The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-18
From the (London E-eominer.
CHANGE OF MINISTRY.

nc odh'hlStaOOu 10 WITHOUT a mead, but
the ministerial papers tell us, it does quite
as 4veH as before There can be no dorb, of
1t. As it is not customary, however, for
headless trunks to make their appearance
At court. or to walk abroad under pretence
OF looking after the nation, it feels rather
AWKWARD without some show of 4 pericra.
nun, and accordingly like the vivacious gil
ant IN Ariosto, who dived to recover his
head ont OF the sea. it has exhibited a sinvu
lar ingenuity in endeavoring to supply its
loss. AT one moment, it was said to have
ciapped a great bottle on its shoulders, and
called itself Richmond at another, to have
mounted an attorneys bag under the name of
ferceval; and at third, to have put on an
enormous balloon. and strutted forth under
the aPPellation of Wellesley The very idea.
however. of the repairs, appeared SO ridicu
ious in the eyes OF the spectators, that the
project seems to have been abandoned for a
time, for the trunk instantly set about re-
pairing the additional loss of its arms, which
were taken eff the other day in duel To
this end, it is said to have applied to two
great lords for assistance, who answered
with manifest contempt, that they could not
think OF separating any OF their members
from each other, to patch up so vile body.
The fragment, therefore, continues in We
ny desponding way at ST James's, where it
keeps itself alive by cutting out articles for
the Morning Post with its toes, and kicking
every Catholic who comes that way, to the
great diversion Of the court. The ether
day, it was introduced to his majesty, who
was pleased to express great comms.era-
ton at its want of brains, and said he would
do something for tiff he could.
Such is the picture, and unfortunately no
exagerated one, of the British ministry
What the French must think of it, is too
mortifying for reflection. Perhaps there ne
yer was an instance in this nation of any
set of rulers. who suffered under a con-
tempt so universal. In the general run of
politics, people differ with each other on the
acts OF administration, as SO many matters
OF opinion but to admire Perceval and Cas-
tlereagh is an enormity, reconcilcable to no
standard of common sense. Wherever there
is an intellect SO polluted by interest, there
the contempt for these men is pure and I'M
mixed. They cannot even procure decent
hireling TO advocate their cause their wri-
tiers have become proverbially wretched,
aud 81 believe the most CALLING thing that
could be said to an author. applying for ones
opinion Of his manuscript, would be to tell
him, that he writes like the Post AS to the
contractors and jobbers. who all praise the
ministry, there are, 40 doubt, some shrewd
men in SO large a body of people but a
jobber has no opinion: his object is to cheat
the army and navy and become Baronet,
and he knows very well, that these things
are not done by speaking the truth. A con
tractor, therefore, should never say, {" it is
my opinion'-or :" really think" as Sir
William and Sir Charles and Sir James are
apt to do by slips of the tongue; he should
say my turtle informs me''-" understand
by large order had the other day''-"I
am told b. very accurate bale of goods
&c. Ssc.-When such men can come forward
and rener themselves politically prominent
by souning the praises of an administration.
it is are sign that there is nobody else to
do it.
Thu lords Grenville and Grey ,shouid
have efused to coalesce with such a minis
ary annot be matter of surprise. Mere
shar, one would think must prevent them.
Accordingly their lordships are said to have
tranitted the same prompt refusal from
thtountry, though at the distance of six
hrred miles from each other Lord Gren-
vi however, having followed his letter to
ta, caused "gr:at sensation" among the
Gee house SPECTATORS, who gave him up
flost in the irresistible vortex of place
the papers OF yesterday tell us, that his
rney wasi conse quence of the artful am
5uity OF M. Percevall's letter, which was
worded as to render it doubtful whether
Z proposals came directly from his majesty
only from the minister his lordship.
ey say, was inclined to view it in the for
er light, and therefore thought himself
und to be near the court in its emergencies.
hereas Lord Grey regarded it entirely as a
!nisterial trap, and treated it accordingly.
hatever may be the truth Of these state
eats, it is generally supposed that the
otiiated administration, in spite of it's tc-
icity OF life, cannot exist much longer: &
Y foxltes OF course are beginning to rally
fund their leaders in order to give il the
cyh de grace. A mole respectable set of
m they certainly are-with more general
information. more attention to the encou.
ragsnent OF intellect, and altogether more
enlightened policy; and if his majesty could
DC persuaded to enter into their conciIiatorv
views with regard to Ireland, most impor.
'aht ana most necessary benefit would he
OBTAINED ipr this country. The subject oc
Ireland, next to the difficulty of coalition. il
nc, doubt the great trouble in the election of
ms maJesty's servants and it is this. most
probably, which has given rise to the talk of
regency, measure to which the court
wou'd never resort while it felt a possibility
OF acting upon its old principles. What n
Cro"d OF blessings rush upon ones mind, that
Inight be bestowed upon the country in the
event OF such change !--Of all monarchs
shdeed since the revolution, the successor of
George the Third will have the finest oppor
UNITY OF becoming nobly popular.
When the Fosites are praised, however.
IL is OF course by comparison with their an
taSonist;, and even here they have not al
ways any great advantage; their expedi-
TONS were almost asill judged, their love of
place almost as indecent. The famous ar,
enabling lord GrenvilIe to hold two incom
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