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I T'lE gLt PIFAUTY. NhVIF NIVSIC T ,n i • i s published. at W.IITS it seta S, lnrat. 1.111. M rI • I • Over , nrc and N I LI%it of the Sleeping Beauty, A now /w/rAworsi - ss at the rhilatte-Rnt al, De/t,y-leste. cum pre/I, acid ‘!rete• de. , ice per ma...ion. to her Grace the Eltnelien, 4 R ntlane. be Pato A.l:i4nn ...11roteri R. 4., or the S//lrlsere Farewell. a ballad. sr. irt,n be James Re Aro EMI (K-na)—'rk. terse. Ilitrnl K.V. ).. rheha, *tilt fe:un/ rn wise/n.lO FN OW Ps • //•• Fotte, and rhydwn ant/news f.r a Vin • lin and Vint/gave. (Seethneen) with Vat iltin.,t, nnel, Bann 'nem. acid Han • (1 1 / 4 11.'d/en)...11r, with t.t fro the Vi with Areihn:ea/hne , /t. (I'. Rrele I—Three 41.inunas fn , tee Iftelles, two T.:two, and a V ,ooeneell , ., sea geditmed hefts Rove Fl•shneve rt e Dub-of Sussex (f ma) be had, 0./rer Con.serser's Works* soon at; stab. • DrISICATIErr. PER Mot* •lON, ' I•U Tim. EARL UT ti Oss P.Mndse, tM 2esh instant, *ill be published, in Tern Vn. lutes, C• Art O'Save, twee Ira. in 'KM beside, renbtilPh• 1114 wigs* Portrait, etched by Fatter, hon. a Petitai:te, by Al- TRE LIFE *of THOMAS D'RMODY; inter war.* wI u pieces of 0::s.121 P o st rs manybit ,11 sersaanakia pnainsainnv of genunte i.nrheaT talent. athl c./n -10444 Wiwi 0.1 C.. n-yondant!.. *rah several entiittnA Cba ryaetf By 3.40401 GRANT RAY NIt)NI3. s'Heerhe such prthelt"ts lines so well mead form, WrS Paisitinei itliVe;••Pas4ll(Wersti , Sloll l chill aatti-enaniow - 4, cree.hae with the ve l tem VOW, seraph pleue4. the le./nete/til, the w/ld " Darnandi Enthusiast. rt q SD** inciter, Albsmatie street; and J. Ar. Matter. _ ▪ wells tithed with rnSty Vignettes, howl • Rwp i i I 'maw. etc* Haifa Gninvs, Isnsrds, PRACTICAL GLOMETKY s or, lhtrod to P glottises. 7101114ginsaisto mustered 110 gimp*, ibat very young lt , t- VOMPfliont meg 'son M .walled to go through the Pstlesses britii perfect Ems. A Wnrk not only me. • ittl es ter Isku Iniklinge-the ektaiit An a Drawing, but etas eqpilooseeollabto the Stort.tnt ;3111P114 StallehCS Of the ihrlefeglikleStsgse. To which to asking. an easy kletheol inshillfea Uar et *ma erraei Plopertinn: ; also, the Rule for feeling' poem neol Ptos, hemp the het Ro &lens ven ous to tilf beitoeummt .4 tlee Study of Peripeenue. Dot Problems toupseeel by r. os tumid for VW ill,arn Wail. Albemarle won. IMPERIAL PIRLIAMENT. SOUSE Of LORDS—faasse►r, Jamvass 13. .• and several Pears. Mold- the Lnrd Chancellor, • sd at a quwatt? heroic ten o'clock. After prayers were read, several cordon were made with mspen to the hearing of Appeils, and WWI Tontine business di.?nsed f, after which the Houle immediately adjourned toll to-morrow (when the Lords sand se-oriented on Lord Hawkesbery's Li oor:east loolc.tion for the Thanks of the House to Ingot Collitogwornil, and their Lordships proceeded .te de. James's, with their Address to His MAjesty. PIOUSZ OP' COMMCNIS. 4 rhil SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter past two o'clock, when the Order of the Day being read. fir %skies His Nlajosry's Speech into consideration. Me. RDSRIS.SON Tented. that a supply be rank to His Majesty, which was agreed to, and ordered to be retested to a Committee of the whole limos in mormw. Mr Chaplin prorated a Petition from the In ewloont Debtors in the gaol of Lyme Regis, praying fbt wdiet.—Ordered to he on the table. HUSKIsSON then moved an adjournment to-moevow, which was agreed to, and the House is a body . Pa:astedrd to St. James's. to present their Address to His Majesty. was-- THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, TRIDAY, htIVAILY 14. MIL PITT. We yesterday announced the death of Mr. Pir . r, t Wednesday afternoon, at his seat near Putney. We stated, at the time, that the account of his death was vouched to us from authority so com petent an f respeAable, we could not withhold our credit fro= it. It is with sorrow we have now to *boast, that we were only too well informed. That great man was dying when our Correspondent sent 4 his letter, and he was aAually dead before our Paper was put to Press. The official accounts yes