to receive pleafure, and give delight, they should be folegregiously disappointedOne thing indeed MERCURY, with all his penetration, cou'd not difcover, which was, that exquifite transport, which the human mind was fuppos'd to partake for 4 or 5 hours, in right band and left, cafting off fetting too, croffing bands, figuring in, back to back, danking the bay, till their drelles, by paffing so often backwards and forwards, were pull'd to pieces the ladies heads out of order, their fpirits jaded, their complexion fickly, and their tempers rufAed, and each belle who enter'd the af fembly in all the pride of dre, beauty, and fine fpirits, return'd, unless her favourite Strephon fhou'd be her partner, immenfely difcompos'd, fatigu'd to death, and hurrying into her dreffing-room, throws herself on the fopha, quarrels with her squirrel, treads upon her lap dog's foot, fcolds her woman for not finding the falts fooner, laments her own unhappiness, to have none but fools about her, vows the wont get up till twelve o'clock; declares, upon her honour, fhe's monftroufly tir'd; that the aflembly was vaftly full, and there were only a parcel of frights to dance with,

Next morning MERCURY view'd the race comers, as they lowng'd along the market, or up and down the principal streets, ftaring with vacant eyes, into every private house window.

Some people were at the inn doors," in the doing-nothing-ftate of lolling a gainst an upright of the

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The firft was a merchant's clerk, who had been perfuaded by one of the family-men, to raise a fum of money against that meeting, and he thou'd be let into the fecret, and touch for 3 or 4 hundred.

The credulous youth relying upon his feeming friend's advice, had made ufe of his master's cafh, which, as he was fure of winning with, he knew cou'd be replac'd without any dread of difcovery: but the event turn'd out contrary to his hopes, by a fecret in fporting, call'd Laying a pant, he was ftripp'd i and now was come to the refolution of making the belt of his way to the Indies; but firit, as he cou'd imitate his mafter's hand exactly, did not think he cou'd be much wore, if he got draught discounted of 201, tho' it thou'd be a forged one.

"Another HERMES knew had been drunk over night, at one of those infamons houses, which at horle-race times, to the fcandal of all police or policy whatever, are allowed publickly in the country towns, when mistrelles of brothels in London, bring down for the week, a parcel of wretched tainted proftitutes, that are fure to infect every one, who is unhappy enough to be act quainted with them, and entail, upon pofterity, INFIRMITIES and DISEASES!! This victim was as but just role from one of thofe impure backneys, and as

dolence, who did crofs he had an amiable and loving we at

leggid, and look'd like emblems of in dolence, who did not know what to think about.

Others were fitting aftride the rails, playing with their whips, fancying them felves on horfe back, and whistling at the fame time, to put memory off, while others, fitting upon the benches at public boufe doors, were picking pebbles, as they fat, and toiling them up into the air, only for the pleasure of feeing them tumble down again-till cocking began of mand va in bas poroken B'A

But HERMES faw others, who were walking at the back part of the town,

home, and dreading the difmal confe quences, which might attend his lafter night's irregularity, he was ruminant ting what excufe he cou'd make to his wife, to stay abroad for a month or two.ft

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The third was a gambler, who had been weak enough to play upon the fquare, the evening before; and fin confequence of which, loit all his mat ney; he was confidering how he cou'do raife fome money to go to the hazardtable at night, but he foon agreed up on his fcheme, which was, to make a:o bett there, without any money; for he confider d, if he lolk, the confequenER WAS

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Hefees a multitude of well drefsa per ple using ja crocularlivovs, ondabove aft nother, before theport beginsjimulerat to many mourners, and most of their eyes directed down to zoound piece of grafs plat, placed in the center beneath them.

