The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-05-20 00:00:00

1 1 " THE STAtEsNIA,N4 eistee on all • occasions, set his face • against sending out ,141 4 4 ,41 1 1 S .1V ELLES LE .1"S • STATEMENT. .. . ASSASSINAMN. those reinforcements:Whith ; were elk , goo p o ti o i to vii .-,,,. 11. -.. • . . • • ... , " Lord Welle4ey expressed his intention to red . s respectable Provincial' ,l a 'apers, PI because The foll ow ing articles' wei:"ssaaalsy ~fly -- , ....1 1 ,.; . say s , 14 . 111 . falgj i set's Lord* wtt.iiktir's states ha . g 4wral o,,inions, for a long time mat, ma various important will. he fottail tat .00 wilt, " he was convinced by -experience" them the siticstiuns, bad ant sufficing weight to Justify him towards the publje, ortovranls his own character, 'itcide . with the -sent' in in continuing in ()dine; I . , t entrwo have,uniforoily main:, Cabinet neither ixossessed ability- titte'ketnekdge to -anti hecause he had no,hope 44 obtaining from the Cabinet (as tallied as to thp.doetrinenf Assassin:snow-Ls devise a good. &.M, nor temper e t eritis - - -0 , then constituted) a greater portion of attention than he had at.,i ' ' cfroaaciac • i tirsttixillitt LivEhPisot. mvitctlitY _. * - w mik - •;•* '.. '-' .1 • la_ '' 5 _.:1 ; 1 ' ready ex periciaced. Lead Welleley's objection., t' • • A year ri . not van elapsed •' .. -.l ri o rewmtning la., . , .., a d o pt one, . . see, next,. alos Peat . syfr, collsvisef the g m - s sib • • A r • 1... Met arose , in a grent ..egree, from t.... mirrors and imper- i Assassniatarm wOtirstettiv advocated iii-thie akin most importankpoint in :this eitpositioh, is the want fel wale on Winch the elltirts In the Peninsula I try by the - . were conducted . editor of the f la t , , ,MOnitor; a of candour and fair -dealing, withyWhieliif directly ' i l i tw 6 a s always stated to him by Mr. Perceval, that it was imprae- ! Paper, of which it has been said , and the assertion chßrges 51r;4 1 4iicOiqi. '. , LOiril litiktliiiilit bavillg cel:i nitopie implicitly, that im system.w Wellesle y Cabinet . followed Mr. Per- `remains unContradieted—that if•N ' iis originally corn y thought that it was "erfecit P . i menced under the immediate patronage of his Ma: determiner to Abandon a' pa tty .who . were .- liS P racticab: Y. th plan ih• e to EXTEND e• ni ePeninsula ; and that it Was • iwes:M• ' t 11119 ers. The idea of such a precept, though destitute of jedi t aeut ~, as th e y w er e of tal en t s _neither safe hot honest towards this country or the Allies, to con- - ' . directed against the enemy of th e tinue . the present contracted . scheme. No hop e ex i sted of con- prod b counts } , and sup. to caveat..l beneficial plan, intimatedb MI: in- serum Mr. Perceval, or any of his Colleagues a no alter IP° y arguments and instances strongly connected tendon, at.. the , rame moment, to.. the .ftwat - ao. 'iii,,,, e ', l , • rema ined fL e • ' with each other, filled ever f • •.' erefore or rd Wellesley but to re-1 r friend of virtue and hu-'1 a- . . , al id to Air, PrltiletrAL, that he intended to `e .-l iii. , 'sign , Sr td submit to be the instrument of a system which ! inanity with horror and alarm. Yet, can it be supposed j - • 4,0•••• lie. never advised, and whic't he coul d notthe author of such diabo!ical instigations con- 1 'Lien 46 as soon as the restrictions shoo4lntire. --- I weilebie had ed i •. 11 realapprove.—Lord ; that when ,yisided his op'. !his to meet with undiminished encouragement, that i His Royal Highness expressed his unwillitigtiesi . that I 1 nio had t'a re lite ta : on lY ;s7by t ether im re pt eta t doctrine was totally without effect ? NYe are per.. Lord WILLOLLY should take such a step, and was I sincerely convinced by experience, that in eve ry s u ch lk i'425 instance suaded of the contrary, and we have ourselves heat cl: , with difficnity prevailed on s when the4ietrictions Ihe had submitted to oisinions more incorrect than his own; and j persons who did not hesitate to d Ithat the ' der tare , . as- t % volt I.l44.socriOcesisto the Object of accommodation and temporary ; sassinati n of tyrant , 'o o a may, on some occasions, be a I ceased, to accept of his seals of office. lbw b on y. more. than be could justify in point of strictpublic . ;meritorious