This terrible ship, with her streamers all One fide of the ship the falt-water was waving, [braving ; Stopt half a league diftant, the poor Packet Which fteering away, to avoid such trappanners, [her good manners. Bounce! went a twelve-pounder, to teach Ventidius, who oft on the Smock-alley ftage, [a page, Had ranted and blufter'd through many The hero forgetting, to fave his long neck, Threw up both his heels, and fell flat on the deck. The crew with a panic were ftruck one and all, [fall; When this rifing hero receiv'd fuch a They counfel'd the captain, without more ado, [ship to. To down with his top-fail and bring the Grave Cimberton, trufty cashier to the Play-house, [thou'd dismay us; Said, zounds! 'tis a fhame that the French But, when the report of the gun ftruck his [fear. He outwardly fmil'd to conceal inward rear,...... 1 The Dublin Vandyke foftly crept to the fteerage, [rage; His palenefs difcover'd his ill painted couHe hated the French and their naval purfuits, [boots. And pifs'd till it ran to the foles of his 'Tis ftrange when an honeft man deals in deceit, [feet, His money lay under the foles of his 'Twas as fafe to lie there as if hid in a hole [the cole. For he knew that his toes could not finger If they board us, fay Polly, I'll fing 'em a fong:' [tongue; Says Lucy, Pray hold your ridiculous Our voyage is weftward; you'll foon wifh it fouth; [fide of your mouth.' For they'll quick make you fing the wrong But the fhip which had thrown us all into fuch terror [error. Stood aloof now as if the had found out her Such a cargoe the scorn'd to carry to France, - [dancers. firs, As actors and Taylors, and fidlers and Crochetto was there, who by musical querk -Sets fingers, and pipers, and fidlers to wok: The wind from north-eaft gave a terrible fquall [and all. Which fear'd all the paffengers, captain 4 drinking, [finking;' The people cry'd out, "The ship is now But Crochetto perceiving her make such a trip, [hip. Push'd hard t'other fide for to ballance the Ye mortals, who carelessly fit at your ease, While others are tofs'd on the perilous feas, You are better at home in a great elbowchair, Than rowling about between hope and despair. Derry down, &c. RIDDLE.. WAS art that compleated the form ти that I wear [air, From nature's grand chaos, digefted in To the furnace I'm caft, and when come from the lake, [stake. No martyr fo faithful e'er burn'd at the Then at once I'm admitted at court, and [queen. am feen, In private apartment employ'd by the No knight in the city his favour denies me, And there's not a lady in town but employs me. [(upport, To Bacchus, I own, for his friendly I'm highly indebted, as prince of the sport. For legs of my own I have none to employ, And yet to the ladies I often am nigh. When rid out with pleasure, and jaded with I ftain their white stockings, tho' ever fo fpleen, [clean; Yet, if thus I happen to give them affront, 'Tis pafs'd by in filence, no mention made on't. I yield them fuch ease in so needful a season, No cenfure I merit in justice or reason. ANSWER to the REBUS in our laft. GOOD fir, whene'er you kill a Buck, I beg a haunch may be my luck : And, when you mean to take a bride, (If you are not already ty'd) Pray, let me make the wedding Ring ; For I'm a dab at fuch a thing. And, if further, you'll permit Me, at the bridal feast to to fit; I ask a Ham to grace the board, With chickens plenty, wine well-ftor'd. Grant me but this, you'll find I am, Your humle fervant, Buckingham. A REBUS R. P. TAKE the name of a rule by which right is maintain'd, [gain'd. And half a thing by which freedom is Add to it two fifths of a mirth much defir'd, And the girl you'll express by me most [admir'd. HISTORY Mag. A HISTORY of the PRESENT WAR. Detachment was fent from the allied army under prince. Ferdinand of Brunfwick, on the 30th of August to attack Dorften, where the ovens of prince Soubize's army had been built fome time ago, and fucceeded fo far as to take the place. Mr. Vierfet and the first battalion of his regiment were all made prifoners, after a vigorous refiftance. Next day, the light troops of the allies took 300 waggons, a number of equipages, and the patroles of French horse that were along the Lippe. ac The inhabitants of Hanover were late- Accounts from Pomerania import, that By advices from Silefia we are informed, were taken. In the mean time, the Ruffian Accounts of the latest date from the commandant of Glogau, fay, that on the army had repassed the Oder at Steinau; 9th and 10th the baggage of the Ruffian that on the 10th marshal Butturlin with the grofs of the army, had separated from the Auftrians, and began to move towards the Oder; and that general Chernichew, with a corps under his command, remained ftill with general Laudohn. The Ruffian fleet, which has been befieging Colberg ever fince the 3d of Audamage to the place from that time to the guft laft, had not done any confiderable 6th of September; on the contrary, the teries raised on shore. General RomanRuffians fuffered confiderably by the batzow had not then made any motion; and the duke of Wurtemberg remained unmolested in his entrenchments, which are not much above half a mile from gen. Romanzow's camp. General