The Sun. — London, England, 1803-11-12 00:00:00

TO T 2f's,r The. HENRY ADDING! ON, fir. &c. I,LTTEII. XII. s . l at . V/ are told that the PITT. and GittivVlLLt l'arey, - "like the Claudian Family in Rome, do euf coalesce anti assitoilate with the Genius and Temper of the Coontry."—The absurdity of the allusion I leave your . sun at Winchester to expose, , Nbilst I undertake the more grateful officeeOf e x. traCting sothe of that oily Incense which , your - Friend, who cannot be, your .Flatterer, has here poured out with so profuse a hande—" The present Ministers, ht thinks, have this advantage, this hap. piness over them (the late Ministers) that they fall in, with the . charaCter of the Norton,'' (it was sure. ly unnecessary to add insult to injury.) " 1 dis tinguish nothing personal in their sway—the 'men ate not visible in the sets-of their authority--they seem to be the servants, not the masters of The Public, the Nation governs itself more under then), and for them." I have more than. •once :hinted a suspicion, that this friendly Editor was a Censurer i t , di s guise—not that I consider what I have just quoted as praise undeserved. —If it he considered as praise by yon—hear it repeated by the and enjoy st.—You will be unenvied in the poeseseion of such a eb a rader by any man capable of concluding, as they should be, the Affairs of a Great Erripireo e —As it is however assigned to you by those who ought to be the best informed upon the point, it claims some little observation on the part of the Public.—ln the first place' let ua inquire whence this aptitude to the Public Mind has• arisen—and how it has evinced itself in contra-distindion to the unassimilating and uncoalescing qualities of the late Ministers—l hive never heard,. Sir, of any school of Politics in which you studied except that to which you are now opposed—You were as I have always understood a suckling of_tbat Party, and that you took all your degrees thence, 4 am preitrcertainYotir Creed,' it was supposed, was extraeted from . the Manual of your early Frieed, and the .Doaor, it baslieen said, tore a leaf out of the great cIiATHANes book - fOr you—But, alas! I speak of old timese—out upon DeCtor and his Lordship both seem out of mind now a days—The hitter I conclede - ie' assigned over to the Britannic appendages of the CLAUDIAN family—lt is only therefore since you have thrown by your leading strings that, you are become this idol congenial to British hearts.—Every eired,•we are taught to believe, 'must have a cause, and experience has so frequently led us to credit the doctrine, that I have ventured to trace this curious and rapid revolution to its origin—When it was re. solved at a certain Cabinet Council after your re. turn from Kent in April last,, that you were to be a child //9 longer—when *the elders of the State assembled together with the eyes and feeling of the Nation bent upon the result of their deliberatiens, and they, good souls ! having merely negatived your proposition that they should resign their places, decreed that you were 'no longer to be led, you felt that even thus supported you . haul not the full use of your memhers—your niende had therefore recourse to the cunning woman over the way—You took a fancy to her, and she in return told your fortune, helped you, arid lifted you, and played the nurse so effectually, that it became a matter of poliey to keep her about your person--Your edeerseries, cruel men, were kept in check by her old womint's,saws', and you became in the language of the nursery, her pet and play-thing.—Habiti beget congsniatity, and .tb e Old Opposition, who, upon the principle t e id down by . your Defender, arc entitled to the first culogium, imparted smile of those' popular notions .wbich were to render you the idol of tthePeople, as the head of the Party had so long' beett termed aid considered the Fox Poirdie-Noucotild not even here, however, rake a decided line—Here, where ercaor most essential interests were concerned, not eon :a national or secondary consideration, but on yoUr private and individual welfare.