The National Register. — London, England, 1812-12-13 00:00:00

TIFF, NATIONAL REGISTER. THE GAr-Loribtßio. (FROM TUE SATIRICT.I ROkt LO CO TES • llt t d or of ex Lines A rea e Miss E. Soswv.tt. to write or him, to prelent to Miss :1 . 11.N ET LONG. which he passed for bib ;We , he had them painted found with MOSS RusE.sups, he carried and lered them at the divine Shrine himself. TI ILAN, could he but view thy hettvinly face, In vivid colours he'd each beauty trace ; LUCRFAIA'S chums were great, but thine surpass Nature's first model, e'en that Grecian° lw.s. Lachanting fair one ! save, oh ! quickly save, yi.tlf dying Inver from an EA 11 I V grave. Lady, ah ! too bewitching lady 1 now beware Of artful men, that fain would thee ensnare, Nut tor thy meit, but thy t.'..)rtrvNE's sake— Give ate your hand, yonr Cash let rennts take. • Sic in the original. THE TELLERS OF THE EXCHEWER. 78 1 made to the expenditure of the country,. has probably in• cteased them to near 30,0004 per annum. For the reason before stared, no alteration can be made during the lives of the two Noble Lords. This consideied, it must be subject of great gratification to all but The Mor►►ing Chronicle, to contemplate their liberal and most exemplary conduct.-- ecure in the possession of all the emoluments of those lucrative offices, holding them by the Royal grant, and in no danger whatever of being molested in the full enjoyment of them, they have generously given, in aid of the country, a very considerable portion of what was unquestionably their right. They have given, as I think I have shewn, little less than 10,000/. per annum to the public. Voluntary contri butions, like these, are not often to be expected in aid of the State; but such an inatance of munificence, is in itself a subject of cheering reflection ; and it is not too much to hope, when such an example is set by men so high in , the State, as the Marquis of BUCKING IIAM and Lord CAMDEN, that it will have son►c followers, if fairly published to the world. I am, Sir, Your obedient, bumble servant. IA Lli PLAY. December 1. 181 g. LAIV INTELLIGENCE. COURT or KING'S BENCH, TUESDAY, Dac. /DE ICING V. JOHN AND LF.IOII. OWNT. This tintl for a Libel •n the Pliuce Regent, which was put ofr far want of attendance on the p.irt of Special Jurors, dont* the 6initigs after the Term before last, took place on Wednesday, when the fol• lowini: 'Gentlemen composed the Jury— ', John Mont, E.q. Samuel Shatwood, John Lewis Blaabourn . Esq. John . Wilmot, Esq. Daniel Garret, Esq. Joseph Gay, Esq" Thomas Sultan, Esq. Joseph Brown, Esq. Alexander Cribbin.s, Este' John Routh, Esq. Samuel Jones, El. Joseph Watson, Esq. Air. lticits ',so,/ stated the Libel to have been published Examiner (the defendat is paper), of Sunday, March 22, 181 t. It was then read as follows : " What person, unacquainted with the true state of the ease, would imagine, iu readine• these astounding eulogies, chat this Glory of £lz People eras the stil.ject of miltions of shrugs and reproaches ! That this Protretor of the Arts had named a wretched tbreiener his histories', painter, ili'disparorement or in ignorance of the merits of his OWIII entulttyltlell! That this Maecenas of the age patronised tof a single deserving writer ! Tlmt this &Lather of Eloquence could not say a free decent extempore wads—if we are tojtuAge at least from what he s aid to his regiment on its embarkation to Portugal ! That this Conquenar of llearts was the disappoinier of hopes ! That this Exciter of Desi•e (Dray° Messieurs of The Post !), this Adonis in hardiness, was a empon lent gentleman of fifty ! lu short, that this deliga Jirl, bcc.f u t, wise, uleuAurabk, honourable, virtuous, true, and immortal Prin..' c-E, was a violator of his word, a lihertine over head and cars in debt end dis grace, a despiser of domestic tics, the companion Of gamblers and ne m i l ep s , a mal l who had just closed half * century without one single claim on the gratitude of his country, or the respect of posterity !" To this information the. defendants land pleaded—l Not Guilty, Sir W. ti All now, Solicitor-General, commented on the nature of the Libel. If such languire were applied to any private individual, would it not tend to reduce hint in the estinintion of all his acquaint ances, to the lowest scale ot• degradation-? What then most be its effect on a taan situated like the Prince Regent, at the head of the G IL: could not believe that the mode of def e n ce . w hi c h h e !rid I u nnintioned at other pl.ices, should he adopted. and lie hoped that he s:rould have no eccas'ort to address the Court again. He cr.lled upon the Jury to do justrec between the public and this d e f en d ;in ts ; and they would he handed sown to future ages as men who tied the cottrar.e to du their . 