«
f
On a Rubin Red BreaJ}
£ A Robin Hnd tkken up iU afv>de i<i
the Cathedral of Bfilol, and for ti&
I'pacc of 15 yearsjufualiy patched 011
Wc «>f she j'itii acksof the great organ
during the tjmv {ervicf,
actoißpi.i.j'ijigihe ioMraiitjr'With lie
ha: m.i'iKnia drains, aiid so tame sS
* li> follow the <#rge'r lo.be fed. It
' coiuit«)f«l its habitation till last win-
ter, when it died.—The following
Jicantifnl'liiv s aie the production of
Mi. Simue! Ijdvci nf'!U»r Canon of
the Ctttln-dial: j
Sweet, facial,Hird S Whufe Mt bar
monious l^ys,
Swell ttie gind fang of thy Creator's
pr;::fc,
Bay, art thou conscious c?f approaching
ills ?
Fell winter's storms, the pointed,blall
that kill i i
Si'Wil ilkiu the savage North's impity
ing breath ?
Or cruel Man's more latent finares of
death ?
Here, gentle bird, a sure asylum find,
N'.»r dread the chilling froft, nor boift'-
rous wind.
No hottile tyrant of the feather'd race,
Shall dare invade ihee in this hallow'd
place s' '
Nor, , while lie fails the liquid air along,
Clicetthe (Jirifi numbers of thy cheerful
song.
No caution* gunner, whose unerring
■ fight i
Srops tie fivift eag'e in his rapid flight,
Shall here disturb my lovely songster's
Nor wound the plumage of hw'criifrfon
breatt. ; ,
The tnwut (ehobl boy,- <frho/io wanton
P'T.
With vie 14 lime involves she treach'rofiS
. f P r ' !5r ' . t
In vain (hnll fpfead the wily In are for
Thee,
Aliko secure thy life and liberty.
Peace then, IWcet Warbler, to thy slut
tering heart,
LX fy the rage. ot hawks and toils of art ;■
Now (hike thy dow.y plumes, now
gladlijr pay
T'y «ra,eful tribute to each fifing day;
While crowds below, their willing voi
ces raise,
so fingwith holy zeal Jehovah's praise
riiou, perch'd on high, (halt hear th
adoring throng, •
* • — t»' 4 ©'
Catch the wurm ttrains, and aW this L
crcd foiig ;
J ul": ft the fok'mn chorus, and infpirt
Each t..ngue with mulic, and each heart
with 7 fire.
WritVENJ
For tor Anniw;rfarj of a
MARINE SOCIETY.
WHAT i life' bu.t an ocean, precarious',
as fhoft
Which furroi'ind this terraqueous ball ?
V; ! .1 is man but a bark, often laden with
S'OeJ ?
,V- bat i : v m ath but the harbour of all ?
On oi.r pkflagc, to day may be mild
aiud lei <re,
A'Jfl cur Tcfti< P t'Mvais be fliewn,
Vfti lc trt morrow fierce tempeils may
Maikei the scene,
liid our ijnafts by the board may be
- ■ . _go?ie. -
<tr. life's rosy morn, with a profperoua
i , breeze;. .
We a!l our light fails may display.
W it'n a cloudless horizon may l'weep at our
tale,
And of fcrrow ne'er feel the fait spray;
But, ere we have reach'dour meridian, the
gale
From the point of ill fortune may blow,
And the fun of Ofcr being, all cheerless
4nd pale,
May set in the wild waves of woe.
Experience, when bound o'er the turbu«i
lent waves,
Remembers that ills may arise, '
And with fcdulous care, ert the danger he
braves,
H's bark with spare tackle fufjplier:
so you on life's ocean, with provident
minds,
n >ve herea fpsreanchor feeur'fl,
V»'itli wliifh in (ieipite of ad verfity'» Wihds,
i he helpless may ohe day bemoQr'd.
\ v Jun the flrong arm of winter uplifts the
bluer^.ain,
And I'now storms and (hipwrecks abound
YHun hollow cheek'd famine infli<fls ier
felt pain,
And the swamp flings definition a-
round,
W'.en the folly of rulers tmbroils human
kind,
An.' myriads are rob'd of their breath
'( His w ; .k il inftruftion may come o'er fbe
min;*, v
1 may i'often the pillow of death.
