Cornwall and Devon; and for granting Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Surgeons, Mates, and Serjeant-majors, of Militia, until the 25th day of March, 1816. July 11.-3. CLXVI. An Act for defraying the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Local Militia in Great Britain to the 25th day of March, 1816. July 11.-2. CLXVII. An Act for defraying, until the 25th day of June, 1816, the Charge of the Pay and Clothing of the Militia of Ireland; and for making Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers of the said Militia during Peace. July 11. -1. Offences committed while militia are assembled for training or embodied, may be afterwards tried by court-martial: but charges must be made out and delivered within six months after training or being disembodied. General courts-martial may be appointed, as if the militia were embodied: and officers summoned upon them shall be allowed 25. per mile in going to and returning from the place where they are held. Regimental courts-martial may be appointed. CLXIX. An Act to provide for the Charge of the Addition to the Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, for the Service of the Year 1815. July 11.-1. The preamble recites that, whereas the sum which, on the 1st Feb. 1815, was deemed to be applicable in that year to the reduction of the national debt amounted to 11,324,760l.; and whereas, by two several acts of the present session for granting annuities to discharge certain Exchequer bills, the sums of 11,127,500l. and 7,008,0891. 3s. 6d., have been subscribed to be funded in the 5 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities; and whereas by another act of the present session for raising 36 millions by way of annuities, the sum of 27 millions was raised for the service of Great Britain; and whereas the charge of the said sums will amount to 3,689,351. 10s. 24d.; and whereas it is expedient to make provision for a part of such charge in the manner directed by the act 53 Geo. III. c 35, it is hereby enacted, that the sums of 7,796,400l. 4 per cents., and 51,271,4671. 3 per Cents. Reduced, standing in the books of the Bank in the names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, shall be cancelled, and the Dividends shall form part of the produce of the Consolidated Fund, for the purpose of defraying in part the charge occasioned by the additions made, or to be made, to the public funded debt in the present year. The [May 1, duties of customs, excise, and postage, granted in the last and present session, shall be deemed a permanent increase to the revenue for defraying any increased charge occasioned by any loan made or stock created. CLXX. An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament for better regulating the Office of AgentGeneral for Volunteers and Local Miltia, and for the more effectually regulating the same. July 11.-1. CLXXI. An Act to continue for One Year certain Acts for the better Preven tion and Punishment of Attempts to seduce Persons serving in his Majesty's Forces by Sea and Land from their Duty and Allegiance to his Majesty, or to incite them to Mutiny or Disobedience. July 11.-1. CLXXII. An Act to provide for the Support of Captured Slaves during the period of Adjudication. July 11.-1. CLXXIII. An Act for the better Protection of the Trade of the United Kingdom during the present Hostilities with France. July 11.—2. CLXXIV. An Act to extend the Exemption granted by Law on Coals and and Culm, for which the Coast Duties have been duly paid on being again exPorted and carried to any other place in this Kingdom, to Cinders or Coked Coals burnt from Pit-Coal which has paid the Coast Duties. July 11.-1. CLXXV. An Act to continue until the 1st day of August, 1816, two Acts of the 50th and 45th Years of his present Majesty, allowing the bringing of Coals, Culm, and Cinders, to London and Westminster by Inland Navigation. July 11, -1. CLXXVI. An Act for allowing certain Tiles to be made Duty-free to serve for Draining. July 11.-1. CLXXVII. An Act for the further Prevention of Frauds in the Manufac ture of Sweets. Julv 11.-1. Makers not to send out sweets or madewines in less quantity than casks of 15 gallons on pain of forfeiting sol, for each offence. Persons having in their possession sweets exceeding 100 gallons to be deemed makers. CLXXVIII. An Act to revive and continue until the 25th day of March, 1820, an Act of the 28th Year of his present Majesty for the more effectual Encouragement of the Manufacture of Flax and Cotton in Great Britain. July 11.