4 .ity. The pool of the publication beitig adduced, and that the defendants were Proprietor and Editor havitir been übstatilinted flicocon A M add res•ed the J nry in behalf of the defenclaufs, after having caused some knitter extracts, from the article which con tained the littel , to'be read. lie contended that it had been written, apt with a vk:w t- deerade the Prince Regent, but to expose the lolly f a pit ce of ado:. tor} • erses which him appeared in he illorniNg P o st, the extrawavatit praises of which were enough to sink taa tau. , r. Lt cuumenting dil;w,ting flattery, Mr. Hunt, with TO THE EDITOR. Sift —The following croaking paragraph appeared a few days back in The Al crning Chronicle : " he Teilerships of the I.:xcliegner ate well known to have been paid, hitherto, by a poundage, &c to priportion to the expenditures of the nation I So long ago as Qu t:EN As:Yr, there were two, worth artl 30001. a year; and were accordingly held by high persona of that considerable calibre ! Then, happily, the whole reckoning of the year (even the years .if the Duke of ,11. nouovon's wars !) ion paid by six miVions ! N..se, unhappily, vacti.our wars (though 10A, ! like the Doke of Ardsat.nonouc tes) cost above an 1111 - -11110 mtt.t rows—more pruhally 108 or 110 millions, what must thew Lilo - ships unmunt to in the wonderful tear? By the 13.11 of 34.13tAt Ke, it is enacted, that they ought nut to exceed, and ac cordingly ate not to exceed in future, 40Utii. a year ! So much for the twit, to come. But in the present time, what would ARISTIDES do in such a case ?" NOW, Sir, having stated thus much, I think it would have hem but fair to have added, that the Tellers of the Exchequer hive voluntarily given up one third of the emoluments of their offices during the war. This, Sir, I think, was due to those individuals who have acted so nobly, and also to the public; but, perhaps, The Morning Chronic:c was afraid cat giving pul.licity to an action of this sort, lest their ex ample should be too generally followed. The Lo RD CHAN ;:c.t, Loa and Lord ELL ENBOROUGH, aud other distinguished characters, it was thought might also give up a portion of their emoluments, and this done, what would becoom. of The Morning Chronicle, which exists but ort.the subjects it hulls for invective. It is not generallv known that the offices held by the Marquis of BeCKINGHAM .and Lord- CAMDEN have been Trgulattd, so that at the death of those Noble Lords the rieilerships will not be held as they arc at present. Those who may succeed them are not to enjoy the same advantages. I) 'iittally the Tellerships of the Exchcquci were calculated to be worth 2or 59001. per annum. In the year 1740, in consequence of the aiins• extra' rdinaries having amounted to tl►e then unprecedented sum of 600,0001., the fees of the Idlers, which consisted in a per centag►e on the sums is iu”d from the Exchequer, were educed horn 9s. per cent. t° 1./d. Ain-tit the year 1781, it was found that the iticreaFed cxr•enditure Of the country had Increased the value cf each to 8 or 90(10!. vnd On the limit In "hich this was set tooth, Mr. Ill:11K E f(oll tided has Dili, '° hip h declares their• cmolumeots ought not t o exceed 400.4'. at.d the offices were rrgul.red accoldiogly ; but a grant of the w'.l to the two Noble te.sonages 1 ''% 1 0•:•x; them, the regul lot, could not 'alit! eifeet till after tiecea-c. In the yea 1808 the e►moltimentS of each ~wut:uteJ to Letv.een tits and 44,000/. The.adTlition since DEC. 11 ► just bie as I take ty o f fair Mr. tii pe. Igain litttd ippa. t ded cred. lance iarc! ' s unial y nue lir, I r Ppeari piece 'l%) n, to illy a ht to 'olla .flcc- ck of piing : one been from pub. rent i worst 'rayed 'duct, Tura giiial. )e ex- tiEr'S lati!):1 ‘v lit a . : se, it i bines igi lained d that ,t In hip trace Igliug DLD`• 4, bY this there future E N. ,