ORIGINAL POETRY.

THE RECREATIONS OF WAR;
OR, THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEROES.
Written by the KING of PRUSSIA, during his
stay at Breslaw.

LOVE supports itself by hope,

Tho' stern Misfortune lower:
Of zeal, reward's the certain prop;
So of command, is power.
Credit by probity is lent;

Health thrives by moderation;
Wit lives alone with sweet Content;
Content, far from vexation.
Softness is the charm of youth

In lovely woman; beauty's foil.
More of brilliancy than truth,

Ill rewards the author's toil.
Happiness consists in earning
More of virtue than of learning;
More of friendship than of passion;
More of conduct than of wit;
More of health than wealth or station;
More of quiet than of profit.

A little estate I need not sell,

A little garden, little table,
A little wife that loves me well,

For me have charms most delectable;
A little room, well warm'd, I hold
The best defence against the cold;
Delicacies always pass,
'Mong other dishes, as a treat;
Full-flavour'd wine in a little glass;
High season'd meats in a little plate.
From this results (I hold it such)
We never ought to have too much:
This term, what sense within it lies1
How comprehensive, and how wise!
Too much repose benumbs the sense;
Too much of noise bespeaks the vain;
Too much coldness, indolence;

Too much love disturbs the brain.
Too much of secret poison lies
Hid in too many remedies;
Too much cunning is of art;

Too much of rigor must be cruel;
To spare too much, the miser's part;
Boidness to the rash, is fuel.

Too much of wealth has many cares;
Too much of wit has many snares;
Too much of honor makes a slave;
Too much of pleasure finds a grave;
Too much trust brings loss in haste;
Too much freedom lays us waste;
Too much of goodness may be weak;
Too much politeness does the fool bespeak.
But too much may, if managed well,
Our happiness and comfort swell;
Himself man rarely comprehends:
Upon a trifle all depends.

A trifle is imporant, for

Its great effect will never fail,

In love, in warfare, or in law,
To raise the beam and turn the scale.

What e'er we be, whate'er our state,
A trifle drives us near the great;
A trifle makes us beauty prize,
Shows what of talent in us lies;
A trifle more, a trifle less,

To all our cares may give success ;
A trifle flatters when we hope

To trouble us Fear gives form and scope:
Love ! thy fire not long invites,

A trifle quenches, for a trifle lights.

WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A DRAWING E
VIEW, THE GRÜTLIN MATTE.

No more, Helvetia, from thy vales
Do Freedom's songs extatic rise,
But wafted on thy mountain gales,
For freedom lost are heard the sighs.
And see on yonder alpine height
In pensive mood there take his stand,
A Swiss, who by day's parting light,
Sighs as he glances o'er the land.

Oft sailing past lov'd Grütlin's shore,
Warm'd with their deeds how throbb'd his
breast,

When memory recall'd of yore

The patriots who their country blest.

Alas ! now, midst those solemn shades,
And o'er those sunny mountains' sides,
Ambition every scene invades,
And France's Monster Genius glides:
With fell destruction in his brain,
By coward numbers render'd bold;
He stains with blood the peaceful plain
Where murder tracks his search for gold.
Oh spirits of the mighty dead!

Fürst, Melchtahl, Staufacher, descend;
O'er the lov'd land your influence shed,
From tyrant fangs your country rend.
On Grütlin's heights take each your stand,
From thence with more than mortal cry,
Shout Freedom ! to your native land,
Till Freedom! hills, vales, shores, reply.
From hills, vales, shores, assembling see,
Her blooming youth, her hardy sires;
Recalling scenes of victory;
Grütlin each gallant bosom fires.
All on the margin of that stream,
In firm array the warriors stand;
While on their steely weapons gleam
The light now brightening o'er the land;
To seal the compact of the brave,
In accents firm, with steady eye,
Resolv'd on victory or a grave,
To soar beyond mortality.

The startled tyrant to the height
His timid scowling eye shall raise ;
Appall'd at Freedom's holy light,
He'll sink beneath the mighty blaze.
Bedford,
August 19, 1810.

N. S. U.

A HINT

Down her cheeks van a streamlet of tears,
Like dew-drops distill'd from the willow;
All bewilder'd her eyes spoke her fears

That water'd her cold flinty pillow.

As she gaz'd, thus in sorrow's deep mood,
"O heav's! 'tis my Henry," (she cried)→
'Twas his image that mov'd in the flood;
She saw it, and sunk down, and died.
June 26, 1810,
HATT

ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.

