Ye rural powers, who hear my strains,
Why thus fhould Peggy grieve me?
Oh! make her partner in my pains,
Then let her fmiles relieve me.
If not, my love will turn defpair,
My paffion no more tender;
I'll leave the bush aboon Traquair,
To lonely wilds I'll wander.

A RIDDLE.

Jealous, amaz'd, confounded, when he saw Great nature's awful fecrets all unveil'd, Felt Ire and Envy in his bofom roll: "O Jove, he cries, is mortal man become "Omnifcient? Which of your cœleftial train, "Audacious nymphs, has thus presumptuous taught

"This bold philosopher these hidden truths, "Betraying all the myst'ries of the sky ? When bright Urania, thus, with honey'd

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brought forth poffefs'd me, And all her fex have ever fince carefs'd me: Nay man, himself, by me is fometimes tainted, As fome good fouls have been, who now are fainted.

With Kings, in courts, I'm always to be found;

Yet am as oft with beggars on the ground:
With Kings and beggars, at one instant, live;
Two mortal foes me joyfully receive :
'Tis through my means that trade's extended:
By me each fexton's place is mended;
For did not I each beau and belle inspire,
They to the church to go wou'd ne'er defire.
I make men do the greatest acts of evil :
I make men speak and act moft civil.
On different minds by different means I work,
Make one man kind-one barbarous as a Turk.
So univerfal am I-fome have faid

I am a frailty in man's nature bred;
That all poffefs me, tho' no men of fenfe re-
veal me;

They fhew moft fenfe, that with best skill conceal me.

may

This feem ftrange, but this is right, I'm fure,

The meanly cringing man, because he's poor, By me 's infpired, as is the tyrant, who would all men rule,

Because he knows, that his own bags are full. Thus I, 'gainft will and practice, fhew full well

All but my name,-and that's your task to
tell.
C. B. S.

On Sir IS A AC NEWTON, from the French.
N the foft fhade, beneath the flowery height
Of facred Pindus, the Pierian maids
Were rang'd, and Phebus join'd the heav'n-

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born choir;

There, in attention deep, the page divine
Of godlike Newton held the hallow'd throng,
Their lays fufpended, filent ev'ry lyre.
The beamy father of immortal verfe,

This wond'rous effort of her plastic pow'r.
She bade him penetrate the depths below,
By her conducted, thro' the central gloom;
Then borne aloft, fhe led him up to heav'n,
Unlock'd the fecrets of the fhining pole,
And shap'd his way thro' wide immenfity.
Arts radiant goddess rear'd this mighty mind,
And wifdom's felf reveal'd what Newton penn'd.
To Mifs F-d, on feeing her perform the Part
of Califta in the Fair Penitent, as it was
lately afted by fome Perfons of Diftinction
for their Amusement.

IF beauty in diftrefs the heart can melt,

And raise the tenderness thro' pity felt: If all the force of art and eloquence Can touch the foul with that fublimer fenfe; Then fure, the rudeft breast must soften'd be To view Califta, lovely maid, in thee. To fee how love tyrannic caus'd thy woe, Tears would themselves involuntary flow. Oh cou'd the happy bard revifit earth, He'd own he stood indebted to thy worth! With the enraptur'd, he'd declare (and smile) You ftrike the thought, and dignify the ftile; With energy affect the paffions well, And Ci-r may behold, in thee, her parallel.

So

Thefe, when expos'd, fhock'd the most favage

eye,

And forc'd a blufh from practis'd villainy.
The vulture which is fix'd, each circling hour,
Prometheus' growing liver to devour,
Faintly fets forth the gnawing restless pain,
Which muft within this fury ever reign:
While Mira, fafe in truth and innocence,
Needs no excufe from ftudied eloquence;
Her native worth through blackest clouds
fhall fhine,

And storms and tempefts her pure foul refine.

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June 1.

Ondon. Twenty-five flaves arrived lately here, in the Crown man of war, from Fez; fome of which had been 15 years in flavery. There ftill remain 27.

