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Sure it has been with calm compofure dreft;
And yet one recreant lock avoids the rest.
No more; - for, I perceive, with confcious
This lovely lock inclining to my fide. [pride,
When fuch kind partiality I fee,
Oft may it wander-if it ftrays to me!

ELEGY. Inferibed to MAJESTY.
By MRS. C. STEPHENS.
THOU! who only canft controul
The tumult of my troubled foul;
Thou,-who alone haft art and pow'r
To foothe the fadly-ling ring hour,
And bid my pain-worn bofom know
Snipendon from the worm of woe,-
Sweet Paefy! by all confefs'd
Earth's hallow'd and immortal guest;
By votive myriads vainly fought-
I woo thee to my raptur'd thought,
And hid thee foftly revel there,
Repellant to the spectre care!-
Yes,-lov'd enchan refs,-hi her come,
And all thy witching charms affume;
Bid, bid, the young ideas fly
Before my joy-iltunu'd eye,
And fill impel them to impart
A tranfient rapture to my heart.
And thou, fweet Nymph of placid mien,
Yclept Content, Cottage Queen,-
Come thou;-and I will own me bleit,
And match thee to my glowing breast.
Erft 'twas thy pride with me to dwell,
As thote that know me beft can tell;
With thee 1 rovd aro nd the plain,
And pour
d the foftly-tenfate itain:
sam I hung,
With thee on -----
And liften'd to that foul-tought tongue,
While on my fenfe the Southern gale
Wafted the fragrance of the vale;
Wanton'd for me the flowers around,
And left their beauties on the ground;
But Evening made the fruits her care,
And, nurt'ring with a dewy tear,
Bade them, like virtue, now affume
A worth, furpaffing empty bloom;
Bade them mature-and take the pow'r
To blefs the Winter's focial hour;
In age, like wifdom, grace the feaft,
And claim the honors of the guest;
New energy to life impart,

And help to cheer the loyal heart;
Yes! in full vintage crown the board.
With-Health to George, cur Soreign Lord!
1 woo'd Content- wood the Mufe
To wander juft as fancy choose; —
And, feorning Fiction's airy dream,
They all adopt the darling theme:
And now, in loyal love elate,
Would fain unfold the gates of Fate;
Fain thew the long illuftrious train
O glories yet to grace his Reign;
Flatt'ring, they float . fancy's cye,—
She hears the echoing fhouts of joj,-
Ceafele's the lo Pecans ring.
She hears a happy Nation jing:

One heart, one vo.ce-one pow"cful Irand--
And, round his throne, a bulwark stand :—–

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Hark! hark! for BRUNSWICK ftill they cry,
In notes that climb th' applauding sky-
While, high in Heaven's ambrofial air,
Their starry crowns e'en angels rear ;
Th' Omnifcient their applause approves,
And guards the virtue that he loves!
If, to this warmly-loyal heart,
Too much its pregnant hopes impart;
Yet let me breathe the pious pray'r,
That Heav'n will make my Prince its care!
Blait each black Anarch's dire intent,
And bring the wretch to punishment!
And now for thofe, too prompt to fear,
Too prompt to drop the tim'rous tear;
The foft alfociates of his board,
Confort and Daughters of my Lord;
Let me the humbleft of the train,
That dares approach Apollo's fane,~
My little tuneful tribute bring;
And, tho' I tremble while 1 fing,
Their gentle hearts fhall deign to take
The tribute for the intention fake.-
Oh! may they never, never, know..
The touch of fear, the fenfe of woe!
Still may those beauteous eyes, benign
With peace and pleasure, brightly fhine!
Ard, if the prompt command of Fate
Bid either grace a kindred state,
Her own pure wishes may the prove,
And find a husband worth her love!
Life, Sun unclouded, let her fee,
While all her fubjects love like me!

