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London, England, 1814-06-20 00:00:00

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TITE SUN REVIEW,

(No. III.)

POLITICAL MEMErZTO, &C. 69 a Parliamentary

porter.

From the long and excellently written extract
we gave on Friday from the Preface to this work,
it is alniost needless to -say, that we think it 'ilej
serves the universal patronage of the Public. No
politician, no library, no man of letters, can• be
without it ; but even as a source of amusement ;
as a 14ecitrien of, the mast rational, as well as en.
tertaining, species of light: reading, it 'merits a
place on the breakfast table, the news-loom
and other places where reading is not a—study but
a lounge. There, indeed, it will appeal' an eoerl

Igreen.amonk fleeting► annuals, but ‘vitlial so rich
•in odour, and. so -various in its produce, as to. tie
always agreeable and always new.
Ira the notice we intend to take of the selections

in this volume, it will be quite unnecessary for.tti
to follow the declarations and opinions of the Mi-
.niste'rial Party, 'as' they are called in common par-,
lance, but who,•on this occasion, have well earn 4,
ed_thetitle of the Party to England's glory and the
salvation of Europe. Their steady and noble per-
severince amidst the encompassment of tremen-
dous perils abroad, and abuse, and threats, and
upbraidings,, and accusations, and revilings, and
insults at home, is beyond our feeble praise—but
they' have at this moment their retogrd. Among the
most brilliant of those who are rendered eonspi.,
CUOUS in this respect •by the compilation before
us are Yr. Canning, Lord, Castlereagh, Mr.
Charles: Grant, Lord Liverpool, Me. Pee'e, Mr.

Perieval, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Sheridan. 01
tir6 extracts from their sentiments delivered in
Parliament, “.•.y and their posterity may justly
be-proud, for they are records :0 their immortal

W 174.! shall chiefly confine ourselves to th,! ()bier
side—to the luminous, and clear-sighted, and
deeply philosophical lueobrations, and " prognos-
ticated prophecies," of our dearly beloved friends
the Talents. Ilcaveri forbid that their oracular
sayings, and patriotic doings, should ever r)e
Otte') ; and the more especial!), as, unabashed
by circumstances which- would have covered ordi-

nary effrontery' with shame and confusion and
unconfounded by:failures which would have dumb-
ed (we must. Coin a verb), common impudence for
ever, they have still the invincible h4rdihood to
obtrude their opinions upon the Public, claim at-
tention for their polities)! propheCies, and, lis if
unconscious of the scorn and contempt with which
every man of- understanding regards them., force
their idle bwt offensive quackery upon a loathing
nation.

4, Destroy -their web and Sophistry—in tin

The things arc at their dirty work again!"

In passing over the 'pages to " shew up" these
Wiseacres we have felt a strong inclination to begin
‘vith.Mr. BANKES, whose petty and narrow views
would, if followed, have cramped the peninsular
war, and nipped in their b►►d the.blossmus of Eu-
rope's Liberty. He opposes (pages,) the MO-

Lion for taking the Portuguese tro.op's into British
pay in 1810, bccuuse_he thought it " quite rob.
mantic" to expect success from oui• exertieas,
and the "soundest policy" was " to husband
our resources !" But -we refrain from this gen-
tleman, as we hope he means well, and was only
misled by taking paultry a:1,1 little glimpses of a
subject the grandeur of which required the broad
and comprehensive survey of a great mind. A
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idea of saving Spain, 'aud twits 7,,, finisters
entertaining hopes 'of wearing otiristrrirariit-ra,-
as the Moors ivere worn out by a war of 300 ye3l-;.;
while Mr. BRAN o, an equally zeiliras, but more
_experienced debater boldly asserts that,
Spain (page 17) Buonaparte could at his pleasure
pour his legions and compel us to retreat." What a
fool he was not to do it ! The ravings of Buttntty
are too well known to require much gpecificition.
The following, are short examples 18W-3,
" we had seen all the nations in Europe with
armies composed as ours, fall before France. 1-e
lamented that every thing that was thine by the Bri-
tish Government was calculated to give an idea that
'the nation was hastening to its fate." True, and a
glorious fate it is, being somewhat different from
,what the patriotic Baronet apprehended. Again,
" it would at least be allowed of Buo-
,
.NAPATE, that he knew the 'best means of accotu.r;
plishing what he had in view ;" and " there

" into