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Preachers for 1809, will appear in a few days.

A work, interesting to the lovers of antiquities and the arts, has been recently published at Rome, consisting of a collection of engravings, carefully executed, representing the deities, altars, tripods, candelabra, bassso relievos, quadriga, vases, urns, &c. of antiquity, with an account of the places where the originals are now to be inspected. A few sheets of letter-press explain the subject of each plate.

The Society of Rural Economy at Copenhagen have distributed among the Danish peasantry 5000 copies of M. Raf's useful pamphlet, entitled, Instructions for the Cultivation of Flax. It has been also translated into German, for

distribution in Sleswick and Holstein. The above-mentioned society has commenced the publication of its proceedings. The first part of the first volume contains-A Journal of an Agricultural' Tour in England, by Meinhold; an Essay on the management of Trees, by Mourex; the Mode of making Gooseberry Wine, by Taxtorph, and a Report of the Proceedings of the Society.

Counsellor Koehler, of Moscow, is busily employed in cleaning the old coins, which he is continually receiving from the Crimea. He is publishing a collection of more than 600 of kings and cities, all belonging to Grecian colonies, or kingdoms, that extended along the northern or western coasts of the Black Sea.

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O thither turn thy straying feet,
At twilight's pleasing, sober hour,
And contemplative take thy seat

Within this hermit bower.
Here all a source of stillness proves,
No noises rude the calm infest,
But rushing streams and vocal groves
Will lull thy fretted mind to rest:
No porter here, in haughty state,
With surly tone bids thee depart,
But open stands the humble gate,

As is its owner's heart! Romantic grot! as thee I view, The times ere man the base art knew, I see, by fancy's pict'ring eyes, With friendship's mark, guile to disguise→→ Then the fell monsters of the wood, Subdued by love's delightful reign, With harmless jaws unknown to blood

'Mid lambkins cropt the plain!

O age of bless! when man was fed
On what his fields and flocks supplied,
And with a home, like to this shade,
His simple soul was satisfied.

Man was to brother then no slave,
War was to him unknown; from whence
It poets name of Golden gave,

Primeval innocence !

Sweet spot! may no intruder rude
Thy shell-embellished walls deform;
And may the genius of the wood
Turn from thy harm the wasting storm;
But near thee be the fairies seen
To dance around that ivy'd tree,
Footing so light the primrosed green,
To sweetest minstrelsy.
When high the moon floats in the sky,
And shines on Esk's stream gliding near,
Retired from mortal's prying eye,
They hold their mystic gambols here,
And cull from neighbouring banks the rose,
And with them all this threshold strew,
Or twist them into shape which shows
Banks of Esk.
Thy honour'd name-* Buccleugh.

LINES

J. S.

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Brave the angry ocean's roar
To seek this distant, dang'rous shore?
Poor bird! thou fondly dream'st of joys
Of every bliss thy heart can prize,
Here thy welcome flight inviting,
And thy raptur'd heart delighting.
Hence beams thine eye unwonted fire,
Hence heaves thy breast with new desire,
Wheeling round thy airy measure,
In all the luxury of pleasure.

Thou knewest not, simple bird! the snare
That lurks in pleasure's tempting glare;
Thy heedless eye o'erlooks the danger;
That waits to whelm the wand'ring stran
ger.

Mark yon straggler on the heath-
He bears the winged shot of death!
Heard'st thou not that piteous scream?
Thy partner's life-blood dyes the stream!
O speed thee from this fatal shore,
And 'tempt the perilous track no more.
Haste thee to thy mates again,
That fearless skim the western main.
"O could I fly, I'd fly with thee,"
O'er mountain wild and stormy sea,
And gladly every danger brave,
Where sinks the day-star in the wave.
To range again those much-lov'd plains
Where calm contentment ever reigns;
Where kindness opes her friendly door,
And plenty, smiling, spreads her store;
Where generous friendship warmly glows,
And pity's melting tear o'erflows:
Where lovely woman, beauty's queen,
Breathes sweetest blisss on every scene.
Where manly freedom crowns each brow
That scorns to tyrant's rage to bow,
And independance throned on high
With lion heart and eagle eye.

BANKS OF ANNAN.

SANG.

THE WAEFU' WANT O'SILLER.

Tune.-Roy's Wife.

COME, ragged brethren o' the Nine,
Join ilka honest purseless callan',
The waes o' duddie doublets sing,
Whan gousty want gaunts o'er the hal-
lan.

Its true, I've nae gryte heart to sing,

Foushtit in aul hairmoully garret, Yet aft there's ease in doolfu' croon, Tho' little loan be i' the wallet.

CHORUS.

O the waefu' want o' siller!

Wearifa' the want o' siller!
It mak'sna what be i' your pow,
Gin your pouch be scant o' siller.

Its war nor a' the waes o' life,

Whilk sair benum a boddie's noddle, That worth, nor wit, withouten pelf,

hould nae be countit worth a boddle.

