» ftp** - >\\\*\\W\\\\\\\ , , 4 "‘‘ f THE entleman's Diary y o R T H E Mathematical REPosfTORY; An ALMANACK For the Year of our L O R D 1 799 BEING THE THIRD AFTER BISSEXTILE. Containing many ufeful and entertaining Particulars, peculiarly adapted to the ingenious Gentlemen engaged in the delightful Study and Practice of the MATHEMATICKS. The Fifty-ninth Almanack publilhed of this Kind; and the Forty -feventh of the New Style in England. With wife Intent The Hand of Nature on peculiar Minds Imprints a different Bias, and to e Decrees its Province in the comij|f To fume ihe taught the Fabric^T The changeful Moon, the Ci$?u The golden Zones of Heaven f t To weigh the Moment of eternal Of Time, and Space, and FaU?s udteGken (Qha^L And Will's quick Impulfe. ' *' ‘ Akenside. LONDON; Printed for the Company of And Sold by GEORGE GREENHIfk^Treaf^to the Company, at their Hal!, Ludgate-Street. 1799. [Price Sixteen Pence ftitched.J ’I '-d*. t C L I P 5' E S, &C. ffo$. Tout will be but two, both of Son, and both mvifiblcin Great Bnwun. . u - ■ r _ , . , v . of the nth of M»y, for it will be only , min' *nd anh»K r the midnight of the preceding day. The Sm, riSSSfcf to the year’s end. If was inferted in the copy laft year, but omitted by the printer for Want^ rZ;“hat M r . H Zar4,\ of Newc.ftle, had Pithed a , re, - Jifeon Spherical Geometry, with plates, price 45. Which itfowa the cafe with the menuon of the death of our valuable contnbu.or Mr. 7 'obn Burton, of Bolton-field. , , . . , Letters, for this Diary, muft be fent before the beginning of May next, direfted to the Author of the Gentleman s Diary, Stationei.- Ha The L Aut'hor , s beft thanks are due, and hereby given, to all bis kind contributors ; and he attires them, that it is hisw.fli and cudea- vour, as far as ever his room will admit, to oblige them all, and feled the beft of their performances, both poetical, critical, and mjhetna tical. And indeed their own ingenuity has fufliciently rtamped their me The n Author e ’knows of no uncorrefled errors of moment duriog the time that he has conduced the publication ; if any fuch there be, he will thankfully receive information of them from any gentleman, anc correct them another year. . Thanks are due to Mr. Farcy for propofing queft. 753 -. concetn;n * the wax-candle, and thereby affording an opportunity of bnngH ng ag»W under confideration queft. 609, about the excifeman s ftaft. bince K appears, from the folution at page 33 of the prefent Diaty, that what- ever be the inclination of the floating body to the horizon, the qoao- ticy of it immerfed in the water will always be the fame, or co. ftant. Hence, in cafe of the flafl, SC= 3 6 : Ca=i 3 t : the fpecific gravity of beer=i.oz8 : that of the ftaft'=.6s68, which, multiplied by the weieht ,C7$7 of a cubic inch of water, whofc fpecific gravity is unity, gives OZ..UV. .38 the weight of a cubic inch of ihe lfaff, which, mul- tiplied by the folidity gives Oz. Av. 6.041 the require d weight of the ftafF. Agreeing with Mr. Dalton s folution, mentioned at page 38 ot the Diary for 1790. e , It moreover now appears, that or about one-fourth partot tne weight of the flafl, will be fuppoued by the fide of the velleU JANUARY hath XXXI Day*. |M 0 Dec!. (D South. New Moon 6J f 4h. 14 m. Morning. 1 *** 59' Firft (Quarter 14 iDay J 2 ^8 Morning. .6 ► 22 28 Full Moon 21 j at j 5 41 Afternoon. 1 1 21 45 Laft Quarter 28*'' Lio 50 Morning. 16 20 52 21 19 50 0 enters SS 19^1 Day, ,11 H. $ M. Night. 46 18 37 1 T Ciirumciiion. 2 niAO 7 111:4.4 25 moift. 2 \V 4 3 8 35 26 hazy. 3 T , ♦' ; <; 28 9 3 C 2 7 4 F 6 48, 10 26 28 5 S Old Chriftmas Day. 7 5 5 it 23 29 dull. 6 F Epiphatiy, or TweHth-Day. fets. aft. 2Q N 7 M Plough -Monday. 528 1 14 1 8 T Lucian. 6 20 2 4 2 fro ft. 9 W Days increafed 20 minutes. 7 35 2 50 3 fnow. 10 T 8 46 3 33 4 1 1 F 9 S 6 4 H 5 1 2 S Old-Style Year begins. 11 s 4 53 6 13 I 1 ft S. after Epiph. [Hilary. mom. 5 32 7 rain. 14 i\I Oxford T. beg. [Cam. T. beg 12 6 13 8 l $ T 1 23 ^ 55 9 cold. ;6 W Days increafed 36 minutes. 2 35 7 4 i 10 fair. 17 T Old Twelfth Day. 3 5 ° 8 30 r 1 froft. 18 F 2 # Char. b. d. k» Prifca. 5 3 9 24 12 rain. i 9 S 6 j6 10 21 *3 moift. 20 F Jeptuagefima Sund. Fabian. 7 . *7 1 1 21 21 M Agnes. Hilary 1 ft return. rifes. morn. F 22 T Vincent. 5 a 5 20 16 2 3 W Hilary T. beg. atWeftminfter 6 32 1 *7 17 24 T 8 3 2 1 2 18 2 5 F< 3 onverfion of Sr. Paul. 9 28 3 3 19 fair. 26 S Days increafed 1 ho. 2 min. 10 53 3 53 20 27 FI Scxagefima S .Pr.Aug.Frc^b. morn* 4 4 a 21 windy. 28 M Hilary 2d return. [*773* *9 5 3 2 2 2 *9 T 1 43 6 33 2 ;- ft or my. 30 wi t. Char# I. man. 1649. 3 8 7 16 2 4 3 i Tl Days increafed 1 h. 21 m. 4 26 8 11 25 D| 0 ftiles| 0 Sets.|Cl.fccf. 0 |D.Break.lSun £aft SaturnSo JupicetS.IMars S. 1 * 5 3 55 4 ' 7' 5 59 4 4 1 0 m 56 8 a 8 5 a 50 6 I 59 6 24 57 43 3 1 7 47 5 4 q 1 1 7 5 6 4 4 8 29 53 46 7 7 26 5 3 ° 16 50 10 10 19 49 5 ° 11 a 45 7 1 5 *0 21 44 16 11 50 44 54 1 1 20 6 4 Z 5 to z6 & 24 38 S« 10 55 6 21 4 59 i n FE BRUARY hath XXVIII Days. 1 • r. L * - A ft ©Dpcl. South. Hew Moon 4 > r Firft Quarter 13 l Day J Full Moon 20 | at j Lift Quarter 26 J L Afternoon. Morning. Morning. Afternoon. D 0 enters X iSthPiy, 1 H. 56 M, Afternoon. [Sunday ft) Holidays* H»rth-~ Days, Terms, &c. VI vh ,♦* | Moon R. & Sj South Days 9 no. 0 mm. long. runf ? B.V. M. Candlemas A Quint] dagelima S. Blaf. Bp< [ On mor. of Purif. 3 ret. 1 Shiove TuefJay. Agatha. r Alh Wednel. Lent begins. In S d. Purif. 4 ret. * iffS unday in Lent# M Days increa fed 2 h. Hil.Termend.Cam.T.div.m. Ember Week.OidCand.day. Valentine. Days 10 hours long. 2nd S. in Lent. 1 W Days increafed 2 h. 30 m. T 27 W 28 " 36 3 Suu/mLW* $t. Matthias. 'TPr.Au. lied. b. 1774. Days increafed 3 hours. ■i milty. moifl. fair. milly. fair. 9 fhowry. Itormy. froft. frofty and dry. 1 MarsS DtOfUesj'© i>ets.|Cl.bci.Q, D. Break. J0 Eaft ! Saf. S. ^}up. S. ' X 7 *6 "4 34 ! 14 2" 5 3 ° 5 4 fo a 29 5 a 59 4 * 6 18 42 14 3 r 22 9 10 8 5 4 i 4 4“ L 9 5 1 14 38 14 *5 9 4 : 5 %„ 4 3 A 16 0 5 0 14 26 6 21 9 26 5 ^ 4 Z7 1 Lx $ <0 10 13 55 4 5 ° 27 9 * 5 " 4 49 “ 1 ♦ . *- *26 40 20 13 9 48 33 8 45 4 72 Li_U 5 Sunday ift Lem. M Days increafed 3 h. 30 m. T Gregory, M. F S 4 * MARCH hath XXXI Days. JTeW Moon Firft Quarter Full Alcoa Lad Quarter 0 enters toth Da y, at 2 H. 17 M, Afternoon. 1 F -David. 2 S Chad. 3 F 4th S. in Lent. Mid. L. S. 4 M Day 1 1 hours long, 5 T 6 W 7 T Perpetua. Old St. Matthias. 8 F 9 S 10 r 1 1 12 3 vv 4T 5* 16, S Camb. Term ends. Oxf. Term ends. F 6th Sun. in Lent. Palm Sun. MjEdvv. K. W. S. [St. Patrick. T l WjEquinox. Spring begins. T Benedict, Ab. Maund.Thurf. "Good Friday. Falter- Day. 5 M An. ort*.D. Eafter- Monday. T Fuller- iuefday, W F j ft SunSoft. Eafler* Low-Su [Days 12 h. 52 m. long. ofV 17 t c.r D 0 Rifes 0 Sets Cl.bef.0 D.Break 1 6 3 2 5 *7 I2 ' 35" 4 4 6 24 3 6 11 29 3 1 11 *4 46 10 12 20, 16 4 _ 56 8 47 10 21 5 54 6 6 7 17 0 26 44 6 16 5 44 3 48 u APRIL hath XXX Day*. Few kfooa 0 f 7 h - 21 m * Morn, . n «- Fir ft Quarter 13 1 Day 1 7 47 Morning. Full Moon 19 | at I 11 4° Night. Laft Quarter 26 J l 8 30 Ni 8 hr - 0 ent*n aoth Day, it 2 H. 56 M. Mdroiftf. 