The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-06 00:00:00

THE -S-01001. OF PITT.

It has been observed, that former Administra•
Lions have been distinguished by some particular
name; such as " the ROCKINGHAM AdminiAra-
Lion," " the GRINVILLE Administration," &c. ;
but that the New Nlii:istry is a mere sine no-
mine vidgus, de.swute of the ap'ffirraia sisentaais
to disctiminate it from any ordinary set of po-
liticians. The Ministerial Prints have, how•cver,

glossed over this great deice, by denominating
the New Ministry, " The School sif PITT."—
This new-fangled phrase has been bandied about
among the time-servers, with so much zeal and
perseverance, we should not be surprised if they
have really persuaded themselves that it means
something more than a vais empty title, for ehe
purpose of imposing upen the ignorant, the
thoughtless, and the superficial. We have read of
the school of PLATO, the school of Z moo, the
school of ARISTIPPUS. These great masters
taught and maintained parti:uler tenets and prin.
ciples, and 'night be considered the heads of so
many setts; like Ito wt. riu ILr.t, and the late Mr.
Wsscev. The scholars imitated the masters. In
the same way, lit the Fine Arts, the arts of paint-
ing and sculpture. we have herd of the schools
of Pll MIAS and PR AXITILLI, the schools of
Tii iAN and VA ; and, speaking more ge-
nerally, the Flemish and the Italian schools. Ti e.se
epithets merely designate certain Artists, who,
forming themselves upon the principles of some
great Master in these re.peaive arts, imitate his
manner and style of colouring, and place their fame
in their approximation to thche works. which they
have been tang!:; to regard as models of isolation.
1 he three great questions or leading principles of
Mr. Pit's political lite, as laid down by Lord
(;sENv,LLa, is his explanation on Thursday
se'nnight in the House of Lords, were the Sinking
Fund, the Abolition of the Slave Trade, ar.d the
Catholic Question. Lot us then try the &hese
and propriety of the title, The School of Pit Ire" ILO
applied to the New Miaittry. in relation to thew prin-
ciples. The New Ministry consists of the following
persons: the Duke of Perri/IND, Lord liawkits•

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lIV IY,VISCOMII CAST LEI TA '3U,LONI F.LneN,Elrln:
CHAT its ea, Earl df W ESTYORLLAND, Lord 114t1L-
GRA4/4 MrAILIICIVAL, Earl of ell Netts, arid ./.1.!.r.
CANNING. Now of these, several, viz. the Fatal of
WE!TNIURELAND, I.Nrd lINArICLSIteItY, kc. were
distinguished by their opposition to the Abolition
of the Slave Trade, and the whole of them
are piedged to oppose the Catholic Question
Seven of them also were Cabinet Members with
Mr. or. ,eit; roN, now Viscount Stnnocrs,
when Mr. Pi rT Opposed that NlthiStry, and el.-
erted all his strength to remove them, as per-
sons uttctly unfit, front incapacityl, folly, and
weakness, to III! that great and important
station. They Tutus: then have been dunces, or
very refraaory scholars ; but, in either eve• t, how
men, who spent their political lives in opposition
to Mr. Pit is principles, can, with propriety, catl
themselves the pupils of this great man, we are to-
tally at a loss to discover. The veriest empiric in
•he country, who would impose his trash as some
esteemed patent med:c:ite, takes care to give it the
colour and appearance ut the genuine composition.
So MIlv:1, then, for those who would insinuate, that
the Pottland stone is Patian rarible, fashioned into
almost life, under the chissel of the Ingenious sculptor,
Pi Tr ; and the lamp black and ruddle of Mr. CAN•
NINA, the glowing colors of this political Ti !lAN.
But, however ridiculous this jargon, 46 The school
of PITT," may be found, when brought to the
test, those who are acqoainted with the source in
which it originated, are we:l aware that it was in-
tended to answer a pat ticular object. Where
was the audio, where was the school in which
this (amens master, the lire, great, high-spirited,
anti eloquent Mr. PITT, taught? The House
of Comumas.--IVlio were his scholars ? Tire
Member; of the House of Commons, and all
the strangers whom the Gallery contains. No—
thanks to the Art of Printing—thanks to the
Liberty of the Press—England, Europe, the
world, are the pupils and scholars of these great
masters, Mr. PITT and Mr. Fox, as much
as Counsellor Peaces, a, and Mr. CANNING.
Is the House of Commons, their great poli-
tical principles, foreign and domestic, military
arid financial, were taught and enforced, with all
the `ewers of eloquence and argument; and the
stranger who could obtain a back seat in the Gal-
lery, had just as good an opportunity of learning,
as Mr. CANNING, seated upon one of the Benches
of Rotten-row. But if this phrase " The School
of PITT," be so egregiously wrong, why has it been
introduced ? We answer, that it has been echoed
and re-echoed as a puff oblique for Mr. CA NNIa G.
Mr. Castartso, it is well known, aaed as a sort of
flapper toldr. PITT. He had access to the awl Ita
semipro fonds, and his Parasites would insinuate, that,
in a private dozing moment, he caught a few
straggling ideas of that great man ; that he is, in
fattl, in possession or some designs, some etchings.
outlines, and drawings, which that great Master lett
imperfect; and to which this young Artist will
give the finishing touch. In fact, they would
represent Mr.' Pier as a hermit who taught
this young Nueva!, exclusively, his whole art and
trade, in some lone retreat ; or, to come to a dosser
parallel, they would assimilate Mr. PITT an.: Mt.
Camaino, to MANOMIT and his Magpie; or, as
some say, Pigeon,the sole depository of the Prophet's
secrets. In every point of view, then, this phrase,
" The School of Peri," as descriptive of the present
Ministers, is one of the most fulsome and disgusting
efforts of servile Butery, that has for a long time
disgraced the public press.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, Arm G.
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We have received Dutch Papers to the 30th ult.
They do not, however, present any intelligence of
importance. AU the disposable troops in Holland
have been ordered to the army, and the Burghers,
in many places, have been obliged to furnish the
city guards. 7/u Rotte,iLimt Gazette, of the 29th,
states, that the 2d battalion of the 6th regiment,
and the 3.1 battalion of the 3d, in garrison at the
llAgue, had, on the With and eith, marched for
Poland, as had a corps of Yagers from Daven•
ter, &c.

A vessel arrived on Saturday in the River from
Danrzic, which place she left on the 19th last.
Ar ti.at date no accounts had reached that city
rf anions between the hostile armies, subsequent
to the affair in the neighbourhood of Guttstadt ; in
which the French, notwithstanding their Assertions to
the contrary, were repulsed with loss. me corps
of french troops had appeared before D Antzie, early
in March; hut on the 10th of that month a smart
affair took place, near the village of Rosenberg, in
which the French lost 130 men prisoners; 13
Germane, a* i swine Poles were likewise taken, anal
abaut 100 were killed. Another affair, with a Ike