sjcjjlrdie kucg j on gazette ktmtortk f dicing psccs w written on two wry diftrtvtfilptts fm selector all help ii vain my final hour draws near puttnt hclovm my king my father dear orator nor tie excellence of the character he defenbo to hunt for mcntncmoas orna ments or to deprefs another chid in order tocalttheolaofhlsprak ymi re not to learn iir what mifcrable modnclhmstcem annually from thie pre s m the fhape of orations and panegyrics and the the feefi ely ever gde ted it did not follow as a conic- dopted ced to ci was a p qnence of tills deciho contained their fentiments or id have been written t was only the there is a ed i that the difcourfe was the be i that con crate niaife by which many of them are fatyrized and it doghfi to be one of the 1 vu a finer generation wih due claftical models which all mult tiudy who hall afoire to elegance or fame 1 hat you may promote this valuable cb6 fboner let me rcqueft you to analyze with ftnctnels- a few of thefe annual produioiw of our neighbors by noticing their defes with b r chief purpofes of fw rotoriou publican but when thofe eyes no more amelia tee bad tafte v us fo prev- tho tli cold grave enclofe fflitfwr in tljjs couiltry and to uifparc the n- i n p borne notnn with due reverence iov thofe loiig exheme the penal pang 1 ve borne lcimiowmv fink nig frame is piecemeal torn but hope iriht hops bids fhadowy tef- iors re still thy lovi daughter cries rememher me i vet eer the f lemn welcome word is givn eer my freed fpiiit feeks ns opning hea accept this i click fbii memento be a fig- a token you remember ftie i on two fond breads my fleeting foul relies my father sifter clam my parting fighs and ifafi i feel when here i ceafe to be with tendereft love will lull remember me j p oh mylovd mary name for ever dear mv kind unwearied friend at ail times near when this faint head no more reclines m thee thy fcindred foul will hill remember me and sire if difcrrbodied fptrits know what paries h re with thofe mnjl lovd beloy if guardian a ngelslheyre allowd to be my father siller ill fememfar thee ho poke the filial fair nor knew the dart parental anguifh fcd in brunswicks heart on murafifummons to sir i stuart to fur- render sisijf in order to pare the ejfujion of blood says murat to sturat of blood pm fo terde t i beg without fighting your force youll in rentier ix- says the hero of maida to muiat- cufe me and much your fine feelings amaze and a- mufe me here determined we land you may come when you will evry drop in our veins wc are ready to fpffl r afdc multcrd murat parbleu when i fent twas my ozun blood to fpare and not yours that i meant ttqp77t t ajv fos the k n g s t o k 6 as t t e reckoner o39 i i- a my readers will perceive that nctwith- ilanding the care of the writer the two fal lowing papers are from the other fide of the one word difclofes their country but there is much good fence in the ciiticifm sir it appears to me that the numerous ora tions delivered annually in the neighboring- state5 contribute more to the declcnlion than to the advancement of true eloquence the little pains taken in their composition might lead us to fuppofe that the orators had not only thegfeateft contempt for their hearers but alfo for the fubjecls of their har- rzvgucs did they not alteit their mofl pro found reverence for both thefe orators mr reckoner feem to think that eloquence con lifts in words only on the lanouae therefore they bellow the little labor tliey are difpofed to exert they felecl fuch words as are of uncommon length and grave ly weigh the propriety of each by the num ber of its fyllables in their anxiety about rounding their pe iods they forget or rath er perhaps are ignorant that fenfe is much more neceftary than found the mod quaint and affected language is preferred to fimpli- city of expreflion and they deliver the mod turgid emptinefs in the place of good knte when they pretend to life with their fubjeft they are loft in the fogto themfelves they may appear profound but it is not given to common minds to comprehend their mean ing tell thefe orators mr reckoner that their vague declamation and the taw dry finery with which it is bedaubed are pe- clarly offenfive to perlbns of the moft or dinary clihical attainments tell them that good fence is the firlt requifiteftyle only the fecond that when a man addreffes the public he mould convey fome inftrudion to his hearers he fhould inform their under standings as well as gratify their ears were the topics barren and incapable of embellishment the fpeaker might be excufed but this is far from being the cafe what czn be a nobler fubje to thefe people than the annivcrfary of their independence r what more inserting than the birthdays of thofe men who facrinced their lives in their d fcnec surely ia addrcgng the public on fuch important occanons there is no necelti- v i r diftoited combinations and turrrid ne- nor m k dify telentsv the rell them that if orations are neceffary it is not always neceuary to publifli them and that the belt informed perfous in the diftr is fhould be appointed to pronounce the addrels on folemn occalions inflcid of leaving it to for ward and ignorant young men without knowledge judgment or tafte indeed fir i blufh for my countrymen when 1 fee a for