TIT!? PLEASURES OF fAntlt
" taox jut rottts..
Sweetest warble!-A Jprtfv,
Awhile suspend your pleasing lay :
IV gales ! your gentle breaths forteOTi
And. hunh'J in i?ft. soft repose, .
tfwk awhile, andym shall hear
The pleasures which tnt nermnnnw
Begins with splendor u unfold,
I marifoptm the bending thorn .
The lively 3ew4roptipp'dwith go.d,
Forth from my cave I view' the light,
,,. the ihndesofnieht;
Tlun my fmd thoughts' with, rapture roll,
jlh au lae energy vj
JJut when the cheer tut aayts g"uF,
And darksome night moves slowly on ::
When, with a melancholy grace,
PakLvna lifts her sober faces 7
Then whispefs soft some unknown 1 power
Tu Conteniplatiim's fav'rite hour.
If 'Chance ihe rainy torrent falls, ' t
An& patters on my cottage walls, , . ' j
Sccvrt I hear the tempest roar, - j
Arid howl for entrance at my door ;
Ontht bright vernal bew I gaze,
When mimic diamonds seem to blaze.
If from the north stern IVinter blows
His driving cataract dfsvows, '.
in iarhCnxng storms opd tempers drest,
' THen Pleasure drops lur therubiping',' , .
Jteclirics on April's dewy breast,
And waits tin symphony ofSpvingl -
When summer comes, withghrycrown
Dispensing light ondgrandcur round, .
J seek the heav'n-asbiring hill,
Otiwander where the ftm-m'ring rill
rti : . l.J. .
jKotts over jrcgrani pcuj pywirj, .
And there I pass the noon-tide hours,
...... , 4
JW jntar Autumn comes in vain i - ,
- Tis then I court the studious train,
Or haunt the Muses' ' sacred gnvr, ;
Tberc eft my footsteps love to rove.
Ani ioficn the trees stand dark and bare,
N) cheerful music warbling there,
Ity brees with tender pity heaves
I read my fate in falling leaves,
C'nature s all-siijfricient maid,
Ghe'tnt'thy wond'rous works to scan ;
Jntpire me with thy pwerful aid,
And let me know myself a man,
'BIOGRAPHY.
' W. ySTT. FrTEMO.
Alexaxsxr Vovz, Eso. is almost
universally "celebrated and known, its
lone of xbtfist of Poets, but thc.farm
mnd figure of his person is not so veil
known. Hit eminence as an author
excites a curiosity to know something
of his person, and this Dr. S. John
tton says,) u was not formed by the
nicest moM. Pope has in his account
of the Little Club" in the Guardian,
compared hirascfl to a spider, and is
described as protuberant behind and
before he is said to bare bccn beau
tiful in his infancy, but of a constitu
tion feeble and weak, and ts bodies of
a tender frame are easily distorted,
his deformity was probably the effect
of htl nnlirnt'inn. tlntur- w:t'
to low as to bring him to a level with
common tables ; it was necessary to
ruse hit treat, but his face was ittt
displeasing, and his eyes were ani.
mated and vivid his habitual disor
dcr was the head-ache one of his
tlrtrt, 1 A rni.trirfnt Ym tei rv
' suswptihleof cpld his leg so slen
der as to be enlarged with three pair
ef Stockings 14a hair 'had fallen al;
most . all away, and he used to dine
sometime with Lord Ofpld in a vtj
vet cap hi drew of ccremonv, was
, bluk with a tie wig, and a little swerd.
