The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-29 00:00:00

LORD JOHNRUSSRLL'S LKrrrit.

Ailed John Romell has published his Letter to Xt.
ai-agirfurce. together with the Petition to the
Itlaeofaniishlet. A Preface is added, in wls hir
explains his motive for addressiag his
Ihttne• to Aliiiiiiherforce, and reviews the ronduet tmf
hl miters with an Observat• so acute and masterly,
tharese trast)le will forgive its fur laying it before one
readenJese ties animist a mom rapid circulation through
the try.
es, ithout the imacurrence of any party Or of any per-
son published the Letter and Petition, here gives W
the Paha; in a form rather more correct than that whirls
orip4oally appeared. Whether or no such a fours* WIWI
evoillent, is a question whirls I cannot yet piesam• to
deed. AR I know is, that I acted from the impulse of
a aim persuasion of the indiscretion, to say no worse.
of instituting a parliamentary inquiry into the eanduet
of tile Queen ; of dragging the private life of oar whole
w,nitfrantilrinto daylight, from an alleged regard for
the honour of dm Crown, and of publishing from day to
day' a disgusting mass of obscenity, under the hypo.
critical pretence Oa respect for the morals of our people.
'iltdissgfairy is now commeaced ; attention is nuts' ex-.
cite mod the passions are awakened ; bat I am much
nsisbilten, if the close of the examination is not atoseibl-
losrod by feeliugs of sorrow and humiliation that ist wet
was began. a'o see the House of Lords, without being
called upon in their Judicial capacity, voluntarily orrery
their time, which ought to be precious, and disturb tie
decent habits of the country, which Ought to be more
precious, by a painful and long investigation of the
familiarities of a Princess, near fifty years of age, on a
sutler' froin Jaffa to Tenscina, is to me, not as a Writ,
or a juilitician, but as au Englishman, a subject of shame
anti of regret.
" Many strictoreahave been tuade upon my Letter and
Petition.; 'those which attack the argument seem to the
to require no answer n those which consist of alon‘e to
user,* no reply; but there have (wen SUMP frIII3IIS,
ti,vl.• on the manner than the' stibstance of my Letter,
the-fort * of which I should nisi,. if I am able, to abate.
" I addressed my letter to Mr. Wilberfore. ti lietber
1 w as justified is taking such a liberty with that tirntier
mans name I will Not pretend to say ; bat as the Leiser
way sot written with any party view, but fur the sob
purpose of arresting the. progress of the Bill of Pains
and Penalties, I thought it right to address myself to
whq professed hims-if to be no party man. one,
who, attend to the condition of this wountry, ran over:
.04 Vie importance of Mr. Wilberforce. I speak not
bete Mir more than in my Letter, of Isis political life.
upon which say opinions are not called fur. I allude to
Ititqconstant Isbours in the cause of humanity and IN
Vtifyause of education. The tendency of his mind Is
thole respects has become the tendency of the age; Ie
impoosa the condition 3 tki to enlighten the winds of wit ,
fellow men, is now, notwithstanding the prejudices op
butted and the alarms of the selfish. the task of the
best and the oiliest ansisagst us. When that task is CUse
p'med, a revolution will hare taken place in the condi-
tion of mankind ; and amongst the nodules and pro-
nuittes of that revolution Me. Wilberforce will hold •
coteepiesous place.

