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SELECT POETRY,

To J. JACKSON, Esq. R. A. in return for a
Print from his Portrait of General the
Hon. EDMUND PHIPPS, M. P., &c. By
JOHN TAYLOR, Esq.

ARTIST, with thanks thy print I take,

Much valu'd for the subject's sake,
The subject which thy skill has shewn,
By all esteem'd for worth where known.
A member of the MULGRAVE train,
But not of noble kindred vain,
Unless to noble minds ally'd,

And hence imbu'd with honest pride.

A MULGRAVE was great DRYDEN's friend;
In verse we find their talents blend,
And thus with mingled honours shine
The noble and poetic line.
A MULGRAVE, in more recent days,
By vent'rous Science gather'd praise,
And, urg'd by an intrepid soul,

Risk'd life to seek the Northern Pole.
The present MULGRAVE, bred to arms,
Forsook the Court's alluring charms,
To fight 'gainst Caul's ferocious cause,
For PEACE and ORDER's sacred Laws;
And ably could the Senate grace,
Where NORMANBY† adorns the race,
And by his pen, judicious, chaste,
Gives scenes of life, describ'd with taste,
Artist, I had the group before
The gift of BEAUMONT§-Ah! no more-
Beaumont possess'd of taste refin'd,
A lib'ral heart and cultur'd mind:
That group where friends in order sit,
Combining taste, good-humour, wit,
And where AUGUSTUS || stands behind,
Augustus cheerful, frank, and kind,
Whose loss his friends sincerely mourn-
But to the subject to return:

I knew him whom thy skill pourtrays,
In his and in my youthful days;
At first in martial garb array'd,
Where he to Beauty homage paid,

Where Wits and Bards were wont to meet,
Firm without pride, though gay discreet;
And while bright sallies spread around,
He equal to the rest was found.
'Tis now full thirty years and more,
Indeed I might augment the score,
Since, Artist, I thy subject knew,
Whose faithful lineaments we view,
And in the vivid work we find
Th' expression of a manly mind,
And such, from her impartial lips,
TRUTH must assign to EDMUND PHIPPS.

Brother of the present Lord Mulgrave. †The son of Lord Mulgrave, and author of some admired works of fancy.

A Picture representing Lord Mulgrave, his two brothers, and the late Sir George Beaumont.

§ The late Sir George Beaumont, bart.
The late Hon. Augustus Phipps.

HOPE AMIDST SORROW.

WANDERING in Life's more dreary paths,

Perplex'd with many a care,
We sometimes hear a voice exclaim,
You must not yet despair!

When thickest dangers hover round,

This voice exclaims, “forbear!"
And saves us from the yawning gulf
Of fathomless despair.

If life in sables should be dress'd,
And tempests fill the air;
Hope is the remedy prescrib'd
To cure us of despair.

Throughout this avenue of thorns,
Let Hope your journey share,
Rememb'ring though you sorrow still,
That Hope excludes despair.

S. C. A.

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ON AN ABANDONED CHARACTER.

In imitation of Martial's "Non amote," &c.

To realms of torment, well I know,
Perdus' departed ghost must go;
The reason why, I need not tell,
But sure I am, he'll go to h―ll.

Q. J.

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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.

(July,

PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1.

On Earl Grey presenting a petition against the withdrawal of the small note currency, Earl Stanhope defended the measure of the Bank Restriction of 1797.

The Duke of Wellington said, that the King's Servants, in proposing the adoption of the measure of 1826, had considered it to

be one founded upon true policy; and he believed, for his own part, that by carrying it into effect the currency of the country would not be injured.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the same day, Mr. Stanley presented a petition from the Baron de Bode, a British subject, claiming for losses suffered under the confiscatory decrees of the French Government in the year 1793; and moved that the petition be referred to a select committee.-The Attorney-General opposed the motion.After some discussion the House divided:For the motion 54; against it 91; majority 37.

A motion by Sir F. Burdett, "that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the supply of water to the metropolis, and the rates paid by the inhabitants," after some discussion, was agreed to.

July 4. Sir H. Hardinge, in a Committee of Supply, made a statement of the great savings effected in the Ordnance Department by the Duke of Wellington. Besides the reduction of 3,000,000l. there was no less than two millions of old stores, savings, rents, &c., credited to the public since the year 1817, in diminution of the votes. The military branch of the Ordnance was reduced as low as it could possibly be, there being only one artilleryman for every five hundred other soldiers; whereas, in France, the number was as one to three hundred. The civil branch of the Ordnance was equally reduced; and, in salaries alone, the saving would be above 40,000l., or, in the whole branch, a sum of nearly 174,000l. On the division which took place upon the question for abolishing the

office of Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, it was carried by a majority of 109 in favour of its continuance.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 7.

