The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-23 00:00:00

TO THE RIGHT HON.EARL GREY.

MY Loito--Having considered-the Address
voted at the Durham :County Meeting, • prd-
ceed -to examine your Lordship's petitions, which;
whatever elaborate 'aggravations they may haVe
received from the coadjutors of yottr party, some
cif whonthave.long seemedtO brood,' inau-
spicious pleasure, on every circumstance threaten-
ing to the Country.„-will, tend but- trust,
to increase-oUr Waning inlluence in Parliament,
as they will-be -understood .to have been framed
in conformity*to Tour Lordship's irritable feel-
ings and to repeat; sunder -a new form, what you
have often before 'expressed.
That yonr-Lordship shOuld feel satisfaction .at
the termination of the Bill of Pains and Penal;
tips, is what:Might naturally be expected, as you
Certainly had laboured with great industry and
management to defeat the measures of :Govern-
ment; though you must 'have been sensible that
they were iutendrd only to remove the Queen
from that participation of the royal honours, by,
which the dignity of the Crown would leave been
sullied, and the character and Morals of the na-
tion debased.
Yet; my. Lord „- while volt reprobate proceed-
ings every where marked with forbearance,
and vffording to her ,Majesty these means ,of &-
fence, which., on a former investigation, at wbich
your Lordship assisted, were not allowed, your
satisfaction must have been somewhat abatefl by
a conviction which con could not escape, that the
relinquishment 'of the Bill, under all, the circum-
stances, conferred the highest honour on the Ali-
n'ster, -whose conduct had been marked at every
stage of the proceedings, by moderation and jus-
tice ; and who, looking, only to the interests of
his country, was satisfied with having made out
such -a case. as will, I trust, enable him to restrain
' her Majesty within those bounds, which a re-
gard to-the welfare of the State indispensably

requires.
The .fate of the Bill, my Lord, afforded no
just cause for that unbecoming exultation, ex-
pressed by your Lordship. and other intemperate
advocates for the Queen. It has accomplished
all that. was necessary to establish—a reason-
able - conviction, .and to justify the measures
which have been deemed expedient. Nor is
there any ground ,or shadow, of argument, to
warrant the profligate declaration, which a County
Meeting has- been deluded to express,-that the
measure referred to was either " impolitic, -un-
neceSsary, or unjust." Indeed such unfounded.
and calumnious assertions reflect, disgrace only
on those by whom they were uttered. The con-
duct of the Queen could not he over-looked ;
• and upon her return to this country, every prin-
ciple of moral policy aquired an examination :
and that such examination should be, cond►lcted.
with a lenity which might limit the penal conre-
quences to the necessity of the case. If the ju,
dicial proceedings which were instituted, have
been atteptled. with " circumstances injurious to
the morals" :(of the people I suppose), "and clan-.
gerous to the security and honour of the Crown,"
from whence have these consequences resulted
but from the nature of the particulars unavoid-
ably brought to light, and .from the scandalous
misrepreSentations of those who have sacrificed
the most solemn duties to party feeling., and who,
particularly, have not scrupled to describe a pro-

cedUre, strictly constitutional-, as subversive of
the liberties•of the subject.
Your Lordship
,proceeds to implore the House
not to " listen to any considerations or persua-
sions, by, which they may be induc.ed.to enter-
tain any fresh Measures, under whatever_ form
they may:be presented', Of. a similar iu
not to mention that this, paragraph,
from defect of grammar, erri,eifit the, lionse not
to listen to considerations, by .'which it is to be
led to act ;‘ and, 'guessing at its mealing, it ap-
pears; in conjunction with wat-fOliows,,,
mate, in the name of this tnisguided county, a.
strong censure on the proceedingS of, the Rollie
of Lords, and to require that august assembly to'
invalidate a decision which it has substantially,

though not formally ratified, by a majority of
2.5, and to regulate its future inoasures in confor-
mity to your Lordship's views-7--tOjohi, as here=
ditary counsellors of the Crow.n, in stigmatizing
a Measure as unjust which -has ?:.yen sanctioned
by the.Sovereign,'ilt tlie.exercise''of a royal r:unc-
tion-:- and to Constrain. the Minister to otrer

