Folly and dull Effeminacy reign, And all their glory scatter'd on the winds. In thy fair garden! Haften, ere their strength If no blefs'd antidote will purge away ADDRESS to the People called Quakers, on one of their Community acquiring a certain Seat. HALL, peaceful fect! whofe bloodless re cords Since first the meek, the pious Fox* hegan Go on, bless'd fect! preferve unspotted fame! St.- A member of your faith difgrace, Expel the wretch would fcandalize your name. Enfield, Sept. 20. Addrefs to an Ironmonger on his Birth-Day. H, Lockman, may thy angel truc Thy chain of life ex end, And add a thoufand links thereto! So prays thy merry friend. And mayft thon neither ruft nor stain,' Nor canker ever feel; With heart as foft as filken fkaio, Thy ribs be ribs of stee!. Loud as a cannon through the land, May thy good rame refound, And the frong hammer of thy hand Thy enemies confound. Aided by thee, my verses flow, Their tinkle owe to thee; As iron sharpeneth iron, so Thy friendship sharpeneth me. The right fide from the wrong. Firm as an anvil mayft thou bear And, like a harden'd file, ftill wear- Round in thyself as polish'd ball, Shine always fmooth and bright; Mayft thou stand bolt upright! Shall all tranfmute to gold. While plough hall turn the fertile mould, While fetters, locks, and bars shall hold, E An Qu vidvis fiat in Quolibet?. Neg. CCE! tua cultas, Bentleïc, Terentius arte, Pindarico in foccis incipit ore loqui. Sermonem invitâ cogis verfum cffe Camænâ, Inque pedum vinc'lis libera feripta ligas. Jam numeris aptas, cruciafque miferrima verba, Ad varios per vim torta retorta modos, Jam paritèr digitis & rauca voce laboras, Carmina feu modulas, feu modulata canis. Nafcenti certè arrific tibi Mufa Poëfis, Qui fic materiem quamlibet effe juhes. Quin age, jam rythmo Ciceronem aftringere pergas: Hic docilis fermo eft, hic quoque verfus erit. Quàm lætè videant divina Phillipica Docti In verfus Epicos arte reducta tuâ. Hoc opus eft dignum Benticio authore; fub umbris Huic operi plaufus Tullius ipfe dabit. Ille quidem haud potuit, dum vixerat, cổ Poëta; Mortuus effe poteft arte Poëta tuâ. Mr. URBAN, J. W. OЯober 2. HE inclofed, I think, will please many TH of your readers; for though it is not, in all parts, agreeable to our Bible tranflation, it is fo to the later and better translations of learned men. As you have many fuch for your readers, by inferting it in your entertaining Magazine, you will oblige both them W. S. and your occafional correfpondent, EXO Jobi, Cap. xix. v. 23. QUIS mea cffata in tabulis reponet? Ere vel plumbo quis ea exarabit? Quis ftylo infculpet fcopulo perenni Verba Prophetæ ? George Fox, of Drayton, in Leiceflerthire, during he Interregnum, founded the left of Quakers. T AMERICAN AFFAIRS. HE advices received from our commanders in chief from America and the West Indies during the course of the prefent month require illuftration. Inftead, therefore, of inferting them at full length, which the limits of our Magazine will not admit, we shall endeavour to render them intelligible by comparing the different relations, and fhewing in what manner they ferve to explain each other. The fit that arrived were brought by Gen. Dalrymple in the Virginia frigate, and were received at Whitebail on the 25th of Sept. but not published in the Gazette till the 30th. This occationed much (peculation. The well-wishers to ministers were held in fufpence, while those who were no friends to their measures were active in circulating the most unfavourable reports. It has fince appeared, that these reports were not ill-grounded, Gen. Clinton acquaints Ld G. Germain, that in confequence of the early information from his lord hip, that a French armament might foon be expected on the coafts of America, he had acquainted Adm. Arbuthnot with the information he had received, and adde his own conjectures that Rhode Inland was the place of their deftination; foliciting at the fame time that tranfports for 6000 men might be held in readiness to receive troops, should early intimation of the enemy's arrival invite to enterprize against them. On the 5th of July fome fhips of war fell in with the French fleet off Cape Henry, and on the 8th the admiral received intelligence of it. The 13th Adm. Graves arrived at New-York. On the 10th of July the French appeared off Rhode Island, of which Gen. Clinton tranfmitted an account to Adm. Arbuthnot, with a view to undertake fomething offenfive against the enemy, either by a landattack solely, or, if the admiral should have It has fince appeared, that the Lion, Sultan, He&tor, Ruby, Briflol, and Niger, that had been fent by Sir Peter Parker to convy the trade to England through the gulph of Florida, fell in with this fleet on the 10th of June in lat. 30. 