action. We have ot'..er proofs that the different was the conduct of Mr. PERCEvII. : rile. ..dat •,, i ln foci, be was cohrioced bf ttltret• ..mace, that the tabl- ' d • . • - 4dAi.i# L l*iihajtiei cret he rejoteett at the determinatien of _Lo , T -;--, par ' aufd)scerninent to adopt whit he no • thought Hors II- 1 - have hot been ineffect ' cal, but we will refrain from 1 Laster' white he actually wrote a gettifl.ttkthat 4 , ... few& .. ... . . I ,oMast utiles Mr. Perceval should concur with Lord W e nn- 1 the mention of conversations in which the folly of ' bletran, in which he " used expressions of m e ld , . Ii tot: -t o M. pereevarsjuttgment or ittaiotneots Lord Welles- Weak minds would be no more than absurd, if it aid !Led also of thanks, for the manner in which Lent Ile Nader the same experience) could ' hill pay: any deference, ; not tend also to excitehatred and contempt. To such. WELLltsxy wished to resign." „But this teas Dot I A : niche . ut n • ts iejury e to th l e .th oubl f ie j Jervice. With these views and ! reasOtiers we would point out the letter of Cicero en ,:ir f ary,Lori IVellesley merely 1 the asaftssination of Caesar, in which the impolicy as He 44 instantty attempted to induce the Pitace a •, d ' ors • le E b • ). i stir purmission to withdraw from the Cabinets not re- i well as the inhumanity of the act is clearly exhibited. Recast to remove him before the expiration orate' 4turiog nog change in.,liis own situatioo, and -imploring uo other , r lt e could adduce innumerable examples , in favour Amu the fAciiity of resignation. 144 ; plu g s um * ! _,...,_ ng all moral feeling aside and point- Restrictions ; and repeatedly urged t he a tt e m pt wit h War, s molded to *tlte Prince Regent 0u t„ 0 .4.1 r , p ewoo m "'LH, setti ng steal earnestness.' ALL this tbe-vietuo opyititiqkat, , iw - g*lkaa.posstolc atsla d isamjw, aebora t'ag,ita K , wish tbs. ao .. ing only to the consequences of such actions, the inrniaealaitt Iftriersfacti . .it did, wilhoiielf - aly f istraton of L2rd' w c it es t e - $ wisb, (hoot , precise time of bb' it would• be manifeat that astimaination has al intimation to Lord WlLListty of these proceed-' resignation might be accoMmodated to the Oeuvre of his Royal ways ruined the party in whose cause it has , I Higituess;and to the coiskience of Mr. Percgval, as Soon u g m been perpetrated. The victim, however hateful or fags, nor even of hit wish fa r Lord Weti.escer a p i . • I rest etions suould expiro. The Prince Regent received this no- 1 despicable in his lif e, has been honoured is his death, immediate retirement.," such is the delineation I efteationwith m a ny 4,,,,,.. • g . lOUS expressions of regret ; and Mr .. and the perpetrator of the crime, hat ever found which Marquis WSLLEiRtY drew of the public con. I Pereeval, in writing, used expressions of regret, and also of himself deserted and condemned—abhorred and be - i t h / i t s a w k i s dr , I t o o r r t e l- s . 4 e i&n. c tr P r in e w re h e i v r e s l, ttlil/41.1i0V4u'etlie.31eY had signified i traced . But for a clearer view of this subject we duet of Mr. Paseavax, while he was still liripg, and while both he and his friends had as oppOrtunitrof lio.Lord Wellesley, instantly our:opted to i ad a u n ce t c he mn Prince Re " : refer our Readers to the impressive speech of Mr. Whitbread, on the first day of July last, when, in refuting the --foul charges which it tontainti; 7 ,They , gent to remove him blefore the expiration of the restrictions:and : peatedly urged the attempt with grimtearne.toess ; severally! a powerful strain of eloquence, he called upon Mr. could not attempt this, because they kieir 100 rc ... ~ proposing Lortis Moira, Castlereagh, and Sidmouth, or some of i Pel"Ceval to disavow all those doctrines which had, . well the truth of Vie etcusitions: and notr that his party, to supetatie Lord Wellesley without an hour of de- / seem ingly under the sanction of the British Go- MT. FteCSVAIr - is t: . gone, the attempt -of lay lay. Mr. Perreval neoergave any intimation t, Lord Wellesley 1 rernment, inculcated the use of the assassin's hand other man to &lap tffe statement, argefsl be vain a tbeitt proceedings , nor even of his wish for Lord Wellesley,s 1 against the, life of• Bonaparte. " It was not 