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This book amounts to 800 pages, including the title-page, contents, index, &c; and an appendix, confifting of ancient writings referred to in the book, and abstracts of the entail and bankrupt acts, 10° & 12° Geo. III. [20. & xxxiv. 281.] The Tears of HYGEIA: An Elegy. By J. TAIT. S late I ftray'd beneath the mountain brow, Where Contemplation's fecret haunts appea Sweet was her afpect, gentle was her mien, Or ftray'd along with fuch inchanting grace ""Tis done," the cry'd" To grief deve the day; Let Sorrow pour the sympathifing tear; Let fond Affection raise the tender lay, And form a wreath for GREGORY's ca bier. Laft night he smil'd, and bade his friends 1 joice; Last night to joy he gave the fleeting hour; But now, alas! a lifeless corfe he lies, The fad remains of Death's relentless pow Of late I taught him with unrivall'd skill To fpread at large my bounties o'er the lan gave the pow'r, I gave the lib'ral will, I profper'd all the labours of his hand. 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To praife his worth, the Mufes foon fhall fir Shall raife him high amid the deathless choir, A fav'rite Minstrel, whofe exalted lay, Whofe fame, whofe glory, never shall deca Edinburgh, Feb. 26. 1773. • Dr Beattie. [xxxiii. 89.] VER T EPILOGUE, Spoken by Mrs Yates, on her first appearance on the Edinburgh theatre. By J. HOOLE. Hen through each scene that moulds the ductile heart, The Tragic Mufe has prov'd her powerful art; With her own Shakespeare's more than mortal glow, Has ftrung the nerves, or taught the tears to flow; Not fuch my task for other paffions rise In this full heart- If from thefe beauteous eyes The parting tear your wish'd applause has shown For fancy'd woes, for fufferings not our own; O! if a paflion but affum'd could raise The voice of fympathy, the voice of praise, What should I now--when Fiction drops her veil, And crouding thoughts my fwelling breast assail ? The ftrong emotions of a grateful heart? No more the actress now Can words impart The mind, too prompt its wishes to believe, Tho' flattering hope and felf-applaufe deceive Yet muft I think, your patronage confeft, I came no bufy, no intruding guest: That 'twas not vanity forbade my fear, But fomething whifper'd oft my welcome here; Secure, where first my happy breath I drew, To meet that candour ever found in You. PROLOGUE Spoken by Mr DIGGES, when Mr NICHOLSON STEWART performed R1CHARD III. on the theatre royal of Edinburgh, Feb. 17. for the humane purpose of building a bridge over the river Carran, where many lives have been lately loft. Flows bright, recorded by dramatic fame; His plunder, O! indulgent POPE, for And in thy words my fentiments receive. For who can hear him touch his deep-ton'd And not receive the animating fire? Far be fuch ftrains, and farther be that art, No pointed fatire fhall attaint my lays; mine. In youth, 'tis faid, you easily fcan Say, will Fitzwilliams ever want a heart, Who wipes the tear from off the virgin's eye? Nor, if alike my former maxim's true,-- be. While Tully's fenfe its weight to thee affords, In future times, my Fox, fhall wait on you. Mild as the dew that whitens yonder plain, Legge fhines ferenest 'midst our youthful train He whom the fearch of praife with raptu hear The echoing horn, the sportsman's hearty che Witness the Naiads, and the guardian powe Nor you, O Storer, fhall unfung remain, THE PROGRESS OF LOV N Ature, when the form'd a man, Love with life at first began, Love began to grow within; Youth incicas'd it to a flame. Once to love, and once to die. FLORI H HISTORICAL AFFAIRS Magnefia; from whence he returned TURKY. "Conftantinople, Jan. 25. A violent form has lately happened here, which has done much damage, and occafioned an infinite deal of confufion. On the night of the 16th, a hard gale came on from the eaft, (which is the only wind to which the harbour of Conftantinople lies expofed), and foon increased to fuch a degree of violence, that many of the galleys, fhips, &c. were drove on shore, and ftove to pieces; others cut their cables, and endeavoured to get thro' the Bofphorus into the Black fea, but many perthed in the attempt. Several parts of the feraglio which ftands on the peninfula of Thrace, juft at the entrance of the port, were blown down, and fome lives lo. Some of the works of the Dardanelles have likewife fuffered, and much damage has been done in the Archipelago." "London, Feb. 23. Advices from Smyrna fay, that the Ruffian fleet had intercepted and taken eleven fail of tar tas, bound for the Dardanelles with provifions and live cattle for the ufe of the Turkifh fhips off the island of Candia, and after distributing the neceffaries among their own fquadron, had funk the veffels, and forced their crews to ferve on board their ships." 66 Smyrna, Dec. 23. The 11th inft, was a day of trouble, confternation, and affright. Ayves Aga, a perfonal enemy to Cara Ofman Oglou, our Governor, pretended to have received a firman from the Grand Signior, containing an order to ftrike off the Governor's head private ly. In confequence of this order, he entered this place at two in the morning on the 11th, at the head of 400 men. The Governor, who had learnt his defign about half an hour before, provided a fmall number of foldiers with ammunition, and in hafte fortified himself in his palace. Ayves fired againft the palace; which was immediately returned, and continued for about ten hours. At length Ayves, defpairing of being able to feize the perfon of Ogiou, fet fire to the houfes near the palace, in hopes of its communicating to the palace: but Oglou not only faved the palace, but was happy enough to extinguish the fire. While this was tranfacting, Cara Ofinan Oglou, scorted by a number of Janiffarics, retired by the other part of the city to yesterday in the afternoon, at the head of 3000 men, and has taken poffeffion of his government, which has been afresh confirmed on him by the Grand Signior, The place fuffered very confiderably during the ten days that Ayves was in poffeffion of it. All the inhabitants, who had retired on board the ships, being informed that tranquillity was re-eftablish ed, are returning to their houses." POLAND. from the courts of Vienna, Petersburg, "Warfaw, Jan. 13. The ministers and Berlin, have drawn up a very inte→ refting