18. ftanding acrofs, and fleering N. N. W. It confifted, according to Capt. Cornwallis's letter to Sir Peter on his return to his ftation, of 14 men of war, ten or eleven of which were twodeckers, the reft frigates; with about 20 transports. The English fhips prefented themselves in line of battle, and a kind of running fight enfued, in which a man or two was killed, but the French, though fo 'much fuperior, declined coming to action; which could no otherwife be accounted for by the English than by their having fome very particular object in view. GENT. MAG. October, 1780, found it advifeable, a joint attempt with the fleet; but many caufes confpired to retard the arrival of tranfports to take the army a float, which was not effected till the 27th, when all hopes of a coup-de main were fruftrated, and when every idea of attempting any thing with the army alone was vanished, whatever might have been expected from a joint operation. The general therefore returned, and difembarked his troops, keeping the transports in readiness to receive them again if neceflary, being encamped near the fhore. During this time Washington by a rapid movement had, with an army increased to 12.000 men, paffed the North River, and was moving towards Kingsbridge, when learning that the troops were returned, he re-croffed the river, and retired to OrangeTowa. Gen. Clinton concludes his difpatches with a manifest dislike of his prefent Gtuation. The admiral, fays he, is near Gardner's Inland, to which place I fhall, if poffible, proceed to confer with him and his officers, that if any thing can be done by the fleet, the fecondary affiftance of the land forces may be given; for it is no longer in my power, with my prefent numbers and re fources, so think of any deliberate undertaking as principal against the united force of the French and rebels in a poft in which 35co British were able to maintain themfelves against 18,000 men and a very powerful fleet. In another letter the general communicates to his lordship an affair which reflects the highest honour on a small body of about 70 refugees, who were pofted at a place called Bull's Ferry, on the oppofite shore of North River, where they had fortified themfelves with a blockhouse and ftockade for their defence in cutting wood, the labour in which they were employed for their maintenance. On the 21t of July this little handful of brave men were attacked by a body of near 2000 rebels, with 7 pieces of cannon, under the command of the Generals Wayne, Irving, and Proctor, whom they repulfed with the loss of a great many killed and wounded, after a cannonade of three hours, almost every shot of which penetrated through the blockhoufe, and an attempt to carry the plac by affult. The exertions of the refugees did not ceafe af er having refifted fo great a force, they followed the enemy, feized their stragglers, and refcued the cattle they were driving from the neighbouring dif tri.. The blockh u'e was pierced with 52 fhot in one place only, and the two fma gune difmounted, 6 of the refugees killed, and 15 w unded, the far greater part in the blockhoufe. Capt. Orde, of the Virginia, was charged with the dispatches of the vice-admiral, who acquaints he board with the arrival of the Robuste and Pearl from Halifax, and with the return of the Triton and Guadaloupe, which had been on the lok-out for the Fre ch fquadron, which hey had difcovered on the 4th of July, confifting of $ fhips of the line nd frigates; with the arrival of Rear-adm. Greaves on the 13th, with fix fhips of the line; with his having landed his fick, and repliced them by volunteers from the fhips in the harbour; with the vice-admiral's paffing the bar with the Robufte, Raifonable, and Renown, on the 17th, and lofing no time in proceeding with his fquacron off Rhode Ind, where he had hear the enemy we e arrived; that he there ⚫ferved feveral confiderable encampments, with the hips mo red in a line, extending from Refe-Island to the Connecticut Shore; that he had 1 ft the Blonde and the Galatea with orders to bring the tran ports from New Yerk, fh uld the general judge an attempt on Rhode Island wa rantable; that he had proceeded to Gardiner's Bay on the 6th of Aug. where he wa ready eventually to cooperate with the army or to perfue the