In yonder mead behold that vapour • Whose vivid beams illufive play, • Far off it seems a friendly taper

To guide the trav'ller on his way;

But, fhould fome hapless wretch pursuing Tread where the treach'rous meteors glow, 'He'd find, too late his rafhness ruing,

That fatal quickfands lurk below.
In life fuch bubbles nought admiring
Gilt with falfe light and fill'd with air,
Do you, from pageant crowds retiring,
To peace in virtue's cot repair;
There feek the never wafted treasure,
Which mutual love and friendship give,
• Domeftic comfort, spotless pleasure,

And blefs'd and bleffing you will live. "If Heav'n with children crowns your dwelling, • As mine its bounty does with you, • In fondness fatherly excelling

Th' example you have felt purfue.'

He paus'd-for, tenderly careffing

The darling of his wounded heart,
Looks had means only of expreffing
Thoughts language never could impart.

Now night her mournful mantle spreading
Had rob'd with black th' horizon round,
And dank dews from her treffes fhedding
With genial moiffure bath'd the ground;

When back to cities follies flying

'Midft cuftom's flaves he liv'd refign'd, His face, array'd in fmiles, denying The true complexion of his mind;

For ferioufly around furveying

Each character in youth and age,
Of fools betray'd, and knaves betraying,
That play'd upon this human stage,

(Peaceful himself and undefigning)

He loath'd the fcenes of guile and strife, And felt each fecret wifh inclining

To leave this fretful farce of life.

Yet to whate'er above was fated
Obediently he bow'd his foul,

For, what all-bounteous Heav'n created,
He thought Heav'n only should controul.

The laft WILL and TESTAMENT of a BRITISH TAR.

Since all muft ftrike, or late, or foon,
Life's flag, to Death, that picaroon,
Do make, tho' not a jot my body's ill',
This my laft teftament, or codicil→

Item, for I must use the form,

I leave my hull to fish, or worm.
As to my mafts, and fhrowds, and rigging,
They'll ferve fome honeft tar to pig in ;
Since all I have is on my back,

I leave 'em to my mefs-mate Jack-
And having neither meuks, nor splinter,
I leave my trowfers to Dick Winter.
My buckles-for they're good hard plate,
I leave, for love, to Portfmouth Kate-
My foul, to him that gave it, I
Give back-but, not before I die,
Hoping it may good harbour find
Safe anchor'd-both from feas and wind.
Having difpos'd of ev'ry thing,
Except my country and my King,
It is not decent fure to die
And leave to them no legacy;

To Portsmouth, where I drew my breath,
I leave my bleffing at my death;
For in my life-time, free and willing,
'Twas there I spent my ev'ry fhilling-
My country gave it, there Efpent it,
Nor do I in the leaft repent it-

God fpare old G e, both fnug and warm,

Long may he weather out the form.
Long may his guns do execution,

To rake the French, and help the Pruffian:
Oh! may he live to quell his foes,
And pull old Lewis by the nofe-
My ftock of honefty and wit
I leave to Secretary P-t

(Who food it in the rougheft weather)
Because I know he wants for neither.

To all my trusty coufins loving,
Who are our pilot for removing,
My will is, when they come to helm,
That they, as well, may ferve the realm,
Or take it, found'ring, up, like him,
And put it in a better trim.

Item, to B-n L- I leave,
While he to P-t does firmly cleave,
My compafs, which, upon my foul,
I ne'er faw vary from the pole ;
The needle to the touch was true
As ever steer'd a ship, or crew.

My globe to A— I bestow,
He fail'd round all the world, you know,
And, having now no world to roam,
He may take mine, and-stay at home;
Like Alexander, to bewail

He has no other worlds to fail.

I love and honour honeft H-e,
Nor ever knew him flinch, or baulk;
But 'tis my will he never marry
A jade that's likely to miscarry;
Had he but wed another wife,
He'd carried Rochefort, on my
So having made my will in form,
I fet to fea-nor fear the ftorm.
From on board the Dread-
nought, April 16, 1759.

life.

THOMAS OAKHAM

*Sea terms for money.

On

On the Death of George-Frederick Handel, Efq. By Mr. H—y.

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10 melt the foul, to captivate the ear, (Angels his melody might deign to hear) T'anticipate on earth the joys of heaven, Was Handel's task; to him the pow'r was given!

Ah! when he✶ late attun'd Meffiah's praise, With founds celeftial, with melodious lays ; A laft farewel his languid looks exprefs'd, And thus methinks th'enraptur'd crowd addrefs'd:

Adieu, my dearest friends! and also you, · Joint fons of facred harmony adieu! Apollo, whisp'ring, prompts me to retire, And bids me join the bright, feraphic choir! O! for Elijah's car,' great Handel cry'd; Meffiah heard his voice-and Handel dy'd.

