Poetical ESSAYS; for JUNE, 1747. A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. CELIA. TOO partial, Damon, are thy lays, Why have not I been fung? The nymphs you hate, the nymphs you fcorn, Suppose each morning I fhould twine Amelia then, tho' heav'nly bright, With Calia fhall contend; And every nymph shall bend. Occafioned by the Cenfure of an Old Fellow viewing fome ANTIC HABITS. HWhence comes this groupe cries a cynic (with a frown) . whims to town? At what great period of her reign Did Folly, queen of all the vain, To thew the mind's extreme disease, • Produce fuch antic things as these?'Or, void of ornament as ufe, of Were they fome taylor's wild produce, Swell the fond foul, and banish care, 291 To me love, friendship, wine, difpenfe, See quakers cheat where jefuits fail; The POWER of BEAUTY. NFaithful guards from hoftile harms; Ature gives all creatures arms, Horrid jaws that wide diftend! Horns the bull, refiltless force! What for woman had the more? Stronger far than flames or fwords: Tranflation of the Epigram on Marcus, p. 194. COCK-FIGHTING. (148 What! tho' a long patrician line ye claim, W Here* Dudfon's walks with vary'd beau. Are noble fouls entail'd upon a name? wine, ty thine, And fome are pleas'd with bowling, fome Behold a gen'rous train of Cocks repair, To vie for glory in the toils of war; -Each hero burns to conquer or to die : What mighty hearts in little bofoms lie! Come, Hogarth, thou whese art can best declare, What form, what features human paflions wear, Come, with a painter's philofophic fight, Survey the circling judges of the fight. [heart Touch'd with the iport of death, while ev'ry Springs to the changing face, exert thy art; Mix &th the fmiles of Cruelty at pain Whate'er looks anxious in the luft of gain; And fay, can ought that's gen'rous, juft or kind, Beneath this afpect, lurk within the mind? Is luft of blood or treafure vice in all, Abhorr'd alike on whomfoe'er it fall? Are mighty ftates, and gamblers ftill the fame? And war itself a cock-tight, and a game? Are fieges, battles, triumphs, little things; And armies only the game-cocks of kings? Which fight, in Freedom's caufe, ftill blindly bold, Bye-battles only, and the main for gold? The crefted bird, whofe voice awakes the morn, Whofe plumage ftreaks of radiant gold adorn, Proud of his birth, on fair Salopia's plain, Stalks round, and fcowls defiance and difdain. Not fiercer looks the proud Helvetians wear, Tho' thunder flumbers in the arms they bear : Nor Thracia's fiercer fons, a warlike race! Display more prowefs, or more martial grace. But, lo! another comes, renown'd for might, Renown'd for courage, and provokes the fight. Yet what, alas! avails his furious mien, His ruddy neck, and breast of varied green ? "Soon thro' his brain the foe's bright weapon flies, Eternal darkness fhades his fwimming eyes; Proftrate he falls, and quiv'ring fpurns the ground, While life indignant iffues from the wound. Unhappy hero, had thy humbler life Deny'd thee fame by deeds of martial strife, Still hadft thou crow'd, for future pleasures fpar'd, Th' exulting monarch of a farmer's yard. Like fate, alas! too foon th' illuftrious prove, The great by hatred fall, the fair by love; The wife, the good, can scarce preferve a name, Expung'd by envy from the rolls of fame. Peace and oblivion ftill thro' life fecure, In friendly glooms, the fimple, homely, poor. And who would wish to bafk in glory's ray, To buy with peace the laurel or the bay? What tho' the wreath defy the light'ning's fire, The bard and hero in the ftorm expire. Be reft and innocence my humbler lot, Scarce known thro' lite, and after death forgot. * A gentleman's feat, about a mile from Birmingham, fitted up for the reception of company, in imitation of Vaux-hall Gardens. Extract from HONOUR. A SATIRE. or Blooms the form fairer, if the birth be high; Or takes the vital ftream a richer dye? Anftis may ermine out the lordly earth, And leaves to courts the garnish of her dress. The million'd merchant feeks her in his gold; Man blindly runs the giddy maze of life? Report, tho' vulture-like the name it bear, Drags but the carrion carcafs thro' the air; While fame, JovE's nobler bird, fuperior flies, And, foaring, mounts the mortal to the fkies. Advice to my Fellow Sufferers, the late One Horse-Chaife-Men, on the prefent Election. YE, who late loll'd in easy chaise and one, And now muft walk, or ride Old Grey or Dun, Enquire, when wheels were tax'd (to mend your fate) And get this act, a promife to revoke, Hiftorical Chronicle, June 1747. TUESDAY 2, HE East India company received a packet over land from India, with letters from Bajora of A Feb. 5. advifing that 4 of the French men of war, (See p. 188) were gone to the ifle of Bourbon, and others to Pondicherry to refit; but as they had received no ftores from France, 'twas thought they could attempt nothing fur- B ther against the English fettlements; the governor of Bombay was under no apprehenfion from them, having taken into pay a great body of the natives; that the English colours were flying at Madras, on Oct. 29; but whether the English governor had ranfom'd the place, or the French had put them out C to deceive the English was not known. E. of Sandwich arrived from Breda. WEDNESDAY 3.. Was a violent ftorm of thunder and rain, by which the