On the American rebellion. WIY beams the helmet o'er Britannia's brow? Why bears her arm the long-neglected field? Why do her fous with martial ardour glow, Aad long the glitt'ring steel again to wield? Have Gallia's lilies been in air display'd, And threat'n'd battle proud and dire alarms? Ha Auftria brandish'd high her Noric blade, Or has Iberia call'd her youth to arms? No-Peace her olive waves o'er Europe's lands, No rival princes break Britannia's reft; 'Tis falfe America's perfidious bands Who aims her dagger at her parent's breaft. No generous war thefe mad enthusiasts wage, Blood flains their steps, and Rapine marks their way; With ceafelefs fury 'gainft our ifle they rage, And dream of empire and unbounded fway. Hence their vile flanders, hence their clam'rous lies, Hence their wild boaftings, of the patriot claim, With Freedom's name their dark designs dif guife, They blow the fimple vulgar into flame. Hence bafe degradings of the ifle that rear'di And surs'd thefe vipers with her noblest blood, What troops to aid their finking states ap. pear'd, And favid from Gallic fwords this ferpent braòd. Tet Europe's voice difclaims thefe lying coasts, Our land they threaten, ruin waits their own; Where now the hand that wont to fow the corn? Th'induftrious ruftic is a foldier grown, And in his arm the deadly weapon's borne. No more glad harvests deck their fertile grounds, Nor Ceres there her golden tribute pays; Now o'er their fields the brazen trumpet founds, The gleamy falchion sheds reflected rays. Did martial pomp their simple fouls allure, The filken banner and the wavy mail?Know thefe, nor wounds, nor poverty can cure: In death's black moment what will these avail? Return, mistaken men, in time return; The gates of mercy yet are open'd wide: let your bleeding country ceafe to mourn The dreams of folly and the vaunts of pride. W. W-NS. gore; While like fall'n Romans for new joys we sigh, The flames of faction, that arise from hell; "S Oft as the dew from heaven defcends The tree, the plant, the herb confpire And proudly lift their branches higher, The doubting fun, behind the cloud, Till of his native radiance proud, And fprings at every pore; Wonders that northern winds fhould bind But triumphs now for heaven is kind, And past the wintry ftorm. Then let the vegetable tribe, With force emphatic preach: While mortals chearfully imbibe The doctrines that they teach. For all that's great, and good, and wife, -Then with each season, let us rife Goldsmith. M. Americas American Rebellion, and Highland Loyalty. WHY fhould our Col'nies madly run To arms, by which they'll be undone ? Whilst right and justice have her valour sped. Her trade, her empire, her fupreme command, Goddess of Folly, lend thy lyre O'er col'nies rear'd with fo much care, Arous'd by honour, and by fhame, By fp'rits of Edward, Henry, William, Wolfe, S. S To harmonize the lay, The flaming Patriot next we fee, The deep Contractor now behold, Who fells his voice for fordid gold, -Far more a Knave than Fool. His Country would enslave; Each Lady with her lofty plumes, Henceforth let Folly ceafe: -"For Wifdom's ways are pleasantness, And all her paths are peace." M To the memory of Mr ADAM DICKSON, Mini fer of Whittingham, Eaft Lothian, who wa feized with a fit of an apoplexy upon borseback of which he died [164.]|| By a Lady. F mildeft manners, and the firmest mind, Affection claim; O DICKSON! o'er thy bier On the univerfal forwardness of the prefent military Thy inoffenfive wit, thy focial joy, I'LL lift for a soldier, fays Robin to Sue, I'+' avoid your eternal difputes: Aye, aye, cries the termagant, do, Robin, do, Learning, and fenfe, may other pens employ (For kind affections warm'd thy gentle breast): HISTORICAL AFFAIR S. TURKY. "Conftantinople, Feb. 3. A Tartar arrived here in feventeen days from Bagdad, who brought the agreeable news, that Spanackschi Zadi, Muftapha Pacha, by order of the Grand Seignior, and affifted by the chiefs of the militia, had been acknowledged Pacha of Bagdad, and that Omar Pacha had at laft fubmitted; fo that the Porte is again in poffeffion of an extenfive and rich province, the revenues of which amount to feveral millions of piaftres, and of which the Porte has been deprived for forty years, by the fucceffors of Achmet making themselves independent. The treafures of Omar, which are confifcated, are valued at 100,000 purses." UNITED PROVINCE S. Hague, Feb. 20. The affair regarding the ceffion of the Scotch brigade [xxxvii. 57.] is at laft decided. The ftates of Holland, after being affembled fix weeks to deliberate about it, gave their confent laft Friday; theirs being the only one wanted. It was carried the Lame day into the affembly of the StatesGeneral, who are now separated." "Hague, Feb. 16. The States-General finding, that commiffions were fent from foreign countries for furnaces, ftills, and other utenfils ufed for diftilling fpirits from corn, and imagining that this would tend to deprive this country of a very valuable branch of trade, have published a placart, which prohibits the ex portation from hence of all kinds of utenfils used in the bufiness of the distillery, under a penalty of 1000 ducats to any who fhall be found concerned in favouring fuch exportations. Their High Mightineffes likewife forbid by the fame placart to engage, for foreign fervice, any of the workmen employed in the diftillery; and if any shall be found to engage in establishing fuch diftilleries in foreign countries, they fhall forfeit all their rights and privileges as citizens, without a poffibility of ever being reftored to them." Leyden, Jan. 20. In confequence of a premium of thirty ducats, offered by a citizen of this place to whoever shall most effectually try the experiment of appeafing the waves which furround a fhip in aftorm, by pouring oil into the fea, the following letter has been received. [xxxvii. 