1 6 tr 16 21 26 4° 39 6 33 8 25 10 T 3 11 57 13 3* 1 M Days in created 5 ho 12 min. 2 T Days 13 hours long. 3 W Oxt. andCamb. Term beg. 4 T Ambrofe. f Rich. Bp. of Chi- F Old Lady-Day. [chefter. id Sun. aft. Eafter. 8 1 V 1 In 1 5 days after Eafter 1 ret. after Term begins. 3d 5unday after Eafter. In 3 Weeks after E. 2 ret. Alphege. 4 1115b 5 11 5 2 3 5 35 lets. 8 a o 9 1 2 10 28 4* morn 5° I 4th S. afc. Eaft/Days in. 6h. M In1Mon.aft.Eaft.3ret.jjom. St. George* St. Mark. Prs. Mary born [1776 T ^tk San. after Eait.Rogat, M In 5 Weeks after Eaft. 4 ret TlDays 14 hours 46 min. long. S' 40 18 44 o 1 1 27 o 52,28 [I 32 ' 2 w aft. 1 a N 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 a 34 19 6 57 46 43 38 il lhowers rain. (howry rain. (howry and cold. (howry 4 26 10 l8jI2 4 4i 1 1 10 1 3 riles. morn. F 8 a IQ 3| l 5 9 46 59,i6 1 1 M 1 57 '7 morn. 2 571*8 3 2 34 *7 47 9 *5 38 57 '9 ST, 10 55ji« 45j« 3*j 2 3 l l?M 5825 fair. fair. (howry D 0 Rues!0 SetsjCl.bef.0 D.Break|0 Eaft Saturn S. Jupiter S. Mars S. 1 5 3 1 6 zq 3' 53" 3 3i 6 Z S 6 a 40 2 a 51 3* 37 6 22 38 2 2 3 *9 21 6 2 3 2 37 3 3 1 IT 13 47 59 4 27 6 6 2 ^3 3 2 7 16 3 57 aft. 18 2 52 33 5 49 2 9 3 22 21 4 5* 7 6 1 26 38 39 5 3* 1 55 3 >7 2$ 45 T 5 2 23 2 3. 44 5 *3 1 41 3 *3 Mwon Quarter 12 J 9 26 Full M009 Laft Quarter H f 5 h# 9 J at I 7 6 J In 14 9 5 1 5 ft enter? n lift Pav, at? 15M* Mr. Philip and St. James# 1 jAfcenlion-D. or Holy Thurf. F jJnvent.Crofs. On. mor. Ale S| [5 return 5 fF f fennday after Afeenfion Day. 6 Ai Falter Term ends. St. Jonn 7 ? T i [Ev.A.P.L. SlvVj 9JT Oxfoid Term ends. id F 2 1 22 2 3 a 4 *5 i6 F 1 1 1 2 1 Whir-Sund. Old May-Day. l 3 -^Whit-Monday. *4 "1 Whit-Tuefday. '5 ^tmber Week 16 r '7 F*n. Wales b. 1768 . 18 S 1 *9F Trin.SuruQ.Char. 2o r M [Cam.T.div. m. T [mor. H. T. I return Ox.T.beg. lV -*X s * £hz. b. 1 7-0. T Corpus Chrmi. F Trinity Term begins. S 4M- riB, Aujj.iAbp.C- n8d.oi H.Tr.2 ret. Charles II. reft. 1660. I Days. M D ©Decl. North. n. Morning. Afternoon. Morning, Morning. 1. Marline 1 1 6 11 16 21 26 1 5 ° 9 * 16 36 17 57 19 10 20 14 121 IO 3*1151 ”911138 26 fair. 4 1 10 l 7 2 7 thund. 4 13 10 57 28 & rain. fets. 1 1 38 N 8 a 23 aft. 22 1 9 35 1 8 2 10 46 1 58 3 rain. 1 1 5 o 2 5 1 4 fair. morn. 3 46 5 windy. 43 4 4 i 6 rain. 1 2 3 5 36 7 flood. 1 53 6 2 9 8 (howry. 2 16 7 20 9 hail. 2 34 8 10 10 fair. I 2 49 9 0 ti 3 4 9 S» 12 fhowry. 3 l 9 10 44 *3 3 3 6 1 1 40 14 fair. rifes. morn. F (howers io'a 9 40 16 and 11 20 1 4 1 i 7 thund morn. 2 4 2 t8 fair. 12 3 4 1 *9 49 4 37 20 1 U 5 27 21 1 3 2 6 13 22 thunderl 1 46 6 56 2 3 and 1 58 7 37 2 4 rain. 2 10 8 16 2 5 fair. 2 20 8 55 26 (howers 2 33 9 36 27 D |Q Rifes 1 , © ^ ts Cl.aft.Q D. Break) 0 Laft jSaturnS. jJupiterS. Mars S.| i 4 35 7 *5 3' 8" * 5 6 50 4 a 55 I a 27 3* 8| 6 27 33 3 38 1 5i 5 6 4 37 I 12 3 * kt 19 41 3 55 1 29 7 0 4 19 0 57 4 5 6 <6 12 48 3 5 3 1 6 5 4 1 0 42 2 5 Q 21 5 a 55 3 47 ? 30 9 3 43 0 27 2 44 *6 8 t 3 ** No night 11 0 13 JLM I U N E habh XXX Days. | M 0 Dec!. D North. JNcw Moon 3 1 Firft Quarter io | Full Moon *7 1 Laft Quarter 25 J 0 entcri 22 \°s \ 2 ilt Dr f 3 h. 5 m. Afternoon. | 11 28 Afternoon. I 4 5 Afternoon. 1 3 14 Morning. r, at 0 H. X M, Afternoon. u II 16 21 26 22° 6' 22 41 *3 7 23 22 23 27 23 22 I S Nicomede. 2rn 45 10 m 1 7I 28 (bowers 2 F 2d Sun. aft. Trinity. 3 r 3 1 1 329 every 3 M In. 15 Days. Hil. Trm. 3 ret. D lets. 1 1 52 N day. 4 S T W K.Gro. Ill K 1738. Pr,fer.Aug.b. 177 1 .Boniface. 9 a 42 10 39 aft. 1 45 39 1 2 6 T r 1 22 2 35 J 7 F 1 1 56 3 3 ° 4 8 S morn. 4 ^3 5 9 ¥ 2d Sun. aft. Trinity* 18 5 14 6 fair. 10 M In 3 Weeks of Hil. Tr. 4 ret. 38 6 3 7 fine. 11 T ot : Barnabas. 53 6 5 1 8 12 W Trinity Term ends. 1 r 7 40 9 13 T 1 21 8 30 10 fiiowry. H F 1 37 9 23 1 1 *5 S 1 56 10 19 1 2 fair. 16 I 4th Sun. aft. Trinity. Alban. 2 20 1 1 18 n hot. 'i 7 JV 1 ]) rife*. morn. F 18 T 9 a 55 20 *5 fair. 19 W 10 40 1 20 ib 1 20 T Tranfla. Edw. K. W. S. n 10 2 19 17 .21 F Longeit day. 11 31 3 1 2 18 *22 8 1 1 48 4 1 J 9 (bowers 23 1 ' 3th Sun. aft. Trinity. morn. 4 46 20 fair. H M St. John Ba^* Midium-day 0 5 27 21 fine. 2 5 T 1 2 6 7 22 26 W 2 3 6 47 2 3 *7 T 34 7 •37 2 4 28 F 47 8 8 2 5 29 S Sr. Peter, Apof. and Mart* 1 3 8 53 26 fhowers 30 ! 6th Sun. afc. Trinity. 1 *3 9 _ 40 2 7 thunder D |0 Rifes 0 Sets |Cl.afr.0 |0 Eaflj Saturn S.|JupiterS. MarsS. 1 6 > 11 16 Z.I *6 3 5 o 48 45 43 43 43 8 8 12 15 17 17 17 2' 36" 1 46 0 48 bef. 13 1 17 2 21 No real Night in Bri- tain. 7 16 18 19 20 21 20 3*4 2 46 2 28 2 IO 1 52 1 34 1 1 m 54 ri 38 ii 22 11 6 10 50 10 35 31 2 24 2 17 2 IO 1 | i 55 JULY hath XXXI Pays. ivl © Decl. p Jfor.h. I 23° 7 6 n 41 11 22 6 Hew Moo 1 3 "[ r 3 h. t'f ni. £vi ruing. Firfl Quarter 10 1 Day J 4 I* Morning. Full Moon 17 1 at i 1 17 Morning. Laft Quarter 2 4 i l s 3 6 Afternoon. 0 enters & ltd Day t .io ,H« 53 M. AftcrnoQO. t6j2I 21 21 20 27 26il9 25 M T 3 W T F S F 8 M T W 1' F S F M T 17 VV 18 T F S F M T VV T F S F M T VV Vif. of B. V. M. Cam. Com. Dog-days begirt. Tranflarion of Sr. Martin. Cam. T. ends. O. M. Day. 1 m 5ojiom 3 1*28 fhowers jth Sun. af. Trin. Oxford Ad. Old St. Peter. T. a B. ! 2 29 I I 26 29 D fcts.j aft. 22 N 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 Oxf. Term ends. 8th Sun. aft. IT. D. dec. 26111. Swithin. Margaret. othSun. aft. Tr. D.dec.44in. Magdalen. St. | fair. fin*. 1 1 fliowers thunder D 0 Rifes 0 Sets OLbef .0 J D. Break © Eart Saturn S. ( Jupiter S.jMars S. * IT# 8 14 10' 23" 7 19 l * *5 1 1 0 m *9 1 a 4.6 6 49 11 11 54 No 18 0 57 10 3 1 39 7 x 3 15 real *5 0 39 9 4 7 1 3 ~ 1 6 1 *4 *3 Nighr. 12 0 2 1 9 3 1 I 2S 21 4 4 7 5 6 15 17 9 0 3 9 *7 1 17 tC IT 49 x 5 54 0 52 5 1 1 m 44 9 1 T 9 AUGUST hath XXXI Day*. | >few Mo«l i 1 I Fir ft Quarter 8 1 D 1 Full Moon *5 f at 1 Laft Quarter 23 ] Moon 3° J S cinw HB » 3<1 P«li r 1 h. 46 rn. Afternoon. | 8 55 Morning. 0 29 Afternoon. 2 21 Afternoon, b 1 1 O Krght. at ^ U. 17 M. Moiiiojf, p 0 Decl North. 1 17° 59 6 16 40 1 1 h *3 16 13 4*1 21 12 3 16 10 21 F 5k s nth Sunday after Trinity. Transfiguration. [Jefus. W ^rs. Amelia b.y S3, fyameot T Days 14 ho. 36 m. long. Ilipii S Lawrence. [1737. f L2thS.af Tfin.Du. Biunf. b. U r. Wales b. ijpz. Do^D.e. 13 170; T [Old Lam. Day 4 VV *3 F >i 1 5 TlAfTumption. B. V'. M. 16 F ^uke of York bora 1763. [3th Sunday after Trinity. 3 % of Clarence b. 1 765. T| Days 14 hours long. >u Bartholomew. 4}h Sunday after Trinity, 24 25 26 M D lets. alt. 3 N'thunde; 8 a >9 r- 1 fhowers 8 59 1 49 2 9 14 2 39 3 9 2 9 3 as 4 fair. 9 43 4 *7 5 9 5 V 5 7 6 10 J 9 5 59 7 10 46 6 5 V 8 1 1 23 7 531 9 (bowers > mo* 11. 