—l will adOpt clie wOrds of your Panegyrist, " The Minister as usual took the middle course."—So ,that whilst One -party reprobates an apostacy more vagrant than, the lilushing record of former times conveys to us— . the other cooteirds you fur not opening your arrive unhesitatingly to theme.---That this is your ultimate, :purpose I have nU doubt, but between two stools, (I • mean 'no invidieus allusion to that part of our, late .Mioister , by e which your new ally' some ritnC eince• designeted you) we ,he ye long 'been taught 'to "think a man may fall to the ground— ' YUtt must 'do things' art' leisure—you are not, ralui.d in lour movements ' --that was the Vice of your Pre; decessure-Bit dirt, qui dirt cito is become an Old Woman's song, and Fruiter; occurrite mlrbe a mere School.bny's sayidg—Thus, Sir, we have account ed for this Popularity, this fallingin with the (ha.: rafter of the Natiuo, which you are led, to believe I you have acquired. r will he am amusing, and by no means en unapt Speculation now, tO'collea top e Ow the Opinions of your Eulogist, and define the Requisites dud CharaEteristics of a popular Mini. eter—lt will not be offensive to you, is merely a spedrum—A Minister, upon the System . o f that Gentleman, should be of -gentle anti impo. sing ti inners—utime to all, end ever smiling like Patience, though Grief or Indignation be raekling in his Heart , He must ever protest good intentions, tkough his , Actions appeer in th e f a ce o f d ay to impelled by the worst , Passions of our 'Nature—He s h ou ld l oo k upon the /motion of 1d Place as the first and forenmet Ojai ; the:remuneration:of his Family and Relatives as the second, -and . the good of the Country, if it come in his way, by the' were. mantis of the Majesty of the Peopleeemay be taken leisurely into contemplation—He should b e epee to all Parties, and influenced by them alternately —he should just possess art enough to impose upon his early Friends till bis _eat is secured, and just 0_ Itontery sufficient to turn his back upon eicieres Pa trons, when he has no further need of them, . . error occur, or even a blunder, which will be t e e (Aim sometimes, let him convert it into Principle-- and when by delay or want of Energy the COuntry is reduced to any serious I.Ri must mars. fully avow, that he nets in direA opposition t o the intemperate bsste cif Predeceisors. Shou'd he perceive any lurking Embers st' Revislutionary Spirit, let him not risk to burn his fingers open „ . • Sin.Tulition--ney may never break fort h ; and if they do, it *RI be the ciiitate of the People, end , he must recollifi that the Minister no longer the Servant of,the Crown hut the Servant of the People —the brack•and gilded -livery Lacquey to the Aerial multiortie—He is to suffer the People to iden, tify themselves- with him, and ro permit those• germs of Equality which filled the Galleries of the Convention to spread through our. Legi:iative missions. This will, secure him Friends among his Master and should they be Meitned to march to Sr. James's or to Buckiegham 1-1. use, a dignified rnieo and imposiog manner will soon enable him to , ona his level, and to give any direition to those feelings or passions most consonant to his views of Ambition or Aggrandizement. I am•neither ing of the, DeVil or going to Lim on horseback, when I seletted this last idea from the Book of Books—lndeed, I trust, that no Apology is ne. Cessary—Let, him, to further these good inten. tions, take up the principle of a Noble Baronet, and annul all the restriCtive Laws that have been. passedduring the Reign of our beloved This might ,he considered as a strong ,measure, think it would be the reverse, and he should care 7 fully avoikevery thing in the shape of a strong measure. .Iteirolutious involve their promoters in the first-ruin. . Reformers rise into Revolutionists, and reap the fruit of others labour , . All ibis, how. ever, with one reserve, that whatever the People call for, he must grant, however unreasonable, or every onjustifiable ; fur befo.re whom is be to justify himself but to his worthy. and approved . good uses. tern, the Mobility ?