Ode on the late Earl Cowper. The following ODE, (written by the late Mr. HUGHES,) having never yet been printed, will, we doubt not, be accepta, ble to our Readers. O D E. To the Lord Chancellor COWPER, In Allufion to Horace, Lib. 2. Ode 20. I. Non ufitata, &c. M rais'd, tranfported, chang'd all o'er ! And cloath my Back,and plume my Thighs! -II. Shall I obfcure, or disesteem'd, Of vulgar Rank henceforth be deem'd ? From dark Oblivion and the Grave? No he can never wholly die, Whom Britain's CowPER condescends To own and number with his Friends, III. Tis done- I fcorn mean Honours now; Secure Or I deferve a Poet's Name. Let Fame be filent; only tell That generous CowPER loves me well. IV. Thro' Britain's Realms I fhall be known On Monday, the 22d. of February, the Compliment Society of Ancient Britons eftablifh'd paid by the in Honour to her Royal Highness's Birth Society of the Day and the Principality of Wales, did Principality of themselves the Honour to wait on his Roy. Wales to H. al Highness, being introduced by the R. H. the Right Honourable the Earl of Albemarle, Prince. the Lord of the Bedchamber in waiting, when the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Gage in the Name of the Society, addrefs'd himself in the Words following, or to the like Effect. I SIR, Am Commanded by the Society (of Ancient Britons eftablifh'd in Honour of the Birth-Day of her Royal Highness and the Principality of Wales). • with all Humility to beg Leave to make their most grateful Acknowledgment to your Royal Highness, for the great Honour you did them in being their Prefident, and with the profoundest Refpe&t prefume to beg the Continuance of the the fame, and to honour them with your Royal " Sir Rob. Bench. And Serj. Royal Prefence at the next Anniversary Dinner, the better to Patronize so Loyal and Laudable an Undertaking. To which his Royal Highness was graci- That be thanked them for their kind Invitation, And afterwards they did themselves the like Honour to wait on her Royal Highnefs, being introduced by the Right Honourable the Earl of Grantham, Lord Cham berlain to her Royal Highness, when the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Gage addrefs'd himself to the like effect, and had the fame Gracious Answer. On Sunday, the last Day of this Month, Ld. Ch. Fuft. the Right Honourable Sir Robert Raymond, of the King's Knight, one of the Commiffioners for the Cuftody of the Great Seal, kifs'd his Majefty's Hand for the Place of Lord Chief Juftice of the King's-Bench, in the Room of Sir John Pratt, Knight. deceas'd. And Mr. Serjeant Reynolds was nominated Deaths, Births, a Puifny Judge of the faid Court, in the and Marriages and Marriages Place of Sir Robert Raymond. # Puifny of eminent Perfons. The Lady Catherine Douglass dies. And Rob. And Mr. About the Beginning of this Month died the Lady Catherina Douglafs, Daughter to his Grace the Duke of Queensberry. On the 14th died Robert Murray Efq; Paymatter of the Lotteries. On Monday the 15th died alfo George Murray Efq; Wrightfon Efq; formerly Deputy Commiffary of the Mufters; as did, the next Wrightfon. Day, the Lady of George Huxley Efq; MemAnd Mrs. ber of Parliament for the Town of BedHuxley. ford. Some Some Days before, Sir Alexander Cumming And Sir. Bart. Reprefentative for the Shire of Aber- Alexander deen in North Britain, in the laft Parliament, Cumming. died at Aberdeen. On the 20th died, the Lady Rawlinson, And the Lady Relict of the late Sir Thomas Rawlinfon, for- Rawlinfon. merly Lord Mayor of London. On Wednesday the 24th died the Rt. Hon. And the Lord Sir John Pratt Kt. Lord Chief Justice of Ch. Juft. the King's Bench. About this, time, the South Sea Company receiv'd Advice, that Captain Davifon, Commander of their Ship the Royal George, died at Carthagena in New Spain. Pratt. And Captain Davifon. The latter end of this Month (February) And Sir Tho died in Devonshire among his Lady's Rela- Tipping. tions Sir Thomas Tipping of Oxfordshire, Bart. He was but lately married to the only Child of Sir John Lear of Lendridge in Devon, Baronet, (by his Lady a Daughter of ChriAtopher Wolfton Efq, of the fame County) a Young Lady of Great Beauty and Fortune; Sir Thomas was Sifter's Son to the Right Hon. Edward Ruffel Earl of Orford, the famous Admiral, of the Houfe of Bedford. On Saturday the 6th of February, Edward Edward Thompson Efq; Member of Parliament for Thompson the City of York, was married to Mrs. Ara- Efq; marries bella Dunch, Youngest Daughter of the late Mrs. Dunch. Edmund Dunch Efq; who was Mafter of his Majefty's Houfhold. And, on Tuesday the And Sir Tho. 23d, Sir Tho. Hanmer Bart. Knight of the Hanmer to Shire for the County of Suffolk and formerly Mrs. Foulks. Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, was married to Mrs. Foulks, a rich. Heiress. POST Mr. St. An dre's Accoun of his being. Poifoned, &c Ift Day of the POST-SCRIPT. Befides what has been inferted above, relating to Mr. St. André's being poisoned, and which was first publish'd in the London Gazette: Mr. St. André has fince thought fit to publish the following Narrative, viz. TH HE Reason that obliges me to publifh my Cafe, is, that while that Account was drawing up, which was inferted in the Gazettee of Tuesday the 23d of February, I was fo very ill, that I could not fatisfy the Phyficians, who had the Goodness to attend me, as to several Particulars, which are as follow: Saturday the 6th of February, about 8 in the Evening, I felt the firft Effects of the Poison (I had taken a little before) which were a Giddinefs and uncommon Coldness, with Hiccoughs, Pains, and Contractions in the Region of the Stomach, following with a preffing Inclination to Vomit, and, not fufpecting the true Cause, going to Bed, I was induced to take a Julep, compofed of a Scruple of Spirit of Lavender, four Drachms of Syrup of white Poppies, with two Ounces of Barley Cinnamon Water. The Inclination to Vomit growing more ftrong, I foon threw up the Julep, with a great Quantity of black and greenish Matter, perceived a deteftable Tafte of Copper in my Throat and Mouth, with a burn |