RING FOR HER MARRIAGE.
TYMPH, beware this glitt'ring charm,
Source of good, yet (pring of harm;
Source of good where love refides,
Spring of harm where hate abides:
Source of every blifs below,
Spring of difcord, guilt, and woe.
Ere you truft this magic spell,
Learn its potent virtues well;
Potent in the caufe of evil,

Rings, you know, have rais'd the Devil!
And, true it is, this felf-fame way
e. Spirits are rais'd up every day.

Chorus.—Let Britons then united hug, &. Spargere per latas fegetes (vice numinis)

Chorus-Let Britons then united fing, &c. Splendida per medias diademata quærere

NEMO.

Burlefque Imitation of MILTON's famous Sonnet quritten, on the intended Attack upon the "City," beginning "Captain, or Colonel, "or Knight, in arms."

SONNET. Addrefs'd to the Militia Forces. SERJEANT, or Corporal, renown'd in [feize,

Whofe party on fome lucklefs milk-pail : If deeds of chivalry thy foul can please, .Guard it, and her who bears it fave from harms: [charms

She can requite thee, for, thou know'ft, her May well repay fuch gentle acts as thefe; So fpread thy fame to Albion's circling feas, Through every Shire the flame of valour [bow'r:

Lift not thine arm 'gainft beauty's fenceless The gallant Sturgeon bid his heroes spare, The tempting hen-root from it's mimic tow'r [witching air When peep'd young Dolly:— -And the Of Sneak's all-blooming help-mate had the pow'r

To fave her husband's brow from ruin bare. NEMO,

No tyrant's frown, no traitor's harlot fmile,

My free born foul thall awe, my fente

fhall ne'er beguile.

ut lafting blife mankind hath not in ftore, Death came-Palemon + funk--and was no more!

Rais'd on the throne of LAW and RIGHT, Here fhall my tributary tear be shed,

O ever shield thy favourite land!

While Anarchy, with wild affright,
Flies to GALLIA's frantic ftrand.
O check thefe fcenes of dire uproar-
Revenge thy prostituted name!
And far, O far, from BRITAIN'S thore
Drive the foul deeds that clothe thy charms
with shame.

A SOLILOQUY.

By a fuppofed former Neighbour, accidentally paffing the venerable manfion of Stanway, once the refidence of the TRACYS, and wav, after a long inter-regnum of Night and Chaos, reflored to more than its ancient splendour and befpitality by the prefent poffeffers and defcend

ants.

Benedetto fia 'l giorno, e'l mefe, et l'anno,
Et la fagione, el tempo, e'l bora, el punto,
E'l bel paefe, e'l luogo, ov' io fui giunIO.

L

PETRARCH.
ONG have the tutelary gods remov'd
Their throne from thee, O Stanway!
once fo lov'd,

Where, in bright lineage, th' Heraldic page
Glow'd with the honours of an earlier age,
And held, in envy'd records, up to fame
The sterling virtues of the TRACY name."
Here it was wont to fee the ample board
With plenteous Chriftmasfare and ftingoflor'd.
Here echoed the loud laugh and ruftic fong
Of yeoman-tenantry the roofs along;
Whilft the worn hinges of the massy door
Oft turn'd, to chear, with humbler cates, the
poor,

[pray'r, Whole hearts to heaven addref'd the fervent And honeft benedictions rent the air;

In grateful memory of fo dear a bead t.
But, hark!--what notes are floating on the
air

Notes, that divine Omnipotence declare,
Chaunted by "angels ever bright andfair|||
Surely the fenfe to Fancy's realms is flown,
My vifion dazzled, and my reafon gone!
No; gentle ftranger! this bright fcene is true,
But not till now this fane fuch orgies knew;
This is the earthly manfion of delight,
Where every virtuous and religious rite
Has (with the heavenly fifterhood) abode,
To waft, at unknown dates, the foul to God.
Fame! be this truth to diftant regions known,
That Charteris and Benevolence are one.

THE

OBERON.

CAPTIVE.

* At Stanway house, the refidence of Lord Elcho, the new year was ushered in in a style truly conftitutional and loyal. Evening prayers were read in the great Gothic Hall, at 3 o'clock, by the Clergyman of the parish; and, at intervals, proper pfalms and hymns were fung, accompanied by the Hon. Mifs Charteris's, and Mifs Hamiltons, in a masterly and scientific manner: the whole concluded with God fave the King, in which the congregation, ladies and gentlemen of the neighbourhood, joined with the trueft fpirit of loyalty, zeal, and fincere attachment, to our beloved and revered Sovereign. Lord Elcho then ordered strong beer, wine, &c. to be ferved to thofe præfent, and the King's health was cordially drunk. What added to the mufical performance was, the feven young ladies of the choir appeared in an elegant, white, uniform, drefs; with a neat coeffure, ornamented' with a berried holly-fprig, and the like alfo in the bofom, in conformity to the feafon.

