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DEBRETT. oppofite Burlbgtoa-houfe Piccadilly, MDCCLXXXVII, ^i»' 4-: l- m: k« ■-■■«., «■ tj fe'3 * "'OT V« .,:^*i 4 : iV*TP-^- 'I- ~ ' ■r . <; . y < V f^ .... .1 .x^'fi I ■r'T'^""'^^''*' '''■■"' it » W'" ,.. ^'a«v-.,' .f-^ '■•^-■; -^^^^^^.l-.,..,.,. ■# ^- >«iuW*. ■• -Iriitw m,„-&iol&.~Js-«^—^ "wnHm THE PEOPLE'S ANSWER TO t H E COURT PAMPHLET. .i* — / 1 = ▼ V HEN a new face, a new carriage, a . new play, a new poem, a new novel, or even a new pamphlet appears ; if the flile of the features, the pannels, the plot, the verfification, the ftory, or the politics, B be [ft , I T MSff-'- H'»- *. -■•''. f^'iiff-^t '"■' ./*-^'*< m ^i^ ^m. 'c<' [ » I be really Mew ; a thoufaud bufy inquiries' are iiiftantly on foot, to analyfe and tc criticife its merits. But fo few are the claffics of the Court, in inodefn times, fo completely Baeotian are the talents that St. JanKis's can boafty that even a Charade from one of the King^s Friends- would ex-^ cite more admiration than haif a dozen Probationary OdQ§ from Oppofiiion, Th»' circle at the Levee, like the erbit of the Georgium Sidus% is fo difiant frotrv the Sunp of Wit, as fcarcely to admit its feebleft light, with difficulty purtake its leaft aftw mating ardour. To this confirmed defperation of all Courtly Genius may in part be afcribed tht eclat with which a Pamphlet, publifhed % few days ago, has been received by thee dull defponding train of an unlettered Court. This Review of PoFfUcs, which, *« as ^^'■i !i!! i ! g m.j i ia i HUM jiunes' nd to e the timeSy s that larade Id ex-^ dozen Th9' )f the e Su» Jebleft ft znW )f all id tht lied a r the :tered hichy f 3 ] ^* a? a ftranger^ hai beetj Welcomed like a '* ftranger,'* may be confidei-ed as a fort o^f handy manual for the Levee; a kind of ^imanac Royai, or Court Calendar for the iijew year, lightly touching on the topicks moft in vogue, and flcetching out bandy fei>tenccs for the Lords of the Bedcham- ber to retail, or the Maids of Honour to fi:ribble on their fans. It has accordingly been as much talked of, if not more, thaa any other of the fafhionablc novelties of (he hour* It has been mentioned oftener than the neweft vis^^-vh^ of the prettieft drefs at th?? Birth Day. The Pages leara to fpell in it-«-The Gentlemen Penfiohers and the Beef- eaters, get it read to them, in the Guard Chamber-^The Chaplains in ordinary copy its fliie in their fermons f^The Laureat is to ver{\fy it — The Jioufehold Apothecaries to quote it-^and Mrs. Jaffe Moore carefully to depofit it, B i where I -r"' ' ''' v^;- .,1., I. ■«»s^ r 5i I: ^ [ 4 ] where the wildeft truants, from Courtly Literature, mufl: oil certain occafions be neceflarily tempted to a curfory difcuflion of it, In a word, an arret has iilucd from the Runners of the Court to have TAe Review as generally rea^, as the Forms of Prayer were for fubduing America, or the Thankfgiving, for the Triumph of Providence over Margaret Nicholfon. ' . \ i f :!' • It is curious to iuveftigate the motives for thus generally circulating the little Pamphlet in queflion ; and, as a good many, who flill think for themfelves, are not convinced either of the truth of it§ aflertions, or the juftnefs of its refledions, it is but fair to offer their remarks upon both, and in a plain brief way to put in, . If be Peofie's Jlnfwer to the Court Pamj^h^ \ r ~^ [ 5 ] In order, then, to give clcarnefs to the pomment, it may be as well to prefix ^ iketch of the text ; or, in other words, to iorm a fort of outline and abftrad of the work itfelf, preliminary to the few obf feryations that are to be n^ade on it. )0I1 in. . The Review (which, by the way, even in its Title, pleafantly recalls the fafe engagernents, and pacific vi£lories of Wimbledpn and Blackheath) is principally taken up, in difcuffing the characters of Eight very extraordinary Per fonages — Seven of the Drama living — but one dead — a lot, which as 7'be Revieiv fagacioufly and deeply obferves, *' No talents can ^' EXEMPT us FROM." \ . , , ' ■ ' t The order of the Literary Review is as fpUows : — Firft, ('* as on every principle ^f of duty, it was natural to begin*') no • .. T lefs • ?*<:. :-*. f:.?