This is that fort of paffion which truly deferves the name of Love, and has fomething more generous than friendship itself; for it has a conftant care of the object beloved, abstracted from its own interefts in the poffeffion of it. Sappho was proceeding on the fubject, when my fifter produced a Letter fent to her in the time of my abfence, in celebration of the marriage state, which is the condition wherein only this fort of paffion reigns in full authority. The epittle is as follows: 46 66 Dear Madam, OUR brother being abfent, I dare take the liberty of writing to you my thoughts of that "ftate, which our whole Sex either is or defires to be "in: You will eafily guefs I mean Matrimony, which "I hear so much decryed, that it was with no fmall la "bour I maintained my ground against two opponents; "but, as your brother obferved of Socrates, I drew "them into my conclusion, from their own conceffions; "thus: In marriage are two happy things allow'd, "If you think they were too easily confuted, you may conclude them not of the first fenfe, by their talking against Marriage. Yours, Mariana I obferved Sappho began to redden at this epiftle; and turning to a Lady, who was playing with a dog fhe was fo fond of, as to carry him abroad with her; nay, fays fhe, I cannot blame the men if they have mean ideas of our Souls and affections, and wonder fo many are brought to take us for companions for life, when they see our endearments fo triflingly placed: For to my knowledge, M 2 Mr. Mr. Truman would give half his eftate for half the affection you have fhewn to that Shock: Nor do I believe you would be ashamed to confefs, that I faw you cry, when he had the cholic laft week with lapping four milk. What more could you do for your Lover himself? What more, replied the Lady. There is not a man in England for whom I could lament half fo much. Then the ftifed the animal with kiffès, and called him Beau, Life, Dear, Monfieur, Pretty Fellow, and what not, in the hurry of her impertinence. Sappho rofe up; as fhe always does at any thing the obferves done, which difcovers in her own Sex a levity of mind, which renders them inconfderable in the opinion of ours. N° 41. Thursday, July 14, 1709. TH -Celebrare domeftica faca. To celebrate actions done at home. White's Chocolate-houfe, July 12. HERE is no one thing more to be lamented in our nation, than their general affectation of every thing that is foreign; nay, we carry it fo far, that we are more anxious for our own countrymen when they have croffed the feas, than when we fee them in the fame dangerous condition before our eyes at home Elfe how is it poffible, that on the twenty-ninth of the laft month, there fhould have been a battle fought in our very streets of London, and no body at this end of the town have heard of it. I proteft, I, who make it my business to enquire after adventures, thould never have known this, had not the following account been fent me inclosed in a Letter. This, it feems, is the way of giving out orders in the Artillery-company; and they prepare for a day of of action with so little concern, as only to call it, "Exercife of Arms." "An An Exercife at Arms of the Artillery-company, to be performed on Wednesday, June the twenty-ninth, 1709% under the command of Sir Jofeph Woolfe, Knight and Alderman, General; Charles Hopfon, Efquire, prefent: Sheriff, Lieutenant-general; Captain Richard Synge Major; Major John Shorey, Captain of Grenadiers; Captain William Grayburt, Captain John Butler, Captain Robert Carellis, Captains.. HE body marched from the Artillery-Ground through Moregate, Coleman-ftreet, Lothbury, Broad-street, Finch-lane, Cornhill, Cheapfide, St. Mar"tin's, St. Anne's-lane, halt the pikes under the wall "in Noble-freet, draw up the firelocks facing the Gold"fmiths-ball, make ready and face to the left, and fire, " and fo ditto three times. Beat to arms, and march "round the hall, as up Lad-lane, Gutter-lane, Honey-"lane, and fo wheel to the right, and make your falute "to my Lord, and so down St. Anne's-lane, up Alderf gate-ftreet, Barbican, and draw up in Red Cross fireet, "the right at St. Paul's Alley in the rear. March off Lieutenant-general with half the body up Beech-lane : Hc fends a fub-divifion up King's-Head court; ands "takes poft in it, and marches two divifions round into "Red-Lion-market, to defend that pafs, and fuccour the"divifion in King's-Head-court; but keeps in White Crefs-freet, facing Beech-lane, the reft of the body "ready drawn up. Then the General marches up "Beech-lane, is attacked, but forces the divifion in