Its nae your wit, its nae your lear,
Tho' ye cud on Pegassus gallop,
That's naething, gin' your breeks be aul',
An' hingin' in a tatterwallop.

O the waefu' want, &c.

Ye'll nae get brose, nor bread, nor cheese,
Nor social drap to weet your wizzen,
Nought cares the polish'd man o' wealth,
Tho' wizzen wame and a' gae gizzen.
Whan lucky stars gi'e leave to sit
Roun' comfort's cozy cutchack beekin?
To set your vera creepie stool,

Baith rich an' puir will aft be seekin'. Whan befft wi' care and fell mishap,

An' puirtith hauds a bodie gauntin', There's unco few will speer your ail,

Because the penny siller's wantin'. An' now a days there's nae sic thing

As lovin' hearts o' nature's lythin", There'll nae a body leuk your way,

Gif that the siller binna kythin'. What is't, think ye, links hauns an' hearts, Its neither beauty, wit, nor carriage; For frae the cottage to the ha'

Its siller ay 'at mak's the marriage. I've been in love outowr the lugs,

As monie ither chiel afore me, Yet cause my mailen was but sma'

The sawcy fizzle did abhor me. Hale beuks I've writ baith verse an' prose An' monie a' roosin dedication,

But nae ane owned the puir baugh chiel', An' now there's nought but grim starva

tion.

Wow! monie a rhymin' hungry chiel'

Has spun his brains into a ditty, An' a' to please some worthless thing Whase iron heart ne'er knew to pity. An' O bat my ain shanks be sma',

My vera nose as sharp's a fillar, Caul' death will soon tak' me awa', Ohon! Ohon! the want o' siller! WILLIE WAEFU.

SONG.

HAVE ye e'er seen the primrose bloom,
So lovely fair, by bank and brae?
Or seen, upon its wintry stem,
The milky blossom of the slae ?
And have ye seen the April frost,
Blight the bud blooming bonnilie?
Or have you seen the blighting blast,
Tear the sweet blossom of the tree?
Se bloom'd the fairest, loveliest form,
That earth or ocean e'er 'could bear!
O why was Celia ever born?-
Or why was Celia half so fair?-
For on the morn of life and love,
Death's ruthless tempest roar'd around,
And tore the lilac from the grove,
And strew'd its beauties on the ground!
Glasgow.

R. G. PRO

Proceedings of Parliament.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Friday, March 10.

CHARGES AGAINST THE DUKE OF YORK.

R. H. But that the House is necessitated to submit to his Majesty, that, under all the circumstances of the case, from the unbecoming and unhappy connexion into which his R. H. had fallen, and from the direct wound which would be given to the public morals and religion of the kingdom, it is impossible that his R. H. should continue any longer in the command of the army."

Mr Yorke opposed the plan proposed by Mr Bankes, as tending to render the sub

ever. He observed, that Mrs Clarke had been a paramour of Mr Ogilvie, an army agent, before she went under the protection of the Duke of York! there she must have learned all the mystery of army intrigue. She had stated, that her dabbling in commissions had not commenced till six months after her establishment in Gloucester Place, and was the consequence of the inadequateness of his funds to support her. But the first proposal of Colonel French was dated 1st February 1804, only a month after that establishment commenced; a proof that her assertion was false. If the charges against the Duke were made out, it would not be sufficient to deprive him of the command of the army. They ought `undoubtedly to vote his exclusion from the succession. But as he considered him as innocent, he did not think that necessary. He concluded by opposing the motion.

THE House resumed its investigation of the evidence against the Duke of York. Mr Bankes observed the importance of the investigation, the unwillingness with which he entered into it, and the probable mischiefs to which it must give rise. The amendment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer embraces only two points of theject still more confused and perplexed than charge, namely, personal corruption and criminal connivance. Mr Bathurst properly adverted to a third, namely, undue influence. There was still a fourth, to which he begged leave to call the attention of the House, namely, the offence against public morals, in the scandalous and unbecoming connexion acknowledged by his Royal Highness. He then made some observations upon the evidence. Miss Taylor, he thought, deserved credit; the mysterious note in Captain Sanden's possession he considered as genuine, and, together with General Clavering's letter, proved that an unrestrained communication on military matters existed between the Duke of York and Mrs Clarke; and this was what he considered as undue influence. He then concluded as follows:-" Upon the whole, therefore, Sir, I most fully acquit his Royal Highness of any personal corruption; but I cannot acquit him of something which at least approaches to a criminal connivance. Under this impression, Sir, I shall move that an address be presented to his Majesty, humbly representing to him, that the House, having duly examined all the char ges produced before them, and the evidence in support of them, consider it as their duty to state to his Majesty, that the corrupt practices alleged had existed; but that this House has the satisfaction to state, that there does not appear any proof that his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief was guilty either of personal corruption, or of a direct criminal connivance: That furthermore, in the execution of their duty, in examining the evidence, the House have had the satisfaction to discover the excellent condition of the army under the command of his Royal Highness, and felt it their duty to express their full and entire approbation of its present and actual state, and to impute that flourishing state to his August 1809,

Mr Leach could neither concur with the original address, nor with the amendment. He then went into an elaborate discussion to prove the inadmissibility of the witnesses against the Duke of York, especially Mrs Clarke and Miss Taylor.

