Melodious ftream! to thee new forrows rife: Fam'd Rhedycina wept thy fhores along : Alike each Bard to tafte, to fancy dear : Yet one the rugged heights afpir'd to climb Of Runic verse, and strike th' astonish'd ear With Gothic minstrelly, and antique rhyme. A gentler task fraternal genius chofe : With flights lefs arduous he delights to foar: His flowing verfe, his unaffected profe, Mark'd the chafte elegance of claffic lore. Yet one great end the kindred pair infpires: (This prompts their genius, this directs their art,) By fancy's charms to kindle virtue's fires, ODE TO THE RIVER CAM. BY MR. GEORGE DYER. (FROM THE ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY.) W HILE yon fky-laik warbles high, On thy banks, O Cam, I lie; 46 Sophron trays no longer here:" Hoary Cam! fteal flow along * Chefterton Church, near Cambridge. The young woman, on occafion of whofe death was written Elegy the fecond, in the author's poems published in 1792. Robert Robinfon, author of various ingenious and learned publications, whose memoirs were written by the author, refided in this village. He, the youth of faireft fame, -Now again I d'op a tear. Bending fad befide thy stream, Hail thy foothing ftream again, Grateful blefs thee in my strain. Where they science still can woo; Scenes which yout ful hopes endear, Still they love to wander here. Suit the quiet mufing breaft: W ODE TO MARY, ON HER BIRTHDAY, And gufts bear up the drifly fleet; Ye Borean blafts ftill ruthless howl; See, fee, the wretched trav'ler fly! William Taylor, formerly fellow of highly-efteemed of the author's friends Emanuel College; the most intimate and when at College: and, if extensive learning, a found judgment, a modeft demeanor, and unblemished morals, have a claim to refpectful remembrance, Wm. Taylor will not be foon forgotten by him. + Dr. Farmer, apther of the Effay on Shakspeare, No No friendly cot his frame to fcreen; See his numb limbs now tott'ring creep; He's finking on the fhowy heap! When, ah! a glimmering he fees, Nor more he heeds the furrows trod, But, falling on his trembling knees, Now mutely wrap, adores his God. Tho' ftill the storm infuriate blows, His fears a thousand thrills beguile! 'Tis thus my bofom fondly glows, When warm'd by Mary's genial fmile! What tho' the vernal feafon 's o'er ; Tho' Phoebus fheds no fulgid glare: What tho', exhaling (weets, no more Soft odours fill the ambient air: What tho' no more the lambent rill In murm'ring courfe meanders by; With tinges foft the placid fky: Each rofeate beauty quick difarms; Or brave the chill of Greenland's shore, Or Afric's defarts wild explore! As flow'rets 'neath the orient ray! Till chilling thought my peace deftroys! And points-the barrier to my joys! Meets the foft glance of Mary's eye, If a lover fhould find himself (mitted within, It can be from no other part but her chin; She gives up a beautiful front, it is faid, That the may deck out the back part of her [her face, And hides all the charms of her eyes, and To fhew fifteen ribbons with flounces and lace. head! 'Tis nature inverted, for ne'er was the back, With pads, and with rollers, and cushions Her head becomes just twice as tall as before; Like two-headed moniters, fhal ladies appear!, view, And boldly attack us with tier over tier ! Whene'er we attempt the fair charmers to [with two, We 're plead with one head, but difguted At Melbourn, a Methodist preacher, we find, [Eaft wind; Held forth, quite regardless of North or For, when we 're determin'd a fcheme to complete, We feldom refign it for cold, or for heat. Our intrepid champion, elate with fuccefs, Made this bold remark on the ladies' headdress: "The pride of our females all bound'ry exceeds, [heads! 