silver, in the villageen? A lovely youth of penfive mien? Laft night he fighing took his leave, He thought ev'ry maid the excell'd, And he prais'd the foft grace of her mien; And the joys of poor Werter are o'er. The Honey Moon, Sung by Mrs. Wrighten. Whips crack, glaffes jingle, While fighs intermingle, And Cupid affents and goes niddity nod, Niddity nod, niddity nod, O'er Kitty the Angel, and Billy the God. Papa's and mamma's furly temper once past, Bright Bloomsbury-fquare has this couple at laft; In three weeks poffeflion how pleafures will cloy, Neglect hurts the lady, and time cools the boy; So impatient to roam, Ma'am you're never at home, A path fo vexatious no wife ever trod; You are bad-you are worfe, And Mifs is no Angel, and Billy no God. To routs hies my lady-to gambling goes mas ter Then hie for a fummons, From grave Doctor's Commons, While proctors and parchments go niddity nod, Niddity nod, niddity nod, O'er Kitty the Angel, and Billy the God. Beauty, Wit, and Wine. Sung by Mr. Arrowsmith. AUGHING Cupids, bring me roses, And my wreath, ye Graces twine, I'm this night difpos'd for rapture, L Having beauty, wit, and wine. Let the fober Stoics wonder, For that Heav'n you feck is mine; Blefs'd with beauty, wit, and wine. And when this gay life is over, Pour libations on my thrine; I've a Paradife hereafter, Full of beauty, wit, and wine. Epitaph written in Chalk upen a Tomb-fione in the Clofe of Salisbury, when Dr. Burnett filled the See. H ERE Sarum lies, who was as wife And learn'd as Tom Aquinas; WOULD you know, my good friend, what Laware than not, yet was no more a honey moon is, A Chriftian Socinus. Oaths pro and con he fwallow'd down, And pass'd the Devil's clutches; 19 440 I do prefume there may be room For Marlbro' and his duchefs. Lines fent to a Gentleman, with a Portrait of a young Lady printed off on white Sattin. L ET fuch as prize thy lovely favourite less, Where cafual ftains may hide fome trait divine, Prologue to the Maid of Honour. Written by the Honourable Henry Phipps. HE Maid of Honour-" Pihaw !" methinks TH Maids are a fubject for a comedy: your your Too long has comedy to flander grown, O'er-cloy'd with jelts on taxes, earth, air, moon, Our author's graver fcenes difplay a mind Fir'd by the fubject, the nice bounds of art, Hi mufe o'erleap, and rushes to the heart; Difdains the pedant rules, of time and place, Extends the period, and expands the pace; From late to ftate, without a paufe, dares run; Whilft, with a thought, "the battle's loft and won:" Impetuous fancy rides the veering wind, As in rich trees, the too luxuriant shoots, Oh! then, let Maflinger's, like British oaks, Gain itrength from time, unicil'd by critic ftrokes ! W Epigram. 'HEN I call'd t'other day on a Noble re- In his great marble hall lay the Bible well bound; Yet thought none would venture the Bible to IV. 1 Give each for me, Albert, a kife, Hark! methinks that I hear Werter chide; No longer to limits confin'd, To heav'n's high fummit we'll foar, Extempore by a School-boy to a Lady. WITH view, In raptures mufe those heavenly charms in you.. To ftudy rather how to please you best : FOREIGN FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS. Peterburgh, June 8. our latest intelligence morning, thefe gentlemen, with their feconds, replied to the appointed place, where feveral perfons attended as ipcctators, and among others, Crimea, it seems that the tumults, excit- fix or seven officers in different fervices. The ed by the Taitars of the Cuban, and the vici- combatants took their ground at the diflance of nity of Mount Caucafus, are daily increasing; fifteen paces. The Comte firft fired, and mif the numbers of the mal contents is faid to ex- fed when Mr. Favre asked him if he wa faceed 80,000 effective men, The caufe affigned tisfied; he replied in the negative, when Mr. for this commotion is, that the Court of Ruffia Favre fired and miffed likewie. Their fecond have extended the limits further than they ought piftols were fired in the fame manner, without to have reached in the Cuban. Be the caufe effect, and as the feconds were re-loading them, what it may, it is more than probable that the Mr. Favre approached the Comte, and told him, Tartars are spurred on by the agents of the fub- that he thought he fhould be fatisfied. At the lime Porte. This opinion is better grounded, as fame time the officers prefent made a fimilar dethe prefent Vizir, who has fignalized his ad- claration, when the Comte was prevailed on to vancement to that important poft by violence and defift, on condition that Mr. Favie should pubcruelties hardly paralleled in the Mahometan an- licly disavow fome letter that were published in nals, is to all appearance, ferioufly for war, re- the Gazettes, containing reflections upon the cruiting the incomplete corps, and increafing the character of the Comte. Thus terminated an ftrength of the Turkish navy. affair, which, it was expected, would be fatal to one of the combatants." Vienna, June 12. The 9th inft. at night, a courier arrived here from the Baron de Stuem, Commandant of Semlin, with the important and unexpected news, that 