hand as the ferjeant held it to him, and fometimes put it in his mouth.-The ferjeant, on his part, was fo confident of the honour and integrity of his friend, that he offered to go into the cage to him; but he was prudently with-held; the company being not fo thoroughly convinced of the fincerity or generosity of the brute creation.---And herein my next ftory might justify their fcruples; for we shall learn, that brutes have alfo their vices as well as their extraordinary and more than human virtues. Mr. Manwairing, of Whitmore in Staffordshire, ufed to come twice ayear to town, on fome family bufinefs; and being a gentleman fond of exercife, he commonly made the journey on horseback, accompanied most part of the way by a faithful little terrier dog, which, for fear of lofing in town, he always left to the care of my kind good-natured landlady, Mrs. Langford, at St. Alban's; and, on his return to the country, he was fure to find his little companion well taken care of, and perfectly recovered from the fatigues of his journey.-But Mr. Manwairing calling for the dog one time as ufual, good Mrs Langford appeared with a woeful countenance before him :- "Alas! Sir, your lit they have never fince been feen at St. Alban's."- -Mr. Manwairing heard the old lady's story with no fmall aftonishment; but he bore his lofs with perfect refignation. Heaven fent a fpeedy reward to his philofophy.-On his arrival at Whitmore, he found his little Terrier was got safe home before him; and, on enquiring into circumftances, he also found, that the Terrier had been down at Whitmore, and coaxed his great house-dog to follow him back to St. Alban's, where he was fure of being revenged on his enemy.-Thefe facts have been well authenticated to me; and one of the parties concerned I have often feen-L mean the little fagacious, revengeful animal. But in what manner Brutes are endowed with fo much reason, as in the inftances related, and the power of combining their ideas, I shall not take upon me to determine. Let the Natural Philofophers reafon over the fubject till next month; and I fhall referve for them till then my third ftory; for this letter is fufficiently long already. I am, with much eleem, Sir, Your Friend and Well-wisher, tle Terrier is loft, and I have been fret- For the Publisher of the PERTH E out poor ting my heart out about him. Our great houle-dog and he had a quarrel together, and the Terrier was fo worried and bit before we could part them, that I verily believed he would never have got the better of it. He made a shift, however, to limp away of the yard, and no mortal here fet eyes upon him for, almost a week after. He then returned, and (will you believe it, Sir?) he brought along with him another dog, bigger by far than our's, and they two fell upon Four great houfe-dog, and bit him fo unmercifully, that he has fcarcely fince been able to go about the yard, or eat his victuals.--After that, your little dog and his companion difappeared, and SIR, MAGAZINE. IF you think the following Queftion curious, your inferting it in your Magazine, will very much oblige your conftant reader. J.. L. A Gentleman, dying had only one. fon, who being abroad, was fuppofed to have been dead, and his wife. pregnant, left his eftate of 9,6751. in the following manner, viz. If my wife (faid he) fhall have a fon, I order two thirds of my eftate to be his, and one third to my wife; but if the have a daughter, I order two thirds to my wife, and one third to my daughter. After the gentleman's death, his wife" was was delivered of two fons and a daughter at one birth, and alfo the eldeft fon who was fuppofed to have been dead came home. The question is, how ought the e ftate to be divided to answer the gen tleman's intention: and what is the diftinct fhare of each. POE TR Y. To the PUBLISHER of the WEEKLY Suffer'd the Ranger to invade the plain, And make a triumph which thou didst forgoe. Yet fome reluctance hovers round the mind Of lovely Celia-ftill a timerous figh Betrays the point to which her hearts inclin'd; And whilst the yields, fhe trembles to comply; Then-gentle youth-poftpone the circling bowl, And fmiling hoft-which lure thy focial heart, For female friendship, which informs the foul, And gives of blefs-by far the nobleft part: Return and ftop the flow retiring fair, Who going-cafts a tender look be hind; Return and ftop the flow retiring fair, Nor call her cruel-or thy friend unkind. PHILANDER. The bofom beats, as once it heav'd for To the PUBLISHER of the PERTH The birds, melodious, tell their little A graver Lecture, now I read to thee, I told you what you was, now what loves. While genial funs and fhow'rs prepare the glebe Fit to receive the feed whereon depend The future hopes of man. Farewell, ye ftorms! Tempeftuous winds, adieu! Hail, gentle Spring! Welcome, thrice welcome, are thy fmiling months! Perth, March 15th,} 1773. EXTEMPORE. WHE Z. HEN fancied wit infpires a female breaft, No plague fo great, it is by all confeft: She's never pleas'd but when the wags her tongue, And to her, all muft liften, right or you'll be, Banks of Lochlevin, March 15th, 1773• S VARO. 1 The MINUTES of the Select Commit- (Continued from page 373. VOL. III.) Veneris, 15 Maii, 1772. General Carnac. very wealthy, which was motive fufficient for Coffim Ally Khan to have him in his power. He was always an object of jealouly of the Nabob's; and hold of his treafures. However, Lord even Meer Jaffier wifhed to have had Clive had fecured him from any injuftice of that nature; and it was deemed a proper point of policy to fupport 2. Was you prefent at Bengal at Ramnarrain. The first orders I rethe time of the revolution which pla- ceived after the victory over the Shah ced Coffin Ally Khan on the Mufnud? Zadda, were, to maintain the engage-A. I left Bengal in February 1760, ments which had been obferved in with Lord Clive, on my return to Eu- Lord Clive's time with refpect to prorope. On my arrival at St. Helena, I tecting Ramnarrain from any violence had information, that the Court of Di- or injustice on the part of the Nabob. rectors had appointed me Major of The plea of his being in arrear, was their fettlements at Bengal, and com- the pretext always made ufe of for opmander of their forces there.