Lord Folkstone, in a speech of considerable length and energy, expressed his intention of supporting Mr Wardle's motion. He commented on the treatment Mr Wardle had at first received from the suppor ters of the Duke, supported the credibility of the evidence, and pointed out various inconsistencies in the examination of Col. Gordon and Mr Adam.

Mr Adam vindicated his evidence, and showed that it contained no contradictions nor inconsistencies. He had begun his public career before Lord Folkstone was born, represented a respectable county, and therefore was anxious to set himself right with the House and the country. If any inconsistency could be made out in his evidence,

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he should be willing to expiate it by any punishment whatever. He animadverted upon some observations cast upon his son in the newspapers, and pointed out their falsehood. He thought the House should first come to a resolution upon the innocence or guilt of his Royal Highness.

Mr Smith said, he was convinced that the severest vote they could pass would be the most acceptable to the country; pointed out the importance of the characters of Princes; the stability of the throne at the commencement of the French Revolution, he ascribed to the excellent character of the King; and regretted that, one or two steps lower down, the virtue was not in proportion to the rank.-The House adjourned at half-past four till Monday.

Monday, March 13.

The House proceeded with the adjourn ed debate on the evidence respecting the Duke of York's conduct, when the Secretary at War opposed the address proposed by Mr Bankes. He was convinced that a great majority of the House considered Mrs Clarke's evidence as of no value. If it could be received, there could be no doubt about the guilt of the Duke of York. He then went into an examination of the evidence, to show that Mrs Clarke's testiimony ought not to be credited. She was ignorant of the routine of the Duke's office, which could not have been the case, if the communications on these subjects with the Duke of York had been free. She knew not the time when the appointments were to appear, and in the case of Tonyn made her application a week after the promotion had taken place.

Sir Francis Burdett rose to perform a duty which might well be called painful, but which it still behoved him to fulfil. The attempts to do away the evidence of Mrs Clarke had been vain; the long-continued examinations and cross-examinations of the Attorney General and the other lawyers had brought us nothing to obviate her consistency. She was called a superior genius; but no ingenuity could have kept her free from inconsistencies, had not her story been true. The very contradictions of Mrs Clarke were proofs that she had entered into no conspiracy, and that her testimony had not been rehearsed before-hand. On the one hand, Miss Taylor's unimpeachable evidence had been excepted against; on the other, it was affirmed her testimony meant nothing. These objections destroyed each other. If her evidence had been planned before-hand, surely she would have brought forward something which would have made against the Duke. He commented with severity

upon the speeches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Attorney General, and showed how little they had succeeded in their endeavours to destroy the credibility of Mrs Clarke. The conduct of Mrs Clarke, was to him a conclusive proof that she spoke truth; she would not have dared to tell them that Donovan would deny a fact, as he in fact did till it was forced from him. Several cases had been passed over, because they were not military, as that of Dr O'Meara, which he considered as peculiarly bad. The stopping of Major Turner's resignation, at the request of Mrs Sutherland, was injurious and unjust. How had the Duke himself behaved to Mrs Clarke? After living with her in excessive fondness, he could consign her, without any cause, to infamy and disgrace. Who, that had a heart, would have left the woman that had lived under his protection in debt? Against the testimony of this wontan, they had the honour of a Prince. His royal word had also been given for an annuity to her, to pay her debts, and then he could resist the payment, and say there was no bond, no legal demand for it; there was honour for you. The case of Kennet was one of corruption. A bankrupt of an infamous character was recommended to a situation under Government, because he was raising a lean for the Duke of York. The Chancel. lor of the Exchequer had said, that this was an age the least corrupt of any in the history of the country. He forgot that men now blinked, and took pecuniary rewards, under the name of office, emolument, and in many other ways. The burden of the taxes, like a two-edged sword, reduced men to poverty, and exposed them to be seduced by bribery. When Gentlemen acquitted the Duke of York of corruption, be cause he took no money, they did not consider that corruption had nothing to do with money, but was to be found in the bad moral motive for action; undue influence swaying the mind from honour and justice. The Duke of York and Mrs Clarke were always in straits, always grasping at momentary pecuniary relief, sometimes together. It was strange to think that any of the Royal Family should be reduced to such straits. The case was very strong; any one of the charges was sufficient.

They had evidence such as no jury could refuse. This was the greatest question that had been before the House of Commons since that of the seclusion of a Duke of York from the succession. The justice of England was at stake. The question to be determined was, whether it existed or not. He then finished an animated and long speech by declaring, that under every impression, he could have no he

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