The attic warbler* pours her throat, Where'er the oak's thick branches stretch Beside some water's rushy brink Still is the toiling hand of Care; And float amid the liquid noon : To contemplation's sober eye Alike the busy and the gay In Fortune's varying colours dressed: Brushed by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chilled by Age. their airy dance They leave, in dust to rest. The swallow. ON THE DEATH OF A FAVOURITE CAT. Drowned in a tub of Gold Fishes. Twas on the lofty vase's side, Her conscious tail her joy declared; Her coat, that with the tortoise vies, Still had she gazed: but midst the tide The hapless Nymph with wonder saw She stretched, in vain, to reach the prize : Presumptuous Maid! with looks intent Eight times emerging from the flood, No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirred : From hence, ye Beauties, undeceived, Not all that tempts your wandering eyes CAMPBELL. Thomas Campbell, the author of the Pleasures of Hope, of Gertrude of Wyoming, &c. is among the most popular of living writers. As a poet and critic, he ranks with the first of the age. Lochiel's Warning, one of Campbell's shorter pieces, is often read and recited in schools, but it cannot be comprehended without some acquaintance with Scottish history and character. England and Scotland were governed by separate kings till 1603. In that year Elizabeth of England died, and named as her successor James VI, of Scotland. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. James was descended from Henry VII. of England, and among his ancestors was a long line of Scottish kings: as their descendants, the people of Scotland cherished an ardent affection for James and his posterity. The Scots were remarkable for their attachment to power. The heads of the Clans, and the hereditary prince, were objects of the highest enthusiasm to that people, and they esteemed it a duty, and even a privilege, to die in their service. James was succeeded by his son Charles I., who did not know how to govern, and was beheaded by his subjects. After Charles' death, England was a commonwealth, or republic, governed for a few years by Oliver Cromwell. In 1660, Charles Stuart, the second of that name, was made king of England, as the legitimate successor of his father, Charles I. Charles II. died 1685, and his brother, James, duke of York, was immediately proclaimed king; but by the laws of England he was incapacitated for the sovereignty. In the reigns of Edward VI. and his sister Elizabeth, the Pro, testant faith became the foundation of what is called the Established Church of England; and it was made a law that the king, and all persons holding places under the government, should acknowledge themselves to be Protestants, and worship according to the forms prescribed by the national Church. James II. was a Catholic. When the people were convinced of this fact, and of the king's inclination to restore Popery in Britain, they sent over to Holland to William, prince of Orange, a grandson of Charles I., and to his wife, Mary, daughter of the English king, James II., to come over to England, and take the government upon themselves. William and Mary were crowned king and queen 1689. A party in Scotland, attached to the Stuarts, refused to acknowledge them, but in the same year the Scottish army was defeated at Killycrankie in Perthshire. The banished James endeavoured to make friends in Ireland, but his adherents were defeated by king William, at the battle of the Boyne, and he was forced to retire into France. The Jacobites (the friends of James) long continued their machinations to restore the Stuarts to the throne of Britain, but all their plans were ultimately frustrated. James Stuart died in France in 1701, and his daughter, the princess Anne, succeeded William III. She was proclaimed queen in April, 1702, and died in 1714. Anne was succeeded by George I. of the house of Brunswick. George was a German prince, descended in the female line from James I. of England. This family were destined forever to exclude the Stuarts from the throne of Britain; but one of that race, sometimes called the Pretender, and sometimes the chevalier St. George, went from France to Scotland in 1715, and there, assisted by the favourers of his unfortunate pretensions, made some attempt to recover his forfeited inheritance. These were unavailing; he was forced to return to France, and many of his adherents were executed as traitors to their king and country. The rebellion of the Stuarts did not end here. The following narrative details its progress and termination. "In 1745 the son of the old Pretender resolved to make an effort at gaining the British crown. Being furnished with some money, and still larger promises from France, he embarked for Scotland on board a small frigate, accompanied by the Marquis Tullibardine, and a few other desperate adventurers. For the conquest of the whole British empire, he brought with him seven officers, and arms for 2000 men. He landed on the coast of Lochabar, July 27, and was in a little time joined by some Highland chiefs and their vassals. He soon saw himself at the head of 1500 men, and invited others to join him by manifestoes, which were dispersed throughout all the Highlands. The English ministry was no sooner informed of the truth of his arrival, than Sir John Cope was ordered to oppose his progress. "In the mean time, the young adventurer marched to Perth, where his father, the chevalier de St. George, had been pro claimed king of Great Britain. The rebel army advanced towards Edinburgh, which they entered without opposition. - Here, too, the pageantry of proclamation was performed. But though the Pretender was master of the capital, yet the castle, with a good garrison, under the command of General Guest, braved all his attempts. Sir John Cope, who was now reinforced by two regiments of dragoons, resolved to march towards Edinburgh, and give him battle, but Prince Charles Edward attacked him near Preston Pans, and in a few minutes totally routed him and his troops. In this victory the king lost about 500 men, and the rebel not above 80. "The Pretender went immediately forward with vigour; and having advanced to Penrith, continued his irruption till he came to Manchester, where he established his head-quarters; from thence he prosecuted his route to Derby ; but he determined once more to return to Scotland. He effected his retreat to Carlisle without any loss, and having reinforced the garrison of the place crossed the rivers Eden and Solway into Scotland. "After many attacks and skirmishes, the duke of Cumberland, son of George II., the reigning king, put himself at the head of the troops of Edinburgh, which consisted of about 14,000 men. He resolved to come to a battle as soon as possible, and marched forward while the rebel army retired at his approach.-The duke advanced to Aberdeen, where he was joined by the duke of Gordon, and some other lords. The Highlanders were drawn up in order of battle, on the plain of Culloden, to the number of 8000 men. The duke marched thither, and the battle began about one o'clock in the afternoon, April 16/ In less than thirty minutes, the rebels were totally routed, and the field was covered with their dead bodies. The duke immediately after the battle, ordered thirty-six deserters to be executed." The misfortunes of Prince Charles Edward in his perilous undertaking, and his escape out of the British dominions, form a most extraordinary romance of real life. The novel of Waverly gives some interesting sketches of this Prince'6 enterprize, and particularly of the generosity and devotedness of his adherents. The British government made a most severe example of the misguided men, who sacrificed themselves to their principles of loyalty, but so elevated were their motives that it is impossible not to deplore their fate. The principal chiefs engaged in this rebellion were executed at Carlisle, Culloden, and other places, and thousands of inferior condition were transported to foreign countries. 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