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PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE.
14411184 Aertit. have just read the
HllAfinerve" (which, as you know, is the heir of
It C
the vii hies of the Mercure) of this morning.
ti es THE SUN on the subject of a letter re-
-I,Pecti°g
r"lis M. LAFITTE j it denies in particular that
sage, Wherein I informed you that I under-
„,.:" the (iovernment did not intend to let him
foritain at the head of be Bank. I had the in-
rßiati
frnm a friend, en whose superior in-
to lience and judgment I have always been able
kt t,elY* At present I hear no more of it, for
'Niliell I am sorry, as I should wish the French
trniistry to reflect on what it owes to Europe, to
ibtanttelere,, andan
dto itself. Sound policy dictates the
perhaps the great pressure of public
au iness only retards the blow. You would form
ill Very incorrect idea of M. LAFITTE if you
:gin" ner him the first Banker in Europe, as the
if to asserts, but you would not be mistaken
Y(4l regarded him as a turbulent subject, and
11:14 Financier. I do not mean to say that
aff.."l" not know how to manage his own
011! no. There is not a more active
3ptitier Eurnpe,
to
or who knows better how to
takl elute "11 public misfortunes ; but his ability in
4,4' advantage of these by no means argues
i Ice
Intim be a Statesman ; for if so, all the Jew
--ers Change-alley would be Statesmen. . I
tel(mv rit)t whether to attribute to ignorance or in-
t rlt"
the very inexact calculations of M.LAFITTE
141;ti1l3 e French Finances, and these are indeed his
Fars f`tr M. MANUEL only provides the oratorical
IC of his. speechec. That pronounced on
tirsdaY last was composed with an affected mu-
iattaiti°n• He painted in it the situation of France
Eftte most. sombre colours, and endeavoured to
it every mind with terror. The impression was
trullg and painful for a moment ; but this effect
' sPeecl'.ly removed, and the artifice seen
°a`gh, when exact calculations were produced.
, I Proved that► LAFITTE was either fool or
and the Chamber left him the choice of the
katb`sit:"l"s• It was reserved for a person on the
tort``
of the House to give to truth all its
jitand to carry conviction into every bosom.
• bt:"first read the discourse of M. BENJAMIN
111444 T (Banker), and it is. impossible to
Free '57 a more noble simplicity, or a greater
of reasoning—the tnens conscia recti was
e
tree` throughout. There is a great differ-
ttt tletween M. LAFITTE and M. DELESSERT j
,441,e 15 a 114 partu-mon, the other a man of worth :
Itel,4::l3.r.ssi:az wilt not have the equivocal
L41;2;4 being praised in tlie-Ninerre, while M.
terer find in all its Editors as many flat.
Vltho Ili* house is the rendezvous of ail those
tirin„ar* driven to despair, because they are no-
*NI aotl would be something, and whose aim
it t elk! •
v• is
to overthrow the Government, because
thegelt 11°t employ them. The base flattery of
Parasites is the principal cause of the
errOrS of
01.
LAFITTE, This man, whose
le inckit consists in having made a large for-
t:l el
fancies himself a Prince because he has emir-
tatt:• is impossible to carry impertinence and
scurry farther than he has done. rsigh when F re-
pi t that the Government has aggrandized this
tg).l7Y and niade it a CoLossys, by the indiscreet
(11414nee it has accorded him, and r trust that the
4tinnent will not stiffer such a man to remain
1.511'e. head of the Bank. It is equally impolitic
k:''fre, M. de LABOVILI,ERIE to remain as Under.
st)irtF4Y of State, who is as ignorant, as ardent,
tti 44 Presumptuous as M. LAFITTR, but who
i,\t"gs to the opposite r party. lam rightly
Itii4tll"l, M. tie L. has filled the offices of the
e,l4'trY. of Finance with his creatures, who all
ph4Pie against THE CHARTER, this act will
Lire4r inconceivable to your Readers, but you
,11),w the secret,, ntl can tell it them.
ettlogititn of M. LAFITTE is by one M.
xiii"fte, the author of sonic pretty comic operas,
iiii:ltneoitlt,is(nm to ecee)iling lately in that. line, has turned
nF politics, and carries all the licence
tta"etrY into his political arguments, and de-
-44 himself the enemy of the BOURDONS, he-
),:e they have not treated him so kindly as
1 (114 He is neither a Republican nor an
-4(1
te,'Pernient, nor a Buonapaitist, but a Malcon-
iti beeaust he has lost 40,000 francs a-year,
ttl
jell the Duke de Roviuo (SAvany) allowed
r 41, and this is the source of his glorious opposi-
the Minerre is the rendezvous of the discou-
it4t"l of all parties, We find in it Buonapartists,
r:volutionists, &c. and Ex-Agents of Police,
who
r their virtues or their vices have been dismissed
what cannot be found there are the real
of their country. Th te e different partizans of
-h Illinerve are of nearly as many
afferent colours,
r they have one central point, one sacred prin-
ciple
is nest ruction ; --" Down with the Govern-
tn` rit," is their motto. I know nothing more
`'.iiientptible in a man of letters, than that of sa-
cin
mg honour
altar , principle, and virtue, on the
of ercenary interest.