^'Vii,'/;i I* m •I. -IS i i 1 m >\i moft poflible advantage to obtain it, par- ticularly in the Finance Line ; in as nauch as it fecures a calm, difpaffionate delibera- tion for the important occupations of the Treafury ^ where indeed a fort of natural Ahelard is at all times the apteft charader to prefide ; but more efpecially at a period, when not only the puny^ Lords, but even both the Secretaries of that department are known, either in the Gallant or the Uxorious charadler, to wafle no incon- fiderable portion of their hours in all thofe gentle avocations, which blend raptures with reports, and eftimates with billet doux ; to the great annoyance of all fober calculation, and the no fmall difcompofure of a truly temperate arithmetick. - i \ To this ingenious duplicity, which flat- ters under the mafque of Satire, the ftile of * Alii legunt Pulftte, ^ . ' . \ the ^N V- ^ [ 'I 3 the Court Pamphlet combines as curious an hypocrify of a contrary kind; in panegy-- rick that afperfes, and applaufe that ope- rates as tradudion. Thus Mr. Fox is celebrated for *' placability and a forgiving '< difpofitiori,'* fo placable, as ftrangely to forget his paft enmity to Lord North ; fo forgiving, as unaccountably to coalefce with ' thofe he formerly oppofed. — The difpofi- tion and the temper of benevolence are in theory applauded ; in fpeculation moft no- ble : to bring them into adlion, and give reality to idea, is a praftice wholly to be condemned. Mr, Fox's *' boldnefs too, ** and his decifion," are generoufly admit- ted — boldnefs, however, that was " en- ** croachment on the Honour of the Grown;'* decifion, " that proved temerity *• in the India Bill." — Thus the virtues, that cou' ' not be difputed, and, which, of ^11 othersy are the bed qualifications for a C 2 Britifh I f. .■ ■■ ■.', 1 1 i;l t\\ i I ^ 8 : /• [ .a ] Britlih Minifter, arc Infidloufly applauded, merely to uflier )n their condemnation by a fordid return to popular error, and a low fybmifiipn to exploded prejudice. With equal 'impartiality^ with equal candour, is the portrait of Lord North ex- hibited — After a pidure moft juftly, moft accurately, moft faithfully delineated, of the difpclition, the feelings, the heart of that Minifter ; after admitting every bene- ficent, every humane, every amiable vir- tue; it would feem unaccountable incon- fiftency, (unlefs. indeed there were an ample motive for the paradox) ; to afcribe to that very mind, fo formed and fo tempered, the origin of a war, which, whoever has com- mon rationality, or refleftion, mujl know, did not originate witlt the ** humane, the *' beneficent" Lord North, With whom that war did originate ; for what purpofes it was vll t '3 1 was uiidertaken; with what views inflexibly maintained; is a refearch for Pofterity to «itabli(h. — With whomfoever it did origi- nate, qualities and difpofitions of indeed a very different defcuptlon muft uniformly have prevailed. Dark, vindictive, unre-. lenting Cruelty; cold, fullen, untraceable perverfenefs ; a fy ft ematic hatred of Li- berty; a heavy ignorance of our Laws; a malignant perverfion of our Conftitution. That a miftaken fenfe of perfonal Honour, fo long retained Lord North in the faith- ful, but ignoble fituation of an inftrument of State, was a conduct not all the " boafted '* Bounty of a Court,*'' could poffibly repay ; that the moment Lord North both thought, and aded from his own honeft Principles, he Ihould be pfofcribed that Drawing Room, where he J* Review, page 39. fo i4 i il: I ill if V i! { I" MM ■ 1 i ili ; Mil '=1 :! ; [ '4 ] fo long had ferved, is at once a lefTon to iwifplaced attachment, and a monument of Regal Gratitude. . . : . - : . I do not follow the preclfe order which ' ^he Review has marfhalled out for exa- mining the various Charadters it de. neates. ^ There is one part of it, to which I referve my laft obfervations. Were I to indulge • the feelings which are excited in every " generous mind, by the (hameful attack on the Prince of Wales, how were it poflible to turn to the lighter parts of this work, with the fort of temper they are properly > entitled to I i . ■'• . u. ■ ' ; ) • There is fomething fo uncommonly plea- ^ fant, though puzzling, in the quadruple ■ parallels of Themiftocles and Phocion, of Scipio and Camillus, to Lord Rodney and Mr. Haftings, that it wonderfully relieves the I*' w . [ '5 3 the imagination, and refrefhes the fancy, in the midft of more ferious thoughts, to de- velope the refemblanccs of fuch extraordi- nary comparifons, and to calculate to which of the modern Heroes, the refpedive virtues of the ancient are to be appropriated ; or whether indeed the total merits of the an- tique models are not to go in the aggregate to each of the living Examples, Before, however, T become the modern Plutarch between Greeks, Romans, and Englifhmen, I beg leave to proteft againft any ferious junflion of Lord Rodney's and Mr. Haftings's charaders. However I may objed to parts of the former's condud, I hold him as much above the latter, as pradlical bravery is fuperior to fpeculative raflinefs. The one drew his fword, to fupport the public caufe — the other merely his pen, to fatiate his private enmities. Such an Admi- ral ' t i6 !