And O my Mira! (if a faint can hear) The breathing figh, the heaven aspiring prayer, Come to my aid; my guardian, friend, and guide, Nor let eternity our loves divide, Watch o'er my footfteps wherefo'er I go, (low; And guard me from the ills of life beSo fhall my hopes of heaven with heaven agree, And fuare immortal happiness with thee. An Epilogue, Spoken by Mr. Bride, in a female Character, at the Calcutta Theatre, in April luft. rank? respected Yet here ftand I, whom once this house [edPoor I-difconfolate-forgot-neglectSome where within thefe boxes and this pit [of witThere lurk-and I can mark them-men Poets who fit a prologue to a playNice as my taylor fitted this to-day. But prologues are fuch grave and ferious fpeeches, [breeches. Forfouth they must be fpoke by men in Not one-ah, cruel!-(fure this heart muft break) Will write an Epilogue for me to speak. The laurell'd poet fmooths his flowing verse, And gives it for fome actor to rehearse ;The foldier quits the fword, and wields [men. the pen, O, fhame to gallantry! to please the Within too we have wits as well as you, But they write Prologues, and they speak them too. I will have vengeance ere another play I'll have a prologue penn'd as well as they And why not speak it-ladies-in a sack— Or in a negligee--long--flowing--black NOTE S. Mr. Halhead. Col Ironfides. With feitures thus compos'd, and folemn brow Curtefey I can as low as they can bowCan fpeak with grave pompofity, we'll teach them The ladies can write fermons and may preach them. But thould my fcribbling friends their aid deny, And not one poet with my wifh complyAre there no ladies with the men to cope? Alas! fhe's gone in whom was all my hope. Shou'd all around me (felfish, niggard elves!) [felves; Hoard up their wit like mifers to themShold ev'ry harden'd heart or head refuse, I vow revenge unaided by the muse. When next to this vaft house your steps you guide, [Bride. Expecta fermon-preach'd by Doctor But let me search again in hopes to hit On mild compaffion join'd to laughing wit; And fure among fo many merry facesI fee-or think I fee-fome hopeful traces. Come, try your geniuffes-itrike every fcull[dull. The worst you can produce is fomething I pledge my word-you know I never break it If they + approve your epilogue, I'll fpeak it. Prologue to the new Tragedy of Matilda. Spoken by Mr. Smith. age, A Wretched pen of Norman William's Simple and unadorn'd, attempts the stage; Your filly bard, more fimple than his tale, Thinks on your polish'd manners to prevail; ted crimes What in thofe barbarous days were coun[times. Let not our ancestors too rude appear Are-flips of course-in these enlighten'd In form or friendship, when in love fin When tilts and tournaments drew forth the brave, The fame of fpotlefs innocence to fave, Each gallant knight preferr'd his love to life; [wife. For then the greatest bleffing wasa To prove their chastity, the dauntless pair ffingle hair Would walk through flames, nor finge a Nay fome fo chafte, fo cold to wrong d. fire, Not only fcap'd it, but-put out the fire. But now no heroes die for love's sweet paffion, vours, And fiery trials are-quite out of fashion. Ye fons of frailty! you whom rage de[pow'rs; For you this night the Mufe exerts her With crimfon hands, pale cheeks, and blood-fhot eyes, She bids the Furies in their terrors rise, In tragic drefs; the fcorpions fting the dart, [heart. First fire the brain, and then corrupt the But what avails-all virtuous paffions muft [like duft, As whirlwinds fweep them from the breaft To foothe this fatal vice the flatterer's fent [fhip's rent. To form the mind-the warmeft friendThe tree, whose shelt'ring arms fpread [ground; If lightning-ftruck, lies blafted on the In vain would merit's felf indulgence claim, [of pain. One moment's rafhness blafts whole years kindly round, Epilogue. Spoken by Miss Younge. H Aha! ha! Poor creature! how you trembling ftand! [hand; Come to the bar, Sir, and hold up your You won't-by council then you'll have it done, [you gone. And I mutt plead your caufe!