Tottleben, who was lately a princarried prifoner to Petersburgh, and closecipal commander in the Ruffian fevice, is ly confined in the citadel there; having been detected in holding a correfpondence with the king of Pruitia, Rrr2 treacherous DOMESTIC DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. LETTERS from Conftantinople of being heard at a distance. They rowed the ift of Auguft, import, that Mr.in that manner till they were within muf Rexin, minifter from Pruffia, after the They write from Genoa, that the Cor .... A letter was received from Sir-Piercy ket fhot of the privavateer; and, being haled, they made no answer; but in a few minutes boarded him on both fides, and took poffeffion of him without the lofs of a man, and only two were wounded. Mr. M' Bride hot the Lieutenant of the privateer through the head with a mufket, as he was pointing a gun into the boat; and one common man was killed, and five wounded. This was done within half gun-fhot of a fort on the east fide of the barbour, but the fort did not fire at them; and when the prisoners were fecured, they cut the cables, and failed out of the road." In a storm of hail, which happen'd laft Sunday at Enfield Marfh; fome of the ftones, or rather pieces of ice, meafured five inches round, which tore down branches of trees, and did infinite damage all around. The ftorm was attended with violent claps of thunder, feveral birds were killed; yet the whole did not last above three minutes. THURSDAY, Sept. 3. Amiralty-Office. Capt. Napier, of his majesty's frigate the Cygnet, brought into Gibraltar-bay on the 25th of July laft, a French privateer, of 18 carriage guns, and 135 men, which he took off Cape de Gatte: and about the fame time, the Favourite floop, commanded by Capt, Pownoll, fent in a small privateer floop, which he took about twenty leagues weftward of Cadiz. His majesty's fhip Aquilon, commanded by capt. Chaloner Ogle, has also taken off Cape Machicaco, the Aurora privateer belonging to Rochelle, of 10 guns, and 75 men, FRIDAY, Sept. 4. Admiralty Office. Lieut. Barkley, commanding the Fly armed cutter, on the fourteenth of last month being off the Texel, he took the Hazard privateer of Dunkirk, carrying fix fwivel guns and 15 men, which had been out three weeks, but had taken nothing. On the 29th he drove on fhore, and deftroyed the Maria Therefa privateer, of fix fwivel guns and 17 men, which left Dunkirk four days before, and had not taken any prize. A letter from capt. Faulkner, of his majefty's fhip Bellona, to capt, Cleveland, dated Aug. 21. in Lisbon river, runs thus: "On the 14th inftant, at three P. M. faw three fail in the S. W. quarter, Cape Finisterre bearing N. E. 1 half E. diftant ten leagues; we immediately gave chace, and, by their crowding from us, foon fufpected them to be enemies. At five A. M. we got almost up with the chace, and found them to be a large fhip and two frigates. At fix the Brilliant began to engage with one of the frigates; foon after with the other alfo. Half an hour af ter fix we began to engage the large fhip as near as poffible. At four minutes after 7 the large ship struck, which proved to be Le Courageux of 74 guns, commanded by M. Dugue L'Ambert, and had on board 700 men from St. Domingo. The BrilJiant continued to engage the two frigates. At half past seven the French frigates bore away, and neither of our fhips were in a condition to pursue them. We loft in the action 6 men, and had 28 wounded. The enemy had 240 flain, and 110 wounded. We fent our first lieutenant, Mr. Male, with other officers, and 150 men, to take poffeffion of the prize, and received 224 prifoners on board. The Brilliant fent 50 men, and received 100 prisoners on on board; she had five men killed and fixteen wounded; among the slain is the master." Some private letters, fay, that the cargo of the Courageux is valued at 320,000l. firft coft; and she had befides many ranfomers on board. When the French prifoners were landed at Lisbon out of the Bellona man of war, they applied to the French conful for relief, without effect; but the Gentlemen of the English Factory, moved with compaffion at fuch a fcene of diftrefs, generously raised by subscription 230l. sterling for their relief. A noble instance of English generosity! The master of the White Hart Inn at Redburn, Hertfordshire, returning from fhooting, put his gun (which was charged with partridge fhot) upon the bacon-rack, when two of the marquis of Granby's royal forresters came into the house; one of them took down the piece, and without examining whether it was charged or not, prefented and fired it off at his comrade, by which means his face was mangled almost beyond defcription, for both his eyes were shot out, his nose entirely taken off, and his cheeks torn to pieces. The earl Temple, lord lieutenant of the county of Buckingham, having been requefted by Richard Loundes, Efq; one of the knights of the shire, on behalf of the lace manufacturers, to present to the king a pair of fine ruffles made by Meffrs. Milward and comp. at Newport-Pagnel in the faid county; his majesty after looking at them, and asking many questions concerning this branch of trade, was most graciously pleased to express