He look'd to Heav'n-but 'twas to fee
His furious God that hated me;
Then turn'd precipitate away,
As if 'twas hell itself to stay

With one, who could not think that God
Delighted in his Creature's blood,
And had elected him thro' favour,
And reprobated me for ever.

A Bigot, fir!-but let him reft,
Wrapt in the gloom that fuits him beft;
And (as 'twill serve the point as well)
Figure him by a parallel.

Geneva, that with fire and faggot
Burnt poor Servetus for a maggot:
Paris, or Lisbon, or Madrid,

Where you and I fhould rifque a head
'Midft holy wars for holy bread,
Will furnish you with inftances
Enough to let you know who 'tis.

But why for famples should I roam,
When we may find them nearer home?
And need not move one ftep beyond us,
To fee poor Difmals in the jaundice:
That jaundice of Theology,
Which gives to objects its own dye;
And makes them think that God loves none
But those whom they have fix'd upon :-
Men who have fquar'd their lives and notions
By Calvin's laws and inftitutions.

Place me amongst the sons of thunder,
Who roar to make the Vulgar wonder;
And ftare, and stamp, and damn in nonsense,
Fo wake the Devil in the confcience.
Or those soft fons of confolation,
Who whine out tidings of falvation,
And lull their auditors asleep,
By telling them that Grace is cheap,
And may be had without much trouble,
For Works are all an empty bubble:.
But fplendid fins are beft, to cover
A heart by nature foul all over.

Place me with men ecclefiaftic,
Who to the church for living fast stick,
And think us fools who will not eat
The ready-cook'd and carved meat,
Which Queen Eliza, that She-Bishop,
Took fo much pains to dress and dish up.

Place me with thofe who cover fin

In any of the Brethren,

But think damnation is the due
Of every fault in me or you.

Place me with Churchmen or Fanatics,
And the full flock of wild Erratics,
Whose fiery and eccentric fancies
Lead them religious morice-dances.

With any or with all these fix me,
Tho' impudence and nonsense v.x me,
Yet ftill I hope to keep my temper,
The Man-the Christian, idem femper—
Nor ever swerve from truth or love,
Nor in the Serpent lofe the Dove;
Nor fear to fay to this or th' other—

"I'm Dr. PRIESTLEY'S Friend and Brother.'

CHARISTIDES.

Each other itand-the Beggar and the Peer.
The first too mean to learn; t'other too great;
Both equi-diftant from the proper state.
One cares for nothing but his daily mefs,
The other thinks of little but his dress:
Hence equally of paradox it smells,
Behold a Beggar reads, a Marquis fpells!

WORTH should determine every man his due,
Whether a halter, or a ribband blue;
But Fortune steps between, and by her grope,
Blindly mistakes a ribband for a rope :
Hence filken bands we fee the waist bedeck,
Inftead of hempen ones around the neck.

SAYS Ap Shenkin to Morgan one day on the

green, [lean: "Cot plefs hur, dear honey! hur looks very Has pale fickness oppreft hur, or does hur defign

To get a small shape, and so look very fine ?" 'O, no,-by St. David !'-" me fufpect now [foul water."

the matter,

Hur has been playing the fool in fome very Cot fplutter à nails! cries Morgan, with [nothing to eat." dog,'caufe her has

heat,

Hur is lean, you d---d

To a very pretty LADY fond of PATCHES. YOUNG Chloe, form'd by Nature's happieft care,

With patches ftrives to fhine more killing fair; But hold, bright nymph, nor dare to be fo fimple, [a pimple. The beaux may think each patch conceals

On the Banks and Paper Credit in Scotland. TO tell us why banks thus in Scotland obtain, Requires not the head of a Newton or Napier. Without calculation, the matter's quite plain: Where there's plenty of rags, you'll have plenty of paper.

MARTIAL, Book XII. Ep. 30.

NED is a fober fellow, they pretend-
So would I have my coach.an, not my

friend.

MARRI E D.

Theer to Lord Surathmore, to Mifs Wren, HE Hon. Thomas Lyon, Efq; bro

daughter of Farrèr Wren, Efq; of Binchester in Durham. At Dublin, Captain Lancelot Hill, to Mifs Perry, filter to the Right Hon. Edmund Sexton Perry, speaker of the House of Commons of Ireland.

