The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-11 00:00:00

'her name and appearance; they are called Interest,
and FaCtion, and by clearer eyes and nicer judge
merit than the Morning Chronicle was ever supposed
to posspss, haVe been 'frequently mistaken for her.
One of these (our Madera will probably find which,
before we have done), beyond all controversy, ex-
torted from this unhappy man his ridiculous as-
.
sertion.

No violence has been- offered to us; yet, as we
have something material. to urge on the topics men-
tioned above, we cheerfully take. the opportunity
alibided by our unknown opponent, of doing it
here.' We, like- him, 'are " not without hopes that.
the public voice may yet , be 'raised"—whether " to
chastise Minisiers for' their pernicious conduti, in
this instance," or to give them the applause wiiich
their integrityand wisdom so loudly, demand, is now
to be decided.

To render this decision somewhat more easy and
at the satne jime more consonant to justice,- we shall
put that Public in, possession of a few particulars,
with which perhaps they are but partially or in-
dNtinetly acquainted. Our knowledge of political,
transa6tivas is not indeed altogether so extensive as
we could wish it ; but We.aliall advance nothing but
faEts ;'the little we have to produce may possibly
bethought worthy of attention. '
110 charge against Lord STRANGFORD is very
direst and distressing. —" Somewhat mere than four
years ago he wrote Poems about roses and blue
eye; !! !" These. Poems (for we are compelled to
plead'guilty) were, we believe, either translated or
imitated ftom CAztiogNs,
" The tenderest Bard that c'cr impassioned sung."

,After this frank confession, we may be allowed to
suggest our hopes, perhaps, that there was no greater
evil in translating CAMOENS than Loraz De VaGA ;
especially, when it is considered that out of the Por-
tuguese, Lord STRANGFORD has formed a Most,
delightful. Book, while.out of the Spanish, the Noble
'Lord, to whose endeavours. we are obliged, has fabri-
: i'mted'as heavy and 'uninteresting a performance as
ever exercised the patience of the Public.
But Lord HOLLAND is no 4e Diplomatist." Pro-
bably; then, the Morning Chronicle may have heard
of ei -Roactur ADAIR, now; or lately,, Minister
at the Court of Auatria. This hopeful Gentleman
Was strongly suspeded of several attempts at poetry,
before• Mr. Fox sent him to Vienna ; nay, before
.11gr, Fox dispatched him to St. Petersborgh, when
his youth (here so bitterly objected to LOrd STRA NG-
' ORD) must, if there be..any validity in 'such a
charge, •have..greatly militated against the delicate
commission with which we all know that he was
entrusted !

We are also inclined to hope that writing verses
is not an inexpiable crime in a Secretary of Stare,
even though be should chance to pres'ide. at the
Foreign Otlice. The Morning Chronicle cannot
hue ,forgotten' that Mr. Fox wrote verses ; nay,
that he was proud of them. Very many good, and,
as we are informed, very many wise men, have enter.
rained doubt's as to the merits of Mr. Fox's politics :
as to those of his poetry, there never was but one
!opinion.
It seldom rose above the efforts of the
'contrittutors to those bundles of trash which afflict
us monthly under the' name of Magazines. Unless,
therefore, the Morning Chronicle be prepared to
maintain that poetry is only venial in great men, in
proportion to its worthlessness, we. believe that We
may venture' to acq4it Mr, CANNING and Lord
STRANGFUHD of the heaviest part of this charge.
But 'Lord STRANGFORI3 is also guilty 'of poverty.
"'His songs About blue eyes," says the Morning
Chronicle, ‘i were not-profitable, and he was there-
fore compelled to embrace the diplentatic profes-
sion.'The times are happily changed since FAL-
, - t
S.TAili led his ragamuffins through Coventry. The
" younger sons.,of younger brothers" no longer take
presi-money to enlist;, and' we' are truly gratified to
find the riches of Lord ROBERT FITZGERALD thus
established by implication. We cannot, hOwever,
join altogether so cordially to the air of .superlority
which' the latter assumes, in,the Morning Chronicle,
over Lord STRANGVORD. Lord STRANGFORD isan
Irish '"Viscottnt of.an ancient and'honourable family :
he enjoys a title of many descents ; and may, per.;
haps, be considered, in hill own country, as justified •
in walking side by side with Lord ROBERT FITZGE-
,HALD ; if he.. be, poor, ,as the Morning Chronicle af--
firnis, it is yet evident that his education has not been
negleaecl ; and his attaiument3 seem to. announce-
-either great vigour in his own mind, or great care, in
those to-whom ItiS youth was intrusted.
The Morning Chronicle truly says, that " he was
appointed, .abOut .four years ago, Secretary, to Lord
it. virpEttio.D's Legation." Fuur year's
,ago, Lord
SIDNiQUTLI was in Tower; and Mr.. CANNING has
not been usually accounted tort partial to that No.
blernan's political favoufites. Here Was, then; no
evident bias on his mind, no interested'motive for ,
that kindness, Which, in the Paper before us, is
made the subje6t of such intemperate abuse, in-
deed we have our doubts:whether Mr. CANNING
ever 545, Lord STRANOtbn previously to his late

return from the Tagus : that he had no personal ac-

quaintance.with him, we believe that we may yen=
tore to lama.

