The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-15 00:00:00

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GIiNTLEINICX,—The very novel occurrence of a charge front
the Bench, chiefly appropriated to electioneering topics, and
involeing charges aml suis'picions, to which I trust no British
subject, can ever be inseosible, forces tot once more to in-
trude upon you. Honoured by the truly independent sup-
port of many of you, it becomes toy duty now, to endeavour
thus publicly to repel insinuations and charges which were
given to the public, where they could not be obviated, and
which, if founded, should for ever deprive me of the honout
of your confidence. I shall not now attempt to follow the
mazes of the Noble and Learned Judge's charge to the Grand
Jury of this Comity at. the last Assizes—through all its va-
rieties or, ctoigratulations.on the re-election of your Repre-
' sentatives, of p.megyrics me those Gentlemen, of exhorta-
tions to continue to support them, of denunciations of in-
teoded Clubs, of allusions to the, plains of Waterloo, and the
ice Mountains of. the. Polar Regions; but I nitost lament that
the language of interference, in any shape, with the exercise
of the Elective Franchise,. should ever be heard from such a
quarter; :in interteTence always unconstitutional, and
doubly to. be deprecated by,those. who recollect how very
prone large portions of the people ofthis country are to look
up with hopes and feats in all their pursuits, to the favour
or hostility of those in power; and who know that the prac-
tice of allotting the Mime Circuit to the Chief Justices must
add the weight of a sort of permanent po• session, to the ju-
dicial influence and authority of the Noble Judge. If such
an interference were suffered to exist, we might imagine our-
selves brought bark. to those calamitous times preceding the
Revolution, when the Judges of the Land were mere itine-
rant politicians,• prostituting their functions to party im-
poses, and launching the terrors of a corrupt Bench on
all who presumed to aiiter itcopinion from their patrons.
Many of van, Gentlemen, must have beard the Charge, and
I believe all who heard it roust have felt that the severe :till-
niadeersimis upon intendeJ.Clubs' were levelled at that.
Of that association, I avow myself to he a promoter, and
many of you have coneuried with we in opinion of its probable
advantages.
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Such as it is, the intended Westmeath County Club has
been formed upon thr model', and is to be governed by the
titles of one founded in a great Southern County. of England,
by several most re.,,pectable, country Gentlemen, who were
constant and :zealous admirers of those principles and public
measures which, whatever may have been their effects upon
the welfare of the country, have never yet been found to be
productive of inconvenience,- or suspicion of those who sup•
ported theta,---1 meats the principles and measures of Ale.
Pitt's Administration. The avowed object of that Club was
to preset ve the independence of the County, by counteracting
the preponderating electioneering influence of a Noble Duke,
who was a zealous opponent of the measures of that Admini-
stration, and the object was attained. Those who bare con-
curred with me in expecting- some advantages to this-County
from a similar institution, should perhaps. plead guilty to a
want -of judgment, hoping. to find here the elements of its
COMpofilt Inn ; hut the virulence of patty alone can render
that which was deemed sound loyalty and patriotism in Hamp-
shire, an object of misrepresentation and. aspersion in West-
meath; and that, too, when every party or personal views
bare been disclaimed. Front the effects of such misrepre-
sentation and aspersion, let them come from ss bitterer
quarter they may, the energies and spirit of that Constitution
which it is our inclination as well as our duty and interest to
uphold, will ever he found sufficient to protect us.—And I
trust no Independent Freeholder of this County will ever sutler
himself to he deluded or friOactied from taking every step,
warranted by the Law and Constitution, to attain and secure
a really independent and effective Representation of our
County, and to pros act it frmo the disgrace and mischief of
every species of overbearing influence.
I have the honour to be, Cienti,,„,, your most
obedient
humble servant,
South Hill, July 29, 1618.

x. S.

tual powers, considerable knowledge, and a dis-
position to examine particularly whatever fell
within the scope of his notice, cannot be doubt•
ed, as the opinions of Dr. JOHNSON, tt►e sage
critic, and Dr. 13EATTIE, the moral poet,. have
both borne ample testimony in favour of his men-
tal powers, his acute observation, and his reten-
tive memory, as well as on the dignified libera-
lity of his nature. We are inclined to adopt the
hint, not only because we conceive that it will
be gratifying to our Readers to know the charac-
ters of the former actors alluded to, hnt of those
who are now engaged in !impolitical drama. We
are also induced to avail ourselVes of the sugges-
tion by the hope that some of our Correspondents

will add to these transmitted Transcripts some
original sketches of those who at present figure in

