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Refplendant thro' the skies, from whence was heard,
As thunder terrible, the Father's voice

Awful proclaiming from the fulgent hade,

LO MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM

WELL PLEAS'D!

Verfes occafioned by Dr FRAZVR's rebuilding part of the Univer-
SITY of ABERDEEN.

In antient times, e're Wealth was learning's foe;
And dar'd defpife the worth, He would not know;
E're Ignorance look'd lofty in a Peer,

And fmil'd at Wit, caft back in fortune's rere,
The pious Prelate, truly good, and great,
Courted the Mufes to this happy feat;
Friend to inftructive arts, he knew to prize,
His bounty bade the mighty pile arise.
Splendor adorn'd what knowing Skill defign'd,
And the fair ftructure spoke his noble mind.
The fabric finish'd, to fecure the fame,

He ftil'd it Royal, from the Sov'reign's name t.
Here, by fucceffive Worthies, well was taught.
All that enlightens, and exalts the thought.
With labour planted, and improv'd with care,
Long, every cherish'd fcience flourish'd fair.
Thus, without cloud, ferene the seasons roll'd:
Thus, learning faw renew'd the age of gold.

But now, the years revolving backward ran,
And a dark Series of worse time began.
Vile Avarice, in Gordon's form, arose;
Arts, unefteem'd, were govern'd by their Foes;
Zeal, pious to a crime, reform'd the age,
And Gothic Purity, and Prieftly Rage.
Then fell, to low contempt, th' inftructing trade,
And ev'ry Mufe's Portion was Unpaid!

Now, a lone wafte, the Mule's feat appears,
By focial Foes defac'd, and length of years.
O'er her declining roofs, with mofs o'erfpread,
See! Time, flow-creeping, walks with hoftile tread:
Silent, and fure, with unremitting toil,

He shakes each wall, and moulders ev'ry pile.
Ruin hangs hov'ring o'er the deftin'd place;
And Solitary Silence comes apace!

Learning beheld, with all a father's fear,
And mourn'd the total defolation near;
He faw the Mufes ftretch the wing to fly,
And spoke his filent forrow in a figh!

From heav'n, in that fad hour, commiffion'd, came
Fair Charity, in heaven the foremost name.
Compaffion flew before her, fweetly bright:
And her meek eyes effulg'd unclouded light.

Hear

Bishop Elphinston. † James IV.

Bishop William Gordon.

"Hear, and rejoice, the fmiling Power begun, "Full of my deity, thy beft-lov'd Son* ; "Thy injur'd rights, regardful, fhall affert, "And nobly take his fuffering parent's part. "He, thy first favourite, and thy dearest friend, Shall bid thy walls arife, thy roofs afcend. "I fee, all-charm'd, I fee the future frame, Arifing, emulate its antient name!

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"I fee thy long loft pomp fhine out again, "And ev'ry Mufe, returning, claim her Reign! "Nor ends the Bounty here; by him beftow'd, "Learning's Rich Stores fhall thy Museum load: "Whate'er, deep-hid Philofophy has found; "Or the Mufe fung, with living laurel crown'd; "Or Hiftory defcri'd, far looking Sage!

In the dark doubtfulness of distant age : "Thefe, thy well-chofen Treasures, there combin'd, "Unwafting, fhall enrich the youthful mind: "But teach thy Sons the gentle arts of peace; "Let faction lofe his rule, and difcord cease. "Rivals, alone, in love, and doing well, "Be their fair emulation to excell, "Then fhall encourag'd arts fuccessful thrive, "And all the glory of thy name revive!"

STATE PAPER.

M EMORIAL PRESENTED ON THE 8th OF OCTOBER 1793, BY LORD HERVEY THE ENGLISH MINISTER, TO M. DE SERRISTORI, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN

AFFAIRS AT FLORENCE.

ALL Europe is witness of the

reiterated complaints made by the under-figned Envoy Extraordinary, and Minifter Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majefty at the Court of Tufcany, on the fubject of the partiality which the latter Government obferves in favour of the French, The under-figned has done every thing in his power to open the eyes of his Royal Highnefs the Grand Duke upon his true interefts, and the danger to which he expofes himself by having communication with a nation of Regicides, which puts every art in practice to annihilate all kind of Government; which defpifes all laws; which destroys all religion;

which has at length dipped its guilty hands in the blood of its King-in the blood of the clergy, of the nobility, and of other fubjects who remained faithful to their King; and which, feeking to extend its calamities to all other people, is warring againft almost all the Sovereigns of Europe. Notwithstanding the generous, amicable, and plain intentions of his Britannic Majefty, which the undersigned communicated to the Government of Tufcany by his memorial of 14th Auguft laft, he has feen the evil councils and dangerous maxims of certain perfons prevail; and as the conduct, which he complains of has been perfevered in, it becomes neceffary to take vigorous measures.

