baseness of his conduct; and this reprehenfion operates fo forcibly on the mind of Julep, that he is prepared to atone for his cruel treatment of Maria, whom he foon after meets in the garden, and a reconciliation takes place. Melville, disappointed in his first attempt, fcales the wall, and finds admiffion into the houfe, where he fortunately meets his Augufta; but, while they are meditating the means for escaping, for Solomon and the commodore fuddenly arrive, the latter having feen Melville enter the garden. Melville is obliged to conceal himself in the clofet; but as the commodore perfifts in afferting that he faw him enter, fir Solomon, to ascertain the innocence of his daughter, demands the key of the closet, where the captain is difcovered in ambuscade. On hearing that the lovers had long been attached to each other, that Julep was married, and that Melville had returned with a confiderable fortune from India, fir Solomon confents that they thall be married; and the piece concludes with the happiness of all parties. This is the mere outline of the plot, which contains feveral incidental fcenes of humourous fituation between Stave, Handy, Melville's fervant, and Judith, Augufta's maid, to whom Stave and Handy are pretenders, but who finally decides in favour of Stave, on account of old acquaintance, if not tender familiarity. The following are the most approved airs in the above piece : AIR.-Mr. INCLEDON. Her mind more pure than virgin fnows That on the mountain reft; AIR.-Mifs DALL. Behold, deny d their airy flight, And fhould, perchance, in happy hour, And gladly part-to meet no more. Not fo the bird whofe choice is free, In jocund fpring he joins his mate ; Gaily they range from tree to tree, Their little breafts with joy elate. And if some ruder breeze fhould blow; Kelly; Abdalla, Mr. Dignum; AlEneas, Mrs. Crouch; Iarbas, Mr. midah, Mr. Sedgwick :-Dido, Madame Mara; and Anna, mifs Barclay. The following is the fable: Dido, the widow of Sichæus, flying from the treacherous cruelty of her brother Pygmalion, king of Tyre, by whom her husband had been murdered, and carrying away immenfe wealth and treasure, took refuge in Africa. Here the purchafed a large tract of land, and built the city of Carthage; vowing eternal fidelity to her hufband, to whole memory fhe raised a magnificent maufoleum. Iarbas, king of Gentulia (ftyled the fovereign of Africa) fought Dido in marriage, and being refused, endeavoured to enforce his fuit by arms. Æneas, after the deftruction of Troy, being fhipwrecked on the Carthaginian coaft, was hofpitably received by Dido: who, conceiving a violent paffion for him, and no longer regarding her vow, propofed to him to hare her throne; but Æneas perfifting in his intentions of failing to Italy, and having at laft left Carthage, Dido, in despair, flew herself, and expired expired amid the flames of her capital, which was at that time befieged by Iarbas. To the opera there is an addition of a mafque. Neptune appears, and predicts, that Great Britain will, in naval fame, eclipfe both Tyre and Carthage. The mufic is chiefly the compofition of Storace, who has been, as ufual, fuccefsful both in his own and in the selection. The opera is caft with the strength of the operatic company. Madame Mara fupported the character of Dido, and fung the airs with great taste and fweetness. Mrs. Crouch was alfo exceedingly happy in Æneas. Kelly executed the airs allotted him extremely well. Mifs Barclay and mafter Walsh, who fung in the Oratorios of last season, appeared for the first time in the dramatic line, and were most favourably received. The lady promises to be an acquifition of confiderable importance, poffeffing a voice of much sweetness, though at prefent not of extraordinary compafs; a genteel perfon, a very pleasing face, and manners perfectly unembarraffed. Her fong was encored. Much expence has been bestowed in the decoration of the opera, as fome of the dreffes are fuperb, and the new fcenery beautiful. The portico leading to queen Dido's palace, and the temple of Neptune, are very happy efforts of Mr. Greenwood's pencil. The deftruction of the city of Carthage was alfo well imagined, and well executed. The following airs will serve as a specimen of the poetry : AIR. Anna-Mifs BARCLAY. Is the tyrant's stern decree; AIR. Æneas-Mrs. CROUCH. Could fighs or tears our grief remove, AIR. Dido-Madame MARA. By the KING. A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE R. WHEREAS divers wicked and feditious writings have been printed, publifhed, and industriously difperfed, tending to