The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-11 00:00:00

To ra EDITOR or rot; STATESMAN.

SIR,—It bad been well if ,our Correspondent,
W. L. had produced some example in order to jos.
illy his assertioo, that B. F. has "endeavoured to
pervert the obvious meaning" of Sir CHARLES
WoLstIAT'S letter. I am not aware of any such
perversion, and I do not think any can be shown.
The Worthy Baronet having of lam given hit
sanction to the systematic slander to which Sir F.
BURDETT hell for some time past been reposes!, it
was natant enough that be should be de%iross of
npitioiog the caste of so etlrsulditury a change in
his public condect. Bat was the explanation he of-
fered, to pass without eseraistation ? It was " nofair,"
it seems. and " imbecile," to call opnn r Sir —HANLE.'
far the evidence on which be ventures to
FaAncis of " trifling sod inconsistency ;" of "obeli.
dotting principle ;" of countenancing " enfoended
atlatnnies,"" to afford the professing frivol& of M.jor
CARTWRIGHT an mese for betray am! larrertin;
him:" And we aro, of coarse, to credit rods ac-
cusations witbeat aucioiry, and in the tote of long
experience !

Witb respect to Sir CHARLES WoIAICILET himself,
whatever may be his claims to respect a, a waren,
Gentleman, he has fairly brought his public ci•siduci
before the bar of public criticism. Kid W. L. as-
serts that B. F. has detracted from the merits of Sir
CMAILLU—Irene, does not appear ; unless we are trr
eirderstand this as sawing to the length of his
public career. On. this point, he tells us, that Sir
Ceuta, " has been well known at least 20 yeses
as a staunch Radical Reformer"—but to whom? To
his neighbours and friends, end to some few indirl-
deals perhaps in different ports of the cowry ; but
woo he known to any 6.4 of the People 20 miles
from Welssliry-ball ? Had lie done any public so t
before that to which B. F. refers ss his first ? I be.
litre Sir CHA•I.II to be a very well-meaning sod a
very uptight men, and nothing his fallen from it. F.
which would les.l es to Illpflo4, that he thinks other.
wise ; he has expressly ranked Sir CHARLES among
" a certain class of avisguirkd politicians," end
every one's experience will hellish examples of men
being misguided, without prejudice to their inten-
tions,

You too, Mr. EDITOR, are the subject of blame
for not having inserted in your columns the letter of
Sir Cnanuts Wor.secast before yen published the
answer. I wish yea bad done sn, that the omission
might not have been a ground far cavil ; bet this was
rendered in a great degree ennecestary by the in.
dewy with which that letter has been circulated.-1
bare myself seen it in the Black Dwarf, the Mae.
chafer Observer, the Litcklield Mercury. and I
understood it has also appeared at Coventry, Binning.
ham, and some other places: so that we may pe-
lage, it hes already been welt read in the most pm
pekoes parts of the country. flat whence sloes this
1 accusation proceed ? From Coventry. Is it from
one of the electioneering supporters of Mr.Wocit.re I
or is it :rem Mr. WooLts himself ? I requite, be.
taste I obsess., by the Black Dwarf, of the Vies
April, a eery of B. F.'s letter bad been sent to him
for publicatiow ; sod that it was rejected. because,
as Mr. WOOLED staNS, " 14 is by no moans eon-
elusive, and its evident attempt to pervert the fair
moaning of the peewees, renders it unfit for publica-
tion." Ileedds,teo,"lltatSirCu A nt.ts is not an adage-
sist to be encountered by 8.F." So true it is thut ex-
tremes meet ! This might hams proceeded from the
Arroayer-Gantam. himself, had he beets invested
with the office of Censor. Is it necessary Ikon, that
an argument should be absolutely conclusive before
it can be adasittes! into the Black Dwarf? Was the
letter of Sir CIIARCE WoLliii.i.ET conclusive? As to
perversion, Mr. Woot.ta is too adroit with his pen
not to bo able to turn it to the advantage of his client,
if any such could be found: bet it strikes me that 1
he must have considered it dangerous, nay, extremely'
dung ,to send amonot his readers a question as
to the fallibility of the defamers of Sir F. BURDITT.
It ems most prudent, as far as possible, to confine
them to one vi 4.,. of the subject. and therefore to d•- I
,14. e, that Sir CIIARLSS Wuxixt.ar was not to bed
encountered by B F.

FAIR PLAY.

Ate JACKET lestridny efternronn Mr. Celestes
KENnAL mode 311 rip filierri an the Themes of the
',fleecy of his Air nr hie Preserver, which
resnyloiely succ,-,,derl. Ile stow from the Sevolliwark
Bridge .hrntigh London Bridge with greet ear., end
on to thr I)cit ks, in 20 mingles, tretkieg up-
tight in the eatsr, him sad his ma all tbe Way.