-well, get Now for the great tribunal of old DruTy, [the jury, Are you all fworn there,-gemmen of Good men and true, I hope-ftay, let me fee, Among you all he challenges but three. Phyficians, lawyers, parfons he admits, Beaux, ladies, courtiers, macaronies, cits, [ters and wits. And only fcratches critics, news-wriThe critic firft we banish from our feffion, [feffion) (Death is his trade, and damning his proDifqualified, becaufe-to fay no fur ther Butchers are never heard in cafe of murder. February, 1775. Next we difclaim artificers of news, Who live by fibs, and flourish by abuse: They must condemn, or lose their daily bread; [read. If they don't cut and flash, they're never Like fabled giants, here they roam for food, [thor's blood; Cry fe! faw! fum! fnuff up the auIn Public Ledger hang him on to roast, Or tear him piece-meal in the MorningPoft. The wits we leaft except above all others; [thers, But hear our tale-'tis of our rival broAs rogues juft 'scaped the gallows, join the fhrieves, [thieves; Turn hangman, and tuck up their fellow So bards condemn'd exert their critic fkill, To execute their brethren of the quill! If like their own indeed the brat should die, They'll gladly join to write its elegy; Our author here appeals to your de- Or against nature guilty been of treason, If they have rais'd your pity-wak'd your fears Or haply have beguil'd you of your tears, Let here our errors your indulgence claim, Your voices will protect our author's fame. Speak by your foremangoodman Pit? -what fays Will you condemn the prifoner, or acquit ? Your verdict, Sirs-Not guilty-if you pleafe You fmile---Acquitted---I hope you'll pay his fees. Verfes to the Ladies, by Lady Chudleigh, Grandmother to the prefent Dutchess of King fton. princefs, who was baptifed at noon, and that place on the 8th inftant; and that received the names of Maria Antonietta after having taken poffeffion of the Jofephina-Anne-Louifa-Vincenza-Mar- neighbouring eminences, he the next day garetta-Catherina; the Emperor and the Queen of Sardinia being fponfors. Porto, Dec. 10. On Sunday laft, the 11th inftant, this river rofe fifteen feet perpendicular in about feven hours, filling the fireets near the quays on both fides; many ware houfes were thrown down; pipes of wine and various other merchandizes, were carried away; and in fome places the inhabitants had but jult time to efcape at the tops of their houfes. On Monday the torrent was extremely rapid; about one o'clock, the fhip Kirby-Hall, James George, mafter, with one man on boa d, laden with 262 pipes of wine for London, and ready to fail, was forced from her moorings, and in a few minutes dafhed to pieces on the bar; however, by the courage and skill of the pilots at St. John's, the man was faved On Tuesday night the torrent abated; and though the ftream ftill runs with great rapidity, boats begin to pafs. Some freshes here have ben known as high as this, but they always hitherto came on gradually; none having ever been known fo violent and fo fudden, The loffes are very confiderable in wine, fugar, hip, houfes, and merchandize of all forts; though no certain calculation can as yet be made of the amount. However, we do not hear that any lives have been loft. His Britannic Majetty's conful has taken the neceffary measures for the recovery of fuch parts of the wrecks and merchandize as can be found, in order to their being reftored to the owners. Francfort, Dec. 12. The reigning Duchef of Saxegotha is brought to bed of a prince, who has been chriftened by the name of Frederick, Carthagena, Dec. 15. Letters from began to throw fome bombs, but from fo great a distance that they were of no effect. The number and fize of his cannon is not known yet, as only eight or ten of them have been seen, which feemed to be fix or eight pounders: If that prince has no larger pieces, he will probably not fucceed in his defigns. However, orders have been given both here and at Malaga, for fome frigates and zebeques to take in fome troops to go to the affiftance of that place. The Em-peror of Morocco could certainly not have chofen a better season for beginning his operations, as the coaft of Africa at this time is very boisterous. Hague, Dec. 15. The city of Dantzic is ftill blocked up by the Pruffian troops. They are raising at Marienburgh, for the fervice of the king, one battalion of grenadiers, one regiment of huffars, and two pulks of Uhlans. Two thoufand workmen are employed, notwithstanding the feverity of the weather, in forming lines, and erecting fortifications along the frontiers of Samogitia. There are a number of engineers, &c. at Memel, which feems as if they would fortify that place. Paris, Dec. 16. A young man and his accomplice were lately executed here for murdering his father, a ftable-keeper of this city, with a knife, with which he gave him two mortal wounds in the body. His mother gave him ten guineas to effect his escape; but the murderers, however, were both taken, tried, and fentenced to the wheel, &c. In the morning of their execution, the fon was carried to Notre Dame, where, with a