The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-08-10 00:00:00

M.4.lfPit 1741111VRIGHT.

hi. fatuity of alajor Loris right is of great antiquity
in tibia country. By the fouialr liar, throve h a descent',
ail rive generations, lie is sprung. front the Pierrepoiiits,
p, well as from the salmi stock as the lientioks. Ilse
of his aneestors, who lost his life for ilefen4ling.thel

righ. v of his country, being designedly crushed to'
Ileitis cis:ming out of the house, represented the borough
of Ketford, iu the reign of Chita s I. and a younger
brooch of his house has represented the county ofl
Northampton in several Parliaments. here are, per.
hap., s to whom these circumstances may itio.t re-
commend bins, but his proper merit is iu himself. lit
is mild in his manners, of a temper warns, hut governed,
a7dent and steady in his affections, elevated in his sew
tituent::. enterprising, daring and indefatigable, pus.
'.,•....A of all that is essential in politeness, yet negligent
of frivolous forms anil fashions, with a strong sense of
ua .tral obligation. and A religious turn of mind. as ap-
pear, in all his writings.
.Its ardour in the pursuit of virtuous f.uue was the
firs', and will, perhaps, Ise the last passion of his mind.
'4 is:. bras impelled him ever to du more than his duty,
1.1. ren,l,•reil Isins careless of those rewards which he
vt-s •rved, and might have aspired to. Though he has
s 'reed with the !hike of York, Lord Howe, Sir llnXii
r I and Admiral Byron, esery one of whom has
I ff r testirnowv. to his merit. the rank of Lieutenant
Lr-ttinated his career of Nava! prioniotion•. Hut his
s;:r..er of generous ambition and virtuous action, began
'th his earliest youth, anti will end only with his life.
1-ile bat a boy. he left his father's house to engage
in the service of the King of Prussia, whose heroic
eoeiis had stimulated his youthful ambition. Being
osertaken by a friend, he was prevailed upon to return,
xr,i direct hit mind towards the military 'wilier of his
s•.n country ; and he soon after entered into the
acy under Lord Hone. While with his Lordship and
ti Duke of York, the daringness of his spirit !vas
sidewn by his leaping from a 71 gun ship auto the sea,
as thiShip was under sail, in order to save the life
t..:* a young gentleman, who had fallen overboard!. And
afterwards, while a Midshipman, wade a proposal
to Lord Howe, to lertake the burning of s
French men of war, which Isis Lordship was then
blocking up in a harbour; but Lord Howe thought the
attempt too hazardous.
15 oder Sir Hugh Pallieser and Admiral Byron at
N-•tefonnilland, he distiognished himself for live years
sc.cessisely by his able and upright administration of
j in the extensive districts committed to Isis
jeriolletion ; by g the defects of laws, in cases
u: sliffieulty,with judgment, address, and firmness, and
in being the proposer of several reformations. Ile will
aim be remembered in that island so long as it shall
remain in English hinds, as the discoverer of the
ta.nntry to the very centre of the island, to which he
penetrated throngh unexplored woods and the settle-
rients of hostile savages, with the view, amongst other
generons purposes, of rendering them friends, and af-
t,riling them means of becoming Christians.
In 1771 lie was obliged to quit his ship for the
recovery of his health, which had greatly seamed,
and fur tan or three years had been constantly
de-
tl.ning. lint sir:cuess could slot repress the activity
LI a mind deviated to the public, nor could the shire-
e:ents of society wean him from this strong attachment.
ll^ very smog wrote a free and manly pamphlet un the
rigl.ts and interests of adventurers in the Newfoundland
t :iiery, against the neglects of the Legislature, and
0-.•...?prefsions of Governors, which he presented to
the Secretary of State. Ile drift- up also a plan fur a
perpetual supply of Eisglivii u. 4: to the navy, for col-
t; :ating the Royal forests, anal other great advantages
to the tialon, which met with the highest approba-
r on, and whirls be laid before the Ministers, but with-
cut receiving even an answer to Isis manly applica-
tions upon the sithject. They stole indeed a part of
I', which answered their own purposes, but by no
nears secured those benefits to the public which were
ea, author's ohjert and with regard to the whole of
the plan, the hest idea that ran be conveyed of it will
be in the words of a friend of the 3linister to whom
it was sliewn, who candidly remarked, ts we are not
Luncst en nn gh for such plans as these."
In 1774 he could too longer suppress his feelings
for the sufferings of America, autl the fatal COMIC..
quenre to his own eonntrv, which he foresaw from the
arbitrary principles and rash conduct of the Ministers,
and he them wrote his first treatise on politics, a trea-
se that was then Neglected, mobil! of false prognostics
and cisiwerical proposals ; but time has *hewn that it
was prophetic, and containing instructions of the
sidnisalrot policy. This was followed from time to
time lac other pablirstbsov, is all of which he Phew•
true knowledge oft:liar Constitution, an ardent love of
liberty, and a eitittympt of private interest and per-
sonal danger, when in competition with the public
geed. Bet the work whirls has moat distingstished
lons, and derided his Went for a ant in Parliament,
is klellteticathar TO the Legislative Bights of the
Commonalty. The author of that work, who has so
well asserted the rights of his fellow-citizens. deserves
their hest unsfidessee. la it he traces with precision
the declesaion•ot our Parliaammt. from its ancient
parity and mealiest.e to its prestos corrupt state.
r,fetes all the argnnorats is favour of this rotten sys-
t,m, and clearly points out the meatus of reformation.
The anther, besides addressing this work to the pnhlie,
and presenting it to the King. used every other effort
its the power of a private persoa. towards setting vs
foot the proposed reforsaatios. from a full eourietion
that nothing less amid save Ms country. The writer I
of those strictures, without basin Major Cartwright
in his eye, sincerely wishes this excellent work in the
hands of every Bagllshaaaa, and with their Bible to be
next their hearts. A theinterested party, in the town
of Nottingham. have sheen their gratitude to the
author of so valuable a gift. aid have the honour of
lacing the first who 'ridged to seed him as their Repre-
'rotative to PIUaiIIONISt. The meaty has it now its
power, with more sums; to follow so laudable as
ostempie
Aka. it is his Muse that be is sot richt ; but eves
this. gyrators of all crimes may be apologised for.—
cemail be knee veeeeellesi it to his awiseiglee to have
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