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was dont-eight Jacobin wantonness and mischief, to
repro toll him with the story of •' The Drunken Dativvi-
ler," at the very moment when he was humle!y ten-
dering his assistance. Bat while we pity the poor
thraid thus unmercifully insulted and eh estised,
we cannot avoid making a few observations upon
the party intAing the punishment. tie surely
ought not to have any heavy political crimes, with
which to reproach himself ; no terAiversetions nor
turnings, to lessen him in public estimation.—
The very name of The Couriee, which associates it-
self with the French Revolution, as regularly as the
name of Ma RAT or ROBE,PIIRRE, shews that The
Carrier Was the last print in England that ought to
dare to ding the first stone. Te The herald, thus
cruelly upbraided, if it has any spirit, we leave the
business of reminding it of its old falsehoode. We
shall, for the present, content ourselves nith a brief
notice of two or three in its number of yesterday._
Alluding to the system of economy pradised by the
late Ministers, it observes—" Mr. Paw tv•i.," the
Ex-Ministers say, "has begun well—he has de-
clined to accept one office, till it was rendered nso:e
worthy of his acceptance by attaching to it the
salary of another."—Thi, form the Gazeivio Le
Gazelle! And what did Lord GRINVILLE do?
lie would not accept of office till it was rendered
more worthy his acceptance. by attaching to it the
salary of Auditor of the Escirriquer, though he
had, bos;Jes, a private fortune of not less than
20,000! a year !" Now we do profess to be guid-
ed in our observations by a spirit of truth and can-
dour, perfeCtly free from all undue influence, and
by that profession we with to be judged by the
public. Let us not then be snipe:tea of party-
feeling, because we have mole than once found it
our duty to proteft Lord GERNVILLt against
the malice and falsehood of his enemies.—Let
us only have credit, so far as we are able to
make out his defence by faCts, without sophistry or
misrepresentation. This charge of a voracity for
places, equal to that professed by Mr. Neely* c,
has been frequently made by the present Ministers,
and it is full time to give it an answer. It pleased
His MAJesTY, on the death of Mr. PITT, to com-
mand Lord Garrevtxxs to form a New Adminis-
tration ; placing, at the same time, his Lordship at
the head of it, as First Lord of the Treasury.
But his Lor..llhip was then, and had been fur a long
time before, Auditor of the Exchequer ; and this
being considered incompatible with his new ap-
pointment, an Aa was passed, making the two
offices compatible in one and the seine person ;
which, in fad, was nothing more then an As to
remove a• disqualification, under which his Lordship
laboured, and enable him ro cbey His Maassie's
commands. Now what was the case of Mr.
Paacevax ? He is entitled to the reversion cf
Registrar to the Admiralty, he is Clerk of the
Irons, and Surveyor of the Meltings in the Mint,
arid he is offered the place of Chancellor of the
Etchequer ; and yet this place, to which, in his
wildest dreams of ambiti in, he could not have
hoped, twelve months ago, that Fortune, in her most
whimsical mood, would over. exalt' him, he re-
fuses to accept, unless accompanied by the Duchy
of Lancaster ; and that not during pleasure, as it
has been hitherto held, but fattened and distended
into a place for life, to gratify his craving appetite.
This is the plain state of the two cases ; which, in-
stead of affording a parall-I, present a contrast.
Lord GRENVILLE', by coming into office, obtained
one place ; Mr. PERCEVAL has obtained two. Lord
Gearivitoos has gone out of office precisely as he
Cann into it. Mr. Neese-et sought to vssess
himself of a snug sinecure, to remain to him for
life, after he should be di=possessed of office. No
two cases can be more distinA and different.
To call upon Lord GRENVILLE to give up the
office of Auditor of the Exchequer, to qualify
himself to obey His MAIInTY'S commands, by
placing himself at the head of the Treasury, would
be to put his Lordship in a worse situation than any
other of His M cowry's subje!ts, upon whom His
MAJESTY could confer that 11,41011 r. We shall
only notice, at present, one more source of
misrepresentation and falsehood. Alluding to the
explanations of V:scount I iowicx and Lord
CR1,41,11.1E. in Parliament, T&. Courier of yes-
terday charges as a crime, that these Noblemen ad-
mitted Ireland to be the past of the Empire where
ins asion was most praflicable." And this, the wri-
ter contends, is holding out encouragement to the
Catholics to persist in their claims, and making
them wish for the success of I3orearme re, as ren-
dering concessions to the Catholics more necessary.
The argument of Lotels Gereelcle and Howiec
was this. The greater the successes cf Ban APA RTC,
the greater should be our military force; and
our measure is desirable, ►ecause it will in-
crease that force, by encouraging the Catholics
of Ireland to enlist more largely and Feely into the
army ;—in other words—we recommend this :pea-
sure, not from love or affeCtion, not from a sense of
justice to the Catholics, but for the sake of our tom.

