Remarks on the Writings of the Rev. Mr. Jofeph Berington. Addreffed to the Catholic Clergy of England. By the Rev. Charles Plowden.

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HAT an age of light and improvement do we live in! Every man has now fuch a radiance of illumination gleaming around, that, while he fees his own way without a guide, he runs against every other man whom he meets, like a perfon walking in the full beam of midday fun, in the brightest day of fummer, who, from being obliged to blink by the excefs of light, does not diftinguish objects. But metaphor afide: how unpleating, how painful is the profpect arifing from fo many divisions in the church of Chrift! We have been condemned to contemplate them too long among Protestants, and they now prefent themselves to our view among Catholics. In both inftances the eager application for extended toleration feems to have outrun the very fpirit of toleration, which is Chriftian charity. Mr. B. is here charged with affuming a diftinction between the adherents of his Holinefs and more rational Catholics. "On July 9, 1791, fupported by twelve gentlemen of the Catholic clergy, he pledged himfelf, in a public meeting, to oppofe their fenior prelate on a point of ecclefiaftic il government, in which he had judged it neceffary to exert his fpiritual authority." Mr. Plowden "foon after took an opportunity to blame the indifcretion of this unprovoked hofti

lity; but, declining to correfpond with the abettors of it collectively, as an infringement of difcipline, they not being a body, he referves thefe 1 "Remarks" till a late Addrefs of Mr. Berington, and his confidently inviting the clergy to refit their fenior bishop had fuggefted the idea of fpreading them." On mature examination of fuch of his writings as came in his way, Mr. P. obferved "the fame fondness for innovation, he fame unqualified claim for toleration of error, the fame spite against the depofitaries of spiritual authority, the fame contempt for what the Catholic church respects and venerates, are the principles which guide the author's pea; and he feams to difplay them with a fondnefs and zen! which betray fome perfonal interest.” (p. 64 ) Mr. P. is a ftrenuous advocate for the high authority of the pope, and for all the orthodox opinions of the church of Rome, and concludes his book with "denouncing to the right reverend father in God, Thomas, Bishop of Acon, and Apoßolical Vicar in the Midland District, the following works and propofitions extracted from them, as grievoufy fufpected of being feverally and refpectively unfound in faith, injurious to the fpiritual fupremacy of the head of the church, and to the spiritual authority and jurifdiction of bithops, fubvertive of the principles of our allegiance to his majesty and out country, hurtful to the ecclefiaftical diciple, difrefpectful to the holy father and doctor of the church of St. Bernard, favouring novelty, fcandalous and offenfive of piou sears."

Thy face, which both fo lovely fhews,

Aroufe-from Somnus quickly fly,
For, child, it is your duty,
Exert and try,
You can't deny,

Submit, and keep your beauty.

F.

At eve, when the fun all be-crimsons the west, While the partridge is calling her brown brood to neit,

We share our plain fare, and go lightsome to reft.
While your ruby town fots,
Over bowls, pipes, and pots,
As the Watchmen go one,
Let their tongues idly run,

In dawn of life fo ftrong thy merit fhone,
Mankind could fcarce expect a brighter noon
Sure every heart the deepest forrow wears.
Sure earth receives thee with her friendly tears.

Too partial fate will let the fool and knave Drag in contempt their beings to the grave; Bu like a tyrant labours to deftroy All that excel in worth, or give us joy: So fam'd Marcellus perifh'd in his bloom, The rifing hope and ornament of Rome; With every shining quality adorn'd, Like thee, by men of worth and virtue mourn'd. What art can teach, what fcience can define, Among philofophers or wits to fhine, Without the help of flattery was thine : Youth's giddy fons, and, age feverely wife, From thy fweet converfe could inftructed rife: A genius for all parts of learning fit,.

Whofe rare abilities would envy move,
Had not his fwee: behaviour won our love.

day,

Peeps in at our windows, we're up and away,
With our pointers, tothew where the ftill coveys
lay,

You boaft your town fights
You. play-house delights,
Compar'd with our sport,
"They're not worthy report,

If our dogs are well train'd, and alert to obey.