The Hon. John Beresford, to Mifs Montgonery, daughter to Sir Wm. Montgomery,, and fifter to Viscountefs Townshend. Stephen Rain, Efq; a member in the Irish Parliament, to the Hon. Lady Charlotte Stopford, fifter to the Earl of Courtown. The Rev. Mr. Milton, vicar of Heckfield, Hants, to Mifs Grefley, only daughter of Mr. Grefley, apothecary, of Bristol. The Rev. Mr. Edwards, rector of Stampford Courtenay in Devonshire, to Mifs Jane Edwards, of York-street, Cavendish-square. The Rev. Dr. Ford, vicar of Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire, to Mifs Sage, daughter to **** Sage, Efq; of Great Stanmore. Henry Prefcot Blencowe, Efq; of Thoby hall, Effex, to Mifs Barber, of Wandsworth. Archibald Crawford, Eiq; to Mifs Kennedy, daughter of Mr. Robert Kennedy, merchant, in Liverpool.

The Rev. Mr. James, rector of Spetchley and Himbledon, in Worcestershire, to Mifs Hurdman, of Kempfey.

John Dalton, Efq; of Thurnham in Leicesterhire, to Mifs Gage, daughter of Sir Tho. Cage, Bart.

M1 Price, furgeon and apothecary, to Mifs Alexander, both of Mariborough.

At Warrington, the Rev. Mr. Barhauld, to Mifs Anna Letitia Aikin.

Mr. Andrews, of Brentford, to Mifs Bird, of Reading.

Mr. Turberville, furgeon, of Worcester, to Mifs Carver, of the fame place.

Mr. John Croft, wine-merchant, of York, to Mifs Bacon, daughter of Mr. Ald. Bacon. The Rev. Mr. Meadow, of Cocking in Suffex, to Mifs Sally Marshall, of Havant, Hants, At Edinburgh, Wm. Elphinstone, Efq; fon of Lord Elphinstone, and Captain of a hip in the Eat-India Company, to Mifs Fullerton of Carstairs.

John Dalrymple, Efq; merchant in Edinburgh, to Mifs Anne Young Pringle, daughter of the deceased Walter Pringle, Efq; merchant in St. Chriftopher's. Henry Life, Efq; of Bristol, merchant, to Mifs Mercer, of Poland-street.

hilip Champion Crefpigny, Efq; King's proctor, to Mifs Clariffa Brooke, youngest aughter of James Brooke, Efq; of Rathbone-place.

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Arthur Farwell, gent. town clerk of Totnes,

to Mifs Taylo", an agreeable young lady,
with a fortune of 50c!.

At Bafing toke, Mr. Brudenell, fon of the late
Dr. Exton, to Mifs Elizabeth Bishop.
A Walcot church, Richard Newdic, Efq; to
Mifs Chriftian Weldon, daughter of Mr.
Weldon, in Bath.

Robert Procter Anderdon, Efq; of Henlade, Semeifer, to Mifs Callard, wi ow of the late Amos Callard, Efq; of Ford, near Axm.infter, Devon.

Mr. Thomas Gleed, mercer, of Reading, to Mifs Round, of Phillis Court, near Henly. Capt. Nicholas Bradley, of Newcastle, to Mrs. Van Tromp.

At Bruton, Caleb Davis, to Sarah Carrier.--Their ages together make 139.

DIED.

His Serene Highnefs the Elector of Mentz, of a dropfy in his breast.

The Right Hon. Henry Fox, Lord Holland, Baron of Foxley, in Wilts, clerk of the pells in Ireland for life, and alfo for the lives. of his two fons. His Lordfhip is fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldeft fon Stephen Fox, Efq; now Lord Holland, which vacates his feat in Parliament for Salisbury. The very pious, exemplary, and learned prelate Zachary Pearce, D. D. Lord Bishop of Rochefter, aged 84.

At Clifton, in her 89th year, Lady Williams, relia of Sir John Williams, Bart. The Right Hon. Francis Andrews, provoft of the University of Dublin, member of Parliament for Londonderry, and one of his Majesty's privy council in Ireland. At Edinburgh, Lady Elliot, widow of Sir Gilbert Elliot, of Minto, Bart.

At Edgbafton, Sir Henry Gough, Bart.. Lady Goring, wife of Sir Harry Goring, of Highden in Suffex.

Sir Charles Towiey, Knight, Garter Principal King at Arms.

The Right Hon. Lady Caroline Dewar. At Charles-Town, in South Carolina, Faithful Adrian Fortefcue, Efq; lieut. of his Majefty's fhip Glasgow, on that ftation. At Doncafter, Richard Kent, Efq; alderman, and late mayor of that corporation. The Lady of Robert Ballard, Efq; one of the aldermen of Southampton.

