1822.] 
deed at the last, when Spain scemed 
most disposed to conciliation and 
concession, caused by the yiolence of 
the British government, which, no 
longer guided by the counsels of Wal- 
pole, had by a sudden transition pass- 
ed from one extreme to another ; 
refusing the repeated offers of the me- 
diation of France, and accompanying. 
her imperious demands by the me- 
nacing appearance of a flect off Cadiz, 
during the continuance of which, as 
the King of Spain himself told the 
ambassador Keene, “no grace or faci- 
lities were to be expected.” Thesame 
error in negociation characterised the 
imbecile administration, which pre- 
sided over the counsels of Great Bri- 
tain in the memorable years 1802 
and 3. Pusillanimity was atoned for 
by passion and precipitancy; and the 
superior sagacity and address of the 
then ambassador at Paris, Lord 
Whitworth, was rendered of no ayail 
by the peremptory nature of his in- 
structions; and, when a fair prospect 
of accommodation seemed to open, 
the ambassador in vain ventured to 
remark, ‘‘that, were the necessity of 
expedition less urgent, he might per- 
haps hope to bring the discussion to 
even a more favourable issue.” But 
how frequently does the observation 
of the famous- Swedish Chancellor 
Oxenstiern force itself upon us,— 
“that it is wonderful to see by how 
small a portion of wisdom the world 
is governed!” M. M. 
ie 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
WAS much pleased, in your Num- 
ber for September, to mect the 
notice of the Miller’s Tomb, by your 
correspondent J. J. as it called to my 
remembrance avery pleasant tour I 
made round the coast in the year he 
names (1815), or the year preceding ; 
I do not exactly know which, as the 
memorandums I made of my journey 
are deficient in that particular. 
In the course of my round I visited 
Worthing; and, accompanied by a 
friend, strolled one afternoon to the 
Miller’s Tomb, where, making a desk 
of my triend’s back, I copied off, L be- 
lieve, all the inscriptions, &c. on and 
about it. 
On the doors of the arbour I found 
the three following inscriptions, which 
J.J. does not notice ; probably he did. 
not espy them, or his time might not 
admit of his copying them, for, at a 
Mr. Lacey on the Miller's Tomb. 
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place so little calculated for writing, 
this is no trifling task. Limbrick, the 
owner of which, in the year 1788, sent 
the last of the three, is a seat just be- 
low the hill. 
My Friend, 
Let us secure an int’rest in the other 
world, 
Let this be as it list, be toss’d, and hurl'd; 
He’s great and rich enough who well to 
die 
And can with joy expect eternity. 
Friend! this is. the best counsel I can tell: 
Think on’t, and practise it,—and so 
. farewell! 
When Time and Death their work fulfil, 
Then adieu to Greendown Hill; 
When my remains lie here at rest, . 
I hope my soul will live among the just. 
Sent by the Owner of Limbrick, 1788. 
Busied no more with worldly hopes and 
fears, 
But safely landed in the vale of years, 
Fain would my mind calm and contented 
dwell, 
With health and letter’d ease in Limbrick 
cell; 
Whence, though contracted, still the view 
commands 
Fair rising woods beyond the falling lands, 
And slightly glances at the velvet green, 
Which justly boasts the sweet enchanting 
scene, 
More famous for the living miller’s tomb, 
Who thinks upon the better scenes to come. 
Long may his portion of good works en- 
crease, 
Ere he exchange it for eternal peace ; 
Whilst Time and Death consent, in turn, 
to lend ; 
The rich a pleasure, and the poor a friend 
My memorandums, made at the 
time I was at Worthing, do not state 
that the miller himself left any thing 
to keep the tomb in repair, though I 
think it is yery likely he should have 
done so; but run thus, “‘A gentleman 
in the parish left ten pounds a-year for 
the keeping-up of the tomb; but the 
person who now receives it neglects 
to perform his office as he ought, 
though it is still in excellent order; 
and, to the best of my recollection, I 
picked up this intelligence at the cot- 
tage mentioned by J. J. but I cannot 
youch for its correctness. J.J. men- 
tions the miller’s coffin on castors, but 
does not mention a last request of the 
old man, which was that he might be 
wheeled in it round the field in which 
the tomb is situated, previous to his 
interment; which was punctually coms 
plied with. J. M. Lacey. 
Lo 