After a fplendid and hofpitable dinner, the fete was concluded with a ball, where the Ladies were diftinguished no less by their grace and elegance in dancing than they had been admired for their kill and knowlege of music. The concluding Hallelujah, which would have done credit to the genius of Handel or Pergolefe, was the unfophisticated compofition of Mifs Sufan Hamilton.

+ Robert Tracy, Eiq. the last poffeffor of that name. Tam chari capitis.' HORACE. Out of Jeptha, capitally fung, by the four Hou. Mifs Charteris's and the three MS Hamiltons, previous to the fervice.

Che quella voce infin, al ciel gradita,
Sond in parole fi leggiadre et care,
Chi penfar nal porta chi non l'ba udita.

Faith, Hope, Charity.

PETRARCH

AIR.
"Ill-fated Queen!" it feems to fay,
"Thy forrows wash thy crimes away:
"Thy fainted Lord still wears a crown.
"Oh! hafte to thare his pure renown."
I come, bright Saint!-but if decreed-
Diftracting thought! these babes must bleed,
Together may we take our flight,
To realms of peace, to realms of light.
Refign'd, I hear the ruffian throng,
Tumultuous rush the court along;
Refigu'd, I fee the dæmon fcowl,
That fpeaks departure to my foul.
Relentless wretches, think not here
The figh will end, or cease the tear;
For, fighs fhall burst, and tears fhall flow,
When diftant climes fhall hear our woe.

Another Tranflation of the fame, fung by Mrs.

CROUCH, at COVENT GARDEN.
SEE, Auftria's daughter, Gallia's Queen,
With haggar'd face and alter'd mien,
A captive wretch! unknown, unfeen,
Amidst this fad Captivity!

My foes prevail! my friends are filed!
Thefe fuppliant hands to Heav'n I spread;
Heav'n guard my unprotected head,
Amidit this fad Captivity!
When as my babes lie hufh'd in fleep,
Their couch in briny tears I fteep,
Hang o'er their lovely forms and weep,
Amidft this fad Captivity!

Victim of anguish and despair 1
How grief has chang'd my flowing hair!
How wan my wafted cheek with care!

Amidft this fad Captivity!

Now fancy paints my murder'd lord!
I fee th' allaffin's blood-ftain'd fword!
The lifelefs trunk!-the bofor gor'd!
Amidft this fad Captivity!
To thee, O king of kings! I cry;
To thee I raife the ftreaming eye!
And heave the penitential figh!

Amidft this fad Captivity!

Sent by a Lady to a Gentleman, of great Wit, but licencious converfation.

CURST

URST be the verfe, how smooth fo e'er
it glide,
That injures decent Virtue's feemly pride;
The verfe, that, when it meets the Virgin's

eyes,

charms,

And clad in panoply of beauty's arms,
Soen fhall the pinnions of the palling day
The gif's of Venus bear from pride away.
Thofe waving ringlets that adorn thy head
Muft fall-nor more the line of beauty spread.
That florid colour, which outblooms the rofe,
Fades of its bluth, where the rough wrinkle
grows.

Then as the glafs thy alter'd form displays,
How vain the wifh to call back former days!
Yes! the cold bofom may with paffion burn,
But youth and beauty, fied, shall ne'er return.

[tion. Collected the fweets of each Spice-giving naWhat though fome base Gingerbread weavers, [AND A BUN;

for fun,

In their ribaldry, call me PLUMB-CAKE In the Paftry-cook business no rival I fear, Tafte and try-you'll foon know whether WALTON be there. [fupply With fmall-beer, mix'd in batter, let others The Gentry and Tradefmen-fuch practice fcorn 1; [fize, I've nought but what's genuine-look to their They will melt in your mouth, and fwell proud to your eyes; [fault on And, whilft I exift, you fhall ne er lay a Your Cross-bun Distributor, fam'd EDIS WALTON! Non. Mar. 1793. ERSIONEM Epigrammatis Græcè mendofam fuiffe confentaneum eft, fi typographus tuus accuratior fuiffet. Verft etiam Anglicana ab interpretis exemplare dif crepat; 19. pro verbo "he" leg. "ye." Auctori interpres gratias agit, quoniam HoR. παιδεύει αὐτὸν ἐν ἐλέεα Sum tibi, &c. J. M. P. S. Verà lectione "w" restitută, in fine vertionis nunc lege:

Bids the chafte blush of modest anger rife!
But, doubly, doubly, curft be he, who dares
With leofe hint violate the maiden's ears!
Who, fmiling, fees the lovelier feelings spread
Ver her foft glowingcheek the wandering red.

Meffi clarum genus Ofci Sarmenti domina exfiat.

