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POETICAL ESSAYS in AUGUST, 1769.

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Yet ftrange it is that dukes and earls

In these wild games fhould be fuch churls, So very deep hould gamble,

To ftake their fatteft lands and beeves,

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Let a friend only whisper a word in your ear, Make the most of your harveft, for autumn is

near.

The JUDICIOUS BACCHANAL.

And risk their necks 'midt trait'rous thieves, WHILE the bottle to humour, and focial

Rebelling for a scramble.

XV.

Kind heaven preserve a sickly flate, Avert the rueful threats of fate;

All government relax'd, There's fcarce an act without a flaw, No pow'r to keep the mob in awe, And we are over-tax'd.

HYMN.

HE laik, now high foaring in air,
Salutes the firft blush of the mora,
And the roles new incenfe prepare,
To breathe on the dew-dropping thorn;
Fresh feelings inftinctively fpring

In the fleer, as he turns up the clod,
And creation itself seems to fing,
In the honour and glory of God.

II.
In what fenfual mazes with-held,
Is man now unhappily loft?
la the rage of what paffion impell'd?
In the fea of what vice is he loft?
O inftantly let him proclaim

What the herbage all tells on the fod; And, if gratitude cannot, let shame Awake to the praises of God.

III.

The eye of fome maid in despair
Does his perjury fatally dim;
Or fome breast does he cruelly tear,
That beats, and beats only for him :
All fwift as the lightening's keen blaze
Let him humble before the dread rod,
Nor join, fo unhallow'd, in praise

To the honour and glory of God.
IV.

Some law does he madly defy,
Which the Being of beings commands;
The bolt ready lifted on high

Shall dash him to duft as he stands.
In thunder Omnipotence breaks,

Fall proftrate, O wretch, at his nod:
See earth to her center deep shakes,
All difmay'd at the voice of her God!
V.

Life's road let me cautiously view,
And no longer difdain to be wife,
But redden fuch paths to purfue,

As my reason fhould hate or despise.
To crown both my age and my youth,
Let me mark where religion has trod,
Since nothing but virtue and truth

Can reach to the throne of my God.

ADVICE, A political Epigram to the D. of Grafton. HILE all the moft fcurril invectives

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And fo vilely befpatter your innocent grace, Auguft, 1769.

delight,

The fmalieft affiftance can lend; [night, While it happily keeps up the laugh of the Or enlivens the mind of a friend;

O let me enjoy it, ye bountiful powers,
That time may deliciously país, [hours,
And fhould Care ever think to intrude on my
Scare the haggard away with the glass.
But, inftead of a rational feaft of the fenfe,

Should Difcord prefide o'er the bowl,
And folly, debate, or contention commence,
From too great an expansion of foul:
Should the man I efteem, or the friend of my
breaft,

In the ivy feel nought but the rod : Should I make sweet religion a profligate jeft,

And daringly fport with my God,

From my lips dash the poison, O merciful fate,

Where the madness or blafphemy hung, And let every accent, which virtue fhould hate, Parch quick on my infamous tongue. From my fight let the curfe be eternally driven, Where my reason fo fatally tray'd, That no more I may offer an infult to heaven, Or give man a cause to upbraid.

An ADDRESS to a PROVINCIAL BASHAW. This Poem, which is addreffed to the Governor of a North American Colony, has been fo bigbly celebrated by our American FellowSubjects, that we shall make no Apology for laying it before the Readers of sbis Country.

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V.

When beggar'd reams imprefs a damn'd delight, [mind; And guiltlefe anguish feafts the recreant When the bafe plunderer of a brother's right Enjoys triumphant mifchief, he defign'd; VI.

Conflicting paffions thro' the bofom roll, Indignant virtue ftabs with ev'ry groan; To fov'reign vengeance we confign the foul, But on the curs'd carcafe wreak our own. VII.

