Caledonia I long to fee,

And if the ftout fleet in the north
Will let me go by quietly,

Then I'll fail up the Firth of Forth.
Her fons, I must own, are dashing;
Yet Johnny, between me and you,
I owe them a grudge, for the thrashing
They gave
that poor devil Menou *.
O my Sawney, my Sawney,

Your bagpipes will make us all frisky;
We'll dance with your laffes fo bonny,
Eat haggis, and tipple your whiskey.

Hibernia 's another fnug place,

I hope to get there too fome day,
Though our fhips they got into difgrace,
With Warren, near Donegal Bay;
Though my good friends at Vinegar Hill,
They fail'd, be affur'd, Jack, of this,
I'll give them French liberty ftill,
As I have to the Dutch and the Swiss.
O my Paddies, my Paddies,

You are all of you honeft creatures,
And I long to be with you at Cork,
To fup upon fish and potatoes.

"A fair wind, and thirty-fix hours †,"
Would bring us all over from Breft,
Tell your fhips to let alone ours,
And we'll manage all the reft.
Adieu! my dear boy, till we meet ;
Take care of your gold, my honey,
And when I reach Threadneedle Street,
I'll help you to count o'er your money.
But my fears they mount up, up, up,
And my hopes they fink down-y, down-y,
My heart it beats backwards and forwards,
My head it runs round-y, round-y.

*Alluding to the 42d regiment in Egypt.

+ See the motto on a floop at Amiens, mentioned in the Morning

Poft of July 6, 1803.

THE

THE DEVIL AND THE CONSUL:

A NEW SONG.

[From the fame.]

AS S the Devil through Paris one day took a walk, Bonaparté he met, and they both had fome talk: "Great hero," fays Satan, " pray how do ye do?" "I am well," cried the Conful, my fervice to you. Derry down, down, down, derry down! "What news do you bring from your empire below? How is Oliver Cromwell ?"-"6 But very fo fo! I fancy he envies your glories fo great,

For he vows he ne'er reign'd in fuch fplendour and state.

Though he often exerted himself in my caufe, Still Britons from him had fome excellent laws; How much below yours all his merits must fall, Who rules this republic without laws at all!!!

Derry down.

Derry down.

"Alexander and Cæfar, fine heroes in story,
Are jealous I know of your deeds and your glory;
Though they pufl'd through the globe all their conquefts
pell-mell,

And rul'd monarchs on earth, now they 're fubjects in hell.
Derry down.
"'Bout religion at Rome you once made a great pother,
Have pull'd down one Pope, and then fet up another;
In Egypt I've heard of your wonderful works,
How Mahomet you worshipp'd to flatter the Turks!
Derry down.

"The deeds you there acted with poison and ire,
On my realms are recorded in letters of fire;
Not an imp in my service but boasts of your fame,
And horribly grins' when he mentions your name.

Derry down.

"You boaft much, dear Conful, of liberty's tree,
And fay that the Dutch and the Swiss are quite free!
If fuch freedom as this to give Britain's your aim,
Try your skill, that I foon to yourself may lay claim!

Derry down. "When

"When the time fhall arrive that's determin'd by Fate
That you quit for invafion your Confular feat;
Fear not; if bold Britons fhould prove your o'erthrow,
You're fure of a feat in my kingdom below!

Derry down,
"To my dark dominions whene'er you defcend,
The d-d fhall rejoice at the fight of their friend!
And I'll give you, as long as with me you refide,
The hottest of corners at my fire-fide!"

Derry down.

"Parbleu!" cried the Conful, and dropp'd cn his knee, "A much cooller lodging would fatisfy me!"

"Hold! hold!" Satan cries, " fuch a mighty commander Should roaft by the fide of his friend Alexander !"

Derry down, down, down, derry down.

THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

THIS

PUBLISHED BY ANTICIPATION *.

[From the fame.]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1803.