• By these means, if the Country should lie ruined, it will be ruined by 'acclamation, of its own Citizens ; if they chose to commit an aft of suicide, it is no busineseloftlie Ministers.— Ptiv o tte • faendship should titit be . exteilded beyond the-wall's of the Treasury., and public service must be pleaded in extenuation of ... aoy breach of gratitude', or indeed any other flagiaile' act of apparent rude. Let him carefully' avert all strictures upon Meet—Mcasures only should' be made objects of dis., cussion ; fior.so long as ;the Public eleaVe . the Men alone, solong wilt the Men care little about :the meaSutes, and whilst the Nation, is e playing, die game with heavy odds against her, the villas may throng-with congenial souls, and Mirth, and Song •and Revelry; hold their i fe . ititee Orgies with Secreta. ries ,of State, and Pie;-bald Treasurers for -their High .„Priests,.—Th4 „liberal ~,,systeu), however,, , would be ruinous if extended to an opposing par‘y, Men must 'then be made the peetilier objects of ani. madversion ; and though the totteringfabric of the State should require the only prop that could sus. tain it, that prop,' if it be a Man who has'once op. Pissed the Minister, or combated hi:, measures, he is it to consider himself compelled by honour nut to admit into Couneil , With hint !t' The Country. will, no doubt, 'be gratified by' being told, that such a Minister falls in with their ,own e eh:rraCter. If he would court' the 'favour of the , Public, Jae must profess to bear his honours .as . a burgher' packed upon hitn for their wind; and e;e:;e4:,thetee-/ he should have had the reversion' oflils Predecess9r's of§ce in hi:l-Poore P'euille long `ago, express , his sUrpris . e' at so unexpeCted elevatiOn=-As the monied interest luta too tong maintained a : preponderance its this Commercial Country, and 'as. BONAPARTE has yclep'd: cis as nation of Shopkeepers, let hint 'despise their gdmonstranees,` and likethe man in the Play, the City ! itideed when money is necessary e as it sometimes at' course will be to grease the ; wbeele of the Stare, then it will be expedient to eitio)e these fat” and *greasy , Citizens, and if they hoftback, it will be but fair to practise any little leuri'de'Gneree upon ,them 7 -40;; : (or'the,gnod if not to the.credit of the Country, and it may, be,easiiy contrived in insinuate' the otrtispiet of good news, even - "though in his pocket at : thtsiroe, hs may have th t e accoutre of the capture: , ofout a our most ira. purrant possessions;—Delitt procrastination should lie darling doarineil ;M"Enemy dn.'not avail himself of our witoftof, pteparmitnt, else Mi nister may talk loudly ollnisbandiog OUUtek.urids ; :ilia if he, cio, anderny.orit.iiikatd'consriten'ces'result, - . d.(41 0 4 ) 1., 41114 , PWitt,CO, , jcl liaedy bout the blame ( Trott' one deprtrrieui to another , ; and if 44,leading heads arc. tnextri t erteri . it pot their ars,l Atm .People - iphalt with Sc) 411fri ciept an answerif they , 'Wilt.have nerviliroorns, rbey, ,kpots intent to swgrp: .clean:—Reform and:erenoval:are essential to poPuli.: rity;'and fOr .. theistorviStUii; . of Frientli..o-When wishes, Pa':gain day - the business of yesterday t: aortal though arMinistor may ! nor be enduki with rare ( cntiosel of" Ut'eStge; hel may..at least take. a less,oo from ,tht . chas'rel l 4e. • LOPE-4odecisiott SitoUld be another , charaderisliti —for the People rivilL ol , portoriity ' t ea speculater,i-or if they o at tempt, ;it NAl3i.lasY to prove bit they'started upon •errnneouite r i o n s — Though . the .Min - ister, shoiiid mos confine glaelialents of a' Co :rtier to', rite •preciltfitiftif Sr. Jameir'il lout extend therif equally .to the e aotithetic hatott . ;, ! ot' . Broad St. eyiles's,e7,. , et, it is-r u st necessary: that he should :4 ltf)gei4! l- fkiliot! his . :etriidUt.t . 