Through the sweet maze of our poetic And as we heard thy foft, mellifluous lay, Have wove thy garland of eternal bay ; This fhalt thou wear....but first thy plan purfue, And give our facred charms to public view. Forth from the holy well we pour along, The deep, majestic tide of heav'nly fong: 'Tis there alone our pureft fountain flows; There our first stream of inspiration rose. Be thine our choicest treasures to diffuse, And lead the mind to more than mortal views; [of fame, Then fhalt thou mount the topmost round While Time in Envy's fpite perpetuates thy name. Oxford, Auguft 20. To Mifs M.. of Edinburgh. Go, leaf, and tell Murrilla fair Her Strephon pines...he dies!... In fighs difclofe his latent care... Weep and affect her eyes. When first I faw her beauty's ray, Ah, me! that peerless shone! I look'd, I lov'd. Ah! heedlefs swain, The moment I confefs'd her chain, I ficken'd with despair. Ah! tell her too, now Strephon lies, Befide a purling stream; His tears...the ftream with them. Had the the maid to move; And pity thaws her heart. Sad, fad mistake!....why? fifters, why? And preys upon her cheek. 'Tis done...I faint...ah! yet be bleft, The maid who fires my ravish'd breast.... To Mifs LOUISA BELVILLE. TRACE not for fplendor yonder starry fkies; light, Brighter the glories of Louifa's eyes. If, before Troy, with beauty's queen engag'd, [rag'd, In burnish'd steel, while the gor'd battle The goddefs had exerted half fuch charms, The wond'ring Greek had dropp'd his polith'd arms, [wound, The breaft divine had then efcap'd from And he his fate instead of conquest found. The SEA-VOYAGE. ASONG. To the Tune of, A Cobler there was, &c. PRAY, which of the nine shall I humbly invoke? To aid a fad story convey'd in a joke? Thalia's a lafs who fuch humour supplies, She'll make you to laugh with the tears in your eyes. Derry down, &c. To make the tale fhort, left you think it prolix, On July the feventeenth, fifty and fix, Chefter, [would have blefs'd her. Good lack! had you feen her, your heart But, oh! what a medley was there befides failors, Of actors and fingers, and poets and taylors, Two hundred fpalpeens, who to Venus were martyrs; [their quarters. With the itch in their fingers and lice in The Packet in hafte to Beaumaurice was veering, [was steering; When, lo! a large fhip towards our veffe But foon as to view a white head did appear, Odzooks, they all cry'd, 'tis a French privateer, Rrr This This terrible fhip, with her ftreamers all [braving; waving, Stopt half a league diftant, the poor Packet Which steering away, to avoid fuch trappanners, [her good manners. Bounce! went a twelve-pounder, to teach Ventidius, who oft on the Smock-alley stage, [a page, Had ranted and blufter'd through many The hero forgetting, to fave his long neck, Threw up both his heels, and fell flat on the deck. The crew with a panic were ftruck one ⚫and all, [fall; When this rifing hero receiv'd fuch a They counsel'd the captain, without more ado, [ship to. To down with his top-fail and bring the Grave Cimberton, trusty cashier to the Play-house, [thou'd difmay us; Said, zounds! 'tis a shame that the French But, when the report of the gun struck his [fear. He outwardly fmil'd to conceal inward ear, steerage, The Dublin Vandyke foftly crept to the [rage; His palenefs difcover'd his ill painted couHe hated the French and their naval purfuits, [boots. And pifs'd till it ran to the foles of his 'Tis ftrange when an honeft man deals in deceit, [feet, His money lay under the foles of his 'Twas as fafe to lie there as if hid in a hole [the cole. For he knew that his toes could not finger If they board us, fay Polly, I'll fing 'em a fong:' [tongue; Says Lucy, Pray hold your ridiculous Our voyage is weftward; you'll foon with it fouth; [fide of your mouth.' For they'll quick make you fing the wrong But the ship which had thrown us all into fuch terror [error. Stood aloof now as if fhe had found out her Such a cargoe she scorn'd to carry toFrance, firs, [dancers. As actors and Taylors, and fidlers and Crochetto was there, who by musical querk Sets fingers, and pipers, and fidlers to wok: The wind from north-eaft gave a terrible fquall [and all. Which fear'd all the paffengers, captain The people cry'd out, "The fhip is now But Crochetto perceiving her make fuch a