311 d fruitless . it awitst.e4, therotarell.ensa;u _ __ Thine:hate retireteut. The Prince Regent still pressinglord i evqu to be for4seen," said Mr. Whitbread, " that a "S'''' •Wellesley to retain the seals, he submitted to his Royal High- I all. the dagger raised in such a way against the nument of the want of judgment, of the want of !'Tees's commands ,,declaring, at the same time, his noxious desire : wor the icked guilt y , • talent, ands .whatlh of more catiespience, of the I 4 ° be liberated , ba "°°° 'as his Royal Highness should establish 1 the innocent and the meritorious ;" and again, want of integrity In Mr. PEncEvat., I his ovvernmert When it appeared , at the • ' of the • as a Prime Mi.. •• e " •• 1 strictious, den the Prince Regent intended to continue Mr. Pet.. nistOr.. With - regard teethe changetithat are likely ta . l .-- ~.val's government, Lord Wellesley • • agent tendered the seals to these detestabledoctrinesto be acted ? were upon take plate, nothing has yet transpired to enable us to his.lOyaltliteis with increased earnestness. On that omelets, 1 Who would take upon himself to say where the mis speak positivelt on the inf.:de - et. Ru me u r stales ' that the being informed that his R. H. was still at I ilierty , aud was remised: chief would end, or what hounds could Le fixed to its t an o d fo b re e t i his Cabiart d a d ecord mg to his Royal Highness's own viewr, I progress ? The life cf the individual in question Was Colleague& 'Af MerkincEr4r, rite to iittch by stn vi ii I ng I'omrtt declared, to in state his opinions on the subject, Lord, in the hands of an over-ruling Proriclence, and if, Administratiiin. This if true, Will 'bid t he $ speedily effect the ruin of the cOnntrj. We trust, formed, first, no an intermediary principle respocting the Rai. man hel d abeen raised up to his present formidable •-• 1 man Catholic cisims, equally exempt from the extremes of in.' • • however, the Putties Reimer's eyes are now one . eminence, vain would be the e ff orts of feeble human s. militant, unqualified concession, and of peremptory, eternal ex- means to counteract the dispensßtions of l'rovidence." to the dangers Whielsiurround• him '. and it it le t *Julia ad t i_ ai a . Ooeuydly, °van understanding that the war should IWe regret that Ministers in disclaiming such ;loc. true, as we hope kis( that he last nignt,sent foil be conducted with adequate vipur. Lord Wellesley said, that i 1, trines, disclaimed them in general-termc, and that the Earls MOIRA and Gail' to advise' frith them as to PersmailY was ready to serve with Mr. Perceval oa such a • ...a : I basis I that he never again would serve tinder Mr. Perceval its • : 3.-1 el or of them e3ntinued to enjoy the patronage, at the formation of a tietifainistr . there • •y, 11 stalls bqpe ! any circumstances. He said, that be would serve under Lord i least,of the Administration. that the country may.bisaved:l, Moira , or Lord Holland, oa the proposed principles ; but diet i'ROM. ifH R ROCKINGHAM. r • rare desired no °fait, and entertained no other wish than to be ia. I The.. oPportupity is not unseasonable for remind. 7ntrumental la fettling such an Administration for the Regeot e si : Jog oCr iN.a4ers that; in the various remarks- we have - - ' ,-thwrgOtplir s -frovi. time to Aye, one slaty •toisatke- oa t the policy, doctrines, and facts of the period just gone by, we have anticipated an i4sue Irons 'them of i which the resemblance may . now be easily traced.— Welare repeatedly urged the fatal Keels, likely to be produced by the doctrine of expediency and tem porary advantage, as used its justification of the Co- penhegen expedition, and other similar outrages both on morals and our neighbours. NVe ha ve never ceased to remind those who justified these deviations from right, as wise expedients suitable to our circumstances —those who threw up their hats on thl , assassination of the Emperor Paul, who waiied with entiety and hopes after the treaty of Titrit.for an account of • the assassination of Alexander, who abetted' the assassin ' assocititiOn projected by Goldsmith, and the defen ders of perjury and fraud by licences, that they were digging a pit for themselves ; that assassination was as justifiable in England as in bra ace or Russia, and that