Poetical Effays. The Rofe, unable to fupport his fame, Owns with a blush her fweets, and dies with fhame; And lilies, envious as the Belles can be, Hang their white heads, becaufe not fair as the. KEW. PROLOGUE to the Fashionable Lover: Spoken by Mr. WESTON, in the Character of a Printer's Devil. AM a Devil, so please you-and muft Up to the Poet yonder with this proof: I'd read it to you, but, in faith, 'tis odds For one poor Devil to face so many Gods. A ready imp I am, who kindly greets Young Authors with their firft exploits in fheets; 33 While the Prefs groans, in place of dry- LADIES, your Country's ornament nurse stands, and pride, Ye, whom the nuptial deity has ty'd And takes the bantling from the Mid- In filken fetters, will you not impart, wife's hands. If any author of prolific brains, In this good company, feels labour-pains; If any gentle Poet, big with rhime, Has run his reck'ning out, and gone his time; If any Critic, pregnant with ill-nature, Cries out to be deliver'd of his fatire; Know fuch that at our Hofpital of Mufes He may lye-in, in private if he chufes; We've fingle lodgings there for fecret finners, With good encouragement for young beginners. Here's one now that is free enough in reafon; This bard breeds regularly once a feafon; Three of a fort, of homely form and fea For Pity's fake, fome portion of your art To a mere novice, and prefcribe fome plan How you would have me live with my good man? Tell me, if I should give each paffing hour Dilplay your powers, and let your radiance shine! Hail, in enraptur'd lays, the happy morn, Maintain like her (if possible) that name, And fan, like her, your confort's growing flame; By her, be taught your tender babes to rear, And make your offspring-your pecu liar care. Hail, favour'd Britons, in this happy ifle, You fhare with rapture, Charlotte's envy'd fimile; The feat of freedom, which all pleasure brings The Chriftian Ruler, and the best of Kings! Thou Goddess health! Regard the fa cred pair Let no rude vifitation enter there. Preferve their tender offspring from a larms, Nor let pale fickness, e'er defpoil their charms. And thou bright mirror of thy fex's fame, Let confcious virtue thy deferts proclaim Merits that awe at once and charm manMerits, that make thee of Angelic kind; kind. PHILOBIBLIAN. On a late MARRIAGE. When Charlotte, Heav'n's firit favourite Long Europe's laughter and her own -was born. Retune your Lyres-and as you touch each string With vocal melody-her praifes fing; Teach every corner of the peopled "earth To blefs the dear remembrance of her birth; Tell to the world-in ever living fongs, What Majefty and worth-to her belongs Speak, with what pleasure, Pallas has refin'd The pure, exalted, dictates of her mind. In HER we fee-benevolence impart That Godlike attribute-a feeling heart. Where juftice, mix'd with clemency, is seen, To conftitute-the fympathizing Queen. Happy! and ever prompted to redress The wants and grievances of keen diftrefs; Born to do good-each forrow to affuage She lives a pattern, to reform the age; .difgrace, Britain has mourn'd her too degenerate D' Foreign and Domestic Intelligence. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1772. R. Solander and Mr. Banks are to fet out on their voyage the latter end of next month. They are to have two men of war, three frigates, and feveral tranfports, for carrying over fome families and ftores, in order to make a fettlenrent at Port Egmont. Extract of a letter from the Hague, dated Dec. 27. "The elders of the Jews Synagogue in London have written a very polite letter to Sir Jofeph York, the British Amballador refiding here, moft earnestly requefting that his Excellency will be pleafed for the future not to give any paflports to any Jews whatfoever, fuch only excepted as fhall bring with them letters of recommendation, well attefted by two or more perfons of note and character. It is true, Sir Jofeph York has hitherto moft fcrupulonfly complied with this request of the Jewish Synagogue; but thefe artful Ifraelites are nevertheleis very far from being precluded of their passage to England, fince they have nothing more to do, then to go to the Dutch Commiffary at Helvoetfluys, there pay for a paffport, and then they eafly get admittance on board the next failing packet-boat. Thus the good intentions of the Jewish Synagogue are defeated, except in fuch cales where paupers of the Jewish nation are not able to pay for a paffport and a paffage in the packet boat.-Is it not worth while for the Jewish elders to take this hint to them into confideration ?” Thursday, Jan. 2. Orders are given from the Treasury-office for 30,000l. to be iffued to make fome alterations and additions in his Majesty's Royal Hofpital at Greenwich. On Tuesday Mr. Turner, an ingenious young artist, who is engaged to go with Mr. Banks to the South Seas, was by that gentleman prefented to his Majefty at the Queen's Palace, and gracioutly received. It is faid that a Great Perfonage has fignified his pleafure, that, for the future, there may be no card-playing among the fervants, or guards, in any of the under offices or apartments of the Queen's Palace. In the garden of Phillipps, Efqs of Pent-y-park, in Pembrokeshire, is a Narciffus Polyanthus in full bloom; and in the garden of Mr. Roger Hines, of Harwich, in the county of Effex, there is a role-tree at prefent with rofes fully blown. What is more remarkable, is, that the tree ftands in the open