With houses and carts, and what else the Lord knows, And looks as if drefs'd in fome outlandish cloaths. Oh Jafus, fays Paddy, can I believe my eyes, That a man and a houfe, cou'd get up in the fkies, Itcan't be the cafe, tho' I fee them quite plain, But's furely the ghost of some man that was flain, For what, but the Devil or it cou'd get there, And drive with a house and a coach thro' the air. Ubbubboo, but fee yonder how nicely he falls! Oagh, fouze, 'bout his head, will come down them fine walls; But come and let's fee if he's Saint or a Devil, And Tim do you fpeak, but befure you speak civil. Oh, Paddy, fays Tim, I'm right forely afraid, For he'd change perhaps, from a boy to a maid; Let us ftay here awhile and not venture fo foon, For b'lieve from my foul, he's the man from the moon. Or Paddy do you go and speak to him first, While I stay and watch that we may know the worst. Faith and I won't, fays poor Patt, in a splutter, For damn the good word, by myself I could mut ter. But Tim getting ftout, went and pas``d o'er the ditch T'obferve the manœuvres of this lunar witch, But who's afraid Patt, fee he's calling, let's go, And the best or the worst, faith we'll very foon know. Together, at length, they went slowly to fee. This high flying man, who'd got hold of a tree, And earnestly begg'd of the first wondring wight, That down from his car, he'd help him to alight; But both now began to feel many a squeam, Uncertain, however, if 'twere not a dream; Yet Patt by degrees, ventur'd nearer t'approach, And ask where he was in that high flying coach. His fears now beginning a while to fubfide, He fays, Arra Sir, fure, you've had a long ride; Please your honour, how far is it, to that fame moon, f you left it to-day, faith you've come very foon. Tim all this time wondring, the carriage furvey'd, And ftill to come nearer was greatly afraid; And tho' there was 'tween them a very large space, Poor Tim was as pale as his shirt in the face; Sat rouzing up thought be near Paddy wou'd ftand, That if there was danger he might lend a hand; and finding the trav'ler fpeak English and civil, le 'gan to have fome hopes, he, was not the Dev'l hus fpir❜ted, he ventur'd to come near and speak, nd stam'ring began, when three scrapes he did make. A—ar—ra your honour, if I ben't too bold, the country you come from, too hot or L00 cold? 432 You certainly, Sir, muft be wonderful wife, Since you know what is doing above in the skies. Sir, may be, your honour, our fortunes cou'd tell, To know it, I'm fure, my beft cow I wou'd fell. The gaz not near spent, kept a float the machine, And waving both backward and forward, 'twas seen; The trav'ler at top of the tree ftill was holding, And vex'd at their nonfenfe, began the clowns fcolding, Still begging they'd pull the balloon to the ground, And fwearing no mifchief from it wou'd be found. This eas'd Paddy's fears, and he thought it bu fair, the ground, And high 'bove the trees it again wou'd rebound & Then with the wind fhifting, 'twou'd take a long ftride, And left him on foot, who the winds us'd to rides But Patt, o'er a tree, as the balloon had flown Held hard by a branch, as if from it he'd growng And luftily bawl'd, Oh for Jafus fweet fake, Don't fend me away, or my heart you will break My mother will die and he'll cry out her eyes, That I'd go to the moon, or elsewhere in the kies. The trav'ler by this came up breathlefs from running, [ning And fear'd his balloon he wou'd lofe for his furry ning; He caught at the rope, which he ty'd to the tree And Patt on the ground did himlelf once more fee, And making off faft, without taking his leave, When the trav'ler began his affistance to crave, Like the Indians who worthip the Devil thro' $40 The trav'ler explain'd and made Patt take the Tho' he fear'd he'd each moment be off in a flath; now went; Where the wond'rous things he had feen he re- And ten times as much as he'd feen, he related; The moon might have tumbled perhaps 'bout his O grant her gentle bofom peace, That ne'er defir'd a moment's pain: To Mr. W. O thee, dear Sir, my best and only friend, Some, by large gifts, made known to public eyes, More ftri&t regard, than th' offentatious crew, Secret as night the actions of them both. But now, my Mule directs me to resume But now, how chang'd, how alter'd are my My profpects brighten, and my joy renews. May heaven's choiceft bleffings on thee wait May't thou, thy darling's children fee, Refign thy foul, eternal ease to find. R. H. FORE 1786. THE FOREIGN Rome, May 24, 1786. Foreign Tranfactions. INTELLIGENCE. HE