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and himself fent to the Caftle of the Seven Towers, where, in defpite of the rights of nations, he remains prifoner at this moment.

Such a proceeding prefents every reflection that can arife on the fubject. The Porte has been willing to unite perfidy with the most infulting attack. She omits nothing to make manifeft the ftrong defire that has been long felt to break a peace, which was granted in a manner that was generous and noble. Provoked by a conduct fo oftenfive, the Emprefs fees herself obliged unwillingly to take up arms, as the only means remaining of maintaining ber right, which he has acquired with fo much lols of blood, and revenging her wounded dig nity. Intirely innocent of all the evils attendant on the war ready to be kindled, he has a right to depend upon divine protection and the fuccefs of her friends, as alfo upon the prayers of all Chriftians for her triumph in a caufe of juftice and self-defence.

Lord George Gordon turned Jer.

N confequence of inftructions from Mr. Juftice

Bow-ftreet, proceeded to Birmingham, and on Friday Dec. 7, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, apprehended Lord George Gordon, for a contempt of the Court of King's Bench, the Judges of whom found him guilty of being concerned in the publication of a libel.

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Lord George Gordon has lived in the town of Birmingham fince Auguft laft, unknown to every clafs of men but thofe of the Jewish religion, among whom he has paffed his time in the greatest cordiality and friendship, having renounced the Chriftian faith, and adhering rigidly to the doctrine of the Hebrew church.

The ceremony of circumcifion he is faid to have undergone; and a total change of habili ments he has fuffered, with a degree of conicious complacency and condefcenfion which nothing but a mental conviction could ever effect.

He appears with a beard of an extraordinary length, and the ufual raiment of the Jews; and aflerts, that it is a fin for any man to be feen differently. His obfervance of the culinary preparations is remarkab! He will touch nothing that is ferved according to the freedom of the Chriftian religion.

In the first interview between him and Macmanus, Lord George conducted himseli with the decorum of a gentleman, acknowledged, that the officer of justice was not to blame in the difcharge of his duty; but that he knew no authority by which he was enabled to harrafs bim, or any other individual of his religion. furrounded by a number of Jews, who affirmed bis Lordship was Moles rifen from the dead in order to inftruct them, and enlighten the whole world.

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From every article of information, it appears, that his Lordship has officiated in a principal fy nagogue in Birmingham as a chief of the Levitical order; and his eloquence and perfuafion have certainly been very confpicuou, as he received little less than the adoration of the Hebrews. He is fo ftrongly rivetted to the new doctrine, that be declares no human power will ever make him renounce it; and his habilimen s and long beard are affirmed to be indifpenfably necellary.

When Macmanus folicited his immediate departure from Birmingham, his Lordship said, that he could not comply with his request, the following day, (Saturday) happening to be his Sabbath; and that if he was refolved on his departure, he muft enforce it; because his confcience deemed it finful to travel on the Sabbath-The officer then remarked, that, from the nature of his warrant, his Lordship might, if he pleated, give bail to any of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, confequently delay their departure till the expiration of the Sabbath. To this his Lordhip immediately complied, and gave the fecu rity requifite. The Jews continued to furround him, and evinced the highest respect for his perfon and intellectual faculties.

He talked frequently of his apoftafy; and entered into an explanation of the reafons which led him to embrace the Jewish Faith; remarking that it was the greatest felicity of his life, and that he was aftonished there were not more converts Beftowing more encomiums on the Elect, he ob ferved, that the whole commonwealth of the Jews confifted of two descriptions of men-He Profelyter. was a

brew either by the father or mother's fide, was an Hebrew; but he that was born to of both, was an "Hebrew of the Hebrews;" and fuch a perfon was St. Paul, Phil. 15. Continuing his obfervations, he recurred to the ancient regulation of the favoured nation, by laying, that he who was born a profelyte, either by father or mother's fide, was termed Ben ger, the lon of a heprofelyte; or Ben gera, the ion of a the-profelyte: but he that was by father and mother's fide a profelyte, was termed Baghag-that is the ton of he and the profelytes. Thele learned illustrations we have been favoured with by a clerical correspondent, who is very well acquainted with his Lordship, and who has vifited him since his return to

