made very free with the property of others, while very tenacious of his own. He protefted, that the chancellor of Great Britain had autherifed him to hang any man in America without trial by jury: he played with his lap-dog; and he accumulated an immenfe fortune, which might all have been faved by the British nation, had they but thought of appointing for the commander in chief of that army, that very fame identical pretty little lapdog, instead of his lord hip, which would have done just as much towards the reduction of Quebec, without cofting the crown any more than its board at Mr. Welt's. My lord did not conquer Canada. This glory was referved for general Wolf, who never played with lap-dogs. The little dog in queftion, or at leaft his lordship's unfeafonable fondnefs for it, thus proving the fatal occafion of a moft fucceflels campaign, at a time, gentle reader, when you and I, and all of us, loved Great Britain, though fhe did not love us, hath to this moment (afking the pardon of the ladies, and all the lilies male of the land) given me an averfion to all the canine breed of that diminutive fpecies. hiero's return to Ithaca, and then inftantly expired. But I do not like all dogs; and pray, who ever admired the fnarling cur Cerberus ? I have, in particular, an averfion to lap-dogs. I wish I could cure it; because they are fo often the fondlings of the ladies: and who would chufe to be an enemy to any living thing, that is honoured with their affection? For fuch enmity, therefore, it is incumbent upon me publicly to account. I will cheerfully do it. In a certain war between France and Great Britain, the latter fent to America my lord L, as generaliffimo of her army, to take Quebec. My lord had a lap-dog. 1 do not remember its name; but I dare fay it was at leaft as fweet as that of Dulcinea. It was a very great favourite of his lordfhip. Whether or no he used to kifs it, I will not depofe: but he hugged it, and he ftroked it, and he ted it in the morning with chocolate fweetened with loaf fugar. Either conceiving from his own fund of knowledge, or being fo advised by the moft eminent phyficians, that the air of New Jerfey would prove more falutary to the health of this charming tiny creature, than that of New York, the noble general fent it to Mr. Weft's, at Elizabethtown Point, to be there boarded during the fummer feafon. Full as folicitous about proper fupplies and accommodations for this beautiful little play-thing, as for thofe of his troops, he fent with it a careful affiduous nurfe to attend it, with particular directions refpecting its diet. Upon this, I afked my-portant purpofe of killing one fox! elf (for my lord, in the plenitude Peradventuie, too, inftead of a fox, of his power, from his a:bitrary as I have actually known it to hapdifpofition, was that kind of man, pen, to dig out of a hole to which that I could not, without running the well-fcented hounds had led the the risk of being hanged, have eager hunters, a miferable opof afked the queftion of another), will fum! O the wonderful utility of a general, who is fo extremely attentive to a lap-dog, ever conquer Canada? My lord did not conquer Canada. What did he? Why, he As to hounds, it is a delicate point to fay any thing to their prejudice. They are dogs of fport; and who would wish to fpoil another man's fport? But twenty men, and twenty horfes, and twenty dogs, in twenty hours chace, and trefpafling on twenty times twenty of their neighbours' inclofures, for the im hounds! Refpe&ting puppies, I will not fay a word against them. They are ve ry numerous; and no prudent man will unneceffarily create a multitude | The ADVENTURES of the of enemies. But to dogs in general I cannot be reconciled, without drawing fome public benefit from them. They are great eaters. Some of them would distance, at this exercife, the greate epicure along-fide of a haunch of venifon or a green turtle. They often confume what were better bestowed upon the poor; and what would feed many hundreds. They are out of all humour with the moon, when in its brightest fplendour, which argues their love of darkness, and probably for the works of it: they frequently tempt a horfe to throw his rider: they frighten the ladies; and it is not long fince that one of them ran away with, and finally, feloniously murdered, the favourite parrot of Belinda, that had long been the entertainment of the whole family; and fpoke as articulately, and generally more fenfibly, though not fo vociferously, as our modern Demofthenes of New Jerfey. They often befpatter the filk ftockings of a wooer; and compel him to return home (painful interruption, confidering his errand) for another pair: they continually break the peace amongst themselves; and we have no laws to punish their frays and riots they bark at us in day; and they disturb our repofe by night; and, whether from a guilty confcience or not, they frequently run mad, and for the bite of a mad dog, there are more recipes than cureɛ. From the fupernumeraries of thofe, for the most part, very ufelefs animals, a confiderable revenue might be extracted, for the benefit of the ftate. A very small tax upon every dog above one in a family, and fo in proportion for more than two, would amount to a great fum; and I cannot think the ferious confideration of fuch an impoft beneath the dignity of the legislature. BARON de LOVZINSKI. (Extracted from the Life of the Chevalier de Falblas.) WH (Continued from Vol. XXV. p. 694.). WHAT a night! my dear Faublas; how many different cares, how many oppofite fentiments, agitated my unhappy mind during its continuance! How many times did I experience the fucceffive emotions of fear, hope, grief, and joy! After fo many dangers and inquietudes, Lodoika was at length prefented to me by her father, and I was intoxicated with the dear hope of poffeffing her :-a barbarian had but now affaffinated her in my prefence ! This was the most cruel and unfortunate moment of any during the whole courfe of my life!