O B――, what has Candour to commend,
Or purblind Friendship to fecure thy fame,
When rig'rous Juftice profecutes the fiend,

And frips thee bare to everlafting shame?
VIII.

Think not, ah think not, with thy wonted art,

To foil ftern Juftice, in her vig'rous chace ; To hide the keen conviction of the heart,

Or with diffembl'd Virtue bronze thy face:

IX. Attend with rev'rence, nor, by heav'n! prefume

To forge a fmile, or wink away a tear; Nor doze thy haggar'd confcience, while thy doom,

By kind anticipation-Arikes thee here.

X.

OB-, where's thy wisdom? where's thy pride?

Confider, can't thou wish to be forgiven? To launch thy brittle bark on Folly's tide, And madly dare the menac'd blaft of heaven?

XI.

Was every avenue to fortune clos'd,

But that forbidden path, which led to
fhame?

Or was thy black malignant heart difpos'd,
To try the hazard of a damning game?
XII.

Nay, I will ask thee, did't thou not aspire,
Like Rome's fierce tyrant, nobly to destroy?
To glut thy vengeance with a world on fire,

And wing wide havock with infernal joy?
XIII.

Bafe in grate! How infatiate was thy rage? What ranc'rous Demon nurs'd the foul defign,

That erring bounty could not ought affuage, Th' ebullient malice of a foul like thine? XIV.

Have we not lavish'd lordships to thy fhrine, And cloy'd thine avarice with too gen'rous . food?

But like the idol of great Ammon's line,

Thy favage favour must be brib'd with blood!

XV. Were we not fuppliant of thy poor efteem, Mere flaves, attendant on thy car of ftate? But while indulging the illufive dream,

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Were doom'd the martyrs of thy mean deecit,

XVI.

Tell me, proud villain! fhameless as thou art! Now thine opprobrious conduct taints the air ;

Does not remorse harrass thy callous heart,"
And pour a poison'd flood of anguish there?
XVII.

Does confcience whisper dangers to thy mind,
Or pain'd contrition hail thy foul offence,
Whene'er you mingle with abus'd mankind,
Or when the eye of virtue frowns thee
thence?
XVIII.

Or if reflection haunt thy drear abode,

Art thou not ftung to madness, with the gueft?

[goad Does thy foul ficken, when the plants the Of grinding fcorpions in thy blifter'd breaft?

XIX.

Plunge to thy heart's foul core, I charge thee
now,
[there;
Wring out th' invenom'd source of mischief
Then, if thou durft, erect a chearful brow,
And boldly bid defiance to Defpair.
XX.

Can't thou elaborate, from the mass of crime,
One gem of worth, or ought to worth al-
ly'd?
Infcribe the wonder on the tale of time,
And throw the pond'rous wreck of guilt afide,
XXI.

Nay, fhould Compaffion her ablution rain,
Or dove-ey'd Charity incline to spare;
Thy confcious bofom brooding o'er its bane,
Would spawn inexorable furies there.
XXII.

Say, parricide! what penance can atone, What new fenfations thrill with aukward fmart;

From dread eternity to fnatch a groan,

Or purge pollution from thy leprous heart.
XXIII.

Hie thee, poor tyrant! to that happy goal,
Where unfuccefsful Malice may repose;
Where Verres, Androfs, from refentment
ftole,

Go fbare eternal infamy with those.

XXIV. Perhaps, kind Pity then may fluice her balm, While lowly wrapt in Death's umbrageous wing;

Perhaps, thy phrenzy may poffefs a calm, Defeat our vengeance, and elude its sting.

XXV.

O'er life's laft ebbs, though nameless horrors roll,

To one like thee abandon'd, unforgiven, Though fharp the conflict of that parting foul, Which long maintain'd a defp'rate war with heaven.

XXVI.

Yet trust me, B-, not the heart-wrung tear Shall fnatch thy name from obloquy below, Nor fore repentance, which abfolves thee there, Shall footh the vengeance of a mortal foe,

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Should mufic ceafe to charm the ear,

In fymphony or fong,

"Twould fill enchanting be to hear
The mufic of her tongue.

