Our native vales to free from fraud and crimes, May Heav'n, propitious, ever on thee smile; Unless some Then conqu❜rors who o'erwhelm'd the earth with blood, Whist Whilst he, who long has prov'd the friend sincere Who bravely fought the injur'd negro's cause, Farewell, my friend! and may your work be blest, Resignation; OR, A FATHER. CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY. "How happy is DIVINE PHILOSOPHY! But musical as is APOLLO's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no dire surfeit reigns." "Tho' HE slay me, yet will I trust in HIM". Jos. ALMIGHTY POW'R! whose potent arm Sustains this vast abode ; Whose love directs, whose care protects, US PILGRIMS on life's road. Since pray'rs with imperfection mix'd, Can reach PERFECTION's ear; Since sinful man, contritely can, Unto his GOD draw near. Permit me, LORD! a child of earth, Thy goodness to implore, T'approach thy throne, my wants make known; And while I pray-ADGRE. EEE 2 Thou Thou know'st the dubious path I tread, Nay more, my heart (that secret part,) Wherein I'm right, do thou confirm From what is wrong, with thine arm strong In all my wand'rings bring me back Use love or fear; means calm, severe ; For num'rous ills I humbly crave My crimes throughout past time, blot out What of this life's good things I need Then let me through life's vale, with joy, Nor be perplex'd, nor with cares vex'd, If fortune's smiles my efforts crown, Let me then be, from pride kept free, Should adverse gales my course impede, In ev'ry state that peace be mine Which doth from conscience flow; And when my days I've number'd here, In that dread day, give me to say, BLESS'D BE THE NAME of God. "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVES," His praise I'll ever sing: He's pav'd the way to endless day,"O grave! where is thy victory? "O Death! where is thy sting?" C. P. ОР REMARKABLE EVENTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NATURE OF THIS WORK: EXTRACTED FROM PERIODICAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. JANUARY. GAMING.- A respectable reen grocer, with a wife and five hildren, residing in Essex-court, aving passed the preceding night 1 a neighbouring public house vith a party keeping up Christmas, ARDS were introduced, and the nfortunate man lost a considerble sum of money. He went home fter his loss, went to bed, got up a an hour after, and went down tairs and hanged himself. [1] Bite by a cat.-A young wonan, servant to Mr Williams of amberwell, died on Wednesday week, in consequence of having een bitten by a cat, which she was chastising. The symptoms exibited by the poor girl were exictly similar to those perceptible n cases of hydrophobia. [1] Offender punished.--The magistrate in the police court on Thursday, fined a publican in three guineas for selling spirits and ale to three boys under thirteen years of age; and also his servant, for attempting to conceal this enormous transgression, in one guinea. [3] Accidents during the Fog. Several coaches on the north-road were overturned, although no particular mischief occurred. A poor woman, a laundress, of the name of Maggs, fell from a height of six feet, whilst walking on the Bay's water foot-path, and was taken to the hospital in a dangerous state. An VOL. II. old man, of the name of Beaumount, was run over by. a stage, in crossing from Swallow-street to Oxfordstreet, and had a leg broke: and other minor accidents and robberies took place. [6] Clothes taking fire.-Wednesday evening, Mary Wallis of Barkergate, Nottingham, a woman of 87 years of age, being left alone, by some accident her clothes took fire, and she was burnt so dreadfully that she expired in great torture a few hours after. [6] Fire by a candle in a loft.On Saturday morning, the stable of Mr Andrew Hamilton, farmer in Skerlaton, parish of Dalserf, was entirely reduced to ashes. The fire was occasioned by a candle which a servant had in the loft, and which set on fire the straw. [6] Child burnt.-A fine boy of four years old was burnt to death at Morningside, in the neighbourhood of this city, on Thursday morning, in the momentary absence of his grandmother. [6] Ice breaking.-A fine boy about twelve years of age, was drowned at Kinghorn on Saturday after noon in a mill-pond, on the bank of which he and several more boys were playing. He had gone on the ice after a ball when it gave way. The body was not got out that night. [6] Inhumanity to a child.-A servant maid, named Phoebe Wise, FFF late late in the employment of Mr Rawbone, in Fleetmarket, was on Monday brought up to Guildhall, on a charge of treating in an inhuman manner, an infant child only sixteen months old, [12] Fall on board a ship-On Monday last, a ship carpenter, working on board a vessel at Leith, fell to the bottom of the hold, and survived only a few minutes. [20] Accident by a gun.-On Tuesday last, John Clapham, overseer of the extensive works carried on at Troon by his grace the Duke of Portland, having gone out with his gun, it went off, lodging the contents in his head, when he lingered for a short time and died. [24] Ice breaking.-Last Sunday, not less than seven boys were drowned in the Trent, by the breaking of the ice. [24] Murderer executed.This morning, Martine Hogan, for the wilful murder of Lieutenant Johnson, was, pursuant to his sentence, executed at Execution Dock. [31] Murderer discovered.The murder of Moses Merry, servant to the Misses Gompertz, at Vauxhall, who was shot some time since by housebreakers, has at length been brought home to its perpetrators by the activity and intelligence of the gentlemen of the neighbourhood. FEBRUARY. [2] Examples for imitation.His grace the Duke of Buccleugh has relieved 108 poor families of Selkirk, by a large supply of coals. The Earl of Ancrum, as he has always done in times of distress, has recently sent ten guineas to Dr. Somerville, to be distributed in fuel and clothing among the poor of the parish of Jedburgh, besides his bounty for the same purpose to the barony of Ferneyherst. Early in the winter, the Duke of Roxburgh intrusted twenty guineas, and the duchess five guineas to the Rev. R. Lundie, for distribution in money, wearing apparel, &c. to the por of Kelso. The Earl of Breadal bane has given to the Rev. Dr. Balfour, fifty pounds to be divided by him between the lunatic and magdalene asylums of Glasgow. [3] Fall from a chimney topOn Wednesday last, a journeyman mason in Inverness, having gone to the chimney top of a house three stories high, for the purpose of cleaning the vents, the coping stones gave way, and he was precipitated from this immense height and killed instantaneously. [5] Secret Charity.-The magistrates of Lanark have lately received an anonymous letter enclos ing ten pounds, to be expended upon coals, or in any other way they judge best for the poor. [5] Death from a tea kettleUpon Saturday the 22nd ultimo, a fine boy about two years of age be longing to the Rev. Mr Robinson, Stewart-field, parish of Old Deer, having pat snow into the spout of a tea-kettle, while boiling on the fire, he attempted to suck it out, and was so severely burnt that he survived only two days. [7] Cure for burns and scalds. An extraordinary account has lately been published in several of the American papers, respecting the cure of burns and scalds, by the simple application of cotton to the parts affected. [7] Effects of the storm-A women, with a child at her breast, was found frozen to death in a road near Abergavenny. The infant was also dead. Two labour. ers, named Wheeler and Offer, were last week found frozen to death in the neighbourhood of De vizes. [7] Fatal intoxication.—A cof |