Historical Chronicit. . VOLUME LXXIII. PART THE SECOND. PRODESSE ET DELECTARE. E PLURIBUS UNUM. By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON, Printed by NICHOLS and SON, at Cicero's Head, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-Street ; And sold by J. HARRIS (Successor to Mrs. NEWBERY), GENERAL LERARE as now poffeffors , "I caft a pleasing look within. yote Now, in heroic verse, we'll ftaten Rais'd, the paß moment, to destroyi Makes his tremendous jaws expand, And leads me gently by the hand; Ending in measure tipp'd with rhime. Severity might give him blows, At Birmingham I meet my boy, Humanity, the pat bestows. But nęyer meet him without joy ; The birds, my little grove retaio, For life to melancholy teadsgu Welcome me with their chearful Arain, Were we to live without Qur friends; In gratitude they fing their best, helt Nay, if to lofieide we give, Becaule elley bold a peaceful neft ; How can we then be said to live? For neither bird or ner have been Thoughts of the pen are now laid by, Disturb'd fince first my grope was seen; On paper only caft an ege: A place, perhaps, by right divine, of 'Twill suit you, Sir, to buy this lot, As much heir freehold as tis mine; My glafsçs, newspapers, and l- late, Te'er withheld a crumb of bread. is Enter the parlour to be private My pair of so Let's see what Ratesmen are contriving, Who, in my lepi see old age : If the politic nags they're driving. They hear my voice, they make no ftand, But how can I men's actions view, But take the bread from mafter's hand, Who know so little what they do? Perceiving an exhausted atore, My joyous breakfast comes at last in, Lovingly follow me for more. I relish like a pløụgh-man fafting ; I turn; which their dull footstep check, Chat with all { So my poor lads,” and pat their necks, nothing faid, They dever knew a treatment hárth, Till Mully finishes debates, Strangers to wapt, as to the lash. Opens with, “ Sir, the dinner waits.!" I meet my servants growing old, Who would not enter, with all bis heart, But never meot them with a scold ; poja? To taste plumb-pudding, pye, or diffart. My equals, in an eye divinę, Let me to these sweet dishes join, Why not my equals then in mine? Nought now remains (the floor well trod) And rubs her side against the wall: girl the ! I meet with bows, and how d'ye do. Rises to meet me, while the joy MOJE Rain and I each other chace, Takes fuit poffeffion of her eyes Who sees the best of women come! “I dun na like her fuck my kid,!". Whatever comfort age can find, When Aston steeple Arikes the eye, Lies in the store. house of her mind. It steals, for hen I lov'd; a fish, Now gafilen, coaverse, book, of pea, One mile walk'do'er, the tray'ler fees Tea,- Tupper, music, please till ten; My little cbt peep, taronght the ageles, lights" ir Dear coç! for chirty years inclin'd I nse, and burrow for the night. To fumit me ini pence of mind egal or bleffings/căn I wife for incre de Which neer gave anxious thought or figh, Tbey amply satisfy fourscore. Uncitore fourcheneti ot, jály Fhips Lenoy, others. partakings is) Beduç'd to aches by ill men, A lide heasen of my making: But from hier alles rose again. W. HUTTOM a But after all the more on eacl head, The bulky town recedes from viewing the whole til at pleafare an furpale, GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE Bath 3, Briftol Sherborne, Sur Meteorological Diary Average Prices ofCorn6o6Burials in Churcli-yards---Plague of Darkness 63 Practicalfriformation on Strangulated Rypiure617 A rough Sketch of Modern Paris... Account of High Roding Church, &c. Eflex ibid. INDEX INDICATORIUS Original Letters from Addisou and Young $22 SELECT POETRY,Antient and Modern 664-66 Vengeance, or Count of Julian,” explained ibid Abstract of the principal Foreign Occurrences 69 Embellished with beautiful Perspective Views of the Churches of HALES Owen, SHROPSHIRE; YAPTON, SUSSEX '; and High RODING, ESSEX; , OCTAGON pen, By Sr. LVA NU S Ų R BAN, GENT, TOX. Printed by NICHOLS and son, at Cicero's Head, Red-Lion Paffage, Fleet-street, London where all Letters to the Editor are desired to be addressed, Pos T-PAID. 1803. . Height of Fahrenheit's Thermométer. Height of Pethrenhoit's Thermometer Barom. Weather in. pts. in July, 1803. ptş. in July, 1803 D. of VID of Month. 11 o'cl. Night. 30,26 fair ,27 fair osowanawe Month. 561-68 323 fair 56 8 oʻcl. Night. Juue July 1 2 66 78 68 13 54 57 ,28 cloudy 15 56 130 cloudy 57 ,18 fair 1652 .68 58 17 61 18 62 66 68 29,99 fair 19 67177162 564 | 69 1 54 298 showery 6776 *60 fair with thya. 57 30,00 howery 60 69 60 30,10 cloudy 6958 ,10 cloudy 67 ,28 fair 23 68 24 720 cloudy. JO 25 ,19 cloudy 26 60 922 fair 123 fair 320 fair ,12 fair 20 21 61 72 201 fair ,25 fair 56 334 fair 240 fair ,!2 fair AVERAGE PRICES of CORN, from the Returns ending June 21, 1803. MARITIME COUNTIES. Wheat Rye Barley Oats Boda, $. d. s, d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. d. S. del, Middler. 