The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-10-06

tutiOn, as l}r. BiaCkitOne calls lt, gave a
verdict againit hfr. John Murray, for
one hundred pounds fterling- The par
ION put the penalty into his pocket. We
never were able TO learn that Mr.. Sray
wrote letters to Mr.. Maion, with pre-
vious intention thae they were to be fold
and purchaied after his death, IN order
TO CRAFTY the fcniibilities of a Yorkshire
parton. Among other elegant and dig
mhed cxPreliions, which this Invaluable
correspondence tranfnirted TO the Rri-
tllh world, ore which follows, was con-
tanned in letter, dated from Edinburgh
MIR. Gray is therein made to inform the
public, that, for ionle DAYS, he had been
reildlng at,hc houie of DIR. Robcrrfon,
the memorable hittorian, the Sailuf of
the EngliIh language: :" But, ara
afraid fays he, " Of Ediubweb, and
&C the itc5'' This is the way in which
one ofyour pohhunous editors treated
the conn .ience Of thc friends of his youth
1 ms IS tins fort OF rrefpondcnce which
has exhibited under the name ola olaf
ilcai 1cholar, of ! virtuous man ana of an
admired poet. We hope that very few
OF the readers of g The Recorder"
would be folicitous TO pocket a fun of
money by Filling the copy right of iuch
> publication.
This IS one lpecimen of the relpecra
bic anuiemcnt Of FULFILLING CONFIDENT
al lctters. We hafen to difpatch two
initanccs, OUT Of many that might be fe
lccred from the fame clais. The late Phil
hlP,earl ofCheferfield, wrote fome hun
oreds OF letters TO his natural fon. he
therein delcribes him as veal; man.
VT. Stanhope was married lie died.
lis ioFdhip, died, allo and as'foon as they
were both fairly buried, the widow OF
Mr. Stanhope carried the whole private
and confidential manufcript TO book
leiler, he 1ale was extremely exren-
i've. reproduced, upon the memory
OF her hulhaud, and Of her fatherin- law,
the mott unlimited torrent of contempt
and rcProach. The lady p0cketcd the
mon7y, and fniled internally artle Inn
patience ofthe world.
We laall only produce one other IN
france OF the poiible conied aence Of pub
iilhing letters. The Revd. Lawrence
Sternea the writer of Irifram Shandy,
was another Yorkshire parton. lie en-
tertained correipondence with 4 ref
Pectabie lady. He was 70 unfortunate as
toPreiervea copy ofhis letters. lis fan
a5 be a045 Ge-d,ais faithful daughter CON
vcycd the manu!cript to market. The
letters from YoEick to Eliza have at
lractcd the attention Of the world.
hey CONAN two or three lentences,
which were, no doubt, produced in rile
lmPetuoiity OF Competition. Bur, if
Sterne could have forlccn, thar they
were TO walk into publicity, he would
rather have put the publilher under
ground.
We have entered into this dilculion,
with delign Of detailing the dinike that
We feel to the printing ofa pirate Islte1,.
An unforeieen anenblagc ofEatalities has
compelled The publication of what fol-
lows. II has neither been unprovokcd, !
nor wanfon. All Richmond knows,
that it has been exported by fuch al
ten1pef Of brutality, by ferries of fuchI
editorial challenges and deiances, as,
perhaps, never before di(gyaced the art
OF printing and for the honor Of human
nature, we hope that fuch another
process Of publication wIll never arifc.
again. The writer of this article has
Ill the way Of bulineis, found it often
necehary to address the world. He has
often been forced to publi0h what he
wiihed 60 fupprefs; but, in the pre(ent
lnftance, his finding it Indispensable 70
publilh confidential letters has colt him
an exceis of anguilh, which he never felt