bridge on the Arun, at Midhurst in Suffex, was carry'd away, the church and churchyard were overflow'd fome feet deep, feveral D fheep were drowned, and a man attending them killed with the lightning, as was a grocer in Arundel. THURSDAY 4. Admiral Warren in the St George, 9p guns, with the Devonshire, Yarmouth, Defiance, Nottingham, Bristol, Ambujcade, Falcon floop, and Vulcan firefhip, fail'd from St Helens on a cruize to intercept the French Domingo flect. FRIDAY 5. At the court of Common Pleas was try'd a caufe between Mifs Davids of Cafle-yard, Holborn, plaintiff, and the Rev. Dr Wiljon, prebendary of Worcef ter, canon of Lincoln, and vicar of Newark upon Trent, defendant. The action was laid for 10,000/. on a breach of a promife of marriage, when, after a trial of almoft a day, the jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 7000!. damages. It was proved by feveral witnelles and letters, that the Dr bad frequently promifed to marry her, and prevailed on her to promife him: That they both had declared the fame publickly in a folemn manner: And that be afterwards baving deny'd bis making fuch promise, and the lady having refufed the addrelles of a gentleman on account of her engage ment, and being liable to the law, if the married another, this action was brought, to juftify her reputation. (Gent. Mag. JUNE 1747.) Ended the feffions at the Old Bailey, when Sam. Hurlock, for the barbarous murder of John Pitts, his bedfellow, by giving him while in bed 13 wounds with a cutlafs, two, whereof cut thro his liver, and a third pierced his heart; John Cook for a highway robbery; Rich. Afbcraft, the first fmuggler convicted on the late act; Elizabeth Dennis, and John Riley, for a ftrcet robbery, received fentence of death. SATURDAY 6. Admiral Warren paffed by Plymouth, and was joined by the Edinburgh, Mon mouth, Windjor, Pembroke, Gloucester, Portland, Faulkland, and Viper floop. ORDER against SMUGGLERS. In confequence of a report of the attorny and folicitor general, wherein they give their opinion, that all his 6 majefty's fubjects, civil and militery, magikrates, officers, and private perfons, have, by law, without any exprefs warrant for that purpofe, authority to feize and apprehend any perjons affembled, armed, and acting in juch manner as defcribed in the laws against Smuggling, and bring them before a magiftrate, who may commit them to prifon; and in the feizing, apprehending, fecuring, and committing them to prifon, may repel force with force, and juftify any violence or hoftilities which may be neceffary to fupprefs and fubdue them, or bring them to juftice:His majesty in council has been pleated to require and command all officers, both civil and military, to ufe their utmost force in fupport of the laws, and fuppreffing, fubduing, and bringing all fuch offenFders to juftice.' E for fhoplifting, were executed at Tyburn. Anne Bolwell, convicted of murdering her hulband, John Bruce for ftealing a mare, Martha Paine for ftealing a filver watch, and Sarah Lowther lor forging feamen's wills, were order'd for transportation; the lait for life. THURSDAY 18. By the King, A PROCLAMATION. For diffolving thi prefent Parliament, and declaring the calling of another. GEORGE R. WH A B Hereas we have thought fit, by and with the advice of our privy council, to diffolve this prefert parliament, which now ftands prorogued to Thursday the ninth day of July next; we do for that end publish this our royal proclamation; and do hereby diffolve the faid parliament accordingly: and the lords fpiritual and temporal, and the knights, citizens and burgeffes, and the commiflioners for fhires and burghs of the houfe of commons, are difcharged from their meeting and attend- C ance on Thursday the faid ninth day of July next. And we being defirous and refolved, as foon as may be, to meet our people, and have their advice in parliament, do hereby make known to all our loving fubjects, our royal will and pleasure to call a new parliament; and do hereby further declare, that, with the advice of our privy council, we have this day D given order to our chancellor of Great Britain, to illue out writs in due form, for calling a new parliament; which writs are to bear tefte on Monday the 22d day of this inftant June, and to be returnable on Thuriday the 13th day of Auguft next. Given at our court at Kenfirgten, the GOD fave the KING. E A proclamation was allo iflued, com- F manding all the peers of Scotland to affemble at Holy-rood-bouje, Edinburgh, on lug. 1 next, to choofe 16 peers to ferve in the ensuing parliament. On this occafion a ministerial writer obferves that no precedent is to be found of a parliament being abridg'd of its duration, and yet difmilled with praifes and thanks.