POETICAL ESSAYS. An ODE to MOON-LIGHT. -Tu, Tityre, lentus in umbra, Formofam refonare doces Amaryllida fyl vas. When I did with Tityrus talk; All nature was lull'd to repofe, And drop'd the hard chain of my grief. How lovely the Moon did appear! Her gay filver mantle the fpread ; 'Twas pleafing to fee; but to hearWas enchanting-what Tityrus faid. Ye pow'rs who delight to protect! O do not disturb a fond breaft; Let Tityrus never neglectAmaryllis will always be bleft. The glare of the day I refign; Let butterflies ramble at noon; For the Sun I shall never repine, While I have the light of the Moon. The gate I fhall never forget, Where Tityrus lean'd on his arm; The time I fhall ever regret O! how did fweet Tityrus charm! He afk'd for one kifs, and no more; He call'd me his angel, and figh'd; But, if he had afk'd for a score, Amaryllis had never deny'd. Repeat his sweet tale thro' the grove, Such things did my Tityrus fay! Yes, yes, he's the fhepherd of love; He's the life and the joy of the wake; And conftant I hope he will prove ; Sure, Tityrus can't be a rake; Then constant for life he will prove ; 113 Its verdure no laurel will change: What a profpe&t have I, then, of love? For Tityrus never will range. In return to the dear gentle fwain, Each thepherd that fecks me I'll fhun; I'll be chatte as the fnow on the plain; That never was kiss'd by the Sun. life. My pray's, my arms, to cach I freely give; I'll die for England,-but for Pollia live! graves? P A [ 114 ] REMARKABLE ADVERTISEMENTS, &c. Gentleman having a very large oak ítick in his hand that had a remarkable targe head; another gentleman took particular notice of it, and upon obferving the head he perceived that it confifted chiefly of putty, which, being lately done, was not quite dry. "Sir, faid he to the owner of the itick, that fapling of yours feems to have got a foft head Yes Sir, replied the other 'Tis Royal Oak. the Perfidy, Onflow; and the Destruction, Fitzherbert; all in ballant. Sailed outwards, the Contratt, Halifax; the North Star, Mansfield; and the Treatury, Holland; for the bay of AllRogues. The Proclamation, a first rate, commanded by captain King, was wrecked on the Middlefex coait, and plundered by the natives. I T is faid, Mrs. Barry, who put on the breeches for Sir Harry Wildair, was fo extremely pleafed with them, and found they fat lo eaty, that he has worn them ever fince, and wears the will never more be unbreeched by any man ! MATRIMONY. NY lady, agreeable and accom A plithed, who can dupence with age, &c. for the fake of a good eitate, and a coach and fix, may aff redly find a friend who has it fully in his power to acprovided fuch lady will do the propofer complice ich a matter to her very with, à particular favour, which may be in her power confiftent with the nice honour. The lady muit have fome knowledge of the world, genteel appearance, and repalabie connections and acquaintance; as to fortune, none is required. The moft convincing proofs of the reality of this addrefs, thall be given before any interview is defired; and the advertier has no objection to meet any female friend of the lady's on the occafion, and to prove and explain every part. Please to d rect to R. R. to be left at the &c. Sec Daly Alvertijer, March 12. Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. LONDO FRIDAY, MARCH 1. Britons at St. bride's church, HIS morning the fociety of Anticnt from whence they proceeded, in carriages,. to St. James's, to pay their compliments to his royal highnets the prince of Wales in the following order, viz. fifes playing, and colours diving; the city officers and he marthals n hortchack; a ftandard with the figure of St. David painted thereon, with a fword in his hand; a man in armour, fupporting a flag with the prince of Wales's arms; a band of muic; thon the charity children two and two; followed by twenty-two carriages. His royal highnets received them very gracioufly, and prefented the rewards (having firft addroiled them in a genteel peech) with a purte of one hundred gui neas towards fupporting the charity. They had all the honour of killing his royal highneis's hand. They then re turned Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. This day the right hon. George earl of Pomfret was, by his majefty's command, fworn of his majefty's most honourable privy council, and took his place at the board accordingly. His majefty has been pleased to appoint James Cecil, commonly