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And nymphs, tho' rural, whofe vocal pow'rs,

Attracts the warblers from the spray. The winding ftreams of limpid water, That gently murmurs thro' the dales ;› Exempts the mind from fad diforder,

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And gloomy thoughts with mirth re- Prevaricating hits great Nelson spurn'd;

gales.

An agile concert, swiftly chafes,

The timorous hare over the lawn,

While the echoing horn pierce its receffes, And roules quickly the nimble fawn. Among thofe fcenes of admiration,

Of gothic building, a mansion stands, Whofe stately site and decoration, Ornaments the ambient lands. Beneath its dome-tranquility, Reigns facred freedom's advocate, Whole thoughts, and fenfibility, Increase the blifs of this kind, etreat. 12 Dawson fireet. P-E-S. May, 1808.

The British Tar. WITH one bright 1park of pure celeftial fire, O! mufe, propitious, animate my lyre ; Aid me to fing in fweet heroic lays The much lamented, matchlefs, Nelfon's praise:

Nelson the brave, the thunderbolt of war, The pride and boast, of ev'ry British tar. Dejected weeping from her ambient wave, See Britain's genius bend o'er Nelfon's grave;

And, while fhe views the laurel he has won, She mourns her here my son, my

fon!"

While trophies deck his fad funeral car, Grief melts to tears the vet'ran British

tar.

Ye butterflies of war, O vaunt no more
Your puny feafts-while we his lofs de
plore :
June, 1808.

For battle dangers ardently he burn'd. Victory or death' th' exulting hero cries; Victory or death!' re-echoed to the skies! While glory beam d from his illuftrious ftar,

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Victory or death!' cried ev'ry British tar.

'Midft dusky clouds of fmoke, and bellowing rage,

Cool and intrepid, foremost to engage (His heroes true to fignal every man), In Gallant order Nelfon led the van;

Nelion in virtue great, as brave in war, The bright example of each British tar. By friendship chear'd, and valours facred prize,

In Vitry's arms the hero falls !'-he dies!
Triumphant fhouts on fighs now pass away,
And forrow o èrcaft its brightest day.

Immortal fame fhall found his name afar,
Belov'd and mourn'd by ev'ry British tar

As tinder blaze, a momentary fire, (pire;
So foon French boaft and Spanish pride ex-
Like magic, Britifh thunder lays them low,
And wins new trophies from the vanquish'd
(war,
Proftrate they lie, and yield the prize of
To crown the glory of each British tar.

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Thrice noble hero!-o'er his clay cold

urn

To latest time his countrymen fhall mourn;
And, while to his remains they honors
give,

In every memory Nelson's name fhall live
His tame fhall tell to regions diftant far,
The peerlets courage of the British tar,
Imagination vainly would afpire

To paint the patriot's and the hero's fire.
Let Copenhagan fpeak!-Aboukir's bay!
Where Gallia's pride in terror died away.
In danger fearlefs refolute in war,
No hero equals Britain's gallant tar.
The nation's debt of gratitude great shade,
Immortal Nellon to thy memory paid,
To heav'n we turn, with fupplicating eyes,
And pray that future Nellons may arife,
To teach Napoleon and his friends in
[tar.
They still must stoop to Britain's valiant
32 Dawson-fireet,
P. ES,
May 6, 1808.

war,

On hearing Mifs E—I—n O'H—r—a of N.
Row, Play on the Piano Forte.

AH! is it poffible for human art

[train
To touch thefe keys, and caufe so sweet a
Sure, when fuch facred raptures they im-
part,
[complain.
Some hands divine thus prompts them to
O! how the foul in extacy is loft, [ears!
When fuch enchanting numbers ftrike the
She feems transported to iome heav'nly.
coaft,
[fpheres.

Where love and mufic tune the rolling
! mufic, daughter of eternal love.
To earth's grand bound art thou returned
once more,

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The bolom of thy fav'rite maid to move,
And thrill the foul with joys unknown
before,
Orpheus, of old, could to the trembling
Make ev'n the lavage train attentive
stand:

He, favour'd bard, felt thy ethereal fire
And thy celestial concords could com-
mand!

But fhould another Orpheus try his skill,
And melt the foul to grief, or fire with

rage;

'Tis En's power alone that rage mult Tis her diviner trains that griet affuage June 14, 1808,

N.

