Mr. URBAN, F you think the following lines worthy a I place in your very ufeful Magazine, you will by inferting them very much oblige one who is most devotedly attached to your publication. They are the production of a very young pen, a fcholar of mine, whom I with to encourage. If the performance be approved of, you fhall be hereafter informed of the name of the school; and I fhall be happy, through fo approved a channel, to ftimulate rifing genius, and the industry of tender years. Yours, &c. PRECEPTOR. HERCULES junior. AMPHITRYONIADES ævi jam flore virentis Per nemus incedit nefcius ipfe mali. Obtulit ecce oculis fefe Virtutis imago; Oftendit divam forma fine arte decens. Induitur purum niveo velamine corpus, Tranquillo affulget mitis in ore decor. O fili Alcmenæ, divo dilecte parenti, Ipfa adfum Virtus en tibi fida comes. Tu ne cede malis, fed contra audentior ito, Quocunque incedas me duce tutus eris. Seu pax alma fuam terris prætendit olivam, Claffica feu fonitu prælia dira cient. Mens immota graves tibi ftet perferre labòres, Huic dabitur fama, hine fidera ad alta via. Sperne Voluptatem, nocet empta dolore Voluptas; Præfens lætitia, at certa futura mala. Sic ait, & fubito vifa eft malesuada Voluptas; Forma venufta quidem, factus at arte decor. Idalius nimio pingit flos ora rubore, Lafcivis oculis lentus & ardor ineft. Ambrofias effufa comas, & vefte refulgens, Compellans juvenem talia dicta dedit. Huc ades, Alcides, tibi mollia prælia amoris Sint curæ, ut victus vulnera grata feras. Hinc dolor omnis abeft, hic terrent nulla pericla, Nec lætam impediunt horrida monstra viam. Infelix Virtus mavortia bella fequatur, Adfint dum luxûs otia grata tibi. Mens juvenis fufpenfa, oculis utramque pe Fundere qui poffit numeros Aquilonis ad ortus? Omnia bruma tegit, canis hirfuta capillis, Quæ musam invitent, blandumque Heliconis amorem: Jucundæ fylvæ, riguique in vallibus amnes, Surgentes altùm montes, campique jacentes, Sub nivibus latitant, rutila indigeftaque moles; Errantefque oculos albefcens fcena fatigat : Non halant Zephyri, non lenis fibilat aura; Non avibus refonant virgulta relicta canoris; Defpicit horrendas immota carina procellas; Quadrupedante rapax fonitu quatit æquora currus; Non eft, quà aftrictis ludat phyfeter in undis, En illic viridi ferientes vertice cœlum, ortu Spiraret, glaciéque cadens induruit imber. Poftquam Aurora polo tacitas dimoverat umbras, Exhibuit vifus formofos aurea diva: Et corda oblectant candentes ruris honores: NEW RONDEA U. ILENT nymph, with curious eye, Thro' woods and meads, in fhade and fun, Mr. Mr. URBAN, A Gentleman, on the late anniversary of his wedding-day, prefented his wife with a ring and the following lines. I doubt not but you will readily print them, when you know they are by the fame hand who prefented a knife and verfes on a former anniverfary of his wedding. Yours, &c. with a Ring. To Mrs. “THEE, MARY, with this ring I wed,"So, fixteen years ago, I said.Behold another ring!" For what?" "To wed thee o'er again.-Why not?" With that first ring I married youth, If fhe, by merit fince difclos'd, Here then, to-day, (with faith as fure, For why?-They fhew me hour by hour Honour's high thought, affection's pow'r, Difcretion's deed, found judgment's fentence; And teach me all things-but REPENTANCE! The Right Honourable AUTHORESS. N the top of the flow'r-deck'd poetical ON A Tenth Mufe I dare, fans offending, to count, In wit her Nine fifters by far the excels, 'I know herfull well, cries the Cyprian Queen Ο N Pegafus mounted I boldly dar'd try, With hafte to Apollo's dominions to fly : But what my furprife when no Muíes I found, Nor yet Phoebus felf on his much-belov'd mound! Double-headed Parnaffus appear'd to repine, And Helicon wept at the lofs of the Nine. But my wonder foon ceas'd, for it afterwards prov'd, They had to the gardens of Gumley remov'dThere I found them amidst rural beauties retir'd, And Cradock, by way of reward, was infpir'd. X. Y. * Parnaffus. EPIGRAM. A The living and the dead; His Preface cannot be believ'd, The reft will not be read. LUCIAN. STANZAS to NIGHT. black Affifts each thief to fill his fack; While Morpheus, lounging, drowsy god, Has fent all honeft men to nod. Hail, ftar-deck'd Night! thy lucid beams Silver o'er the bubbling ftreams: The youths now foftly ftrike the lyre; The god of love their fongs infpire. Hail, frigid Night! thy chilling breezes On the vital current feizes, Until of wine a flowing bowl Expands to mirth the frozen foul. Hail, fultry Night! thou friend to love, Thy potent heat the