The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-24 00:00:00

THE EARL OF SEFTON'S LETTER.

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As some of the factious Journals of the, Metro-
polis have ptouounced the Letter of Lord SsivroN,
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written, as his Lordship states, under !he expecta-
tion of nearly approaching heath, to be " udatir-
able," we subjoin the sentiments of (lie hiyal Editor
of The (Dublin) Correspondent of the 20th instant,
to show how differently this splenetic composition,
to use the mildest term, is viewed by men who
respect Religion, and deteit the arts of seditious
agitator.
" The London Newspapers of Thursday last,
contain a very curious letter, but a very lament-
able document of human folly and levity, address-
ed by Loud Sefton to Mr. Robert \Vaithman, of
London. This Noble Lot d, either to give stage
effect to the absurd whim in which he was about
to indulge, or in a moment of gloom and hypo-
chondria, (the characteristic maladies of all great
modern patriots,) fancied himself upon his death-
bed. Somewhat like an ancient King of Castile,
who declared that be had so many avocations in
this world, that lie hail not time to think upon
the next, this titled sage does not appear to have
troubled himself much about " judgment and the
world to come," but was marvellously affected by
Mr. Hone's judgment and Westminster-Hall, and
the ‘voild which be thought himself upon the
point of leaving for ever ; and, as " even in our
ashes live their wonted fires," the Noble Travel-
ler tor " the undiscoverel country, from whose
borne no traveller returns"—
Qni mine it per iter tanebricosura
Wilco unde negant redire quenvam,
thought it most right and proper to leave behind
him, for the admiration of all the stedfast friends
of religious blasphemy and political libel, the fol-
lowing montintent of his principles and of his
piety, at the supposad hour of his death :

Crostetti-hall, near Liverpool, Jail 41.

4' Sir,—l address you from a sick-bed, from which I may
perhaps never rise, and take advantage of an interval from
pain, to send you a draft fur 100 guineas, to he applied to
the subscription for Mr. Hone, of which you are t reasurer,
" 1 am happy, whatever may be the issue of my illness, to
be able to mark my abhorrence of the tyrannical, vindictive,
and persecuting spirit which was manifested on the late trials,
my contempt fur the spiteful imbecility which urged a cwt..
tinuaace atheism after the failure of the first , and my admira-
tion of the intrepidity and abi:ity of the individual who so
triumphanty defeated the greatest and most dangerous con-
spiracy of the year 1817.
" I fear my letter will be hardly legible, as I have some
difficulty in even holding my pen,
" I am, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
" SEFTON."
" To Robert Waithman, Esq."

" There is as much weakness of intellect, and
as much virulence of spirit, in this testamvutat y
legacy to blasphemy, as ever was expressed in
any document of ten times the extent. One is
almost ashamed of the humility of reasoning
against so contemptible a memorial of folly, mid
Of obliquity of principle. If to indict a man for
a Libel be tyranny, Libel itself must be pro-
nounced innoxious ; and envy, hatred, and .malice,
and all uncharitableness, mast be promoted to a
place among the moral qualities which contribute
to the good of communities. If it he a vindictive
and a persecuting spirit, to put a titan upon his
trial for one offence, who may happen to be ac-
quitted of another, then may we shut up our
Courts of Justice, and give our Jurymen a vaca-
tion without end—for, such prejudgment of guilt
or innocence in the servants of ti,e Crown—such
a monstrous assumption of power, as the taking
to themselves authority to say what criminal pro.
secutioNs should be proceeded upon, or what
should he relincrished or abated, would be, in ef-
fect, to make Courts of Justice subsidiary institu-
tions, for the trial of such cases as the Servants
of the Crown may th:nk it proper to permit them
to entertain, when the Crown is a party—and it
innst always be a party, where the public interest
is invol.ed. It doe• not follow—indeed, nothing
can be ivory inconsequential or illoical--that be-
cause ~ne Jiffy may acquit, another Jury, upon
another indictment, is hound to acquit also—but,
in fact, it is wasting words, and uegrading com-
mon sense, to treat with gravity ibis Noble Lord's
mortnary bounty for the grossest Libel that ever
was tried, or his own testamentary caltonoy own)
'the pieJlic justice of his country, and upon the
reputations of those who ale the chief adminis-
ilatOrS of its public CWICeIII9. The spirit which
dictated the one gave birth to the oilier; and
both are destined to exhibit the infirmity of hu-
man nature in as mournful a degree, as, perhaps,
it has ever beet' shewn. It is impossible to con-
template it, without apostrophising human folly
and temerity, as it is connected with the first aw-
ful step made towards future life ; and as it is
connected with the preseta, and With things of
earthly importance, it must cause deep sorrow,
!fiat among
,the hereditary counsellors of the Bri-
tish Crown there should be found one so weak
in understanding, and eccentric in ptiociple,-so
incapable of just thinking, and so prone to inde-
corous acting, as floe. Noble Autlior of the
letter to Mr. lirdithman, which we have quoted."

POLTRY.

'HE r.‘LL op nix ROSE-WREATH ACCOUNTED FOR.

Her maiden braids, with nicest care,-
The long rich flow of Sol,By's hair,
Then round the auburn curls disposes
A lovely wreath of damask roses.

Cupid, who ever Tonna her flutters,
Looks fretful un, whilst thus he matters:
Why Waste.such, pains upon the tOilette?.
" FGr when all 's done, 1.11 surely spoil it."

And non bebola her at the hall ;
She tiMICCS soon the Roses fall,
rot mot. Cupid discomposes,
Tv'ith bow and arrow too, the Roses,

Again replac'd 77ith careful hand,
The urchin will not let them stand;
'Till, half"in anger, half in play,
At last she throws them.qnite away.

Then Cupid, smiling, cries...," There lie
"'Till Ito Paphos back shall fly;
",There will I bear ye as a trophy,.
" For Venus needs yOU more than SOPHY.

" With sense, grace, wit, and cheeks of Roses,
No Prudes can now make sage supposes,
" And hint that rose-wreatlis in the hair
" May in her conquests claim a share.

" No—§oruy wins each willing heart
" By simple Nature—not by art."

ON A NOBLE EARL'S SUBSCRIPTION TO HONE.

When diitresed, Without trade, and dejected, our Poor
Were seen almost begging at every one's door;
When such sad scenes as these made each honest man grieve,
And "subscriptiobs were opened their wants to relieve',
Pray, what did L‘Vrd D- give, who owns half the town
'Of course, with his bounty he largely came down!
Nu! His Lordship's loose cash goes to pamper his steeds,
And reward the 13settEMER who ridieides CriEED3.
WolverhaMpton, Jan. 1618. '1%;1:1(4.

**l, Ills Lordship, it will be V'emembered, is a great man
on the Turf, and is also one of the Lords of the Manor of,
ind a very principal Landholder in, Wolverhampton.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Marquis of Buckingham, from Lord Grenville's seat,
Dropmore ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, from
Bowood Park ; the Earl of Abergarenay, from Sussex; the
Countess of Powis, from Walcolt, Salop; the Countess of
Essex, from Cashiobury Park ; General Sir Juhn, Lady Keane,
and family, at the Hyde-Park Hotel, Oxford, street, from
France; Henry Pigiia, Esq., L. Pigou, Esq., and W. G.
Non, at ditto, from Northampton.