The King's bounty of 2000 1. to the foundling-hofpital has been paid to the Treasurer without deduction.

On Tuesday morning, a confiderable quantity of French cambricks were feized on board a fhip in the river, valued at 300 l.

June 2.

London. We hear the order for 10,000 to make good the damages received by the inhabitants of Glasgow from the rebels, is figned. The following is an exact Defcription of the Edifice erected for the Fireworks played off at the Hague, on June 13, N. S.

The theatre erected for this purpofe was 336 feet long, and in the middle was a temple of 100 feet high, which refted on 10 columns of the Ionic order, adorned with feftoons, &c. each of which columns was 36 feet high, including their bafes and capitals. This temple had fix portals, ornamented with transparent pictures, reprefenting Peace, Counsel, Commerce, the elevation of bis, Serene Highness, the danger the republic has been in, and the fweetness and mildness with which all its grievances are now redrejjed.

Four ftatues 12 feet high, representing Wifdom, Silence, Religion, and Liberty, were placed before this temple, which had a gallery on each fide refting upon 20 columns of 22 feet in height, and amongst them was difperfed a quantity of curious gilt luftres. At the end of these two galleries was a pavilion, having each three portals, whereon were fome fine transparent pictures, among other things, the golden fleece in the middle of the arms of the Seven Provinces, the Ruffian army balting, and the Hereditary Stadtholdership. Round thefe pavilions, as well as in many other parts of this fuperb edifice, were placed many figures, reprefenting Merit, Fortitude, Juftice, the Gol

den Age, the reunited efcutcheons of the house of Brunswick and Orange, Manufactures, the Arts and Sciences, &c.

Above each of thefe pavilions was a pyramidical column, and the galleries were furmounted with balluftres, &c. ornamented with urns, and other works, which were all full of defign. The whole edifice fully refembled a beautiful marble, and the pedestals and capitals of the columns were most curiously gilt. There were upwards of 20,000 crystal vases or lamps, about this theatre, and near 4000 tranfparent pictures; and the whole building was inclofed with pallifadoes, garnished with urns and cafes full of combuftibles, &c.

On the evening of June 13 (the day appointed for a general thanksgiving) the temple erected for the exhibition of the fireworks at the Hague was illuminated for the first time, and, we are told, made a prodigious fine appearance; the cannon fired at intervals till midnight; and two choirs of mufic, which were placed on the theatre, the one of kettledrums and trumpets, the other of hautboys, horns, and baffoons, anfwered each other alternately. The Prince Stadtholder and his Family, the Margrave, and the Prince of Baden-Durlach, the Members of the States-General, and the foreign Minifters, appeared at the windows of the chamber of Treves.

confiderable damage to the poffeffors of land in that neighbourhood; and it is feared that it will continue to increase. The air is entirely darkened in the day by the afhes, and the flames in the night form a moft dreadful fpectacle.

Of which burning mountain, and its eruptions, the following extract from a letter of Mr. Edward Berkeley to Dr. Arbuthnot, concerning the difcoveries he made into its nature, and the dreadful eruption that happened during his refidence at Naples, on June 5, &c. 1717, will help you to form a just idea. He, with much difficulty, reached the top of Vesuvius on the 17th of April, 1717; where, fays he, I faw a vaft aperture full of Imoak-and heard, within that horrid gulph, certain odd funds, as it were, murmuring, fighing, throbbing, churning, dashing of waves, and, between whiles, a noife like that of thunder or cannon, attended conftantly, from the belly of the mountain, with a clattering, like - that of tiles falling from the tops of houfes into a street.-After an hour's stay, the fmoak being moved by the wind,-I could difcern two furnaces almost contiguous; one on the left, which feemed to be about three yards diameter, glowed with red flame, and threw up red-hot stones with a hideous noife, which, as they fell back, caufed the forementioned clattering.