'i '. 'j poor wi:?ow'd mourner, the fweie
prstling throng
And the veteran whose powers are ho
more,
Shall here find an. arm to defend them
from wrong,
And to chafe meagre WANT from
their door:
Ti.'s is tcinjr'rjng the wind to the lamb
nt* '■)■ :!i )."U,
x.*,
r *
fills is ftjlidwirtg tfie ant's pruder.i
ways,
And, O blelt institution ! £be child yet un
born"
With rapiurc Cull lisp forth thy praif..
Foreign Intelligence.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. i.
7h; Confj.'iracy.
Tlfe sentence was yesterday pronoun
ced by the Court Tribunal again ft thoA;
p rfons Convicted of being inculpated
in tlte coYifpiracy of D' Armtelt, amidlt
the MTemblage of an inimenfe of
people. The reading of this sentence
lalfy-'d thfye hours and an half. Baron
1)* Artnfeh was declared outlawed,
with,the loss of his honor, and thecon
fifcation of his propeuy. V,on Ehien
flr<»hm is' sentenced to have his right
hand cut off, and afterwards to bv exe
cuted," wit h the k)fs ol life and honor,
;md ifionfifca'iyn'of his property. And
CounttlV Rirdenfkold is likewise f»uten
ctd to,We hrr life and Jlonor, and her
p'.'flcfnoiis to be confifcdted.
As to the other accomplices, Col.
Aminoff Ftiifter, the Manager of the
Opei:a,& the Valet ot D'Arrnfclt, there
was not fufficient evidence f6 convitt
them. The former, however has not
been acquitted : His trial has been re
ferred to further examination. Mr.
Von Franc, the Secretary of State and
Pott Rir'tftcr, Lieutenant Colonel Lil
je, Sources,. Merchant, and Signeut,
have been honorably acquitted. The
firft of these, however, in his quality
of !pire<Etor of the Poll Office is to be
tried before the Char.ccry for having
\ COflTlll'rTlcd fonrt xfrrprcttetiona
.tte'rs arrived by the poll. There is
no doubt but this judgement will un
dergo several al'erations from the Su
preme Tribunal.
Colonel Berg, Ruffian Chamberlain,
and Majors Berg and Litinow, ariived
her£ from Peterfbi'.rg. They are ft id
to be charged with an important com
mission from the Court of Piterfbiu'gh
to ours ; which' likemfe tends to prove
the pootl undemanding which reigns
betw>;en'.th*e t\to Courts. -
BRITISH ARMY.
Camp Itear Bredai jtugnji I
As W the.operations' going on here,
fiom. the very ppprslire manner of pro
ceiding tu ttraV which we were aceuf
. tamed to'Jh the early part of the cam'-
paign, they vioi'iTd-a/mail deceive one"
into the opiiiidtv, that We dre aAtitill j
at pence. It is by nitre' accident (hhf
we noyir hear of an enemy/ fhtir ad
vanced polls, heiug at lea ft twenty miles
diilant.
Yefterd»yi hpwrtev ifti a'gSin
put in mind o£ them by thcpliblit sale
•os-thirty fix horses,', takerV rhe other
day at the otit-paft3, by a party of light
horse, who fuip'rifed thcf piquet while
m&ft of their riders wJr? abfeut, feou
ted and brought off the horses, and
killed five or fix of the men. This #as
retaliating in fotne fticafufe for the
Dutch piquet lately surprised ; to which
may be added another, confitting of fix
emigrants, and as many black buffers
of the. Dutch.
PARIS.
SOCIETrOF THE JACOBINS.
Sitting of the t tth Thermidor.
The fitting thpj'gh fhort v wae diftin
guifhcd by uncommon energy; the
tribunes were not full, but were occu*
pied by male »n<3 female citizen* of
these defcriptfons; and many were ab
sent from not knowing that the. club
would hold a fclfion this day.
Three representatives of the people,
&Waud Vartnnes, l<egi*ndre, and CoJ
lotd'Herbois quitted for a wlwle the hall
<>f tile Convention in brder to reunite
tflerol'elves with their brethren the Ja
cobins. The firft announced that the
conifuracies fa lately d'feovered gave all
good • Republicans reason to rejoice in
rfeiterated successes* Soon after the re
porter, frorii the committee of public
lafety appeared in the Tribune, and
the taking of F&rt Lillo and
Liege, which-had been before declared
in the Convention.
The orator requeued the society not
to prolong their fitting, but repair to
the Convention where the report was to
be read.
