LON 
Exchequer. On the right, upon a lower ground, Apollo, 
holding the lyre, and his eyes fixed on the celeftial re¬ 
gions, exemplifies, as the god of invention, of the high fci- 
ences, and of the liberal arts, the fublimity of the fon of 
lord Chatham’s tranfcendent genius; and, as the difpen- 
fntor of light, reminds us of the brightnefs and Itrength 
of Mr. Pitt’s irrefiftible argumentation. It appears as if 
the fculptor had clothed the inferior parts of this figure 
with a plain yet elegant drapery, purpofely to intimate 
that, in his difcourfes, as well as in his conduct through 
public and private life, this great character adhered con- 
fiantly to the ftrifteft rules of decorum, and to an exem¬ 
plary purity of morals.—On the other fide, Mercury, 
holding a roll of paper in his left hand, as the god of 
eloquence, and the caduceus in his right, as the patron 
of commerce, and of that mutual and friendly intercourfe 
among nations which tends to unite and blefs all the 
dalles offociety, looks up, with approbation and compla¬ 
cency, to To diftinguifhed an orator, and fo profound a 
ftatefman. Below, and in the centre of the group, coun- 
terpoiilng with pleafing effect the three figures above, 
Britannia, ready to hurl the thunder of war, rides a fea- 
horfe upon the fubmifiive and tributary waves, and over 
the wreck of the enemy’s naval power, alluded to by an 
ancient galley half funk in the fea. Her helmet is adorned 
with branches of oak raoft delicately wrought, and with 
the prow of a fliip, on which Victory is reprefented offer¬ 
ing the triumphal wreath of the brave fonsof Albion, and 
pointing allegorically to the brilliant exploits atchieved by 
our navy, and to the wonderful increafe of our maritime 
power, under the adminiftration of Mr. Pitt.—A ftriking 
mixture of intrepidity and meeknefs, of loftinefs and affa¬ 
bility, animates the features of the female, emblem of our 
Station ; and brings to mind this beautiful line, fo expref- 
iive of the Britifh character: Parcere fubje&is, et debellare 
fuberbos ; “To fpare the conquer’d, and fubdue the proud.” 
The infcription upon this monument is from the pen of 
Mi - . Canning, and has been much admired. 
Mr. Pitt was the very foul of the government, which 
be had directed for fo many years. As foon as it left that 
body, a change was naturally expeCled ; and of courfe, thofe 
who had molt flrennoufly blamed his plans, and oppofed 
his meafures, became the warmeft candidates to fill the 
places of a new adminiftration. The failure of a ftrong 
and lading combination among our continental allies again It 
the common enemy, and feveral other caufes, among which 
we may reckon the fyltem of exclufion, which had be¬ 
come unpopular, inafmuch as people'are foon cloyed 
with a repetition of the fame modes of adding, and even 
with the faces of the actors, would, even on the fuppofition 
that Providence had prolonged the life of Mr. Pitt, have 
required a material alteration. But the difficulty of com- 
poiing a new miniftry was felt in all its bearings. The 
oppofition had Bp lit itfelf into feveral branches; and the 
court was averfe to depofit the helm of government in the 
hands of men who had fo little confidence in each other. 
An offer was therefore made to lord Hawkefbury of the 
offices and fituation vacant by the death of Mr. Pitt. This 
dazzling propcfition, flattering as it was, deprived not the 
noble fecretary of his habitual prudence. Fully fenfible of 
the value of the gift, but aware alfo of the difficulties and 
refponfibilitv attached to it, he requeued time for delibe¬ 
ration. Had the circumftances of the moment been lefs 
unfavourable, he would probably have caught with enger- 
nefs at the high fituation propofed to him ; and, had he 
accepted of it, Inch is the prodigious influence of the crown, 
when exerted in good earned, and managed with ability, 
that, uniefs he had fallen a viff ini to unfounded fears, or 
a facrifice to antiquated fcruples, or fuffered from the 
treachery of fome aflociate who had accefs to the royal 
car, he could hardly have failed to maintain himfelf in his 
poft againft all the efforts of oppofition, however numer¬ 
ous, refpe&abie, and popular, But the prefent time was 
lefs favourable for fuel) a ftruggle on the part of the crown 
than any period that had occurred finee the end of the 
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American war. However, confidering the date of parties, 
and particularly after confulting his friends, lord Hawkef¬ 
bury declined to take upon himfelf the government of the 
country. His refufal, when made known to the public, 
communicated univerial fatisfaffion ; and men were dif- 
pofed to give him credit for forbearance and fclf-denial 
as well as for prudence, till they were informed, that he 
had obtained for 'himfelf a grant of the wardenfhip of the 
Cinque-Ports, and had procured the warrant, conferring 
on him that lucrative appointment, to be palled with 
unufual expedition through the public offices, as if he 
were afraid that it might be flopped, and the propriety 
of the grant queftioned. 