the day would come when their error would rise in awful judgment against them. What are those mi serable, beings, who are carrying fire awl sword into the very domestic circle of their best friends; doing, but following the course which expediency points out to their ill-informed minds? But we will not pursue , the subject, hoping that the lessonhas been learnt by I both politicians and moralists, that if they mean to enjoy the security of law and morals, they must not lonly inculcate their pre-eminence, but act on all oc casions conformably to them. . On Monday nightateit late boar the Maki' lirsz.t.tst.rr endNslttfoaD had audiences of 0,411 Patece Rarity; at Carlton House, for a consideml able time. Sadr•tds !seised, and equal to the cooduet of die war on a seat; or nip:lent extent. Ile made no exception to any Prime Minis er hnt Mr. Perceval, whom he considered to be incompetent to WI that office, altboagh sufficiently q sal ified fur inferior stations. ge uttered to act wader any other perms approved by his Royal Olighae.s ; bat he stated, that his own v iews rendered him much i more anxious to resign instantly. The Prince Regent come laaaded Lord Wellesley to continue, until his Royal Ilighness illheald have communicated with Mr. Perceval through the , t ..~: Yesterday morning the Lilt!) CHAYeIELLOR, ESA Of 1411131001., Lord CAITLEttaAQII, Mr. CANSliiiii, and Mr. SittßlDAg, bad audiences of the Mitsui Rtorrr. Yesterday at one o'clock a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, which sat till three. At half past eight o'clock, another Cabinet Council was held at the same place. We have seen letters from the East Indies, which state, that whilst the Bucephalus frigate was cruis ing in the Straits of Sunda, the ship's company were infected with a contagious disorder, which carried BELLINGHAM. otf the whole of the principal officers and the greatest —lllli-- part of the crew. The letters add, that the frigate ' When the body of Bellingham was conveyed into the Anato micall Theatre at St flanitolomew's, the room was alread y in vo ith speetatUrs. most! r , we believe, of the Medical Pri queston arrived in pert under the command of ain i itiashirman, every dater of a superior rank having Cession. The clothes having been removed by the executioner been oeized by the Inglidi; and his man, the body was lei I. on the dissecting table in the . centre of the Theatre, and Sir lv. Blisard and the demonstrators We are sorry to state the death of Captain the , of anatomy then faqir fOrii ari, and proceeded to the work of Hon. Ju NM Goae imeitiancling the Scorpion sloop., ' abdominal dissection . vi l sc h e e ta first wi i ii n kw i° e u r b e w ' i cr ound to he in so th u e nt e :gral o thy "l to e on the coast of Airicit. - : - A. seaman having by acci- • &degree seldom Wituessed, and this was the case with the loop dent fallen o.reslaeardc he leaped after hits' troth t h e 'also, which were afterwards nspected, fliecontents of the skull. , exhibited the usual appearances of deet!l by .trangulation ; the ' intent to • save 'ibis plank .lifevie which attempt he eyes had nearly started from their strlicts. lie determination was drowned. The sfeip's ;heats were lowered for "-of the blood to the vessels of tile brain, and the stoppage of its him ; the fling isramped .; . thy area he seized the was retu !'`taro t° rho r o e. eatre en r a iti r fa iiii lil e tl i t n e. snd a d i t o s n i ,s -'iof t k he o sta t t l e w o r f o pe, the gun whale, antr iu his.exertititis to get in, capkiscd It 1 , Wein, fro mei y as P yetterday. The bead sPc Las been severed from with the Lauds In bar, area Sunk not to. rise %),nlio ; the body, it order to afford an opportunity to an 31 tist to take a 'plaster east of the countenance of this extraordinary mar. Gr e at the hands were picked, :wish . up great' ezettious b y grow& homely sock to view the disgusting slectacle of his mud. lowering the cutter4,!,Captaht-Gottz had twice bill: laird remains: fore sued men f r esi.:d ro w l ip s h. hi s „ w „,,,, s , r ia L .-,,A: rept! hiring gone4thrnad that Bellingham etas noon terms .7 e 7. -- ri - 7 4 77 Cryy ire.. intimacy with hia)ate huid/ady,, we understand that %init.; - , a; .' ' " In . ' - 11 ...,,r: .. '• '. :^ mew his tears, *whet he aSsured Beatanont, the Gaol trite Tbosi st o wte ,A st , a f t e 1.,„,." 