The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-21 00:00:00

THE CHAR2keTERISTICS or A GREAT MINISTER.

lie will not only have honest intentions of mind, but wit-
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dom to plan and courage to execute.—fle will regard the in-
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terests of the Prince and the People, as INSEPARABLY united.
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hated by the corrupt part of the Kingdom, high and low ; be
cause their expectations of advantage can only arise from those
distinctions, and that influence which RE lag Ours to
The honest and unprejudiced part of the nation will uphold
him for the contrary reason.—He • will be remarkable, rather
for his knowledge in the great principles of wisdom and virtue,
than in the oblique ways and mysteries of cunning.—He may
be displaced once, and more than once, by the power of Fac-
tion; but the united voice of an uncorrupt people will restore
him to the favour of the Sovereign, especially in a time of danger
And the oftener he is cut...lawn by corrupt power, the deeper
root HE will take in the affections of the Prince and
the People, and rise and. flourish with renewed vigour.—
His PRIVATE life will be consistent with his public conduct ;
he will not adopt, but scorn the degenerate manners of the
times. Above luxury and parade, he will be modest and tem-
perate; and his contempt of wealth will be as signal as his con-
tempt of luxury. He will be distinguished by his regard to
Religion, Honour, and his Country. He will not despise, but
honour the people, and LISTEN to their LINITE9 Voice.—lf
his measures arc not always clear to the people in their means,
they will always be so in their ends. in this he will imitate a'
great Queen, or her great Minister—." whose policy was deep,
" and the means she employed were often very secret ; but the
" ends to which this policy and these means were directed,
" WERE. NEVER EQVIVOCAT.."—As a natural and happy
consequence of this conduct, should he happen either to err in
a design, or, fail in its execution, an uncorrupt people will still
confide in him. They will continue to repose on his general.
wisdom and integrity, will regard him as a kind and watchful ' •
father ; yet though wise, not infallible.—His principles and
conduct, as.they will be hated by vile, so they will be derided
by narrow minds, which cannot tnlarge their conceptions be-
yond
the beaten track of present practice. If his little or no in-
fluence •'
in Parliament be objected to him, he will answer as
Henry the Eighth did with regard to Rochelle, " I do all I
desire to do there, in doing nothing but what I ought."—lle
will practise, " that double economy, which is so rarely found
"or even understood. I mean not only that inferior economy,
" which consists in the management of the receipts and issues
"of the Public Revenue ; but that superior economy, which
" consists in coniriving the great schemes of negotiation and
" action.".__The laws he frames
.will be generous and corn'
prehensive ; that is, in Lord Verulam's nervous expression,
" deep, not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of the occa,%?,
...„
" for the present, but out of providence of the future; to "'a
" the estate of the people still more and more happy, aster the
~,
" manner of the Legislators in ancient and heroic3l
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Above all, he will study to restore and secure
uPri h
and principles ; knowing these to be the very treno•th an;
willput the
vitals of every State.—As by all these means, he rind
; so he
natural and internal springs of Government into 70
ling ability e.
trill keep up that. action in its full vigour, by ernP
ue, ill of •
and merit; andltencemen of genius, capacitY,and vi.rt
eve;
2..
course fill the most important public statons,
he
partment of the State..—To fulfil, this groat purpose' ,
search for men capable of serving the public, wit'nout regard
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wealth, family, Parliamentary interest, or connection.—
despise those Mae claims of priority of rank, or soniarl!.
station, when they are unsupported by services pertbrTretb.l
that rank and station : he will search for those, wherev ,
apacoi
are to be found, whose active spirits and superior
.c_
_wee
promise advantage to the public.—He will not abuse this rrefer,
indulged to him, of superseding superior rank, bloP,.
ring his own favouriteg. If he finds the appearance
lity and worth among the friends or dependents 0 b'st
mies, he will trust them with the execution of his _o
ow°
portant designs, on the success of which even his
.are his
ter may depend.,—Having no motive but the wisture,3 as 1,4.
country ; if he cannot accomplish that by such inc 3 poiv:r'
heart approves, he will not struggle fur continuanc,.

but bravely and peaceably resign.