-1. * From the Act itself it appears that this should be the 23d. 1816.] [ 357 ] ORIGINAL POETRY. ONCE more Britannia sheathes her conqu'ring sword, And peace returns by victory restor'd, Peace, that erewhile enstranged 'midst long alarms, [our arms; Scarce welcom'd home, was ravish'd from What time, fierce bounding from his broken chain, Gaul's banish'd despot re-aspired to reign, Whilst at his call, prompt minions of his breath, [death; Round his dire throne, rush'd havoc, spoil and With wonted pomp his baleful ensign blaz'd, And Europe shrunk and shudder'd as she gaz'd! Insulted Liberty, her tocsin rung, For never yet from Gallia's confines came, To satiate vengeance, and retrieve her fame. Each furious impulse, each hot throb was there, That spars ambition, or inflames despair.Then Britain fixed on her unconquered son, TON! Her eye, her hope, IMMORTAL WELLING [blow, He, skill'd to crush with one collective Sustained sedate the fierce assaulting foe; How stood his squadrons! like the stedfast rock, Frowning on ocean's ineffectual shock! Then Gallia's blood in expiation stream'd, Cold on the plain, what gallant victims lay! Deaf to the triumph of their sacred cause, From year to year, let Musing memory shed The prostrate warrior felt his labours seal'd, Perchance, Affection bade her visions rise, And sunk serene in unregretted death. [grief. Soothes the sick head, and wipes the tear of Our humble efforts consecrate to-night, To this great cause, our small, but willing mite. [which grace, Bright are the wreathes the warrior's urn And blest the bounty that protects his race! Thus warm'd, thus waken'd with congenial fire, Each hero's son shall emulate his sire, THE LILY, It hides, secure the precious fruit. No beauty in the scaly folds, Shall kiss once more her fragrant breast. 358 And Ignorance, with sceptic eye, Original Poetry. Hope's patient smile shall wondering view, Or mock her fond credulity, As her soft tears the spot bedew. Sweet smile of hope, delicious tear! The sun, the shower indeed, shall come, The promised verdant shoot appear, And nature bid her blossom bloom. And thou, O vi:gin queen of spring! Shalt, from thy dark and lowly bed, Bursting thy green sheath's silken string, Unveil thy charms, and perfume shed; Unfold thy robes of purest white, Unsullied from their darksome grave, And thy soft petals' silvery light, In the mild breeze unfettered wave. So Faith shall seek the lowly dust, Where humble Sorrow loves to lie, And bid her thus her hopes entrust, And watch with patient cheerful eye; And bear the long, cold wintry night, And bear her own degraded doom, And wait till heav'n's reviving light, Eternal spring, shall burst the gloom. LINES Addressed to Mr. JAMES BISSET, on reading his "GUIDE TO LEAMINGTON." By the Rev. Mr. SMYTH, of Liverpool. Thanks! thanks! lively Bisset-whose excellent "Guide" [reside! First led ine on Leam's pleasant banks to And here am I bound, by your magical spell, Near Leam's pleasant streams for a season to dwell. [pourtray'd Your muse and your pencil have clearly Each object which nature and art have display'd, In grandeur sublime, or in elegant ease, The mind to enlighten, the fancy to please. Tho' Chelt'nham and Tunbridge have gain'd such eclat, [ton Spa; They both are surpass'd by fam'd LeamingAnd he, who retirement, health, pleasure, desires, Must pay his first visit at Leamington Priors. By no forms perplex'd, no formality trammell'd, [dows enamell'd; He may stray through dark groves, or in meaIn solitude wander near Avon's sweet stream, And muse on its Bard-on his fair-one may dream; [sound, Be sooth'd by the river's soft murmuring Or list to the songsters that warble around. Though Lethe applause from the poets may gain, These fountains inspire an oblivion of pain; And, as erst in the pool of Bethesda serene, In these streams (no less pure) you may wash and be clean. Here Pleasure is lavish in all its vagaries,Invented, no doubt, by intelligent fairies,For those who are willing, and those who are able, The social delights of the dance and the table, [May 1, Prints, pictures, and medals, a splendid mu seum, gatelles, And piano-fortes-for those who can play 'em, Cards, billiards, and raffles, magazines, ba [belles, And ponies and donkies for beaux and for Excursions on foot, or on four wheels or two, Old mansions or landscapes to sketch or review. A village supplied with attractions like these, So refin'd, so commodious, is certain to please; [retreat And soon, we may hope, in this healthful That science and art will establish their seat The scenes you describe with delight I've inspected, [directed; And found them with ease, by thy guidance And still as I wander by Leam's crystal tide, Your volume I make my companion and guide. grace, [care, May the pleasures advanc'd by your fostering Approv'd by the rich, and admir'd by the fair, Attract to this region wealth, beauty, and [increase! And its fame and its splendours find rapid To its pleasures and taste may you long give the law, [Spa! And be hail'd as the Mentor of Leamington Though my muse you may scom, let my wish be