-But be comforted, my friend; my happiness, eclipfed as it were in a fingle inftant, was not long in fhining forth with all its former fplendour. Amidst the Tartars belonging to Titfikan, was one fomewhat converfant in furgery. We fend for him; on his arrival he examines the wound, and affures us that it is but a flight one. The infamous Dourlinfki, constrained by his chains, and blinded by his defpair, had happily been prevented from giving any other than an ill-directed blow. As foon as Titfikan was informed that the life of Lodoifka was not in any danger, he prepared to take leave of us. I leave you, faid he, the five domeftics who accompanied Pulau fki; provifions for feveral days, arms, fix excellent horfes, two covered waggons, and all the people belonging to Dourliniki in chains. Their bafe lord is no more! Adieu ! the day is about to appear; do not leave this place until to-morrow; I fhall then vifit the other cantons. Adieu, brave Poles! tell your coun trymen that Titfikan is not so bad as he has been reprefented to them, and that he fometimes reitores with one hand what he takes with another. Adieu! At thefe words, he lifts his hand to his head, and having faluted us gracefully after the manner of his country, he gives the fignal to depart: the Tartars mount their fect courfers in an infant, pafs along the drawbridge, and make for the neighbouring plain at a full gallop. They had been gone fcarcely two hours when feveral of the neighbouring nobility, fupported by a detachment of militia, came on purpose to inveft the caille of Dourliafki. Palaufki himfelf went out to receive them he related the particulars of all that had occurred; and, fome, gained over by his eloquence, promited to follow us to the palatinate of. Lublin. They afked for only two days to prepare every thing neceffary for the expedition, and actually came and rejoined us at the appointed time, to the number of fixty. Lodoika having affured us that fhe was now able to undergo the fatigues of a journey, we placed her in a commodious carriage, which we had luckily been able to procure for this purpose. After having reftored Dourlinfki's people to liberty, we abandoned the two covered waggons to them, in which Titikan, acting with his ufual generosity, had left part of his immenfe booty: this we divided among them in equal proportions. We arrived, without meeting with any accident, at Polowifk, in the palatinate of Lublin, this being the place which Pulaufki had appointed for the general rendezvous. The news of his return having gone abroad, a crowd of malconTents, in the fpace of lefs than a month, flocked to and increased our Hatle army to fuch a degree, that we foon found it to amount to no lefs than 10,000 men. 8 Lodoifka, entirely cured of her wound, and perfectly recovered from her fatigues, had regained her ufual fpirits, and appeared in poffeflion of all her former beauty. Pulaufki one day called me into his tent, and fpoke as follows: Three thoufand Rufliaus have appeared, as you well know, upon the heights above, and at no greater diftance than half a league from us take, in the course of the enfuing night, three thoufand chofen men, and go and chafe the. enemy from the advantageous polts which they now occupy. Recollect, that on the faccels of a firft attempt depends almoit always that of the campaign; recollect that you are about to avenge your country's wrongs; recollect too, my friend, that to-morrow I fhall learn thy victory, and that to-morrow allo thou shalt efpoufe Lodoiska! I began my march about ten o'clock. At midnight we furprifed our enemies in their camp. Never was a defeat more complete : we killed feven hundred men; we took nine hundred prifoners; we feized all their cannon, the military cheft, and the ammunition. At break of day Pulaufki marches out to join me with the remainder of the troops: he brings Lotoiska along with him: we are married in Pulaufki's tent. All the camp refounds with fongs of gladnets: valour and beauty are celebrated in joyous epithalamiums: it feemed to be the festival of Venus and Mars; and it might be truly faid, that every foldier feemed to be imprelled with the fame fentiments as myself, and that they all partock of my happinefs. After I had given up the first days of fo dear an union entirely to love, I began to think of recompen fing the heroic fidelity of Boleilas. My father-in-law prefented him with one of his callles, fituate at fome leagues from the capital; and Lodvika and myself added to nis princely princely donation a confiderable fum | cipitated themselves towards my in ready money, on purpofe to enable him to lead an independent and a tranquil life. He first refused to leave us; but we commanded him to go and take poffeffion of his caftle, and live peaceably in that honourable retreat which his services had fo amply merited. On the day of his departure, I took him afide:-You must go in my name, faid I, and wait upon our monarch at Warfaw: inform him that I am united in the bonds of Hymen to the daughter of Pulaufki: ftate to him that I am armed on purpose to chafe out of his kingdom thofe foreigners who are ravaging it; and tell him, in particular, that Lovzinski, a foe to the Ruffians, is not the enemy of his king. tent, on purpofe to plunder it. Pulaufki and myself, followed by fome nobles, flew to the defence of Lodoifka, whom we faved with difficulty: my daughter, however, had been carried off. This lovely child, by