Ye fair, forgive me if I feem
Too lavish in her praise;
Nor let my fond enraptur'd theme
Your indignation raise.

For though Belinda all confess
The coldeft heart can warm,
Thefe fhades a thousand objects blefs,
Replete with every charm.

THE MONTHLY CHRONOLOGER.

SUNDAY, July 23.

HE new chapel of the countefs of Huntingdon at TunbridgeWells was opened by the Rev. Mr. Whitfield. It is built after the gothic tafte; in a plain but very elegant manner. WEDNESDAY, 26.

Came on the election for prefident of St. Thomas's hofpital, when the right hon. the lord mayor and Mr. Alderman Nash were put up as candidates. After much debate, the lord mayor withdrew, and Mr. Alderman Nath was chofen.

The clothworkers company fold their eftate in Ireland for upwards of 28,000l. It was formerly lett for 100l. per ann. but for fome years lett at 600l. per ann.

At fix o'clock the ballot ended at the Eat-India houfe on the queftion, "That it is the opinion of this court to recommend to the directors to carry the commiffion which was read, and inftructions to be given to Henry Vanfittart, Luke Scrafton, and Francis Ford, Efqrs, into execution with all convenient fpeed," when the numbers were, for the queftion 321; against it 187; majority 134. The court then adjourned till this day. About half an hour after eight, a dreadful fire broke out at Mr. Rofs's, whipmaker to the duke of Cumberland, in Marybone-Street, St. James's, which entirely confumed the fame, and feven or eight more houfes; befides damaging a number of others.

THURSDAY, 27.

At a general meeting of the proprietors of Eaft India ftock, Sir George Colebrooke, Bart. produced a letter figned by nine proprietors, which, with the approbation of the court, was read, the purport of which is as follows: "That confidering the prefent critical fituation of our affairs in India, it may be requested of government to grant, for the fervice of the company, two fhips of the line, and two battalions." After fome debates the following queftion was propofed by Mr. Maclean, and carried unanimously,

"That the proprietors in general do request of their directors, that they will apply to government for the better fecurity of their poffettions in India, and for such a naval force, confifting of fhips of the line and frigates, as fhall be thought neceffary." FRIDAY, 28.

His royal highnefs the duke of Cumberland arrived in town from Portsmouth. SUNDAY, 30.

A melancholy accident happened, between Alresford and Winchefter, to their graces the duke and dutchefs of Beaufort, by the horses of their phaeton taking fright, and throwing them a considerable diftance: his grace is much bruifed, but no bones broke; her grace is alfo much bruifed, and her leg broke. She was obliged to be carried three miles on a gate, before he could be put in a proper place.

THURSDAY, Aug. 3.

Arrived in town, his excellency Lord Stormont, his majefty's ambassador at the court of Vienna.

About half an hour after eight o'clock, part of the fide walls of the fouth abutment of the New Bridge at Edinburgh gave way, but all the arches are entire. Some people have fuffered, and had it happened fconer in the evening, it might have been attended with more fatal confequences.

Several policies are opened about the royal exchange on the fuccefs ci Mr. Moore's machine to go without horfes.-The general, terms are ten guineas in hand, to receive one hundred, if the machine travels twenty miles in three hours, on any turnpike road, in two months from Auguft.

MONDAY, 7.

A moft dreadful fire broke out at a baker's in Wilton, near the feat of the earl of Pem-' broke, 'which burnt with fuch fury that upwards of thirty houfes were in a short time reduced to afhes; all the work fhops, warehoufes, &c. belonging to Mr. Moody's carpet manufactory, were deftroyed, and when the exprefs came away the fire was not out, K k k z

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but no mention was made of any lives being loft.

THURSDAY, 10.