A LOVE SONG to A Laughing Fair.
E fhepherds, fo gentle of mind,

Y

More tender and foft than your sheep,

Who no occupation can find,

But to wander, to figh, and to weep;
A plague on your fighing and whining,
My ration is better by half;-
It gives me no caufe for repining,
I've nothing to do but to laugh.

Your Phillis is faucy and vain,
Your Chloe as cold as a Nun;

If they love, they caufe nothing but pain;
If they frown, the poor fwain is undone.
Can this be a paffion divine,

That makes a man look like a calf?
To Venus more pleafing is mine;
She loves, Homer tells us, to laugh.

Your banks may be cover'd with bees,
Your cheeks may be furrow'd with tears;
But the nymph meets your efforts to please
Like the adder that stoppeth her ears.
You languh a year for a fmile,
For a fimper a year and a half;
If I walk with my Jenny a mile,
I'm frequently bleis'd with a laugh.

If laughing is better than crying,
If joy more than forrow allures;
If living is better than dying,
My paffion is better than yours.
Then come, thou best-humour'd of creatures,
The nectar of mirth let us quaff,
Bid defiance to funeral features,
And publish our joy by a laugh.

MINUTES

MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF FRANCE, (continued from p. 363.)

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March 4LETTER was read, from the Minifter for Foreign Affairs, which announced that the city of Hamburg, either through fear or rafhnefs, had violated her neut ality with France, and had entered into the league of tyra: ts. The Duke of Brunfwick, in quty of Director of Lower Saxony, had fignified to the Senate of Hamburgh his orders for difmiffing M. Hoch, Chargé des Affaires of the Republic in that city. The Senate was fo weak as to comply; and though the commercial and political interefts of that city were oppofite to fuch a step, M. Hech had been ordered to quit it the 31st of January.

The Minifter obferved, that it was with pain he was obliged to reckon a free people in the number of the enemies of France; but prudence had obliged the Executive Council to adopt prompt me.fores. In confequence thereof, an embargo fhould be laid on a'l thofe fhips in the French ports which belong to the Hans-Town.

March 5. A Secretary afcended the Tribune, and read a letter from the Belgic Commithioners.

M. Carra obferved the impreffion that the letter had made, and he did every thing to leffen it. "I know from the Minister at War," faid he, "that the enemy has not more than 24 or 25 thousand men at most." You have been informed that they were divided into three columns: they are not, then, very formidable. Valence withed to fpare the blood of our brothers; he was not obliged to fly, but retired in good order: and Dumourier has been ordered to form the fiege of Maeftricht according to the rules of art, and to make himself master of it, as afterwards we shall be mafters of all Holland. The fiege has not been raifed: M. Mirada has not ceafed to bombard the place. In fine, that may farnifh us with an opportunity of coming to an engagement with the enemy, who will fhew us what they are, viz. Cowards.

It was obferved, that the event would prove whether or not he was a good prophet.

M. Choudieu propofed to fubmit to the difpofition of the Executive Council all the federate who that arrive daily at Paris, with the view of reinforcing the army.

The most violent oppofition was made to his motion.

"We are far from having nothing to fear in Paris," faid M. Lanjuinais, "fince there is here a Committee of lufurrection, which, without doubt, prepares us for other milfortunes."

Mr. Bazot denounced the Municipality of aris, which is only provifional, and which afui ped, for the misfortune of France, the GENT. MAG. May, 1793.

place of those really chofen by the people He then fixed their attention upon Paris, which, he fad, rwould foon be a defert, if an end was not foon put to the evils that prevailed: he added, that the grafs would grow in its most public fireets before fix months, if the Convention did not allume the station that became it.

M. Inard mounted the Tribune. The most complete anarchy prevailed. The Prefident put on his hat, and Mr. Ifnard was allowed to fpe.k. He affirmed, that to this time the votes had not been free; that the Convention was influenced by a few factious perfons, who wished to give law to the whole Nation." Bluth," faid he, "to bear any longer the chains with which the Monster of Anarchy loads you: bre.k them; or, if you are base enough not to be able to rid yourself of them, get you hence "-Menices and hootings obliged him to fit down.

