The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, March 18, 1757, Page 1

- The New-Hampfoire . f § 1 iarch 18. 1757. uwwwmfifi@w@wmawwmaw ~ With the ”Fre/bqfl Advices Tbe following Extralt is taken from the Account of Alfred, as lately reprefented in an Oratorial Exercife, by a Sett of young Gentlemen, belonging to the College in Philadelphia, for their Improvement in Oratory, and Sentiments of public Virtue, having feveral Times avith much Applaufe, exbibited the fame, reprefenting the ““Redemption of England from the Cruelties of the Danith Invafion by ALERED the Great. ;S Ramaric ComposrTions are chofen as Orato- D rial Exercifes on-public Occafions, at all our Colleges, and moit of our public Schools in England, §cotland and Ireland, as well as in 0- ther European Seminaries ; being performed fome- vimesin Greek, fometimes in Latin, and more fre- quently in the native Language. Surely then, that ought not to be deemed wrong in our Inflitution, which i8 exprefly propofed in its original Plan, and which is accounted right by the graveft Perfons entrufted with wthe Education of Youth in moft cther Parts of the World ; more efpecially, as this fingle Reprefentati- on of Aifred will contribute more to the forming a trae Englifbmen, and promoting Principles both of public and priwate Virwe, than Half the Greck and "> ‘Roman Stage pat together, chafte and inftruive as it generally is; to which it might not be extravagant to add Half our own alfo. The Charaflers of ALrrEp, the HErMmiT, and ~* Corin, are three of the highet that ever appeared on ! i | mott any Stage. In 4/fred we havea finifhed Pattern of true Heroifm and diffufive Virtue ; bold and ftedfaft to what is right in his own Cafe, yet patient, humane and tender to the Failings of his Fellow Mortals ; continually employed in devifing Means for making them wifer and happier ; and nobly uniting in himfelf two of the moft exalted Charatters on Earth— that ofa PaTrior King, and of a Goop Max ! In the _Charafter of the Hermit, all the private Virtue: ap- pear in genuine - Beauty. Whatever PHILOSOPHY €an difate, or Revrcion infpire, is feen in him, re- duced intd Prafice, and fhinypg forth for /Jmitatiog. And lattly, s to the Shepherd Corin, his Character is the moft lovely Picture of unfhaken Loyalty, anci- ent Hojpitality, and true Englilh Faith, that can well ‘be imagined! , In fhort, as long as the Tnterefis of our Country, the Duties of Kings and Subjets, a Zeal for Juftice and Iaw, a Regard for Trade and Commerce, a manly Patience in Afliftion, a pious Subiniffion to the Will of Heaven, aad a noble Asdor in the Caufe of Libersy and Religion,—as long as thefe are Subjects worthy of being inculcated—fo long will the Sentiments con- tained in this Performance be an ufeful Leflon toYouth. And as it is now likely, among others, to be a ftand- ing Exercife for many fucceeding Setts of young Speakers among us, {o no real Friend to Virtue and Goodnefs need be under any Pain, if Lines fo truly Britifb, fo compleatly good and virtuous, were lifped _out with the firft Rudiments of Language by every Child around him. With Regard to the young Gentlemen who fo late- ly entertained the Town with this Performance, the Applaufe they met with, from crouded and difcern- ing Audiences, during the feveral Nights of its Re- prefentation, is the beft Proof of their Merit, as it will be their jofteft Praife and higheft Encourage- ment. Each Speaker, to the very youngeft Child ~concerned init, acquired Honor in his Part ; and fome of thofe who appeared in the principal Charac- ters, were diftinguifhed in an eminent Degree. For aving the Happinefs to be poffefled of a juft philo- Jophic Tafle, a Fund of Clafic Knowledge, and a true Relifh for poetic Beauty (which are Qualities feldom falling’to the Share of the mere Actor) they entered into their Author’s Spirit ; tafled and f2lt his fublime Sentiments,— ard taught others to do {o too! This being the Cafe, our venerable Hermit, not to menti- on others, could not fail to be a fhining Charaler, and perhaps never appearcd to greater Advantage in any y PPlace than now in the Seat - of Learning !