Embath'd in briny waves, the failor clings,

As thro' the shrouds the hiffing tempeft fings.

The pliant mafts recoil like tighten'd bows, And in the whirling gulph the feaman throws. The mighty waves, with unrefisting dash, Heave o'er the fides, and ev'ry timber crash: The winds remorfelefs down the rigging tear, And guft on guft augments our still despair : Till the mad deep rear'd up a pond'rous

Wave,

And clos'd the veffel in a briny grave.

O'erwhelm'd with billows, in confufion toft,

Life hung fufpended; ev'ry thought was

loft:

I breath'd no more, in mortal chains confin'd,

Each fenfe with fome new pleasure was combin'd.

The ftorm loud thund'ring rag'd above my head,

While calm I mov'd, all sense of terror fled :
The pervious Ocean open'd to my way,
And fishes fportive round me feem'd to play ;
The fhapeless Polypus, the Divers dread,
In vain its ligamentous tendons spread;
The monstrous Shark came crouching to my
fide,

Torpedos harmless thro' the waters glide.

An aerial form, array 'd in fortest green, With sweetest aspect and benignant mien, Advanc'd thro' floods, translucent to my fight;

Around him beam'd effulgent rays of light. The mighty Regent of the waves was he, Whofe voice could charm to peace the angry

fea;

He failing led me thro' those still domains, Where more than midnight darkness ever reigns

Beneath the ancient hills, what wonders lie Hid thro' all ages from the mortal eye : Alcoves of amber, breathing rich perfumes, With cryftal pannels and tranfparent domes. O'er beds of pearl, midit coral groves I

stay d,

Charm'd by the Syren and the gay Mermaid. While thus I gaz d, infatiate with the fight, An Heav'nly fpirit, clad in radiant white, Beckon'd the way; and from the ocean borne, Uncheck'd we rofe above the star of morn On wings ethereal; as we tower'd away, Ten thousand funs rofe on the blazing day. From ftar to star we cours'd our rapid flight, Each fenfe was drown'd and ravish'd with

delight:

From Heav'n to Heav'n the milky way we trod.

Th' imperial palace of th' eternal Cod
Shed brightness thro' the vast expanse of sky
In beams impervious to Creation's eye.

"Now, ye once smiling groves!" the cry'd, "Divefted of your bloɔm; "Bemoan with me my Henry's fate, "In fympathetic gloom!

VI. "Oft thro' yon wild romantic maze, "Mine eager feet have rov'd; "To gain this lonely dear retreat, "And hail the youth I lov'd. VII. "Alas! the youth I lov'd no more "This dear retreat can fhare:

"The haunt of joy whilft Henry liv`d, "Now, that of dark defpair.

To Edwin, bis kindest friend, who, when Oreftes was without a home, received him under his hofpitable roof, and by every generous attention poured oil and wine into the wounds of his forrowing fpirit, the following Lines from the beart are addreffed.

"Which now of these, thinkeft thou, was neighbour unto bim that fill among the thieves ?" Jesus. "A friend is worth all hazards we can run : "Poor is the friendless mafter of a world ; " A world in purchase for a friend is gain!"

YOUNG.

Thro

YE

The mofs-clad hill or deep cafcade; The hanging wood, th' enamell'd grove, The hollow rock, sweet scene of love! Where echo, many a ruftic's tale Bears foft upon the balmy gale: Around the birds are heard to fing; Around the flow'rs are feen to spring; Around the damafk roses bloom, Whofe fweets th' ambient air perfume; The fragrant woodbine hangs its head, The ivy'd oaks their branches fpread; The pine trees wear their evergreen, And beautify the vernal scene; The bubbling rill in fadd'ning found, Steals o er the bank with poplars crown'd; The peaceful vales and verdant hiils, Each penfive breast with transport fills.

