Rushing from frigid Northern climes, he Alings

A cloudy mantle o'er the short-liv'd day. The tempeft howls along the roof highroir'd, [rious train, Then thro' the woodland leads its fuTears the few leafy honours Autumn frar'd, And madly ftrews them o'er th' adjacent plain.

Since Summer funs no more their influence lend, [pile; The blazing hearth high, high with fuel The pleafing volume, or the fecial friend, Can beft the dull, the flow-pac'd hours beguile.

Come,Cheerfulness, thy jocund fmile diffufe; And thou, fweet Health! thed thy ambrofial dews,

What deeds of love and charity are thine !
Sure Britain's Ifles a tenfold bleffing claim,
Whofe active mercies wide extend her fame.
See fmiling Pity bids yon pile,to rife,
That guards the wanderer from inclement
ikies *;

Behold the points where, cradled in repofe,
The orphan fmiles unconscious of its woes.
Here †, when compell'd by want or urg'd
by fhame,

The hapless Mother fhall forego her claim; Secure the yields the obje of her care, And joins a Parent's to a Nation's prav'r. And fee where fallen Virtue may retreat, Where lowly Penitence has fix'd her feat ;

Secluded from the world's unpitying eyes, Here trembling Hope and humble Farh fhali rife;

Here the fair victim of Deceit and Guile Shall learn from foft Humanity to frole; Accepted penitence shall peace restore, And the frail wanderer thall fin no more. Again Compaffion turns her tearful eye, And points where yonder dome § afcends on high:

O'hail, bleft Charity! whofe hand bestows A fafe afylum for the worst of woes; Where the poor maniac foothing pity finds, And Reafon's wounds Compaflion gently binds: [bed Here view Ambition on his ftraw-wove Plat regal diadems t' adorn his head; While the fair victim of a lover's vows Weaves willow garlands to entwine her brows.

Here,fhe'ter'd from the rude unfeeling gaze,
The voice of Sympathy fhall cheer thy days.
And fee where you atpiring turrets rife
The Nation's glory and the Slo's prize :

Poor houses. + Foundling Hofpital.
Magdalen. Bedlam. | Greenwich.

There in his chair he oft recounts the fight,
Points to his fears, and boats his youthful
might;
[slow,
See his proud heart with generous ardour
Again he combats and retakes the foe;
Now lifts bis hands to Heaven, and fervent
prays,
[days.

That glory long may crown fair Engl nd's
Well pleas'd, Benevolence furveys the plan,
That foothes the forrowes of afflisted man,
That to his griefs a ready and poftow s
And mixes gladdess in his cup of woes.
Such works as thete exalt the human name,
And grace the anuals of Britanma's fame;
But can they make the fleeting breath re-
turn,

Or bid the vital fpark again to burn?
Can they recall the victim of defpair,
Or bid him live to prove his Maker's care?
Can they the Widow's only comfort fave,
Refcae her child, her darling, from the
grave?

Or can they foothe the tender Wife's alarms, Who fees a Husband ravith'd from her

Or one, not left to Virtue's facred name,
Whom thy mild piety would not reclaim?
E'en the bold Atheist, who with feepticeyes
Views this fair oth, and yet his God denies,
Taught by thy words his felly hail deplore,
Raite his rapt eye to Heav'n, and God
adoré.

Where is the breaft fo dead to human wee,
That does not learn with fympathy to glow,
That does not forrow at the Mother's care,
Or in her newly-waken'd transports there?
Each bofom vibrates to the Wife's alarms,
And hails her Husband waking in her arms.
As thro' each icene the captive heart you
fway,
[tray,
Thro' fcenes which you fo feelingly pour-
Touch'd by foft pity never known before,
Behold the Mifer opes his hoarded fore;
Pays a fresh tribute to thy fervent zeal,
And now first learns for others griefs to

feel.

Say, redolent of childhood's frolic years, Turn not this day thy thoughts with pure delight

To when maternal folace footh'd thy tears, With all that pleas'd thine ear, or caught thy fight?

Of Power, of Wealth, let not the Syren band [way; Lull thy lapt foul, or lure from Realou's From bland Beneficence estrange thy hand, Or te npt from Virtue's laurel'd paths aftray!

"Thefe charms thall work thy foul's eternal health,"

When fades the glare of Power; when finks the pomp of Wealth! Chicbefter.

* Dr. Hawes.

TRANSLATION

OF THE

SIXTEENTH SATIPE OF JUVENAL. WHO, Gallos, can defcribe the fplendid charms,

The rich rewards, the privilege of arms? For, if fuccefs the Warior's labours crown, Me let the camp receive, yet freth from

town.