mon safety. It is well worthy indeed of
Courier to impute this motive as a crime in
whom it would represent as unduly a'tach.d
partial to the interests of the Catholics. Is
well worthy of The rvirier to insinuate,
this was giving a hint of disloyalty to
Irish, and invasion to the enemy. Ti! I;
would Lever have known, had not Lords G.
vitae and Lead Howtctt told them, that, by
ing into the army, they increase it ; nor worth E
NAP ARTS, poor fool! have erer thought the ir,
Ilion of Ireland pranicable, had net Lord GU
vit.LE betrayed the important secret. Three s, .
during the late war, did France attempt Op ier
sion of Deland. lti 1711;, the invadioz fl
lay, for several days, at anchor in g
A French force afterwards etitally landod t. K
lala, and penetrated a considerable way jot,
country ; and a third force had reached the r.
of Donegal, when Sir JOHN B. WARREN f,
Innately came up with it.—Do not the Lis'. •
whose memory all these events are fresh, know et
invasion is praßicable, and that their country is t!'
most vulnerable part of the United Kingdom
It is folly to suppose, that, by shutting our eyes, to
shall avoid danger; and that if we do not look at
ourselves, no one will see us. Yet, such is the con!,
which the calumniator of the late Ministry carol
prescribe, in order that he may have some')
with which to reproac:i them.

The county of Fermanagh has addressed '
Representatives in Parliament, depvecating th
agitation of the Catholic claims, and eatreat;ng
that all possible opposition may be given to
theni.—fhe late Ministers having completely

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given up the question, in obedience to His M.
Jss-rr, the Address of the C-unty of fem.
magi), had they remained i s office, would btu
been just as unnecessary as it is at present. As
some of our contemporaries, however, attempt n
infer, from the =due of this particular eru-A-,
that the sense of the country in general is *pia,:
the Catholic claims, for the purpose of geardi7
against misrepresentation, we think it necessary to

state, that the Clunty of Fermanagh it one of t:t
in which the Orange spirit prevails in an espc.i.l
degree. Besides the County of Clare has, as •e
stated yesterday, instruaed its Representatives to
support the Catholic Cl tims.

The Official Rerott of the Pres;dent of tbeUi itri
Sutes, sespedirft Col. But el CollipiriCre is g
in out subsequent colnmns.

The Patent. appofraing a successor, es F;rd
Lori of the Admiralty, is ant vet made out.
Mr. PAL ILL has been !wily ant:limed, for sow
days, canvassing tbeCity of Westminster
The At/66mgal( sloop of war sailed on Tuesliy
from Leith Roads, with the trade for the Blue.

Letters from Dainzig, dated lath alt. r-ceivei
by last mail. state, that the exportation of
prohi'lited from the whole of the Prussian ac
_ _ _

Monday last, arrived in Leith Roads, the ye, r
sloop of war, and Norfolk armed ship, wit!, ,te
remainder of the crew of the Utrobe Dutch frigas.,
.wrecked in Otkeey ; the commander, •fficers, and
a part or the crew, landed same day, at Leitb, fiord
the Hebe armed ship, and proceeded to G.eenlaw,
under a military escort. The officers, except tdr
Captain, who is on parole, went in a coach, guar.:•
ed by a party of the Scots Greys. Thirtyuis of
the Dutch frigate's crew, we are informed, bare
entered fur the navy, and are now on beard Coe
Teed is the Roads.
On Tuesday morning his Royal Highness the
Duk of Kier, Sir Goa. Pasvose, %laj r Liam-
waoo, Captain (least, Aidde-Camp, atterdel
by s 1 other Military Officers, went from Perm
width to Gcsoort, in Admiral Mos i aou's barge
where his Royal Highness reviewed the troops 'ie•
tioned at Gosi ore. His Royal Highness attetwards
land.'d on South Sea Common, where he reviewed
the troops of PortsmouthiAarr icon. In the evening
he dined with Admiral MONT AGO. ard about mine
o's! ick at night. set out on his return to London.
Besides the Scots Royals, and other reginmrs.
ordered immediately to proceed to Italia, the U
battalion of General Fi raft° regimeat, the 34th,
has also received orders to embark, and proceed
with the fleet for India.
medals, to cuarunemorate the capture of tke
I-land of Curac.,a, have been struck, and ssi'i
be
forwarded to the West Indies by Captain L mitre,
fur Captains BRISBANE. BOLTON. and Word. a:
A re! h.ta, Etsprd, ard Laloaa frigates. The homer
of l n.ghsho 1 is to be conferred on Captain Bait.
SANE.

'FI e fcllovring is the House-L;st for Governors
and Direnor. of the Bank of England for da Teat
cot :

Foa GovEksoßs:

Fle.mon Long,Esi GO, arbor,
5.r Brook Vldtsun, ben. an./ Aids:man, Deptm-Oovemor.

VOR DIRECTORS :
Thome' Badlineton, Esq. John Pear4e, Iraq
Jnhn Bowdln. Esq Charles Pole, E. 4
t.:Jrneltus Buller, Esq. Thomas Ratko', Esq.
Henry Darohori, L.q. John Stannorth, Eta.
IJ•eere, Esq. Edward SII4ICOn. Esq.
(tenure Borrien, E•g• Henry Smith,
Themes Linsley. EA. Samuel Thornton, Esq.
Tlvpnat Evq. Stephen Thornton, Erg.
Wi ism Manning, Fag. Samuel Turner, ion. Fiq.
.eenevr Earl. Robot W. ram, Es+
Ssr R ,eharrl Heave, lint. John Whitmyrn, EM
Jeremiah uhve, Ep. Benjamin Winthrop, Erg
The Eli Rion f r Governor and Deputy-Go-
vernor will be held on Tuesday. the 7th ; and for
I)irettors, on Wedne,lay, the 6th intrier, front 10
in the lorenoen till 4 in the afternoon.