phia, and was greatly diftinguished in privateering in the war of 1756. This gentleman had a brother in the 16th regiment, in the British fervice, at the time of Montgomery's expedition in Canada, and who was as violent in favour of the English goverment, as this General's aid de camp was enthufiaftick in the cause of America; the latter had accompanied his general, a day or two previous to the attack in which they both loft their lives, to view and meditate on the spot where Wolfe had fallen; on his return he found a letter from his brother, the English officer, full of the bittereft reproaches against him, for having entered into the Amèrican fervice, and containing a pretty direct with, that if he would not abandon it, he might meet with the deferved fate of a rebel. The aid de camp immediately return ed him an anfwer, full of strong reafoning in defence of his conduct, but by no means attempting to fhake the oppofite principles of his brother, and not only free from acrimony, but full of ex preffions of tenderness and affec tion; this letter he dated," from the fpot where Wolfe loft his life, in fighting the caufe of England im friendship with America." This letter had fcarcely reached the of ficer at New-York, before it was followed by the news of his broth er's death. The effect was inftantaneous; nature, and perhaps rea fon, prevailed; a thousand not unworthy fentiments rushed up on his diftreffed mind; he quitted the English fervice, entered into that of America, and fought every occafion of diftinguishing himfelf in her fervice!" American Farmer. From the Weekly Magazine, Vol. 1. Na, 8. THURSDAY LECTURE-NO. I. Luke xix. 40. And he answered and faid unto them, I tell you, that if thefe should hold their peace, the ftones would immediately cry out. THIS is to be understood as a proverbial kind of expreffion, fig. nifying the certainty of Christ's meffiahfhip. The fkeptical pharifees, defirous of damping the joy, and quenching the zeal, of thofe pious jews, who glorified God for vifiting and redeeming his people, requested Jefus to rebuke his extravagant difciples, and teach them moderation. "By no means," he replies. "Their rejoicing is in the highest degree reasonable and decorous. This is the most joyous day ever known in Judea. It is the happy era, of which your prophets have prophefied, and your poets fung. In their predictions you boat a future Prince of peace, and exult in the expected privileges of his reign. That Prince hath come, and his reign is commenced. His works and triumphs incon teftibly prove it. The blind re ceive their fight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleanfed, and the derf hear; the dead are raifed up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. Thefe bleffings your fath ers faw in vifion only; but you fee them literally: it was their's : to enjoy them in mere profpect; it is your's to tafte and realize them they could fay, Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, for thy king COMETH ; but far more bleffed are your eyes, which behold this king ALREADY COME, actually difpenfing the light of his doctrine and the honours of his falvation. Amidst thefe brilliant proofs of the Meffiah's advent, it is evidence of your ftupidity to deny his divine miffion, and of your envy and malice to attempt repreffing the rapture of his followers. For, if his entrance into your city, on this remarkable occafion, fhould excite no acclamations of the people, inanimate nature would accufe them of infenfibility and ingratitude, and the very ftones in the street become the organs of his praise." Continued from page 503. THERSTON drew in a fuperiour ftyle. Selina had a luxuriant genius for that imitative and elegant art. She established prizes for the best performances, of which Rodolpho was the judge; with him the read and interchanged ideas on the fubject of their ftudies, and while her lively fancy refined his tafte, his fentiments informed her judgment. Sometimes a point of tafte or fentiment was felected as a fubject for debate; and Mrs. Marthall decided whofe obfervations were most correct. Their enjoyments were thofe of intellect, and perhaps we might travel as long and as far as did Diogenes in purfuit of an honeft man, ere we should meet a party more difpofed to be pleased, or more qualified to please. Every paffion, whofe fingle force is pleafure, united in each breast to yield them delight, and reciprocal confidence was the base of their friendship. There was an invifible and fubtle agency pervaded their fociety, which rendered every thing interefting. Yet there are thofe, whofe groffer perceptions will laugh at pleafure of a caft fo different from their own; but it has not yet been discovered, why ignorance laughs at what it does not understand. Time rolled imperceptibly onward, and fix weeks elapfed ere they thought one departed. There was little variation of circumftance, but every day came fraught with new and refined pleasure ; the natural confequence of intellectual purfaits, and the interchange of fentiment. Selina's character received a brighter polifh from this intercourfe; it became fixed, more true, more powerfully magnetick. It is an incontrovertible truth, however prudes and cynicks may deny it with their lips, that to the attraction of the fexes to each other does the character of each owe its greatest radiance. The female mind, that an extenfive knowledge of literature has not yet expanded, feizes with avidity, and appreciates the matured and critical obfervations of enlightened and liberal men; and the alliciency of beauty and innocence, the associated radiance of virtuous grace, adds a fuavity to their manners that finishes their character. If there is a reciprocity of improvement, a mutual light reflected, and this has been allowed by fome of the most philofophick men on modern record, the conteft for acknowledged equality in the great fcale of nature is an idle ftruggle. Let man enjoy in idea his vifionary pre-eminence! it is harmless; for amidst his loudeft vauntings, he will not venture to aflert there is fex in foul. Where is the retreat of that wifdom