trip, [ship. Pufh'd hard t'other fide for to ballance the Ye mortals, who carelessly fit at your eafe, While others are tofs'd on the perilous feas, You are better at home in a great elbowchair, Than rowling about between hope and despair. Derry down, &c. RIDDL E. TWAS art that compleated the form that I wear [air, From nature's grand chaos, digefted in To the furnace I'm caft, and when come from the lake, [stake. No martyr fo faithful e'er burn'd at the Then at once I'm admitted at court, and am feen, [queen. In private apartment employ'd by the No knight in the city his favour denies me, And there's not a lady in town but employs me. [fupport, To Bacchus, I'm highly indebted, as prince of the sport. own, for his friendly For legs of my own I have none to employ, And yet to the ladies I often am nigh. When rid out with pleasure, and jaded with I ftain their white stockings, tho' ever fo fpleen, [clean; Yet, if thus I happen to give them affront, 'Tis pafs'd by in filence, no mention made on't. I yield them fuch ease in so needful a season, No cenfure I merit in justice or reason. ANSWER to the REBUS in our laßt. GOOD fir, whene'er you kill a Buck, beg a haunch may be my luck : And, when you mean to take a bride, (If you are not already ty'd) Pray, let me make the wedding Ring ; For I'm a dab at such a thing. And, if further, you'll permit Me, at the bridal feast to to fit ; I ask a Ham to grace the board, With chickens plenty, wine well-ftor'd. Grant me but this, you'll find I am, Your humle fervant, Buckingham. A REBUS is maintain'd, R.P. TAKE the name of a rule by which right [gain'd. And half a thing by which freedom is Add to it two fifths of a mirth much defir'd, And the girl you'll exprefs by me most [admir'd. HISTORY A HISTORY of the PRESENT WAR. Detachment was fent from the allied Brunswick, on the 30th of August to attack Dorften, where the ovens of prince Soubize's army had been built fome time ago, and fucceeded fo far as to take the place. Mr. Vierfet and the first battalion of his regiment were all made prifoners, after a vigorous refiftance. Next day, the light troops of the allies took 300 waggons, a number of equipages, and the patroles of French horse that were along the Lippe. The inhabitants of Hanover were lately under great apprehenfions, on асcount of the march of a large body of French troops towards Seefen and Grene; but on the 14th of September they were relieved from their anxiety, by discovering that the corps was deftined to cover the retreat of smaller detachments which had advanced into the country, with a view of raifing contributions and collecting provifions. General Luckner, reinforced by general Freytag, is advanced to Saltz-Gitter, and Hartz is entirely cleared of the French parties. Accounts from Pomerania import, that a fmart skirmish happened there lately between a large detachment of Swedish troops, and fome Pruffian forces under col. Belling, in which the latter had the advantage; but finding himself too weak to ftand against the whole force of the Swedes, which was coming against him, he abandoned Malchin and Treptow, and retired to Calow; foon after which, another large body attempted to dislodge him from Brandenbourg, but they were repulfed with great lofs; and upon col. Belling's being fince reinforced, he has gained farther advantages over the Swedes in Pomerania, and obliged them to draw their fubfiftence from their own country. By advices from Silefia we are informed, that on the 15h of Auguft, forty-three fquadrons of Auftrians, which had been fent by gen. Laudhon to join the Ruffian army were totally defeated by the king of Pruffia; and that the cannon and trophies which the horse-grenadiers had with them, were taken. In the mean time, the Ruffian army was driven back from Grofs Becken to Metliche, and two regiments of their infantry were made prifoners by gen. Knobloch, in the purfuit towards the Oder. Letters from other parts magnify the advantage; notwithstanding which, the Auftrian and Ruffian armies have effected their junction, and immediately afterwards held a council of war, wherein it was refolved to attack the king of Pruffia in his camp of Ober-Arnfdorff: but next day his majefty fet fire to his camp, and fell back to Schweidnitz; which difconcerted the meafures of his enemies; and