For the Kingston Gazette. PARODY, On C-nvper's Selkirk in the Lland of Juan Femiu.dez, applied to .Bonaparte in ihe Ifiaud of St. Helena, i am a monarch of nought I furvey, My right I have none to defend, In *he centre of earth and of fea Not a fowl or a brute I command; O ba ilhment ! thefe are thy chyims, What hero rculd dote on thy face, Better die m the field of alarm5 Thai live in this horrible place. J am ihut fom proud conquefr. afar0 Mv coaffe I mn ft imifh alone, 4 Nvver hear the fv/eet mulic of war Or exult at the found of a groan » The men ;hat inhabit thefe Hills Mv fame with indifference fee* ■ Iy!y bio d at their Impudence boils* Tbi'y are fo Unacquainted with me. Authorities, powers by chance, Belle wvd upon p-ivilcped men, 0 ! had I ihe teg tons of France How fonn Would 1 fee yon again.* Mv •f**'lfr.g9 I th-n might unfold In the bujlle of bailie and r&g£, ^'jVht. trend or, live necks or tlie bold AnJ-luugb ai fhevyrdotn of age. A battle, what pleafurc untold *r\rpvars in the proud raging (Irife, ?<f 0«-e grateful than mountains of gold ( V all the c joyrnent. of life. Jb t the bill twing horn and the drum 1. hefc raonsit2ins and locks never knew* Never echoed the found of a gun" Or g«in*d when a war trumpet blew. Ye fntunc* that wantonly Guile, Who have ruined my profptf&s at lad,- 0 ! bauifli this drfnfatc I-fle The femernbTance of all that ic< pafl. Mv foes (n:i'!l thev <ver then boaft Of the fall of ambition and rre, O ! tell them v,iiat treafure it cofl And minsfie re.jroach wi:h their glee. 1;»? £> Whit emotion can fancy bellow ( m the arch of the rainbow ic rides, . Or leaving' all oH}<*cfc he-low1 I'i the region <-f wViwinds rvfioes. When 1 think of the days of my pride* Fr-un a throne 1 am dictating lav/, I/ii. leareely fecure-y .-.([ride, When my fcer.rre U turned to a ftrawj h ;t 'he Mii'ilMl* Iii- (rone to Iris reft, Laheduycrc has retired to his home, And here fa ,m orfl forrny dull 7\ven lure l. the place of a tomb ; There's a grave proimd in every land, And the grave, O i encouraging thought, Shall r-b my proud foes of command, & r.J reconcile are to my lot. * AVy. - For the Klmston Gazette. w ?d*6 Afaiig gfAfi^ C------*a F d. In vain our tears, lamented mriij are (bed, 2n Vain with fehs we mourn thine early doom; The pangs ot woe cm never Peach tlic dead, Or pierce the filent manfion* of the tomb. Yet facrcd (hade, tire tributary iigh Which Fiiendlhip pays, as due to thee, re- ceive; White'tk the lot of worth like yours to die. It mull be natures privilege to gueve. 'Thy tender heart is now no longer warm, Thy checks o'ertpread with blushes, now no more ; For death. nHs ! has triumphed o'er a form, I^fion'd tabids the lot of man before. Hence mortals learn, this truth' by Heaven dofi£n'<b How frail is life, bow fhorf the prefent flate And" know, that all the virtu?'; of the mind, Can ne'er exempt us from the (Iroke of fate. Thy bright, example let me drive to be, That I may rftett with joy the drake of leaih, [thee. And mare, dcarell C—a I eternal blifs with rom the Gleaner."] The Cogitations of Uncle John, AffeSforr is faid" to ('iefcend. The love of Cnudren to their parents, it -is contended. Dears no proportion to the love of parents to their children. The former, it is maintained, is a fenti-nent ; the lattef a paflion. Chil¬ dren are fafel to conform to the will of their parents from Jufyr while the devotion of pa¬ rents to their children fpring-s from love; Hence, in every Hate o-f fociety, civilized or parents is g j;iily proportioned to the decree refinement e<i.