When he wanted to slcen he nodded,
.and is laid to hare slumbcrrd t his
own table while the Prince of Walrs,
3 as ta!kin$rHis inritation were
aanyt but he was a troublesome in
ornate t be had so many wants, that a
fJitneroul attendance wecrce1 a
, Lie to supply them, one or ni mn
stint demands wn 0 want ofrorTit
!l the night be lored meat highlf
sramncd and of troojc t,,e nl r
dulged his appetite. In familiar cr
contirial cenertion, it does not ap
pear that he excelled, ami like Dry
rlen, wis not distinguished by s iclif
in compsny. ,
Stltb It th TWrt'r5l trm t.f Hit
, Win England, of pop'ttb parent,
' nd died in the catholic faith, on the
ttsh of May 1744, at the of 15
ytar.
dm ruz rnnsnsT FASHION
OF SHORT WAISTCOATS.
k
' w
' f a?ig smee ft ba been jnsfly taij,
' "ft A' ailly foplintj bas no head,
now at molf n fashions go,
' ! t lnor b!y hit a beau.
ALMANACKS
for. the year iSo,
rnrittc auhUonice.
S
y BaiTisa Hoosk ofCosmoif s.
- . Wednesday, Dcctmber I.
COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
Upon the motion of the secretary
at war, the house resolved, Itself into
a committee of supply. " "
The sec a et A rt at war rose. He
began by saying, thai it was ut7
to lay before the committee the pro
posed establishment of the army for
j the ensuinef yca;r.' The estimates up-
on the- tabic certainly exhibited tne
detail of an armr lareef considerably
than anv -srhich had been maintained
j by this country upon a peace establish
ment; The main question to be cle-
CHicd, m his opinion, was not tne
ciuantum oTthe force to be kept, but
! if 'ethcr that force was necessary ; and
iinon this point he .did not imagine
IlUll ll COUill UC 3.I1U lit (lUUlkluu w
arijunients mtcl when the navy esti
mates were before the committee.
The .hon. L"M4l!cman alluded to-the
arjtnenls nilduc'd upon that debate
which he comb:tedxwith great force.
He remarked that- thevprcsent state
oFFrar.ce seemed to h:ive r;alis'.-d the
most.' sunjriiine 'dream'' of Lotiis the
.xieencn. j nai tnis coumr muv
be prepared for anv emergency, not
commit any.ucvoi agression or ncr.i- ,
less viojence, and at the same time ;
resist iu a "bold and manlv manner any.
attack upon the national honofir. He J
then entered into a detail of the state of !
the Trench army as it at present J
tand9wfrom thicb he shewed that!
the army of the republic amounted to j
upwards of 400,000 men, exclusive ol
the late conscript levy sucV being
the case, it surely became iiidispensi- 1
fole tor England to have a lorce larger
than she ever hnd upon a peace es
tablishment. This country had noright
to calculate, upon the duration of any
peace, unless it was in possession of
the most effectual and efficient tucans
of self-defence. There vwas a consti
tutional objection to a large standing
anny of peace, unless it was sanction
ed by Parliament. .This he was must j
readily disponed toadmit ; J)ut hched an
answer to every o-'jjection of the kind
in oiic short word, namely, l neces
sity." The force intended to be kii:
ilp consisted of 27 regiments of Diu-goo.-i
guards the Toot Guards to re
main upon their present esuidish-
mcnt. The total number of cavalry
tob i 17,250, and the Foot Guardn to
consist ot 0060.- It was nronoseu to
maintain nauaiionsot inlantry, tte
i
regiments of the lincto be up to the
f).)dThe Royals -being a very old
and most valnubfe corps, the atroud
khttalion of that regiment was not ill-'
tended to be reduced. The two bat
talions of the 52d, for the same reason,
was also.to be kept. There wen? also i
lv(j additional battalions of the 60lh j !
and it was also, with, the permission
cf the committee, intended to Include
the "9 th. These regiments would con
u-t ol 7J rs'.nk and file per comnanv,
esr cptin j those corpt destined for scr
rice in India, whose complement
wauld be si ill higher This statement
made up 101' battalions of int'antrv.