Here filver Eden glides along,

And murm ring joins the woodlark's fong;
As near the rugged rocky steep,
The Naiads fport along the deep;
Here rev'ling Mab, the fairy queen,
In harmleis gambols oft is feen;
Attended by her sportive train,
As Cynthia gilds the dewy plain;
Or tripping round the fpangl'd thorn,
Till banish'd by th' approach of morn :-
Whilft fome puifue the pomp of Courts,
Or vainly feck gay Pleasure's sports ;
In wand'ring o'er hier mazy round,
Content, alas! is fuldom found;
But oft her paths the fret betray,
That verture on her thorny way!
Here far from busy scenes of strife
True joys attend the rural life;

BY THOMAS ENORT.

INSTREL of morn, whofe wild mellifluous ftrains,

As blithe Aurora paints the opening day, Now (weetly echo o'er the rural plains,

Ere yet bright Phoebus lifts his golden ray, Ere yet each fongfter from the leafy spray, Pours his wild carol" on the ruftic's ear, Thou hailett Nature with thy grateful lay, As fleet thy pinions cleave the azure air. To me, whofe bofom love hath fill'd with

care,

Now as alone Ifhape my penfive way, Wrapp'd in deep thoughts of her deluding fair,

Whofe treach'rous wiles first led my heart aitray :

Thy notes, fwest warbler, eafe my bofom's throes,

And give awhile kind refpite to my woes.
Borough, July 2, 1797.

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FRIDAY, MAY 12.

THE Duke of Bedford acquainted the Houfe, that he should bring forward the Motion he had originally fixed for this day, on Monday next; and he moved, "That the House be fummoned for that day," which was ordered accordingly.

Several Bills were brought up from the House of Commons, and read a first time.

MONDAY, MAY 15. After the ordinary bufinefs of the day was difpofed of, the Order for fummoning their Lordships, purfuant to the Motion of the Duke of Bedford, was read.

The Duke of Bedford faid, that in purfuance of the notice he had recently given, he rofe for the purpofe of calling the attention of their Lordships to a very difficult, important, and delicate fubject, the Report lately made by their Secret Committee appointed to inquire into the Cautes that produced the important Order of Council of the 26th of February laft.

of

It had been alledged on the part Ministers, when the Order had first issued, that the almost incredible drain upon the Bank was the refult of ill-founded alarms in the Country. Of the affertions he had his doubts at the time; but thefe were confirmed, when Committees of both Houfes of Parliament were nominated by Minifters, to inquire into the embarraffments and fituation of the Bank; which Committee, in one Houfe, confifted, in the one-third of it, of perfons actually in Administration. That the caufes which produced the Order were not those alledged on the part of Minifters, was evident from the firft view of the correlpondence and papers which detailed the intercourfe between the Bank and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the fubject. From the repeated remonstrances made by the Bank Directors to the MiLifter on the fubject of their advances, it clearly appeared to be their apprehenfion, that these muft, if not liquidated to a

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confiderable extent, eventually involve the ruin of the Bank. His Grace having referred to a variety of evidence which had appeared in fome fhape before the Committee, or before the House, drew conclufions from the whole, materially different from thofe ftated in the Report, and contended that the Order of Council was produced by cautes which were to be attributed to the misconduct and incapacity of Minifters, founded on the Report of the Secret Committee of Finance, and the caufes which produced the Order of Council of the 26th of February. His Grace fpoke with much warmth; and, in an animated peroration, conjured the House to accede to his propofitions, as it appreciated its own dignity and independence, and the fafety and welfare of the Nation at large. He concluded by moving the first of a string of Refolutions, which were founded on the different statements and conclufions of his fpeech.

On the Resolution being read from the Woolfack, and the queftion put,

The Earl of Liverpool went into fome counter statements against those brought forward by the noble Duke, from which he drew entirely oppofite conclufions; he referred to particular parts of the account of the intercourfe between the Bank Directors and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which were read by the clerk; he also commented upon thofe parts of the fame papers which referred to the affair of the Emperor's Loan; and contended, that the whole of the Minifter's conduct was unobjectionable.

The Duke of Leeds declared himself no party man; but thought it was a gloomy day, when in that House they were to come to fomething like fpecial pleading to understand the Report of their Committee. Very strange indeed was it, that a noble Duke, with what would be called an Oppofition Motion, fhould defend it from the fame fources which were adduced to defeat its reafoning.