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tio Nelfon, Efq. was the commander. She has for these four years pal! been upon the Weft India ftation. During her temporary refidence at the island of Antigua, there prevailed an unusual warmth in the climate, and the prifoner being from the nature of his itation, very frequently expofed to its influence, at length received that impreffion from it which is emphatically called Le Coup de Soleil, and which tends conftantly in various des grees, according to the conftitution of the patient, to affect and diforder the brain. The extraordis nary good behaviour of the prisoner on board the fhip, and the partiality which his humane difpo fition had gained to him, made Captain Nellon anxious for the recovery of his health, and for this purpose, he was fent to the hofpital, where, after a short interval, he was rendered capable of returning to his duty on board, but be ever afterwards gave occafional marks of an impaired understanding and nervous affection. The thip, however, with the prifoner on board, arrived in Eng. land in August laft, and he then received wages amounting to 40 guineas; and being off at Sheer nefs on the 30th of last month, he again receive ed ten guineas for the remainder of his pay.About ten o'clock on Sunday evening, he accidentally picked up one Mary Mills, a poor unfortunate proflitute, in the neighbourhood of St. Catherine's, who was a fellow lodger in the fame houfe with Sarah Hayes, the deceased. They proceeded to a public house in Wapping, called the Ship in Diftrefs, where they drank three pennyworth of brandy and water. During this time, he frequently appeared dejected. Soon ater, Mary Mills perfuaded him to go and leep with her that night; and he confenting, they proceeded to her home. The deceased opened the door, and fhewed them into a room on the ground floor. The prisoner defired to have some rum hot, and gave the deceased half a crown to procure it. While this was driak ing, they asked him if he chose fapper, and fome beef was brought in, but he never touched it. Mary Mills then perfuaded him to go to bed. Before he laid down, he enquired if there was any more liquor to drink; and the deceased brought him the remainder of the rum bot, which he just put his lips to, but did not drink of it. The deceafed then wished them a good night, and fat down in a chair by the fire-fide. But before Mary Mills could undrefs herself to go to

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An Epitaph on a Rake.

AREWEL to mirth and jollity,
Farewel Lo love and liberty;

1. kewile to hope and anxious care,
To melancholy and defpair,
And mufic foft, and tender ftrains,
And ev'ry other joy that reigns,
My race is run, my fun is fet,

And griet and pain no more shall fret.
Fly, gentle foul, to realms of reft,
Where good men are eternal blest.
Tous laid within this calm abode,
In hopes to meet again my God,
And to partake of heav'nly care,
For none but faints inherit there.

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bed to him, he started from the bed with a large clafp knife in his hand, teized Sarah Hayes by the head, and, while an involuntary ejaculation of, "I muft do it-I will, I will, I will," burft from his mouth, he bent ber head back against the corner of the chimney-piece, and cut her throat from ear to ear. Mary Mills had efcaped from the room before the deed was done, and alarmed the watchman. On admittance being demanded, he fwore that the first who entered fhould be a dead man. The conftable forced his way, knocked the knife from the pri foner's hand, feized him, and inftantly carried him to the watch-houfe. The Captain of his

ship, his coufin, Mr. Villette, the Ordinary, and one of Mr. Akerman's officers, gave evidence of his poffeffing an infirm mind.

Mr. Jullice Heath recapitulated the evidence to the Jury, with great accuracy and difcrimination. He oblerved, that the crime of murder confifted in the malicious killing of any human being; and that on account of the heinouinels of the offence, the law presumed every such killing to be malicious, unless the contrary ap peared. He then ftated the nature of the im becillity or derangement of the understanding, which was neceflary to remove this imputation of malice; and left it with the Jury to confider, whether the present horrid deed had been occafioned by the influence of a fettled and rooted diforder of the mind; or, whether it was not imputable in a degree to intoxication; concluding, that however the prifoner might have the feeds of madness iatently implanted in his blood, yet if thele feeds had been, in the prefent inftance, called forth by intoxication, the plea of infanity would not avail.