4000 armed Bofniacks, after having deferted from the Turkish army, affembled in Servia, had prefented themfelves on the frontiers of our States. The fight of so numerous a body at firit made it imagined that they had fome hoftile defign: the alarm was founded, our troops were got together with all poffible, expedition and prepared for a vigorous refiftance, when the Turks laid down their arms and implored our protection as deferters. They declared that they were refolved to enlist among our troop, or to fettle in the States of our im mortal Monarch. A courier was immediately dispatched to Mantua with this intelligence to our Sovereign. And until his Majetty's answer can be received, fome inftructions have been fent to the Commandant of Seralin, with an affurance that his conduct, with regard to this fugitive corps, merited the approbation of government. The following are the particulars of the duel between Mr. Favre and the Comte de Gerfdorf, as published in the Leyden Gazette. "The Comte arrived in the environs of Aixla Chapelle on the 28th of June, and informed Mr. Favre of his arrival. It was agreed that they should fight with piftols, and that they fhould fire till the Comte declared himself fatiffied. In confequence, at fix o'clock the next Paris, June 17. By an arret of council, dated the 30th of this month, the first thirty volumes of Voltaire's works, printed by a foreign literary fociety, are fuppreffed, and a fine of 1000 livres ordered to be levied on whoever does not bring his copies and depofit them in the Syndic Chamber. The arret adds, that these works are fuppreffed, because inimical to good morals, and the authority of the laws. The following writing was placed below the head of the late Grand Vizir, which was fixed upon the gates of the Seraglio. "This is the head of Halil Hamed Pacha, late Grand Vizir, who delervedly incurred his punishment for betraying the interests of the ftate and religion, by managing affairs contrary to the fovereign will of the great mafter of the Univerfe; he acted like a tyrant, having from his fordid avarice been guilty of frequent and public oppreffions of the people of God." Extract of a letter from Paris. A monk of the order, called Cordeliers, or Black Friars, having asked a particular favour of the Bishop of Lodive, was fo incenfed at the refufal, that he took an opportunity on the Fete de Dieu, when the Prelate was carrying the hoft about the street, to fire a piftol at him, and fhot him dangerously in the back; the villain was inftantly apprehended, and will foon be brought to trial." BRITISH INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, Jane 25. Extract of a letter from Kienna, June 29. "THE HERE has not been, in the memory of man, fo dreadful an inundation of the Danube as that which has happened this feafon, The guard-houfe of the Red Tower was filled with water, fo that the foldiers were obliged to make their efcape. The fuburb of Roffau, notwithstanding it was laid under water, caught fire twice; however, thefe fires were foon got under. The moft judicious measures have been taken for the relief of the fufferers, who by the 26] The mulatto, who was fufpected of having committed a murder and robbery, (See p. 389 of July Mag.) was apprehended on the 28th of June, and after a long examination, at the Public Office, Bow-ftreet, nothing appearing to confirm the fulpicion against him he was difcharged; another, however, who had vifited the girl as a sweet-heart, was brought to the fame place in the afternoon, and fome circumftances arifing, by no means in his favour, he was committed for further examination. He was a journeyman to Mr. Chapman, chair-maker, in Peter-ftreet, leading from Cowcrofs to Saffron-hill. He came to work on Monday morning at the ufual hour, and for fome time his conduct attracted no particular notice; but the cruel event being mentioned in the fhop in the courfe of the day, he fhewed great marks of confufion, and faid to his fellow workmen, that he feared he was going to have a fit of ficknefs, as he had been feized with a violent and conftant trembling; however, he continued at work till night. The next morning he came to the fhop as ufual, and after working fome time, his master (who had been apprized of the charge against him,) fent him on a message to the place where he was apprehended. He has been examined at the Public Office in Bow-ftreet and fully committed to Newgate, in order to take his trial the next feffions at the Old-Bailey. Difcoveries and Improvements. The following extraordinary cure lately hap pened in the Island of Cuba, the authenticity of which may be entirely depended on : a gentleman of family, in the city of Havanna, being aficted with that dreadful diforder, the leprofy, applied to the most eminent gentlemen of the faculty for relief; but, their utmost exertions in his favour, entirely failed, and the unhappy patient's difeafe increased at laft to fuch a height, that it was thought dangerous to permit his longer ftay in this city; he was therefore expelled, to the most defolate part of the island, there to remain until his difeafe fhould put