The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-04 00:00:00

THE BRITiSii PLIESS.

of every party, with at least affected satisfaction. But
it will be seen, that there arc some who have pretended
to discover in Mr. APDINUTON.I Note an endeavour to
dictate an acknowledgment of our naval superiority, by a
compulsory conformity of signals ! No conclusion, how-
ever, could be more erroneous than that which would lead
us to believe that the feelings that pervade many of
the American journals with respect to British questions,
are those of the people at large. The press of the
United States is principally in the hands of Irishmen,
who have been obliged to banish themselves to that
country on account of their political offences; and they
seldom miss an opportunity of avenging their supposed
wrongs, by vilifying the Esigbah character, and infusing
jealousy and suspicion into the breasts of the native
Americans. We have thought this explanation necessary,
in order to disabuse our countrymen of the mistakes that
would naturally result from regarding the American press
as au image of the feelings and disposition of the American
people. It is important to the welfare of both countries
that they should not be duped into prejudices with respect
to each other. by the misrepresentations of malignant in-
dividuals on either aide of the ocean.

Th, melancholy Cite of NI r. FAUUTLIROT baa, as might
have been expected, produced a deep interest, and created
a strong sensation, throughout the kingdom. As far as
the periodical Press is concerned with the public morals,
it is its duty to guard against every source of relaxation in
the mural judgrcent of the community, by taking care that
In all cases the circumstances and situation of the qpodee
is properly kept separate from the offence, and that the
compassion we fed for the one may not weaker* our ab-
horrence of the other. While the person accused is yet
untried, no public journal can safely do more than this:
all beyond it is not only uncalled for, Fru: operates most
unfairly, as it affects the case of the individual, and most in-
juric usly es it respects the interests of public justice-Now that
sentence is passed on Mr. Fauntleroy, we shall nu longer ab-
stain from making those observations on the part which the
I Times has taken against Mr. Fauntleroy,which we have been
hitherto withheld from doing by a sense of the impro-
priety of bringing Ws name and private character into
public elha:ussion, while he yet stood untried at the bar of
his Country ; an awful interval, during which compas-
sion should have prompted every man, and ought to have
prompted the Times Journalist, from detailing even pain-
ful truths to his prejudice, and much more from stimu-
lating the worst feelings of the public towatus him, by
giving a mass of the grossest fialsehaeds, as a private dis-
closure of on toasted
.farts. Before we advert to these par-
ticulars, we will remark on the unbecoming and unwar-
rantable comment on Mr. Fasintlerug's defence, put for-
ward conspicuously as a leading article In its paper of yel-
-1 terday _

" Mt. FAI7NTLLIOT'II detests seem. to have mated a alight
combegstioss. We see neither friends nor enemies to Win, nor to
his partneri. It is not impossible, file any thing we know or
hat said, that the hints may hare partaken to ■ certain degree
of the odv.intages resulting from the acts of their partner : btu it
would be 111 well to consider for a moment upon what evidence that
charge rests. Far be it from us, at this crisis, to destroy any por-
tion of the effect which Mr. EtUNTLTROT'S defence may have
produced in his favour. We would simply state. that it is not
usual to assume as proved tact., the declarations of one in his un-
happy situation. The establishment at Brighton, he says, cost
him no more Wan 34W. per annum. The appearance of the house,
we should suppose, would at once invalidate or cootirtu this state-
ment. It would be very easy, if his impunity depended on the
issue, to try the other assertions." .
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There is here manifestly an effort to exculpate the other
partners Lent ell share in or knowledge of the guilty pro-
ceedinga of Mr. Fauntleioy. It sets out with affecting an •
air of equal intliarence to both parties. "We are neither
friends nor enemies to him, nor to hit partners." Ilbw
happens it, then, that they strive to cast the whole crimi-
nality upon the for ewe, and to ward off all charge or im-
putation from the latter 1 This impartiality is mere pre-
tence, and every pa:agtaph belies it. It is barely ad-
mitted not to be impassible that the house may have par-
taken in the advantages to a certain degree; but we are
told—lest we should receive even this slender admission too
hastily—that " it would be well to consider, fur a moment,
*Ton what evidence that chargre rests." We Jo consider it,
and we answer, that it rests epos the evidence of a person
haeinir a perfect knowledge of the fret, and having no inte-
rest in stating the
.filet TO as so, if it were net so. We
know not upon what other or better evidence the charge
can rest; and it is a charge, morcov+•r, that the reflection
of every man of common iXIIIO will corroborate. In the
same spirit this Journal proceeds to disclaim all wish to
' weaken the influence of Mr. FAVNTLIIDOY'S statement.
" Far be it jrons es, at this crisis, to destroy any portion of
the elf; et Mr. FAL'N-rtrxor's defence may have produced
is his firrunr." We are sick of this sort of hypocritical
and canting cononoti-place. If you don't mean to injure a
man, don't attempt to do it. To give any one the lie by a
side-wind, and in the same breath to disavow the slightest
intention of casting a doubt on hi- veracity, is to the last
degree contemptible. "We would simply state," the ar-
tide continues, " that it is not usual to assume as proved!
facts the dr.:lan:tiara of one in his unhappy 'ilia:Sian." Willl
this Jourtialha inform us how facts are proved, except by II
the declarations of tonne one that can tsar testimony to
them? As to the unhappy situation of Mr. FAUSTLIKOT, it
serves to confirm the truth of his statement rather than to
invalidate it ; because, standing on the verge of eternity, he
wei least likely to affirm deliberately what was untrue, and
what, if untrue, might easily be disproved. So much for
this endeavour to screin the partners, at the expense of
Mr. Flit: N 11.112011. Let DS now turn to the article in the
'firmer of the sash September: and we will preface the
extract by remarking, that the wanton and wicked asper-
sion of a man's private life is unpardonable, even where
the pecans so defamed has nothing to fear from the result ;
but to publish such groundless accusations against one who
stands committed un an inquest of life or death, is to poison
the public mind against 1 • before he is tried, and thus
to bring hint to his trial with an anticipated conviction.
In tie article we refer to, the same di►position is shown to
clear Me partners from atl charge of participation in the
fraudulent transactions by which the cred't of the house
had been for so tn..• y years summated, and to attach the
entire guilt exclusively to Mr. FAUNTLIIIOY. This is
suthciently visible in the following paragraph:—