garden without any fhelter, and though it bears feveral roles, yet it has but very few, if any, leaves on it. Friday Mr. Mariner, bookfeller, in Covent-garden, was releafed from his imprisonment in the King's-Bench. About ten months fince Mr. Mariner was had up by information before Lord Chief Juftice Mansfield, and was fentenced to be imprifoned twelve months. His offence was for felling two numbers of a paper called The Whisperer. He petitioned his Majefty for a release, who has granted him his pardon. We hear that there is a scheme in agitation, to fearch all the Dutch packetboats at Harwich, left they may have plate or other valuables in them, ftolen in this country, in order to carry to Holland, which will be of great fervice to the community. Friday, Jan. 3. We are well informed, that Jeremiah Dyfon, Efq; has refufed an Irish Peerage, which has been offered him, and has requested a Baronet's patent in England, which, we hear, will foon be made out for him. His Royal Highness has won the Jockey Club cup, worth 1.500. and it was lately carried down to Windfor Lodge, filled with money won on the fame occafion, by his having the best horse in the whole catalogue of fubfcribers. On Tuefday and Wednesday his Majefty's bounty, given on occafion of the launch of the Grafton, was distributed at Deptford, when it amounted to 10s. 11d. per man. By a letter from Salisbury we hear, that Mifs Elwill, daughter of Sir John Elwill, Bart. had a prize of 2000 I. drawn a few days fince in the late lottery. Mr Cother, the farmer of Sandhurst, who has half the 20,000l. prize loft fome hundred pounds from the damage of his corn and hay-ftacks by the high flood that happened last year. Drinkwater, another farmer of the fame place, who is poffeffed of a quarter of the laid przei, hath a family of fix chil E 2 Mr. dren, 36 Foreign and Domestic Intelligence. Yesterday were executed at Tyburn, purfuant to their fentence, (attended by the Under Sheriff) Powel, Burch, and Martin, for forgery. Powel behaved with great fortitude and refignation to his fate, which drew tears from many of the fpectators. He exhorted his fellow-fufferers not to be difmayed, but put their truft in God. He faid he was happy in going out of this world. He went in a mourning coach, and the other two in a cart. When they came to the place of execution, they prayed and fung pfalms. Martin and Burch behaved with great decency: They were turned off about eleven. Powel was brought back in the coach he went in to an undertaker's. He delivered fome letters to the turnkey before he went out of the Prefs-yard. Burch and Martin, executed yesterday for forgery, were attended in the cart by two perfons, who fung pfalms with them 'the greater part of the way to the place of execution. On Wednesday night, about eleven o'clock, a reprieve came to Newgate for Jofeph Flendell, for burglary, and John Young, alias Smith, for robbing Efther Bulford, on the highway. His Majefty hath been pleased to grant a free pardon to Robert Anguo, who in September laft was convicted at the OldBailey to be tranfported, for stealing two hats, the property of Nicholas Pratt, in Harp-alley. On Tuesday a fmall worker in filver was taken into cuftody by Sir John Fielding's men, at his lodgings in Goldenlane, charged with coming; a great number of new fixpences were found in his apartments: He was, after an examination before the above Magiftrate, committed to Newgate, in order to take his trial at the next feffion at the OldBailey. Leeds, Dec. 31. As a proof of the mildness of the feafon, on Christmasday were plucked in the garden of Thomas Kitchingman, of Mirfield, four Dutch tulips, in full bloom, of a curious fort, their colours exceeding beautiful, but the stems not quite fo ftrong as in fummer. There are alfo in the faid garden, full-blown carnations of various colours. A robin's neft with young ones in it was found in the neighbourhood of Birttall laft week, By a private letter from Bourdeaux, it fecms, a ftrong fufpicion prevails there, that his late Royal Highness the Duke of York was poifoned; and that a certain lady (a foreigner) who had connections of a fingular nature with his Royal Highnefs during his ftay in Bourdeaux, does not stand clear of having been directly concerned in this hitherto myfterious and infernal tranfaction. There is a report in the environs of St. James's, that the Duke and Dutchefs of C have received a preffing and affectionate invitation to the Court of Denmark, and that the higheft umbrage has been taken thereat. The Dutchefs of C was of feveral private parties of the King of Denmark, on his tour to this kingdom, and was not a little no◄ ticed by the Monarch. A few days, ago, a gentleman who came into the poffeffion of the perfonal effects of his grandfather, lately deceafed, found amongst his forty lottery tickets, fome of them down papers above to fo low a date as 1729; he looked upon them, however, as only fo and left them amongst fome waste pamany blanks, pers: But telling the circumftance, by accident, to a friend, he advised him to have them examined-he did fo-and, to his great furprize and pleasure, found amongst them one five hundred pound prize, two fingle hundreds, a fifty, and two twenties. Extract of a letter from Dantzick, Den cember 13. "An account is juft arrived here from Warfaw, of Kofinfki having been ftrangled in his confinement, by the over officious zeal of two of his Polish Majefty's officers, who