At Prior's Court, Berks, Mrs. Barton, widow of the late Rev. Dr. Barton, canon of Chrift-church, Oxon.

Mr. John Clarke, of Doctor's-Commons. At Hemington Abbots, (Huntingdon hire) Mrs. Mary Dickens, aged $8 years, relict, of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Dickens, 36 years rector of that place.

George Wingfield, Efq; of the Inner Temple. At Bath, the Hon. Mrs. Wright, wife of Alexander Wright, Efq; and eldest daughter of John Lord Chedworth.

At Bath, Mrs. Gwyn, only daughter of the late General Fuller.

Aged 86, the Rev. Mr. Nicholas Tindall, the celebrated tranflator of Rapin's History of England.

The Rev. Tho. Gurney, minister of Whitstable and vicar of Seafalter, near Canterbury, and rector of Charlton near Dover.

At Burton Overy in Leicestershire, the Rev. Mr. John Farmer, formerly of Emanuel college, Cambridge.

The Rev. Benjamin Piddington, A. B. a mi-
nor canon in Hereford cathedral.
The Rev. Dr. Amory, minifter of a diffenting
meeting-house in the Old Jewry.

Of an apoplectic fit, after performing pastoral
duty in the afternoon, the Rev. Mir, john
Dering, rector of Hilgay in Norfolk.
The Rev. Mr. William Morgan, tor of
Waling in Berks.

The Rev. Mr. Baynon, minister of Wegmore, in Herefordshire.

The Hon. John Nixon, Efq; one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature, in Jamaica.

At Newport, Wm. White, Efq; one of his Majefty's juftices of the peace for Hants. William Kelynge, Efq; one of his Majesty's Juftices for Middlesex.

At Neath in Glamorganshire, aged 92, Mrs. Pralph, relict of the late David Pralph, Efq; and grand-daughter to the late Dr. Pocock. At Paittlewell in Effex, Mrs. Martha Gibbons, a widow woman, aged 107: The was at church the morning before she died. At Lewes in Suffex, Mrs. Taylor, widow, daughter of Dr. Moreton, formerly Bishop of Meath in Ireland, and half fifter of Sir William Moreton.

At Turkdean, Glocefterfhire, John Churchill Wicksted, Efq; a relation to Ld. Wenman. The Lady of Alexander Trapaud, Esq; Governor of Fort Auguftus.

Mr. Samuel Bates, common council for Alderfgate Within, upwards of 30 years. Lieutenant Francis Moore, of the Hon. EaftIndia Company's artillery in Calcutta. Edward Cooke, Efq; of Sonninghill, formerly a captain in the Eaft-India fervice. Capt. Forrester, formerly a commander in the navy.

John Hornley, Efq; an officer in the train of artillery.

George Turnpenny Symes, Efq; of the third regiment of foot guards.

At Kew, Joshua Kirby, Efq; F. R. S. and A. S. a well known author in perfpesive. Suddenly, John Roberts, Efq; a gentleman of Glocefterfhire.

Mr. Williams, in partnership with Meffrs. Raymond and Vere, bankers, in London. Benjamin Hill, Efq; receiver-general for Northamptonshire.

Suddenly, Mrs. Whitchurch, wife of Mr. Whitchurch, mayor of Reading.

Mr. George Gandy, Wine-merchant, of Reading, Beria..

At Cork, William Bufteed, Efq; alderman and water-bailiff of that city.

At Charing Crofs, Mr. Guy, mathematical inftrument maker.

By a fall from his horfe, on Epping foreft, Mr. Ingrove, diftiller, near Eaft Smithfield, At his feat in Hertfordshire, **** Channellor, Efq; aged 76 years.

Mr. Vaughan, attorney, of Furnival's Inn. At Manchester, Mr. Brownell, attorney. Samuel Brooke, Efq; barrister at law, of the Inner Temple.

At Stubbington, near Portsmouth, George Ridge, Efq.

Mr. John Jones, wine-merchant, on Portfmouth Common.

Mr. Daniel Angus, at Esher in Surry, the famous ftrong man.

In the 102d year of his age, Mr. Harrop, weaver, in Spitalfields.

James Martindale, Efq; of Wraxail, Somerset. Mr. Richard Clarke, an eminent furgeon and apothecary, of Ansford, Somerfet.

Mr. Davenport, head-porter at the Queen's palace.

