Every thing was fettled the next day as Whitehead intended; the creditors were very glad to exchange the Ator for the Poet; as the latter, befide his Lands in Parnaffus, had a good sub#tantial fortune with his wife of ten

bousand pounds; whereas Macklin (though always having the character of an honelt man) was an itinerant actor, who hung loote upon fociety; and, though his fecurity was better than Fleet wood's in point of principle, their means of difcharging fuch a debt as three thoufund pounds, were pretty nearly equal.

It would be injuice to the memory of Paul Whitehead to pals ever this circumitance without fome obfervation on the fact, as well as on that of his general character. Prudence would have fuggeiled to most men, that, however urgent the demands of friendship were, fuch a ium as bree thousand pounds would be Juticient to make them confider what duties they firit owed to themfelves and families. It was not in this cafe, likewife, the merely becoming fecurity (which with refponfible men would be little or no rifk), but fuch a fecurity was equal to an original and fole obligation to pay the whole of the debt: as Fleetwood was not only well known, at this time, to be ruined in his affairs, but, to those who looked nearer into the man, to be as unwilling as incapable of taking any pains to remedy them-'tis true, he was early known to have the most amiable virtues, with manners and an address that charmed every company he joined; his large and extentive fortune jet thofe high qualifi cations in their proper luftre; and the name of Fleetwood was produced to announce the liberal, accomplimed, high bred man of fashion: but his extravagance fapped his virtues, till by degrees they were changed to their oppofite extremes; and the remaining powers of his mind and accomplishments only feemed to be exerted for every baie and dilg aceful purpoke.

name of virtue. The fact, 'tis true, was otherwife; but not knowing it, the principle he acted upon was praiseworthy

and Macklin, who often told the manly, open, unreferved manner in which it was done, faid, he wished it was any other man who took the responsibility on himtelf than Paul; "but, Sir (faid he), every man will fave himfelt from ruin if he can; and I was glad of any opportunity to accomplish it."

Poor Whitehead, however, paid heavily for his generolity; Fleetwood went on from one difficulty to another, till at last his fituation was fuch, that he had no alternative but flight; he accordingly fet off for France, leaving his friend, with innumerable other creditors, to fhift for themelves, totally regardless of any other confequence but his own immediate fatery.

The bond, after Fleetwood's escape, was foon demanded; and as Whitehead had by this time spent part of his wife's fortune, and had the rett locked up from his interference, he was unable to pay fuch a fum: the confequence was, he was thrown into prifon where he lay for feveral years.

How he behaved under this embarralliment, has been as creditable to his life as, his memory. To be betrayed in the firlt inftance by a man to whom he gave his full confidence, and for a fum of money that threatened to make him a prifoner for life, would have thrown most people into a state of defpondence, or unfitted them for the fociety of men, who they might indifcriminately arraign as moniters and betrayers. But this was not the cafe with Whitehead: he bore it with a firmnels and philanthropy which at once furprited and comforted his friends: he contidered it as one of the unavoidable accidents of life-he attached no biame to any body-and it is recorded, on the teftimony of all who visited him on this occafion (and by Macklin amongst the relt), that he never once uttered a difrefpectful word against the man who treated him in fo treacherous a man

ner.

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Whitehead carried this amiable difpofition with him to the grave; as has been emphatically inferibed on his tomb-ftone by an old friend in the following lines:

"Here lies a man misfortune could not bend, Prais'd as a poet-honour'd as a friend; Though his youth kindled with the love of fame,

Within his bofom glow'd a brighter flame;

Whene'er his friends with fharp affliction bled,

And from the wounded deer the herd was fled !'

Whitehead ftood forth-the healing balm Nor quitted their diftreffes till he died.” apply'd, (To be continued occafionally.)

HE prefent critical pofture of public of Europe, when the most formidable alliance of its principal Sovereign Powers feems to menace the total fubverfion of the baleful ufurped power of the French Republic, in an approaching dreadful campaign, every fpecies of information that enables the English reader of foreign intelligence, communicated through the channel of our newfpapers and other periodical publications, cannot fail of being highly interefting, and at the fame time of affording rational amufement. Under this impreflion, we infert the following authentic description of the Janiffaries, a corps of infantry which compole the Ottoman Militia:

They are divided into 150 chambers or regiments, and each regiment ought to confilt of 1000 men; but at prefent they do not amount to more than half that number. Forty thoufand are conftantly refident at Conflantinople, to guard the city, and to affift the officers of faftice; the rest are difperfed in the different provinces of the empire. Every regiment has its feparate chamber or barracks, and neither women, wine, or any thing that could corrupt their morals, fhould enter their chambers, under the ftvereft penalties; but the degeneracy of the times has deftroyed all rigid difcipline, and their chambers now are the Links of iniquity.

