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And then, while Pity's tear obscures my eye, For hapless Dantzic's fate I'll deeply sigh. Once noble city! proud and free,

Blest with fair Liberty, thou stood:

But war and carnage, stain'd with blood, Their lances aimed at thee.

Then fled bright Freedom with unsteady wing, And thy brave Poles obey'd a Prussian king.

Then didst thou murmur, and with high disdain

Scorn the proud victor, and despise his rein.
But, now, far greater woes are thine;
In terrors clad, thy foes surround
And hurl thy turrets to the ground,
With many a fatal mine.

And see, like Nero, false Napoleon stands,
Fell son of Mars, the bane of happy lands.

Lo! D'Enghien's death hangs low'ring on his brow,

With Austria, Hanover, and Prússia's woe.
See murder, fraud, and cruelty,

Exulting in his deadly frown,

Tear or displace each tott'ring crown; And menace woe to thee.

For o'er thy tow'rs the tyrant rears his sword,

And death, or mean submission, is the word.

And, ah! thy fainting warriors strive in vain
The ills of doubtful battle to sustain.
No ally, now, can succour send-

The chiefs upon thy walls appear,
An olive bough of peace they rear,
Unable to contend.

Wide are thy portals to the victors thrown;
And, ah! a tyrant's will becomes thine own.
Affrighted, from the mournful view I turn,
The rage of fickle Gallia's sons to mourn.
And oh Thou Power that rul'st the seas!
Protect Britannia's gallant band,
And save their navy-girdled land
From horrors such as these;

And grant their sov'reign, from his native throne,

May see the wiles of ev'ry foe o'erthrown! MARY ELIZABETH

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WRITTEN BY MOONLIGHT.

WHEN shall my sorrows have an end,
When will my misery cease?
Where can I hope to be at rest,

Or where to meet with peace?

The midnight hour strikes on my ear,
The world is sunk in sleep;

But I my watchful vigils keep,
Yet only wake ts weep.

Far absent every friend from me,
And every joy is fled;

And keen Despair dwells in my breast,
For even Hope is dead.

Come Death, the weary wretch's friend,
Come quick to my relief;
Open the grave, and make me room,
And let me be at peace.

Yet ah, be hush'd each murmuring word
And each rebellious sigh be still:
Father, I bow beneath Thy rod,
And yield my wishes to Thy will.
SOPHIA TROUGHTON

THE POOR MAN'S COMPLAINT, (Addressed to the assessor, on bis requiring him to destroy his dog, or to enter it, in order to pay for it.)

WHILE the rich and the great in their luxuries roll,

And fortune's indulgences prove;

Oh how can you wish to deprive me of peace And take the poor dog that I love! Misfortune on me all her vials has pour'd; And Law, with his aspect so grim,

Has robb'd me of all that could comfort bestow,

And nothing is left but poor Trim.

By a landlord severe I was turn'd from my farm,

From comfort and competence hurl'd; A flaw in my lease gave the villain a plea To turn me adrift on the world.

Two boys, the dear product of conjugal love,

When they saw me gaunt Poverty's prey, Left me and my cot, and betook to the seas, And fell in Trafalgar's proud day.

The wife of my bosom, whom twenty years

since

I led blushing to Hymen's blest fane, O'erwhelm'd by the tidings, her mind felt a shock,

And, to heighten my grief, grew insane. What misfortune has left, and stern law would not take,

Can you more inhuman desire? Can justice, or reason, or policy claim The sacrifice which you require?

Nine years the poor cur my companion has been,

There's no one can charge him with ill; He never at midnight's still hour sought the fold,

The innocent lambkin to kill.

Ye sportsmen, my Trim never marr'd your lov'd sports,

He never destroy'd a poor hare; Nor e'er did my hand place the mischievous wire

The game which you prize to ensnare. Now whilst you assess, forbear to oppress,

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Nor strive to augment my thick gloom. Why seek to destroy the small pittance of joy

That is granted on this side the tomb.. Haverhill, August 10, 1807. JOHN WEEB.

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TO A YOUNG LADY,

Whom the author by chance saw at a place of public amusement, an; occurrence which can never be obliterated from bis mind.

WHO lives o'er yonder distant hills,
Ah! far beyond those flowing rills;
Where yonder moon her lustre fills-?

'Tis Harriet.

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Therefore in time a warning take,

Ye widow ladies great and small,
Lest in the grass you find a snake,
As was the case with Mrs. Hail.

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ON SEEING A GENTLEMAN APPROACH A
DISTRESSED FEMALE TO RELIEVE HER.

AH! cease a while, poor mourner! to bewail
Thy poignant griefs, almost too great to
bear;
Though many may reject thy piteous tale,
One friend advances now who'll lend an

car.

Soft Pity's dew-drop dims his azure eye,

Where mild benevolence doth ever shine; His generous hand will all thy wants supply, Soothe thy sad heart, and bid thee not repine.

Then dry those trickling tears, unhappy fair! Nor longer thus bemoan thy cruel fate; But offer up to Heaven one grateful prayer For him, who sav'd thee in thy wretched

state.

