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London, England, 1805-11-25 00:00:00

al;ly of the Brltlfh Empire, and confeiuently. I may a (fume, the
ILI, of Europe, does entirely depend. A eainft the tru h of the de-
viation of its rulers. I may challenge the moat daring fupporttr.
the ',Went Government to produce one fmgle at in the liv,s
ef either of thole trwiy great chandler, of the Doctor, which can
entitle him to claim one particle of matt or confide tree. from the
poblic, beyond the hounds and limits. within which I have encir-
cled their exploits On the Chancery Pleader.perha, s, I may have
Sid too great a ftrefs; he is not of the fort confequence, though in
a future letter I may, perhaps. point nut the mifchief, which the
ints rrneddfirab of fuck a man, in matters out of the etinrfc of his
pradlicc, may occafion. But with rapea t o Lord Hardwicke, it
may be replied, that my challenge is unfair, hecaufe it is impoffible
tnjuftify his having been appointed to the Government of Ireland
b;• any inftances of former political ability, as the acceptance Of his
indent office was his foil eflay What! is he one of the tribe of
the Hobart'', Wefintorelands, and Camden? Is he one of that
Che, who have been lent over to us to be trained up here into po-
liticians. as they train the Surgeon's apprentices in the hufpitals,
by Petting them Brft to bleed the pauper pa.icnts ? Is this
a time for a continuation of fuels experiments ? The gift of Lord
Ilardwicke to us, at fuch a period, cannot he compared to any
thing rife than the prank of Falstaff at the battle of Shrewlbury,
where the Knight banded over his pifro: to the Prince. For indeed,
•!r, by the prefent to us of Lord Harelwieke that reticence has
proved to us in a bloody troth which Falftaff Paid in a good
ltintoured Flue's what will 'ids a ety."
The nt:xt offerdive parts are contained in a fecond
letter, likewire " Affairs of Irel.:nd." dated
the 28th November, 1803, and occurs in the Regif-
t.r, page Bc4.

. .. .
" What I have now to touch upon molt he dcoe with a deli •
este hand. I will confine myfelf to a hare narrative of fads,
and will not prefurne to give any apilion. As loon as the Go-
vernm, nt had fully recovered its recoil, &ion, a commiffioo, di-
reeled to five of the judges, iffued For the trial of Mae rebels
who had been at-react! for treafoo committed is the county and
city of Dublin. This commilgon having Wiled while the Judges
Wert! on the circuit, was filled up (and very properly filled up)
with the names of the five fenior of thole judges who were then
on the circuits, which were likely to terminate at the earlieft pe-
riod of time. Such was the rrafott given by Government for the
particular fcledion of delft judges namr I in that commiflion, and
it certainly was a gond reafen. In fame time after this commif-
fion had been fitting, it became neccifary to Me a new commit.-
hon for the trial of rebels in the Wires of Antrim and Down.
In the appointment of this fecund convoiffion, the principle which
diredled the feledion iu the firlt was not adhered to. On the
contrary, the junior Judge of the twelve was very ansioully cal
led out, and placed in this new commiflion over the heads of a
number of his Fenton. This, however, could not, and ,might not
to have given cifenceto any of thole fenior Judges, becaufe what-
ever opinion of them the Government may have manifeftcd in
tech an appointment, the opinion of the prefent Government upon
t .1i a fubjedt (known to be influenced by motives very different
il am general juftice) is too highly contemptible to have any effed
upon any of the Learned Judges in the public mind. The stir-
ewnftance,therefore, was not at firft attended to. 'there is pnb-
Whed in this city a Newfpaper called ' The Dublin journal. It
is, in general, condudted with good fenfe, loyalty, and a regard to
truth ; but in particular deviations It is known to be under the
-controul and immediate direetion of Government. In that paper
of the Goth of Odober a publication appeared, which purported
to be a charge given by the junior Judge before alluded to to the
Grand Jury of the county of Antrim. In this place, I beg now
to declare, that I am far from attempting to affect, that the Lear
ned Judge did pronounce any fuch charge; and when I (peak of
his charge, I requeft you to underftand, I only mean the newfpa-
r publication : the Learned judge is made to tell the Grand
per
ry that, ' through the well timed efforts and strenuous exertions
a wife and energetic Government, &c. fueh crimes as lately
difgraced this country had been effedually checked.' if the
Learned juilice dil make any filch affection, (which I am far
from fuppofing) with what amazement the Grand Jury muff
have received fuch a broadlide, poured upon the troth of the
fadt, I cannot. as I was cwt prefent, know; but I can very well
Imagine what the feelings of twenty-three well informed Gentle-
men mull have been. Their raped and a thorough knowledge
of their duty. would neceffarily keep them client. But though
men remain Lunt under the proper awe and contrtmlof a Court
of Jultice. their language only becomes more amnions when
that 'varmint is taken of, and they meet together in private eon-