A Afton in Shropshire, the Rev. Mr. Wm. Lloyd.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, Rev. Edmund Gibfon, fon of the late Bishop of London, to the confolidated rectories of St. Bene't and St. Peter's, London, with the vicarage of Bishop s Stortford, Herts. Rev. Robert Bathurst, M. A. to hold the rectory of West Tudderly, together with the rectory of Broughton in Hants, worth upwards of 500l. per annum.

Rev. Mr. Domett, of Ilcheiter, to the living of Hawkchurch, Dorfet.

Rev. Mr. Arthur Ónflow, to be chaplain to'

the Houfe of Commons.

Rev. Mr. Birch, fellow of Magdalen college, Oxford, to the vicarage of Afhbury, Berks. Rev. James Weller, to the united rectories of St. Mary and St. Trinity in Guildford. The Rev. Mr. Courtney, rector of Lee, near Blackheath in Kent, to the valuable living of St. George, Hanover-fquare.

Rev. Mr. Morgan, mafter of the grammarfchool in Bath, to the rectory of Gloofton, in Leicestershire.

Rev. John Sibley, M. A. to the rectory of Walcot, near Bath.

Rev. George Batfon, B. A. to the vicarage of
Wcotton in Wilts.

Rev. Dr. Apthorpe, fellow of Eton college, to
the rectory of Worplefdown in Surrv.
Rev. John Marsden, M. A. to the rectory of
Bolton Piercy in Yorkshire.

Rev. John Ravenhill, M. A. to the rectory of
Strenfham in Worcestershire.

Rev. David Jones, clerk, to the vicarage of
Longhope in Glocestershire.

Rev. John Pitman, clerk, A. M. to the rec-
tory of Fretherne in Glocestershire.
Rev. Mr. Davis, to the vicarage of Sutton
Benger, Wilts.

Rev. Jofeph Davie, A. M. to be fellow of
Trinity college, Oxon, and Meffrs. Griffin,
Jones, and Smerdon, to be scholars.

Rev. Jofeph Ferris, to the rectory of Crede in Devon.

Rev. John Boftock, to the vicarage of NewWindfor, Berks.

Rev. John Harrifon, M. A. to hold the recto

ry of Faulkbourn, with the rectory of East Hanningfield in Effex.

James King, D. D. to a canonry or prebend in the collegiate church or free chapel of St. George in Windfor.

Richard Hennah, clerk, to the vicarage of St. Auftel and St. Blazy in Cornwall.

Rev. Mr. Richard Drake, to the rectory of Little Farnham in Norfolk.

Rev. Robert Harding, to the rectory of Alderton in Northamptonshire.

Rev. Henry Watkins, M. A. to the vicarage of Conisbrough in Yorkshire. Rev. Mr. Evans, rector of Londesbrough, to the vicarage of Felixkerk near Thirfk. Rev. Mr. Watfon, master of a private boarding school in Bury St. Edmund's to the rec tory or fine-cure of Llangwin, Denbighshire. Robert Pye, D. D. rector of Whitburne in Durham, to a prebend of Rochester. Rev. Mr. John Ord, to the consolidated rectories of Burgh St. Mary, and Burgh St. Margaret in Norfolk.

Rev. Mr. Walker, M. A. fellow of Oriel col.

Oxon, to the living of Swainfwick, Somerfet. Rev. Mr. Hornby, to the living of Dalton iu Durham.

CIVIL and MILITARY PROMOTIONS. His Grace the Duke of Grafton, to be comptroller of the Green Wax office, and receiver and comptroller of the Profits of the Seals in the King's Bench and Common Pleas, in the room of the late Duke of Cleveland, Right Hon. John Hely Hutchinfon, D. L. his Majefty's prime ferjeant, to the office of provoft of Trinity college, Dublin. Dr. Burney, and Mr. Saifon, to be musicians in ordinary to his Majesty.

Major Digby, of the 45th regiment of foot, to fucceed Lord Allen in the first regiment of foot guards, who retires.

Thomas Oliver, Efq; to be lieutenant-governor of the Province of Maffachusets Bay. Thomas Baker, Efq; to be Attorney-general, and Afhton Warner Byam, Efq; to be folicitor-general of Grenada, the Grenadines, St. Vincent, and Tobago iflands. Walter Robertfon, Efq; to be chief justice of the island of Tobago.

Thomas Hinton Burleigh, Efq; to be fub fecretary to the Council in Bengal.