called lord vifcount Cranburn, to be lord lieutenant of the county of Hertford, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon. Whitehall, March 2. The king having been pleated to grant his royal licence to Robert Melvill, Efq. captain general and governor in chief of his majesty's iflands of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Tobago, in America, to return to this kingdom; his majefty has been pleafed to appoint William Leybourne Leybourne, Efq. to be captain general and governor in chief of thofe inlands, in the room of the faid Robert Melvill, Efq. Stockholm, Feb. 12. Our late fovereign the king of Sweden, Adolphus Frederick, expired fuddenly, about eight o'clock this evening, at his palace in this city, in the 61ft year of his age, and 20th of his reign. Monday, March 4. Had not the convention taken place, the Spaniards were preparing to beliege Gibraltar with 79,000 men, at the head of whom the king himself, for the greater eclat, was to appear. The flet to block up the harbour was ready to fail from Ferrol. Notwithstanding the reception the conveation has met with here from oppofition; it is reckoned, by foreign nations, as extremely humiliating to Spain; and honourable to England." Wednesday, March 6. A fpirited remonftrance has arrived, within these two days, from Spain, demanding a categorical anfwer with regard to the island, (one of the Moluccas) to the government of which Mr. Dairymple, in the fervice of the Eat-India Company, has been lately appointed. The Spaniards claim a right to it, pretending that it is one of the Philippine islands. Thursday, March 7. The following odd accident happened lately at a foreign envoy's, Late in the evening a lady 115 came in a poft chaife to the door; a large trunk was taken from the chaife, and carried into the hall; but before the lady had been there a moment, a perfon dreffed like a poit-boy came in, and faid he had brought the wrong trunk, threw it upon proved to be a custom-houfe officer, The his houlder, and marched off: 'He trunk contained goods to the amount of brought them there for fafety, but was one thousand pounds: The lady had difappointed by the above ftratagem. Friday, March 8. On Friday at died at his houfe at Steeple Afton, Oxfordfhire, Sir Hans Fowler, hart. of Abby cwm-hyr, Radnorfhire; by whofe death without iffue, the title is become extinct. Extract of a Letter from Dublin, Feb. 28. "There were terrible mobs both yefterday and to-day. Lord Townfend was hified and hooted from the house to the castle, and mud thrown at him: To-day the mob, to the amount of ten thousand unhappy wretches, (who were most of them induftrious tradefinen, until they were reduced to beggary by the latt prorogation of parliament) afle mbled with various weapons to fwear the members to be true and honeft to the truft repofed in them; fome bithops were very roughly treated, particularly Fernes and Craddock; lord Annaly and lord Justice narrowly escaped; the army has been round the houfe the whole day, and the members feemed in custody of the lord-mayor; all thofe who are fuppofed friends to the country they know to be fo much injured, were huzza'd and fhouted whereever they pafled, and that without any distinction of their being connected with any particular fet of men; our new and worthy Scotch commiffioner, Allen, efcaped luckily, he was fought for with eagerness by the mob. In fhort, there never was feen fuch a fcence, and I hope never to fee people drove to fuch andther again; the miferable ereatures are half-ftarved, and think their mifery ow ing to the impolitic measures of an imprudent administration. It should be remembered that neceflity has no law." This day his majetty went to the house of peers, and gave the royal affent to the following bills, viz. The bill to continue an act for punishing mutiny and desertion in the American colonies. The bill to oblige the proprietors of the Birmingham canal navigation to complete the fame to a field called Newthallring, near Birmingham. 