Each chamber has its Odda Bachi or Colonel-Commandant, its Treafurer, its Standard-bearer, and its Cocks. Befides their pay, they have a daily allowance from the Sultan of a meis of mutton broth; and they are fo poor, that this is generally all their food. They enjoy, however, very great privileges; and an effeer for their perfons is to thoroughly rooted in the minds of the cominon people, that they are commonly treated

with refpect, when they do not grofsly melves. The Grand

nor is always a Janiflary enrolled in one of their chambers, from which he receives his daily pay of feven afpres, about threefifths of an English penny. The pay of a common Janillary begins at one aipre, and rites, according to his merit, to leven afpres a day.

The Janiflaries hold ten remarkable pofts under the Grand Signor. The firft is, that of Janiffary-Agha, or Commander in Chief of the whole corps throughout the empire. The fecond is, that of Kolkiajafi, or Lieutenant General to the Commander in Chief. The third is, that of Selgam-Bachi, who has the care of the baggage. The fourth is, that of Tournagi-Bachi, who has the cuftody of the falcons and other choice birds belonging to the Sultan. The fifth is, that of Sambougi-Bachi, or Malter of the keepers of the dogs deftined for the bull-baitings. The fixth is, that of Sangachi-Bachi, or Keeper of the hunting dogs. The feventh is, that of JolachBachi, or Captain of the Archers, and who therefore commands that corps of Janiffaries who are armed with bows and arrows. The eighth is, that of Sabachi, the Officer of the Serjeants who walk by the fide of the Grand Signor's horfe upon great folemnities. The ninth is, the Paik-Bachi, who is at the head of the Sultan's livery fervants. The tenth is, the Muster-Agha, or Chief of the Serjeants of the whole army of Janiffaries.

The Agha of the Janiffaries at Conftantinople has a very extensive authority, and his external Iplendour nearly equals that of the Sultan, with respect to the number and quality of his fuite, and the richness of their apparel. He refides in a

kind of Caftle, fituated upon a hill nearly in the centre of the city; his guards are very numerous, and there are

twenty

twenty-four conftantly on the watch in a tower raifed above the Castle, to obferve what paffes in the city, and to give im mediate notice of a fire. If they fail in their duty, through want of attention to this part of it, they involve their mafter in di grace and punishment. The rules and orders in cales of fire are, that if the Grand Signor arrives at the place where the fire breaks out before the Prime Vizir and the Agha of the Janiflaries, who ought to ufe their utmost expedition to prevent its spreading, the Vizir is obliged to pay him a fine of 10,000 gold ducats; and the Agha, 5000 to the Sultan, and 5000 to the Vizir, if he gets there before him. For this reason, the guard in the tower, before they cry out Fire! give notice of it to the Agha, who has always three excellent horfes in readinefs: both the Sultan and the Vizir are in like manner prepared; fo that it is often a complete horfe race, to answer a very benevolent purpofe. The refident Agha of the Janiffaries at Constantinople is obliged to be ready at the door of the Mofque, when the Sultan goes to public prayers, to take off his boots, upon his alighting from his horfe, before he enters the Mofque; and, upon his return, he muft draw them on, and affift him in mounting; after which he is permitted to ride by the fide of his Royal Matter.

Of all the Turkish military forces, the corps of Janiffaries, on account of its former reputation, and the very great sumber of foldiers of which it confifts,

was the most refpectable. But at prefent, thefe troops are a reproach to the Ottoman Empire. They are contami nated with every vice, and consequently are pufillanimous; and they are compofed of the lowett dregs of the people. Badly clothed, and subject to little or no difcipline, they only ferve at Contantinople to strike terror into the breasts of all Chriftians, Greeks, and Armenians, whofe bufinefs obliges them to pass through the streets where they are quartered, whom they infult with impunity, because no Chriftian is allowed to make any reply to them. So cowardly were thefe troops in the laft war between the Ruffian and Ottoman Empires, that of 60,000, who marched from Conftantinople to the Crimea, only 6000 arrived there, the major part deferting at Trebizone; and fo great was the dread of thofe who encamped in the Crimea, where the Ruffian army firmly fupported the intereft of Sabib Guerai, a pretender to the throne of that country, that they never once attempted to dislodge them. In fact, the very name of a Mulcovite is fufficient to ftrike a panic throughout the whole of this once tremendous Ottoman phalanx: fo that we may confider the prefent alliance and co-operation of the fe two formidable powers, should it be permanent, as one of the greatest revolutions in military affairs, that has happened in the courfe of the last century; and as leading to very great alterations in the political state of Europe.

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