Chronological Occurrences for the Year inundation of the fea, occafioned by an 1783. (Continued from p. 8.) earthquake, wherein 40,000 souls were loft.

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June 21, 1783.

REDIT for 10,000l. was given by his Majefty for the relief of the inhabitants of Scotland.

The village of Fouchardiere, in the bifhopic of Mans in France, was detroyed by fire.

22. The county of Glatz in Germany

was vifited with a dreadful ftorm.

The Emprefs of Ruffia took poffeffion of the Crimea, and figned a treaty of commerce with the Turks.

24. The Inland of Iceland received great damage from eruptions from Mount Ecla.

25. The Dublin bank opened. July 1. Sir George Brydges Rodney was created a peer of Great-Britain, with a penfion of 2 000l. per Sir George Auguftus Eliott was granted a penfion Iscol. per annum.

annum.

Sir Samuel Hood was created a peer of Ireland.

A new ifland made its appearance near Iceland.

The Hoy alongfide the Royal George at Portsmouth was weighed up. The town of Attendarn in Weftphalia was deftroyed by an accidental fire.

The firft veffel under American colours arrived at Bristol,

88. A ball of fire, or meteor, was feen in the greatest part of England, and at Oftend, at the fame time.

19. A proclamation iffued for reftraining American fhips from conveying the produce of the Weft-India islands.

23. Advice was received of the death of Hyder Ally, the Nabob of the Marattas, December last, and the peace concluded on February 17, between his fon and the Eaft India Company.

29. The Spaniards began the bombardment of Algiers.

Tripali, in Syria, was vifited by a dreadful earthquake.

Aug. 2. A violent form of hail in Yorkhire, where the hail ftones measured five inches in circumference.

The town of Berolzheim, in Anfpach, bad 138 houfes destroyed by fire.

7. The Queen was delivered of princefs Amelia.

9. The Spaniards defifted from the bombardment of Algiers.

14. The Prince of Wales came of age.

An account was received that the ifle of Formofa, in China, was, in December last, in a great part destroyed by an

17. The quarantine was taken off the fhipping coming from the Pruffian dominions.

The king's meffenger arrived in London with the ratification of the provifional articles, figned at Paris the 13th inftant, between Great Britain and the United States of America.

27. The firft air balloon was let up at Paris by Mr. Mongolfier, in the camp of

Mars.

Disturbances arofe between Dantzick and the King of Pruffia,

30. The King of Pruffia abolished the cuftom ofkneeling to his Majefty's per-" fon.

Sept. 2. The preliminary articles with the Dutch were affigned.

The embargo on the shipping for America taken off.

The princes of Georgia voluntarily declared themselves vassals of the Russian Empire.

3. The definitive treaties with France and Spain, and the United States of America, were figned.

A lady of Konigfbnrg was brought to bed of five children.

20. The king created eight new peers of Ireland.

The Jews, at Mentz, in Germany, were forbid using any other language to carry on their trade but German.

23. The ratification of the definitive treaty arrived in London.

28. A French naturalift difcovered a method to convert the lava of a volcano, to the purpose of making bottles, &c.

Oct. 2. The Caiffe d'Efcompte, at Paris, ftopped payment.

5. The Dutch concluded a treaty of amity and commerce with the American States.

6. Peace was proclaimed in London and Westminster.

9. An unfuccefsful attempt was made to remove the Royal George at Portfmouth.

1. Peace was proclaimed at Paris. The Dutch prifoners in England were releafed.

The Royal Society of Scotland received their charter.

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13. Peace was proclaimed at Edinburgh. 15. The Bishop of Ofaaburgh took poffeffion of his bishoprick.

19. Further experiments were made by air balloons, when Monfieur Rofier, and a gardener, were elevated in one of them upwards of 300 feet.

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determined to refer the decifion to the éhance of war, or, in other words, he gave orders for a combat between the chevalier and the dog. The lifts were ap pointed in the ifle of Notre Dame, then an uninclosed, uninhabited place: Macaire's weapon was a great cudgel.

