The National Register. — London, England, 1808-03-20 00:00:00

P. TIIP. .IIORN►XG POST. It is of no consequence with which of them we bee,in. We take this, not because it i; the hest, nut because it has the most extensixe sale, for in that we understand it is surpard; hot because it i- the most impudent, and blows the loudest trumpet in its own \%e do not mean to trace the history of this print, from the time 0r its repuhlican zeal, in the days of the Friends of the Peu;il:., through its maw ki!-Ir ndvarwes to Addington, it; prompt elm:r•ol cf the cause of \lr. Vitt, nod its hesitation about till- Creuxille., and Foxes, till we rarive at its present hearty rind Loquacious efforts in favour of the present Alinkters. It is its pre,•rit character w ith which we are vuncerlicd, and to that we shall cardiac our,elvem. .. . it it more barefacealy Ministerial than any of the Morning Papers, and almost cqaals The Cuurier in the grossness of its ad:dation. All the transaction , : of the present V.inktry it h a ,, ap i .viod..ll. The attack on Copennageo, t ;te rklet sin Co:Anvil, the reis•c:ion of the Raissiati arid Austrian otTet • of mediatioo, Lord Lake's Pervion, hale ail been acts, C very one of which WWI ;dime .uilit it - nt to save the citun,r.. The Ministers selves are preci,el‘ the wisest w,tl ablest num in the nation. There is not one of them that is not tit fur: very thing, but each is fittest for that exact plate which he holds. The Duke of Portlawl is a very pillar. an Atlas of State, and he is at the head of them. Lord Ha .% kc-bury was long, ago declared, by a good judge (Mr. Pitt), to have an hrrediturq aptitude for qiire. lie was declaved by the same wonderful statesman to be more Fortin:idly acquainted IN ith sod fitted fur the duties of the Sc. cretar, far the Foreign Department than any other man in the station, one mils (meaning Mr. Fox) excepted. But admiral)! N fitted as he mi ; :lit be for the duties of the Foreign Department, wonderful it is, and happ', for the nation, that he is still more admirably iitted for the iimks of the Home Department, in tlu,t accordingly he is placed : and what surpasses admiration is, Vint, even after Mr. Fox is in his grave, we have foand a wan still better qualified for the o:lice of Secretary for the Foreign I)rpartinent, not u ithstanding the enlitgium of Mr. Pitt, than Lord Haw keshory, that is, Mr. Canning, a man who unites in his own person all human excellencies, the perfection of oratory, the depth of at isdina, and Herculean rigour. As for Mr. Per cr‘al, is the most astonishing specimen of a heaven-born Miaister that was ever exhibited, for he has contrised in his blue-hag among his briefs to bud the profound, liberal, inge- Mous, and comprehensive doctrines of political economy, and e%ery speech that he make , 4, and every measure that he devises gi'e proof how thoroughly he is acquainted with them. Of the Doke of Vor!, The Morning - Poq has nothiwr particular to say. He i. etutilly the favourite of all Administrations and of all Nevsspapers. Niaou4 the general principles which Thu Morning p„kf e . .pou,t•!. is this : that to enable those admirable llini,tet: to d o any "goad, money, abundance of muney, Is akmlutely noc"sary. Therefore let the people 110%1*:: grudge to pay laves. IVhoeyer complains of 111, , taxes i; a villain, a friend tot' Bonaparte, and ;CI enemy of his country. Sinecure p!acc‘, are iit'c , "- 3ry, not perhaps to reward merit, w :tic It is it: Own row a 4, liut fit .. , ectire plenty of friends to the Nile; :end the Constitution in these dang - ,erotF times. See what a defender of the prero,.;:. • ti re Lord Itedesdale is ! how invaluable are such tnen as tii,. ! Anil w here should we find them if there were co sinecures ? The pres%itre of taxation, the progress of poverty, thy g:rowtli o' p:mperi- u , might arrest attention, might create alarms. and pradtice inquiries, \l ore it not for the •,:ltitary mice of sash tarn, who Si die cunlplaiuts , %1110 brow,beat the eomphiners. and have a large pack of retaiueri. al o ays ready to open upon them. NEARCII 20. THB HORNING eIIIiOAICLE, Differs in some essential respects from the paper above men tioned. It has not changed its party, and aloe:: ith its parts iww principles. It has only changed it- principles in all ways to accommodate them to its party. In the times cst the violence of Mr. Fox, when he wag arraigning all the I:IA4w ions of hi: own country, and paueprizing the nins• violent and foolish acts of the French reformers, The Mornifig hr.micb was no les., fond of the French, and no less siolent a4Ainst our our own institutions than Mr. Fox. When the pro gre,s of reflection and of events had cooled the languaee of Mr. lox, nod he appeared to the sound and enlightened filen& of their country and liberty, to assail only those of our institution which actually wanted reform, and to recommend oniy thosi tonavatiotil which were really salutary, and which time and the change of circumstances rendered