himself; that the inclination of his own heart naturally led him to fet a high value upon every endeavour to improve any English manufacture, and whatever had such a recommendation, would be preferr'd by him to works poffibly of higher perfection, made in any other country. SATURDAY, Sept. 5. St. James's. The following is the lift of the establishment made by his majesty for the houshold of the Queen. Vice-chamberlain, Lord Cantalupe. Duchefs of Hamilton, Maids of Honour, Mrs. Dashwood, Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters, Cap. Robinson, Mr. Hubert, Mr. Causlaid, Phyficians, Dr. Letherland, Dr. Akenfide: Physician to the Houfhold, Dr. Pringle. Surgeon, Mr. Pennell Hawkins. Surg. to the Houfhold, Mr. Tho. Gataker, Apothecary,..... Brande. Apoth. to the Houshold, Mr. Jn. Devaynes. Pages of the Back Stairs, Mr. John Nicolaii, Mr..... White, Mr. Rich. Chapman, Mr. Fran.Weybrow. Pages of the Prefence, Mr. Valatin, Mr. Sutherland. Necessary woman to the Private Apartments, Mrs. Coggfhead Treasurer, Andrew Stone, Efq; half an hour past ten o'clock laft night, the guns at the Park and the Tower were fired again, on the joining of his majesty's and the princess's hands. All the royal family, together with his royal highness the duke of Cumberland, and princess Amelia, were prefent at the nuptials. Their majefties, after the ceremony, fat on one fide of the altar, on two ftate chairs under a canopy; her royal highnefs the princefs dowager of Wales fat facing them, in a chair of state, on the other fide; and all the rest of the royal fa Capt. Harcourt, Mr. John Scutz. Pages of Hon. Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Byne. A Clerk of the Stables; a Bottle-man; Five Coachmen; Eight Footmen; and Three for the Master of the Horfe; Two Grooms; Four Chairmen ; Five Postil-mily on stools, and the quality on benches, lions; Five Helpers.^ TUESDAY, September 8. St. James's. Her most ferene highness the princefs Charlotte of Mecklenburg, having embarked on board his majesty's yacht at Stade, the 228 past, and fell down the Elbe to Cuxhaven, failed from thence the 28th, and arrived in the port of Harwich, on Sunday evening laft, the 6th instant, Her highness continued that night, and dined yesterday, on board: after which, the fet out for Harwich, and lay last night at the earl of Abercorn's house at Witham, in Effex; from whence her highness set out this morning at eight, and arrived at a quarter past three, at his majesty's palace of St. James, where she alighted at the garden-gate, and was re ceived by the king and all the Royal Family. At nine this evening the marriage ceremony between his majesty and her moft ferene highness, was folemnied by the lord archbishop of Canterbury in the royal chapel there. Her ferene highness the princefs of Mecklenburgh was accompanied in the coach from Witham by their graces the dutcheffes of Ancafter and Hamilton, and in her way stayed near an hour at a gentleman's houfe at Rumford, where the was pleased to indulge the fpe&ators with the fight of her perfon from a window; after which her highness went into his majefty's body coach, and proceeded to St. James's, keeping the road to London as far as Mile-End, where the guards turned off over Bethnal-green, through Hackneyturn-pike, and fo on to Old-street, and the city road, through Hyde-park, by way of Grosvenor-gate, and down Conftitutionhill to St. James's-park....Her highness's arrival at the palace was immédiately proclaimed by the firing of the guns in St. James's park, which were immediately followed by thofe of the Tower; and at which confifted of all the foreign ministers, including mons. Buffy; all the peers and peereffes of the kingdom, together with the bishops, except the right hon, and right rev. the bishop of Hereford, who had fprained his ancle. After the ceremony there was a public drawing room, but no perfons prefented. [See the Order of theProceffion, p.487,488.] St. James's This day M. de Mello, envoy extraordinary from the king of Portugal, had a private audience of his majesty, to notify the birth of a prince of Beyra, of whom the princefs of Brafils was brought-to-bed the 19th of Auguft. THURSDAY, Sept. 16. Upwards of 1000l. worth of French filks were feized on board a Dutch ship in the river, and depofited in his majesty's warehouses. MONDAY, Sept. 14. This day the lord mayor, aldermen, and common council, prefented their addresses to the king and queen, on their majesties nuptials As did the university of Cambridge, on the fame occasion. For which Addresses, feè pi 483, 484, 485. This day the university of Oxford prefented their addreffes to the king and queen, on their majefties nuptials, and were most graciously receiv'd. [See p. 483, 484, 485. SATURDAY, Sept. 19. Thomas Daniels was condemned at the Old Bailey for the murder of his wife, by throwing her out of a two pair of stairs window, in a court in Alderfgate-street; and was to have been executed on Monday the 21ft, but the court thinking it would be extremely indecent for an execution immediately to precede the great folemnity of the coronation, his execution was ordered to be on Friday, Oct. the 2d. Four rich full fuits of brocade, entirely |