pulfes move; Thy warmth the poet's head doth fill, And vibrates quick the goofe's quill. Hail, ftormy Night! thy roaring thunder Then hot or cold, or black or bright, H. From Ruddiman's WEEKLY MAGAZINE; or, Edinburgh Amusement. De MAGAZINE, Puella Edinenfis, obitu, jam prope imminenti. ELEGIA. LETE novem mufæ MAGAZINAM, flete fororem ; FLET Occidit heu! vel mox funere rapta cadet. Inter Edinenfes longe pulcherimma nymphas Hæc erat, et veftri gloria prima chori. Artibus ingenuis, doctrina, moribus, ore, An fuit in noftro clarior ulla folo ? Sive erat utendum verbis, et rhætoris arte, Huic plena ac dulcis copia femper erat. Sive jocis mallet brevibus, dictifque facetis, Fallere diuturnas ingeniofa moras; Quæ melius tremulis aptabat carmina nervis ? Quæ melius cecinit feria mista jocis? Hæc quoque gesta ducum narrabat, & ordine cædem. Qua Mars Hefperiam fanguine tingit humum, Agreftes docuit qua lege colendus agellus; Paftores tractent quaque ratione greges: Omnia ut ipforum bene refpondentia votis, Fælices, fruges, divitiafque ferant. Hei mihi! pro meritis tantis, pro laude labo rum, Vincula obæratæ nectere nonne pudet? Impar folvendo eft; miferæ fuccurrite, amici, Vel fe fuprema condere oportet humo. Ipfe fuperpofitum fignabo carmine faxum, Hic Nympha immerita morte peremptajacet. W. J [A poetical tranflation of the above is requested.] SONG. N. SONG, by GEORGE COLMAN, Esq. Sung by Mr. Wilfon, in the Comic Opera of SUMMER'S AMUSEMENT. 'N the golden barge we ride; IN Down the filver Thames we glide Cold ham and cold chicken: Hum! hum! hum! toot! toot! toot! French horns and Welch harps: And the city barge reigns While Cheapfide Antonies are row'd in state; Eat white-bait, &c. &c. &c. IMITATIONS. By R. W. WHARTON. H! Bacchus, god, whose power divine, With magic touch, can make the vine Yield fweet nectar for the gay, Who will thy boundless laws obey; The goblets fill with fparkling wine, Lowly bend before his fhrine, Hail the god of mirth and glee, Sportive joy and revelry. TICKELL. 'TWAS on the banks of Avon's stream, But innocent and mild. An Senfibus fit fidendum? Aff. [See p. 240.] TH' advent'rous Spaniards leave their native fhore; Columbus leads, another world t' explore; 'Twixt hope and fear, feven tedious months The winds fweet odours to my fenfe convey: Well I perceive thofe fweets which lead the way." Hence do the Spaniards Flora's name adore; Whether are the Senfes to be trufted? WHEN the bold Spaniards left their na- And with Columbus western seas explore, Toft by the angry waves their fhips are borne Till Luna fev'n times fill'd her filver horn; When lo! the wretched crews' difaftrous fate! No wine to cheer them, and no bread to eat! Their stores exhaufted, into rage they Ay, And ftrait their leader to the maft-head tie: When he, at fight of death without a fear, "Spare your commander," cries, 66 a fhore is [play, "Gales fill'd with flowery fcents begin to "And to fome neighb'ring land direct our way." 66 near, [came Soon, Flora, thee they worship, when they Safe to the fertile land which bears thy name, Well in their fenfes then may men confide, Since ftars and compafs are no furer guide. Whether Art be more perfe& than Nature?— Thy dear Florella, Spenfer, to chastize, DElangle there and GEARY freely range, Here in this heart which ne'er fhall know Delangle, who pursues the beaten road GEARY, in more than female foftness tried, * Florida. Next brother to the Earl of Abercorn, unfortunately drowned in 1755, when captain of the Lancaster. The following Letters from Sir Henry Clinton to Lord Geo, Germaine came by Col. Bruce in the South-Carolina Packet. Charles-Town, June 4, 1780. I MY LORD, Had the honour in my difpatch by the Earl of Lincoln to communicate to your Lordship the furrender of Charlestown. I am now able to give your Lordfhip a return of the prifoners taken, amounting (exclufive of near a thousand failors in arms) to 5618 men. I informed your Lordship, that Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis was to march up the north fide of Santee, whilst another corps moved up the hither here of that river, towards the district of Ninety-fix. Thefe corps are in motion, as well as one up the Savannah river in Georgia. The troops immediately under his Lordhip's command have preffed fo effectually upon a body of the rebels which remained in the province, that the Earl, by detaching his corps of cavalry, and with them the legion infantry (mounted), has compleated the destruction of everything in arms against us in this province. will have the honour of