'Tis now quite the fashion to wear double Approaching this town to disburie heav'nly [me iure, tresfure, I pafs'd by a head that would fill a ftrike If I'd had that measure but close to my fide, 1 certainly should the experiment try'd. "By fins, a man's faid to be cover'd all o'er With bruifes, and many a putrified fore, From the fole of his foot to his crown they afpire, [higher." But the fias of a woman rife half a yard Birmingham. W. HUTTON. A SONG, BY E. S. J. AUTHOR OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN. BETTY, well I love thet Frae ev'ry lafs that's at the fair Thaa bearft the palm without compare; O Betty, weel I love thee. Kilt the coats, come o'er to me, Come o'er the burn, I love thee weel, And wi a kifs I will thee tell, O Betty, haw I love thee. "The water's deep i may na be, I dar at try to wad eit, Jock,' I'll fetch thee o'er upon my back, For Betty weel I love thee. "The water's deep it may na be, Ye 'd laugh to fee me wade it, Jock," I'll fteck my een, I wo' na lock, He fteck'd h ́s een, and o'er cam she, ON THE DEATH OF LADY ELIZABETH WORSELEY. SAY,-! AY,-fhould we mourn thee ?—O exalted Saint! [plaint, Tho'weeping Friendship pours its mild comTho' Gratitude with foft affiduous care tl ere: Seeks for thy grave, and ftrews its rofes Thy piety fincere, thy friendship true, Sweet is the hope that bright Religion gives: With meek Religion's mild, yet holier charm, We know in death, that our Redeemer lives! And thofe like thee, who patiently endure, If rob'd in light thy hov'ring fpirit rove In pions gef, the penfive mourner here; Bung not, to droop around a mourning lyre, tear: Ah! not to thee, lamented shade, belong To claim that rich reward to virtue giv❜n, The price of pardon and redeeming love, If ever Virtue mourn'd o'er Beauty's bier; Heav'n. Ah! early loft; ah! lent us but to charm, howl (By the Author of " Infant Institutes") On a Poem, entitled, "Bubble and Squeak.” OW! Bubble and Squeak-furely never was feen [mean? Such a name for a Poem; why, what can it Oh, it means to give Jacobin rafcals a tweak- [make 'em fqueak. As they long have been bubbled, we'll now INTEL * P. 162. a. l. 49. r. "Fall faß the tear," &c. INTELLIGENCE 。 IMPORTANCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Admiralty office, Feb. 18. Under the above head the two to lowng letters appear on the fubject of the capture of the Pallas frigate. His Majefiy's Sloop Fairy, Feb.5. Sir, In compliance with your order of the 3d inft. his Majefty's floop Harpy, in company, having weighed from St. Aubin's Bay at 6 A. M. I proceded to reconnoitre St. Maloes; and, at half past eleven, Cape Frehel bearing S. E. 5 or 6 miles, I difcovered a large fhip running down clofe along fhore to the Weftward, which I very foon made out to be a large frigate, and, as the did not anfwer the private fignal, I concluded the was an enemy, but being fo clofe in there I w there was no chance of bringing her to action. I therefore judged it neceffary to t. ck, with the hopes of decoying her out from the land; which fully aufwered my withes, as the immediately gave chace to us. At one o'clock, the Harpy having formed clofe under my fern, the enemy arrived within piftol fhot, when a close action commenced, and continued until a quarter before 5, when the enemy made all fail from us. As foon as the damages the Fairy fuftained in the rigging and fails (which were very confiderable) were repaired, we made all fail in purfuit of her. At 4 o'clock, three ftrange fail were discovered from the matt head to the Northward; which I judged to be a fquadron of Engluh frigates, to whom I made the fignal for an enemy, and at 9 were joined by his Majesty's thips La Lone, Danae, and Railleur, in the chace. Prince of Boullion. J. S. HORTON. [The lofs on board the Fairy was, 4 feamen killed, Captain Horton and feamen, wounded. On board the Harpy, I feaman killed; and 3 wounded.] Copy of a letter from Capt. Newman to E. Nepean, efq. dated La Loire, at fea, the 5th inft. Sir, I have the honour to acquamt their Lordships of the capture of the French frigate Le Pallas, by his Majefty's fhip under my command, after a close a&ion of two hours and ten minutes, clofe in shore under Seven Ifland's, where he was fupported by a battery. I was mo gallantly and ably tecended by Capt Turquade, of the Raileur; and to the captains of the Danae, Faity, and Harpy fleops, I feel indebted for their every exertion to come up with the chace. I cannot too much applaud the conduct of the officers and crews under my command, as well as Lieut. Krenitzin, of the Ruflian navy, &c.