At fome places they clambered over mounds, walls, bulwarks, and hindrances of various kinds, that had been fhattered by the cannonade: At others, where the fortifications were more entire, they afcended or defcended by the help of ladders. As the affailants approached the bafstion and curtain that had been breached, the resistance, which till then had fallen far fhort of expectation, began to increase. Awakened from a fatal fecurity, into which the garrifon had been lulled by the multiplicity of difficulties that the befiegers had to encounter, as well as by the ftrength of the place, and the number of the defenders, they now bethought of precautions, which, if feasonably applied, would, in all probability, have rendered fuccefs doubtful. The alarm once given circulated like wildfire. Multitudes crowded tumultuously to the point of attack. In an instant, blue-lights and fire-balls, thrown in every direction, rendered all objects around the fort clear as at noonday; a blaze of mufquety, which added ftrength to this magnificent illumination, furnished it also with abundance of victims: a general discharge of rockets contributed to the awful grandeur of an exhibition in itself truly tremendous; and one univerfal roar of cannon all over the fort and pettah, at once ftruck the spectator with confternation and horror.

"Whilft the forlorn hope mounted the breach, the leading companies kept a conftant fire on the parapet; as thofe afcended, other divifions fcoured the ramparts to the right and left. The af failants, although broken in advance, pushed on with irrefiftible preffure. Inftances of individuals at fignal combat were to be seen in different directions; courage was equal on both fides, but fuperiority in difcipline and bodily ftrength fecured to the British troops a firm footing on the ramparts. In fhort, before one hour had elapfed, the grenadiers march, beating all over the works, announced, to their friends without, complete poffeffion of the place. Of the garrison, however, there were many who fought with a degree of valour that bor. dered on defperation; but the want of timely concert among them, rendered all attempts at oppofition abortive.

of the baftions the defenders, encou raged by supplies of fresh troops, in vain endeavoured to retrieve their lofs; and the affailants, having previously divided their force, rushed forwards to the right and left, until they met at the oppofite entrance, which is called the Myfore Gate.

"As women and children crowded along with the affrighted garrifon thro' the gate, the carnage was dreadful. The height of the furrounding walls, the length of the arches, and the noise of the mufquetry, which had not yet subfided, notwithstanding the humanity of the British troops, for a time prevented all diftinction of age or fex.. About two thousand chofen troops, that haftened to ftrengthen the garrifon, preffed to get in at the Myfore Gate; but from the rapidity of the affailants, this reinforcement, which was too late in arrival, contributed only to encrease the confufion and flaughter. On the whole, upwards of fourteen hundred lives were loft in this momentous event; an event, which firmly fixed the war in the heart of the enemy's dominions, as it put Britain in poffeffion of, probably, the strongest and moft important fortrefs of Myfore."

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FOR HIS MAJESTY'S BIRTH DAY. BY HENRY JAMES PYE, ESQ. POET LAUREAT. I.

WHERE are the vows the mufes breath'd, That Discord's fatal reign might cease? Where all the blooming flower's they wreath'd.

To bind the placid brow of Peace; Whofe angel form, with radiant beam, Pictur'd in Fancy's fairy dream, Seem'd o'er Europa's ravag'd land, Prompt to extend her influence bland, Calm the rude clangors of the martial lay, And hail with gentler note our Monarch's natal day?

II.

For lo! on yon devoted fhore,

Still thro' the bleeding ranks of War, His burning axles fteep'd in gore,

Ambition drives his iron car. Still his eyes in fury roll'd

Glare on fields by arms o'er-run, Still his hands rapacious hold

Spoils, injurious inroad won. And fpurning with indignant frown The fober olive's proffer'd crown, Bids the brazen trumpet's breath Swell the terrific blaft of destiny and death. III.

Shrinks Britain at the found? tho' while her

eye

O'er Europe's defolated plains fhe throws, Slow to avenge and mild in victory,

She mourns the dreadful fcene of war and

woes.

Yet if the foe misjudging read Difmay, in pity's gentleft deed, And conftruing mercy into fear, The blood-ftain'd arm of battle rear; By infult rous'd, in just resentment warm, She frowns defiance on the threat'ning ftorm; And for as ocean's billows roar, By every wave-encircled fhore, From where o'er icy feas the gaunt wolf roves To coafts perfum'd by aromatic groves,

WHERE affections unite, and all things are right,

No ftate with the married can vie; But if pique lead the way, or intereft fway, 'Tis better unmarried to die.

If a wife I had proved, to a man that I lov'd,
Whofe actions bright wisdom had sway'd;
How happy my life to have been a bleft wife,
And not a poor little old maid!

But if kind refpect to his will don't direct
Our steps through the mazes of life,
You had better live free, an old maid like
me,

Than be to a blockhead a wife.

SONNET TO THE EVENING STAR *. BRIGHT Star of eve! refplendent gem of night,

Beneath thy lucid orb I love to ftray,
Drop feeling's tear, and mark thy quiv'r-

ing ray;

'Till borne in fancy's car, with rapid flight, I mount thy fphere, and tread thy beamy way!