4 " pe + ' .f m :l_-' WWI 11k14111141f Wi th dim, that the tale Wall even:, withoe . unittig, ti ~ to laden, r asse seemed much concerned that such st sespicion Pore, Irifereofiet AAP Officers, pissed thrifigaryliii. hive been entertained., to h ol i c ie p tw ist t e; o 7 4 Fridav kis: i . rt r om ill setter . on friday, eti their rattle for Oesi l estiAlhirdii.: ' ' Al o li f f i t t e e t „. 6 , a - f rariae nt g l an sherllT Shire ) sr s heTt they are_terentain on theirpinoll44 . • • •'• . Liteakid, .the..Stilit : itue tothe TreasurY, arising from al Us; night ..e. a the oaten storms of i htiar d ei . • ter %Vag:d i sea s e p t i t :t e o l ls rl w ar ltc y h ; r at . r i p , nit d ,s ii a i n trZi r. i tigta i ss;s:l and lightning arSelit a heoocourreck fop, several yea* gira i niptLed Maas in his to.r. air. Sheriff ll.contended'that an commenced . hbqtit, eight o ' ii. ..The li g ht n i ng was , isopertyhelonging to prisoners convicted of felonies le dint COI" , Iraq forfeited to the King and was nseallyconsigned in his uncoturreonly vivid. .7 . . -s- * y,t - •i • This was a prattlee which had never, within his knot led= „ :, : s" .L.,1 departed from; be, therefore, reqoested the - pistols in gantlets It now • .11PPest"tn't the accounts of the 4:enteg‘a - Might tie Muffled to him. Mr. Litchfield could net immediately-, inm at "Nottinghati;...on the . receipt of, tbe intent. irecagnize the right actnallg i sested iu Mr, Sherif Birch to take Is t e tt b .y ie w ui rer b f e or c ti;il t r o or th t t e Crott race of the assasstoetton of Mr, Peaci4m., which Lt e d [ T, t o o , ' ,;(l h! l ttnild ' ova copied front - a Morning Paper, have, been greatlY Ihe could not consent to part With them at that moment, a nd in Be exaggerated. - It - is -usual, it this season of the year, i vray . pi: d ip i ( n ise t t coArfrecterinroessmezzirratetiri,naiLwaihiledli R 1 r . noel for workmen, when their day's tabour is over, to '1,17:5 poritivelv asserted h is intentionvo keep potseseiOn of thy assemble in the market-place, and amuse themselves weapons , the Attorney -fieneral interfered, and assured sir. with talking over the passing occurrences of the day. w is et ;L e e :PG: r tl e l na „ e n t n a e r r ; vh ßirch.tha sto . that 8 11 1 Ze ld b 'be eentr e d d in -. t The great importance of the news of Mr. POKE- of ;Etc, together With all the other apparatus belonging to est's death, had certainly drawn together a greater them, powder Bask, &c, which were fvend at Bellingham's number the usual ; but there was no appearance of I ' d g ing ', . riot, though the Magistrates thought -fit to call out NAVAL IN'aLL.IGENCE. •1 the military. _There was some. festivity itrthe town on this this day, but this . arose entirely from the inden- PORTSMOUTH, May 19, . . tures of as apprentice to a Woolcomber having ex- Sailed the Rinaldo, Avenger, antitivian with the • Qtteltee pired, and was m bo way occasieneil by the death convoy; the Leyden for Lisbon; tad lit Mislettie with a (MP of Mr. PEaceviL. Neither had the ringing of bells vey for Guernsey. PLY MOB . TR, iiett•lB, any reference to 'the subject, as " - the; inciety of came in t h e s e ,* sloop of ;war, from a mite. Ringers, ring every Tuesday night throughout the • Sailed his Majesty's ship Favourite, for Cork; Northumbet. year. .. ' • "'land s man of war, for of Be st ; and. Medusa, oa a mile. .• Lord Chancellor. Lord Wellesley stated, that such t commu oi. cation mug prove useless, but submiited to bb Royal Highness's earnest desire. lu two days afterwards, Lord Wellesley re ceived, through the Lord Chancellor. the Prince Regent's ac ceptance of his resignation, and accordingly delivered the seals tolls Royal Highness oa the 19th of February, 1912." The ehatelle of last night contains a Proclamation, ; offeritleloool. reward fur the discovery of , the wri ter of thiktollowing threatening Jettors:;,— , . 1 4 . ATlnta,a4.. MAT 19,1612. I " Wire*. It has been humbly ppresented to3tis 'Royal High- • nem the rtuteckßsouirr, that the follovrinc'satonyetwats threat ening lenkni have been seat to the Rig* thatottrable Colonel M`kisteereer-t ....;•-• a rt gy ps Waiter—Bread or IVent?.