" Mr. FA T L we understand. war admitted spanner into
the house of 31arsilt and ee. lopte out of respect and cuniplinsent to
his father after his death, silo had ben une of use urignal mem.
hees or the limn, than on ae.•ount of any plooperty which he himself
cctsld ;wing auto the estahltsl t. II is acturate knowledge of I
business, *nil the great &catty with which he despatched hunt are I
rams,' accounts, stem made hint am acquisition ; and for smut years
part he has been almost the sole acting-manager of the business of
the house. Mr. 3lausta was a very elderly gelillenuin, we believe
little short of ;le years of age. and could not, of course. attend much
to business. Mr. ST kaCZY spent the greater portion of kir time
enjoying the pleasures of the country. 31r. Gitartaw. front the
mutate f his professional military life, and the r'outi time be has
beets in the concerti, could nut be expected to know nitwit of built,.
ing or any oilier lourincrs. So that Mr. EAU riti.i:trow may be
outsiders] as the firm himself its point of activity ; and, as tar ar
capability to mange such an establishment. we understand there is
out its Unwise a man turre worthy of such a trust; indeed, we ham
the authurity of a witty old and erperienced banker filis,rolualing, that
there is no. is the whole metropolis one nun that he Mat in
preference to Mr. lILIIIIT FAUXl'Llaiolf, far a period acquaint-
ance with, and knowledge uf, the banking busir.ess. He was ac-
quainted with ear., dearip:iou of paltlic .cements, Lyth

foreign aril dr.mevie, and wind, in an instant, um their revectire
and rotative vailitex."

There is one passage in the above that is somewhat re-
markshle—" As far as carahility to manage such an esta-
blishment, we grail-gond there is not in London a man
more worthy of such a trust ; indeed we hare the authority
If eery old and experienced BA YRESI. fur saying, that
there is not iu the whole Metropolis one man that he wool!
select in preference to 11r. Hs xeiv FM:DTI:I.IOY, for a
perfect acquaintance with, and knowledge of the bankirl
business." Was it this OLD AND tArkIIIIENCLD HANSI'
that furnished the article to Me Ti mes ? and was this old
and experienced hanker one of the partners in the house ?
We suspect that it came throrgh this channtl of communi-
cation : it certainly carries with it strung internal evidence
of proceeding from that quarter.
lkaring this suggestion in his mind, we will now refer
the reads to the following passage in the address of Mr.
uNTLLIIIOY to the Court :
" I alone have been doomed to suffer the stigma of all the trans-
actions ; hut, tortured as I have been, it now heroines an imperative
duty to explain to you, Gentle-awn, and through you to the world
at large, that the vile aetusstions heaped upon me. known to be
utterly false by all those who are best acquainted with my private
life and habits, have been at, heaped upon me fir Mr lime:~ of
kiodinr ME with the whole of the ollorty nrthox transortl-as.
front which, and from which alone, toy partners were preserved
front bankrtptey. lf have been acored of crimes I never even
contemplated. and of arts of profligacy I never tomcatted ; and I
appear at this bar with every prejudice against me, and almost
Ire:maged. To suit the purposes of the presosa to whom I allnir.
have been represented as a man of peoe;igal r.rtreracdocr ; prodi-
gal indeed I must hare been, had I expended those large sums
which will hereafter I* proved to ?owe rote exelusiwly to soppy-
Me reedit of a tottering them, the miserics of which were treaily
accelerated by flit drafts of her of its members to the amount of
near 100,0110!."