"The under-figned is obliged to declare, in order that his Royal Highnefs the Grand Duke may be informed of it, that Admiral Hood has or

* James Frazer, Doctor of Laws.

"dered

dered an English fquadron, in conjunction with a detachment from the Spanish fleet, to fet fail for Leghorn, there to act according to the part which his Royal Highnefs may take. "The unjust and notorious partiality of Tuscany in favour of the French, and the vaft feizure of the corn and effects belonging to the merchants of Toulon and Leghorn, at a time when the armies of their Britannic and Spanish Majefties had occafion for the fame articles, evidently prove the injury which enfues from fuch a neutrality for the operations of the allies. In confequence, Admiral Lord Hood declarcs, in the name of the King his mafter, that if, within the fpace of 12 hours after the representation of the under-figned, his Royal Highnefs the Grand Duke does not refolve to fend away M. de la Flotte and his adherents from Tuscany, the fquadron will act offenfively against the port and city of Leghorn.

"The unhappy confequences of this proceeding can alone be imputed to those who have had the audacity to give perfidious advice, and to make falfe reprefentations upon the prefent ftate of affairs-they alone will have to answer for all that may happen henceforward.

to prevent offenfive operations-against the city and port of Leghorn, is to acquiefce in the demands now made, by giving the under-figned the Royal promife to conform to them punctually.

"It will depend, then, upon his Royal Highnefs to receive the faid fquadron as a friend, or to expose Tufcany to all the difafters which will happen, if it be compelled to act offenfively. As its expedition at Genoa is concluded, it is on the point of arriving at Leghorn. For this reafon, the under-figned will haften to prevent any offenfive measure, by acquainting the commanding Admiral with the refolutions of his Royal Highness.

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The under-figned has thought it neceffary to make this communication for the information of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Tufcany. At the fame time he fincerely hopes that this affair will terminate amicably, and to the reciprocal fatiffaction of the two Courts. (Signed)

"My LORD,

ANSWER.

6 HERVEY

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"His Royal Highness has ordered me to reply to the memorial which you have prefented this day, and to the explanatory note of the intentions of the King your Sovereign, that his Royal Highnefs has refolved to make the neceffary difpofitions that M. de la Flotte and his adherents may quit Tuscany as foon as poffible. His Royal Highness flatters himself, that his Majesty the King of Great Britain will confider this proceeding as a fresh teftimony of the particular efteem and deference which his Royal Highnefs takes a pleafure in thewing him on every occafion. Such are the orders that my Sovereign has given me.

"The under-figned, who earneftly defires to avert fuch a calamity from Tuscany, and to fpare his Royal Highness the Grand Duke all kind of inconvenience, again invites him to give, without delay, a clear explication of his intentions relative to the demand made by Admiral Lord Hood, to order the departure of M. de la Flotte and his adherents, and to break off all communication with the National Convention, or the foi difant Government of France. In making a common cause with the Allies, his Royal Highness the Grand Duke may rely upon the friendship and protection of his Britannic Majefty and his Allies. The fole way 8th October.-10 o'clock at night.

"I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed)

SERRISTORI,

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DESCRIPTION OF THE GROTTO AT SWATARA.

BY THE REV. PETER MILLER.

HIS Grotto is fituate in Pennfylvania, on the eaft fide of Swatara, close to the river. Its entrance is very fpacious, and there is fomewhat of a descent towards the other extremity; infomuch that I fuppofe the furface of the river is rather higher than the bottom of the cave. The upper part is like an arched roof, of folid lime-ftone rock, perhaps twenty feet thick. On entering, are found many apartments, fome of them very high, like the choir of a church. There is, as it were, a continual rain within the cave, for the water drops inceffantly from the roof upon the floor; by which, and the water petrifying as it falls, pillars are gradually formed to fupport the roof. I faw this cavé about 30 years ago, and obferved above ten fuch pillars, each fix inches in diameter, and fix feet high; all fo ranged that the place inclofed by them refembled a fanctuary in a Roman church and I can affure you, that no royal throne ever exhibited more grandeur, than the delightful profpect of this lufus nature. Satis fed with the view of this, we difcovered the refemblances of feveral monuments, incorporated into the walls, as if the bodies of departed heroes were there depofited. Our guide then conducted us to a place where

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he faid hung the bell: this is a piece of ftone iffuing out of the roof, which, when ftruck, founds like bell.