688.] ber 1775, on board a merchant-ship, "We left the Texel the 3d of NovemCapt. Jurrien Jurrenfon commander, and arrived the 14th in the evening on the coaft of Jutland in Denmark. Our intention was to enter a determined port, but the captain thinking it fcarce poffible to make it, on account of the great quantity of ice, we put out to fea to make another. The night following a great tempeft arofe, which continued till the next morning, and drove us towards the coaft, where we found a road, and ed to flatter our hopes; but the waves were near a port. This fituation feemcommand of the fhip. The captain aran fo high and ftrong, that we had no larmed at our fituation, and feeing no other way to prevent a fhipwreck, gave orders for fix barrels of oil, which he had on board, to be brought on the deck, and ordered them to be poured out flowly on each fide of the fhip; by which means the waves were by degrees abated, the fhip began to answer her rudder, and we foon afterwards entered the port in safety." FRANCE. "Paris, Jan. 19. The fire at the palace [xxxvii. 48.] is entirely extinguished, and workmen are now employed in diging the plate, jewels, and other valuables out of the ruins. The tradesmen reclaim a large quantity, and the court of aids, which is entirely burnt, fuftains a loss of 200,000 livres.-The King has fent 1000 louis d'ors, and the Queen 200, to be distributed among fuch merchants as ITALY. have been the greatest fufferers. Many Neale, belonging to Sunderland, with rich citizens, in confequence of a letter troops from Stade for Gibraltar, (prung from the first prefident, have contributed a leak at fea about four days ago in the large fums to affift thofe families which bay of Bifcay, in company with feveral have been the greateft lofers by the above veffels bound from Hamburg to Gibraltar fire. The lofs fuftained by the King is with Hanoverian troops on board. Capt. reckoned at two millions, and that of Neale being apprehenfive fhe would fink, private perfons at a not much lefs fum." took to his boat, with his mates, and all "Paris, Jan. 29. A letter from Caen the officers of the troops, except the gives the following account of earth- quartermafter; but they had hardly left quakes which were felt there on the the thip's fide before the boat overfet, 30th of December, at thirty-two mi- and every perfon perished. As there renutes after ten in the morning. The mained but fix failors on board with the fhocks were preceded by a noife which foldiers, and all ignorant of navigation, refembled the hafty driving of carriages. they run her on flore on this ifland." This noife lafted about two or three feconds, and was followed by three violent fhocks of earthquakes, which all together iafted five or fix feconds. Their direction was from the fouth-weft to the north-eaft; and while they lafted, a noife was heard in every house, as if they were going to fall, and every body was very much alarmed. The greaten danger was to the fouth-weft. Several public edifices and other buildings were much damaged a crofs of ftone which was on the portal of the church of the Visitation fell down; above 200 chimneys were thrown down, and almost every houfe has received fome damage. The fteeple of Cormelles, a parish at about half a league to the fouth of this city, was thrown down. They write from Ouffieres, a parish in the fame direction, that the fhocks had split fome rocks in that neigh bourhood. The earthquake was fharply felt at the abbey of Fontenay, and at Trouaru, where they fay fome houfes were damaged. The fame day, about eleven in the morning, a fourth fhock, but a very flight one, was felt; which did no damage." - "From the ifle of Rhe, Feb. 4. The following is an extract of a letter from St Martin en Rhé.—“Having heard that Icool. Sterling was ordered to be diftributed among thofe who had contributed to the faving of the Hanoverian troops who were wrecked on this island, I cannot help letting you know, that the grenadiers of the Royal Corfican regiment refused fifteen Louis d'ors which were offered them for their fervices; faying, they were paid by their mafter, and did not defire any reward for an act of humanity." This noble behaviour ought to be made public." An account of this difafter was given in a letter, dated, St Martin's, in the lle of Rhe, Nov. 17. viz. The Unity, late "Naples, Jan. 9. Mount Vefuvius has at laft, after threatening an eruption for fome time, actually burft an opening about half way up, from which the lava run at firft towards Atrio del Cavallo, but fince towards Otrajano. Several ftrangers who were here are gone to fee this fight, which is the more agreeable, as the lava has hitherto run quietly along without damaging the country.” ENGLAN D. At a court of common council