Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-10-07

l WIN meu give we WOflu no Cfeuu Sagacuy thai
they palm off upon ii the bar elaced cheats aud
the most fraudulent devices-copies that are not CO.
jpies-osignais, TINT not origiaAl-hroken seals
bnth IS death ,cho has broken utem-aud confidential
secrets, bit Is patriotism that makes them public
Such efforts must inevitably reco,l upon their au-
hors like the petng waves, inpoten ,ly dashine a.
gansi prec'pce which irowns indignantly their
claniors INTO s'lence, IL may annoy the ling rng
hours oil venerable patriot, To have the secrets al
his inmost bosom betrayed and exposed, without the
poss'bi, of amy earthly good 10 any one.
IL any crafty the short sighted nlalign OF malice
tn throw 'npoient al his disng ushed son.
But the people of this country will iversay scorn
The individual who dares with the violated pledges oil
honor IN his hand insult them with claims 10 the r
confidence or loera,ion no.
THE LONDON PRESS.
The following article, which appears ~ the last num-
her ol the Edinburgh Rsrer, is, perhaps, the hest
that was ever written ON the London Press. Our
| long ami inm,liar acquaintance with this powerful
engine, enables subscribe the faithful delnea-
'ion whit the reviewer Inns ably given Of the VS.
and characters OF the edlors and OF tie standing of
The respective Journals ;and we concur with hin, ia
opn'o", that all the London papers, whether daily or
weekly excep,th those he has mentioned, un,eserv-
| ing of notice. IN r. Past
| The MoREIwG CHRoNicLE-Ths paper we have
long been used think tn. best both Tor amusement
anu Instruction., that issued fron, the daily press I,
Is iul but nut crowded aud have b sathin. spa-
Tvs anu openings iei 10 pause upon each subject
we have plenty anu variety. The reader of morn
ing paper ought not to he craninied TO sateIy. He
osght TO rise from the perus; light aud reieshed-
Intention is paid to every topic, hut none is over
"one. There is e ibeiaiiiy and decorun Every
class oil readers ~ accommodated with its f,,ori,e
articles, served with taste, and without SHARING for
the shnrp-si sauces copy of verses is supplied by
one OF The popular poets of the day; prose ESSAY
! appears ~ another page, which, had beea written
! TWO hundred years ago, might still have been read
wuh admiration "a corrections OF a disputed reading
III Classical anihor, IS contributed by learned cor
responIeni.-Ihe politician may look profound over
grave dissertation on "a point of constitutional his
tory Lady may smile a, rebus or IA charade
Here, Pit and Fox, Burke and Sheridan maintained
csed, aud Jeky punued.
| From The time OF WoodIai, the Morning CInoni-
'' was oshnS"ished hv MS superior excellence, in
reporting the proceedings of Parliament. WvodfaIl
hi"seii often hIled the whole paper without nny as
s's'ance Inns, besides the righteousness of The UNI
ue'i'k"S, necessarily occasioned delay. AT pre-
seh'' several reporters take the different speeches in
su"cesson- each remaining an hour nj a Iimel-.o
imnedateiy aud iransorbe their notes for the press
'nu ny iis means, a The early part Of the debate is
actually printed before The last speaker has risen
upou ms legs. The public read the next ,Iay al
breakfast (periaps) whit would make "a hundred
oc'a,o pages, every word of which has been snuLen
written out aud printed the last twelve or ior,een
IHE Times newspaper is, we srppose. entitled IN
,he Character II gives itself, Of being The Leading
Journal oil Europe, aad haps the greatest engine
oil temporary opinion in the world Sill il is moi in
our taste, eier IN matter manner. IL is elaborate
".r' nea.y ui, but not readable is stuffed I'D with
| omc"i documents with matter of fact details
II seems inleHued 10 he deposited ~ the Office of
me Keeper oil Records, and might be imas ined 10 he
composed as well As printed will, "a steam engine |,
| - ponpons, dogmacal, and full Of preIensions, hut
"e"""r "sht, Vaf'o"s, nor agreeable. Ii sells more
contains more, than any other paper :; and when Won
nave sh'd ihs, you have said all L. presents mos,
o',i''hnie i,oni 20 tue inexperienced render IL
"'aers toH oil pleasure. IL is said TO be cacuIs-
eo 'of persons 'b business and yer is The buse,s
VI 'ne "hoie morning 10 get through it, Batting w.