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Lord Grenville faid, that at that late hour of the night he should not trefpaís much upon the attention of their Lordfhips, particularly after the very full and fatisfactory reply that had been given to the arguments of the noble Duke. With refpect to the arguments which the noble Duke had drawn from the evidence, they appeared to him wholly inconclufive. This, his Lordship obferved, was the first time that a Peer had accused a Committee of their Lordships of making a wilful mif-ftatement in a Report; and when fuch a charge was made without the leaft fupport in fact, the noble Duke fhould recollect, that thefe expreffions must recoil upon himself.

Lord Guildford faid a few words; after which the previous queftion was put, and carried without a divifion.

TUESDAY, MAY 16.

The House refolved itfelf into a Committee of Privileges on the fubject of the Earl of Lauderdale's Petition, Lord Walfingham in the chair.

Mr. Adam was heard on behalf of the noble Petitioner; and the Attorney General (in the abience of the Lord Advocate) addreffed their Lordships on the part of the Crown; after which, their Lordships ordered that the fubject be taken into confideration on Friday next.

FRIDAY, MAY 19.

The Houfe having refolved itself into a Committee of Privileges, in order to take into confideration the allegations of the petition of James, Earl of Lauderdale, complaining of an undue Election and Return of the Sixteen Scots Peers, in the inftance of the perfon affuming the title of the Earl of Errol, who had no legal right to fuch Peerage, &c.

The Lord Chancellor, in a speech of very confiderable length, took a copious view of the queftion on all fides, and concluded by moving their Lordships to refolve, "That the Earl of Errol is duly elected."

The question being put, paffed the Committee nem. diff.

On the Motion of Lord Grenville, the Houfe voted Addreffes of Congratulation to their Majefties, on the occafion of the marriage of her Royal Highnefs the Princess Royal with the Hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg; which were ordered to be prefented in the ufual form.

TUESDAY, MAY 23.

The Emperor's Loan Guarantee Bill was prefented by Mr. Hobart from the Houfe of Commons, and the Merchant

Seamens' Bill by Col. Gafcoyne, which were read a first time.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24. Lord Auckland moved for the production of a variety of State Papers, preparatory to the bufinefs of Tuefday next; which were ordered to be laid before the House.

THURSDAY, MAY 25.

The Royal Affent was given by Commiffion to the Emperor's Loan Bill for 1,600,000l. the new Stamp Duties Bill, the Bill for amending the Promiffory Note Act, the Scots Small Bank Note Bill, the Weft-India Governors' Indemnity Bill, the Middlesex County Rates Bill, and 29 Bills of a local or private defcription. The various Bills on the Table were forwarded in their respective ftages; after which a few private Bills were brought up from the House of Commons, and read a first time.

FRIDAY, MAY 26.

Mr. Hobart prefented the Tower Hamlets Militia Bill from the Houfe of Commons, as did Mr. Ryder the Trinidad Free Port Bill.

The Duke of Bedford stated, that he deemed it incumbent on him to acquaint their Lordships with the nature of his propofed Motion on Tuesday next, which was, to move an Addrefs to his Majetty relative to the prefent fituation and circumftances of the Country, in which he fhould fuggeft the meatures which feemed to him the most neceffary and expedient to be adopted thereupon.

TUESDAY, MAY 30.

The Order of the Day being read, the Duke of Bedford rofe to move an Addrefs to his Majesty, fetting forth the distresses brought upon the Country by the prefent unfortunate and calamitous War; the inability of Minifters to carry it on; the lofs of our Allies upon the Continent; the alarming fituation and the danger which feemed to threaten this Country; concluding with praying his Majefty to difmifs his prefent Minifters for ever, as a neceffary preliminary to the falvation of the Country; which he introduced by a long fpeech, wherein he took a review of the commencement and progreis of the War, and infifted, that if it was ever just and neceflary, the Houfe had never been in poffeffion of its object; but that Minifters had totally and invariably difappointed the confidence which had been repofed in them; and that, in every inftance, they had demonftrated their incapacity for negociation. He next adverted to the fituation of Ireland, and

prayed