The dog had an empty cask allowed for his retreat, to recover breath. The combatants being ready, the dog no foouer found himself at liberty, than he ran round bis adversary, avoiding his blows, menacing him on every fide, till his ftrength was exhaufted; then fpringing forward, be griped him by the throat, threw him on the ground, and forced him to confess his crime before the king and the whole court. In confequence of which the chevaler, after a few days, was convicted upon his own acknowledgment, and beheaded on ́a scaffold in the isle of Notre Dame.

The above curious recital is tranflated from the Memoires fur les Duels, and is confirmed by many judicious, critical writers, particularly Julia Scaliger, and Mountfaucon, neither of them relators of fabulous ftorics.

The virtuous Family: A Tale.

them each a warm and fufceptible heart: their birth and fortunes were nearly equal; and therefore, in looking forward to the future, they faw nothing that could forbid them to indulge in all the delights of virtuous love.

But while every thing appeared thus favourable to Joinval's hopes, could it be thought he fhonld find an obstacle to his happinefs in the heart of the lovely Rofe herself-in that very heart which was all his own? Yet was he obliged to refpect the motive to which this cruel delay was owing; for Rofe (as will appear in the fequel) had no other reafon for ditreffing her lover, than what refulted from tenderness to her father. This father, whom I fhall call Firmin, was now much adHe was a widower, vanced in years. and had no other child than Rofe, whofe filial attentions feemed every day to become more and more neceffry to him. This being his fituation, Rofe, who had no reason to blush for her paffion for Joinval, could not find refolution enough, however, to avow it to her father. Such a confeffion, the was apprehenfive, might alarm the jealous tenderness of this good old man. He might poffibly fear, that

So various are the degrees of fenfibility, the heart of his daughter, thus divided,

that we see many perfons, whofe af fections never include more than a fingle object. The fufceptible bofoms of others, on the contrary, expand with a generous ardour, that equally feels for all the tender and endearing charities of life. To fuch (and how confolatory is the reflection) no sentiment is foreign. These can preferve, at the fame time, a fincere regard for a companion or a friend, an affectionate attachment to a brother or a filter, a warm affection for their parents, and all compatible with the moft ardent paffion for a lover or a mistress.

And fuch was the heroine of this tale. Rofe (for that was her name) had never failed in any of the duties of nature and friendship. Her feventeenth year arrives. At this period (for France is the feene of our hiftory) one may imagine that a tender paffion is feldom long remote. Join val, a young man of an amiable and exemplary character, found it impoffible to behold fuch a beautiful picture of virtue and fimplicity, without being fenfible to a certain irrefiftible attraction; nor could Rofe ever speak to Joinval, without feeling a difquieting something, which is the forerunner of love, if not love itself. That ■ very day, when the tender confeffion was reciprocal, neither Joinval nor Rofe communicated any thing new for long before had their eyes faid all that the tender fubje&t could infpire. Nature had given

might infenfibly grow cool to him; and that the deference which he had hitherto paid to him, might in time vanifh before the more powerful claim of a lover or a bufband.

Rofe, indeed, did not give an abfolute refufal to the prefling inftances of her lover. There were moments too in which the determined to open her heart to her father; but when the opportunities oċcurred, her refolution failed, and the embarraffing subject was conftantly postponed.

Refides, Joinval was not yet even known to the father of his mistress.

If the most engaging_attentions, the most delicate proofs of fincere affection, could recompenfe an impatient lover, Joinval bad every reafon to think himself one of the happieft. With an innocent delight would the open to her lover all the virtuous fentiments of a heart, uncorrupted by the ftudied refinements of precifenefs, and the affectations of faftidious delicacy. In a word, fhe forgot nothing that could confole him for those fenfations of chagrin, which the felt more feverely than he did; becaufe fhe confidered herself as the fole author of them. It is not eafy, indeed, to describe the fufferings of Joinval for this delay in a point fo effential to his peace. But what can. not a lover endure, who has the dear affurance, however, of being beloved by the charmer of his foul? The hope of

happiness,

dwelt on it to her lover. Thefe blended effufions of filial piety and love, in fome measure alleviated her forrows, and reanimated her drooping courage.

