Injecta lateant fac tibi vefte pedes. Ovid. I what dangerous confequences may this bed To the author of the SCOTS MAGAZINE. attended!-Another time, I saw a Lady, 's in order to avoid the inconvenience her cloaths might receive from a narrow ftret, walk with them in fo fublime a pofture, Ex that I, among the reft, might have taken the length of a charming leg, and befide,, have determined to a nicety the places where the chose to tie her garter.-I can not part without informing you, Sir, of another occurrence, to which I was a wit-d nefs, at a review; where, planting myself behind an open landau, that I might fee the exercise of the fons of Mars without a being incommoded by the crowd, all my warlike difpofition had like (but for the philofophy I hinted I was poffeffed of) to be changed into the more pleafing one of the wars of Venus, who ftruck me in the eye from a Lady who was mounted on the feat of the landau, in order to behad with more advantage the course of the ce remony. She ftood in fo very advantageo ous an attitude, indeed, for my purpote, as pe fhe leaned to the left, that I was entertain ed with more objects than I think fit co communicate, efpecially as the afcended and defcended.—But I find the defcription grows too warm, and therefore here leave off in time, with affuring you, Siv that I am, Hold it neceffary, in this age of gallantry, to make fome mention of a practice prevalent among the fair fex, which I think not quite fo confonant to their native modesty as may be wished. It is, in fhort, this: They have contrived to make their hoops of fo enormous a fize, and at the fame time fo light, that the leait fhove from a paffenger in the ftreet may elevate one fide of them to fuch a degree, that I, for example, who am but low of ftature, have nothing to do but to make use of my eyes, without any declination of my body, to measure, with the fmall fhare of geometry I am mafter of, the regular proportion of the pretty creatures legs from the ancles to the knees; and, if I were a more curious obferver, perhaps a little higher. Nay, fometimes, as if they defigned their hoops for more effectual nets or traps, notwithstanding the abundance of their other decoys, it is with very great difficulty, that, in paffing, I can hinder myself from being carried along in the vortex. And, alas! what would become of me then? But this is not all; for, if by this elevation, of which I am complaining, nothing were to be seen which might invite the wanton fancy of a libertine to wish his eyes were bleffed with other ftill more bewitching objects, the evil might be tolerable: but, as things are at prefent, the profpect is rendered fo tempting by the neat glofs of a white ftocking folded over a well fhaped leg, that there is nothing at which the defire of fuch a wild young fellow can ftop, altho' a perfon of my gravity may be able to furvey all these things in their naked effence with the utmost coolness. But it is not every one, Sir, who can claim fo much difpaffionate philofophy as myself. On the contrary, it was but t'other day I obferved a fauntering rakifh beau, under pretence of helping a fair-one into a Coach, and adjufting her petticoats on the feat, delightedly featting his eye with the form of her leg, and preffing his hand, with a fort of unconscious officioufnefs, clofe to her knee in afcending to fit by her. With Nov. 1743. ន Your conftant Reader, EDW. DAPPER. P. S. I fhould have propofed this as a proper fubject for the pulpit; only I re flected on the ufage a certain divine met with, (mentioned by a late author), whe got the name of Parfon Patch, as, perhaps,, any grave Doctor might, if he dared to difcourage fuch an apparent incitement vice, among the wags of this age, be fig matised with that of Parfon Peep-ba. G: 4 fpecimen of the dialect spoke in fome cuz” try places of Scotland." ADVERTISEMENT. LL brethren and fifters, I let you to witt, that there is a twa year-aud lad littleane tint, that ist'ere'en. It's a' fcabbit i'the how hole o'the neck A o'd, and a cauler