• ral in his Hammock, and fuch a Governor in his Palanquin, are as widely diffimilar as the fea and land ; and furely the lead partial devotee of Rodney would fpurn at the com- parifon. ■ ' ; m t •lii ■'I m n Ml But let us turn to antiquity. " Themif* •* tocles, the Admiral of Athens, was ** fa id to have a fvvord, but no heart*"-^fo far the Grecian ftory might feem exclufively a naval precedent — But, fays the fame Plutarch, " Three beautiful Captives, allied *• to the royal blood, were feized by Thc- *' mlftocles himfelf, and facrificed, in their " fplendid Vcfls of Gold, to Bacchus, the *' Dcvourer.'* An example not lefs illuf- trated by the plunder of female dignity, and the pillage of princely vi£lim?> in Oude. ''<•■/ y ■) i;] :: * Plutarch. t Id» .;« tU . bf .7^» m ;>---i C '7 ] Of Phocion It is recorded, that ** AleX- ** ander having affigned him a prefent of a •' hundred Talents, that excellent Greek " rejc£^ed the munificent largefs with a ** modeft, but firm equanimity," giving (fays the hiftorian) an illuftrious example, " how rich that man is, who, by contrading *' his mind, has no occafioa for more," How difficult, how arduous to afcertain, who mod is entitled to fuch a parallel ; the great Oriental acceptor of prohibited prefents, or the bold inftigator of unlicenfed pillage ! But what increafes the dilemma, is the charadter and the condud of the Wife of Phocion. — *' A matron," fays Plutarch, ** of no lefs reputation among the Athenians •* for virtue and good houfewifery, than ** Phocion was for probity — Attir*d in a *' modeft and fimple habit," fays the Hiftorian, *' did this plain lady reprove a * 14* P fj flrangc ■ f/y"?':/ \H. s: >lii Ml ' ! U [ i8 1 •« ftrangc dame of Ionia, who difplaycd hef ** golden embroidery, her jewels, her brace- " lets, and her necklaces," — " F' . my ** part, Madam,*' faid the modeft matron, •* all my ornament is my good man Pho- •* clon!"-^A fentimentfo equally conform- able to each of the adduced parallels of either fex, as really to leave the mind in complete fufpence, on whom the fimilitudc can moft juftly be beftowed* ** Noil noftfum eft tantas componere litesi ** Et vitula tu dignus & hie.*-— But now as to the third comparifon.- •* When the ancient city of Veii was ftormed, ** and the foldiers were bulled in pillaging, *' and gathering riches and fpoils, Camillas ** from a lofty tower, beheld it and wept*. " —.How applicable to the mild conqueror of * PIutarch*s life of Camillus, Benares ! ^l 1: . t '9 ] Benares ! yet how equally a parallel to the humanity of the Euftatia triumph ! But Camillus, it feems, defrauded his foldiers of a portion of their fpoils — f Say, ye Eaf- tern armies ; fay, ye Weftern fleets, which of your conduftors has beft fuftained his claffick model ?— It is fortunate however that, in the la-ft Itmilitude, a diftindt Scipio may fairly be allotted to both the competitors. The ho- nours of AfMticus can fcarcely be difputcd —The name, the condu£l, and the fortune, arc equally appropriated ; for Afiaticus was not only impeached, but condemned by the ftate +, for embezzling four million of fefterces J , received in Afia on the publick account. — Africanusy however, defervcd + Id. ♦ T § Review* Da and i: 20 ] and gained a better fate. By the advice of Cato, it was moved in the Senate, that he fhouW give an account of the fpoils he had taken in the war with Antiochus — he could not, however, be formally arraigned or abfolved, bccaufe his paper Sy " the cjfentl^il *' vouchers^, wt/e ^ejlroyed "-^But the bat- tle of Zama was his defence, and a grateful people accepted the plea,-^ II »i 1 fear I h^ve wandered too widely on the fertile eminences of claffick herojfm ; I de-- fceqd with humbled thoughts. ** To the fuhjefleJ plain " With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms.** I will not wound the high feeling of Lord Rodney's mind, by one ferious refuta- tion of a comparlfon between /lis brave and manly charad^er, however tinged or dif- Coloured by a trauhent cloud of Avarice; and that C 21 J le id lid or M It- that of a Chil Commander, wliofvi whole adminlftration is at this moment delibe- rately and folemnly charged with Pecula- tion, with Oppreflion, with Violation of Treaty ; with the dethroning of Sovereigns, the dcfolation of Provinces, and the extir- pation of Nations. — God forbid, that a Culprit arraigned for fo black a mafs of enormous offence, (hould for a moment be prejudged! — Itis truehe ischarged withthofe delinquencies by a man of undifputed know- ledge, and unfufpe£led integrity. — Of one of the mod malignant of thofe delinquencies he is already judged to be apparently guilty. — May the juflice, but the merciful ju (lice, of his Country revolve the various feries of his actions, with a deep and confcientious attention to the character, and the honour of the EngrslL name; but with a mild and lenient recollection of the weaknefs and frail- ty of !)uiiian nature. Sud\ be the ultimate deciiloti ^r If! m K it [ " ] t deciiion on Mr. Haftlngs. — But let not his name, at this moment, be blended with Lord Rodney's ! — Vi even the unworthy have been illegally deprived of their ill-got wealth, let the whole be fcrupnloiifly reftored. — - But let National Gratitude give eafe, give opulence, to their brave officer, and recom- pcnce to his gallant companions — What the fpirit of Ireland beftowed on the Champion of her Conftitution, let the juftice of Eng- land render to the protestor of her Sove- reignty — And, if the plodding penury of one narrow mind ftart at the profufion, let hii* Grace of Richmond be told, it was no^ ^he Expence of his ridiculous whims that revolt- ed againft the judgement of a Britifh Houfe of Commons. The very men who moft oppofed that filly extravagance, would fland foremoft in a liberal vote for the fuppport :^nd the honour of our Navy. Lit ^B I Amid (..xtr 1 — • i [ 23 ] Amid the exercife of perfonal refleftioili the little manual of St. James's interfperfes ' a few elementary attempts a^ poetical and political Crlticifm. — The Beauties of the Rolllad, and the Graces of the Commer- cial Treaty, are introduced as a fort of en* tremets in the pleafant banquet that regale? the nice tafte and faftidious appetites of its Courtly Guefts. The great fubftantlal difhes require a judicious mixture of lighter *]ainties 1 and efpecially, after a hot Curry ^ the pretty trifling of the fecond courfe, and the cracking a few literary walnuts and edifying cherries, in queft of interleaved mottoes; or the iioping a little of Mr, Eden's frothed cream ; are delicate re- laxations from the fatigues of venlfon : while the two Secretaries of State are juft collaterally mentioned, like the cold things on the fide table—- and the Chancel- lor and Lord Hawkefbury referved as a Devil'd '■:<'' i , / r. ■> J. iil' i s : !'!( :fl in] DevilM Gizzard, and a dried Flerring, by way of bonne boucJoe, before the defert. It IS no Very aufplclous prefage of po- litical judgement, to betray a (hallownefs of Critical Taflc. — The Review is profufe of general applaufe on Rolliads and Odes, But then, what fignificant apprehenfions, that all their befl points mufl fink into ob- fcurity, as rapidly as the pcrfonalities of the Dunciad : or, in other words, that General Political Satire is j lift as perifhable, as temporary Attack on obfcure Scribblers and Bookfellers, who were fcarcely known in their day. Thus weak on Literature, let us try the Reviewer on ferious, fober bufinefs : the Commercial Treaty. Firft, " Jt is preg- *' nant, (he fafely obfcrves) with unknown *' benefits, or — injuries.'* " It's a complete " Revolutioi^ [ ^5 1 ** Revolution ; but — only an experiment.*'* V;It departs from all the policy of paft •* ages; it is complicate, intricate^ yet tnafi ** be regarded with predilection*,** But above all, he adds, " The People of Eng« *' land will aft as ignorant, credulous ** dupes, unlefs they accept the prefent ^' Treaty ; becaufe it bears an intimate ". refemblance to the former^ which they <« rejefted.*' And then " It's fo mild an ** interchange," * " and fo reciprocal," * ** and fo unlike" " thofe illiberal, de*oaJilng ** wars*"* •...,„ . • ,r ., V'f a ,i«< With mahy holiday Jind hdy terms, , ; ;, ; *r Talking fp like a waiting gentiewo^lao* , ** Of drums and guns and wounds— God fave the " mark,-— ' ! " And that *twaS great pity, fo it wis, ' « That villainous faltr|ietre IhouH bedfggM '^ - ** 'Out of the bowels of the harmlefs earth*^ - 1 I ** And all that. 'bald, unjointed chat.**; - ! . j 1 (I •'^ . '>.. 