And could the wifh those carols mute That shepherds think so sweet? Those words, that I fo long'd to hear, Should the in filence hide, for fear Her praife may brighter grow? Confefs, ye powers of soft defire! Yet when thole moving fapphires fade An Elegy on John Kelly, of Strokeftown, Efq; To facred awe the balm of hope t'impart; Chear'd the fad remnant of departing day, And mark'd thy name in time's unfully'd roll. Nor laurel'd pomp, nor popular acclaim, Nor ranfack'd cities trophied on thy tomb; Nor pageant pride, nor wild deftructive fame, In kindred gore that plung'd imperial Rome. But fairer worth, Humanity's bright lore, The fan, the brother, and the friend adorn'd, The fire, the husband, ev'ry virtue bore In life diftinguish'd, and in death long mourn'd, Weep not, Oreftes, check each heaving figh, Nor call the deed of wifer Heav'n severe, To fated man 'tis rarely giv'n to die, So ripe in honour in his hundredth year. If candid truth, an elevated mind; If foft-ey'd pity melting at diftrefs, If modeft merit, love for human kind, An heart to dictate, and a hand to blefs: If ev'ry bright rob'd virtue of the just For fpotle's honour weave th' unfading wreath, The hand of time shall confecrate his duft, And paft'ral di ges o'er his tomb fhall breathe. The shelter'd orphan, by the mother taught, With rapture on his memory fhall dwell; The hoary fwain with kind remembrance fraught, Shall mourn refponfive to each paffing knell. The youths and maids, around his hallow'd urn Prologue to the Comedy of Bon-Ton. by George Colman. Spoken by Mr. King. ASHION in every thing bears fov'reign fway, F And words and periwigs have both their day: What is Bon-Ton?-Oh, damme, cries a (luck! -Half drunk-ask me, my dear, and you're in Bon Ton's to fwear, break windows, best the watch, [catch, Pick up a wench, drink healths, and roar a Keep it up, keep it up! Damme, take your fwing, Bon Ton is life, my boy; Bon Ton's the thing! Ah! I loves life, and all the joys it yieldsSays Madam Fuffock, warm from Spitalfields; Bone Tone's the space 'twixt Saturday and Monday, And riding in a one-horse chair o' Sunday! 'Tis drinking tea on fummer afternoons At Bagnigge Wells, with China and gilt fpoons! 'Tis laying by our stuffs, red cloaks and pattens, To dance Cow-tillions, all in filks and fattins! Vulgar! cries Mifs. Obferve in higher life The. feather'd fpinfter, and thrice-feather'd wife! A rofe, when half a guinea is the price; What'er your faults, ne'er fin against Bon Ton! Trim be the mode, whipt-fyllabub the matter! Walk, like a Frenchman! for on English pegs Moves native auk wardness with two left legs, Of courtly friendship form a treacherous league; Seduce men's daughters, with their wives intrigue, In fightly femicircles round your nails; But never laugh, whatever jeft prevails! The Graces, Boy! The Graces, Graces, ON FOREIGN Lifbon, October 27. Such is Bon Ton! and walk this city In building, fcribbling, fighting, and virtu, Hits off a sketch or two like Darly's prints. "Twill be Bon Ton to fee 'em and to like 'em. The lines between crotchets are omitted at the Theatres, TRANSACTION N the 12th of this month an Italian, a native of Genoa, named Joannes Baptifta Pele, was drawn in quarters by four horfes, after having his hands chopt off, and afterwards burnt to afhes, for having plotted against the life of the Marquis of Pombal. This villain had been here for fome time under pretence of learning to paint, and had taken the upper part of the houfe, where he was every night visited by three men, with long cloaks, flouched hats, and armed. Their de fign was to put a box full of gunpowder under the feat of the marquis's fate coach, in which he was to appear in public at the putting up of the statue of his majefty. They had con trived it fo as to contain a match, which would burn fome hours before it fet fire to the pow der. All the preparations for this villainous plot, together with feveral letters and papers, and the models of the keys of the coach-house, belonging to the marquis, were found in the rooms of the mifcreant, who was firft detect, ed by a physician, who lived in the under part of the houfe, and had found a note on the ftairs, which first raised his fufpicion. The Italian was immediately taken up, and though the above mentioned proofs were brought against him, he perfifted to the last in his innocence; and though he fuffered both the ordinary and extraordinary torture, it is reported, that from the beginning of his tortute to his dying mo ment, not fo much as a figh escaped from him, The Pope has lately given