three ships were forced to be ordered off. It stuck devilishly in our ftomachs that we were obliged to leave our ftation; but if you'd feen the three fhips, they look'd like the ign of Rotten Row; we had hardly a yard of standing or running rigging left, but what was fhot to pieces, and feemed like old oakum; our decks and hulls were like honeycombs, like rocks full of rat-holes, and all our yards and mafts were hivered, fplintered and fliced in fuch a manner, that they were only fit to be bundled up for chips, and hove athwart a day labour er's fhoulders, as he comes home at noon out of the dock-yard. We took a frigate of 26 guns, and one of 18 guns; but I with you had feen our folks fet to at the Moro. We were ordered to bring different pieces of artillery afhore, fo now and then we got five or fix minutes to have a knock or two at Jack Spaniard," We had fine fun, until one of our beft land batteries took fire, and then down came the Dons, as much as to fay. Now the English are all hands em ployed to put the fire out; we can knock 'em o the head; but avait that blow. As foon as they came down, our men clapped to with the Dons; fo the Spaniards about thip with themfelves, and turned their backs upon our people, I and I was ordered into our state-room, and the gentleman would have given me his purfe, but I would not take it, because, as I told him, I came there to get money of our enemies, and not take it from our friends, so our com-1 mander told me any thing I afked in reafon I thould have-So then I asked him, to let me go and see our folks grapple with the Moro, when they ftormed it, and that I mought make one among them and he gave me his word I fhould, and in my next; if I am alive, I'll tell you how I've come off. ཛཱ,་ Suppofe as how you know we've done for the Dons, and fhipped our felves on board the Havannah, and we have taken as fine a parcel of Spanish hips as ever cut through falt-water. I got leave to fee our landfolks (as I told you in my other pacquet) storm the More, and a pretty piece of tight fervice it was while it lafted; there was a high rock for us English to before I could drink a pint of grog off, first and foremost, and the ladamber So all they got by our battery, being on fire, was to run away by the light on't. Never fince I was along with admiral Hawke there with the Breft-fleet, have I feen fuch fmart work. Granades, bombs, balls, and fuch like pick-teeth pellets, go about as plenty as apples in a cyder country, but I don't believe every body thinks they are fo relifhing. They talk about ftorming the Moro in a day or two, and I have got leave to be at it, because you must know I happen'd to fave a land captain of the general's, who could not fwim, he tell overboard, and I jumped in, and got him out, fo he told our commander, which I and Will Jones had ftowed ourselves on, broke, and overboard we went down the rock again, and there was a Spanish twenty-four pounder came rowl ing after us -no harm done however. Well, we got up again, fo made a tack a little more to the fouthward, and clapped ourfelves upon our hands and knees, and made fail up the rock that way, and when we came up to the walls, our people were at it, faith, yard-arm and yard-arm, along-fide the Spaniards, and they were fhaving the Dons whilkers, with the edges of their bayonets; and Will Jones and I came in for a lice or two of the curled locks of their cheeks with our cutlaffes. How Howfomdever, give the Dons their due, they stood a good drubbing, that they did, and for my part I love folks that will give and take a beily full. I never law better fport for the time it lafted, nor more bullets put about in fo fmall a place in all my life... When our foldiers had drove the feniors from the hole in the wall (the breach I think they call it) away our men launched into the cattle, and we too with them, all helter fkelter, like people going to fee a fhow at fair time. We ran foul of a good many Spaniards in our hurry, but they didn't get out of our way, fo we overfet them. I was forry for the commodore of the caftle, cause he was a brave fellow; a ball came aboard of him, under the larboard fide of his breast, and clapped a stopper upon his commiffion, before one could fay Jack Robinson. It's all fortune of war, you know, and we must die in peaceable times; fo there's nothing in it that I can fee. As for my part, fince we must all one time or other bear away for death's harbour, as I only wait for failing orders, I never mind when it is, and no more value making that voyage, nor I do firing at a Frenchman. This life is no more nor a large river, where we float like many cock boats, and upon which the tide of our fortunes carries us backwards and forwards, and the storms of our paffions toffes us about in it. I hear as how, that if fome of your gentlefolks at home don't think much about keeping the Havannah. God bless his majesty king George and her majesty; but if they have a better place, or fo good a ore for the good of Old England, I'll be content to be kept at short allowance all my life afterwards. Why man, 'tis the Spaniards fheet anchor, and they who have the Havannah and a good fleet of ships in the harbour there, have more command of Mexico and Peru, than those who are at Gibraltar, have of the Mediterranean... I'll tell you what the inhabitants, fay here, that can jabber a little English, that they are fure we fhall give up this place again, because we can fend home. better commodities, and much cheaper from Cuba, than from any of our Leeward islands; and old standards don't care to have young tradesmen, who can deal in better goods, and at lefs price, come into their neighbourhood. We have got a fort of talk here, as how a peace is upon the stocks, and that fome duke is to land in England, one Mr. Naverno, but our boatswain says,, that if we don't take care the French will fling us at laft, because tho' we can fight better than