On the motion of the Duke of Wellington, the SCOTCH AND IRISH PROMISSORY NOTES BILL, was read the third time, and passed.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the same day, the following sums were granted on the motion of Sir H. Hardinge:-18,900l. for the Civil Establishment of the Ordnance.1,8461. for Master-Gunners.-37,4091. for the Royal Engineers, Sappers and Miners. Artillery.-14,7931. for the Brigade of the -130,920. for the Royal Regiment of Royal Horse Artillery and the Rocket the Field Train Department -4,5594. for Corps.-6144. for the Director-general of the Medical Establishment of the Ordnance Medical Department.-2,0231. for the Establishment of the Professors, Masters, &c. of the Royal Military College, at WoolFor the Ordnance expences, 4,3591.wich.-78,8491. for the Office of Ordnance. Office of Ordnance in Ireland, 58,554l.Office of Ordnance for Pensions, Superannuations, &c. &c. 150,241l.-Retired Allowances in the Ordnance, and Widows' Pensions, 22,6834.-Barrack Department, 50,2371. Irish Barrack Department, 42,640.-Military Store Branch, 52,658. -Military Works and Barracks in the Colonies, 80,612.-1000l. for Ordnance Fees.-30,000l. for the expense of Military Works in Kingston and Halifax.-135,000l. for the expense of improvements in the water communication between Montreal and Kingston.

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July 11. The House having resolved itself into a Committee, the Chancellor of the Exchequer rose to lay before the House a statement of the Finances of the country. He said that the total revenue of 1827 was 49,581,576l. In addition to this, there was received from the Bank of England the Miscellaneous, a sum of 660,0814, which sum of 4,245,000l.; and under the head of

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made the total revenue of 1827 amount to 54,486,657. In 1827 the expenditure for the interest of the National Debt, excluding the Sinking Fund, but including the inon Exchequer Bills, amounted to 28,239,8481. For naval and military pensions the expense was 2,800,000l. charges on the Consolidated Fund were 2,218,2181. The other charges of that year made the total expenditure for 1827 of 33,258,0661., but as the expenses of the Army, Navy, and Ordnance, did not exceed 19,969,069%. the actual expenditure of 1827 was, in fact, 52,690,0371, which left a surplus to meet the Sinking Fund, of about 1,796,000l. There was to be deducted from that amount the sum of 663,7931. advanced for the Board of Works, leaving an

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actual surplus of 1,182,000l. He then proceeded to state the expenditure and increase of 1828; and in doing so, it gave hin great satisfaction to state that he anticipated an increase of the revenue for this year, of about 800,000l. He looked forward to the Customs as yielding an increase of 600,000l. as compared with the revenue of the same department in 1827.

Upon a comparison of the revenue of this year, as compared with that of the last, the result of his calculations was, that the total surplus of 1828 would be 3,797,5031. or au increase of this year's surplus over that of 1827 of about 2,000,000l. In adverting to the subject of the Siuking Fund, the Right Hon. Gentleman said, that the true principle of that fund was the application of a real, not a fictitious, surplus to the liquidation of the National Debt. Borrowing money, for the purpose of reducing the National Debt, was nothing but a delusion. He would therefore recommend Parliament to reduce the amount of the Sinking Fund to the actual surplus revenue of the country. The reduction of the National Debt would now be a real not a nominal reduction. With respect to the surplus for this year, he had to say that 8,049,9381. was the estimate for the Army; 6,000,000l. for the Navy; 1,384,9004. for the Ordnance; and 1,597,2001. for miscellaneous estimates :making a reduction, as compared with the estimates of last year, of 1,941,014. The Right Honourable Gentleman coucluded by moving a resolution voting 3,012,000l. for the payment of Exchequer Bills, which was put and agreed to.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 14.

Lord Holland put several questions to the Duke of Wellington in regard to the intention of Government relative to our foreign

connections. The illustrious Premier said

that there was no intention on the part of his Majesty's Government to ask for a vote of credit for the service of the year; neither was it the intention of his Majesty's Government to bring forward any measure which would require any explanation, or be calculated to excite any discussion as to the state of the foreign relations of the country.

HOUSE OF LORDS, July 15.

The Royal Assent was given by commission to forty-seven public and private Bills; among which were-the Stamp Duties Regulation Bill, Promissory Notes (Scotland and Ireland) Bill, the Corn Acts' Amendment Bill, Packets' Regulation Bill, Church Briefs Repeal Bill, County Lunatic Asylum Bill, and Cities and Boroughs Polls Bill.

Lord Wharncliffe called their Lordships' attention to the Wool trade, and asked if Ministers intended to impose an increased GENT. MAG. July, 1828.