Legendre gave an account of his
cpndus on the night between the 9th
and i.otb, when the ci-deva.u. Jacobins
revolted againll the National Represen
tation. " I knew (said he) that the
real Jacobins were not present at that
fitting, and that those who at firft at
tended had letired in disgust when a
croud of conspirators were introduced
without having any tickets of admission ;
when the liberticide decree of a rebelli
ous commune was proposed to those con
spirators, I addrefifed myfelf to ten men,
■ 5 • -m*
and aflced tlitm if they Would follow
me ? The conpjratorsj said I, have re
paired to the j3u' of the Jacobins, .and
the fanftuary of freedom is thus inso
le. tly beset vilcre c;iine is fuffeted to
usurp the pace of virtue ; lay down
your arms that y<su may be introduced :
Y<Vi have onli to follow me. 1 have a
brace of piftob vfitli vVhich I ihall blow
oift the brainjuf the Cofinter Revoluti
on ill their Prcldent, and with my sabre
in my hand 1 Shall take tHe chair.
As we procteded on the way, I met
with a patrole commanded by a man of
the naine of Gerard; an agent of Ro
befpierip. I aflied the patrole where
they were going ? and was answered, to
the natioaal convention. You are ra
ther flow, replied j ; but do you know
who you f?avc jjot at the head of you ?
We know him to be Gerard, a worthy
citizen ! You know him not. He is
a fcoundref. Arrelt him.
" He was accordingly secured, and I
delivered him to the care of Payan, re
presentative of the people. We conti
nued (Jur march to the jacobin?, but
the confpitators fled and dispersed, the
fitting was closed, attd the door remain
ed open. I ordered t+ie doors of the
hall to be (hut least the traitors should
re-afTeftble, and rifle the records of the
fueicty. I took' froffeflion of these
keys which 1 brought ftrft to the affem
biy, and feht them tct the Committee,
that the hall should be open in future to
. real Jacobins only, arid (nut forever to
the admiflion of confpiratorfe."
He then proceeded to disclose to the
foctefy ani a. tJtion ginen to thefti by the
joint Comn, tecs of public fafety and
general iVcuutj-, not in their ofl\cial cha
racters, 1~1 ! . cr Jacobins. This
contai.if.i ai f/ati: r ai extwitaiuw, not to
fuffdi htrfiorli .*-• jr.l any privileged, feats
in theiv 1.. . "W . t fignifieS it/'
exclaimed the orator, -■ whethef these
places are occupied by the wife of a
deputy, oi* a Jacobin, ot the wife of
any bthet citizen ? We fo?m a patt of
the people, and the greatefr honoV we
c?n confer upon our wives', is id' admit
of no dillinctioH."
Collot d'Herbois wiflied the club to
conlider this proportion of the conv.'Ait
tees as a simple invitation, and not an
order, and urged the President to put
the queftiorr for aholifhing all privileged
which only contributed to in
trigues,and to forward private purposes,
at the fame time, that equality foibade
thoie feats to be kept and wait
ing for then- vifjtors, while Citizens,
bleeding in the service of their country,
were obliged to remain at the doors.
This proposition was unanimoully de-
I creed.
A citizen denounced from the Tri
bune a mcptber of the society, who
lifted a* fccratary during she nights of
the 9111 and .16th, and who proposed
libepicide measures againlt him for
announcing the death of the confpira
to'; s«
Billaud Varennes and Collot d' Her
bois entered fucceflively into details
wlfrch served to develope the late mon
strouS conspiracy.
The empire was to have been divided
among the triumvirate. A. Couthon
vi-as to have been monarch to the South,
l,epidi(s St. Juit was to reign in the
north, and Catiline Robespierre to be
sovereign of the center.
The Comttiit.tee got much informa
tion from a letter written by a member
of the English Parliament. This per
fon< pretending that he came to France,
unable to bear any longer the despotism
of his own country, yet always intro
duced Into his «jn*€i fation the Arifto
crais of England, without deigning to
take notice of the Sans Culottes mem
bers of Oppoiitiun, Robespierre pro
tected him, represented him as a good
{ citizen, aud succeeded in obtaining for
[ him a paflport to travel into Switzer
land, or return to England, where he
j was to have established a republic. In
5 a letter from this gentleman to Robef
| pierre were discovered counter revolu
-1 tionary sentiments, recommending the
I reftqration of the privileged orders, and
• not to place the San» Culottes upon a
J level with the nobility.
By the report of a deserter, it ap
peared that the Coalesced Powers were
irt a league with Robespierre, and would
treat with no other peifon.
