Quo melius constaret uter patriæque Magæque DUX. Ille ego cui Bonapars palmam dedit iste fugatus,- Flaminiusque,-mihi Mars Mercuriusque secundi. SATELLES. Ille ego qui Scriba atque Senator acerrimus olim, DUX. De me altus pero speciem nomenque recepit, SATELLES. Nonne decora mihi facies, flavique capilli? DUX. Auspice me, Officium vix tandem ægreque resignat, Literulas proprie quia scribere nescit ineptus: SATELLES. Ecquid dulcius est, bene quam munita tenere DUX. Insanum me olim sedem hanc ambire fatebar, SATELLES. Ecce novus custos totâ speculatur in urbe Talia cantabant: alto Iste sopore prehensus "I will stand or fall with my order." VOL. XXVIII. NO. CLXVIII. LORD GREY. Ad Christopherum Johannes Monitor S. Quare mihi, domine, Magam nuper cessas mittere? Verum est, heu! nimis, nonnullos Articulos meos Magam rejecisse; attamen decem aut undecim in paginis admisit suis. Ergo non dedignatus sis quod cameram meam rursus iste Buchanan illustret.-Vale. Christopherus Johanni Monitori S. Tibi viro literatissimo, magna cujus in nos non dicimus officia, sed merita quoque, nos offensioni esse, id Christopherum ægre habet. Nostrum esse delictum omissionis, haudquaquam commissionis peccatum, tibi persuasum habeas, precamur. Te, in latebris tuis absconditum, ab oculis nostris semotum cur tamdiu celas? Ad nos, ubi habites-(nam per incuriam quam maxime vituperandam id nobis prorsus excidit)—Magam rescribenti mittendam curabimus. Utinam facilitatem mutui inter nos frequentiorisque epistolarum commercii dares.-Vale. AN ECLOGUE. CHRISTOPHER-DUKE-THE SUB. Translated by Timothy Tickler. IN the Blue Chamber, far from vulgar eyes, His coming Number-to astound mankind. Sir Morgan, Hogg, and Tickler the benign, Floor'd, had confess'd the power of North-and wine. Say what their errand: Maga's fostering care Had not politeness, and the fear of gout, Forbade, while both assenting thus began, DUKE. I am the man who pull'd Napoleon down. The palm of Mars and Mercury I wear- SUB. I, erst a Scribe, and most renown'd M.P. Must now sing small, since times are changed with me. DUKE. The name and fashion of those boots are mine, SUB. What lovelier sight, than when our friends are seen Through the dark labyrinths of Downing Street. SUB. Behold my new police-all clad in blue, No blockhead I-though he was but a log. Such was the song: when, lo! an awful snore DAN'S FIRST PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN DAN, who in Ireland led the way, But bullying phrase, and bellowing lungs, Proved, among England's polish'd tongues, As when a long-ear'd quadruped, Dan tried a speech, a joke, a sneer, With Kerry brogue adorned; While some could force themselves to cheer What all of high mind scorned. "This theatre will never do," Says Dan," my pranks to play on; I have a fitter place in view- So off he march'd on bounding toe, To where Carlile, and Hunt, and Co. Soon as Clare's oracle appear'd, The pious conclave rose, and cheer'd Huzza! huzza! the day's our own— Here Dan was quite at home, for why? So up he got immediately, And made a grand oration! Say, what shall be the hero's meed For eloquence so charming? Carlile, perhaps, may mend his creed, Hunt may perpetual stuff supply But when this champion shall repair, All done by him in Parliament, SENEX. PARTIES. THE Pitt Clubs have had no annual meeting, and this is construed by their enemies into proof that they are sinking into dissolution. It is not for us to assert the contrary; the reasons they have given for their conduct seem greatly deficient in validity, and we can scarcely concede that such bodies have real existence when they do not assemble. We wish it were not our duty to say that they have been some time defunct in regard to original object and due operation. If Mr Pitt had been as much favoured by fortune as he was by nature, it would have been very superfluous, at this moment, to assert his fame as a statesman of the highest order-as the greatest Minister England ever possessed. But, alas! the adverse fate was his, from which genius of the first class seems only exempted in the exception. Living in times of war, his reputation, to the erring gaze of the world, depended, in a great measure, on the war's success, and, consequently, on the ability and conduct of foreign coadjutors; from this the failure threw its disgrace on him, which was produced by incapacity or treachery he could not prevent. His mighty powers formed the alliances, created the means, lighted up the enthusiasm of his country, smote his domestic foes-in a word, achieved, as far as his accountability extended, the most magnificent triumph; but he reaped from it only the consequences of defeat, through the defeat of others, for which he was not in reality responsible. Though the battle was lost abroad, it was still won in its essential objects; but, unfortunately, this was not a matter to be noticed by the mass of mankind. The foreign disasters forced themselves, in exaggerated detail, on the sight of all; but the glorious and momentous victories at home were only defensive onesthey merely preserved what had before existed; therefore they were disregarded, save as things of cost and sacrifice. The war compelled this great Minister to make his general policy subservient to it, and restricted him to the path of unpopularity and oblo. quy. It imposed on him the repulsive duty of multiplying the public burdens, invading pecuniary profits, compelling sacrifices of all descriptions, and feeding the fury of party and faction. To give the utmost effect to this, he had an Opposition arrayed against him, powerful in talent, spirit, popular delusion, and discontent, means of every kind, and profligate contempt of the rules of honourable warfare beyond example. It has, therefore, naturally happened that Mr Pitt's reputation has suffered great injustice. He, however, left sufficient behind him to enable the historian to shew the magnitude of his powers, and give to his fame its deserved brilliancy. The Minister whose name towered above those of such contemporaries as he possessed in Parliament, and filled Europe as that of the unconquerable opponent of such men as ruled France-who, in spite of almost every conceivable impediment and misfortune, triumphantly defended his country against such foreign confederacies as assailed her, smote such an Opposition as he had to contend with, crushed such a spirit as then possessed the nation, provided the resources for such a war, and surmounted such mighty and unprecedented difficulties as at every step encountered him-could not have been other than one of transcendent powers. That Mr Pitt was a master in foreign policy, is abundantly proved by his labours, and the influence he possessed abroad; his pre-eminence as a financier is generally acknowledged; in respect of manufactures and trade, it was the common remark of the deputations of men of business who conferred with him, that he was better acquainted with their respective trades than themselves; and that he equally excelled in general domestic policy, is established by his measures and the lead which he took on every question. As an orator we have only to look at those whom he surpassed as colleagues, or overthrew as opponents. Mr Canning stated not long before his death, that he was, as a debater, worth any ten who were |