The Libel then proceeds, page 806, in the fol-
lowing form :
" But, Sir, fuggeftion does not flop here. Men aft, bow could
(if the Learned Justice did make any fuck afTertion) the Learned
Justice be led to give credit to a pofition which contradids the
evidence of the fenfes of every man in the kingdom, who was
prefent at, or knew any Wog of the tranfadion ? How could a
Learned Judge be fuppof, do affect that which no man in the
kingdom would afkrt, uul she had tome reafons of the fame na-
ture as thale which pouted ou Mr.Marfdets'e Attorney General,
on the trial tor high treafon, to erten fomething of the fame kind?
B".en, Sir, couple the extra diartry plaits of the Learned Jullice
from amongft his fellows„ with the ext..mrdiawy opti a attri •
bated t" him in a Government newfparrr, and they afk, if hr
made that aff, rtion, where did he get his infrrmation ? Was be
ever in Mr. Matfden's audience room finer the right of the 23d td.
July? What paired there? What were the prrelifpoling cauh.s
which induced Government to pea parli.thriy that Learned
Juitice ? Could Government have forefeen (and if In, by what
faculty) that the Learned Jullice would have given an inftruelion
to the Grand Jury fo very ufeful and fa very grateful to the Go-
vernment ? What night telefeope could have been applied to the
eye of Mr. Madden, which through the dark womb of things un-
born, could have enabhd him to perceive through this little future
ftar of praife,fpringing front the ct cative lips of the 1. earned Jollier?
Here, Sir, decorum towards you and towards the public inclines
MIL to he fluent as to other, and perhaps fironL,er obfervotious. But
may. I believe, add what men alto fay that if it were poiShle,
ermined robe of the nualt awfol attribute of his Maj city.
,uld have been wrapped round the ;AS of Marillen, in order
fcreen them from public difgrace, we might then look for atm-
- but not left fatal end to our liberties, and to .ur Cooflitu-
than that which rebellion or invafion could prtaiuce. And
tit, they fay, that except as to momentary eit..els, rebellion
mho!, might be viewed with it.diii.erence, if it can be fop•
that the Rained hands of a Emu) cletk had Men walhcal iu
'try fountain of jolt ice."
'le letter titer goes on, in page BoR, to make a
Ivantageous compat ifon between Lind Rtdeldale,
relent Lord Chancellor of Irelmid, and Lord
.on

mead of calling him to the nation which he fo ably filled,
piesfed his Maier, y rn l.lef thetVeftern neighbours of Cam.
(who certainly owe the lumen and warm-hearted pi incipa-
, ill-will), with Lord Kenyon for a Chanecllor, I can very
:once lye what Lord Kenyon. in fuch a lunation, would have
and clfo wirit he would not have dune. 1 emu a Lire MO*

of nature, or from a rare precifion of Cif knowirdsc, Lord
Kenyon world have neled with referve and circumfpeCtitor. on his
arrival hi a country, with the moral quality of the inhabitants of
which, and se,,h their yerrnns, manners. and individual charac-
" and cotthections, he mutt have been utterly unacquainted. In
a country, torn with donieftic fcslitten and treafoa, threat-
, with toreign invafion, and actiog, hoer: the Uyion, winder an
ttricd Conttitution, if Liolor Addington had required that Lord
nyon %toil(' Airre a l'ambridgeChiee in all hid councils, •
Kenyon would s loon, at the defire of I.ord at. Vincent,
o•,,lertakett to pilot a line of hank ihm through the Needles.
.:ulirly, the interri.y of lord Kenyon d. oulli have trunk
inch an undeitaking, it a entiel:ion be,n addled to it, that
in. Nobleman or tionaleman poi died an" rank, alone,
•ontierition in the country, upon any account. fnouhl be con-
Hid pride would hava firtimedi at the uthi.rtaking, if
e..re told that a Cambridgefhi.e Fad and hinifelf, in the
. of tiovernment, a clerk in the Secretary d and a Coat•
of lawyr r., without pfaiCC4l lollies, political inforisiwient. or
ovrable conneetion>, were to lie joined as affdikos, and to he
only afftiford—Lord Kewy on's pride and integrity would hare
Joined in preveming hint front being hirrifet the inftruarcnt
traducing tech nom into aCaki.ct of Goer- mrient.• If any one
could be found, of whom a youv hut unhappy vici.m of the
y offended laws of his country iu the moment or M., con-
:atoll and fentence, uttered the following mot:l.l.hr. • that wive,
thorn my rather motiritliet!'. he it was, fawn whine principles and
wirOli now by their &eels drag me to my grave, and
. id. who is now brought forward as my profecutor, and who,
an unheard of eitereile of prerogative, has wantonly !Abed, with
tpeech to evidence, the dying fon of his former friend, when
• dying fon had produced no evidence, had made no defence,
the contrary had acknowledged the eine, and had futo-
.,to hid faX • Lord Kenyon would 2aae turtmj wita hoed

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