358 Original Poetry. [Nov. 1, captains of vessels coming from the East subject-matter shall not exceed a certain Indies from penalties for having foreignmade sails. May 27, 1814.-1. LXVII. An act to allow viva voce verdicts to be returned to the high court and circuit courts of justiciary in Scotland, in certain cases; and for allowing appeals to the circuit courts of justiciary, in civil cases, to a certain amount. May 27, 1814.-1. Verdicts may be received from the mouth of the chancellor of the jury. - Forms hitherto in use may be directed to be observed, and the act not to extend to cases of treason. -Appeals in matters civil shall be allowed to the circuit courts of justiciary, where the sum. LXVIII. An act for the better regulation of ecclesiastical courts in Ireland; and for the more easy recovery of church rates and tithes. June 17, 1814.-1. Excommunication in certain cases to be discontinued.-Punishment to be by imprisonment.-Justices to be empowered to decide tithe-causes, where the amount is not above 101. LXIX. An act to permit the exportation of corn, grain, meal, malt, and flour, from any part of the united king, dom, without payment of duty, or receiving of bounty. June 17, 1814.-1, ORIGINAL POETRY. MORNING. An ODE.-In imitation of COLLINS's Ode to EVENING. NOW Morn is risen from her cloud-form'd couch, And, as she opes the curtains of the day, Are shed o'er this fair world ;- And, with undaunted eye, She comes, the peerless bride of royal Day, All hail to thee! maid of the blushing cheek, Full welcome are thy cheerful smiles to me,- Whose wings of dusky hue Throw o'er my joys a shade; But thy full-beaming and all-bright'ning eye Is the rich star of all my youthful hopes,— With an unerring light, Guiding to Fleasure's paths : And see, the mother of the dimpled Joys, With a much-meaning smile, Behold young Laughter, with distended mouth, Comes in her train, urging on sullen Spleen, Who, ever and anon, Murmurs forth vengeful threats; But meek Forbearance, with beseeching look, And a restraining hand, steps forth his friend : At her approach, the crowd Shrink silently aback. And hark! the horn now breathes its tuneful. notes, The sons of Exercise inviting to the chace; From her deep rocky cell Echo gives back the sound,And sprightly Health, with limbs which warmly flush, Glides with a fairy fleetness through the vale, Brushing away the pearls Which deck each flower's head ; The freshen'd flowers, awaken'd from repose, Diffuse their plenteous stores of luscious sweets, Soft zephyrs hover round, But who is she that mounts yon craggy height? 'Tis high-puls'd Fancy, Nature's wildest child! Her eye full swiftly roves, And eke her lightsome feet. Thou of the eye of all creative pow'r, Whose smiles are magic, and whose words are fire, Come, and be thou my guide, To Fiction's fairy bow'rs; And I will cull from Poesy's fair groves EPITAPH On a BEAUTIFUL CHILD and its MOTHER. A tender bud a rose-tree bore,, Purer than the ocean-gem, It bloomed, and drooped to bloem no more. No more to breathe in balmy bower, H. S. B. In this translation I have deviated a little from the original, as the idea contained in the text is too common-place. THE DYING PENITENT. 350 Stretch'd on a bed of penitence and care, The shades of death in ev'ry look pourtray'd, And mark'd with characters of deep despair, The friendless suffering penitent is laid. Her eyes fast closing from the light of day; Her cheeks with livid paleness overspread; The smile enchanting, and the song so gay, Are sunk in silence, and in sorrow fled. Her heart, which guilty tumults ever seiz'd, Droops in despondency and sinks in fear; And ev'ry thought seducing flattery pleas'd, Lives but to draw the sad and frequent Let Whiston and Ditton star-gazing enjoy, And taste all the sweets mathematics can give; Let us for our time find a better employ, And knowing life's sweets, let us learn how to live. CHORUS. Then lay by your books, &c. CHORUS. Then lay by your books, &c. Learn to value the blessings kind heaven or- [Nov. 1, And without aid of Ribband, right carefully At the altar your bride would have pass'd for Oct. 10, 1814. TO A SINGING BIRD. Sweet musician, pride of song, To make other men happy, let that be All thy pleasures-all thy pains- CHORUS. Let each day be better than each day be- Speak thy heart's delight, and mine fore, Gladness shall receive from thine; Is she faithless? let me know All the story of thy woe. Has a truant's hand bereft thee To the AUTHOR of the CHARADES in the Know my heart is form'd to