4th reg. of dragoons, George Wentworth Thompson, gent. to be cornet. 11th reg. of dragoons, Cornet Carr Ibbetson, to be lieut. John Carnegie, gent. cornet. 15th reg. of light dragoons, Lewis Majendie, gent, to be cornet.

2d troop horfe guards. John Tempest, adjutant and lieutenant. Thomas Allton, fub brigadier and cornet.

ift reg. foot guards, George Parker, enfign. Lieutenant-Col. John Leland, capt. Tho. Milles Riddell, enfign.. Coldstream reg. of foot guards, Lieut. Colonel Wm. Schutz, Major Chapell Norton, to be capt. Capt. Tho. Bishop, capt. lieut. Enfign John Duroure, lieut. Ld Cantalupe, enfign. 3d reg. foot, Edward Scott, lieut. Richard Weld, enfign.

6th reg. foot, Enfign Ed. Pole, to be adjutant. 7th reg. of foot, Lieut. James Wm. Baillie, to be captain. Enfign Colin Campbell, lieut. 13th reg. of foot, Enfign John Elliott, licut. 15th reg. of foot, Wm. Slater, enfign. Cha. Hoar, enfign.

19th reg. foot, Aneas M'Intosh, lieutenant. 29th reg. foot, John Malloroy, enfign.

30th reg. foot, James Lee, lieutenant. Jofeph Peacock, enfign.

32d reg. of foot, Lieut. Leeds Booth, to be adjutant. Enfign Edward Williams, lieut. Tho, Gape, enfign. John Carter, lieut. 36th reg. foot, Benj. Anderfon, adjutant. 51ft reg. of foot, Enfign George Don, to be lieut. Wm. Hepburn, to be enfign. Royal American reg. 2d battalion, Charles Southby, to be enign.

64th reg. of foot, Enfign Wm. Snow, to be lieut. Denis Kelly, to be enfign, 6th reg. of foot, Lieut. Archibald Kinloch Gordon, captain. John Weftropp, lieutenant. Robert Baynes, enfign. 65th reg. of foot, Enfign Charles Arbuthnott, to be lieut. James Sinclair, to be enfign. 67th reg. foot, James Netbett, captain. Wm. valley, captain-lieutenant. James Fleming, lieut. John Echlin, enfign. Lieut. Edward Abbott, of the royal reg. of artillery, to be lieut. gov. of Fort Detroit. George Watts, chaplain to the garrison of Dominica.

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YF what the world fays be true, you are endeavouring to effect a reformation in the minds of men, and to bring about a total change of manners in the nation. Depend upon it, Sir, you have begun a difficult task. The world is daily growing worse; and while you are aiming to amend one part of them, the reft, I fear, are growing rotten and decayed. The catalogue of vices increases with uncommon hafte, and a general corruption of morals is fo much complained of, that by and by we fhall fcarcely have a man of real principle among

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I have, in my time, Sir, fuffered much from the villainy of mankind. My father died when I was very young, and left my mother a fortune full fufficient to maintain herfelf and me genteelly. A friend of his was appointed guardian to me, and for fome years difcharged his truft with fidelity; but avarice at length got poffeffion of his heart, and his only object then was to deprive me of my right. He found out means to deceive my mother, and by artifices which I was then unacquainted with, brought her in confiderably his debtor for the care he had taken of me. Women, Mr. Scribbler, are geneally the objects marked out by thefe deMISCELL. VOL. II.

figning villains, My mother was a calm, good-natured woman, and knowing that much was to be feared from the intricacy of the law, gave the wretch his full demand.

At fourteen years of age I was put out to bufinefs, and this careful Guardian of mine again prevailed upon my mother to depofit the apprentice fee, which had before been referved for him to pay ; but pretending only to borrow the money of her, he gained his purpose; and thus he tricked her out of 8ol. When I came of age, he was to pay me near Sool. left by my father, by way of affifting me to begin bufinefs for myfelf; but before that time, he took care to abfcond, and went over to France, leaving his creditors to take 38. 4d. in the pound. Small difficulties, however, did not frighten me; and as I had health and a good conftitution' on my fide, I got into a haberdafher's fhop in London, where, as a journeyman, I faved a little money, which was increafed by prefents occafionally made me. Mr. Tape, my mafter, approved of my affiduity, and at the end of about four years took me into partnership.

Soon after this a young fellow, juft entering into bufinefs, perfuaded me to lend him 300l. He gave me his bond but finding his affairs go the wrong way, gave

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