that fource."-Thefe are the principles which appear to have given fo much offence to the German defpots; but in what refpect do they differ from the principles of Sydney and of Locke? Sydney has proved, "that all juft magifterial power is from the people; and that liberty is the right of all mankind;" and Locke maintains, that "all legitimate government is derived from the confent of the people, that men arc naturally equal, and that no one has a right to injure his life, health, liberty, or poffeffions, that ho man in civil society ought to be fubject to the arbitrary will of others, but only to known and eftablished laws made by the general confent for the common benefit; that no taxes are to be levied on the people, without the confent of the majority, given by themfelves or by their deputies; that kings and princes, magiftrates and rulers of every class, have no juft authority but what is delegated to them by the people; and which, when not employed for their benefit, the people have always a right to refume, in whatever hands it may be placed." The French principles have been affigned as a reason for engaging in a war with France:-But are we to carry on a war against France, to eradicate fuch principles of Sydney and of Locke? Of all the nations of the earth, are the people of England to be selected, to engage in a crusade, to prevent the propagations of the principles of liberty?".

AN ODE TO KENTUCKY,

BY AN EMIGRANT.

HAIL modern Eden!-hail thy blooming sweets!

Thy promis'd favours, and thy fragrance, greets
My ardent wishes to falute thy plains,

And plant thy meadows with European grains.
Hail happy fpot! that yields thy fweets profufe,
To wafte in air, or rot in morning dews
Uncultivated-unenjey'd by Man,

Referv'd for latter ages in th' Almighty's plan.

No

No longer let thy fertile region waste
Its fruit (fpontaneous fitted for the taste),
But let me now thy proffer'd fweets carefs,
Thy rich profufion taste, thy meads poffefs.
May heav'n infpire a train of honeft fwains,
To emigrate, and cultivate thy plains,
And prove in earneft, what was faid before,
That Eden now, is what in days of yore
It was to Adam, 'ere the Garden fence
Had felt a breach from Satan's impudence.
May many fons of Freedom catch the fire,
And from those guilty madd'ning scenes retire,
(Which now envelope Európe more and more,
And threaten judgments on Great Britain's shore)
To those sweet Arbours in KENTUCKY'S grant,
Whose rich production will fupply each want;
Whose ample refources, with little toil,

Will crown their labours, and their cares beguile.
No taxes there opprefs the lab'ring kind,
No tyrant KINGS in chains their flaves to bind;
There are no game laws to prevent a man
From fhooting hares, or pheafants if he can,
The Rivers there are free as we can with,
And every man may catch a difh of fish.
No laws of primogeniture, to wrong
The most uncar'd for infant of the throng;
There are no lazy Parfons, who demand
The tenth of all the produce of the land;
Nor Pope, nor Bishop, to enflave the mind,

But all may liberty of confcfence find.

No Burke's, no Pitt's, no Windham's, nor Dundas's, To ftigmatize you all as fwine or affes;

There is no tax for "apeing* your fuperiors,"

For all are equal there, and none inferiors.
There are no Nabobs, who from Indian plunder
Return, and fill their neighbours all with wonder;
* Mr. Pitts Ipeech on the Hair-powder Tax,

2.

No pamper'd hofts of penfioners you'll find,
To live upon th' induftry of mankind.

No hireling fpies, nor foul informers there,
To herd amongst you, merely to enfnare;
No harden'd crimps in government employ,
To steal your children, or your youths decoy,
No prostitution ftains that happy clime,
Because no Prince to patronize the crime;
But every man may
there in peace combine,
Those bleffings which Heav'n did for all defign:
And whenfoever death fhall call him hence,

He leaves his progeny a competence.
Then haften to KENTUCKY's fruitful foil,
Nor longer in European fetters toil;
Poffefs this land of liberty and plenty,

And fay the defpots of the earth have sent ye."

QUERIES

WHAT was the original caufe of the French Nation's

becoming enlightened?

A. The War in America.

2. Did we conquer the Americans?

A. Na.

2. Did we not expend Millions of Money, and lofe the lives of our BRAVE SOLDIERS, to no purpose?

A. Yes!

2. What urged the French to Acts of Violence; and led them on to effect a REVOLUTION?

4. The Prodigality and enormous expences of their PRINCES. 2. Can Mr. Pitt and his Connections derive any advan tages from the War?

A. Yes, their emoluments are TREBLE.

Are our Trading Towns in the way to deftruction; our Manufacturer's Warehoufes full of Merchandizes, which they cannot difpofe of?

A. Yes.

2. Da

2. Why does useless Splendour dazzle our Eyes?

A. To prevent our feeing clearly.

2. What are the names and qualities of ROYAL PERSONAGES under the Protection of England?

4. The K. the P. of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duke of Clarence, Prince Auguftus, Prince Adolphus, Prince Erneft, Duke of Glouceftor, P. W. H. of Gloucefter, the Stadtholder, the Prince of Orange, the Hereditary Prince of Orange, the Q. Princess Royal, Princess Augufta, Princess Mary, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Sophia, Princess Amelia, Duchefs of York, Princefs Sophia of Gloucefter, Duchefs of Gloucefter, Duchefs of Cumberland, Princefs of Orange.

THIS

KING V. FRENCH.

HIS is an action against the Defendant for assault.

As the cause is of great importance to the Plaintiff, a very large retaining fee was given to the King of Pruffia, as this eminent Council is fuppofed to poffefs much of the ultima lex regum, and as great expectations were formed of his exertions, his abfence is much regretted.

Saxe

Saxe Cobourg, Chief Council for the Plaintiff, conducted the caufe: he brought an action of battery againft Defendants; but as he was unable, upon trial, to make good his allegations, it is rumoured that he will recommend a nonfuit.

The French defended their own caufe, and as they well underftand the chance and tricks of the Courts, they turned Plaintiff's declaration to their own advantage, and fo puzzled his Counsel by a general iffue, as to infure fuccefs to their caúfe.

During trial Defendants behaved with fome turbulence; and his Lordship threatens to imprison them for Contempt of Court, but it is prefumed, that he cannot get men enough to take them up.

It is generally believed, that Mr. Pitt, Attorney for the Plaintiff, failed in instructions, for which it is hoped that he will be ftruck off the rolls.

His Lordship, too, is thought to be in fome danger of lofing his place. The trial is not yet concluded, and, it is wished by many learned in the law, that the parties would discontinue process, and each pay their own cofts; but with the present Counfel a compromise is defpaired of. It is univerfally fuppofed, that the verdict will at least be, "Not Guilty," and that Plaintiff must pay cofts.

CAUSIDICUS,

AN ACROSTIC.

PRINCE OF DARKNESS, tell me why

Is it pleafing to the eye,

To the ear, the feeling heart,

To fee the SONS of FREEDOM Smart?

Here defcend and view thy gain;

Enter into endless pain;

Look for peace-in vain implore;

Loft-ah! loft for evermore!

J. B,

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