" What a warning is this, (exclaim
ed Billiud Varennes) to the French
people never to yield themselves to the
power of such idols. You have been
fucceflively the vidtims of La Fayette,
Briflbt, ami innumerable other conspi
rators. Remember that the existence
of liberty does not hang upon any in-,
dividual, though an individual may easi
ly be the destroyer of liberty. Rally
round the Convention, which in the
stormy season has difj layed the gran
deur of its character. It will never
fliew meity to conspirators, and virtue
shall always be the basis of its condudt."
Two hours after midnight, on the
I j
29th Theimidor, when Rohefpierre was
declared in a Itate of arrekatidnj the
keepers of the prisons had diretliotis to
receive no persons but by the orders of
the Commune. This tact, Legendre
said, was discovered by means of a Po»
lice Commiflary, who took a man to
prison ; and inltead of the usual receipt;
only got an answer so the aforefaid ef
fe£t The charge has been made out,
and is to be submitted to the Commit
tee.
A member proposed that the Society
of Jacobins should piefent themselves
en made before the National Conven
tion, to congratulate tbem on their tri
umph over the opprefTors of the coun
try.
Collot d'Herbois supported this mo
tion, but wi(hed the visit to be deferred
till the next fitting when the concourse
of patriots would be greater, and the
diffufion of joy more universal. He
then entered upon an eloquent difcrip
tion of the foiidity which Liberty had
now acquired in France, where conspi
racy and ambition were the roads to
speedy death ; where the will of a na
tion mull be consulted, and tyrants
could not depend on the corruption of
an individual. Woe to thfe ambitious !
They are Colofiufes or Monsters ; but
the Coloflns is overturned, and the Mon
ster is destroyed by the invincible arm
of Liberty. Frenchmen shall form one
family, from the bosom of which shall
the wretch be chafed who is not in love
with Liberty. We are all brothers.
The Jacobins are the Convention, the
Convention is the people, and that as
sociation will give eternity'to their free
dom ! '
The proposal for vifjting the Con
yention-in a mass w aa agreed to. and the
procession is to take place at 9 o'clock
in the evening.
On the motion of Collot d'Herbois,
the tickets of admifllon were ordered to
be renewed.
WARSAW, June 18.
The Supreme council ha» published
an ordinance of the generalissimo Kofci
u(ko, enjoining the armed national
force to penetrate into the enemies
countries in these terms:
THADFUS KOSCIUSKO,
Commander in Chief of the armed
Powers
" AS the troops of the King of
Prussia are now in open alliance with
the Ruffians againit this nation ; as
they have already pafiedthofe frontiers
even which the usurpers designed to us;
and as they rob us of the country in
contellibly our own ; in fine as our
country finds itfelf exposed to the inhu
man tiojences of the enemy in this war,
undertaken by us in defence of our li
berty, our integrality and independence ;
it becomes us so much the more to
give another direction to the armed
force of Our nation—ln consequence I
give orders by the prcfent writing to all
commanders of the regular troops, to
penetrate immediately beyond the fron
tirrs, arrogated by Pruflia, and Russia
and to publish there the infurreftion of
the Poles and to anifnate the people,
abased by the yoke of slavery, to ally
themfflves with Us, and to rife against
their opprefiors.
As I have already ordered a requisiti
on of a general levy in Poland and Li
thuania; by the present, I order all the
commanders to penetrate immediately
with the volunteersunder their command
or with those peasants who can find
means to escape from the tyranny of
their lords, into the countries taken
from Poland, and to advance even into
those which have been more anciently
poffeflcd by Prudia and RufSa, and to
affilt the inhabitants who are defireus
of regaining the liberty of their coun
try.
I recommend it to all those comman
ders to conduct themselves as brothers
with all those who are willing to second
ourefforts, having no other end but their
happiness. Nothing is to be regarded
as a legitimate booty but what belongs
cither to Ruflla or Pruflia. I declare
in tlie name of the nation, which now
rises against usurping and* tyrannic force
punishes the traitors to their country,
and which will recompense all faithful
citizens and courageous defenders of
their country, that (he allures to every
chief, to every commander of the nati
onal force, and of the general levy, in
recompense for their future services, the
national property and poffeflions which
the nation will confifcate upon all trai
tors to their country. As in fine, the
happy success of their enterprise de
pends particularly upon its p/ompt ex
ecution, I charge all the commanders
to transfer the war as soon as poflible,
into the abovementioned countries. This
may the more easily be effected, as by
the enemy's force having entered into
our country, the greatcft part of their
1 mTi —r f »
own neighbouring territos'cs remaps
without defencc, inforauch, that in fi,'me
places there are hut few troops remain
ing and in others none at all.