her Majesty every rdyill distinction, with a reve-
nue which, hoWever it may be enlarged, will
not, Y trust; pro Ode for the support of a disaf-
fected party, ever ready for seditious clamour,
or fnr the maintenance of a Corrupt press, to be

emplOyed in defaming whatever is respectable in
the country. Can -your Lordship suppose that a
discerning nation will give you credit for consult-
ing the public intereit, or the public morals, in
these :suggeStionS? Can you imagine that what
you, and your asso;'ia.ted orators, who repeat
their stale and intlOmmulorydeciamatien'at Dur:-
ham, at Northallerton, at Morpeth, and I know
not where, .will comb and that respect in the
country which-is the best security .for permanent
support 2
,You may act, my Lord, by loW instru-
ments ;—you may excite an ignorant popuiac
to clamour against the Government When there
is no real cause of complaint; but you onlfcor-
rapt their minds, and render that voice unavail-
ing and nugatory, which would carry a deserved-
and irresistible weight if raigcd on just occasions,
and against real aggressions. Agitations have
been exited, but they will not carry yoUt crazy
bark into port. The interest which the -people
have appeared to takesin the case of the Queen.
has been raised •by feelings of unreasonable dis-,
content, instigated by your party, and by .a de-
praved wish for some favourable change, Which
may raise the dissolute and the idle to a 'partici-
pation of wealth and independence. Good or-7
der, industry, and content would be restored, if
tho selfish and malevolent exertions of a design-
ing-faction should be restrained.
petition to the ITmrte of Commons is eN4
pressive of the and the s'enlinteitt
which it breathes will, I have no doubt, be sup-
ported by those Worthy gentlemen and most ac-
complished patriots, Sir Robert Wilson, Mr.
Ilurne, and Mr. Peter Moore: tlielatter of whom
is reporttiel lately to have expressed, upon some
such subject iii the House, his hope that he had
employed language strong enough for his con•
stitttents_at Coventry. it is, I suppose, ill the
contemplation of the support of -such members,
aridof.such constituents, and probably of Lords
Grosvenor and Carnarvon, that your Lordship-
presumes to speak in the name ,of What (with a
flourish very customary among yogi' party) you
call " a great majority of your fellow- subjects ;"
who, it seems, are deeply impressed with •the
danger to which the Co.ostitution.hwi" been ex-
'posed, by measures loch you (still retracting
what you admitted at the meeting) characterize
'as unjust and unconstitutional. It is somewhat
inconsistent, also, in your Lordship, while you
profess your :wish to* soothe the public mind, to
call for an Immediate and full inquiry into the
Oppoinemmit And conduct of the Milan Commis-
sion. 1 confess, however,:that, with views very
different from those of your Lordship, I should
be glad to see that inquiry prosecuted, in justice
to the parties whose characters have been basely
traduced. Tarn persuarled that that commission
was justified upon the same principles as..that
under which'you yourself acted ; and that it was
fairly and honourably conducted. It is known,
indeed, .that the gentlemen of the liar felt a ge-
neral indignation at the ',reflections cast by Mr.
Brougham upon the respectable person who was
appointed to preside at it. Bdt, unhappily,. we
live in an age in which truth, and candour, rnfd
every moral principle, are'sacrificed to'the views
of a party, who, resenting their, exclusion front
stations which they have been found incompetent
to fill, put every thing to hazard. But white
your Lordship and your friends resist all the juSt
claims of those who• have. sirecessfuny combated:
our external enemies, vein will not persuade the
country to forsake thoSe faithful guardians, to
w horn they look with confidence for the preseN
vation of external peace • and protection. Yolir
petitions will.not *excite a disagreement between
the two branches 'Of the Legislature—they -will
not induce the House of Lords to reverse its own
deliberate measures—nor will they persuade the
House of Corm-no:is, while it exercises every con-
sideration for the constitutional and legitimate
claims of the:Q!IPCII, to sanction the pretence that
the- circumstances in -which her Majesty has un-
happily consented to-. appear, are compatible
u
with the demands for nCimiuislied homage, and

-respect.
I remain, my. Lord, Your Lordship's
Most obedieht humble servant,
•

SCRUTATOR.

;fan. 15, 1821.

Yesterday- his Royal flightless the Drike of
YORK I.,ave a dinner, at his honse,-St. Jarnes,''s,
to a large party of di§tingal7hed rank in the

Army,