60 835 0 26 4 25 11 33 4 ) Eflex 58 032 023 4126 1031 Surrey 62 4134 025 4125 1033 Kent 6060 025 028 3132 Hertford 53 1035 125 924 038: 0 Sussex ooo 025 800 Bedford 52 531 724 324 31 8 Suffolk 021325 6129 5 Hunting. 49 5100 0122 3.18. 226 6 || Cambrid. 50 oo 0 22 10 19 630 Northam. 54 030 420 928 9 Norfolk 55 132 321 030 Rutland 58 ooo 0 021 4119 334 10 Leicester 53 900 O 22 8 19 Ono York 56 1037 3119 1oco Nalting. 60 636 026 021 2396 oloo 0124 9134 Derby 62 ooo 0126 339 8 39 424 8 23 7 29 5 Stafford 59 10 00 0124 10 22 1040 3 Cumberl. 65 247 10 30 426 600 Salop 55 437 025 2 24 600 Westmo. 68 0 54 0 28 2304 Hereford 55 11 35 224 424 836 9. Lancaft. -60 600 0127 Ic 23 242 Worceft. 53 0125 326 233 7 100 Warwick 57 027 034 6 030 IT OO Ilon Berks 60 900 Anglesea oo oloo 0 14 000 Oxford 55 7100 0122 T1121 731 8 | Carnarv. 64 048 026 415 600 Bucks 56 400 0123 8124 234 3 Merioneth64 1000 0/28 0123 000 Brecon 56 0132' 0 24 10 20 o Cardigan 56 400 021 014 10000 Montgo. 57 600 0 25 720 300 0 Pembioke 51 99 oloo Radnor 53 10 00 02! 10/22 3100 Carmart. 64 doo 0 24 0 15 1000 Glamorg. 62 no 0 28 8122 8100 Glouceft. 56 Soo Average of England and Wales, per quarter. 023 021 NI33 IL Somerset 59 11 00 0 24 721 433 4 58 6136 10 24 9122 433 10 Monm. 61 0127 624 000 59 Hants 2100 024 8 23 435 AVERAGE PRICES, by which Exportation and Bounty are to be regulated. Wheaty Rye Barley Oats Beans Wheaff. Rye Barley Dats Bean · Diftrias S. d.) si d.ls. d. ll Districts difs. d. s. d. s. d. 4136 1924. 1124 431 4 57 236 10/22 8 16 10 33 10 55.5 36 1021 8/22 11|29 10 59 236 10 24 0 23 7133 9 55 32 321 0122 4130 67 0 36 1030 0 24 133 10 54 830 021 419 1३० 7 336 1025 022 11 35 0 58 439 4/24 8 24 134 O 000 oloo 100 oloo O QO 65 11 49 $ 29 10 29 533 10 O co oloo 0000 59 536 1027 1022 7172 IS 00 3 00 ooo ooo 64 748 027 7/19 733 10 oo oloo Oloo oloo olco 35 10 o 20 2/16 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For JULY 1803. chiefly Mr. URBAN, July 7. am willing to shew you), not a par- of national affairs, the publication I have been called I the extreme of apa- on to explain. It now remains thy and alarm is e to examine how Mr. Murqually to be avoided; phy came to print it with so much but, if we are really more accuracy, because he certainly desirous of strengthening the arm never pofleffed my manuscripts for of Government, we ought not to half an hour in his life; and, if he wait the tardy operation of Acts of had, the fault is in the original leta Parliament. ter, as in the printed copy. There is little doubt of there That I should be flow to suspect being 250,000 inhabitants in Great any thing written by Johnson could Britain who can very well afford to be nonsense, is natural enough: but contribute Forty Pounds each, on Mr. Lyfons looked over his papers an average, out of their capital. with me very carefully; and thoughi If contributions on this plan were we must naturally have read themi to commence immediately in every together more than once, the error town throughout the kingdom, I always escaped our detection, and am convinced that Government I do think would never have been would receive at least Ten Mil- found out by, Sir, your most obediLIONS within a month ; the opera- ent servant, H. L. Piozzi: tion of the Income Tax might be poftponed; the contributors would Mr. URBAN, July 16. deserve the thanks of their country, I HOPE the following observa. and at the sanie time would best tions may be acceptable to some consult their real interests. of your readers. If they do not Yours, &c. AmicUS. PATRIÆ. appear to be well founded, still they may stimulate other persons to Brynbella,near Denbigh, investigate the subject farther. It is extremely awful; and particularSAID that, when we returned ly connected with the turn of our to Wales, I would look over Dr. thoughts in these times, and our Johnton's Manuscript Letters; and meditations concerning the divine my diligence was quickened by a Dispensations! literary friend, who, speaking of In chap. xvi. of the Revelation the charge your correspondent S.S. of St. John, the directions to the brings against me for negligence, Angels, with the Vials of wrath, made me read the same passage as especially the first five Vials, or the it stands in Mr. Murphy's edition, most part of them, appear to be where the words are well arranged, intended against the Papal power. and the paragraph cleared from all The Fourth Vial has been calcuembarrasiment. lated, in a very striking manner, In the manuscript letter, how. by Mr. Fleming, to be poured out ever, (which I thewed him, and on France, as one chief adherent to |