-— “The Kindnefs of the Gentlemen who politely oblit ged Jus with the inftrumental Parts of the Myfic is to be acknowledged. As tothe young Ladies, who were {o great an Ornament to the whole Reprefen- tation, by their Rerformance of the wocal Parts, the molt, gratefnl Acknowledgements have been already madé to thewm by fome of thofe young Favourites of the iVufes, on whom they conferred fo great an Obli- gaticin, and therefore fuch Acknowledgements ought be feparated from thig Acconnt, Nums. 24. CAZRTTE Eebibibilaprbidadabatopadibobid i e b e B D R E Foreign and Domeflick. ' All I fhall fay is, that as the engaging Condefcen- fion of thefe Ladies conferred an Obligation on their Friends, it did Honour to their Education. For to fee a Number of young Preficients in Mufic and Ora- tory, capable of reprefenting to Advantage, in all the Complexity of its Parts, fo difficult and beautiful a Performance as that of 4lfred, would be an Honor to the Tafte and Improvement of any Country. And it muft be doubly foto fee thefe Talents and Im- provements referved for the meft exaited Subjeds, and beftowed for none but the nobleft Purpofes! What thefe Purpofes were, is {uily explained in the following Epilogue, containing a moral Application of the Whole to the prefent Times ; which, however, ought not to be publithed in this Place, without pro- per Acknowledgments to the ingenious young Ora- tor, whofe feeling and pathetic Manner of {peaking it, procured it the kindeft Reception, and rendered it a Conclufion not wholly unworthy to follow the fub- lime and interefting Scences for ' which it was written. Occafional Er1L0GUE for the young Gintleanen of the College of Philadelphia, who, for their Improvement - in Oratory, afled Alfred, in Jabuary, 1757, (Spoken by Mr.Duche jun. who acted thePart of Alfred) g0 roufe the flumb’ring Virtu of the FreE, And fhew what ger’rous Brirons fill fhould be; To fire the Breaft to Deeds of publick Worth, And call th’, impatient Soul of Glory forth ; To breathe Humanity into the Heart, And every nobler Feeling to impart :--- For this, to Night, with trembling Hope and Fear, We humbly dar’d to greet your candid Ear : We bade beroic dges 1oll anew, And call’d our glorions ALFRED back to View. In awful Pomp, the Godlike Chief appears, From his deep Slumber of a thoufand Years. How dreadful is the Scene ! the Theme how great! Expiring Freedom and a Juffering Siate | Here, Danisu Fury {preading o’er the Land ! There, ALFRED rifing with his arcent Band ! Celeftial 4ngels ghding in his Traill § And Mufic warbling round in liquid Strain! Order reltor’d, where lanwlels Rapine rag’d ; And, in the Confli&, Heaven and Earth engag’d ! Such are our Themes :—O be Difcernment fhewn ! And, in thefe floried Woes, behold your own, Let not thefe Scenes pals unimprov’d away ; A Moment’s Gaze, the Wonder of a Day ! Our Aim is not, by idle Strains of Art, To pleafe the Eye, but reach the Life and Heart. See ! more than Danifh Rage, with bloody Hand, Spreads Death and Slaughter o’er this proftrate Land : Our hoary Sires, our Youaths and Matrons round, In mingled Carnage glut the gaping Ground ; Their anavenged Grosts -- forgive this Woe; Alas | the Voice of Nature bids it flow--- Their aravenged Guosts ftalk o'er, the Plain, Where nought but Night and Defolation veign 3 And to the dull cold waining Moon corplain -*-- Then hear, Oh hear ! your murder’d Brethrens Cries; And rouz'd by Pity, and by Fengeance, rife ! Pluck every Seed of Discorp from your Breaft ; Be brawe ! be one--- and Heaven fhall do the reft ! For lo! to chear our Hope and bring Relief, Glad o'er the Atlantic comes the gallant Chief 3 Before whofe Arm our Foes have often fled, And black Rebellion hid her gory Head. Be you but BriTons, as an ALFRED he ; And War and Rapine foon fhall ceafe to be. To Mifs HorKINSON, on her excellent Performance of the vocal Parts imw an Oratorial Exercife a# the College of Philadelphia. TO Thee, {weet Harmonif?, in grateful Lays, A kindred Mufe her fofteft Tribute pays 5 Bids every Art with every Grace combine, " For thy fair Brow the Laureat Wreath to twine : Bleft, would a Smile from thee reward her Care, And doubly bleft, would'ft thou the Garland wear. Tell me,ye Powers,whence all this Tranfport fprings ? Why beats my Breaft when SERaPHINA fings ? 