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duty on foreign wool? The Duke of Wellington felt himself called upon to say, that he thought it improbable that Government would make any change. As far as he had been able to collect from the papers on the table, they proved that a great fall had taken place in the price of wool, which had been in a great measure occasioned by the improvements in agriculture. A change had meanwhile taken place in the tastes of individuals: men who formerly were content to wear inferior cloths, insisted now upon wearing superior cloths, which could only be manufactured of foreign wool.

The Bill for regulating the sale of GAME, was lost by a majority of 30.

July 16. Lord Holland rose, in pursuance of a previous notice, to call the attention of their Lordships to the state of our relations with foreign countries, particularly as connected with the treaty of triple alliance, and the situation of Greece, Turkey, and Russia, and also with our ancient ally, the kingdom of Portugal. In the King's speech at the opening of the session, the battle of Navarino had been designated an "untoward event;" but the Emperor of Russia and the King of France had declared the event to be glorious to the arms of the three allied powers-Consuls had been sent to Greece by the Russians and the French, but he had not heard that any had been sent by this country. It was particularly important that we should know what were the causes that led to the present melancholy and unfortunate results in Portugal. The Noble Lord concluded with moving for certain documents connected with the above affairs. The Earl of Aberdeen, in adverting to the affairs of Portugal, contended that nothing had been shewn in the part the English Government had taken, which could be construed into a leaning in favour of disposition of Portugal was against the ConDon Miguel. He believed firmly that the stitution; but be that as it may, it was not our business to interfere. As to the treaty of the 6th of July, he maintained that its object was the preserving of the Turkish power in Europe, and not its destruction or dismemberment. In his opinion, the existence of Turkey as an independent power, was essential to the preservation of that balance which it had always been the policy of this country to preserve.-The Duke of Wellington begged to assure the House that it had always been the anxious object of our Government to maintain peace between Russia and Turkey. As to the conduct of Don Miguel, his Grace said that in a very few days after that Prince's arrival in Portugal, he broke through all those engagements by which he was bound to his sovereign and his brother; he manifested a determination to forfeit all the pledges he had given; upon perceiving which, his Majesty's Ambassador

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did all that, under the eircuinstances, he could do. No man living regretted more than he did the situation in which Portugal was now placed; but at the same time, we had no right to interfere with the internal affairs of that kingdom.-After some further discussion, the motion was negatived.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the same day, Mr. O'Brien presented a petition from a number of electors of the county of Clare, setting forth, that at the late election for their county, Daniel O'Connell, Esq. had been declared their representative. He, the said Daniel O'Connell, being disqualified by the statutes of the realm from sitting in Parliament, they humbly submitted that such return was illegal, and prayed that the House might declare the Right Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald duly elected. The Speaker said, the only tribunal before which the document could properly come was an Election Committee. If the Honourable Member wished to present it as an election petition, he was perfectly at liberty so to do, and it would be of course disposed of according to the practice of Parliament in all cases of Election Petitions. tition was then withdrawn.

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July 22 The Speaker acquainted the House, that he had that day received from Dublin, a petition, signed by Sir Hugh Dillon and others, complaining of the undue return of Daniel O'Connell, to serve in Parliament for the county of Clare, he being disqualified by law from taking his seat, and praying that the name of the Right Hon. William Vezey Fitzgerald, the other candidate, who had been duly elected, be inserted instead of that of the said Daniel O'Connell. The petition having been read, was ordered to be taken into consideration on Thursday, August 21.

The House then adjourned to Friday, the 25th.

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July 28. This day the two Houses of Parliament were prorogued by commission; and the Lord Chancellor read the speech of the Lords Commissioners, as follows

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

We are commanded by his Majesty to acquaint you that the business of the Session having been brought to a close, his Majesty is enabled to release you from your attendance in Parliament.

His Majesty commands us at the same time to return to you his warm acknowledg ments for the zeal and diligence with which you have applied yourselves to the consideration of many subjects of great importance to the public welfare.

The provisions which you have made for the regulation of the import of corn, combining adequate protection for domestic agriculture with due precaution against the consequences of a deficient harvest, will, in the confident expectation of his Majesty, promote the inseparable interests of all classes of his subjects.

We are commanded by his Majesty to acquaint you, that his Majesty continues to receive from his Allies, and from all Foreign Powers, assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country.

The endeavours of his Majesty to effect the pacification of Greece, in concert with his Allies, the King of France and the Emperor of Russia, have continued un

abated.

His Imperial Majesty has found himself under the necessity of declaring war against the Ottoman Porte, upon grounds concerning exclusively the interests of his own dominions, and unconnected with the stipulations of the treaty of the 6th July 1827.