But, although this lovely young creature was indefatigable in her tender of fices to her father, it was foon apparent that her ftrength was but a kind of convulfive ftruggle, and that he could not long bear up under fuch feverity of effort. Of this fhe began herfelf to be fenfible; but what terrified her moft, was much lefs the idea of impairing her own health, than of becoming ufelefs to her father, whom he now faw on the point of linking under his complicated

woes.

Notwithstanding all the affiftance that the unfortunate Firmin received from his excellent daughter, and all the confolations which the latter derived from the indulgence of a virtuous paffion, their mutual misfortunes feemed now to have reached the period when defpair commonly affumes her gloomy empire in the foul. But if innocence be too often perfecuted, it fometimes meets with generous defenders, who exalt the human virtues to the nobleft height of heroifm. Such was the happiness that Heaven had ftill in ftore for Rofe and her unhappy father. One day, when he had been obliged to leave him for fome time alone in the prifon, fhe finished at her own home fome work the had begun for ber father, and was preparing to rejoin him. On a fudden, with what furprife! the fees him-she fees her father himself, who enters with all the expreffion of joy on his countenance, and throws himself on her neck. His enraptured child dares not believe her eyes; the fears that it is only fome fweet, but momentary illufion. When her astonishment, fubfiding, left her the power of words, What!, my father! he exclaimed, is it youis it really you whom I behold-and are you free?''Yes' anfwered the venerable man, and I am quite at liberty.'

Rofe then begged him to fit by her. Reft yourself, my dear father,' faid fhe, and when your Arength will permit you, tell me who has rettored you to my tears. A man, an angel,' answered he, • came to unloofen my chains; but (can you believe it, my daughter) it was by taking my place. He remains in prifon in my ftead interrupt me not, my dear Rofe; let not your delicacy condemn me unheard. At first I rejected his propofals; but I confefs, that I was unable to refift his entreaties, or to combat the reafons he alleged. Even you, my child, would have been fubdued by

the warmth, the goodness, the irrefiftible power of his argument. He told me at first that his own liberty was at that monent of no confequence to himself or to his own family; but that mine was effential to me, in order to enable me to regain my reputation, and to re-eftablish my affairs.—' you cannot imagine,' he continued, how much I fhall be indebted to you, if you comply with my wishes. You will be my benefactor. I have settled every thing with your creditors; even the favage Durmont has confented to my propofals, and will you be more inexorable than he? In a word, he added, neither Rofe nor you can long support the rigours of this imprisonment; and you cannot refufe to leave it, without abandoning the care both of your life and bonour, nor without destroying a daughter that adores you.'

Ah! my dear Rofe, I fhuddered at thefe words. They prevailed. Befides, he told me, that I could never recover my liberty by any other means, and that he was certain his detention would not be of many days duration - Ah! my father,' cried the grateful Rofe, let me go and throw myself at the feet of this 'generous man.'— No, my daughter, interrupted Firmin; he has enjoined me fecrecy; he has even engaged the gaoler to be filent on that head; and I have promifed that we will not attempt to fee him till he fends for us. Perhaps this fecrecy has been the only condition on which the cruel Durmont has confented to my liberty. Perhaps he has been defirous of making that pafs for an act of benevolence to me, which is but the vile calculation of his avarice, fince he has only exchanged a prifoner, whom death, in a few days, might have fuatched from him, for a man, whose youth and conftitution are in every refpe&t better calculated to secure his debt. You must wait awhile, my daughter. If the imprisonment of this generous man be prolonged, I fhall certainly know it; and I will then go and release him from confinement, or I will never leave the prifon without him.'

And now these two affectionate hearts indulged in mutual joy, imperfect as it was, from the confideration that their deliverer, their benefactor was in prison. The good old man, that evening, tailed all the contrafted fweets of happiness, when he lay down to repose on his own bed; no fullen gaoler at hand, clinking his enor mous keys, and locking the doors with a grating noife. Rofe, when her father was retired to his fleep, thought that the might fteal fame moments from her own, to write to her beloved Joiaval, She in

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