The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-10-19 00:00:00

"TO THE PUBLIC.

" Thungli, in general, the professions of periodical Prints
are reckoned merely ceremonious and formal, as something
due to custom and the rules of ordinary complaisance ; yet
we trust that the Public, whom we now address ou the
Twelfth Anniversary of The Carlion l ion 11, will more ear-
thily appreciate our motives on the present occasion. We
approach them, ardently desirous to disburden our minds,
by expressing our deep sense of the many and increased
obli;atiosis which their kindness and liberality have impaled
upon in. Ingrates, indeed, would we be, were we not deeply
affected Illy the support afforded our Paper from its very
coratueuregnent—i-a support, which we attribute more to
public generosity than to its intrinsic merits. Worill, how-
ever, are inadespiate to express our sensations : our exertious
will be a surer test of duty to our benefactors.
" The plan en which The Carlisle Journal has been eve r con-
dueled—so as to prove acceptable to the l'olitirian, the
Merchant, the Agriculturist, and the Miscellaneous Reader
•-•sis sulificieut ly knoll n. The utmost impartiality, we trust,
has invariably eliaracteriaed ear columns; but if any sae
abould be led to thiuk that we have in some instances devi-
ated from the strict line (of which, however, we arc nut con-
scious) we loceeech hint to make some altos wee for the pe-
culiar and extraordinary nature of the times ;—at Ir. .ost, to
impute the devialitm to inadvertence ratlwr than to preme-
ditated design —IVe be (rare here to observe, that, by the
term Mapco we understand that indifference to party
which resells from indrowadeoce ; which, unaffected by pre-
illative, remises a public print a polished mirrue—a political
prism, float displays the beet and motives of public teen
is their proper colours. To sappier, with some, that ha-
.pertitility consists in Iblinininq to give any deeded opinion
spoil topic. whirls agitate the pohtstal world, or to forlwar
iug the conduct of men in poser, or those opposed to
them—would be to acknowledge morselling deserters from
that post it was our duly to obscure and defend ; w,.utd he
•to art in the capacity of traitors, who could see 1121.3/1111”,
permse4 inconsistent with the honour and welfare of the
couotry. god it. interest of oar allies, without sounding the
trumpet of al, No: independence, we repeat, is our
motto . to it shall we steadily adhere ; reeording one who
ohools: hohl the reins of power—co naming them if they act
,tontr.iry to the 'oelatowtedged principles of the Constitution,
r tint dictates ef sassed policy; on the other hand, giving
them the noel of praise, should they act wed.

• " Wises last we bad the honoor to present oat, Addreu
before the public, a ray of Lops beamed spat OM: political
.bneitrin, sad promised to Itatipme the cloud* • ich en-
matured Lerope. We fondly hoped that a irtrospect of the
root a mild have motioned Ministers as to their Mime pro.
;feedings: and that, in the school of calamity, they would
'ham. been instructed in the precepts wiedoin. Vain
Immes ! Nealeetnig the plain loud - =Atka of experience,
,ehatting theiceyes to coeval/emu, they rushed boldly on iu
.that beaten traek ehich had in often led U. disgrace and eon-
*ISOM. f.trur led the ma, while übstimmy followed else
Ibtrlniul, and the natiosa was Minketl is fresh trials, in new
lie tsessure WllB again, WIPED, AelltlY ovum-
dot"! ; its blood was shed but to enrich er furciv. shore, awl
rerrient the falete of llsarpation and ambitioa ; while oar vet
nerable constitution. altrodY tbl4Pid'it'd by Om sod the
nears of its treacherous enrolee, sag assailed with sacrt-
legir&s bands, by those very halide which ought to have
goarde.l it from ',wilt. Not only has correptiois grossly
ernes oat ; is has rein hers openly Yestified. .faatiried de
.At say ? Yes. and sill that scandalous effrontery which
proves that thus. high notion* of humour • Inch ought to be
held *Meted in leery hie Gowen:meld, laser been relin-
quished, is sovrortlia a place in the new emir of mo-
rality. Aecorshug to this 'sew emit, byname eau lit to be
euborrinent to interest a... 1 while intlueece is tliuu;:lit capa-
ble of repining what ewe of less sophisticated minds deem
dishonour, Amid ratio. of wonder is It, that the minds of
men al la Marrow sail nary into so mochievons a bias as
to *Mk all the sviisfectioa that coati arise from a sense of
Wilk utility and palate approbation, intoa eurdid oeltish•
tiess—a mete segued to the ernolumests of office So that
the general welfare and common security are compromised
for miler idital advantage.
0 11 tune not he uninteresting loose readers, tun- ineomeist-
ent with the object dilly present Address, to enileivonr to
deduce the remote rumor's which have operated to IMang thin
country into its press-nt dlleinina.—The corruptive chick
now preys ivo,, the vitals of the state, and the conaegaent
fake pokey tam acted upon, are of m, short standing. The
internee:we 14 this country in continental aliases, iu the
reign of king William 111. and subsequent Sovereigns, we
may safely allege to be the first rout of that tree, whose
puipananie Mutt has to this time tanned the stream of politic
tranquillity. Comm-reed to the Continent by 111101111, 11.11-
land and Haaorer, though by no netrual ties, the addicts
of corrupt Ministers casitrierd to drag the minuet Me the
private 4111111Creb a the Smallholders and Electors of these
dounotims, in which nedber its interest nor huuuurwu tuts.
reined. To preset vu the balance 4.f Europe was cried up
by the advocates of the Ministry dl the nay, at a sufficieut
pert. at for • interference ; hat all thud:mg men were sen-
sible, that Ike hata.....4 or Europe, ea it was rolled, 'granting
it Dot to he a were chuuesa) could not posnildy affect as,
nom oar insular situation and imaritinse lees
theiso. orke Rrofoomr,"-11 o gratify the prejudices of the
mignom Monarchs, and the corrupt views of num in rimer,
inumenee aunts in sulisishm weer granted to foreign Palen-
tans, foe figlitint, their own battles. Guyer...meld also
di &tool the country of men fur their nervier ; het, in general,
ti,. 'bun obtained author; in return hot dialedeis, and the
honourable china, cr of bring the fool of all Europe.

