General Lord G-nv-e affumes to himself the entire command of the firft divifion-being fecure from any poffibility of furprise in his rear, which is fortified by an immenfe redoubt, he proposes to attack, en maffe, on Tuesday, the 4th of May. The fecond divifion will be divided into four columns. The first, under the orders of Lieutenant-general W-d-m, will confift of the grenadier companies, and, under the feint of a fkirmith, will make a real attack on Monday the 3d of May, by an attempt to penetrate the enemy's centre. The fecond, commanded by Major-general El-t, confitting of the lightest troops, will, on Wednesday the 5th, endeavour to turn the flank of the enemy. The third, under the orders of Major-general E-l T-mp-e, confifting entirely of heavy-armed infantry, will, on Thurfday the 6th, advance on the Malta fide, as rapidly as it can, and under pofitive orders to muffle its music. This column may, as occafion serves,. now and then be made use of as a diverfion. The fourth, under the direction of that scientific officer Major-general Doctor. L-r-ce, to whom the heavy artillery and the lumber troop are exclufively intrufted, will, on Monday the 10th, thunder on the enemy, and has pofitive orders to take every advantage of their being found fast asleep, or absent from their quarters. He Major-general T-s G-nv-e will command the referve, which, though ufually intrusted to officers of the first rank, is for fpecial reafons given to him. will be ready to do his best in fupporting any part of the line that may appear to be giving way ;—and will be particularly vigilant in fecuring the rear of the commander in chief, in cafe of unforcfeen accidents, from any infult. The The communications between the two divifions to be kept up as well as poffible. It being generally understood that the enemy will referve himself for a general action on the 11th, or perhaps the 12th of May, every artifice and firatagem is to be had recourse to, which may afford a chance of bringing it on on an earlier day. If he refufes his centre, his flanks muft, if poffible, be turned; and every effort in the interval made to gain as much as poffible of his pofition. Against an enemy fo wary and determined, efpionage must be employed to its fullest extent. Our force being fmall, every thing muft depend on concert, unanimity, and difcipline. Any officer commanding a column to be broke, who fhall be convicted of not having the Quartermafter-general's inftructions in his pocket. I (Signed) General L-d G-NV-E. SIR, Quarter-mafter-general COBBETT. AN OLD PORTRAIT MODERNIZED. HAVE enclosed for your perufal the portrait of an ancient Roman orator. The artist's name is Tacitus; perhaps the moft mafterly painter of human character in all antiquity. If you fhould perceive any resemblance in it to fomething you have feen in modern times, and think it may amufe a certain defcription of your readers, you have my leave to infert it in your Chronicle. For the fake of thofe to whom the ftyle and manner of Tacitus may be but little or not at all known, I have annexed an English verfion, with an obfervation or two intimately connected with the fubject : « Fine A FABLE: ADDRESSED TO THE LADIES. THE And the bearer was Cupid, the fly God of Love, Whofe magical power, approaching to wonder, THE WISH. TIMON I WISH not for riches, I wish not for fame; The firft is mere pelf, and the fecond a name: In Ambition's fierce ftream I wish not to be carried.— What with you for then?-Why, I wish to be married. LYDIA LANGUISH. TO A MASCULINE FEMALE. INCE to handle the reins, SINCE Hunt and fhoot, you take pains, And act, my dear girl, fo uncommon ; For your words, look, and air, Make me think you a man-not a woman. EPIGRAM, PHILANDER. ADDRESSED ΤΟ A LOQUACIOUS FEMALE, I BORN ON THE SHORTEST DAY. WHO WAS REGRET you were born on St. Thomas's Day, ON ON A WOMAN WHO SPOKE WITHOUT HAVING. A TONGUE. THAT a woman fans tongue Should harangue old and young, We believ'd, nay as foon as you told it :-- Had you gravely declar'd, That, poffeffing a tongue, fhe could hold it! WHE THE PERFECT LIKENESS.. HEN the portrait poor Benedict faw of his wife, Who fcolded fo loud that she wearied his life, So exact was her likeness, the poor husband's fears Instinctively mov'd up his hands to his ears! P: JERRY SNEAK RESUSCITATION. CHLOE's form'd by the Graces to please, I die whilst reflecting on these, But revive at the noise of her tongue. LINES, ON READING IN THE MORNING. HERALD, OF THE 14TH 2 OF APRIL, THAT A WOMAN WITHOUT A HEAD HAD BEEN FOUND IN A SHARK. T has often been wonder'd, but, few folk have fhewn, IT Why good women fo rare are ;-but hark! The only good woman that ever was known Has been found in the jaws of a shark! Temple, April 14, 1802.. K. D.. THE WOMEN's APOLOGIST. A POET, who ftyl'd himself Friend to the Fair, Vow'd, to carol their praises fhould ftill be his care; Hiftorians and bards he all ranfack'd and read, To find out their virtues; then, refting his head, "If fome have been falfe," he cried, "fome have been true, And my lays fhall record them in strains ever new ; (Who went for her husband well pleas'd to her grave); Cried, "Wherefore fo quickly conclude your career? EPIGRAM. NEAS through the flames was feen to run, Th' admiring Gods beheld the duteous fon, HENPECK. LINES ON HEARING OF THE WIFE OF MR. PERRY, UNDERTAKER, OF FLEET MARKET, HAVING BEEN SAFELY DELIVERED OF THREE CHILDREN AT A BIRTH. ET no man, friend! abuse your trade, LE You manage matters right; For one you carry to the shade, POLITICAL |