1 feel, T feel, each ftruggling Paffion wake, And, rous’d by Furns, my raptur’d Bofom thake, Heav’ns! with what Force the varying Accents move, I joy, 1 mourn, I rage, I melt, I love. Each Power, each Spring, each Movement of my Soul, Charm’d by her Voice, all bend to her Controul. Not half fo fweet the Lark’s fhrill foaring Lay, Whofe fprightly Matin wakes the flumb'ring Day 3 "taken by the French. Not half fo foft the lonely Night.Bird’s Strain, Whofe penfive Warblings lull the weary Swain : Leis plaintive flows the T'urtle’s Love lorn Tale ; Lefs fweet the {weeteft Note that wakes the Dale. But oh ! when fuch foft Charms their Influence lend To gain the faireft Prize, the nobleft End : To kindle in each Breaft the Patriot Flame, And urge each Arm to Deeds of martial Fame ; To bid ftern Vengeance rife with rigid Hand, Crafh the proud Foe, and fave a finking’ Land ; To make each Virtue grace the Public Weal, And Juitice, Meicy, Goodnefs, Truth prevail ; When' fuch the Themes, and {uch the vocal Charms, What thrilling Tranfport every Bofom warms ? Each Senfe, each Paflion, all the Soul is mov'd ; Each Ear is ravith’d, and each Heart improv’d, The littening Throng, in dumb Attention paufe, And filent Rapture {peaks their jult Applaufe. Philadelphia, Fanuary 18, 1757. J. Ducse, To Mifs LAWRENCE, for ber kind Affifiance on the Jame Occafion. : T HE pleafing Tafk be mine, fweet Maid To {pread thy glorious Fame ; For early Virtues fuch as thine An early Honor claim. 2, *Twas nobly done to lend thy Voice, And foft harmonious Song ; When Freedom was the rapt’rous Theme, That warbled from thy Tongue. 3 Yet, lovely Fair ! ’tis not thy Voice, Or Song we moft admire ; Good Nature and the good Intent A nobler Praife require. Not always is the I\fierit plac’d, In the Performer’s Skill ; >Tis not the Deed obliges moft 3 The Virtue's i tne Wiil. Thus ftill proceed, ibove all Pride ; Such Themes be ever thine ! So to the Good fhalt thou be dear, And favour’d by the Ning | Pliladelphia, February 1, 1757. F. Hopkinson. E R R B B S PRTL A D B L:P HIA, Mbchg. From Barbados we have Advice, that the Surprize Man of War has fent in there, a large French Ship from- Old France, having on board 700 Barrels of Flour and 600 Hogfheads of Wine. And that the Privateer Ship Hercules, Capt. Bayard of New York, has taken a French Privateer of 10 Carriage Guns, which he carried into Barbados and fiited out as a Confort. The Brig Cornelia, Capt. Smith, bound from this Port to Gibraltar, in going down our Bay on Sunday laft, ran on the Crofs Ledge, and is full of Water. On Thurfday laftCaptainEdwards arrived here from Kingfton, in Jamaica, by whom there is Advice of the Captains Hazelton, Bolitho, Lake, Wright, Conyers, Harvey,and Mackey,being fafearrived there from this Port ; but that the Captains Lowther,Morrel,and Hub bard, alfo from this Harbour for that Ifland, were all Captain Morrell’s Veflel was re-taken by Capt.Roddam, inthe Greenwhich Man of War, and fent to Jamaica, whitherCaptain Morrel,and his People were gone, he and his Hands, having got a Long-boat from the Captain of thePrivateer that took him for thatPurpofe. Capt. Hubbard, with the People of a Sloop belonging toVirginia taken by the famePri- vateer that took him, were put afhore at St. Anne’s. Captain Lake, on hisPaflage to Jamaica, on the 22d of December met with aVeflel Bottom uppermotft : the was about 50 Feet Keel, feemed new, and had nat been long overfet. NE W-Y 0O R K, March 7. : The Snow Four-Cantons, Chriftopher Heyfham, Matter, arrived here on Saturday laft from Dablin, but laft from Barbados, in 4 Weeks, being blown off this Coaft in the Winter : He informs us, that Capt. Bayard, in the Privateer. Ship Hercules, of this Port, had taken and carried into that Ifland, a French Pri- vateer Sloop of 6 Carriage and 6 Swivel Guns, which he fitted out as a Tender, and was gone out gn a Cruize wth her ; that 2 French Suow from Qld. France, gn Nobleman is come to Town with Paris, Dec. 3. Itfaid, that a forei opofals for concluding a Peace, In ; and that Bobimia, ready raijed, ] » or 30,000 Cawalry 25 kave a efidis the 6000 iy wade an Ojfer to the Emprefs Queen of 000 Recraits, b be Himter, 32 r bery during 4 offered to raife fu riay bave They tell us from Vienza, that the Protefiants of Hungary bave Lower Au r and Amflardam, Dec. 3. Meravia, Upte with