nece!sar:/, T.4e Morntni; • THE NATIONAL REGI:;,TER. Cheanict , abounded with articles of the mast sterling merit, vrith pointed and masterly exposures of the false doctrines, and weak or wicked actions of public men, and w ith well-conceived and well-written expo,:itions and defences of the just, liberal, and philanthropic principles of political philosophy. But mark the time when its party ascended to power, and when bidding farewell to all their former principles, and holding all their former ploression,: in contempt, they abstained from every attempt to remove the abuses of the country, and added to its burthens with a remorseless audacity that had been never eituallcd : then Thc Mornierg Chrunicle became inspired with the spirit of its patrons. It became the advocate of the cor ruption which it had before stigmatized, and that with a de gree of effrontery which was uncommon even in a morning paper. It eulogized the ve:y !age and fury of taxation. It one but w iiispered the language of complaint, it bad wady the epithets of which it used to complain so bitterly it -elf; an.l the term Jacobin, after it tins consigeed to oblivion a:noug all lionet men, n as basely and impudently flung at others hs The Murning Chronic/F. Now at last, when its party is again expelled from power, it is condemned to play the opposi tion drudge, slid that in the tamest Mile that has ever been wit nessed. Its recent conduct absolutely prohibits the high appeal to prinriplev. It would only expose it to laughter. It is con fined to the subordinate task of carping minutely at the detail of Nlinisterial tratr•actions,and trying as often as possible to clap a compliment upon its patrons. Since it lost, too, the gentleman who recently conducted it, the talent snakes no compensation for the principle ; from tieing emipontly the best written paper. it hos become almost, or altogether the very worst. 179 THE MORNING HSUALD. It has long been the aim of this paper to he considered as the organ of the Prince of Wales. Every thing, therefore, con nected with Carleton House is the subject of panegyric in it. Relying on a large supply of Advertisements, and a fixed cir. rotation, uhich the Advertisements contribute to keep up, little pains is used in the conduct of ails paper. It seldom enters srry deeply into political topic,, and its tendency is to aide with the Court, as far as the politics of Carleton Ilouse will permit, be the ministers s ho they may ; thw, it was heartily ministerial while Fox and Grenville were the Mini sters, but no sooner mere they out, than it found they were Ms tre,,sed for very good reason ; and it has a short mord of praise fur tvcry thing s high Mr. Canning and Lis colleagues chuse to do. TIM TIMTS is, in some respects, the moq reliectable of all the Morning Papers. We believe it has the highest sale, which it has ob tained by the itioA uncommon exertions, during this war, to ob tain priority in foreign intelligence. '11:e-e, however, though ee ill. the public circumstances of huge importance, are with us matters of very trifling moment. We value more its distinction in being less the slaNe of party than any other lloruirg Paper. We doubt, however, whether for this distinction it merits very ample praise. We suspect its character is better described by the im putation of perpetual than that of independence. 77:4 l'rr,es, in fact, resol% es t. b.. in favour of even, Ministry; and this is a cum,* calculation enoug:t. Considering the force of influence now at work in this country. it would be a strange tie ilirrenee, indeed, if any Ministry had not, for the time being, is decided majority, among the readers of daily papers, in their favour. The Times, therefore, always chases to be on the side of the greater number. But this can only be done by partienlar xi mat:einem. if it were to unite itself very closely with ac 7 one Ministry, it would be under the necessity of alheringto them after they were ()O. By standing, however, a little aloof, q can please the great body of their friends while they are in, ?in:l join their enemies as soon as they arc out Not.ithstand big this, notwithstanding The Tinter has railed with the present Nlitti.ters against the adviiers of Prate, note ithstanding it has I. oieg3rised the attack on Copenhagen, and the Orders in Coun t it, it de , erves the highest praise for being the only Morning Paper which, at this mo:nent, complains of the burthens laid upon the people. It has arraigned Vie Pension to Lord Lake, the Rejectioa, by the Lords, of the Bill for preventing (it anis in Rever s ion; arid on these points has touched the true ;trine of patriotism. It is conducted with care rather than with superi•)rity- in . ..itelligence is enntined to foreign pa tiers ; for, in private, and court history, it is often' outstripped ',y others. GHNZi.g t leraPteCTlo.v. It iv very evident. (9 the attontore and competeat reader, that 'be writer: , ig all those papers are tgooraot; sad several of thesis t_~_ ~_ . - .0.r.M..