a ftriking exam: ple of toleration, with regard to religion. As he was going alone, according to his usual HISTORICAL "AS launched at Woolwich his majesty's S. custom, to St. Peter's church to pray, he perceived a young man copying with great attention an altar piece. The Holy Father stopt, fixed his eyes on him without interrupting him, and took delight in viewing the young man's work, of which he conceived an advantageous idea in proportion as the work advanced. The fovereign pontiff, by approaching ftill nearer, diverted the attention of the painter. The latter had not yet feen much of the world; he thought that an heretic found in a church at Rome, ran the risk of being at least punished, as a Chriftian catched in n mofque is at Conftantinople; ftruck with dread at the idea he fainted away at the Pope's feet, who immediately called for affiftance; fome perfons came in all hafte, and brought the young stranger to himself. My friend (laid the Holy Father to bim) I am charmed to fee you poffels fuch difpofitions for drawing; you do well to copy good pieces; your drawing is very bold and correct; I will get you received among the young pupils that are taught here at my expence." "Ah! Holy Father (replied the young man in a faultering tone) I am a Proteftant." A Proteftant (answered his Holiness) I would rather you were a Catholic; but there are great painters among the proteftants; religion has nothing to do with painting; I shall take care to procure you all the neceffary help, in order to render you perfect in that art." The Pope has kept his word, without requiring the young artist to change his religion; he has even ordered that no steps be taken to incline him to change. CHRONICL E. verfe when falts are used to preferve wood, which always re-diffolve, corrode the iron, a guns, prejudicial to be the highest seasoned fhip in the navy. She is the third fhip whofe materials have been hardened and seasoned under the infpection of Humphrey Jackson, Esq; F. R. S. by order of the lords of the admiralty. The durability of fhips of war depends principally upon the highdried state of the timber; by Mr. Jackfon's invention it becomes perfectly feafoned in half the ufual time. This is effected by introducing certain matters into the pores of the wood, which speedily dry up the internal fap juices, and which cannot be re-diffolved by any water, confequently the fhip remains perfectly day in moift, foggy weather, which is the re feamen. Ships of war in general laft only 12 or 14 years; it is fuppofed the durability will be increased to 20 years by this discovery; but this remains to be discovered by experience. It is undeniable, however, that through the fuperior dry ftate of this prepared timber, that the Intrepid of 64 guns, launched five years ago, and lately returned from the Eaft-Indies, where she was fent purposely on trial, has been examined and reported to the Navy Board as perfectly found, although the proved leaky by running aground on her homeward paffage. And it is no lefs certain, that the Intrepid and Acteon frigates at launching proved more buoy ant ant than two other thips exactly under fimilar circumstances, the former drawing one inch and half, and the latter one inch lefs water, by which acquifition they were enabled to ftow thirty-five tons more provifions, &c. than any other ship of fimilar fcantling, a circumftance of no small importance, where a long voyage produces a fcanty allowance to the mariner. A great number of large vats, and other brewing utenfils, which have been prepared many years ago, and at prefent remaining in a perfect found state afford the strongest prefumptive proofs of the utility of the above invention in naval architecture. A baker's houfe in Winchefter-ftreet, London-Wall, having feveral Sundays been attempted to be robbed, the master of the houfe ordered a guard to be planted by way of fecurity, when the family went to meeting. Meeting was scarce begun when the villains by means of a falle key opened the door, and were proceeding to enter, but the foremost of them being shot dead by the guard, the accomplices made their escape. The villain who was shot appeared to be one Armstrong, who fome time ago was transported for breaking into the EaftIndia Company's ware-houfe, and ftealing muflin, &c. Nov. 24. Yesterday Captain David Roche was brought by Habeas Corpus before the Court of King's Bench, and admitted to bail. He was then called upon for his fure ties (four in number) which were each bound in 2001. and himself in 800l. that he should appear before the