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London, England, 1806-05-29 00:00:00

POETRY.

TnE 'fbliowinc, Lines, occasioned by the addition
Of a Library to the Episcopal House at Hartlebury,
i.; no-mote:6ll a due tribute to the distinguished
worth of that venerable pillar of Religion and Litera-
,ture the Bishop of COVENTRT.,.

LIFE-GUARDS.
.4.-,,
Mr. PARKE, for the Plaintiff, said, that his Client
had been a Lieutenant in the Life-Guards, and had
served : His Majesty for fourteen years. A dispute
had arisen between the Plaintiff and Captains Mac.-
namara and Barry, when he applied to have the
nutter explained to the Noble Lord on the Bench
(Lord Cathcart), who declined any interference,-no
doubt from the.purest motives, Oh account ofthis
affifir, a letter was written, which would be read
in evidence, in which it was stated, that the conduo
of the Plaintiff was ungentlemanly and unofficerlike. '
This letter was addressed to General Buckley, and
in consequence ofit, the Plaintiff was suspended from
doing duty, and no inquiry was instituted into his
conduct. That Officer thought proper to subMit ,a
matter of so serious a nature to His Majesty, and
the result of the General's representations was, thit
Lieutenant Lyneh was dismissed •the service. The
King,. however, exercising that grace and tenderness
to ich he is' always diSposed, permitted the Com,
mission. to he sold for the, benefit of Mr. Lynch ; he
however onlyacquiring the regimental price, and not
the real value, which when sold under other circum-
stances is obtained. •Thus was this Gentleman de-
prived of the profession to -.Which he was'educated,
and the sole reason why he suffered this loss -was,
because he would not violate the LaWs of England,
of morality, and of religion ; the offence was, that he
would not challenge Captain Macnainara-, who had
said, that he wished to shake a whip over him. The
Gentlemen of the Jury must be aware of the protec-
tion to which-this Plaintiff Was entitled, and no doubt
would assign
.sech serious damages as would be a fit,
compensation for the loss he had sustained. It was
not merely that he was deprived of pecuniary advan.,
tages,- but his honour and charaoer were consider-
ably injured by- the-consequences resulting from this
-libellous letter. '. ,
The Commission appointioa. the Plaintiff Lieu-
. tenant in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, was read.
Yesterday a COurt of Common Connell was held 1 It was dated the 2d N ovember, 1789; and he was
at the Council Chamber, Guild-Hall, before the styled Cornet and Sub-Lieuenant.
Eight Hon. the Lord Mayor. General Felix Buckley was'ealled, and a copy of a
After some routine business was gone tlfrongh i . letter being handed to him, he said it was of his writ-
Mr. S. DixoN rose and called the attention of the ing, and was the contents of a letter sent to him by
- Court to the late addition which had been made to the Defendants. The latter refusing to do duty with
our Possessions, by the redue,lion of the Cape of Good the Plaintiff, he gave him leave of absence from pa-
• I:lope. For this we were indebted to- the spirited rade, which is the more gentlemanly way of suspend;
exertions of Sir DAVID BAIRD and Sir HOME POP- ing an Officer. He communicated with, his Majesty,
• RAN,,and of the Officers ~.ad men under their cum- on the subject of Lieutenant Lynch, hb believed
mand. He had, he said, waited for a considerable on the Bth of March, 1805. The King gave his-
time before he brought forward a Motion for the commands verbally, for the dismissionof the Plain-
• Thanks of the Court to those gallant Officers, in ex- tiff, which the witness' imparted in a letter to that
polation that a Vote of Thanks would be moved and ; Officer. ' . ,
carried in the House of Comnions ; bui, as that • The letter was read by Mr. LowTEN, dated the
was not done, for what reason he Could,r§ot tell, he Bth of Wfareh,'lBo3 ; it was signed by the witness,
thought it his duty to come forward with a Motion and was in these words :
to that effect. The worthy Gentleman then moved, . , .
"SIR, • -
"That the Thanks of the Court should be given, to
i " I have received the King's commands, to ac-
Sir D. BAIRD and Sir Hoiit Porniim; and, to the
, quaint you that he has no occasion for your farther
Officers and Men under their command, for their
service ; but his Majesty has been pleaSed to per-
gallant and manly concina in the reduction of the
mit that your Commission be disposed of for your
Cape of Good Hope." ''Phis question being put by
benefit.
the Recorder, - • • (Signed) . " FEtix BUCKLEY:
, • " Col.-and Lieut.-Col.:2(111e°- Life Guards."
Mr: Alderman COMBS said, he regretted that the , • . 0.
. , " Lieutenant M. H. Lynch." .-
worthy- Gentleman . had wrought this Motion for- .
ward. He did not Wish, lie said, to give a vote • The General farther deposed, that the Plaintiff
against it, but he thought -it 't'nulti be much better was not brought before a Court Martial, or any Court
that it, should be withdrawn, as His Majesty's Mi- of Inquiry. The, Witness . did .not • Communicate.
nisters, who had the best means of judging of the with the Defendants On the subject of their letter on
pFopriety of such a vote in their possession, had not any occasion. He had, indeed, , a letter from Mr.