excite tumult and diforder, by endeavouring to raife groundlefs jealoufies and difcontents in the minds of our faithful and loving fubjects, refpecting the laws and happy conftitution of Government, civil and religious, established in this kingdom; and endeavouring to vilify and bring into contempt the wife and wholefome provifions made at the time of the glorious revolution, and fince strengthened and confirmed by fubfequent laws, for the prefervation and fecurity of the rights and liberties of our faithful and loving fubjects; And whereas divers writings have alfo been printed, published, and industriously difperfed, recommending the faid wicked and feditious publications to the attention of all our faithful and loving fubjects: and whereas we have also reason to believe that correfpondences have been entered into with fundry perfons in foreign parts, with a view to forward the criminal and wicked purposes above-mentioned: And whereas the wealth, happiness, and profperity of this kingdom do, under Divine Providence, chiefly depend upon a due fubmiffion to the laws, a juft confidence in the integrity and wifdom of Parliament, and a continuance of that zealous attachment to the Government and Constitution of the kingdom, which has ever prevailed in the minds of the people thereof: And whereas there is nothing which we fo earnestly defire, as to fecure the public peace and profperity, and to preferve to all our loving fubjects the full enjoyment of their rights and liberties, both religious and civil: We therefore being refolved, as far as in us lies, to reprefs the wicked and feditious practices aforesaid, and to deter all perfons from following fo pernicious an example, have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to iffue this our Royal Proclamation, folemnly warning all our loving fubjects, as they tender their own happinefs, and that of their pofterity, to guard against all fuch attempts which aim at the fubverfion of all regular government within this kingdom, and which are inconfif tent with the peace and order of fociety; and earnestly exhorting them at all times, and to the utmost of their power, to avoid and difcourage all proceedings tending to produce riots and tumults: And we do trictly charge and command all our Magiftrates in and throughout our kingdom of Great Britain, that they do make diligent enquiry in order to difcover the authors and printers of fuch wicked and feditious writings as aforefaid; and all others who fhall difperfe the fame: and we do further charge and command all our Sheriffs, Juftices of the Peace, chief Magiftrates in our cities, boroughs, and corporations, and all other our officers and Magistrates throughout our kingdom of Great Britain, that they do, in their feveral and respective ftations, take the most immediate and effectual care to fupprefs and prevent all riots, tumults, and other diforders, which may be attempted to be raised or made by any perfon or perfons, which, on whatever pretext they may be grounded, are not only contrary to law, but dangerous to the moft important interefts of this kingdom: And we do further require and command all and every our magiftrates aforefaid, that they do, from time to time, tranfmit to one of our Principal Secretaries of State, due and full information of fuch perfons as fhall be found offending as aforefaid, or in any degree aiding or abetting therein; it being our determination, for the prefervation of the peace and happiness of our faithful and loving fubjects, to carry the laws vigorously into execution against such offenders as aforefaid. Given at our Court at the Queen's Houfe, the 21ft day of May 1792, in the thirty-fecond year of our reign. GOD fave the KING. CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. FRANCE and HUNGARY. Paris, April 22. N Friday laft his moft chriftian majetty went to the national affembly, and propofed a declaration of war against the king of Hungary and Bohemia; which was accordingly decreed by the affembly, and the decree was fanctioned by his mott christian majesty the fame evening.