Where was this acesssaliws brought forward, and when?
In the Times, fire weeks before, in the very article to
which we are referring! It was in this article that, "to
snit Me porpuses of Me per: is to wham he alluded," they are
to be found, and in which the following false and shatnclets
representation is made of his character and conduct in pri-
vate life

"Mr. Far rert.garitesfamilywrreintimate whit arespectablebot
not an opulekt family, lir the name of Yoorro. One of the daugh-
ters of this family, a handsome yo: ng lady. att-acted the attach-
ment of Mr. !hex tax' Fan STLEHOY 7 and their interentuse end•A
in Miss Yon Si ta'S giving birth to a child. The young lady's fa.
wily, on tisenvering their relation's disgrace, remonstrated with
Mr. FauvTl.enor, and towed the annuity of m eking the only
reparation in hi• power, by utarrving the mother of his child. Mr.
FAITWT LEROY. however, felt little di.position to do so; but one
of the young lady's brothers, a spirited young man, indignant at the
disgrace cast upon his family and name, insisted on the proper re-
paration Fring made, or that Mr. FA I; NTI.OnOY shottM chnitoe
another alternative. This threat strengthened the determination of
Mr. FAI'WTICIIOY. rot to submit to the protested terms, and ar-
rangements were in prooress to settle the matter in the field. Mr.
FAO NT LI:1101rn own (ain't, however, now joined their influence
anti persuasions to thaw of Miss I'm:ma's friends ; aid he ulti-
mately agreed so far to redeem the lady's character. as to become
her husband by the tit of the taw; but declared that he wenld never
lire with her a day after the slay of their union. Ile accordingly
I led her to the ante, the ceremony was performed. and they left the
dumb together; but when they got outside, he went one way,
and she went another ; and front that time to the present they hare
never again met. Ile, however, untied a very handsome annual
allowanee upon her, fur her owe and her child's support, which
they still continue to motive.
" I: king thus abut out from all Probable chance of ever entering
again into the married -tate, Mr. Far west:nog began to indulge
in the society of a ceytaj dote:Hint°. of wo•nen about town, who
are well qualified, in no great length of time. to accomplish the
ruin of any man. There were several of these destruriye engines
in motion about London at that titre. and the machinery of their
eons:ruction and system, which perhaps may not be generally
known at thin pesiod, was this: A female. of as youth pereemal
attraction as possib`e, was aelectil by a set of men then about town,
whin being themselves mined by the native mewls, both in fortune
and in fame, were ready to 'e -same the oath-to insttontents of nun
to etelyege. This-gang all pulled one way. and haring got bold of
a handsome and interest' woman. they estalelished her in an ek.
gant and splendidly furnished mansion. in MOMS fashionable street
at the west end of the torn. This woman. nominally the owner of
'he mansion, was hawked about. dreamt in the most fascinating
and gay attire, to the Italian Opera, the theatres, and all other
places of public fashiututhic rosert. where she had her stale ac-con.
places scattered about, offering their friendly serviers to all their
young and ineeperieneed acquaintances, often men of fortune and
of foully, to introduce them to the great object of general admi-
ration—Mrs. Stich.a.one. The introduction tent place—the lady
I put forth all her powers of attraction—a fascinating invitation Wan
given to the new aspirant fiat her favours. to jolt a supper party at
her bomc that night ; after tl r entertainmebt, the ittritaltmt was
esgerly .matched at and accepted, and the unhappy p:geon to he
plucked was thus completely got within the trap.
" An elegant and sumptuous supper was sunplied. in the first
style of costly extravagance. Wines of the first nadir, and of
every description. werecirenlated hi alntrilance--champagne adorers
the must pralontinatut ; at.d, after this scene of hospitality. a little
game of wourthing was introduced to entertain the ladies, for these
female batigiski always attended each other', parties to witness the
sacrifice of a victim. refits were introduced—something trifling
was eanintenird with--the wine went round ; the ladies anon drop.
ped off, one by one, front the table—a proposal was made to play
for a few dozen of champagne, to make a present to the lovely and
hospitable hostess—the pigeon was most generally suffered in win
this first and some following trifling stakes. to give him confidence.
Dire (false tmrsl now took the plies, of cards; play became deeper
and deeper as the ',aloe vanished. until the poor dupe of all this vii.
laity was fleeced of every shilling lie had about hint, and then en-
tered into securities, his own bills, for large sums, which, in the
lamming, if he recollected them. COill'inCell hint that he was ruined.
If he protested against the payment of these demands, he was
threatened, bullied, told that lie would be posted about tiara; and
at length nothing was left him but either to par the demands a. far
as his meant went, and then become an initiated member of the
gang. or, in the other alternative, to blow his brains nut.
" The Hecate of these infernal entirts, fur several years. wits Mee.
Roar RAN, better known by the domestic name of • Mother
Bang.' because she was • bang tip' to all the arts and intrigues of
her calling. At this woman's house. near Nlanchester-ropiare, it
was that a simple but opulent sugar-baker in the eity, a few years
ago, kit PM 11 a sum um.er the above system to a act of re„o„,. at
the head of whmit were two, named ll'at.t.ateu and Annnewa,
that the unfottunate man, rather than meet the .16,40,„" of his
I imprudence to his partners and friend., took a rarer and cut his
I throat. It was shut a practice wi•h these women. whenever they
i found a man of wealth strongly attached to their persons, to have
themselyee. Ivy some sham process, arrested for a large sum. or else
there was some dear friend in durance; and what man's gallantry
could. who lied th.: means, refits,. to release the rattehre
•• Mr. ratlyytteartlr unfortunately fell in with some of the de.
struetive women above described, and amongst the rest this odd
seothee RANO. He was a men -tf a generous disposition and ho.
inane feelings, and could not bear to see : sty one ahem hint in
, distress, while he had, or could obtain, the mutant relieving them.
I All the above schemes and trirks were often put in prim-two
•In ensnare him. and the bait usually told. In this way. we un-
derstand, he ha. dissipated enormities sums, besides loans of large
amount, to fellows about town. whom he met at dame o's-es,
and whew words he took to pay bin when they 'would, and that
was never. _ - -

