T HE Cretan King, erewhile with And vengeance for his murder'd off- At length, by famine preft, his foes agreed A band of youths and maidens to convey Of life profufe, refolv'd to thed his And bravely perish for his country's good. The Cretan Court a matchlefs maid The world unknowing, to the world un- Who by a mother's tender care fecured, The purple loves, fuch balmy fragrance As the gay bloffoms of the vernal field Than new-born wishes crimfon o'er her And fighs divulge what love forbears to speak; White lightly glancing every feature Parent of love, and thou too cruef Who ftill with cares allay'ft all human you beft can tell, what fears in What hopes, what withes, fill the love fick maid, While fighing on her beauteous guest the hung, And deep imbib'd the mufic of his tongue? Soon muft he combat in a doubtful ftrife, And purchase glory, or abandon life. Chill'd with the dreadful thought, the blood forfook Her blanching cheek; her frame with horror fhook; With lib'ral gifts the promised heav'n to pay, If Thefeus fhould furvive the dreaded day; And many a vow, and many a secret But how digreffing whence I first began, Into narration have I heedlefs ran? Nor a fad mother's agonizing cares, Friends, country, parents, all for Thefeus loft, With him the fled to Naxos' facred coaft; Where, false of heart! his bride he left to weep, While wrapt he lay in unfufpecting fleep. Oft did fhe rend the hollow murmuring skies, If ftory err not, with her piercing cries. Now, would the climb the craggy mountain's fteep, And craz'd with forrow gaze upon the deep; * Now, forward rush into the fea, and beat The foaming waves, and bruise her naked feet: And thus, at length, with many a plain tive groan, Weeping the made her melancholy moan. A haplefs maiden perjur'd to deceive, Ah! wilt thou draw their vengeance on thy head! Could nothing then thy cruel purpofe 235 And does there, does there in that favage breaft No touch, no drop, of heav'nly pity reft! Not fuch the promises by which you won My yielding heart; by which I was undone. With other hopes my eafy faith you fed, Are vanifh'd now, and all difpers'd in air. Damon and Laura, now unite again, And blefs the accents of each other's tongue; Poffeffing pleafure, and difcarding pain, They both confefs---they've acted wrong. Gg 2 M. D. Foreig T Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. MONDAY, June 1, 1772. HE English Admiral arrived at 1770% A few days ago, died, Mr. C. Day, mafter of the fhip, in Wych-ftreet, worth 1,000. His firit profeffion was a thoeblack, in which he collected fome pounds and then quitted it for the genteeler trade of an ufurer, lending out finall Aims to pour people at an exorbitant rate, and accommodating barrow-women, &c. with barrows at a fhilling per week; finding his wealth increafe he bought the houfe in which he died, and continued lending money in larger fum's to tradefinen fhort of cash. Tuesday, June 2. All the latest accounts received from the continent feem to agree that another revolution has taken place at Copenhagen. That the Queen Carolina Matilda is restored to the throne, and the Queen Dowager and her fon had retired froin the capital with great precipitation. Some of the foreign prints add, that this great event would have been brought about long ago, if Sir Robert Murray Keith could have got to the fpecch of the King; but it may be doubted whether any thing effectual could be done till after the execution of Struenfee and Brandt, who whether they were really objects of juftice or not, were certainly objects of envy and jealoufy. The Queen's friends were not likely to flir while their operations might be of advantage to thofe unfortunate victims. Extract of a Letter from Lewes, June 1. "On Thursday laft the following accident happened in a house at Wellinham, near this town, known by the name of Corfica Hill, and occupied by Lord Napier. The Rev. Mr. Loudon, who had been Chaplain in the above family upwards of 17 years, being in his bed-cham ber with two of his Lordship's fons (to whom he was alfo tutor) and a loaded pittol lying on a chest of drawers, it was fuppofed the youngeft, a lad about nine years of age, took up the piftol to look at, when it unfortunately went off, and fhot Mr. Loudon in the lead; the report of which immediately brought up a fervant, who found the unhappy gentleman quite dead, and his brains lying by