Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-16
Late Foreign Intelligence.
E,,,5hey Extracts from hafaers feceaVea Q.
The s1.l BltpsfiIes, ealltazn beara J5o's
.Liverh09l, erra1'ed al .No'3olS'
LONDON March %.

rank bat as these afS oSs ~ s''~ :
;,is easy 10 put down number OF nahes'
sd whra the catalogue is completed, the
oG.es NAV be assigned wi:h as little dia'-
o,,l,y 90 that the Burlington administra-
80, nav be considered rather as a calico
80. man q selection; foreskere can be no
.bo;ce here the n,a,erials are alike. The
NV arrangement, il is said, WILDE ready
on "Wednesday next. When that list IS
presep.sd will the Inhabitants of ireland
rad sir John Newport, or Bedford,
2rr. ia ii? OF any Of those exalted charac-
,ers who sy n paihized with their distresses
and poured balm toto THAR wounds?
ar saeople of this country have been
accustomed, IN evsry change, to-E0ok tor
talents, rank, landed property, aud high
psssoaal connections in each successive al.
u,nlssration. Men mighs be changed, but
those proud distinctions were immatable-
thew raised this country 10 the eyes OF TO-
reign ratiops, and inspired their cabinets
with confidence in ours, the value Of
which, 10 national point OF view, cannot
BE- too highlY appreciated.
The earl Of Hardwieke, whose vice.
regal sdmiainistration 10 ireland, was so
iudic;ously tempered and nicely balanced
"a 10 render his name dear TO The, people OF
tha, coun,ry, 10 his anSiesy for the welfare
of that part of the united kingdom, as in
separabiy interviewer with the prosperity
cf the WHOLE, waited on Saturday, on
bis msissy at Windsor. and, AS an here,
( diary eouuseller IS the crown, desired an
audience TO Represent the agitation which
this me asure is likely to produce in Ireland.
The king, we are told, received hin. with
area, pol,euess. LIE, the result of his
Representation be what 1t may, his lordship
will have the consolation of having DIS.
charged an important duty. Lord Eden
was Immediately Admitted to the closet.
The earl of Chatham arrived 10 town
from Bslvo;r Castle yesterday morning !;
where, il is said, he had been tor the -puT
pose of offering the duke OF Rutland the
lord lieu,enancy OF Ireland. Ills i0Fdship
will have sest 10 the cabinet.
There are several lists IN circulation !;
,x,.Isr- vr stszr.r- F,PcaT nave Deen drawn
as il were by lottery, and perhaps they are
those that VII come nearest the real one.
In scrafnb!e for power and places. men
.e,f ~pers;naclsy auG presumption will take
the lead, aud aspire re- situations for which
they we're never Intended by nature or eda
esSion.
Wish respect to the cause of this unsx,
rec,ed change, we are 100 short sighted 10
discover the policy ofrejecsing the services
of great proportion OF our own country.
men. whose interests ere the same with
our OWE, who must aice at every thing
s which bepe6 our country, and grieve a,
every thiug which hurts it, and OF accept
ing of the services of strangers, of Hano-
vsrians aud importing into England meo
whose inleres, have no natural connection
with ours. who might easily be made to
feel an interest 10 turning their swords
gainst us, as well as against any foreign,
.na.ion. We refuse to accept the scr
vices of our Catholic brethren, but do
werefsse their money? Have we any scru-
,p.e 10 tax them because of their religious.
sentiments? In other parts of the empire
we even accept of the military services OF
the Hlndoos, Negroes, and Mahometans,
and make laws to protect them Ia the ex :
ercise of their religious rites! Is It ct the
British and Irish alone, of whom We must
remain forever jealous, whom we can ne-'
yer regard as our couDtrymen and bre
thren?
Mr.. Percival's speech on the Catholic
question is supposed 70 have instigated this
fetal change IN his majesty S councils; ne
IS 10 have his former Office of attorney-ge.
neral. in which he will, 90 doubt, be ready
T., poake sny discontspt that may appear In
Ireland on the rejection of the measure
new before parliament, rretext for those
strong measures which he voluntarily of