With potion, pill, and blifter fore, Had flain their thousands, ten times told. They gave each dofe with air fo wife, 'Twas not in mortals to refift 'em ; Till gallant Boyd, who fcorns difguife, Refolv'd at length to change the fystem. "No more in garb of peace array'd" (Such was the veteran's decree) "Shall ye purfue the killing trade, "But clad in armour cap à-pé.” And now, the afpect meekly bland, The garments fuiting men of lore, Are chang'd for looks which speak command, For coats with lace befprinkled o'er. 'Tis hence that, in our modern way, The Doctor's gilded o'er fo nice: "Make no wry face, nor look askew, "But take this draught without delay, "Or elfe, by Jove, I'll run you thro'!” Dear doctor all the draught I've ta'en; 'Im ready for another still; Let me not with these looks be slain; Oh I cou'd Hippocrates awhile Revive, and you by him be feen, E. Uà fylvofa ulmi campo fuperimminet umbra, Ætatem duxit mitis amanfque fenex. Mufcus ei mollis lectum præbebat agreftem. Sylva cibum,-lympham fons facerantra domum, IN CHLOE'S PICTURE. N rain thy fweets ambrofial, fair flow'r, By lovely Chloe's fairer hand defign'd, The Butterfly is ftudious to devour, In vain the Bee thy nectar d dew would find. How, Nature, art thou here surpass'd by art! And could a mortal thus at her command A blushing rofe make from the canvas start No! Flora turely guided Chloe's hand. Had I fuch skill, I'd paint, with nicest care, An object more enchanting, more divine, An object grac'd with beauties which eninare The lover's heart, the lover's foul refine. Then would my Chloe's portrait foon be known, So just a femblance would appear to all, Save the fweet maid herself, the, the alone Would be unconscious of th' original. Brighton, June 24. CHARLOTTE SMITH, W SONNET. BY CHARLOTTE SMITH. HILE thus I wander cheerlefs and unbleit [pain; And find in change of place but change of In tranquil fleep the village labourers relt, And tafte repofe that I purfue in vain. Hush'd is the hamlet now; and faintly gleam The dying embers from the cafement low Of the tharch'd cottage; while the moon's pale beam Lends a new luftre to the dazzling fnow.. O'er the cold waste, amid the freezing night, Scarce heeding whither, defolate i Aray, For me, pale eye of evening! thy foft light Leads to no happy home; my weary way Ends but in dark viciffitudes of care; I only fly from doubt—to meet despair. The following Lines, written at Florence by Mr. THOMAS WALTER, quere addrefied (during their Refidence in that City) to her Grace the Duchess of DEVONSHIRE, the Rt. Hon. Lady Viscountess DUNCANNON, and the Rt Hon. Lady ELIZABETH FOSTER N English Gentleman, paffing through A to ex Vitam ille a populo longe femotus agebat: Dum caput attollit forte minaxque, fcelus. "Ergone tam lente Eus audit vota piorum? "Ergone tam lentè facta nefanda videt? Fluctuathinc,dubiáque tremit formidine pectus, Et placidus vitæ perditur ufque tenor. Hand aliter liquidi fi quando in marmore fontis Naturæ circum dulcis imago nitet, Prata virent, niveis florefcit honoribus arbos Et cælo fplendet multicolore lacusQuod fi forte lapis fpeculum pertu bat aqua The pretting his admiration at the happy concur rence of circumstances which ought long to conftitute the boast of this elegant city. three Ladies to whom the inclefed just tribute of homage is addrelfed, are intreated to accept it as the incenfe of truth rather than as the language of Poetry, and to forgive the intrafion of one (never a poet hy profeffion) who has dedicated an hour to the moft delightfulperhaps the most honourable of all employments--the celebration of whatever is fair, good, and great-of beauties who merit a fuperior bard, though they can never com mand a more fervent admirer. Florence, Feb. 23, 1793. AIL, favour'd Florence! where each trav'iler views HAIL The confecrated feat of ev'ry Muse. Whileo'er the world unletter'd darkness hung, Here Painting flourish'd, and here Dante fung. Here patient Sculpture early taught " to trace "The ling'ring line, and mould the tardy grace;" The lib'ral Arts with added luftre rose, Of ev'ry Mufe-and now of ev'ry grace. Here fhine thofe forms, which in the Pain- Kindle the glow of genius half fuppreft, That charm which lends to love his fureft art, Here, too, the Graces in each look difplay Good fenfe that guides the ever-yielding face Than all the flashing fire of radiant wit. Such are the gifts the youthful graces fhew, Gifts that Aonian Maids could ne'er beftow; Such is the blandifhment, and fuch the charm, Which empire, wealth, and wit, and worth, difarm; Which boast a pow'r-a pow'r that all confefs, Which rule, exalt, infpire, adorn, and bless. Thus, in their native forms, the Graces * fhine, And rival, with fuccefs, the tuneful nine : Devon, Duncannon, Fofter. Nor crave, from fiction or from fabling fame, The learn'd difguife of a fcholaftic name. Hail, favour'd Florence! once the hallow' place Of every Mufe, and now of every grace. Whether 'tis fafer in the mind t' enjoy Our name announced with A. M. LL.D. Perchance expose one's felf-ay, there's the rub; For in that hafty ftep what ills may come, The scholar's jeft, the critic's contumely, HAMLET, III. I. The keen-fet guest now, at the sheriff's feast, Cramshis rich venifon up he knows well how: As many platefuls as