A greater delight we have ftill left behind,
A blifs which the churl is not likely to find,
A blifs that refults from a liberal mind:

"Tis this, when we've done,

Of the fpils of the gun,
We chearfully fend,

To oblige a town friend:

What paftime can furnish a conduct more kind.

From the sportsman's purfuits, let the niggard go learn,

His cold Ainty bofom with friendship to burn,
And his meanness confign to oblivion's urn,
So at morn on the glade,

Or at eve in the fhade,,

. Shall his breaft feel the glow

Only friendship ean know,

Faithful as Guardian Angels to his truft,
He gave both friends and enemies their due,
Above their cenfure, and their praife too;
Severe in morals, honeft without art,
An able head-an uncorrupted heart;
Poffefs'd of little with a cheerful mind,
Enjoying lite, and yet in death refigned;
The gay tranquility, the heartfelt joy,
Beyond the power of fortune to destroy;
The best companion, the fincereft friend;
Rever'd in life, lamented in his end. 1
How few like him in early youth approv'd,
Admir'd by enemics, by friends belov'd;
Such is the merit of an honest fame,
And fuch a character his virtues claim.

Sometimes in converfe o'er the midnight bowl,

When wine unfolds the fecrets of the foul;
When abfent friends our grateful thoughts en-

gage,

Or beauties that adorn and charm the age;
Thy facred image amps my rifing mirth,
And gives to fad reflections hateful birth.
Imagination paints our pleasures past,
But fo refin'd a blifs could never laft.
On all thy words each guest enraptur'd hung,

turn.

Elegy on the Death of a Friend.

THOU

HOUGH vain the tributary tears we shed For friends in exile, or untimely dead, When men diftinguish'd for their merit die, The mufes love to fing their elegy; In humble ftrains the mournful theme pursue, And give to forrow rigid virtue's due; What honeft nature dictates, void of art, With eyes o'erflowing and a bleeding heart; Free from the labour'd ornaments of verfe, To give the tribute due to friendship's hearfe : Ah! could thefe lines, illuftrious fhade, reftore Life to thofe virtues, which are now no more!

No mirth has now the power my heart to

move,

No friend that shares my foul, or nymph I love; Thy dear remembrance ftrikes my troubled mind, And gives all other pleasures to the wind.

But when the fcene of fleeting life is o'er, And the world's vanities delight no more. Then fhall my foul, reflecting on thy death, Refign with greater joy its latest breath ; Without one ftruggle bid the world adieu, And wing its flight to happiness and you.

A Bed,

A Bed. By Lady Melbourne.

Witnefs-for ye have oft beheldHow (for fuperior joys defign'd)

fbiobury Park.

ORM'D long ago, yet MADE to-day, Moft employ'd when others fleep : What few will care to GIVE AWAY, Yet none can wish to KEEP!

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To Eliza, on her Marriage.

By the late Rev. Samuel Badcock*.

H! never never will thy beauteous eye Again illume this dark and cheerlessmind?

Muft every fond idea fly,

And mix with fhades of night;

Nor e'er again this bofom find

To gild with its delufive light,

Leaving the bufy world behind: How, in the sweet fequefter'd fhade,

Where's fair meand'ring flood Pours its rich freams around the plains, And gurgles near the favourite wood: At morn, at noon, at dewy eve,

Oft by the moon's foft-glancing ray, In fearch of wisdom's rare delights, My feet unwearied lov'd to ftray. And are thofe tranfitory hours,

So fweet to my remembrance, gone? Sunk in the deep abyfs of time,

Beyond the reach of fancy flown? Ye fwift-wing'd meflengers, farewell, And all the pleafures that ye gave,

choly?