the "court into the market, and enters with three divifions "while he preffes the Lieutenant-general's main body; "and at the fame time the three divifions force thofe of "the revolters out of the market, and to all the Lieute nant-general's body retreats into Chifwell-freet, and lodges two divifions in Grub Street; and as the General marches on, they fall on his flank, but foon made "to give way: but having a retreating place in Red"Lion-court, but could not hold it, being put to fight through Paul's alley, and purfued by the General's M. 3. grena ་་ grenadiers, while he marches up and attacks their "main body, but are opposed again by a party of men as lay in Black-Raven-court; but they are forced also "to retire foon in the utmost confusion, and at the same "time, those brave divifions in Paul's-alley ply their "rear with grenadoes, that with precipitation they take to the rout along Bunhill-row: So the General "marches into the Artillery-ground, and being drawn up, finds the revolting party to have found entrance, and makes a fhow as if for a battle, and both armies "foon engage in form, and fire by platoons." Much might be faid for the improvement of this fyftem; which, for its ftile and invention, may instruct Generals and their historians, both in fighting a battle, and defcribing it when it is over, Thefe elegant expreffions, Ditto-And fo--But foon--But having--But "could not--But are--) -But they--Finds the party to have found, &c.". -do certainly give great life and fpirit to the relation. Indeed I am extremely concerned for the Lieutenantgeneral, who by his overthrow and defeat, is made a deplorable inflance of the fortune of war, and viciffitudes of human affairs. He, alas! has loft, in Beech-lane and Chifwel-fireet, all the glory he lately gained in and about Holborn and St. Giles's. The art of fubdividing firft, and dividing afterwards, is new and furprizing; and according to this method, the troops are difpofed in King'sHead-court and Red-Lion-market: Nor is the conduct of thefe leaders lefs confpicuous in their choice of the ground or field of battle. Happy was it, that the greatest part of the atchievements of this day was to be performed near Grub-street, that there might not be wanting a fufficient number of faithful hiftorians, who, being eyewitneffes of these wonders, fhould impartially transmit them to pofterity! But then it can never be enough regretted, that we are left in the dark as to the name and title of that extraordinary hero, who commanded the divifions in Paul's-alley; especially because those divifons are juftly ftiled brave, and accordingly were to push the enemy along Bunbill-row, and thereby occafion a general battle. But Pallas appeared in the form of a fhower of rain, and prevented the flaughter and defola tion, which were threatened by these extraordinary preparations. Hi motus animorum atque hæc certamina tanta Virg. Georg. IV. ver. 86. Yet all thofe dreadful deeds, this doubtful fray, Will's Coffee-houfe, July 13. DRYDEN. Some part of the company keep up the old way of converfation in this place, which ufually turned upon the examination of Nature, and an enquiry into the manners of men. There is one in the room fo very judicicus, that he manages impertinents with the utmoll dexterity. It was diverting this evening to hear a difcourfe between him and one of thefe Gentlemen.. He told me before that perfon joined us, that he was a Queftioner, who, according to his defcription, is one who afks queftions not with a defign to receive information, but an affectation to fhew his uneafinefs for want of it. He went on in afferting, that there are crouds of that modeft ambi. tion, as to aim no farther than to demonftrate that they are in doubt. By this time Will Whynot was fat down by us. "So Gentlemen, fays he, in how many days "think you, fhall we be matters of Tournay? Is the account of the action of the Vivarois to be depended up. "on? Could you have imagined England had fo much money in it as you fee it has produced? Pray, Sirs, "what do you think? Will the Duke of Savoy make "an irruption into France? But, fays he, time will "clear all these myfteries.' His answer to himfelfgave me the altitude of his head, and to all his questions I thus answered fatisfactorily. very 66 Sir, have you ་ "heard that this Slaughterford never owned the fact for "which he died? Have the News Papers mentioned "that matter? But, pray, can you tell me what method "will be taken to provide for thefe Palatines? But this, as you fay, time will clear. Ay, ay, fays he, and whifpers 66 M 4 |