Others they tell, more terribly sublime

Have hurled their thunder against fraud and crime;
Could harping seraphs charm our earthly sphere
While he but spoke, I had not wished to hear.

His was the high, indomitable zeal

The spirit to aspire, the heart to feel;
The mind with every brilliant treasure stored
So vast, so mild, so feared, and so adored,

Disease unnerved him, calumny assailed,
His labours paused not, nor his spirit quailed;
In the last tortures of its frail abode

His heart was turned to England and to God.

Lord Goderich succeeded as premier, and constructed a very incongruous cabinet which finally stood as follows

The Duke of Wellington returned to office at the king's request. Two difficulties had presented themselves in the re-construction of the cabinet: the Whig section of the ministry wished to bring Lord Holland into office, but the proposal was over-ruled, as is generally believed, by the stern refusal of the king himself. The office of Chancellor of the Exchequer was refused by Tierney, Huskisson, and Sturges Bourne; and the appointment of Mr. Herries was so odious to

the Whigs, that Lord Lansdowne, on hearing of it, immediately tendered his resignation, and was with difficulty persuaded to remain in office.

The efforts of Canning in behalf of Greece are alluded to in the lines of Lord Morpeth already quoted; chiefly in consequence of his exertions, the representatives of Russia, France, and England had presented a strong remonstrance to the Sublime Porte, against the cruelties practised in the Morea, and offered their mediation between the Sultan and his Greek subjects. These proposals having been regulated by the court of Constantinople, a treaty between the three powers was signed at London, on the 6th of July, for "putting an end to the sanguinary contest, which by delivering up the Greek provinces, and the isles of the Archipelago, to the disorders of anarchy, produced daily fresh impediments to the commerce of the European states, not only exposing the subjects of the contracting powers to considerable losses, but rendering necessary burdensome measures of suppression and protection." This treaty was communicated to the Porte, and it was added, that unless an armistice should be established, and the mediation of "the three powers" accepted, "the allied courts would be under the necessity of recurring to such measures as they should judge most efficacious for putting an end to a state of things which was become incompatible even with the true interests of the Sublime Porte, with the security of commerce in general, and with the perfect tranquillity of Europe."

The ambassadors waited till the 10th of September, in hopes of obtaining a favourable answer, but finding that the ministers of the Sultan would listen to no terms, they sent orders to the admirals of the allied squadrons in the Mediterranean, to prevent succours and supplies from being sent to the Turkish forces in the Morea.

While the result of the negociations was uncertain, an

Egyptian fleet arrived at the Morea, and was permitted by Admiral Codrington to enter the harbour of Navarino, and there it was strictly blockaded so soon as the directions of the ambassadors were received. The fearful ravages and butcheries of the Turks were continued on land until the allied admirals resolved to enter Navarino, and by overawing the Turkish fleet to compel Ibrahim Pacha to consent to an armistice. The Turks, not very well comprehending the nature of this arrangement, fired on the allies, and a battle commenced, which continued with unabated fury for four hours. At the end of that time, the Turkish and Egyptian fleets had disappeared; the bay of Navarino was covered with their wrecks; only a few of the smaller vessels and some battered hulks escaped into the security of the inner harbour.

The Tory part of Lord Goderich's cabinet had never cordially approved the treaty of the 6th of July, because they looked upon the Greeks as rebels against their lawful sovereign; their dislike of interference was much aggravated by the account of the battle of Navarino, which they strenuously condemned, whilst the Whigs hailed the result as a triumph of civilisation. Under those circumstances Lord Goderich sought means of strengthening his cabinet, and prepared, if possible, to increase the strength of the Whig section. The Tory ministers discovered the tendencies of the premier, and prepared to thwart him so soon as an opportunity would offer. They had not long to wait. Mr. Huskisson, in compliance with a pledge which Mr. Canning had given in the House of Commons a little before his death, prepared to nominate a finance committee, and proposed as its chairman, Lord Althorp. Mr. Herries, who suspected that acquiescence in this appointment of a Whig nobleman, though to an office of little importance, would open the way for the admission of Lord Holland to the cabinet, refused to consent, and finally