Th' ignoble tyrant of his country flood, Which his fevereft virtue beft could wield; Ah while with fond regret my feeble verfe And the rich widow Mite court a big Irish jolman. Then come round me, &c. (To be fure dere won't be fine ogling, and sighing, and dying.) Mifs Champanfy, whofe monkey has fo many charms, Of a nice powder'd fop fhall rush into the arms; To court Mitter Sciatic Mifa Spafm fhall hop, And Mifs Cheveux-de-frize fhail addrefs Mitter Crop. Then come round me, &c. (To be fure they won't put the fellows in a nice flufteration.} So you've nothing to do, jolmen, but to fit ftill, And fait ev'ry Jack will foon find out a Gill. Come on, ye bold devils, lie, fwear, and make Speeches; 'Tis leap-year, and petticoats govern the breeches. Then come round me, &c. (To be fure the girls won't cat a charming figure when they're dreffed in their inexpreffibles!) Sonnet to a Rofe in Elixa's Bofom. HOU fweeteft flow'r that decks the ena TH mell'd bed, ALLIA, farewell! thou pleafing, bleft abode! Scenes of my youth, fo gay, fo fair, fo dear 1 * Mifs Williams took refuge in Switzerland My primrofe path was once with flow'rets ftrow'd; during the reign of Robespierre. Bright fhone the eye now glift'ning with a teár. But But though the tall fhip wafts my body o'er, From this lov'd land though Mary's doom'd to part; Condemo'd to dwell on fome bleak, barren shore. Yet you, and you alone, poffefs my heart. Ah me! the lefs'ning fhore recedes from fight, O then receive, receive my last adieu: Beloved realms, regions of dear delight, My flutt'ring fpirit fondly clings to you: Borne on light pinions borrow'd of the dove, Still haunts those scenes of happiness and love. From Anacreon. MA ODE XVII. Τον αργυρον πορευσας, &c. AKE me, Vulcan, artist fam'd, No panoply for battles fram'd; Happier labours I pursue,What have I with war to do? Make a goblet, make it round, Wide, capacious, and profound; Carve it too with cunning rare, With emblematic fymbols fair; But let conftellation, car, Nor learn'd device the figures mar; Nor there let cold Boötes be:What are the Pleiades to me? Let fpreading vines around it grow, Golden let the clusters glow; Be laughing Love, Bathyllo fair, And jolly young Lycæus there! Be fure to mark my orders wel!! To Propagate Perfection. OW feeds of virtue in the female breaft, SON At early dawn deep place them near the Sweet innocence fhall never be distress'd, HE ERE refts a wearied youth, by death :- Who, had he refted fooner, ftill had liv'd. GAZETTE INTELLIGENCE. INTELLIGENCE EXTRACTED FROM THE HORSE GUARDS, April 23, 1796. Letters, of which the following are a Copy and an I SIR, The Maroon rebels, like to other rebels, have found it easier to raise rebellion than to quell it. Runaway faves are still in the woods, to the number of nearly 150, ill-armed, and with very little ammunition. Their reduction may take fome time, and create further expence and uneafinefs to the country; but they merit the lefa confideration, as I am happy to give the most unqualified affurances of the excellent and peaceable difpofitions of the negro flaves throughout the island. I have the honour, &c. BALCARRES. Extract of a Letter from the Earl of Balcarres to MY letter of Jan. 30 apprized you, that 30 Maroon men, and 100 women and children, remined out in rebellion. I have now the honour to inform you, that, after having ineffectually fearched for them from four different points, 43 more have furrendered themselves, of which 6 are ftout able Maroon men. The Maroons now out confift of 24 men, and 63 women and children. Caftle Wemys, Jan. 30, 1796. HAD the honour to inform you, by my dif patch of Dec. 30, 1795, that I had entered into a treaty of peace with the Trelawney Maroons. Two of the articles were very important, namely, the furrender of themselves and arms, and their giving up all the runa vay flaves who had joined them in rebellion. Notwithstanding the treaty, I had not the fmallest confidence in their fincerity, and every preparation was made to continue the war with unabated vigour. Three weeks having clapfed without any apparent intention on the part of the Maroons, to fulfil the treaty, I ordered the hon. major-general Walpole to move forward, on the 14 h inftant, with a ftrong column of regular troops. He had only April 23. Difpatches have this day been readvanced fome yards when a meffage was deli- ceived by the right hon. Henry Dunlas, one of vered from the Maroon chief, oegging that no his majesty's principal fecretaries of state, from farther hoftile step fhould be taken. As we had major-general Leigh, dated at Martinique, Jan. experienced much duplicity and evifion, it was 27, and Barbadoes, March 10, 1796: by the forjudged expedient to move flowly on, and the line mer of which it appears, that, on Jan. 20, the of march was fo arranged as to give the Maroons enemy at St. Vincent's made an attack on the an opportunity of coming in with fafety. This British poft at Millar's Ridge, which they contihad the defired effect. The Maroons to the nued with great violence from daylight until it number of 500, furrendered themselves, ad was quite dark, but were finally repulfed with conwere conducted within our pofts. Including thote fiderable lofs, after twice attempting to carry our whom I had formerly fecured, I have in my poft redoubt. At the commencement of the action.