the company, that the moment he had finished, the lively Meffrs. Hy Ad B H and Coufin G-d-g, ftruck up the well-known glee of "We three merry men be." By this time the Right Hon. Founder of the Feaft began to wax mellow, and, calling out to his particular friends H-b-fe and T-rn-y, "Citizens, give us a fentiment," the worthy pair ftarted up together; and, the head of the Briftol Citizen coming into contact with that of the Citizen for Southwark, the pious orifons of the one for the fuccefs of the Briftol Fortifications, and of the other for that of the Borough Volunteers, were fuddenly interrupted, and, both forgetting their new leffon, muttered fomething about Bonaparté, to which Gen. Mait-d and Mr. T-wh-t J-s cried Amen! This, however, caufed fome confufion, and a fort of fparring-match between the two Citizens, which was put an end to by the interference of Mr. Secry Y, who reprefented to the Gentlemen how foolith it was to be in a paffion, and what great advantages the cool and calm conduct of philofophy poffeffed over the headstrong and unruly tide of impatience, which always made men fay things they were afhamed of afterwards, when they were obliged to retract. This called forth a compliment from the mellifluous mouth of Mr. R PCar-w, who joined with his Right Hon. Friend and Relation in deprecating any thing which looked like hafte; and, as for wit, he defpifed it, and all who poffeffed it. This was too much for poor Sherid―n to bear, who, for fome reafon or other, had been fitting filent all this time; but conceiving that this fentence was evidently levelled at him-as the high authority whofe refpectability and influence he had fo repeatedly endeavoured to promote in Parliament (by allutions to Doctor Fellto" knocking out the brains"-and to the "fitting L 2 part" part" of Mr. Pitt) had affured him, in return for all thofe kind attentions, that he alone exclufively posfeffed all the real talent and wit of the Houfe of Commons-he attempted to get up; but, whether the champaign partook of that foporific quality which pervades every thing that comes in contact with the House of Ad- or whether the quantity he had drunk overpowered his faculties, he could only belch out a few incoherent fentences and scraps of Latin and Greek epigrams from the Anthologia, which could not be well understood; and he dropt into his chair fast asleep. The Duke of N k and Mr. Erofe at the fame time, to apologize for their friend; and, the first having been called upon by mistake, propofed a bumper to "the Majefty of the People," but was inftantly fet right by Mr. A- -, who whifpered him "Honi foit qui mal y penfe;" when his Grace, recovering himself, gave the company the favourite fong of "A-begging we will go," in which they all joined, and cordiality and harmony were restored. Immediately after this, the Clerk of the Pells being called upon by Lord Gr-ve-or to give the company a little Greek, read fome extracts from an entertaining effay, called As in Prefenti, while the attendants were preparing for the grand difplay of all; but, owing to fome mistake, the preparations occafioned delay, in which time the company were entertained by a learned dispute between the learned Tutor of the learned young Gentleman, the Bishop of Glr, and Sir Wm. S, about the Clergy Refidence Bill, in which the learned Prelate infifted, that it was perfectly proper and fit for a bishop to refide and adminifter his duties at the diftance of one hundred miles from his diocefe, although it was quite right to fine and imprison a poor clergyman for the fame conduct. This was followed by the little Speak-r of a certain Houfe House and his tall Chaplain dancing a maeftofo fort of Pyrrhic dance, with fwords and piftols, which latter weapon had been previously loaded with Ward's pills, which, at the conclufion of the dance, were completely fwallowed by the two performers, without any bad confequences whatsoever. By this time every thing was prepared, and a curtain drawing up, difcovered his Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchr feated at a table, with cups and balls, and other inftruments of white magic, placed before him; with which he diverted the company. Among other furprising feats of dexterity, we only repeat the following: Firft, he produced the model of a magnificent palace, fomewhat refembling the Bank, the rooms of which were filled with ingots of gold and filver, and the turrets adorned with streamers in imitation of Bank notes; but, touching it with his wand, which had a head upon it very like Mr. Gr-gor's, the aftonished fpectators beheld nothing but an empty and fhrivelled clyfter-bag, marked with the initials H. A. 2dly, He produced fifty fail of the line, all manned, who went through all the evolutions of a fleet in prefence of the enemy; then opening his mouth, he fuddenly swallowed them all; but the Admiral's flag happening to tickle him in its way down, he fairly difgorged the whole fleet again upon the table-but it was observed that all the men remained behind in his ftomach. He then placed on a table, covered with green cloth, two perfons, whom he called L-ds of the Aand, whispering a fecret in their ears, they immediately figned an order, which looked like a warrant for a general prefs of feamen; he blew upon it, and it was inftantly converted into a transfer in the three per cents. He next took out of a bag a figure, which first looked like a Judge's wig; then it affumed the look of a Juftice of the Peace; and, finally, took the refemblance of Mr. Burd, who immediately began hopping the Treafury jig round the table with confiderable activity, and began to address the audience in a fet fpeech upon rhetoric; but, unfortunately, having dropped an idea, it was eagerly caught up by the Right Hon. Mr. Wall-ce, who claimed it as his own, at the fame time that he affured the orator he fhould be perfectly welcome to it, but that it was the only one he poffeffed, and therefore he could not fpare it. The Conjuring Table now being withdrawn, the Lords Ht and Haw-y began to recite the famous Ode to Peace, compofed by the Marq-s Corn -s, at Amiens; when the fat porter, followed by a meffenger, burft into the room, and declared that the beacons were fired, and Bonaparté landed in Effex! The whole company were inftantly feized with convulfive pangs-each exclaiming, "The devil take the hindmoft;" and in an inftant the faloon was evacuated. Feb. 25. EPIGRA M. "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE." [From the fame.] "WHAT can ennoble knaves, and fools, and cowards? Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards." True, Mafter Pope; but had you liv'd till now, -n. L. M. P. EPIGRAM. EPIGRAM. The following Jeu d'Efprit, by a celebrated wit, on the late "potations pottle deep" of a certain Noble Duke, is handed about in the first circles. IF HE Duke came in-he fwore 't was cold, THE He plied the cordial rummer ; Till fwallow after Swallow came, And then he fwore 't was fummer! A QUINTETTO; WRITTEN FOR, AND SUNG AT, MR. A-NG-N'S To the tune of "If a Body fee a Body." [From the Oracle.] MR. AD-NG-N. a body put a body in the Sp-k-r's chair, Muft a body be nobody but a cypher there? My gown and wig fo long and big, they pleas'd the R-1 eye; Both K-g and Q-n admir'd my mien; fo Minifter am I ! BROTHER H-Y AD-NG-N. If a body find a body odious to the K-, Mayn't a body tell that body, he may go and fwing? you did behave, to prove your loyalty; I'm Ad-ng-n, thy mother's fon; and do the fame would I! Like a BROTHER BR-GGE. If a body find a body fitted for his tool, Should a body fcorn that body 'cause he 's thought a fool? MR. TRNEY. If a body join a body call'd a party whig, Need a body for that body care a fingle fig? Like an afs retir'd D-nd-s from Bench of Treafu-ry, |