\bg rr. fociety. By refinement it flio.ild not be under (food ;Mt ftate where every man Can f;.eik F.ench, p'ay whilt, cut a pfg€o»- wmi'4, wa-tz, kill Iiis friend the fird (hot, or f«u'le whm the Iieart U rankling with anger mf b;:c where ;.!:e moial [tn(t: i^ rtftued ; where rirr.:e is chtrtlhed, and the uill of the High a; j H >}y One Is eflccmed fnprem«--and ia- jn-d. It ij Hated by Lewi, and Clark, in Ui ir of Indians, when about to change their plate of refidence, fet before their old men provif- ionsforafew days, and then abandon them to perifh. Every refined generous bofom is ftrttck with horror at fuch barbarity. Notwithftanding thisfacl, andtlie general opinion cxpreiTed to the contrary. I think there is good ground to conclude that a ftrong natural affection exiils in the hearts of ch;l- dten to their parents* If not, whence anfes the horror and detcflation that fpr.'ngs in ev¬ ery bofom at the recital of the condnft of the dautrhtersof Lear ? And whence the unnfual delight that is felt in contemplating the eon- duct of ./Eneas, in bearing on hi* ihonlders, bis father, the g®od Anchises, from the names of Troy ? Whatever opinions may er.iil on this point one thin"- will be agreed to bv even* good man ; that there is SO duty more imperative or that mould be performed with morechee'- fdlnrfs ;md delicacy, than thai of rendering the declining years of our parents happy. Many little, delicate attentions to then wiihes and opinions are due, a tlFMifand times due, for their care of us i\i our infancy. As you hope, young man, for the reip'.it. of your children, or for the bMTiugs of heaven, I charge you to ccr.fult the del'res, and to pro¬ mote the hapninefs, of your parents. Re¬ member that, Honor thv Father and thy Mother, is among the folemn bchefts of the decalogue. Diforaeefnl as the 'rifi is, vet we mud ad- rnit. that even in this enlightened age and country, i:.fiances have occurred, of children btinrr difrefpecTil nl to their parents; iotiM times rude, and occafionrdlv cruel* A;i in* fiance recently mentioned in the public print*, aft having lately taken place, in a neighbor¬ ing date, is, confiderifr the (late of f icietv, RiorediAjraceful and b-ubarous than the C"ii- dutl of the Miifouri favages. Tw»j Ions, having obtained the ellate of their father, ftjfTVred him to be \\iedy and actually imjiril- rtucd, for a final] debt, tefufing to relieve bi-)i: * If I fee a man treatliis father v/iiti difrel- pecl, I let him down as lacking imd.r'land- in'.r. [fheifi cruel, in rirv mem6r4ndutu-b»o!« be is noted :is a fav^ge. But a child 1/srhp could work on a parent's affecti">n*and eonhi- cleuee to obtain his property, and then aoail- don him to want, mull h*? a wretch fo vile* that nn name expre*fliv«» of his balcnefs has yet been difcovered. Prudence Is an eftimable virtue. It i: an acl of fuperlative { »!ly, for any man to give all his property to his children. Keep enough for vour own wants and trufl no man t«>o fa-. Puulenee never injured any man : confidence lias ruined thou¬ sands. Liften a moment, and I will tell you a ffiory :— An old man bad a large efiate, and at the folieitation of his children, upon promifes of the kinder! treatment, he maae it all over to them. Immediately their conduct, towavds him changed, Inflead of" I-IrrKORi-o F.\- ther," it was {t Tk old Mar, " In the place of " What will vou ckoot-k for din- * ner, sir ?J it was—ie There's ftmr For* ridge. t ti s Although the old pentiemai: had lo! property, he retained hi*1 wit; and hunger, y >u know, is a wonderful fharpener of the faculties. He took his mcafures 5 and pretty loon a neighbor, who wa* about to remove, brought home an old iron-bounded ehe'ft, v.-ry heavy, obferving—" That be had long felt uneafy at having the property of other peo¬ ple' ui his care, and was glad of an excufe to return it into the hands of its owner."