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can voluntarily expose themselves to | ing 'riches derived from plunder in view, laughter and contempt for the sake of add- while the former confine their views to a ing a few thousands to their gains. But, bare existence.- -It is silly affectation when men have lied and canted themselves to pretend to know any thing of such into pelf, they are, I am afraid, generally matters. It throws general discredit over found to persevere to the last. If such men the contents of the paper. But, supwere to become farmers, they would lie and pose Mr. PERRY to know all this to be true? cant to their labourers; or, in default of What then? What use is it of? What is human beings to deceive, they would lie there "rich or rare" in it? Are we to be and cant to their horses or sheep.I do called upon to express, or to feel, admiranot confound the MORNING CHRONICLE tion at a thing which is so very common with the venal prints, which have so dis- in common life? Do we stand in need of tinguished themselves upon this occasion; assurances, of positive assertions, that the but, I often meet with what I cannot ap Prince of Wales loves and respects his faprove of in that paper; an instance of ther, and that bis father has a confidence which I have now under my eye, in a pas- in him? I forget who it is that says, in sage relating to the SPEECH of the Prince. speaking of the assertions or arguments of In the passage I am alluding to the some one in favour of Christianity, that writer makes these remarks:- "In one "he wrote so long about it, that even be"paragraph of it, at least, his Royal High- "lievers began to doubt it.' And, though "ness will most cordially concur in the a similar fate cannot, of course, attend "sentiment which will be introduced; these asseverations of the Morning Chroni"namely, the expression of deep sorrow cle; yet, the writer may be assured, that, "at the cause which has imposed upon if there were any doubts as to the facts of "him the afflicting duty of supplying for which he speaks, these asseverations would a time the Regal Authority. No man not remove them; no, nor tend to remove in the King's dominions can more per- them, in the smallest degree.Besides, fectly sympathize in that expression than what is it after all? A son loving and re"the Regent; for all those who have had specting his father, and a father loving and "the best opportunities of ascertaining having confidence in his son. Just as if "the inmost feelings of his heart from his this was news to tell to the public! Just as "earliest infancy, assure us, that at no time, if there was something peculiarly meritori" even when most embittered by the effects ous in this! Why, the question is not, where "of the mischievous misrepresentations the like is to be found; but, where it is not "made to his detriment, was he ever to be found. It is to be found in almost "known to manifest other than the most every family in all ranks of life; from the "affectionate and pious reverence for his great family mansion to the shepherd's Royal Father. And we believe it has hut; and, not only in the shepherd's hut, "been well rewarded; for on the other side, but in the shed of his dog.--How foolish "we understand it has been remarked, is it, then, to make a grand display of so "and set down as an infallible symptom very common-place a thing; to take that, "of the access of his Majesty's complaint, the existence of which nature bids us as"that his paternal confidence in the affection, sume, and blazon forth as something re"virtues, and conduct of his Son and Heir, quiring particular acquaintanceship to have "was loudly declared by him to be the discovered? Love his son! And where is "chief source of consolation to his heart on the wretch so unnatural as not to love his "every alarm of approaching malady. son? Confide in his son! And where is "On this point at least the Commissioners the father so unfortunate, or jealous, or so "will speak the sense of the Regent."- perverse, as not to confide in his son? Now, in the first place, it is impossible Let us hear no more of this, then; that Mr. PERRY can know any thing at all for, at the very best, it can do no good, it of this matter. He cannot know any thing can strengthen no man's belief, and, about it. He can know, for certainty, no amongst people not understanding the more about the thing than I do; and I cause of such publications, it may possibly know no more about it than any of the excite suspicion; especially when, in alladies, my near neighbours, who are upon most the same breath, this same writer the eve of a trip to Botany Bay, with in- tells us, that, if the Prince had it in his tentions much less mischievous than power to do what he could wish, he would those with which another description of instantly turn out the ministers chosen and ladies take a trip to India, the latter hav-kept in and preferred to all others by