eigner read even one of the beit oi our ora tions the bombafc and affcclatfon with whicli they are filled are fure to merit his comempt and their common place and want of difrimination his difguft the pehifal of an inaugural oration by a learned profeffor has produced thefe obfer- vations though they do not all apply to his performance this composition was not written on any temporary or political fub- je but on a topic which afforded room for the mod cxquilite emoellifhraent and ap plied fo great a fund of excellent materials that the invention had almoft nothing to do it was only for the judgment to flecl from the mafs what appeared the mod driking and to combine them by the aihltance of good tade into an elegant whole the difcouife was lent mc accompanied with the highed praifes i had feei the mod unbounded panegyric pronounced upon it in a periodical publication my expectations were raffed to the higheft pitch and i fur down with the greateit avidity to thisin- tcljeclual feafl perhaps i ex peeled too much in tic fir ft performance of a profeftor of iwjiicf ntil it ia fdllom llmt onr cx- pcclations are ftdly gratified oi this occa- lon i mud confeff i was fadly dfappoin ed and could not difcover the parts whk iu had drawn inch praifes from the critics lj the dyle indeed i perceived more correct nefs than nfually belongs to fuch produc tions but in other refpecls the oration r far inferior to the fibj cl as it has oy tained a very confiderable reputation an been lately repub ifhed as the frd in a course of leclures permit me to make a few o fervations on its compofition for mr arfjj gms the ambaflador to ruflia gives a d ree of celebrity by his very name to ever thing he write and to criticife obfeure auj thors would be of no ufe bed prefented on the occahon i nei c curious anecdote refpecting this effay elate bv marmontel in his memoirs which it may not be impertinent to tranfcrbe 1 ms an ecdote marmontel had from diderot 1 was a prifoner at vincennes fays diderot to marmontel rouffeau came to fee mc there he had made me his andarchus as he has fid himfelf one day as we were walking together he told me that the di jon academy had jud propofed an intereding otiedion and that he was defirous of treat ing it the quedion was has the re-eitab- liihment of arts and fciences contributed to the improvement of rfiorals which fide will you take afked i the aftinnn- tive anfwered he tis the affes bridge aid 1 all ordinary talents will take that road and you will find there common ideas whereas the contrary fide prefents a new rich and fertile rield for philofophy 2nd for eloquence you are fight returned he after a moments reflexion and i will take your advice it had been better for mr adams to hve declined mentioning sacra- tes as a decrier of tuie eloquence as his cen- fvre was direcled againd the sophias who made a veiy bad ufe of this art ke blam- tbc following h a copy of a letter from mi furfc late midjhipman of the smimmih dated breft ly i q i8if u no doubt you will be furprl- fed at the date of this from breft iking very lucky in the semba- mis hit cruize in the vvay of tak ing prizes i was fent from her or the 6th inft to take charge of an american fang which capf rich ardfon detained having with toe fix men from the scmirami as alio five beloncnn to the brio the captain mate and three boys out of fix that came with me two were americans thefe and two others 3 ot our crew having moil of their friends living in nerv ed only the proditution of eloquence he york ioined with the captain ot conceived it as all wife men mud a very dan gerous engine in the hands of bad men when eloquence is ufed to varnifli crimes to intereft the pafltons in favor of a bad caufe and to bewilder the underdanding who fhall fay that on fuch occamons it is not pernicious so very fenfible have mankind been of its bad effects that methods have been contrived to reilruitt its influence in the areopagus at athens artificial eloquence was forbidden laws have been multiplied for the purpofe of contracting the fphere of its operation i fhould indeed be well plea- fed to hear an orator like cicero addreffing a judge but i fhould not like to fee the judge fo much intoxicated with the oration as to pardon a guilty prifoner fuch partial ity is inconlident with liberty eloquence gains fuch triumphs at the expenfe of judiec to have the power of pcrfuafion is always dangerous except in a good caufc and i ti from me on the 6th in about 12 o clock bin- dino me two more with cords r hands and feet the next morn- inrr they hoifteabilt the lolibotit edvind us our dothes and tome bread and water still keeping our hands tied j txiey pnt us into the boat which was then very lea ky and fent us adrift in the wei- tern ocean about 300 miles frohi land one of my men whofe name is rawlinfon untied me with his teeth whicli was the means of get ting us all free not knowing the diftance exacfljy at the time they let us go i did not know what think it none of the lead advantages attend- cour to fhapc the wind being ing the diftulion ot knowledge that it has r o xxr r fi i v s e fuppoiing it to be as near as i could guefs for the eddyftone but unfortunately for me and the others the firft land we made was ulhant the wind then