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<*' *hc Mirror of the Timi*. HATTERTON*. LAMENT. *—-The human mon at hern fee* tlcrnt to la mcnt—Z>' IfniU 1 I.OVE to fee the fading leaf, I ]>y to note the with’ring tree, For cold ncglcdk,and from, and grief, Hare waded me, 1 love to hear the wintry wind, 1 love to mark the nGng wave, Beneath whuft (well, 1 loon (halt End, A peaceful grave. ” T like to fee the furye* heat Around thin itiftilated fork, Who fpurnt them proadly from hit feet, Nor fecit the (hock. Here wilt * watch the gain'ring storm, And tiften to the lea-bird* cry, Till nigh invclopcs ev'ry form, From mortal eye- Thenlhalliny fplrit take its flight To that unknown myftcriou* (hore, Where thousands ev'ry day alight. But quit, m mo / Forgive me heav’n, if rash the deed, I cannot beg, I dare not Aeal, Ev’n man'• obdurat* heart might bleed At what 1 (cel. Would I could pray ! • • • • • it it too late, Drfpair bar flilfn d ev’ry limb, Pray for me, fatbtr I ••**' mercy’s gate, It free to him. Bend now prond font! unbent before, B >w to thy maker, ftuhbora knre ! *T»t done! the lafl great trait’t o’er, Angela of mercy pray for me ! A MONATHRKN. MEMOIRS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M, B‘ By Dr, John Alim. IT cannot be said of this or nament of British literature, as has been observed of moll au thours, that the Memoirs of his life comprise little more than a hiltory of his writings. Gold smith’s life was full of advert ture ; and a due coniideration of his conduQ from the outlet to his death will furnifh many ufelul Icllons to those who live after him. Our authour, the third son of Mr. Charles Goldlmith, was born at Eiphin, in the county of Rofcommon, Ireland, on the 89th of November, 1718. Uis father, who had been educated at Dublin college, was a clergy man of the establilhed church, and had married Anna, daugh~ ter of the Rev. Oliver Jones, Mailer of the diocesan fchoot of Eiphin. Her mother’s brother, the Rev. Mr. Green, then Rec tor of Kilkenny Well, lent the young couple the houle in which our author was born; and at his death Mr. Green was succeeded in his benefice by his cleiical proiegtc. Mr. Chancs Goldlmith had five sons and two daughter*. Henry, the cldell foil (to w hom the poem ol“ The I ra veller” is dedicated), diltinguilh ed himfelf greatly both at Ichool and at college ; but his mar. riage at nineteen years ol age appears to have been a bar to preferment in the church; and wc believe that he never alcend' cd above a curacy. The liberal education which the lather bellowed upon Hen ry, had deducted so much Irom a narrow income, that when Oliver was born, after an inter val of seven years from the birth : of the former child, ro piospect in life appeared tor him, but a I mechanical or mercantile occu _ pation. ► The rudiments of instruction he acquired irom a khooliual ler in the village, who had ler- | ved in Queen Anna’s wais as a quariernultcr in that detach ment ol the army which was lent to Spain. Being of a com municative turn, and finding a ready hearer in young Oliver, this man uled frequently to cn ter tain him with w hat he called bis adventures ; nor i» it with out probability supposed, that ihefe laid the foundation of that wanderingdifpornion which became afterwards so conspicu ous in his pupil. At a very early age Oliver began to exhibit indications of genius ; for when only seven or eight year* old he would often amufc his father and mo ther with poetical attempts which attracted much notice from rhem and thetr friends ; but hi* infant mind doe* not ap pear to have been much elated by their approbation ; for after his ver/cs had been admired they were without regret com mitted by hitn to the flame*. He was now taken from the tuition of the quondam soldier, to be put under that of the Rev. Mr. Griffin, fchoolmafler of Eiphin ; and was at the fame time received into the house of his father’s brother, John Goldlmith, Est,, of Ballydugh ter, near that town. Our authour’i cldcfl filler Catharine (afterwards married to Daniel Hodson, F.fq. of Lifboy, near Ballymahon) re lates, that one evening when Ol iver was about nine years of age, a company of young pco. pic of both sexes being aflem bled at his uncle's, the boy was required to dance a hornpipe, a youth undertaking to play to him on the fiddle. Being but lately out of the (mall-pox which had much disfigured his I countenance, <Sr