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INCE a cubic foot of water weighs 62, a cubic foot of air will, by the question, weigh 0,07267 15. Now, by Emerfon's Mechanics, the force or momentum of a fluid in motion, with the velocity of one foot per fecond, will be as double the fpace of a body falling in one fecond of time, is to the fquare root of the fame multiplied into its weight; and this height is, by experiment, found to be nearly 16 feet.

Then, as 16 X 2: 16 ::

Or, as 64 1 :: 0.07267 tb: 0.00113554, the abfolute force of the wind acting on every fquare foot, when the current of air is at the rate of one foot per fecond; but by the question the velocity was 88 feet per fecond.

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Whence 88 X 88 X .00113554 X 60 X 30 15828 lb, the abfolute force, if the wind directly faced the building; but fince it came in an angle of 11 degrees, 15 minutes, it must be decreased by this proportion, viz.

As

to the fquare of the natural cofine of 11° 15' (=9807852): 15828, to 15225 lb, the force required,

POETRY

POETRY.

TH

POEM ON A DYING INFANT.

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HEY faid and ftriking their celeftial lyres,
To correfpondent notes, while every tongue,
In lofty praife, the pleafing strain aspires,

And heaven refounded with their facred fong.
66 Glory to God (they fung) and endless praise;
Glory to God, who reigns enthron'd above;
The God of faving univerfal grace;

The God of boundless, everlasting love;
"Glory to thee, Almighty Father, thee!
Great fountain of existence, fource of blifs;
Thou awful. Father of eternity!

God of all grace, and peace, and happiness!
"Thanks to thy name for thy creating love
All glory, bleffing, honour, pow'r and praise
Be render'd thee by all the host above,

And all below, in air, or earth or feas.
"Glory to thee, incarnate Son of God,
Gracious Redeemer of the fallen race;
Glory to thee, through whofe atoning blood

We now exift, are bleft, and fing thy praife.
"Great was the grace, ftupendous was the love!
Which made thee not difdain the virgin's womb,
But gladly leave thy Father's throne above,

And there, like us, a little child become:

"Glory to thee, Eternal Spir't divine ;
Glory to thee, benign celeftiat Dove;
Eternal glory, pow'r, and thanks be thine,
And praise unweary'd as thy patient love.
"Thanks to thy name for thy renewing grace,
Thy fanctifying grace upon the foul;
Whereby thou doft the works of fin efface,
And all the raging pow'rs of hell controul.

"What thanks from us to love divine is due!

For our almighty Father's tender care;
Who from yon dang'rous fcene our fouls withdrew,
And plac'd them in a state of safety here.

What

"What praises to a gracious God we owe,
Whofe kird affection fnatch'd us from the womb;
Who feasonably call'd us from below,

And timely took us from the ills to come.

Perhaps our gracious heav'nly Father faw
Some dire temptation forming to betray
Our minds to vice, fome dang'rous fnare to draw
Our fimple, unexperinc'd fouls aftray ;
"He therefore hous'd his pleafant plants in time,
T'avoid the with'ring blaft and fcorching flame,
Remov'd our fpirits to a happier clime,

Before the dread, the fierce temptation came.
Be everlasting glory to our king;
Unceafing thanks be to our Jefus giy'n;
Honour and blefling to his name we'll fing,
And praise eternal as the days of heav'n.
Amen: thanksgiving, honour, glory, praife,
Wisdom and ftrength be to our Jefus giv'n;
His praife be fung in everlasting lays,

By all the fons of earth, and hofts of Heav'n."

MUSCULUS the Reformer died 1563, aged 76. He wrote the fol lowing Verfes a little before his Death.

MY fainting life is nearly gone;

My frame is chill'd with dying cold:

But Jefus, thou, my better life,

Canft neither ficken nor be old.

Why trembleft thou, my parting foul?
To mansions of eternal reft

That Angel waits to guide thy way,

And bless thee there among the bleft.

Quit then, O quit, this wretched house,
Nor at its ruin once repine:

God foon fhall build it up again,

And bid it with new luftre fhine.

But art thou all-defil'd with fins?

Fear not, my foul, thou ne'er thalt fall;
Believe his faithful word, and know,

The blood of Chrift can cleanse them all.

Can death a thousand horrors fhew?

It can; but what is death to thee?
Life is at hand, the promis'd life,
And, like its giver, fure and free..

Lo! Chrift, o'er Satan, fin, and death,
Yonder in triumph fits on high:
Fly, happy foul, with eager wings
Away to Jefus fwiftly fly!

MONTHLY

MONTHLY OCCURRENCES.

Nov. 28th.