a fage precaution which her mother had wifely made ufe of in thofe times of inteftine commotion, had the arms of our family impreffed, by means of a chemical preparation, under her left breaft: but my fearch after my daughter has hitherto been ineffectual. Alas! Dorlifka, my dear Dorliska, either exits in flavery, or exifts no more. This lofs affected me with the moft lively forrow. Pulaufski, however, appeared almost infenfible to my misfortunes; either becaufe his mind was occupied at this moment with the great project which he foon after communicated to me, or because the miferies of his country alone could affect his fioic heart. He, as ufual, re-affembles the re of an advantageous poft, employs feveral days in fortifying, and maintains himself in it for three whole months, against all the efforts of the Ruffians. I will not fatigue you, my dear Faublas, with the recital of our operations during eight fucceeding years of a bloody war.-Sometimes vanquished; much oftener victorious; equally great in the midft of a defeat, as formidable after a vic-mains of his army, takes poffeffion tory, and always fuperior to events, Pulaufki attracted and fixed the attention of all Europe, whom he aftonished by his long and vigorous refiftance. Obliged to abandon one province, he made incurfions into, and performed new prodigies of valour, in another and it was thus that, in marching fucceffively throughout all the palatinates, he fignalized in each of them, by fome glorious exploit, that eternal hatred which he had fworn against the enemies of Poland. It, however, became at length neceffary that he should abandon this fituation, as provifions were beginning to be fearce.-Pulaufki, on this occafion, came to my tent; and, having ordered every one to retire, when we alone remained, he addreff d me as follows: Lovzinski, I have juft reafon for complaining of your conduct. Formerly you fupported, along with me, the burden of command, and I was enabled to divide with my fon-in-law a part of my laborious avocations: but for these two laft months, you do nothing but weep; you figh like a woman! You have Wife of a warrior, daughter of a hero, accustomed to the tumult of a camp, Lodoiska accompanied us every where. Of five children which the had borne me, an only daughter alone remained to us, about eighteen months old. One day, after a most obftinate engagement, the victorious Ruffians pre-abandoned me in a critical moment, VOL. XXVI. E when when your affiftance was become | fentiments? Speak! what would you have done? the most neceflary! You fee how I am attacked on all fides; I fear not for myself; I am not unhappy for my own life; but if we perith, the ftate has no longer any defenders. Awake, Lovzinfki! how robly you once participated in my cares! Do not now remain the ufelefs witness of them. We are indeed bathed in Ruffian blood: our fellow citizens are avenged; but they are not faved: nay, even in a fhort time we may be able no longer to defend them. You aftonish me Pulauski! Whence these finifter auguries? To strike the boldeft ftroke that I ever meditated! Forty chofen men are affembled at Czenftachow along with Kaluvfki, whofe bravery is well known; they want a chief, able, firm, intrepid-It is you whom I have chofen. Pulaufki, I am ready. I will not diffemble to you the danger of the enterprize; the event is doubtful, and, if you do not fucceed, your ruin is inevitable. I tell you that I am ready, therefore explain yourself. You are not ignorant, that fearce I am not alarmed without reafon.four thousand men now fight under Confider our prefent pofition: I my command: with these undoubtam forced to awaken in every heartedly I have ftill an opportunity of the love of its country; I have found tormenting our enemies; but with no where but degenerate men born fuch feeble means, I dare not hope for flavery, or weak ones, who, to be ever able to force them to although penetrated with a sense of leave our provinces. All the nobitheir own misfortunes, have bound- lity would flock beneath our baned all their views to barren com- ners, if the king were in my camp! plaints. What do you fay? Can you hope that the king would ever confent to repair hither? Some true citizens are, indeed, ranged under my standards; but eight long and bloody campaigns have leffened their number, and al-fo. most extinguished them. I become enfeebled by my very victories ;our enemies appear more numerous after their defeats. I repeat to you, Pu'aufki, once more, that you aftonish me! In circumstances no lefs difaftrous, no lefs unhappy, than the prefent, I have beheld you fuftain yourself by your courage. Do you think that it now abandons me True valoûr does not confit in being blind to danger, but in braving it after it has been foreseen. Our enemies prepare for my defeat; however, if you choofe, Lovzinfki, the very day which they point out for their triumph fhall perhaps be that deftined to record their ruin, and achieve the fafety of our fellow-citizens ! I choofe! Can you doubt my No; but he must be forced to do Forced! Yes! I know that an ancient friendship connects you with M. de P : but fince you have fupported, along with Pulaufki, the caufe of liberty, you know alfo that you ought to facrifice every thing to the good of your country; that an intereft fo facred I know my duty, and I am ready to fulfil it; but what is it that you now propose to me? The king never leaves Warfaw. True; and it is, therefore, at Warfaw that you must go and find him: it is from the heart of the capital that he must be forced. What preparations have you made for fo great an enterprife? You behold yon Ruffian army, three times as ftrong as mine, and which has been encamped three months |