The West-India regiments had been
reduced from twelve to tis, and it
was propnw:d to retain those six regi
ments. The foreign corps now con
sisted only of lour regiments j lit,
tht called Stfw.irt's regiment, a re
giment conspicuous for its services j
and three Swiss corp. - These were
intended to be ruiurd upon their u
sual esUbli-'hmnt. Tlierc were se
veral other c-rn of inferior denomi
nation the Ki.-frrnVp, the WagRon
corps, sml y - New .Sonth.'Walci
corps were I kewise iritndcd to be
kept ,up; the tntnl nnrnTa-r therefore
t? -1 fctain-d, intlnding the arnTr in
India, vruul amount to i:s,P94 men
na ofTicrrs. The general divtributioo
of this force, he should tate to be
60,000 rutik aud fir,- includini- I5jf00
icnrniry lor t.reat.llntam and IreUnd
30.OVV1 f.,r the phmtHtinn h foreign
:rrnrrivnt, an.1 th? retiduefor theicr
jtlce in India. The tatal eupcncs of.
which; for guards, garrisons, Uc. fcc
hc would estimate, at 4,015,0001., In
. addition to the reghncnts of the lir to
be kept up, it had been deemed necev
jry to raise six new garrison batta.
lions in the room of Invalids, which
this had been abolithcd at unsoldier
like, tin J the difference upon this oc
caVion, In point or expence, did it
etcecd 50071. These garrison batta
livij trould be found bighlr ntful in
protecting the toasts, and would set
regiments cf the tine at I.Urty to U
employed upon other service. The
onlr array srfvices not before the com-'
mlttre were the full pay cf the officers
whoatirtd st the pwe. and the
re nsions to the wen In Chehca ind
Kilmalnhsm Hospitals. He d.d not
tMnV they would be muth higher
than the sum voted in 1801, and he'
ifnpnel the whole rvpencc would be
covered by i,soo,0oo. Mch v.t let
ihamhe total espence of the. srmy In
IrtOI by l0.300AkWIe thm stated
the savings by the barrack dr partment
since the peace, and the
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
reduction of the tnlMa jendble, and
loreign corps ; ana conciuaea a long
speech by moving, that the number of
land' forea for garrisons for Great
Britain, be 65,574 man including Non
commissioned Ofucers, from the 25th
of December, 1S02, to the 25th of De
cember, 1803.' ; f".
Lord Templx did not mean to op
pose the resolutions - Conceiving that
the salvation fbf the cou ntry de pended
on us exeruons, - it couia not oe sup
posed that he should. He was con
vinced thatnhe rulet of France" aimed
at the entire subjugation of England ; ;
that being the case, as from his soul (
he believed it to be, God forbid," j
sam nis iorasnipr- mat oy a vote ot
mine I should damp any little ' spirit
which I- see rising in his Majesty's j
Ministers." ( A great laitgh.) K He .
could not, however, help remonstrat
' ing on the unprecedented conduct of
Ministers in comingdown to the house,
! and demanding supplies,. vithout
j giving any statement ' why these
Uupplies are necessary. When they
J demanded the; supplies , for the.
navy, . it- was entirely . owing to
his honorable friends (Mr; Wind
ham, Mr; Grenrillc, kc.Vthat Mi
nisters had '4jecn compelled to speak
out., inc. present -occasion necoum
not but say, that the committee had japartments of the houses overflowed.
heard a speech fronv h; secretary at J A great quantity of oU and wine were
ir, wlCuuiuiiuawy cdu qoncuiat
honorable veentleman much credit.
We have heard him 6tateV that Mini
sters will preserve. the peace if they
can rlo' so with honour ; but lie had
not tondescended to inform the com
mittee whether the present establish
ment was meant to be permanent ;
wh6ther the estimates were those of
war or peace, or whether the bur-x
den of them be one of the blessings
tending the peace they" have made.