Mr. FAVNTLIEROY is perfectly erinversant with all the Con-
tinental languages, anti frequently visited duo.- countries, particu-
larly France. to the society of which he was very partial.
••Some time ago, while in that country, he became enamoured
of a handsome voung English lady, then punning bee education at
a convent- andaurceeded in Raining her anir ions to the degree
that she eloped with him. Tisk lady, who is extremely beautiful,
by whom he has two lov.dy children. he Iras never parted front.
and at this moment she occupies an elegant house, with a complete
establishment. in Sucre.. ; she is only now •211 year* of age. hut hvr
name we deviine mcmimiing. lie has. since his apprehension.
written several letters to her, of the the most affectiooste. nainfu4
and heart-rending description, which we will not now allude to
more particularly, but which tin credit to hi. feeling. and his ami-
ability. This establishment is. it scents, settled entirely upon the
young female and her children."
Can any individual under accusation be more com-
pletely consigned to public odium than by such a dearrip-
tion as this? What was the object of fastening those
abwilittable charges upon Mr. FAL, N TLIeltOT, but to hold
him up to the public as espcmling the Immense sums he
obtained, in a course of the most h•airtless and citninal
profligacy, and thus withdrawing from the firm the sus-
picion of deriving any advantage from the application of

them ?
What says the unfortunate Mr. FAS' ri t. c nor ?
'• I can, at this solemn moment, declare most fervently. that I
nerrr hid any ode sake: h.w.ind end in trloleli all 1141 i I! pan
I any •fthr tramr.ga ior ;chic'. are cow qaeatiorr,,IW r.
J.
i• deed. have com.:iirred theirselyes a. partners only in the probes,
and 1 am to Le hirer.-.red with l;le reh.le of ere opnrohriuns• that
others may einizider them a the t i:t;ml of my ertrar. 1ga041.,.
make thns statement out aid' a view to criminate other. or to ex-
culpre u.yself; but, borne doom a. I am by calamity. I will not
consent to be held .-tt to the world as a cold-blended and aban-
doned profligate, n i ling all around me for the selfish gratification
(gran and aensuality, and involving even my confiding partners in
the general J 'Judson.
•• Gentlemen, I have frailties and !WM'S enough to amount for. I
have satfaings stPugh, putt, rres:nt, and in twurpt.::; and ft Foy