The Jury went out, and after a very long deliberation, found the priloger GUILTY.

The Recorder then paffed the dreadful fentence of the law, viz. that he should be hanged by the neck, on Wednesday next, and his body be delivered to be anatomized, pursuant to the ftatute.But the fanity of the prifoner being in doubtful fcales, the judgment against this unhappy man is respited; and his cafe will be laid. before the King and Council. The Foreman of the Jury declared, that this refpite of his exe-. cution had anticipated the wishes of himself and his brother Jurors.

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"Obferve th' uncertain ftate, my dear, Attending human life,

Nor blush, my only love, to hear

A moral from a wife.

Our hope is but a china cup,
That only ftrikes the view,
And, though it fwells the bofom up,
Is full as brittle too.

But now it would be fomething hard,
So foft a hope fhould miss;
Then feize, my life, your own reward,
I won't deny a kifs.”

Sings introduced in the Opera of Robin Hood.

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STELLA. Mrs. Wells.

WHEN Spring has char'd the winter's fnow,
And melting ftreams begin to flow;
When fun-beams thaw the froft-bound foil,
And ploughmen rife to morning toil,
My John then wanders o'er the fields,
And brings me all the season yields.

To me he fings the fweets of love,
As careless through the fweets we rove;
Then urges me to be his wife,

And vows he'll conftant prove through life;
Then, Prudence, fay, am I to blame
To own to John a mutual flame?

ROBIN HOOD-Mr. Borden.
WHEN generous wine expands the foul,
How pleasure hovers round the bowl;
Avaunt ye cares of Fancy's crew,
And give the guilty wretch his due;
But let the juice of Sparkling wine
My groffer fenfe of love refine:
As Jove his nectar drinks above,
I'll quaff whole goblets full of love!

Then why should I at life repine;
Bring me Venus, bring me wine,
Fill the overflowing bowl,

In circles gay and pleasures roll.

Ever open, ever free,

Hail, thou friend to jollity!

My brows with Bacchus' chaplets crown'd,
I'll live to love-my cares are drown'd.

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ANGELINA.—Mrs. Billington.

The morn, who night adorning,
In filver veftments bound,
Retires, that ruddy morning

May breathe her fweets around.
Edwin thus beguiling,
With eyes illum'd and smiling,
Soft maidens' hearts delighting,
Ev'ry foul could move;
But I this treasure flighting,
In darkness seek my love!

ANGELINA. Mrs. Billingson.
BRIGHT Sol now darts on yielding night
His beams of orient light;
He speeds his fiery race
O'er fields of azure space,
Whilst I am wretched and forlorn,

He still returns to bless the morn!

Once, ah! once I rofe, free as the fun,
Each day fmiling gay and bright,
Life elating,

Joy creating,

Smiling Peace and foft Delight

Crown'd the day, and bless'd the night!

Elegy on the Duke of Rutland.

From the "Tears of lerne."

THE

•HE fallen Chief was dear to Truth,
She hailed, the taught the ductile
youth:

Bleft type of his illuftrious Sire,
From whom he caught the hero's fire?
By Wisdom warm'd, his earliest lays
Were wove in fair Ambition's praise.
He brac'd the nerves of feeble worth,
And gave the nobler graces birth
Smooth'd the keen edge of party-ftrife,
And fed each elegance of life:
True to the virtues of his race
He fcorn'd the 'femblance of difgrace;
And equall'd in his filial care
Enea, or the Grecian fair.
Vaft in intent, he us'd his pow'r
To fubjugase the ill-charg'd hour;
Thought of his name with antique zeal,
And knew the luxury to feel,
As chafte philofophy refin'd
The bright ideas of his mind.
But hark! the note of national despair
Floats on the bofom of the ambient air,
As echo murmurs round each circling shore,
"Our hope is filed!-dar Rutland is no more.”

The following is the exquifite Song, written by Mr. Sheridan, introduced by Mr. Bosuden in the Duenna.

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