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By George Buchan Hepburn, Efq; of Smeaton. 25. Crecob. 1 Letters from a Farmer to a Juftice of the Peace, of the County of East Lothian, on the Bill for regulating the Sale of Corn by Weight. With Obfervations on a Pamphlet lately published, by George Buchan Hep burn, Efq; of Smeaton, convener of the County of Eaft Lothian, &c. &c. gd. J Watson & Ce. POETRY FOR THE SCOTS MAGAZINE. TO MY LOVE. beauteous maid! to thee I owe, Much more than I'll can e'er repay, What can I give thee here below, That is worth thy acceptance, say? I've nothing now to call mine own, But when I fee thee really near, My throbbing breast can searce contain; Confus'd and aukward I appear, I feal a moment's pleasing pain. For having nought to equal thine. I ask fufficient ftrength of Thee. Canft foothe the tumult in my breast; Do but command it to be gone, And ftraight my bofom fhall have reft. PEIRO-SCOTICUs. THE TEMPEST. FROM METASTASIO. OH, frown not, Julia; never will I more, Force on thine ear the tender tale of love; I would but warn thee, that with fullen roar, The threat'ning ftorm already fhakes the grove. I come to help thee, drive thy sheep to fold; Though much I love, I court not thy difdain; The tender tale of love is yet untold, But the rough tempeft rages o'er the plain. The duft in whirlwinds violates the sky, Already fee the forked lightnings glare, The scattered birds in wild amazement fly, "And horror broods upon the troubled air." Ah think not on thy flock, but hafte away, And feek for fafety in yon fheltering grove! Still, ftill thou panteft; with thee I will stay, Shield thee from danger, but not speak of love. Heed not the thunder! with thee I'll remain ; My lovely Julia, there's no danger here; Soon will the troubled fky be calm again, And I will filent vanish with thy fear. Yet ftill thou tremblest in my circling arms! Oh fear not, Julia, 1 will quit thy fide; Uncheck'd I gaze in rapture on thy charms, And terror gives me what thy love denied. Chafe not away the fond delufive joy, Still thus enfold thy trembling hand in mine, Tho' the calm fky each tender blifs destroy, Bids me defpair, and every hope refign. The The storm is past, yet ftill my Julia fighs, Then frown ye fkies, ye careless tempefts roar, Now will I fing of fmiling fpring no more, THE MODERN TIPPLING PHILOSOPHERS. By the late James Hay Beattie. FATHER HODGE* had his pipe and his dram, And at night, his cloy'd thirft to awaken, He was ferved with a rafher of ham, Which procured him the furname of Bacon. He has shown, that tho' logical science And dry theory oft prove unhandy, Honeft truth will ne'er fet at defiance Experiment aided by brandy. Des Cartes bore a mufquet they tell us, Ere he wish'd or was able to write, And was noted among the brave fellows, Who are bolder to tipple than fight. Of his system the cause and defign We no more can be posed to explain :The materia fubtilis was wine, And the vortices whirl'd in his brain. Old Hobbes, as his name plainly shows, At a hob-nob was frequently tried; That all virtue from felfishness rofe He believed, and all laughter from pridet. The truth of this creed he would brag on Smoke his pipe, murder Homer, and quaff; Then ftaring, as drunk as a dragon, In the pride of his heart he would laugh. The nature of colours and light, From experience attraction he found, Left his poor pupils nought to inherit, century. + See the Spactator, No 47. Hobbes was a great fmoker, and wrote, what fome, have been pleased to call a Tranflation of Homer. He taught that the external univerfe has Tar-drinkers can't think what's the matter, That their health does not mend but de Why, they take but fome wine to their water, I Said there was neither spirit nor matter. Now, there's no fober man in the nation, Who fuch nonsense could write, fpeak, or think: It follows, by fair demonstration, While he fill'd his cafe bottles with gin, lightening * In his cups, (when Locke's laid on the shelf) That, unable to manage himself. The thirst he acquir'd when a devil f. That drought may be kindled by drink, How the foul is but nerve at the most; Of fuch theories if I aver it, But mere muddy fuggeftions of claret. || Private vices public benefits. + Bred a printer. This was written long before Dr Franklin's death. Dr L. Bishop of C. is probably the perfon here alluded to. He was a zealous materialist, THEY, who content on earth do ftay, I, too, my willing voice would raise, But that the scenes which others praife, I grant the hills are crown'd with trees, While on poetic wings, 'Bove earth, and all that earth contains, Unbounded fancy fprings. To dwell on earth, grofs element, Build Castles in the Air. One thing, 'tis true, excites my fear, Left Earth being tax'd, as foon it may, Our financier a tax should lay On Caftles in the Air. Well! with the end the means wou'd fuit, $ He refolved Perception and Thinking Ideal plans to execute, into vibrations. Ideal taxes raise. BRITISH PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Nov. 1. Mr Pitt brought in a bill for railing a body of cavalry. He obferved, at the fame time, that this was now made diftinct from the circumftance of enrolling the gamekeepers throughout the kingdom, which was to form a diftinct bill. ope 2. The report on the cavalry bill was brought up. It was oppofed by General Tarleton and Mr Fox, as unconstitutional in its principle, and nugatory in its ration, as well as impracticable from the intricacy and difficulty of the meafure. On a divifion, the numbers for receiving the report were 140; against it 30. Accordingly, the report being received, the bill was ordered to be read a third time the enfuing day. The bill for the enrolling of the gamekeepers was brought in, and ordered to be read a fecond time after the recefs. 