PO ET It Y.

EPISTLE TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEWERS.

Don't think me gifted with assurance
Beyond all bounds and all endurance,
If I, dread Critics of the Thistle,
Presume to send you an Epistle.
No deed of darkness—it is done
In all the radiance of Tire SUN.
And what, I weer, will please you most
It comes without expence of post.
Unknown to you, as you to me,
I must confess 'tis making free—
But freedom's friends (a maxim plain)
Or freedom never can complain.
Regard it then as strain symphonic
To usher in my panharmonic,
Which will in deeper tones soon follow
If so it please my great Apollo.
View this, fur that as preparation, -
Of if you will as dedication—
Or better still as supplication,
To make you favour me and mine
Now offer'd up before your shrine
As certain Indian tribes, 'tis said
By Authors whom you must have read,
Adore the principle of Evil,
Whom we in plainer phrase call Devil;
'Making, that if what is malicious
To them and theirs they makC propitious,
By sacrifice and victim blood—
They have no need to fear the good,
Which, though its power may be far greater
Can never be a creature-hater.
Suppose it then, dread mischief-brewers,
Tremendous Edinburgh Reviewers;
Suppose it offer'd on my knees,
Will this your Devilships appease ?
If not—no more I'll court alliance,
But boldly set you at defiance;
As Hotspur bids, if you're uncivil,
I'll tell plain truth, and shame the Devil.
Yet, Gentles, pray do not suppose
That I would wish you for my foes.
Disprov'd will this he by my care,
To paint you better than you are :
So much so that the blood will rush
And form a diabolic blush
On every face, to see the zeal
With which your vices I conceal.
Vices conceal! the man there speaks,
And the deep stains that dye your cheeks,
Are all by rage alone call'd forth,
That I should hide your self-thought worth.
For what we mortals think a sin
The Imps of darkness glory in.

I fear, too, on the future page
You'll scowl with more than wonted rage,
Because I shall (hy magic glass
Through which your scatter'd beams will pass)
Bring all your radiance to a focus;
And by my trick and Roves-pocus,
As Indian Jugglers might have done,
Turn all your many deeds to one.
Thus taking from each separate name
Its proper part of weft earn'd shame.
But, Gents, with all due deference
To your Satanic anti-sense,
What reason have you to complain
Of what's dune o'er and o'er again ?
The field of Waterloo who won?
Say, was it not great IV ELtalloToN ?
And who o'ert brew the Gallic Fleets ?
'Twas NELSON, every tongue repeats.
And so the chief in every case
Gains all the honour—or disgrace.
In vain subordinates may plead
That. principals could ne er succeed
Without their ai-d; submit they must,
And the last adjunct makes it just.
For who takes bad and gnod together
May set the one against the other.
As plus and minus, we ate taught,
When equal may be view'd as nought.
Did not the fiends your counterparts,
The same in frauds and crafty arts,
Send Satan forth to find this ball
As representative of all ?
And why should you not act as they did,
When they this nether world invaded ?
Their object was to harm mankind,
Blast hope, and banish peace of mind,
And as their motives influence you,
Their line of conduct too pursue.
Let then great J Y singly reign,
Pre-eminent in state and pain.
Nor blasts* me in censorial tone,
Because I lock to him alone ;
Were yOla to lose, by this my feat,
Your ten good sterling pounds per sheet,
Your anger would not then surprize ;
But as 'fists& so, be more wise ;
Let him take all the shame ; tire pay
Take you—and let me. have my way.
Thus your acknowledg'd head I touch ;
I simplify my subject much ;
And shew, what Critics, highly prize,
A due regard for unities.
Then, if you are not over nice,
These reasons may, I think, suffice;
If not—l know not what to say—

Unless that all and each one may,
Whene'er it meets his glistening eyes,
Take that which to himself applies.
For I cannot give each his due,
All being hidden from my view,
As snug asrutoutny in its shroud,

As Trojan Prince behind his cloud,
Or Glices, that great Lydian King,
Whene'er he wore his magic ring.
And should I strive by guess to shew ye,
In what confusion might I throw ye !
Sir Jon?: mistaking for Sir .lAmEs,
I might make chaos of your names ;
And St:wt./int, as I have no index,
Put for the far-fam'd Gallic VINDEx.;
Might make it your- unhappy doom,
To get a Birch instead of Broom;
Call MOREI/EAD—MooRE, to his great dread,
Thus amputating his best bead;
With PLATT/kilt might play fou, and tell
That he was your wise St i,RoptiEL ;
Amongst you poble Ho• Lam) hear,
And with him, too, his Flander's mare;
Call ALISON your taste-displayer,
And HALLAM your chief Greek purveyor;
To your sot prize, and his disgrace,
Might WALTER SCOTT amongst you place;
By like mistake, might rouse to frenzy
Both DUGALD STEWART and MAcKENZIE.; •
And thus, to your and my dismay, -
Make with you De'els the Dc'el to pay.
Better to do as I have done,
And look upon you all as one !
13v which toy gentle readers (can I
Indulge a hope there will be utauy)
Will not a key for persons :seed,
But, ift hey choose, may run and read;
Tho' I would recommend to sit
And chew the cud upon my wit:
Which if they have not wit to find,
They must he wit—if not stone—blind.
Oh ! let me not suppose such grief !
But turn me no.y to thee, 0 Chief!
Whose heart, on which all pleas so often
Have fail'd, I caturot hope to soften,
Were I to say, in plaintive note,
That till this time I never wrote;
Were I, thy fierceness to assuager,
To urge I was not yet of ago ;