hot bas ebudord only a kicking, and what's a kicking, I'm a gambler already, known fo to be, la and therefore all the kickings in the world can't buff my repulation, 3d bent The last perfon HERMES thought worth his while to look at, was a young fellow, dreffed very genteel, he was at his length upon the ground, in his face defpair was painted very ftrong and as he was remote from all over hearers, as he thought (for he cou'd not fee ER not MES) thus he foliloquis'd. b'asigen to be fure, compleatly quin'd, that's certain; What become of me I know enough to be a fport ing man myself, but how to get money to begin with. Suppole I was to take a purfe or two-many a man has robbd upon the highway, who now fays done anillent odotui gaiquod bus' first for tool.There are fome now, Wou'd he not imagine that they were as they tell me, that are both gamblers, performing fome filent act of devotion, and highwaymen. I should not like fome fecret ejaculation; but at the enthat, neither. I'll be of them, trance of the first pair of cocks, to be but not both. Gambling, to be fure, an ear-witness of the fhouts and differIs the fafest way of getting moneyment tones, come that bag for 26, I'll but then a highwayman is more ho take 6 to 4; I hold 6 to 59 I hold 13 nourable.And what is a His honour's gone? why D HOLE a man when to 4 not the next two. Ellis for 50 than I'll hold 2 to one; done, done; come, a pocket without money in it. No, the pyle come, the cuckoo ; cuckoo, was born a gentleman, and I'll dye one pyle, and pyle, and cuckoo alternately, I'll take the Road no man hall then is chorus'd round the pit, while have it in his power to call me a coun o fierce is the rage of the two animals, drel, however, I will not be a game that disregarding all the noiles around, bler, my horfe is a good hunter, I'll with an unaccountable inveteracy, braftop the flages." ver indeed, than what many uses to mang they are cutting and stabbing each other to pieces, to the amazing emolument er all the fpectators, who honour the furviving chicken with fhouts of victory. Juods Saids

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It was now time to repair to the cock pit, and MERCURY enter'd the door, just as the first pair of cocks were pit ted. The fudden uproar, which al way's burts forth from the company on the untying the mouth of the cock-bags.. fo much furprized HERMES, that he ftepp done foot back, and confefs d afterwards to WIT, that although he was ufed to convey fouls acrofs Styx, and mint therefore be familiaris'd to infer nap noifes, yet the difcordant clamour of a cockpit twas more orrid than the triple howls of Cerberus, the thricks of Ixion, the groans of Syfipbus, the fighs of Tantalus, and all the yells that eccho along the banks of Tartarus

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which were tranfported to Nova Scotia, to affift lieunant governor Lawrence to beat off the French from the encroachments Monfieurs had made there.

Towards the latter end of May, the governor fent a detachment of troops under the command of lieutenant general Monckton, upon that fervice, and three frigates and a floop were dif patched up the bay of Fundy, under the command of capt. Rous, to give their afliftance by fea.

The paffage at the river Maffaquafh they found ftopped by a large number of French regular forces, and 450 French Indians were pofted in a block-house, mounted with cannon on the starboard file of the river, where they were, and to the westward of that fortification there was aftrong breaft-work of timber thrown up, by way of out-work to thei block-house.

However, the English provincials, which are the American militia, attack'd monfieurs with fuch fpirits, that our troops in an hour's time boarded the breaft-work, upon which all thofe in the block-house stood right before the wind, away they went, making all the fail their legs would let them and left the paffage of the river free.nt msit Colonel MONCKTON then with his fmall force went against a French fort, called Beau Sejour I think I have fpelt the word right; and tho' the French had 26 pieces of cannon mounted there, and plenty of ammunition; and al though he had not men enough to in veft it as it should have been, after four day's bombarding of it, he obliged them to furrenders and hom node & sang The colonel changed the name of it to CUMBERLAND fort, and the next day herattacked another French fort, that ftood upon the river Gefpereau, which runs into the bay of Verte. You may find them out eafy enough in the mape od Liow DEM JON

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In the mean time capt. Rous failed to the mouth of the river St. John, to attack the new fort the French had built there; but they run away before he fir ed a gun at them, after they had burst all their cannon, and blowed up their works. Cowardly dogs.