of the city of London, March 14. a motion was made by Mr Saxby, feconded by Mr Hurford, and agreed to by the court, the Deputies Jones and Judd being the only diffenting voices, That_the_thanks of the court be given to Dr Richard Price, for his juft, impartial, and fenfible remarks, in a pamphlet written by him, intitled, Obfervations on the nature of civil liberty, &c. [100, 26.]; and that the freedom of the city be presented him in a gold box, value sol. Mr Saxby then moved for an address and petition to the King; which, after debate, was unanimoufly agreed to. On the 22d, the Lord Mayor, seve. ral of the Aldermen, the Sheriffs, and fome of the Common Council, waited upon his Majefly at St James's, with the following addrefs and petition; which was read by the Recorder, and was next day published in the gazette. To the King's Moft Excellent Majesty, The humble Address and Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com mons of the city of London, in Com. mon Council affembled. Moft Gracious Sovereign, WE, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of Lon don, don, in Common Council affembled, beg leave to approach your throne, and to intreat your Majefty's royal attention, whilt, with the humility of dutiful fubjefs, we lay before your Majesty what at prefent moft immediately affects us in the fpirit and tendency of the public meafures now depending, and the anxiety we feel at the naked and expofed ftate in which this country will be left, by draining it of the national troops, as well as at the danger and difgrace attending the late treaties for foreign mercenaries, whofe latitude is fuch as to provide the means of introducing a foreign army even into this realm. We cannot, Sir, without horror, look forward to that difmemberment of the empire, that increase of the national debt and of burthenfome taxes, that lofs of our most valuable refources, thofe diftreffes of our merchants and manufactu. rers, thofe deficiencies of the revenue, that effufion of the blood of our countrymen and brethren, that failure of public credit, and those dreadful calamities and convulfions, which must follow a civil war fo begun and purfued, whofe extent no wildom can foresee. We humbly conceive, that no people can be bound to furrender their rights and liberties as a return for protection. The colonies have fought our battles with us; and in the laft war they fo far exceeded their abilities, that this nation thought it juft and neceffary to make them an annual compenfation; and even now, driven to open hoftilities in their own defence, they are willing (their charters being inviolably fecured) to continue to us all thofe advantages of a regulated and exclufive commerce, to which we have long owed our opulence and profperity: And we have every af furance which men in their fituation can fafely give, that, if afked as freemen, they are willing to go farther, and to afford to the exhaufted ftate of the revenue of this country fuch reasonable voluntary aid as their abilities permit; provided that their contributions are unalienably applied to relieve that diftrefs, which is the only fair and politic foundation of requiring them; and that neither their aids, nor our own finking fund, fhall be any longer perverted from a public benefit, and mifapplied to the purpofe of corruption, inftead of redeeming the debts of the nation, according to its firtt wife and just inflitution. Indulge, Moft Gracious Sovereign, the humanity and benignity of your own royal difpofition, and our prayers will be granted. We implore the extenfion of your Majesty's justice and mercy toward that continent, which, when arbiter of the terms of peace, it was your Majefty's own determination to prefer to every other compenfation for all the expences of the laft war. We humbly and earnestly befeech your Majesty, that the moft folemn, clear, diftinct, and unambiguous fpecification of thofe juft and honourable terms, which your Majesty, with both houfes of parliament, means to grant to the colonies, may precede the dreadful operations of your armament. Every colour and suspicion of injustice and oppreffion will then be removed from the proceedings of the mother-country; and if those just and bonourable terms are not fubmitted to, your Majefty will undoubtedly be enabled to meet, what will then be rebellion, with the zealous hearts and hands of a determined, loyal, and united people. Signed by order of court, WILLIAM RIX." To which address and petition his Majefty was pleafed to return the following anfwer. the miferies which a great part of my "I deplore, with the deepest concern, fubjects in North America have brought upon themfelves, by an unjustifiable refiftance to the conftitutional authority of this kingdom; and I fhall be ready and happy to alleviate thofe miferies, by acts of mercy and clemency, whenever that authority is eftablished, and the now tain thefe falutary purposes, I will inva existing rebellion is at an end.—To obriably purfue the moft proper and effec tual means. Only three addreffes, in approbation of coercive measures against the Americans, are this month to be added to our lift [107.] In the gazette of March 12. there is one from the provost, magiftrates, and common council of the royal burgh of Wick, dated Wick, Dec. 11. 1775, and signed James Sinclair Provojł; |