" The imitsrase Rams accumulated by contractors, jobbers,
*idolater harpies of the state, during these wars, istrudared
• luxury ti!. thee unknonn. Lake a pestilence it spread
throughout the land ; vire and protitisto.ot reigned triumph-
ant; honour and public 11111 It Wel, nearly extinct. Amid
thtsidawkieg depravity, that arrh-bvtraier of his country's
rights sad liberties, Sir Robert tValpule, divested nod
breassist to maturity his diabolical gritent ist corroptioa,
which, like tlse posioued garment of lb-males, yet
to the Coartitution itself. :111113tirri diil not had it difficult
bow to 'entered: ilir niraus were io their hands : they hi-
plied pliers and peal *. WI. to Inery•,t, the number of ,t,o
ants ; and, having eataldisbed a sister,' which would strati s
Perla,.a majority to Parlianti lit, the tahrie of the coustitu.
boo was quo lily broken op by the abrogation of triennial
Parbanseuta, by fiequeut repeals of the If slo•ax Corp', ea
frivolous prtsteuers, and by stealing armies. Ministers, as
at this tune, did nut fail to stiguratim as disaffected to the
Gots.rament, aid enemies tithe country, all those who pre-
sensed to question the merit of their Administration.
oflt will not he very iliflieult 10(0111'1111e how the setter's
Sir Robvrt Walpole ghotild house perpstitateri, mid
that the goal and patriot meu alio have, retain time to 11111 e,
attempted to Irving hark the roostitutitus to its first prim
espies, shou,tl have bern go reps-steins toiled in all their
att. tepta.—The •ystrin introduced by Sir Robert Walpole,
mut his infamous adherents, WV, too foully rooted to he
easily shaken : this towitmattert too woo to will calculated
the monies of actions is lit. Lmu.o 14r:or. The repeal of
lb. fit...meal Art, while it abridged the di prudence of the
leptestiltulties tin the 'lecture, at the • tam time tut:reused
the power of the tliaiiitry, by remaining LI. reenter, In a ter.
tale stoat, depeolent ow it. Fur a seat to Parliament, he.
cumin a men minable consideration, was not ma easily or
so cheaply obtained as heretofore. The Ministers of the day
did not fel to sunk. sir orehry advantage: when any repiiz-
Mere t* an oltmetioe• 1111.11eUrC wen inauifesteel, the threat
eta 4amovattoos, Ly oltel, they would he again subjected to
a ruinous eapClusr, sewn tethered to obedience the istameity
of the ;err.. boy ilcoulars. 'like formidable artillery of
places and miasma, which could he granted, ad I.44isrms, not
a little tended to girengt hen sod perpetastr the inthietice of
lima servants of the Cretan. It thus became the interest of
the arto.egent•to,es t., runners. that Which it were tor
/he good of the pei•irte should Ire alwii.h. 4
ta Nothing, in./v.4, cafe be conceived more it overrules
than this it, pcusigue• d Parliament urea a 211guatti. A