AULD LANG SYNE ; OR, CURSORY;I4°LgregISIr
fscalletohlwosaliedtiotnluget the best Princes can think tlietriscive -caurdea'c-
anHd
ostwopdnano:ret h ii.ea o°-
•tuerent, when they are backed by the hands of the
How insecure 11'11
tb'
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these Time designing heads are, 14 -
How fatal total chanires often rrnoverritoPinno
merous hands find that they have is^ 10°1 °lel'''. '
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poison
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ptlnieor Courtsenhauedalajd.cesya
ia.forauel Is:oleo:8n;
of aesi.
icrt iti
astb:::ii4 itonig:: •
How prr.iud* ' r'
-, icial to the liberty of the sukicct 'S
troulable influence
of one party. time of girl ~
How •
instructive is the reflection that, in the , by, tac
CHARLES, the Commons were as much Ward ev°' -
Army as they had lorded over the Lords. Onsideratioo
ig the c
as their
How
unsatisfactory
to an Englishman
that an Army might be as refractory to their Der•de. si,n.
their Cornintiisoly
Jo.
Leaders had been to those who crave then'
fecleracies or 0
seca...
How impolitic, sometimes, .are Con
the welfare $
. held
liances ; the occasion Might occur when
rity of one Nation and Government require that the tie:7olo,
it, for instance, a pledge of a ^artieular nature to she U.3_
..d 110.
integrity, sectirity;:'igilt.
should be broken ; is, then, the'
nour of a Nation to be sacrifieel to secret treaties
or s
ed and unreflecting Leadeis ? ,:ator:a ththeerniisnele;:

CUSTOMS
atcd that the nea.Ev
ex
brothers their
neads to the groliod, and w." I-1 '' w.b • . 04;7
It is rel -
divertise re.
have an malts, comedies, shews, and rousicalcrtrantilfy ;sitters'
black, but they to tramilc'ts; on duY' °flrt„.etie o'rreganottier bf
bowing 11'Y mourn in white. 'They sF
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heads,aodinay resp -t t any person, while they ow _i..
reckoned they clexterocu'sly9pull their feet out of their 000. I;.
death,
a favour to a-gentleman or soldier, under semen
!T'i s°o fi,Jl3l,lpan are Pu
ll!: i a kn- etns is?' tt:!,
Pit* bellies; the -,',,tons of the criminal, es his father, un ',
ri.,,...,
ti to have the liberty of killing themselves by rnsf,
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way, wh; I is ' ' xpire ?
the -c i so wed toncertcd, that all of them e _
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same children and infants, are obliged to die in the.n ,_,
hour, though they may be 3t a great distance fre!.:,
‘t:ri.ey pass for cowards, and infamous persons,
one another. If . an; Of them fly to shun this terrible desti!.,
ailing to lose the glory- .7r.
—at they acquire by this , courage
_,,"_
murder themselve The head of their religion is called PAP;
. her
whom they adore Ii
a God.; his residene,e is at Maco, s, .le,
he keeps a stately court, and Qunfers titles of honour and :et
siastieal d•- 1,111,...ie5. urn'
In the city of Bengal, the barbarous practice of widows lot to
so that none 51:
ing.k__ themselves alive, is forbidden by an express edict a de,
110g1.11; yet still there are somp widows so possessed with 1'fr..51
sire of burning thernselves. thinking thereby to acquire etea to
reputation, that they.brihe' the; govc:rners, and are allowe 4.„.
do so, but with this formal the govc,rnors wake a slight„,;,
grist whether the widow docs this of her own choice, wir"o,
makes,s them so ins:nimble, that when upon the
constraint, violence, or suggestion. I. some places they s',lidi
cow a mixture of opium`, bettel, and other drugs, 11:',„?,
pile the/' a 0
lerar .cl9r, in good humour, anti take leave of their frint-'
smiling counteranee.- .