nal life. For now as the Apoftle fays, < we fee through a glafs darkly, but then face to face. Thus we fee that we are totally at a lofs to account for the common productions of Nature, they being all myfteries to our finite capacities; other myfteries are propofed to us as trials of our faith, and we muft either believe what God commands us in holy Scripture, or we must reject that Scripture altogether, and with it our profeffion of Chriftianity; but that, it is to be hoped, is too defperate a step for any reafonable man to take. Divine truths have been intimated to the human race by various means. Sometimes by the immediate voice of God, or by the mediation of inspired men; of which we have numbers of inftances in the lives of the Patriarchs, and in the Jewith hiftory. But the cleareft revelation of the Divine intentions ever vouchfafed to mankind was by the meffage and mediation of his own fon our Lord Jefus Chrift; and the belief of his Gofpel, or receiving as certain truths thofe things declared to us in God's name, is called the Chriftian Faith. If it should be inquired why Faith is fo frequently made the condition, not of our juftification only, but of our eternal happinefs and falvation? The true anfwer is, that as faith firit puts us in the way of falvation by introducing us into the Church of Christ, and to a participation of the privileges of that fociety; fo it is the fpring and foundation of all the obedience we afterward perform and, when lively and conftant, it never fails of its effect. Our faith is proved by our works, not our works from our faith. By their fruits ye fhall know them' is the rule by which we are to diftinguish our own ftate, as well as that of others. If we would preferve that purity of faith and manners, which our religion requires, we fhould have frequent recourfe to the primitive teachers and patterns of Chriftia nity, and endeavour to bring our belief and lives to as near a conformity with theirs as poffible. The want of a due regard to these fountains of Christian doctrine, and of the firft and brightest models of Chriftian practice, has been the great caufe of the foul degeneracy of the Romish Church both in doctrinals and practicals. They do not follow the faith of the Apoftles, the first fathers and teachers of Chriftianity; but of the fathers and teachers of the Councils of Lateran and Trent. If we confider the material objects of our Faith, the bleflings promifed to the obedient, and the evils threatened to the wicked; and if at the fame time we believe Christ our Saviour who promifed these bleffings, and pronounced those threatenings, to be really a divine perfon, who could reveal nothing but what was true, and what he could make good to the utmost extent; it will be impoffible for us to be difobedient to his precepts, fo long as faith exifts with full perfuafion in our minds: it will be impoffible for us to value any thing in comparison with the everlafting joys promifed to the pure in heart; no temptation, though ever fo infinuating, would be able to feduce us from Wisdom, whose ways are pleafantnefs, and all her paths peace.' Now Faith being the evidence of things not feen,' it will, when it is lively and confiderate, bring diftant things to view, and prefent futurity to the imagination. Therefore it may be affumed as a certain truth, that when we neglect what our Lord has declared abfolutely neceffary to fecure our eternal intereft; and venture upon the commiffion of what he threatens to punifh with everlafting mifery; we do not at that time actually believe those things: we have not a full and vigorous perfuafion of them on our minds, but are hurried away by the impetuofity of our paffions and the prefence of temptations, which blind the eye of our Faith, and deprave all our intellectual faculties. The BRITISH MUSE. AN EPISTLE Such a friend as yourself-who all faults can excufe, From a Refident at BATH to his Friend in And whofe kindness can stoop to be pleas'd the Country. with my Mufe: But, tho' homely my pencil, the strokes fhall be true, That, if fhade fhou'd prevail, ftill fome praise may be due; So with candour proceed, as the piece you furvey, And And with judgment re-touch it with tints bright as day. But left I digrefs till your patience I tire, And remember 'tis Folly alone I pourtray. Firft, the Countess Randanno arriv'd in her chair, How enchanting her form! how majeftic her air! No turkeycock fwelling, and spreading his tail, Ever vy'd with her Ladyship, rigg'd in full fail. The mild Earl of Pacific conducted her in, Who look'd like fome novice doing penance