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The YOUNG EAGLE: A fable. Humbly addreffed to the Princefs-Royal. Air Princefs, in whose blooming face Thy parents' beauties all we trace, Forgive an humble bard the lay, Which thus to you he dares to pay; The Mufes, ftill in freedom bold, (For fo they were in days of old), To virtue, innocence, and youth, Have held on high the fong of truth: And furely all must own—to you The verfe most certainly is due.

Tho' fable dress the artless line, And no gay flourishes may shine; Yet fhall the moral-understood, Be honest, pleating, juft, and good. You are ordain'd by ruling fate, To fhine in an exalted state! Yet fure your condefending mind Will fmile on what is well defign'd; Nor think the humble offering vain, Tho' low the bud, and weak the ftrain. Search thro' the female world-'tis true, From cottage-virgin up to you, All must the tale of flatt'ry hear, Which poifons, tho' it pleafe the ear: Like fruits, which travellers declare, Bloom to the eye, all bright and fair; Tho' fweets delicious they difpenfe, Yet warp in lethargy the fente; To fhun fuch ills, the wary Muse Would teach, and thus her tale pursues. An Eagle once, of female mould, (For thus we find the ftory told), High on a northern cliff was found, With all the race of courtiers round; She fpread her wings, and rais'd her creft, And all her dignity expreft: The fervile crew her charms furvey'd, And thus their adulation paid.

The Peacock firft-Your grace and air, I vow, is far beyond compare ; And then the fancy of your dress Is more than language can exprefs.

The Magpye prais'd her eloquence; The Owl her ready wit and fenfe; The Goofe admir'd her portly gait, And all th' appendages of ftate; Her eyes, the Hawk had fet on fire, And fill'd his breaft with ftrange defire; Her voice, the Nightingale made known, Was much fuperior to her own: But all alike at once agree, To praise her inbred clemency. Now indignation fill'd her breast, And all the Eagle fhone confeft. Begone, fhe cried, with fiery eyes, Your fulfome flatt'ry 1 defpife. Were I to give fuch nonfenfe grace, "Twould ftigmatize my royal race: For magnanimity of mind, And noble virtue I'm defign'd; Above all other birds I foar, By Jove ordain'd for regal pow't; Which that I rightly may purfue, I must despise such flaves as you.

On the death of Dr ARMSTRONG. [10]

E fwains of Liddal •, as ye drive your sheep

Yo verdant paftures, or the ruffet feep

If yet a Mufe on Liddal's banks remain, For tuneful ARMSTRONG wake the plaintive ftrain.

Though from you long, long from the limpid

wave,

In which he lov'd his infant limbs to live;
Long from the pool, where oft with mimic f
He patient angled for the filver fry;
Yet were his manners artless as your own,
As plain as he the world had never known.
The world he fcorn'd; for well he knew to fun
The crooked views of narrow-minded man.

Ye fons of Galen, though he lack'd not stil, Like you, by flow and fecret means to kill, He fought to fave: he ftrove to heal the frame, And breath'd Nepenthe in poetic flame. From breezy fummit, or fair opening lawn, He bade his patients hail the chearful dawn; Their villas build wide from the marthy mead, But chief where bees on fragrant wild thym: feed t;

As death ittelf avoid the fmoky town;
Refift th' enfeebling luxury of down;
Far from the breaft all rankling cares expel,
And there invite Content and Hope to dwell

Love too he fung: Love was his favourite lay, And oft their vows fhall each fond couple p Where refts his head. Monks let cold themes employ :

He taught how best to fhare the burning joy;
When keen defire the youthful bofom fills,
And thro' each nerve the fine fenfation thri
Fell dangers how to 'scape; how to control
The ftrong emotions of the melting foul,
When ruddy manhood eyes the virgin-breaft,
And fees it ripe, and panting to be prefs'd;
toy till Hymen fan the mutual fire,
And both embrace, both murmur, both expire
Alas! what fung he not? But ceafe, my
ftrain:

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For he is gone where joys immortal reign; Where blooms each pleasure which he priz'd below,

And love and friendship with more ardour glow. Gray's-Inn, Sept. 10. W.R

• A ftream which runs into the river E§, wa the village of Conabie, in the fouth of Scotised; w the banks of which Dr Armstrong was born. + Art of preferving Health, book 3. Oeconomy of Love.

