lefs Ambition, together with the amicable Interpofition of common Friends, will, we doubt not, prevail intirely to put an end to the pre. fent Troubles.

Your Majefty's tender Care of Your People, A in preferving to them the Bleffings of Peace, whilft other Countries have been haraffed with War, calls for our thankful Acknowledgements, which we beg leave to lay at your Royal Feet. The extraordinary Supplies of late Years, neceffarily railed by Your Parliament, however unwilling to burthen their Fellows-fubjects, have been the Refult of their juft Confidence, That all Powers repofed in Your Majefty would be made Use of only for the Honour of Your Crown, and the Welfare of Your People.

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It is with the greateft Pleasure, we now fee the happy Effects of thefe Measures, in our prefent Situation; nor could we entertain the leaft Doubt but thatYourMajefty would improve the firft Opportunity to leffen this Expence, as far as Prudence and the Pofture of Affairs would permit, In this View, we beg Leave to return our unfeigned Thanks for the Orders, which Your Majefty hath graciously been pleafed to give for making a confiderable Reduction of Your Forces, both by Sea and Land; and we cannot accompany thofe Thanks with a more becoming Proof of our Gratitude, than by affu. D Ting your Majefty, as we moft fincerely do, That we will zealously and chearfully concur in all fuch Meafures, as fhall be neceflary to maintain the Security of Your Kingdoms, and to continue the juft Influence of Your Crown amongst the Powers abroad.

We are deeply fenfible of Your Majesty's unwearied Labours to make us a happy People. E Nothing fhall be wanting on our Part to iender thofe paternel Labours effectual, by promoting good Harmony and Unanimity at Home, and by demonftrating, in all our Actions, how Aedfaitly we have at Heart, the zealous and vigorous Support of your Majefty and Your Goverument, the Prefervation of the Proteftant

Succeffion in Your Royal Houfe, and the Peace F and Prosperity of our Country.

I

His MAJESTY's moft Gracious Answer.
My Lords,

Return you My hearty Thanks for this dutiful and affectionate Addrefs. Nthing can give Me fo fenfible a Pleafure, as the Satisfaction you Shew in my Endeavours for the Repefe of Europe,

and the Care I have taken of the Peace and Welfare of My Kingdoms. As I rely with the greatet Confidence, on your Support in the Pursuit of thefe gra; Ends; so you may always depend in My Ready Perfeverance in fuch Measures. as may moft effectually promote and fecure the Eafe, Commerce, and Profperity of My People.

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The Lady's Character we were obliged to

emit.

ADVERTISEMENT.

WE are obliged to omit fome Things of lefs Moment, to take the first Opportunity of exby a Friend, that Part of the Propofal for a preffing our Concern, upon being acquainted Gold Medal offer'd in our Supplement, has given great Offence to a Lady, whofe Name muft not be mention'd again by us, tho' we have feen it with Pleafure at the Head of a Lift of Benefactors, made public in feveral News Papers. It is fome Satisfaction to us under this Misfortune, that no body has the leaft Sufpicion of our intending any Difrefpect; and it may be prefum'd that we could not, in our Situation, forefee that what was faid, would be fo far taken amifs: Since it is, we heartily ask her Ladyship's Pardon for inferting her Name without her Confent or Knowledge; and do not defire to proceed under her Difpleasure; tho' we are under an Obligation to perform our Promife, if not prejudicial to another; and tho' it is univerfally allow'd what additional Value a Piece of Gold may receive from a proper Impreffion.

This unexpected Objection feads us to obferve, That as the greateft Merit is infeparably atrended with an Averfion to all Kinds of Oftentation, we are not a little apprehenfive, that the Gentleman alfo may be difpleafed at the publick Compliment defign'd him in the faid Propofal. And, indeed, we can now recollect one ftrong Reafon to think that he would not have given his Confent to any fuch Purpofe, if we had acquainted him with it before he failed for Georgia: But as the publick Voice has every where founded his beneficent and generous Actions; and has much approved both the Motto and Medal with Regard thereto, we must defire thofe worthy Gentlemen of the Trufiees of GENTgia, who correfpond with him, to plead fo much in our Behalf, that we may not fall under the Refentment of another Perfon, to whom we are equally defirous of giving the utmoft Teftimonies of our Respect and De

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NOTE, AS we cannot have the Pleasure of inferting the Decifion of the 501. &c. Prizes, this Month, for want of the Answers of the Gentlemen to whom that Affair was fubmitted, we fall defer our intended Propofal concerning the Sum of 401. to our next Magazine: By which Time we hope the Gentlemen may have Leisure to confider the Poems, and to fend their Opinions, as defired, that we may be enabled to fatisfy the Expectations of the Candidates and the Pal back in relation thereto.

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HE Grand queftion inReligion confidered, whether we shall obey God or man, Chrift or the Pope, the Prophets and Apofiles, or Prelates and Priefts; fhewing plainly that Chrift is not God, but the Prophets whom God had raised up. By E. Elwall; fold by J. Noon.