plan, which they propose to deliver to the fenatus confilium, which is to meet Feb. 8. Some of the principal articles are as follows. and the King of Pruffia, having amply 1. The Emperor demonftrated their refpective rights to the provinces of Poland which have been fo long occupied by the republic; and having informed all the powers of Europe thereof, feveral of whom have ac knowledged the validity of their preten fions: and, in like manner, the Empress of Ruffia having united with these powers, to fet forth her pretenfions to part of Red Ruffia, as well as to part of the Ukraine and Lithuania, on account of the great expence of the Ruffian troops in the reigns of Auguftus II. and Augustus III. and alfo under the prefent reign of King Stanislaus Auguftus, which troops were called into Poland by the republic itself: in confequence thereof, the States of the kingdon will declare in the enfuing diet, in the prefence of their King, that the right of the faid powers, and their taking poffeffion, is founded in justice. 2. After the pretensions of the three ved of in the diet, the frontiers of the powers fhall have been previously approkingdom of Poland fhall be likewise regulated and confirmed for ever by the States of the kingdom. 3. In order to make this convention or agreement relative to the frontiers the better known to the inhabitants of Poland, a map fhall be taken of that country, in which the frontiers of the kingdom of Poland fhall States in diet fhall acknowledge and conbe very exactly delineated; and the firm them for ever. thefe arrangements may be durable, the 4. In order that faid powers will make treaties relative thereto, with the other powers of Europe. 5. As it is well known that the preceding preceding conftitution of Poland occafioned great prejudice to the kingdom itfelf; that the power of their Kings was limited, and very much diminished; and that disorders had even been occafioned thereby in the neighbouring countries; it is proposed to make fome confiderable alterations in the conftitution, the neceffity and the legality of which is acknowledged by the States of Poland.” "Warsaw, Jan. 6. The Sieur Kicki, Staroft of Lemberg, being removed from his poft for refufing to take the oath of fidelity to the Emprefs-Queen, the King of Poland, to whom he wrote to inform him of the event, fent him the following anfwer. "I could not read without emotion your letter of the 21ft inft. in which you inform me, that a foreign power had ordered you to pay it homage, and that upon your refufal it deprived you of the ftarofty of Lemberg, with the revenues arifing from it. I am most senfibly affected to fee, that a Polander, who had rifen to a confiderable poft, fhould be obliged to quit it, becaufe he would not betray his country in the name of the Supreme Being. My concern is, however, mixed with a particular fatiffaction, when I confider that it is you, my old friend, who has given fuch an admirable example of virtue, conftancy, and difinterestednefs. The Polanders our cotemporaries, and their pofterity, will find in your conduct a model for their actions, and need not have recourse to the hiftories of ancient republics for acts of heroifm, as incitements to virtue. I fet the higher value upon your behaviour, because it was not in confequence of an order iffued from the throne, but the effect of your own understanding and confcience. The honour you have acquired, and which all ages allow to virtue, is the first recompence you deferve; my gratitude and efteem have another in referve for you." "Warfaw, Jan. 26. Yesterday the Imperial, Ruffian, and Pruffian troops, who were quartered in the contiguous cantonments of this city, were marched into the suburbs and environs, where many of them are quartered, and the remainder in the city itself. The reasons of this step are not publicly known; but it is fuppofed to be previous to fome defigns which each of the three powers may have in view at the approaching diet. The fears of all people here are engaged for the fafety of the King, whofe life they apprehend to be in danger, that unfortunate prince being now in a man ner a prifoner to the Emperor, whofe guards encompass him." "Warfaw, Feb. 2. We are in daily ap prehenfion here of the whole forces be longing to the Polish kingdom being dif banded, as it is impoffible for the King or the republic to maintain them. They are very clamorous for their pay, and threaten raifing contributions on the coun tries if they do not immediately receive it. The confequences attending fuch! ftep must be dreadful; and it is appre hended that the three potentates who have divided the kingdom, will in fecrecy encourage the mutinous fpirit of the troops, as it will divide them into par ties, and afford a pretence of punishing them for any outrages they commit." "Warfaw, Feb. 3. The foreign mini fters held a conference yesterday with the Russian ambassador, and in the e vening gave in memorials from their refpective courts to the ministry, in which they reprefent, that it is neceffary the opening of the diet fhould be the 18th of April, and that it should be closed again the 8th of June. This proceeding caufes many conjectures." "From Poland, Jan. 31. It is afferted, that, at the interceffion of the maritime powers, the court of Berlin has agreed to foften its conduct with refpect to the trade of Dantzick; and that the commerce between that city and Poland fhall be on the fame footing as that of Konigsberg with Lithuania." "Dantzick, Feb. 16. His Pruffian Majefty has, for a small time, relaxed the feverity of the taxes, which he at firf required of the inhabitants of this once free town. But, notwithstanding, the number of military he has thrown into it and the preparations he is making, plain ly evince that he looks upon it in the light of a conquered place. By his orders the three ports of the city are to be each of them fortified, viz. Voorstat, Alftat and Rechftat. Ships of war are likewif building in the docks. He has alfo de prived Dantzick of the right of coinin their own money, has difbanded the city garrison, and obliges the inhabitants t maintain a Pruffian one." "Berlin, Feb. 3. His Pruffian Majest has given orders to make out a complet lift of all the cities, towns, and village in his new acquifitions in Poland, toge ther with the number of inhabitants each |