An anecdote has been handed about, that S. V. Efq. who for fome time paft appeared as a very warm patriot, has written a letter to the D. of G. offering the fum of 5000l. for the reversion of the office of clerk of the crown for Jamaica, for his fon, being a patent place, and the prefent poffeffor the only furvivor of three, to whom the patent was originally granted; that he inclosed in this letter an affidavit made before the lord mayor to keep fecrefy as to the contents; but as the party to whom the letter was fent was under no fuch obligation, the affair has been divulged, and a profecution is talked of, for fuch an attempt of corrupting a m—, FRIDAY, II.

The juftices of Surry have fuppreffed Sy

denham fair.

At a general court of the Eaft India company, held at the Eaft India houfe, a letter from his majefty's minifters was read, touch ing the powers to be invested in the command of his majefty's navy appointed to India: and defiring the opinion of the general court on the point, after fome debates and papers being read relative to the matter, the court agreed that the confideration of this point fhould be adjourned to Tuesday.

The following is the extract of Lord Weymouth's letter to the directors of the EaftIndia company.

"That the commiffion appointing the prefent fupervisors to India had been taken into confideration by his majesty's fervants, and that it was their opinion, that in fome refpects it was illegal; that in an answer he (Lord Weymouth) had received from the directors, refpecting the appointment of a naval officer, with full powers to adjust all maritime affairs in India, he was concerned to find, that they had not totally acceded to it, and therefore begged of the directors that they would reconfider of the commiffion in general, and lay the laft article in particular, that of giving unlimited powers to a naval officer. before the proprietary at large."

The reading of this letter gave rife to a train of correspondence being opened between government and the direction. In reading one of the letters from the fecretary of State, mention was made of the very embroiled ftate of the company's affairs in the gulf of Perfia. This was a matter wholly unknown before, even to the directors who are not of the committee of fecre'y; and a ftop was put to reading the rest of the letter.

The court afterwards proceeded to confider the bufinefs of the day relative to the reflitution; the debate lafted til late in the evening, in the courfe of which, the court in general were well fatisfied of the propriety of the application made by the claimants, and the justice of their demand,

SATURDAY, 12.

Aug.

Being the birth-day of his royal highness the prince of Wales, who then entered into the eighth year of his age, was observed as uiual. TUESDAY, 15.

Was a general meeting of the proprietors of Eaft-India ftock, to take into further confideration the paragraph in Lord Weymouths letter of the 10th of this month, refpecting the powers to be given to a naval officer, as well as the re-confideration of the commiffion; when, after fome debates, the matter was adjourned to a future day for the opportunity of farther information.

WEDNESDAY, 16.

Being the birth-day of his royal highness Prince Frederick, bishop of Ofnaburgh, who entered the feventh year of his age, his majefty received the compliments of the nobility on the occafion.

The ballot for the following question came on at the Eaft-India Houfe in Leadenhall-Street, agreeable to an adjournment for that purpose, viz. "That it is the opinion of this court, that the balance unpaid to the claimants on the Reffitution Fund, be paid in Bengal fo foon as the fate of the company's treasury will admit." At feven o'clock, Sir George Colebrooke reported the following ftate of the ballot: For the queflion, 239; against it, 145; in favour of the claimants, 94.

A meeting of the freeholders of Wilts was this day held at the Devizes, in confequence of an advertisement published by order of the grand jury at Salisbury, and figned by William Talk, Efq; high-sheriff of the county; when a petition was produced and agreed to.

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BIRTHS and MARRIAGES.

an eminent brazier, in Mount-ftreet, fvenor-fquare, that was lett ready fured to perfons of fashion. The laft famiaving left it a fortnignt, a maid fervant of ". Butler's left fome linen to dry before a fire ile fhe went to dinner, which is fuppofed have taken fire. In a fhort time the afe and furniture were confumed; the ufe of Mr. Digby, breeches.maker, on e fide, and the boufe of Mrs. Fylow, on e other, were very much damaged.

