To feed the hungry, and to clothe the Once more I'll try, if you'll make no resist. poor, And fend the beggar happy from the door; We wish his purfe as ample as his mind. But fhould his Play a liberal audience pleafe, EPILOGUE. ance ; Mine's a quick eye, and measures at a dif tance. [Produces the beers and measures. Great Mr. Alderman-your worship-Sir, If you can stomach it, you need not stir; Room you require for turtle and for haunch, 'Tis done two yards three quarters round the paunch. Slim Sir, hold up your arm-O you're a poet, You want a coat, indeed-your elbows show it. Don't tremble, man, there's now no caufe Tho' oft you fhirk us gemmen of the fheers Written by MILES PETER ANDREWS, Efq. Lady Drawcanfir came to me last night, M. P. and Affiftants. "O! my dear ma'am, I am in fuch a fright; "They've drawn me for a man, and, what is worse, "I'm to folder it, and mount a horse : "What in your husband's life you always "But that your la'fhip's heart may cafe from throbbing, "Let your fat coachman mount upon fat Dobbin ; "And for the good old pair I'll boldly fay, "Nor man, nor horfe, will ever run away;' "Run-arrah,-who is that-don't fear betray," You've all your cuttings-in and cuttings-out. Cries patriot Paddy, hot from BANTRY Bay. And, first, Mifs HoYDEN, just efcap'd from school, Slighting mamma, and all domeftic rule; If the in fattion's road fhould chance to trip, What fays the world? why, Mifs has made a flip; And if, a falling character to have, She węds with age, juft tottering o'er the grave, The fportive world will still enjoy the joke, cloak ; [Auming the brogue. "The Frenchmen came, expecting us to meet 'em, "And fure we all were ready there to bear "They came, alas !'' cried I, of terror full, "They made a conquest"-" No, they made a bull." The politician next, who, when IN place, DROSSIANA, NUMBER LXXXIX. ANECDOTES of ILLUSTRIOUS and EXTRAORDINARY PERSONS. PERHAPS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES! [Continued from Page 40.] FREDERIC "HOFFMAN. THIS great Phyfician attended that brutal tyrant the father of the late King of Pruffia in his laft illness, who, expecting that nature itself was to yield to his exactions, became extremely angry with Hoffman when he did not fucceed in abating the violence of his difeafe, and told him that he would banih him. "Sire," faid the Phyfi. Flag, with a dignity inspired by the confcioufnefs of his own worth, "I have exhaufted all the refources of my art on your difeafe; your Majefty can fend me nowhere where I thall not find my name come thither before my perfon." The King was ftruck with this magnanimous antwer, and became compofed, and even fond of him who had the spirit to make it. In one of his works he thus declares his confidence in fimple and familiar remedies." I affirm with an oath," fays he," that there was a time when Iran after chymical remedies with great ardpur; but age and farther experience have perfuaded me, that a few medicines, judiciously chofen, taken from fubflances the moft fimple and the moft unpromifing in appearance, relieve with greater promptitude and with greater efficacy the general run of difeafes, than all the chymical preparations, the most rare and the most recherchées." When he was confulted by patients in health, who in the midft of that valuable blefling imagine themfeives ill, and who doctor themselves to prevent difeafe, he used to fay, "Are you really in earnest to have good health? Avoid Phyficians and medicines, Fuge medicos medicamina." According to the ingenious Dr. Ferriar, of Manchester, he wrote a little HAMLET. Effay which may be perufed with advantage, entitled "Medici Morborum Caufæ, Phyficians the Caufes of Dif cafes." "The lives of many hysterical and hypochondriacal patients," adds Dr. Ferriar, in his excellent Treatise on the Converfion of Difeafes, have been at once fhortened and embittered by the thoughtiels encouragement which fome practitioners give to the ufe of fpirituous liquors. I have feen moft melancholy intances, in which habits of dram drinking have been thus acquired, under the fanction of the medical at tendant, by perfons not only temperate, but even delicate in their moral habits. In this manner hysterical disorders of no great moment are converted to schirrus of the liver and dropfy, to apoplexy, palfy, and other fatal difeafes. manum de tabulâ, Something too much of this!" LEO X, Sed "I faw in the library of my friend Voffius," fays M. Colomies, a large MS. folio, written in Latin, which contained an exact detail of every day's tranfactions of Leo X. during his Pon tificate. M. Voffius put a very high value on this MS. as it contained many circumftances of a particular nature, and which were to be found no where elfe. I believe," adds M. Colomies, "the learned M. Peiresc had a book of this description in his library; at least I remember in the Catalogue of his MSS. the following title, “ Diarium Pontificatus Leonis X." What a treafure would this MS. prove to any one who was about to write the Hiftory of the Life and Reign of this fplendid and magnificent Pontiff, the patron 46 ⚫ Chymical medicines as æther, and poifons as arfenic, are now fo frequently administered in difcafes that do not feem to require fuch dangerous remedies, that we may but too often fay of the practitioner, as Solomon fays of the fool in his