terday, stated this melancholy event to have taken place last morning, at hall past four o'clock. On Tuesday morning. his disorder suddenly assumed an ahrming appearance, and the Physicians were of .pinion, that the fatal moment was fast approach ing. It was the knowledge of this unfavourable change in his disorder, that prevented the intended Debates taking place in the two Houses of Parlia ment, upon the Address to His Mansr v. The Physicians were then of opinion, that he could net survive eight and forty hours, but it is not true that they made an unsoli:ited eommenication of their sentiments to Mr. Pert. He was conscious Of the approach of death, and enquired how _ to live ? The Phy firmness of min-I, which feature in his charatter evasion or concealment imparted their opinion. fortitude and composure, resigned. After a few mo desired some papers to be signed his name to two, we it to it. He was sup was w. icing his name. tutor, who had watched .sw attended Dim in his last •.ier.thle Prelate ha I Acenm y at its risejladaillUired 'r long they thought he had olcievs, who knew the firm formed a distiuguishiog tea threugh life, const.tered en el:Nish-. They candidly in He Ward it with mealy for add appeer-d perfealy resigi tnent's recrilletion, he desin brat' .ht to him and signe< Iseherr h a will. and x CO Jicil ported, in his bed, while he The 1:A.11 , p 4,1 Lots os.'s his o v er his y yoeth v n ow trs4 m r nr-o s ris •4.sera!) tLs brilksut (unlink! it is the Iv )f.t eTalgente cif its Meridian glory, and was now damned to see it sinking beneath the ho riXon, in right And darkness. lie had net left the chamber of his pupil, his pttrim, and triend, (or some days. Mr. Pier, sh ntly after he signed the papers, expressed a wish to speak with him, and intimated his desire to receive the Sacrament. It was accnr,lingly administered to him by die Bishop. After this solemn rite was performed, Mr. PITI conversed with his friend; tit the subjedt can only be matter of conjeaurc to strangers. The conver sation. probably, lasted several minutes at all eveati4 several minutes had elapsed before a third person was admitted into the room. Tuesday evening his fen+ had greatly increased. During the whole of Tuesday night, he obtained only a hw minutes of troubled sleep. He had taken nn sustenance since Monday morning. On Wedres- day merning, a few hours appea►ed all he had to live. He was completelT exhausted, and life WAS at its last ebS. He expressed a wish to write a few lines ; but his weakness and faintness were so great, he was obliged to abandon his intention. Elis only bro ther. the Earl of Cm atm A M. now approached his bed side, and to , k his last melancholy and Atrea;onste fasewell, Ns niece, Lady Mar ta ST ANI4O/ to whom he was much attached, and who had prin cipally resided with him for some time past, and the Hon..lasits Sr assuomalso performed the same sad ceremony. in the course of the day. Ex cepting the Medical Gentlemen, the Bishop of tumour was the last person with him. He aster left his chamber. Mr. Pis r's mind had hitherto been clear and colleded. Towards mid night, his senses began to fail him; hi:eters were then applied to the soles of his feet—they produced thesffea of restoring him to his recolletlion, and he continued clear and composed, till a very short time befote his d ssolution. which took place with out muds additional suffering or struggle, at hslf past four o'clock yesterday morning, as we have al ready stated. Mr. Psi.t was of a delicate constitu tion, and had been for a long time complaining. The illness which he had, in the Summer of 180'2, shook him very much, and he does not appear to have afterwards effeftually recovered from it.— The illness, which was the immediate cause of his death, originated in extreme debility. brought on by excessive anxiety, and unwearied at tention to business.—By this debility, his whole nervous system was so deranged, that, for weeks to 'ether, he was unable to sleep t and this privation of rest still farther angnsented the cause, so as to lead to a general breaking up of his constitution, as we stated yesterday.