mrived it in either House o,i. Parliament. He then Lynch, in consequence, he understood, of a hint
- atiVerted to some instances Which 'had occurred from, Lord ELLENBOROUGII, when the matter was
where the Thanks of the Court had been withheld 1 before the Court. The objed of this Jetter was to
for no other reason.except that they had not the pre-, - inquire, if he might be permitted to- do duty ?
cedent before them' Of.a Vote of Thanks being,moy- Soon after this, there was a meeting of the Officers
ed by His' Majesty's'-'Ministers. He'concluded by* of the whole Regiment, when it was unanimously
declaring his intention, if the Motion was not with- determined, that lie should not be permitted to do.,
, 'drawn, to vote for the previous question, should it duty.
be moved by any other Gentleman.. . Lord ELLEnrortouGH.—" Independently of this
Mr. MARRYAT then, after offering a few otter- . letter, there might. be a variety of circumstances
vations on the impropriety of bringing forward such a which led to the determination of.his Majesty.",
Motion at present, moved the Previous-Question. Mr. PARKE.—" My Lord, we Could not call the
King into the box."
Mr. WAITIIMAN was astonished the worthy Gen- '
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.---" Certainly not. It does,
tlenian, on the same bench with him (Mr. S. DixoN);
not yet appear that this letter, stated to be libellous,
should be se inflexibly determined to put this•ques-
was communicated to his Majesty. ' You -may ask
tion to the vote. It was not proper, 'he thought,
Gen. Buckley to this fad."
that the Court should come to this resolution, for
the reason given by the Kon: Alderman who had i Mr. PARKE.—Q. "Did you attend his Majesty in
this business ?"—A. " I was with the King."
Just -sat down ; and it was indecent, be thought, that !
it should-. be brought forward in direct opposition, he i Lord ELLENBOROUGII.7" You will observe the
might say, to the Administration of the Country, 1 proper delicacy as to this interview., You can have
DO difficulty in asking what the General did himself
He should therefore vote for the „Previous Question. j
in the course of office; but I wOuld not have discus-
Mr. S.'D:XO.I4 said, he was determined not to
sions here on what passed privately between the
withdraw his Motion. He had waited for a cons!- Kint, and 'his Officers." ,
derable time, alid as the Ministers had not moved 0
Mr. rARKE.—Q. " What led to the dismission
a Vote of Thanks, he groundedlis Motion on the i of the Plaintiff ?"--" A. " He was dismissed by
~'4 e v,...
statement in lazette, which extolled the intre- ; His Majesty's diredion."
pidity of those employed in that methorable trans- Q. c‘ What did you communicate to the King
action, and he called on his-fellow-citizens tbsnew . regarding Lieut. Lynch ?"—A. " Not any • thing
themselves grateful for it. With resped to 'what '; that I recoiled: I received His Majesty's coin-
:had been said by the worthy Gentleman who had mantis, who told me that a memorial had been
just sat down,, about the indecency of bringins for-
. sent to him by Sub-Lieutenant Lynch." '
ward this Motion, in (priosition to His Majesty's , , . •
t .E,LLENBOROUGII ---." C i • '
Ministers, he could only observe, that it came very Loa _ . . 110 iot like to go in-
to this. • Thp ter reasons Which do not appear, but
badly from that Gentleman, as he never had, by any
which no doubt were ,sufficient, His Majesty- did
' chance, supported a measure of the late Adininistra- ..
. -- . exercise his prerogative. ere is no connexion be,
lion.
'1 H
tween the letter said to be libellous and the dismis-
Some other Gentlemen then delivered their senti-
sion. —To. Mr. PARKE :. " Vo9 are deprived of
molts, after which the previous question was put `
and carried without a division. • :your special damage."
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR,IIid• before - Lord Cathcart, to' whom the original letter had
the Court a Letter'he , had received from•the ;Right been sent, inclosed by, General Ilticklev, was next
Hon. Lord"' NO)(THESK, acknowledging' the receipt examined as to the exigence ofit, mcith the view to
of the, Vote Of Thanks of this -Court, and the Re- produce the copy in proof. His Lordship said, that
solution for the Freedom of the City, &c. • for his lie was in IreMd on the loth of Oct. 1803 ; that
meritorious conduct off Cape Trafalgar. • - he received s,f7letter from the General, with several
His Lordship also laid- before the Court two let- j inclosures i that-he had at that. time many important
tern he had received frord Sir JOIN TnomAs DUCK.- i papers connected with the serious duty he had to
woicrn, K. B. and Sir ThostAs Loots, Bart. in,an- discharge ; that be wished -much to disembarrass
saver to" the Thanks of this Court, &c. for their f •himselt of any unnecessary documents ; and as he
bravery and good condud in the destrudion of the I meant to fou?id no proceeding upon the letters from
French neet off St. Domingo; which were severally Gmeral.. Buckley, he thought them. of no cense-
' read, and ordered to be entered on the Journals. (pence. .
- Several reports were presenttd from various Com- i Lord ELLENBOROUGII.-41. ." 'Did you destroy
mittees. _Adjourned. - , I them ?"—A. " I certainly reduced my papers to -a
, .