Of greater worth is Fortune's favʼring gale,
Than fhould ftern Mars believe the flat-
t'ring tale,
[fmile,
Which Venus promis'd with hewitching
Or Juno worship'd in the Samian Ifle.
Firft let us that no fmall advantage own,
Secure from ill to lord it o'er the gown.
The faber Citizen, in dulness bred,
Patient receives the blow,and hangs his head;
Ner to the Prætor owns his dire difgrace,
Nor shows his broken teeth and clotted face,
Cooten in filence all his grief to bear,
And defperate wounds which mock the
frugeon's care.

Bar, if redrets be fought, complete array'd
Forth fteps the martia! Judge in War's pa-

rade.

[gave, Such the command which wife Camillus And fuch the antient cuftom of the brave, Which military quarrels all confines Within the narrow limits of the lines. Molt wife Commander (thus in fuppliant [plain), Begins the wretch who ventures to comyou I can appeal devoid of fear;

train

Το
I feek but juftice, and must find it here.
Ah, fruitiefs hope! with one consent arise
Th' affembled troops, and drown thy feeble

cries.

What! doft thou fill for fell revenge await? Think't thou the culprit will bemoan his fate?

A rash Vagellus truly must he be,
In this dilemma who would fuccour thee;
And thou as mad, who canft thy felf expole
Singly unarm'd against a hoft of foes.
Who will the City leave fo far behind?
Where can't thou hope a Pylades to find?
Dry up your tears, atluage your idle grief,
And court not pity when there's no relief.
Produce your witnels! hear the Judge ex-

claim,

[name But where's the man will answer to his Ev'n tho' he faw the quarrel first arife, Who dares to truft the judgment of his eyes? If fuch there be, I'll reverence the fage, And lefs the beard that mark'd a betterage. Sooner you'll find the wretch who makes a jest

Of perjury to fpoil the Ruftic's reft, Than one whom upright Confcience only guides, [derides.

Who fears not force, an J fmiles when Scorn Mark nowwhat next advantage is theirown, Who feel regard for martial oaths alone: What! if fome villain, envious of my wealth,

[Stealth,

Difpiace

come

Nor know the meaning of the Law's delay.
Warriors alone this privilege can boast,
That what they conquer from the adverfe
[whole,
Is theirs alone; they can bequeath the
Not dread a living father's ftern controul.
The trembling Sire Coranus ftill reveres,
And fulfome Flattery marks declining
years;

For round the Son the golden gifts of Fate
Refplendent glatter, and his nod await.
This is the ardent General's conftant cry,
Forward! prefs on to Wealth and Victory!
In Fortune's choiceft favours he abounds,
Who follows Glory, and whom Fame fur-
Iounds.
M.

"B

LINES

addreffed to Dr. FEARON, on his Marriage with
the virtusus and accomplished Mifs Rose.
ENEATH each fweet in bounteous
Nature's works,
[lurks;
Conceal'd from view, fome latent nufchicf
Flow'rs grow on thoins, and Honey wears
afting."

So reverend Preachers fay, and Poets fing.
A maxim this, nor abfoh tely true
Without exception,-1 appeal to you;
You, to whole favour'd arms indulgent
Heaven

Its choicest boon, a virtuous fair, has giv'n,
With every grace and vitu tu eetly jam'd,
That deck the manners, and enrich the

mind;

'Tis tours, O Fearen! happiest recital born, To pluck the blooming Ro without a thorn! Long may the charming fair your friend

ship prove, Your manly honour, conftancy, and love, Crown'd with the bliss that Angels tafte

above i

May theirs, a long fucceffion, bless the Earth Till Time's concluding scene, and emulate your worth!

C, Jun. 6. HUES CARTER, LL. B.

FR

VERSES

written at the Convent, at Amesbury, in the
County of Wilts, by the Rev. JAMES BAR-
RISTER, in the Character of one of the Nuns.
ROM civil difcord, and the dirt alarms
Of fa&tious leaders, and the din of arms,
Behold these walls afford a kind retreat,
Where Faith and Prety may fix their feat ;
Here, unmolcfted, may the Virgin dwell,
Or, in full chorus, join the matin fong;
Securely feated in her filent cell;
Or, at the clofe of day, the folemn itrain
prolong;

And let not infolence, and thoughtless pride,
Too rafhly our fequefter'd life deride.
When all is vanity beneath the foo?
Say, can you wonder that the world we thun,
Is it too much whole daysin prayers to ipend?
With God our object, happiness our end,
Is it too much, in fuch a caufe, to bear
Our rigid fafts, and penances feverc ?
For, ah! the woes what language can unfold,
Which flow from human paffions uncon-
[spread

troul'd!

Sich we beheld, when wild deftruction
O'er Gallia's plains, by favage Atheists led;
No place was facred, no afylum fure;
And not ev'n innocence itfelf fecure.
To you we fly, and leave the fad remains
Of towns difpeopled, and deferted plains;
O'er thefe delightful walks we range con-
tent,
[dant pent;
Where her last years great Hyde's* defcen-
Different her faith, but yet her name is dear,
We praise her picty, her worth revere;
One is the God, in whom we place our
truft,

A God all wife, all merciful, and juft,
Who views with equal eyes the human race;
All feel alike the treafures of his grace;
In every fect, the heart fincere he loves,
And crowns with blits the virtue he ap
proves.
A. Z.