* feflion near 600. 30 Maroon men, and Ico Lieut. Col. Prevoft, having advanced with a view women, and children, ftill remain out: of this of furprising an advanced picket of the enemy, was number feveral men were feverely wounded, and twice wounded, but is not thought to be in danothers fick. I do not compute the effective ger. The behaviour of this othcer, of majɛɛ Maroon warriors now in rebellion to exceed 14, McLeod, of the 59th, who commanded at Millar's and there are afraid to come in, from a comici Ridge, and of the other officers, is mentioned by oufness of their crime. The Maroon rebellion gen. Leigh in the ftrongest terms of commenda I think is drawing to a clofe; and a fubftantial tion. The total lofs of the British during the proof of my affertion is, that public credit, which action was two ferjeants and 22 rank and file kilwas deftroyed by this revolt, is now completely led; one lieut. col. (Prevolt), two ferjeants, and reftored. The general opinion is, that property 31 rank and file, wounded. By the dispatch of has acquired a degree of fecurity which it never March 10 it appears, that major Wright, of the heretofore had in this illand His majesty's for- 25th regiment, who commanded at Pilot's Hill, ces, regulars and militia, have fought the rebels in the island of Granada, was obliged to abandon in more than twenty actions. They have been that pofition, and fall back to the port of Sauteur, iropelled by one fentiment, that of crushing a moit on the night of the 29th of February. It is daring, unprovoked, and un,rateful rebellion. I stated, that the want of water, of which the fupfhould indeed find it a meft arduous talk to detail ply had been entrely cut off by the enemy, rena" individual merit. The chorts of the whole com- dered this retreat neceflary, and that it was effectmunity have been directed to fhew their attach- ed in good order, with the lots of only two priwent to his majesty, and to maintain his govern- vates badly wounded. Previous to the retreat, ment and their own happiness against fall banditti major Wright had been frequently attacked by whatsoever. I muß, however, recommend to the enemy without fucceis. His lots on thefe his majesty's notice the hon. maj. gen. Walpole; occafions was: 25th regiment-2 rink and file and I am proud to fay, that much is owing to his killed; 2 ditto wounded. Black rangers-8 perfonal activity and excellent conduct. Our rank and file killed; 10 ditto wounded; 2 ditto fuccefs, though great, is not without its alloy. miffing. Hib. Mag. May, 1796. ADMIRALTY ADMIRALTY OFFICE, April 23. Extract of a Letter from Admiral Peyton, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Ships and Veffels in the Downs, to Evan Nepean, Efq. Secre tary to the Admiralty, dated on board the Savage Sloop, April 21, 1796. I HAVE received a letter from Capt. Roe, of his majesty's floop Racoon, acquainting me he had taken, on the coaft of France, a French lugger privateer, with 13 men, armed with blunderbuffes and mufquets, which had been out from Dunkirk five days, but had taken nothing. Extract of a Letter from Rear Admiral Parker, THE hon. capt. Carpenter, of his majesty's fhip Intrepid, being ftationed to cruize off Old Cape François, for the reinforcements expected from Cork, fell in with a French frigate, which, after ten hours chace (the latter part being very light airs of wind), the first anchored, and after wards, by their cutting her cables, drove on fhore, in a cove a little to the eastward of Porto Plata, when the crew abandoned her, and the was taken poffeffion of and got off, without damage, by capt. Carpenter. It appears by the log-book that he is called La Pergante, commanded by citoyen Jacque Clement Tourfellet, lieut, de Vailleau, mounting twenty nine-pounders and fix brafs two-pounders, and had on board near two hundred men, dispatched by order of the minifter of marine and colonies, and failed from Rochelle the 6th of December last, with orders not to be spoke with, nor to speak with any thing. pril 26.] Extract of a Letter from Sir Edward Pellew, Captain of bis Majesty's Ship Indefati