'I C\ * Review, E :C' J i ', —For f. 1 1 ' II I iil 'I Ji m Ill f »6 ] — For pity*s fake, to what are wc to at- tribute this cxceffive flimfinefs, even to' drivcHIng, in cur Courtly Reviewer; ani crt a fubjeft too, where a fudden and un- precedented attempt to facrificc all the high views and priwciples, that for ages have dignified and exalted our national charac- ter, already appears ta have awakened and alarmed the feelings of every liberal and diiintercfted charadtcr in the kingdom, " DkTenticntes conditioniBus' . ** Foedis & exemplo trahenti <* Perniciem, veniens ki avum."^ — But poflSbly the Reviewer has thought it unfair to Mr. Rofe to anticipate that true fort of lumping, bulky, cumberfonie. Commercial Fan^phlet, which the unprc- fumii^ S^cr^tery is preparipg on thq|f reach Treaty^ as a companion to his Defence of the Iri(h Propofitions. What a happy profped^ of ample atonement for this •mi )rc- of I this C a; ] firji frivolous Defence of the Treaty by the Reviewer ! We now can look forward to a real,fubftantial, folid, unwieldy Tra ft; ftuff- od with all the erudition of an Exclfeman • ^nd interlarded with Diidionary fcience, and garbled Reports ; where tlie graud £ubje£lfi Coo are arranged^ lil^e th^ various ftrala of Hhe earth ! On the external cjruft^ d^in;id aoid vege- lable dopun^ents ; w o o u • COTTON. HOPS, FLAX. HE MP J In the intermediate regions, kfs fupcr* jicial and more folid matter ; FtJLLER'S EARTH! Ill I ill COAL! In ''.1^1 I :. ; 1 m (ill f ?rHI r !i( m I p I: Iff? ! ■ r " * '! .i [ a8 ] In the ftlll inferior, with due refpc(5l tg gravitation, the heavier maffes of minerj\l and metallick information ; COPPER IRON BRASS! . It would indeed have proved a moft irk- fome taik to a polite writer, to encroach on a toil fo properly allotted to patient duUneft j —for how few are the^e who have the me-? chanick induftry to turn out, like the Scotch Pedlars of Commercial Compofition, with their pack of petty affortments ; their Shef- field fclflars, and their Birmingham buttons ? Every leaf of thefe motley compofitions difplays an epitome of all the tricks of in* vitation, that are pradifed by the triades they difcufs; f /me of them intoxicating the eye, like Vir^tners' windows, with B{1 ANDY? l^VMl and B^ITIS^ SPIRIT! in i I 'J. caj>itals~ il [ 29 ] capitals— while others denote their beaten track, and towns of baiting; like the letter-* ed pannels of a ftage coach, in characters of a moft exteniive and convincing (ize ; as, HULL, BOCKING, LEEDS, BRAINTREE, WAKEFIELD, °^ DUN MOW, YORK, COLCHESTER, &c. , 1 H It has been well faid, that, on fuch topicks, A Warehoufe is more ufcful than a Li- brary, and a Clothier a better autho- rity than a Claffick. Leaving there- fore the lilly and the ftupid equally to oblivion ; let us turn to loftier or to gentler themes ; the combined laurels of the im- mortal Frederick^ or the milder olive of a domeftick Sovereign, i! Incomparable in the feledion of ancient parallels ■«»■ sswssm III Uh It ij 11 t M I 4 If in >i r f; ' ' iflM t " ' li ■■ [ 3° 3 parallels, with what equal perfplciuty has the plealant writer of the Court Review connected two migiity Monarchs, of mo^ dern date, in one little Pamphlet ! With an exciirfive flattery, that hounds from the ram- part of Potfdam to the Caftle Ditph at Windfor; with a digrelfive fervility that at one moment, mopes over the State Tomh at Berlin ; the next, wearies the tutelary Gods f Britain with Tory Thankfgivings ?— - what talents, what tafte, what feelings muft he poflefs, tp render fuch ingenious homage, both to dead and living Royalty I — How gracefully does he ftrew the Pruffiaii Grave with deathlefs flowers ! •* Splendour •' of talents"* — ** Every fublime endow- ** mentof the human mind"f— "graced with " both Miner vas," J *' with unexample4 •' difplay of mihtary prowefe, and civij * Review, p. 50. f Page 51. t Page 53* « wifi ; C 31 ) " wifdom,*'§ " he fecured, he extenJed his •' dominions ,'* || ** the protedlor of van- *• quifhed enemies." ^* Clement and for- •* giving even to injuries moft wounding."- '* Courted and admired throughout Europe " bj its Princes." Such are the pure foufces of no cafual popularity. — The fame of Frederick is not fabricat;;d on the rotten foundation of the faults or follies of others. — Chlldlefs as Charles the 2d, or William the 3d *, the King of Pruffia was not protected by the name of father, or of hulband t • — J^^ did not^ even after repeated defeats, and In the midft of a difaftrous war, when his armies were flaughtered, and his fubjedls* lands laid wafte by the enemy ; he did not fiy from § Review, p. 5. II la. p. 6. * Review. t Id. ':,l per [R 4- r i- [ 3* ] perils, (fomewhat greater than a mob of boyd could menace,) like the good uxurioUs Priam, to the proteding arms of Hecuba, and her diffufive offspring.