part of their forces marched into the camp which the Pruffians had abandoned. A new plan of attack was then fettled; but it was difconcerted like the former, the king having taken a new position between Schweidnitz and Zobtenberg, which poft is very secure by nature, and he has there ftrongly intrenched himself. Accounts of the latest date from the commandant of Glogau, fay, that on the 9th and 10th the baggage of the Ruffian army had repaffed the Oder at Steinau; that on the roth marshal Butturlin with the grofs of the army, had separated from the Austrians, and began to move towards the Oder; and that general Chernichew, with a corps under his command, remained ftill with general Laudohn. The Ruffian fleet, which has been befieging Colberg ever fince the 3d of Auguft last, had not done any confiderable damage to the place from that time to the 6th of September; on the contrary, the Ruffians fuffered confiderably by the batteries raised on fhore. General Romanzow had not then made any motion; and the duke of Wurtemberg remained unmolested in his entrenchments, which are not much above half a mile from gen. Romanzow's camp. General Tottleben, who was lately a principal commander in the Ruffian fevice, is carried prifoner to Petersburgh, and closely confined in the citadel there; hav.ng been detected in holding a treacherous correfpondence with the king of Pruffia. DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. LETTERS from Conftantinople of being heard at a distance. They rowed the ift of Auguft, import, that Mr. Rexin, minifter from Pruffia, after the festival of Bairam, had his second audience of the Grand Vizir; when the treaty of amity and commerce between the Sultan and the king of Pruffia was ratified and exchanged; and at the fame time Mr. Rexin affumed the character of envoy extraordinary from his Prussian majesty, and in that quality delivered his credentials and the prefents from his royal master, which were reckoned very curious and valuable. They write from Genoa, that the Cor ficans have published a manifesto, addreffed to all the powers of Europe, fetting forth, that they will fhed the last drop of their blood, rather than fubmit to the Genofe; to whose yoke, if they should be reduced to the laft extremity, they will prefer that of any other power, who will continue to them their fortunes and privileges. A letter was received from Sir Piercy Brett by Mr. Cleveland, dated Aug. 25th, 1761, with the following particulars: .... "Mr. Mc-Bride being off Dunkirk with the Grace armed cutter on Saturday morning, and obferving that the two prames were gone into the harbour, and only four flat-bottom'd boats and a dogger privateer in the road, he immediately left his station to join the Maidstone, and propofed cutting out the privateer that night, if capt. Digges would let him have four boats manned and armed; which he very readily complied with, knowing his abilities and refolution. The boats left the fhips at ten o'clock at night; and when they came near the road, they laid all their oars acrofs, except two in each boat, which they muffed with baize, to prevent their in that manner-till they were within mufket shot of the privavateer; and, being haled, they made no answer; but in a few minutes boarded him on both fides, and took poffeflion of him without the lofs of a man, and only two were wounded. Mr. M Bride hot the Lieutenant of the privateer through the head with a musket, as he was pointing a gun into the boat; and one common man was killed, and five wounded. This was done within half gun-fhot of a fort on the east fide of the harbour, but the fort did not fire at them; and when the prisoners were fecured, they cut the cables, and failed out of the road," In a storm of hail, which happen'd last Surfday at Enfield Marth; fome of the stones, or rather pieces of ice, measured five inches round, which tore down branches of trees, and did infinite damage all around. The ftorm was attended with violent claps of thunder, feveral birds were killed; yet the whole did not last above three minutes. THURSDAY, Sept. 3. Amiralty-Office. Capt. Napier, of his majesty's frigate the Cygnet, brought into Gibraltar-bay on the 25th of July laft, a French privateer, of 18 carriage guns, and 135 men, which he took off Cape de Gatte: and