Congregation depropaganda fide, have received new from China which gives great diftrefs to all concerned in the propagation of the catholic faith. A convulfion has happened in that kingdom, the confequences of which have been very fatal to religion, and the doctrines which they preach. Is is faid, in the letters, received, that a revolt took place, in which above 40,000 perfons loft their lives; the caufe is not certainly known, but is fuppofed to relate to fome religious matter, as more than thirty milfionaries were immediately banished the empire. Longevity is not confined to the Highlands of Scotland, or the Wilds of Norway; at Paris, in the infectious air of the capital, a man lately died, who was 114 years old. He had never been bled; could read without fpectacles, and walk a couple of leagues every day about Paris. He had lived 57 years with the fame wife, and worked as a porter till he was 105. His father lived 123 years and 10 months. Lisbon, May 28. A general opinion prevailed lately throughout the kingdom of Spain, of a matrimonial connexion taking place between one of the fons of the King of Spain, and one of our female princeffe, upon the terms of mutual indulgence as to religion -The people in general entertained the fubject with a degree of wifhtul pleafure. Extra of a Letter from Leghorn, June 5. The Chevalier Emo, with his whole army, has retired from before Sfax, without gaining any advantage over the enemy, owing to the fuccours received from the Algerines, who have taken an active part against the Venetians, although a large fum of money was advanced by the Republic for them to remain, neuter." Paris, June 8. A young woman in the fervice of a gentleman near Caen, in Normandy, was accused of having poifoned her matter, and was taken into custody. Upon her trial the cir. cumitances were to ftrong, and the evidence fo pofitive, that the court decreed her guilty, and the was fentenced to fuffer the torture extraordinary, and afterwards to be burnt alive. It hap pened, however, that an attorney that had read over the cafe and depofitions, conceived a strong conviction of her innocence. He applied to the Secretary of State for an arreft of judgment, and obtained it. When the refpite arrived at Caen, the pile of wood was prepared, and the girl was on the point of fuffering the torture. The matter was removed to the Parliament of Paris, before whom the girl was brought. On Monday the zad ult. the Parliament fat upon the cafe, and the next day the girl was declared innocent, and fully acquitted of the crime. The judges proceeded to the prio, and announced to the girl that he was entitled to her liberty, and made her very liberal donations in money. In the afternoon fhe went with the attorney to walk in the garden of the Thuilleries, where the received many very handsome presents from the company affembled there. Hague, June 14. They write from Copenhagen, that on the very night of the nuptials of the Princess Royal, the princely bridegroom was August, 1786. 441 robbed of a hat adorned with diamonds, to the value of above 6000 crowns and that notwithftanding the clofeft and moft Speedy enquiry, no trace could be found to identify the bold plunderer." Utrecht, June 28. Laft advices from Batavia, give intelligence of a fermentation, the confequences of which may prove very fatal to the Republic. The natives complain bitterly that we lend them for Governors, men who being rained in their fortunes by their misconduct, endeavour to reimburse themselves by laying grie vous taxes, and diftreffing the poor inhabitants of thele parts, beyond what they are able to bear. In order to fatisfy the avarice of these public bloodluckers, they are obliged to labour and toil continually, to fuffer all the horrors of indigence in a fertile country and in the midst of abundance of all nature's productions. To add to their misfortunes, they are the conftant prey of epidemical disorders of the climate, without being able to ule any means to stop the progrefs of the dileafe. The number of unfortunate wretches who have funk under these, çalamities is, according to our letters, very contiderable, and ought to engage the attention of the patriots here. Madrid, June 29. By letters from Paris, July 10, we are informed, that yefterday evening, a quarter after leven o'clock, her Majefty was fafely delivered of a Princefs, to whom the name of Madame Sophia was inftantly given, The ceremony attending delivery merits defcription. When the Queen experiences the firft fymp toms of labour, a