An English Version of an Infcription, &c. Vid.
pag. 250. Ap. Mag.
ALAS! this fhady walnut-tree beneath,
In his untimely grave, poor Hold-faft's
plac'd,
Having, thro' life, with Honefty and faith,

Difcharg'd his duty, and his da grac'd.

The ornament and matchless pride was

The honor of the outlaw d canine k Both for his beauty and fagacity, Both for his courage and his courteou mind:

Yet, these most rate endowments were t all,

He was the faithful guardian of this land He vigil often, at von neighb'ring bail, With conftancy, and faithfulness d stand.

Whom neither shame, nor laws, nor deatht
could fright,

His barking ftun'd; yea ev'n his very fig
Nor hell itself, nor Cerb'rus terrify,
Difmay'd, dilcourag'd and compell
fly.

Ah! from his mafter death Was fnatched
away
[brabes
Him fcorning equally or threats, &
A creature useful and fincere by day,
And formidable to nocturnal tribes.
Now while his mafter (long as is allow'd

For any fuch companion) fadly grieves,
All felons may rejoice, each nightly crowd,
Marauders, cut-throats, murderers, and
thieves :b

Yes-ev'ry gang profane, and villain dread
May fing, and dance, and play their

antics o'er,

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Obtulit. Virg. Æneis book 6.

illum vitam tàm utilem agentem; Luna a Nocturnal tribes.) Sol (dies) invenit (max) reliquit amarum malis; mors arripuit charum bonis.

b Marauders &c.) Prædo, prædator, Latro, &c. in the original; the two fir are nearly alike and fignify a robber, or plunderer; but prædator has fometimes a very bad meaning: Latro fignifies a cut purie; Fur, a common thiet; and Furci. her, a thief formerly punished by carrying on his back, thro' the city, a crofs or gallows.

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are the eyes of Europe now fixed, and there the fovereign of France fits arbiter on the destinies of Spain. What a contrast to the fcenes of former times! when the ancestor of the royal competitors for the crown left Paris o take poffeffion of the throne of Spam, and feat the Bourbon dynasty in the Efcurial The Bourbons are now fuing to a Corficanto a man whofe ancestors were not known in the time of Louis XIV.→ they are fuing to him to determine which is to be a king; he is to decide between the father and the fon, and his word wili be the law. Whether he will condefcend to let a Bourbon reign, or if he does, which he will chofe, time must determine. The real fact is, that whichever again affumes the title of king, it is or little confequence, for neither will enjoy in future real kingly power: that is now vefted in Bonaparte, and the nominal king of Spain will in fact be only the deputy of the French emperor.

At the court of Bonaparte, at Bayonne, are not only the old king and queen of Spain, with their fon (the new king), but alio the late fallen minifter the prince of the peace ; all three important perfonages at the prefent time, and all three to be made ufe of by the puiffant emperor as occafion may require. It was expected that Bonaparte would have gone to Madrid to fettle the difference, but he prefers the fafer fituation for a time, and his armies are arranging matters, if netesfary for his prefence.

The poins in difpute between the two kings are the nature of the abdication of the father, and the right of the fon to affume the reigns of government. If the abdication was an act of force and violence, the younger muft fall to the ground, and the difcuffion on thefe cafes may be prolonged by Bonaparte at will. What the prince of peace has to do there it is not easy to des termine. If the rights of fovereigns can be tried by an emperor, the right or the crimes of a fubject are cognizable only by his own lord, and his face will depend on that of his matter. If the old king is ref tored, he will carcely be adopted. His abdication will probably be deemed valid, and the young king s claim will not foơn be lettled. it is faid, however, that latter has expreffed a degree of contrition for his conduct, and it is even afferted that he has refigned his crown. Nothing is im probable in this cafe. Both ather and fon are weak men, both incapable of, ruling a nation in troublercine times.