Farewell, romantic fcenes of Arcady!
And all that Poets fing of Fairy Land,
By the mild breath of Zephyr fann'd,
Farewell!-Capricious fate to me denies
The eager joy, the mute furprize,
The aameless but delicious melodies

That wait my foul beyond the grave. Loos'd from the vexing world below,

O! when fhall I to thefe attain, When to that blissful region go,

That yields no forrow, tear, or pain? There fhall my difencumber'd fou! Diftinay view the grand defign

The gentle breathings of angelic airs;

And made the trembling heart-thy lyre,

Now foothe to fweet repofe, now wake to foft defire.'

My Retired Hours.

E gentle days, that once were mine,
In every charm of life array'd,

No more awaken my regret,

No more my fettled peace invade. Fresh hope of permanent delight

My meditating thoughts purfue; Nor can the charms of time or fenfe Obfcure the bright, the heavenly view. My convert heart delights to mufe

On fallen man's deliverance found; The facrifice, the cleaning blood, That for his bleeding guilt aton'd: Of man's estate in Paradife,

Of endless mercy's wide difplay, Of cov'nant love, and gofpel grace, That point to heav'n th' unerring way : Such themes as thefe, in early years, My fecret hours have oft infpir'd, My infant hands with wonder rais'd, My infant heart with rapture fir'd, Witnefs, ye faints inviable,

Ye guests unfeen, whofe guardian care Preferves the foul from threat'ning ill, And wafts to heaven the pious tear:

The gracious plan of love divine. How dim foe'er the eye of fenfe,

How faint foe'er each mental power, There we shall trace Omnifcience,

And all his fov'reign will explore; Companioning with angels bright, Perhaps with kindred spirits join'd, Adore the felf-existent God,

That brought falvation to mankind. Delightful theme of endless blifs!

How little know the world of Thee!
Only the pilgrim hafting on,

And panting for eternity.
He joyful views, with steady eye,
Where faithful labourers abide;
Beholds the glittering gates on high,

On golden hinges opening wide.
There all his thoughts and wishes tend,
Anxious he marks the heavenly road,
Compaffionates the fentelefs world,

And languishes to be with God;
To fee the "very Rafchal Lamb,"
In everlasting blifs enthron'd,
And mingle with thofe bleffed faints,

That live with endless giory crown'd.
O! how with ever-tuned harps,"
They fing" the Lamb's mysterious fong ;'*
Myriads of cherubs catch the found,
Echoing from each celeftial tongue.
Celestial tongues alone can reach

The height of that celeftial ftrain, Their tongues alone who see his face, And with the Lamb for ever reign. Unwearied through eternity,

Their pleasing toil tey ftill pursue,

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FOREIGN

VIENNA, November 7. ETTERS from Semlin report, that the rebellious Turks took the fortrefs of that city by affault, on the 24 of October, which they obtained with the lofs of thirty or forty men. They left the Pacha, who commanded it, his rank, and affured the commandant of Semlin, that the good understanding and reciprocal commerce between the two towns, should be in no wife disturbed, but on the contrary every man should peaceably enjoy his property.

Paris, Nov. 13. Philofophy, which has triumphed over tyranny and fanatifm, prevails more and more. Rouftel, Epifcopal Vicar of Mons; Oliver, Cure of Auchamp ; and the Cure of Peenas, have liftened to the voice of Nature, and taken to themselves wives.

Warfaw, Nov. 14. The Ruffians in this unhappy country are every day committing the most horrid exceffes. It is but a fhort time fince they maffacred a whole family, and pillaged the houfe fituated oppofite the Hotel de Ville. On the 10th, after devafting the lands of Madam Izbinska, about two leagues from Warfaw, they maffacred her in the abfence of her husband, who, on his return, found himself deprived of every thing in a moment. Their pretences for thefe inhuman proceedings at this place, as well as at many others, have been the inability and reluctance of the wretched inhabitants to furnish the quantity of forage, &c. required of them.

It is reported here, that one of the conditions propofed as the grounds of peace by the French to the King of Pruffia is, that he fhall force the Ruffians to abandon Poland. In fine, we have no other hope of deliverance, but in the continuation of the fucceffes of the French republic.