His Majesty deeply laments the occurrence of these hostilities, and will omit no effort of friendly interposition to restore

peace.

The determination of the Powers, parties to the treaty of the 6th July, to effect the objects of that treaty, remains unchanged.

His Imperial Majesty has consented to waive the exercise, in the Mediterranean Sea, of any rights appertaining to his Imperial Majesty in the character of a belligerent power, and to recall the separate instructions which had been given to the commander of his naval forces in that Sea, directing hostile operations against the Ottoman Porte.

His Majesty will therefore continue to combine his efforts with those of the King. of France and his Imperial Majesty, for the purpose of carrying into complete execution the stipulations of the treaty of London.

His Majesty commands us to acquaint you, that his Majesty had every reason to hope, when he last addressed you, that the arrangements which had been made for administering the government of Portugal, until the period at which the Emperor of

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Brazil should have completed his abdication of the throne of Portugal, would have secured the peace and promoted the happiness of a country in the welfare of which his Majesty has ever taken the deepest interest.

The just expectations of his Majesty have been disappointed; and measures have been adopted in Portugal, in disregard of the earnest advice and repeated remonstrances of his Majeaty, which have compelled his Majesty, and the other Powers of Europe acting in concert with his Majesty, to withdraw their representatives from Lisbon.

His Majesty relies upon the wisdom of the august Sovereign, the head of the House of Braganza, to take the course which shall be best calculated to maintain

the interests and honour of that illustrious family, and to secure the peace and happiness of the dominions over which it reigns.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons, We are commanded by his Majesty to thank you for the supplies which you have granted to him for the service of the present year; his Majesty will apply them with the

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utmost regard to economy, and will continue a deliberate revision of the several public establishments, with a view to any further reductions which may be compatible with the dignity of the Crown, and the permanent interests of the country.

My Lords, and Gentlemen,

His Majesty commands us to congratu late you upon the general prosperity of the country, and upon the satisfactory state of the public revenue.

His Majesty contemplates the increase of our financial resources with peculiar gratification, on account of the decisive proof which it exhibits, that the condition of his subjects is one of progressive improvement.

His Majesty commands us, in conclusion, to assure you, that his unabated exertions will be directed to inculcate among Foreign Powers a spirit of mutual goodwill; and to encourage the industry, to extend the commerce, and advance the general welfare of his own dominions.

Parliament was then prorogued to the 28th of August.

FOREIGN NEW S.

FRANCE.

The Chamber of Deputies have been lately occupied in arranging the new system of public instruction. la a late debate, M. Dupin described the separation of the Department of Public Instruction from the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs, as an incontestible amelioration; it deprived the clergy of their monopoly, and instead of confining the benefits of education to the professors of one worship alone, spread it amongst all citizens. He contended, however, that the universities still enjoyed an injurious monopoly. The budget of the Catholic Church, which was only twelve millions in 1801, and eighteen millions in 1814, was now upwards of forty millions. A number of donations had also been received; in 1827, they amounted to eight millions and a half. In order to guard against misappropriation on the part of the hierarchy, he thought it would be prudent for the Chambers to regulate the distribution of the sums voted to the Church. The Minister of Public Instruction thus explained the monopoly complained of:There exist thirty-eight royal colleges; there are three hundred communial colleges, which are establishments voluntarily erected by the communes, and the aid granted by the communes is quite spontaneous. There are besides, one thousand three hundred, boarding-schools held by individuals. what does the, monopoly consist? In this, that these establishments can only exist in virtue of the authorization of the King, and

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that they are subject to a superintendence, to the examination of Inspectors-General Private establishments could not compete with public establishments, because they could not hold out the same rewards.

PORTUGAL.

On the 25th of June, the Cortes which had been assembled by Don Miguel, declared him to be lawful king of Portugal, and that he had a right to marry whom he chose; and he has accordingly assumed the sovereign title.

This event was celebrated with all religious ceremonies and military demonstrations of joy; and repeated general illuminations took place at Lisbon on the occasion. The Lisbon Gazette of the 4th July contains a long article, descriptive of the extraordinary enthusiasm which pervades the people in all parts of the kingdom to enlist in the army. The first consequence of the decree in which the acceptance of the crown was announced, was the immediate departure for their respective Courts of the different Ambassadors resident at Lisbon.

By intelligence of the 5th of July, it appears that the Miguelites are triumphant, and have obtained possession of Oporto. Saldanha, the Constitutional general, on reaching the army, found the men in the power of the Priests-they would not fight, but retired from each line of defence as Miguel's troops advanced. In consequence of the dastardly conduct of the Constitutional force, the Provisional Junta at Oporto had their last deliberations on the 3d of July, when the

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