The committee have not heard one
wo'f'd on the' subject. Ministers ought
to state whyr;f C the present moment
thev, demand such an establishment)
when all last summer they have been
disbanding 'the forces. Here his
Lon'.ship 'jnumc i.tc'd the .various
t:"ops vh'rh hv Wen t'ischnrged, in
which he voiiTi', J'.ow the chancellor of
the I'.xchcqmr tV.ii credit for his asser
tion, 1 that no men had .been difichartr-J.
ed whom government could rutain ; all
which, however, Ministers had done
in the ccurse of the summer, nt the very
time ' when th-y knew Gen.-Leclerc
was in possession of St. Domingo ;
it v :is also notorious that Mr.-Moore
had privately left the countrv. and
had appeared at Constance, in con
sultation wall the insurgents of
Swilicrland. What the're fore must
be the opinion - of the country with
time we wero in psfsion of Marti
nique, Tobatf, and St. Lucia, (valua- j
blc only os a military post) but how I
did itbaoren tor, that after giving upf
these, t-bcdinrp in th ire:tv nt A
mien, that we should bs called uon J
fcir a larger force i Upon the unparal- I
lcled dangerous state of the country j
ne snouia support tne motion, and up
on no other grounds. He would no
doubt, be told that he and his friends
had good government rotes, but made
violent opposition speeches. , They
did so, and he would state openly their
rason. They approved the mea
sures, but disapproved the men. 1 hey
wished )o' get ministers turned out.
( A loud la'igh. end cries tfhear, hear,)
There wavonly one man (Mr. Pitt) to
whom the country looked in this sea
son of trying difficulty, and looked to
him for rf-'lirrrance from the thraldom
which min'utcrs had involved it in,
because in that man the nation at large
could pLcc tho, moit implicit' coh--dence.
- '
General Maitiamo remarked, that
the nolle Ixml who spoke last harl'
stigmatised his msjety ministers In j!
thev did fot desene, br..- ih
manner wrtun lie was eer.f irv,it ii
had shewn no ground for the orevnt
j vote; but the situation of this coun-
I ' curopeat urge spoke lor
1 itself. The present was not a time
, ior gentlemen w aoubt or the proprk 1
tyofthe measure. Let them look ta
the widely .eitendcd dominion ofn
; r ranee, ami to the general feeling of
1 ne rrcnen people. The brine oal
fceUng of that nation wss warlike and
military enterprise give them swords. I
..Je.a k m r . .
na let mem ie led by their Uvourite !
generals. Tint was this country to be ;
told, thst In these circumstance !
establishment was to be low f The na. !
turaji reeling of this country wss jea
lousy, and dread of the power of
France, and. when to thia wis added,
that France- had fell our power, and
sustained defeats from Lnglmd, her
temper mut be thst of hostility, tho'
not openly ei pressed, or even private,
ly hinted at. With rtpsrd to h
conduct towsrds Switterland, there
couia otiiy tc ope opinion. He
thst eMravatinr Untruape wis
hoH
for society, andlmproper ia the house
:rf Commons; he should hot. there.
S5 or?l.l TasVtfn ftJ,ei ',f'M3li,c inu" independent llatel
end o! the last session, thry had a .i i , . 1
large di.poscable fo,, which thejr ; ' , h, l0fWni "d
have divided, rnd nowappUesf.il "T W PyPf
tKU nfUr im;.i,., a., ,i.-. Ii ,or toilcame ihepfefciitfciituueiiis
duct of France to that deVoted litmn
try, or mmtfhear hear,) but he
should Jissert that France hating the
intention of annihilating thia country
even upon supposition, that the great
est care ought to be taken that she had
neither the means nor opportunity of
accomplishing our fall. This brouttht
jhim to the vote of the evening. When
ne neard upon a termer occasion that
50,000 men were proposed for the na
vy servicet he should have gone away
much dissatisfied, had he not heard it
Stated from the BMtknritv tf tVi itn.
riou Nobleman who presides over
the mai-ine, that 50 sail of the line
could be tent to sea within a month
after any i'topture. He was thus com
pletely satisfied, as 50 sail of the line,
so promptly furnished, would be equal
to the combined ' navies of Franrp.
LSpai and Holland. The Honourable
Gentleman Concluded by saying, that
if ever he gave a vot e with heartfelt
pleasure it was" upon the present occa
sion. y. LONDON, DeceiViber lS. ,,
A violent storm happened at Nice
on the 21st ult. which excited the
greatest alarm and was productive of
mucn , nusuhiet. - . 1 lie surrounding1.
countrv WM !n,,nflat.,i k.
m conseouence lost. The valle of.