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Disturbances have prevailed in Madrid, and rifen to fuch an height as to require via gorous exertions on the part of the French, Bloo has been shed on both fide, but the Spaniards were brought into order. ith out a head, without any perlon in whom

they

they can confide, what can the people do? Detpotifm never fees its folly till it is too late. This is fufficiently exemplified in the two great kingdoms of France and Spain. The Bourbon family, in two of its branches, had the poffeffion of thefe kingdoms, and they obtained the great obiect of their ambition-abloiue rule, without the intervention of the conftitutional authorities, fo wifely placed under them in France; the affembly of the three eftates in Spain, the Cortez. What did the Bourbon family gain by this conqueft over their own fubjects? The difguft of the middle ranks, and an apathy to their interefts, except in those who were paid to fupport them. The destruction of the family was brought about by different modes in the new kingdoms: in the one by the people themselves rifing against their fovereign, in the other by the people fitting tamely by, whilft a foreign army was taking offeffion of the kingdom. Deipots will not learn by thefe examples, but continue in the utual progreis, they will exafperate the people till they turn with rage or indignation against their mafteis, or they will fo break their spirits, that it is in different to them who is their mafter. Thus Providence teachs mankind, that government is of high import, and that they who will not study its duties, merit to be hurled from their thrones, and to be made an example to the world. We may extend our pity to fuffering individuals, but for the fake of a few, the interefts of the many are not to be facrificed.

It is a curious question whether Bonaparte will now go to Madrid. He will not do it unless he has fecured the country completely by his troops. At pen the Spanish army must be completely we kened, the officers fcarcely knowing of whom they hold their commiffions. Many reforms muft take place in the kingdom, and thofe will proceed as a boon from the French em peror, not from a Spanith monarch. The enlightened mind of the former will know how to turn every thing to his own advantage, and it will not be difficult for him to appear in the light of a benefactor. No hing has as yet tranfpired of his intentions, and it is probable that every thing has been determined upon at Bayonne, before it is read in the privy council of Spain. Very probable Gibraltar will be an object of his military plans, and if we can keep the French and Spanish forces employed, as we did in a preceding war, it may be fome fatisfaction to us, that his entry into Spain has not met with complete fuccefs.

In Portugal every ting follows his will. The late reigning family ha. no intere in the minds of the bulk of their subject, and their departure is not regretted but by thole

whofe property is in danger from the ram. city of the French. These perfons are dai ly endeavouring to get away, and thus af fording new pretexts for plunder to the n ing powers. Very fevere edicts have been iffued, and great care is taken to prevent a correspondence with our fleets. The fear city of provisions is, however, by no means of that nature as was at firit reprefere Some articles are dear, but the country very far from being under any apprehen on of famine. Our accounts, however, from the interior of that country are fcanty, that its real ftate is hardly to be a certaine !.

From the Youth of Europe our attention is called to the north, and the king of Swe den clims the respect due to his spirit of chivalry. He has manfully thrown o the gauntlet to his two great antag uh, Ruflia, and Denmark, and as yet the French troops have not affailed him. Itis to be hoped that our quadrons will be able to prevent a landing of the French in Swe den, and alto, by cruizing in the Baltic, to prevent a Ruffian armament from con voying its troops over the gulph of Bath nia. As yer the war has been to the difad vartage of the king of Sweden. The Ruf fians may be faid to be at this monent masters of Finland; they have taken Swea borg, the Gibraltar of the north, and with this important fortress have poffeffed themfelves of grear quantities of naval and mi litary fores, and the Swedith flotilla in the harbour of Sweaborg. This is a d blow to the king; for his army in Finland muft now either retreat, or be fupported by a confiderable army tiom Sweden. If it retreats, the Ruffians will place themfelves in fecurity in the ports on the eaft of the gulpa o Bothnia, ready to transport them elves into Sweden, and attack the north, while the French are invading the iouth of that kingdom. If the Finland army fheud be enforced, then the strength of the inte rior of Sweden will be diminished, and great danger is to be apprehended from the

Danes and French.

It is most probable that Finland is left to its fate, and the next accounts will be, that the greatest part of the pwedish army in Finland has fhared the fate of the fortress of Sweaborg. Sull Sweden is not conquer. ed. The news of the lofs of this fortres has not damped the ardour of the chival rous king. On receiving the news, he im mediately broke the commanding officer in council with him, who had not protented against the convention. We do not ima. gine that this is the best way to remvigo rate his ariny. He might have opped till

a court-martial had been holden on the con

duct of the officers, and their guilt had

been

een completely afcertained. General

Whitelocke was not difmiffed from the fervice till after a trial: and we should have thought it very ftrange if the duke of York bad been cashiered, when he faved himself and army by his articles of convention with a French general.

the Swedes are far from being fatisfied with the inroads made on their conftitution in late reigns.

