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 fenfe of terror fled : Torpedos harmless thro' the waters glide. An aerial form, array'd in fofteft green, With fweeteft afpect and benignant mien, Advanc'd thro' floods, tranflucent 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 fmiling led me thro' thofe ftill 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 crystal pannels and tranfparent domes. O'er bids of pearl, midft coral groves ftray'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 ftar 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 ravifh'd with delight: From Heav'n to Heav'n the milky way we trod. Th' imperial palace of th' eternal God But here I ceafe: no words, no thoughts can trace A faint idea of this wond'rous place; Where faints, where angels, loud hofannas fing, And Heav'n's high domes with praises ever ring; The ravish'd fenfes loft, confum'd in joy, Make praise their pleasure, praise their fole employ. Then, Harriet, come; the world demands no care: Come, and with me immortal pleasures share. THE DEATH OF LAURA. I. WINTER o'er all the dreary scene, Had fpread his hoary veft; And dusky-mantled Coe had call'd, II. "Oft thro' yon wild romantic maze, "Alas! the youth I lov'd no more "My humble lot hath been the fource, IX. "His fordid parent from mine arms, "The gen'rous youth withdrew; "And why?-all love his av'rice fpurn'd, "Where Fortune's gifts were few. "To 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 spirit, the following Lines from the heart are addreffed. "Which now of these, thinkeft thou, was neighbour unto bim that fill among the thieves ?” Jesus. "A friend is worth all bazards we can run : YOUNG. *The reader is referred to Shenstone, Elegy 20. Thro YE The mofs-clad hill or deep cascade; 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 seen to spring; Around the damask roses bloom, Whose sweets 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 hills, Each penfive breaft 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 purfue the pomp of Courts, Or vainly feek gay Pleafure's fports; In wand'ring o'er her mazy round, Content, alas! is feldom found; But oft her paths the feet betray, That venture on her thorny way! Here far from busy scenes of ftrife True joys attend the rural life; BY THOMAS ENORT. INSTREL of morn, whose wild mellifluous ftrains, As blithe Aurora paints the opening day, Now sweetly 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 haileft 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 firft led my heart altray: Thy notes, fweet warbler, eafe my bofom's throes, And give awhile kind refpite to my woes. JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. [Continued from Vol. XXXI. Page 426.] FRIDAY, MAY 12. HOUSE OF LORDS. THE Duke of Bedford acquainted the House, 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, pursuant 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 purpose 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 Caules that produced the important Order of Council of the 26th of February laft. It had been alledged on the part of Minifters, when the Order had first iffued, that the almost incredible drain upon the Bank was the refult of ill-founded alarms in the Country. Of these 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 embarraff ments 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 correfpondence 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 Minifter on the fubject of their advances, it clearly appeared to be their apprehenfion, that thefe muft, if not liquidated to a VOL. XXXII. JULY 1797. 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 Houte, drew conclufions from the whole, materially different from those stated in the Report, and contended that the Order of Council was produced by caufes 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 spoke 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 Refolution being read from the Woolfack, and the question put, The Earl of Liverpool went into fome counter statements against thofe 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 alfo commented upon thofe parts of the fame papers which referred to the affair of the Emperor's Loan; tended, that the whole of the Minister's conduct was unobjectionable. and con Lord Grenville faid, that at that late hour of the night he fhould not trefpafs 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 accufed a Committee of their Lordships of making a wilful mis-statement in a Report; and when fuch a charge was made without the leaft fupport in fact, the noble Duke fhould recollect, that these expreffions muft recoil upon himself. Lord Guildford faid a few words; after which the previous question was put, and carried without a division. TUESDAY, MAY 16. The Houfe refolved itself into a Committee of Privileges on the fubject of the Earl of Lauderdale's Petition, Lord Walfingham in the chair. 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 Lauder dale, 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 fpeech of very confiderable length, took a copious view of the question on all fides, and concluded by moving their Lordfhips 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 House voted Addreffes of Congratulation to their Majesties, on the occafion of the marriage of her Royal Highness the Princefs Royal with the Hereditary Prince of Wirtemberg; which were ordered to be presented 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. Gafscoyne, 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 Tuesday 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 Majesty relative to the present situation and circumftances of the Country, in which he fhould fuggeft the measures 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 Address to his Majefty, fetting forth the diftreffes brought upon the Country by the present 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 Majesty 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 progress of the War, and infifted, that if it was ever juft and neceflary, the Houfe had never been in poffeffion of its object; but that Minifters had totally and invariably difap. pointed 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 |