prefenting these difpatches to your Lordship. He has ferved with diftinction during the whole war, and is well able to fatisfy your Lordfhip in any enquiries you may be pleafed to make concerning the late operations in Carolina, Your Lordship will receive by Major, General Prevoft, who fails in a few days, the account from Earl Cornwallis of what fhall have occurred to that time. I have the honour to be, &c. H. CLINTON, Total of the rebel forces commanded by Major-General Lincoln, at the furrender of Charles Town, May 12, 1780, now prifoners of war. 2 major-generals, 5 brigadier-generals, 3 majors of brigade, 16 colonels, 9 lieutenant-colonels, 21 majors, 145 captains, 162 lieutenants, 41 cornets or enfigos, 1 pay-mafter, 7 adjutants, 6 quartermalters, 18 furgeons, 6 mates, 329 ferjeants, 137 drummers, 4710 rank and file. Romulus, off Charles-Town Bar, June 5. MY LORD, I from Fare Lieut.-Col. Tarleton headed this detachment, whofe celerity in performing a march of near an hundred miles in two days, was equal to the ardour with which they attacked the enemy. Thefe refusing the terms which were offered them, were charged and defeated, with the lofs of one hundred and feventy-two killed, and fome taken, together with the remaining field artillery of the fouthern army, their colours and baggage. With the greatest pleasure I further report to your Lordship, that the inhabitants from every quarter repair to the detachments of the army, and to this garrifon, to declare their allegiance to the King, and to offer their fervices, in arms, in fupport of his government. In many instances they have brought prifoners their former oppreffors or leaders; and I may venture to affert, that there are few men in South Carolina who are not either our prifoners, or in arms with us. I have alfo the fatisfaction to receive correfponding accounts that the loyalists in the back parts of North Carolina are arming. I dare entertain hopes that Lord Cornwallis's prefence on that frontier, and perhaps within the province, will call back its inhabitants from their state of error and difobedience. If a proper naval force can be collected, I purpose fending a fmall expedition into Cape Fear river, to favour the revolution I look for higher in the country. I am, with the troops I could take, quitting the harbour of Charles-town, on my way to New-York, hoping no foreign armament can yet have reached the coaft, or have been able to attempt any-thing in our abfence against that place. Lieut. Col. Bruce, my aid de camp, lis a letter, inclosing a more particular report than had yet been received from Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton of the affair at Waclaw. H. CLINTON. Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton's Letter to Earl Cornwallis. Have the honour inform you, that yesterday at three o'clock, P. M. after a march of 105 miles in 54 hours, with the corps of cavalry, the infantry of the legion mounted on horfes, and a three pounder, at Wacfaw, near the line which divides North from South Carolina, the rebel force, commanded by Colonel Buford, confifting of the 11th Virginia, and detachments of other regiments from the fame province, with artillery, and some cavalry, were brought to action. After the fummons, in which terms fimilar to thofe accepted by Charles-Town were offered, and pofitively rejected, the action commenced in a wood: the attacks were pointed at both flanks, the front and referve by 270 cavalry and infantry blended; and, at the fame instant, all were equally victorious, few of the enemy efcaping, except the commanding officer, by a precipitate flight on horfeback. It is above my ability to fay any thing in commendation of the bravery and exertion of officers and men. I leave their merit to your Lordship's confideration. I have the honour, &c. &c. BAN. TARLETON, Lt. Col. Comm. Br. Legion. Lieut.-Gen. Earl Cornwallis, Return of rebels killed, wounded, and taken, in the affair at Waclaw, the 29th of May, 1780. lieutenant-colonel, 3 captains, 8 fubalterus, terns, adjutant, 1 quarter-master, 99 ferjeants and rank and file, killed. 3 captains, 5 fubalterns, 142 ferjeants and rank and file, wounded, unable to travel, and left on parole. 2 captains, 1 fubaltern, 50 ferjeants and rank and file, prifoners. Taken, 3 ftand of colours, two brafs hx-pounders, 2 royals, 2 waggons with ammunition, 1 artillery forge cart, 55 barrels of powder, 26 waggons loaded with new cloathing, arms, mufquet-cartridges, new cartridge-boxes, flints, and campequipage. (Signed) Return of British killed and wounded in the affair at Waclaw, the 29th of May, 1780. B. TARLETON, Lt. Col. J Cavalry. 