—An hereditary gout complet ed the whole—producing, according to its ordinary rife& on a debilitated system, water in the chest, and such a weakness of stomach, that he could nei ther admit nor retain any sustenance. 'I he unfor tunate issue of the war upon the Continent, no doubt, also contributed largely to hasten his death.—The failure of a plan for the deliver ance of Europe, which his genius had formed and matured, must have been to him, the source of great anxiety and mortification. Thus died, in his forty-seventh year, the Right lion. WILLIAM PITT, Chancellor of the Exchequer, First Lord of the Treasury, Constable of Dover Castle. Warden of the Cinque Pints, Master of the Trinity House, Govern'or of the Charter licit" and High Steward of the University of Cambridge. At half after six, yesterday mowing, the Hoe. Mr. Sratistore, and his Private Secretary, gr. AD ire, arrived from Putney, at his house in Down ing -street, and put seals upon his bureau and pa pers. A Message from the Treasury to the Go. wernor and Dire lors of the Bank, communicated, at a:, early hour in the morning, the death of Mr. PITT. The seniation was deep and general ; even hit political enemies sympathised in what is truly con sidered a national loss. In consequence of the me lancholy intelligence, the Funds felt an almost im mediate depression of one-half per cent. Mr. Pitt and the late lamented Lord NILSON died at the same age, and mai) , at the distance of three months from each other. In so short a space of time, and at such a critical period, has the country been deprived of two of the greatest men it ever produced, whose talents, though of different kinds, have given a chat after to the age in which they lived, and whose memory will survive to the latest pos terity. It would be presumption to attempt, at the no tice of only a few hours, any account of the charafter of Mr. PITT, which could pretend to the merit of a just likeness.—To examine an ohjeft of such mag nitude, is a work of some time ; and to form a cor reel idea of its component materials, requires no or dinary talents. The mind cannot be in the best state for such an undertaking, at the very moment when it is fillet with sorrow and surprise. So great an objeet must be placed at a distance, for the eye to take in the whole editiee, and accurately estimate its proportions. To attempt then a charaiter of Mr. Pim at the present moment, to give, in a few hours, an adequate picture of a •' combination of suo4 rare and ittraoidinary endowinents," ;eau ld argue not only presumption, iiut folly, and the total Absence of every quality necessary for to great an undertaking. It would bespeak a mind not sudi• ciently impressed with the grandeur of the stihjea, and protar.ing, with a hasty hand, that which shoohl be approached with reverence and awe. We shall, therefore, attempt little more than a summary of the principal measures that diitingulihed his ministerial career, a space en:bracing twenty-four years, and the principal events which agitated the political world, during that important and tatcreat- ing period. Mr. Pi T r was born,May 8, 17 , 9, at a time 4.-hen his father's glory was at its zenith ; and when, in consequence of the wisdom of his councils, and the vigour and promptitude of his decisions, British valour reigned triumphant in every part of the globe. lie was, after the usual coarse of study. in the University of Cambridge, entered a student of Lincoln's Inn, and made so rapid a progress in his legal studies, as to be soon called to the bar, with every prosped of success. We understand, that he once or twice went upon the Western Circuit, and appeared as junior Counsel in several causes. He was, however, destined to fill a more ienpnrtant station in the Government of his eosin. try, than is usually obtained through the channel of l.tw. At the general Eleaion, 1; 80, he was nominated by some of the most respeaable per sons in Cambridge, as a candidate to represent that University ; but, notwithstanding the high chars ft..r be had obtained there, he fcund very few to second his pretensions. In the following year, however, he was retnrned for the borough of Appleby, by the interest of