— Still lefs did this incau- tious Hero plant batteries ih his park, or furround his Palace with a triple camp* m ii r! ■'' <' '■ I 1 .r, if! jl! 1. 1 ' 1- .,( : Let us paufe, before wc touch on the fuc- ceeding portion of this Royal comparifort —let us paufe, to indulge fome honeft warmth, againft the weaknefs, the wicked- nefs, the criminal ineptitude, of that mean and miferable band ; who, falfely denomina- ted the Friends of Majefty, and who, mea- furing the Royal feelings, by the miferable medium of their own, have prefumed to infti- gate the friends of Mr. Haftings, to a mix* ture of the names and charaflers of the lirft in rank and virtue, with the difrepuiable fubjeft of India politics, and the fallcE' catife of a rafh, prefumptuous man. - . To |i !i: [ 33 ] To what, but this mixture of the foolifli Runners, and dependants on Mr. Haflings, can we attribute the whole of a compo- fition, the diredl obje6l of which is evident- ly to lower every nmne to the level of Mr. Haftings's; and with pcrverfe, foolirti ma- lice, to addrefs that fpecies of flattery to His Majcfty, which of all others muft wound his feelings moft feverely : that bafe flattery of, not indeed advancing the royal name, or even doing juftice to it ; on the contrary, of infinitely hurting it, by flrange and ridi- culous comparifons ; but of detrafting from the fenfe, the principle, the honour of the Prince of Wales*s name, as an acceptable facrifice to unaccountable jealoufy — Yet, that fuch has been M^/V conception, is plain,, from every page of the compofition we have criticifed. — To foment an unhappy divifion in the Royal Family — To fcatter unwar- rantable doubts among the People — To in- F finuate 1 ? I Ptr li f -i h ^;i ■. ,1: [ 34 ] iinuate vifionary apprebenfions — To give an idea of a connexion impracticable in law, contradidory to the fpirit of the ConftitiN tion, and which to dream of realizing were madnefs, or idiotifm, — That fuch has been the genuine motives of this in^ fidions attempt, is fairly dedncible from a plain, candid examination of the whole of the Court Pamphlet ; not o^T'lie Court in its proper fenfe, — but of the vermin of the Court, — of the fawning, flattering fooI>, who are of more prejudice to their Royal Maimer, than hoih of bold opponents, and open dlfapprovers. Mi i "i!; Ill ,/i ni Confider for a moment this fenfelefs at- tempt at Royal Panegyrick — What is the amount of the praifes prepared for His M2Je% ? Firft, in lieu of the loft Co- Jonies, there are nearly as many Royal f'hildren — and then, allayed by dor meftick [ 35 ] ftieftick continence and decorum alone, burft forth '* deflriK^ive CGuncils*," — «« accu- *' mulated taxes'^," — " difgrace abroad*,'' ** dlftrefs at home %'* — *« political infignl- *' ficance entailed on a degraded Klng- ** dom */* All thefe are fummed np, even rhetorical 1)^, on the debtor fide. . And what is tiie credit, per contra f — Why, firft of all, *' His Msjefty is a married nnn * ;— then he has a fine family'* * — and a curious pidlure is drawn of a moralizing mobf refting on their bludgeons, to defcant on thefe pious themes, andatlaft philofcphical- ]y refolving not to break the palace windows; — becaufe their fovereign— had a wife and children*. m. Next, the Coalition is another great auxiliary lupport * of the King's popu- larity — Lord North and Mr. Fox ftiook * Review. F2 hands, ill* .'-n^r if" fi [ 36 ] hands, and right or wrong, that recon- ciliation made the King popular. — Thirdly, the India bill was a very bad bill, and therefore the King, grew more popular.*- nW I k 1 Fourthly, a mad woman put a defert knife in a fheet of paper, and held out both to the King, and that made the King more and more popular."