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INscairrtoN IN A HERMfrAGE li hither, Stranger, wind thy devious courfe, h-r , : thou wi hto quaff the blif.ful draught, The bright etherial joys, Of halcyon folitude— pacify, ere thou ruth, with rude unhallowed Rep, Via , . ivied &rots among, and learn to drown, In Co temptation pure, Each ligh for pleafurcs paft. Iliply, alas! thou fcelft the barbed Rings pi fLithlas Friendfhlp, and her fickle train; Or lacerates thy peace, The poifoned (haft of woe ? Pedlar, within thy brag. thou clicrifheft 1h: thorned rr>fe of difappoluted Love, - -- While Hope, the firen fylph, Steals through the gloom of thought, An emerall ray, and fondly bids thee look, To blifs ideal ; or in Tempe's vale, The fbortlived flowret pluck, From Fancy's pidured urn. Should cares like thefe corrofive delve thy heart, With me, feduded from the giddy crowd Of Folly's tinfeled maze, Here pars thy eve of life, In calm retirement ; and with reverence charts tend at Religion's &rine, and pendent o'er The hallowed tripod, drop The incenfe of thy foul. Like thee, 1 fluttered in the fun-beam ray Of wealth, and lavith of my prime, 1 taxa The rainbOw goffamer, Of unfubflan'tial joy. soft adulation with deceitful guile, Thainod her plcafing philtre in mine car, And bade ree Pleafure's crew, Of liftlefs votaries join. Oft as I mingled in the madding throng, And facrificed to Vice the flower of youth; The crimfon bluth of theme, Has mantled o'er my cheek. At length, difgufted , ;rith the palling fWeet, I fled indignant from the noify (cent, And fought this wild retreat, This grot and mars-grown cell. Here bate I learnt to koin the frowns of Fate, More blefed with Pallet, and with derider ferip, Than LuxiarY's Velvet couch, Or vainly pampered board. What time the morning opes her dewy eye, To HZAOL ;I in prayer and meditation wrapt, 1 heave the fervent hgh, And breathe my orifons. Or when Hyridb dirotidi his golden mien Evening's veil, then rife my vefpers due, To Heaven's empurpled arch, And whifper on the gale. such, Stringer, is the tenor of my life, And if thou ak my name, no greater is Theobjedt of my Thai; AN ♦NCNORITt. Lnrd STAIR gave a grand dinner yefterday at his houfe in drofvenor4quare, to a large party of lafhionables. Lord CLtstmotri gave . a grand dinner yeflerday at his houfe in Berkeley-equare, to a fele& party of friends, athong whom were Lord DARNLEY, Earl and Countefs of LLITRim, Lord GOWER, Conn refs of SUTHERLAND, Lady ANN CLEMENTS, Mr. THOMAS BLIGH, BCC. The annual Ball and Slipper, at the AlleMbly Rooms, Caftle Tavern, Richmond, on Monday lafl, were attended by upwards of zoo of the prin cipal Nobility and Gentry of that fafhionable and fafcinatipg village, making the molt fplendid dif play of beauty, clegance,.and farnion, remembered to have been witnelfed there. The dancing was fucceeded by a plentiful And well provided flipper, confifling of every delicacy of the teafon, with the ihoiceft wines, &c. The happieft conviviality and harmony prevailed at the feftive board till a late hour in the morning. - On Monday, Tuefclay, and Wednefday, was held at Retling-honfe, as ufual, the anniverfary of the Bath and - Weft of England Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Arts, Manufac tures, and Commerce. This meeting was attended by the Earl of Ectsseoar, the Marquis of BATH, and a great number of the grit and molt diftin guithed Farmers of the nation. The Duke of BEDTORD was chofen as the new Prefident, to fuc teed his late Noble Brother. Sir Rrcrt. COLTS HOA R 1 7 , Bart. and Teo. Joyce, Efq. were eletied Vice-Prefidents. Numerous fpecimens of valu able fat and lean flock were prefented for the pre miums of the Society ; and among the former, feral remarkably fine [beep of the nott kinds ; and bogs of the Chincfe mixture, which latter fur- Ilith evidence of a moil remarkable improvement in that tiftfill fpecies of flock within it few years PO- Sundry waggons, and other articles in huf bandry, were exhibited. PARISIAN FA SH—Sma ll laver ornaments have begun, within thefe few days, to be inter rmnglecl with the plaits of hair in t h e head drefs, in Itcad of thofe of jet, which were before employed. —The ring curls on the front are large and numerous. Capoles, made entirely of ribbons, are exceedingly fathionable for a morning drefs.