much enamoured with madame de Paulin as he himself was, and a rival very ready to counter-work all his defigns, he communicated his intentions to him. Dermot, than whom no man knew better how to disguife the feelings of his heart, under the mafk of an hypocritical face, warmly.commended his friend's intentions as foon as he heard them. "I very much approve of your journey to Paris; and with it was in my power to attend you."

Sir Harry, really defirous of having Dermot for his companion upon the road, replied, "You would certainly give me a great deal of pleafure by your company. Perhaps." added he, you can make me happy with it. Have you any particular bufinefs at A-, to confine you abfolutely to it?"

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No, no, Sir Harry, my engagements here are all of the pleafurable kind; and I can easily give up any of them for your fociety.".

There was a ftroke of adulation in the conclufion of this fpeech of Dermot's which had the defired effect. Sir Harry's ears were fo deluded by it, that his eyes were not sharp enough to fee in his friend's countenance the infincerity of his expreffions. So deluded, he thanked him, in the warmest terms, for his most agreeable effer.

To forward the operation of his flattery, Dermot added, with a truly French embrace, "I will not only accompany you to Paris, but affift you, with all the activity and addrefs in my power, to bring you to the confummation of your wishes with your encouraging favourite." Sir Harry, having renewed his acknowledgments, proceeded to acquaint Dermot with the manner in which he purpofed to regulate his conduct on his arrival at the brilliant metropolis, and his regulations were greatly approved. Dermot indeed fincerely approved of Sir

Harry's confidence in him upon fuch an occafion, as it enabled him to take meafures for the demolition of his amorous defigns, which could not, he imagined, fair of proving fuccefsful.

When a man thoroughly in love feels the fmalleft inclination to remove himself from one place to another, the celerity of his motions is commonly equal to the ardor of his defires. Sir Harry, the quickeft of men in all his movements, now wanted no fpur to accelerate his velocity. He fet off in a poft-chaise for Paris in a few hours after the above conference with Dermot, accompanied by him agreeably to his intentions, without parade; but with as much expedition as if he had been a messenger extraordinary entrusted with the most important difpatches.

Sir Harry, when he found himself at Paris, immediately made enquiries after the bright object of his adorationand as her jealous hufband had an em, ployment about the court, his hotel was foon discovered. How to procure an interview with madame de Paulin was now the labour of his thoughts; and his head was upon the rack to facilitate the completion of that hufinefs in which his heart was most interested.

Dermot, on his arrival at the gayest capital in Europe, really intended to make an unfriendly ufe of the confidence repofed in him by his fellow-traveller, in order to be quite upon an agreeable footing with the lady on whofe account he had taken fo long a journey; but as he foon found that a private meeting with madame de Paulin would be attended with immense difficulties, as he was not yiolently enough in love with: her to relinquish all other women for her fake; and as he alfo difcovered that he might get poffefiion of a much finer woman, without giving himfelf a great deal of trouble, the being defperately in love with him. He left Sir Harry to manage his own affair in his own way; and devoted his whole time to the cornuting of an old fermier general, who had in his dotage, married a young thing, by whom he was, for his debili ties of body and mind moft heartily defpifed.

While Dermot was fuccefsful in his amour, Sir Harry met with another confiderable difappointment, not quite dif

fimilar

fimilar to that which filled him with fuch difquiet at A. This difappointment was the more fevere, as he was juft within reach of the long-wifhed, longexpected blifs, when he received it. Madame de Paulin, taking advantage of her husband's being fummoned one evening to his office, wrote a letter to Sir Harry to inform him that he would meet him in a fhort time at the house of their common friend.

Soon after this letter was difpatched by the fervant, whom fhe had, in her opinion, fufficiently bribed to her intereft, fhe fet out for madame Chaperon's, attended by another fervant with a flambeau.

Before fhe had reached the ftreet, in which madame Chaperon lived, she was overtaken by her husband, who, feizing her by the arm, gave her a letter to read. She started at the fight of it. The first word was fufficient. It was her letter to Sir Harry. Confufed, and totally at a lofs to account for its being intercepted, her agitations were inexpreffible. Her progress was neceffarily ftopped, and the was obliged to return to her own house with her jealous husband, whofe increasing vigilance effectually prevented her from enjoying perfonal interviews, or carrying on an epistolatory correspondence with any other man.

Proceedings in America relative to the

Impeachment of Peter Oliver, El,
Chief Judge of the Superior Court of
Judicature, &c. &c.