8 53; 10 ' *5 9 5 2 n| fair. 1 20 10 4.8 12! ti ne 2 36 1 1 4‘ 1 3 harveft D rifes mot n f weather 8 a 1 C 3 C IS wi.h 8 22 1 15 10 lhowers 8 34 1 57 l 7 at 8 4 6 2 3 1 8; interval 8 59 3 17 1 9 (bowers 9 1 2 i 3 5 ^ ' 2 0 imr. Augufiineof.FT. St. John Baptii't beheaded. 9 49' |io 19 10 59 11 54 morn. 1 6 2 25 fets 7 a 2; r ' 4 4°) 21 fine. 10 49 1 1 41 XL± 2 2 fhouerj 23ifho\ver* 2 4 and 2 3 i hot. zb \ ?7j 28 fine. X! 1! fair. fni©Rifc*|© iet* I Cl. bef. 0 }D. Break >,(•) fcait iba'urnS.l 1 irnterS. Mars S. I| 4 20 7 4 ° s' 55 " 1 24 6 59 u m 2t 8 r.<4; r a 0 6J 27 33 5 30 1 44 54 1 1 6 8 28 0 53 ill 3 6 24 4 5 °j a 49 ip 51 8 13 0 46 1 61 45 15 3 5 6 ^ if 20 44 10 -,6 7 5 s 0 (W 21 54 6 '2 49 r 35 33 IO 2 1 7 43 O 31 5 3 6 57 1 - 3 * ! i a 33 ip 6 7 25. 0 27 >*N SEPTEMBER hath XXX Day«. .Jcrcl. North. Firft Quarter ( z h 59 m. AKrrnoon. Full Moon 14 I Day J z 31 Morning. Laft Quarter 22 f at | 7 23 Morning. New Moofl 29 J l 8 4 Morning. 0 entefa ^ 2 3d Day, 1 H. 4« Mtr»U§. 1 1 6 1 1 T fi 21 26 8° 12 6 22 4 28 2 33 0 36 S.20 i.TF 5lhS.alt. Tr. Gil*, Ah. & C. 7 ;l 3 8 1 " 26 2 fhowiy. 2 IV '' ..ondon burnt 1666. O. S. 7 S-» 8 1 1 2 17 3 fair. 3 I 3 4 4 V\ ( Did St. Bartholomew. 8 30 4 » 5 fine. 5 T 6 F 8 4 57 b (bowers 9 28 5 55 7 ■n inter- 7 b Ln,urchus. 10 14 6 54 8 vals. 8 F 6th S. aft.Tr. Nat. B.V.M. ci 18 7 54 9 fair. 0 M morn. 8 5 j 10 io T 3 1 9 44 I ! fi< e 11 V\ i 50 10 33 I 2 rain. 12 T 3 7 1 1 r9 14 tlorms. 13 F 14 s, 15* Holy Crofs. 4 2 5 D rifes. morn. 0 2 14 rain. 17th Sunday after Tiinlty. 7 a 1 0 4.3 16 fair. it M 7 x 3 1 23 17 ih wers 17 T 18 w Lambert. 7 2 5 2 3 1 8 fine Ember Week. 7 4 ° 2 45 T 9 fhowers 10 T 7 59 3 28 2C rain. 7 20 F 5 c. Matthew, Evang, 8 25 4 14 2 1 (bowers 2: S 9 0 5 4 22 fair. 22 r igth S. aft. Tr. K. Geo. III. 9 4 ^' 1 5 57 2 3 fine. 23 M Aut. Equinox. [cr.ijfc*. to 51 6 2 4 fair. 2 4 1 25 Old Holy Rood. morn. 7 7 47 8 42 ’ 2 5 : 26 rain. 26 1 St. Cyprian. * 3 1 9 3 - 2 7 moift. 27 F 3 c > 10 3 C ) 28 \ 28 S [Prs. Wirt. b. 1766. 4 20 t£ 2: ! 2 C i *9? [9tliSun. alt. Tr. St. Mich. D fets. kft. I 5 ; n 1 30 M [ fern me. | 6 a 24I 1 < ; 1 D| 0 Rircb 1 0 Sers|Ct.^t. 0 lD Break | 0 Eait | »tutn S. Ijupucr S.lMarsi 1 5 *5 6 45, o' 14" 3 7 0 2b 1 9 n> 47 7 m 9 0 a 19 6 •5 35 I 51 21 20 9 3 1 6 54 0 >3 11 34 26 3 33 34 *4 9 15 6 39 O 7 16 44 16 5 18 45 8 9 0 6 23 morn. tr 54 6 7 4 5 6 2 l 44 6 7 il 54 *6 6 4 1 5 s 6 8 46 4 7 5 55 8 £ ' 5 5 f liUfi 'Fiirt Quarter 5 Full Moan 13 Laft Quarter 21 New Mot -. 28 O CTO BER hath XXXI Days. ii h. 34 m. Night. 24 Afternoon, 44 Night. 36 Afternoon# 1 Day J" J “ Vi w T F S 9 7 M 8 9 0 1 ® cnte ra tlj 23d Pay at 9 H# 51 M# Morning, T Remigius, Bp. 6 a 41 Old £>t. Matthew. 7 4 T W T F S F M w T F S F M T W T F 8 F M T W T 20th S. aft. Tr. Faith, V.xM Denys, B. M. D. 11 h. 1 # Ox.&Cam,T.beg.O.Mich.D [Conf aiftS. aft. Tr. Tr. K Ed. Days decreafed 6 hours. Etheldreda, V. St. Luke, Bvang. U m - 1. 2idS. aft. Tnit. D. ion K-Oeo.D’. Ac. 7760. Crifp, K. Geo. Ill Procla. 1760. 23d St-nday after Tmiity. St. Sjxnon and St# Jude. Days 9 h. and half long. 7 35 8 18 9 l 7 10 2 8 1 1 46 morn. 1 5 2 2 j 3 35 4 . 47 F rifes. 5 » 40 5 56 6 12 6 34 7 4 7 47 8 43 9 5 2 11 11 morn. 34 2 o 3 *9 4 57 F fets. 5 a 1 1 1 35 6 15 M D 0 Decl. South. 1 3 ° if 6 5 *3 11 7 7 16 8 59 21 10 48 26 12 13 59 56 ] 55 5 6 57 1 2 3 4 5 .. 55 7 5° 8 40 9 26 10 9 10 30 11 30 morn 10 S l 34 19 6 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 _ 8 23 9 10 10 5^28 I I 40 x\ T aft. 44 I 1 43 2 2 4-6 2 2 fair 3i but 4. mi%. 6> 7 j 8 9 | 10 1 1 1 fair 12 1 and 13 fine, F x 5 16 17 18 *9 57 M 5°i 2 1 1 44j 22 38*23 ratn. 24 ~ 2 s; 13 26 fhowers H 1 6 1T114 5 46 1 o' 23" 6 24 36 11 54 1 1 33 27 J 3 15 16 43 17 !4 2 3 ii 53 7 15 17 26 7 2 4 5 s 15 54 4 18 2 9 39 49 59 5 * 49 43 37 31 *5 19 rn_S.|. [ttpiter$.|MarsS n 12 511134 1 1 in 41 55 s > 6 I 1 34 3 * 4 5 * I T 2§ 21 4 4 ° 11 21 4 4 21. .1 I 5 46 4 4 II 9 NOVEMBER hatli XXX Days. |d isoo" Firft Quarter 4 y-ith. 34 m. Morntng. Full ’Toen 12 ] 13 j 2 8 Afternoon. Lad Quarter 20 > *1 11 5 ° Morning. New Moon *7 I a ^3 50 Morning. 0 enteri f 2 id Day, at 6 H. 9 M, Morning, 1 6 11 16 21 26 J 4 ° 3 2 ' *1 5 17 3 l 18 50 10 0 21 1 I F All Saint. i ret. 7 a 9 3 5 ° 4 2 s P. dw. b. 1767. All Souls. 8 16 4 5 ° 5 mifty. 3 F 24 h Sun. aft: Trim Prs.Sop. 9 34 5 47 6 4 M K. Wm. landed. [b. I 777* 10 54 6 40 7 mifty. 5 T Powder Plot, 1605. O. S. morn. 7 *7 8 fair 6 W Leonard. Mich. T. beg. 1 2 8 1 1 9 and 7 T 1 2 7 8 5 2 10 frofty 8 F Prs. Aug. Soph. born. 176S. 2 38 9 5 2 1 1 weath. 9 s Lord Mayor’? Day at London. 3 49 10 12 12 10 l 25th Sunday aLer Trinity. 4 59 10 5 2 *3 u M Martin. [div. at midnight. 6 1 1 1 1 34 M fine 12 T On. mor. Mart. 2 ret. Ca.T. D rifes morn. * *3 W Britius. 4 a 4° 18 16 and 14 T Machutus, B. S 8 1 4 17 fair 15 F 5 46 1 54 18 with 16 S Days 8 h. a 2 m. long. 6 36 2 46 *9 fro ft. 17 F ’f.tli S.af: Trln H. bp.L. 7 4 » 3 39 20 18 M In S d. Mart. 3 ret. Days d. 8 h. 8 54 4 3 2 21 19 T IO 13 5 2 3 22 20 W Edmund K.&M. I I 36 6 13 *3 2 I T morn. 7 2 *4 22 F Cecilia. Old St. Martin. 59 7 50 2 5 23 S St. Clement. 2 23 8 38 26 rain 2 \ F 771b Sunday nhrr T. n tv. 3 S 1 9 28 2 7 and 25 M D.oiGio.b. 1743. Cath.in 5 21 10 2 1 28 fnow. 26 T [15 d. of St. Mart# 4 ret 6 S 5 1 1 18 2 9 fair. 27 W D lets. aft. 20 N 28 T Michaelmas Term ends. 4 » 45 1 24 1 fnow. 29 F 5 49 2 28 2 30 S St. Andrew, Ape file. ( 7 <■ 3 29 3 — * thaiv. IT— 7 T D|QRifes|Q 3ets|Cl.aft'.Q] U. Break |Q Eaft|Sat»tnS.| lumtera.jMart S’ r 7 13 4 47 16' h' 5 >7 5 12 6 tn 24 3 m 40 JI m c 6 2Z 33 16 9 24 7 6 4 .3 IO 53 it 3 ° 30 r 5 43 3 1 1 S 40 2 IO 46 16 * 22 >4 5 6 37 4 57 5 20 2 34 IO 39 21 45 15 n 48 43 5 * 5 O 2 1! io 3» 26 s 12 20 12 49 4 43 r 5°J to 22 December hath £xxi D ay ». Firll Quarter 4 “ Me Full Moon Laft Quarte; New Moon it 1 Day f :u at 1 3 h. 26 m. Morning. 8 5$ Morning. 10 41 Night. z 54 Afternoon. Q caters Yf 21ft Day, »t I'H. 33 M. Afternoon, 1 1 F Advent 5 >unUay* *M 1 7 8 9 10 1 1 12 *3 *4 1 5 16 *7 1 8 ! 9 10 21 2 2 26 ,28 i 2 9 Days 8 hours long. Nicholas, Bp# tdSund.in Adr.aofV.M. Lucy, V. M. M T VV T F S F l\J Tl 3d Sunday in Advent. O. Sap. Cam. Term ends. Oxford Term ends. Ember Week. St. T. ApoIL Shorted Day. 4th Sund. in Adv. Da>s 7 h. [44 min. long. 2 \y Chriftmas Day. pSt. Stephen, Protomartyr St. John Ev. Innocents Day. 1 ft Sunday alter Chriflmai. Days increafed 6 minutes. Sirvefter, Bp. F S F |l°M |3i T D~|0Riles|Q Sets|Cl.att.0|D. Brcak|0 Kalt |SaturnS. | Jup>terS.lMarsS, 8 a 27 49 9 l I ' morn. 0 22 1 32 2 41 3 49 s c 6 1 2 7 . 2 3 D life*. 4^22 5 22 6 35 7 53 9 12 10 33 1 1 5a rrorn. 