Sir J. LOWTHER. On taking his seat in the House of Commons, he enlisted himself on the side of the party which had constantly opposed the Minister, Lord No TU, and the American war, and which regarded him with a degree of veneration ; recognising in his person the genius of his illustrious father, revived and acting, as it were, in h;m. His first speech was in favour of Mr. &lOU'S bill ; and one of the first ails in which he took the lead in that House, was extremely well calculated to increase his popu larity ; this was his motion for a Cc:nmittee to consult upon the most effeatsal means to accom plish a more equal representati , 4l of the people in Parliament. His propositions were, indeed, re jeeted ; but he continued to repeat and renew them from time to time : and thus kept up the public at. tentinn to this great objea, which was, conse quently, more generally canvassed than it ever had been before. On the death of the Marquis of Roc.:tmonam, the Old Whig Party fell into a state of disunion, nearly bordering upon dissolution. A new arrange ment took place aeon after, and the late Marquis of Lat•snowNa, then Lord Sszt.guatir, became the First Lord of the Treasury, assisted by Mr. PITT, who astonished the country, and, indeed, all Eu rope, by the phenomenon of a Chancellor of the Exchequer at the age of twenty-three! His popularity at this period effettually screened him from every charge which !.is youth and inex perience might justly have warranted, and which were strongly urged against him by the adverse faCtion. The situation of the COUVf y was extremely critical. The American war had become ge nerally odious ; and all hearts panted for a cessa tion of hostilities. This desirable objelt was, therefore, the first consideration with the new Mi- Pistry. The Combined Powers had recently experienced great humiliations, and consequently the opportu nity was not to be lost. A general peace accord ingly took place ; but the terms of it were repro bated by a considerable part of the nation. On this occasion, Mr. PITT delivered a most masterly defence of l.imself and his colleagues, which pro diced a corresponding, Clough not successful ef lea. The Administration, of which he was one of the most distinguished members, was, therefore, short-lived. On its dissolution, the young States man withdrew into retirement, and afterwards went abroad for some time, visiting Italy, and several of the German Courts. On the Coalition-Ministry com:ng into place, Mr. MANSFIELD'S seat ler the University became va cant, by accepting the office of Solicitor-Gener:ii, and Mr. Purr determined to oppose him: with this view, he went down to Cambridge; hilt was treated with contempt by the heads and senior members. From such a scene he retired in a few days, in disgust ; though the assurances of sup port, from several independent %lister, of Arts, kept alive the scanty hopes of future success. A few months, however, changed the scene ; the Coalition-Minstry was thrown out ; he repaired ' in triumph to the University, was received with open arms, carried his ektion by means of a considera ble majority, and was able, also, by his influence, to make Lord Eusros his colleague. An occasion., suddenly offered, in 1784, for bring- iag Mr. P:TT forward once more on the gent theatre of politics. as a candidate for fame aad power. The British dominions in Ind.a had long been in an alarming situation, and it was generally admitted, that an immediate remedy was 111(14;W ...11)1y necessary to preserve them. With this view, Mr. For, then Secretary of State, formed, digested, and brought forward his famous India Bill, which he carried through its several stages with a high hand. This measure was particularly r,ffens - ive to the great body, whom it immediately aieded. Lord. NORTH, and his new allies, were accordingly dismissed, ant: that too in a very unconstitutional manner, - and Mr. Ptyr, the new Premier, was assisted by the advice of Lord Tory stow, as Keeper of the Great Seal arrangements which, at that time, were, however, only considered as temporary Ile now astonished the commercial and political world, by his own India BIM He