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enjoyed a joke which was so much to "the taste of Mr. Perceval and within the "comprehension of Mr. George Rose. "Even Mr. Secretary Ryder made shift "to understand it, and Lord Melville's "son acknowledged the force as well as "the wit of a project, the end of which

his father.I dislike exceedingly all these appeals to the private personal" cause they took for granted that the qualities and disposition of the Royal "Prince would take advantage of his personages. We know nothing at all "Father's illness, as they had done, and about them; nor are they of any conse- "endeavour to turn it to the objects of his quence to us. It is by their acts, by the "own ambition, as they had to theirs.measures and effect of the measures of "Under this impression their sole object their reign, or regency, that we must "was to make the task of the Regent's judge of them; and, all the attempts, in "future government, as irksome to him whatever way, that are made to bias our "and to those who possessed his confijudgment by appeals to the private quali-"dence as they could. Restrictions were ties of the King or Regent, are mischiev. "heaped upon restrictions, not because ous, and ought to be reprobated,--So they were to be found in the precedent much for the cant of the subject, which, "of 1788 (for from that precedent they however, cannot be too often exposed. It departed) but because by restrictions cannot be too often or too strongly con- "the Regent's Ministers would be predemned; for, if the effects were traced to "vented from conferring those acts of their real causes, we should find no small grace and favour which might tend to part of our present difficulties and dangers "attach meritorious talent to his service fairly ascribable to this poisonous source. "and to add strength to their Govern ——I should here quit the subject of the "ment. Every runner of the Treasury Regency; but, it seems necessary, by way of a close to it, just to take a view of, and put upon record, the tone which the two contending parties have now assumed. —— The MORNING CHRONICLE labours hard to make its readers believe, that the Ministry are slighted by the Prince, and that they are now puzzled and hampered" was to prevent Ministers from practising by the restrictions, which they themselves imposed; and, in short, that the keeping of them in was a clever trick.--Let us, however, take the whole article, it being the last time that we shall, at any length, touch upon the subject. I beg the reader to pay particular attention to it. He will see its object in a moment; but, there are particular passages, the very words of which we shall, I am sure, have hereafter to refer to."We cannot view the me"lancholy and almost ridiculous situation "in which the King's Ministers are "placed at this moment, without feelings "of real and undivided pity. Ministers "without confidence, the jest of Windsor, "of Carlton House, and of their own friends, "distrusted even by their own retainers, "who consider them only as upon suffer"ance, how can we in common humanity "refuse them our sincere compassion? "With all the responsibility, all the trou"ble and all the plague of Government, "they possess none of the means of ren"dering their situations beneficial to the "public, grateful to their friends, or for"midable to their enemies. Knowing how "little they had deserved the applause of "the people or the confidence of the "Prince, they judged of him as they "would of themselves, and looked only

"jobs. The delusion however was quick"ly torn away, and their faces, distended "with smiles, are now in most ridiculous "contrast iengthened into sadness. The "Prince, with a degree of filial piety and "affection towards his Father which must en"dear him to the country, resolves, so long "as the favourable symptoms in his Father's "malady continue, to permit the King's "Ministers to drag on the machinery of "the State. The poisoned chalice is re"turned to their own lips, the restrictions

operate upon themselves, they find them"selves destined to try the experiment with "how small a portion of Royal power they "can carry on a Regent'sGovernment; the

Regent is determined too that they shalt "try with how small a portion of Royal con"fidence they can perform their task, and

they find themselves chained in bonds " they forged for others, and burning in "their own bull. In charity then we must

I give these poor men the consolation of "our compassion!-We again state as a "fact which we know cannot be disputed, "that in the Council Chamber the Prince

Regent shewed the strongest and most "flattering marks of his favour and of "kindness to all those connected with the "men known to possess his confidence, "whilst to the King's ministers and their