After long difeuffions on the point of taking lord Sid- 
mouth into the adminiftration, the plan, being at length 
arranged, was fubmitted to the king on the 31ft of January, 
1X06, foon after which the following appointments took 
place: Lord Erikine, lord chancellor; earl Fitzwilliarn, 
prefident of the council; viicount Sidmouth, lord privy 
leal} lord Grenville, firft lord of the treafury; lord Ho- 
wick, firft lord of the admiralty; earl of Moira, inafter 
general of the ordnance; earl Spencer, Mr. Fox and Mr. 
Windham, fecretaries of ftate; lord Henry Petty, chan¬ 
cellor of the exchequer; and lord Ellenborough, lord 
chief juflice, with a feat in the cabinet. The duke of 
Bedford went as lord-lieutenant to Ireland, and Mr. El¬ 
liot accompanied him as fecretary; Mr. George Ponfonby 
was appointed chancellor and keeper of the f’eals in Ire¬ 
land, and fir John Newport chancellor of the Irifh exche¬ 
quer. So thorough and complete a change in all the 
departments of the ftate had not been feen fince the year 
17S4- 
The mind of the public was much interefted at this pe¬ 
riod by the trial of brigadier-general Thomas Pif'ton, late 
governor of the ifland of Trinidad, for putting Louilii 
Calderon to the queftion, or torture. 
Mr. Garrow thus related the circumftances of the cafe : 
“The ifland of Trinidad furrendered to fir Ralph Aber¬ 
crombie in the year 1797; and he entered into a ltipula- 
tion, by which he conceded to the inhabitants the conti¬ 
nuance of their laws, and appointed a new governor, un¬ 
til his majefty’s pleafure lhould be known. In December 
1801, when this crime was perpetrated, Louifa Calderon 
was of the tender age of ten or eleven years. [It has 
fmee appeared that lhe was four years older.] At that 
early period, fhe had been induced to live with a perfon 
of the name of Pedro Ruiz, as his miftrefs; and, although 
it appears to us very Angular that fhe fhould fuftain fnch 
a fituation at that time of life, yet it is a faff, that, in that 
climate, women often become mothers at twelve years old, 
and live in a ftate of concubinage, if, from their condi¬ 
tion, they cannot form a more honourable connection. 
While flie lived with Ruiz, lhe was engaged in an in¬ 
trigue with Carlos Gonzalez, the pretended friend of the 
former, who robbed him of a quantity of dollars. Gon¬ 
zalez was apprehended, and fhe alfo, as fome fufpicions 
fell upon her in confequence of the affair. She was taken 
before the julfice, as we, in our language, fhould denomi¬ 
nate him ; and in his prefence fhe denied having any con¬ 
cern in the bufinefs. The magillrate felt that his powers 
were at an end; and, whether the objeff of her denial were 
to proteff herfelf or her friend, is not material to the 
queftion before you. The extent of his authority being 
thus limited, this officer of juftice reforted to general Pic- 
ton ; and I have to produce, in the hand-writing of the 
defendant, this bloody fentence: bifliB the torture upon. 
Louifa Calderon .—You will believe there was no delay in 
proceeding to its execution. The girl was informed, in 
the gaol, that, if fhe did not confef's, fhe would be fubjefted 
to the torture; that under this proc efs fhe might probably 
lofe her limbs or her life ; but the calamity would be on 
her own head, for, if the would confefs, fhe would not be 
required to endure it. While her mind was in the ft3te 
of agitation this notice produced, her fears were aggra¬ 
vated by the introduction of two or three uegreffes into 
N m her 