PAUPER and DIVES: An epigram. Says to Hand of fore Ays Pauper to Dives, Had I but like ther

How bleft and how happy, oh! then should I bel I ne'er would complain any more.

Says Dives to Pauper, Would you but confine Your wants to your fortune and taste, Your fortune would be fully equal to mine, Your blifs would be equally great.

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DENMARK.

London, Od. 23. They write from penhagen, that they had received ad ce of a very great fhock of an earthake having been felt all over the inland Bournholm, in the Baltic fea, which ted above three minutes, in a S. E. rection, and did confiderable damage the villages of Jutland."

Copenhagen, Oct. 2. In confequence a requifition, by Mr Eden, envoytracrdinary from the court of London, King has ordered two transport-ships, ought into the port of Bergen by a frite calling herfelf one of Paul Jones's uadron, to be delivered up. The Enghfhips above mentioned were, the tfy of Liverpool, and the Unicorn of ondon, for Quebec and New York, den on account of government. His ajefty, when he ordered thefe veffels be restored with their cargoes, gave ders to stop the American corfair twen-four hours after their departure, to event them a fecond time from being commoded."

GERMANY. [273.] "Paris, Sept. 6. On the 22d of July earthquake made a frightful ravage a the coafts of Tournay. The preftery of the village of Nivelle, as well as e church, and many houfes, were over. rown. It was felt afterwards at Caftlebbey, where it threw down the tower, urch, and almost all the buildings. appily all the religious were out. The mous village of Fontenoy was alfo at ched, where Mixty houfes were overrown, and as many inhabitants killed. he firft news that we received of this fafter adds, that its terrible effects exded even to the borough of Leuze, d further."

UNITED PROVINCES. [443.]

Amfterdam, Oct. 8. Tuesday laft, ul Jones, with the prizes the Serapis & Countefs of Scarborough [565.], enréd the Texel, and this day he appearI on the exchange. He was dreffed in e American uniform, with a Scotch onnet edged with gold; is of a miding ftature, ftern countenance, and arthy complexion."

A letter from a gentleman at Amfterm to his friend at Leith, after giving account of the arrival of Paul Jones

a very fortunate circumstance for your town and shipping, that this gentleman (meaning Jones) was prevented from hurting you, when he was in your frith, by a ftrong wefterly wind, and the springing of a maft; as, in a converfation [ had with him in this city, he affured me, that his intention was, to seize the fhipping in the harbour, and to fet fire to fuch as he could not carry off. He seems to be well acquainted with the coaft, and knew there was no force there to oppofe him."

"Hague, Oct. 13. Sir Jofeph Yorke, Ambaftador from the court of London, has had a conference with Baron de Heckeren-Brantfeubourg, who prefides this week among the States General, when he prefented the following memorial.

"High and Mighty Lords, The underfigned Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from the King of Great Britain has the honour to communicate to your High Mightineffes, That there has lately entered the road of the Texel two of the King's fhips, namely, the Serapis and the Countess of Scarborough, who were attacked and taken by force by one named Paul Jones, a fubject to the King, who, according to treaties, and the laws of war, falls under the clafs of rebels or pirates. The underfigned is confequentÏy driven by force to recur to your High Mightineffes to demand their immediate orders to stop in the Texel the Serapis and Countets of Scarborough, with all the officers and fhips companies, and all belonging to them; and further recommends it to the humanity of their High Might ineffes, to permit that the wounded may be fent on fhore; the expences of which shall be defrayed by the King his mafter. Done at the Hague, O&. 8.

"Hague Gazette, Oct. 15. We are defired to infert the following atteftation, taken upon oath, to fhew how much the enemies of G. Britain endeavour by every means to fet the neutral powers againit that nation.