116 Foreign and Domestic Intelligence. The bill for erecting a playhoufe at Liverpool. The bill to explain and amend an act for making the river Clyde navigable. The bill to enable lord Ducie to take and use the name of Morcton, &c. The bill for exemplifying the will of Francis Macartney, efq. to be evidence in all courts of law throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The bill to diffolve the marriage of Henry Knight, with his own wife, and to enable him to marry again. And also to several road and incloïure bills. Monday, March 11. Yesterday about two o'clock in the afternoon, a fire was discovered in an apartment adjoining to the king's dreffing room at St. James's, which greatly alarmed the whole court. The accident happened by fome deficiency in the hearth, through which the fire had communicated to the joifts underneath, and had been burning for fome time; but by ripping up the Hooring, the fame was happily extinguished without the affiftance of engines, though feveral were present. It had been strongly reported, that an outlawry against the difobeying printers was intended to fucceed the king's proclamation for apprehending them; but the lawyers fay that no fuch process can take place. It is now afferted, that the printers intend to surrender themfeives to the lord mayor. On Sunday night died, at her house in Old Bond-ftieet, her grace the ducheis of Hamilton, lady of the hon. Mr. Nafiau, mother to the counters of Donegall, and grandmother to the prefent duke of Hamilton. Lait Friday died at her houfe at Ifleworth, greatly advanced in years, Mrs. Sophia Dyne, a widow lady of con iderabie fortune, part of which, we hear, the has bequeathed to charitable ules, and the remainder to her liter, who lived with her. Yekerday morning a fire broke out at Mrs. Durham's, at St. Margaret's bank, Chatham, which in a fhort time confumed that house, and the next adjoining, and greatly damaged two others. Three people unfortunately loft their lives; one of whom was Mrs. Durham, who ufed to buy feamen's tickets. How this melancholy affair happened is unknown; but it is fufpected to have been done by fome evil-minded perfon, with an intent to rob and plunder the dwellings. Tuesday, March 12. Yelerday paffed the Great Seal, directed to the Sheriff's of London and Middlesex, his Majesty's proclamation for the apprehending John Wheble and R. Thompion, for publishing the fpeeches of fome of the members of the Houfe of Commons. Notwithftanding this circumftance of its not having till yesterday paffed the feal, it made its appearance on Saturday in the Gazette. When the news arrived at Paris of the death of the King of Sweden, orders were iffued for difcontinuing all public diverfions for three days in compliment to the young Princefs then refident in that capital. On the 14th ult. died, of an apoplexy, Sir Robert Keith, Bart. of Ludwhalm, iu Aberdeenfhire, a Major General in the King of Denmark's fervice, and Governor of Rhinfburg, in Jutland. He had ferved General Keith as an Aid de Camp many years. We nefay, March 13. A private centinel in the 34th regiment of foot has had the good fortune lately to fucceed to the poleffion of near 1500l. landed eftate in Ireland, and a large fum of ready money, by the death of an uncle. This day at 12 o'clock the common cryer of this City, attended by the City Marthal and other officers, read, at the Royal Exchange, the proclamation for apprehending the two Printers; after which, according to orders, several were ftuck up on divers parts of the Change. It is faid, that the beft, if not the greatest authority in the law has declared that a late proclamation, if not illegal, is nugatory. Friday, March 15. We are informed, that the reafon why Lord Temple deferted Mr. Wilkes was, that he difapproved of his accepting the charity of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights. Being offended that Mr. Wilkes had not previously consulted him, he said, “Mr. Wilkes has no farther occafion for us, he has got other patrons." Saturday, March 16. Yefterday Mr. Carpenter, Printer, in Hofier-Lane, West-Smithfield, appeared before the fitting Alderman (John Wilkes, Efq;) at Guildhall, with Mr. John Wheble, for the apprehending whom a reward of fifty pounds was offered by proclamation-Mr. Carpenter was afked, upon the delivery of Mr. Wheble, whether he was a conftable or peace-officer ? Anfwering in the negative, he was asked, whether Mr. Wheble had been guilty of any felony, or was under any fufpicion of telony, or was charged by him with the commiffion of any crime? Mr. Car, penter Foreign and Domeftic Intelligence. penter again answering in the negative, was interrogated, by virtue of what authority he brought Mr. Wheble before the Alderman? He answered, by virtue of the Proclamation. The Alderman then faid, "As you are not a peaceofficer, nor