* Alludes to Mr. Handel's performing in his celebrated oratorio of Meffiah in the laft Lent feafon.

The PATRIOT'S PRAYER.

PARENT of all, omnipotent

In heav'n, and earth below;
Thro' all creation's bounds unspent
Whofe ftreams of goodness flow;

Teach me to know from whence I rofe,
And unto what defign'd;
No private aims let me propofe,
Since link'd with human kind,

But chief to hear my country's voice,
May all my thoughts incline:
'Tis reafon's law, 'tis virtue's choice.
"Tis nature's call and thine.

four) nearly equal parts, by bulk-heads, or partitions, riling from the bottom to the lower-deck. Let these bulk-heads extend from one fide of the fhip to the other, and join closely to the timbers: Let them be ftrong, made of two-inch plank, well braced by cross pieces, and let them be well caulked. Let there be fliding hatches in the bulk-heads, through which a man may eafily pass under deck. Let thefe hatches for this purpose be ufually open; but in time of action, or other danger, or at furtheft on fpringing a leak, let these hatches be close fhut, fo that no water may pafs from one of the three divifions to another.

Now in a fhip thus provided, as foon as the fprings a leak, it may immediately be known in which of the three divifions the leak is; for the water will rife in that division, and not in any other. This difcovery will fave much labour and time in

fearching for the leak; for the carpenters immediately

fion, and find it fooner, if it be fo high as to be come at, that is, above the infide water. But, if the leak be too low to be come at, then firft let all hands remove what heavy ftuff they can, fuch as iron, &c. out of the leaky divifion. Then let them put into the fame leaky part all that comes to hand, fpecifically lighter than water, viz. empty cafks, feamen's chefts, any fort of timber, &c. Then let the hatches above the leaky part be close shut, and let fome perfons obferve carefully thofe parts of the bulk-heads that are exterior to the leaky divifion, in order to ftop any leaks that ap pear as the water rifes withinfide.

By the water being confined to a third (or fourth) part of the fhip, all the water that fills that part will not fink the ship, if properly lightened in other parts, by throwing heavy things, fuch as guns, &c. overboard, even though no empty casks, &e.

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were put into the leaky divifion. But, when fuch light things are put in, the cavity in which the water is will thereby be greatly leffened, and confequently the additional weight of the infide water be lefs in proportion. So that in a fhip of war (or other thip not deeply laden) there will not pro bably be any neceffity of throwing any thing overboard in order to fave her, even though the water made a free paffage into one part. But in fuch fhips, as one part would fink lower than another, (unless the leaky divifion was in the middle) in order to make the weight more equal in every part, it would be proper to remove the guns from the leaky part to others.

If this method was obferved, in all probability the greatest part of thofe veffels would be faved that have foundered at fea, and many of thofe (especially a good part of their cargoes) that have bulged by running aground: And men of war would not be obliged to quit the line through fear of finking, whatever shot they had received under water, unless they had dangerous leaks in all three divifions. And each of thefe are apparently points of very great importance. When one fhip quits the line, the next will have two upon her; which would be prevented if the could stay, even though the never fired a shot.

After the L'Esperance was quitted with ten feet water in the hold, the fwam fix or feven hours, even till fhe burnt down: Confequently, could but one divifion be kept free from water, in the manner here proposed, the might easily be brought to England.

When the Invincible ftruck, she bulged, and filled, and was loft. But, though her leak was five times as great, yet, if the water was confined to a third part of the hold, by taking out her guns, &c. fhe might be made many tons lighter than when the ftruck, notwithstanding this infide water thus confined; and then the might be got off the next tide. In a word, why may not a fhip be faved by the method here propofed, even though he has fprung a leak as large as one of her port holes?

To this propofal have been made the following objections:

Obj. 1. The water thus pent up will blow up the deck.

Anf. Water preffes according to its per

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pendicular height; therefore the force againft the deck will be only in proportion to the height of the water without above the lower deck, which cannot be confiderable. And, to prevent it in some measure, the empty calks, &c. in the full partition may be faftened down by crooks, or otherwife, that they may not fwim on top. The preffure of the water upwards, without fuch light things fwimming on it, will be very little.

Obj. 2. Water cannot be confined, as is here propofed, to one part.

Anf. Water certainly may be thus confined, as appears by well-boats, and water being carried in bulk, particularly in the Eaft Indies.

Obj. 3. If the parts of the fhip be thus divided, how can the bilge water come to the well?

Anf. By holes made on purpose at the bottom of the bulk-heads, which holes may be stopped, when needful, by a cock whose handle rifes fo high as always to be come at.

Obj. 4. The bulk-heads proposed would interfere with the different apartments below deck, and hinder ftowage.

Anf. 1. Nothing goes under the lower deck longer than a third part of the fhip; therefore nothing is too long to be stowed in a fhip thus provided.