page is inftantly dispatched to Paris to announce at the Hotel de Ville that her Majefty is in travail; the municipal officers af femble instantly, and remain together until the news of the birth, is published to them by a fecond page. Her Majelty is, no fooner delivered than the child is presented to the King, after which the captain of the guard thews the new-born infant in a great oval vafe to all the lords and ladies in waiting on the occafion, the fex is proclaimed, and the affifting company figns the ver bal procefs of its birth; then all those who are not invited to fup with the King retire, and leave her Majetty to enjoy the repofe of which she muft ftand to much in need. AMERICA. From the PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL. Providence, March 4, The great question on the five per cent. impoft, required by Congrefs, was, on Thurfday laft taken up by the Hon. the lower Houfe of Affembly, and after a very fe rious and interefting debate of more than a day and a half, in which the most important principles of the confederation, and the probable confequences of this meafure, that has caused so much speculation throughout the union, and if adopted by all the States must give a new appearance to the policy of this Country, were fully difcuffed. The queftion was at laff put, yester day afternoon, 64 members being prefent, of whom 49 voted for granting the impoft and 18 against it. The bill is now pending before the upper House. The question whether paper money should be Philadelphia, April 1. His Excellency the emitted in this ftate, was the laft evening determined in the negative, by a majority of more than two to one; it appeared to the Houfe that this meafüre was, altogether unadvisable, which caufed it to be fo generally discountenanced. Mr. Alderman Lee and many others, who once refided in England, and were the first to open houses in America, have quitted it: the phantom of the golden dream of American Independency, is diffolved, and the delufions it infpired are left as a leffon to the prefent, and will be abhorred by the next generation. A Governor of South Carolina hath received a let ter from France, figned by M. Chateaufort, informing them that his moft Chriftan Majefty was content with the terms offered by that state relative to the French debt, and propofing a mode of payment. This bufinefs having been laid before the House of Reprefentatives of the faid ftate, was ordered to be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, INTELLIGENCE. The fame advices add, that the Dutch intereft in that part of the globe has rapidly increased fince the late treaty of peace; and that they have made feveral advantageous alliances with the Rajahs on the Malabar coaft. BRITISH LONDON, June 9, 1786. Uthentic intelligence was received at the India Houfe, by the Britannia, on Friday the 23d of June, of the death of Tippoo Sultan. The following circumftances attended his death; Tippoo had affembled a large army to act against the Yesterday morning a duel was fought near Mahrattas; but before he commenced his ope- Kensington, between Lord Macartney and Gene rations against that nation, he determined to at ral Stuart, of which the following is an au tack Hyet Saib, (who furrendered Bednore to thentic account, as transmitted to us by the Se. General Matthews,) then at the head of a large conds, Colonel Fullarton and Colonel Gorden; body of Vacars on the Malabar coaft-Hyet Saib the former accompanying Lord Macartney, and was ftrongly intrenched, and the right of his in- the latter General Stuart :-The place and time trenchment was covered by a ftrong mud fort. of meeting having been previously fixed, the Tippoo's forces were repulfed in two attacks, and parties arrived about half patt four o'clock in the 2000 men were loft in an attempt to ftorm the morning, and took their ground at the distance fort. Tippoo peremptorily ordered them to ad- of twelve thort paces, meatured off by the Sevance a third time to the attack fword in hand-conds, who delivered to each, one piftol, keep. but instead of obeying his orders, fome of the Broops turned fuddenly upon him, fired, and mor tally wounded him. He was carried to Seringapatam, where he died. His fon, an infant, fucceeded him, and Cumrordien Cawn was declared Regent. This arrangement was oppofed by Hyder's furviving fon, and it was reported at Madrafs, that Hyder's fon and Cumrordien Cawn were flain. The Mahrattas and the Nizam, with their joint forces, have fince croffed the Kriftra, and in all probability the power