Thus Phcebus to Minerva said :
" By Hiss n in all things we're obey 'd :
Not Soca At Ls, however fervent,
Was more than Hu a r, your humble servant,
" Genius and Taste from me he drew,
But martial dignity from you ;
Now, with pt'oprietY refin;d,
He manifests a graterid mind.
" Behold the hoary, Gothic.seat,
Whicli rises in that green retreat !
To us a votive Temple there
Is finish'd, by his filial care.
IVhate'cr in Literatiire Is best,
The various treasures of the East,
The eloquence of G reeee_and Rome,
Shall dignity the spaciousdome.'
- Whate',.-r in Learning's cominon weal,
6fmodern date bath' had our seal,
Shall to this venerable. lane,
Through hugs, a freeadniission gain.;
Hence (whom we deem our special:care)
Each British Genius shall be there.
There Lodc E and N ewtoN claim your smile,
And BA coN, glory of the Isle;
There, Chiefs of the Poetiadtind,
11y AicsrEaitz and my Mwrotv stand;'
And C xtic Nno NI, with sterner pride,
Shall o'er th' Historic Ranks preside : •
Thus, fill'd with all.that's good and great,
The votive faneiihall stand complete." --
The Maid replied-," If in our shrine
His modest merit should assign
To his own .Work a station duc,
Your observation' would be tale."

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