HINGS appear to be approaching to extremities in America. The 28th of February the houfe of affembly of Maffachufett's-bay agreed to exhibit articles of impeachment against Peter Oliver, Efq; chief judge of the fuperior court, of high crimes and mifdemeanors, in accepting a falary from the crown, inftead of being, as was ufual, dependent on the aflembly. This they made the governor acquainted with the fame day by a meffage, defiring his excellency would be present in council when they would exhibit thefe articles. The governor fent an answer to the houfe on the 3d of March, in which he declared he had not any authority to put fuch an indignity on the crown.

The next day, March 4, the house

appointed a committee to wait on the governor with another meffage, infifting on knowing his determination in regard to the impeachment, which was anfwered by a prorogation of both houfes, on the 9th, till April rhe 13th.

In the mean time, the principal inhabitants of Bofton met at Faneuil-hall on the 5th of March, being the anniverfary of the maffacre by the foldiers of the 29th regiment, on the 5th of March, 1770: when Mr. Hancock delivered a long and fpirited oration on the dangerous tendency of standing armies.

The expectation of the affembly meeting on the 13th of April, after the prorogation, was fruftrated by a proclamation for diffolving it, on the 4th of that Month.

Affairs are not in a more peaceable difpofition in the province of New York, where, as we learn by letters, dated April 25, the committee forbad Captain Lockyer, of the fhip Nancy, to land his tea, and obliged him to return with it to England; and as Capt. Chambers, of the fhip London, had brought 18 chefts of tea clandeftinely in his fhip, they went on board and started it into the sea.

Maxims, &c.

A Friendship may fubfift between two

perfons of different fexes, without any fenfual gratification; a woman however, in fuch cafe, always confiders a man, as a man; and a man, in the fame manner, confiders a woman, as a woman. That connexion is neither love, nor friendship, pure: it forms a clafs by itself.

Love fprings up fpontaneously, without any reflection, in temperament, or in weaknefs; a feature of beauty fixes and determines it: friendship, on the contrary, is formed by little and little; by time, by practife, and long exercise.

Hence wit, good fenfe, benevolence of heart, attachment and complaifance, often do lefs in friendship, in several years, than a fine face, or a white hand do in love, in a moment.

Time ftrengthens friendship, and weakens love.

While love continues, it fubfifts of itself, and fometimes by the things which Y y 2 ought

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ought to deftroy it: by caprice, by rigour, by coldness, and by jealoufy friendship on the contrary, has need of affiftance; it perishes without attention, confidence, and complaifance.

It is more common to fee a pure love, than a perfect friendship.

Love and friendship, exclude each other.

He who has once been paffionately in love, neglects friendship; and thofe who have been much habituated to friendship, are but little inclined to love.

Nothing more refembles a lively friendship, than those ties, which the intereft of our love makes us cultivate. -The relations of husband and wife.

Prologue to the Heroine of the Cave.
Spoken by Mr. REDPISH.

PROLOGUES, in gen'ral, are a

kind falute, [may fuit; Hoping the Author's works your taste And, if fo lucky to escape your frown, He ftruts, the fav'rite poet of the town.Thanking Dame Nature that has been fo kind [mind, T'endow him with a more Parnaffian Than fhines in Dramas of his dull com[fleers. Whom in News paragraphs he flilly Licentious vehicles of grofs abuse, That fnakes, anonymous, each day let loofe,

peers.

Sparing nor birth, nor worth, nor high degree, [low as me! Their venom dart at all-nay, ev'n fo If'cause my efforts--to approve you deign, I'll be more guilty-still increase their pain.

New-whet their rancour, more provoke their fallies, [their malice? If you're my Patrons-need I dread Now from the Actor to the Author turn, Whofe proud ideas with vain-glory burn, Declaring, loth to praise, but prone to flight,

• No! we're but few now qualify'd to write

'What numbers fcribble in Apollo's fpite!

'Had the dull fellow fhewn his play to'

me,

I had given't life, at least to fome degree,

And made it crawl out nights, to three times three."

Of vi'lent parties, forming a cabal, The one to raife-the other to appall! Men hir'd to roar out prostituted praise, And honour dullness, with an ideot gaze! Yet ftill more flameful-who through selfish ends

Of foes malignant- or of jealous friends, Waiting the fignal, in dark ambush fit, To act the worst of murders-that of wit! None fuch I truft are here !-but, if there thould,

They'll by a candid Audience be withftood

Cruel oppreffion!-fhocks an English ear, From your known equity we banish fear. The leading Author of our scenes to-night

Has been long fince remov'd from either plight

Out of the reach of cenfure, or applause! He'll tremble not-as up the curtain draws,

Some tribute to his Mufe--let Effex plead. Nor hate, nor envy-combat with the dead!

Epilogue.