Each other's escape with warm friendship they greet; Tom shakes hands with Betty, and Richard with Sue; [Sally Drew? But, ah! where is John Hewet? and where By the side of a haycock-a caution how [rain; vain! He sought her a shelter from lightning and His coat wrapp'd around her, her head on his breast, His arms circling her waist, they both found their long rest! Unsing'd was his hair, and unchang'd was her hue; [blue, On her bosom one spot of a dark, dingy On his cheek was the same; and one favouring blow Remov'd them from trials, unconscious of woe. For years of distress had perchance been their lot, [forgot; Or the virtue of youth their age might have Their life might with guilt have embitter'd its end; [their friend! Then Mercy which stopp'd it was surely His prayer was thus granted, the blessing was sent ! [pily went Remov'd from temptation, they most hapTo the port we all try with hard labour to gain, Through danger, through trouble, through sorrow and pain. PARTING WITH MY DEAREST. O! I could leave, for evermore, And, blest with him whom I adore, Could roam through foreign nations For, what are friends to lovers true ? Or dangers the severest? My heart will break to bid adieu In parting with my dearest! I dare not follow where he goes, Yet cannot live behind him: May Heaven protect him from his foes, And guide my steps to find him! For I can live in toil and care, And dangers the severest; Bat, like the wailings of despair, To a Friend, who desired me to write in Praise of a Lady whom he had seen, but knew not that there are Three Sisters. 1791 YOU task my Muse, and bid me raise To lovely KING the voice of praise, Yet say not which of that fair groupe Has made your stubborn spirit stoop: Is it that, like some cannibal, You boast of stomach for them all, And boldly would monopolize Three pairs of such bewitching eyes? Or, salamander-like, aspire To bask in such celestial fire! Teach me you silver ciond to scale, And bid their Sister Graces hail ! Inspir'd by them, I then might raise To lovely King the voice of Praise*. Alas! but little do you know How hardly lines for others flow; How treacherous your Bard may prove, And be a rival of your love! Thus, when for HARRIET T prepzce, In strains sublime, to tell how fair; *The above lines were written on the three daughters of Admiral Sir Richard King, bart. M. P. by Richard Vernon Sadleir, esq.-Harriet married Col. Barnett, 3d regiment of Guard; Louisa, Col. Hammond; Eliza, Capt. Rowley, of his Majesty's Navy. ELIZA'S ELIZA's smiles arrest my pen, Such are the lines which, in my early days, {praise; The sportive Muse would dictate to your But sober Age, though not to Beauty [the mind: blind, Seeks through the form the treasures of Frail are the charms which chance alone The following Lines, from the pen of Mr. SCOTT, are to be found, in his hand-writing, in the Album at Ulva. They are addressed to RONALD MACDONALD, Esq. the Laird of Staffa. Ulva is situated at a short distance from the island of Staffa. STAFFA! sprung from high Macdonald, Worthy branch of old Clanronald; Pleasure's frail daughters trip along the Steyne, [dite. Led by the dame the Greeks called AphroPhoebus the tanner plies his fiery trade, The graceful nymphs ascend Judæa's ponies, Scale the West cliff, or visit the parade, While poor papa in town a patient drone is. Loose trowsers snatch the wreath from pantaloons! [weather in, Nankeens of late were worn the sultry But now (so will the Prince's light dragoons) White jeans have triumph'd o'er their Indian brethren. Here with choice food earth smiles, and ocean yawns, [ton; Intent alike to please the London glutThis, for our breakfast, proffers shrimps and prawns, [and mutton. That, for our dinner, South-down lamb Yet here, as elsewhere, Death impartia! reigns, Visits alike the cot and the Pavilion And for a bribe, with equal scorn disdains, My half-a crown, and BARING's half-a million. Alas! how short the span of human pride, [are undone, Time flies, and Hope's romantic schemes CROSWELLER'S coach, that carries four inside, [to London. Waits to take back the unwilling Bard Ye circulating Novelists, adieu, Long envious cords my black portmanteau tighten; Billiards, begone! avaunt, illegal loo! Farewell, old Ocean's bauble, glittering Brighton! scorn, Long shalt thou laugh thine enemies to [places! Proud as Phoenicia, queen of wateringBoys yet unbreech'd, and virgins yet uuborn, [blooming faces. On thy bleak downs shall tan their Found written in the Cover of an old Book. TIME wasteth years and moneths, and days and oures; [and strength; Time doth consume fame, riches, witt, Time kills the greenest hearbs and sweetest flowers; (pride at length; Time weares out youth and beautie's Yet shall not Time upon my heart prevaile, Nor any Time shall make my love to faile. A. D. 