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More teafing this:-but love prevailing,

I overlook this fecond failing.
But thou, more bold, the more excus'd,
(And kindness thus is oft abus'd)
Some fresh affault haft foon devis'd;
And, ere of thy intent appris'd, [paw,
Snatch'd from my hand, with flippant
My mumbled pen I fee thee gnaw.
Rous'd at a frolic fo provoking,
And much too angry grown for joking,
I fnatch my pen and loudly fcold,
Minx, huffey, flut, let go thy hold !
What tug? Take heed; for, if I catch
thee
[thee.
Once more at this, I vow I'll match
Thefe threats defpis'd, I then reprefs,
With flip on nofe, thy faucinefs.
At this rebuff, thy neck clofe fhrinking,
Thy whiskers flat, and eye-lids blink-
ing,

Thou fneakeft back with fad difmay,
And looks that confcious guilt betray,→
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And o'er the wild bleak hill,
And unfledg'd fields along,
Púrfue the trickling rill:
O rife!

Cloath'd with that modeft grace
That veils the glowing beauties of
thy face,

And downward points the radiance
of thine eyes.

I wait thee on the thawing moun-
tains,
[fountains;
Whore fpring diffolves the lingering
O! trace with me the opening flow-
ers; Land vernal showers.
Brave the fharp breeze, damp dews,
Wild various nature ftrews her
charms,
[calms.

And ftorms furround her mildeft O! to her frowns let us fuperior be; Tafle each delight, and hail the coming fpring,

Singing the heavenly fong of liberty!".

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FOREIGN NEWS.

Ratisbon, Feb. t.

N the 29th ult. the general affembly of the empire unanimously refolved, in all the three colleges, to pay the further fum of 100 Roman months. In the act of opinion of the empire, fent to his imperial majesty, it is stated, "That as the French government had refused to enter into negotiations with the German empire, it was abfolutely neceffary to carry into effect the decree of the empire, made on the 22d of December, 1794, for the exprefs purpofe of meeting fuch an event, to unite all their ftrength, and put themselves in both an offenfive and defenfive fituation, fo as to compel the enemy to comply with the wifh of the bead of the empire, and all the states, to conclude a peace on the grounds already fpecified; and that for this purpose the cheft of the empire confents to pay 100 Roman months, the payment of which is to be made in four different terms, the first in four, and the three others at the end of fix weeks fucceffively; and that all the arrears are to be demanded with the greatest ftrictness.

Lisbon, Feb. 2. The prince and princefs of Brafil, with the infant Don Pedro, fet off on the 7th of January for Badajos to have a correfpondence with the king of Spain. Their retinue is very small, as befides the guards their only attendants are the marquis Pontz de Lima, fecretary of ftate, and the Spanish minifter refident at Lisbon.

Don Diego de Norenho, late Portuguese ambassador at Madrid, is to be promoted to the rank of fecretary of ftate for the marine department.

An African prince has arrived in a Portuguese veffel from Baja, to claim protection and affistance against another of the native princes, more powerful than himself.

Berlin, Feb. 6. It is believed that the
VOL. XXVII.

co-operation of his majefty, in reftoring a general peace to the empire, is at prefent the chief aim of our cabinet and that the invitation of the minifter of ftate, de Hardenberg, and that of the hereditary prince de Hohenloe, have, in particular, that very import-" ant object in view.

In the moft fpeedy manner, every thing in former Poland is altering into the Pruffian form of ftate adminiftration. The greateft difficulty, it seems, will be in regard to the jurifprudence; that branch of administration having hitherto been upon fuch a footing in Poland, as fcarcely feems capable of admitting an effential amendment, without a toral new organisation of the courts of juftice and the whole mode of their proceedings. The mint will fhortly undergo a total alteration, the Pruffian ftamp being intended to be introduced every where; although nothing has as yet been decided as to the forts of coins, and in what manner they are to be ftamped.