I kind relief from him can never know,
In silence I my sufferings must conceal;
Nor seck for pity which he might bestow,
Or breathe a sigh that would those wões
reveal.

He knows not that I love, nor how a thorn
Consumes this bursting heart, and makes me

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FROM WORDSWORTH'S POEMS.
I TRAVELL'D among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea;
Nor, England! did I know till then
What love I bore to thee.

'Tis past! that melancholy dream!
Nor will I quit thy shore
A second time; for still I seem

Tolove thee more and more.

Among thy mountains did I feel
Thejoy of my desire;

And she I cherish'd turn'd her wheel
Beside an English fire.

Thy mornings show'd, thy nights concezi'd,
The bowers where Lucy play'd;

And thine is, too, the last green field,
Which Lucy's eyes survey'd!

FOREIGN NEWS.

East Prussia, July 14.

ON the 11th instant, their majesties the king and queen of Prussia arrived again at Memel.-The emperor Alexander passed through Riga on his return to Petersburgh on the same day.

St. Petersburgh, July 18. The emperor Alexander arrived here at eleven in the evening of the 16th instant, and not on the morning of the 15th, as was asserted. The mistake arose from a discharge of cannon at four on the morning of the 15th, which was imagined to proceed from the arrival of the emperor, but which, as we afterwards learned, announced the celebration of peace. On the 15th, thanksgivings were offered up in every church on account of the peace. Their majesties, the empresses Elizabeth and Maria, with the grand dukes and duchesses, repaired in the state carriage, accompanied by all the attendants of the court, out of the Taurus Palace, to the cathedral church of the Holy Virgin, where a solemn service was performed; and in the evening the whole city was illuminated.

Yesterday, the 17th, the happy return of the beloved Alexander was publicly celebrated again. His majesty, the empresses Elizabeth and Maria, accompanied by all the attendants of the court, repaired to the cathedral church, where the great officers of the empire were assembled, and attended divine worship. On his return, the emperor was received with loud huzzas by the populace, who collected together from all sides, and attended him home. In the evening the city was superbly and elegantly illuminated.

The anniversary of the independence of America was celebrated on the 4th Vol. XXXVIII,

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Since the 1st July, O. S. the manifesto of last January, respecting the merchants of Russia, has been put in execution to its full extent.

Warsaw, July 20. The Austrian plenipotentiary, general St. Vincent, left this city on the 15th instant for Vienna. Baron Von Stutterheim, who had been sent to Tilsit with particular instructions, arrived there on the 9th, after the peace with Russia and Prussia had been already concluded. Two days afterwards he again left Tilsit.

The queen of Prussia continued in Tilsit only twenty-four hours; she was received at some distance from the town by a battalion of French horse guards, who escorted her to the quarters at which she alighted with the honours due to her.

Milan, July 20. The intelligence of the conclusion of peace has spread here universal joy. We have learned at the same time, that the Russian troops in Cattaro have received orders to surrender that place, as well as Castel Nuovo, to the French troops, and to embark immediately for Russia.

Berlin, July 23. The emperor Na ́ poleon has sent to the emperor of Rust sia, the grand duke Constantine, the princes Kurakin and Labenow, baron Budberg, and general Bennigsen, the grand cross of the legion of honour. Prince Jerome, the grand duke of Berg, and the princes of Nufchatel and Be

nevento, have likewise received the order of St. Andrew.

The king of Saxony has founded a new order of the Green Crown, in honour of the emperor Napoleon.

Paris, July 26. This morning at five o'clock the emperor arrived at St. Cloud, in perfect health.

Leipzic, July 26. Our university, to establish a lasting monument in honour of the immortal hero Napoleon, and the restoration of the peace of the continen, by the advice of the professors Hirdenburg and Rudiger, have resolved that in future the stars that form the girdle and sword of Orion shall be denominated the stars of Napoleon. Our university cannot doubt that this name will be adopted by the academies and astronomers both of this and other countries.

Banks of the Elbe, July 27. There is every reason to believe that all the changes that will take place in Europe renot yet made known to the public, The delay in publishing the treaty be tween France and Russia makes it presumed that it contains eventual conditions, the execution of which will be deferred for a fixed time.

It is said, not without foundation, that peace has been proposed to the English cabinet, under the mediation of Russia, and that the execution of the measures agreed on will not take place till the answer of that cabinet shall have been received.

Hamburgb, July 28. We understand
that the dispatches which contain the
application of Russia to Great Britain
to accede to the general peace were
forwarded the day before yesterday to
England, by a packet which set sail
from Tonningen immediately after they
had been put on board.

July 30. When the emperor Napo-
leon arrived at Dresden he was dressed
in a green uniform, with the insignia
He hastily
of the legion of honour.
mounted the stair-case, with his hat in
his hand, the king beside him, &c. On
the 18th instant he rode out with few
attendants; and he rode so much before
the guard, that every body could see
him. He was in a plain uniform, hi's
hat without any lace or feather. The

populace shouted as he went along, and
he nodded graciously all round to
them, but did not take off his hat, ex-
He
cept when he passed the guard.
examined the fortifications, &c. In the
afternoon he was in the picture gal-
dery with the king, where there was a
He examined the
numerous party.

pictures with great attention.