The east of Europe promifes fome scenes of warfare before the fummer is over The Porte, it is faid, has broken with the French, refusing to comply with their requeft to be permitted to pafs an army through the Turkish dominions to attack us in India. Conftantinople has given a fufficient leffon to its poffeffors to beware of fuch friends. The Franks were fome ages ago permitted to enter its vicinity in their way to the Holy Land, and they returned the compliment by taking poff ffion of the town. If their fucceffors, the French, had a fimilar permiffion, we should dread a fimilar fate for the Turkish metropolis. But whether the French are permitted or not to pafs by this road, the fall of Conftantinople. feems to be near at hand. This will be a good pretext for the French, and as foon as Bonaparte has fettled matters in Spain and Portugal, he will avail himself of it to make a divifion of the Turkish dominions in Europe.

In the convention at Sweaborg a very extraordinary article has been introduced, and evidently with the defign of bringing the conduct of the English at Copenhagen into contempt. The article runs thus- The flotilla ihall be rettored to Sweden, according to the particular return made thereof, after the conclufion of peace, in cafe that England fhould alfo reftore to Denmark the fleet which the took last year. Now there feems to be no analogy between the two cafes. Ruffia by fair war, and after a de. claration of war, takes a fortrels ani a flotilla; England, without a declaration of war, and in time of profeffed peace and amity, feizes the fleet of its friends, and fet on fire his capital. There is no comparilon in the values of the fleet and the flotilla, and it is evident this article can be introduced with a view only of acting upon the minds of the Swedish nation, and parThe moment the French enter ticularly upon that part of it which holds Greece, they will find the native Grecks our conduct at Copenhagen in indignation, prepared to receive them, and the Turks, This is to thew, that the war is not fod vided among themselves, able to make much with the Swedish nation as the Sweduh king, and that the ground of it is his adherence to the caule of England. In the French can make a landing in Sweden, they will a ani themiclves of fimilar artifices, and the chivalrous king must be as much upon his guard against the treachery of his own fubjects as the word of his enemy.

In this cafe little difficulty is to be ap. prehended.

very litle refittance. As they approach the capital, the thiength of the Turks will be more concentrated, but the united itrength of Auftria and France muft overpower them. Conftantinople will again become an European capital, and the activity and energy of the French will give new life to the letponding Greeks. Degraded for fo inany years by abje& flavery and a molt wretched fuperaition, they may still revive, and the Turks themselves, leaving the tooleries of their Koran, my become capable of better civilitacion. No one can tell to what extent the effects of the French revolution will reach, but if this diverfion is made by the Turks, it will tave for lome time longer our poffeffions in India from an attack, which threatens a complete overthrow of our power in the east.

How far the attack upon Norway has ucceeded we cannot tell. It is astonishing how imperfect our accounts are from the countries which are still open to us. But we cannot conceive that the king of Sweden, will derive any great advantage from this attack If it requires many troops, they will be carried too far from home at the time they are molt needed. As we have fent off a grand expedition, if it is directed to the fourth of his kingdom, it may with our fleet be very efficacious to his relief, Europe prefents us with falling thrones. and Bonaparte may wait another fummer One fovereign feems to have choien a better betore ne receives dispatches from Berna- part than the reit, and by qui ting a kingdotte, dated at Stockholm. Indeed, it we dom in which he could only have been the confider the state of the two counties, viceroy of bonapute, he has made his Sweden and Denmark, and our fuperiorny elcape to a great continent, where with at fea, it feems impoffible that the French, common prudence he may lay the foundati fhould be able to land an army in Sweden, on of an empire, that may in iplendour Without very great mitmanagement. The outthine hereafter that of the conqueror of next report will fet us at eale on this head, Europe. The news is confirmed, "that the and then Sweden has to fear only the attack pince regent of Fortugal is the acknowof Ruffia, an attack which it is completely ledged 'overeign of the Brazils. He nas efcompetent to ward off, unless the king has tabled his court, and been received with loit the confidence of his subjects many of acclamations by the natives, who are pleats

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