St. Etienne served as a led for the
waters, where a current forme4 itsebV
which in its course destroyed a htm
bcr of gardens full of oranges and ci
tron, whilst the'wreck of houses, large
trees and cattle were seen floating
with the torrent. The moles of th
Port were-threatened with total des.
truction from the fury of the wavesi
Some of thc inhabitants asserted thai
they felt a shock of an earthquake in
the nightv . '
Inconsequence of late inundations.
i by the overilow of the Rhine, not few-;
. erthan 1500 farmers have lost theirH
1 all, and have been compelled to seek:
. retuge at Avignon.
The Eighteenth State.
'PORTLAND, December V ;
Separation of Maine from Maffachu. 1
fell i.
Tlie important que'flion is revived,
refpfdtinsnhrcredtion of thediftria
cfMaii.e into a fepa rate and inde
petvlciH Hate. ' ,
About ion.ih ago, a number of
nr-rfiin. u.k.. KiI o-r ..,! l w '
ediency of
renewing
tlie fubjedt
winch a long tune
hs-been cui
ot the people thereon
report of the committee was
the lall week agreed to, as will
fvpear by their letter and form of
a pi'titiut) to the general court,
which wuthisdj) pubtilh.
To the htntrcltt the fenjte and haufe rj
tfrrrfentativet oj tbectmintnweallb
of M.'ffj(hufelttt in general Cjurt
vfenitf.t, at Utfton. fan. 1 862.
Humbly ttprclcnt thg fublciiberi,
loliabiishts of the tow u of
in the dirtricl of Maine,
That ihey are deeply impreflei1
wih the impotiai.ee, an4 convinced
of the expediercy of ercding th:
diAricl vt Maine into a fepa rare
and independent conmmoiiwcahh.
That this impiefiion des not
tcfitle frooi any atcifion to the
cofUruution or government cf th
flaie wiih whin thev have been fj
long and fo happily connettcdj bLV
irom cciuin natural aud immutabe
fricip!ci which unequivocally
tliclate " the propiictj ot fuwh a
mcafuie. ..
1 lioftTsoClions. which, without
TlioftToCiions
1 ,nc aJ,, rtafoniii?, are accredited
M'uh by every unprejudiced mind,
,ecu oi je enrorccaoy octaiieu ar
! gument of laboured Invrnieation.
.That the dillricl of Maine ourhi
lo become a (late, whenever its pa.
puUtionand property fhould be luf.
ficicnt to tender its government re.
rVectible, has 'been rectivtdai a
fclf-evident propoGtioo.
That iis population is now fulH.
cJent, is proved "by the lateccnfus,
which gives upwards of one hun.
died aod fifty ihoufand inUbiiants
tothisdillrid.
That it Las property to-fupport
governraenr, js proved by ihe race nt
valuaiion which is among "the pub
lic records.
Thai a territory having three bun
died miles of fcscoaU, lor one of hi
boundaries, the Driuth dominions
M"'mffhireforike fouith, wiih i(o
I ""ini. inhabitant!, will be ac-
'T1 mprote! and enrich
I lemn ittrf.
having iti WRettiat'ire- 'tnftciV
of being a diflint nrembcr of a com.
moiiWeaItn,TTeparatef from it - by
,nc,5ean' and fey anfedepemfeht
fiate and territory;' will in "bur opU
nion be doubled ...! .1, - -. '
. , "... ' J HUV
nav-nfiff rain flu. Mj.Hr.
the fubjet). . , ; . .c ',
A majority of. the people -have- :
declared their wifli upon the fubjed. .'
The years 4nhat have palled fir.c '
that declaration, have! in :r. .
w" ." " csoiioireif, greatly io - '
bicaicvi majority. : r .