1 16 2 4c 4 ic 5 43 7 11 D fets. 4 a 26 5 4 ; 1 2- 9 49 4 a 25 5 16 6 6 7 8 8 9 to 10 1 1 1 44 *4 3 42 2 3 6 5 1 40 morn * 3 2 1 21 2 18 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 1 1 aft. 57 1 56 2 51 3 40 4 4 34 2l 8 ST 5 ° 47 49 53 4 5 6 7 8 9 to 1 1 r 2 *3 l M v rfr W 18 -9 20 2 1 22 23 24 2 5 ib 2 7 28 N 1 2 0 Ded. South. 21 0 52' 22 53 *3 3 23 21 23 *7 2J 22 rain. fine. wir.dy ftormy. fair. mild. fair. I 7 57 4 3 10 33 ' 5 54 4 45 4 m 22 1 m;6 10 mio 6 8 2 3 58 8 31 5 o 43 3 59 1 1 10 3 1 1 5 55 6 17 5 8 41 3 3 6 0 36 9 5 6 16 7 53 3 53 6 0 40 3 1 3 0 11 9 49 ii 8 S 2 r 2 4 ,1 39 2 5 ° f 1 a 41 9 4 i 10 7 -ii be*. 6 0 40 2 2 7 11 16 ■ 2_J 1 The Gentleman’s Diary, N° 58. 15 Answers to the Questions critical and pbilojopbical. CLXXXI. By Eumcnes . It appears from the and 23d ver. of this chop, that the d< fign of our Lord in what he did to the hg-tree, was to Ihew the efficacy of faith ; and his power over the vegetable kingdom. For it is not to be fuppofed that he, to whom the winds and the lea were obedient, and wno knew men’s fecret thoughts, did not alfo know the ftate of this fig-tree to be fuch, that no fruit was to be expected from it : but this m racle of his gave him dn occafion of exhorting his difciplcl, and (hewing them lh-*i he was Lord over the vegetable as well as animal part of the creation ; and he accordingly takes the opportunity ot bid- ding them have faith in GoJ. Ingenious anfwcrs were alfo given by Aromatis Junior , Mr.y. Cairns, Mr. Jon. Horn, Mr. R. llumbr, Mr. J. Need bam, Mr. R, Robin Jon, Mr. Alex. Rwc, Rnjiicui, and Mr. John IVyrill . CLXXXII. By Mr. A. GUndexning, of the Royal Navy. Various conpftorcs have beer made concerning the origin of this foohlh cuftom. Bourne (in his Amiquitates Vulgarcx) fuppofes jt ori- ginated (by a removal, which was often convenient in the Roman Ca- lendar) cither from the fcajl of fools, held the firft of January, or Auld-Fools Day, which was the firft of November. Mr. Goodcker (in the Britilh Oracle, publilhed 1769) derives it from the rape of the fabme virgius by order of Romulus. Mr. Swift, of Stow, (in Car- nan’s^ Diary, for 1785) is of opinion tha: it took its rife from the Cuckoo's cornu g about the beginning of April, making fools of other birds, and cuckooing them by laying in their nefts. And Mr. Step- herd [ibid, the^ropofe.) thinks it originated from the Saxons fending meffages to one another on this day, to announce the probability of obtaining a fignal victory over the Welch ; but next day the^bauie was fought, and the Saxons routed. And according to one or other of thefe ways is the anfwer given by Mefl'. Cairns, Horn, Humber , Needham , Robinjon, and Rowe. But another correfppadvnt is of opinion, from what is faid in Maurice* s Indian Anti* quities, that it Items reasonable to fuppofe, that this cuftom, of ma- king tools on the tirft of April, originated from the heathen fports and paltimes infliimed oa that day, in the age of the world when the vernal equinox happened upon it. CLXXXlil. By Ruflicus , of Stafford. To fine allies one p ,und that’s frelh burn’d from alh-wood. Add three pints of water ihat’s forfr, clear, and good : And ft ir them well up once or twice in an hour, For at lead half a day, and it may require more j For mind, till the earthy pait is quite fubfided, The aqueous muft not from it be divided ; And when it loeks clear, and has ftood long enough, Creat care muft be taken in racking it off. Then to one pint boil it; and when this is done. While warm with a fponge rub it carefully on. If this lhould not anfwer, don’t let it alarm. Of foap a llrong lather will do it no harm. But there need of fome care, fo be mindful I pray, - — That the /ir nor the latherteo long on don’t ftay. CLXXXJV 16 Quest. Critic, and Philof. anfwered, 1799. CLX XXIV. Bv Mr. J. ITyrill of Wiftow, near Selby. the eye being oarticularJy the index of the mind, e.ery thing which a (Teas the one mutt necffar.ly be fhewn by the other. Now, as Cud- d=n joy, as well as hidden fo.row, may be too violent for the animal (pints to bear calmly, no wonder if the nerves that affha the glands of the eyes caul'e them to (Jifcbarge tears, from whatever caufe they are irritated. _ . _ _ _ . - - „ Like anfwers are given by Aromit'i s junior , Mr. Cairns , Mr. Horn , Mr. Needhim, and Mr. Rowe. . CLXXXV. By Mr. Alex. Rvioe, of Regtnms, Cornwall. It appears to me that they ought always to be underflood in their full abfolute fenfc : except where the ruling paflion coincides with reafon. Mr. IVyrill, the propofer, fays, I believe that the ruling pajuin will alw«*y$ govern a man while he is in a natural or unconverted ftate : and confequently conquer reafon. But when, by Divine Grace, he is converted to a proper knowledge of himfelf, and believel truly in the Gofpel, the influence of reafon, aflifted by the holy fpirit of God, will be able to keep even the ruling pgflion within proper bounds; or, which is the fame thing in efodc, the ruling pafiion itfelf will be con- verted into a branch of reafon or fwallowed up in it. St. Paul is a me- morable icftance. His ruling paflion was zeal for religion, which, in his natural flate, drove him to the unrcalonable and inhuman a£ls ; of perfection. But after his converfion his ruling pafiion coincided with his reafon, and caufed him to labor more abundantly than all the apofites. L ke anfwers are alfo given by Meflrs. Cairns , Horn, Needham , Ro* kin fen, and others. CLXXXV I. By Mr. Jonathan Horn , of Brifcoe, It is caufed by the refrattion of the rays of light palling through a very thiu miftv vapor, in the upper region of the air. And thus it is alfo anfwered by Meflrs. CairnsyGlenderming , Needham , Robinfqn, Rd%pe t Ru/licUSy and IVyr'Jl. iL CLXXXVII. By Mr. R. Rohinjon, of Bowes. Sea-ficknefs proceeds more from the motion of the fh:p than my other ca-nfe. And the inteltfnes of children are not put out of order thereby like thofe of grown people, becaufe infants ane almoil hourly accullomed to fimilar motions. And thus nearly is the anfwer given by Meflrs. Cairns > Needham , Rowcy and Ru firms. CLXXXVIII. By Mr. John Needham, of Hinckley. Kind fir, by union every creature, Subhfh through univerfal nature. And this, to beings void of mind, Is wedlock, of a meaner kind. While womb)/ ?q. fp 3ce., primeval A yctunfafhion’dcr/^rya lay; [clay The fource ot endleft good above Shot down his fpark of kindling love; Touch’d by theall-er.liv’mng flame, . Then motion full exulting came. Each atom fought its ftparate clafs, Thro’ many a fair enamour’d mafs : Love call the central chafrn around, And with eternal nuptials bound. | Tho ingenious propofer, Medicus Bofi^nien/h, fays, from the great quantity of calcareous earth that abounds in every part of the world, it appears to be neccfiary to its very exiftence, and the great varieties oi The Gentleman’s Diary, ^59. T y 'ef its combinations tend to prove, that its origin is of equal dare