-Tell your 'w aster h e ' . is a atom tonteriiscr Suwon/ref, and if he dont attend to the above, Ikea iliall he his portiuo, & that soon, it's come to gibe , point 50m,•46 wertre determined to strike the decisive blow. \ . - • 4 ' Ma y 12 1112 • " Vox Populi. ' €iAdreemed to cot 31thtabon, • • Carlton-Rouse, Pall-Mall." t€ aeorsie Prieni of Wales. Take care hf yourself for your ife Is 10 (moor, you will alert the same fate as 11r. Percival 'lf Billenghall is Aunt before Ilde reach yea. Yon bl o c kgnard you shall - be shot before three months' it elaiied if kiltreglitill is bung you stiall.be shot as sure as ~ 1 remain, an kmemy ar,4B the dammed Royal , " Fasativ." Otiddreseed to his Royal the Prince Regent, , • . €c With Speed: • • di' 4 46'hide." CORN EXCHA Not, MAT 20.—T0-darthe,market has not many fresh arrivals of Wheat; bit tolerable supplies on band, mostly second 'and infertor qua... lilies, sales thereof heavy, and Mallet: give way pi price. Barley dull in Sale, and also rb.lher lower: Matt likewise. White Peas are sornesihatcheag i r ; and the same is n ot e d in each sort of . ifeins. and FlOur at late prices. . . Wheat .... 0 .,... Ws 1111 Istv !Tick do: (se.) .• 66 19 Finestiim..„..i- ~ 135 140 • Do. (Floe Old) ... ' • 71 74 Rye ... • e Barley 5l 67 i Poland do. '....r.. 58 59 Malt 66 94 I Putative do. •• • . 60 `White Peas (boilers) 81 1 Rape Seed - ' XI6 .ESV• Grey do. .... ' 74. MI IS j Fine Floor Buss • , ' ~~ Lin we' MIS. PEKURrib, - ---...--- “I l* he 4 4iilt Hoot)arab l e Spencer Pereerral. his Makity's late • Chaneelear of the Exceetaier. nod 41.c414141 son or the late rad of •Egainiit. in the kingdom et helmet. mut 11 *en Levet raid 'Johan& in Eueltndi by Goliatfue Compel 1. 'ate( t" Lewd N orthatapt•in, was berried his father's he ~e in Aud'ey.ssplare, November 1,179 e. lie sees nettled after his wide 9,e wet.. the eighth and 'late Earl of N•sreireripteit; amt . '''. hi. tether r er si tole rd Ad il in he itti r L i r e i n el 6 o :l n iP iw o p f r i e: ' it i el 4. .it il i e kAdmiralty. 9e the Premier , h s utr durind. shlp doithttess entersaloed well.foulatteal liop:s, ,that his inns might aspire fat the highest ottice. l it th e S tale . lie died Maws ever, of a par laic alfretiedi, when li-. of whoin we now treat s was oily eight years of age. air. re eeyal was hiotlehe "P at Ciarltito, in Kent, where his father had a house, and where his family, b-comma acquaitited with that of the late General Sir 'Cuisines Wilson, obe lewd of the NI sas..r ; two of theta hates si..ce married a r0up1....f hip levelly .la:teeters. Al a proper age he wa. removed to Harrow School, wheilee he rep eyed to Trinity College, Cambrelee, where he obetimet the dearer of /tl. A. whiehshortened theroad to the bar, foe 'hillier he wet now Isaisteniol,•, having been entered of Linctdoes Inn, of which he wits then .i bet/cher. 14e cies meared his career by ;tr emor.... nyiiix the Juegei throneh the Midland Circuit • ebut It has been s.:itt, s hat his practi..e was never very r 'tredve. either there or in IVestininster.hall tie war however. culled:red ns a risiag mete sent this was SHIM rearlert:d evident, for ,he was appeiiited Counsel its the •A il asi rid 1 y t mid in 1799, he obtained a silk geese. but wdliotit a (intent et precedency. lli4 own. Duiveisity elm paid Ides n high compliment, by hie nominetion of one of its Savo Counsel. From the period, his prefeesionnt preferments were viva; far in 18,11, he succeteled Sir William thmet, the • present aster of the hilts, in Solir444lr, and X 18!l. ; became A itoraley-Gmeral, ha the place of Sir Edward Gottr, no* bor.' Lllealowoogh, and Chief Justice; the lutteentire he held until Mr. lox and Loud Grenville clime into power, In Dili. Mr. Perceval, long 'before tais (August lit, 179d 1 bad paid his homage lit the shrine of wedlock, by au emote we believe * singularly pi-Damietta, with Miss Jane Wasn't+. the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, of Charlton, in the county of Kent, by whom he has had twelve childreo. With this lady he had got acqu tinted early in life, by the country seats of the two families Imppeoine to be in the same pari-h, us bat been already intimated. eleanwhile, Mr. Pere...vat, partly propelled by . ha own ambition, ant partly hy ter s pirit sit his e r i A m e l eg s imittioe, hail determined an a public Parliamentary 'life. 