Go, spotless babe! to realms of pure delight
Thy soul from earth now takes its airy

Emblem of Innocence! how short thy stay,"
Scarce Heav'n had giv'n-than Death hai
snatch'd away!

Thy mother's darling, and thy father's care,
The first dear object of their ev'ry pray'r:
How oft enraptur'd o'er thee have I hung,
The half-form'd accents trembling on thy
tongue!

With eager kisses seal'd my soul's pure flow,
Ye blest of Heav'n these softer raptures know!
But now no more Rosanna's charms can move,
Those lips of coral, and those looks of love,
Can to my breast its wonted thrill impart,
Arrest the sense, and seize upon the heart!
Yet, why repine? 'Twas Heav'n ordain'd it so,
And thus shall vanish all of earth below.
Thou baubler, Man! tho' longer is thy date
Than was my babe's! prepare to meet thy fate;
Thou and thy juggling toys must to the tomb,
To share a life of bliss-or everlasting gloom
EDGAR.

jike nature, two parts of the stone called Cornwall stone, or any other similar Vitrifiable earth:

cined iron ore, and two parts of Cornwali stone:

Or, (4.) eight parts of clay or argilla ceous earth, one part and a half of calcined iron ore, two parts of Cornwall stone, one part of calcined flint-stones, one-fourth part of inanganese: and these may be varied to suit the quality of the article required.

liberty, or expels an equal quantity of
water from the reservoir, by the cock.
If this operation is continued until the
whole of the water is expelled, any quan-

OF, (3.) thirty parts of clay or argil laceous earth, twenty-five parts of cal-tity of gas which may be thrown into the reservoir, is allowed to escape by a waste pipe. When the gas cools it condenses at which time the water, returning by the cock, fills the space, and prevents the atmospheric air from contaminating the gas. There is a box which is kept constantly full of water, and syphons are placed in proper situations for raising water from the box, and pouring it intą funnels provided with plugs to prevent it from descending, and a pipe attached to the funnels for conducting the water which is allowed to pass through them, and for depositing it into another funnel on a level with the top of the reservoir, by which it is conducted by the pipe nearly to the bottom of the reservoir, thereby forcing the gas to the lamps.

Any stones or earthy matters may be employed that contain the earths above mentioned, and likewise manganese; many different metallic ores and oxyds may be used instead of the iron ore; and any earthy substances that can be blended together by water, and that will make a hard composition by baking, of a fit consistence for the articles re. quired.

MR. JOHN MAIBEN'S, (PERTH,) for Improvements in the Construction of Apparatus for making Carbonated Hydrogen Gas, and for using the same in Lighting Mills, Factories, &c.

The gas is conducted from a retort through a water-chest or condensing pit, toa tar-pit, in which the tar is first deposited; and then the gas is conducted by another pipe to a washing-box, where it is immersed in the water at the lower end, and ascending through the water it is purified, and then carried by a pipe to the reservoir. Mr. Maiben considers his reservoir as one of the most important parts of his apparatus; it is an air-tight vessel, constructed of any material that can contain gas and water, and may be of any shape and size. When in use, the reservoir is full of water or gas, or both gas and water; but when a cock is opened, the water in the pipes falls to the level of the upper part of the cock, while the water remains the same before, being kept in by the weight of atmospheric air. When the reservoir is in that state, the gas generated in the retort, after passing through the washing-box, enters the reservoir by means of a pipe, and is immersed amongst the water near the bottom, from which it ascends, being specifically lighter than water, till meeting with a flange full of small holes, is divided into small particles; and after wards meeting with ano. ther flange, is thrown into the midst of the water: the gas so introduced gives

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When the lights are to be put out, the
plugs are to be dropped down, which
cause the water to rise in the funnels,
and thereby stop the syphons. The pa-
tentee makes use of lead and iron tubes
where they are indispensable; but as
economy in the erection of gas apparatus
is the principal object, he makes pipes
of wood, covered with guts of animals,
and coated with varnish, which he claims
as his own invention, He recommends
for his reservoir a cylinder, whose height
is equal to its diameter, with a hemi-
spherical dome roof, as the best calcu
lated to sustain the weight of water he
low, and the weight or pressure of the
atmosphere above. The reservoir to be
put into the same building, surrounded
with columns at proper distances, one of
which may serve as a chinney, the others
for covering the pipes, and guarding
them from harm. On the projection of
the base, he sinks his washing-boxes, and
in the centre his condensing pit and tar-
pot. Whatever quantity of gas goes into
the receiver, expels an equal quantity of
cold water to wash the gas. The water
running from the pipe partly into the
funnel, which keeps the water in the tar
pot to the same level. An inverted cone
is put into the tar-pot, of the same ca
pacity with itself, to the upper part of
which the pipe leading from the retort,
is fixed; and the under part is in the
water. When the retort cools, the at-
mosphere raises the water into the cone,
through which the air ascends, and fills
the vacuum; when the water descends,
it is drawn off along with the tar by a

