difcovering, only because they can reduce their knowledge to practice. S. I heard a gentleman fay, one day, that he confidered the whole duration of the world as feventy, the ufual duration of the life of man. F. And what age did he fay the world had now attained? F. I hardly think fo much, for, like little boys, we have not left off fighting yet. However, it will foon be over with us, let us live happy while we are in it. FOR THE PHILANTHROPIST. JOSEPH GERRALD. FROM the calm and peaceful fhades of retirement, will I again return to those busy scenes: not to hail thy pleafing, thy inftructive converfe, but to mingle with thy memory, that parting tear, that fteals in filence down my cheek, that unmans my foul, and dares pay that tribute to your amiable qualities and learning, fuch unfhaken integrity, fuch exalted talents deferve. Unconnected with Party, I breathe only the pure emotions of a foul that difdains to ftoop to local prejudices on one hand; or to bask in that influence which will empoifon the principles of virtue on the other: I embrace every Man as a Friend, every Man as a Brother: But alas! muft I not participate with thofe of my Countrymen, who moft lament the ill-fraught hour that deprives us of your talents-perhaps for ever! Must I not deplore the fate of that Man, who, raifing fuperior to every fordid paffion, and actuated by the nobleft motives, dared to affert the Liberties of BRITONS; to advocate their caufe; and plunge into the fiery ordeal of Legal Iniquity to fnatch fnatch them from the impending ftorm that threatens destruction to devoted Albion. Oh! my countrymen! would you unite in one common caufe, fubfide in your bofoms the various conflicting paffions that tear afunder the bonds of amity, and reconcile yourfelves as men who feel your native independence, and the caufe of virtue to be one; then might the jarring interests of every rank in fociety confpire for the welfare of our regenerated country; freedom would be cherished under the fostering protection of Peace trịumphant, and the blood of our ancestors would not have flowed in vain. Then fhould we not not fee, "a bleeding Member of Society torn from that country we love," as a dark affaffin, who fought to give a mortal stab to that Constitution which in its purity he revered; as a public difturber of that order and individual fecurity it was his fulleft wish to preferve; and as the basest, and most blood-thirsty of mankind, the Man whose bosom ever expanded with benevolence to alleviate the wants and miferies of his fellow-creatures. But GERRALD, the calumnies of thy enemies can never tarnish the unfading wreath you have acquired in that cause where Sydney bled! where Hampden fell!-With them will you be immortalized; and though the rude elements conspire with the infatiable, the unrelenting vengeance of man, to bear you to the dreary shores of New Holland; ftill will a lasting remembrance of your virtuous perfeverance be engraven on the hearts of every honeft man; the lisping babe will learn to execrate your oppreffors; the Widow, Sire, and Orphan, to mourn your lofs; yet fhall the Trump of Fame refound from every shore of Britain, and future generations re-echo with adoration the names of those who fubmitted rather to be "The last of Freemen than the first of flaves." BRITISH INDIGNATION. The The very extraordinary DREAM of me CHARLES BULL, Sergeant in the Oxford Militia. I THOUGHT I found myfelf in Hyde Park, where was affembled a vaft concourfe of people. In the midst of this mob was erected a large fcaffold, at the one end of which appeared the Right Honorable Meffrs. PITT and DUNDAS, dreffed in deep mourning, and each kneeling upon a coffin. The former was attended by Mr. Wilberforce in the habit of a clergyman -in his left hand he held a prayer book, and in his right a white handkerchief; his countenance bore upon it ftrong fymptoms of a mind extremely agonized-he prayed fervently, and wept bitterly. Mr. Dundas was attended by the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, the latter was invefted with the order of Jefus, and, with a pious Sympathy, was confeffing the former. Mr. Burke feemed to furvey the fwinifh multitude, who furrounded him, with a fublime and philofophic contempt, as if he dreaded not the effects of their vengence, but placed his affections on things above-THEIR REACH.————— -At about twelve or fourteen yards diftance were alfo placed upon the fcaffold His Grace the Duke of Portland, the Lord High Chancellor, and Mr. Secretary Wyndham, each with a mufquet-these three illuftrious characters had been selected by the imperious leader of this mob (who affumed the title of Major John Bull) to fire at their two Right Honorable friends first mentioned, pursuant to the fentence paffed on them by a military commiffion, by which they had been tried and convicted, upon the clearest evidence, of having, with wicked, felonious, and traitorous intent, confpired to encreafe, and of having actually increased, moft enormously, the prices of all forts of provifions and neceffaries of life, to the great diftrefs and mifery of the worthy family of Bull. Mr. Pitt having afked his friend Dundas, if he was ready, and having been answered in the affirmative, gave the fignal by dropping his handkerchief, whereupon whereupon the three noble perfons appointed to execute the awful fentence (who appeared much terrified), levelled and difcharged their mufquets. Mr. Pitt fell and instantly expired— but-Mr. Dundas dying hard, the Major directed a fecond difcharge, which put a period to his exiftence. The horror of this fpectacle, caused in me a most violent agitation which terminated my dream. For the PHILANTHROPIST. "Whofogver diggeth a pit for others fhall fall into it himself." A VERY few months fince, the avowed plan of this government was to ftarve the French nation. This humane plan did not fucceed against that country, but whoever confiders the prefent fituation of Great-Britain, may, without being accufed of entertaining idle apprehenfions, feel fome fears for this. Bread has scarcely ever been at fo high a price fince the commencement of the century; in many of the provinces, a worm has been difcovered in the wheat, which very much diminishes its produce. The harvests of America, which used to supply our deficiencies, have been foreftalled by France, at a higher price than we can pay for them.-The lawless infolence of defpots has not only destroyed the harvests, but ruined the Seedtime of Poland, once the Granary of Europe.-The fertile fields of Belgium are laid waste. We have been feeding 60,000 Germans on the continent for fome time paft. It is a fact, that one great corn dealer in the city has received upwards of fifty letters from his correfpondents on the continent, declaring they cannot fulfill his orders. Such are fome of the blessed effects of the forefight of our Minifters; yet much as fuch conduct may merit retaliation, let us hope that Providence will not visit their fins upon the people, by adding to our other fufferings, the dreadful evil of famine. No. 19. THE PHILANTHROPIST. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1795. LONDON: Printed for and fold by DANIEL ISAAC EATON, Printer and Bookfeller to the Supreme Majefty of the People, at the Cock and SWINE, No. 74, Newgate freet. 1795. PRICE ONE PENNY. For the PHILANTHROPIST. THE GENIUS OF RETRIBUTION. A VISIO N. ONE evening, as I was returning to my habitation, I pas fed through a street, whose appearance told me it was the abode of the higher order. On the steps of a manfion, the feat of opulence, fat a woman, and two infant boys. As I approached, I could diftinctly hear the eldeft, which appeared to be about four years of age, fay, " dear mother give me fome bread-pray get me fome, I am very hungry.” The poor woman was filent, but held out her hand, and with an eye full of mifery, uttered more than words could have expreffed. I gave what my circumftances would permit, and was going to ask her fome questions, when it ftruck me, why recall to her mind the full extent of her diftrefs; perhaps for a moment it may lay dormant. With this idea I left her; and upon entering my own houfe, the melancholy picture was pre fent |