Etanes, iffued his fiat, and put an end to their diffentions, blafting all the hopes Reynardam had entertained of becoming Retfinim. As no man can fit in the Etanes without the concurrence of the people, they are usually folicited previously to the day of determination, to fupport particular perfons. It was the fate of Reynardam to be opposed by a man of fingular probity, and whofe talents, though not fplendid, were refpectable; and, what is better, were never perverted to accomplish finifter views. His name was Sefilra. No arts were left untried by Reynardam for perfuading the Bulians to cleft him, amongst others, to represent them in the Etanes; and the Bulian mob, admiring his talents, gave him every mark of their approbation, by bestowing opprobious epithets on his opponent. In this they were affifted by the conductors of the political papers of the Bulians. Reynardam, or rather his friends, had prefented a fum of money to every one of these paper gentry, to induce them to fupport his pretenfions by crying up his talents, and mifreprefenting his character. And it was curious enough to read the egregious falfhoods and wretched nonfenfe that were fabricated. But the pretenfions of Reynardam were too well known, and his enmity to Tipwill, the favourite of the people, too much refented by the Bulians, for the hierlings of Reynardam to effect any purpofe but that of expofing him and themselves to public contempt. As Reynardam deemed his fuccefs on this occafion, the criterion of his future hopes, every inftrument was put in motion for the accomplishment of his wifhes. To render his opponent odious in the opinion of the Bulians, he was reprefented as having forfeited the friendship of Reynardam, which he once poffeffed, because he would not give his support to measures calculated for the oppreffion of the people, nor abet those designs by which Reynardam hoped to rcnder himself fuperior in power to Rexman himfelf; for the ambition of Reynardam knew no bounds. In the neighbourhood of Bulia, there ftands a famous building, facred to Valour, inhabited by those who have diftinguished themselves in the defence of their country, and who, by age or infirmities, are rendered incapable of future. fervices; who can only with that good they are no longer able to perform. The inftitution is noble, the building elegant, and the inhabitants. numerous. But the defign is abufed. Amongst the bees are many drones, who, in idleness, de vour that which was meant for the fupport of the retiring hero; the panders, parasites, lacquies, and time-ferving flaves of higher flaves, who have waded through infamy to profits and diftinctions. Hence many a Bulian, well entitled to the comforts of this refuge, 'was left To beg his bread thro' lands his valour fav'd! whilst these imps were rioting in luxury on the hard earned property of the unfortunate fugitives. ABUSES fo abominable could not fail of attractting the attention of an humane heart, and Sefilra complained of them to the Etanes; demonftrating that by abolishing the inftitution, apprópriating with propriety the fums fquandered on the worthless, and adopting new regulations, the prefent inhabitants would not only live infinitely better, but double the number might enjoy the fame benefits, at that time kept from them by the cormorants of office. Bur the art and impudence of Reynardam were matchlefs; and it was openly declared, that Sefilra meant to turn out the fuperannuated he roes, and expofe them to the diftreffes experienced by their unfortunate brethren!-A report, dictated by the heart of malice, and propagated by the tongue of flander. It alienated the affections of many from Sefilra; but, indeed they were of the ignorant mob, who, fo far from thinking for themselves, are incapable of thinking at all. ANOTHER artifice employed by Reynardam to undermine the intercft of Sefilra will fhew in ftill more ftriking colours the complexion of his conduct, and to what baseness ambition will defcend to accomplish its purposes. To render his opponent unpopular, he orders a certain number of his own friends personally to abuse each other, and to represent themselves as having been injured by the adherents of Sefilra, and prevented testifying their regard for Reynardam. THUS Reynardam contrived to disgrace his adversary, and it was once thought that he would have accomplished his ends. The thoughtlefs Bulians wavered in their opinions; when in the midst of the confusion, a balloon merchant arose, and with great gravity demanded a hearing; being elevated above the reft, and the people filent, with reverence he addreffed himself as follows: "OBULIANS, renowned for victory in war, and "fkilful in the arts of peace! Reject the fuggef "tions of paffion, and attend to the voice of reason. Reynardam folicits from you a trust "of importance; he folicits to be the protector of "of your property, your liberty, and your rights; "he folicits that which fhould be conferred only "on integrity of heart and rectitude of manners. "THE abilities of Reynardam are known in "other regions; his fame is extended far beyond the limits of Bulia. But in contemplating his abilities, forget not his defects. Recollect that eloquence cannot accomplish all things; and "that it is more frequently exerted in the fup« port of felfifh principles than the public good. "REMEMBER what is required of him that "afpires to join the Etanes, and try Reynardam. on the teft of other qualities than that of "eloquence. "It is required of every one of the Etanes, that he be poffeffed of wealth fufficient to keep "him independent. Of what wealth is Rey❝nardam possessed? Is he poffeffed of wealth "fufficient to fill a fingle balloon with inflamma"ble air No. Can it be fuppofed that he will "be a competent guardian of the property of "others who has none of his own? SQUIRE MORGAN'S NEPHEW. THIS hero improves daily. He is become à Bon Vivant, only fomewhat too much addicted to Bacchus. I met him laft Wednesday at a mufic meeting, fo gloriously drunk, that the Frenchman who accompanied him, was obliged to call for additional fupport. Nevertheless he behaved with great decorum, and seemed highly delighted with fome paffages on the Baffoon which he mistook for the Violincello! I HAVE very great hopes of his being an or nament to the family, for he is lately become a great economist. In conjunction with Master Jelly, he has contrived an excellent scheme for faving his best wines. When his company amounts to above fix, the common wine is pushed about. But no fooner is the majority gone, than the favourite party is regaled with the best wines, and To all our noble felves! is the word!