Anf. 2. With respect to the different apartments, the matter may be adjusted by a little alteration in them, and by putting the bulk-heads a little more forwards or backwards: Though it would add greatly to their ftrength if they were close to the mafts. All the room really taken up is but the thicknefs of the bulk-heads.

It is fubmitted to the confideration of the judicious, whether the partitions here recommended might not be useful on some other accounts befides thofe already mentioned. Whether, for instance, in cafe a fire fhould happen below decks, it might not be ftifled by topping clofe the partition in which it happened, and fo excluding the air: Or, if this failed, whether the fhip in fuch a cafe might not be skuttled in that part, and the fire quenched by filling the divifion with water: After which the hole might be stopped by heeling the ship, and the water pumped out. It might be ob, ferved too that thefe bulk-heads would add confiderably to the strength of the ship.

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this kingdom; and an additional inland duty on coffee and chocolate; and for raifing the fum of fix millions fix hundred

thousand

ufand pounds, by way of annuities and ottery, to be charged on the said fubfidy d additional inland duty.

An additional fubfidy of 12d. in the und, over and above the duties in the joks of rates, is to take place from and ter the 5th of April, 1759, and to be fed on all tobacco, foreign linens, fugar, d other grocery, except currants; Eaftdia goods, except coffee and raw filks; reign brandy and fpirits, except rum of the oduce of the British fugar plantations; and per, which shall be imported into the kingm of Great Britain. Prize goods are to arged only with the duties payable by e act of 30 Geo. II. unless taken out of e warehouses for home confumption. From and after, alfo, the 5th day of pril, 1759, an additional inland duty is be paid of 1 s. per lb. on coffee, and 9 d. er lb. on chocolate. Coffee, lodged in arehouses on the 6th of April, 1759, is to charged with the new additional duty; also the stock in hand of coffee and cholate, except for private ufe; 90 lb. of afted coffee is to be charged after the rate f 112 lb. of raw coffee. The ftock in and of chocolate, except for private use, is be brought to the proper offices, in order be ftamped, and the penalty of counter. iting or forging the fame, or being guilty any fraud therein, 500 l, and one year's prifonment; and the penalty of fecreting concealing the ftock in hand of coffee = chocolate, or not sending chocolate to

be new-ftamped, or vending any without being duly ftamped, 20 s. per lb. and forfeiture of the chocolate, and none to be fold in lefs quantities than a quarter of a pound.

Thefe duties are to be appropriated for the payment of the annuities chargeable on the monies borrowed on the credit of this act; and thefe monies, the fum of fix millions fix hundred thousand pounds, are to be railed by transferrable annuities, after the rate of three pounds per centum per annum, an additional capital of fifteen pounds being added to every one hundred pounds advanced; which additional capital will confift of ten pounds in a lottery ticket given to each fubfcriber, on every one hundred pounds advanced, and of five pounds in like transferrable annuities, after the rate of three pounds per centum per annum, to commence from the 5th of January, 1759. The lottery ticket will intitle the bearer thereof to fix pounds, or to a better chance, in a joint ftock of annuities, after the rate of three pounds per centum per annum, transferrable at the Bank of England.

An act to permit the free importation of all forts of cattle from Ireland, allowed for five years, from May 1, 1759, and the fame to be duty free; and

An act to difcontinue, for five years, the duties payable upon tallow imported from Ireland, to commence from May 1, 1759.

BILL being now under confideration of the Honourable Houfe of ommons, for explaining and amending act, made in the 29th year of his Maty's reign, intitled, An A&t for the Enuragement of Seamen, and for the more eedy and effectual Manning his Majesty's avy;' it is to be hoped, that august Asmbly will make proper provifions therein r the fecurity of the perfonal liberty of the bject, that no perfon may be pressed into = fervice, contrary to the true intent and aning of the act; and that, if any fhould fo impreffed, they may have a speedy d effectual method of regaining their li. rty: For, in confequence of a late act, For the better Recruiting his Majesty's and Forces and Marines,' (but which act now expired) it is well known, that some rfons were impreffed that were by no Fans proper objects of that act, that were

exprefly exempted from fuch impreffment by that act, and yet could not, by the ufual and proper application to the bench of juftice, procure their immediate releasement by the writ of Habeas Corpus.

To prevent fuch illegal hardfhips for the future, and all unjuft imprisonments of the fubject, a bill was, laft feffion of Parliament, brought into, and paffed by the House of Commons, for granting the fubject a fpeedier remedy on the writ of Habeas Corpus; but which, for fome reasons or other, was, by the Houfe of Peers, rejected: And, on fuch rejection, we all remember, it was faid, that that most Noble House had given direction to the Judges to prepare a bill for the relief of the fubject in all fuch cafes (free from thofe inconveniencies which, fome Lords were of opinion, attended that bill, and for which they rejected it) against the next feffion of Parliament: But fuch feffion is