troops, we may now fmile at the invafion; this is the cafe with the Prelate before us, who fometimes fuffers his gravity to be difturbed by the unnatural mixture of the French and Irish, forming a moft heterogeneous fubject of contemplation.

We here find a faithful detail of the transactions which took place in an obfcure part of Ireland, and which once bore a threatening afpect towards the government of the country. The Bishop must have been in great jeopardy, and he must have received his deliverance with fenfible emotions of joy. The French and Irish, on the whole, behaved to his Lordship exceedingly well. At least his fituation was extremely dangerous, and at times almoft incompatible with any degree of fafety. The name of the Bishop is Stock, but the Dean alfo, whofe name was Thompfon, diftinguished himself on this occafion. He, however, died at Caftlebar, of a nervous fever, the next year; and the Prelate has the following beautiful apoftrophe to his memory:

"Myfterious are the ways of Divine Providence! Unfathomable the depths of that wisdom which often. concedes a boon only to try us afterwards by withdrawing it! Little didst thou foresee, amiable and unhappy woman, that the husband, whofe efcape from that peril transported thee with so much joy and gratitude to heaven, fhould, in the fucceeding year, be torn for ever from thee by a fever, contracted in the course of his miniftry, by attendance on a fick bed! Be comforted, however. His virtues, though in the mid feason of life, had rendered him full ripe for the great harveft. Thou haft it in thy power to earn a fplendid recompence hereafter, by patience, by attention to thy fatherless offspring "

Rambles

Rambles through Ireland, by a French Emigrant. In Two Volumes. Tranflated from the French of Monfieur de Latoinaye. By an Irishman. Robinson.

AFTER the ufual manner of the French, this au

thor fkims over his fubject by a few incidental obfervations refpecting the general condition and appearance of Ireland. A flight sketch is given of its cities and towns, nor do we anywhere meet with much original information. Mr. Twifs, however, a former peregrinator throught his country, is made the subject of many critical remarks, and 'fometimes becomes the the occafion of merriment. Travellers are perpetually contradicting one another, their topics, indeed, fo vary at different times and in different places, that the fame objects, cameleon-like, feldom preferve an uniformity of appearance. Be this as it may, we fincerely with diftracted Ireland every fpecies of happiness and prof. perity. Her late tumults are abhorrent to the feelings of humanity.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Lines on the Death of Washington, in our Number for April, and alfo William of the Dale, but the other pieces by the fame hand do not fuit us.

Brutus fhall be inferted, and alfo the Efay on the Defire of Knowledge, from a female pen, with which we were much pleased. The Anecdotes fhall have a place, though we wished them to poffefs a greater degree of novelty. We are obliged to Sophia for her valuable communication; the ballad by her and her friend, fhall appear in the next Number of our MisCELLANY. Pieces of fuperior merit, either in profe or poetry, hall always receive from us an early attention.

THE

MONTHLY VISITOR..

APRIL, 1800.

SKETCH

OF THE

LIFE AND WRITINGS

OF

AUGUSTUS VON KOTZEBUE.

HE author of the far-famed PIZARRO, of Drury

THE

Lane, has contributed his fhare to the instruction and entertainment of the inhabitants of Britain. They in return, will naturally feel themfelves defirous of knowing fomething concerning an individual to whom they ftand indebted; and, it is our intention, to gratify fo laudable a curiofity. The merits of KOTZEBUE are great; in fpite of the malignity of criticifm, he poffeffes the power of captivating the imagination and impreffing the heart. His characters are drawn from life, his fentiments are, on the whole, juft, and the language which he adopts is level to the meanest comprehenfion. Indeed he is the dramatist of nature; though not faultlefs in his pieces, we are always pleafed with their tendency. Their benevolence and fimplicity

command our approbation.

This celebrated author has written his own life, or rather a sketch of his literary undertakings. It has been

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