7ro'hifepriffes: '"kiOrts . . - If One of his COilt;it'i`ea' should liapperi to!be..offl'Osive Ito the:Siesterieign People, o A , 'injurious to the geiser4' Operations oot ttie Govern; Melt e, he shouldttry geritly . to'dispo§C Orhlin;—but if he is a hard-hearted; .refr4to; y sort. cif. Chow: ter acid won't g*, why, it he advisable to ex: tol hiin to the skies fur VVistiotet, ht igh the fun. &mental Principle of his COOdua is hostile. to every Measure ,of the Minister% Any sacrifice sloadd be made to maiotaio a due appearance t of co.operation in the' different Departmu ta of the Statelle must le by turns concilia - and .I.mperious, iluguratical and Thant, 4 . en,joi cals anti temporizing, hut above ;111 lie must .avoid.SYstem— , l'ime.servii% in tile nets. emit: of Polities is a vi r . tut: ; and though to ;la a, o t e ,l;io n would mooopobze the whOk Of b a n' ( 4 A'dmioistr,ttitoss the .c6uiitry ever toasted,, th e . re are always twi, tnodes.uJ perionning the same duty —and so thot it is don., it viorthl be very impelo. neni in the Public to 'discuss the MAC, .:I;4e bar_ Chess should he so laid upon the. Str! ., jett, as to cittle the, possibility of their *log t.:(inurc..h.nd li t,, and iii the.rev 'sl u r' the Public 5,T► ice miy vit4 ) rurally, be sapposed mci require their being (La:OW. Pc must uedetstand to garble fatqs, and to assi s t Justice by opening one of her eYei—Should ice pos. aess the elucidation of any circumitance mysterious is the World, and injurious to an individual—if • that Individual bean adversary, let him not hesitate to suppress the information which he has a e qu ii e dti. If he have the good fortutie to he unconneaed with the Aristocracy of the ctOuntry, let him omit • 'no opportunity of insulting and degrading them.— The Dawn of Reason appeared, just as the Sun of . Peace was reseued.frnm its everlasting Grave, and the Rights of Man are rising, after a new birth, to the Zenith of their Glory.—These, Sir, are the principal Ingredients which I have been bide to glean from the Manifesto, necessary to the forma tion of a Great Minister, and one who identifies himself with the People. I have no comments to make upon it. It is to me what the ardour of tlre . Volunteers was your Administration with this sole difference, that I myself have raised the one—whilst the most ,sanguine of. your friends and well-wishers will not 'give you the same credit as.to the other. To,,the efferq I refer the resem blance. It is alarming to contemplate, and if I could I would keep it unarmed, to prevent its he_ ink mischievous. Now, Sir, I will• just contrast this with a Is' ianre of other times. It will evince a strange revolutionary propensity in hrtman na ture. .That which our Fathers adored and hailed as a Palladium, we, their .more wise sons, have scouted and cdntetnned. You will perceive, Sir, that men ,were once apparent in the acts of their -authority ; that they' had something personal in their sway, and have led, in . spite of those drawbacks, the Country to the proudest height of National Glory and National Prosperity. " All that deserves to arrest the attention in taking a general survey of tie age in which he lived, is comprised in the history of Cu ATHAM. Un— resenibled, and himself, he was not born to accom modate to the genius of the age ; whilst all around, • were depressed 'by the uniformity of fashion, or the contagion of venality, he stood aloof. He consulted no judgment but his own, arid he atked ;from ,the untainted dilates of a comprehensive soul.' The native royalty of his mind is embiently cbn spic.uths: I le, tclt himself born to command, and the free Sons of Britain implicitly obeyed him. In him was realized the Fable 4)1 'genius, ! his hir eloquence, led millions in his train, :subdued the rugged savage, and disarmed the fings . of Mali . gnity and' Envy. ' But the , features which most eminently chna4tetized - 4 . !m were Spirit 'and Intrepidity ; they are conspicuous if , . every . turn, in every trait of his life ) nor did this Spirit and Intrepidity leave hitu. even in the last." • Here, Sir, is a pair of Portraits---You may com pare them,, I cannot. 