-Lond. Gaz. Bruffels, May 4 It appears, by the account published by this government, that on the 29th ult. at day break, a body of French troops had advanced near Tournay, when major general count d'Happoncourt marched one battalion of the regiment of Clerfayt, four companies of that of D'Alton, two companies of that of De Ligne, and four fquadrons of the dragoons of La Tour, to oppose them; and, after the Auftrians had fired fome pieces of cannon at them, they retreated precipitately beyond the Auftrian frontiers. The lofs of the French on this occafion confifts of two dragoons and feveral horfes killed, forty foldiers of different regiments taken prifoners, four pieces of artillery, fome provifions, baggage, and implements for intrenching. On the side of the Auftrians there are none either killed, wounded, or miffing. That, on the fame day, about half past nine o'clock A. M. another body of French troops, under the command of M. de Biron, having entered the Austrian territory by Quievrain, and advanced beyond Bouffut, were oppofed by lieutenant general Beaulieu, at the head of 1,800 infantry and between 14 and 1500 cavalry, and obliged, with the lofs of 20 men killed and feveral wounded, to retire toward Bouffut and the forest of Bouffut, where, however, they remained in fight of the Auftrians. That, on the day following, at daybreak, the French put themselves in motion to attack lieutenant-general Beaulicu, who had, in the mean time, been reinforced by two battalions, and who advanced part of his troops to meet the French. A fhoraction took place, which ended in the coms plete rout of the lattter, who loft, on this occafion, about 250 men killed, a confiderable number taken prifoners, and five pieces of cannon. The French, by eleven o'clock the fame morning, had already repaffed the Austrian frontiers, and res treated toward Valenciennes. Ibid. SWEDEN. Stockholm, April 26. The punish ment of John Jacob Anckerftroem terminated yesterday. It began the 19th, in virtue of the sentence pronounced the night before, which declared him deprived of his rights of nobility, and of a citizen, with infamy; he was conducted, on Thursday noon, under the efcort of a large detachment of the garrison, to the market of l'Ordre Equeftre, (Rittenhaus-market,) and faftened by an iron collar upon a scaffold during two hours, and afterward whipped with a rod of five lathes, at a take, where, under his name, with the title of regicide added, was tied the pistol and the knife, the inftruments of his crime. The fame punishment was repeated on the 20th, at the hay market, and the 21ft, at the market of Adolphus Frederic. Yefterday terminated his existence, on a scaffold, erected in the great fquare; his right hand was first chopped off by the executioner, who immediately afterward beheaded him, and then divided his body into four quarters, which are stuck up in different parts of the city. At the commencement of his punishment, he fhewed much conftancy and firmnefs; but at length his ftrength became exhaufted from his fufferings; and he was dragged, being incapable of walking to the places of punishment and execution, amid the hiffes and hootings of the attending multitudes, which feemed confiderably to affect him. To keep the populace in order, 300 foldiers furrounded the fcaffold; ftrong patroles of light dragoons, and of the city horfe, fcoured the streets; and they had even planted cannon on the avenues. By means of thefe meatures tranquillity is maintained; and probably the punishment of the other confpirators will be speedily executed in the fame manner. HISTORICAL CHRONICLE. APRIL 28. T HE contents of the difpatches from captain Edwards, of his majesty's fhip Pandora, who was fent out foon after the return of captain Bligh from the South Seas, in fearch of Christian, and the other mutineers who ran away with the Bounty armed fhip, on the bread-fruit expedition, are, that on the Pandora's appearing off Otaheite, two men fwam from the fhore, and folicited to be taken on board. They proved to be two of the Bounty's mutineers, and gave intelligence where fourteen of their companions were concealed on the island. A part of the Pandora's crew were inftantly dispatched in search of them, and after fome refiftance they were taken, and brought prifoners on board. Chriftian, with the other nine mutineers, had previously failed in the Bounty to fome remote ifland, and every exertion of Pandora to discover their retreat proved ineffectual. On her return home, the Pandora ftruck upon a reef of rocks in Endeavour Straits, and had her bottom beat in. Her crew were faved, and escaped from their perilous fituation to an island in the Straits, except thirty-three men, and three of the Bounty's people, who unfortunately perifhed by the boat overfetting. Captain Edwards was now reduced to the neceffity of fending one of his officers and fome able feamen in a small boat to Timor, which they were fourteen days in reaching, and where a veffel was procured, and proceeded without lofs of time to the affiftance of the remainder of the crew, who