lighted torch in his hand, he made public confession of his crime to God, his king, and justice; after which he had his right hand fevered at the wrift from his body; body; he was next conducted to the foot of a scaffold, where he beheld his accomplice on the wheel. Having afcended it, he was likewife put on the rack with his face upwards, in which excruciating torture he continued near fix hours, utter ing the most horrid imprecations, before he expired. Turin, Dec. 23. We have reafon to hope, that, by the mediation of Eng land, the war with which we were threatened will not take place; Sir William Lynch being continually employed with the Imperial, French, and Spanish am baffadors on that bufinefs. The Venetian ambaffador, who acted for the Republic HISTORICAL N Tuesday night laft, about eight in Southwark, went to St. Catherine's, to see a friend; it being very dark, fhe unfortunately turned down Alderman Parfons's stairs, and fell into the Thames; a man who flutters heard her cries, and informed fome men, that a woman was drowning, but he being ufed to play thofe jokes, they paid no attention to him; but, after fome time, they obferved him very uneafy, as he was conftantly begging them to go, John Brown faid, "I will go and fee," and found the unfortunate perfon floating upon the furface of the water; he got hold of her cloak, the firings broke; he then grafped her necklace, which alfo gave way; fhe then funk, and rofe up again; he catched at her ftays, &c.---By this time others came to his affiftance, and they conveyed her to the Cock and Bottle, without the leat appearance of life, it being full a quarter of an hour from the time of the accident. Mr. Medford, furgeon, one of the medical affiftants, who had been fent for, came, who very humanely ufed the proper means, and in about an hour foe was fo well recovered as to be carried to her master's houfe in a coach. The young woman is now quite well, and fent on Thursday last a letter of thanks to the Treasurer, for the Society being the happy inftrument of her recovery. 9.] Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Bristol to his friend in this town, dated October 27.---" There is now relanding out of the Chalkley, bound for Philadelphia, more than 60 cafks of nails, befides great quantities of other goods, in confequence of the refolutions of Genoa (there being no Genoese minifter here) received orders fome weeks ago not to appear any more at court; and he is fince returned home. It is, however, generally thought that Genoa will be able to accommodate matters, by means of the bank of St. George; and it is faid, that the three towns of Savona, Monaco, and Final, are to be given up to the Emperor, France, and Sardinia; fo that Genoa will be, in fome measure, on a footing with Poland; and those three powers will then engage to protect the Republic of Genoa against all other enemies. CHRONICLE. of the General Congrefs, which fo exprefsly prohibits any importation from acts are repealed, that no more of our manufactures can be shipped for North America. As this is the cafe, it is truly lamentable to think what numbers of peo ple muft fhortly be out of employ, fince, from the best information I can procure, no lefs than from fourteen to fifteen thousand casks of nails, befides immense quantities of different sorts of iron ware, have been fhipped from this port to North America fince the first day of January laft. I cannot but feel for the distress in which I fear many thoufands in your neighbourhood will be fuortly involved, on account of thefe our unhappy differences with that Continent." 10.] Pofitive orders, we hear, have lately been tranfmitted to the comman ders of the feveral men of war on the North America station, to be extremely vigilant in their duty against fmugglers, and to seize all such goods and merchandize, which, by the laws of trade, ought to he exported directly from Great Britain to the Colonies. 