placed on his own palanquin, and, by Gen. Baird's orders, conveyed to the Court of the Palace, where it remained during the night, furnishing a remaikable inftance, to thole who are given to reflection, of the uncertainty of human affairs. He who had left his palace in the morning,, a powerful imperious Sultaun, full of vaft ambitious projects, was brought back a lump of clay, his kingdom overthrown, his capital taken, and his palace occupied by the very man (Major Gen. Baird) who about 15 years before had been, with other victims of his cruelty and tyranny, releafed from near four years of rigid confinement, in irons, fcarce 300 yards from the ipot where the corple of the Sultaun now lay." Among the papers found in Tippoo's Palace at Seringapatam, is a letter from Bonaparte, after his landing in Egypt. It certainly did not require this proof to afcertain what were the ultimate objects of the Egyptian Expedition; but Bonaparte's letter is conclufive. " FRENCH REPUBLIC. One and Indivifible. Liberty. Equality. Bonaparte, Member of the National Inftitute, General in Chief, to the moft magnificent Sultaun, our greatest Friend, Tippoo Saib. Head-quarters at Cairo, 7th Pluvoife, 7th Year of the Republic One and Indivifible. You have already been informed of my arrival on the borders of the Red Sea, with a numerous and invincible army, full of the defire of delivering you from the iron yoke of England. I embrace this opportunity of teftifying to you the defire I have of being informed by you, by the way of Mufcat and Mocha, as to your political fituation. I would even with you could fend fome intelligent perfon to Suez or Cairo, poffeffing your confidence, with whom I may confer. May the Almighty increase your power, and deftroy your enemies. (Seal) (Signed) POETRY. FOR THE EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. ACROSTIC. while the rofy-footed May "Steals blushing on, together let us tread "The morning dews, and gather in their prime "Fresh blooming flowers." A THOMSON'S SPRING. LL bounteous nature's magic hand Now paints the green with vernal hue; Now flowers their fragrant leaves expand, Enrich'd with pearls of morning dew. But, is the dew that gems the rofe Unfullied, bright as Anna's eye? A. F. Bonaparte. And holy echoes thrill'd thy vaulted shade, (P p 2) Say, In Needwood foreft. This tall tree, which stands fingly upon a beautiful fmall lawn, furrounded with extenfive woods, meafures thirteen yards round at its bafe, and eleven yards round at four feet from the ground. It is believed to be fix hundred years old. TRANGER, that with carcless feet Clear and conftant flow'd the tide. Once the maid in fummer's heat To trace each track of humid foil, Her rifing from Endymion's arms, A rich waistcoat they did bring A The out-fide of his doublet was By the oil of crispy mofs; On See a Poem, entitled Needwood Foreft, by F. N. C. Mundy, Efq, in the hands of a few of the author's fele&t friends. † An imperfect copy of this poem with a Latin verfion by Walter Dennistoun, is inferted in A choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems, &c. by fever hands," 12mo, Edinburgh 1709, and in " The Edinburgh Miscellany," 12mo, 1720. On every feam there was a lace That mortals might it not difcern; His cap was all of ladies' love, The fword they girded on his thigh, Was fmalleft blade of fineft rye. A pair of bufkins they did bring His belt was made of myrtle leaves, At night, repofing on the blasted heath, Exults horrific o'er his proftrate foe, Nearer he comes; his frantic eye-balls glare, And murder shrouds them with his gory wings! Accurs'd the deed!" the fons of Europe cry, While the tear starting, trembles in their eye; Yes! ye may boaft, from feeling's fource fublime, That milder mercy gilds your favour'd clime; With eager joy, you bid oppreffion ceafe, And lull the jarring univerfe to peace! Alas! Humanity would shroud the fight, And wrap Deftruction in his native night? With breafts begirt with fteel, in dread array, The glittring legions flash upon the day; Brothers 2 Brothers in Science, at the Trumpet's found, Like dæmons meet, and fcatter death eround. Unmov'd they ftand, and view the living tide Pour, with a torrent's force, on every fide. On Andes' cliffs, untutor'd Murder low'rs, But all its keener, deadlier arts are ours. O could fome Spirit, from the fields of day, To this fair planet wing his vent'rous way, Inhale the frefhotfs of the vernal breeze, And.mark the fun, reflected in the feas, View where, abundant, on a thousand fhores, The waving harvefts yield their golden ftores; Gay beauty failing in the fweets of morn, The op'ning violet, and the flow ring thorn, Th' expanding fields of every varied hue, And the clear concave of unclouded blue! Then let him ftand, where hoftile ar mies join, By the red waters of the rufhing Rhine, Amid thick darkness, hear the trumpets blow, And the laft fhriek of Nature quiver low, Mark the full tide of Defolation fpread, And count, at eve, the dying and the dead: How would he paufe! How feek, in vain, to find Some trace in Man, of an immortal mind; In fone fequefter'd, folitary dell! Peoples with fhadowy forms the dewy dale, appear Of blooms perpetual, thro' the vernal