his bodily pro.! poitions being short and thick, the young musician thought to fliow his wit by comparing our hero to yEfop dancing ; and having harped a little too long, as the caperer thought, on this brigt idea the latter fuddcnly flopped, and laid, Our herald hath proclaim'd thi* faying, “ AKfop dancing/—& hi* Monkey play. in*. This in fiance of early wit, we arc told, decided hi* fortune ; for, from that time, it was de termined to fend him to the univerlity ; and some of his re lations, who were in the church, offered to contribute toward »he expence, particularly the Hev. Thomas Uontarinr, rector of Kil* more, near <’arrick-U|»on-Shaniion, j who had married an aunt ot Oli- I ver’s. The Rev Mr. Green al>o, whom wc have before mentioned, liberally assisted in this friendly de sign. To further the purpose intended, he was now removed to Athlone, where lie continued about two years under the Rev. Mr. Camp bell ; who being then obliged by ill health to resign the charge, Oli ver was sent to the school of the Kev. Patrick Hughe*, at Edge worthston, in the county of Long ford* Under this gentleman he was prepared for the university ; and on the 11th of June, 1744, was admitted a Sizer, of Triuity col lege, Dublin, f under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Wilder, one of the 'Wtarttold tl at iu hi* last journey to (hi* Ichool, he had an adventure which i* thought to have suggested the plot of hi* comedy of 4 She (loops to Conquer.’ Some friend had given him a guinea, and in hi* f way to Edgrworthftown, which wa* about twenty mile* from hi* father * houfc, he had ainul'cd himfelf the whole day with viewing the gentlemen’s feat* on the road { and at I night-fall found himlelf in the (mail town of f Ardagh. Here he enquired for the, heft j houfc in the place, meaning the best **• • but I hi* informant, taking the quefliun in it* iitc ral sense, showed him to the houfc of a pri vate gcutlcman ; where, calling for femebo dy to take his horse to the liable, our hero alighted, and was lhown into the parlour, being supposed to have come on a viftt to the ■ nijftcr, whom he found fitting by the Are.— I Thi* gentlrntan soon difeovered Oliver’* mis take; but being a man of hum *r, and learn ing from him the name of hi* lather, (whom he knew) be favoured the deception. Oli ver ordered a good (upper, and envited hi* landlord ai d landlady, with their daughters, to partake of it; he treated them with a bot tle or two of wine, and at going to bed, or dered a hot cake to be prepared for lu* hreaLfaft: nor was it till be was about to depart, and called for hi* bill, that he dif cavered hi* raiflake. If The celebrated Edmund Burke *u at the fan* time a collegia* there. (Follow*, «ho was a man of harsh temper and violent pm*ion ; ami Oliver being of a thoughtless and gay turn, it cannot bo surprising that they should soon be dissatis fied with each other. Oliver, it seem*, had one dav im prudently invited a party of both sexes to a «npper and ball in his rooms; which coming to the ears of hit tutor, the latter entered tlte place in the midst of their johty, abused the whole company, and in. dieted man uei correction on Gold smith in t heir presence. This mortification had such an cflect on the mind of Oliver, that he resolved to seek his fortune in sonte place where he should be un known: accordingly, he sold his books and clothes, and quitted the university ; but loitering about the streets, considering of a destina tion, till his money was exhausted. With a solitary shilling in hi« pock et he at last left Dubiin : by ab stinence he made this sum last him three days, and then was obliged to part by degrees, with the clothes off his hack ; in short, to such an extremity was he reduced, as to find a handful of grey-peas, given him by a girl at wake, the tno><t comfortable repast that be had ever made. After numberless adventures in this vagrant state, he found his way home, and was replaced under his morose and merciless tutor ; by whom he was again exposed to so many mortifications, as induced an habitual despondence of mind, and a total carelessness of his studies ; the consequence of which was, that he neither obtained a scholarship, nor became a candidate for the pre miums. On the 23th of May, 1747, he received a public admo nition, for having assisted other collegians in a not occasioned by a scholar having been arrested* quod seditionifavissct , cl tumultucntibus opcm tulissei: in this case, howe ver, he appears to have fared bet ter than seme of his companion.