BY the arrival of two mails from

Hamburg this day particulars have been received of the operations in Suabia, which have terminated fo favourably to the allies---No ingle great battle was fought, but the refult of a series of actions on different points was the expulfion of the French as far as Manheim, with the loss of 3 or 4000 men.

At Vienna, Berlin, Frankfort, and all the towns of Germany rumours of peace prevail, and very little doubt is entertained but that négociations between France and Germany are very far advanced.---A peace with Germany would be a very popular meafure in France, and would greatly confolidate the power of the new governors of that country.

30. Yesterday morning an extraordinary gazette was published, with intelligence of various fuccelles gained by the allies in Italy-A general action throughout the whole line, near Coni and Novi, in the beginning of this month; there is much confufion in the details on both fides, but it appears the Auftrians happened" to gain the victory, with the lofs, on the part of the French, of 4000 men.

Sanguinary as the engagement was it produced no other confequence than that of checking the attempts of the French to penetrate into Piedmont, by Goni, Novi, and Pignuol; it will probably leave the Auftrians in quiet poffeffion of that province during winter---The most remarkable feature in the gazette is that which affures us the Piedmontefe army is to be embodied, and to take an oath to the king of Sardinia; the reitoration of that monarch will not only be an honourable act on the part of Auftria, but it will be one of the moft prudent that can be adopted; a monarch fo much beloved by his fubjects deferves to be reinstated; and the founded policy on the part of the

allies, is to restore and preserve every old government.

Dec. 2. The letters from France fay, the Chouans are in very great force; a body of them to the amount of 20,000 have taken Quimper ; on the coaft of Brittany they are faid to be 60.000 ftrong, and all communi cation between L'Orient and Paris is cut off.

9. Yesterday a fervant of Lord Minto arrived in town, with dif patches from his lordship at Vienna: though ignorant of their contents, it is not difficult to guefs at their na→ ture. The whole continent of Europe is at this moment traversed by meffen gers, on the fabject of the retreat of the Ruffians or negociation for peace. The court of Vienna wifhes to coinpromife with that of Petersburg till it has obtained from the French republic agreeable terms of peace; and with this view it has partly yielded to the reprefentations of the British cabinet, in favour of the reftoration of the king of Sardinia. The hafty and paflionate feceffion of Suwarrow has given great alarm to the coalition, who forefee, by that menfure, how much they mult lower their fums, fhould a negociation for peace take place.

12. Advices from China of the 5th of March mention the death of the Emperor Kien Long; in confequence of which a general mourning through out the empire had been ordered to take place for 12 months. The royal authority devolves to his fon Ka King, who has reigned nominally for upwards of two years palt. The Chinese are confequently all in white, and remain with unfhaven heads and beards for 6 months out of the 12.

16. By the Paris journals to the 13th inft. which were received yesterday, we have the important and pleafing intelligence of a fufpenfion of arms, which took place on the 6th inft. in Suabia for eighteen days; within that

period it is expected to be ratified by both governments for the winter, and to extend to Italy, and every partwhere the French and Austrian armies are oppofite to each otherIn the mean time, all accounts speak confidently of negociations for peace. The court of Spain is exerting its influence with that of Vienna in behalf of France, and it is faid the king of Pruflia is acting the fame path with Great Britain. Counts Metternien and Lehrbach, who where the Imperial minifters at Radftadt, are called to Vienna, and every circumftance fhews that active efforts are making to put an end to this dreadful war--Buonaparte, it is said, infifts on the treaty of Campo Formio, as the bafis of any negociation.

19. By accounts received lately from those parts, there is every reafon to believe that the French are as firmly establifhed in Egypt, as we are in India; a truth which has belied the best founded expectations formed a year ago.

21. It will be recollected that two cr three years ago fome emigrants were hipwrecked on the coast of

France; their cafe has been the subjects of frequent reports to the legiflature, and has given rife to repeated difcuffions; nothing decifive however was done, and the unfortunate persons remained in clofe confinement at Calais; from Calais they were a fhort time ago removed to the caftle of Ham, in the ci-divant province of Picardi---By the order of Buonaparte and his brother confuls they have within thefe few days been fet at liberty, and permiffion has been granted them to leave France,

25. No Hambuogh mail has been received for fome days, owing to the froft-one packet with a mail for Hamburg, which lately returned to Harwich, has failed for Cruxhaven. It is hoped that the ftate of the weather will prove fuch as to permit this veffel to reach the place of her deftination; for the present interruption in the regular communication with the continent is not only to be lamented as occafioning a want of intelligence, but alfo on account of the ferious embaraffinents it muft create in can merce.

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