rafhly took it into their heads, this defperado fhould not be faved, though the King had given his facred word no harm Thould come to him. This impolitic ftroke has greatly offended the Polish Monarch, who has certainly no quarter now to expect from any of the Confederates, if ever he fhould be fo unfortunate as to fall into their hands again." M. de Brill, Governor of Yokhutsk, a city in Siberia, has introduced inocula tion for the finall-pox into that country, where that distemper proved remarkably fatal. He began by inoculating four of his own family, who doing well, the people flocked to him, and he inoculated 50 perfons in the month of June laft. Laft Wednesday Mr. Dunning, Mr. Wedderburne, and Mr. Thurloe, were elected Governors of the Foudling Hofpital. Saturdays Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. Saturday, Jan. 4. Great preparations are making at Conftantinople, to repair the lofles fubftained by the late defeat, which is faid to be owing to a mutiny amongst the Janiffaries, who murdered their Aga, or General, and immediately quitted the field of battle. It was with difficulty the Grand Vizir escaped with the ftandard of Mahomet. Peterburgh, Dec. 10. Letters from Mofcow advife that the Chiefs in the late revolt, with their accomplices, to the number of 300, have undergone their punishments. Four of thote charged with the murder of the Archbishop, have been hanged, and 62 others concerned with them, after having received the knout, have had their nofes bored, and been fent to the gailies for life. An Ecclefiaftic has been delivered over to be tied by the Clergy, and 133 others received lefs rigorous punishments. Thefe letters add, that the cold having fet in, the deaths have decreased to 200 a day. Extract of a Letter from Paris, Dec. 23. "On Friday laft a very extraordinary and fatal event happened at the Duke de la Valliere's. The Marquis de Sorba, Minifter from the Republic of Genoa, was at dinner with him, when one of the company at table told the Duke that he did not like his wine, which had a particular tafte, and whilft the Duke was answering him, M. de Sorba fell down dead, without uttering a word. "The Sieur Preville, a celebrated French comedian, whofe talents may be fet in competition with thofe of the famous English Garrick, hath juft obtained permiffion from the King to establish a Dramatic School for training up young actors; and also an appointment from his Majefty of two thousand crowns." On Thursday laft the Hon. Mr. Fitzherbert, one of the Lords of the Treafury, after having taken an airing on hotleback, took the opportunity of hanging himself in his ftables. Portsmouth, Jan. 2. At the conclufion of the late war a young female took it into her head to put on boys apparel, and entered on board the Royal William man of war, as fervant to one of the warrant-officers, by the name of William Chandler, in which capacity the ferved until the fhip was paid off; afterwards fhe was placed as an apprentice to a fhipwright in this yard for feven years, during which time the behaved extremely well, enduring every hardship and fatigue with the other apprentices. She has 37. fince worked as a fhipwright for two years, but at laft, apprehending her fex was difcovered, the left the dock-yard the other day, and went immediately to London, where the got a petition wrote for her, fetting forth every circumstance, which the prefented to her Majefty, who, we hear, has been graciously pleafed to order her a hand fome annuity, from her own bounty, for life, and an apartment to live in, for this extraordinary act of female heroifm. Monday, Jan. 6. A fpecies of counterfeit quarter guineas are now very current. They are copper gilt, near as thick as a half guinea, pretty rough, and a very pale colour, and bear the refemblance of the die in 1762. On Friday in the afternoon a quarrel arofe in Hound fditch between fome Englifh and Dutch failors, when one of the Dutchmen drew a knife and stabbed one of the Englishmen in the belly: It is thought the wound will prove mortal; the Dutchman was fecured. Some time fince Tuesday, Jan. 7. the following affair happened at Hinchinbroke, the feat of the Earl of Sandwich. A Captain of a recruiting party at Huntingdon went feveral times on his Lordship's manor to shoot, &c. the Earl feverely reprimanding him, one might the Captain took a ferjeant, two foldiers, and a drummer, carried them to Hinchinbroke, and broke several windows in his Lordship's houfe, one of which was a fine old painted window, containing all the coats of arms belonging to that antient family, which window his Lordhip cannot replace for less than ten thoufand pounds. The offenders are now in Huntingdon jail. On Sunday as a Great Perfonage was going to St. James's, he had a paper put into his hand, by a well-dreffed man, on which was wrote the following text of Scripture: Firft go and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Wednesday, Jan. 8. An exprefs was difpatched on Monday with letters to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester at Rome; the meffenger was ordered to make no ftay, but to return with all poffible speed, and bring an account, properly attefted by his phyficians, of the ftate of his Royal Highness's health. On Friday__laft her Royal Highness the Princefs Dowager of Wales was fo much recovered from her late illness, that, accompanied by her Serene Highnefs the Princefs of Brunfwick, the viewed |