of Hy. der's vaft empire is at an end, as it was propofed to confer upon Hyet Saib Hyder's conquefts on the Malabar coaft, and to reinftate the ancient family of the Myfore Rajah in Myfore, as a tributary to the Mahrattas. The Death of the Afiatic Tyrant took place in January laft, and the fame advices add that it was currently reported in Bengal that an offer had been made by the French to affift the Mahrattas with ten thousand men whenever they were difpofed to go to war with Great-Britain, The character of Tippoo is defcribed by his enemies as being deftitute of every public and private virtue. Whatever his morals might be, he had a mind endowed with uncommon fortitude, a fpirit formed for enterprize and military exertion he wanted, however, the difcretion of Hyder, and fell a prey to the impetuofity of his temper. Private letters from Bombay, received by the Jaft packet, mention, that Hyet Saib, whom Tippoo attacked in his trenches, was fccretly Supported by the Governor of Batavia, who had fent him a number of Dutch Engineers and other officers; and that he had alfo received great af. Gitance from the Landvoight, or Chief of CoJombo, who in point of power and revenue, is moft equal to the Governor above-mentioned. ing poffeffion of the remaining arms. General Stuart told Lord Macartney, he doubted, as his Lordship was fhort-fighted, he would not be able to fee him; his Lordship replied " he did, per fectly well." When the Seconds had retired a little on one fide, and as the parties were about to level, General Stuart obfèrved to Lord Macartney, that his piftol was not cocked, his Lordfhip thanked him and cocked. When they had levelled General Stuart faid he was ready, his Lordship anfwered he was likewife ready, both fired within a few instants of each other. The Seconds obferving Lord Macartney wounded, ftepped up to him, and declared the matter muft relt here: General Stuart faid, "this is no fa tisfaction," and asked if his Lordship was not able to fire another piftol; his Lordship replied, he would try with pleasure," and urged Colo nel Fullarton to permit him to proceed: the Se conds, however, declared it was impoffible, and they would on no account allow it. General Stuart faid, "then I must defer it till another occafion;" on which his Lordship answered, "If that is the cafe, we had better proceed now. I am here in confequence of a meflage from General Stuart, who called upon me to give him lati faction in my private capacity for offence taken at my public conduct; and to evince that perfonal faety is no confideration with me; I have nothing perfonal; the General may proceed as he thinks fit." General Stuart faid, It was his Lordship's perfonal conduct to him that he refented." The Seconds then put a top to all further converfation between the parties, neither of whom had quitted their ground; General Stuart, in confequence of his fituati on, had been under the neceffity from the first of putting his back to a tree. The The Surgeons, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Home, who were attending at a little distance, were brought up by Colonel Fullarton. Colonel Gordon in the mean time affifted his Lordship in tak ing off his coat, and requested him to fit down, apprehending he might be faint through lofs of blood. Colonel Gordon then left the ground in company with General Stuart; and an eafy carriage was provided to convey his Lordship home. The Seconds cannot help expreffing, that no two perfons ever met on a fimilar occafion, who fhewed more firmnefs and compofure; and they are happy to add, that the ball is extracted, which was lodged in Lord Macartney's right fhoulder, and that there is every reafon to hope for his recovery. (Signed) WM. FULLARTON. A. GORDON. 28. Lord Sydney waited on General Stuart to úgnify his Majesty's pleasure, that he should not profecute any further his difpute with Lord Macartney. We do not know the precife terms in which the royal pleasure is fignified to a military man in questions of etiquette, but it is generally conclufive. General Stuart has printed a fhort pamphlet of the state of the dispute between him and Lord Macartney. It is in a series of letters, and is written with great ftrength and elegance of stile. It bears the character of his brother's pen, Mr. Andrew Stuart, who wrote the celebrated let -ters to Lord Mansfield. On Saturday morning, the 22d ult. about five o'clock, a number of convicts fentenced to tranfportation, but who are in the mean time employed on the Thames near Woolwich, refufed to obey their