a period to his miferable existence. He was accordingly conducted to the deftined place, and there left, (as was fuppofed to perifh,) but to the utter aftonishment of his friends, he returned to the city, in the course of about fix weeks, perfectly restored to his health. So extraordinary a circumftance naturally drew the attention of the chief magiftrate, to whom he related, on oath,. the following narrative:That after he was left in the defolate place, being preffed by hunger, it impelled him to eat numbers of the fmall green lizards, with which the place abounded; after continuing the ufe of this food a few days, he was agreeably furprifed to perceive his diforder diminish, until it gradually left him, and in the courfe of about fix weeks he was perfectly well. Upon the foregoing relation being made public, the experiment was tried upon feveral other perfons, with the fame happy fuccefs; and alfo has been found highly efficacious in curing the yaws. A vegetable which grows plentifully on the Grampian hills, and in other parts of Scotland, called Cudbear, has lately been difcovered to add a permanent freshness and vigour to colours ufed in dying; and according to feveral authentic accounts from the merchants and dyers in North in, is likely to produce confiderable advan tages to the cotton, linen, and woollen manu factures. 3 Extract of a letter from Cadiz, June 26. "The quadron for the Mediterranean to go into the Port of Algiers, failed yesterday; and as the wind was fair, they will probably have a quick paffage to Algefias, from whence they go to Mahon. The Portuguese and other Auxiliaries are to join them there. Our advices from Malaga mention, that the Bey of Tunis has alfo formally declared war against the Catholic Crown, fo that there is likely to be another fleet neceffary to go against that power. The Barbary Corfairs are more numerous than ever. According to the beft accounts the Algerines have 47 fail of frigates, and other veffels; the Tunisians as many; the Tripolines 23; and even the little State of Bargua feven or eight men of war, all of which are to ac in conjunction against the powers with whom thofe Barbarians July 3] While a great concourfe of spectators were affembled, the first perlon who appeared upon the fcaffold on Wednefday morning was Mr. Bofwell, followed by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Peter Shaw, one of the five convicts whe fuffered last Wednesday, for having robbed Mr. Stanhope's house, perfifted to the laft in denying that he had fet fire to it. He behaved with a manly compofure, and faid it was the happiest day of his life; it was but going to Heaven a little fooner; only he regretted his wife and children. He had been fome time fervant to Mr. Burke, of whom he spoke to Mr. Bofwell with great regard: "He is a worthy good gentleman-God Almighty prof per him. His brother, out of his own generorofity, came to the court, and gave me a character."- -Shaw was tall handfome fellow, a native of Ireland; his long hair hung flowing down his back, and his manners were much above thofe of an ordinary fervant. He never once changed countenance, or fhewed either fear or affectation. One very extraordinary cir cumftance marked his poffeffing himself perfectly: while he ftood under the fatal tree, and the awful moment was approaching, he obferved Sir Joshua Reynolds and Mr. Bofwell, two friends of his old mafter, Mr. Burke, placed by Mr. Sheriff Boydell, upon which he turned round, and with a tteady bat modelt look made them a graceful bow. Ivemay and Horey, the two highwayman of Wednesday's fad groupe, were 'good-looking young men, especially the former. When they came upon the fcaffold, Horey addreff. d himifelf to the people, saying, "let us be an example; take warning by us.” Ay (adeing Ivemay,) here's warning enough for y all." The ceremony of knocking off their ons juft before taking the convicts out to execution, is the most striking circumftance of the whole. Horey allocted a litle too much Spint upon that occation; for he called to his companion. My boy, let's be glad we are free again." A momentary momentary freedom; for in a minute after he was pinioned. A number of Italian noblemen and gentlemen faw the execution laft Wednesday from a window, and we are forry witneffed a fuperftition as weak as any in their own country-no lefs than four difeafed perfons, had themfelves rubbed with the fweaty hands of malefactors in the agonies of death, and believed this would cure them. July 4] The following extraordinary fact has been communicated in a letter from Peterfburgh, by Lieut. Ticherdikow:" A young Ruffian peafant living at a farm in the country, being bit by a mad dog, no unfavourable tymptoms were apprehended from the accident.Some time after, being invited to a wedding, he ate and drank promifcoufly with the company, whereby the poifon with which he was infected, was fo rapidly communicated, that before they rofe from the table 51 men and 41 women were at the fame moment attacked by the inoft alarming fymptoms; fome were afflicted with a violent pain in the head, fome difcharged blood from the mouth in