— The ribbons ufed are of two colours, filch as li lac and white. A blucifh or a reddifit white is preferred to pure and fimple white. Orange or rofe.coloured Lain is worn with black velvet, in the hats. Sometimes theovelvet is of a capuchin, er a cherry colour. The hats are turned up, fo as difcover the hair in large ring curls, and like wife a tuft of hair at the very front. A tuft of flowers is alfo worn under the hat. White fea tilers are preferred to thole of other colours— Tlie neck-kerchief is Rill of lace, from the needles, ,/ the loom; it is tied like a cravat, aynd its ends hang under the chin. Square fhawle of many varicties'of co l our , w i t h a ver y fimple cm- Lruidery of goy, and with mkt, of gold at the 1610011. aft U„.imigch in ukt.. ..: „ *NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER z 6. Arrived in Cawfand Bay the galliot Elizabeth, Captain Haittow, from Bourdeaut, bound to Amfterdam, laden with wine ; the Ann, of Dart mouth, from St. John's, Newfoundland, bound to Dartmouth, laden with fith and oil ; and the Liam' Excite cutter, from a cruize. Sailed the Polly and Nancy, Captain LOMER, from Waterford to Southampton, with butter; the Maria, Captain STEENBLIRK, from Liibon for Hamburgh, with fugar and coffee; and the Maria Claire, Captain CLAIRE, for Concale Bay. Put back by firong contrary wind,the PETERELL and HUNTER hoops of war, which failed yelter• day for Ireland. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 27. This day failed the Mary Ann (loop for France. Yefterday arrived the Ant cutter, SINGER, from Havre ; WALMSLY, Efq. and Lady, paifen gers.—Came into harbour the ihip Nyfus, Capt. SANDLAND, an outward bound Weil India chip. Two outward bound chips arrived here this day from the Downs ; cannot learn their names, as , it has blown very hard. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 17. Arrived the Two Friends, WISE MAN. from Oporto, with wine. Early this morning the Tho mas and Eliza, JOHN ANDERSON matter, of and from London, bound to Newcaftle, with timber, got on the Scroby Sand ; the crew are all faved, but the flip and cargo, it is expected, will be loft ; the Eliza, of Liverpool, STOKER mailer, with two anchors a-head, has been driving, but has fince been brought up ; the Trufty, of Yarmouth, from the North, is lying in the Roads, but the gale continuing, the has been obliged to run for Lowe. ftoff South Roads. Sailed the MALLARD gun brig on a cruize after fmugglers. Arrived the LYNX (loop. Remain in the Roads the CLYDE frigate. Sailed the Ant, Capt. HARRIS, with a cargo of herrings, for the Straits. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Yelierday a Court of Direetors of the Eaft India Company was held at the India-houfe, which ad journed to Wednefday next. The new Chip named the' WEXFORD, of 1200 tons burthen, built by ROBERT WIGRAM, Efq. for the fervice of the Eaft India Company this feafon, has been configned to China dirdt ; the WEXFORD is to be afloat on the 23d of next month, and to be in the Downs on or before the r+th of March, at which time the fol lowing 'hips are alfo appointed to be in the Downs, viz. New Ship, Captain CHARLES LENOX, and the CHARLTON, Captain THOMAS WELLADVICE, for Bengal; and the new Chip WARREN HASTINGS, for China. Of the five new extra (hips proceeding to India this feat - on, three have been already named, viz. the CAERMARTHEN, Captain JoHN DOBREE : the EXPERIMENT, Captain JAMES CARNRGIE : and the