any danger, as the most of them had neither edge nor point. A dried crocodile, and feveral curious embryos in fpirits, were bought alfo by him, to diftribute among his pupils with all the inftruments for bleeding, fearifying, and fome old recipes for inflammatory cafes, and complaints in the lower members. His latt purchafe was a Lift of Patients, a very thick folio, clofely written; and a blank-paper book, titled on the back, Cures.

Mr. Melville's chief purchases (all great bargains) were a quantity of flower of brimftone, for countrypractice, and a gallon of tar-water, for his new fhop near Charing Crofs; the fkeleton of a celebrated pofture-mafier, who could throw himself into any pofition, the joints as fupple as in life; a very fine fet of cupping-glasses; a night-stool, with the words " Wha wants me?" beautifully inlaid; a fquirt; and a new edition of the Edinburgh Pharmacopœia.

Of the other articles I can only recollect a fet of dumb bells, purchased at a high price by a Mr. Bentinck of Piccadilly; as the lot was ftrongly contefted between him and Mr. Camden, who bought the skeleton of a man without a head, and fome other trifles. A probe and a fet of inftruments for trepanning wereknocked down to Mr. Rofe; and a large quantity of bark was bought by Mr. Hawkesbury. There were many other articles put up which no one would bid for; and yet a pot of conferve of Rofes fetched a good price, although, by being expoled too much, for want of a cover, it had loft its virtue.

May 24.

I am, Sir, with respect,

Your humble fervant,

A LOUNGER at Sales.

VOL. VII.

ON

ON MR. ADDINGTON'S RESIGNATION,

AND REFUSAL TO ACCEPT OF EITHER PEERAGE OR

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PENSION.

[From the Times.]

ET others, proftrate, hail the rifing fun;
Prouder, I bow to that whofe course is run;
. For never did the flaming orb of day,
When weftward darting his defcending ray,
From the vast empire of the skies retire,
With brighter fplendour, or with purer fire.

T. M.

TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY ADDINGTON. [From the fame.]

Cui pudor et jufticiæ foror,
Incorrupta fides nudaque veritas,
Quando ullum inveniet parem?

THRICE happy victor at the goal of Fate,
Unmov'd by fplendour's fmile or fortune's hate,
Once to an envied Court by honour woo'd,
By honour even from that Court purfu'd ;
"Statefman, yet friend to truth," go quaff the gales
That waft health's fpirit to thy native vales;
Go thou, to freedom and to peace restor'd,
Greet the lov'd walls, the patriarchal board,
Where on each face the cordial finite fall glow,
From every lip the ftrain of welcome flow;
That jocurd ftrain fball feftive rites prolong,
Till the green woods re-echo with the fong.
Yet there thou bear'ft no gaudy spoils of state,
Inglorious trophies of th' ignoble great:
Not thine the car, by fervile minions roll'd;
Nor thine the panoply of Eaftern gold :
Nor gilds the ftar fupine thy manly breaft,
That feat where ne'er was lodg'd a fordid guest:
Nor thine the dome, with regal pomp design'd,
Meet for the mighty wretch of little mind.
For thee no tow'ring pyramid aspires,
To tempt the rage of Heav'n's avenging fires;

Nor

Nor arch triumphal-register of crimes!
Rear'd for the direft curfe of future times!
Nor pillar'd marble tarnish'd with a name
Pre-eminent in infamy as fame :

Not fuch thy fplendours-diff'rent far the meed,
By Honour for his Addington decreed.