COCK,

"I here &c. This invention is clearly exhibited by the figures that are attached to the specification.

cock adapted to the purpose.
may observe," says Mr. M. "that should
the operator prove so thoughtless, while
retorting, as to allow the cock to be shut
which should be open, and that open
which should be shut, the worst conse-
quences which can follow is the loss of
gas, without doing the least harm to the
apparatus.

When the reservoir is sunk under ground, (which is by much the best way when the water can be let off,) the above order is inverted.

The box with the syphons, I place al ways near the workman, and if possible within the same walls, and thence conduct the water to the reservoir by a pipe, It will appear evident to most people, that if such an apparatus acts well for one day, it will do so for any length of time, without meeting with any obstruction except from tar, which can be removed in a few minutes by introducing steam into the pipes.

MR. J. SLATER'S, (BIRMINGHAM,) for an
Improvement in hanging and securing
Grind stones from breaking in the
Middle or Centre.

Each grind-stone is to be hung through the centre upon a spindle, in the usual way, tight wedging excepted; and then on each side is placed a flat piece of wood or washer, or other substance of a soft or yielding nature, which must extend in a circle from the spindle-hole in the grind-stone to any part of its diameter, to form a bed, or equal hearing, against or upon the wood or washer, so described. On each side of the grind stone, Bat rings of iron are to be placed; to these are to be added strong gripes or bracing plates, made circular, and corresponding in diameter with the rings. Each griper must have a hole in its centre, of a proper size and figure to admit and receive the spindle of the grind-stone. As near as convenient to, and round the circular outward edges, of each griper or bracing plate, holes are to be made at small distances, of a proper size and form to admit screwed nuts, or burrs, fted and screwed to them so as to hold pins or bolts, which must be made to screw pointedly towards the rings and grind-stone. The gripes or bracing plates being thus made, they are to be placed on the ring, one on each side of the grind-stone, the spindle passing through them all, which are then to be secured completely tight and firm to their places by means of screws, cotters,

MR. BENJAMIN FLIGHTS, (ST. MARTIN'S LANE,) for a Metal Nave, Axle, and Box, for Wheel-Carriages, to prevent the danger of overturning, and the concussion of Carriages coming in con tact at the Nuve, &c.

This invention consists of a metal nave, axle, or arm and box, for wheel-carria ges, of which the axle is a fixture in the centre of the nave. The box, which forms a part of the tree, receives the axle, which is confined therein by a pair of chaps, and a bolt going through the same. The reservoir to contain the oil is within the external end of the axle, and the oil is to be introduced through a hole in the cap of the nave, which is closed by a screw. A wooden naye, having a metal lining in which to fix the axle, may be adopted; but the preference is to be given to the metal nave.

MR. JOHN WILLIAMS, (CORNHILL,) för an Apparatus to be applied to, and used with, Wheel-Carriages.

The figures attached to this specification, represent the several parts; one of which shews an apparatus called a preserver, consisting of two branches; the leading one is made longer than the other, and the lower extremnities of which lie in the plane of the wheel, or nearly so: there are also seen a strengthening piece, and a socket at top, through which is a hole for a pin, bolt, or screw. In fig. 2. we have the representation of a spindle, the lower part of which is fitted upon a square part of the axletrce, and secured in its place by a clip plate, and bolts at each side. When the preserver is in its place, the spindle passes through the socket, which is then made fast by a pin, bolt, or screw. Other figures represent a pair of preservers, applied to a two-wheeled carriage, seen end wise, and the same seen sidewise.

The effect of this apparatus, or additional parts, is to prevent the great danger in a two-wheeled carriage, when, by a fall of the borse, or any part giving way, the body might be thrown forward or backward by a motion on the axis; for the manifest effect of it is to receive and support the carriage nearly in the horizontal position, without the possibility of any considerable tilt or inclination either forwards or backwards.

The said apparatus may be made of