That was the time when last I saw the day
His beauteous beams upon my hills display,
And hurried from each object of regard,
Each well-known person-all-without award.
No pitying audience hear my mournful tale,
No equal judge on whom my wrongs prevail.
Yet what the crime this punishment deserv'd,
For what offence is banishment reserv'd?
The man who feels a patriotic glow,
On loyalty, or faith, that man shall know.

Once hurried by the stream of gen'ral crime,
(With horror I recall the dreadful time),
These hands were join'd with an infuriate crew,
To tear our spotless Monarch from our view.
Each gentle virtue grac'd his honour'd head,
And thro' the realm a happy influence spread.
Even now, perhaps, above the long-loved tract,
His pitying shade observes each ruthless act,
Addresses to his God his earnest prayer,
From despot rulers his lov'd France to spare.
Ah! hapless country! by commotions torn,
Deformed by blood, by long afflictions worn.
At length succumb'd, by strong oppression trod,
And torpid sleeping 'neath a stranger's rod :
As some fair bark by furious tempests tost,
Her masts, and sails, and helm, and rigging lost,
For shelter looks, with terror and dismay,
And moors in Algiers' or Morocco's bay.

Sometimes, when sinking in unwary rest,
Rise to my view, my countrymen oppress'd;
Unnumber'd wretches seem to wave their hands,
Invoking Heaven to right afflicted lands.
In restless murmurs speak the phantom train,
And clustering round, repeat one constant strain:
Thus, alien, does thy gratitude requite,
Thus bless when lifted to the sovereign height?

Ah! could but France recall those happy days,
When sovereign splendour shed benignant rays;
And power extended o'er the realm its arm,
To shield, not crush, embolden, not alarm;
See o'er the vales, untouched, its harvests wave,
Its natives walk uninjur'd to the grave;
See o'er the main, unnumber'd vessels ride,
And feel once more enraptur'd peace enjoy'd.

Z.

INDEX..

M m 3

Buonaparte, his plans for attaining uni-
yersal dominion, 333.

strictures on his disposition
and wishes relative to peace, 419; pro-
bability of his object to conquer Türk-
ish Dalmatia, 426.

C.

Cabinet, incapacity of the present, 336.
———-, British, present disposition of its
members considered, 428.

Calderon, Louisa, account of the mulatto
prostitute, 57; forgery respecting the
entry of her birth, ib.; copy of the re-
gister, 59,

Carus, Titus Lucretius, resemblance be-
tween his didactic poem and many parts
of the scriptures, 379.
Cardinals, instances of their appointment
to conclude a peace, 151.
Catholic, interesting remarks on the term
of, 16.

Catholics, Irish, their disaffection as great
now as in the reign of queen Elizabeth,
121; their attempts to obstruct the pro-
clamation of king James I. 124.

the confederates, their junctions
with the Irish rebels, 241; their subse-
quent treachery, 244,

Catarrh, definition and nature of that af-
fection, 114.

Cazotte, his remarkable prophecy con-
cerning the result of the French revo-
lution, 467.

Cecil, Sir Robert, his opinion of the loyal-
ty of the Irish, 36.

Characters, Greek, curious proposition
for learning them, 87.

Charles II. observations on the reign of,
247.

Chaucer, his criticism of the style and
manner of telling a tale, 2.
Christianity, its importance to the sta-
bility of government, 434.
Church establishment in Ireland, lament-
able picture of its defective state, 399.
Church of England, political importance
derived from its support, 83.
its canons compared
with the Church of Scotland, 210.
Church of Scotland, probability of its
being injured by the Edinburgh contro-

versy, 209.

-, parallel drawn be-
tween it and the Church of England,

210..

Churches, round, in England, their origin,

297..

Costume, interesting particulars relative
to the, 465.

Cottagers, the impolicy of allotting beyond
a certain portion of land to, 142.
Cough medicines, general, their pernicious
effect, 116.

Cow-pox, its origin from the grease erro-

neous, 324; proofs of its effiçay, ib.
Credulity, specimen of royal, 149.
Crosses, stone, for what purpose erected
in Great Britain, 298.

Crusades, remarks on them in the middle
age, 146.

Cumberland, amusements and customs of
that county described, 286.
Curne, La, his opinion of Froissart's
Chronicles, 8.

Daffy

535

D.

Daffy's Elixir, evident proof of its adul-
teration by the venders, 97.
Daniel, remarks on the attempts to eluci-
date the prophecies of, 198.

Davies, Sir John, his opinion of affairs in
Ireland, 129.

Days, the prophetic, remarks on their sig-
nification, 200.

Depravity of the times, lamentable in-
stance of the, 439.

Dibdin, Mr. number of writings composed
by, 330.

Digitalis, its utility in the first stages of
phthisis, 117.

Drama, interesting observations relative to
the, 137.

Drama, German, remarks on the pernici-
ous productions of the, 261.
Draper, Lieutenant-Colonel, his opinion
of the affairs in Trinidad, 65.
Drinkwater, character of the Duchess of,
253.

Dutch, their policy in governing their
East India possessions, 38.

remarks on their present servile
state, 167.

"

wanton cruelty of their seamen to
the defenceless inhabitants of the new-
discovered land, 349.

Duval, Madam, reason for her anibshment
from the isle of Trinidad, 64.

Elephants, wild, mode of attacking them
described, 41, 42.

Elizabeth queen, refutation of Mr. Plow-
den's insinuations respecting her con-
duct to Ireland, 21; her generous ex-
penditure, and other measures for the
welfare of Ireland, 24: her credulity
the means of prolonging the rebellion in
Ireland, 31; religious bigotry proved to
have been the chief spring of, 32.
Elocution, strictures on the modern lec-
tures on, 397.

Eloisa of Rousseau, judicious observation,
the new, 356.

Ellenborough, Lord, observations on his

Farms, interesting observations on the
utility of large and small farms, 142.
Fashion, the victim of, described, 250;
general observations on, 253.
Females, Irish, honourable testimony given
to the, 405.

Festival, strictures on a late, 510.
Finance, judicious reflections on, 273.
Fitzgerald, J. Fitzm. history of his rebel-
lion in Ireland during the reign of
queen Elizabeth, 26.

Fox, Mr. his consummate want of know-
ledge evident from his measures, 318.
mistaken in regard to Buona-
parte's disposition for peace, 420; stric-
tures on his causing Russia to be de
tached from her alliance with England,

422.

France, her insatiable ambition, 107.

the want of public confidence
evident in, 412, -
Francis, the emperor, his imbecility sub-
sequent to the defeat of Austerlitz, 187.
French, their tyrannical behaviour in
Italy, 103.

French, characteristic of their arrogance,
465; their rapacity in Italy, ib.
Froissart's Chronicles, far superior to
novels or romances for entertainment, I.

place of his nativity, his parent-
age, 5; his views in writing his chro-
nicles, 6; general plan of his history, 7.
Fullarton, Mr. his appointment as first
commissioner at Trinidad, 56.

asserted to have exceeded
the authority given him, 64.
Fund, Patriotic, honorary marks presented
by the Committee for managing the,

368.

-Fund,