1636. THEOP. NILKENARPE. On seeing the Meeting-yard at Castle Hedingham, Essex, entirely overgrown with long Grass. WITHOUT fine tropes or metaphors, alas! Our Meeting-yard here proves that flesh is grass. ED. HARWOOD. INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Admiralty-office, Aug. 25. Extract of a letter from Sir J. Saumarez, to J. W. Croker, Esq. dated Victory, Hano Bay, Aug, 1. Lieut. Templer, of the Earnest gunbrig, has captured a Danish cutter privateer, of two guns and 13 men, in the Cattegat, on the 28th ult. and the boats of the Censor, Lieut. Lucas, cut out a French privateer sloop from the harbour of Stralsund, on the 25th; she is pierced for 4 guns, with a crew of 40 men, 3 of whom only were on board. The Martial gun-brig has captured a row-boat privateer belonging to Bornholm, with 12 men; and the Swan cutter has this morning brought in another row-boat of the same description, with 11 men, one of whom was killed, and another wounded, in attempting to make their escape; and also re-captured a gal liot which she had taken. Admiralty-office, Aug. 28. Adm. Sir E. Nagle, Commander-in-chief of H.M. ships and vessels at Leith, has transmitted to J. W. Croker, Esq. a letter from Lieut. J. Nugent, commanding the Strenuous gun-brig, dated at Sea, the 10th inst. of which the following is an extract: "I take leave to acquaint you, that at ten a. m. this day, the Naze bearing East eight or nine leagues, a convoy of the Enemy's coasters (ten in number), #consisting of schooners and sloops, were discovered steering to the Eastward between Fogstein and Hiteroe, under protection of a three-masted schooner and another armed vessel; not an, instant. was lost in using every possible exertion to cut them off, particularly the threemasted schooner, when unfortunately falling light winds, by the assistance of her sweeps,, she escaped into Hiteroe; but we succeeded in turning the whole of the convoy, driving them on the rocks, and with the boats brought off two, notwithstanding their being protected by the troops on shore, whose discharges of musketry were unavailing; and inclose a list of vessels captured and driven on shore. Three Brothers sloop, of 50 tons, laden with fish, tallow, tobacco, &c.; Two Brothers sloop, of 60 tons, laden with ditto; three schooners and four sloops (names unknown), same cargoes, driven on the rocks." Admiralty-office, Sept. 1. Sir J. Saumarez has transmitted to J. W. Croker, esq. a letter from Capt. Robinson, of the Prometheus sloop, giving an account of his having-chased on shore and destroyed near Pillau, Aug. 2, the French GENT. MAG. October, 1810. schooner privateer Messilina, carrying G guns and 38 men; she had sailed from Dantzig the preceding day, had taken nothing, and was going to Pillau, with an intention of clearing the Bay. Admiralty-office, Sept. 4. The following letter to Capt. Lambert of the Iphigenia, has been transmittedby Vice-adm. Bertie, Commander at the Cape of Good Hope. Nereide, off the Mauritius, May 1. Sir, On reconnoitering the South-east coast upon this date, I perceived at the anchorage of Jacotel a ship of about 400 tons, and as she lay within pistol-shot of the two batteries which commanded the entrance and the harbour, I did not leave the Nereide until twelve o'clock a.m. and after much difficulty, found and entered (at five) the narrow intricate passage; and owing to low water, the surf half filling the boats, I was in hopes of landing and falling in upon their left battery without being discovered; but the Imperial schooner L'Estafette, of four brass guns and 14. men, commanded by Ensign de Vaisseau Henry Chauvin, unfortunately lying at anchor, so completely gave the alarm, that by the time the boats grounded, both batteries and two field-pieces were playing upon the only spot we could land; and our men no sooner formed upon the beach, than they were received by a heavy fire of musquetry. As every officer knew before we landed what was to be done afterwards, the whole party was instantly upon the run, and in 10 minutes in possession of the above battery. Having spiked the guns, we moved towards the guard-house, protected by two field-pieces, 40 troops of the 18th regiment of the line, 26 artillery, and a strong party of militia, the whole companded by Lieut. Rockman, of the 18th regiment. This party, while we were taking the battery, had attacked and driven our boats, with the division left to protect them, into the centre of the harbour. Their opening fire upon us, was the signal for charging, and, to my astonishment, they instantly gave way with a speed we could not equal; their officer, who deserved to command better. soldiers, was taken prisoner, with his two field-pieces. Hitherto twilight had hid our force; full day shewed to the Enemy the Nereide's small band of volunteers, consisting