'Hat it was on rounds far more important than any
ostjaiate apertonal character, that I addressed u» Lei-
ie., to Mr. Wiliserfore. ite was, oa the question of the
gales, the ergs' of the seatiaments of a majority. of the
Howe of Commons. At env other time since the Revo-
lution (a ter y short period of Mr. Pites early power ex-
Ony limajoritv of the House of Contaroos would have
moose that part 4.4 the Howse who gave thei% coufidence
to,Minitters. But the ease Is wow widely different: ever
It' ace the 'proposal of a Peace Property Tea, and (*me-
ntos Army Eetiatates, to enable as 6. to keep oar saw
ties among the Powers of Europe." the House of l'oat.
moan, far Imam eiseerlog any 'conadenee, have liken's.
frequent and affronting distrust of the King's Mtnisfeete.
measures have sometimes been thwarted, theft
'ideates often condemned, and several motions have
hell artopted in the teeth of their declared opinions(
~Weer+ betimes the Ministry awl thel'ommons was
sdfillitleaod by the General Election of IBIS, that, Ale
!nose thaa *ay defeat of the Ministers, the Leader of
Uppositios thoight it his duty to call upon the House
!.‘reesear and examine the whole policy of the Covers-
e Cut. On that occasion, the two leading Ministers HI
tl.e House of Coninions fairly told them, that unless they
si4pstoirited Administeathro in' their general system, the
g istratioa Must resign. The [louse, after Leiria(
these speeches, negative(' the motion of wir (*poems-
by. weary large majority. Byt the firing squadron (if
they may so be tailed) did nut relinquish their uu-.
dilatiag line; and what has happened this year is a
• rikeffsof mate inherent fault is their method of acting;
for this King' Ministers baring brooglit dun ti a Message
frost.the King, complaining of the Queen's conduct, and
letnenting,.that, however he might regret the step he
watiahltig,'her Majesty's conduct left h ..u. • IN *ks-
ern
te,''thalfi louse of Colleasons decided oa the following
night; dist there was am alternative. and that the king
to:obi:to wegociate. Rot 'satisfied whir this, they voted,
a tvw days afterwards, tiat an inquiry unto the laneen's
(14eduet•would be injurious to the best interests of the
'inspire. and they ranked up, by a deputation, their
grateful thanks to the accused person, for having wa-
liteitsed a Willineogiado (wisest to acruniniodation. By
al. the roles of lore, by' all the mastitis of practical
dem*. each votes oaeltfkodarce stopped the whole pro-
reodiar but. instead of .this, the House of Commons
metal their own enancisr and haring condemned the in-
tary.by.auticipation, haring given a severe rebuke to
e King in the person of ht Ministers, and having
pertltetied those. Ministers by distrust sad aproach, they
.
edidealr 'ud allow • of the:
all thte.

whiCli 1
ani! too
'us bad

••'om,otik irspE*l43.blidi did idiadal4ivailaa or
I ardiMlllaalkette la Ilea littlf
rtlllsestion be poitllo 1,, dirtily'. 'Me eolliesapt
opielt be held it succeeded, all(111Iii saevaes Is a stHI
is •
roster nelstortene /boa tlytiorlilvel: ire, it siovois 'hod pal-
14ator tbs evils, %Olt A Ifflagalllit Isoppeek sooner•oe later,
to the State, from the habit erbirb has breu adopted."—Dr
ads.

r ,
mdooly check their ram', and allow a part of thi: 1
IMP -Caine to &offal is tie-flottorof Lords in all ItOr 1
trismoph of victory, to towel in the fhb •of the Owen
to toesdieir firebrand accusations about 104
MttliaoleaCt g'ansfiotts rumu,_, • ~ ,-;„
Olkwer swirl litlial it pverment more evil *in,
oanntenaaifewly reshif. A illialstry, Witich.ja•evi:
gliosaysskd of onljetralf the confidence of the Fkitior
4.0
. ....,„:,...linle or so hotbedsy at all is the
their 4netisorshArill. linTiro deal. iaetead of
fulhfi obilligan4 thevo.tildequiri so alfectina
by *lois ethievivivionoi -via will • not escape odium b the
&vial dokaat of tbc‘f tritentions, . A general voile-
sod ;home . ill preeall on alt waiters of state;
J , • , - tnelCiftg, legal: Lord Clarendoa
'i 1 1
• • • • . 0w Ofllls mrilty;yrill ho exchanged
r . -.4; .Celt'4 4wv ileigthg% reerorifito which is lie
• , , . csarthitiiii4:- - • •
...
. baillbeiple gain the advaatage of *id
totha expense of discrediting the Ad-
nsit.istratcon. ,ittle trick!, evasions; obriani rigrociliaw.
advantages taken of tbslesson of the House of Lords,
of drlav till thetaiiirjeca su longer lateitesia, sill pare
swat, three parts of the measures earrfeif by the rinse
&Apnea,
of tie Mosaar* • Thus, to give ooe Umlaute
only (Int whieli Is is as a thoOsasidjl **ea one of
the shiest and moil Ural bless*, of the House
of Commons bad proposed and carried a Coininitsee on