keepers, and barricadoed themselves in the hulk fo as to prevent all access to them, and threatened deftruction to every perfon who opposed their defigns. Captain Erskine, who has the principal charge, immediately came on board, remonftrated with them on the dangerous confequences of their conduct, and ordered them to work. One man, who seemed difpofed to obey the Captain's orders, they immediately hung up; upon which the Captain was under the neceffity of ordering his affiftants to fire upon the infurgents through the grate, by which nine or ten were wounded, three of whom are fince dead. It feems they had formed the defperate refolution of murdering the mates and guards of the hulks fo as to effect their efcape, having heard that a veffel had been taken up for carrying them to Africa. By the activity and spirit of Captain Erskine, to whom every praife is due, they are now reduced to obedience, and a confpiracy of a very dangerous nature to the country has been prevented. July 10. A Council was held of the State Minifters, at the Marquis of Carmarthen's office, to put into execution his Majefty's royal order, that the domestics belonging to the foreign Minifters, are in future to be amenable to the laws of this country when refident here, as all others of his Majefty's fubjects are, and no longer to be protected under the fanction of their mafters, and that the said notice be fignified to all the foreign Ambaffadors. His Majefty's orders, that the domestics of foreign Minifters are in future to be amenable to 443 the laws of this country, is an act of juftice. It being a practice of late years, for fwindlers and others to get their names enrolled, as belonging to the fuite of a foreign Ambassador, in order to protect them from arrefts, and other processes at law. Extract of a Letter from Cambridge, July 7. "Tuesday evening, as two men were at work in the fens, about four miles from Burwell, in this county, they were alarmed with a cry of murder, and running towards the fpot from whence the voice proceeded, they perceived a man, with a waterman's jacket coming out of the fen. He fled, and the men purfued, being on different fides of Reach Lode, perceiving they gained upon him, he quitted the bank, and hid himself in the fen, the hedge being high. The men, on their return to Reach, related what had paffed, and the next morning fome of their neighbours accompanying them to the place, they found the body of Elizabeth Hunt, a wo man about eighteen years of age, a pauper in Burwell work-houfe, with her throat cut in s most shocking manner. He had endeavoured to conceal her in the fedge, but in his hafte had left one hand uncovered, by which means the was found. "Sufpicion immediately fell on John Miller, a young fellow who was employed in Brooke's fedge gang; and he was apprehended at Cambridge on Wednesday, and was committed for examination. "Yesterday the Coroner went to Burwell, to take an inqueft on the body, when the Mayor accompanied him, and ordered Miller to be conducted, under the care of the goaler; and on the road Miller acknowledged the fact, and related the following particulars : "That he had known the deceased some years that on Tuesday evening, as he was walking along the bank, the came up to him, and asked him, if he would take her instead of a broomstick;' that she took hold of his arm, and they walked together for about two miles, when he threw her into Reach Lode, where the water was up to her breaft; that the cried out, upon which he dragged her through the water, cut her throat, and covered her with fedge, as has beɑ fore been related. That he then returned to his mafter's boats, when he pulled off his cloaths, turned in, and flept with one Adams, a boy be longing to the gang. The Coroner's Jary brought in their verdict, Wilful Murder by George Miller, and he is committed to the caftle to take his trial at the ensu ing affizes. "Miller declared he never spoke to the deceafed before the evening the murder was com mitted; and he gives no account what could induce him to perpetrate fo horrid a crime. It having been reported, that he had attempted to debauch her, he declared he never made fuch attempt, nor did it once enter his thoughts." At Malta the capital of the island of that name, they are now building feveral ships to cruize against the Algerines; but not one of them is to be commanded by any officer who has not made four caravannes, or cruizing voyages against pirate veffels in general; fo that they muft all be men of experience. The grand Prior K kk z |