-*- '* Very well, faid the old rentleman, a fi:w thouf-mds, more or lefs, h no great matter to one who has enough ; but it may be of fervfee to my dear children, when I am gone.* The cheit was placed in his room, and a lock d now and then he was put on .1. the d d oor, an overheard counting and throwing fnmething oho it that chinked like gold. No one doubt¬ ed his wealth ; and to the enquiries of his children, he anfwered that his will would be found enclofed. The fcene was inltantly changed again. No children could be more dutiful and attentive. No father was ever ferved more to his heart's content. At hi* death bis children waited half an hour, for decency's fake, and then ran to open the cheit, where, to their great furprfie, they found fome old pieces of iron, and a ma'let, with this homely, but wife dillich labelled on the handle : — *lHe that gives away his estate before hs is dead, Tale ibis wallet and knock him on ihe head." On the o:hcr hand, befides the cafe cited of JEneas, hiilory furnilhes us with numerous inltanees of filial affe&km worthy to be re¬ corded. A noble Roman was condemned to be (far- ved to death. His daughter wa3 admitted to viiit him, but was carefully examined, to fee that Hie took no provisions to her father. l>uf he did not die, its was expected, and on looking ficrctly inio his prifon, the father was fecXl drawing his fufl^uance from the bre.tlts of his daughter. A fight fo lovely, melted the hearts of his tyrants, and he \v.t; pardoned. The fart is often alluded to. * 7 he unnalUral circumjlanca her-: alluded fi occurred in Green county, m ths Statf <?/' A*. Btitke, Tn one of his fpeeches, hfh ° The fcarcity which the old world has felt, would have been a defoliating famine, if this child of their old age [america,] with true filial piety, with a Roman Charity, had not put the lull bread of its youthful exuberance to the mouth of its exhauftcd parent." With one more beautiful instance of filial affection, I mall elofe this paper. When Eli¬ jah cafl his mantle on Elifha, with ihe com¬ mand to follow him, a-'d devote himftlf to the Most High, what did Eliiha afk ? To bury his treafnre. or to place his gold at ufury ? — Oh, no !—l< Let me, 1 pray thee,7' faid he " KISS MY TATHER AND MY MOTHER, and (lien I will follow thee." Exeelleut man ! Thou wert indeed worthy to be a prophet m Ifrdel ! «3 t-m flWr* - r .,- - 1-^ «w-< rr*> mlfplaesa From an American Paper. GUESS WORK. When 1 fee a young man poflels no more honor than to be dun'cL 1 Duels he will nev. r er make a man of relmclabi!itv. When I fee a man quit work becaufe ne ha5 three 01 four hired men to overfet, I CfotU he will have to ^o \ojai! ro pay them. When I fee a man fnfFer a Simple Wife to run in debt at the Stmt* for whatever me fancies I Guefs lie witj icon wlfu he had ne* ver been married- When I fee a young Lady poiTVfsn larj portion of Pndt- and afflciaiioriy I Guefs ihe lacks delitacy iw&ftnfe. When I paA by a houfe and fee the yard covered with Humps, old hoop? and broken earthen, I G-uefa the man n a Hai'fi Jockeys and the women a fpinncr ofjl reel yarn. When I lee a women (landing »•• the door JtipJ&oef'vfitih ahalf a dozen ragged children and as many more heads peeping through the broken window-;, i Gucfs her hufband. mar¬ ried for "love, and do not think he bis afjecuons or begrudge him his happipefsg When I fee a women ufurp the whole eomerfaiion, 1 Guc£f ihe has mure loquacity then f:tif.f. When I pafs ahoufe -d\Kl fee the windows broken, a bundle of rags' in one and a bat ro the other* 1 GueG the miltrefa is a ttaii and the mailer