On May 8, afcending to the top of Vefuvius, I had a full profpect of the Crater, which appeared to be about a mile in circumference, and a hundred yards deep: with a conical mount in the middle of the bottom, made of ftones thrown up and fallen back again into the Crater and the left hand furnace, mentioned before, threw up every 3 or 4 minutes, with a dreadful bellowing, a vaft number of red-hot ftones, fometimes more than a 1000, but never less than 300, higher than my head, as I ftood upon the brink, which fell back perpendicularly into the Crater, there being no wind. This furnace or mouth was in the vertex of the hill, which it had formed round it. The other mouth was lower, in the fide of the fame new formed hill, and filled with fuch red-hot liquid matter, as we fee in a glass-house furnace; which raged and wrought, as the waves of the fea, caufing a fhort abrupt noife, like what may be imagined from a fea of quickfilver dafhing amongst uneven rocks. This ftuff would fometimes fpew over, and run down the convex fide of the conical hill, and appearing, at firft, red-hot, it changed colour and hardened as it cooled, fhewing the first rudiments of an eruption, or, an eruption in miniature. All which I could exactly furvey by the favour of the wind, for the fpace of an hour and a half during which, it was very obfervable, that all the vollies of fmoak, flame, and burning ftones came only out of the hole to

our left, while the liquid ftuff in the other mouth wrought and overflowed.

On June 5, after a horrid noife, the mountain was feen, at Naples, to fpew a little out of the Crater, and fo continued till about two hours before night on the 7th, when it made a hideous bellowing, which continued all that night, and the next day till noon, caufing all the windows, and, as fome affirm, the very houfes in Naples [about fix miles diftant] to fhake. From that time it fpewed vaft quantities of molten ftuff to the S. which ftreamed down the fide of the mountain, like a pot boiling over. On the 9th, at night, a column of fire fhot between whiles out of its fummit. On the roth, the mountain grew very outrageous again, roaring and groaning moft dreadfully, founding like a noife made up of a raging tempeft, the murmur of a trou bled fea, and the roaring of thunder and artillery confufed all together. This moved my curiofity to approach the mountain.---Three or four of us were carried in a boat, and landed at Torre del Greco, a town fituate at the foot of Vefuvius to the S. W. whence we rode between four or five miles before we came to the burning river, which was about midnight: and, as we approached, the roaring of the Volcano grew exceeding loud and terrible. I obferved a mixture of colours in the cloud over the Crater, green, yellow, red, and blue. There was likewife a ruddy difmal light in the air over the tract of land, where the burning river flowed; afhes continually fhowering on us all the way from the fea-coaft-which horrid fcene ftill grew more extraordinary, as we came nearer the stream, Imagine a vaft torrent of liquid fire rolling from the top down the fide of the mountain, and, with irrefiftible fury, bearing down and confuming vines, olives, fig-trees, houses, and, in a word, every thing that flood in its way. The largeft ftream of fire seemed half a mile broad, at leaft, and five miles long.

During our return, at about 3 in the morning, we conftantly heard the murmur and groaning of the mountain, which, between whiles, burft out into louder peals, throwing up huge spouts of fire, and burning ftones, which, falling down again, refemble stars in our rockets. Sometimes I obferved two, at others, three diftinct columns of flame, and fometimes one vaft one, that feemed to fill the whole Crater: which burring columns, and the fiery ftones, feemed to be fhot 1000 fect perpendicular above the fummit of the Vul cano. On the 11th, at night, I obferved it from a terrafs, at Naples, to throw up inceffantly a vaft body of fire, and great ftones, to a furprizing height. On the 12th, in the morning, it darkened the fun with afhes and fmoak, caufing a fort of an eclipfe. Horrid bellowings, on this and the foregoing day, were heard at Naples, whither part of the 082

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afhes alfo reached. On the 13th, we faw a pillar of black fmoak fhoot upright to a prodigious height. On the 15th, in the morning, the court and walls of our house, in Naples, were covered with afhes. In the evening, a flame appeared in the mountain through the cloud. On the 17th, the fmoak appeared much diminished, fat, and greafy. And, on the 18th, the whole appearance ended, the mountain remaining perfectly quiet.