Mr. Frondrede propofed, that the fe der tes from the marine departments actually at Pris fhould return to them, to be in a conftant ftate of readiness, like other' citizens.

The fit object that truck the Cor.vention this day, in fome degree, with furprife," was to bferve, that ti e tribunes were filled with men only; there was not a fingle woman. On enquiry, it was found that the men had prevented the women from entering the hall,

The commiffioners depured the preceding day to the fections, gave an account of their miffion, and the difpofition in which they found the people.

The report of the public danger having every where gone before them, they found all the city inflamed with ardour and zeal to defend their country. A new army is going to iffue out of Paris; new victories are about to fignalize the infan Repub ic.

Some fections have expreted their anxiety to the Commitioners, refpecting the public tranquillity during the abfence of the troops on the frontiers; and, f.ring that fome counter-evolutionifts might again conspire against the Republic, required that a Revo lutionary Tribunal should be formed.

On the report which the Commiffioners made of their demand, the Convention decreed, that there thould be established an extraordinary tribunal, to judge without appeal, and without having recou fe to the Tribunal of Caffation, all conspirators and counter revolutionis.

Danton, after declaiming against the avarice of ufurers, and inhumanity of creditors, moved that all prifoners co-fined for debt fhould be fet at liberty, in order that they might march to the affiftance of their brethren.-Decreed.

Saint

Saint André moved, that confinement for debt thould be abolished.

Some members having stated that certain exceptions fhould be made, the whole was referred to the Committees of Legislation and Commerce.

Mareb 1 Gamon defired to be heard for a denunciation, and after much debate obtained a bearing. He ftated, that many individuals had the day before prevented the women from entering the Tribunes; and had given, as their reafon, a defign which had been formed for an expedition to the Affembly.

March 17. A deputation of Mulattoes requefted the Affembly not to yield to the fears of the white colonists, and faid that to recall the Civil Commillaries would be a dangerous meafure.

The fifter and heirs of the late Paul Jones claimed feveral fums due from the French Government.

March 18. The fum of 30,000 livres was voted to the municipality of Breft for the

navy.

A letter was read, announcing that the communication between Nantz and Rennes was intercepted by a number of infurgents.

A member afferted, that in the department of Du Pas-de-Calais the Counter-Revolutionists did every thing they could to impede the recruiting. In two diftricts the commiffioners fent by the department had been infulted by the ariftocrats, and their lives threatened. Another member announced that the departments of La Vendee and ces Deux Sevres were in the poffeffion of the infor gents, who had alfo feized on the district of Cholet, and fet fire to it. The forces fent to quell thefe Counter-Revolutionists had been repo'fd with lofs, the ariftocrats being provided with artillery.

Lafource announced to the Affembly, that the Counter- Revolutionists were in force in the departments of Lille and Villaine, to the number of 80; that they were poffefted of about ten leagues of the country, had cut off feveral communications, and had driven the troops of the line, the national guards, and the Gens d' Armes, as far as Chatean Briaud; they had alfo murdered a Mayor, his fon, and a conftitutional curate. They fay it is me the cap of Liberty thould be thrown down. The Convention, on the motion of Lafource, ordered a proper force to be fent against them.

Bariere moved, that the Republic fhould be declared in a ftate of revolution; and that whoever propofed an Agrarian law, a propotition which had mifled the people, thould be punished with' death. The latter the

ARembly decreed unanimoufly.

A decree was iffied ordering the CounterRevolutionists in-cuftody at Rennes, Lambulle, &c. to be brought to Paris.