dependence upon the Crown would certainly be detectives, to
liberty ; but even Isere souiething might be hoped from the
honour of the Crown, and the 'compact between it and the
people. But what compact is there between a Meister and
a people' In mast men there Is a natural thirst of power ;
and the more the appetite is iudulged, the more will it crave.
Ministers, thee, without principle, may carry their viewissu
high as to make subservient to their ambitious plans both
the king and the people—may be so blown up will, tore•
stituption, as to prostitute the name of the Crown to aid their
pit tensions.
"That the present war has been begun and conducted on
the system se have alluded to, is evident enough . cued from
thence may fairly be deduced those disastrous consequences
which have reduced this country to its prevent deplorable
condition. That the country is on the verge of ruin, we
are far from ?Menacing; but this we will maintain, that if
the present system be much Wager continued, we must inevi-
tably fall from the scale of tannins. The same spotlit has
involved in destruction the nations of the Continent 1101'
can we hope to escape the saute fate, if we persevere to
march tan iu the same footsteps —We would wish Ministers to
remember the advice of Sir William Terupte: The safety
and firmness of say frame of Govertinieut: says he, may be
best judged by the roles of architecture, which teach 'is,
that the pyramid ts, of all figures, the firmest. The ground
upon which all governments stand, is the consent of the
people, and that government which takes in the consent of
the greatest number, and consequently their resoltitiou to
sapport it, may mad to have the broadest bottom, and he
cousequently the taut stable. On the contrary, a govern•
meat which, by crossing the interests of the people, leaves
out of its compass the greatest part of their consent, qpri ow s
its bottom, and widens its tor; whereby, like a pyramid re-
versed, it Ix-comes very unstable, and liable to be overturn-
ed.' net what consent can the people give to the acts of a
govereineet, which have louden them with most insitliport-
able burdens, without soy object being attained fur so cleat
sacrifices? Or what imintimity can be expected, when Mi•
asters themselves are squabbling about place, and se.;lect-
ing the important concerns of the nation
" have expressed ourselves tlnis freely to the Public,
to put them in pu,sessiun of the ininciples upon which it e
haver vet acted, and to give them a knowledge of the 1111t4-
saucy which predominate in our Cunstitutiou ;its order
that they themselves 1114 y judge how far Ministers have
rend or done well. It has always hen our 11111414111 wish it)
divest UllfSriVed 1.. f all narrow party views, firmly convinced
that all such tend to involve the nation. Deeply impressed
that mural evil cam never be political rood,' we have criti-
ei.ed accordingly , and have never withheld our aired of
praise when Ministers deserved it. But at priest we he•
the public concur in opinion with us, that it is essen-
tiat for the preservation of the empire, that the helm should
be committed to other hauds—to the guidance of men, who,
preferring the public good to private aggrandisement, would
iv/ Allier the storm, and said> pilot the vessel into the haven
of Pv ACE
" Before taking leave of a generous public, we beg leave to
reassure them of our devote duess to their service, and that
neither labour nor expense shall be opened to render Tie
Carli.le Jaime! more and more worthy of that increased pa-
tronage which it has bad the honour to receive. They now
bid adieu to the public ; and with them sincerely pray for the
welfare and life of our illustrious thivereig,, and tliat they
may, during many anniversaries, be enabled to exclaim with
us tiud save the King!"

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31b. M. la. T. M. M. 9uifs. h. ft.

ILO I Uli linstarJ.
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l'he Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of CLOY NE
has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Saetivit.LE
41111.T0N. to EDWARD DEANS F'l &L-
-MAM, EMI. of Caglecor, to the united Parishes of
Kilbriu, sod Liscarrol, vacant by the death of the
Rev. Fatima, Ctestatcrs—and also, the Rev. J.
CMRSTIiII, to the Parish of Castleimignor, in the
room of the Rev. S. HAMILTON. Lordship has
also been pleased to appoint Rev. Janes HINGII.•
N, tio 41.0 f the Vicar-General of Cloyne, the Pre-
bend of Cooline.
New Mona OF SWINDLIIILI.- fellow has con-
trived to levy coutributions during the last week in
ilfurd sod its neighbourhood, by hotting out such
persons as have relatives abroad, or iii a French tiri-
sou, and then writing letters, purporting to be limn
such friends, by which he lies obtaint d mammy from
several people, pretending to have the pow,r of
re-
tuittiug it to their friends or relations.—lle had a
young a omen with hint, but on fiudiain,, that a con-
stable was after them, they set off with such preci-
pitation us to leave behind a great number of let-
ters addressed to different people at
,Butany Bay,
from whicl, circumstance, it is presumed that the
limn is a convict returned from transportation, and
that lie has obtained those letters from the ti mini*
of persons there, wider pretence of being able to
forward them, I.llli for which service it is probable
he has received rewards.

A mehnicholy accident occurred, ou Monday Ge'n-
night, at Woodbridge, Suffolk, in the family of Capt.
MARSH, of that place: A child of Capt. filsasn't,
about two years old, being indisposed, the servant
was sent to a neighliournig apothecary for a wine
emetic, when, unfortunately, a quantity of oil of
vitriol was sent by mistake and administered to the
infant. As soon as the mistake was discovered,
Mrs. MAIVIII forced a quantity of oil, ailed for
cleaning furniture, down the child's throat, which
caned it to emit very morosely from the stomach,
and hopes were entertained of its surviving. It
lingered, however, till Wednesday, in great agony,
■od then expires!.

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