"adherents his deportment, always gra- ferred by the Prince, under their advice, "cious, because to none can it be other will be confirmed by his father, if he re"than gracious, marked to all who were cover; and, if he do not recover, must, in present, as well as to themselves, the dis- the end be confirmed by the Prince him"tance at which he meant to hold them, and self.The present ministers lose nothing "the terms upon which he permitted them in the way of power by the restrictions; "to continue the government; and least for, whatever in the way of patronage "they should mistake him, he gave away cannot be disposed of previous to the "the first thing which came within his King's resumption of the Royal authority, "gift, without communication with them, and will be to be disposed of then; and thus "in direct opposition to their known intentions are these things, these "rewards of merit," "and wishes. We repeat, that the au- as the Morning Chronicle calls them, ac"diences of Mr. Perceval and of the other cumulating for the benefit of those "meri "Ministers did not exceed two minutes "torious" persons, who may have been, "each, with the exception of the Lord and may still be, found faithful to the "Chancellor, whom his Royal Highness present men.--ENGIN -Where, then, is the "detained whilst he communicated to sense of talking of embarrassments to the "him that he would not go down to Parlia- present men from the restrictions? It is, *ment to read the Speech written by Ministers perhaps, quite impossible to conceive any "who did not possess his confidence. For the thing, short of absolute despotic sway, "truth of this statement we are ready to more complete than the hold which these "make any appeal the Ministerial News- men have upon power, as far as power is papers may require. We are ready even dependent upon patronage. Their hold "to appeal to the Lord Chancellor's con- is even more strong than if, during the "science."-Taking this in its order, we King's malady, they had all the kingly find, then, that it is now considered an arch powers in their hands; for, in that case, trick to have kept the ministers in their they must, as they proceeded, actually places. But, surely, this cannot have been reward some "meritorious persons," and, written by Mr. PERRY, nor inserted with disappoint and offend others, especially his hearty consent. He has too much sense where "meritorious persons" are of decency to approve of so palpable an very numerous as they are in this counattempt to deceive the public; so pitiful try; but, now, they disappoint no one, an endeavour to disguise disappointment they disoblige no one, they hold every one and envy by the means of affected com- in expectancy, every one in cheering and passion. No: this proceeded not from the heart-enlivening hope, and those "meritomind of Mr. PERRY, who is only to blame, "rious persons," seeing the quantity of in this case, for fathering the stupid effu." rewards" daily accumulating, will besions of some underling of the Twin Statesmen. This clever trick would now be held forth to us as having been contrived for the purpose; but, who was it that contrived it? Not the Prince, for he, as the Morning Chronicle has told us, gave his orders to the Twin Statesmen to form a ministry for him. Not the Twin Statesmen, for they, after the passing of the Resolutions, occupied themselves, as the French call it, in forming that ministry. And, difficult as the situation of ministers now is, they were, it seems, quite willing to undertake it. So that, at any rate, if there be any cleverness in the trick of keeping the present ministers in power, it is not to be ascribed to those who it is acknowledged, were ready to supply their places. But, what are those difficul

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come, of course, every day more attached to the ministers. "Where the carcass "is," says the Scripture, "there will the "Eagles be gathered together." And, of course, the more carcasses the more Eagles. And thus, so firm a bond of attachment, so strong a hold of such numbers of " meri"torious" supports, no ministry in England ever had before.--Nay, they will have this without any trouble at all. They will not only have nothing to refuse to any one; but no one will attempt to plague them for any thing included in the restrictions. And, yet, this writer would fain have us believe, that the restrictions which they hatched are to operate against themselves !I was in hopes, that the idea of the Prince's having changed his intention from motives of filial piety had been so completely scouted as never to be again brought forward; but, if it was again to be mentioned, surely it ought not to have been accompanied with a statement of his