regarded,[warded:It breathes that your efforts be richly reAccept from a stranger on Leam's verdant banks This feeble address, his memorial of thanks. Leamington Spa, June 1814. SONG. Are there no breasts that pant like ours, With the wild pulse of love's warm feeling? Or do they seek the greenwood bow'rs, Their loves and sports in shade concealing? Do none admire rude nature's baunts, That we thus wander here alone, lave? Or are we of another world, And all that fairy spot our own, love? The heath-flow'rs close their weary eyes, And to their grassy beds betake them; The silent wind holds in its sighs, Fearing to stir, lest it should wake them; Mute echo lays her shell aside, To break the holy calm forbearing; Then speak, love; for thy voice will swell, And melt like music on my hearing! And take thine eyes from heav'n's sweet face, Those orbs, intently looking down, [love; Or angels will my rivals be, love; Are their bright eyes that gaze on thee, They know, if they should search the skies, They would not find a face that's fairer; They know thou'rt life and heav'n to me, That heav'n itself can't hold thee dearer! C. F. WEBE. LINES Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. SOANEI did not know thee in that happier hour, When smiling youth upon the lap of life, 1816.] Mr. Western's Resolutions on Agriculture. Sprinkles her gayest flow'rs; it was not mine, Lamented friend, thou hadst indeed a heart Like the bright comet seldom seen, nor long, is one Gentle as firm, benevolent as wise, Intelligent as good; a woman thou, Whose noble nature honour'd all thy sex, And show'd what woman should be; there [bending eye, Whose stricken heart, whose downwardBest tell thy goodness, best proclaim his loss, For he hath climb'd the steeps of life with thee, [smile, Repos'd in myrtle bowers, gain'd fortune's Inhal'd the noblest breath of fame, and feit That all were sweet, for all were shar'd with thee. Hath he not also known (unblest in this) To drain from disappointment's bitterest source, The very dregs of vile ingratitude, 359 Whose gen'rous fortitude where most it felt By tender skill, or boundless sacrifice, He looks in vain to meet the answering look The dearest eyes that ever beam'd on him. heart, Who dream the gifts that fill his ample mind, His lotty intellect, will aught avail, heaven Bestows its higher pow'rs, its finer sense Eternal Father! Thou! whence all pro- Of woe or joy, that marks this mingled state DIGEST OF POLITICAL EVENTS. GREAT RRITAIN. SINCE our last report, the attention of parliament has been chiefly engrossed by the consideration of the Ways and Means for the service of the present year, and the collateral question of the peace establishment. On the 28th of February, after an adjourned debate of three nights on the army estimates, it was decided by a majority of 241 to 121, that they should be referred to the committee. par On the 6th of March, Lord Cochrane in a speech, during which he seemed quite overpowered by his feelings, in alluding to the indignities he had experienced, brought forward charges against Lord Ellenborough, accusing him of tiality, oppression and injustice on the trial of his lordship, in June 1814. These charges, 13 in number, embracing all the details of the case and a long commentary on each charge, were ordered to be printed. March 8th, Mr. Western in an able and argumentative speech, developed the various causes of the present agri cultural distresses, introductory to the following resolutions : 1. That the portion of the community, whose capitals are engaged in agriculture, ployment depends thereon, are at present suffering under the pressure of unexampled distress. as well as those numerous classes whose em 2. That the continuance of such distress is fraught with extreme danger to the most important interests of the country. 3. That the demand for the extended produce of our agriculture is, at this time, insufficient to produce that price which is necessary to cover the heavy charges and burdens upon it. 4. That the demand for barley has been very materially reduced, by the excessive duties to which it is subjected, in the course of the various operations which adapt it to the use of the consumer. during peace, when the facility of smuggling 5. That the continuance of those duties, the home manufacture of spirits, which is so much increased, cannot fail to injure must still further diminish the demand for barley. 6. That it is therefore necessary to reduce the duties on malt, beer, and spirits. 