(Continued from Page 342.) THEY faid and ftriking their celeftial lyres, The God of boundless, everlafting love; God of all grace, and peace, and happiness! And all below, in air, or earth or feas. We now exist, are bleft, and fing thy praise. "What thanks from us to love divine is due! For our almighty Father's tender care; What "What praises to a gracious God we owe, And timely took us from the ills to come. "Perhaps our gracious heav'nly Father faw He therefore hous'd his pleafant plants in time, Before the dread, the fierce temptation came. Unceafing thanks be to our Jefus giv'n; By all the fons of earth, and hotts of Heav'n." MUSCULUS the Reformer died 1563, aged 76. He wrote the following Verfes a little before his Death. MY fainting life is nearly gone My frame is chill'd with dying cold : But Jefus, thou, my better life, Canft neither ficken nor be old. Why trembleft thou, my parting foul?, That Angel waits to guide thy way, And bless thee there among the bleft. Quit then, O quit, this wretched house, God foon fhall build it up again, And bid it with new luftre fhine. But art thou all-defil'd with fins? Fear not, my foul, thou ne'er fhalt fall; The blood of Christ can cleanse them all. Can death a thoufand horrors fhew? It can; but what is death to thee? Lo! Chrift, o'er Satan, fin, and death, MONTHLY MONTHLY OCCURRENCES. Nov. 28th. BY the arrival of two mails from Hamburg this day particulars have been received of the operations in Suabia, which have terminated fo favourably to the allies---No ingle great battle was fought, but the refult of a series of actions on different points was the expulfion of the French as far as Manheim, with the lofs of 3 or 4000 men. At Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort, and all the towns of Germany rumours of peace prevail, and very little doubt is entertained but that negociations between France and Germany are very far advanced.---A peace with Germany would be a very popular meafure in France, and would greatly confolidate the power of the new governors of that country. 30. Yesterday morning an extraorinary gazette was published, with intelligence of various fuccelles gained by the allies in Italy-A general action throughout the whole line, near Coni and Novi, in the beginning of this month; there is much confufion in the details on both fides, but it appears the Auftrians « happened" to gain the victory, with the lofs, on the part of the French, of 4000 men. Sanguinary as the engagement was it produced no other confequence than that of checking the attempts of the French to penetrate into Piedmont, by Coni, Novi, and Pignuol; it will probably leave the Auftrians in quiet poffeflion of that province during winter---The most remarkable feature in the gazette is that which affures us the Piedmontefe army is to be embodied, and to take an oath to the king of Sardinia: the reitoration of that monarch will not only be an honourable act on the part of Auftria, but it will be one of the inoit prudent that can be adopted; a monarch fo much beloved by his fubjects deferves to be reinltated; and the foundaft policy on the part of the allies, is to restore and preserve every old government. Dec. 2. The letters from France fay, the Chouans are in very great force; a body of them to the amount of 20,000 have taken Quimper; ofs the coaft of Brittany they are faid to be 60.000 ftrong, and all communication between L'Orient and Paris is cut off. 9. Yesterday a fervant of Lord Minto arrived in town, with difpatches from his lordship at Vienna: though ignorant of their contents, it is not difficult to guets at their na→ ture. The whole continent of Europe is at this moment traversed by meffengers, on the fubject of the retreat of the Ruffians or negociation for peace. The court of Vienna wishes to com promife with that of Petersburg till it has obtained from the French re public agreeable terms of peace and with this view it has partly yielded to the reprefentations of the British cabinet, in favour of the reftoration of the king of Sardinia. The hafty and paflionate feceffion of Suwarrow has given great aların to the coalition, who forefee, by that meafure, how much they mult lower their fums, fhould a negociation for peace take place. 12. Advices from China of the 5th of March mention the death of the. Emperor Kien Long; in confequence of which a general mourning throughout the empire had been ordered to take place for 12 months. The royal authority devolves to his fon Ka King, who has reigned nominally for upwards of two years paft. The Chinese are confequently all in white, and remain with unfhaven heads and beards for 6 months out of the 12. 16. By the Paris journals to the 13th inft, which were received yefterday, we have the important and pleafing intelligence of a fufpenfion of arms, which took place on the 6th inft. in Suabia for eighteen days; within that period it is expected to be ratified by 19. By accounts received lately 21. It will be recollected that two France; their cafe has been the fub- 25. No Hambuogh mail has been |