12. The royal affent was given to the bill, for funding certain navy and exchequer bills. The militia augmentation bill, and the provifional cavalry bill, have fince received likewise the royal affent. 28. General Tarleton moved for a variety of public papers, the principal of which were accounts.-Agreed that they fhould be produced and printed. 30. Mr Manning prefented a petition from the merchants, traders, and others, interested in the trade of London, fetting forth the neceflity of adopting some means for the better accommodation of the fhipping in the port of London, and praying, that the Houfe would grant fuch relief as they should, in their wif dom, deem meet. The petition was or dered to be referred to a committee. Dec. 1. Mr Hobart brought up the report of the committee of ways and means, 6. The house has been taken up chief ly, for fome days, in examining Mr Morris for a breach of privilege, in not attending the house as evidence on the Southwark election, when fummoned fo to do. THE BUDGET. The Chancellor of the Exchequer rofe and faid, the subject he had to fubmit to the committee was fo extenfive and important, that he should beft difcharge his duty, and gratify the expectations of gentlemen, by abftaining from all collateral matter, and proceeding immediately to ftate the different objects as diftinctly as their nature would admit. Before, however, he entered upon the main point, he should state, under the usual heads, the amount of the different fervices. which was, that the committee were of extent of what would be neceffary for opinion, that the sum of 420,000l. (being providing the supplies of the year, and the disposable furplus of the grants of remarked upon the subject, as it related 1796) should be iffued and applied to to figures, and the intereft to be paid the public fervice. The report was re- on the loan. The amount of the interest, ceived, the refolution read, and a bill fubject, however, to a great deduction, ordered to be brought in, in purfuance fhould circumftances of a fortunate naof the faid refolution. ture arife, and a folid peace be found practicable, the amount of interest, independent of such an event, would be sl. 12s. 6d. which he stated as if the intereft was to be permanent. The two articles, the intereft of which it would be neceffary to provide for by fresh taxes were, the loan, and the other the amount of the 5 millions of exchequer bills, which he should propose the iffue of. The whole amount of the permanent intereft of the loan, and the amount of the finking fund, he stated at 6,1151. making a total of 1,215,000l. On account of the inconvenience that had arisen from the vast quantity of paper medium, it was his intention now to propofe, that exchequer bills fhould not in future be iffued at a longer date than three months; but as they might be continued in circulation from three months £. to three months, he should allot five per 6,240,000, cent. for the payment of the intereft on 1,421,000 them. Three other articles ftill remained to be provided for.-1. The excess of the navy debt, amounting to 8,250,000l. 2,500,000 of which only four millions were provided for by the statement of laft year; 10,161,000 no less than 4,250,000l. was ftill now to be provided for. 2. The excefs of the 10,913,000 debt for the prefent year, above the two millions and a half in the votes of the 1,623,000 Houfe. And 3. The repeal of the tax 378,000 propofed laft year on collateral fucceffion, the estimated amount of which was 140,000l. SUPPLY. Charge of 120,000 Seamen Ordinaries and Extraordinaries Provifion for exceedings in the Navy Service, and for preventing the increase of Navy Deb: Total of the Nivy Total of the Ordinaries and Extraordinaries of the Army Total of the Ordinaries and Extraordinaries of the Ordnance Mifcellaneous Services 350,000 Deficiency of Land and Malt Disposable Surplus 200,000 420,000 The total amount to be provided for, including the intereft of 2,750,000 Difference of Intereft on Ex- 1,075,000 Vote of Credit Probable future excess of Na- £. 18,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 4,250,000 3,000,000 200,000 And fum to be made good on 18,000,000 140,000 2,500,000 Collateral Succeffions The amount of the intereft upon all 2,000,000 these articles was 2,222,000l. to be pro vided for. Total of Ways and Means 26,945,000 From this, however, the fum of He next proceeded to ftate briefly the 112,000l. ought to be deducted, for the 2,000,000!, |