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the exportation of woollen manufactures and glass, and fhall have received further indulgencies from the fame authority; and when the fpirit of induftry fhall be infufed, in confequence of it, into the common people; their country will not be inferior to any other on the globe under the fame parallel. It is very difficult to fay, whether foreign or domeftic caufes have operated moft powerfully in laying wafte this fruitful country; which, by being relieved from their late unnatural prohibitions, will be enabled to furnish a grand proportion of fupplies to Great Britain, and will unavoidably become of vaft importance, by its reciprocal trade, in reftraining the increase of that of France, who cannot carry on this important branch of traffic without the affistance of Irish Wool. The wool of France is fhort and coarse, being, in the language of

manufacturers, neither fine in the thread nor long in the ftaple. This obliges them to have recourfe to the wool of Ireland, which poffeffes both thefe qualities. Affifted by a pack of Irish wool, the French are enabled to manufacture two of their own; which they will no longer be able to procure, as the Irifh will now work up their own wool, which they used to export; great part of which found its way to France, and enabled them to supply other markets, to the great prejudice of Britain. The happy effects of it have been already felt; for notwith ftanding it was fo late as December 23, 1789,that the royal affent was given to the taking off their restraints on woollen exports, it appears, that on January 10th following, an exportentry was made at the custom-house at Dublin of 1300 yards of ferge for a fo reign market, by W. Worthington, Efq.

SIEGE OF WILLIAMSTADT, WITH A FINE PLATE, THE HE town of Williamstadt will be ever memorable for the gallant defence it made against the violent attacks of the French army under General Dumourier. It is fituated in E. long. 4. 20. lat. 51. 54. on the Maefe and fea called Hollands-diep, fourteen miles fouth of Rotterdam, and fixteen porth-west of Breda. It is ftrongly fortified, and belongs to the House of Orange. It was closely invefted by the French, from the 23d of Feb. to the 16th of March, 1793, during which time it was twice fummoned to furrender; but the gallant MajorGeneral Boetzlaar, its governor, gave for anfwer, That he would defend it with the last drop of his blood. Upon this a most violent bombardment and cannonade took place, with red-hot balls, bombs and granades. Only two houses in the town were burnt by the enemy's fhells; not one however efcaped being pierced through with cannon-fhot. The principal street, leading from the great church to the main guard, was filled on each fide with the ruins of the houses. A 24 pound fhot paffed through the dial on the top of the church, and carried the half of it away. Near a hundred large trees, growing within the ramparts, were hivered to pieces by fhots and hells. Several red-hot balls paffed

through the roof of the governor's houfe. The Prince of Orange's arms were battered down from the infide of the main-guard gate by a 24 pound fhot from a battery on the other fide the town. Nine of the heaviest brafs ordnance on the Dutch ramparts were either difmounted, or the carriages fhot to pieces; principally from the inceffant fire of a mafqued battery, which the French had raised behind a fmall wood, on the fhore of the Maeze, to the S. E. of the fort.

On the 16th of March, about ten in the morning, the French fet fire to their works, and began to retreat, having fuftained a heavy cannonade from the garrifon, and being galled and mowed down by well-directed fire from the English gun-boats and Syren British frigate, commanded by Capt. Manley, which took them in the flank, and did prodigious execution. At this inftant the brave Governor difpatched a detachment from the gar rifon to harrafs their rear, which they fo well effected as to take several pieces of cannon, two mortars, and a great quantity of ammunition and fiege utenfils, which were fafely conveyed into the town.

It is remarkable that, during the whole of this tremendous fiege, only twelve inhabitants and eight foldiers

were

were killed the French, it is conjectured, loft about 800 men. General Boetzlaar, the gallant defender of this fortress, is in his 68th year-a middle-fized lively man, and much resembles the late Lord Rodney.—The diftreffes of the French during the fiege, particularly on the Maeze fide, muft have been almoft infurmountable; having no fhelter even from the inclemencies of the weather, but in damp holes cut in the beach, and being only flightly fcreened by reeds taken from the river fide. During the erection of their works, they were expofed between the two fevere fires of the fort batteries, and thofe of the Syren frigate and gun-boats, for two

days and nights fucceffively. The horrors of the scene they left behind, are almoft too fhocking for recital; the mangled bodies of the French lying uninterred upon their redoubts; and even that of an officer, who last fell, all with their ears and fingers cut off, and carried away as relics of triumph! -formed a fpectacle every way painful to humanity!

As the most ample defcription of this important siege, and of the whole war, will be faithfully recorded in the annexed HISTORY of the WARS OF ENG. LAND, (in which the elegant plate of the fiege is to be placed,) we deem it unnecellary to add any thing further on the subject at present.

DE FEAT OF THE FRENCH AT FAMARS.
WHITEHALL, May 26, 1793.