Bruffels, Nov. 17. The night before last, a very confiderable quantity of warlike ftores arrived.→ There is no power in Europe which has fo numerous an artillery and fo well appointed, as that of the French republic.

The Baron de Seckendorff in the Auftrian fervice, preceded by a trumpet, arrived here yefterday at Gen. Dumourier's. It is faid that he brought a propofal for a fufpenfion of arms during eight days, but that General Dumoutier refufed it.

A body of French troops have entered the cities of Louvain and Mechlin.

A great quantity of provifion and ftores have been fent into the citadel of Antwerp, from which the Auftrians have not yet retired. From this it is prefumed that its Commandant is not difpofed to furrender, withing, perhaps, that the French army fhould gather fresh laurels.

Nov. 22. General Dumourier, who arrived yesterday at Louvain, will to-day march to Tirlemont, and to-morrow to Saint Trond, to deliver the Liegoife from the oppreffive and barbarous fytem which has for many years defolated that principality, the chief of which quitted it fome time ago, and took the road to Maestricht.

Harlem, Nov. 23. As foon as the French entered Ghent they deftroyed the image of Charles the 5th. Hib. Mag. Dec. 1792.

and took away every mark of Imperial dignity, as the arms, &c. A liberty tree was afterwards erected.- -The number of deferters from the Auftrian army is still very confiderable.

The French have taken pofletion of the trang fortreffes of Lillo and Lifkenfhock, after an obftinate conteft with a body of Auftrians, whom they obliged to retire. The main body of the Auftrians were in much diorder near Lou

vain.

Ratisbon, Nov. 24. This day the deliberations were refumed relative to the war of the empire againft France, without, however, giving it that name, when it was refolved, by a majority of voices, to grant the different contingencies in men and money in a triple proportion, that is 120,000

men.

Duffeldorff, November 25. The day before yesterday the grand council of Malines arrived here from Ruremonde, with feveral waggons loaded with the archieves of that tribunal. Beft part of the members of his Majesty's privy council, and the minifters of finance, arrived here at the fame time.

The French army on the Rhine is, it is faid, to be raised to 70,000 men; quarters of cantonment have been marked out in our environs for 36,000 men, and 17,000 more are expected.The Pruffian army at Coblentz and its environs is eftimated at 25,000 men, and magazines are forming about Wurtzburgh for an army of 30,000 Austrians, now on their march from Bohemia; but we learn there has been fome feditious motions in the latter kingdom, on account of a gratuitous gift in forage and provifions which government required from the inhabitants. How fo many troops in fo confined a space, fubfift during the winter, is a problem.

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The elector of Saxony, and the government of Hanover, have alfo put their troops on a war footing, and drawn a line on the frontier.

Worms, Nov. 26. Another reinforcement of 3000 men is gone from hence to Cuftine's army; they took with them 120 waggons, drawn fome of four, and others by fix horfes; 75 of them were laden with gunpowder,

They write from Giefen, that a large corps of Heffians is there.

Hague, Nov. 27. The fuccefs of Dumourier, and dread of the French arms occafion great alarm in this country, and government begins to fhew much uneafinefs. The patriots b gin to think of availing themselves of thefe advantages, and plans are formed for inviting Dumourier to come to the affiftance of the friends of liberty.

The court of the Stadholder expected in confequence of the declaration of lord Auckland, in the name of the king of Britain, that fome English fhips of war would have been fent to the mouth of the Scheldt to deter the French from approaching it; but this not having taken place, it is fuppofed that the French gun-boats, mounted with thirty-fix pounders, have already gone up the ri