having resolved to put out the King's ser- "are persuaded it is impossible; and let vants if his malady continued any length of "it be recollected, that whether the Speech time, and also with a statement of his hav-" be read by the Regent in person, or by ing treated those servants with contumely, and "his Commissioners, it is still a Specch told them that he would not go down to "which must have previously received his the parliament to read a speech written sanction and approbation.' -This is a by ministers who did not possess his confidence? complete answer to the Morning ChroTo make these statements, to state these nicle. There is no doubt at all, that things so positively, and, at the same time, the Prince finds himself less thwarted by to assert, that the Prince kept in the mi- the present men, than he would have nisters out of filial piety to his father, who found himself with a ministry made up by had chosen them, is to do this writer's best Lords Grenville and Grey. No doubt at to exhibit the Prince in a light the most all of it. But, it does not follow, that he disadvantageous that can possibly be con- is to be regarded as answerable, to the exceived; for, any thing more inconsistent, tent here aimed at, for the Speech that may more unworthy of a great, or even of a be delivered in his name. The SPEECH rational mind, it is, I think, very diffi- is a measure of the Ministry, in the same cult to imagine.The COURIER, who is way as a Proclamation or an Order in the news-paper champion of the ministry, Council or a Message is a measure of the sees this matter in another light, and is ministry, and, as such it must be consiaccordingly quite successful in his answer. dered; as such speeches from the Throne "In pursuance," says he, "of the have always been considered, or else, how "plan for attacking the person as well as could they, without demolishing all re"the Government of the Regent, the Op- spect for the King, be discussed either in "position represent him as behaving with parliament or in print? And, if this be "marked rudeness to his Majesty's Mi- the true doctrine as to the King, who has "nisters, that he purposely shewed in the no restrictions upon his authority, and "Council Chamber the distance at which who chooses whom he pleases for his mi " he meant to hold them, whilst he smiled nisters, it, surely, must apply still more "most graciously at the Opposition. This forcibly to the case of the Prince, who has "no doubt originated in his Royal High- so small a part of the kingly powers and "ness's humanity. He saw the poor prerogatives left in his hands, who has "creatures so chop-fallen, so woe-begone, had nothing to do in the choosing of the "looking with such misery, at each other, ministers, and who merely suffers them to "and with such envy at the Ministers, remain where he found them, not having "that he threw a smile at them to keep power either to choose or reject. Whether "them from despair. Now, as to holding he ought to have accepted of the Regency "the Ministers at a distance, Mr. Per- upon such conditions is another matter; I "ceval, and the other Members of the should have advised him against it; but, "Cabinet, have reason to be perfectly satis- this is quite a separate question; and, "fied with the Prince's behaviour towards neither Mr. PERCEVAL nor Lord GREN"them. It is most gracious. The con- VILLE can possibly impute any blame to "ferring the 67th Foot on General Keppel him upon that score, seeing that the for"was not against the wishes of the Ministers, mer proposed, and the latter supported, those "though if the Opposition had been in, it restrictions.--I am the more inclined to "might probably have been against their dwell upon this topic of the Prince's as"wishes. And as to the audience of Mr. sumed "previous sanction of the Speech;" "Perceval, we adhere to our first assertion. because I am aware, that the assumption "But what must his Royal Highness think has not been now introduced without de"of those styling themselves his friends, sign. The venal writer has not introduced "who say that he detained the Lord it without thinking what he was about; "Chancellor whilst he communicated to and the design is to play off the old trick "him, "that he would not go down to of shifting the responsibility from the "Parliament to read the Speech written shoulders of the minister to those of the "by Ministers who did not possess his Prince. "Here," we shall be told: "confidence."--The Opposition would "Look here: here is the Prince's own "have us to believe the Prince to be sub- "Speech. See what he says, if you want "ject to all the low little selfish passions that" to know what he thinks.' And, in this "fill their breasts. Did he, or could he so way, if the Speech contain praises of all "deliver himself to the Chancellor? We that has been done for the last three years,