All would forget that we had been! Of Petrarch's hopes? of Petrarch's pains? SWEETLY, O PITMAN! hath thy Mufe Of rapturous Eleifa's blifs? A little, fenfelefs Book, like this! Go! little volume! and relate Then when this heart, extinct its heat, defin'd [mind. Th' exalted virtues of a CARTIER'S In hun.bler ftrains one craves to touch the lyre, And folve thy question-tho' poetic fire Glows not herein-yet hall bright Truth [terpart. Where may be found thy portrait's counLet me then lead thee to this diftant impart This poem was, originally, prefixed to a manufcript volume of the Author's works. + Charles Law, Efq. nephew to John Cartier, Efq. Now OH! knew he that his happiness was [you, Who far from public rage, alone with His fair Meliffa, fpurning every frife, Drinks the pure bleflings of a rural life! What, if no hoarded ftore of wealth fupply A gilded how of envied luxury ? What if the dome is wanting, whose proud state [gate? Emits a herd of flatterers from its. What if no purple robe, of various fold, Catches the gaze of fools with circling gold? . [foul Peace yet is his no hope can raise his To crave the vanity of high controul. Rich in content, and rich in Nature's boon, [noon; He toils thro' morning, and he refts at And tho' he toils, his toils are fuch as live Free from each care anxiety can give. joy, E'en fpoil enjoyment, and the relish cloy. Not fuch is Damon; for when Heav'n defcends [bends; In wat'ry torrents, and the corn o'erWhen fummer reddens, or when autumn's rime [prime; Blights the full ear, and blafts it in its Content is he each evil to forego, Nor feels from Fortune what mankind call woe. [truth, See round him dwell plain innocence and Untullied beauty, and unbroken youth. "Calin contemplation and poetic eale" Teach ev'ry object, ev'ry found, to please. [behelt, Fix'd in his heart he owns this high What Heaven gives, is given for the best. But yet a mother's fighs will fometimes heave; [grieve. But yet a mother's breaft will fometimes On his flush'd cheek fhe fees the crimfon glow; [throe. Alarm'd the views the wild convulfive Her ears on tiptoe liften to each gafp, Whilft her encircling arms her darling clafp. [cheft Each throb that iffues from his infant Meets a refponfive echo in her breast. Oh! may a mother's care, he cries, fucceed! [indeed!" Robb'd of my child, "I am bereav'd Still may I nurfe the idol of my heart, And hield him from Contagion's venom'd dart. JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS ΟΥ THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, NOV. 16. THE Lord Chancellor entered the Houfe at half past two o'clock; and having taken his feat upon the Woolfack, informed their Lordships, that his Majefty, not thinking fit to be perfon, ally prefent on that occafion, had iffued a Commiffion to certain perfons therein mentioned, for holding a Parliament, which Commiffion they should hear read. His Lordship, with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Duke of Portland, having taken their feats as Commiffioners immediately below the throne, Sir Francis Molyneux, Uther of the Black Rod, was ordered to command the attendance of the Commons, who accordingly appeared at the Bar, preceded by their principal Clerk, Mr. Lee. The Lord Chancellor, after making a fimilar communication to what he had stated to the Lords, ordered the Royal Commiffion to be read; which proceeding being gone through, he further stated, that he had it in command from his Majefty to inform them, that as foon as the Members of both Houfes were fworn in, his Majefty would communicate to them his reafons for calling the prefent Parliament; and that, in the mean time, it was his Majefty's pleafure that they should proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and that they should prefent a proper perfon to fill that office, in the Houfe of Peers, exactly at two o'clock tomorrow, for the purpose of his receiving the Royal approbation. The Commons having then retired, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Bithops of London and Durham, and about This poor little creature died in convulfions foon after its birth, owing to a fright its mother received from being nearly overturned in a carriage. ↑ Sterne.. twenty twenty other Peers, took the ufual oaths, and entered their names in the roll of Parliament. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17. The Lord Chancellor, Lord Pelham, and Lord Walfingham, having taken their feats as Royal Commiffioners, ordered the Ufher of the Black Rod to fummon the Commons, in pursuance of his Majesty's command. The Commons entered a few minutes afterwards, preceded by Mr. Abbott, who, advancing to the Bar, informed the Commiffioners, that the Commons having proceeded to the election of a Speaker, their choice had fallen on him; but when he reflected on the arduous duties of that office, and his own inadequacy to difcharge them, he must request that his Majesty would be graciously pleafed to order the Commons to proceed to a new election. The Lord Chancellor, after paffing the compliments cuftomary on fuch occafion, on the abilities of the Speaker elect, and the wifdom difplayed by the Commons in their choice of Mr. Abbott a fecond time, declared his Majefty's approbation of that choice. $ Mr. Abbott, in reply, profeffed to entertain the deepeft fenfe of the Royal favour thewn him by this approbation of his election a fecond time. He claimed, on behalf of the Commons, the privilege of freedom of fpeech, freedom from arrest, and all other privileges enjoyed by the Houfe of Com mons, under his Majesty or any of his predecellors. He at the fame time begged that his conduct, if he should apparently commit any errors, might receive the most favourable conftruction on the part of his Majefty. The Lord Chancellor then flated, that the Commiffioners had it in command from his Majetty to confirm all the ancient privileges of the Commons, and affured the Speaker that his conduct should always experience the molt favourable construction. The Commons having retired, Lord Keith was introduced as a British Peer of the fame title, and took the oaths and his feat. About a dozen other Peers were alfo fworn in. bufinefs, his Majefty went in ftate to the House, and, being feated on the Throne, the Commons attended at the Bar. Upon which his Majesty