luminous details oil what had better he omt-,J the
same lnings are better done the Chi onicIe To
IN {vvi,tc
frivolous aud aenuated for the atmosphere of the
cns) The prose rs inferior No equally sterling a,,
ces are 10 he referred 10 in it, either for argument or
WI More, III short, is effected in the M,rn,pu
ChronIce, without the iurmalIy and without The ..
lori The Times is not a classical paper. II is
commercial paper, paper al business, and is con
WIN the tide II sails with the stream IL has no
other principles, take IT, Il is not ministerial
rs not patriotic but ii is ciric. II the lungs OF
The British metropolis the month niece oracle and
echo Of he Stock Exchange the representative az
| The mercantile interest. One would think so much
gr'Ht OF style would he accom- panied by more s,ea
n"ess and weight of opinion. But The Times con-
forms 10 The Changes Of the time. IL hears down
npo" question, like first man of war with
streamers tyins, and oil hands deck bu, if the
FIRST broatlsde does rot answer turns short nnon !;
IKE trimmed galley, firing off "a few pallry saubs
10 cover It's retreat. IL takes up no falling cause
fights no uphill battle advocates no great nr;nc;
PIE boids out helping hand TO oppressed or oh
@c,fe individual IL is ever strong on the Stronger
side" lis style is magnoquent; lis spirit is no,
maRnanimous 1t is valian,, swasperino. ;osoIen,
w'iii hundred thousand readers M lis heels bui
lie instant the rascal rout round with the Whit
ami wind OF some full circumstance the TIMES the
renegade, inconsiant TIMES, turns with them! Lei
me mob shoni lei the city and the voice of
The IIMEs is heard above them ALL with outtapeous |
denenIng clHmor but let the vulgar hubbub cease
anu 40 whtsper, echo of IL is ever after heard in
The TINES. Like Bully Bottom io the play, il them
iggrs'aes us voice so as if it were n singing dove
As were any nightingale" lis coarse ribaidry is
turned TO harmless jest its swelling rhodou,ontade
SINKS TO vapid common place. and The editor anus
es himself III The interval, before another great ex-
rios'op DY collecting and publishing from time to
Time, ahdavs Of the number of his papers sold in le
last stormy period of the press
Tbs naturally leads To the Courier which is a |
paper Of shuts and expediens, Of bare assertions and
'boushiiess Iupndeuce IL denies facts, on the word
OF minister, and dOgpaiizss on auihoriIy The
force OF daHaess can no farther go hut its merit
ness Keeps pace with lis dulIpess IL sets IN a live
ly preeDsjon 10 safe common places and stale tests
ana has an alternate gaiey and gravity of manner-
he muller is nothing. Compared with the solemn
queckery Of ihe Old or new Times, the ingenious
sdhoT rs the Merry Andrew Of the political show
ne Courier rs InIended for country readers the
clergy and gentry, who do like 10 be ds,m bed |
wan reason for auy thing, but with whom The self
compliment shdlowsess Of the editor passes for (, !
oH-eVncni proof ,haI every thing IS IL should he.
IL Is paper that those who may read. IL asks
no ibouer' creates uneasiness In il the last
quariei asscssed.iaxes made good The harvest
Is abundant trade revvlng the constitution unin-
paired the minister immaculate aud the monarch
tbe finest gentleman IN lis dominions The writer
BIAS 40 idea beyond certain set OF cant phrases
winch he repeats by note, and puzzles any one
by the smallest glimpse of aiming IN what he saws
ms hcqney 10 the treasury, in short, puts one in
mind OF those mpUdent Wallets ut the doors of ereat
houses who give short answers, and laugh in The faces
o' nose who come with complaints and grievances TO
their mastefs-tlink their employers great mem and
themselves clever eilOws-eat drink slcep md le,
the world siidei
The SgS IS paps' that appears daily, bat never