HARRIETT, Captain WILLIAM LYNCH : they are reftriaed to the burthen of 550 tons. Direaions have been fent to Bombay to lay down in the docks of that Prefidency a fhip of 74 guns, and a frigate, for the fervice of Government. ?Timber of fufficient fize has been brought from the coati of Pegue for the above purpofe. ARRIVED At HaniVrgh—Liberty, Johnfon, from London. At New ork—Cheiterfield, from London ; Louifa Bridges, Eve ; and Alice Bridges, —, from Antigua. At Virginia—lnduftry, Vickery; and Maria Louifa, Baufh, from Liverpool; Suffolk, Moore, from London; and Mary Ann, Fuller, from Guernky. At Teneriffe, Cornelia Eleanora, from Hamburgh. Ai St. Sebaftian's—Mary, Dyer, from London. At Gibraltar-.-Hall, Cummings; and Garland, Simkins, from Newfoundland ; Mary, Lambert ; and Betfy, Jones. from At Bareeloca=Jane, Tayler ; Batty ; Nancy, Potts ; Balton Hope, Fry, from London ; and Auftria Catharina, from lamburgh. _ _ _ Commerce, Ritchie and Prifdlia, —, from London. ,- At Bilboa—St. Jofeph, —, from London. At Alieant—Queen, Young; and Alert, Wifhart, from London • apd Indefatigable, —, from Newfoundland. At Ttiefte—Wight, Ford, from London. At Malaga—Henry, Mahe, from Dublin. Off Barbadoes-4.oulfs, Lavrfon ; and Britannia, Brown, from Africa. At 13anee Ifiand—.Agreeable, Hewit, from Liverpool. At New South Wales--Coromandel, Stirling, from London. At Cuxhaven—Friendthip, Simkins, from London. At St. Croix—LWy, Lafaine, from Newfoundland. At Honduras—Difpateh, Wallace; and Benjamin and Eli zabeth, Henderfen, from Loudon. - At Cliarlciton-Millappi, Callahan, from Liverpool; traililngton, Scott, from London ; Lune, —, from Briftol; Clermont, -; Live Oak, ; Joao, Miller; and Caftor, from Liverpool. At Jamaica-Robert, Darbythire, from Liverpool; Britan nia, Screice; America, •—; and Hercules,--, from Clyde ; and Havike, —, from Liverpool. At Trinidad-Lady Francis, M'Adam, from Africa; and Nana, Dyett, from Clyde. At Boiton-Union, Orr, from Briitol. At Savannah-Prefident, Hilton; and Minerva, Choate, from Liverpool ; and Alexander, Telberg, from London. At Vigo-Apollo, TOpez, from London ; General Prcfcott, Brand; Thomas, Cedner ; and Elizabeth, Dempfter, from Newfoundland. At Guyan...St. Buena Ventura, —, from Briftol. At Hoylakea-Jolui and Alice, from Philadelphia. .At Ferrol.-Duke of Laois, Mudge, from Newfooundiarid. At Dublin-Commerce. Grant, from Oporto ; Daphne, from Peterfburgh; Charlotte, Rogers ; Providence, Brown ; and Tilley, Walker, from London the three latter with the las of anchors and cables; Two Sifters, Grantham; and Eli zabeth, Herron. from London. • At Galway--William and Little John, Hill, from Virginia. At.Bremen-Argo, Seater, from London. At Amiterdans-l'Etaile, Rut:thane, from Malaga. At St. Andero-Plymouth Packet, -cfrom Newfoundland. At Cork.-Fly, Plance, from Baltimore; John, Hunt, from Portland ; Betky, Hall, from New Orionis • Silvanus, Stewart, from Lifbon • and Sifters, Rowe, from Ne w foundland. At Belraft.-Wathington, Woodward, from Philadelphia. At Waterford-..Fktelscr, from St. Utre's ; Ann, Ryan ; and Nymph, Holosel, from Newfoundland. At Lifbots-Betfi, Marfjen, from London ; Sufan, Pitts; and Nancy, Furnell, from Clyde; Nancy, Brown , front • Bri. . ,FROM LLOYD); LIST. • . • DtAt., Dsca 7.—Sailtal the Betfey,• Hampton, for Bengal; and feveral 'other outward.: ound !hips.—Wind E. N. F►. GRAVESIPID, Dec. t7.—Paffed by the Cornelia, from Gilboa; Marquis Cornwallis, Killer, from Tobago; and De Jonge Johanna, Rofe, from Bilboa —Sailed the Robert and Sarah, Carman, for Barcelona ; and Trulty, Neale, for Africa. Laft week a vac' from London to briftol. the Captain's name Gorden, ftruck on a rock near Dunraven Caftle, Gla morganthire, and funk. The crew, conlittilq. of five pc rfons, were unhappily all loft, except one twin, who was Caved by the exertion of a carpenter in the neighbourhood; at the . rillc of his own lift, he twice ventured in a boat, and the fec9n4 time he facceecied in bringing the failor on chore. The fhip b Mate, for tunately for himfelf, was left behind at Swanfea, where they lay a few days. On Saturday left one of the four boats with iron ballaft on board, which funk in te wing afhore towards Tprpoint fide, at Plymouth, was weighed up, and found to contain fcv,ral tons of the iron ballaft in pign,purloined from la Diane Frenchprize, of 48 guns, lying in ordinary at Hatnoaze. REMARCABLE OCCORRENCE.