On theirruption of Mr. Fox and his party into
power, Lord ROBERT FinoEPALD was first Mini-
ster at the Court of Portugal. His charafter (for we

presume that he sat for it) is drawn, by the Morn•

ing Chronicle, in colours somewhat different from
those which he used in the daubing of " poor" Lord
ST*ANGFORD'S A DIED of.imquestionable talents,
of large and liberal views, of great resources within
himself, of a .character at once bold and. dexterous,
steady and conciliatory."
As the affairs.of Portugal were becoming every
hour more and more intricate and alarming, this
" man'of large and liberal views, &c." .wrote home
for leave of absence as soon as be heard of the ap-
pointmentsof his cousin Fox to the head of the Fo'
reign Office. its cousin Fox granted his request,
and in little More than two months from thi"Cbanice,
of Ministers, Lord ROBERT was comfortably set
down in London, leaving Lord S•taktrtiroav, « the.
writer of songs about blue eyes," with the rank of
Plenipotentiary at the Court of Lisbon:
:This rank, the Morning Chronicle gravely informs,.
us, " was only to continue during Lord ROBERT
FITZGERALD'S absence, so that, if he hart, returned,
Lord STRANGFORD would have immediately fallen
back into his place of Secretary." We had, at first,
some difficulty to account fur the insertion of this:
trite truism; but
,vve now think it was meant 'as a'
.kind of apology both for Lord IL Firzoza.tth and'
Mr, Fox, the former for continuing to receive, And.
the latter for continuing to pay, a .salary of five,
thousanci.a year, .fOr services which could not.well
be perforMed in

street.

If Lord ROBERT had returned, there Would have
been nothing improper in this ; but Lord ROREAT‘
did not return, but very composedly took his seat in
Parliament, and voted with Mr. Fox:. Merit so
great was not lost upon that Gentienian, and .he dis-
covered, about this time, that he was not sufficient-
ly re' carded. He did not, indeed, venture to add
to the regular'salary of five thousand a year, but
upon looking ba„ek to the date of - Lord ROBERT'S
appointment, he saw, with equal surprise and re-
gret, tbt his pay, some time before, .had not been
altogether adequate to his deserts ; and, therefore,
like a man of honour, satisfied at once his con-
science and his feelings, by giving him an order, as
we understood at the 'time, fel' FOUR THOUSAND

rouNbs!!!

.~

Such a sum as this to Lord STRANGFORD' might
have consoled him for the " unprofitable" return,
of his songs about blue eyes ;" but " to the ends"
of Lord ROBERT FITZGERALD, whose wealth is so
insultingly eontraste4 with bis poverty, must have
been

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" As is the dew-drop, on the myrtle leaf,
" To the grand sea."
It serves to furnish, however, an Additional proof, if
an additional pioof be wanted, of thausacred regard
to economy which influenced all the nations of th*
late Administration, when so liberal, not to say so
a spirit aslVlr:Fmt was known to possess,
could content itself with bestowing on so active a
Minister, and so kind a relation, the paltry sum Of
Foot Tuousawo Pouxos! '

Meanwhile dangers pressed upon Portugal : Go-
vernment took the alarm, and a Fleet under the
command of Lord ST. VINCENT was diSpltelleci
to the Tagtis. To promote the objeftof the Expedi-
tion it was necessary to have a Miniiter on the spot
and%now. it was: that the, "man of large and liberal
views, of great experience and weight among the
MeMbers of the Portuguese Court,".flew 'with 'eager-
ness to his post.!--01i, no! he continued to reative4
his hundred pounds a week in London, and tO vote
with the Party ; while Lord HOWICK, on whom the
mantle of Mr. Fox had . fallen, not content with a
Plenipotentiary in Lisbon; and an Ambassador. at.
home, thought it necessary to burthen the Country
witEz the additional' eXpence of an extra

The issue of this disgraceful business is known.
The- Admiral was bewildered, the Extra-minister'
befooled, and the planners of the hopeful scheme
only saved. from ,indelible shame and,confusion by
the timely intervention of the Prussian War. We-
trust drat something ,will;yet be said on this head
but ue muii return to our subjea.

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When Providence interposed in favour of this de-•
voted country; and by a temporary infiietion of
madness on a meddling and mischievous Administrs.,
(ion, rendered the driving of them from their seats
a measure of the most imperious necessity, Lord •
llontaT FITZGERALD NMI still in London, and still
in the receipt of his salary ! It may yet excite
.
some surprise in our Readers, even after all they
have seen, to learn that his first concern was---e9t
to return to the Court of Lisbon, but to get his'
leave of absence renewed !

Haa Mr. CANXING betri unhappily endued With
a single partield of that rtipacious and vindiaivo
spirit which influenced every adt of his itnmediate
predecessors in office,
he would scarcely have afford-