*, who were expelled the University. On the 25th of June following, he was elected one of the exhibition ers on the foundation of Erasmus Suivth ; but was not admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts till February, 1749, which was two years after the usual period. Oliver’s father now being dead ' his unde Contanne undertook to supply his place, and wished hint to prepare for holy orders. This proposal not meeting with the. young man’s inclination, Mr. Con tarinc next resolved on sending him to London, that he might study law in the Temple. Whilst at Dublin, however, on hi* way to England, he fell m with a sharper, who cheated him at play <>t 50/ ’ I which had been provided for his ' carriage, &c. He returned, and received his uncle’s forgiveness : it was now finally settled that h e should make physic his profession • and lie departed for Edinburgh* where he settled about the latter end of the year 1 7i2. Here he at tended the lectures of Dr. Monroe and the other medical professors ; but his studies were by no means regular; and an indulgence in dis sipated company, with a ready hand to administer to the necesti ties of whoever asked him, kept him always poor. Having, however, gone through the usual courses of physick & an atomy in the Scottish university. Goldsmith was about to remove to Leyden to complete his studies ; and his departure was hastened, by a debt to Mr. Barclay, a taylor in 1 Edinburgh, which lie had impru dently nude his own by becoming security-for a fellow student, who either from want of principle or means, had failed to pay it: lor this debt he was arrested ; but was re leased by the kindness of Dr. Sleigh and Mr. Laughlin Maclaine, whose friendship he had acquired at the college. He now embarked for Bordeaux on board a Scotch vessel called the St. Andrew’s, Capt. John Wall, master. The ship made a tolera ble appearance ; and, as another inducement to our hero, he was in formed that six agreeable passeo. gers were to be his company. They had been but two days at sea, how. ever, when a storm drove them in to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the passengers went a shore to refresh alter ttie fatigue of their voyage.— “ Seven men fti 1 (says Goldsmith) j were on shore the following even ing ; but aa wc were ail very merry, the room door burst epen, & there entered a serjeant and twelve gre nadier*, with their bayonets screw ed, who put us all under the king’s arrest. It seems, mv company were Scotchmen in the French service, and had been in Scotland to inli;t soldiers for Louis XV. X endea vored all I could to prove my in nocence ; however, I remained in prison with the rest a fortnight, & with dtfhculty got off even then. But hear how Providence sed in my favour: the ship which had set sail lor Bordeaux before I got from prison, was wrecked at the mouth of the Garonne, and ev. erv one of the crew drowned.”— Fortunately there was a ship now ready at Newcastle, for Holland, on board ol which lie embarked, St in nine days reached Rotterdam; whence he travelled by land to Leyden. Here he resided about a year, studying anatomy under Albinus, At tliyonstry under Gambius ; but here as formerly, his little property was destroyed by play and dissipa tion ; and lie is actually believed to have set out on his travels with only one ciean shirt, and not a guilder in his purse, trusting whol ly to Providence for a subsistence. (To be continued.) FROM n\LEY'* ITINERANT; Or, the Memoirs oj an Actor . We took up cur rcfl in a public house, End having con fided our wardrobe, contained in two handkerchiefs to the land lady’s care, retired 10 the chim ney-corner, to enjoy the com forts of a pipe. Though the room was full, being (hangers, they give place to us, and I was witness to one of the niolt in. ftructivcconvetfations that the united genius of men ever for med. Politics were the fubjcct, and the Mayor of the body cor porate principal orator. \V ith ail that attention and awe which power begets on weak minds, has open-mouthed hearers fwal , lowed his Worfhip’s nonsense, ' with the Rreateft avidity, al though his liirangue was inter rupted with 4 Mr. Mayor, your good health’—‘Thank yon Mr. Recorder.’ • ♦ Mr. Sheriff, my fervicc to you.’—‘Thank you, Mr. Alderman.’ So that I found wc were in the very bosom of the body corporate ; and these fimpleions were so elated with the pride of office, and so puffed up with their filly titles, that it was thought an insult to greet them by their patrimonial appel lation. Nay, this absurdity was carried so far, that the whip beg gar and street cleaner dignified each other with the appellation of ‘ Mr- Beadle' and ‘ Mr Sea. vengcr.' As we joined them, the May or was on the point of reading fomc glorious news from the feat of war, on the strength of which they were charged brim ful of liquor and loyalty. After abusing the Americans, by the name ot Y ankey Doodles, for daring to rebel against her mo ther's country, he give a loud hem ! and began— ‘ We hear from America, that his Majes ty’s forces, have obtained a com plete victory by a coup demain , and this news will be authentic* ated by the Genera! in propria persona , who, it is said, is leav* ing the army, supposed to have taken umbrage.’ At the end of this sentence, he daffied his pipe on the ground, took off I his hat, and as if all the blood * in his body had taken poffefion of his face, roared out, • Shout, gentlemen, ffiout.—three times three ! wc have taken Hum bride /' As soon as this cere mony was over, they fat down, and drank—* Success to our arms, and tonfufion to the Yan hies'. For a ffiort time a pom pous folcmn silence ensued; at length, one of this erudite body, taking his pipe from be. neath his rubicond nose, said, 4 Humbridge ! um ! I have seen it in the map of America ; but I don’t exactly recollect in what part.' 4 Why a*—replied the Mayor, you fee a—there are avast many bridges in A. merica; but, if my memory does not fail me, this crolfei the river Delaware, just be'L' Bunker’s Hill.’ ‘Pray, tkr ' Mayor, said Mr. Alderman, 4 what is that coup de main and propria perform you to often read about r What! Mr. Alderman, don’t you know what ccnp de mam is ?—Why then, I’ll tell you— coup dc main is a Hessian Gen’ cral, and propria perform is hit aid de camp,' —And thus they fettled the matter. 4 Aye, aye,* continued the Mayor, * they cannot hold out long, but I am very sorry, Mr. Sheriff, to find some of our countrymen hold with them through thick and thin ; the laws are too lenient in this respect, for the man that won’t (land up for his country, is no true Briton.’ You know, M.. Romney, I am not much given to taciturnity, but the pro found wildom of these politic, iens, had, in a manner, over whelmed my faculties ; they, now, however, gave me an op portunity, I could not refill* * Give me leave, Mr. Mayor,’ laid I, 4 to alk your advice V His Woifhip noded approba tion. 4 My father, Sir, was an Englishman, my mother an A merican, whom he married at Philadelphia. In crofting the fcas, I was born about the mid-i way between the two countries }j now, Sir as I evidently belong to neither, which, in the present contenlt, Ihould I stand up forf* S W hy, Sir,’ replied the Mayor, not a little puzzled , 41 you fee —a—water is no country—* and- a—that is——d—m me, Sir, you are a rebel, and ought to be sent out of the country.* ANECDOTES. A very pious gentleman, but rether worldly, who lives not many miles from Boston, made it his constant practice to call up his family before day, in order that they might attend prayres, and be ready for their labour in good season: one morning having mustered hit family rather catlier than com mon, he commenced family du* ties by prayer, during which, he returned thanks to the Lord, that they were brought to fee the light of another day : an old negro Handing by, cried out 44 Top, top, luaite a bit , no dap /«» far tain, no day yet r A Blacksmith in a country town while (hoeing a house, vai gazed at by a number of ne. groes as they were pasting by % being a little piqued at being the objefcl of the black's attention, and attempting to cast a slur upon them he said, 44 I believe hell s broke loose."— u Yes, mas, ' fa,' faysone, 44 1 fee de devil lot hold de horfe'sfoot," Dissolution. THE Co.partnerfiiip of J. Sc. E. STARNES is diftolved by mutual consent, those ing demands against them will please present their accounts to Ebenezer Starnes for settlement, and those indebted will please call and fettle their accountij without delay. i JOHN STARNES. if EBENEZER STARN^SI The bufinels iu future will I X carried on by Ebenezer Starnes, firit door below Wigfall and M 4 Kinnie. Oct. 94*