—Laft week, as a Ship was dropping down the River Tyne, during a ftrong ebb-tide, the grounded aft, and, owing to the rapidity of the current, fwung round towards the middle of the River, where a loaden collier was lying at anchor. While (winging round, her bowfprit came in contact with the rigging of the collier, and completely carried away all her three malts by the board, a circumstance which has, perhaps, never been witneffed in any harbour. One man was nearly killed by the falling of the malts. On Saturday, while it was blowing ftrong from the W. N W. four barges, about to moot the centre of London-Bridge were, by the violence of the wind, forced into the draught of the lock together, in confequence of which, they were jammed together in the paffage through the arch, and continued in that Rate until the centre one (which had 21,c0u bricks, and was a new barge) funk; as did alfo two of the others, alfo deeply laden, when they got clear of the Bridge. Fortunately no lives were 1011. The following melancholy report, which we have every reafon to apprehend is too true, would almoft make even a reafonable man a convert to the datrine of piedeftination:—The wretched fur vivors of the memorable fhipwreck off Folkftone, after receiving all the comfort and affiftance that a neighbourhood, whole humanity was deeply in terested, could bellow, as loon as they recivered, were put on board the Duchefs of York, a veffel belonging to the port of Dover, commanded by a young man of the name of Watfon,.in order that they might be conveyed to Flufhing ;' they failed in a fine and promifing day, but in the courfe of the enfuing night, it blew tremendoufly, and the next day the ftern of a wreck was taken up by a Dover veffel, off Calais, hearing the name of the Duchefs of York, and, in every refpeft, refem bling that which belonged to the little (loop, hav ing thefe unfortunates on board ; fo that it is a conjedure, almoft amounting to a certainty, that they have all perifhed, and that neither their own ftruggles, which were in the firft inftance effeClual, nor the benevolent exertions of their fellow•crea tures to preferve them, could revoke their inevita ble defliny—a watery grave. Mifs DECAMP is gone to the South of France, for the recovery of her health. She failed on Sun day latt from Dover, on board the fame packet with Mr. MAZZINGHI, the compofer, who is on his way to join Lord CHOLMONDELKY, at Paris, and experienced a moR dreadful ficknefs. Friday fe'nnight, in the evening, as Mifs F. Tehbutt was returning home to Kegworth, in Lei cefterthi re,from her mother's houfe, a aunt diftance from thence, the was robbed, treated in a molt inhuman manner, and left upon the highway to languith the remainder of the night. She was found in this Chocking Rate early the next morn ing, and every exertion to recover her proved in efeaual, as the died a few hours afterwards. Boxisc.—A defperate Battle was fought a few days fince near Durham, between two men named Smith and Adamfon. Smith is a little deformed creature, a lhoemaker, about four feet nine inches high, and weighing feven (lone and a half.