with the earto, or matter with which it comb nes. There does not feetn to be any fim.lar.ty between fhells and flints; yet, in Urge beds of chaJiC, rnailes of the latter are found 111 conliderab'e quantities 1 and hkewife lome large flinrs have .cavities in them containing chalk. From thefe circumAances it would appear, that calcareous earth is fui g,n '*• b ? thc ,neans of circulation, d-ffufeJ over the 'Whole fyftcm . if animal heat is gen. ra ed in the manner here fuppofed, it follows, that the heat in the lungs Ihould be greater than in the more remote parts of the body ; that it is fo, is proved by the experiments of John Uunur who has fh wn that the heat of animals is left in ihe re- mote parts of the oody, than it is near the centre of motion (the heart.) He.e he proved the faff, hut miffed the application, attributing that to in thf 1 m ° 8 f * he hCa^t, ' Vh ‘ th iS ° W,nS t0 a che,rical Puccis carried on j\nfwers are alfo given by Mrffrs. Calms. Korn, R,bin( 9 n, and, fora,,. N 1 (i M a t G L 0 G Y\ Answers to the lafl year's Inigmai, •J*. 9. Memory. A Lvar. ' - * 3. Time. 4 Jdntih. 5. A Walking Sti«k. 6. A Rope. 7. A S:gh. S. A Scmi-brevo, 10,. A Blackfmith. 11. A Gig, Fancy. 13. Slerp. 14. Zeal. 15. Confctepce. Fr. The Bible. ^ j8 JEnigmas anfwered, 1799. Rebu,. t. Madam, *. ANightcp. 3. A Larkfpur. 4. A Sexton. 5.A Target. 6. PalUme. 7. A Reed. 8. Friendfh.p. 9. Mabel. 1®. A Ramrod. GtNtsAL Answers. 3. Advice. By Mr. John Fildes, Schoolraafter, in Liverpool. JE. 1. i* 3 * 4 - 5 * 6 . 7. ¥. 9 - lOa I*. 11. 12 . When you fit down w ith pen and mk to write. Keep free from lies each line that you indite ; Your name will then thro’ time perhaps be feen, As lo»g as Jonah's has already been. Stick faft to honefty, to truth attend. Or by a rope you eife your life may end. Sigh not for nebes, tiths never mind, ■Which like fwcet ntujic’s notes are only wind. Frefh in your memory good precepts keep, ^ And heed not Gretna’s Jrnitb, who oft can t JIeep f His thoughts fo mnch on pairs in gigs are bent, So (hall your fancy fomething ft ill piefent That with its fond attra£Vion will delight, And make you, zealous to do what is right 5 To art with prudence, keep your ctmfeience clear From fin, and ever hold your biblt dear. Think not the courtly madam is more bleft. Than is the village maid in night -cap dreft ; For both, ere long, will like a larkfpur fade, And by fome fexton in the ground be laid. No target ftrong can you from death defend. So your Ihort life in pafiimc do not fpend. But, finte it is by God above dtcreed , The grave muft all yoor friendship foon fucceed. Prepare for death, as Mabel did of yore, And you’ll be bleft when ramrods are no more. s. The ftanderous treafon-writer. A probability * 5 - Pu Reb. 1. 3 * 4 * 5* 6 . r 8 . 9* 10. Bv Mr. T Wyrill. Whoe’er with ink will /lander propagate, III time may meet with worfe than Jonah's fate ; He /lajf\e(s and fufpended by a rope, May figb bereft of every earthly hope. What doleful notes muft haunt his memory When blackjmith* t fetters forc’d to wear is he t Whirl’d like his fancy in defpair, The fletp of bleft content he ne’er muft (hare, Miftaken xeal his confiience loud will blame, Who from his biblt can no comfort claim ; His flaunting madum now will him defpife, A night-cap or a larkfpur more will pr.ze ; — ~ T krefrxton, with a heart hard as a ft one, Or iron target , gets him for his own, And thinks it noble pafiimey then with fpeed Digs him his hole, and joyous tunes his reed . O! how unlike that friend/htp Mabel fhares! Whofe peaceful mind nor war nor ramrod fears ; Who in religions ffow’ry paths is bleft. While Aand’rous traitor* never can find reft. 1. *. 3 4- 5. 4 , 7 * It. ic. u. u. * 4 - Pr. Rib t. v fil't >; i w 3. Seiiow The Genteeman’s Diary, N* 59. 19 3. Serious thoughts. By his friend A. F. of Hull, Mr. IVyrill . Tho’ the poor negro’s ikin refembles ink, Yet ceafe your Jlander, gents, nor vainly think That the great God, who life and reafon gave. Will not in time redeem the captive Have. He call’d to Pharaoh . . % Set my people free . • And plung’d rebellious Jonah in the fea. To whofe relief no Jlajf or rope was given. And yet his Jigbs melodious enter’d heaven. Keen memory , as an anvtl, fhook h s foul, Whirl'd o'er his head tremendous billows roll : In drear abyfs fubmers’d and far from day, His heart was melted and he learn d to pray 5 HisJJeeplcfs meal th* Almighty pitying faw, And wide leviathan expands his jaw The prophet to difgorge : — On earth he lies Whofe eonfeience found religion was tbc priose. But let us change this ferious feene to where, When Madam quits her *igbt-cap } to appear Blithe as a lark , behold the J exton near ! No target now can /hield her from death’s pow’r. Nor pafiimt vain avert this dreadful hour 5 For pleafure’s broken reed is lure to fait, And flatterers’ fritndjhip prove of no avail. Then, my dear Mabtl> may it be our care, To find a friend where ramrods never are. Communicated by *• !• } 4 - 5.6 7. 8. to- il. 12 . 1 3- 14- 15. Pr. Reb . I. 3 - 2 . 4 - 5 * 6 . 7 - 8 . 9 - to. 4. The Traitor. By Mr. Joseph Barns, of HaltdifF. O ! what a JcaneTlous wretch am I J Thus in a dungeon fobbing l No daylight cbears my drow2y eye f My heart with Jigbs is throbbing. No notes of mujte iirike the ear, While at my fate repining, Nor banquets of luxurious cheer, On bread and water dining. My memory do res on h deous things, Imagination cloying, And Conscience black as ink me flings, All reji and peace deftroying. At fchool I had no meal to learn. But by the rod was chided, Tho* Jonah Smith bade me difeern. And be by virtue guided. But, when 1 came to chufe a trade. Was full of gigs unfitting, I was by vice a captive made. All homd crimes committing. For which the judge I thought to Into my conduct prying, [blink, Will doom me to a rope I think. Be warn’d to fee me dying. j.Onlnvafion. By Mr. W. Tate, of Stranton, near Hartlepool, Durham. With croaking throat and inkey chin, The Jacobins of Gallia grin, And threaten* to invade, But Time will teach them other wife, For, JonabA\bt t we will chaftife Them, if th’ attempt be made. It was j oft at the time, it feems. When Duncan dous’d the Dutch- men’s gleams, They purpos’d to come here. Their camp -Jiicks) ropes and guns were ready, [gretdy. And they, voracious wolves, were To taftu our beef and brier. But,oh! theehaogc! they figb } they grieve. With face pale as a Jemibre. ve 9 To hear the Dutch are beat. Perhaps their memory may revive, Th*t $»dney Smith is ftili aiive, B 2 And 20 ^nigmas anfwered, 1799 And ft ill may them defeat. So in my g'g I'H drive away, Kor faney I (hall f«e the day The Genius of our land Will fond of (lumber be or Jleep, WhUe jBM/oufly he ought to keep Watch with uplifted hand St. Vincent, Duncan, and Bridport, Will