Proverbs," Scattereth he not his frebrands, and layeth that he is in fport?" Sport indeed to the guinea-taker, but death to the patient, when Doctors then become "Carnifices hominum fub honesto nomine fiunt." and and encourager of that learning and thofe arts which were brought to light by his grandfather and father, Cofmo and Lorenzo de Medici! JOHN KNOX. Of this celebrated Reformer, who difgraced his ufeful and refpectable charafter by outrage and violence, the Regent Earl of Morton faid, when he attended his funeral, "There lies a man who in his life never feared the face of a man, who hath been often threatened with dag and dagger, but yet hath he ended his days in peace and honour; for he had God's providence watching over him in a fpecial manner when his very life was fought." Timoleon indeed, the Reformer of Corinth, when he caufed his brother's blood to be fhed, turned afide his head, covered it with his cloak, and wept. The Scottish Reformer, however, not only performed the great work in which he was engaged with earnestness, bat occafionally added want of feeling towards the perfons who fuffered for it. In defcribing the murder of Cardinal Beaton, he introduces a joke about his corpulency, and adds, "these things we write merrily." When he relates an account of an exhortation which he gave to the unfortunate Queen Mary, he adds, "I made the Hyana weep." His writings are in the fame tile with his expreffions, and bear titles expref five of the agitation and violence of nind of him who penned them; as, The First Blatt of the Trumpet again the monstrous Regiment of Women;" A brief Exhortation to England for the Speedy embracing of Cart's Golpel, heretofore by the Tyranny of Mary uppreffed and banished." Knox in one of his Sermons exclaims, that one Mafs was more frightful to him, than ten thousand enemies landed in any part of the realm." This gave much offence to Queen Mary. Lord Darnley, whom the foon afterwards married, was prevailed upon to hear him preach, and he entertained his ears with this text from Ifaiah, "O Lord, other Lords than thou have reigned over us; and speaking of the govern ment of wicked Princes, he faid, that they were fent as tyrants and scourges to the people for their fius; adding, that God fets occafionally boys and women over a nation, to punish them for their crimes and their ingratitude. To animate the mob of Perth to pull down cathedrals and menafteries, he exclaimed, "Pull down the nefts and the rooks will fly away." Yet, as it is fagaciously and humanely obferved by Mr. Andrews, in his judicious and excellent Continuation of Dr. Henry's valuable Hiftory, "He reftrained his followers from blood, nor even by way of retaliation did a fingle man of the Roman Catholic party lofe his life for his religion, if we except the Cardinal, who fell as mich on account of his defpotifm as his bigotry. To a fierce unpolished race like the Scots, a ftern taftelefs Apoftle like John Knox was perhaps neceffary. The elegant Mary herfelf, on fecing the bleeding body of a young gentleman brought near her, who had been shot by fome of her foldiers, far, I cannot be responsible tor accidents, but I wish it had been his father." So neatly on a pur are the polite and the coarfe, the uncultivated and the refined, the Sovereign and the peafant, when they fuffer their minds to be tranfported by the violence of pallion, or corrupted by the partiality of prejudice. JOURNAL JOURNAL of the PROCEEDINGS of the FIRST SESSION of the EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT of GREAT BRITAIN. [Continued from Page 66.] HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, FEB. 14. THIS day the Lords met pursuant to adjournment, but no public bufinefs was done. FRIDAY, FEB. 17. Heard Counfel in the Appeal from Scotland, William Ferguson, Efq. ap. pellant, and the Reverend J. Griefpie, refpondent. The Lord Chancellor, after a fort fpeech, in which he ftated the general HOUSE O F TUESDAY, FEB 14. NEW WRITS were ordered to be iffued for the boroughs of Windfor and Aldborough, in the room of H. Isherwood, and of R. Muilman Chifwell, Etqrs. deceased. Writs were alfo iffued for Boffiney, vice Mr. Wortley, deceafed, and for Bletchingly, vice Sir Lionel Copley, who has made his election for Tregony. -Mr. J.nes and Sir Lionel Copley took the oaths and their feats. Mr. Newland from the Bank prefented two accounts, Receipt and Ex. penditure, and National Debt. Ordered to lie on the Table. Petition against Ipfwich Paving Bill prefented, and referred to Commit tee. To be heard by Counfel. Petitions were prefented in favour of the London Docks (merchants' plan) from Infurers, Roval Affurance Company, and Ruffia Company. To lie on the Table. A Petition was prefented in behalf of the Weft India Planters and Merchants, praying, that the Bill for the Conftruction of Wet Docks, for the further accommodation of trade in the port of London, do país into a law.