— Adamfon is a farmer, of gigantic ftature, about fifteen [tone, who, notwithaanding all thofe tokens of fuperiurity, left the ground with his eyes almoft clofed up, and was led home by his fecond with the lofs of much blood. Pittoon, the Jew, who fought Maddox on Wim bledon Common laft Monday, is intended to be matched againft Belcher, whom he much refembles both in weight and figure. An unfortunate Maniac was yefterday brought before the Magiftrates, at the Police Office, in Marlborough•ftreet, for having, with a knife, cut the throat of a child, in a dangerous degree, though hopes are entertained of the infant's reco- . very. It appearing that the man was feverely fuffering under all the horrors of mental derange. ment, the Magiftrates humanely directed him to be taken care of until he can be got into Bethlem Hofpital. The perfons accufed of having obtained fome -hogtheads of fugar from the warehaufe of Melfrs. Pugh and Pinkerton, as Rated in our Paper of yefterday, were yefterday committed for trial by the Magilltates at the Thames Police Office. Yeflerday the Churchwardens of the parifh• of Bifhopfgate, from motives of humanity, brought before the LORD MAYOR Ann Harris, an appren tice girl, of the age of 12 years, who had the ap. pearance of being half (tarred, and to have been beat in a molt (hocking manner. Mr. Benfield, a refpeitable inhabitant •of that parith, explained this circumftance to his Lordthip. This child was brought in the arms of a woman, and appeared a molt (hocking objed, being bruifed from head to foot, which the was fcarce able to tell was done by her matter, miftrefs, and others, whom they au thorized to beat her becanfe the did not do fo much work as they thought proper, and that fh: got little or no victuals. Three perfons who lodg ed in the honfe with the matter and miftrefs, con firmed the girl's tlatement : they had often Peen and heard the girl beat, and knew they worked from fix in the morning till eleven o'clock at night. The perfons charged with this brutality Paid it was ficknefs and difeafe, and not cruel ufage, which had reduced this girl. But no proof of any doCtor being employed, or medicine, was given.— This complaint requiring two Magiftrates, and the attendance of a furgeon, the farther hearing was put off to a future day. In the mean time the Lord Mayor defired the three apprentices might LAW INTELLIGEN.E. LONDON SESSIONS, DECEMEER x 6. THE EXECUTORS OF CLARKE Z. THR CITY Or LONDON. This was an inquifition to affefs the vane of cer tain leafehold premifes, late in the poffetiion of Mr. Clarke, a builder, living on Snow-hill, which tie City of London found it ncceilary to pollie;silacm telves of, in order to further their intended plan of improvement in that quarter. Mr. Montagne and ano►her Surveyor were called en the part of the City, who depafed, that the pre mifes in queftion were not worth more than taiecl. which film they faid had been offered the plaintiff.. Mr. Serjeant BEST contended, that no more than 17401. had been offered, and that the premifes were worth confiderably more. He admitted the public were indebted to the City of London for thl im provements they were making ; yet while the ge nerality of the citizens rejoiced, the lamentations of an oppreffed individual fhould be paid attention to. The deceafed Mr. Clarke had left a widoW and feveral children, whom the Jury were called upon to protect, and to fay under all the circumilances of the cafe, what they were entitled to for the premifes thus violently, though legally torn from them. The learned Counfel then enumerated the 'Ranh in his way, when the Jury gave a Verdi& for the plaintiffs for Two 7 &refund One Hundred Pounds— Four hundred more than the City had offered, according to the plaintiffs ftatement. `ASSAULT.