Seraphie fimiles, and fafcinating eafe, Celestial blifs too long might here impart, With shaft envenom'd pierc'd her to the heart. DEVONIENSIS.

Late Duchefs of Queensbury.

PRO.

н. OF LORDS.

December 13.

On the Malt Tax bill being brought up, and a motion made that it be read, Ear! Spencer oppofed it, upon the principle of its being part of thofe Supplies which were to defray the expences of the Naval and Military establishments which had been voted for the enfuing year; and therefore included the whole question of the actual state of the Nation. He did not condemn the proposed establishment; but, in a fpeech of much length, contended that there were not grounds fufficient to warrant fuch a large fupply, and that an application for them, without fome reafon being affigned in the King's Speech, was unparliamentary. In the laft Speech, no mention had been made of the relative fituation of this country with the powers of the Continent: one reafon for this, he inferred, arofe from Minifters not knowing whether we were at peace or at war, or how long France would permit us to enjoy that which we had purchased fo dearly. He then went over the old ground of the aggrandizement of France by the annexation of Piedmont and Parma, and the subjugation of Switzerland, and condemured Minifters for tamely looking on, for it was even faid that we had been afraid to execute a convicted traitor, because the Chief Conful interfered in his behalf; and we bad fuffered one of our brave naval officers to be infulted and degraded with impunity. He concluded with obferving, that the House ought to be put in poffeffion of the reafons for fuch a large peace establishment.

Lord Pelbam denied that Napper Tandy was indebted for his liberation to the interference of France; and as to Capt. D'Auvergne, the facts were, that he had been taken into cuftody by the police, but upon application being made to the Minifter, he was inftantly difcharged.

The Earl of Carlisle agreed with Lord Spencer as to the neceflity of knowing the reafons for fuch a confiderable establishment.

The Duke of Norfolk approved the conduct of Minifters, as well for their measures of precaution as for their conduct towards Napper Tandy.

Lord Grenville faid, he would affert, in the mof unequivical terms, that this bui could not be read without a violation of the laws of Parliament; and entered into a long argument to prove, that no fupplies had ever been voted without having been demanded by the Crown.

The Lord Chancellor faid, that every neceflary form had been adopted in the prefent inftance: he denied the charge that the Chief Couful had any influence over the fate of Napper Tandy; but he had given is opufion that it would have been an . GENT, MAG. January, 1803.

of injuftice to have made him fuffer after fo long a. reipite. Some explanations took place, and the bill was read.

In the Commons the fame day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved to put off the hearing of Election Petitions till the 8th of February; after which, the Houfe would hear two daily.

Capt. Markham adverted to the with, long entertained by Government, of making ne ceffary and prudent reformations in the Navy, and to the steps taken by the First Lord of the Admiralty to purge the Au gean ftable; but the object for which fonie law was neceffary, was the abufes committed against the veterans of the Navy by rapacious prize-agents. To correct thefe to give the man his due, whofe zeal, courage, and conduct, prefented him to his country's regard, would be an object well becoming that country. He therefore moved for leave to bring in a bill to appoint Commiffioners to inquire into the several abufes in the department of the Navy.After feveral Members had delivered their fentiments, leave was given.

In a Committee of Supply, among other votes, was one to the Bank, for Corn Bounties, of 1,saecol.

Mr. Vanfittart, after a preface explanatory of the fubject, wherein he noticed how much the flaple trade of the kingdom was cramped by obfolete acts regarding the woollen trade, moved for leave to bring in a bill to fufpend, for a tinue to be limited, the acts of Elizabeth that had fuch an effect.

December 14.

On a petition being prefented from the fhip-owners of Hartley and Blyth againit the Tonnage Duties; the Chancellor of the Exchequer wished that no particular inference might be drawn to the prejudice of the revenue from a partial statement of the decreafe of thipping in fome of the ports.

He had the pleasure to fay, that in the port of Liverpool there had been a confiderable increase in British, and decrease in fo reign fhips. The number of British ships that entered inward: at that port was, in 1ŝot, 1331; 1802, 1733; increafe in favour of 1802,453. Number of foreign veffels entered inwards was, in 1801, 655; 1802, 425; decrease of foreign velleis in 1802, 235. The tonnage of faid British veffels was, in 1801, 179,353; 1801, 224,859. The number of Brit veffels cleared outwards, was, in 1801, 1694; 1802,2062. Of foreign vetfels cleared outwards was, in 1801, 703; 1902, 461. The amount of the tonnage of fad British velicis, fo cleared outwa ds, was, in 1901, 222,696; 1802, 225,603. The number of foamen might se citimated