2 privates, 11 horfes, killed; fubaltern, 8 privates, 19 horfes wounded. -Infantry. 2 fubalterns, 1 private killed; 3 privates wounded. N.B. Lieut. Patefchall, the 17th dragoons, wounded; Lieut. Lauchlin Macdonald, of the Legion Infantry, killed; Enfign Campbell, of the Legion Infantry, ferving with the cavalry, killed. SINCE B. TARLETON. (Signed) Extra of a Letter from Admiral Rodney to Mr. Stephens, dated in Carlisle. Bay, Barbadoes, May 31, 1780, received by Capt.Man, of his Majefty's foip Cerberus. INCE my letter of the 26th of April, from Fort-Royal Bay, the condition of many of the fhips under my command, and the lee currents, rendered it neceflary for the fleet to anchor in Chocque Bay, at St. Lucia; where having put the wounded and fick men on shore, and watered and refitted the fleet, on the 6th of May, upon having received intelligence of the enemy's approach to windward of Martinique, I put to fea with nineteen fail of the line, two 50 gun fhips, and feveral frigates. From the 6th to the 10th of May, the Bleet continued turning to windward between Martinique and St. Lucia, when we got fight of the French fleet, about three leagues to windward of us, Capt. Affleck, in the Triumph, joining me the fame day. The enemy's fleet confifted of 23 fail of the line, 7 frigates, a floops, a cutter, and a lugger. Nothing could induce them to rifque a general action, though it was in their power daily; and as they failed far better than his Majesty's fleet, they with cafe could gain what distance they pleafed to windward. As they were fenfible of their advantage in failing, it emboldened them to run greater rifques, aud approach nearer to his Majefty's fhips than they would otherwife have done; and for feveral days, about the hour of two in the afternoon, they bore down in a line of battle abreast, and brought to the wind a little more than random hot diftance. As I watched every opportunity of gaining the wind, and forcing them to battle, the enemy, on my ordering the fleet to make a great deal of fail upon the 15th, upon a wind, had the vanity to think we were retiring, and with a prefs of fail approached us much nearer than ufual. I fuffered them to enjoy the deception, and their van fhip to approach abreast of my centre; when, by a lucky change of wind, perceiving I could wea ther the enemy, I made the fignal for the third in command (who then led the van) to tack with his fquadron, and gain the wind of the enemy.. The enemy's flect inftantly wore, and fled with a croud of fail. His Majefty's feet, by this manœuvre, had gained the wind, and would have forced the enemy to battle, had it not at once changed fix points when near the enemy, and enabled them to recover that advantage. However it did not enable them to weather his Majesty's fleet fo much, but the van, led by that good and gallant officer Captain Bowyer, about feven in the evening, reached their center, and was followed by Rear-AdmiralRowley's fquadron, (who then led the van) the center and rear of his Majesty's fleet following in order. As the enemy were under a prefs of fail, none but the van of his Majefty's fleet could come in for any part of the action, without wafting his Majefty's powder and thot, the enemy wantonly expending a deal of their's at fuch a diftance as to have no effect. The Albion, Captain Bowyer, and the Conqueror, Rear-Admiral Rowley, were the fhips that fuffered moft in this rencounter. But I am fure from the flacknefs of their fire, in comparison to that of the van of his Majefty's fleet, the enemy's rear must have fuffered very confiderably. The enemy kept an awful diftance till the 19th inftant, when I was in hopes that I should have weathered them, but had the mortification to be disappointed in thofe hopes. However, as they were convinced their rear could not escape action, they feemed to have taken a resolution of rifquing a general one; and, when their van had weathered us, they bore away along our line to windward, and began a heavy cannonade, but at fuch a distance as to do little or no execution: however, their rear could not efcape being closely attacked by the ships of the van, then led by Commodore Hotham; ard with plea fure I can fay, that the fire of his Majefty's fhips was far fuperior to that of the enemy, who must have received great damage by the rencounter. The Albion and Conqueror fuffered much in this last action, and feveral other hips received confiderable damage; a lift of |