A member of the Commitee of General Safety informed the Convention, that Gene

raf Labourdonnaie had been ordered to his poft in Brittany; and that General Marie was on his march against the infurgents. The war minifter requested of the Convention that the latter might be difperfed with cannon, as they held fecret intelligence with the enemies of the Republic; this measure, he added, was the more urgent, as an English fhip of three mafts had appeared on the French coafts, and fired fome cannon. This advice was approved of.

The cty of Orleans was declared in a state of rebellion.

A decree was paffed, purporting that every emigrant, or banished perfon, who is found in France after the time mentioned in the fentence, thall be taken up, and tried in the courfe of 24 hours.

March 19. The Adminiftrators of the Department of Deux Sevres complained that they were threatened with the fame evils which defolated the Department of Vendee. They had taken measures to repulfe the revoiters. A courier had arrived, difpatched by the Adminiftrators of the Department of Vendee, ftating that four hundred men had departed with cannon for Fontenai-le Peuple.

More difaftrous news was announced from the Prefident of the Council General of the Departments of Maine and Loire. The fuccefs of the rebels had been fuch as required the most vigorous meafures. All that part feparated on the fouth by the Loire was in their power, The Patriots of Samt Florent had been murdered by them; they had pillaged the public treafures of the diftrict, and carried off the records.

Chemilly had fuffered in the fame manner. On the 16th there had been an engagement, when the Patriots were vanquished. Saumur was threatened. The Magiftrates had affembled the fcattered forces, to offer a refolute front to the Counter-Revolutionifts. Couriers were gone to the neighbouring Depart ments to demand affiftance. All communication with the Lower Loire was interrups ed. The plunderers were maiters of Ancenia. They all wore the white cockade. They demanded a king, and the recal of the emigrants. The President of the Deparement terminated his letter by informing the Convention, that the domeftics of the ci-devants, and fome priests, having kindled first of all the fire of difcord, 200 of them had been made prifoners; and he demanded the eftablishment of a Revolutionary Tribunal, to do juftice to the traitors upon the very 1por.

When this letter was finished, a deputy from Mayenne and Loire faid, he was informed that Saumur was actually befieged; he faid, it might hold out for fome time, being fiteated between the confluence of the Cher and the Loire, if it received fpeedy fuccours. Different propofitions were then made :one to break every correfpondence with fuch

countries

countries with which they were at war, and to drive from the Republic all strangers, ex-, cept those who had been settled before the 14th of July, 17 9. Referred to the Diplo matic Committee.

March 20. Goyer was appointed Minifter of Justice.

March 21. A letter from the National Commiffioners ftated, that the infurgents, in the department of the Lower Loire, had attacked General Marcée on the 19th, with 1300 men, and fever pieces of cannon, and ben repulfed with the lofs cf 100 menThe General, having received a reinforcement of 1000 men, was preparing to purfue them on the 19th.

March 23. Deputies Extraordinary from the departments of Vendee and Deux-Sevres brought intelligence, that General Marcet had been defeated by the infurgents on Tuefday, near Chantonay, and obliged to at andon the place, with his wounded and artillery.

March 24. A letter, dated Nantz, March 19, ftated, that that place was in the middle of a civil war; and that the infurgents, within a circumference of three leagues, were not over-rated at 40,000.

March 26. A letter from the Commiffioners at Rennes, dated March 23, itared, that five departments were covered with infurgents, and called for additional forces.

The Executive Council gave an account of the progrefs of the revolt; by which it appeared, that although the infurgents had been beaten in various places, they had prevailed on the pezfants in the neighbourhood of Breft to join them.

March 27. Roberfpierve moved, that all the relations of the late King, except his fon, fhould be banished from France within eight days; and that the late Queen should be tried for her life before the Revolutionary Tribunal. The Convention, almost unanimously, passed to the Order of the day.

Monday, April 1. Several Members wished to fpeak on the conduct of Dumourier; but it was obferved, that it would be better to wait till his arrival. Dan'on, however, entered into fome explanations of his own conduff, and expreffed his indignation at the treachery of Dumourier.