1 could add a third--of whom it was said by your present. faithful. Achatesv (on that memorable day when he made a filthy comparison between a certain part of a certain Grecian, and the present CHANCEIs-Loit -of the EXCHEQUER) that." if evsi there was a man form'd and fitted by nature to bene. fit , his - COuntry'and'to give it lustre., he is Stich a ►nan"---but it may . ;And you suhket matter for contemplation itvthe silent hour of the night, and I will wave ,a fasts. 1. must_ ever feel,grateturto my heart—ol praising without flattery, and admiring without adulation the first charader of the age t o which we live. ~ A few short Obiervations shall close for ever.my with the Minister. -I wou ld first Correspondence wi yourTremembrance that one of , the 'Portraits convey.s.tO Us a slight and hasty sketch of t h at Man up to whom your,first lotrodalion. may , be traced. This maii , .twas,Father to a. Sot* tviip gave birth to your hopes and realized thestiost• ambitious of them. To 'this illustrious Father - arid his Son' England is indebted. for Glories that, will die hut,With the lilt breath of Fame. To this illustrious Father and 'SOO, ybu,,Sir, are indebted for P,ationage—ogainst the Principles of both, and in professed opposition to their exalted System,. you have apostatized from them; and added personal insult to this. unworthy derelidion—you have stung the heart that. fostered you, ..and send forth your Hirelings • to . blast the! Clu under whose benign influence you, were too long sheltered. You r Sir, are courting Allies ‘vi‘o do'nOt hesitate to smile at . your citydirlity,frorn the Bench which,has displayed unviried anim6;ity . for i h , iliteen.yearS towards the Principle s arid Per. your 6r son ot yn4r 'firjt Ilriend, and have bribed to your! Confidence and united to your Cause, the man who dircited a' Pistol towards the head of your early Patron.; , •• . ri9vv t _Sir, take my leave, wi t h t h e sincere as surance that there . is ,nothing privately personal in, the ,fcelings . which' have dict ate d my Correspon. tiertible . 'for Country,' and I feel ~ ; :hatryou migh(iescue it, in a manner I need not repeat, from the. perilous state to which it Thai been reduced by a series of weak and inefficient .Measures . .----This must plead my Apology, if I have 'in uny instance trenched upon -the line which 'continon usage and the habit of Society draws be twixt Gentlemen.'--If my, 'sentiments have been ~...s,uangly_expressed—they were expressed in.. the Cause of my, loved Native Land—,if my language bath been tooplain, I could 'not assort my words when a Parent \vas in danger. I, have ,the flowing. to be, Sir, . Your's, Src. FITZ • ALBION. ~, Lopuiaa, Aveniber 9, 1803. It has been said, awl pretty confidently, that my Lord GAt vict.l.did write a Letter to a certain Great Man , upon the Publication of the Preliminary . Articles, stating his opi• Mon of them, mid his determination to oppose them—lt cannot of course be so, or the Great Man would long ago have said so I I I PRICE OF STOCKS, YXSTI. nit It. 11.111 k Stuck 14 Pt illiii4 Stock 164 k N,,, , ,y 5 . per t,.cu!. 37n4 India Bonds b. s. dis. .gee: t (At: 17g , , 88 71{,/ E. !Oils par is. tiffs. !CIA i per Cent. Oinnium Si 9 dig. 41ei ( cut. Cott. 67iii . Ittiper. 3 p er L ent , s , i ; lict C. H. $2-1M : ► iiro Anus. ti 4 :er o..c(in. 53V,A4 Bank for p.ok 1.. .1. 154.,7-0 kjuns. tot Nov. 5311 ii Dittu S. A. 3. 1-16, THIS DAY AT TWILVI O'CLOCK. • 53 # I Oumium - t'~al.;uls •, , MAILS. DUI. *am's. Li awl 0 * w a• a. . . ... . a. 0 at THE SUN. .---- _ guLtibi QUIS DICUS 161.11 vat AttollATt LONDON, NOVEMBER 12, 1803. `WE are not amongst the number of those; who delight in detailing all the idle rumours send tanclei of the day, which rise out of the threatened Inv:t il° nW re have never bu wished tw e or attempted to dimi.' t iSi the real danger, cannot approve .of the exaggerations and unfounded reports and conclusions . which ignorance and weakness are ever prone to make. That an attempt will be made, and thai too of a formidable nature, we have uniformly believed, anti we have used our best endeavours to rouse out • Countrymen to that pitch of exertion and spirit ne• cessary to meet and to repel it. Thanks to the inborn and ardent patriotism of the Country, it is prepared fur the most serious