great quantities, and others dropped down in a ftate of total infenfibility. Thole who came to the af fiftance of the unfortunate people obferved that their tongues were covered with blifters of a blueish calt, and about the bignefs of a grain of barley, which conftantly increafed in fizeThefe protuberances being pierced with a needle, they emitted a black blood, after which the wounds were rubbed with fine falt. This operation was repeated no lets than nine times upon fome of the patients, on account of fresh matter collecting upon the tongue. This application was made to the young man who had infected - the rest of the company, but without effect, in confequence, it is fuppofed, of the blifters breaking while he was eating, and his fwallowing with his food the blood iffuing from them. A ter fhewing all the lymptoms of the hydrophobia, he expired in violent convulfions. To the reft of the company was administered, night and morning, a large gla of the infufion of the plant in botany called Geniftris-Tinctoria, and they now appear to be perfectly recovered." 5.] The Commiffioners appointed for put ting the tax on fhopkeepers into execution met at Guildhall, and refufed to qualify themfelves according to the act, or have any concern in that unpopular impof 8.] Suicide fem of late to have become very common in France. On the evening of the first of this month a young man walking under the trees in the Elyfian Fields near the Hotel d'Evreux, he knelt down behind an elm, railed his eyes to Heaven, and putting a pitol to his mouth, hot himself in pretence of 200 fpectators. In his pockets were found four balls and two grefs fous in money. He was tolerably drefed, and his linen remarkable clean. It is not yet known who he was. About five o'clock on Saturday morning, the body of Samuel Bond, a labouring man, of Litthe Coxwell, near Farringdon, Berks, was found murdered about half a mile from his own houfe, in the fide of the road leading from thence to Great Coxwell, when it appeared that he had been fhot through the head. The country was immediately alarmed, and from divers circumftances, violent fufpicions fell upon Michael Holliday, a farmer's fon of that place, whom Bond at other times, as well as on the night preceding the murder, had difcovered in criminal converfation with his wife. An iuquifition was taken, before Mr. Monday, one of his Majefty's coroners, the farmer's fon and the wife of the deceafed being both in cuftody; the jury charged Holliday with wilful murder, and the wife of the decealed as an accomplice in the horrid deed; and they were committed to Reading gaolfor trial. We learn from America, that all the tribes of favages, from the falls of Niagara to the Mifliflippi, are in ftrict confederacy against the Con greffional States, and that they intend to commence general hoftilities on the frontiers in the fall of the year. A ftrong body of northern Indians, when thefe advices came away, were in full march against the Ohio fettlements; and they had furprited and murdered several families in their progrefs. 15.] Most of the letters from France, Germany, and Holland, mention, that in confequence of the drought which has prevailed in thole territories for feveral weeks, vegetables of all kinds have risen to a molt enormous price, and great numbers of fheep and cattle have perifhed for want of water. By authentic accounts from Lyons, we are asfured, that no rain had fallen from the 2do: May to the 30th of June (the date of the advices) neither in that city nor the neighbouring provinces, except during a violent thunder ftorm, which lafted fix hours, about the middle of June. 16.] His Majefty, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, reviewed the artillery. The King arrived on Woolwich Common about halt pait fix o'clock in the morning, when after viewing the troops, they exhibited the picture of an engage ment-diftant firing of the heavy guns—a clofe battle of raufquetry-a retreat and pursuit-a diflodgment from a wood-an attack of the enemy in masked batteries--and feveral other of the actual reprefentations in the field. From thence his Majefty and the Prince went into the Warren, attended by the Duke of Richmond and a number of general officers, where they went through the repofitory, and faw the feveral improvements and new inventions in gunnery, which has been countenanced by his Grace as Master-General of the Ordnance. The first was Colonel Williams's new gun, to ferve with light infantry, and which, though it carries a fix pound fhot, is fo light and manageable, fo quickly mounted and difmounted, that it is capable of being used in all the quick movements of that uleful body-His Majefty was pleated to exprefs his approbation of the invention. The King was then fhewn a couple of cafemates a d'Alembert-the one on the model exactly of the author, M. d'Alembert, in his new work, and the fecond an improvement of it by the Duke of Richmond. The improvement is fimply a reduction of the dimensions of the cafemates one third, which would fave a confiderable expence, and ftill, as the Duke avers, have capacity for all the objects. From th |