Lafource faid, that Danton abandoned Dumounier only because he faw his perfidy unmarked. The precipitate journeys of Danton; his refufai to appear in the Committee; his efforts to rife the people in a body; and the immenfe fums which he had spent without producing any account, proved clearly that he was in concert with Dumourier. He moved, that Sillery and Egalité fhould be put under aweft; that a Communion fhould be formed to examine the conduct of the Commiffioners in Belgium; that the minute addrelled by Dubuffon, Par ry rac, and Paoli, thould be printed and fent to the army; and that an address fhould be pre

pared, to explain to the French people the
misfortunes of their country.

Danton The patriots are oppreffed by the
aristocracy. It is meant to murder them,
by making the people believe that they
have been tampering in Dumourier's plot.
[He was interrupted by a vehement agitation of
the Convention, and afterwards proceeded. ¡—
You reproach me, you who fit on the Moun-
tain, with not exertig all the energy of
character which nature hath bestowed upon
me. You accuse me of weakness. Very
well! I confefs my error, and I proclaim
before all France, that thofe, who through
ftupidity or weakness meant to withdraw
the tyrant from the word of the law, are
the fame men who indulge in the infolent
practice of calumny. I am reproached with,
not repairing to the Committee at the mo
ment of my return from Belgium-How
could I?-Overpowered with fatigue, after
paffing feveral nights without rest, was it
not natural to yield to thi first call? Scarcely
had I obtained a few hours of repofe, when
I repared to the Committee; and i call to
witness all who were prefent, what were
my fift words.“ Dumourier must be.
"watched. Dumourier is a traitor. Du
"mourier has faid, that the Convention con-
"fift of 300 fools, led by 400 ruthians.".

"But Dumourier wifhes for a King, and, Danton is fufpected of having been his partner in this audacious, this criminal, idea;, Danton, who, if I may tay fo, led the tyrant to the scaffold. But let us ceafe to imple to innocence a crime of which those only who had the wickednefs to keep terms with Louis can be reasonably fufpected-thofe who at clandeftine foppers concerted plans of confpiracy with him. I defy the traitor to produce a single line of mine that can comIf he can, I t my promife me with him head pay the forfeit." He concluded with proposing to levy fifty thousand men for the protection of Paris; and that the Commiffion above decreed thould take cognizance of all the Deputies fince the opening of the Convention, and of all publications against the unity of the Republic, &c, &c

April 2. The Popular Society of Toulon denounced General Paoli as a fupporter of defpotifm, who, in concert with the Administrators of the Department, had indicted every kind of hardship upon the patriots, at the fame time favouring the emigrants and the refractory pretts. They demand that his head thould fall under the avenging fword of the law.

Lafource. "When the inh bitants of Coifica combated for their liberty, General Faoli, who was at their head, appeared to fupport their caufe, that he might obtain a throne which he had long regarded as his own; his object was to he declared King-1 demand his difmission.”

Marat accused him of being an intrigner, afp eng to the Sovereignty of his land, and devoted

devoted to the English. He moved, that he fhould be put in a state of accufation.-After fo ne debate, the Convention decreed, that the Procureur General Syndic of the Depart ment of Corfica, and Genersi Pao'i, fhould be ordered to the bar, to give an account of their con 'uct.

April 7. After a warm debate, it was decreed that a Committee of Public Safety fhould be chofen, to confit of nine 'Membars, with powers almost unlimited; but on this account they are to con inue for one month only.

Letters were read from the Commiffioners at Valencien es, the purport of which was to acquint thembly that the camp at Maulde was difo n ing; and that Dumourier, Valence, Egab é, the two houvenots, and feveral other officers, with the Commillary General Soliva, and moft of the huffärs of Berchiny, had gone over to the Aubrians. They added, that the army of the Ardennes, confiling of 20 battalions, with their allery, &c. joined the army of Valenciennes, which confifted before of above 30,000 m n. General Dumourier's he d-quarters are at an Auftrian village to the left of the camp of Maulde.