- The late king's administration thought it not fafe, even in peace, to have a new coétion in the year after a rebellion, but prolenged the parliment beyond its due term; Low, after a more dangerous rebellion, and during a war with G varce and Spain, his ma city has thought fit to shorten the term one whole year, and order a new election: So roble a confidence hath he H in the affections of his people (Se. Books, Arr. 36.) The Craftfman has this remark, They are fown in corruption and difho our, they be raised in incorruption and glory! By an older of council, concerning the dif temper among the horned cattle (comprifing the former orders (jee p. 100, 198.) and to take place July 1.) any 4 juftices or commiffioners of the land tax, are authorifed to prohibit the holding of fairs for the fale of cattle within their divifions, if they fhall fee reafon; of which public notice is to be given.All hay, &c. which infected cattle have breathed upon, and all ftraw, litter, &c. which they have touch'd, ordered to be burnt; and all perfons who have attended fuch cattle are forbidden to go to found cattle in the fame cloaths; the houses, &c. where they have ftood are to be cleaned with vinegar and water, and wet gunpowder, pitch, tar or brimstone burnt therein, and no fresh cattle introduced till after 2 months; and to gather up the dung of infected cattle, and bury the fame deep under ground.That, for encouraging the owners to comply with this order, they are to be allowed half the value, not exceeding 40s. for each cow, &c. and 10s. for the hide and horns; and not exceeding 10s. for each calf. Another proclamation requires all fhips which arrive from Santa Cruz, and other parts in Weft Barbary, where the plague now rages, to perform quarantine; thofe bound to the Thames and Medway, at Standgate Creek, and thofe bound to other ports, at fuch places as fhall be appointed by the officers of the customs. SATURDAY 20. All the rebel prifoners, who had been evidences, were difcharged from the custody of meffengers, and money given to each to bear his charges home. Were discharg'd out of cuftody, purfuant to his majcity's act of grace, John Gordon of Glenbucket, Ely; Chiffel ham, James Drummond, James Davijon, Rob. Bruce and Peter Pattijon; Gordon had 10 guineas given him, and the other 5 guincas each, and a país for Scotland.— Twelve others were difcharg'd, and had three guincas each given them. MONDAY 22. Harvey, a fmuggler of Suffolk, was try'd at the King's Bench on feveral iffues, and for not furrendering according to the proclamation. He was found guilty of the fmuggling, but acquitted of the felony incurr'd by not furrendering, the proclamation not having been regularly affix'd and proclaim'd. WEDNESDAY 24. Was held a general court of the E. India company, when their accounts were fettled, and it appear'd that their lofs by the French taking Madrafs, &c. amounted only to 180,000 and a motion was made that no ransom, &c. be agreed to by the directors without the Confent of the general court.─Their fhip Northampton, was at Bencoolen. At a court of Huftings held for election of fheriffs for London and Midalejex, Crip Gajcoyne and Edward Da HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. Davis, Efors, and Aldermen, were chofen by a great majority. New England, May 16. Three tranfports from Rhode Island, with 400 men on board, for the intended expedition against St John's Ifland, the taking of which would more and more traiten the commerce between Old France and Canada (See our map Feb. last year) were loft near Chebultow. The money taken by Admiral Anfon, is to be coined with the word Finisterre. SUNDAY 28. An exprefs arrived from Plymouth, with advice, that a brigantine, from San Domingo, was arrived there, which was taken by the Kent and Lyon men of war, part of adm. Warren's fleet, who had taken 14 of the French fleet, and was in chafe of the remainder, who were under convoy of four men of war. P.S. 'Tis faid, that 30 are taken in all, 14 are arrived at Spithead. A 295 conqueror of Peru, in 1534. It flood BWE have a very remarkable story from Rot Extract of a Letter from Yermouth. LIMA, the capital of Peru in the Spanish West Indies, was in October last, ruin'd by an earthquake, which lafted about 3 minutes, 1500 fouls were loft, 74 churches, 14 monafteries,and 15 hofpitals, befides fome thoufands of houfes were bury'd in the ruins, and the D jewels and veffels of gold and filver loft amount, it is faid, to 300 millions of piailers. The town of Callao, a fea-port within two leagues of that city was fwallow'd up by the fea, and the hurricane was fo violent, that feveral veffels which rode at anchor were afterwards found on dry land feveral leagues up the country. The fea has filled up the place where the town ftood, which was the beit port in Peru, and all the inhabitants, between 6 and 7000, perithed, except about 200 failors and fithermen, who were thrown upon land with their veffels. The lofs of the king of Spain is F irreparable, both in regard to the fettlement, and the vast treature laid up there during the war, which was not to be brought to Europe till after a peace. Lima had been twice before almoft deftroyed by earthquakes, first in 1586, and latt in Оober 1687. The latter of thefe flocks was so dreadful, that Wafer, who felt it 150 leagues at lea, affirms, that it frightened the whole thip's com-" pany, who thought they had ftruck upon a rock, and were convinced of the contrary only by founding. The water was mixed with fand, tho' no bottom. could be found; and the flips on the coaft were driven fome leagues over the land, as in this laft earthquake. This city was built by Pizarro, the G terdam, where the Fanny, Capt. The French made all the finals of distress, June 1, 1747. 361. for May, fign'd Willow Smith, is e As they are of very good families, and he is The fcurrilous defcription of the customs of |