Star.
London, England, 1810-04-28 00:00:00

TO THE MEMORY OF SIR JOHN MOORE.

FROM MISS MITFORD'S POEMS.

Who has not felt exulting Rapture's glow
For England's triumph o'er her haughty foe ?
Whe has not wept fur England's gallant train,
The slaughter'd victims of degen'rate Spain
Of ev'ry aid, of hope itself bereft,
Their firmness and their valour only left,
Let yon ensanguin'd plain their triumph tell ;
Too dearly purchas'd—for their Leader fell

In Victory's arms thus AIIERCROMBIi died !
Thus Nit.soN bled, our sorrow and our pride !
Still Britain mourns stern Fate's relentless doom,
.And 'twines the Hero's laurels round his tomb.

Lamented Chieftain ! thy well-skill'd command
From sure destruction sav'd thy faithful band ;
' fwas thine with them each painful toil to share,
' l'svzs thine alone the mental pangs to bear,
When warring elements against thee rose,
Before thee ireach'rous friends—behind thee foes.
And when at length Corunna's tow'rs appear'd,
And English vessels their proud ensigns rear'd,
'l'was thine to sec thy bold pursuers fly—
Nobly to coriquerundismay'd to die.
Thy parting words to filial duty giv'n ;
And thy last thought to England and to H'. Ay' s!
No tawdry scutchconc hang around thy tomb,
No venal mourners ware the sable plume ;
No statues rise to mark the sacred spot,
Nor pealing organ swells the solenni note .
A hurried grave thy soldiers' hands prepare,
Thy sold*n is hands the mournful burthen ,
The vaulted sky, to earth's extremcst verge,
Thy canopy ; the cannon's roar thy
Affection's sorrows dew thy lowly bier,
And weeping Valour sanctifies the tear!

PUBLIC DEBT.

The following statement of the factitious wealth of
the United Kingdom, is so important that we think
it ought to be laid before the public, with his obser-
vation on it :
1 National funded debt of Great Britain X 734,552,142
2 Unfunded ditto - - 49A14,948
3 Notes issued by the Bank of England 21,406,930
4 Notes of Private Ban::ers - - 84 ,000,000
3 India Bonds in circulation - - 4,868,99.2
13 ELAND.

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45 Funded Debt in Jan. IMO • X 81,510,856
7 llnfur.detl ditto, exclusive of the capital of sundry
- annuities for lives, and for terms which I can-
not ascertain - - 61.1,809
A Notes issued by the frisk Paul: on Ist Feb. 1809 3,07c.:,-olti
9 Notes issued by private bankers, computed on the
principle of Ricardo's calculation - - 12,000,000

,041,732,193
Total—O:le Thousand and forty-two Millions !

In this account the onl7 disputable article is the
amount of notes issued by private bankers, taken on
a general computation which it is impossible to aster•
tain.—This stul•endous edifice of credit is at once an
object of terror and astonishment. At a distance suf-
ficient for safety, the most foinidable phenomenon
may be viewed with admiration dr indifference ; but
not so when the danger approximates, or the sense of
it is real. A deep and uniform impression on a con-
stant mind, or even on a timid imagination, cannot
be wholly against reason. This pile of paper is too
near us to be seen through a false medium, or to be
contemplauld without fear. lam not gifted with fa-
culties to compare it to any thing but a wonderful
house of cards, of which the mattiials are light enough
to be blown away or fall to pieces at any moment, but
hex: ¶ enough to crush the kingdom in their fall. x.x.