the haunch will bear, With diftin&t health and confign'd bumpers to them, He makes an end of, with a faint adieus And ekes out one fingle flice of fat more, Adifted with the fweet of currant-jelly faucé. TROILUS, IV. 4. She never told her love :-bat lover's fighs, Letting detraction, like a beetle's fang, TWELFTH NIGHT, II. 4. MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF FRANCE, fcontinued from p. 564.) May's A 27. Letter from the Mayor of Paris. was read, ftating, that the public mind was very much agitated; that the two parties in Paris were on the point of coming to blows; and that fome strong meafures were neceflary in order to prevent them. Marat faid, that all the public troubles were to be attributed to the Commiffion of Twelve, which had provoked the infurrec tion of the people. He demanded that the Commiffion fhould be diffolved, or a general infurrection would ensue. I demand, faid Mazuyer, that it fhould be decreed, that Marat had endeavoured to foment an infurrection. The people ought to know of the cabals which exifted laft night in Paris; they ought to be informed, that the Section of Union has this night car. ried to the Section of the Temple, for its concurrence, a decree, by which it has been determined to maffaçre the rich, and twentytwo National Deputies. This real fituation of Paris should be known. Pache must be opposed to Pache. In his firft report, he faid, that Paris was tranquil-that he had remedied the danger if there was any-and to-day he foretels difafters. 1 demand that thefe two reports be printed, in order to prove that Pache has contradicted himself. Agreed. The Section of La Cité appeared at the bar. It demanded the liberation of its Pre.fident and Secretary, who had been arrested by order of the Commiffion of Twelve. It obferved, that if the Convention would not fave the people, the people would fave them felves. It farther infifted, that the Commiffion of Twelve fhould be taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal. [pplauded from the Galleries.] The Prefdent replied-The Convention pardons your youth; it will never be influenced by any portion of the people. In a Republic, the law alone ought to reign. The Convention adopted this answer. Roberfpierre fpoke at length against this reply-Charlier demanded a decree of accufation against the Committee of Twelve. Marat faid that the country could only be faved by the facrifice of the Ariftocrats.Leonard Bourdon demanded, that the two citizens fhould be releafed.-Thuriot faid, the Prefident was the author of this diforder. Combon accufed his opponents of being rogues and affatins. Lecroix anfwered him, that he had a pair of horse-pistols, one of which was much at his fervice.-The tumults increased. The Prefident, while writing a letter, was attacked by Roux, who fnatched it from him. Several members ran to the affiftance of the Prefident, who put on his hat, and rung the bell. GENT. MAG. July, 1793. The Affembly at length voted, that Roberfpierre fhould not be heard; which produced fresh noife from the Mountain; and the Appel Nominal was called for. May 21. A member stated, that the army of the Republic had been completely defeated by Gafton, at the head of the Infurgents, who afterwards marched againft Rochefort. Cambon faid, that the King of Naples had entered into the coalition of the powers; and the French territory was about to be attacked on the fide of Var. May 30. Cambon proposed to grant authority to the Executive Council, to exchange, for arms and ammunition, the regalia and ap pendages of the Crown, and to make prelents of them to powers whofe alliance may be useful to the French nation-Decreed. The following Decrees propofed afterwards by Barrere, in the name of the Com.. mittee of Public Safety, were paffed. I. There shall be a primary fchool in every place which contains from 400 to 1500 inhabitants. This fchool may ferve for all lefs populous places, which may be within the diftance of 1000 toifes. 11. In each of these schools there fhall be an instructor, charged with teaching the fcholars that elementary knowledge which is neceffary to enable citizens to exercile their rights and to manage their domeftic concerns. III. The Committee of Public Inftruction fhall prefent a proportional mode for towns and the more populous commons. IV. The instructors fhall be charged to give lectures and inftruction, once every week, to citizens of all ages and of both fexes. "V. The plan of a Decree, prefented by the Committee of Public Inftruction, fhall irrevocably be the order of the day every Thurfday. The requifition of the public force was ordered in feveral claffes as follows: The first requifition fhall extend from the age of 16 to 25. The fecond from that of 25 to 35. The third from the age of 35 to that of 45, The names of all citizens above that age fhall be idfcribed in three claffes, in registers kept by the municipalities. Every citizen burthened with three children, and who can prove that he is unable to maintain them except by his labour, shall be ranked in the third clafs, whatever may be his age. All bachelors, under the age of 45, sha'l be placed in the first class. The Municipalities thall infcribe, in the fame registers, the number of fire-arms which they have at their difpofal, and wh ch fhall be diftributed amongst the say us of the first clais. The Municipal Officers fht bule dire under pain of being difmiffed by the lette ries of Departments, that all citizens of the opportunity of mending, of obtaining pardon, first clafs be exercised every Sunday. (To be continued.