Nor is this all, Sir. Arrived at the feat of his miffion, the Envoy muft begin by intrenching himfelf; and must literally avail himself of the proud privilege of an Englishman, which afferts his houfe to be his caftle. His cyphers will make him a tolerable zig-zag; and (if his own manfion be incapable of fuch a fpecies of defence) he may fhelter himself behind the horn-work of many of his diplomatic colleagues. In the amiable coteries of the cabinet, a lodgment on the contre-fcarpe of a foreign agent will be whispered about with as much exultation, as now a blunder in his contre-projet; and a practicable breach in the walls of his hotel muft no longer be regarded as a breach of privilege. His writings muft adopt the fame military appearance. The ultima ratio regum, fo long the filent and retired champion of every remonflrance, may now be inferted in the body of his paper, in the guife of a menace; or, at least, may be allowed to illuminate the margin, in the form of thells or red-hot balls: and I do not fee how a note verbal can henceforward be liftened to, unless preceded by the emphatic word-Attention! pronounced in the attitude of a fugle-man, and with the lungs of a reviewing officer.

Now, Sir, in this new order of things, I would humbly fuggeft to His Majefty's Government, that a Secretary be appointed at the next Seffion of Parliament, for the Military Department of Foreign Affairs; or at leaft, that a foreign Minister may have recourse, in his various exigencies, to that branch of expenditure the beft fuited to his new wants. This equipage money may retain its name; but its object— heu! quantum mutaius ab illo. Camp kettles and canteens ufurp the place of gilded carriages and laced liveries; and a tent-bed is almoft the only word to remind him of former comforts. His extraordinaries must be defrayed by the Board of Ordnance, and none

but

but the Commander-in-Chief fhould be permitted to examine his extra-extraordinaries. As for fecret service money, the title will be loft, amidst the explofion of fhells or the fpringing of countermines; and I believe we must have recourfe to the practice of that able politician of antiquity, Philip of Macedon, who declared that an afs, with a fack of gold upon his back, was as good a negotiator as any Ambaffador he could employ; and that he never faw the fortified town, into which such an envoy would not contrive to enter with his load. I am, Sir, &c.

Dec. 13.

A BIT OF A DIPLOMATE.

THE DEAR LITTLE ISLE.

[From the fame.]

SHALL the dear little ifle in the midst of the fea,
For its prowefs renown'd in the annals of fame,
Fall cafy to Jaffa's fell butcher a prey,

And plunge from the acme of honour to fhame?
No; for while British hearts to each other are true,
They may laugh at the Corfican tyrant's alarms;
In vain the attempt Freedom's fons to fubdue,

Though the world were united against us in arms.
Dear Freedom! we hail thee, we bless thee; to thee,
When dangers moft threaten, undaunted we'll fly;
Still Britons, like Britons, will dare to be free,"
And, as their forefathers, will conquer or die.
If, blind to the future, the Demon of Gaul,
Urg'd by fury, attempt to invade us- -how vain!
For, like Lucifer dreadful, the monfter fhall fail,
Never, never, to rise, to invade us again.

Then quick let him come, that all difcord may cease,
That Humanity's bofom be eas'd of its pain,
That nations enslav'd may the moment embrace,
And burft from their fetters to freedom again.
Newbury.

T. WEEDON.

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