conftable, and you accuse not the party of any crime, I know not what right you have to take his perfon; it is contrary to the chartered rights of this City, and of Englishmen." After which Mr. Wheble deured to be heard; who faid, "that not only what Mr. Carpenter had done was wrong, but the whole proceedings were illegal and unconstitutional, both of the Houfe of Commons and the Proclamation. The Alderman cut him fhort, faying, "With thefe matters I have nothing to do." Then afking Mr. Wheble whether he accufed Mr. Carpenter of any thing; he anfwered he did, of an affault, and alfo of breaking the peace, which he thought he had a right to fwear against him: But being queftioned whether he apprehended his lite to be in any danger, and he anfwering in the negative, the Alderman told him he could not fwear the peace against Mr. Carpenter, but that he might charge him with an assault, if he did affault him. Mr. Wheble then fwore to the affault, after which the Alderman addressed himself to Mr. Carpenter, faying, "You have no authority for making this affault, contrary to the rights of Englishmen and citizens; therefore I do releafe Mr. Wheble and hall commit you, unless you can find bail to answer for your behaviour at the next feffions." Bail was immediately offered for Mr. Carpenter's appearance, himfelf bound in 401. and his bail (Mr. Kearly and Mr. Smith) in 201. each. Mr. Carpenter then afked, whether he had not a claim to the reward? To, which he was answercd in the affirmative, and that a certificate fhould be immediately made out to fatisfy the Treafury of his having delivered John Wheble, the perfon mentioned in the Proclamation, and for which the reward of fifty pounds was offered, before the fitting Magiftrate at Guildhall, a Justice of Peace. And we are informed, that the aforefaid Mr. Carpenter, as foon as the certificate was figned, took coach to the Treasury, to demand the reward promised by the Royal Proclamation; when he was defired to attend on Tuesday next, Copy of the certificate for apprehending Wheble. "This is to certify that John Wheble, the publisher of the Middlefex Journal, 117 was this day apprehended and brought before me, one of his majesty's juftices of the peace for the city of London, by Edward Twine Carpenter, of Hofier lane, London, Printer. "JOHN WILKES, Alderman.” Monday, March 18. On Saturday the perfon who apprehended R. Thompfon in confequence of the proclamation, went to the Treafury to demand the payment of the reward of 50l. when he was ordered to attend on Tuesday next, that being board day. Tuesday, March 19. Yesterday the report was made to his majefty of the convicts now under fentence of death in Newgate, when the following were or dered for execution thr 27th inftant, viz. Richard Morris, for firing a loaded piftol at Thomas Parkinfon, in Hertfordfhire; Thomas Peake, for returning from transportation before the expiration of his term; John Sidey and George Burch, for breaking open the dwelling house of Mr. Greenfield, linen-draper, in Fleetstreet, and stealing linens, &c. to the amount of more than 1300l. and Luke Cannon concerned with John Sidey (who was before capitally convicted for robbing Mr. Greenfield) in breaking into the house of the hon. Mr. Stratford, in Park-street, and stealing plate, &c. to the amount of 1000l. James Forster, for horse-stealing in Effex; and John Leveridge, for breaking open the fhop of Mr. Seymour in Oxford Road, and stealing a quantity of ribbons, are refpited. Wednesday, March 20. Yesterday at two in the afternoon, the lord mayor of this city went from the Manfion-houfe to the Houfe of Commons. His lordship appeared very feeble and infirm, but in good fpirits. Mr. Alderman Oliver, and his lordship's chaplain, Mr. Evans, were in the fame coach. A prodigious croud of the better fort were at the Manfion-house and in the streets near it, who teftified their approbation by repeated huzzas, which were continued quite from the Manfion-house to the House of Commons. On his arrival there one univerfal fhout was heard for near three minutes, and the people during the whole passage to the house called out to the lord mayor as the people's friend, the guardian of the city's rights, and the nation's liber ties. When his lordship arrived at the house he was queftioned (as we are informed) concerning his conduct at the Manfionhoufe on Friday laft in figning a warrant of commitment for one of the meffenge s |