⚫ Marat moved that the wives and children of the emigrants thou'd be taken into cuftody, to answer for the lives of ournonville and the other Commiflioners in the hands of the Auftrians; the Convention, however, on the motion of Foufrede, decreed hit all the Members of the Bou Won family thould be kept as hoftages for ti en faletv.

A letter was read from Plup Egalité requetting to know if he was included in the Houfe of Bourbon. The Convention unanimorfly declared in the affirmative.

The fo lowing are the Menibers of the new Commitee of Public Safety, viz Barrere, Delmas, Breard, amb n. Jean de Brie, Danton, Guitton, Movea, ireillard, and Lacroix of Eore and Lore.

Citizen: Egal té, Father and Son, are erased from the lift of | cobins.

April 10. Fufinefs commenced with a difcution on the plan of a decree from granting unhm red powers to the Comm theners fent to the armies; and notwith/tanding a frong oppoftion which was made to it by feveral Members, who faw in this meafure a new fp cies of defpo ifm, the Convention decree:

I. The reprefentatives of the people delegated to the armies are invefted with unlimed powers for excreifing the finétiens commettel to th in by the present decree. They may eplo whatever number of agents they may think ero er. The extrordmary expence which hey thall authonfe fhall be paid from the unic Treafury, on Raremen's b ing preferred by them. iher decrees had be provifionall. execu⚫d, provided they tra imit copies on them to the Convention within twenty-four hours; or,

if they require fecrecy, to the Committee of Public Safety.

11. They hall immediately purfue proper measures for difcovering, arresting, and carrying before the Revolutionary tribunal every agent, civil or military, and every other citizen, who may have aided, advifed, or favoured the treachery of Dumourier, or any other treachery; and who may have e: deavoured to difrganize the army, and to run the Republic.

April. In this feffion, Mirat urged, that the prai'e bestowed by Domou ier on Gudet, Vergniaud, Briffot, and Genfonne, was a fufficient proof of their guilt. As to Piliep Eaté, he would not fay whether he was a traitor, but he knew him to be a man without morals, without capacity, and

without honour.

He next demanded, that young Egalité, as well as all the abfent members of the apet fmily, fhould he pronounced ginity of Leze." Nation. In the mean time, he wished that te Members accused by Roberspierre should be brought to condign puufhment, if they could not justify themselves from the charges preferred against the n. [Violent murmurs.]

It was demanded that Marat thould be called to order. A violent tumult enfued, and the Prefident put on his hat.

Puviavaux infimated, that those who were so defirous to frame a Decree of LezeNation agent young Egalité, Dumourier, and the ci-devant Princes, might wish them to het ken off, of apprehended, toth end that their own Treafons might be concealed. He thought that the four Commffioners in the hands of the enemy might fall a facrifice to thefe violent me.fores

He was inerrupted by cries from the Mountain, fome of the Members of that party oblerving, that none but the friends of the Capets, and Statefaen, could agree in fuch a fentiment as that delivered.

At thefe words the tumult rofe to the highett pitch. All the Members on the right fide of the Hall holding up in a menacing way the r fword cones, proceeded in a body towards the Mon tain.

The Prefident was again covered, and it was a long time before tranquillity could be re established.

It was demanded, that one of the menacing Members fhould be fent to the Abbaye, for having threatened the Deputies with a naked weapon in his hand.

The Mountan infiited, that h fe who were defiros of aliaffinating the Members fhould he pun thed.

Dupernet, the Member accused of having aim da blow with his naked weapon, juftifind him flt by observing, that the icanda1. Faction of the Mountain. intent on defroking the Public Wel, had prevented the hoort part of the Convention from fpeaking then fentiments. He added, that one of this Faction had held a piftol tohi breift. FOREIGN

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