year; Where heav'nly odours fcent the zephyr's wing, And fruits and flow'rs, in wild luxuriance fpring! Such were the dreams, that footh'd the penfive breaft, And lull'd the foul to vifionary reft. Such were the fcenes the poet's fancy drew, While Rupture hail'd the moments, as they flew: Till mad Ambition bade the battle rage, arms, And glory flatters, with deceitful charms, Chills each fine impulfe of the glowing foul, Aad, prefling onward to the laurel'd goal, Forgets that Feeling ever warm'd his breaft, Or Pity pleaded for the heart oppreft. All hail, ye joys! to genuine feeling dear, The heart's warm transport, and the gushing tear! Welcome the figh, from pity's altar stole, Still, at thofe hours, when, hush'd in deep repofe, The happy lofe their joys, the fad their PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. HEARD Counsel in an HOUSE OF LORDS.-Feb. 3. 1800. era perthn EARD counfel in an appeal between Ordered to be affirmed. 12. The Marquis of Lorn took the oaths and his feat, as Lord Hamilton, 12. Lord Holland role and apologized for taking upon himfelf a task of fuch importance as that which he should fubmit, viz. of moving for an investigation of the failure we lately experienced in Holland; which he obferved proceeded merely from that fenfe of duty he owed to his country.-The Noble Lord then entered into the ufual train of fevere epithets on Minifters in their general conduct, and particularly as it related to the adoption and planning this enterprize; and then, turning his arguments more especially to the point for confideration, afked how they could defire to fcreen themfelves from inquiry? When the plan firft became public, he reprobated it as, dangerous, inefficient, and impolitic; and, unlefs Minifters could fhew that even any advantages could arife from it, the blame as well as the refponfibility fhould fall on them.-His Lordship then glancing at other embryo expeditions for the reftoration of the Bourbon race, faid, that if Minifters did not wish to excite doubts of the fuccefs of fuch in the pub lic mind, they would not refufe a fair inquiry; and if they now refifted it, their only reafon muft be, that in myftery alone is their fafety. He then moved, That a Committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late Expedition to Holland. Lord Grenville rofe and objected to it, faying, that the very reafons urged by the Noble Earl (Moira) for fubftituring it, inftead of the motion of the Nobl Baron (Lod Holland), pleaded with him the neceffity of deciding on that morio fitft fubmitted, and thereby taking the fenfe of the Houfe thereon. Lord Moira then withdrew his motion, and their Lordfhips divided-Non Contents, 34; Proxies, 17; Total 51;-Contents, 6.-Majority again Lond Holland's motion, 45. 13. Lord Grenville prefented a Mef fage from the King (fimilar to that deli vered to the Commons, fee page 197 and moved that the House be summoneri to take the fame into confideration tomorrow. Agreed to. 14. Lord Auckland moved that a Com mittee be appointed to inquire into the caufes of the prefent Scarcity of Breat Corn.--Agreed to. The Order of the Day being then real for taking his Majefty's Melage inte confideration, Lord Grenville having expreffed ita ftrong terms the imperious neceffity of Continental aid and alliance in the prefent conteft, and having moved an Addrefs of Thanks to his Majefty, thanking: him for his gracious communication, and . declaring the hearty concurrence of that Houle, a divifion took place--Contents, 28-Non Contents, 3. Majority, 25. 17. The House came to a refolution of communicating with the Commons concerning their inquiries relative to the prefent fcarcity of corn, and to requeft the fame from the Commons, and their meffengers were ordered to proceed to that Houle with fuch refolutions. Lord Moira faid, that as far as the mere inquiry went, were no other reafons urged but thofe of the danger and the impropriety of communication, he should Lord Stanhope was fworn, and, having oppofe it; but there were many and pre- taken his feat, gave notice of his intenvailing arguments which might be action of bringing forward a motion ou duced to refift fuch a measure; and for that purpose, as the Noble Lord would not withdraw his motion, it was his intention to move the previous queftion: which his Lordship did. Lord Mulgrave entered much at length into the views entertained by Minifters and by the world, in the emancipation of Holland, and concluded with obferving, that an inquiry of this nature would be more difaffrous than even the failure of the Expedition fo much complained of. The Lord Chancellor was then proceed ing to put the previous queftion, when Thursday next concerning the Ware Lord Haavkefoury brought up a Bill from the Commons, for prohibiting bakers from vending any bread but what was baked at least 24 hours; which Bill, on the motion of the Earl of Liverpool, went through all its refpective ftages, and, being read the third time, paffedas was alfo the Indemnity Bill. 20. Several private Bills were forwarded in their respective stages; and, the Royal Affent was given by Commiffion to the Bill for preventing the Sale of Bread that has not been baked at leaft 24 hours, |