Some of the ftalactites are of a colour like fugar-candy, and others refemble loaf-fugar; but it is a pity that their beauty is now almost deftroyed by the country people. The water, as it falls, runs down the declivity; and it is both wholfome and pleafant to drink, when it has difcharged its petrifying matter. It is remarkable that we found several holes at the bottom of the cave, going down perpendicularly, perhaps into the abyfs, which renders it dan gerous to be without a light. Ať the end of the cave, there is a pretty run, which takes its courfe through part of it, and then lofes itself among the rocks: here is alfo its exit, by an aperture which is very narrow, Through this the vapours continu ally pafs outwards, with a ftrong current of air; and, at night, these vapours afcending refémble a great furnace. Part of thefe vapours and fogs appear, on afcending, to be condenfed at the head of this great alembic, and the more volatile parts to be carried off, through the aperture communicating with the exterior air before mentioned, by the force of the air in its paffage.

DESCRIPTION OF THE VIEW OF CRAIGCROOK,

(GIVEN IN OUR MAGAZINE FOR JANUARY LAST.)

RAIGCROOK, in the parish of Cramond, was built towards the middle of the 16th century, by one of the Adamfon family, long proprietors thereof, whofe arms are u pon the gate of the court-yard. This feat, with an estate of above L.300 a year furrounding it, was

mortified, for charitable purposes, by John Strachan of Craigcrook, who died about the year 1720; and the managers of the mortification are the Prefbytery of Edinburgh, two advocates, and two writers to the fig net, fuperintended by two Lords of Seffion.

CHARAC

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CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTES OF THE LATE EARL OF

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BARRYMORE.

BY ANTHONY PASQUIN, ESQ.

ICHARD, late Earl of Barrymore, Viscount Buttevant, and Baron Barry, of the kingdom of Ireland, was born August 14th 1769; he fucceeded to the title and eftate Auguft ift 1773; was chofen Member for Heytefbury, in Wilthire, at the commencement of the prefent Parliament; and died March 6th 1793.

He was fuppofed to have expended, in the courfe of five years, very near three hundred thousand pounds, and what will appear very extraordinary is, that, in the midit of this ocean of extravagance, he was, himself, one of the moft temperate men, in regard to eating and drinking, I ever accompanied !-he would occafionally drefs himself like a French cook, with a white cap, bag, apron, knife, &c. and invite a felect party to fup with him, for whom he would drefs a fowl, faufages, foup, and fallad in various ways, with as much addrefs and skill as Lebeck in old times, or Daubigny in modern manners!

When about eighteen years of age, he would take fome fpirited companion, and go in the middle of the night to the circumjacent villages, and, by means of a ladder, shift the figns of the public-houses, by carrying the King's Head to the Three Jolly Anglers, and the Three Jolly Anglers to the King's Head! in whatever place he fojourned, he created fome diverfion for the labouring poor in the afternoon; he either inftituted a match at cricket or quoits; gave a hat to be grinned for through a horfe collar; a pair of fhoes to the best cudgeller; or a dowlafs fmock to the moft fleet Atalanta in the hundred.

His powers of affociating thought and judgment were admirable--he was even patient under the folution of Euclid's problems, when he confidered that folution neceffary to his private pride of character, or the more immediate claims of neceffity. When he believed it proper to ruminate, the intricate calculations of algebra were quickly unknotted by a perception, wonderfully operative to the accomplishment. of a fcholar's defire. The Attic ferpent unfolded itself upon demand, and curvetted beneath the beam of his mind!

In what was relative to religion in general, or the revelations in farticular, he was the most guarded man in his fentiments I ever knew. Those fenfualities in which he indulged,. and which youth and conftitution rendered venial, never eftranged him from the recollection that every man feafts, like Damocles, with the fword of ruin fufpended over him by the fine-fpun thread of Destiny. The pageantries of life and the bubbles' of vanity fhould be held nearly as contemptible by all thofe who feel properly, that the funeral of the body may be immediate to its agency an error.

His eftates, amounting in the aggregate to ten thousand pounds a year, have been the last two years under the guidance of Mr Hammersley, the Banker, who allowed him annually two thoufand five hundred pounds, the remainder were held in fequeftration for his creditors. He, peradventure, played about the altar of Licentiousness, but never facrificed his honour at the fane; his vivacity often forced him beyond the precincts of Moderation, yet he never X X remained

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