The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-11-05 00:00:00

lead to promote his sordid purpose of filthy lutrc ,
or gratify his malignant passions. Besides, the
cha•ge pf extreme youth, as urged against Mr.
George Heavy Rose, a man advanced is life, and
who, 17 years ago, as The Courier admits, was em.
ployed in a diplomatic situation with Lord Auck-
land at the Hague, is quite ridiculous, and, as such,
we have never known any person absurd or ignorant
enough to make it. Considering his experience
and diplomatic address, we should much sootier
have expefted to het.- him described in the language
of Stertire, woen she thus speaks of eikxander :

" Nut the suit breezes of the genial spring,
" The fragrant violet or op'irilig Rosa
" Are hail s° sweet
" Then ho will talk—`cod Gods how he will talk ?
" lie speaks thu kindest words, and looks such wings,
" Vows with such passion, swears with such s grace,
" That et is heas'n to be deluded by hint."

The Lest in the series is the Duke of Portland.—
His Grace has not enjoyed very good health
fur same years, and lately he has been seriously
indisposed, and therefore there is no fals,:hoosi
in the statement ; although we admit that, in the
excessive anxiety of the Opposition Papers, they
may have sometimes overrated his danger. But as
to Lord Castlereagh's lice, complathi, Mr. Per-
ceval's pre-disposition to the dropsy, and Mr.
Canning's to the gout in his stomach, The
Cour.ir has the sole and exclusive merit of ori-
ginating this account of their diseases. We are
sorry, that, in cunrmenting upo.; this suhjel,we did
not claim one ether ex:epLion i:t favour of the Duke
of Portland. The Portland Stone, so facetiously in-
troduced by The Courier, is too grave a suojtet to
be treated with levity, and here stir drop it; but was
it in ridicule of Bit other pa.i: nu, that Ike C6arzer
has selected for them these peculiar disorders ? Lord
Castlereagh lately exhibited his peewit in as eatire
suit of green, from top tx toe, and thewhs have not
failed to say, that his LordsOip had put chased the
wardrobe of the Brighton On to Mao. He had
also a u 'position towards e.at coktse formerly in
Ireland, although he has biliZe turned to Wing*.
In ransacking (11:15 the whole :6lateria. Melted
fur a liver c ,rttplai.tt t3r Lo; d Castlereagh, we do
talait the r of (he d.sease meant to re-
ptuacn ins Lordsh p vii;ll ,:ad halite, for it is
the nature of a liver cosepl ALA to give a green and
orange lint to the patient. Mr. Pe.cevai's drys's,
1.; a still gts.a Zr effort of fancy. Had the oppo-
sition been abused for having Ahmed him with a
biliuuc complei:vt, or a disposition to a consuray-
lion, appearances would have given a degree of
probalolity to the charge; but to represent a little
and dry nlin, is swollen and bloated with the drop-
sy, would be a foolish device that must defeat i self.
and could never have entered into the mind of the
Opposition Writers. We repeat then that the
whole article is an invention of /he Courier, to enable
it to thew its seal for Ministers : and that foi this
purpose it has, in contempt of all truth and decency,
represented the Cabinet as an hospital of incur aole,,
with a patient in eve, y wad. Yours.

BIGLIAOi Q GA LN