The Sun.
London, England, 1810-04-26 00:00:00

SIR FRriNcrlS B_,URDEI

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Sir W. MANSELL published fi long lettor 47,itt
Cambrian Journal, deprecating. the coosequeOeft, I
such a PuhlicM•eet og at Carmarthen, and coqli.
the Mayor's arlver isement,for such 2 Meeting *it
another which his Worship had sent. forth
same time, d:-flouncing mall dogs, tvhich were bee
come very prevalent. The Baronet, with-some hu-
mour, ascribes both prodo6tions to the same cause,
.-viz. that of a general madness raging at this time
through 'that Unfortunate Borough. The following
are a few excraas from this letter :

Can any reasonable tirAn assert that the case of
the Baronet was mistaken, and that he has been
harshly used ; in my opinion there existed but one
mistake, " the place of his confinement ought to
have been Bedlam, and pot the Tower."--I am now
going to'address myself to the inhabitants, Rod ask;
what caused the effusion of blow but the fra(iured
Word of. Sir Francis ? Did he not give the Serjeatit.
at Arms his promise to attend him the following'
day, who considered he-was receiving the word of a"
MeMber of the lithis'e of Commons, a sacred tie,
and that that was his subinission, inasmuch so as he,
might have expected the-Baronet's meeting him at
the Tower, his better way of going there. Cod=
science, which makes cowards, diteded another
course, to Wade there through the blood of-his coon=
try Men. To attain this obje&, delay was his expel
dient, assassinating the delicacy of the St:6cent! at -
Arms. , What have since been the observations of
the following Gentlemen, Members of the House
of Commons, who voted in the minority for Sir
Francis's commit mentnot dissenting from thd
power of the`House, and agreeing in :his deserving
the. House's censure ; -but con,idering t:;eir notice
of the offence an ill-timed policy, it was uot re=
quired that the sera of the country did not calf for it;
,
and that a discretionary• power ought to be m er-
strained : they argued no more.
Mr. Whitbread said in the. House of Commons,
" True, he'went to Sir Francis's, not for the pur-
pose of strengthening his resistance to the Speaker's
warrant, but to give him that adviCe Which,he did
nor choose to take." H. n. W. Lytileton warmly
censured the Bar .net, -n.blic. ,g his connection with
the brother of the notorioui rebel, A. O'Connor,
an avowed traitor, and who was vvitS him in the
house when compulsively ; that tot' the for-
feiture of his implied promise to the 5`.-rjeant at Arms,
he declared he should for ever abjure him as a po-
litical friend. Hon. - Poosolibr concurred in
the sentiments of Mr. Lyttetott, and expresscti an
opinion which other Genfletnen had prev;.)usly
given, that if the 'Baronet was expelled the House,
the Elcaors of Westminster, in consequence of his
late condw.), would not • receive him. I say, in-
habitants of Carmarthen, that a mob jury, Sir
Francis's Peers; was hi's idea-of trial ; but n
cent-minded man would never have disturbed t',e
peace of ,his King and Country ; he wii.u-d have
been obedient to the denimd of his pels o, and
patiently awaited the issue of a more h Awn,. hie
trial. Now, what d d Mr: Sheiidan vociferate?
" Who is that man that dares mo‘e for Sir Francis's
commitment to the Towel'?" (a fine mai,ceuvre to
panic-strike the opinions for it.) "1 am that min,"
answered Sir Robert Scilusbary„ our glorious country-
man ; a man who always votes under the direttion
of his con,cietice, and which I can prove in mote
instances tide one * *

CricThe subsequent caudal of Sir Fracis.be
jr.stitied ? If he thought himself wronged, had be
not the power of appealing for redress,. and try the
legality of his.arrest- by- Hateas Corpus, and. all his
legal remedies would have been as well as if he had
resisted. Had he no hater defence to nuke for the
restitution of his liberty than through the depen-
dence of a mob rescue, the confession of guilt. What
Member of the House of Commons dispassionately
denies its power of confining its Members for libel
or miscondua? Whether drunk, or mad, r disc
affeaed, it matters not. Was Mr. Fuller not taken-
under the Speaker's Warrant, by the Serjeant at
Arms, who, receiving his' censure, made ha apo-
logy. Had Sir Francis Burdett come to his -senses,
if not disaffeaed to the Constitution, and gave 0:e
warrant obedience, making concession by explana-
tion of what he me,ait in the offensive parts of the.
imblkation, he might have been pardoned by the
House. - What is the Speaker's Warrant, but the
seise of the House of Common's ? What is the war-
rant, but an instrument of the House of Commons ?
He has enhanced his crime by_resisting the autho-
rity of that House, and his letter to the undaunted
upright, unbiassed Speaker, is an aggravation of his
offence. Will Westminster ever' forgive him
NeVer. Can he ever forget' himself when quietly
refKling on the blood that has been spilt by him ?
Never. The manes of those departed infatuated
men will he ever before his eyes. Had- his. puOli-
cation been overlooked, he would have _fancied it"
timidity in the House,,and his temerity would hate
searched for other provccations. Who can forget
his speech some years ago, wile& proposing to burn
the Livre Rouge, fur the beautiful foliage the Tree
of Liberty, and _the -Rouge, Parisian jirshion?
The intimated Baron,t's phantom is, being the
. Buonaparle of England ; feeling on the 10:11-inst:',.
the Nec plaribus in par motto for 'forming his. chi-
merical project. He fins, however, brought him-
Self under the law of retaliJtion ; he has brought
himself to the law of requital in kind.

We have the satistadion to inform the public, that
an experiment was madt on Thursday last, at the
Deritend Iron Foundry, in Order to prose the utility'
of a newly it“ented mode of ,hanging grindstone's,
with intent to secure them from breaking while at
work, and which was done with a large grindstone
previously sawed In two, and afterwArds fixing the
parts upon the spindle in so compact a natamr, as
to perfortx from V;Ct to 300 revolutions in a minute,
to the,entire smisf2(llol) of a number of C.3lt:ntlemen
Mill Owners, I heir Foremen, and Grinders. This
vaivabli- invention of Mr. Slater; of this town, may
probably be the saving of many lives and Much pro-
perty.

o,XFORD.—Sat;lrday, the last day of Lent =Term;
'the following OentletnZan were achnnted to degrees :
Bachelor in Divinity, Rev. Wilhatu Hawkins, of
Pembroke College ; Masters of Arts, Rev. G. Mur-
ray,. of Christ Church, and Rev,. Juhn Elliott, 'of
Baliiul College. The whole number 'of degrees in
Lett' was 5 D. D. C. L.-5 B. D:-4s-B. C. L.
—22 M. A.-4