The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-11 00:00:00

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7'a ,tha EDITOR of TIILS7'4IISAGIN.,
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• Sift—Tire apitdiutriient of'; M. Ttittiie to M.
lucrative and reppqnsitile situation of First Lord
of the Admirittyohongh it might have been ex.
... "Petted froniso Steak and obstinate an Administra.
.lion; yet k cannot be .considered in any other, light
• ' than either an intentional and directinstill to the,
• '''YPeopfis'atiarge, who have so,,opetily .asid decd
lively testified their abhorretteiOrthe condatet ;Of'
this Svtiirile of Migistem or;vitherwise ass titbit •
ateknowledginent of the Want of talent and abglo
among theirndherents; • Ii sums to ;eh .we have;
taken a long time to serutitiAe• the capocities of
our rations retainers ; kur,alai t. not one will .ele.
vete his lead above the class „or, medieer4y,- and.
therefore, from necessity, we:llitre been constrain.
td to select.the person in question, (thoogivenot a
gem of the first water) to occupy •. this important
post. .One of theie suppositions must be trite, or
else this unpopular character woiilduiPt• have been',
thus, wantonly; protruded upon public notice:---+j
• '!'ho former, from the arrogance of the parties, 191
prubably the case—though the latter, from the
,Asotown•inibeeility.of the Ministerial group,• might
Incline some to hesitate between the two opinidits.
It is'isosi Some months since it was understend
that Lord Coal% sit had resigned his place ofMas.
ter General of the:Ordnance ; but this, we' have
lately discovered; was not the het • and even; ac.
cording to the carbonation Urttle eIIANCL4LOIt of
• tho:Ettoviceuto, irlallacioni,..gdM evasion has
• been practised: • This dsrplleity,-Scittetei, ioid
not have been long concealed; and. tfillohle tem.'
•
aeander oT the Walcheren ExpeditiOn must even-
!tate withdrawn Himself froM the
.eminent
station he continued to fill. This Ministers
+must
hate foreseen; they Could nut but be sepsillle,that.
• all their 'teidpbrising subtlety must, in .the; end.,
prOie` nugatory and abortive ; Aoubtlesatbitaeas.
clear to mind's irot trasioeotlemtly famous for lail4
tainnusAcpleinxis!--it,is thee more than probable,
even at that early period, they had in Niel the'
ehongeilliat are' now illiti:Vre
griked the Gelato. and Al;
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is More than 'probable' thatloitlltlni,e,itate Jest
then ifeitineif to a cceed I.4.4'4„qtt.Azu &Sit' ISO
that Mr. Yonder :vas mitir'Q'out, by the disc,,eo6,
ing eye that distributek.thq emelenients.and„apf
of goverment vaith:so.impertial ash
. judicious a betitl,...for the emptoyment. he nog.
holds. Should, tjtithave been the ease,. as there is
it) in'ucli reason to presume it was, i would+svieLto
ask,; why Mr. YOJUCILWIIs gifted with so splendid.
a donation as a Tellershio of the. Exchequer ? '
I think it was Mr. Pemesvat who said in the
house (but. every auditor must suppose lie spoke
ironically), "that it was for services performed;"
by is hick words, if soberly spoken by the Right
Honourable Geutlemen, he would wish us to un-
derstaifi serikiera already performed for his -King
and:hie Country. What these services are, Mi-
nisters have aO doubt .satisfactorily explained to
his Majesty ; but the Country is still anxious fur
snore minute information. So dull and stapid
areme,,that.we cannot distinguish ourselves, Or
look's ou t to others, a single action dove, or a single
tote given by him, either fur the prosperity of the
empire, or the benefit and happiness of its
inhabitants. Bat even if •it were true that his
time, which is estimated so highly, had been em.
ployed for the advantage of hii country, surely he
mould have been amply ren.ard6lby thp elevated
Sod Profitable appointment of First Lord of the
AdMitalty ! -Surely such a situation would have
gratified his ambition, as well as pecuniary expec.
ff he be qualified for the station he is
presented to, in a degree superior to others, 'by
the depth of his Retatical knowledge, why not give
it him at once ? Why not remunerate his part ser-
skee„ in so eligible k manner ! But why -bestow
upon him the 'lselfership of the Etthequer ? Why
rewiiirsihivn-witfuLtsso-fuld+r--,!rs pf, , fife riches
drawn from thit vifivis of hisifellow. eabjeetS ?. Does
he possess a double portionaagenius, like the don.
ble Inirtianlf that spirit, that tented on. Elisha,
that hell thus to be su,procusely recompensed ?
Why...pot give the. Tellership, me has been be.
foreakinarked,,•toatime deserving person, who has
claims un hiseenntry, fora pension, and thereby
sites!, at feast, an appearance of inclination to al-
leviate its deep-distresses ? The more we
.reflect
on (his appointment of Mr. YORKE, the more ex.
traordiessey and injudicious does it MIA: Oil
thongh.the advism of this measure may, forA.
time, stifle a sense of shame, or a sense of leftist..
from being supported by a corrupt majority; yer
such' daring effrontery to puldie opinion mutual
for ever go uupnnished ; and • trust and b,elieeert!l
that should any of the present Ministi;rs be titl'ees.
sitated again to appeal to thedecisiois of their Coo-
stitucnts, they would meet, with, the seine. disap: '
probation and reproach, aturiould be disiMiled
and ousted with the same ignominy and contempt
as their new copartner in Administration so Vo.;
cently expeilenCed &Om the independent fileattors
of Cambridgeillire, .1 films lli lotus, laa•-----•
J USTCYS.'s.

The following singular occurrence took place a
few days ago, at theltoyet Navy Asylum, at Green.
wich :—A female child, five. years of age, was
seat anonymously to that establishment, with an
intimation'thatboc iit Bank notes were sewed up
in the Child's clothes, which were accordingly
found. The folkaing account of the birth, pa.
rentage,'and education of, the_ little foundling was
also given : lOWw Tlie lOW' was described as 3 sea.
man on board a' British than of war, and, however
unusual it appeals, thathis wifts from some cause
or other, was permitted to go to kit with. Jilin.
The Tar was killed in actiOn, auk the 'day after
his &lab, his wife was delivered' of a I:einale in..
fart under' ant of the guns, kW 'almosciiinmedi-
ately expired. The child was taketi Care Of. by
the messmatee of tts deceased paroma;f dfa With
biscuit aktitaftstoe; all of them actin Or past, of
nurses, bt-tgapli, and carefuHy removing it friim•
hammoelcits :kagainuck, *when • they were called!
upon duly‘.4,oa".-tite ship's arrival in Pert, the
above.mentioited •were collected among the
skip's.c..aavany., and the object of their bounty
transinitaed tp uhe,Asyliorn. The child, which is
1t remarkebly
.11144,, Las been baptized Sally
Trussios. •• -- 1

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