On Sunday the 19th, after having been engaged in conferences with different ministers, he appeared at church with the royal family. They came in about half past eleven, at the end of the Credo. He led in the queen. He was in an infantry uniform, and white breeches and waistcoat, white silk stockings, and a plain hat under his arm, with the cordon of the legion of honour over his coat. He took his station before the window, near the grand altar, the chief place. The king and queen knelt beside him. He continued standing, however, with his hat under his arm, often taking snuff from a snuff-box he held in his left hand. He was eternally in motion, like one whe is in a hurry to be off. When they came to sing the Sancius he knelt with the rest, and read in a little book which was beside him. He soon rose up, and continued till the end of mass, standing as he was before.

July 31. The Prussian general Kalkreuth has followed the French emperor to Paris, in order to execute an impor tant mission with which he is charged by his court.

Letters from Tonningen, dated the 28th, state, that the fleet of merchantmen expected from London had arrived in the Eyder, but that the commander of the convoy would not permit the ships to go up to Tonningen. The merchants interested in these vessels have applied to the custom-house for authority to unload them at the places where they are lying, but this has been refused. It is feared therefore, that the ships will have to return without delivering their cargo.

Banks of the Elbe, July 31. It is certain that the French authorities at Hamburgh have given orders at Cuxhaven to receive any person that shall arrive in an English flag of truce with

due respect and honour; and that the vessel bringing such a negotiator shall be allowed to proceed as far as Hamburgh, without the least molestation.

Banks of the Main, August 1. The public journals state, that, still more to strengthen the frontier of the French empire on the side of Holland, and to secure and facilitate the communication between the two kingdoms, a convention has been concluded between the respective governments; that all the strong places on the Maese, till it falls into the sea, shall be ceded to France; in recompense for which Holland is to receive considerable augmentations on the frontiers of Westphalia,

Paris, Aug. 2. Personages of distinction are daily returning from the grand army. The king of Westphalia has arrived. The minister of war is every moment expected. The minister of foreign affairs, prince Benevento, and his secretary M. Moret, are already

here.

The official journal of this day contains the following article, dated Berlin, July 26:

The king of Sweden, finding his troops driven into Stralsund, has again resorted to the subterfuge of asking an armistice. The answer given by marshal Brune was, that in this way the unsuspecting candour of the French had been for once over-reached; but that it would be the extreme of silliness to allow himself to be again deceived; that the king of Sweden must surrender Stralsund, and abandon Swedish Pomerania for ever.'

Letters from Rome mention the death of cardinal Benedictus-MarisClemens, known by the title of duke of York, in the 8zd year of his age. He was the last of the Stewart family, and of the pretenders to the British throne.

Aug. 3. Letters from Hamburgh state, that a Russian squadron is to join the Danish fleet, in order to shut the Sound against the English. It is also said, that for the same purpose a corps of French troops is to proceed to Denmark, to act in concert with that court.

The cardinal of York bequeathed a short time before his death to the king

of Sardinia all his jewels, worth about four millions of francs, and his title and claim to the crown of Great Britain.

Gotenburgh, Aug. 3. The English sloup of war, the Mosquito, arrived here the day before yesterday; when an officer landed for the purpose of procuring pilots for the Belts, but without success; and yesterday the English fleet destined for the Baltic passed this place: thirty sail were seen from our rocks. As the wind has been very fair, they must before this time have reached Copenhagen.

Private letters from Copenhagen, received by yesterday's post, state, that general Bernadotte (the prince of Ponte Corvo) was with the prince royal at Kiel, and that a large French army waited his commands. If this be true, the English flect could not have arrived at a more critical juncture.

Elsineur, Aug. 3. The first division of the English fleet, consisting of twenty-six sail, came to an anchor at one o'clock in the afternoon, off Cronberg. One of them is a three-decker, the admiral's ship, carrying a blue pendant from the mainm-st-head; twelve one and two deckers, seven cutters, and the rest smaller. The commanding officer of a cutter came this morning to speak to the commandant of Cronberg, but could not return to the fleet on account of the wind's becoming foul; he was consequently obliged to come to anchor, and resort to telegraphic communica: ton with the fleer. We under stand that it is to proceed to-morrow for the Baltic. The second division is immediately expected to follow the first, and to have already arrived off Anhalt. Some ships are also said to have gone through the Great Belt. Last Sunday arrived in our Road an English frigate from the North Seas.

Aug. 4 An English fleet of twelve sail of the line, twelve frigates, and some smaller vessels, arrived yesterday in this road from the North Seas.

Gottenburgb, Aug. 7. By accounts from E sineur, we learn that the first division of the English fleet passed the castle of Cronberg on Monday last, and saluted and received a salute in the customary manner.

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