-The Pall, s is a new ingate, mounting 42 gur, 13 9 and 36 pounders, was bound to Breft, victualled for 5 months, and 350 men on-board. J. N. NEWMAN. [The Loire had 3 feamen killed; 3 midfhipmen, 25 femen, and I marine, wounded. The Railleur, I midfhipman and the gunner's mate killed; 4 feamen wounded.] Almiralty office, Feb. 22. Copy of a letter from Lieut. Francis Godolphin Boud, of the Netley, to Lord Keith. Netley, Libon, January 28. My Lord, On the 14th ult, I had the honour of tranfmitting to you, from the Tagus, copies of two orders, the one from Rear-admiral Duckworth, and the other from Capt. Blackwood, with an aceront of the captures made by his Majety's fchooner under my command, during ber last cruife. Hard gales of wind preventing our fail" g hence till the rith; and on the 22d, off Viana, we captured L'Eíperance, French lugger privateer, pierced for 12, but having on-board only 5 guns, with 36 men, formerly a privateer belonging to Guernsey. Having the next day (poke the St. Fiorenzo, in the neighbour. hood of Oporto, I was informed by Sit Harry Neale of the difperfion of three convoys on the coaft, and the obstacles that had oppofed their entry into the Donto for more than 20 days, from confi erable freshes, frequent calms, and adverfe winds. As the weather was now fo favourable for the arrival of veffels from the S. W. and I conceived no time fhould be loft in endeavouring to intercept the enemy's captures bound to Vigo, I accordingly ftood for the entrance of that Bay, and on the morning of the 24th re-took the Hamburg brig Catharina, from Oporto, bound to Limerick, laden with wine and fruit. At night, after a fmart chace, we came up with a small Spanish lugger privateer, called Felicidad, of 2 guns, 8 fwivels, and 22 men; and before the prisoners were all shifted, at midnight, another pr vateer and her prize hove in fight. We were enabled at one, A. M. (the 25th) to come up with the latter, the Duchefs of Gordon, a bark, from Newfoundland to Oporto, with 7600 quintals of falt fish. By ten o'clock that morning, after a short chace, we brought-to the St. Antoniony Animas, alias La Auro: a, Spanish schooner privateer, of 6 guns, and 46 men, and her prize the Venus, from London, with that, lead, tin, Raves, &c. for Oporto. On the 27th I made three more re-captures, viz. an English brig, called the Commerce, laden with falt fish; a Swedish brig from Stockholm to Viana, with iron and dales, taken by a French lugger; and a Portuguefe fchooner with falt. On the evening of the 28th, the weather began to threaten, with strong winds from the Southward. One re-capture remained with metil the 8th of January, when our vici mity to the fhore, and a heavy fea, obliged me to carry fail, and abandon to herfelf the Commerce, that was deftitute even of one fail to fhift, and those bent were in the worst condition. Having the following day fpoke the Trojan Weft Indiaman, with the lofs of her maintop-inait, cross jack-yard, and most of her fails, now bound to Lifbon to refit, but feparated with many others in the recent gales from the outward-bound convoy, I continued to attend her till the 21st, in almost a conti nual ftorm; and on the 27th had the pleasure to see her fafe into this port. It is however with much forrow I have to acquaint your Lordship with the lofs of most of our prizes and several of our crew. Of the Duchefs of Gordon, which was wrecked near Lisbon, only one perfon was faved, the pilot of the Netley being of the number who perished. The fate of the others is anticipated, though it is known that two brigs are arrived safe; and two others took refuge in Vigo. The French lugger was ftranded in attempting the bar of Viana; but I am happy to hear her crew were faved. F. G. BOND. Admiralty-office, Feb. 