the great glafs to him before he carries it to the gueft; he touches it on the outfide, and, by a certain degree of coolnefs which penetrates the pores of the glass, he diftinguishes minutely how high it is filled; and, if it be the leaft deficient, orders it immediately to be fupplied. He knows fo exactly the fituation of the table, the arrangement of the difies, and the places of the guefts, that one is inclined to fufpect he ftill fees all that paffes. He talks a good deal, and agree ably; he rides out attended by his Gentleman; and is dreffed with tafte and propriety. In short, the lofs of fight appears to be a matter of fo little confequence to him, that one is almost inclined to think he had formerly two eyes too many. I fometimes amufe myfelf with fecing the curiofities of Hanover and its environs. The library is numerous and wellchofen. The King's equerries are noble, and his horfes extremely valuable. The tomb of the ancient Electors, in the chapel of the palace, is worthy of notice The body of George I, who died at Ofnaburg in 1727, is there depofited in a filver coffin of admirable workmanship. The palace, though confi derably large, is of wood: The apartments are but indifferent, and the furniture in an antique tafte. The gardens of Count Platin, at Linfden, which is just by Hanover, are delicious. They fay we fhall have a maiked ball there, when the King returns to this city. The troops will not be reviewed till after the harvest: And that in confequence of the paternal affection which the King has for his rural fubjects. The Court of Caffel is expected at Hanover, about the fame time. Ye gods! what joys we have in ftore! May the like good fortune attend you, my dear Baron, when the King our Mafter returns from his circuits; for, they. fay, Berlin will be infinitely brilliant this winter. Who knows whether his Majesty's orders will not bring me back about the fame time? I fhall rejoice to have it in my power to embrace you, and to exprefs, face to face, that great efteem which I entertain for you: But, if I fhould not enjoy that happiness, permit me, at least fometimes, to affure you by writing, that no man living is more perfectly than I am, SIR, Yours, &c. The BRITISH MUSE, containing original Poems, Songs, &c. A HYMN to the CREATOR. OD of my health! whofe bounteous GOD care First gave me pow'r to move, Thy breath inform'd the fleeping clay, From thee my parts their fashion took, Within the volume of thy book The yet unfinish'd plan; Whate'er thy will commands. To SYLVIA. Prefented with a Ring, bearing a Heart with this Metto,-STOP THIEF. S JOON as I faw thofe beauteous eyes, Fou firft inthrall'd me by furprise, Who in affemblies figh, or pine in shades: Why will ye idly wait for twenty-one ? Does no one want me?-But the caufe You're all afham'd before good company; [CUPID waves his whip, and goes out. we run, When this vile gad fly goads us, This puppet-thing, this miniature of man! Here with my glove-ftring ftrangle him before -You're tender-hearted. Well then fo am I. Love cannot die, whilst fo much beauty Say, ye nymphs, ye fwains, Mere nature can produce fuch idle toys. [Pointing to Fillagree and Griskin. Befides, ye fair, from me, perhaps, you'll hear What, from mere mortals, might offend your ear. Between ourselves, I cannot quite approve Be wife, be cautious; keep this truth in Then the mag of all mags is the pantomime Old mag fhall be proud to give laughter, Pantomime mag, Old one brag, And the young one fhall boaft of his pantos. mime mag! For cuftom each magpye fhall ftrive, And each fhall new fancies contrive; Deem'd the best mag! And the fafteft that fills fhall be deem'd the Of magpyes we know 'tis the nature First that cries thief, And he that cribs moft is the first that cries thief! ΤΑ When I have fought, I've fought for worthy ends, I fcorn to practise it upon my friends: For the will of all wills is the Public's good- Warmly as you, I wish the time may come will! [Ironfides enters from the door. you i gue, Avaft! Sheer off, and let me fpeak the Epilogue. [Exit young Belfield. [The curtain is drawn up quick. and clear the ftage; The fignal's hoisted, and we must engage. Here are my Matters, and, when they command, Sculk those who will, old George shall bear a hand; Up with the main-fail, boys! But how!-your bows and scrapes, and fuch fine stuff, I.cannot do't-I thank you-that's enough. ftern. What if fome dainty well-drefs'd landmen fleer Their powder'd coxcombs would fly off in clouds. Ill would their mincing minuet steps agree There not the us, but we taught her to dance. E'en now, methinks, while thus I look around, I'fee my Charming Sally safe and found: Here in the cabbin fits the lovely fair, The critic tribe poffefs the cockpit there; You on the rattlings- [To the middle gallery. and my gallant crew, Aloft there in round-tops that crown my view, [To the upper gallery. Ah, merry be your fouls, kind-hearted folks, Many a good time you've laugh'd at my poor jokes, And laugh again-O banish him that's grave, Mirth and good humour best become the brave, For war abroad-but let's have peace at home. The TWO CANDLES. T 3 W O candles burning in a hall, The one large-wick'd, the other fmall; While Large-wick chearful blaz'd and bright, The other fcarce gave any light; But in a corner, on a shelf, And And not by days and months-I fear And may be faid, with truth's confiftence Review of the DEBATES in the Upper and Lower Chamber of a Poli TH tical Club, January 10, 1770. HE fpeech was moved for by Land feconded by Lord D- -re, a Scottish Peer. L-d C was the next of confequence who spoke : He condemned, in the strongest and most emphatic terms, the incapacitating vote of the Lower Chamber, by which they had rejected Mr. W-s, and feated Mr. L- -ll in his place, in direct violation of the laws of the land, and to the utter fubversion of our free Constitution. He was followed by the L-d Ch-l-r, who declared that he had accepted the f-ls at first without any conditions; that he meant not therefore to be trammelled by his M-y, I beg pardon, faid he, by his Minifters ; that he had fuffered himself to be fo too long; that, for fome time, he had beheld, with filent indignation, the arbitrary meafures which were pursuing by the M-y; that he had often drooped and hung down his head in Council, and difapproved, by his looks, those steps, which he knew his avowed oppofition could