they, we can't palaver fo well, and fo to be fure we must give them one place, because it will fhow our breeding, and another place, because they fay they want it; and another place, because they fhant fay we are ill-natured, and fo we are to be toffed about like a fhip at fea without ballaft. Howfomdever, we have got fo many places now, thank God, that the devil's in it, if they get them all back again, unless they can bully, us out of our fpirit, or jaw us out of our fenfes. So no more at prefent, but I reit and remain yours and Old England's friend, and God bless their majefties once more, and all the royal family, not forgetting the duke of Cumberland, they fay this was his doing, and he has fent as fine a parcel of officers here, general and all, as ever put fcarlet coat on. Nay for that matter our admirals and captains (except one--mum for that) are as good, and they do agree, and are grappled together in good fellowship like chain-fhot; and therefore I fay the devil can't beat them. For my part, I am all for the good of Old England, and hope fhe's well navigated now. I'm fure we do our duties here; and if your what-do-you-call-them folks don't do as much at home, that's no fault of ours, you know; I don't understand your land voyaging, not I; I am forry to hear as how you have so many variations at the helm, as you have.-But for all that, I would fooner lofe a montlr's pay than ever Old England should part with the Havannah; we that are upon the spot know what fort of a LII plase place it is; and if you did but know half fo well, the city of London would fooner let St. Pole's church be pulled to pieces to build Black Fryars bridge, than ever gi their confent to let the Dons have it again. So no more at prefen feed, only I must who got Goody Grant's daughter with child, had his leg fhivered by a splinter, our doctor has fpliced it. has Tell our Nan, I got a watch for her, that is the fame thing that gentlefolks fling by their fides to keep a day's reckoning with ; and Tom Logboard defires his love and friendship to the fat widow Bacon, at the Crooked Billet; and fays, as how that if fo be he lives to come home, and the parfon will grapple them, he'll ftow aboard the fame birth with here dogani dues or (sted (smojed soy dad safe but SIR, Porod the Beauties of the Magazines selected is defired, by fome THE Editor of the Beauties of of the Lodges of Bucks, to infert a new Song for their Order; and as we are certain no perfon is more capable of making one than the perfon this is addreffed to, their requeft we hope will be comply'd with Yours, T AIGN DHE EX nd you are not a. titsẻ A New Buck's SONG, by G. A. S. To the Taney Masks all. C I. 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However, I thought it was proper to do fomething with myself, so I went into the army, the fervice then wasn't fo fevere as it has been fince, at that time a day three or four reviews in the year was all the fatigue we underwent; now, 20ums, they make nothing of fending noblemen, and men of fortune, to the Eaft and Welt Indies, and what's very odd too, they like to go. Our Englithy Lila folks TO folks feem damnably alter'd, I can tell to follow him, and without any apology, or ftaying to affilt the diftrefs'd, for he faid they would be better by theme felves, we went down fairs into the tap-room.There (et a man in a avery melancholy posture, quite different in afs pect to the company we left above; I enquired after him of my friend a who re ply'd, Mr. Speculift, there is fomething very extraordinary in that man's story His daughter was one of the handsomet and vaineft girls living; her father was infatuated with Change alley and from being a wealthy trade man, foo became an indigent debtor, arsettel for sool. by a man of fortune, who pretended the utmoft, friendship for him. was one of the bafest libertinet that ever difgraced human appearances fhou'd have fuppy her, fize I The beauty of the daughter made him her to be full fi fifter to the fat Bright of Malden; he had a green and gold negligee, treble ruffles, with a large Brufels lace upon ember 2016 Brufels, lace up was equal to what we might fuppofe was proper for the firit lady of quality upon a birthnight, and yet the only kept a Bagnio in Covent-garden, them There being a deficiency of chairs, the fquatted upon pon the bed; the unusual weight of her figure broke it; down with a loud crafh backwards the tum bled, fhrieking, kicking her heels up; one of her feet met the bottom of a fnuff-box, Scheme was that moment holding to his nofe the duft blinded him, he rose up stamping and fwearing, a large boar cat started from underneath the broken bedstead, at the fame time, jump'd, frighted upon the table, overSet the punch bowl, which was just filled with hot water, upon the Colonel's legs; he roar'd out, his lady started at the noife, and in her hurry to affift her friend, overfet the table, bottles, and glaffes, with hideous crash all came tumbling together; the captain fwear, ing, his lady crying, the rest of the visitors forambling, the parrot fqueak, ing, and a lap dog yelping. Amid this confufion, my friend, pulling me by the sleeve, whispered me. determine upon the ruin of the father, that he might be fure to have Mifs on his own terms, falling at once from all gaiety to extreme poverty. He has been in prison these eight years, during which time his daughter has been, as the phrafe is, upon the town; and in that profeflion has experienced all that dreadful variety, according to her own narrative, which I have to correct for her; and which, as I believe, you can better do than I, I'll lend you to look over. W I received the proposal with pleafure, as I thought there might be fomething inftructing, and worth communicating to the public, in the ged nuine hiftory of a kept mistress I read it, and fhall in the next Number begin to infert her Story; or, THE Aurrew TIC LIFE OF A WOMAN OF THE TOWN. |