of 50 seamen, and the same number of marines; the strongest battery in their possession, and to gain which, it was necessary to pass the river Jacotel, at the foot of a high hill, covered with wood, and de fended fended by the Commandant of the Savannah district, Col. Etienne Colgard, two cannon, and a strong body of militia. Owing to the late heavy rains, we found the river swelled, and current so strong, that the tallest men could scarcely wade, the short were helped over, and more than half the party upon the swim, and in the thick of fire from the Enemy; but this difficulty was no sooner surmounted (though not without the loss of the greatest part of our ammunition), than three cheers warned the Enemy to prepare for the bayonet. The Jungle Hill, two guns, battery, and colours, were carried in style, and the Commandant, Col. Colgard, taken prisoner; nor do I think an officer or man of the party, except myself, had an anxious thought for the result of this unequal affair. Having spiked the guns, and one mortar, burnt and destroyed their carriages, the works, magazines, &c. and embarked the field-pieces, some naval and military stores, I was upon the point of returning to the ship, when the strong party I had driven from the first battery and field-pieces, appeared to have recovered from their panic, re-assembled (strongly reinforced by the militia and Burgeois inhabitants of the Island) upon our left; and as the Nereide's attack of Jacotel was the first ever made upon any point of the Isle of France, and knowing its principal defence consists in its militia, I determined upon running some risk of letting them know what they had to expect if their Island was ever attacked by a regular British force. Moving towards them, they at the same time advancing within musket shot, they opened their fire; and I instantly turned direct into the country in an oblique line to them, to get into their rear, and if so, not to leave to the defeated party the resource of a retreat; at first they halted and remained upon their ground, but the moment we began to move in quick time, and they understood my intention, they again beat us in fair running for more than a mile into the country. On returning to our boats, we burnt the signal house, flag-staff, &c. a mile from the beach; and having sounded well the harbour, and done all I wished, I again embarked and returned to the Nereide. I now beg you will allow me to express how highly I approve of the gallant and regular conduct of every officer and man landed; indeed I feel myself under the greatest obligation to the Seniors, Lieutenants Burn, Langhorne, and Deacon, and Lieut. Cox, commanding the Marines, with Lieut. Desbrisay under him. I have to regret my return of The return list contains one marine killed, and seven marines and seamen wounded, including Lieut. H. C. Deacon. [Admiral Sir J. B. Warren, Commander-in-chief at Halifax, bas transmitted to J. W. Croker, Esq. a letter which he had received from Capt. E. Hawker, of his Majesty's ship Melampus, giving an account of his having, in company with his Majesty's sloop Driver, captured, on the 28th of May last, a fine French corvette brig letter of marque, burthen 400 tons, with ports for 20 heavy carronades, and a complement of 74 men, her name La Fantome; she had made three captures.] Admiralty-office, Sept. 8. Extract of two Letters from Vice-adm. Drury, Commander-in-chief in the East Indies, addressed to the Hon. W. W. Pole, and dated on board the Russell, Madras Roads, Feb. 16. I have received a letter from Capt. Briggs, of his Majesty's ship Clorinde, stating his having captured on the 28th of January last, off the Basses, the French ship privateer L'Henri, mounting eight 12-pounders, pierced for 14 guns, and with a complement of 57 men. Lieut. Wm. Kempthorne, commanding his Majesty's brig Diana, has captured the Tephin, a Dutch national brig of war, on the 11th of September last, having 14 guns. Letter from Vice-adm. D'Augverne, Commander-in-chief at Guernsey, to J. W. Croker, Esq dated on board the Ulysses, Grenville Bay, Jersey, Aug. 30. Sir, I have the honour to transmit inclosed, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the Master of the hired cutter Queen Charlotte's report of the very gallant action he sustained yesterday afternoon with one of the Enemy's large cutters near Alderney. When the great disproportion of force opposed to our small vessel is considered, the conduct of Mr. Thomas, the Commander of the Queen Charlotte, and his gallant little crew, appears highly creditable to them.