25. Copy of a letter from Capt. Riou to Adm. Milbanke. His Majesty's fhip Amazon, Spithead, Feb. 21. Sir, I am to acquaint you that his Majefty's ship under my command failed from Cork harbour on the 12th inftant; and on the 14th captured the Bougainville, a French Privateer, of St. Malo, commanded by Pierre Dupont, mounting 18 fx-pounders, and carrying 82 men: but I am forry to add, that on the following evening, as the Amazon was brought-to to found, the Bougainville ran on-board us at the rate of nine knots, and rebounded off with the immediate lofs of her fore and main-mafts, and with fo much injury to her hull, that there was an inftantaneous alarm of finking. It was not without fome rifk, as the night was dark, the tea rough, and the wind high, that the boats were hoisted out of the Amazon, and all the men faved, excepting one. The Bougainville, I am told, was at this time going down by the ftern, the water withinboard being above the afterpart of the gun deck. The injury done to the Amazon was nothing more than the carrying away the fpritfail, yard, and bumkin. E. Riou. Copy of a letter from Adm. Sir Hyde Parker, to E. Nepean, efg. Dec. 27. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commitfioners of the Admiralty, that on the 23d inft. Capt. Rolles, of his Majefty's ship Alarm, brought with him into this pert a very rich and valuable Spanish thip. She was captured by the Amphion, Capt. Bennet, in company with the Alarm; and, for their Lordships' farther information, inclofe herewith a copy of Capt. Bennet's letter to Capt. Rolles on this occafion. H. PARKER. out. Sir, Amplion, at fea, Nov. 26. In obedience to your fignal, I chifed S. W. last evening, and had the good fortune at one (A. M.) to come up with, and capture, L'Afturiana, Spanish letter of marque, carrying 18 esh-pounders, 2 twelve-pounders, and four howitzers, of thirty-two pounders, (all brafs), manned with 180 men, from Cadiz bound to La Vera Cruz, with a very valuable cugo; he had four fail of convoy with her in the morning, three of which her commander thinks are ftil to the Eastward, forty days The A turiana is a very large fhip, quite new, admirably found, and coppered. R. H. A BAKER. [This Gazette alfo contains cop es of letters from the following officers; viz. Lieut. D'Auvergne, of the Aristocrat armed brig, reporting the capture of a gun-boat on Feb. 19. Capt. Peter Halkett, of his Majesty's fhip Apollo, dated Madena, Jan 25, itating the capture of the Aquilla, Spanish thip of war, pierced for 12 but carrying only 4 guns, on the 11th ult. and of the retaking the Lady Harwood, which had fallen into the hands of a French privateer two days previous.—Capt. John Cooke, of the A. 4thyft, relating the capture of Le Vaillant, a fatt-failing French cutter privateer.-Alfo one from Hon. Capt. Curzon to Sir Alexander Gardner, acquainting him of the Triton having chafed from the fquadron, and came up with, the French national brig La Vidette, of 14 guns and 84 men, from L'Orient bound to eft. The fame Gazette contains an order of his Majesty in Council, authorizing the importation of Spanish wool, notwithtanding any doubts that may have been entertained to the contrary, in thips or veffels belonging to any kingdom or fate in amity with his Majesty.] Admiralty-office, March 8. Copy of a letter from Capt. Frazer, of the Nymphe, to the Right Hon. Lord Brisport. La Nymphe, Plymouth Sound, March 3. My Lord, I have the honour to acquaiot your Lordship, that I brought into Piymouth this morning La Modefte, a French letter of Marque, pierced for 16 guns, and having 70 men on-board, which I captured on the 24th of February last, in company with the Amethyst. She is a fine ship, about 600 tous bur.hen, and laden with cotton, coffee, tea, fugar, indigo, &c. bad left the ifle of France only nine weeks, and was bound to Bordeaux, off which port I captured her. I am, &c. PERCY FRAZER. [This Gazette likewife contains an ac count of the capture and crying into Viana, in Portugal, the Noftra Simora Carmen, |