fruftrate every French effort, And cripple them at fca ; While Bible truths (hall grace our ifle, [fmile, And Confcience make all good men A happy people we l 6. The Addrefs to Madam. By Mr. G. Brentnall, of Normanton upon Soar. Thua fetich Smith to Madam gay For pa/lime wrote. Excufe I pray The aweful tale, 1 have to tell Before the Sexton tolls the bell Of larkfpurt delicate in hoe. But think no place fafe hare below, The wicked forrow deep muft know: Or direful war, where thoufands (lain, For you. I’d have you timely wife, Are by fore implements, a train And ufe not pen and ink in lies. | Ot ramrods, targets , worfe you lee To Mabel be your friendfkip true, * Than ropes or drowning in the Det. Should (he in nightcap"? ifit you. j Yet trifling .gigs thefe to that woe, Let conference guide you day and night, The wicked all mull undergo. «« # c _ f • : . Co r^ittiAnc uik it mthc vmi t Be your zeal for religion right *, ' So cautious be what paths you tread, That no lad fghs may heave your s Elfe tho’ alive you’re worfe than breaft, No fearful fancies break your reft: With fl.ijf in hand your garden view 7. To him that muft u-nderftand it dead. [hear, But if you’re wife fuch notes you’ll With which no rnufc can compare. Norton. By Mr. John Savace, Greens- Lol when acquaintance fiift with us began, [friend, I fondly deem’d thee as a taiihfu! Adownrigbi lenfibleand honeftman, But full of contradiction proves the end. [thy tongue To think the fcandal that employs Againft'me now', and that without a jeaufe, [wrong? Say, have I ever done thee any 8 ay, have Ivi olated friendjh\p y s law’s? How long (hall prejudice o’er cdnfbience rule ? [fenfe call’d ? Hew long (ball fenfe by thee be non- Or a true furious man be deem’d a foof, [gall’d ? And tihie's pure bit-flings be by envy When fonah walk’d the ft reels of Nineveh, [feer believ’d, And preach’d rfepentance, they the They who Ion % grop'd in ignorance we fee, [ceiv'd. The aw&ful warning humbly fodnre- E’en fo would I in conn ite fighi confefs Bach fault if a&u*lly I’d done amifs, Before the lark’s fweet notes again add refs [peace. Another morn I’d fue for reft and But, as my memory recollects no faults, [ blackjtnvb hue? Why ihould I cringe to looks of The gig of woeful fpite me now aftault? [and true. From him I fancy* d faithful} kind) Is it becaufe Myrtilla I revere, Whofe prudent zeal and wifdom fire my foul, (c<-re, Totalling love and union all' lift- In whom the bib/e's facred laws con- trol [afpirc!, Each pafiion that to mid nmgrtge Deforming beauty more than tri^tit- cap far > fdcfiies, To walk in virtue’s path (he more Than to afeend proud honour’s fritt- ed tar. [reflefl, When on thy former kindnelcl As by a target (lopp’d amaz’d 1 (Lrid, Nor coulo I think fuch jcxion dtf refpedt [hand. I ever ihould experience from thine m The Gentleman’s Diary, N° 59. Had fortune fmil’d on me with glittering tra*, Fair as a larkfpur and as fading too. Then wouldtt thou look on me with- out difdain, [to do. As in time pafl thou haft been us’d Thus Job, when fore oppreft with pain and grief. Was treated with reviling by his [friends, Hew often fcen when moft we need relief, [ends. Pretended friend ffip thus ungrateful YeifinceMyrtilla don’t my fuitdeny, I’ll true as Abel wastoThirze prove ( AsGeflner fweetly tclls)and everfly, As guns and ror/jfrominterefted love. 8. The Good Man. By Mr. W. Spencer, of Sapcote. Who can with pencil, pen and 1 Lover of peace, he ftifles falfe a- inky deferibe [gion flow, larms, [foh\icall; The pleafures that from true reli- j Nor dreads to hear the tolling [ex- Pleafures unknown to all the lying Rope , ramrod, gig , or target, may- tribe, [woe? 1 have charms, [pleas’d at all. Who daily wander on the verge ot But with fuch baubles he’s not Eye that juft man, who, Jonah - j With flick in hand, a pleafant walk like, is fir’d [caufej ’ he takes [Lrkfpurs grow; With holy z'al for this molt noble Near purling rills where reeds and Who worlhips God, and, with his Or with the fmitb echoing notes he infpir’d, [applaufeJ makes [bUffiogs flow. Demands attention while he gains In praifing God, from whom all His bible of companions is the beft, Such is the man, whofe precious : He reads of Adam and of Abel too, ! time is fpent [his guard, Wo Jig b at night difturbs his peace- In doing good, whofe confcience is ful refi, [his due. Dcfirous to improve the talents lent j , {’’or calm content and friendjbip arel Such virtue never tailsof itsreward. The Ant and Fly. A fable. By Mr. Wm. Watkins, of Wylam, Northumberland. The ant and fly the other day, Sporting in the folar ray, pach with equal warmth of blood, Argue which the higheft ftood. It is well known, fays the fly. My pretentions are moft h»gh, As there is no facrifice Offer’d, but I claim a like. The blatkcft ink, the fleeteft^^, Things of note , Day Jonah's' wig. Staffs the fmootbeft time can make, All 1 fancy at the wake Subfcrvient to my aseal and will Arc all $ I ride and lip my fill. To facred bibles I re fort, And when I pleale ] fiup at court. Not a maid of honour there But my memory holds dear, A -d confcioujly about her I Fcalt upon the heartfelt^. Thus I live and never work, Whilft you labour like a Turk. The Ant hard-by compofed fat, Lift’ning to her foolilh chat. Madam, cay’d, as I’m a finner , 1 would fco;n to tafte a dinner ; And when did you in *ny nation, E’er receive an invitation ? Confcience fays, I mutt forbear To take another’s fav’rite cheat. You fomelimes on ropts will dance. And made faft are by mifchance $ While, by reafon warn'd, I gather Still my food in lummer weather, Fill my barns with ample ftore, To drive hunger from the door. Hard as a Jmitb I all day long Work — , to mak^ my caftleftrong, Left, on bad weather coming, 1 fPer.lh l.kea filly fly. 10. Reflections. By Mr. David Robarts, of St. Columb. Receptacle o' ail the grave, [Have, The monarch and the ro^r-bound Ought to nmiinber thee j The inky black, and noted tongue That deals in falfity and wrong, Here waits the laft decree. /Enigmas anfwered, 1799* 22 O youth, coofider well your ways, Sfgb not altho’ you loofe ihe bays Th#t poets* temples grace ; Let Confcience be in time your eye, JVaik in her paths and vice defy, In peace fo end your race. Let Virtue’s xeol be your employ, While here her charms the good en- joy* The wicked only hate. The bible fhews the ruling guide, That made old Jonah fafely ride, With billows o’er his pate. A true tale, n. The poor Poet When fumtnon’d from this eaithly fphere, You’ll glorious with the juft appear $ Vice with gig antic face, Is the fell ftnitb, whofe deadly darts So pierce each mortal’s vitsl parts. Ere he can end his race. God grant repentance on us wait. Ere ends this tranfitory fta'e ! Prepar’d for his right hand, We’ll fee the grave without a