commifion for his trial. Letters from the North of Scotland bring difmal accounts of the damages done on that coatt among, the fhipping, that pieces of wrecks and dead bodies are hourly driven on shore, by which they find that fome French and Dutch veffels have been loft. Several of their own country veffels are alfo miiling. On the Welch coaft above eighty dead bodies have been caft on fhore, with great numbers of trunks, portmanteaus, &c. feveral fhips were loft on the coast of Effex, Suffolk, and Norfolk. The fea is covered with wrecks, and dead bodies are every tide thrown on shore. It is imagined that fome are Weft India thips, fome are Dutch, and there are feveral colliers. The country people are, night and day, watching to get what is thrown on shore; fome of them have met with fuccefs. The oldeft man living never remembers fo many fhips loft on this coaft at one time; and it is feared that all the crews perifhed. By letters from Padua, of the 31st of October, we have the pleasure to learn, that the duke of Gloucester is perfectly recovered from his late illness. Laft Monday night General Gage, and fome other gentlemen, arrived in town from Boston, and yesterday the general waited on his majesty at Kew, was graciously received, and had a long conference with his majefty. MARRIAGES. Darmstadt.-O. 21. Charles Auguftus Louis Frederick, Baron de Bode, to Mifs Mary Kynnerfley, fifter to Clement Kynnerfley, Efq; of Loxley in Staffordshire.-30. Samuel Salter, Efq; an Irish factor, to Mifs Catherine Adams. The reigning prince of Salm Saim, at Liege, in Flanders, to Maria Ann, countefs of Horion,-Nov. 1. Edward Gould, Efq; of Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, an officer in 4th regiment of foot, to lady Barbara Yelver ton, only child to the Earl of Suffex. DEATHS. H Sept. 24. ER ferene highness the princess 'Amelia, of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, youngeft fitter to the reigning duke. -26. The right hon. Don Antonio Lopez Suaffo, baron and lord of Auvernes le Grafs, in Brabant, at the Hague.-O. 1. The hon. James Cholmondely, uncle to the earl of Cholmondely, general of his majefty's land forces, and colonel of the 6th of dragoons.2. Cardinal Francis Koenraed, baron van Rudt and prince bishop of Conftance.-3. Elizabeth Gordon, eldest daughter of the hon. Alexander Gordon, and countefs dowager of Dumfries and Stair, at Perth, in Scotland.-7. Daniel Race, Efq; at Clapton, cashier of the bank of England.-9. Sir John Molesworth, bart. member for Cornwall.-10. Louis Nicholas Victor de Felix, compte du Muy, marshai de France, &c. -12. William Symondfon, fecretary to the archbishop of Canterbury, and treasurer to the fociety for propagating the gospel in foreign parts.-Nicholas Bonfoy, Efq; ferjeant at arms to the houfe of commons.-14. M. de Mallow, minister of ftate in the revenue department to his Pruffian majesty.-15. Lieutenant-general Waterfleben, in the fervice of his Pruflian majesty, at Berlin.-16. The rev. David Durell, D. D. principal of Hertford college, Oxford, and prebendary of Canterbu ry; vice-chancellor of Oxford in 1765, 1766, and 1767.-Nov. 12. Christopher Nugent, M. D. and F. R. S.-Mrs. Allen, mother of William Allen, who was killed by the foldiers near St. George's-Fields on the 10th of May, 1760. In the 103d year of his age, Mr. Warne, engraver. THE PROMOTIONS. HE right hon. Lord George Sackville Germain to be one of his majesty's principal fecretaries of ftate.-The dignity of a baronet of Great-Britain, unto Alexander Leith, of Burgh St. Peter, in Norfolk, Eig;The dignity of a baronet of Great-Britain unto Henry Etherington, of Kingston upon Hull, Efq;-Lord Pelham appointed keeper of the great wardrobe, in the room of the Earl of Ashburnham, promoted.-Lord Lyttelton appointed chief juftice in eyre of his majefty's forefts north of Trent, in the 100m of Lord Pelham.-George Payne, Elq; the office of keeper of his majefty's lions in the tower of London, in the room of Henry Vaughan, Efq; deceased. TH HE reigning prince of Saxe-weimer, to the youngett of the princeffes of Heffe The Irish News, &c. will be given in an Appendix, which will be publifed to complete our Volume for the Year 1775 82 50 379 50 An exact Numerical Lift of all the Lottery Prizes of 50l, and upwards, drawn the firf Twenty-two Days, from theft Authority. No. Prize | No. Prize | No. Prize | No. Prize No. Prize 288 £50 4812 1000 11248 £50 17904 £5. 344 50 No. Prize 28283 £50 340 50 406 50 23557 84 500 684 JOO 482 50 63150 72 50 5or 100 656 50 805 5000 13 1000 29052 50 223 5000 |