With keener relish would'st thou rail, •
And with more angry bite assail.
Fortis thy chief delight to vex
The Author young of either•sex;
Exulting fearless in their pain,
Because they cannot strike again.
Thus tbought'st thou—but a youthful bard,
So keenly cut, and struck so hard,
He quickly more discretion taught thee,
And to a meek submission brought thee.
Would that I had, with equal zeal,
An equal power to make thee feel!
Thy carcase then would I exhibit
In chains, upon satiric gibbet;
By many a murdeed reputation,
Well claiming such exalted station.
There birds of prey thy flesh should tear, -
Till thy black skeleton stript bare,
The winds would shake thy railing bones,
And expiate poor Authors' groans.
Oh ! if I fail, 'tis want of skill,
And not, believe me, want of still.
Would that it were for me decreed
To extirpate your evil seed!
Or rather (casting °limy gall,
And once again addressing all),
Your various errors to reform !
With holy zeal your bosoms warm !
In your chang'd understandings fix •
Some juster views of Politics !
Draw out your too envenom'd sting,
And make you reverence CHURCH and KING !
Let this convince you, 'ere we part,
How much I have your good at heart.
Treat me no worse than I treat you,
And now, in charity—Adieu.

FOR THE SUN.

NEW IMPERIAL MEMBER

FOR A
NEW IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Ma. EDITOR,—.I believe it is now pretty well
known that our present facetious (pray don't
leave out the e) OPPOSITION are in want not
only of Seats for the next Parliament, but also
of a Leader and a Leading subject ; all the
twenty-nine Petitions, medical, political, ruptures,
&c. &c. being worn so threadbare that they can
scarcely be expected to hold together during this
expiring Session.

Now, Sir, in this their forlorn situation,
allow me to step forward to their assistance, and
to point out the readiest way to the fulfilment of
their desires, which shall be through an ancient
Borough, not one hundred miles from London-
bridge, where some facetious wiseacres lately
held a Meeting in support of the grand political
North-west passage to Power, Patronage, and
Plunder, ycleped Parliamentary Reform !
This ancient Borough being at present repre-
sented by TWO Brewers, these worthy Reformers
seem dissatisfied with. the half and half pot of
politics that comes from their mash tub, and
have very wisely deemed it necessary to have a
little. clash of the new - Hop, in the person of a
certain Knight Errant, who so lately enabled• a
Parisian Postmaster to hop off, instead of hopping
the twig ; and they tell-us that " the Representa-
tion would then be perfect ; at the present mo-
ment it is well known that the Members vote in
direct opposition to each other.; and, in fact, it
might be-termed no Representation at all !" One
Brewer is therefore to go out, but the other is
expected to stay in ; abd no doubt• he must feel
himself highly honoured in being thought worthy
of his new Colleague, whose great qualifications
are, that a great Opposition Financier thinks
him a most eligible and independent character ;
that the said Knight Errant had most manfully
denied all he has written about JAFFA; that
the " error committed by him in publishing that
book had been completely obliterated by that
event which all Europe had viewed with adMira-
tion—his generous, true 'Englishman-like con-
duct towards the unfortunate" Parisian Post-
master ; that he had declared himself for Parlia-
mentary Reform ; that he had always been a
staunch Whig; and that a refOrming Baronet of
Brentford and Isleworth notoriety was his friend
and supporter !
There, Sir ! thereis a Confession of Faith for
the Borough and the Brewer! Let them read it
carefully—but, to the point—l propose, Sir, that
both Brewers shall be turned out, and that the
independent Electors shall return the KNIGHT
ERRANT and the " GREAT MAN" at St. Helena!
We all know how near he was being brought to
London by a Subpoena, and why not by a Call of
the House ? It may, indeed, be urged that he is
an Alien—but that is the very point to be gained ;
for in the Knight Errant, Opposition will find a
Leader; then comes the return to the Crown.
Office ; then the moving for that Return-; then
the Petition from the Borough respecting their
new Member ; then his Address to his Constitu-
ents, which may be readily got up here just like
the illanustiit. Venu ; then Motions for Commit-
tees to enquire into the state of the new Member;
and finally the grand /notion appoin•ting, not •by
ballot, but by election, a Travelling Committee,
to consist of the whole Opposition, who shall pro-
ceed to St. Helena, to sit for business at Long-
wood, to examine all papers which the Great Man
may chose to deposit in his Privy Cabinet, to col-
lect and investigate all reports in the same place,
and finally to report such reports on the funda-
mental principles of the Constitution ! ! !

IGNOTUS.