The order of the white eagle will, it is faid, for the future, be under the direction of the elector of Saxony, he looking upon the appointing thefe knights as a family prerogative, fince the time of his grand father. Vienna, Feb. 7. official advices from Turin, that the It appears, by our French propofed to the Piedmontefe a truce, fimilar to that which fubfilts on the Rhine; but that the latter refused to confent to this measure. It results from the declaration of the Sardinian ambassador, and the preparations of our cabinet, that the two courts are refolved to continue in concert the war in Italy, with more vigour and energy than ever. The king of Naples has offered a confiderable body of cavalry; which offer has been accepted.

General baron de Lauer, and the celebrated col. de Chateler, are appointed T

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to affift arch-duke Charles in the command of the army.

According to agreements between our court and that of St. Peter fburgh, all our frontier troops in Transylvania, Sclavonia, &c. amounting to 100 000 men, are to take the field. Three millions of florins have been fent to the army of the Rhine.

Peterburgh, Feb. 10. General Suwarrow has been to Finland, to take a furvey of the forts, &c. where he remained eight days, and has fince returned to the imperial court. The infurrection in Georgia is faid to have terminated.

Florence, Feb. 12. The earthquake which we experienced on the night of the 3d was felt with much more violence at Arezzo. On Monday the 1ft inftant, fome confiderable shocks were felt, and repeated with the fame violence on Tuesday and Wednesday: at length on Thursday evening, the earth fhook with fo much violence, that the inhabitants thought their laft hour was come; a number of houfes were damaged, and part of the convent of Carmelites entirely destroyed; fortunately no lives were loft.

Genoa, Feb. 11. It is faid that the French general Scheref has received orders fpeedily to recommence the operations of the war. His army, confifting of nearly 50.000 men, will foon be put in motion, in order to penetrate into Italy. It is reported alfo, that a frong desertion is prevailing in this

army.

Accounts from Turin flate that all the officers there have been ordered to join the army. Sailors are pressed at Marseilles, and in the whole province of Provence, for the fleet of Toulon.

Letters from Madrid mention, that advices were received there, that as foon as the determination of the Spanish go. vernment to deliver St. Domingo up to the French, was known in that ifland, an infurrection of the negroes took place, who maffacred a number of Spaniards, and laid wafte upwards of 100 miles of the plantations.

lions of florins from our government, will likewife be refused.

Bruffels, Feb. 13. It appears certain, that the executive directory have at length "determined to open the Scheldt, and to compel the fates general to abandon their claims to the exclufive navigation of that river."

We hear that feveral fhips richly laden are now in the ports of Holland, only waiting to fail to Antwerp, until all the obftructions to the free navigation of the Scheldt be removed.

Vienna, Feb. 13. For these two days paft the report of a peace has been renewed. It is faid that the triple alliance has alarmed the French government, which, fearful of the effects of so formidable an union, have defifted from their exaggerated pretenfions. It is added that the last courier, arrived from Bafle with difpatches from our minifter, M. de Degelmann, has brought the modifications which the directory have made to their firft conditions.

Coblentz, Feb. 14. All preparations for a continuation of the war are made, and the opening of a fresh campaign. only depends on the arrival of the generals. General Kleber is on a tour to infpect the whole army, to fee whether every thing is in proper order. In the vicinity of Kayferfwerth is an intrenched French camp, consisting of 25,000 men, for which the country of Berg is obliged to furnish confiderable quantities of ftraw. The intrenchments at Duffeldorff are completed, and require, for their defence 13,000 men and 100 pieces of cannon. Thofe at Neufs and Kayferfwerth alfo require 100 pieces of cannon cach.

Hague, Feb. 15. On the 5th inftant Zealand at length confented to the convocation of a national convention; fo that now all the feven provinces, with Drenthe and Dutch Brabant, are unanimous in favour of this measure; and every preparation was making for its meeting on the 18th inftant. Amfterdam, on the 18th inftant, was to chufe the 480 electors for 14 diftricts, and the day after the representatives were to be chofen.

Our government have folemnly refufed to deliver up to the French the Bafle, Feb. 16. According to report, poffeffion of the fortreffes of Savona and a requeft has been made by the empe Gavi. It is alfo afferted that a requeftror to the cantons to prevent the purof the French, for a loan of thirty mil-chafe of horses, oxen, &c. by the French

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