"On the 4th of October a sailor, who ferved on board the Epervier, formerly an English letter of marque, declared, That, in order to get out of prison in France, he had engaged to ferve on board the Black Prince, of Dunkirk, commanded by Luke Ryan, an Irish4 B 2

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boom, which hung him for fome time, till it at laft gave way, and we dropt along-fide of each other, head and stern, when the fluke of our spare anchor hooking his quarter, we became so close fore and aft, that the muzzles of our guns touched each others fides. In this pofition we engaged from half paft eight till half paft ten, during which time, from the great quantity and variety of combuftible matters which they threw in upon our decks, chains, and in short into every part of the ship, we were on fire not lefs than ten or twelve times in different parts of the ship, and it was with the greatest difficulty and exertion imaginable at times that we were able to get it extinguished. At the fame time the largest of the two frigates kept failing roud us the whole action, and raking us fore and aft, by which means the killed or wounded almost every man on the quarter and main decks. About half paft nine, either from a hand-granade being thrown in at one of our lower. deck ports, or from fome other accident, a cartridge of powder was fet on fire, the flames of which running from cartridge to cartridge all the way aft, blew up the whole of the people and officers that were quartered abaft the main-maft; from which unfortunate circumftance all thofe guns were rendered useless for the remainder of the action, and I fear the greateft part of the people will lofe their lives. At ten o'clock they called for quarters from the ship along fide, and faid they had ftruck. Hearing this, I called upon the captain to know if they had ftruck, or if he asked for quarters; but no answer being made, after repeating my words two or three times, I called for the boarders, and ordered them to board; which they did: but the moment they were on board her, they difcovered a fuperior number laying under cover with pikes in their hands ready to receive them; on which our people retreated instantly into our own fhip, and returned to their guns again till half past ten; when the frigate coming across our ftern, and pouring her broadfide into us again, without our being able to bring a gun to bear on her, I found it in vain, and, in short, impracticable, from the fituation we were in, to ftand out any longer with the least profpect of fuccefs; I therefore ftruck; (our main-maft at the fame time went by the board). The firft lieutenant and myfelf were imme

of the convoy kept their wind, with all fail, stretching out to the fouthward from under Flamborough head, till between twelve and one; when the headmost of them got fight of the enemy's fhips, which were then in chace of them. They then tacked, and made the best of their way under the fhore for Scarborough, &c. letting fly their top-gallant fheets, and firing guns: upon which I made all the fail I could to windward, to get between the enemy's fhips and the convoy; which I foon effected. At one o'clock we got fight of the enemy's fhips from the maft-head, and about four we made them plain from the deck to be three large fhips and a brig: upon which I made the Countefs of Scarborough's fignal to join me, the being in fhore with the convoy; at the fame time I made the fignal for the convoy to make the beft of their way, and repeated the signal with two guns: I then brought to, to let the Countess of Scarborough come up, and cleared ship for action. At half past five the Countess of Scarborough joined me, the enemy's fhips then bearing down upon us, with a light breeze at S. S. W.; at fix tacked, and laid our head in fhore, in order to keep our ground the better between the enemy's fhips and the convoy; foon after which we perceived the ships bearing down upon us to be a twodecked fhip and two frigates; but from their keeping end on upon us, on bearing down, we could not discern what colours they were under. At about twenty minutes paft feven, the largeft fhip of the three brought-to, on our larboard bow, within musket-fhot. I bailed him, and asked what ship it was. They answered in English, The Princess-Royal. I then asked, where they belonged to? They answered evafively: on which I told them, if they did not answer directly, I would fire into them. They then answered with a shot; which was inftantly returned with a broadfide; and after exchanging two or three broadfides, he backed his top-fails, and dropped upon our quarter within piftol-fhot, then filled again, put his helm a-weather, and run us on board upon our weather-quarter, and attempted to board us; but being repulfed, he fheered off: upon which I backed our top-fails, in order to get íquare with him again; which, as foon as he obferved, he then filled, put his belm a-weather, and laid us athwart hawfe; his mizen fhrouds took our jib

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