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The NEW YEAR's ODE.

By C. CIBBER, Efq;

YE Smiling Seafons, fing the day,

Hail, with the clos'd, the op'ning year,
Recount your various bleffings here;
Here what you owe to Cæfar's (way,
In grateful fong to Cæfar pay.
While foreign lands are wattes of woe,
Sing you your years of quiet pafl;
If this advancing reach the laft,
What greater good can heav'n bestow,
Or, height of glory, monarch know?
Ye warbling choir that chaunt the spring,
Ye fields of fummer painted flowers,
Ye fruits and grains that autumn pours,
Ye hoards of wealthy winter, fing,
Awake the year with Cæfar's praise
The grateful theme demands our lays.
AIR.

His crown, adorn'd by virtue, fing.
More than his crown adorns the king;
Who adds fuch luftre to his race,
As feems to darken by excef::
Whofe regal ftate and pomp, we find,
Receive the r glory from his mind;
And tho' his realms ftretch wide the wing,
In him the heroe fhades the king.

RECITATIVO.

Form to your wishes, Britons, form a prince, Adorn his pow'r with boundless excellence ; Survey the govern'd world, and then declare, That heav'n has rais'd that prince, and fix 3 him here.

AIR.

Here, his utmoft pow'r afpires,
But to indulge our just defires:

So wide our bounds of liberty,

That reft lefs Faction feels the's free;
Free to unload her wild complaints,

As if her fchemes were form'd by faints;
As if no people cou'd be bleft,
That dare be great while fhe's diftreft.
RECITATIVO

Hence, gloomy, faithlefs Fear,

Thou yellow Jealousy,

No face of fadness here,

Shall cloud the joyous Day.

CHORUS.

While truth and virtue guide the helm,

Secure we range the feas;

While GEORGE, with juftice. fways the realm,
With pride the land ob ys.
Thus happy years on years inroll'd,
Shail teach the new to praife the old.

The Surprizing in this ODE is the new Invocation of the Seafons, to hail, with the clos'd, the opening Year.

On the New YEAR'S ODE, compos'd by
COLLEY CIBBER, Efq; A Pattoral.
Strephon. COLLEY has tun'd again his fife.
Thyris. Has be!
'slife!
Strephon. Nor is he yet quite out o'breath.
Thyrlis. Not yet?

"sdeath! PHILOMELOS.

On POETRY and SINGING. Occafion'd by the
Encouragement (hewn to Opera's and Italian
Singers. By the Author of the Veries to Mr
BROMLEY On the University of Cambridge.
ᏀᏓᏎ
TH
HAT POETRY's a theme divine,
By bounteons heav'n beftow'd,
All think who read each lofty line,
That from HOMER flow'd.
Rome's Scepter when AUGUSTUS fway'd,
None equall'd VIRGIL's flame,
Down to our times, his ftrains convey'd,
As high fill is his fame.
MILTON, now half a cent'ry dead,
England may ever boast;

With joy are his defcriptions read,
Tho' que mourn Eden loft.

Till BoYN remember'd is no more,,
Nor Naffau's vict'ry there,

The bays which (1) HALLIFAX once wore,
Will round his urn wreathe fair.
While liberty, to Britons dear,

A bleffing fall be thought,
And WILLIAM's mem'ry they revere,
They'll prize what (2) GARTH has wrote.
'Till DANUBE's ftreams fhall cease to run,
And MARLBRO's lawrels fade,
The tow'ring flights of (3) ADDISON,
Oblivion ne'er can fade.

'Till factions Spite,-fuch as pursues
WALPOLE high in renown,-

Exifts no more,—You NG's (4) happy muse,
Applaufe fall ever crown.

And THOMPSON, (5) thine, who dar'd to tell
Truths, the' by fome deny'd,

How HAMDEN,-RUSSEL,-patriots fell,
And for their country dy'd.

In every region, and each age,
That POETS ever writ,

Admir'd has been their facred rage,

Or frightly turns of wit.

With VERSE ball SINGING be compar'd,
of breath alone a blast?

Which, howe'er pleasing, whilft 'tis heard,
When heard, the pleasure's paft.
VERSE every paffion can excite,
SINGING but charms the ear,
From hence which show'd yield moft delight,
Mr be extremely clear.

Were VERSE encourag'd, as of old,

'Twould make all charmers known, And while their worth is july told,

The world that worth wou'd own.
The nobleft youths, like DORSET' her,
Wou'd not difdain the lyre,
While (5) British beauties, wondrous fair,
Fine fentiments infpire.

AMELIA, fr, the royal maid,
For fweeteft afpel fam'd,
In her own lufire, thus display'd,
With raptures bou'd be nam'd.

(1.) See his Epiale to the Earl of Dorfet. the Conclusion of his Difpenfary.

(1.) Sec (3) See the Gam(4. See the Installment. A Poern By De (5)ree Summer. A Poem. P. 38. 8vo. Edit. (5) Scc a Song (cauld, by the E. of Middleiex.

pizza. Young.