enemy. This let er was dated Gardiner's Inland Bay, Aug. 9; but by a fubfequent letter, dated Mrha's Vineyard, Aug. 25, he tells their lordships, that the report of a reinforcement to the enemy's corps was still current; that they, fill remained in force at Newport; and that he was then waiting to act as events fhould point out. In the far Gazette (published Sept. 30.) are extracts of four letters from Lieut. Gen. Ea Cornwall's to Gen. Clinton, relative to the poilure of affairs in the province of 'Carolina. nine first, which is dated from Charles-Town, June 30, the earl acquaints the general with the motions that had put an end to leafance in S. Carolina, with a propal made by a Mr. Harrifon to raise a proneval corps of 500 natives between the without order or caution, and were in a few days defeated by Gen. Rutherford with fome lofs. In the 2d, dated July 14, the earl acquaints his general with the great change in the face of affairs in the two Carolinas fince his 1; that Maj. Gen. Kalhe was at Hillf borough with 2000 continental troops; Porterfield in the neighbourhood of Salisbury with 3co Virginians; Rutherford with fore militia; Cafwall with repo militia at the Deep River between H l'sborough and Selfbury; and Sumpter, with about the fame number, advanced as far as the Catawba Settlement. That many of the difaffected South Carolin ans, whom Ld Rawdon had put on parole, availing themselves of the general releate of the 20th of June, had joined Gen. Sumpter; that 2500 Virginian militia had followed De Kalbe; that the affembly had voted 5000 men as an army of obfervation, and had vefted their governor with abfolute power during their recefs; that the government of N. Carolina were likewife making great exertions to raise troops, and perfecuting the loyalifts in a cruel manner; and that, in confequence, Col. Bryan, lofing all patience, had rifen with 800 men on the Yadkin, and had joined M.j_M'Arthur on the borders of Anfon County. He adds, that poffibly thefe exertions may be exaggerated; but that to enable him to begin first, he was using al poffible dispatch in tranfporting provifions and military flores to Camden, a work of infinite labour on account of the distance and exceffive heat; that the numbers and difpofition of his militia equalled his most fanguine expectations; that he had directed Ld Rawdon to use precautions, which would put it out of the power of the enemy to ftrike a blow at any of our detachments; and that he had empowered Mr. Cunningham in the Ninetyfix County to raise a corps on the footing of Maj. Harrifon's. His third letter, dated July 15, acquaints Gen. Clinton with the junction of Caswall with De Kalbe on the Deep River, and with his intention of going down in a few days to form his arrangements; that Lieut. Col. Turnbull at Rocky Mount having heard that fome of the violent rebels about 30 miles in his front had returned to their plantations, and were ncouraging the people to join them, he had fent Capt. Huck, with a detachment of about 100 regulars and militia, and 20 mounted men of the New-York volunteers, to feize or to drive them away, but that Capt. Huck having encamped in an unguarded manner, was totally furprized and routed, the captain killed, and only 12 of the regulars, and as many of the militia, efcaped. His fourth letter, fill from Charles-Town, is dated Aug. 6, and contains a general account of proceedings from the 15th of the preceding month to the day his lordship's letter is dated. Frequent skirmishes, with various Various fuccefs, had happened; Gen. Sumpter, with 1200 men, had attacked Lieut. Cl. Turnbull at Rocky-Mount, and had been defeated with confiderable lofs; Lieut. Col. Lifle, who had been proled to the 10nds, had returned to the country, and carried off a whole battalion to join Gen. Sumpter; the affair of Capt. Huck was found not so bad as at first reported; Major M'Arthur, finding his troops fickly, had moved his quarters from the Chiraw District to the east branch of the Linche's; Gates had taken the command of De Kalbe's corps; Rutherford remained at Rocky River, Pedee; Col. Mills, who commanded the militia in the Chiraw District, which M'Arthur had juft quitted, trufting more to oaths than attending to their former conduct, and not having properly formed his corps, they feized their officers, and 100 fick men, whom M'Arthur had left behind, and carried them prifoners into N. Carolina, Col. Mills narFowly escaping to George Town; the heats fill continuing, the cloathing and neceffaries