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The little commonwealth of Switzerland, always one of the most delightful objects upon which the mind could repofe, is, at this moment, almoft the only fafe and pleasant re treat that the Continent affords. Neither drawn into the war by the ambition of fharing the territory of France, by the vain, though more honourable, design of punithing the regicides, or the weak refentment of infults offered by a worthless Convention, the Swifs not only preferve the bleifings of their antient tranquillity, but are gaining a confiderable share of the commerce, which can be conducted only by neutral powers, between the neighbouring parts of France and Germany. Saveden. A refolution being taken, on the 14th ultimo, by all the three colleges of the empire, for establishing a law of the empire to abolish all fecret orders and focieties in Univerfities, M. Schroerbing, Secretary of the Embaffy of Swedish Pomerania, has diftributed a Pro-memoria, by which his Swedith Majesty, in his quality of Duke of Anterior Pomerania, declares :" That he will ufe his utmoft endeavours to oppose, abolish, and deftroy, all hurtful orders; but that he referves to himself, according as circumftances fhall require, to take fuch measures as his Majefty hall think fitteft for the object in view, and the thing itself; whereas, otherwife, fuch conclufion of the empire remains obligatory for fuch States only as have exprefly voted for the fame." The faid Pro-memoria continues in the following manner :-"Not every difpofition, meafure, ordinance, or punishment inflicting law, which feemingly tends to the proper aim, and which in other cafes might be applicable, can have in all States of Germany the fame energy and the fame end, for oppoling orders and focieties, which perhaps are rather the refult of adventitious notions, of overheated juvenile brains, or other innocent caufes, than of a criminal propensity of hurting the mother country; for which rea fon, every kind of fuch like connexions of fraternity are not equally punishable; and how easily may a fiery youth be misled, either through his own imagination, or through the influence of others, from which he nevertheless moft commonly returns by the first rays of reason! In this respect it is especially neceffary to take mutual difpofitions for preventing fuch connexions from exceeding their proper bounds. And, fince on the one fide it is jult to fet them bounds, it is on the other hand fully as reasonable to have compaffion with human frailties, to which youth is the most liable, and to afford them rather an and becoming ufeful to the State, than to load them, and with them their fami lies, with indelible infamy, and condemn them to perpetual punishment; not to mention the detriment fuch aufterity might caufe, in a more or lefs degree, to the now-flourifhing Universities." Poland. The two notes, delivered to the Polish Diet from the Minifters of St. Peter!burg and Berlin, demanding the appointment of a Deputation to fanction the divifion of the country, produced the most violent altercation. It was agreed to in the fitting of the 26th, upon the motion of M. Jankowski, by a confiderable majority of votes, to claim the mediation of all the foreign Courts, with thofe of Berlin and St. Petefburg, to withdraw their troops from the provinces of the republic, and to give up the fame. And on this account, as the Poles have had no Envoy at Vienna fince M. Wayne held that office, he was again nominated. At length, on the motion that the depu tation demanded fhould be empowered to treat with the Court of Ruffia only, this propofition was fupported by the King, and carried by a majority of 107 voices against 24, It has been agreed upon, in the General Confederation, that the military of the republic fhall be diminished; but that the civil lift fhall remain upon the fame footing as before. As the interval between one fitting and another was not fufficient for the drawing up of the inftructions to the Minister at foreign Courts, by the Chancellors, no business was done on the 27th of June. On the 28th, the Marthal again brought forward the appointment of a delegation to treat with the Courts of St. Petersburg and Berlin conjointly. This was opposed by almoft the whole chamber, as inconfiftent with the refolution already adopted to treat only with the Court of St. Petersburg, and an injunction was voted to the Chancellors of Courland and Lithuania, to draw up an answer to the notes delivered by the Ruffian and Pruffian Minifters, conformable to the principles of this refolution. The inftructions prepared by the Chancellors for the Minifters at foreign Courts, and for the conduct of the delegation, viz. to treat only with the Court of St. Petersburg, were read. It was propofed, as an additional article, to call M. Ducache, Chargé des Affaires from the Court of Vienna, to the negotiations, because the Emperor had guarantied the treaty of 1775. To give time for