feel; MAGAZINE. Whatsoever be thy ditty, YOUR first, the loud note of the merry-ton'd Chant it unconstrain'd and free, Hark! now rouses the woodlands around; Your second, the Pipe which blithe Corydon blows, Responsively joins in the sound. E'er alive to his harmony, traces, beaming eyes, Well displays the fair Nymph's airs and The toper, 'midst his jovial crew, But moistens well his thirsty Lips, Your whole then was in Bridge-street found, And there perchance still wends, Before it's ta'en, neat box of deal Which health to fainting wretch imparts, At sight of flirts, or rack'd with care, Your Rib is your wife, and his Band lent a grace To the parson who lock'd you in Hymen's embrace; Still assur'd to find in me One that shall thy music love, J. A. ON THE OAK. Supremely tall, and tow'ring in the skies, Her bulk increasing with the length of years: Hence Britain boasts her wide extensive And by th' expanded acorn rules the main. THE WREATH OF FAME. IF we were ever disposed to censure the conduct of the present administration, it is at this moment, when, with nearly the whole military force of the empire at their disposal, they seem still inclined to persist in the ruinous system of sending out small bodies of our brave troops to America, to be frittered away and destroyed in detail, instead of dispatching at once an army sufficiently powerful to bear down all opposition, and by the certain humiliation of the enemy to accelerate the return of peace. How severely soever the capture of the republican capital may wound the pride of the Americans, it is certainly in itself an event far less disastrous to them than the reverses sustained by our arms at Fort Erie, at Plattsburgh, and on Lake Champlain, must prove to the British cause in that remote quarter. We deprecate the adoption of half measures: if our maritime rights and our naval superiority shall be supported-and rather than yield an iota of either, let us, in the energetic language of a British senator, "nail the flag to the mast, and ship and all go down together" -if, we say, the points which led to the present contest shall be enforced on our part, let it be done in an impressive manner, and on a scale befitting our wealth, power, and resources. An expedition for America has been equipping with great dispatch during the past month at Portsmouth and Plymouth. It is composed of 3,000 choice troops, and 3 line of battle ships, besides smaller vessels of war and transports. Another expedition, consisting of four regiments, has assembled at Cork, and is to sail from that port, under convoy of his majesty's ship Sultan, as it is supposed, for the Floridas. FRANCE. The subjects which have occupied the attention of the Parliament, as we may term it, of France, during the past month, have been mostly of a local nature. The proposed law respecting the exportation of corn, the provisions of which were detailed in our last number, has been adopted. In addition to this measure, the laws relative to the naturalization of such natives of the departments separated by the late peace from the French monarchy as shall chuse to remove within its present limits; and to the cultivation of tobacco, the importation of foreign iron and steel, and the export of wool, have been the principal topics of discussion in the House of Deputies. The operation of the law for the regulation of the press begins to be felt. On the 30th of September, six booksellers were apprehended at Paris for circulating seditious publications. One of these, we are told, is written by a Septembrizer, and another by a furious regicide," covered, not only with the blood of his king, but with that of thousands of victims who perished in 1793." This last character is evidently designed for the well known Carnot, who, in a letter to the editor of one of the Paris journals, declares that the pamphlet circulated in his name under the title of "Memoir addressed to the King for the month of July, 1814," was print ed without his consent, and contrary to his intention. It does not appear that any legal steps have yet been taken against Carnot, who does not deny being the author of the pamphlet in question, in which he undertakes to justify the death of Louis XVI. and to defend a principle, the application of which is not confined to that unfortunate monarch, 362 New Laws for the Netherlands-Congress of Vienna. [Nov. 1, but, apparently, if not evidently, extended to living persons, to recent events, and to present circumstances, If it really is a libel, and examples must be made, it is to be hoped