The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-11-01 00:00:00

Lord FITZiVILLL-1M end Mr. GRATTAN.

(From Tim (atm,. of Saturday.)

Ste—Trip Courier of Monday right (the Intli)
t•stikes a studied attack upon Loll! Fttzwilliam.isial
no insidious and indecent one on Mr. Grattan, and
at the cosielti•iiin it states that the Morning, Chroii-
vle will be silent, .4 waiting for iiistructions front the
• ‘Vttigts." To repel the charges, neither delay nor
iostrestions are necessary —facts and history "n"'"
'brie falsehood, nod these r no neither he affected by
the " Whigs of Yorkalsire," or altered by the mis-
!representations of Mr. G;fiard, from whose writiugs
the 0,...0rge in TAir Cousier is artfully pretended to
hr extracted. The IVriter in The (*varier arrows
Lord Grey, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Lamborn, of
being the ariviiiers of Lord Fitswilliain on the mica-
mart of the Yorkshire Meetintr• lie str'ets to la-
ment ti that is not the first time I.9rd Fitzwilliarn
has listened to more rash political advisers." Ile
says, that when Lord Vitro;llinin was Viceroy nr
Ireland, " Mr. Clinton true his el!oien adviser."
I le says, that it was weakness iu licit Viceroy to
liiitsii.-11 to the " guidonee of that rash
den'"CoPle." Ile says. that Lord Fir...withal»
•• ,tiv.tace.l his l;iiverionent by dismissing from
ft •r the ritrio tried and faithful servants of the
1111111P;man—by admitting to his Conti and t.thle ttez
ono-t invetersee etwinies of she Protestant Church—
...It by pledging, himself tee a IC4tstitiVe Ittraqtere
ineh•he was nut authorised to nriovo.e, nor able to
carry." Fur these reitsuits the Viceroy was removed.
'foe conclusion is certainly true—the Viceroy was
✓atrived —lint the premises are totally false—false
sa assertimis by 1 he Courier—false as looted by the
Author : Ist. The 'Avers remoYed *ere not
•• tried," they were not fiiitkcal; one of them had
been advanced by the opposite party, some of them
had served in the opposite party—they would have
▪ served in the opposite party. and they would
t"ser changed their colours, for they were incensed
et die 1,1•4 of pay, and not affected li'y the loss of
their hostility to !,ord Fitzwil-
liam—litoce their futy and much of their
ond hence that poison which was poured into his
dtkiesly's ear in the Windsor Gorden', and winch
ores flowed an such bider and such bloody torrents
thailighout the land to which these men owed their
tn-rth, lul wi they made their va dolt
d. •I'lw riot's admitted to the Court and table
cf the %'ics Inv wile not " inveterate enemies of the
!',-csest.lat ( lam h." ,They—some of them have
since adutilied, not merely to the Court and
table of the Viceroy, but to the Ci.ort and the
Clioncils of his Majesty—their ailsice has been
bstened to—entertained, adopted, moil eventually
s•creil no—and this iu the most signal 111f011ler—•
because their Ille3Piiref were carried into effect by
their irppasielite. Mr. Pownithy and Mr. Grattan
"rere not then held to be inveterate enemies of the
Pro-16.11140t Church—they were in the Councils of
the State. they were the chosen adviser* of the Vice-
roy. awl of his Majesty. Such was the estimation
in which the advisers of Lord Fitzwilliam were held
by the King 1.--Wtt.re WAS NOT TILE ESTIMATION
IN Wll/4:11 TUFT WERE IMO EY THE "'Pleat !!
The wiiter iu 1/re Courier has here the best mos
shortly that could answer his calumnious accuso-
tion—ais authority not perhaps unacceptable-.- of
oureely a Hopi' but • Princely refutation.
3S. .4 Lord Fitzwilliasn," he says, " pledged
himself to the Homo. Catholic Question, which he
was not isntlinrised to propose, nod which he 'could
tint tarry." The writer is not merely ignorant of
the fact, but is even unacquainted with the import
•,1 the terms he noes. Lord Fizwilliam made no
pledge —the Speech from the Throne was not a
pledge—the Answers to the Roman Catholic Ad-
dresses were not pledges—his sentiments were known,
hie opinion was not a secret. But I beg leave to
soli, where there ass a pledge, what was that pledge,
nod who mail:. that pledge—not, i admit, in writtug
with hand sod seal, hut one made in presence of
o itnesses*geni rally held to be sufficient, and one
.4,re customary and very well understood among
va:iticiaus and awn of honour —aclear distinct agree-
inent, that if the itoman Catholic Question came
on (awl Mr. Pitt well knew it would come oii), the
e.oresnmerit should not oppose it. This promise was
nsa•le to Lord Fozwllliam—it was made to others
--ond it was made—by Mr. Pitt ! True, it was
bridseii— ad broken by Mr. Pitt—and thus Lord
Flizailltato fell a victim to the insincerity of the
Nroisfer, Alr. Pitt—not to the " advice or" gold-
ii.ice of that " rash detnagogue," Mr. Grattan !
"-ids was the treatment of Lord Fitzwilliam in
17r 5. with that, the treatment in 1819
is .ight indeed. Here the Government merely at-
tack an iiiihviduid, whom they imprudently seek to
represent as their enemy and the friend of the pen-
- basely betrayed the mass whom