—John Lee, a conffable, and fireet keeper, in the parifh of St. Andrew, Holborn, was indieled for affaulting Mrs. Wane, in Fleet-market. Mrs. Wane Rated, that the was walking along Fleet-market with a female friend, when a foldier ran againft her. She Aced him why he did fo On which he turned back and ran againft her a fecond time ; feeing the prifoner come out of a liquor (hop, the told the foldier fhe had a great mind to charge the conftable with him ; on which the prifoner whifpered to the foldier to charge her ; and he actually took her to the Compter in Gilt• fpur-ftreet, where fhe was confined without any charge being given ; and that he (truck her feveral times whilft he was conveying her thither. The foldier was called, who proved the above flaternent, and faid that he a(ked Mrs. Wane's pardon at the time, and that he was lorry for what had happened. The RECORDER reprobated the condud of the prifoner in Prong terms. He laid that no eolith:v. ble was anthorifed to ufe force or firike a prifoner while conveying him or het to a place of latety. In the prefent inflance, he had been guilty of a derelidion of duty, in daring to advife another to accufe an innocent perfon. The Jury found him guilty, and the Court fen. tented him to be impriforied one year in Newgate. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. z. KELLERMAN V. HIEBERT AND OTHERS- This was an adion again(' the owners of a fhip called the Simon Taylor, from _London to Ja maica, for breach of contraa, under the following circumllances :—The Defendants had agreed to carry fome ftores for the Plaintiff to Yallows Bay, in Jamaica, and it was expreisly underftood that the (hip in queftion fhould proceed thither without touching at Kingfton. The Plaintiff had a particular reafon for mak ing this reftri&ion, having frequently experienced the inconvenience of filtering the goods to bt landed at Kingfton, and afterwards conveyed in another veffel to Yallows Bay, and in time of war it was attended with confiderable rick ; for the 'hips employed for that purple were, on account .of the ivinds, obliged to make fo large an offing, that they frequently fell into the hands of the ene my's cruizers. The Captain of the Simon Taylor, however, departed from the contra& ; the goods were land ed at Kingfton, and the brig which was to convey them to Yallows Bay was captured.—Verdia for. the Plaintiff, damages 4501. COURT OF KING'. BENCH, DEC. z 6. PUBLIC HOUSE SCORES. BERKELEY V. RIC HARDSON• Mr. GARROW Rated, that the Plaintiff was proprietor of the (peen's Head Tavern at Iflington, the Defendant had formerly kept an old iron-4110p in this City, but having made a little money, was refolved to quit the quasar fcene, and retire with his lady to Iflington: no fooner had he entered the purlieus of a fafhionable neighbourhood, but he became himfelf a man of fafhiern--.-he now has ftpan:lla from his wife. But while they lived together at Illington, they found the air damp and raw, and no cordial agreed with his lady's health fo well as a glafs of Brandy, or of pure Native Gin. This being the cafe, they became frequent cuftorners of the. Plaintiff, whom they always forgot to pay, until at length their fcore amounted to 281. for which the Plaintiff now brought his a&ion. Mr. GIBBS, on the part of the defendant, read an Extra& from the A& of the 27th of the King, which ena&s, 64 That no Bill which is compofed of debts contra&ed for fpirituous liquors, to a frnaller amount than ten (billings each time, (hall be recoverable either in law or in equity." On this A& he refted his cafe, and would prove that molt of the demand was compofed of final' ("cores under tos. per time. Every part of the dem that was not circumaanced in that manner they had tendered payment of, and had a&ually paid the money into Court. Mr. GARROW then obje&ed, that the A& only mentioned fpiritt, and was calculated .10 1 . repref; drunkennef in the lower orders; but dilnot extend to mixed liquors, or to the punch, with which the Defendant and his Lady ufed co comfort and re gale themfelves. Lord ELLENBOROUCH faid, that principle. would go too far. If publicans could ev:tdc the Al, by diluting their fpirits with water, he believed they would he found very ready to .1 . 5 i ZiS thx.:znode of being fafe.—The Plaintiff wisSeaitrls z • . 1