gable, to Mr. Nepean, dated at Falmouth, April 20, 1796. defperately wounded. La Revolutionnaire happily had no men hurt and it appears that the was maneuvered by capt. Cole in the moft offi. cer-like manner, and the attack made with great gallantry. I have the honour to inclose the report which he has made of the good conduct of his officers and ship's company upon this occafion; and, from the high terms in which he speaks of his first lieutenant, Mr. Ellicott, who I know te be a good officer, I have thought proper to give him an order to command the prize to England. La Unité was reputed one of the greatest (ailors in the French navy, and is a very fine frigate, only feven years old. The wife of the governor of the port of Rochfort, Madame de Large, and her fa mily, were on board, who, with her fon, an es fign of the ship, I fuffered to return to France in a neutral vessel, taking the parole of the young man not to serve until exchanged. La Revolutionnaire, at Sea, April 13, SIR, IT being fo dark when I came alongside the French frigate La Unité, that you could not ab ferve the conduct of the two fhips, I beg leave ta report to you, that not being able to prevail upor her commander, citizen Durand, to furrender, after fome minutes converfation, I opened a clofe and well directed fire upon him. After we had fuftained the fire of his ftern-chafes fomne time, and upon firing the fecond broadfide, he called out that he had ftruck. I had at the fame mo ment directed the helm to be put to port, in order to board him, as the hips were going under a prefs of fail, at the rate of ten knots, and drawing near the shore. Allow me, fir, to exprefs to you how much I feel myself obliged to my firt lieutenant, Edward Ellicott, for his very particu lar attention in keeping fight of the chace, and for his fteady and manly courage when clofe engaged. The chearfulnels with which he put himfelf at the head of the boarders promifed me the happiest fuccefs, if that event had been neceffay, and which was only stopped by the enemy's cal ling to furrender. In this thort contest, the highest praife is due to my officers and ship's company, and the effect of their steady conduct is ftriking in the number of killed and wounded, of which a lift is annexed. I cannot fufficiently exprefs my own good fortune in not having loft an officer or man, which is to be attributed to the enemy's firing at the mafts and rigging. I am, &c. I HAVE the pleasure to inform their lordships that, on the 13th inft. at four P, M. we fell in with, and gave general chace to a French frigate to windward. The Revolutionnaire, being far aftern, was tacked by fignal to cut the chace from the fhore; and I had the pleasure to fee her before dark, in a fituation to weather the enemy upon a different board, which obliged her also to tack. The night setting in cloudy, we loft fight J. COLE. of the chace before 9 o'clock, when the bore up, Sir Edward Pellew, Bart. &c. &c. but not unobserved by that zealous and attentive officer, captaia Cole, who purfued and clofed with her at half paft cleven; and not being able to prevail on her commander to furrender without refiftance, he opened a close and well directed fire upon her, which was faintly returned; and, after a fecond broadfide, the enemy ftruck, and proved to be the national frigate La Únité, from L'Orient to Rochfort, mounting 38 guns, twelve and fixpounders, and manned with 255 men, eight or mine of whom were flain, and eleven or twelve ४ L'Unité, citizen Durand, commander, Killed 9 wounded 11. Indefatigable, Falmouth, April 23, 1796. SIR, I HAVE a moft fenfible pleasure in defiring you to inform my lords commiffioners of the Admi ralty of my arrival at this port, accompanied by the French national frigate La Virginie, of 44 E 1 1 eighteen and nine-pounders, and 340 men, commanded by citizen Bergeret, captaine de Vaiffeau, who failed from Breft fingly, four days ago, to eruize off the Lizard in this favourite frigate, which is confidered the finest ship and fafteft failer In the French navy, and of the largest dimenfions, being 158 feet long, and 43 broad. On Wednerday morning, the 20th inftant, after I had fealed my dispatches for their lordships, laying to under the Lizard, with the fquadron, waiting for the French frigate La Unité, our prize, to wea ther that point, I obferved a fhip coming in from the fea, which, in my mind, looked rather fufpicious; and, on her not answering the private fignals when the tacked from us, I immediately gave chace to her, accompanied by the Amazon and La Concorde (having by fignal directed La Revolutionnaire to attend her prize into port, and the Argo to proceed to Plymouth). The fuperior failing of the Indefatigable gave me