the scene, that the world at large may be able to
judge how tar they are qualified to' do justice to
the parts which have been assigned to, them.—
Perhap3, by way of preliminary infortutuion, it
may not he improper to give the original Preface

to onr Readers, as it states the manner in which
the Work came into the possession of the Editor,
and because we can confidently assert that the
story there introduced is • literally true. We'are,

indeed, acquainted with the real name of the per-
.son to yellow the manuscripts belonged, by what-
ever means they might have been obtained
"It is so easy to introduce something of a probable story by
way of giving an appearance of originality to a publication,
that the most faithful relations, when applied to this pur-
pose, frequently lose their effect. Besides, the many at-
tempts of this nature to catch the incautious purehaser,which
have been of late practised, have rendered almost every
Book suspected which is prefaced with an historical account
of it. Whether the following very singular work deserves
suspicion of that nature, every one is equally capable of
judging with mYself.
" It has been confidently asserted, and generally believed,
that a person in the highest rank does amuse himself with
noting down his opinions of those whom he employs in the
S---, or meets in the D—g-}t—m ; that he minutes the par-
ticular transactions of internal and external Government,
with. regular accounts of such intelligence as he procures
from those officially employed, or by other means; and that
he commits to paper his observations and opinions on public -
affairs and private concerns, with his dissatisfactions, appro-
bation, hopes, fears, predictions, &c.-How far this idea
may he founded in truth, 1 cannot pretend to determine ; I
can only declare, that I have in my possession a large collec-
tion of Manuscripts, which answer in every particular tolhis
description; all of which shall, as my leisure serves use, be
faithfully published.
,6 Every one knows that the private Papas and Cabinets of
ioverelos now no more, hzive bet I.: vt late txpose4 to tic

" I approached the bed, told him the cause of my visit,'
and made him an oiler of my services.—' Receive, Sir,' said
he, in a very faint voice, the-thanks of a dying man :—my
'chief desire is to have the Sacrament administered to me
' immediately, and, if it were possible, to have an assurance
that the good people who have so tenderly nursed me may

have no reason to repent their kindness.' •
" Having assured him that he might be at ease on that
score, I sent immediately for my Apothecary, and the Clergy-
'man of the-Parish. The former soon arrired, and confirmed
the presages of the pour Gentleman. Pa evious.to,the coming
of the Minister, rtook an opportunity to question him con-
cerning the Manuscripts in my possession. At first he made
no reply,—but in a few minutes apologized for not having
answered me before, and then spoke, with frequent interrup-
tions, for, I believe, ten minutes, but in so low a tone of
voice, and so inarticulately, that I onld not be justified in.
:offering to the Reader my inconclusive ideas of. what he said..
" Before I thought:prover to renew my enquiry; the Clergy-
man arrived; and, having assisted at the Communion with.
the dying person, I retired. The next morning, about nine
o'clock, the Woman of the lionSe came to inform rue that the
poor Ge.ntleman v/a5,66 more.4--After I had Itft hint, he had
made signs to remain Undisturbed, and about twelve o'clock
at night, when she went, to skive._ him a cordial which the
Apothecary had sent, ,she found him dead. The next day ho
was decently huri'ed iii aii'adjoining buoing=groitrid; and all
'natters being adjusted' with his benevolent hostess, I set
about examiningihOmiers: Among 1 hem I found some letters
which informed lne4pflicieptly about the deceased person, to
guide my, inquiries. Titus I became acquainted with the cir-
cumstances of his life, They will fOrm a melancholy story,
and the worldshalloue day weep at it. When that appeals,
the motive to this puldication will be known,--and, I think,

applauded.
The following Work is a specimen of several others,
which shall be published in order. Some of the notes, in my
opinion, required omission, mud I omitted them. There
were many marginal references, which being unintelligible to
me, I concluded would he the same to others; these were
therefore expunged. The additions, which 2 thought it ne-
cessary to make, are merely illustrative, and bear a most
tritling.poportion to the original k.—ln every other re-
spect, the Voldic will receive the Book in the precise Mini in
Which it was received by.`

(To lie continued.]

A fellow having obtained an entire ascendancy
over the atfretions of an artless female, in Man-
eliester, a few days ago, petsuaded her to give
him as much money as would purchase a tiny and
a license,'lor the purpose of making her his wife.
Prompted by so powerful an incentive, the
with much difficulty, raised the sum ; and the
villain had the cruelty to send her to the church,
hr the more effectually rats away with tier
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