"The army which I command had an engagement yesterday, which lafted ten hours, with the rear guard of the imperialifts, confifting of 12,000 men. We drove them from fix villages fucceffively, and lastly, from an entrenchment: they had a stronger and more numerous train of artillery than in the preceding engagement, their defence therefore was better fupported, and more vigorous, and they confequently loft more men; they regret above all the death of Gen. Starey. They had 37 waggons filled with wounded, befides their dead and deferters. Deferters come into us continually. We had on our part exactly 3 killed and 14 wounded. This disproportion will appear to you aftonishing, but nothing can equal the addrefs and vivacity of our artillery The infantry marched with a rapidity and order which are almoft inconceivable.Our cavalry, infinitely inferior to that of the enemy, charged them with great vi gour, and deftroyed a whole body of Huffars. "What is moft remarkable in this army in

refpect to bravery, is the conftancy which the men fhewed in fupporting the rigour of the climate, in marching over furrows frozen and covered with fnow, and in terminating their march, and a combat of ten hours, by remaining under arms during the night, without thewing any other fenfations than thofe of joy, and renewing the battle next morning.

“Our entrance into Liege afforded us a real recompence. The people lively, fenfible, nd dignified, received us with that republican fraternity which our example and our victories will foon prepagate throughout all Europe. This nation, truly worthy of liberty, is a fecond French nation, and I hope in a few days to fee it organized like ours. Uniforms as well as arms begin to appear, and I doubt not that it will furaidh a body of 10,000 troops to join our victorious arms in order to carry liberty to the Rhine."

Offend, Nov. 30.-Ten o'clock p m. On the 28th of November, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the citadel of Antwerp was attacked by the French, from a fmall battery erected by them, they having been in poffeffion of the town a wik before. At five o'clock the citadel was in flames, when the Austrians hung out the white fag to c pitulate. The terms of capitulation were fetted the next morning, the 29th, when the French took poffeffion, and all the Auftrian troops were made prifoners of war. Only five French were killed in the attack and two wounded.

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BRITISH Portsmouth, Nov. 21.

ESTERDAY morning two veffels belonging to Cowes, picked up a boat of Portland, with two men in her, who faid they belonged to a floop which foundered, and the captain, with the reft of the crew, had gone down with the veffel. They put the men in a Torbay fmack bound for this port, where they landed last night, and immediately dif ppeared. In the forenoon the fame veffels came up with a floop, without any perfon on board, and the water half up her hold, which they towed into Cowes.

She turns out to be the Lark of London, laden with nuts, fuppofed from Bilboa. There were found in her twenty-nine bags and fome loofe dollars, and on examination feveral holes were found to have been bored in her bottom.

There is every reason, therefore, to apprehend that the mafter, with part of the erew, were murdered, and fuch valuable property (gold coin perhaps) as could be conveniently moved, taken from the veffel.

A violent fufpicion falls on the two men who were taken up off Portland; they had each of them a bundle, apparently of confiderable weight.

Perth, Nov. 29. "Laft Monday evening a number of people refiling in the town of Perth brought a fir tree, which they planted at the crois, filling it the Tree of Liberty." They went round the town, and obliged the inhabitants,

to illuminate their windows; thofe who were not in readiness with candles had many pains of their windows broke. They then took poffeffion of the steeple, and continued ringing the bells, with little interval, from eight o'clock in the evening till fix next morning. Close by the tree, on the branches whereof lights were placed, was a large bonûre made of empty cafks, which they carried away from feveral fhop doors."

LONDON, Nov 21, 1792.

THE attorney-general moved, that Patrick Duffin and T. Lloyd be charged with an information; and the information being read (charging them with having stuck an inflammatory hand-bill on the door of the Fleet Prifon) the defendents pleaded not guilty. Patrick Duffin addreffed the court," he had heard much of the boafted Contitution of this country, and the glorious liberties enjoyed by its fubjects; that he had now, for 21 days, been kept in confinement, and had no opportunity of procuring advice." Lord Kenyon faid, the court could not inquire into any oppreffion he had to complain of; at prefent the court was without election as to the decifion it 15 to make, and could only do what it now did, viz. direct that they be both committed to Newgate, charged with this information. Duffin replied, Lords, I petitioned the Secretary of state the roth of this month, and have never yet received any anfwer to my petition, except that forme perfon

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