were taken on board, and are, in all probability, by this time, fafely arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. So much had the mutineers of the Bounty conformed to the customs and manners of Otaheite, that when the two men of Chriftian's crew fwam off to the Pandora, they were fo tattoed, and exhibited fo many other characteristic stains, that on being firft received on board, the Pandora's people took them for natives of the island. The names of the above metamorphofed mutineers are, Peter Haywood, a midshipman, and Jofeph Coleman, the armourer; the latter of whom, captain Bligh obferves, was detained by Chriftian contrary to his inclination." Captain Bligh extends a remark of fimilar indulgence to Norman, one of the carpen ter's mates, who was taken by the Pandora's crew on the ifland; but this man unfortunately perifhed afterward, when one of the fhip's boats overfet as above. See Vol. LXXXVI, page 161. APRIL 29. On Monday, in the court of king's bench, Mr. Fox obtained a verdict for 1951. the amount of damages sustained by him in defending himself against the petition of Mr. John Horne Tooke, complaining of an undue election and return for Westminster, which petition a committee of the houfe of commons pro nounced frivolous and vexatious. St. James', May 2. This day, the Baron de Nolcken, envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary from the court of Stockholm, had a private audience of his majefty, to notify the death of the late king of Sweden, and the acceffion of the prefent king, Guftavus Adolphus. And afterward, Monf. de Chauvelin, minifter-plenipotentiary from the court of France, had his firft private audience of his majefty to deliver his credentials.Lond. Gaz. St. James', May 3. This day, Monf. de Chauvelin, minifter plenipotentiary -from the court of France, had his firft private audience of her majesty.-Ib. MAY 7. A late ball given by lord Courteney, coft 6000 guineas. He had among other rarities 1000 peaches, at a guinea each-1000 potties of cherries, at five fhillings each 1000 pottles of ftrawberries, at five fhillings each; and every other article in the fame proportion. MAY 8. An error is difcovered by the marine furveyor of the admiralty, in the latitude of the Ilands of Scilly. The true latitude of the Light-houfe on St. Agnes is 5 found to be 49 deg. 53 min. 47 sec. north; and that of Pednathius Head, 49 deg. 52 min. 2 fec. north. MAY 9. In the court of common-pleas, on Tuesday, in the cause, Grant against fir Charles Gould, Mr. ferjeant Marthall moved the court, for a prohibition to stop the execution of the fentence of a general court martial lately held at Chatham, whereby the plaintiff was adjudged to receive one thousand lashes. Á rule to shew caufe was granted. This cafe involves in it questions of great constitutional importance. The fame day, the court of king'sbench refused a new trial in the cafe of Duberley against general Gunning. They faid, though great levity and impropriety had appeared on the part of the plaintiff, that did not take away the ground of action-and as the damages were the peculiar province of the jury, the court would not grant a new trial on the ground of their being exceffive. Dublin, May 5. Laft Wednesday, bills of indictment were found by the quarter-feffions grand jury of the city, against Jofeph Knight, the perfon who arrefted Mr. Tandy, on Monday the 13th of April laft, pursuant to, and in virtue of a proclamation iffued for apprehending that gentleman, by the lord-lieutenant and privy-council. In confequence of this proceeding, the validity of a proclamation, fuch as the abovementioned, will be tried in a few days by a jury of Dublin citizens. Wednesday laft, the attorney-general moved, in the court of king's-bench, on the part of the king, at the profecution of John Toler, efq. his majesty's folicitorgeneral, that the clerk of the crown may be at liberty to fend up a bill of indictment to the prefent city grand jury, againft James Napper Tandy, efq. for fending a challenge to the faid John Toler, efq. his majesty's folicitor-general; when the court ruled it,—be it fo., MAY 11. An attempt was made on Wednesday night, to fire the house of commons, which was happily rendered abortive by the diligence of the watchman of the house. Between eight and nine o'clock in the evening, a confiderable quantity of finoke. was obferved to iffue from a privy, on the right-hand fide of the lobby, directly under the offices for the clerks. The watchman communicated his fufpicions of fire to Mr. Bellamy, the houfe-keeper, who imme |