kale-blade and bra butter at it, that ist'er. It has a mer maun blue pouch hingin at the carre old, fou o' mullens and chucky-fas and a spindle and a whorle, and its daddy's ain jockteleg in't. It's a' black aneath the nails wi' houkin o' yird, that is't. The carr fleeve o'd's a' bubbles, wi' fnytin the nyfe o'd, that is'te'en. It has its daddy's cravatt ty'd about the craig o'd, and hingin down the back o'd. The back o'the hand o'd's a' brunt; it got it i' the (middy ae day. Wha'e'er can find this faid twa-yearauld lad littleane, may repair to M- -o J-n's town-fmith in C n, and he fhall hae for reward quall bear fconns, and a ride o❜ourain auld beast to bear him hame, and nae mair words about it, that wilt'er no. To the author of the SCOTS MAGAZINE. S what we read of the dead is, most commonly, wrote to please the living, we find the panegyrift more anxious to make a fine, than a juft likeness; to paint what the friend of his patron hould have been, rather than what he really was. Hence it is that those make is little impreffion on the readers, as thetrical characters: whereas, if only fuch as vere truly amiable were fwathed from the oblivion death is apt to caft on them, and produced, they would do honour to, and promote virtue amongst mankind. This motive has perfuaded me to indulge the melancholy pleasure I take in paying a mall tribute to the merits of a dead friend: n which, if I endeavoured to exceed truth, should dishonour that name I revere; nd, if the happy immortals have any concioufness of our petty actions, appear unworthy of that friendship I was once faDured with. GORDONIUS was poffeffed of all thofe ualities that dignify and ftamp a value the man; the best of hearts, and strongfocial affections. He had a candour d integrity of foul that fo preffed on our conviction, as diftinguished him even mongst thofe that were allowed those re endowments. He had a noble fimicity of mind, that had no ufe for, and fpifed all deceit, as much as he loved ath, which he held dishonoured with e infincerity of a joke. He thought a omife was a band that nothing but death could loofe; and all that knew him believed his to be fo. He had a general benevolence that fhowed itself on every occafion. Those that knew him, had rather have had a favour from him than any other man; for he seemed highly obliged by your asking, and had fomething fo inexpreffibly happy in the manner of conferring it, as feemed to leffen, tho' it really added to the weight of the obligation. He never, in one inftance, disappointed the confidence of a friend, and was as incapable of revealing a fecret as telling an untruth. As he never miffed to vindicate every honeft man that was attacked, fo he never lafhed without then his hatred of the crime never kept the vice was flagrant and notorious: and his pity from the criminal. His modesty was fuch, that an univerfal approbation would fcarce have leffened his diffidence of himfelf: nor did he in any thing so much fufpect the judgment of his friends, as when they applied it to him. Without any of the practised, copied arts of attraction, he had an original manner, that made him dear even to those that had but a short acquaintance of him.-The 30th of October laft, it pleased heaven to feal this valuable character, by a death, fudden, but not too foon for GORDONIUS; tho', alas! it was for every body else. To have made the likeness juft, much is wanting. There were a great many agreeableneffes, which gave a beauteous harmony to the features of this character. Thefe require a nicer hand: I have touched only at the outlines; and they were fo ftrong, that all who knew the original, will know what I have been attempting; it is only thofe that will be fit to judge how little I have been able to do justice to our friend: and to them I plead my intention for my excuse.