This is chiefly a journal of maritime occurrences in northern latitudes, from April to September 1773; but it is followed by a valuable Appendix.

From the information of Mr. Reed I learn, that lord Mulgrave penned the "character of captain Cooke," printed at the end of his last voyage; and the following tract:

"A Letter from a Member of Parliament to one of his Constituents, on the late Proceedings of the House of Commons in the Middlesex Elections; with a Postscript, containing some Observations on a Pamphlet entitled, the Case of the late Election for the County of Middlesex considered." Lond. 1769.

8vo.

In the Asylum for Fugitive Pieces will be found a probationary ode for his lordship; and in the New Foundling Hospital for Wit the following persuasive but unprevailing lines are ascribed to him: but they have also been attributed to the first lord Mulgrave.

By Jeremiah Dyson, esq.

+ Vol. vi. p. 151.

Tickell, in his Wreath of Fashion, seems to speak of his lordship as a rhyming trifler; but possibly for having offered up some incense of adulation at the Bath-Easton shrine.

"MULGRAVE! whose muse nor winds nor waves control,

Here bravely pens acrostics on the pole;

Warms with poetic fire the northern air,

And soothes with tuneful raptures--the great bear:

So when the rebel winds on Neptune fell,

They sunk to rest, at sound of Triton's shell."

"TO THOMAS, LORD LYTTELTON, IN HIS FATHER'S LIFE-TIME.

"Sprung Lyttelton from noble British blood,
My friendship's honour, and life's greatest good!
This courts the rabble with obsequious nod,
Or, the mob's idol, deems himself a god;
That of th' unruly courser seeks a name,
And risks his neck to gain a jockey's fame:
Another tills with joy his father's land,
Or prunes the curling vine with skilful hand:
Some love the tented field, the drum, the fife,
The din of arms, the battle's bloody strife.
Me, other cares in other climes engage

To seek experience from the battle's rage:
Where fleets meet fleets, in deepest conflicts join'd,
Whose mimic thunders mock th' impelling wind:
But born in greater character to shine,

And add new lustre to a noble line;
Be thine the greater part in deep debate,
With steady councils to uphold the state:
So thy great sire, skill'd in each noble art,
By virtue rules, by precept guides the heart.
If his commands submissive you receive,
Immortal and embalm'd your name shall live.
O! may his labour gain an happy end,

Make thee a patriot good, and constant friend!
May Heav'n show'r down its choicest blessings still,
A Cato's virtue, and a Tully's skill!

May'st thou the first of Britain's senate shine,
And be thy father's fame surpass'd by thine!"]

6 Sce his article, ubi supra, p. 379.

[THE

THOMAS PITT,

LORD CAMELFORD,

HE son of Thomas Pitt, esq. lord-warden of the stannaries, &c. 2, and nephew to the first earl of Chatham, was born in 1737; married in 1774 Anne, daughter of Pinkney Wilkinson, esq. by whom he left issue Thomas, the late lord Camelford, and Anne, afterward lady Grenville. He was created lord Camelford, baron of Boconoc in Cornwall, 1784; and died at Florence, on the 19th of January 1793.3 His lordship has been honourably characterized by two noble pens: by lord Chatham, in early life, for being one of the most amiable, valuable, and noble-minded of youths; and latterly by lord Grenville, for com bining a suavity of manners with steadiness of principle, and a correctness of judgment with integrity of heart; which produced an affectionate attachment from those who knew him, that has followed him beyond the grave. His skill in architecture is noticed in the Anecdotes of Painting.

2 Kearsley's Peerage, p. 209.

• Gentleman's Magazine, vol. Ixiii. p. 94.

See lord Grenville's Preface to the Earl of Chatham's Let ters, p. xiv. While pursuing his academic course of educatio at Cambridge, lord Camelford wrote an "Elegy on his Mother's Picture," which was pronounced "admirable" by his uncle and