Given at our camp at Kielec, June
lOth, 1796.
(Signed) T. KOSCIUSKO.
LONDON, August 12.
French seem to have let the op
portunity pass of attacking Holland with
any certainty of success— their late tie.
lay we cannot account for, however in
consequence of it the Dutch frontier h s
been rendered impenetrable.
It continues still to be believed in the
British Camp, that Pichegrj has been
fupercedcd in hi« command of the No
then) army, being considered as a crea
ture of Robespierre—the direst charge
however against him is {aid to be th::t
of not having followed up his late ad
vantages with fufficient spirit.
We are rather inclined to doubt the
above statement, as it does not appear
by any of the Parisian accounts, that
about a fortnight finee any blame had
been attached to his character.
Some accounts, via Germany, fpeaic
of the failing of the Spanilh Admiral
Langara, with a fleet of thirteen fail
of the line, and fevcral frigates, to as
sist in capturing or in deltroying the
French squadron in the bay of St. John,
in the Mediterranean.
A few days ago a poor barber wa*
apprehended in his (hop and taken be.
fore a Magistrate upon ftrotig suspicion
of being difaffefted to his Majelty's per
son and government, and concerned with
divers in attempting to introduce into
this kingdom, French principles and
practices.
The principal charge against the poor
knight of the razor was that hfc had
caused to be painted upon hi&(hop win
dow the following words : Citizen bar
ber, fh»ve well for a penny.
It Was clearly proved in the comfe of
tl>e examination that the prifoner'sname
was John Citizen. In consequence of
which, he was discharged with a iccom
mendation from the worthy Magistrate,
to call himfelf by fonu' other name till
the French are conquered.
COWES, j\i;guft 20.
This morning at eight the troops for
Dublin, under convoy of the Tiiton,
failed, as did the troops for Guernsey
under convoy of the Hinde frigate;
when they came near Yarmouth the
wind fhifted to the S. W. The Dublin
convoy camfeto an anchor in Yarmouth
Road, and the ship destined for Guern
sey returned to Cowes, where they
came to an anchor at half pad one.
Yesterday, and not before, the 31ft,
34th, and 79th regiments embarked at
Southampton. The dtftination is kept
a secret: some speak of their going to
Hplland, "and some to the Weft-Indies.
Yesterday the 84th marched into
Southampton : the 85th and tcoth, 01
Marquis of Huntley's, were expected
to embark at Southampton this day.
PORTSMOUTH, August 21.
The undermentioned ships forming
the van division of the Gtand Fleet, tVii»
day weighed at Spilhead, and dropped
down to St. Helena, viz.
« „ T Ad. Sir Allan Gard-
Queen 9 'J ner) Capt. Bedford,
Admiral Caldwell,
[Captain Weftcott,
Ad. Sir Tho. Rich,
Captain Schomberg,
Adm. Elphinftone,
Capt; ElpTiinftone,
Beurmerfter,
Pakenham,
Impregnable 90
Culloden 74
Barflear
Glory
Invincible
9 8
98
7+
Majestic 74 Cotton,
Venerable 74 Sir John Orde,
Arrogant 74 Whitfhed.
The other part of the Fleet, and the
: Pertuguefe men of war, which are go
ing under Lord Howe's flag, will go
down to St. Helen's to-morrow, and
will fail, it is reported, on Sunday next.
We arc sorry that Admiral Murray's
having captured a fleet of French Mer
chant ships is generally discredited.
FLUSHING.
Of the armies—the latejl•
Wednefdayy August 20, 1704.
A boat arrived here iaft night from
Sluys, with an officer on board, who bring s
the agreeable intelligence of the Com
mandment and Garrison being all in the
higheit spirits, and under no fears for the
fafety of the place. The works are very
little injured ; and the greatest damage is
among the houses, which are very much
battered.
Owing tothe innundation,whtcTi effectu
ally prevent the French from approaching
within rnuftet- shot, and the advantage
ous and commanding position of the ram
parts, The Dutch have not yet loft more
than between thirty and forty meii, killed
and wounded.
They have ammunition for fix weeeks
longer, and provisions for three months.
The casemates are all of bomb-proof. >
Water, which they at firft dreaded a wait
of, is in abundance frbm the late heavy
V i