him on the floor. The young gentlemen being interrogated by the Coroner, ftrongly infifted that the pistol went off as it lay on the drawers, without being touched; at which tine Mr. Loudon was on the oppofite fide of the bed (unttopping the fpoat of a coffee-pot with the rammer, for which Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. which purpose he had drawn it, on account of its having an iron worm at the end) fo that the ball went through the curtains before he received it in his head." Thursday June 4. Yesterday 54 bills received the royal affent by commiflion among which were the following, viz. The bill for remedying the evils occafioned by the laws now in being against badgers, engroffers, foreftallers, and regrators. The bill for further encouraging the herring fishery on the coast of the Ifle of man. The bill for more effectually preventing frauds in the revenue of excife, with respect to tea, foap, low wines, and fpi rits. The bill to explain and amend an act, relating to the establishment of lazarets. The bill to prevent frauds and abufes, relating to the trade carrying on between Great Britain and Ireland. The bill for more effectual preventing frauds in the ftamp duties, upon vellum, parchment, paper, and cards. The bill to continue and amend an act to prevent frauds committed by bankrupts. The bill for allowing a drawback on the exportation of tea to Ireland and his Majetty's colonies in America. And alfo to feveral other publick and private bills. This being the anniversary of his Majefty's birth-day, who now enters the 35th year of his age, their Majefties received the compliments of the nobility, foreign minifters, &c. at St. James's on the occafion. Friday June 5. The Court yesterday at St. James's was the moit fplendid of any fince the commencement of the prefent reign, if we except only the first after the acceffion of his Majesty. The concourfe of the nobility was prodigious, and the variety, as well as the grandeur of the dreffes, was actually aftonishing. Lady Villars, Lady Carlisle, Lady Sefton, the Duchefs of Marlborough, and fome other of the younger female nobility, were distinguifhed by a profufion of diamonds, and thofe wore only by the first, were estimated at 70,000l. It is now fo fashionable for foreigners to vifit this country, that fifty-feven perfons of great quality from the continent, 237 were counted at the drawing-room yefterday morning, who are wholly here in a private character. The Duke of Gloucester was yesterday at Court, but neither the Duke of Cumberland, his Duchefs, nor the Duchefs of Gloucefter. The Imperial Ambaffador and his equipage made the most brilliant appearance of any that were at Court yefterday except thofe of the Royal Family. Copenhagen, March 23. The King fent orders the 18th inftant to the Commiffion of Inquifition, to flop all proceedings against Colonel Heffelberg, Admiral Hanfon, Lieutenant Aboe, Counsellor Sturtz, the Counsellor of State Willebrandt, and Profeffor Borger; fo that they were fet at liberty next day. Meff. Sturtz and Willebrand have received orders to retire to the Ifle of Zeland, and Profeffor Berger to Aalbourg; his Majefly has granted each of the two lait an annual penfion of 300 rixdollars. It is prefumed, as the other prifoners were not releafed that day, they are condemned to perpetual imprisonment. Saturday June 6. Yefterday a Chapter of the Order of the Bath was held at St. James's, when Sir George Ofborne, Bart. was elected and invefted one of the Knights of that order, in the room of the late Sir William Stanhope. A few days fince died of a putrid fore throat, at Barnftable, in Devonshire, Dr. Eaton, an eminent phyfician of that place, and fon of the late learned Dr. Eaton, of the College of Physicians. Monday, June S. On the 11th of May, the fame day that the Duke of Gloucester left Rome, the Chevalier Charles Stuart arrived at Rome, with his new married confort, in a most elegant ftate coach drawn by fix horses, with fix portilions, their liveries fearlet and gold, the fame as the Kings of England always give. This brilliant equipage was preceded by two horfemen, dreffed as couriers, who fwept the streets, continually crying as they pailed along "Make room for the King and Queen: Long live the King and Queen."