examining this amendment, the Diet adjourned to July ift, when the debates on the delegation were renewed; and to get rid of a difcuffion, which the longer it was pursued became the more embarraffed, it was unani. mously agreed to adjourn the Diet to the 15th of July. EAST EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE. Calcutta, Sep. 27, 1793. Captain Blake, of the ship Clichefter, on carrying his cargo of rice to Coringa, found the miferies of famine raging there to fuch an excefs, that even the women came off to the fhip in catamarans in the hope of procuring relief. This fingle circumftance must speak the height of their distress, as the female natives are never known to venture on the fea. Captain Blake fold his rice confiderably under what was called the current price, and even would not have received what he did, had he not been affured that the poor people would not at all have been benefited by an under-fale un his part, and that the rice was purchased by fome wealthy Bramins, Captain Blake, touched with the deepest compaffion for all the wretchednets he was witness of, fed 800 people daily while he remained at Coringa, and, on quitting the place, left 1000 rupees worth of rice for them. The correfpondent, who communicates the information, feels the highest gratification from being enabled to proclaim fuch an act of humanity; and fincerely wishes it may have the happy effect of exciting fuch fenfations in the breafts of thofe, who poffets the means, as shall tend to create fome relief to the poor objects, who are labouring under the miseries of famine in our Northern poffeflions. Futty Sing, the Rajah of Guzzeral, has been put to death by the intrigues of Madejee Scindia, Chief of the Mahrattas, who was at Poonah with fuch a force, and had formed fuch plans of aggrandizement and conqueft, as to render an immediate war between Great Britain and the Mahrattas greatly to be apprehended. I have the honour to acquaint you, that the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon farrendered at difcretion to his Majesty's forces on the 24th instant.. In obedience to his Majefty's commands, fignified to me in your letter of the 15th of February, having confulted at Halifax with Capt. Affleck, commanding his M jetty's fhip Alligator, I embarked, without lofs of time, for the attack of these lands, with a detachment of the Royal Artillery, and 310 rank and file, with Officers and Non-commiffioned Officers, in proportion, of the 4th and 65th Regiments, on-board that fhip, a King's fchooner, and three tranfports) and ailed on the 7th instant, On the 14th, about day-break, we made the inland of St. Pierre; and Capt. Affleck, having made a difpofition to proceed by the channel of Miquelon, a convenient place in that Strait for debarking the troops offering, and our information from different quarters (however imperfect) giving us reafon to fuppofe that a French frigate was in the harbour, and of the farther defences, of which we had not been able to gain any real intel ligence, I proposed to Capt. Affleck to land the troops, that an attack by fea and land might be made at the fame time, with which he perfectly coincided; and accordingly I landed, with great part of the Troops, in the Auce-à-Savoyard, about five miles to the Weftward of the town, and proceeded towards it, fending a fummons from Capt. Affleck and myfelf to the Commandant for the immediate furrender of the fland; when an anfwer being returned, demanding terms of capitulation, they were decidedly refused. The troops continued their march; and, having reached, without oppofition, the heights above the town, the Alligator at the fame time appearing in fight of the Harbour, the Comniandant, Monf. Danfeville, who from circumstances was under the direction of the Commune of the island, furrendered the iflands of St. Pierre and Miquelon at difcretion; and poffeffion was immediately taken of the battery and places of defence near the town and harbour. The garrifon confifted of between 80 and 100 men only; but there were upwards of 500 French fishermen (exclufive of the inhabitants) in the town, who, had they been prepared and well armed, might have made great oppofition. They had likewife begun to put in a state of defence the battery of eight twenty-fix pounders, which effectually defended the harbour. If, from fortunate events no opportunity felves, it would be doing the greateft injoftice offered for the troops to diftinguish themboth to officers and men, if I did not, in the ftrongeft terms, mention their good conduct, difcipline, and regularity; the flightest depredation not having been committed on any of the inhabitants by the troops I have the honour to command, in a place taken in the manner above stated. I inclofe a return of the ordnance and military itores taken on the ifland, and have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your most obedient humble fervant, JAMES OGILVIE, Brig. Gen. The Right Hon. Henry Dundas, One of his Majefty's Principal Secre taries of State, &c. &c. &c. [Here follows a return of the ordnance and military stores taken on the island. ] Admiralty-Office, June 30. A Letter from Captain William Affleck, Commander of bis Majefty's hip Alligator, to Mr. Stephens, dated St. Pierre, May toy 1793, |