12. A writ of enquiry of damages was executed at a Tavern in Holborn, concerning the matter of crim. con. between the buxom young wife of a little phyfician at the west end of the town, and Lord V. when it was agreed to settle the matter on fuch terms as to ground an amicable action for a divorce. Yesterday a chapter of the most ancient order of the Thistle was held at St. James's, to fill up the vacancy therein by the death of the Duke of Athol; when the Duke of Gordon was elected, and invefted with the enfigns of the order. Q2 Joha 13.] John Williams, otherwife Overand, who was executed at Tyburn laft Tuesday, was born in Corke; he was by trade a jeweller, and came to England at the age of thirteen, where he got acquainted with one Eatley, with whom he committed feveral robberies, for one of which they were tried, and found guilty; they were alfo tried for robbing Mrs. Stone, at the Star and Garter, in Put ney, of near 250l. in money, plate and rings, but the property not being found in their poffeffion, and for want of fufficient evidence, they were both acquitted. After that they embarked for Ireland, and committed feveral robberies, for one of which Eatley was apprehended, and fuffered death in Ireland. Overand made his escape to England again, and foon after his arrival he, and two companions, committed a robbery at Croydon, by ftealing a club-box, for which offence he and one of his companions received fentence of death, but afterwards were reprieved for tranfportation; they were fent to the new Gaol, Southwark, from which place they both efcaped in the middle of the night, fawed off their irons, and got over a wall forty feet high. Some time after they robbed Mrs. Weaver, a publican, near Doctors Commons, of near 401. but foon afterwards they were taken, for which Overand's companion was capitally convicted; but Mrs. Weaver not swearing positively to Overand, he was acquitted, and fent back to the new Gaol again, where at the next affizes he received his former fentence. About a month after he was transported, and in about three months returned to London again, when he went into the bunch of Grapes in the Tower, kept by one Venables, and in the middle of the day robbed the houfe of notes and money to the amount of 801. but being taken in the fact, he was tried at the Old Bailey, received fentence of death, and fuffered accordingly. could, after all that had paffed, be induced to put the queftion, than both parties being heard. Mr. Harley faid, he might perhaps now be for hearing Mr. Neate, if it were only to get the Lord Mayor out of a scrape into which he had drawn himself. The Lord Mayor anfwered, that the Right Honourable Genteman would be more likely to draw him into twenty fcrapes than to try to help him out of one; but he was in no fcrape, nor ever could be in that business, for he would perfevere in the plain path of juftice and equity. Mr. Townsend, Harley, Oliver, &c. gave up the point. Mr. Neate was at length called in and heard. Then the Lord Mayor put the question, that Mr. Hart should be called in and fworn in Alderman of Bridge-within, which was refolved in the affirmative 12 againtt 8. The members who voted for the question were Alfop, Harley, Oliver, Plumbe, Plomer, Kennett, Hopkins, Shakespeare, Efdaile, Thomas, Townfend and Rawlinson. The Aldermen who voted against the question were, Crofby, Lewes, Sawbridge, Hayley, Newnham, Afgill, and Kirkman. 17.] Charles Steward, Efq; auditor of the duties on hides, &c. lately deceafed, begins his will in this extraordinary manner: "I Charles Steward, baftard of the Hon. Bertram Ashburnham, &c.” The first legacy in this testament is to his honoured friend the Earl of Ashburnham, to whom he bequeaths the sheet on which his late Majefty King Charles the Firft was laid after his demife; alfo the drawers which the faid King wore at the time of his demife. 18.] This morning Sir George Hay, dean of the Arches court of Canterbury, Dr. Calvert, vicar general to the archbishop of Canterbury, with feveral others of the doctors of law, and proctors from Doctors Commons, went to the chapterhoufe, in St. Paul's church-yard, to attend the meeting of the convocation of 16.] The Lord Mayor has at length the province of Canterbury, and at half eftablished the juft forms of proceeding paft ten o'clock went in proceffion before in all caufes before the court of Alder- the archbishop of the faid province to men. Mr. Townsend moved, and was the weft door of St. Paul's, where they feconded by Mr. Oliver, that Mr. Hart were met by another proceffion formed in fhould be called and fworn in Alderman the church, confifting of the choirifters, of the ward of Bridge-within. Mr. minor canons, and vicars choral, two and Sawbridge moved an amendment, that two, Dr. Wilfon, canon refidentiary, the adverfe party, Mr. Neate, fhould and fix of the bithops; and being come be first called and heard on that question. to the choir-gates, the proceffion dividMuch altercation enfued. Sir Watkin ed, and the archbishop and bishops went Lewes obferved, that on other condi- into the ftalls, and after them the doction was it probable the Lord Mayor tors, proctors, clergy, and gentlemen of the |