THURSDAY, 24. The following gentlemen waited on his ajefty at St. James's with the petition om the freeholders of the county of Surry: he Hon. Peter King, | Jofeph Martin Efq; rFrancis Vincent, Bt. An,Chapman, Efq; r Jof. Mawbey, Bart. Jofeph Clarke, Efq; Anthony Abdy, Bart. met the above genemen, previous to their going to court, at e Thatched-House tavern ; but being greatindifpofed with the gout, could not atend them to the palace.

On the king's return from the drawing com, Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. the worthy eprefentative of the county, prefented the etition to his majefty, which was most graciously received, and is as follows:

KING's Excellent Majefty.

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rogative which the conftitution has fo pro-
perly placed in your majefty's bands.

And your majefty's petitioners fhall

ever pray, &c."

Dublin, Aug. 2. This day the trustees for building the Royal Exchange, accompanied by the Lord High Chancellor, the archbishop of Dublin, and many perfons of diftinction, waited on the Lord Lieutenant at the Caftle, from whence they proceeded to Corke-Hill, where his excellency laid the first ftone of that edifice, on which was the following inscription:

"In the ninth year of the reign of his facred majefty George the Third, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &c, and during the adminiftration of George Lord vifcount Townend, lord lieutenant general and general governor of Ireland, the firft ftone of the Royal Exchange was laid by his excellency on the fecond day of Auguft, in the year of our Lord 1769. The building of which was undertaken by a fociety of merchants of the city of Dublin, incorporated for that purpose in 1768."

AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

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The humble Petition of the Freeholders of Stween his excellency Governor Bernard,

the County of Surry.

"Moft Gracious Sovereign! WE, your majefty's moft dutiful and loyal fubjects, the Freeholders of the county of Surry, from a grateful fenfe of the ineftimable bleffings which this nation has enjoyed under the mild and equal government of your majefty, and your illustrious predeceffors of the houfe of Brunfwick, and from a fteady attachment, zeal, and affection to your royal perfon, and family, think it our duty to join with our injured fellow-fubjects in humbly offering to your majefty our complaints of the measures adopted by pernicious counsellors, who, we apprehend, have countenanced and advifed a violation of the first principle of the conftitution.

The right of Election in the people, which is the fecurity of all their rights, is alfo the foundation of your majefty's; we cannot therefore forbear being alarmed when we fee

and the affembly of Matlachufets Bay, now convened at Cambridge, on occafion of his expected departure for England: in which the affembly remonftrate, in fevere terms, on the material points of his public conduct toward this colony; and paffed feveral spirited refolutions on the occafion. But the whole is much too long to extract.

The inhabitants of Maryland have entered into an affociation against the importation of British manufactures, and for the encouragement of their own produce.

A letter from Bofon in New-England fays, " We hear that Mr. Otis has lately received a very polite letter from the celebrated Mrs. Macaulay, the great patronefs of Liberty in England, with a copy of her history elegantly bound."

BIRTHS.

that first principle violated in the late in- July 25. THE lady of Thomas Orby

ftance of the Middlesex ele&ion.

We have seen, royal fire, with great concern, an application of the freeholders of the county of Middlefex, made by their humble petition to the House of Commons, complaining of that measure, defeated; and it is with the utmost reluctance we now Find ourselves conftrained to appeal to your

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Hunter, Efq; of a fon. Auguft. The lady of Capt. Campbell, of the maids of honour to the queen, of a fon; the mother died-Dutchess of Manchester of a fon.-Lady Forbes, of a fon and heir.

MARRIAGES.

T Weybridge, in Surry, George Rofa

facied person, from whofe juftice and good-Adel, Efq; to Mrs. Flint-Gen. Car

pels we can alone hope for redress.

we therefore most humbly implore your majefty, that you would be graciously pleafed to give us fuch relief as to your royal wisdom prehall feem meet, by an exertion of that

nack, member of parliament for Leominster, to Mifs Elizabeth Catherine Rivett, daughter of Thomas Rivett, Efq; deceased, late

member

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