not prevent; that, however, he would do fo no longer, but would openly and boldly speak his fentiments. That, as to the incapacitating vote, he was of the fame opinion with the Noble L-d, who spoke before him; that he confidered it as a direct attack upon the first principles of the Conftitution; and that if, in giving his decision as a J-e, he was to pay any regard to that vote, or any other vote of the Lower Chamber, in oppofition to the known and eftablished laws of the land, he fhould look upon himself as a traitor to his truft, and an enemy to his country; that the Mi- -y, by their violent and tyrannical conduct, had alienated the minds of the people from his M--'s Government, he had almoft faid, from his My's perfon; that, in confequence, a fpirit of difcontent had fpread itfelf into every corner of the kingdom, and was every day increafing and that, if fome methods were not devifed to appeafe the clamours that fo univerfally prevailed, he did not know but the people, in defpair, might turn their own avengers, and take the redress of their grievances into their own hands. In a word, he accufed the My, if not in exprefs terms, yet by direct implication, of having formed a confpiracy against the liberties of their country. Lord M was the next that spoke, He and he began in fuch a manner, that many Upon this Ld Ch rofe up a 2d time, and obferved, that it plainly appeared from what the Noble Ld had said, that he concurred in fentiment with the oppofition; for had he concurred with the Mi -y, he would no doubt, have avowed his opinion; that it now behoved him equally to avow it in favour of the people; that he ought to do fo as an honeft man, as an independant man, as a man of courage and refolution; that to fay, that, if theL. Chamber had paffed an unjustifiable vote, it was a matter between God and their own confciences, and no-body elfe had any thing to do with it, was such a strange affertion as he had never heard, and involved a doctrine fubverfive of the Conftitution. What if the Lower Chamber should pass a vote abolishing this Chamber, abolishing their own, and furrendering to the C--n all the rights and liberties of the people, would it only be a matter between God and their own confciences, and would no-body elfe have any thing to do with it? You would have to do with it---I would have to do with it---every man in in the kingdom would have to do with itand every man in the kingdom would have a right to infift upon the repeal of fuch a treafonable vote, and to bring the authors of it to condign punishment. I therefore again call upon the Noble L-d to declare his opinion, unless he will lie under the imputation of being confcious to himself of the illegality of the vote, and yet being reftrained, by fome unworthy motive, from avowing it to the world. Lord M- -replied not. After this, the M-s of Rm got up, and moved, that all the Members of the Club fhould be fummoned to attend next day, as he had a propofal of great national importance to lay before them. A Mil L-d rofe up and said, that he should be extremely glad to hear the Ms's propofal at a proper time; but that he had a previous motion to make, which was, that the Club Thould be adjourned till that day fe'nnight. Several remarks were made upon this motion by fome L-ds in the Minority. Earl Te faid, that the Club well knew for what purpose the Mi-fry wanted an adjournment: It was to fettle the difordered ftate of the Ad- -ist--n, which was now shattered in a most miserable manner, and, in all likelihood, would foon fall to pieces; and particularly to difmifs the virtuous and independent L-d who fat on the w-lpk, and to fupply his place with fome obfequious tool that would do as he was commanded. Lord S- -n faid nearly the fame, and added, that after the difimiffion of the prefent worthy Ch- -r, the f-s would go a-begging, but he hoped there would not be found in the kingdom a wretch fo bafe and mean fpirited, as to accept of them on the conditions on which they must be offered. February 2, the Upper Chamber met again to confider the ftate of the nation. The M. of Rm moved for a refolution, that the Lower Chamber should strictly confine themfelves to the law of the land, and the known laws and cuftoms of that Society, in their determination in matters of election. The question was debated 'till eleven o' clock, when it pafled in the negative, there being Against For 96 47 Majority 49 The fame day it was moved in the Upper Chamber, that this Society hath no right to interfere with the determination of the Lower Chamber, as it might tend to create jealoufies and animofities between them.' The queftion was debated with great warmth till one 47} 49 Majority 57 In the course of the debate a Member of the Society ftrongly recommended the preferving a good understanding between the two Chambers, and faid, if they went one step further, f―n assistance must be called in.-Thefe words were immediately minuted in his memorandum book by another Member.-Much altercation rofe relative to the expreffion. On the above occafion, L- C—'s conduct in his Adm- -n was called into queftion by L-S- for not giving his opinion upon the Middlefex election: He was anfwered by L-Lyt, who told him, that his L had not been asked: To which the former replied, that whenever that matter was going to be agitated in the P-y or C-t Čl, his Lway; for which reafon Ad- -----n deemed it legal. -went a These debates, however, produced two re monftrances of the Upper Chamber; the first, as being highly neceffary to lay the foundation of a proceeding in their Chamber, by doing juftice to the nation at a time, when the decifion of the Lower Chamber ap peared to them inconfiftent with the principles of the Conftitution, and irreconcileable to the law of the land; otherwife the law of the land would be refolved into the will and pleasure of a majority of the Lower Chamber; and then that Chamber would no longer be the reprefentative of the people, but a feparate body, felf-existing and felf-elected: The fecond, because they apprehend that their rights and powers were not given for their own particular advantage, but merely as a Conftitutional truft, to be held and exercised for the benefit of the people, and for the prefervation of their laws and liberties. These two remonstrances were held to be fo equitable, that the following healths were drank in all public compa nies : |