for fin; For her Ladyship's perfon was jolly and fleek, While his Lordship's furpafs'd the renown'd Jerry Sneak. But her Ladyfhip's footmen were active and tight, : Being hir'd for hard duty, both morning and night And their pow'rs to display they belabour each door, Till the knocker refounds like the thunder's dread roar ! Thus her Ladyfhip causes at Bath fuch a riot, No foul in their beds, while fhe's up, can be quiet; For the lives but in racket, diforder, and noise, Tho' a whifper at home her fine frame half destroys! Next the Marquis Le Spangle, all paint and perfume, Drew the eyes of the croud, as he enter'd the room; You never, dear Charles, faw a Doll at a fair So betinfeld with lace, so befrizz'd with falfe hair! No monkey e'er match'd him in tricks and grimace, As he cring'd, bow'd, and fimper'd, in taking his place. But my Lady Precedence quite fet at de fiance The Captain, who thought 'twas his form they admir'd, Refembled the Gods, when with nectar infpir'd! 1 While the brogue from his tongue ftunn'd our ears like a cannon, For the Captain arriv'd but last week from the Shannon; In which he was dipt, all his blushes to chace, E're he fported in England his broad, brazen face. He was dipt, did I fay? 'tis a phrase much too weak You wou'd fwear he'd been plung'd, did you once hear him speak; He fo bother'd his friends, not a card cou'd they play, And no frowns, fhrugs, or whifpers, cou'd keep him at bay. Next, richly betiffu'd with filver-wrought flounces, Pearls, diamonds, and rubies, hung on by whole ounces, Her fingers quite loaded with family rings, And her perfon more formal than puppets with fprings, My fair fifter Becky attracted all eyes, And ftruck e'en her brother with awe and furprise! No Veftal of old ever look'd half fo chafte, Then fo round was her bofom, so taper her waift, You'd have fwore, at firft fight, 'twas the Goddess of Tafte. But when, my dear Charles, you her face had furvey'd, Like a fly Oxford wag, you'd have smok’d the old maid; Thus your rapture had flown-for no art can difguife The rude havoc of time, when old-age dims the eyes! But But the brifk widow Titup your fpirits had rous'd, Tho' fifty blue devils your mind had efpous'd; For no widow, left childless, was ever fo She but fimiles thro' her tears, like Au- Poor Major Flirtillo the widow purfues, Whilft the widow but laughs at his feeble pretences, And hints that the Major's quite out of his fenfes. But to fum up the groupe-There were fifty Mifs Prancers, The careless wanderer at length he found, And fir'd with anger dafh'd it on the ground: Stunn'd it with blows, ftill as it aim'd to Till at his feet the kid expiring lies. By cautious efforts let us guard our From the first impulses that anger starts, A THOUGHT Who all the world owns are moft excel- At the Grave of JOSEPH HIGHMORE, lent dancers; Infomuch that their partners, but weak at both ends, Oft declare the Mifs Prancers will kill all their friends. The reft were mere sharpers, deckt out in difguife, How few of the Great deign to open their eyes! Thus, the dupes of impoftors, their fortunes they spend, Depriv'd of Life's comforts, or even one friend! But left, my dear Charles, you shou'd ficken of Bath, Like weak husbands, who bring here their wives in full faith, I in hafte dip my pen, juft to bid you adieu, And to with you good fortune in all pursue. Bath, April 2, 1780. you Efq; in Canterbury Cathedral. Ob. 3. Mar. 1780. 88. AR led, To view these fond memorials of the dead, Paufe o'er this ftone, to worth and genius just, And learn what here is crumbling into duft! An eye, a hand, whofe magic powers could fave From age and death the beauteous and the brave; Could bid late times admire each Gunning's charms, And Wolfe, and * William bloom, still A head, which daily added to its store more : lofty mountains, where eternal fnows Like Atlas feem to prop the diftant skies; While fhelter'd by your high and ample brows. All Nature's beauties feat my ravish`d eyes: And Here the foft turf invites my wearied head Abstracted from the tumults of the Great, Here call the actions of paft ages o'er, ADVICE S. J. B. Hourie ;-faid to be occafioned by his fufpicions, that with the affiftance of a Phyfician, who had been banished from Court, they wanted to poison him. Dantzick, March 28. Public notice has been given here, on the part of the Court of Madrid, that all the goods fent from hence for Spain be certified by our Magiftrates and his Catholic Majetty's Conful to be laden on neutral accounts. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to our CORRESPONDENTS. CHERINTHAS muft certainly be aware of the little latitude there is for argumentative difcuffions in thefe brief notices: but, though under an obligation to be Jaconic, we wish not to be unjust. Affumed names are as good as any that may be concealed under them, when the merit of a compofition is the only object in confideration. Opinions will often differ in fuch decifions; but while we ftudy to select the best pieces before us, for the fake of our Readers, an appeal of the Writers to themselves or their friends, cannot be expected. We have not been able to find the offenfive notes by our correfpondent's reference; and, not recollecting it, cannot now revife it. The objects recommended by Young Tyro are very limited in their ufe or gratification to the public in general; and in the hurry of a monthly publication would expofe us too much to a fpecies of impofition, not easy to guard againft. Joe and Nell might have more of the fpirit of an epigram in it, were the circumftance inverted. At prefent a perfonal knowledge of Joe is neceflary to perceive the justice of it. The portrait and character of the extraordinary perfon mentioned by Senex were published more than twenty years ago, and are of courte fufficiently known. Death has been fo variously treated of by Poets of all degrees, that fomething particularly ftriking either in matter or manner will be expected in a new piece on that fubject. The verfes alluded to can be confidered only as an exercise. We are obliged to Cafalio for his offer; his letters for want of room are under confideration for next month. The alteration propofed by H. G. could not conveniently be attended to this month, but fhall be complied with in future. Historical Hiftorical Chronicle for April. March 28. HIS day the Right Hon. the Lord Plomer, Lewes, Thomas, Hayley, Newn- ST. BARTHOLOMEW's. medicines Buried this year Remaining under cure 3724 6251 152 404 315 In all, including out-patients 10846 ST. THOMAS's HOSPITAL. Cured and difcharged from this hofpital Out-patients relieved Buried this year Remaining under cure Out-patients Total, including out-patients CHRIST's HOSPITAL. Children put forth apprentices, and ⚫difcharged out of this hofpital laft year, ten whereof were inftructed in the mathematics and navigation Buried the last year Remaining in this hospital Admitted into this hofpital BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL. Maintained in feveral trades, &c. Manfion-house, where a grand entertainment was provided on the occasion, and March 30. Yesterday morning a feffion of Oyer, Terminer and Goal Delivery for offences committed on the high feas, was held at the Seffions-houfe in the Old-Bailey, before the Right Honourable William Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and Sir James Marriot, Knt. Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, when John Williams, Officer of Marines, and James Stoneham, boatswain's mate, of the Eagle privateer, were put to the bar. John Smith, firft Lieutenant of the faid fhip, depofed, that they failed from Briftol on a cruize, in December laft; that, being in the Captain's cabin, drinking a bottle of wine, on Christmas Day, they heard a musket fired upon deck; that they sent a boy to enquire the caufe, who returned with an unfatisfactory answer, that in a few minutes they heard the report of a second mufket, which alarmed them very much, and they ran upon deck all together to fee what was the matter; that they found the whole crew mustered upon deck, and that they had broke open the chefts and fupplied themselves with arms; that upon the Captain going up to them, Willians, one of the prifoners, advanced with a 466 blunderbufs, and fwore, that if he ventured 226 a ftep further than the line he had drawn acrofs the deck, he would blow his brains 8624 out; that the Captain inftantly knocked Williams down, upon which the rest of the crew feeing their leader fall, and thinking he had been killed, returned to their quarters; and that Williams and Stoneham, the prisoners at the bar, were inftantly fecured, as being supposed to be the ringleaders of the mutiny; that the next day they fell in with the Brilliant frigate of war, and that they put twelve more of the rioters on board that ship to ferve his Majesty, after which they returned without any further molestation, peaceably into Falmouth. 3007 4693 232 161 10 252 Divine fervice being ended, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c, returned to the The prifoners in their defence called three evidences, the perfons who acted as Linguift, Surgeon, and Surgeon's Mate, Ee who |