.POETRY.

Can't thou, benignant, gentle pow'r,
My moan unpitying hear;

And wilt thou till behold, unmov'd,
My fupplicating tear?

O come for Pity's fake, thy aid
Propitiously beltow;

Once inore let Pleafure cheer this breaft,I WISH to fing Atrides' praife,

And banith gloomy woe.

H. F. OFFLEY.

The CONTENTED LABOURER.

M. L.

To tell how fierce Achilles ftrove,-
But to fach themes I cannot raise

My lyre, which only fings of Love.
Straight I change the wanton firings,
And meditate Alcides' might ;-
My willing lyre of Love ftill fings,
Still fings his power both day and
night.

SOME boaft of their riches and fome No more Achilles' force and fire,

of high life,

{wife; I hoaft of what's better, I mean a good With her, tho' a fhilling I've scarce at

command,

I'm as happy as any great man in the land.

No more I fing of valiant kings-
To Mars no more I tune my lyre,
Cupid's power alone it fings!

To work I go early, am cheerful all Answer to SPENCER's Chartide in the

day,

[at play;

The fame when employ'd as I am when

Mag. for Spt.

And when to my cottage at eve I repair,SAP is the vital juice of plants,
I'm met with a fimile by a good-natur'd

fair.

A Coat the taylor made; Sapcoat's the town in Leicestershire Where you made your charade. FRANCES GRAIN.

Gerard Street.

A CHARADE.
Yfirft to man does often prove,
How fwift the tranfient moments
move;

My fecond few with patience bear,
Tho' oft reluctant forc'd to wear.
My whole is to my firft allied,
Appendant oft from Delia's fide.

FOREIGN

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FOREIGN

Angers, Sep. 24.

NE W S.

fions; they have two gun-powder mills, which are working day and night, and are fully fufficient to anfwer the exigen

Tis difficult to create to one's felf an idea of the defeat which the republicies of the army.-Balls and bullets are the only articles they are deficient in. By means of the fpecie which remained in the country, and the paper-money of confidence, circulation and commerce are fostered; affignats, though in plenty here, are of no value; and a pound of bread fells only at the price of two fous.

can army fuffered on the 18th inftant. The combats lafted from the 14th to the 18th, which latter was the grand day of general action. The rifing in a mafs had collected a vaft number of men, who, uniting with the army of the line, formed a mass terrible indeed. But this multitude only served to augment the rout and laughter, which has been dreadful, especially at Pont-de-Cé, a long and narrow defile along the Loire, where whole mounts of the flain, and cohorts of fugitive republicans amaffed. A very great number perished, fome being killed, others drowned, and many ftifled. The patriots loft all their artillery, baggage, provifions and ftorehouses. They, with the utmolt precipitation, evacuated the town and the diftrict. The town of Deberta, that of Sable and Lavol, have declared them-leagues. felves in favour of royalty. All others will follow their example when an opportunity shall offer itself to do it with safety.

Two naval officers left the royal army to go to England, charged with a fpecial miffion to the British government on the part of the chiefs of the royalifts.

Nothing can equal the wisdom of the military civil administration. The property of the Emigrants is adminiftered unto, and their revenues put in referve. In other refpects, as vanity, ambition and egotists are ftrangers to the refpective chiefs, there prevails every where the most perfect affection, an exemplary fubordination, and the moft rivetted u nion. The victory obtained on the 18th by the royal army, has shockingly difgufled all the army of the republican mafs within the circumference of twenty

Genoa, Sept. 27. We have accounts from Toulon, that the inhabitants are well fatisfied with the English, and perfectly contented with their fituation. Provifions and money are both in great plenty there.

Turin, Sept. 18. The fort and fortrefs of Antibes have just been fummoned by the British fleet to furrender, and only 24 hours are allowed the garrifon to confider of the fummons.

It is alfo announced, that lord Hood has fummoned the fort of Nice, which refufed to surrender.

The royal army confilts of 160,000 men, 150,000 of whom are armed with firelocks and bayonets, and 10,000 with pikes. There are between 12 and 15,000 men of troops of the line, and 6000 cavairy. This force is truly invincible in the country which it occupies, animated, as it is, with every thing that can raife courage, the love of their king. their enthufiafm for their God, and their hatred against the banditti who conftitute the fcourge and shame of France. The royalts are not in want of provi-600 in number. VOL. XXIV.