which governs kingdoms; that valour which commands armies; that patriotifm which oppofes defpots, (deeds that refult from the full affemblage of fuperiour intellect) when man becomes the victim of the being he pretends to despise, then his actions contradict his affertions. The monfler-killer Hercules, after all his gigantick feats of strength and valour, meanly fubmitted to handle the diftaff and when Phyne lifts up her veil, the whole areopagus is corrupted. If man wishes to convince us his claim to pre-eminence is more than a phantom, the pride felflove has conjured up, let the confiftency of his actions prove it. If created to protect us, let him not expofe us to danger; if gifted with ftrength to aid our erring judgments, let him beware of misleading us: if formed to fafcinate our fenfes, let him not feck to corrupt the heart and meanly make weaknefs his victim; or, with the collected force of every fcience in his head, he becomes more an object of contempt in the eye of virtue than the reptile he cruthes under his feet. Since our party had been domefticated, no interruption had broke the harmony of their "feast of reafon, and their flow of foul.” Small parties of military had cal led to refreth themfelves at the garrifon; but the ladies had not appeared--their pleafures were ftill drawn from intellectual refources, that never ceafing fpring; and let thofe who are condemned by neceffity to so small a circle as our friends, (and who are languifhing for the frivolity of the great world, through which they have hitherto fluttered, and fancied themfelves happy) examine with a wifh to find if the exertion of their intellects will not be a refource against that deplorable liftlefsnefs, that lethargy of the soul, which enfhrouds the faculties, and plunges them too often into a gulph from which they never emerge. If they feek, they will find; and as their mental perception clears, and the light of knowledge burfts on their darkened minds, the foul will paufe to view the change, and acquire new vigour from the profpect; the bright conftellation of knowledge will expand the heart to the calls of fo cial duty, and the consciousness of having performed it, will give comfort to that hour which fplendour cannot gild, nor acclamation exhilarate; that hour when the foul retires into itfelf for confolation. They frequently walked out to enjoy the pure breeze of the atmosphere, unadulterated with the fmoke of cities; and as they paced the now defolated fields, and reflected on the ef trangement of their friends and kindred, the tear of deep regret would fall from the eye of Mrs. Marthall and Selina ;--there was now no friendly neighbour to vifit after a pleasant ride, where they used to enjoy the focial evening in cheerful chat, and on the morrow return to review with increase the joys of home, that place of comfort. All was changed ORIGINAL. every eye was filled with doubt of his neighbour's fidelity-the father truited not the fon, nor the fon the father-unnatural difunion! lamentable exchange! fufpicion, and its attendant corruption, for the folace of confidence, and the delights of affection. (To be continued.) POETRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ANTHOLOGY. Sir, WHEN I first heard, that publick Bathing Rooms were to be established in this town, I applauded the project, and hoped would foon become fath ionable for both fexes to frequent them. Notwithstanding it was very apparent, that fcarcely any ufe was made of the tubs previously to be found in almost every family, my expectations were juftified by remarking the management of the proprietors who, as is ufual in this place with those who would recommend any novel production to the patronage of the genteel, fixed the enjoyment of them at a high price. Whether the rich and fashionable alone have need of this cleaning operation, I fhall decline, however ufeful it might be, to difcufs: It feems to be taken for granted, that they require it rather more than the lower claffes. I wrote the greatest part of the following lines under the impreflion of thofe hopes and expectations, but though the event has difappointed me, it being notorious that fcarcely any females refort to the publick baths, I have continued them for the pleasure of prailing a wholefome practice, even though our countrywomen have not the virtue to call it their own. BATHING. DEEP within the founding flood Dread Nereus' crystal palace ftood, Tranfcending by a gemmy blaze Its light repell'd the folar rays: When Tritons rous'd the ocean fong, His faithful fea-nymphs there would throng, And Naiads from their verdant caves Bring tribute to the king of waves. Poffefs'd of each fupernal blifs, Compris'd within the vast abyss, What richer joys could earth difclofe To charm him from divine repose? Say where the impious fair abode, Who fcorned to blefs the water god! His faithful Nymphs employ'd to glide Along the fubterranean tide, And frefhen'd waters to diftil Their fern-crowned fifters' urns to fill, Unto the hollow oak would roam, And taste the wild bee's honey-comb : Hence, made to linger at the spring, They heard our woodland Poets fing→ Oft heard their love-indited ftrain Repeated by the Dryad train : Boftonia's fair the rapt'rous theme, In beauty and in worth fupreme. Diana and her nymphs were wont To cheer them in the cooling fount; The Graces oft were wont to lave In Céphifus' tranflucent wave, But yet Boftonia's fair, more chaste, No water fpirit c'er embrac'd. Apollo's bright Meliflan troops, Reclufe beneath the hazel copfe, Libations drew felect, and meet To water Ceres' hallow'd feet: While in a ruftick row they fat And fweetly pour'd their mystick chat, Gave fong the paflion to untame, The filver-fandal'd maids would fright: Until the guide of all their fport, A tenderer fenfe of beauty taught : New modulated voices fpoke, Though feas comprefs the Protean Gave fong to wake the fancy's eye, Divide the rain-drops with its roots, Not only drank the genial lymph, Throughout the fubterranean arch, AN ODE, Written for the Anniversary Election of the From the Author's manuscript. ALMIGHTY POWER, the ONE SUPREME, |