The English then returned, after having thus fecured the tranquility of Nova Scotia, with the lofs of only zo men killed, and about as many mor wounded, at a shopMA halgam [To be continued.} or wod

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An Account of the late Revolution in Ruffia; collected from authentic Pa pers never before published. Unmaican 4 DERHAPS this hiftorical compilation, which is intended for the reader's amufement, may to many ap pear very infipid; fince there have been fo many remnants of accounts, sprink. led in the public news papers about it.

Now, as what is known is common, and what is common is not wonderful and what is not wonderful is not worth reading; erg, this revolution of Ruffia is known, and therefore, &c. &c. &c.

There is at prefent a stagnation of furprizes throughout the town. If whale was to be drove afhore at Woolwich, or a calf with two heads brought from Africa, or if fome learned, natural fpeculift had found out a new edition of earthquakes in the bottom of a gravelpit, and the hiftory, of fuch things could be inferted here with proper prints coloured from nature, the work would receive the honour of being read by all the curiofi in Great Britain. The writer would acquire an amazing reputation, and the publisher receive a much more fubftantial reward, ie, he would get money by italt z dinem di ai eb

GOODY GROGG obferved to me, peorple love to hear how and all about it. And gave me fome very good advice; for the is a mighty well meaning fort of a woman, and washes for me nowe and, then, for authors are not obliged good. Las stila ni ed to every

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every day to wear white linnen. I read all my works to her, I obferve her fentiments generally correfpond with the obfervations the critics make upon thefe publications.

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Mafter, fays the dame, I'll tell you what you fhall put into your hiftory, and then you'll please every body.

First of all, you must tell the town whether Peter the 3d be dead, or no; — if you are fure he is dead, and will affure them of it, then you must tell them how, bow he died, and who laid him out, and how he looked after he was dead, because people love to read all the particulars of fuch an affair.

And then you should have a picture of the empress regent, by way of a frontispiece to it why you may get one eafy enough, 'tis but buying an old copper-plate fcratching of fome outlandish lady's, rubbing out her name, and putting Elizabeth, Exprefs of Rafia, in the place.

He was too fond indeed of the Pruffian discipline, and wanted at once to reform the whole Ruffian army, and make them become, in their manners, altogether Pruffian. Then he preferred his german troops to the Ruffian guards; nay, gave the Holftein battalion countenance, fuperior to what he did any Ruffian regiment.

And then you must be fure to tell us This late unhappy Emperor, Peter III. what is become of Prince George of took no pains to make himself acquaintHolstein, and in what ftreet of Peterfed with the genius and temper of the burgh the house stands where the con- Ruffians, nor even with their language: ferences were held, and how old to a day on the contrary, his confort, the prefent the young lady is that fent the card to Emprefs regent, had fpared no trouble the Czar's wife. to render herself agreeable to every Ruf fian of rank, who visited at the court Holftein: fhe spoke to them in their own language: the behaved to them with that affability, which is fo eafy for polite people to make use of, and is as certain of fuccefs.

But I told her, for people who would be fo minutely fatisfied, this was not intended, it being no more than all the authentic transactions properly arranged and digefted, to fave curiofity the trouble of turning over two or three fcore of old news-papers, to be informed of this remarkable revolution.

To fave readers that trouble, and to register fuch pieces of intelligence, was the original defign and ufe of MAGAZINES; but that plan, like a great many other ufeful ones, is very much altered from it first purpose.

Peter the third was (according to the most authentic accounts to be met with) poisoned fome years ago at Petersburgh, The treachery was difcovered foon enough to fave his life; but the venom left a ftupor, or periodical heavinefs upon him, fomething like what we meet with examples in England, among thofe patients who are bif by mad dogs, and

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It was owing (according to the fereral letters from Ruffia) to the many friends which the prefent Empress had there before the death of the late Czari na, that Peter III. met with no oppofition on his coming to the throne.

His confort on that event, perceiving the influence the had over the peoples minds, was ftimulated to perpetrate an affair, which to the latter end of record will be looked upon with astonishment.

It was a train of unavoidable circumftances, which fatally concurred to ren der Peter III. unamiable to his Ruffian fubjects.

Immediately upon the demife of the late Czarina, the Emperor was obliged