loves mm. Wheal fee a girl viht often, t Gucfs fhe fninns tftmejbrefyarh than rot.on. When I hear a women filing p-T«.fa.tic Ian- gua«re, I think it time t\.r I\veaiingto be out c j- it ' or j.ij.Mon. When i fee a country merchant hire two clerks to tend his store, whih he fits by the stove driwktng &m* 1 Guefs he will to., foon have to take' thebeiuhi of the Injotvtnt AH ; or take a plea&nttour to New-Orleans* PROJECTED JOURNEY TO THE NORTH FOLE. " Mr. Scorefby, of Whitby, (fays a late Englun pvpYi ) has announced a determina¬ tion to Vifit the North Pole. The Green¬ land mips advance to 81 t 2 degrees: fo may not be impracticable to travel Over the ice a degree per day, and to go and return in eighteen or twenty day?/* Than ourfelves no peifon can more heartily wifh for the fuccets of fuch an enterprife; becaufe it would fettle forever the long centered que 11 ion whether the earth is flattened or 2 at the poles; but from feveral con- iiaeratior.s we entirely deipair oi its conium- mau'on. Each man compi>fmg the expedi¬ tion (Tor eertaiu'y jjo individual would be io mad as to attempt it unaccompanied,) mull, on the fmalleft computation, be pro¬ vided with twenty pounds <u provifidn?, an ecjual quantity of fur or thick woollens, fire arms and ammunition, »n edged Weapon, and a fpike ftaff to allllt him in afcending and defcending the ice hills, making in all about 60 weight averdapois. Under fuch a load*, 69 miles per day would be an aftonifhing ef¬ fort in the mild eft clime and on the bell or roads but in a region of entire ice and mow which ha? been increafintf fince the rdobe fprung into exifie^ce; when one falfe or unfteady fcep, will precipitate the daring ad¬ venturer over tremendous precipices, upon fragments of broken Icq^ and duih him to pieces; whore the air in the warmeft iuTi¬ mer, is cold enough to chill the moll: robuft of mankind; in fuch a climate, we fay twenty" in Head of fixtv miles a day, would be a;; much, if not more,, than human natwre is cal¬ culated to per fa 1 m. Fro m i8i,>o not f h latitude, to the pole, (which lies in 90) is a di(lance of eight and a half degrees, or 510 nautical miles; which maki?s the pro- jefted journey to conii.'t of one thou fa nd and twenty miles; fo that allowing 20 miles per day, and ore day for making altronomi. C2i obi ovation*, the journey could r»'t be pei formed in !e:"s *han ^2 days; which is a much longer period iha.il any inhabitant of the civili/crl pa; is. of Europe could pvefervc animation in, with mow for his bed and ice for lis pillow. that roan dm 1 n 1 ? one word would be requifite to rts macTion—1/Eurnpt vit en London, Aptil 27, Fran'i.^.—-Private accounts from Pan's flate that the letter of the Duke of Wel¬ lington to his Mnjeity, and the fnbfcqnent vifit of Mr. Jules de Polig^aci who was de¬ puted to hi" Grace, have given a totally new afpecr l»> pubb'c affairs. I have bren hie, faye the correspondent of the London Courier, to procure from a mod unqueftio- nabie anthoity, the following extract of that memorable document which proniil'es fuch falutary refult* ;— " Your Majcfcy has permitted me to ad- d-efs you in circumllanees which I might conceive worthy of fixing- your attention* never were there more momentous ones than fhofe in which we are now placed.—// «'» pit a pas cU plus n:emeriti tifts bue cedes dans' lefyi/i'lb's nous nnu; trvavons. Europe abide* in peace by my word, j&ud on my refponfioi- litv, vet but I'onfe ir from falxfur ma parole el fm!mk refp'jnfd>iHtey &r. That word will be uttered, if moreiUhilitf and prudence ar€ not introduced into the go¬ vernment.