'rise war with Fratire was congenial to his own wi s hes, es well as those of his family ; and on tee circuit he had already ehe em e s eee es egge a; by Ills wen; hake stwirangement of sowite.alt those prosecution-, hysomitas rsf which an Administration that had ceased to be loved, succeeded ti rendering itself feared.-- With Mr. Pitt,' Me believe, be was hot slightly acquainted; we have been inflamed, indeed, that rife. Perceval, who ereatle niliairel his eloquence, and generally seated Minted' in the gal lery, when he spoke, lira% recommended himself to the melee of that celebrated orator, by menus of a political pamphlet. At length no event occurred, la conseqttence of which tie himself toed an oppottunity of entering the political tirene, nod exhibit ing his prostess in St. Stephen's Cheque. to consequence cif tare demise of Isis maternal enter, April 7; 1704, a vacancy for the representation of the Borough of Northampton took plate, ns hi. first cousin, laird Compton, by succeeding to the Eterldare, of 4 nitric vacated his seat. I As Fie inductee of Castle Ashby hart, durlog the last reetry, been very considerable with the Corporation of the neighbour log Boron-h, the present Earl of Northeinplon eueceedlid his father its Recorder, while 116 friend and relative, Mr. Yowled, who had been aomiuuted Deputy ßecnrder, was elan returned of the Menthes's, In cuosequettee of the Dew writ issued on this UCCUSIOD. , It bai been usual Willi asplrinr Men to tonne • •C their public career by acting with the t)pponiiion, and attracting the notice of the public lev means at a set speech. Neither of these oc curred on the present occasien; fer we Wad Mr. Percent ri.iia l e, we believe for the first time, June 8, 1197. at st very critical perind, for thee. sprees purpose of saying a few words in sup= pert et' Mr. Pitt. the Premier of that dny, who, in consequence of the cotnuedi inset the Norte &c. had briteght la a Bill " fur the better prevention and punishment of all trnlterees *swages to excite sedititiou awl mutiny In his Mujesty's service." On this occasion he suggested a mode for avoiding delay, nod also for conciliatior the opinions of sill parties, by denousimiting the *deuce felony, but within the benefit 6f clergy; he also pros. meted, Met there should be a discretionary' pewee, either of traloportatiim ur imprisuomeue both of which eineudmeuts Wee ['dewed. • From this period, Mr. Percesal aeitears to Wive paid n par-. gl ee l e , ' ,um l au t e to matter: of teenier ; and to have spoked ale most on every subject connected dab tett revetutr, proticalarlg in December, liee s when he defended Mr. Pitt's new sehetot fur c• Ileetitig the ussceed taste. Sono after this, the sualect of this 111ernolr attnieed the first growl step iu his profe...i or, baying hero appoialleal Solicitor- Genera/ at the age of thirty-nine. lo 11.02 lie became Amatory , General, which he held during n periee of Shire years and ten months. He was a iltelalititto ittivocilit.• for the Union with lre und ~ arid. A. se er , ;see, wei nif iy de:4mile* 44.. wilds of 14r prebait war with rro,tce. 111 1507, be taipo.eal tie (Pilots . f the Catholics, owl guise his vote ae•ainst tee inipeaclinent of ' I that public delinqacte, Viscoent Melville. By the death sit Mi. Pee tool change of Ailmlnistretinn, be I lost Ms shellfire' of Attorney-General. Mr. Foe and his party, i however, ewe hat the peculiarity a tech they mid before gam. ed, in cosixqueme of thew apostacy, end the public voice co. I ineided with the new•Oppositiim. in which Mr. retreval emus , pied a compiciestatt metes , . lees Administratien, flowerer, was [oat of Ilene iteration, for it extern:4 may during . a yeor t at the 1 evpinoton of Which peri••d he Isteamett a seat in die Cmhinei. mid • the office of Chancellor of she Exchequer. Tae part which Mr. Pewees' sod' hi. colleagues had now to act was, however, deletet in the extreme. The late Administretein hod been new •ved by the King, on account of their fevi•uridg the views of the (:athelles, which wit• sonetientel by the enlieht ened part of the nu i oi. To subvert all these ti..ws. a new Pesti:anent breeine necessary, and the cry iti " Ni. Popery" was teseentled from ouw end of the Empire to the