Or, if perchance I feek the ruin'd tow'r, . To waste alone the contemplative hour Wrapt in deep thought, thy fecrets I furvey.. Methinks my angel Mary's form glides by,

And points to thee, her feat of blefs fereue Then bids me hope, nor grieves for joysterrene; Waves her fair hand, and feeks her native fky.

4

Adieu! bright ftar! the airy visions fade,
And leave me pensive in the ruin'd shade.
* From Poems by Elifabeth Kirkham
Srong, of Exeter.

EPITAPH.
M. S.

Viri Reverendi

ALEXANDRI DUNCAN, S. S. T. D.
Qui non magis moribus incorruptis
Quam Ingenii Dotibus confpicuus,
Sacra fideliter & feliciter exercuit
In hac Ecclefia per annos quinquaginta feptem
In Solatium Auditorum;
Quos militia Christianâ initiatos
Affiduè et Exemplo imitatione Digno
Confirmaverat :

Virtus direxit; Integritas Signavit ;
Mens fibi confcia Recti
Omnes ætatis ejus gradus
Comitata eft..

Obiit multum defideratus
Ann ætatis octogefimo feptimo
Prid. Kal. O&t. Anno Domini 1795.
TRANSLATION FROM THE LATIN.
BOETIUS,

de consolatione PHILOSOPHIE.

METRE 1.

(The Philofopher, driven into banishment on a falfe accufation, complains of the harsh. nefs of his fate, and the instability of human affairs).

Carmina qui quondam ftudio florenti peregi,

Flebilis, beu, maftos cogor inire modos, Te.
I WHO erewhile the lyre enraptur'd flrung,
And happier days in happier numbers fung,
Conftrain'd, alas! to wake the mournful ftrain,
Of alter'd times, and adverfe fates, complain
Yet do the weeping mufes ftill attend,
To foothe the forrows of their fallen friend;
They, fweet companions of my weal or woe,
Whate'er my lot, no changing favour know;
The iron hand that all befide hath rest,

Those dauntless, firm, affociates ftill hath left,
Unfhaken they have brav'd the tyrant's rage,
Pride of my youth, fupporters of my age!
For grief, anticipating Time's decree,
Hath haftened Age with all its ills on me ;
My temples with untimely fnow hath spread,
Shook my loofe nerves, and all my frame de-
cay'd.

O happy Death, that comes when Misery calls!

The child of woe refign'd and thankful falls: But ftill more prompt the ruthless power is

: feen

A grim intruder in Enjoyment's scene;
Yet fhøns, with ear averfe, the cry of pain.
Implor'd to close the weeping eye in vain.
When Fortune favour'd, he was ever nigh,
With damping frown to dafh the cup of joy;
But diftant now in Sorrow's hateful day,
Life lingers on with most unkind delay.
Ah, why, my friends, did ye so often boaft!
And happy call a ftate fo foon is loft?

How finks the mind, alas! how loft,
In what chaotic tempefts tofs'd,
That wanders wide, and wilder'd far,
Forfaking Wisdom's guiding star,
The sport of every guft may blow,
O'erwhelm'd by every cafual woe!

Lo him, who late fo high could foar.
The boundless void of Heaven explore,
On Contemplation's pinions borne,
Mount to the Chambers of the Morn,
Purfue with bold undazzled eye,
The fun's bright courfe along the sky,
Or thro' the Night's more folemn noon,
Journey with the majestic Moon;
Each vagrant planet of the night,
Each glimmering ftar of fainter light,
Could trace throughout the etherial plain,
And all their various rounds explain,

'Twas his to fearch all Nature's laws,
Expound her wonders, and their cause ;
Tell whence loud Boreas, trumpet roars ;
This orb what moving spirit bounds,
And thundering tempefts fhake the fhores;
And fteady rolls it's ftated rounds;
The Day ftar climbs the caftern way,
Or why in orient fplendour gay
And flopes his western wheel again
To fink in the Hefperian main;
What tempers foft the vernal hours,
And decks the laughing earth with flowers;
Whence Summer's ardent luftre glows,
But gone is now bright Genius' boaft;
And Autumn's purple vintage flows.
Its light is out, its glory loft;
Prone in the duft in ruin thrown,
Intent on fordid earth alone.

METRE III.

(Philofophy removes the clouds that obfcured his fight).

Tunc me difcuffa liquerunt nocle tencbræ, &c.
STRAIGHT from my eyes was fhook the Night,
Reviv'd, they drink the wonted light.
So, when the South collects a storm,
Deep-thickening clouds the fky deform,
Black gathering glooms incumbent low'r,
And anxious horror creeps before:
From the wide caverns of the North,
His blafts fhould Boreas the put forth,
Swift-fcattering fly the clouds away,
The heavens difclofe, and bring the Day;
Out fprings the Sun, and hill and plain,
Exulting hail his light again.

METRE