independent mind, or that respectful d.lertnce
which every lover of liberty is bound to pay to the
people. The rights of the Crown were dear to him,
so were the rights of the people—he was always
averse to oppression. The liberal principles of his
character, and that tolerant Vitality which nom leas
nearly ceased to be a crime, led him to the fatal
shores of Ireland ; on that sinken reek his benig-
nant and nosusiricions friendship Toandered—ssid
every thing there was lost except hit honour. But
when laws of blond were in preparation, and deeds
of blood in active progress, he declined his sill—le
refused to go—aveitusesfue feeder nsinisterite
And left on record • letter, where the milk of ho.
Man kindness that warmed his gemteromis nature has
recorded sentiment+ which in 41.1 nod mu-t Ire resit
with gratitude, and in every country with admire-
tinri. lie seldom mixed 'in the throng, and as he
was not dazzled by the glare of the Court. so nei.
Orr could 'he be intoxicated by the applause of the
multitude—the Conning cosulier might deceive,
but .could mot corsupt him—the favourite of the
people could cauusel leasons of freedom, and they
,were received, net because they were his precepts,
but because they contained safe and unerring priii-
Oples of liberty. In fine, this Nobleman was a
Whig borderer, he was is lover of liherty, and he
placed himself upon the free limits of the British
' Constitution ;—he armed himself for the Court, he
armed I • self elan for the people ; and if in us
older years lie has maritime(' that ardour NO those
wesroons that belong to youth, this courage. like
that of the Royal Priam, ma a proof of II __le lioltielle,ll
of his desert'', and of that unfettered honour ulna
he wirlies not merely to be attached to his House,
but, ',reserved to his country.
With respect to Mr. Grattan—the idle charge of
The Courier writer scarce deserves serious notice—
name of that individual sod hit statue are placed
in the temple of fame, which neither time nor the
hayiJi scratching' of dull and venal malignity can
deface or disfigure; in ages hereafter his worth will
be known ; the metal Inn been hied, and the fiery
ordeals it has gone throUgh have hut served to prove
its pure ori6insl quality amid its intrinsic value.
This rash adviser (as he is now 'called) proposed the
Free Trade of Ireland—the Government yielded;
he proposed the Free Constitution--'the
Govern-
ment yielded ; the Place Bill, the Pension Bill,
the Responsibility Bill —lie urged them ill—the
Goiernment yielded ; be proposed the Catholic
concessions—the Government yielded; law, liber-
ties, tights and immunities—the Government
yielded ; lie brought on the Catholic Question in
Ireland—lie was beaten ; he brought it on in Eng-
land—lie WS. beaten also t but this experienced
General—this political Wellington returned to the
combat with flesh vigour, mad a spirit sinsolidued—•
and to his reiterated attacks the Army
.stud the
Navy opened their gates, and at length adMitted
Within their walls those weather-beaten veterans,
who had fought for their country, and bled in de-
fenge of her Constitution. Such was this " rash
adviser"—this " false guide of Lord Fitzwilliarn"—
this " luvetcrate enemy et!), Church sod Con'ti.
intim)." Thil men supported the war In 1794—he
supported the war in 1$ IS—let the battle of Wa-
terloo ;miner this Government publicatiori. and let
his memmeble ipeech silence this envious tr.'dncer
—or bid his Majesty's Ministers muzzle their im-
prudent seribes,and tell the se:rsios they employ not
to vilify the measthes of their masters, or calsiasniste
the individuals whose principles they have 'auction-
ed, and whose councils they hive,adopied. The
Courier has his salary—the Minister has his misty :
let the Patriot enjoy the praise of unstii.endiary
virtne.
One word More, Sii, and I have done. Mr.
Grattan did more than all this; he fought for his
country in the Semite—he would hire fought for
her in the firltl—but the blood of his countrymen,
that he could not have beheld or permitted an
enemy to shed, he was averse himself to draw ! He
protested against flagellation, strangulation, vapu-
lotion—the trianglek, torture, pitch-caps, cutting
and maiming, end all the diabolical inflictions of
yeomanry and military execution. These were, all
abhorrent from his nature ; and, like Lord Fits.
william, merles refagit firda ministeria. Happy
would it have been fur Ireland, happy would
it hare been for the name of England and
of her present Minittet, had his adtict been listen-
ed to the red cross of Britain would not hive been
dyed in blood, and the Irish harp, that is now
' responsive to the notes of sorrow, would have
sounded the melodious strains of harmony and joy.
Let the people of England look to the history of
these times—let them remember "the dreadful
note if preparation"—and let them know that it
was not till the fame of Mr. Grattan was assailed.
and his form supposed to he laid low in the dust.
that the attack was made by the Minister upon the

OLD 13.41 LAY, ._ATUROAT, OCTOBER to.