—I am, &c. PHILAGATHUS. Lieutenant and five men were killed, and Ships taken by the Britons. the Haftings, a Spanish privateer of 20 guns and 116 men. [The above taken by men of war.] Brought into Newport, Rhode island, by the privateer Fame, Griffith, of that place, a Spanish transport floop, from & Auguftine to the Havanna, with 40 men on board, who were all put afhore at Geor gia, except three officers. - Carried into Philadelphia, by Capt. Dowel, in the George privateer, the Noftra Senora de Soledad, a register-fhip of 20 guns and 63 men, Don Philip de Lorree Commander, with 157 tuns and a half of cocoa, one tun of chocolate, and about 10,000 pieces of eight; and by Capt. John Sibbald of Kirkaldy, in a Philadelphia privateer, a regifter commiffioned thip, va lued above 30,0col. On the fame cruize he funk a Spanish privateer of a very confiderable force, after a smart engagement, Brought into St Kitts, by the Bonetta, Drumgold, of that place, a Spanish sloop, with 30,000 dollars and 50 tun of cocoa, taken at La Guerra.-Carried into Gibral tar, a Spanith barcolongo, with provifions and money for Majorca, faid to be worth 30,000 l. Carried into Blanco, by the floop Mary, of St Chitopher's, three rich, prizes. Τ MARRIAGES and BIRTHS. Carried into Jamaica, by the Orford A Hanover, Nov. 10. N. S. the e and Kent, four fhips, viz. a Pollaco fhip, bound to Porto Rico, with Jefuits bark, cocoa, cochineal, &c. and three privateers; one called the St Michael, of 16 carriage guns and 10 fwivels; the other, the Beate Virginis, of 10 carriage-guns and 10 fwivels; and the third, taken off Cuba, of 24 carriage-guns, 20 fwivels, and 150 men: and, by another man of war, the St Jofeph, from Cadiz. Brought into Gibraltar, the Samuel, Lyn, a Swedifh fhip from Lisbon for Genoa, being found to have on board 200,000 pieces of eight belonging to the Spaniards; and by the Dragon, two Spanish fettees, of 120 tuns and 70 men each, bound from Spain with provifions for the garrifon of Oran.-Taken by the Lively, the Santa Francifca Maria Magdalena Fides, a Spanifh privateer of 16 carriage-guns and 20 fwivels.-Taken by the Lord Bamff, in fpoufals of the Prince-Royal of Dermark with the Princefs Lquifa of G. Britain were celebrated by proxy.-At the Hague, the Earl of Holderness, married to Mifs Mary Doublet, niece to Mr Van Haren.— Mr John Callender of Craigforth, Advocate, to Mifs Molly Livingston, daughter of Sir James Livingston. At Leicester houfe, between 8 and in the morning, Nov. 14. the Princess of Wales was delivered of a prince. - Lord Offulton's Lady, of a fon and heir.-The Duchefs of Richmond, of a daughter.The Vifcountefs Mayo, in Ireland, of a n DEATH S. At Liege, Dec. 5. N. S. the Prince and Bishop of Liege.-At Lidington in E Lothian, Nov. 17. Robert Stewart L Blantyre.-Penelope Lady dowager Car ronald, aged 70. She was daughter of Col. Murdoch Mackenzie, Governor f Tangier.-Hon. Lieut. James Lefle of the the third regiment of foot guards, brother to the E. of Leven.-Mrs Margaret Lowis, Spoufe to Thomas Hope of Rankeilor, Efq;-Mrs Katharine Weir of Blackwood, wife of the Hon. Charles Hope-Weir of Craigiehall.-Mr Michael Potter, Profef for of Divinity in Glafgow, aged 73. James Fall, Efq; lately appointed Colletor of the Bishops rents. - Mr David Anderfon, Examiner in the Exchequer. Robert Cuningham of Cayon, Efq;Capt. Hugh Crawfurd, Commander of the Gordon frigate, in his voyage from Jamaica. At the academy in Eagleftreet, London, Mr David Jones, aged 104. At Contral, near Lisbon, Manuel Simones Baretto, aged 114.-At Wefton in NewEngland, Sept. 22. Mrs Lydia Jones, relict of Capt. Jones, aged 95. She lived to Tee her children, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren, and their children, in all 296; of which 233 remain alive. At Walderfhore in Kent, James Jobfon farmr, aged 112. He had been married to even wives, by whom he had 19 fons End 19 daughters. - P. S. Mr William Cuningham, Writer to the Signet, dropt own dead in the parliament-house, Dec. 8. PREFERMENTS. Dr John Thomas, Dean of Peterborough, hade Bishop of St. Asaph, in the room of Or Ifaac Maddox, tranflated to Worcester. -HenryPulteney, Efq; Governor of Kingn upon Hull. 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