-The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table. A Petition of a fimilar tendency was prefented in behalf of the East India Company. Ordered to lie on the table. The Sheriffs of London prefented a Petition at the Bar, from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c. of the City of Loudon, praying for the Extention of the Judicature of Courts of Confcience. merits of the cafe, moved to affirm the decree of the Court of Seffion, with 150!. cofts. Ordered. This decifion is of great importance to the Clergy of Scotland, as it eftablishes their right to an augmentation of their ftipends, if the old rythes have been valued without the clergymen for the time being having been made a party to the valuation. COMMON S. Mr. Alderman Anderfon moved for leave to bring in a Bill, purfuant to the prayer of the faid Petition; which was granted. A Petition was alfo prefented by the Sheriffs of London, in favour of the Conftruction of Wet Docks; but which prayed, that the Houle would permit the Corporation of London to bring in. a Bill for the execution of that project conformable to a plan of their own, as, they could not help regarding them-, felves as the natural Guardians and Improvers of the trade of the River Thames. The Petition being read, Mr. Alderman Anderfon moved, that' the Petition be referred to a Committee of the whole Houfe. Mr. Manning declared himfelf happy in hearing that the Corporation of the City of London were at length convinced of the propriety and neceflity of constructing Wet Docks for the further improvement of the port of London, and of adapting fome plan for the more enlarged accommodation of its trade. The Petition now prefented by them to the Houfe ftrongly argued the neceffity of fuch improvement; but he hoped that it was not intended to ob ftruct, by the hearing of Counfel, the progrefs of the Bill which he had the honour of introducing into the Houfe, and the fecond reading of which stood: for to-morrow. The Speaker informed the Honour-. able Member, that the Petition in queftion went by no means to obstruct the progrefs of the Bill brought in by the Honourable Gentleman, nor was it the purport of its prayer to have Counfel heard heard against it.-Several Petitions had indeed been prefented for hearing Counsel against the fecond reading of that Bill; but this was matter for the Houfe to decide on to-morrow. Mr. Alderman Curtis faid, that he had no intention of oppofing the fecond reading of the Honourable Gentleman's Bill; nor had the City of London gi→ ven any fuch inftructions to their reprefentatives. Their fole object was, to be allowed to bring in another Bill, and that the Houfe might have an opportunity of deciding on their refpective merits. Mr. Alderman Anderfon was defirous that the fecond reading of the Bill hould be poftponed to a more diftant period, that the Houfe might have time to examine and digeft the object and grounds of the prefent petition, and be thereby better enabled to judge which of the two plans beft deferved to be preferred. Mr. Manning declared himself adverfe to any delay of the fecond reading of the Bill. The Petition was then referred to a Sele& Committee of the Members for the City of London, and of the mari time counties. The Mutiny and Desertion Bill was read a fecond time, and ordered to be committed. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15. John Angerstein, Efq. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Midhurft, in the room of the Right Honourable Sylvefter Douglas, who has accepted the office of one of the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury. The Bill for regulating the trials of caufes and indictments in corporate towns and their districts was read a first and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday next. EXPEDITION AGAINST IRELAND. Mr. Whitbread gave notice, that he fhould, on Friday next, move for an enquiry into the conduct of Adminif. tration with refpect to the measures purfued for defeating the expedition planned by the French Republic against Ireland. Here the Speaker informing Mr. Whitbread that Mr. Fox's motion for the rep:al of the Treafon and Sedition Bills food for that day, Mr. Fox declared that he should defer his motion until Friday fe'nnight.-Agreed to. QUAKERS' BILL. The Order of the Day for the House to refolve itself into a Committee on the Quaker's Bill being read, it was agreed, after fome converfation, to ftand over till Wednesday next. MUTINY BILL. Sir William Pulteney prefented a Petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and feveral inhabitants of Shrewsbury, ftating, that they had erected a Houfe of Industry, in which feveral perfons had advanced fums of money, and that thofe would be very much injured in their property if the Bill then before the Houfe for the Relief of the Poor fhould pafs into a law. They prayed, therefore, that a claufe might be introduced into the faid Bill to exempt them from the operation of it. The Petition was referred to the Committee on the Bill. The Wet Docks Bill was read a fe. larity. It was in every other refpe&t cond time. nearly verbatim with the former. FRIDAY, FEB. 17. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Efq. The Houfe having resolved itself into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill, The Secretary at War observed, that the only alteration which had taken place in it confifted of certain tranfpofisions of words, which were found neceffary to give it more order and regu The Houfe being refumed, the Chairman made his report, and it was order. ed to be received next Monday. A Bill for increasing the capital ftock of the East India Company was read a first, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Wednesday next. STATE |