CAPTAIN Crawfurd is this day object was to turn the right wing of

arrived with difpatches from Sir James Murray, dated the 24th inftant, containing the following important information:

That on the morning of the 23d the French camp at Famars was attacked in two different places-on one fide by the Prince de Cobourg, fupported by his Royal Highness the Duke of York with the British and Hanoverian troops and on the other fide by General Clairfayt. The engagement foon be came general, and continued through the whole of that day; the French maintaining their ground with great refolution and courage. The fuperiority of the allied armies, and fpirited behaviour of the British troops, manifested itself in a very early part of the engagement, whereby the French were driven from feveral of their redoubts; but the camp was not taken, and night put a top to the operations on both fides. The attack was to be refumed in the morning; when it was difcovered, at day-break, that the French had, during the night, abandoned all their pofts, and carried off their cannon and baggage, Their camp was foon after taken poffeffion of by the allied armies.

The enemy was attacked by four columns of the British troops, one of which was commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, whofe

the enemy, which he effected in a masterly manner, without one British officer having fuffered on the occafion. The lofs of the British troops, though much diftinguifhed on this day, was very trifling indeed, there being no officer either killed or wounded, and only 16 non-commiffioned officers and privates killed. The fine Hanoverian regiment, called the Garde du Corps, behaved moft gallantly, and fuffered in proportion, having three of its offi cers killed, four wounded, and from 60 to 70 privates killed. The remaining lofs amounts to about 300 killed, although General Clairfayt's divifion must have loft many more, having been led on to the most dangerous and difficult attacks. The lofs of the French is not known, but many hundreds were the next day found dead on the field. About 300 of their men were made prifoners, and they loft to pieces of cannon.

The Duke of York was on horfeback twenty-two hours, during which time his Royal Highnefs difplayed the moft heroic fortitude and cool judg ment.

Capt. Crawfurd must be particularly mentioned. It was owing to his zeal and management that a great quantity of the French baggage was taken, and his divifion also took about 70 men prifoners.

POETRY,

POE

Written by GENERAL WOLFE, at PORTSMOUTH, and prefented to his LADY, the evening before his Embarkation on the Expedition against QUEBEC.

AT

I.

Tlength, too foon, dear creature, Receive my fond adieu ! Thy pangs, oh love, how bitter! Thy joys, how short, how few! No more those eyes, so killing, The melting glance repeat; Nor bofom, gently swelling, With love's foft tumults beat. II.

I go where glory leads me,

And dangers point the way;
Tho' coward Love upbraids me,
My honour bids obey.
'Tis honour's boasting story,

My anxious cares reprove;
And points to fame, wealth, glory!
Ah! what are thefe to love!

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Our boatswain takes care of the rigging, More fpeffioufly when he gets drunk; The bobftays fupplies him with fwigging, He the cables cuts up for old junk; The ftudding-fail serves for his hammock, With the cluelines he bought him his call,

While enfigns and jacks in a mammock Are fold to buy trinkets for Poll.With a will-ho, &c.

Of the purfer this here is the maximSlops, grog, and provifion, he facks; How he'd look if you was but to ax him With the captain's clerk who 'tis goes fnacks.

Oh! he'd find it another-guefs ftory, That would bring his bare back to the cat,

Should his majesty's honour and glory
Juft only be told about that.
With a will-ho, &c.

The chaplain's both holy and godly,
And fets us for heaven agog;
Yet, to my mind, he looks rather oddly
When he's fwearing and drinking of

grog.

When he took on his knee Betty Bowzer, And talk'd of her beauty and charms, Cry'd I, "Which is the way to heav'n now, fir?"

"You dog," fays the chaplain, "her arms!"

With a will-ho, &c.

The gunner's a dev❜l of a bubber,
The carpenter can't fish a mast,
The furgeon's a lazy land-lubber,

The mafter can't fteer if he's afkt;
The lieutenants conceit are all wrapp'd in,
The mates hardly merit their flip,
And there's never a swab but the captain
Knows the ftem from the ftern of the
fhip.
With a will-ho, &c.

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Now, fore and aft having abus'd 'em,

Juft all for my fancy and gig, Could I find any one that ill-us'd em,

Damn me but I'd tickle his wig!Jack never was known for a railer;

'Twas fun ev'ry word that I spoke; For the fign of a true-hearted failor

Is to give and to take a good joke.— With a will-ho, &c.

On a Gentleman's Pocket being pick'd

of his WATCH.

HE that a watch would wear, thue

muft he do,

Pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too,

were killed the French, it is conjectured, loft about 800 men. General Boetzlaar, the gallant defender of this fortress, is in his 68th year-a middle-fized lively man, and much resembles the late Lord Rodney.-The diftreffes of the French during the fiege, particularly on the Maeze fide, muft have been almoft infurmountable; having no fhelter even from the inclemencies of the weather, but in damp holes cut in the beach, and be ing only flightly fcreened by reeds taken from the river fide. During the erection of their works, they were expofed between the two fevere fires of the fort batteries, and thofe of the Syren frigate and gun-boats, for two

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days and nights fucceffively. The horrors of the scene they left behind, are almoft too fhocking for recital; the mangled bodies of the French lying uninterred upon their redoubts; and even that of an officer, who laft fell, all with their ears and fingers cut off, and carried away as relics of triumph! -formed a fpectacle every way painful to humanity!

As the most ample defcription of this important fiege, and of the whole war, will be faithfully recorded in the annexed HISTORY of the WARS of ENGLAND, (in which the elegant plate of the fiege is to be placed,) we deem it unnecellary to add any thing further on the subject at present.

DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH AT FAMARS.
WHITEHALL, May 26, 1793.

C APTAIN Crawfurd is this day

arrived with difpatches from Sir James Murray, dated the 24th inftant, containing the following important information:

That on the morning of the 23d the French camp at Famars was attacked in two different places on one fide by the Prince de Cobourg, fupported by his Royal Highness the Duke of York with the British and Hanoverian troops and on the other fide by General Clairfayt. The engagement foon be came general, and continued through the whole of that day; the French maintaining their ground with great refolution and courage. The fuperiority of the allied armies, and fpirited behaviour of the British troops, manifested itself in a very early part of the engagement, whereby the French were driven from feveral of their redoubts; but the camp was not taken, and night put a stop to the operations on both fides. The attack was to be refumed in the morning; when it was difcovered, at day-break, that the French had, during the night, abandoned all their pofts, and carried off their cannon and baggage. Their camp was foon after taken poffeffion of by the allied armies.

The enemy was attacked by four columns of the British troops, one of which was commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, whofe

object was to turn the right wing of
the enemy, which he effected in a
mafterly manner, without one British
officer having fuffered on the occafion.
The lofs of the British troops, though
much diftinguifhed on this day, was
very trifling indeed, there being no of-
ficer either killed or wounded, and
only 16 non-commiffioned officers and
privates killed. The fine Hanoverian
regiment, called the Garde du Corps,
behaved moft gallantly, and fuffered
in proportion, having three of its offi-
cers killed, four wounded, and from
60 to 70 privates killed. The re-
maining lofs amounts to about 300
killed, although General Clairfayt's
divifion must have loft many more,
having been led on to the most dan-
gerous and difficult attacks.
lofs of the French is not known, but
many hundreds were the next day
found dead on the field. About 300 of
their men were made prifoners, and
they loft to pieces of cannon.

The

The Duke of York was on horfeback twenty-two hours, during which time his Royal Highnefs difplayed the moft heroic fortitude and cool judg

ment.

Capt. Crawfurd must be particularly mentioned. It was owing to his zeal and management that a great quantity of the French baggage was taken, and his division also took about 70 men prisoners.

POETRY,

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AT length, too foon, dear creature,

Receive

my

adieu !
Thy pangs, oh love, how bitter!
Thy joys, how short, how few!
No more those eyes, fo killing,
The melting glance repeat;
Nor bofom, gently fwelling,
With love's foft tumults beat.
II.

I go where glory leads me,

And dangers point the way;
Tho' coward Love upbraids me,
My honour bids obey.
'Tis honour's boasting story,

My anxious cares reprove;
And points to fame, wealth, glory {
Ah! what are thefe to love!
III.

Two paffions vainly striving,

My anxious breast divide;
Lo, there, my country, bleeding}
And here, my weeping bride!
But, ah! thy faithful soldier,
Can true to either prove;
Fame fires my foul all over,
And every pulfe beats love.
IV.

Then think, where'ere I wander,
The sport of feas and wind,
No diftance hearts can funder,
Whom mutual TRUTH has join'd.
Kind heaven, the Brave requiting,
Shall fafe thy fwain restore;
And raptures crown our meeting,
With joys ne'er felt before.

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TRY.

Our boatfwain takes care of the rigging, More fpeffioully when he gets drunk; The bobftays fupplies him with swigging, He the cables cuts up for old junk; The ftudding-fail ferves for his hammock, With the cluelines he bought him his call,

While enfigns and jacks in a mammock Are fold to buy trinkets for Poll.With a will-ho, &c.

Of the purfer this here is the maximSlops, grog, and provifion, he facks; How he'd look if you was but to ax him With the captain's clerk who 'tis goes fnacks.

Oh! he'd find it another-guefs ftory, That would bring his bare back to the cat,

Should his majesty's honour and glory
Juft only be told about that."
With a will-ho, &c.

The chaplain's both holy and godly,
And fets us for heaven agog;
Yet, to my mind, he looks rather oddly
When he's fwearing and drinking of

grog.

When he took on his knee Betty Bowzer,

And talk'd of her beauty and charms, Cry'd I, "Which is the way to heav'n now, fir?"

"You dog," fays the chaplain, “her arms!".

With a will-ho, &c.

The gunner's a dev'l of a bubber,
The carpenter can't fish a mast,
The furgeon's a lazy land-lubber,

The mafter can't steer if he's afkt;
The lieutenants conceit are all wrapp'd in,
The mates hardly merit their flip,
And there's never a swab but the captain
Knows the ftem from the stern of the
fhip.
With a will-ho, &c.

Now, fore and aft having abus'd 'em,

Juft all for my fancy and gig,

Could I find any one that ill-us'dem,

Damn me but I'd tickle his wig !— Jack never was known for a railer;

"Twas fun ev'ry word that I fpoke; For the fign of a true-hearted failor

Is-to give and to take a good joke.-With a will-ho, &c.

On a Gentleman's Pocket being pick'd

of his WATCH.

HE that a watch would wear, thue

muft he do, Pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too,

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