The Sun.
London, England, 1818-03-13 00:00:00

LORD GRANTFIANI.

Wooburn Abbey, Feb. 17, 1818.
MY LORD,—Perceiving, by the Gazette of Saturday last,
vour Lordship has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Bedford, I avail myself of the earliest opportunity
to resign into your Lordship's hinds the Commission of Dc•
puty Lieutenant, which I had the honour to receive twenty
Years ago, from my valued :u►d lamented friend, Lord Ossory.
in the motives which have urged me to this step, I beg leave
distnietty to disclaim any feelings personal to your Lordship ;
hot then: is a reasonable pride which forcibly admonishes
every upright and independent 'Mad, when a stigma is at-
tempted, and unworthily, to he cast on a man's character,
that it is a duty which he owes to himself, to endeavour to
stand clear in the estimation of the virtuous and unprejudiced
part of manhind.

On the death of my grandfather, in 1771, Lord Ossory ac-
cepted the Lieutenancy of this County, with an intention of
resigning it when my brother became of age; he held the
othce, however. front that period till the 'lay of his death,
various causes occurring at different times t, pre-ent his re-
signing it, unnecessary to trouble your Lordship with, but
none at any time, or in the least degree, beat lug on the cha-
racter or qualideation of him who he was 'nest anxious
should succeed him in the office. Lord Ossory more than
once urged me to relieve him from the lahunrs of the Lieu-
tenancy, and I now most truly rejoice that his resignation
was delayed, and that his mind was spared the pain he would
have experienced in seeing me. whom be honoured with his
friendship and esteem, proscribed by the Government, and
proclaiieed unfit to hold the office of Lord Lieutenant of the
County.
My ancestors, through a succession of ages, have at various
times filled the honourable post of the Kieg's Repres. ntative
in the County, and I will venture to affirm, that in no one
instance has the influence arising from an extensive property
and an unsullied name. been used hut for the interest and
advantage of the country, and whether the individual, who
has now the honour to address your Lord hip, has been the
first of a long line to forfeit the esteem of his Sovereign and
fellow-suldect., onto he left between the Prince Regent's
Ministers, and those who will judge their conduct, to decide.
From the day when it pleased Providence .0 take prema-
turely from this world one whose life, though unhappily
short, was one continued series of efforts to serve his country,
and especially to promote the welfare of the Country of lied•
ford, I ;lave constantly resided in the county, with the ex-
.•eption of the period when I was absent on the King's ser-
vice in Ireland, and when a domestic affliction compelled me
to a temporary residence on the Continent, during which
time I have uniformly and earnestly endeavoured to serve the
interest of my native country. When I see an attempt made
to degrade me in the eyes of those amongst whom I reside, arid
who I have been proud to consider as my friends and neigh-
bours, if I ant warmly sensible of the injury, your own ho-
nourable character, my Lord, will readily justify the feeling.
When I returned front Ireland, I had the gratification to
receive from my Sovereign his personal thanks, expressed in
the warmest and most flattering terms, for the manner in
which I had exercised the aihninisi ration of affairs in that
patt of the United Kingdom. When this country was
threatened with invasion by the then powerful arms of
France, I raised amongst my own tenantry the surrounding
yeomanry, and maintained, as long as the public security
required it, two troops of Yeomanry Cavalry, and for this
also I had the satisfaction to receive the thanks of the Sove-
reign, conveyed through the Lord Lieutenant of the county.
These are many claims—not on the favour, but on the just
cousiderition of the Government, and I cannot charge myself
with having done a single net to forfeit those ciaims..

I Call neither envy nor respect. those feelings which, on oc-
casions like these, condescend to the misers le resentment of
party enmity, and to n,-) other can I now ascribe the conduct
of the Prince Regent's Ministers.
Your Lordship will readily believe, that 1 can have no in-
tention to question the right of the Crown to nominate its
own officers, whilst 1 claim, at the same time, the privilege
belonging to every individual, of judging of the propriety of
its aintointments, and in the exercise of that priviltge I feel
myself reluctantly compelled to resign into your Lordship's
hands my Commission of Deputy Lieutenant of the County
of Bedford. 1 felt a pride and satisfaction in acting under
Lord Ossory in the busness of the Liuutenancy—eireum.
stances ar•e changed.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's obedient humble Servant,
BEDFORD.
. _ .

The. Right Hon. Lord Grantham, &c. &c.
find I have mislaid my Commission amongst my
papers, hut I have to entreat your Lordship to consider it as
cancelled.

Mr. FoLEY, one of the present Members for
the County of Hereford, retires ft om Pa►{lament
at the end of the present Session, on account of
t{►e precarious state of his health.

Mr. S. R. Lusnlyn.roN has declared his inten-
tion of becoming a Catididdte for Canterbury, at
the ensuing General Election, in opposition to
Alt. FARQUHAR.

A number of. Master Chimney-sweepers were
yesterday sworn at the bar of the House of Lords
to give evidence before the Committee on the Bill
for proliihiting, after a certain period, the employ-
ment of Cli►nbing Boys.

POETRY.

SONNET.

71:R KING OF S+VEDFN.4

By W II,LiA WORDSWORTH, ET.

The voice of .S.m; from distant lands shall call
To that great. Kist; shall hail the crowned Yonth;
Who, taking counsel of unbending Truth,
By one example bath set forth to all
How they with dignity may stand ; or fall,
If fall they must. Now, whither sloth it tend ?
And what to him and his shall be the end
That thought is one which neither can appal
Nor cheer him .; for the illustrious S‘Vede bath done

The thing which ought to be He stands above
All consequences: work he bath Begun

Of fortitnde, and piety, and lote,
Which all his glorious Ancestor's approve:
The Heroes bless hint, him their rightfUl Son.

We feel much pleasure in the insertion of these lines from
an excellent and amiable Poet, who is a zealous friend to
freedom, taut Who has also a due respect for legitimate au-
thority. It is peculiarly appropriate at this moiiici►t, when a
revolutionary Adventurer has seized on the Throne of the
injured GusTAvus. This Sonnet was writte►i before that
spirited Monarch's deposal