Your petuioner! would do noth- t
ing without the "fanclibn of the go.
vernment. The'r "threfnir ro r
that meafures may be taken to rut
in execution the wifli of the inha. 4
bitants of, this JiQrict as heretpfort
expreffed to the legiaature on thia
lubjefr., , - v . .
t And they liumbly fuggeft, . that
the bell oiode will be .for tbe legi. -flature
to authorifc a convention of T
delegates from til the towns in the
dulricl, at fome central and convex
nient place, which convention fiiall '
have power to declare the.fenfc of
their conftittieMts;; fO frame w 'ioni'
flitution of government ; and to do'
and tranfaA all, things which may
fre neccflary to the peffeft eflab
lifliment of a fcparate and indepen
dent flate. :- . '
Ptrtland, December 1 8o2.
. sir, . v.. .
A number of geptlemen in thia
quarter!' who think the time: ha .
arrived when the dinria of Ta ne
fhotild alTume the reiens of po-
vernment for itself, provided it ran
obtain the confent cf the conllitut- .
. . -. .
d auihorwies. have rifcufled th i
nrSf,ii4 mnrfii In uk!li V;. ..,.r r
non may properly be brought be-
rore tne puDuc i ney have hoally.
concluded, , that a petition to the .
legiflature, for the appointment of
a convention, is . the molt proper. ?
The fenfe o.f the pcodIc has alrea.
A kl ..I If .
j "ten lajicju. ai b cunvcniion 7
Ihotild take place, it will(be taken
again we think" in a better manner, v
rlhe wiftom 0 the diflrict will
hen be aflemblexf. and there Is lit- '
tie aoubt but the dilcuflion will be
temperate and the 'decifion priMlsnt "'
Believing that you coincide In
this opinion, they have forwardej
a petition to you (aa they -have tt
oiher towns in the dtftridl in ho
that you will obtain the ftgnaturet
of thofe in your town and vicinity
who are in favor of the meifurc.
I t will be best to forward your pe- .
tition to one of the fina'Ors of your
cttlnty, or to a rrprefentative of
fome town In tbe dillxicl; as clrly .
as poflible, that it may be laid before
the general court In the beginning
of their prtfrnt feflion.'
Samuel Freeman,
VVoolbury Storer,
Daniel Davis,
Daniel Tucker,
lfaac-Parker.
FRANKFORT, (K.) Jan. 20.
' We livc been favored by bis ex
reller.cy governor Carrird, with a
! fiht g"! the 'adjuiant general's re
turn ci-the tr.iiitia of this state'of
1 So?, from which vie find thai the
vi hole number of men, including
olSceri, amount to twenty. fix thou
fandlfix hundred and five. Wc
aic pie a fed to dlfcover that the de.
ficiency of arms is rot fo great as
was apprehended. From the re- .
turn, it apjeart'thtrwe pofTefi e--lc"ven
tkoufind one hundred and fif.
ty .feten rifles, and two thou fa nd
' nirc hundred & twenty-threi ciuf-
kett;
When it Is confiJered slat the
Wtflcrn Country producei abun
dant r of lead and materials for the
mam faAurcofgun.pawdcri Ciatkf
men equal to any in the wovU, 4c
hard race of mta inferior to none
In courage andacViviiy ; we fee no
rrafon to fear an appeal to arms,
to fear :my power, that has dared,
or miy Ik-reader attempt, to tram
pie oti te lighti which nature his
given ui 1 and which the rnoA A,
lemn treatJci have recoghlred.
NOTICE.
A1
LL rertanalndrhtd ia th
. w .w - W V
t William Jones, dec are re
queste I to make pay merit iroroediattly
and those who biv. demands
gainst laid estate. re AnttA ta brtnr
(forward their accounts brcperly aw:
..... j . r ' ,
itr pa 7 merit, unaottna suo
acribtrs, will attend at South-Wash,
ington on the 10th of March neat, foe
tfe purpese- of colUcUog the debt
due said tate. N
davidjomls. )r,v
iAMESBI.Ul)VORTII,$ "r
.February 19.
leer who had retired on fslfpay j the
fore, ctvc his opinion upon the ten. a
making In own' laws anJ