opened the Seffion with the following molt gracious Speech : "My Lords and Gentlemen, "It is highly gratifying to me to refort to your advice and affistance after the opportunity which has been recently afforded of collecting the fenfe of my people. "The internal profperity of the country has realized our most fanguine hopes : we have experienced the bounty of Divine Providence in the produce of an abundant harveft. "The state of the manufactures, commerce, and revenue of my United Kingdom is flourishing beyond example; and the loyalty and attachment which are manifefted to my perfon indications of the juft fenfe that is and government afford the ftrongest entertained of the numerous bleflings enjoyed under the protection of our happy Conftitution. In my intercourfe with foreign Powers, I have been actuated by a fincere difpofition for the maintenance for me to lofe fight of that established of peace. It is nevertheless impoffible, and wife fyftem of policy by which the interetts of other States are connected with our own; and I cannot, therefore, be indifferent to any material change in their relative condition and ftrength. My conduct will be invariably regulated by a due confideration of the actual fituation of Europe, and by a watchful folicitude for the permanent welfare of my people. You will, I am perfuaded, agree with me, in thinking that it is incumbent upon us to adopt thofe means of fecurity which are beft calculated to afford the profpe&t of preferving to my fubjects the bleflings of peace. "Gentlemen of the House of Commons, "I have ordered the ettimates for the enfuing year to be laid before you ; and I rely on your zeal and liberality in providing for the various branches of the public fervice, which it is a great fatisfaction to me to think may [The Houfe was occupied in fwear- be fully accomplished without any ing in the Peers till] TUESDAY, NOV. 23, which being the day appointed for opening the new Parliament, and proceeding to the difcharge of public VOL. XLII. Nov. 1802. confiderable addition to the burden's of my people. "My Lords and Gentlemen, "I contemplate with the utmost fatisfaction the great and increating D d d benefits benefits produced by that important meafure which has united the interefts and confolidated the refources of Great Britain and Ireland. The improvement and extenfion of thefe advantages will be objects of your unremitting care and attention. The trade amd commerce of my fubjects, fo effential to the fupport of public credit, and of our maritime strength, will, I am perfuaded, receive from you every poffible encouragement; and you will readily lend your affiftance in affording to mer cantile tranfa&ions, in every part of my United Kingdom, all the facility and accommodation that may be confiftent with the fecurity of the public revenue. A "To uphold the honour of the coun. try, to encourage its induftry, to im prove its refources, and to maintain the true principles of the Conftitution in Church and State, are the great and leading duties which you are called upon to difcharge. In the performance of them you may be affured of my uniform and cordial fupport; it being my earnest with to cultivate a perfect harmony and confidence between me and my Parliament, and to promote to the utmoft, the welfare of my faithful fubjects, whofe interests and happiness I thall ever confider as infeparable from my own." HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, NOV. 16. GREAT number of Members took the Qualification Oath, in the Long Gallery, before the Lord Steward of the Household. After the ceremony, thefe Members entered the House, and took their places accordingly. At half an hour paft two o'clock, Sir Francis Molyneux, Ufher of the Black Rod, came down, and fummoned Mr. Ley (the principal Clerk at the table) and the Members to repair to the House of Lords, in order to hear his Majesty's Commif. fion read. Mr. Ley, in obedience to this command, accordingly went to the Houfe of Lords, attended by the Members. Having returned, and taken his feat at the table, Sir William Scott rofe, and fpoke nearly to the following effect :-Mr. Ley, it is with the most complete confidence and entire fatisfaction that I now prefume to addrefs the House upon the fubject recommended to its immediate attention, by his Majefty's molt gracious Meffage. The choice of a Speaker is the first and highest function of this Houfe, as it is no less than the felection of a man to watch over and protect the valuable rights of the Commons of the United Empire. The talents which conftitute the qualifications for fuch an exalted office, are not, in general, easily met with; they cannot be expected to exift in a combination of all the energies of the mind, had not experience demonftrated the contrary in feveral recent inftances, which must be well known to many who now hear me. The man who fills this high ftation, ought to cherifn the true old English fpirit of loyalty, an inviolable and rooted attachment to the perfon and government of his Sovereign, an affection for the ancient conftitution of his country, and a love of rational improvement and gentle correction. He ought alfo to entertain an unconquerable averfion to thofe wild principles of error, the melancholy effects of which Europe has lately had fuch occafion to lament. At the fame time, he must poffefs a mind capable of expanfion, of comprehending the most complicated and extenfive fubjects, and of defcending to thofe of the molt minute and particular nature. He ought to have a moft jealous and fcrupulous regard to the privileges of the Houfe; firm in refifting folicitation, confpicuous for polished manners in private, and in public affairs for dignity of demean our, blended with that fuavity of temper fo effential for foftening the afperities of office. To these indif penfable requifites I must add, that the moft general and extended knowledge must be attached. In looking round the Houle, enriched by talents of the most thining and brilliant nature, I fee many in this dignified affembly who, although not bred to the law, have exhibited abilities of the most tranfcendant defcription. It would be extremely arduous and difficult for the Houfe to choofe a Prefident, merely upon fuppofed merits, grounded upon eulogy or the warm withes of friends, Fortunately |