—1 he tranquility of this country depends entire'y on ihe piefence of the al¬ lied troops, their removal would be the fig- nal of a new and ir^evitablr convu'fi n. The l/ltra-Rnyali'ts majority of the Chamber fo¬ ments dilTenffons and dilti ud. The left phpfe of the letter is literally as fMows—' Et vo¬ ire fvlajt'ste* pent r--oi;rdcr con-mc dan vcfrS proprepalais.**—And your majeily may reft . afTurccl that the greater! evil has its fouree in your own palace.:t It is rem.'irked, that the language of mi i- ftcrs toward-, the Chamber erf Deputies has aiTumed a firmer tone land thev have declared that the lOos will C-u-fider anv further refiflance to the law partfed in Sentember, t ?s 14, difpc^Tug "f tlae Royal forefis, as a C\rc£\ attack on the KoVal authority. The difToluti-m of either the Chamber or the Miniflry is faid to be inevitable Private letters to the z 2d ir.fr. contain the following itit?mati"ps i The complicated butlncfs <;f the Budget i?e it is fuid, Iifeely fo terminate in a martnef nioreco'nfonant to the wifh' ? of the Govern* ment than was at tiifl expected. The recent fnmnefs of lone taken by Minifrers h l»\d to have nr^duccd this e/Fect, Vet Diil funecf tlie private letters talk of a crifis. Tht fol¬ lowing is the P. v°.. to a letter we have juffc received, da'ed Enday : — Paris, M-rch 2 2 — P. M. A criuS dtT'md on it, U approaching. The Due dr ^"."te- iieu, petliaps, is the only Minillcr f'frcerely defifotis of n tiring from the helm of the a- gitated veflei.of flate. The confternatiou is fuch, that it is fuopofed um.leafant ifefefli- gence has been received from Lyons and'the neighbouriricr department. The authentici¬ ty of the Duke of Wellington's letter is un- qurrtliouable. c • REDUCTIONS IE THE STAFF OL^ THE ARttVjQM FOREIGN SPA. nam, ■ . Canada—1 Major General, ! Aide de Camp, 1. Major of Brigade, i Depurr A[- fiflsnt Quarter Mallet General, 1 Hofpital 1 Deputy Purveyor.' A Hi fl ants, Not a S Surgeon, z Hofpi'a! jft&&9tifak Bahama—i Hofpital Mate. $Bft,tf|&frA—-I Major General, r Aide de Camp,- i Hofpit-j! AlTillant,- i Difpen- fer of IVledceines,- I Purveyor's Clerk, ' Jamaica—I Commander of Forces, 4. Aides de Camp, 1 Surgeon. Ghjra.ltar—t General, 9 ytfides de Camp, 1 Aluilant (Barrack Mafler general, I Surgeon, 9 Hofpital Afliflant^ Malta and Ionian Llasus—*4 Lieut.' General, 3 Aides de Camp, 1 Major Ge¬ neral, 1 Aide de Camp, 2 Chaplains of the Forces.- 1 Major of Brigade. , Capb cf Goon Hope—r Commander of Forces, 4 Aide de Camp,- 1 Depy. A 1st. General, 1 Brigade Major, 1 Phyfician, 1 Deputy Putveyor. Mauritius—-! Commander or the For¬ ces, ar Aides de Camp, to be replaced by a Major General with one Aide de Camp, t Deputy y^ffiilant Quarter Mafler General, . c ^* i oiirgeoiu Cf-.lon—-i Commander of the Forces, 4 Aides de Camp. St. Helena—One Infpe&or of'Mrhtia, included in fhe eflrmate through a Clerical error. Total o 1 n Foreign Station* :—-Annual fa- ^r.£% 2()03i/. Ss. 6d i this year 10,787^- $$ rTd. The whole of thefe redu&fans make a to- tai annual favfng «-f 81.397/. 6s. ed. a«'d for the prefent year a laving' of 41,8t-iL 2*, 3- ' f ' .. * » Edraordiuary SnaLe.— // letLer to the editor of the Baitfrnorc Rcjgifter notices as r,. HI a cutiou Ity, the kiuing of a Hattlcjnaae 0\\l- A'legrroy Mot>utains, n that h:.d twenty* H?& rattles, and mull therefore, rMive been thirlv-two years old " It was foiw feci Ions? Paris, March 27.— Lyons ii not me* ftate of infurreciion; but the minds of the people are in a ferment. This city is def* crjbed • 1 the French papers as enjoying pro- fouiid cianquilb'ty, it mult be admitted that the precautions are employed to maintain tha: tranquility. Several pieces of cannon i.v pl;:rcd before the door of the governor's