To this memorable account it cannot be amifs to add, That the first notice we have of this Vulcano's cafting out flames, is in the reign of the Emperor Titus. At which firft eruption, we are informed, it flowed with that vehemence, that it entirely overwhelmed and deftroyed the two great cities Herculeanum and Pompeia, and very much damaged Naples itfelf with its ftones and athes. In 471, if we may credit tradition, this mountain broke out a

gain fo furiously, that its cinders and liquid fire were carried as far as Conftantinople, which prodigy was thought, by fuperftitious minds, to prefage the deftruction of the empire, that happened immediately after, by that inundation of Goths, which spread itfelf all over Europe. There are feveral other eruptions recorded; but not fo confiderable as the former, till 1631, 1638, and 1690, by which the earth fhook fo much, as to endanger the total destruction of Naples and Benevento: and the air was infected with fuch noxious vapours, that it caufed a plague that lafted a long time, and fpread as far as the neighbourhood of Rome. Since which time, the moft memorable are the eruptions in 1701, of which Mr. Addifon, who faw it, has left us a good defcription: in 1717, as defcribed above by a curious fpectator; and this, in the year 1749.

June 13.1

His Majefty's most gracious Speech.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

I come now to put an end to this feffion of Parliament, which is become the more neceffary by reafon of the advanced feafon of the

year.

The definitive treaty of Aix la Chapelle, having been, by my order, laid before you, feveral months ago; you have all been fully informed of the terms and conditions on which it was made; and have already had the fatiffaction to fee them carried into execution, by the feveral contracting parties, with great punctuality and good faith, fo far as the time and diftance of place would admit. Nothing now remains, but to preferve and improve the peace fo happily re-established. All the powers concerned have declared themselves, in fo clear and friendly a manner, on this subject, as leaves no room to doubt of their fincere difpofition to render the peace lafting in all parts. My earnest defire to promote the welfare of my own fubjects, and the general tranquillity

of Europe, will make me exert my endea vours for the fame good end, by steadily adhering to the engagements I have entered into, and cultivating the most perfect union and harmony with my Allies, upon whofe ready concurrence, in all proper measures for that purpose, I have the greatest reason to depend.

It is with great fatisfaction I have seen part of this feffion employed in confiderations for advancing the trade and navigation of my kingdoms. I hope, at your next meeting, you will be able to perfect what has now been begun, particularly, by taking the proper methods to render our naval force the most use ful and ferviceable, which is so effential to the protection of our commerce, and to our security in all times.

Gentlemen of the Houfe of Commons,

I return you my thanks for the fupplies you have fhewn to maintain the public credit, have granted me, and for the attention you which I rejoice to fee in fo flourishing condi tion at the end of an expenfive, though necesfary war. The readiness with which you have enabled me to fatisfy the demands of my Allies, is very agreeable to me, and cannot fail to produce the best effects.

My Lords and Gentlemen,

Let me recommend it to you to improve the advantages of our present fituation for the quiet and ftability of my government, and the true intereft and happiness of my people; and, in

your feveral countries, to promote fuch principles and difpofitions, as may be most conducive to thofe defirable ends.

Then the Lord Chancellor, by His Majesty's Command, faid,

My Lords and Gentlemen,

It is bis Majefty's royal will and pleasure, That this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the third day of Auguft next, to be then bere beld; and this Parliament is accordingly pro rogued to Thursday the third day of Auguft

next.

The Circuits appointed for the Summer Affixes are as follow, viz.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Lord Chief Juftice Lee. Mr. Baron Clarke.. Bucks, Monday July 24, at Buckingham. Bedford, Thursday July 27, at Bedford. Huntington, Saturday July 29, at Huntington, Cambridge, Monday July 31, at Cambridge. Suffolk, Thurfday Aug. 3, at Bury St. Ed, mund's.

Norfolk, Monday Aug. 7, at the Guildhall of the city of Norwich.

City of Norwich and county of the fame, on the fame day, at the fame place, in the faid city.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.

Lord Chief Juftice Willes. Mr. Baron Clive, Berks, Monday July 10, at Abingdon Oxon, Wednesday July 12, at Oxford.

Worcester,