GREAT Britain's a forest, well form'd

produce

Such trees as are valu'd for ftrength and for ufe;
Where freedom, untouch'd by the knife or
the shears,
[to the fpheres.
Like an oak, ftands in earth, and shoots up

DIGNISSIME Editor,

The greater is the love you hold,
For fo much more your city's fuld.

* See vol. LVI. p. 572.

MINUTES

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF FRANCE, (continued from p. 172.)

Jan. Di
Artigoite expreffed his apprehensions,
3. that Louis might one day intereft the
people in his favour, even from the recefs of
his prifon. He difapproved of the appeal to
the people, because they were corrupted by
foreign gold, which would certainly bring on
a civil war. " Strike, legiflators," exclaimed
he, "le Louis march to the block! or trem
ble, left one day he should re-mount the
throne, and order you yourselves to be con-
ducted to the fcaffold!"

Petion fupported the appeal to the people. He reprobated thofe who incited the people to commit crimes, and who publicly declared that their vengeance muft fall upon the re prefentatives of the nation if Louis was not condemned to death. He invited all good citizens to unite against that horde of villains who breathe nothing but blood and flaughter; and concluded by moving, that Louis might be declared guilty, condemned to capital punishment, and the fe tence referred for ratification to the Primary Allemblies.

Jan. 4. Barrere fpoke for two hours, and was decidedly againft referring the ratification of the fentence to the Primary, Affemblies. "The Convention," he faid, "had no right to take upon themselves the trial of Louis XVI; but they could not repair one error by committing a greater. No one can be a judge of a crime committed against himfelf. Who is the offended party here?-The people. An appeal to the people is contrary to the nature of a reprefentative government. In the cafe of an appeal, the nation would have named reprefentatives, and yet be unreprefented-the delegares would be only collectors of votes-mere political couriers. This reference to the people was neceffary at Rome, where the people themselves exercifed their own fovereignty. They had magiftrates, but no reprefentatives; but if the French people have entrusted the exercife of their rights to their reprefentatives, it was in order that their reprefentatives might ufe it. They cannot, at the fame time, delegate their rights, and exercite them themielves." Jan. 5. A letter was read, from the counfel of Louis, in which they obferved, that, fince the first moment the Affembly had been occupied in examining the defence of Louis, only one objection, which had not been forefeen, and which had not been announced in the A&t of Accufation, was made to it. The late King, they faid, had been accused of fending an officer, of the name of Heymann, into Pruffia; this was founded upon the following item in one of the papers belonging to the treafurer of the Civil Lift, which con. tained a copy of an account delivered in by M. Bouille: To M. Heymann, fent into Pruffia on the King's fervice, 3,400 livres, for the expences of his journey."

GENT. MAG. March, 1793

MM. Defeze and Tronchet obferved, that, at the epoch of his journey to Montmedi, Louis had confided to M. Bouillé the fum of 900,000 livres, who carried this fum to Luxembourg, where he had taken refuge, and as part of it charged 3,400 livres to Heymann. They ftated, however, that, although Bouillé had faid fo, yet Louis had never authorised this officer to go to Pruffia; and added, that the Emigrant Princes and their adherents had done many things in the name of the ci devant King, without ever having obtained his permiflion.

Jan. 8. A fociety of Quakers appeared at the bar, and requested leave to purchase the land of Chambord, in order to form an establishment for educating, at their own expence, 130 children, whom they bring up to trades; and, when they attain the age of 18; give to each of them a capital of 500 livres. Referred to the Committee of Domains and Public Inftruction.

Jan. 10. Chambon, in the name of the Committee of Finances, prefented a comparative statement of the receipts and ordinary expences of the last month. The ordinary expences, it appears from this statement, exceeded the receipt by 20 millions of livres, which, added to 156 millions of extraor dinary expences, made the fum, neceifury to be furnifhed by the treasury 176 millions. Chambon announced, that the Committee of Finance would, in a few days, prefent the plan of a decree for a new emiffion of affignats to meet this expence

A ballot having taken place for a new prefident, M. Vergniaud was declared duly elected. MM. Bancal, Lefage, and Gorfas, were appointed secretaries.

The Minifter of the Marine gave in his report on the state of the marine, As a war, he faid, was likely to take place with Eng land, the Executive Council had given orders for reparing all the fhips, and for collecting every thing neceifary for equipping them. "The fam of expences," fays he, "for this year, amounts to 84,500,000 livres ; and it will be indifpenfably neceffary that 30 millions fhall be inftantly paid into my hands, for the current fervice of the year 1793."

The Minifter demanded, that directions fhould be given him concerning privateers, if they were obliged to make reprisals; and he propofed, that the failors fhould receive the additional pay of 12 livres per month. The augmentation of the number of vettels would increase the expences of the army 9 millions. He propofed an augmentation in the number of marines. Referred to the Committee of General Defence.

Jan. 14. The Convention called for the order of the day, being

The Final Judgement of Louis XVI.
M. Lebardi.