Admiralty Office, November 8, 1803.

HIS morning, at half paft four o'clock, Captain Briton, of his Majefty's fhip the Invincible, arrived at this office with difpatches from the Right Honourable Lord Guard'em, Admiral of the Blue, and Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet, to the Right Honourable Lord Finifterre, of which the following are copies :

* This ingenious piece is faid to have been a hafty production from the pen of a worthy and active Magiftrate, JOSEPH MOSER, Efq. to whom the public ftand indebted for numerous Effays, Lucubrations, and Veftiges, abounding in wit and humour, no lefs than in intereft and utility. His lighter labours, for feveral years paft, feem to have been chiefly devoted to the EUROPEAN MAGAZINE.

Royal

MY LORD,

Royal Sovereign, St. Helens,
Nov. 7, 1803.

I have the honour, by this, the earlieft opportunity, to inform your Lordship, that on Thurfday the 3d inftant, Captain Lynx, of the Eagle frigate, communicated to me a letter from Lieutenant Piercer, of the hired armed cutter L'Efpion, stationed to watch the operations of the French off Breft, &c. ftating, that from the motions of their gun-boats, fishingveffels, and other fmall fry, which had, for fome time, both fingly and (as opportunity offered) in fleets, been skulking along the coast, from their fmall ports and inlets, to avoid our cruifers; nay, this letter adds, that fome of them have even been put upon wheels, and drawn to their place of grand rendezvous by horfes, therefore there was reason to believe that the long-expected expedition was on the point of failing. Thefe movements, and alfo fome which were made by the men of war in the barbour, which I had intelligence were no longer chained to the ground, induced me alfo to fufpect that the enemy meant to take advantage of the length and darkness of the nights, and of the fogs, which, even at this early period of the winter, hang over the Channel in the day, and attempt, with their collected force, the invafion of our coaft. This fufpicion was in fome degree confirmed by advices which I received from Captain Oak, of the Fury bomb, Lieutenant Sting, of the Ant cutter, and from other quarters, all agreeing that fimilar operations were carrying on at St. Malocs, and other ports, which led me to conclude that the different flotillas acted in concert, and that the buftle in every place indicated a general movement at the fame time. Fearful that the appearance of au English vessel fhould thwart their intention, and two or three gathered together frighten them back to their ports;

and

and refolved, at the fame time, to give them plenty of fea-room; I ordered all the brigs, cutters, floops, luggers, launches, and even skiffs, with which we had hitherto oppofed them, to join the fleet, which I judged to be the only means to put an end to the vapouring on their parts, which every gale had conveyed to our fhores, and impatience on ours at the delay of vengeance which the brave fellows under my command feemed to confider as the only 'hardships of the expedition.

As I expected, on Friday morning the 4th instant, the fignal was made from the Refolute, Captain Takeall, that the enemy had failed, and were at that time about eighty leagues S. E. of Cape Barfleur, colle&ing their force, which was ftated to confift of twentyeight fhips of the line and fome frigates. The fmall craft, which iffued from the creeks on the oppofite fide of the Channel, I understood to be innumerable. I immediately ordered the fignal to be made for the fleet under my command to make all fail in chafe, and endeavour to cut them off their own coaft: this we happily effected. Favoured by the wind, we found on the morning of the fifth of November inftant, the day on which they had proudly vaunted that they intended to make a defcent on our coaft, that they were about mid-channel, incumbered with their immense flotillas, which appeared to be fcattered in all directions, and which, it feemed, by the frequent fignals of the flag-fhip, and the anxiety of the repeating frigates, the Admiral was endeavouring to collect, and, as much as in his power, to concentrate. A circumftance happened at this period (nine o'clock, A. M.) which the enemy probably confidered as fortunate, though in the event it was attended with ferious confequences to them: namely, about half an hour after we had difcovered them, and juft as I had made the fignal for the hips as they advanced to attack them fingly, for,