flitter. On 'kW occasion, he thus addressed his Constititents at North:tinge ton, that he e was called upon to give up hi.. professioa, to make a stood for the religious estublhhinetti of the country." The attack on Coeteilingest and the Dani.li fleet, the people of which nation were lit a lerfeet state of neutrally with all Europe, was the first unenstiftahle measure in which Mr. Pi•rceval, as Prime Minister, was concerned. litre thousands of innocent individuals were 'Min, and their fl •et brought to England, for the truly chrirlian purpose of preventing their Wise attacked, robbed, aid murdered by Fearee. Asa el Mister of fiantoce it would be grins inewliee to deny, that some few of his pinta itave been attended with beartietal convenneneeN and us these we shall here menthe) two. lit the first place. he has matte n saving, trifling indeed of itself, as it amounts only to 6/1,01101 per annum. is the avaliagemeet of the Public Debi; hut this is likely to be productive tat fa °mewled consequeitees. lii the next place, by eimeling helices of stunk. ill the three per cents. above thirty-Ate years of Lev. to put chase annuities aerie; their ow* lives, by which certain clawes of the conatoweity will nut mils be greatly benefited. but re demption of stack tom great lammed will Mule he Woolard for the public. Nor ought it to be omitted in this piece, that Loth Ibis Gentlentah and Mr. Cumin& tire retitled to ;nark tapper Nation, la respect to their eimdttet. so fur as convents the Abo lition of the Slave Tiede. Oil that occasion they slued aloof o from their ciallengites and ;ethernet', and declared themeeiveg roost fully and unetielieseadly against that inktenttu week. lbs relinquietioe his bituatigis at the bar. Mr. Pei coral t•hirpriell the °dice of Chauciller of the Duchv of Lawrolers by wee of csanapeteetimi for (be lots of his professional e molitineets. n o m hie several others he d-rived yearly varsity:leaf site thousand • Hondo iodic MO bee* said, that the _ emoluments uf his (Oa , 1)1 , t I e#* are excessive. It is our ditty now to advert to the most cataidennes e.vente during his panted atter/. 'Tae :assistance we b..ve nfrordett to • Spaiu, has, as yat, eaV wasted the blood aud treasure of the country ; and tee expedition to..Walcherea was one of the must I 111-advised wheners ever projectedby any hi iniel:.•rt It cost the t-mintry millions of latency, and theasenee of lives, withatet are . • cemPliskiag one opted 4410 . 110 d in view.— ts a man of busi ' ems Mr. p e e t eval we:saebl ae, qsgiefieesel ready at starlit* SI flOSWerieg Obeections. Asap orator, lee•was lueet, perspicu ous, and conclusive; wittene eta's:sone the Foist -natn ,t -h- umour of Lord,North, 4hr areenuenattlse decisnin of Mr. Fox, or the bold wad cotanheadinteloquene? of his friend (She Pht ; but yet he found melon id engage and to wield the Ibeisa cf Cotemons. Mr. reversed Wm never a popular main. The Or- dun in Council, which putAprriod to oer s tmde s with America, and threw thousands 01 industrions taameacturers out of iinploy meat, fur which be Was so retinas an advocate, must :fur ever stamp him a wretched p.d•tieb*. He always voted air abut a Reform in Parliament, a4criati the t:leirns of the Catholics, turd against time Abolition of eseleis l'Lleesand Pensions. Happy should webe, if ,we could say that he possewed all the good qaalities of (#adolphin i tine of die most Hillstrom of his predetwasers. It-in to that Nobleman, who detested Vette , find refused the Garter , ahat the nation s -hiring the reigr.s of V,,i William and Otteen Anne, was indebted for the order and re - larity of the public reline*. It was he who introduced the • present comparatively low in'ereet of molter . It was he 7 1 1 s; Mtbmigh the favourite f A r four successive Sovereigns, emit- - • " itveliked the intend 6,r ths Peopff. 4. .• • , • • tin Ids eiecuir lie was niir , sed to Mr. Serj - tant v-tysllol4 wad 0 1 01 distinguished hirnselfoli the trial of Georee tbarteis,•de 'kettles in . A ortbnetptemehire s for forgery, .agaieetes lion! tau set WAS felotio ' .....lli fi,Vtitt . ‘..A C . t Hit brother, Lind Arden. in 1757, warded pegegjetie g ,, ‘ ,, embed) Wilson, the elder daughter. .. y 7:) • - ~9 i 1 j ,~ ~ I k 'l4 • t • 1' 1 4 , • ,• i k • • 1 • • • • .1 f •~ ^.-