tear, The grifly king meet without fear, And hail the promis'd land. By Mr. John Car with en, late Midlhipman onboard the Royal William. Thofe that the mufet aid implore, ’Tis faid, are oft diftreft and poor ; And, be the aflTertion falfe or true t I’ll not difpute the point with you. Near reed\ and larkjpurs on a hill There dwelt a man, tenant at will, Who gigs and Jlutes could none at- tain, For a poor wife and children twain. To labour was bis daily care, H'S meals were coarfe, his coat threadbare. For, with his inA-ftand by him ever, Deep drank he the Permeffus river For, tho’ his work required fpeed, He fancy’ A line would write or rtad Tho’ black jmilh like he’d only feraps, Nor purchase cou’d dear books and maps, But ftill the Diaries every year He bought, ere things became fo dear. Hi* pittance fmall wou’d notfupply With food and fire his family : The legislature laws had made. That fpoil’d his moil accuftom’c trade : [l°ut_ His wsfenow rail’d, and faid, you Go beat the neighbouring towns a bout. And, the’your proper trade be fcant You work mwft, or we die -for want, With that, this frowning madam pert A wsiftcoat, night-cap, and a fhirt Or two, ty’d up, bid him begone ; Jiis child cries, what’s my fathei 4«je, That you fhould drive him to de- fpair ? With him I'll go, h’i6 fortune /hare. Alas! my boy, you cannot go, Thfc weather’s cold, the bleak winds ^■blow, No bed have I whereon to Jleep, You flay muft and your filter keep, While mother work will at her •wheel: Farewell, alas ! what do I feel! Reluctant, from my humble home, About in quett of work I roam. Yet peace of mind and confcience c\tit He yet retained, and banifh’d fesr: And going on near Gofport town, Hard by the Feathers fat him down. A pref?-gang palling him accoft, What fhip my boy ? you look like ^■loft. Another faid, *tis fexton Twty Who lately ran the Friend/hip from. He rais’d his eyes, but nothing faid. Come, propher 'Jonah , toSpithead; But ere we’re got to Gofport beach, Bomb jhells and balls will find your fpeech. This faid, they draghim to the boat, And bid mind the after-thought. He knew not what bot bow’d afleflt, And fo towards Spithead they went. South fouth weft wind, and a lee tide, Not foon the boat got a-long-fide The Royal William guardlhip, then Appointed to receive prelVd men. The fidefmen call'd; a robe was flung, Whick T«e Gentleman’s Diary, N° 59. 23 Which haplefs o’er his body hung. The furf foon pluck’d him o’er the fide : Send off the boat, the fidefmen cry’d, We'li haul on board this lubber oaf, While thofe upon the deck all laugh, To fee him haul’d up from the flood. He dripping on the gun way flood, i ii. On Confcience. By Mr. Robt. Hendy, jun. of Andover. Not knowing to go fore or aft ; But they fufpefled this was crafr, And to the fentry call’d in hafte, Whofe ramrod pufli'd him to the waift, [year. Where I (hall leave him till next That he may learn to reef and fteer. A guilty confcience to accufe None need be hafty to begin, Yet, Jonah* like, we ftill refufe To hear the couofellor within. It fptaks loud to the liar's mind ; And thofe that fancy pleafure too, If deaf to confcience, furely find What holy writ declares is true. With zealous Smith attention pay. Let wife inftru&ion warm the heart, That time of Jleep enjoy you may, Norg/gr nor £rew«caufe Jigb or ftart. May 1 be fill’d with heav’nly loye, Ne’er feed where noxious herbs ftill grow, But eat the manna from above, And living water drink below. Honour, delufive charm, invites Ambitious minds to Jigb for gold j. My memory it far more delights .Creation’s beauties to behold. With tinfel cord the gilded cane Adds little worth to hand or hea£p But (hews how empty *iisand yarn, Unlels in Virtue’s paths we tread. The fowler trips the verdant plain. And rams his piece iu hopes of game. But unfuccefsful come again, When, flaftrng, he has mils’d his aim. Tho’ fweet the youth may tune his The hero’s jhield himfelf defend, And him that helps in time of need, I count muft for a faithful friend. For Madam Mabel's rich array, With cap\\\it larkfpurs in full bloom. She’s but, like otners, living clay, And foon muft hid be in the tomb. Sad pajlimc is the ftxton’s knell. And terrifies the Hander*- by : Not fo, if confcience fays all’s well. Seraphs will bear us to the fky. Answers to the Prize-J£ni/Gma, Rebuses, See. 1 . By Mr. Robin son, of Bowes. Hail, Robarts, holy bible's bard ! i That in my breaft I may have reft. Teach me thy warmth to (hare, | And feel Religion there. 2 . A Sonnet to Religion. By Mr. John Browne, of Huntingdon. love. [fears, Devotion can diveft our foul of Difpel defpair, and vanquiih death and guilt, Make our heart* pure, and only turn our cares, To fift for God the temple he has built. £fu res gleam, O ! may thy free exhauitlefs trea- Thr 6. By Mr.__RoBF.Ri HiNDY,jun. of Andover. Can repentance avail, Wounded confciences heal, Re fon leaves us djfmiy’c. But Religion brings a d On this errand our Saviour was lent. Hail, facred page, the fund of truth, Inflrd&ing age, and guiding youth, Precepts divinv in bright difi-lay, Wifdom invites ; let all obey : 7. The Rebufes. Without diftin&ion all may prove Howivveetthe peace that fl>w$frorn love, Enjoying realms of blifs above. By Mr. W. Clark. Madam Mabel and I t’other day took a jaunt Together for paflimelo vifit an aunt ; Infriendjbip converting on matter not common, [a woman. I admir'd much to find her (o clevrr In cenverfe ihe afk’d if I’d guef/d the charades [by the blades. In the Gentleman’s Diary compos’d I told her I thought I had fome of them folv’d; But to name the remainder (he. feem’d quite refolv’d. (( There is lar p kfpur y a fexton , and tar get t you’ll find ; Reed, ramrod , and nigbt-cap y are it ill left behind/’ 8. On Fiiendfhip. Tune the reed and firing the lyre, Fricndfoip’s charms my foul inlpire, Tell me, fweetell joy below. In what foil thou deign’d to grow : In Madam Lark [pur art thou found, Whofe bounty reaches all around ? The poor by her are daily fed, Her pofitmc is to give them bread. Yon fexton, tho* his head be grey, Whirling In his nigbt-cap gay, By Arom at is, junior. Down his cheek perhaps ne’er tide Thy facred tear . . ah ! callous fool l And far thou’rt fled from war’s drrad reign. Targets and ramreds are not feen With thy meek form, celeftial fair, Nofuch emblems thou wilt wear. He is bleft that gains a friend, Who his aid will always lend, He m*y then all ores cefy. Peaceful live an dblameJefs d e. New ./Enigmas to bejanfwcted next Year. I. iHlICMA 62 $, Dear Gents, I upon you attend, Am with you wherever you go ; A conftaut yet changeable friend, Without me ye nothing can do. More light than a feather 1 rife. Yet dofej.y adhere to the earth, ; . By In'Dic in a. And tho’ 1 afeend to the /kies. On the hills and thc^vallcya I've birth. Unfeen thro’ the cityj go. At concert* my powers difplay, I Sometimes am foleqnn and flow, ■ At «tkei*,am cheanul and gay. urn* haUvttoo: iy 4 The Gentlemak’ I’m feen in the belle debonaire, And often difcover che b au j At prefent, in form nrlitaire, Am thought tp be quite apropos. 