The Statesman.
London, England, 1811-10-03 00:00:00

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• oft; TiE FLA'Olt.:. OF TILE 4TATTRM.AN.
hive long considered yonr hostility to thit
torelent Ministry as a wilful perversion off' your own
rep, :on ; you but your eyes to the noontide beaky
and then complain of darkness.—Sny, will you tot
levpT to blind Co the transcendant abilities, and vet::
batile bdetits of our legal Ministers ?---Why cond.
inte to rail against the campaign in Portugal and
Spain, *here, in spite of the apathy or our Allies,.
Itfid the fearful odds in the numerical force of the
`lnemy; Keg still keep our ground ; and in sight of
the enemy perform those beautiful manoeuvres and
—,olutions on land, which Admiral EMERIfU per-
forms on the ocean off Boulogne.--Has glory no,
Cliarmt for you ?—Do you not recollect Ltortroas at,
Thermopylae ?—Cu ARLES XII. at Bender ?Have you•
hot read of the retreat of the 10,000 Greeks) nor
%tara of that of the Hero of Hohenlinden ?—The
Spartans w.re all cut to pieces, and CHARLES was
taken prisoner.—But consider the glory—aye, Sir,
think of the glory of such exploits =what is the loss
of an truly compared with its being slaughtered, to
a man—" who fall in ranks as they fought ;" and
what would the expulsion of the French be to a
retreat like that of Xtsoettom or Moasto, and to
secure which have we not always an immense quan-
tity of shipping on the Coast to transport our brave
men 1-0 h ! I am ashamed of you !—You allow
)30NAPARTE to be a great man, but deny Mr. PER-
CEVAL to be so, although he copies him exactly in all
the principal points.—l am sure he is quite as pro-
digal of the blood of heroes as his prototype—
and quite as indifferent to the execrations of his
country. • 13o,rArAavE is a little initn—so is PER-
cEvAL, era With the advantage in point of com.
plexion of tallow over brown ochre.—Bosa-
PARVE rushes. from the Cabinet to the chace—and
PTRCEVAL, In like manner, to the horse-race. It
did my heart good to see him at Northampton Races,
On the iith ult., booted and spurred like a true
leier of the turf, and riding about the Course with
all the anxiety of a great mind. His horse Recorder,
by Remembraneer ttivO legal horses), unfortunately
did not start ; but what of that, his mind is superior
to trifles, and he ascended the Judges' box with
the alacrity of DESHAYES, and the shrewd looks of
NI C. Bincansre ; and then at dinner) when he late
tit my Lord CO7APTON'S elbow, how he bossed and
drank; mut drank and bbwed, when every one of
us at table, individually, said, Mr. PERCIVAL, yOur
health.—How gratifying ! and then the pretty speech
he made :—" Gentleman) Mr. 11#N11171Y desires
me to thank you for alai booaur Sou have done us,
and Ire drink B. jour health, return." We rose
Trots tlinner-eo4reis for-the- ball, when our Wort*
Pitlentit *IS ils ay a a butterfly ; and Madame Lt
Pais' ininistipported her husband's dignity to ttd.
tniration. Oh Sir, I( oil bad only seen her sail
Inajestically Along, yon Arcruld have given up your
ill-nature, and excliiinitgd in rapture, how inagnifi-
kently shd4oee while in the mazy dinFe: her daugh.
tin' heels eaipsed the honours of their heads. I
I gin tit ,yon little inorti netts; for being engaged in
alittletiirtatioril I vrasHio late in the supper-room
that every chair was occupied) and principally by
Gentlemen;leaving many Ladies standing, awkward-
ly behindthe Gentlemen'a beats ; when; to the
mintsl honfaiir of 'Mr. Pcncitti, he spoke as fol-
lows :—" Gentlernen.; Gentlemen, I am sure no
Gentleman can be seated while so many Ladies are
standing." In the buitle I got a seat, and being a
hUngry dog, I fell to supper and forgot the Minister.
I hare, however, told you enough, as a Friend to
Reform, to enable you to reform your opinion and
conduct respecting that wonderful great man; Mt.
PEZCLYAL.
Your humble ger:ant,
A NORTHANIPTON FREEHOLDER; •
.ERGO, A FRIEND OF MR. IiLRCEVAL.