* — and two or three Towns began addrefling, and then every other Town could not but addrefs too — to the violent increafc of the Kirg*s popularity*. But lafl, and above all, the Prince of Wales grew impopular, and therefore his Father got alljhe popularity he loft — * Thus — on the one hand, politive mifcon- dua * Rcvlevf» tl' t 37 ] duftand fubftantial misfortune, backed with the Siibjed's dlftrefs, and the Country's dlf- honour, are diredlly imputed as the Jhades of charader — and tolerably gloomy they are— -while the lights are pale and feeble in- deed, and moft of them cold and dim as Moonfhine — mere negative virtues in the pofleflbr--- propped on the fuppofed depra- vity of others— -on a cafualty~*on Corpo- ration compliments-^a mad Miliener — and a giddy Prince. Now it is plain this laft was confidered as the great point to urge — from a ridicu- lous conception entertained by the writer and his abfurd advifers, that there is a fort f^f policy in all Sovereigns to deprefs their ^ * '«»*ent Succeflbrs. ^- That fuch a policy bi.L too frequently exifted in defpotick con- fiitutions may be vouched by hiftory— Phi- lip the Second of Spain, whofe pcrverfe and ignorant m f I* I; If if V,' ,: 1; 'I C 38 ] Ignorant ambition ferit the Duke d'AlvA to force taxation on his Colonies with the bayonet and the rack, aftd who loft them by the mad attempt ; in hatred of his Son Don Gnrlos, and of that imprudent predi- lection for liberty, which the Prince had avowed ; firil: traduced andopprefTed the ill- fiited Youth, by falfe accufationsand a fuborn- cd condemnation; then It dly murdered him. But wherefore recur to any . ant Period for Examples of the Jealoufy of defpotick Princes agalnft thofe whoare prefently hateful to them, becaufe, even in future, and when, I) in the courfe of Nature they are io be no mere, their followers may ultimately be as great as themfelves. The wretched Jea- loufies of Afiatick Defpotifm are innume- rable. In cxacl proportion as the Prince is graced with every Quality that properly diftinguifhes his Rank; in proportion as he • is fpirited, liberal, munificent, attractive by .): L 39 ] by his Perfoii and his Manners ; hi juft an equal degree he becomes odious to the gloomy Tyrant of the Seraglio. — The Mutes nod away his chara6ler — the Bow- ftring terminates his life — Nor has the defpotifm of modern Europe (for where has the ambition of France left a fpark of Liberty but in England ?) appeared lefs generally, though operating with more cau- tious and more difcreet feverity The late Emprefs of Germany kept her fon as a State Pauper, to make him obedient to her own caprice, and a (lave to the Monks, whom fhe enriched at his expence. — Circumftan- ces are a little inverted at prefcnt. — What bigotry withheld or mifapplied, has rigidly been reclaimed by the edifts of a clever Man ftarved into a Reformer. — What Chains of Penury were faftened even on the Prince of Pruffia, by his Mighty Predeceflbr !— Jipw far the /^q/I reftraints on the gallantry of that t • [ 40 ] 'i'm, H;:t' '■' I'ili' 'Si i m if' '■ i: ^ |i "i that Monarch may have produced a multi- plicity of/ r^;r^ Amours, is an unfair inquiry — but certainly His Mnjefty of Pruffia wag too poor to have a Miftrefs before He afcend- ed his Throne — In Rufiia, the tender ex* penditures of Imperial patronage may be fome excufe for the diflrefles in which the grand Duke and Duchefs are retained. Where a Sovereign, who has a tafte for va- riety, prefides, the only man in her dominion?, who muft defpair of her munificence, is he who has the honour, but ill fortune, to be too nearly her relation. — In Spain, the Prince of Aflurias, with all his ^ tailed and manly feelings, has long been in fubjec- tion to poverty ;-^the admired yet negledled vidim of jealoufy and weaknefs.-^But not one of thefe precedents, except in the minds of traitors or of fools, can fupply the flight- eft ground of imitation in the free conftitu- tion of England^-under the moderate power of l!f m [ 4. ] of a limited Monarch, the very tenure of its prefcribed authority; the public laws which define, and reftrain its extent, and, above all, the general Spirit of a National charafter, that will circumfcribe Its opera- tions ; all appeal to the wifdom and the feelings of the fupreme Maglftrate of fuch a State, to quell every meddling wilh, to fubdue every fecret propenfity, that leads to the dangerous heights of inordinate ambi- tion.— Such a Monarch will learn to ef- timate the diredion of a free People, as a great and facred truft deputed to him for the beft and nobleft purpofes ; and to the laft refignation of which, he may look for- ward with the fame mild complacency, that private life revolves the fucceffion of a well- ufed patrimony. — Who then is that infi- dious malignant, that has prefumed to pub- lifh to the world, that, the hope of a future age has " departed from that filial piety G " and ■Ik 'if f if" [ 42 ] <« and obecliencc i ' * which nature, which duty, which, -^bove ill, a father's virtues demand, -ara def', ve • 1 1] 'ii'-m ;!