had, moreover, the mortification to find the majority of the Hons. of Commons against him ; and he was placed in the peculiar situation of a Minister aging with a minority. and that too in opposiLion to the strongest . contra of talents ever combined a A ainst any A nistratiort. He, however, remained firm in hit stat. amidst a general coninsien ; and though the Mori had petitioned His MAJ XS? T to dismiss him and his. coadjutors, he ventured to inform the Represents. rives of the natioa, that their petition could not be complied with! The commercial treaty with France, was a bold scheme, and evinced deep political and mercantile knowledge. One of the most critical circumstances in the annals of Mr. PITVS Administration, was the period when the regal powers were, in a manner, unhappily suspended, and all the wisdom of the Legislature was required to firm a Regency. Ic was a crisis, not only novel, but of extreme magnia tude, as likely to become the precedent for future times ; no such incident having, till then, occurred in the annals of our history. Some statesmen would have worshipped the rising sun ; Mr. Pt re, hive er, er , pursued a different course, and thereby added greatly to his popularity, and essentially secured himself in power. When the revolution took place in France. the situation of the Prime Minister of this kingdom be came once more extremely critical. The weft of Europe had assumed a new face, since the Monarchy of France was shaken from its ancient basis. A war ensued, tota.ly different from all former wars. Its lodging, therefore, of the merits of those who were concerned in managing the affairs of the nation, Si was impossible to have recourse either to prece dents, or to old political principles. A new mode of adion, a new scheme of plaice, was to be de. vised, and adapted to the circumstances of Coe day. If any merit be due to boldness of invention, to vi gour of execution, to wide extension of plans, and to firmness and perseverance of conduit certainly the Administration of that day had an undoubted claim to public gratitude, however unsuccessful their councils and-plans proved. Those councils and those plans embracing the whole interval which has elapsed since the com mencement of the late war against France, are flesh in the reculleftion of many of our readers, and, therefore, we shall forbear from their recital. Of the various endowments of Mr. PITT, his elo quence demands the first notice. It was rui ge nerd's. It was of a peculiar cast, unlike any thing we have ever heard, or probably ,hall ever hear again. His c&ce was clear, powerful, sonorous, and full nt intonation. It was most happily adapted to his manner, which was for cible and vehement, and to all the vatiety - of sabjeft that constitute the matt r of grave and weighty debate, when the head is to be assailed more than the heart, and all the manly passions that do honour to human netty e. we to he roused and kindled into a flame; upon all these great occasions, whether pleading the cause of his country, or of Europe, whether lashing domestic treason, or deprecating the boundless ambition, and anprincip!cd aggressions of France, it animated tl - e coldest bosom, and carried conviftion Into the most sluggish mind. His figure was tall and erect, his attitude lofty and towering ; and, when he let his great powers loose, upon a subject worthy of them, his voice poured along like an impetuous torrent ; comprising, in a si sentence, words and matter enough for twenty distinct and separate paragraphs of an or dinary speaker. Yet, in this long and psotraled sentence, very frequently involving a chain of paten. theses, and ablative cases absolute, rising above each other in force and beauty of sentiment and diftion. there never was any thing broken nor disjointed. The whole, when unfolded, was fund clear, persp.- cunus, and adrri:-.4.4 arranged. Tile materials wet e numerous and di cersit,el; but the leePtio only par leaded the structure. Next to logicril precision in ar gum .nt, he excelled in sarcasm. scornful re bukes cut to the quick. They were pointed and se vere. To the lose cf glory, the s.re of prie.s, and all