that, in the distribution of justice, the government will so far consult its dignity as to inflict the punishment where it is most deserved, and not descend to the prosecution of printers and booksellers, while the prime agent and author of the obnoxious production is permitted to escape. Our public prints have of late frequently called the attention of the country to the assistance which our new friends the French appear so well disposed to lend to the only enemy we now have, by permitting American privateers to refit in their ports. The mischiefs with which such a practice threatens our commerce are too self-evident and too ruinous for us to suppose that the British government can much longer avoid remonstrating with energy against its continuance. NETHERLANDS. During the important negociations at Vienna, no efforts are neglected for keeping up a formidable military appearance in this quarter, particularly on the French frontiers, so that the number of the troops stationed between Namur and Nieuport, exclusively of the garrisons of the towns, is estimated at 80,000. France, on her part, has considerably strengthened her garrisons along the whole boundary line, and is sending more troops from the interior. The late discussion of the law relative to naturalization, in the House of Deputies, has sufficiently betrayed the reluctance of the French to renounce their pretensions to these fine provinces. An important decree, relative to the liberty of the press, dated Sept. 23, has been published at Brussels. It annuls the French laws on that subject, and renders the authors or printers answerable for what they write or publish; but if the former be unknown, the whole responsibility falls upon the latter. The name of the printer must be affixed to all publications, or the omission will be a sufficient ground for prosecution. Every author of an original work has the exclusive right of printing and selling it in Belgium during his life, and the samne descends to his widow and heirs of the first generation, after whose death it becomes public property. Piracies entail the confiscation of the whole edition, and a fine amounting to the value of 300 copies of the work. No periodical print is to be continued or established, unless the conductors can satisfactorily prove that they have at least 300 subscribers. It will be obvious that the most important provisions of this measure nearly corre spond with the regulations established in our own country. The Prince Sovereign has issued a decree enjoining the solemn observance of the Sabbath; another for restoring the language of the country, which had fallen into disuse in consequence of the studied preference given to the French, during the union of Belgium with France; and a third for affording relief to the inferior clergy. GERMANY. It would be a waste of time and space to repeat all the speculations with which the continental journals teem relative to the future arrangement of the German empire, not even the leading points of which can yet be stated with any certainty. The eyes of the world are at present fixed upon the congress of Vienna, where the sovereigns of Austria, Russia, Prussia, Denmark, Bavaria, Würtemberg, Hesse, Brunswick, and many of the minor German princes, together with the ministers of Britain, France, Spain, Sardinia, and the Swiss confederacy, are engaged in regulating that political balance which is confidently hoped to ensure the future repose of Europe. Respecting the progress yet made in this important business, we are wholly ignorant, as we hear nothing of the illustrious personages as sembled in the Austrian capital, except in the diary of the festivities provided for their amusement. It is, however, but reasonable to presume that all the principal points will be adjusted before the departure of the sovereigns, who are expected to set out towards the end of October on their return to their respec tive dominions. The fate of Saxony still remains in suspense; but the arrest of several military officers of high rank who had signed a memorial in favour of their unfortunate sovereign for the purpose of being presented to the congress at Vienna, is no very auspicious omen for King Augustus. It seems more than probable that his dominions, if not doomed to pass entirely under a foreign sceptre, will at least be very much diminished. The Duke of Saxe Weimar, however, is reported to have declared his fixed determination to accept no part of the spoil, a share of which was intended for him. The Prince Bishop of Fulda died is |