-The Queen Charlotte is armed only with four-pounders and 25 men; whereas the Enemy's vessel appears to have been formerly the Swan, one of our revenue cut ters ters, captured about two years ago off Portland, and is known to be armed with 16 twelve-pounders, from 80 to 100 men, and still, with that immense superiority, found it meet to give way to the distinguished gallantry of our little vessel, who, besides being shattered in her rigging and sails, I have to lament that most of her wounded are grievously #0; one has died and another is given over, but the rest are doing well at Alderney, where they were landed after the action, the cutter having no surgical assistance on board. J. D'AUGVERNE & BOUILLON, Vice-adm. Queen Charlotte, St. Aubin's Bay, Aug. 30. Sir, I have the honour to acquaint you, that proceeding off Cherbourgh, agreeably to your order, with Mr. P. A. Mulgrave, on the 29th inst. at three p. m. Alderney bearing S.S. W. three or four leagues, observed a large cutter in the S. E. standing for us, with an English white ensign and pendant flying; not liking her appearance I made the necessary preparation for giving her as warm a reception as possible. At halfpast three he came close to us, luffed up, and hauled down the English ensign, and hoisted French; and at the same time we gave him our broadside of round and grape, which was quickly returned by the Enemy; we continued the action within pistol-shot till five p. m. when the Enemy hauled his wind to the N. E. leaving us in no condition to follow him, having the boatswain killed, fourteen wounded, some of them badly; among the latter is Mr. P. A. Mulgrave. At six p.m. two shore-boats came off from Alderney, and I sent the wounded men bý them on shore.-From the great superiority of the Enemy, being a large cutter of 16 guns, and full of men, and our crew only 25 men in all, I trust that the conduct of his Majesty's hired cutter Queen Charlotte will meet your approbation on this occasion. I cannot say too much in praise of my chief mate and pilot, and all my little crew, for their undaunted bravery and good conduct. JOSEPH THOMAS, Master. Extract of a letter from Capt. Byron, of the Belvidera, to J. W. Croker, Esq. dated North Yarmouth, September 6. You will be pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that being near in shore off Studtland, coast of Norway, on the 22d of July, his Majesty's ship Nemesis in company, 1 observed a deep bay in the evening, and sent Mr. M Pherson, the Master of the Belvidera, to sound round it, who, perceiving three vessels at anchor, rowed near to reconnoitre them: in the night they fired at him, the strangers being Danish gun-vessels. On the following morning the launch, with a 12-pounder carronade in its bow, barge, and two cutters of the Belvidera, were well manned and armed as soon as possible, under the command of Lieuts. Nisbett and Bruce, and Lieut. Campbell, of the Royal Marines; and the launch, pinnace, and yawl of the Nemesis, under Lieuts. Hodgkens and Smith; the seven boats rapidly advanced to attack the Enemy, which soon began to cannonade them; the boats firing their bow guns with great effect, the Danish colours were soon struck, and the two gun-schooners Balder and Thor, each carrying two long 24-pounders and six 6-pounder howitzers, and each manned with 45 men, in our possession; the gun-boat No. 5, carrying one 24-pounder and 25 men, had repeatedly fired, was chased up a fiora, and abandoned by the crew, was blown up by our boats, whose excellent fire and resolution to close threw the Enemy into confusion, and, notwithstanding the firmness of Lieuts. Dahlreup and Rasmusen, their com manders, caused their fire to be ineffective; we fortunately had no_loss the Enemy had four men killed. I cannot sufficiently praise the conduct' of all the Officers, Master's Mates, Midshipmen, and every seaman and marine of the Belvidera. Capt. Ferris has expressed to me his perfect approbation of all belonging to the Nemesis. Downing-street, Sept. 18. Extract of a Dispatch from Lieut.-gen. Lord Visc. Wellington, K.B. &c. dated Celorico, August 29, 1810. The Enemy opened their fire upon Almeida late on Saturday night, or early on Sunday morning, the 26th instant; and I am concerned to add, that they obtained possession of the place in the course of the night of the 27th. I have no intelligence, upon which I can rely, of the cause of its surrender. An explosion had been heard at our advanced posts; and I observed on Monday, that the steeple of the Church was destroyed, and many houses of the town unroofed. I had a telegraphic communication with the Governor; but unfortunately the weather did not allow of our using it on Sunday, or during a great part of Monday, and, when the weather cleared on that day, it was obvious that the Governor was in communication with the enemy. After I was certain of the fall of the place, I moved the infantry of the army again into the valley of the Mondego, keeping a division upon Guarda, and the out-posts of the cavalry at Alverca. The Enemy attacked our picquets |