---And as the populace were privately given to underland, that it was the Pope's good will and pleafure, that the Chevalier fhould make his public entry in the manner he did, they one and all faluted him 238 Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. with "God fave the King and Queen : Long live the King and Queen." Nor were the populace the only clafs of Romans who thus demonftrated their unfeigned joy on this happy occafion, for the nobility of all ranks went in crowds to falute and welcome their Majetties on their arrival; and even the Cardinals themselves went in formalities To compliment the new married and illuftrious couple. What is particularly remarkable, the Chevalier and his confort, by way of royal etiquette, actually received the Cardinals fitting. On this folemn occafion, Cardinal York made a magnificent prefent to the Queen - his fifter-in-law. Tucfday, June 9. Capt. Hoare, of the British King, met with the followextraordinary adventure: On his leav. China he came home by the new paffage, and touched at the Phillippine Iflands for wood and water, and when the men came to the watering place, luckily obferved a ferpent, or fnake, very large and fubtle, curled round a large branch of a tree, ready to dart upon its prey, with eyes fierce and fiery like two comets and with the mott dreadful appearance. The failors immediately fired their mufquets at the moniter, but without any effect, for the animal came from the tree to the ground purfuing its enemies, when an Irifh failor fwore if it was the Devil he would attack it, and accordingly with an axe gave it a defperate wound in the belly. The fnake then retreated into the water, but being pulled out with a large hook it was foon fhot dead. The body was as large as a corpulent man's body, and its length eighteen feet. Natural hiftorians relate of the above fnake, that it darts upon any animal, whether fheep, or deer, twines itfelf round the hody and breaks every bone, then covering the body with its faliva, fwallows its prey. Capt Hoare has brought the fkin home, which is now on board his fhip at Woolwich. This morning, about five o'clock, a fire broke out at Mr. Wilkinson's, cabinet-maker, in St. Paul's church-yard, which entirely confumed the fame, Mr. Ellemor's and Mr. Bell's, and greatly damaged, Mr. Hurlock's, Mr. Wills's, and Mr. Harris's, and likewife damaged feveral in black-wan court. Last night died, in the 112th year of his age, Mr. John Shiels, apothecary, in Winchefter-street, Southwark. Wednesday June 1o. Yetterday his Majefty came to the Houfe of Peers, when the Houfe of Commons being fent for, and come thither accordingly, his Majefty was pleafed to give the royal affent to An A&t for granting to his Majefty a certain fum of money out of the finking fund, and for applying certain monies, therein mentioned, for the fervice of the year 1772, &c. and for making forth duplicates of Exchequer bills, lottery tickets, certificates, annuity orders, and other orders loft, burnt, or deftroyed. An act for rendering the payment of the creditors of infolvent debtors more equal and expeditious, &c. in Scotland. An Act for repealing feveral laws against badgers, engroffers, foreftallers, and regrators, &c. An Act for the better regulation of buildings and party walls within the cities of London and Westminster, and the liberties thereof, and other places within the bills of mortality, &c. And to two private bills. Thursday June 11. Yefterday was carried to Guildhall, in a cart, the ftatue of the late Mr. Alderman Beckford, which will be confpicuous on Midfummer day. On Monday last a bett of 150 guincas was run for between two galloways, who were to fet out from Wood's gate, about four miles beyond Tunbridge, and run to Kent-ftreet end, in the Borough, and back again, which is near fourfcore miles, without baiting; and that which arrived firft, dead or alive, was to be the winning horfe. One of the horses, when he had about fifteen miles to run, dropped down dead; the other could only make a walk. The abettors of the dead horfe procured a fish cart from fome diftance, mounted the dead horfe upon the cart, fet the rider upon his back and with four horfes galloped away at the rate of ten miles an hour, paffed the living horfe, arrived firft, and was judged the winner. The first inftance of a dead horfe winning a match from a living one. Those who betted in favour of the living horfe, when they difcovered the intent of their opponents, endeavoured |