the fatisfaction of coming up with her, after a chace of fixteen hours, and running one hundred and fixty-eight miles. Fortunately the wind prevented her from steering for Ufhant, or the muft 6 have efcaped. A little paft midnight 1 commenced action with the enemy, which was clofely continued, under a crowded fail, for one hour and forty-five minutes. The enemy who fought gallantly, was by this time much crippled, her mizen-maft and main-top-mast being shot away; the Indefatigable was not much lefs difabled, having loft her gaff and mizen-top-maft, the main-top-fail was rendered useless by an unlucky thot cutting both leech-topes. In this fituation we paffed the enemy without the power of avoiding it, having no after-fail to back, and I had long discovered we had not only to combat a fhip of large force, but that her commander was completely matter of his profeffion, in whofe prefence I could not commit myself with impunity, by throwing my thip in the wind, without fubmitting to be raked by him. She had not at this time ftruck, and we kept clofe a-head of her, receiving new braces to enable us to bring the fhip to, to renew the attack. At this period La Concorde appeared in fight, clofe under her ftern; and, upon the enemy feeing her, the fired a gun to leeward, and ftruck her light, as a fignal of furrender. Although a very few minutes would have placed the Indefatigable again alongfide of her, I am confident she would not have furrendered without further reliftance, had not the Concorde fo timely come up. I am extremely indebted to captains Hunt and Reynolds, for their very particular attention in keeping after us during the night on fo many couries, which nothing but the most delicate obfervance of my fignals would have enabled them to do, their distance aftern being fo great. Their lordships are well aware how difficult it is in a night action, with a fying enemy, whofe rate of failing is little inferior to her antagonist, to choose her fituation; and, when it is remembered how often this ship changed her's in the action, I need scarcely fay what great attention was paid to my orders by every officer under my command. To lieutenants Pellowe, Thomion, and Norway, my thanks are above expreffion. Lieut. Williams, of the ma rines, and Mr. Bell, the mafter, who were im mediately about my perfon, rendered me the moft effential fervices. The ship's company, who have been my faithful companions during the war, and are endeared to me by their uniform exertions, manifefted on this occation nothing but ardour and zeal. But above all other pleafures I feel is that of informing their lordships, that I have loft neither officer nor man in the contest. The enemy fuffered confiderably, having 14 or 45 killed, 17 badly wounded, and to fightly} the fhip much shattered in her hull, and four feet water in her hold, from fhot holes. I have fent La Concorde to Plymouth, with La Virginie, and fhall proceed with the Amazon, who has loft her head, for the fame place, to-morrow, in or der to repair the damage we have fustained in the action. I am, &c. EDW. PELLEW. Extract of a Letter from Vice Admiral Murray, On the 11th inftant arrived L'Autore (French corvette), prize to his majesty's thip Cleopatra. She had only fifty men on board when taken. April 26.] Copy of a Letter from Commodore I BEG you will inform their lordships, that, on the 17th inftant, Le Bec du Raz bearing N. E. by E. feveral fail were feen in the N. E. quarter; and, upon the fignal for a general chace being made, it was foon perceived that they were a fmall convoy ftanding through the straits between the Saints and the Continent. As the weather appeared fettled and fine, I confidered that it was a proper opportunity to obtain a knowledge of the paffage, and continued working through, with the tide in our favour, after them; but the wind falling when we were in the bay on the other fide, I found it was impoffible to cut off the brig who efcorted them, as the flood clofe in towards Camaret point, at the entrance of the Goulet gōing up to Breft, and among the rocks. The boats of the fquadron however captured the veffels in the included lift, who are all laden with corn and flour. A floop belonging to the convoy got off with the corvette, which I understand was Le Voltigeur, of 16 guns. Veffels belonging to the French Republic, captured” by the Boats of the Squadron under the Command of Sir John Borlafe Warren, K. B. ruithin the Saints on the Coaf of France, on the 7th of April, 1796. A BRIG, La Marie, of St. Maloes, 150 tons, laden with wheat; a brig, name unknown, 120 tons, laden with wheat; afloop, name unknown, 70 tons, laden with wheat; fent to England. A brig, name unknown, laden with wood and 0002 wine, |