-O, I' have great hopes of Squire Morgan's Nephew! He has got a very curious way of judging of the goodness of Candles and Shoes." He one day' laft week, fent for a Tallow-chandler, and afked him, whether he did not think a Fox preferable to a Rabit? No, fays the chandler. "Why "then you shall make no candles for me!" his Worship's reply. O he's wonderfully fagacious! was "WITH refpect to your rights and liberties, "can they find a protector in any man whose "fole aim is to become Retfinim, and fo to exert "his authority as to violate the conftitution by "rendering one branch of it impotent? And "has not a bofom friend of Reynardam declared, "that when Reynardam is Retfinim again, ONE branch CRISPIN was afked the fame queftion, and confeffed that he after fome confideration, of the Bulian conftitution would be fo trammelled " and hampered as that the people fhould not know it "were in exiflence? And can any man be a "friend to the people who is an enemy to the "conftitution? 66 I Reynardam is defirous of fhewing his public virtue, demand of him to feek redress "for your wrongs, to fupport your king, and "not a faction, and to unite in the endeavour to "discover who it was that employed a banditti "to murder Tipwill; who it was that" THE laft words were scarcely uttered when an univerfal cry of exccration prevented the merchant from proceeding; and the Bulians became. so outrageous, that my friend and I made a precipitate retreat to our place of refidence.. BROOKE S'S. "No game at dice or chance has been played "in this Houfe this winter." Thus fays a morning paper, and if it is not a mere attempt to wash the blackmoor white, that is, if there is any truth in the affertion, it is to be attributed to a want of money, which is faid to have been very fcarce in that quarter for fome time past, thought a Rabit infinitely preferable to a Fox. "Why then, fays the Squire's Nephew, you know no more how to make a pair of shoes than I do, and fo bring in your bill.-Why here's Jelly fwears that even the tongue of a Fox is preferable to a haunch of venifon!" O, that Jelly's a fine fellow! LONDON: Printed by T. RICKABY, No. 15, Duke's-Court, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden; And Sold by T. AXTELL, No. 1, Finch-Lane, Cornhill, and at the Royal Exchange; by W. SWIFT, Bookfeller, Charles-Street, St. James's-Square; by P. BRETT, Bookseller and Stationer, oppofite St. Clement's-Church in the Strand; by G. KEARSLEY, No. 46, Fleet-Street; and by W. THISELTON, Bookfeller and Stationer, No. 37, Goodge-Street, Rathbone-Place. CORRESPONDENTS are requested to address their favours to the NEW SPECTATOR, to be left at Mr. SWIFT's, in Charles-Street, St. James's-Square, where a LETTER-Box is affixed for their reception. Th For none can ftem by art, or stop by pow'r, and li The flowing ocean, or the fleeting hour job littề But wave by wave purfu'd arrives on fhore, O contemplate the natural, shortness of human life, and the innumerable accidents by which it is frequently rendered still fhorter, feldom fails to excite diligence, and ftimulate resolution. But if we look around us,we shall be apt to conclude that our fellow creatures are feldom actuated by contemplations: fuch as these. We fhall fee the young apparently deftitute of all thought, and the aged pursuing plans of life, fit only for the contemplation of youth. ELPHINSTON. with which the deep abounds, and the various accidents of time and chance! A WAVE of the fea, or a bubble of the air, is not more liable to be broken, than life is likely to be loft, ere we have feen half the allotted time of "thréefcore years and ten." Thus the frequent contemplation of death becomes a duty incumbent on youth as well as on age, and unless it be indulged, fubjects us to much immediate uneasiness, and the more dreadful idea of future mifery. A PERPETUAL, or at least an habitual con LIFE may be compared to a wave of the fea which, impelled by gentle gales, may roll alongtemplation of the hour which, fooner or later, the surface of the deep till it reach the shore, and calmly expire. But how frequently fhall its course be obstructed by rifing tempefts and impetuous whirlwinds; and how exceedingly improbable that it should escape the hidden rocks muft come, affords a kind of tranquillity to the mind which can be equalled only by the consciousness of being well prepared to meet it, and by which a young lady I knew was once particularly diftinguished. She was of a difpofition exceed exceedingly chearful, and would join with plea-fure in the innocent amusements of the gay; and yet I believe she never laid her head on her pillow, but that she could fafely fay, fhe was prepared, fhould her fleep prove the fleep of death. She died upwards of four years ago ; and I am forry that my acquaintance with the fex is fo confined as that I know not one whofe cha racter exhibits so many virtues, intermixed with fo few blemishes; for perfection is not the lot of human nature. She deserved a lasting monument to record her virtues, not so much in honour of herself, as a memento to the youth of her own fex, to teach them how, like her, to live and to die, happy and beloved. If I were asked to infcribe her Tomb, I would write thes: о Тиом, WHOм contemplation or curiofity shall excite Believe, what thou fhalt read; That simple truth will reflect the highest praise, Sacred to the memory of MARY B A person whose fingular Goodness of heart, Propriety of conduct, And the most fincere affection Of those who perfonally knew her. When vice and luxury had tolerated female levity, Vice ftood abafhed, and Virtue became more enamoured of herfelf. The beauty of holiness, And the beatitudes of In her attachments fhe was fincere, In her private life, and In her public deportment She was remarkable for a Beautiful fimplicity of manners; Without levity, caly; Without pride, prudently reserved. In |