for the foldiers had not yet reached Camden; the loyalifts in N. Carolina were fuffering under the moft oppreffive tyranny that ever was exercifed over any country. This fhort view of the ftate of affairs in "the two Carolinas will fhew the great importance of the fubfequent engagement, of which a full relation is given in p. 455. By the cautious wording of Gen. Clinton's difpatches, and the little notice taken of the general in thofe of Adm. Arbuthnot to the board of admiralty, fome people have fuppofed, that the harmony which fhould always fubfift between the land and fea officers employed on the fame fervice, is not fo perfect as could be wifhed between those two great officers. On Monday July 21, a committee from the hon. general affembly of Rhode Island, waited on his Excellency the French General, with the following addrefs: "The reprefentatives of the ftate of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in general affembly convened, with the moft pleafing fatisfaction take the earliest opportunity of congratulating Count de Rochambeau, lieut. gen. of the army of his Moft Chriftian Majefty, upon h s fafe artival within the United States. Upon this occafion we cannot be too expreffive of the grateful fenfe we entertain of the generous and magnanimous aid afforded the United States by their illuftrious friend and ally: fufficient had been the proofs of his zeal friendship: the prefent inftance must contrain even envious, difappointed Britons, to venerate wifdom of his councils, and the fincerity of his noble mind. We look for ward, with a moft pleafing expectation, to the end of a campaign in which the allied force of France and thefe United States, under the fmile of Divine Providence, may be productive of peace and happiness to the contending powers, and mankind in general. We affure you, Sir, our expectations are enlarged, when we confider the wildom of his Mott Chriftian Majefty in your ap pointment as the commander of his army, destined for our affiftance. "Be affured, Sir, of every exertion in the power of this ftate, to afford the neceffary refreshments to the army under your command, and to render the service to all ranks as agreeable and happy as it is honourable." To which his Excellency was pleafed to return the following anfwer: "Gentlemen, The King, my mafter, hath fent me to the affiftance of his good and faithful allies, the United States of America. At prefent I only bring the vanguard of a much greater force deftined for their aid, and the King has ordered me to affure them, that his whole power shall be exerted for their fupport. "The French troops are under the stricteft difcipline; and, acting under the orders of General Washington, will live with the Americans as their brethren; and nothing will afford me greater happiness than contributing to their fuccefs. "I am highly fenfible of the marks of refpect fhewn to me by the general affembly, and beg leave to affure them, that as brethren, not only my life, but the lives of the troops under my command, are entirely devoted to their fervice. (Signed) The Count DE ROCHAMBEAU.", HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. The Spanish accounts make the whole number of prizes taken from the English on the feventh of Auguft to amount to 55, and among their ladings they reckon 50 compleat lets of fails, and a vast quantity of cordage, (articles of which they were in great want), 200 pieces of fine brass cannon, cloaths for 12 regiments, and 300000 fierl. in money; 40 of the prizes, they fay, were armed with from 18 to 40 guns each; 8 or 10 copper-bottomed, having on board copper for theathing five fail of the line. The Chevalier de Clonard, captain of the Duc de Artois, taken by the Bienfaifant, Capt. M'Bride, on the 13th of August, acknowledges that he laid his head to the wind with an intent to board the Bienfaifaut, a daring attempt, as Capt. M'Bride obferved, which proved unfuccesful He farther adds, that the enemy had placed him between two fires; that the Charon of 5 guns came up within piftolefhot, and while one took him a-breaft, the other plied him on the quarter; in this manner he fought two hours and a half, when finding it im poffible to efcape, h truck, having 21 men killed, and 35 wounded This pretty nearly agrees with Capt. M'Bride's account, and fhews that the French are more guarded in their relations than formerly. Septe Sept. 3. His R. H. the Prince of Pruffia arrived at Petersburg, accompanied by Gen, Goertz and M. Vittinghoff. He was met by