2. Enigma 627. By Pray, what is that mofl people dieac ? Yet women old w- ar on their heat Not quite fo white as fnow ; Is* dead, and lo has ever been. Yet lives and ft»rs, as oft js ice , Can e ther come or go. 3. Mntcma 628. By Mr. W. C A humble Have in Diary’s page, R ght ufeful m his flaron, pleafe to admit among the fage, W rll known ihroughoutthenation. Afiiftmg commerce in what gams Juft balances require, And, tho’ he’ s oft hung up inchains, Ten Tboufand — bofoms fi re- in him are trefpaflers confin’d, Till retribution ’s made. 4. ./Enigma 629. By s Diary, N° 59. 25 On bleak Caledonian plains You'll find the dimenfionsof me. And yet a fmail ompMs contains My beundari s, fix by the Tea. Mr. G. BfctNTNALL. °orr r^rtal men are nude to fear, Vhenc’er they apprehend it near. And yet it has its charms, for when they find it very nigh, vV.th utm ft fpeed fome from ii fly, Wnile others truft their arms. lark, Cams*hall, near Fareham.' His var.ous ufes to mankind Elfintial are to trade. In town and country, every where, Ht ’s held in much repute; Tho’ he, alas ! with fome appear Their dernier , and turn’d out. But ufefu! ftill, and worth your care, On t is you may depend, ' The more you have, the better fare; Then make much of a friend. he Rev. Sam. Oliver. I *m a regular blade To look after trade, An impudent front too I carry. Like a watchman, l*m found To keep my pwn round ; But, from truth if I happen to vary It brings fad difafter To me: — tho* my mafter Js noble, great, gracious, and glorious. And, now my hand ’s in, ] hone *tis 110 fin [victorious. 'To wifh George o’er his foes ftill My philofopher’s ftaff Would make you all laugh, We'ie you but to bear it abus'd ; When you fee it, you ’ll know, Whereycr 1 go, fus’d* Who I am, tho* my ftaff ’s not roif- I do, this my truft is, Nd more than fair juftice. Yet prejudice runs fo uncivil, If a piize l fhould faze, S >me people will pleafe' fo w ih me and my ftaff at the devil* 5. ./Enigma 630. . No ft ranger am I, but am very wcl! known In every vill*ge, and every town ; At church you my pious inteatio, beheld, [clothing of gol Where 1 often appear in bright Am moftly doijullic, nor much ir the fi-ld, [Ijugly yield. .Tho’ my back to the burthen I wi!~ And belie, beau, or peafaat, will fel- dom complain, [again Their afiiftarrcie to lend, to unload « t Yet I in the kitchen am ufeful, "ti faid, [up her bf**a» To Dolly the cook, when fhc makes By iNIUCfcNA. I may be employ’d at the death of the poae, £ Hof*. irive name to a bay a":th eCjf'of Good Vet I in an ale houfc, fohard s my let, tmcomp.li’d toauend on a ftupily/d for. >- rheprvp of hisjuy .andhispleafurc’a fuppurt, [my final report. Tho’ he fometi me. hulks grave at Metamorphos’d — tohrdmeyou ne«Mi but to look’ A: theeodor beginning «>f every Look’, j The times of eclipfe% are found out from n.e, [iid« of ihe fea. With the ebb and the ffow of the 6. JEnigma 2 6 New Tl Eni 6. /Enigma 651. Come, fair Erato , touch the lyre : A beauty fets mv foul on fhe, Whofe grace, and captivatmgcharms. The cold w,th love’s fweet palTior warms. She comes, in lu< W v ftments fee s Fair as the South'* tHuftrious queen. When fhcherfplendid robes put on, To grace the court of Solomon. Eclips’d would Solom n be too, For lhe ’e more glorious far to view. No more let ftoiy boaft the parts Of Mafic, *\ h her magic arts; Altho* tbro’ her harmonious lay, E’en tbirgs inammatcobey. For more aftonifhing, by far, The things by her performed are. She like fomc fair enchar.mff Hands, [manch. Eodow’d wfh power, fhe all com* Ten thou find votaries cim- fort^, To fi;ig and celebrate her woith. The forefts too, at her decree, To dame upon the mountains, fee; While ev’ry wood and lealy grove, Obedient in her pjreieoce, move. y, /Emigm a 632. By Mr. W Let every heart abound with joy, My prefence can each care deftroy. And fomenmes bamlh forrow ; And iho* in myftic robes array'd, My enligns oft the village maid Will deign of nut to borrow. Stand back ; or fear the horrid ft rife: See criminals gulping for life Beneath my very nod. With prong or dait I cut the thread, And tho* to die all are decreed, I fend no foul to God 1 fn palace, h>1t, or humble cot, By Providmce alngn’d my lot, And cartage marks my way. But, hr l the prince and learned fag< At times give fandion to my rag-, And t* oufands for me pray. To Adam ard to mot l er Eve, Mind, this I fpcak not to deceive, X veiv well was known ; In truth, withe ui a bfibeoi fee, Each «»f ‘hem peiforwted me. And ti.ar you all wi.l own. GMAS, I799* By Mr. J. Savage. f\* blefs the nations, fhe appears; Gloom hanihes, faint hearts Hi! chears ; With power, that canto life renew rhouf - nds her pr* d«*ce flora Hew. Vouth in feleCted bands combine. To fp«nd their vigils at her (hr me. One memorable tribute fee Of fdendid pomp and iuxury) Soon as Auiora, newly born, Awakes the harbinger of morn, Ere Sol the mountains tips with gold, Or Darron’s care forlake the fold, See ihroftgs adorn the fertile plains, All joining in melodious ftrainr, In concert ling her praifes iound, Till didant echoes ca.ch the. found. She gives tber airy fancy wing, infpi.es them whilft they fweetly ft g, [dances. On leads them to the Ipri^btly A ndall their rapturous joys enhances. Should contemplation bid you ftray, Eo ta tie the fwcets of parting day, lerna.nefake in fume vale you find, Efteem’d a bletling to mankind. m. Watkins, Wylam-engine. Ha*k! hark! alas, what difmalyeUs Of innocents’ — fad pain cympeis, And tortures never ceafe. [dead, Strew’d round with dying and the No giam’s den can caule more dread, Nor war’s fierce rage increase. Not that on land I always ’bide, But efien on ihc (welling «ide 1 brave :he jarring waves. Each honed iar(tho* dy’d wiih foot) Will drive to know what I’m about, From me his portion craves. But bold, for fear 1 a l mod tremble, *Ti> faid old Ni k. I much ndembic, My wo ks arc all fo tafe. 1 mi,m, 1 kill, 1 iang, 1 drown, l thy alive, all this 1 own. Vet never fear difgrac'. [fti"g» Such .Elions would my cotmier.ee And condemnation on me bring, And all my tiophies hUH; Hoi, thro’ rept ounce, know that 1 Look for ptarmillion to the fky, And heaven gain at la ft. . 8. .Em a The Gentleman’s Diary, N° 59. 27 8. Enigma 633. By Mr. Robinson, of Bowes. My parent dwelt upon the lowly One leg 1 h*ve, a belly, and aback. green, [(cent* ; A moi.fi rous head l’** got, hut And fertile nature beaunty’d thei ne’er a tongue ; , [long. Where all thy fweets,impt rial Flora, Four he mafter, may be not, To b