STEAILING LETTERS AND MONEY OUT OF THE
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
Jobs Tropp, aged 44. was indicted fur secreting
• letter containiog a sn/. Bank note. and * 30/.
ditto, which letter had robe into his ovverssiea by
virtue of his employment in the General Post.
offre'r. •
The Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
There Was Another indictment against him Int
having the stalest notes in his pow...moon; but Mr.
BARRY applied to the Cotirt leave to permit
the to revoke his former plea, ilia plead
to the minor off,siee of batn'tig the stolen
!totes in his 11011stesion—which is a lateeoy. rod rob-
ken, him to seven years trausle•rtation.
The Count". he consent of Mr. GURNEY for the
prosecuti► n.. acceded to the Prisoner's applternion.
A verdict of isequittd was. therefore, reeorded on
the cronel charge, end he was found guilty, upon
his own plea, our the lesser indictment.
Jai Booth, aged 35, was then indicted 'spots
six several todic•lnientr. hir stealing Bank notes
out of letters which came into his poreetotion, in
entire of his etnolevrneot, as one of the clerks at
the General Poro.office. The Prisoner won a Te-
'timetable looking wan, welt d 1 int black.
The first inaiictuiptat was for secreting a letter.
containing a U. plank note, :which lied come into
his possenion by virtue of his employment. Two
others were for secreting • letter w tit a 11. stole in
emelt ; one for tecretitig a secorid 5/. outs, snit an.
other for secreting halves of two notes for 10!. each.
Mr. SHEPHERD opened the 'pleadings uu the first
81111
t •
Mr. GURNEY Slated thescase to the Jury, as i:
was detailed in the follontog evidence. The
Learned Counsel commented • upon it, as tie 1"-
ceeded, dwelling furcittly upOn the heinousness Cf
the airmen
The first witness tilled was
• TI os Glover, who deposed as follows :—He
stated he bold a situation iii the Bank. lie hid
occasion on the 24th November, to• vend a
Bank note to a rentlenum named P. Weller, at
North Cray, in, Kent (he stated the number and
date of the note), and the note now handed to him
was the same noir. Witness received this note no
I the 17th of NoveMber, from Mr. Rooker. lie
sealed a letter in which he esiclogrd this note. Hod
in person pot it into the General Post-office rut
Lombard-street, and paid the postsge on the 24th
NoVember.
William Earle. a clerk in the General Post-office,
proved that the Foot's Cray beg war regularly for.
worded nu the esetsing of the 24th November. and
duly arrived,
Cross-examined.—He kite* the bag went on that
evening, because his own signature of that fact was
entered in the book kept for that purpose.
The wife of the Postmaster at Foot's Cray,
proved the nrrival.of the bag on the night of the
24th Novettiler she never missed • bag during
the lest year. The postman, Thornton, regularly
delivered the Foot's Cray letters.
.has. Thornton proved that lie was the postman.
and said that Mr. P. Weller was within his district ;
be knew Lim very well, hut tec.,:ivral no letter to be
delivered to him on the morning of the 25tli
Cron-rionained by Mr. BARRY.—It C/1111 some-
times usual for persons to send for letters to the
ofEtee at Foot's Cray. but Mr. Weller did Hut ; he
heed two or three wiles distant, and etas parish
clerk. •
Mr. %refire proved that the letter never reached
him, and that the poottnao always delivered airy
letters addressed to him. At the time in quertion
he expected a remittance from Mr. Glover.
Croes.ezamined.—He never sent any of his fstiily

for It'll* letters.
Robert Thome* Serle was a president in one of
the offices in the General Post. He kn►w the Pri.
sorter, who was employed in the charging depart.
mein of that Establishmeut, and was uu ditty on
the evening of She 44th November, in the Dover
dictator); in which a letter to Foot. Cray would
be placed. The letters for the whole kingdom
were faced, stamped, and charged in our large
►tom ; they were afterwards placed at differ-
ent sorting tables or boxes appropriated to the
several divisiouts of the kingdom.—[A plan of
the room, ftc. was handed to the Court and
Jury.] It was in the !sower of any of the chargers
to secrete a letter either belonging to his own or any
other department. Each charger had a blind boa,
into which he threw such letters. while he was as-
sorting, as slid not below( to his division; they were
afterwa►ds sub-assorted. He turn produced the
attendance book, which 'hewed that the prisoner
was on duty on the evening of the 44th November
• left •

sow-/TatlrT.

SON.

M. N.