about the fame time, the Favourite floop, commanded by Capt. Pownoll, fent in a small privateer floop, which he took about twenty leagues weftward of Cadiz. His majesty's fhip Aquilon, commanded by capt. Chaloner Ogle, has also taken off Cape Machicaco, the Aurora privateer belonging to Rochelle, of 10 guns, and 75 men. FRIDAY, Sept. 4. Admiraky Office. Lieut. Barkley, com. manding the Fly armed cutter, on the fourteenth of last month being off the Texel, he took the Hazard privateer of Dunkirk, carrying fix fwivel guns and 15 men, which had been out three weeks, but had taken nothing. On the 29th he drove on fhore, and destroyed the Maria Therefa privateer, of fix fwivel guns and 17 men, which left Dunkirk four days before, and had not taken any prize. A letter from capt. Faulkner, of his majesty's fhip Bellona, to capt, Cleveland, dated Aug. 21. in Lisbon river, runs thus: "On the 14th inftant, at three P. M. faw three fail in the S. W. quarter, Cape Finisterre bearing N. E. I half E. diftant ten leagues; we immediately gave chace, and, by their crowding from us, soon sufpected them to be enemies. At five A. M. we got almoft up with the chace, and found them to be a large fhip and two frigates. At fix the Brilliant began to engage with one of the frigates; foon after with the other alfo. Half an hour after fix we began to engage the large hip as near as poffible. At four minutes after 7 the large ship struck, which proved to be Le Courageux of 74 guns, commanded by M. Dugue L'Ambert, and had on board 700 men from St. Domingo. The Brilliant continued to engage the two frigates. At half past seven the French frigates bore away, and neither of our fhips were in a condition to pursue them. We loft in the action 6 men, and had 28 wounded. The enemy had 240 flain, and 10 wounded. We sent our first lieutenant, Mr. Male, with other officers, and 150 men, to take poffeffion of the prize, and received 224 prisoners on board. The Brilliant fent 50 men, and received 100 prisoners on on board; she had five men killed and fixteen wounded; among the flain is the mafter." Some private letters, fay, that the cargo of the Courageux is valued at 320,000l. first coft; and the had befides many ranfomers on board. When the French prisoners were landed at Lisbon out of the Bellona man of war, they applied to the French conful for relief, without effect; but the Gentlemen of the English Factory, moved with compaffion at fuch a fcene of distress, generously raised by subscription 230l. fterling for their relief. A noble inftance of English generosity! The mafter of the White Hart Inn at Redburn, Hertfordshire, returning from fhooting, put his gun (which was charged with partridge fhot) upon the bacon-rack, when two of the marquis of Granby's royal forresters came into the house; one of them took down the piece, and without examining whether it was charged or not, prefented and fired it off at his comrade, by which means his face was mangled almost beyond description, for both his eyes were shot out, his nofe entirely taken off, and his cheeks torn to pieces. county of Buckingham, having been requested by Richard Loundes, Efq; one of the knights of the fhire, on behalf of the lace manufacturers, to prefent to the king a pair of fine ruffles made by Meffrs. Milward and comp. at Newport-Pagnel in the faid county; his majesty after looking at them, and afking many questions concerning this branch of trade, was most graciously pleased to express himself; that the inclination of his own heart naturally led him to fet a high value upon every endeavour to improve any English manufacture, and whatever had such a recommendation, would be preferr'd by him to works poffibly of higher perfection, made in any other country. SATURDAY, Sept. 5. St. James's. The following is the lift of the establishment made by his majesty for the houshold of the Queen. Vice-chamberlain, Lord Cantalupe. Duchefs of Hamilton, Maids of Honour, Mifs Bishop, Mifs Wrottesley, Mifs Beauclerk, Bed-chamber Women, Mrs. Brudenel, Mrs. Boughton, Mrs. Bloodworth. Mrs. Dashwood, Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters, .... Mr. Valatin, Mr. Sutherland. Neceffary woman to the Private Apartments, Mrs. Moore. The earl Temple, lord lieutenant of the Neceffary woman to the publicApartments, |