-In con- preffing him: but without foundation; fequence of that information, I availed for in the frequent converfations I had myself of the opportunity of one of with Ramnarrain on the fubject, he althe Company's fhips that was at St. ways feemed ready to come to a fair Helena, and went back to Bengal.--I and equitable account.--The Goverarrived in the mouth of the river, 1 nor and Council thought proper afterthink, in the beginning of October in wards to give me contrary directions that year; but being detained there refpecting that unfortunate man. There five or fix days by contrary winds, I ftands upon the Company's records a fuppofe it was about the 12th or 13th letter from me to the board, fhewing before I arrived at Calcutta.--I there the contrariety of their orders, and an received a letter from Mr Vanfittart, abfolute refufal, while I was at the who had heard of the fhip's being in head of their armies, of doing so dishothe river, informing me, he was gone nourable an act as delivering up this to Muxadabad with Col. Caillaud, and man to his enemy. wifhed me to follow him as foon as poffible accordingly tarried but a very few days at Calcutta, and proceeded up to Mr Vanfittart, in my way to one of the palaces called Moradbog, where Mr Vanfittart was. I of neceffity paffed by the Nabob's palace while Col. Caillaud and the troops were there, it being the very day of the revolution, in the act of making the revolution, and yet every thing was fo quiet, that I paffed the place without having any idea of the matter.---] --Mr Vanfittart, upon our meeting, informed me of what had been tranfacted. 2. Please to state the circumftance relating to Ramnarrain.-A. Ramnarrain was a very able man, but very avaricious, and had the credit of being Fort-William confultation, April 21. 1761, read. Major Carnac's letter relating to Ramnarrain, read. The fecond orders the Governor and Council gave me were, to deliver up Ramnarrain; which I abfolutely refufed.In the interim Col. Coote came, and took the command of the army. Col. Coote's purfuing the fame measures with refpect to Ramnarrain, was an approbation of my conduct, which was very pleafing to me. 2. At the time you left the army at Patna, did you understand that you had a right to quit the fervice when you thought proper?A. I certainly had a right in my apprehenfion to refign the fervice, except to evade pu nifhment 2. Was there then any obligation or covenant between the military fervants and the Company to ferve for any limited time? A. I believe there had been inftances of inferior officers entering into fuch covenants, but my commiffion was fent out without any fuch ftipulation; and I will obferve why in juftice it ought to be fo, for it was in the power of the Governor and Council to difmifs me at their pleafure. 2. Whether the fame liberty did not extend to all the other military fervants of the Company, not having entered into covenant?- A. So I have always understood, fingly and with the reftriction as I have mentioned. 2. Do you imagine, that if at the time you had refigned, another perfon's exercising the fame right at the fame time would have rendered an action innocent in itself, criminal by the conduct of another? A. No; nor many more than one; as no immediate detriment could have from thence enfued to the fervice. But I fhould think myfelf highly criminal to join in a general combination to refign. 2. Do you imagine, that feveral perfons combining together to do an' act that was lawful for each to do feparately, would by fuch combination be guilty of a crime?A. I do; and for this reason, that general ruin (and more efpecially in India, where the lofs of officers cannot be fupplied) would be the confequence of fach general refignation. Q. Do you think, that every thing which may be hurtful in its confequences is therefore criminal to do?A. Where the public is materially concerned, I think fo. Q. Whether your motive for quit ting the fervice was the order you re ceived for giving up Ramnarrain?-A. I did not quit the army; but was ordered down, I believe, with a view of removing every obftacle to the delivering up of Ramnarrain. Q. Whether you do not think, that a breach of the general engagements under which officers ferved the Company would have warranted a general refignation?A. I think it may extend to exculpate; but no private confiderations can warrant an act when the public fafety is at stake. Sir Eyre Coote-to give an account of the particular circumftances relative to Ramnarrain. After the campaign was over on the coaft of Coromandel, which ended, I believe, in January 1760, I went down to Bengal. Prior to that, I had received a letter from the Governor and Council of Madrafs, informing me of the revolution in Bengal; and there were five lacks of rupees fent from the Nabob Coffim Ally Khan for the payment of the troops acting in the fiege of Pondicherry. At that time we were, I believe, three or four months in arrears to our Black troops, notwithftanding all the attention the Governor and Council of Madrafs paid to the fupplying us with money. If that money had come in any other way than by a revolution, it would have made me much happier than it did. In my anfwer to that letter of the 7th, I gave my opinion of my difapproval of that revolution, as a meafure, I thought, would be productive of the lofs of our reputation. Upon my arrival in Bengal, I found there two different parties of the council; the one that had formed the revolution, and the other that difapproved of it. I was intimately acquainted with the gentlemen of both those parties, and therefore, as the affair had happened, however unfortunate I thought it might prove, I made it my business to reconcile the two parties, with a refolution at that time not to interfere in any matter of business or politics, where I thought no honour Fff 2 was |