To thee e'en Vice the filent homage pays,
Whilft with'ring Envy yields thunblighted bays.
Thine the mild glories of a fporless name,
A Briton's Spirit and a patriot's flame;

And thine, ah meed to gen'rous bofoms dear!·
A country's vows, a country's fighs fincere
Oh bleft, who far from fordid aim can foar,
Who, when the Statesman's bufy part is o'er,
When falls the curtain on th' advent'rous play
That made him lord and hero of the day;
When from his touch the wand of ftate is thrown
Stili boasts an unblench'd dignity his own,
To other hands refigns th' empurpled stole
And proudly keeps nobility of foul-
And the, unbrib'd of gold, unaw'd of pow'r,
Truth, rightful fov'reign of the future hour,
E'en Truth fhall vindicate the facred claim,
And guard thy mem'ry at the fhrine of Fame :
There when the Mufe of Hift'ry shall explore,
(Her tribute to departed worth to pour,)
'Mid pedestals revers'd, and fcrolls defac'd,
Oblivious, mould'ring, monumental waste,
'Mid proud efcutcheons that neglected lie,
Shall Honour's blazon meet her fearching eye;
Beneath her palin fhall Freedom's image fleep,
And Mercy bending o'er the marble weep.
There hall the view the fair, unboastful buft,
Sacred to him-to Addington the Juft-
"Statefman, yet friend to truth, of foul fincere;
In action faithful, and in honour clear,
Who broke no promife, ferv'd no private end,
Who gain'd no title, and who left no friend,
Ennobled by himfelf, by all approv'd,"
And by that land he would have fav'd-below'd.

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IL PELERINO.

GRAND

A

GRAND CONCERT.

[From the fame.]

VERY grand Concert is, as we understand, now in preparation for a felect party; all the performers to be gentlemen amateurs. We have heard of a few of the names, and the inftruments on which they are faid to excel:

É**1 T****e, a tinkling cymbal.
Mr. W***e, the flageolet.
L**d M***o, bag-pipes.

H*n. Mr. E*****, Scotch fiddle.

Mr. W*****m, a curious barrel-organ, that belonged to Louis XIV.

Dr. L*******, a baffoon.

The laft celebrated amateur is alfo to amuse the company, and relieve the entertainment, by way of interludes, with light and playful extemporaneous effufions of oratory.

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THE POLITICAL SUICIDE.

[From the fame.]

VICTIM once of factious coalition,
Again F-x courts political perdition.
Foul fuicide! thy fecond blow were vain;
Already dead, thou canst not die again.

Z.

A DESCRIPTION OF OUR NEW FIRST-RATES AND MEN OF WAR.

[From the Times.]

THE Premier-100 guns, commanded by Captain William Pitt; a first-rate of very fuperior weight of metal-much used in the last war was never known to have been driven off her ftation by foul winds and rough weather; engaged Admiral F x and his fquadron in feveral hard encounters, whom the

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often conquered, and at last forced to retreat. During peace fhe was laid up in ordinary, when he was found to have grown fomewhat hollow. In the late gale the broke from her moorings, and ranging herself on the fide of her former enemies, run down her old friend the Henry Addington, who, for many years, in former contefts, had moft honourably and handfomely fupported her at the head of the line.

The Melville-a 100-gun fhip-better known in the late war by the name of the Harry Dundas; is invaluably prized by the Scotch, and certainly poffeffes very confiderable metal; but he is remarkable for nothing fo much as for the fuperabundance of cabins, offices, and fuch-like fhip-conveniencies, which the contains, and which are carefully stocked with her favourite Scotch crews. For the credit of this fhip, when the changed her name, the did not defert her party. This prudent confiftency has again brought her into fervice, and the has fucceeded in the room of the gallant Earl St. Vincent.

The Jenkinfon-Capt. Hawkesbury-is of the fecond rate, a leading man of war; bears down upon her opponent in a fine ftyle; fires her broadfides clofe, and with much effect, and is retained in the present fervice.

The Ryder Capt. Ilarrowby-a new ship juft launched; he is fuppofed, however, to be in very feeble condition. She cruifes on the Foreign Station, where it is thought she will not remain long.

The Jefferies-Capt. Camden-has never yet fignalized herfelf; nor are any great expectations formed of her, as she is known not to poffefs the ability of making her guns fpeak loud.

The Giant Refresh'd-Capt. Eldon-is rather apt to fail flow, and go too widely on her tacks; but is not the worfe for being ufed as a Royal Home Guard-fhip.