attack-,:Which our. Enemy can make, and having attained . that point of security,. we cannot approve of the Daily Press being matte the vehicle of rumours and'ipeculationa calculated only to alarm ‘Vomen 'and .children, and which ,are generally but little found .:t1 in real ob servation or accurate speculation. It is now confidently said, but upon what autho rity we will not presume to decide,' that another Attack is intended upon the Harbours of Bordort and Cerlais. This attack, it is said, is to be en. trusted to the command of Captain Mon gig, of the opard, of so guns, and, the proposed plan of at. ,tack:,is represented to be ß pf a nature entirely new, and 'which promises the most successful issue. WC doubt whether this statement rests upon any good 'foundation. That'our Ships will resume their star he L t : i ne O ayr `i : t in s e - ri i : et s gb fi e.u . . l: 6 l a h cer e e:A) F it : tv e lteva n ic c l7k h ri " u P d ; oto r uvo t b s cr: t il l t : eub e ruFep, n ts t rr r .toe ) vo m nbect: e lqibtl n sti t iieFed, t ilt,il),:ild t ici v aiw i rt n w,: d plia:ittli t t bit. ' b i sc ; ,, e Another, point 'seems more that' the CFs Ine CONSUL has abandoned all idea of hitritelf embarking in the' Expeditioriagainst Avg land. Private, Letters from Paris , - start, that , , consent'' to consider his personal saferyw , wrung,from him on the 27th ult. The ceremony of entreaty to this efied was ailed, it ieetosi on that day. The hour, of three, was: • appoitt t " l for the reception of a Deputation of all the Coosa' tuted Authorities, the ohjea !'" 4114 treat him not to put the: 'welfare ph h e a' d i i a t r i d o , n. by e T x i po le s a in ff. g ca h i i r ;self to SI I C Pq ll. ,. Pf°ll —2" ene, it's cipitated 'a full hour bi,th l e C' i:lativ n noin e g t t l icap ti hi f evacc h deai i ti o .tte; fri s er t ce7lß , da:nd;llll';s3'gPaeleta.. • day there walk ild by two o'clock on .the followtog Royal the 100° Y1 * Posted on the walls of the POlais ..,...s,. Country. a:at ea:.,:n;rtsh,lngoircol.o...cizinostkAr tteglisgt The ya m to feelin Senate and the" Tthunate ttttetsline° ` •,, " upon this farcical occts4isionn.e. Vt T lie h r e fOelrtidoarrs feign *Peak...their agitation overcame tarn; °ll e of theses M. extending himself - at the feet of the Consu l, Ets•Jitticount, in' ' a burst towards him. The great man completely Mel ted, • sprang forwatkand embraCed. A mixture ° f p rg Y CFO ? teats,. and - embracts.succeeded,/and sc' ene ' er f t . witif Chief cunsutis yielding tO, tli:YYi‘ h .C! ""in° attending this t h i e v e n . Pr a t ) h e e t4 Cu f iihoit?ec°iPrcku.rn's. tateells are . i44't6 hay :: ontrivea ceremony,' which moat probably w..' and arranged by . —OI4AiNARTg himself. 'Tilt natora and Legislative Bodies may, be.,east theme, the .ctmtinuance of their Demi.Pocl ani"g oi flaw , but what will the. A r my say ? Will they , w hich toe? that.tally think, if, the Enterptis e ° P °n taat are ordered Co' embark he - so v ery hazardous ...„ ut jenl'i" the life. oPr their Chief is nor to be 1 . 11 d to in cv" ' by joining in it,. they are only doom ~,,6 will •,, b e able destruCtion ? We apprehend ther e „ t o Se's . difficulties in 'getting their Armam ent put th valour antvhat of ar o eo u p r p and iloseatviyt.o t hem even by th e vi g ilance G It is said to be the determinat ion-of out :nvererdi: merit, that no French Prisoners shal l be ex') I g '° nor any Paroles granted, until all the Engles . unjustifiably arrested in' France a t the comisclie:::: merit of the War, shall be r eleased. A Pro 'n the ciao to this effed is expecled to appear , ZCITC. A Cabinet Council W 3 held yesterday: wn'' deli ,at for several hours. Th e subjeet of beiagi°ll was suppthed to be the discussions pending between this Country 4rut America, relative t'J fix c"' ion of the t4th strunA rt i c le of the Treity ° a I C o mmerce concluded betw een lits MniirrY sn bis Ar ticle the Unitci Stites in 1794, B . y i the Americans are restricted tront' trading to any of our Port or Settlements in essels/4)ol'e buil ,n '',co wrist, hey now st r o n g l y temp"' 4