360 Provision for the Princess Charlotte-Property-tax. [May 1, 7. That in order to equalize the supply of grain, and promote its cultivation, it is desirable that an appropriation should be made from the extra produce of abundant harvests, to supply the deficiency of seasons less favourable. s. That the admission of foreign corn to be warehoused, prevents such application of our own occasional abundance, and as signs to foreign agriculture the formation of those stores, which might otherwise be created from the produce of our own. 19. That it is therefore expedient to repeal so much of an act of last session for the regulation of the corn trade, as permits the warehousing of foreign corn, at all times, duty free. 10. That in order further to promote the appropriation of a part of our present abundance, and reserve it for future consumption, it is expedient to aid the means of those individuals, who may be disposed so to employ their capitals, by an advance of Exchequer Bills, to a limited amount. 11. That excessive taxation renders it ne cessary to give protection to all articles, the produce of our own soil against similar articles, the growth of foreign countries, not subject to the same burdens, and in conformity with that policy which has been uniformly observed, of protecting by duties, and encouraging by bounties or drawbacks, all our other manufactures. 12. That it is therefore expedient to impose additional duties and restrictions on the importation of all articles, the produce of foreign agriculture. 13. That it is expedient, under due limitation, to encourage, by bounty or drawback, the exportation of the redundant produce of the agriculture of the united kingdom. 14. That the tithe and the poor-rates, to the payment of which those whose capitals Care engaged in agriculture are almost exclusively subjected, have recently been felt to press with increasing and unexampled severity, and that it is therefore necessary to relieve them, as far as possible, from the operation of other burdens.. Mr. Western concluded with a motion that the house should resolve itself into a committee, to take into consideration the distressed state of agriculture, which was agreed to, and a day appointed for the purpose. March 13th, Lord Castlereagh brought in a bill to provide for the safe custody of Bonaparte, and another to regulate the intercourse with St. Helena. In moving the preceding evening for leave to bring in bills to this effect, his lordship observed that as doubts had been started respecting the competency of the crown, to secure Napoleon, it was considered advisable to enact a specific law on the subject. In reply to questions proposed by different members, his lordship stated that the ex-emperor would be considered not as a sovereign prince, but as a po soner of war, but that the persons who had accompanied him to St. Helena were not included in the sentence of confinement. March 13th, in the House of Lords. the Duke of Bedford called the attention of their lordships to the state of the nation. He dwelt upon the distresses under which the country at present labours, and commented strongly on the impolicy of keeping up a large military establishment. He concluded with moving for a committee of inquiry, which was however negatived by 140 to 71. On the 14th, Lord Liverpool in the House of Lords, and Lord Castlereagh in the Commons, delivered a message from the Prince Regent, announcing that the royal consent had been given to a marriage between the Princess Charlotte of Wales and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold George Frederick, of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and recommending that a suitable provision be made for them on the occasion. The following evening, in a Committee of the House of Commons, it was proposed and unanimously agreed that the establishment of the illustrious couple be fixed at 60,000l. per annum, 10,000l. of which is to be reserved for the privy purse of her Royal Highness. Should the Prince die first, her Royal Highness will still enjoy the full income; but should the prince survive her, be is to receive after her death 50,000l. year. The sum of 60,000l. was voted by way of outfit, and it was intimated that made to parliament to provide a a further application might probably be table residence for the royal pair. Camelford house, in Oxford-street, the property of Lord Grenville, has been since engaged for their reception. From the time that the Chancellor of the Exchequer gave notice of his intertion to propose a continuance of the In come-tax, to the 18th of March, when this measure was submitted, not however without various modifications to the Committee of Supply, petitions every day poured in unexampled numbers to both houses, mostly expressing a decided ab. horrence of the principle upon which the tax was founded. We did certainly anticipate, that the right hon. gentle man, yielding to the manifest sense of the country, would have withdrawn this obnoxious item from the list of Ways and Means, especially after the determined hostility, evinced by many of the firmest supporters of government, during the dis |