blowing very frefh and we m an open boat and on a lee iliore thought it beft for our fafety to run into a fmall idand called morlaix after being fix days drifting about in the wettern ocean alrnoft dead with diminifheil tile fobs r iftmitnt i read with pleafurc the orators obfey- vations on rcafon and language but the pains he takes to protfi vhat nobody ever doubt ed that eloquence was highly praifed by the greeks and romans might have been fpar- i m ed foreign intelligence the fubjeft of the oration is the praife eloquence and the author candidly adrnjftg that it is a controverfy among mankind vvh ther it be worhy of cultivation as t author is not of this opinion i looked for- a definition of rhetorick and aprecilion of lam- guage that he might diilinguifh legitimate from fpnrioua eloquence and then fliew th all thofe competent judges- who have con- demned the art have only had falfe eloquera ce in view i do not eafily comprehend yrlbi the profcitor means by a reputation whieh even after death vibrates upon the hinges of events with which they have little or no perceptible connexion but when he re marks that the fame doubt cxided in regard to the arts and fciences in general as to rhet oric m particular i cannot exactly agree the aits and fciences have never been con demned by any perfon capable of undeman ding them they have indeed as the ora tor obferves had their periods rf depreffion but thofe periods were produced by barba rous ignorance after the lofs of virtue and liberty and furely never from the conviction that their cultivation was pernicious i know that the wrongheaded roulteau de claimed againft the fciences but this opin ion which he adopted rather from its finu- ianty than its truth can never weigh aaii ft the general opinion or what is of more cn- fequence it can never weigh againd the truth at the zenith of modern civilisa tion the palm of unanfwered eloquence was awarded to the writer who maintained that the fciences had always promoted rather ibe mifery than the happinefs of mankind thofe who are unacquainted with the mo tives that produced rouiteaus famous efe on the effects of the fciences would infer from this datcment that the reward was w- en for the illudration of a truth lim it fhould be remembered that the profcflorof lym who propofed the qatflfon were rf- from a ccidlz paper decree of the spaniih cortes i the mediation offered by great brit ain for the purpole oi conciliating the prov inces of america is accepted 2 the indifpenliblc balls mud be the fib- mijlon of the provinces to acknowledge and fwear allegiance to the cortes and the gov ernment and to name deputies who fhall reprelent them in the faid cortes and fhall incorporate themfelves with the other rep- refentatives of the nation 3 that all bodilicies fhall be reciprocally fufpended and that all perfons of either par ty who are prifoners fhall be fet free 4 that the pretentions of the provinces at varience with the mother country cieful- cntes fhall be heard and attention paid to them as far as ju dice will permit 5 at the expiration of eight months from the commencement of the negociation orfooner if poilible a report of the prog re fs of it fhall be made to the spaniih govern ment 6 great britain fhall be permitted dur ing the negociation to trade with the faid province it being lrft to the cortes to con sider whether they fhall lie admitted to a hare of the trade with all the provinces of america 7 the negociation muu be concluded within fifteen months 8 if at the expiration of that time it is not accomplifhed great britain fhall fuf- pend allfntercourfe with the provinces a vaimnce with spain and fhall aflifi the mo ther country in bringing them back to their duty 9 the government m he anfwer to the englifh rninifler fhall previoufly explain to him the motives which have induced it to accept the mediation and to prefcrve itj hc- fatigue and having nothing to eat our bread being fpoiled with fait water oil our ian din rr we were made prifoners but exceedingly well treated i forgot to ftate that at the time we were feized we were afleep having but a fhort time previoufly j eft the deck thofe that fucceeded us in the watch on deck were thofe that were bribed the original from which the a- bove letter is copied has been fent to the admiralty in order that proceedings may be inftitmed a- gainft the four mutineers who ieized their officer and aitifted the americans to recapture their fhip one of our frigates having fallen in with and taken them again the day after they performed the en- terprize nor london september 24 a very brilliant affair has been achieved by the thames frigate and cephalus ffoop navmg taken from under the batteries near the coad of napes h unboats 1 armed felucca and m mcrchnt vctelu without the iota ci one man lm nov 6 i ml eft from portugal tj cant miifcrvey from liaon ha brought the gazettes of that city to the 2th september and verbal aecounts to the id oaoher the papers from the 24th to the ssth september do not eon- tain a line of information from the grand armies and the hit reports were that no war eveitt had oc curred the angtolaifitarian ar my was hi cantonments on the eaftern frontier of portuealj to twecn the tagus and the douro excepting one tlivilion which