Maeftricht, O. 1. Yefterday morn• ing the corps of French Emigrants under colonel Damas, railed for the fervice of the states general, marched to the Dutch army; it confifts of four companies of musketeers and two of chaffeurs, about 4 I

Laft

Laft Friday the first column of French prifoners, confifling of 136 efficers and 2500 foldiers, taken at Quefnoy and Maubeuge, arrived here under a proper efcort, and were placed in the casemates, convents, churches, &c. they proceeded towards Aix on Sunday, on which day the fecond column, confifting of 122 officers and 2200 foldiers, entered this place, and marched away this morning. This day at noon the third column of priso. ners arrived, confifting of 112 officers and 2200 foldiers: thefe will proceed on their way to Aix.

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received marching orders, the burghers have voluntarily offered to guard the gates, and their offer has been moft ciously aceepted by Francis II. and they are now taking up arms to guard this whole city and imperial palace.

which the enemy miftook for admiral Macbride's fleet, and the flotilla retired to Dunkirk.

Oflend, Oct. 7. The town was this day disturbed with the apprehenfion of a vifit from the French, who, it feems in the abfence of admiral Macbride, had prepared a flotilla, with a confiderable number of troops on board, whiill a very large detachment were moving onwards to attack it by land. The inhabitants Madrid, O8. 2. Intelligence has been buried their plate; but happily a floop received here, that on the 22d of Septem-with a convoy appeared in the offing, ber, general Ricardos obtained a compleat victory over the French near Truillas. The only particulars yet known are, that the enemy began the attack, in five columns, at feven o'clock in the morning; that they were repulsed and defeated by the Spanish cavalry, and by the columns of infantry which were ordered out, under the command of Don Juan Courten and the count De la Union: that the lofs of the Spaniards was very fmall, but that of the enemy was eflimated, on the whole, at five or fix thoufand men, including about fifteen hundred prifoners, and many more killed, a great avock having been made by the grape thot and fide arms; and that ten pieces | of cannon, fix cart loads of mufkets, and a quantity of baggage, had been taken. The number of the enemy was report ed to be twenty-three or twenty-four thousand men, though by fome estimated at no more than twenty thousand.

Paris, O. 3. The confifcation of foreign property in France, is not to take place. The bankers have made conditions, by which the foreign property in their hands, and in the funds, is to be exempt from feizure. They are to advance immediately to the amount of 12 per cent. on the whole of their capitals.

The fum which will accrue to the executive government, from this violent and defperate meafure, and which even the laft neceffity could fcarcely justify, is ellimated at not lefs than 15 millions!

Maubeug, by the lateft accounts from the prince of Saxe-Cobourg's army, was completely and clofely invefted. Preparations were making to batter en breche; and fix hundred Auftrian grenadiers had folicited the honour of being the first to mount the beach, whenever a practicable one should be made, which was very fhortly expected.

Nieuport, O. 8. An order has been iffued, prohibiting any veffels from com ing in or going out of this port during the night time: alfo forbidding the lighting of the light-houses till further orders. The guardships have orders to fire upon any veffels attempting to enter in the night.

Paris, O. 8. The generals of the different armies arrive every day. The motive is not known, but it is generally believed that the committee of public fafety has fent for them to concert mez fures, to receive a plan of operations, and to give information upon the confpiracies that have been difcovered against the re public.

Houchard bears his confinement with great fortitude, and amufes himself with playing on a violin, Tendacci's air in the deferter-Meurir n'eft rein, Et.

Admiral Truguet is arrested, and is now on the road to Paris.

The queen remains at the Cencier. Vienna, 08 s. Count Von Wurm-gerie-her fuppofed removal to the Tem fer, general of cavalry, having demand-ple, founded on the circumstance of a ed reinforcements, eight battalions of coach escorted by foldiers, being seen at grenadiers and fix fquadrons of horfe the Conciergerie at midnight. have been ordered to join him.

The garrifon of this capital having

bitterly of the treafon, cowardice, and 08. 9. Letters from Nantes complain