Prince de Gallitzin about a verft from the city, and efcorted in one of the court equipages by a detachment of the Coffac body guards, He next day went to court, and was received by the Emprefs with every mark of the moft cordial friendship. The magnificent equestrian ftatue of Peter the Great (fee vol. XLVII. p. 321.) was expofed to public view on this occafion. Sept. 17. the chimney fplit, and partly thrown down, the windows inattered, looking-glaffes bioken, bell-wires in fome of the rooms melted, and cornices difplaced. In the room where the footman was found, a large ftone, forming a part of the front-wall, was forced out of its place. A feal-ring (on Mr. Adair's finger) was cracked round the fetting of the stone, and the watch which was in his pocket bore the appearance of being battered. A very extraordinary circumfiance regarding the coachman was this; though it was evident, from the livid marks on his breaft, that he received the fatal ftroke there, the lightning had perforated a round hole in the lower part of his wig behind, which exhibited no figns of being burnt, but looked as if it had been cut with a pinking iron. None of the neighbouring houfes received damage. Sept. 18. The flourishing town of Gera in Germany, fo famous for its manufacture, was burnt to the ground, and 744 houfes, with all the furniture, rich merchandize, and all that it contained, totally confumed. The lofs is immense, and the diffres unfpeakable. Many perished in the flames, and thofe who cicaped knew not where to lay their heads. On the fame day the city of Straubengen nearly thared the fame fate. Sept. 20. thing worthy his curiofity in that town and neighbourhood. Expreffing a defire to fee the troops in garrifon there, the Dutch and Swifs guards, led by his Serene Highucfs the Prince of Orange in perfon, marched to the ordinary place of exercise, where they were reviewed, and gave great fatiffaction: after which the Prince of Orange gave a breakfaft, under tents prepared for that purpose, to his Swedish Majefty, and a very fplendid company. The King was pleafed to accept invitations to fupper from the English and French ambaffadors, and left the Hague on the 29th, proceeding to vifit the other towns of Holland. A moft alarming tempeft of thunder and fightning threw the inhabitants of LaftThe King of Sweden, by the name of bourne in Kent into the utmost confterna Count Haga, arrived at the Hague. Durtion. Aftream of electrical fire fell uponing his short stay, his Majefly visited every the houfe occupied by Mr. Adair, next to that in which Prince Edward refided, and juft at the clofe of the ftorm, when the feverity of it was fo far fubfided as to leave no apprehenfions of danger, two of Mr. Adair's fervants were going out to view an , engagement at fea, when the coachman, who was foremost, was ftruck inftantly dead, and thrown back against the butler, who, without being fenfible of the caufe, fell likewife to the ground. Upon recovering his furprize, he ran up stairs in anfwer to the bell which was rung by the houfekeeper. The butler's report fuggefted the neceffity of enquiring after the rest of the family. Upon opening the dining-room door, Mr. Adair was found lying on the floor, apparently in a fiate of infenfibility. He had fustained a severe stroke, which affected his whole left fide, and particularly his arm, which was at firft fuppofed to have been broken. Amidst the hurry and confufion, the footman's abfence was not noticed, who had thared in his fellow-fervant's fate; he was found ftretched out on the floor in the pantry, and actually dead. Mifs Adair was in her room dreffing, and, though the wood-work of the bed, from which the had just rifen, was fhivered in pieces, the very happily did not fuftain the least perfonal injury. The house, appendages, and furniture, were much damaged, Sept. 27. A general quarterly court of proprietors of the Eaft India Company was held at their house in Leaden-hall street, for ftating the Company's accounts, when Gen. Smith obferved on the bills drawn on the Company, that without a very great re formation the Company will be reduced to difficulties even greater than any they have yet experienced; and Mr. Mafon expreffed his furprife that in the treafury at Bengal, where, according to an estimate delivered to the proprietors about two years ago, there ought now to have been more than two millions fterling, there was not 100,000k. in March laft. Thefe a.tertions were flatly contradicted by Mr. Sullivan, who infifted that |