<•;! *! Let us recall a few fads, plain, and undifputed. Notwithftanding the (light domefiick dif- fention, which unfortunately had fublitted for fome time ; what was His Royal Highnefs's fenfe of filial affedion, on the firft rumour of the King's danger ? Without a moment's delay, he haftened to throw himfelf at His Majeftj/'s feet.— It is in the knowledge of every one, that His Royal Highnefs was not admitted to the Royal Prefence.— The ncceffity for providing a proper refi- dence at Carleton Houfe, augmented the expenditure of the Prince.— 'The difficulty * Review. was vm '' 'ii [45 ] was fiated with every poffible refpe£l. No redrefs was afforded. — The revenues of the Dutchy of Cornwall veft in a Prince of Wales the moment of his birth— On the loweft poliible eftimate, the annual receipts are 10,000^. a year. The accumulation of thefeprotits during the courfc of His Royal Highnefs's minority, amount to a fum much more than fufficient to cancel the incurred debt. If the Prince had humbly fplicited the payment of that fum, on .grounds unqiieftionably legal, it is fcarcely poffible that the common ties of parent and child, or the general principle of Mainte- nance could have been held lefs binding on the higheft, than on all the other ranks pf fociety. Nor do the various grants, that Parliament, from time to time, moft liberally provided for every poffible increafe of the civil expenditure, leave a ground for fuppo- f^i i G fingi f I' t [ 44 ] ling, that the revenue of the Prince could be ftated as applied and appropriated to the pur-i pofcs of education during his Highnefs' mi- nority- — Yet a requlfition of what never was offered i however fan6iioned hy juftice» law, and almoft neceffity, might, poffibly, have been mifconftrued into offence.-r— The claim, therefore, never was made. — May we not inquire then, to which part of thefe inftances, the charafter of a "a Depar- ** ture from the facred and primeval laws of ♦' nature" is io be affixed ? — Or from what bofom we are to deplore the abfence of " na-f ** toral and kindly aflcdtions ?"* — Do they contain a trace, a (hadow of ^^ filial impiety and difobedience ? " * Or do any other in- ftances exift of a ncglcd oi filial duty ? ^ Revewji p. 17, Peprive^ . [ 45 ] Depi-ivecl of a proper refidence, and fcnfiblc of the irkfome lituation of continuing in fo unfnitable an appearance as the neceflary dif-» miffion of his houfehold mnft occafion, it was his Highnefs's wifti to go abroad. — His Majefty's difapprobation of the purpofe was fuggefted ; — and inftanlly that fuggcftioa was obeyed as a command, — I \ All England, all Europe, are acquainted with the voluntary appropriations made by his Highnefs of more than half of his income, to the gradual payment of the increafed debt. \M Neither the common fenfe nor the natural feeling of the reader (hall be infulted with p fingle comment on fuch a facrificc. — 1 . 1: As for the dark infinuation of an ambigu- ous Contte£iton\ though already adverted to, it cannot be too often or too plainly refuted, • by It [ 46 ] by this dircft, unequivocal anfwer ; that the Laws and Conftitution of England muft be annihilated, before a union of that nature can poflibly take place ; both the fplrit and the letter of our ftatutes confronting, op- poiing, and repelling it, by fixed and infur- niountablc barriers. i' :! Having lodged this Solemn, anJ explicit anfwer to the ungenerous, and unmanly infinuatlons that have bafely been diffemi- nated on this fubjedl, I might inquire with what confiftency thofe very fame " impolfoned arrows,*'* which are con- traband even for Wit to carry to Kew or Windfor, become articles of open trade, and free of all duty, in the dulleft adventure againft Carleton Houfc ? — Its '* unfair, * un- "^dignified, J ungenerous perfonality ; " to hunt out " the little weakncfs infeparable * Review. from from [ 47 ] . ** from mortality," — If a King's in qwef- tion— " Such divinity doth hedge a King I** -^ But to afperfe, to malign, to falfify a Prince, is merely a fort of petty Treafon, for which it may not be impoflible to obtain a Nolo Profequi, or even a pardon. — I might too inquir how a Gentleman, who, with very ufeful candour, confeffes he has never been admitted to the Prince's prefcnce, can reafonably proclaim himfelf the Cenfor of His Royal Highnefs's fociety. — That every man of the moft approved abilities, of the ft refined wit, of the moft elegant man-- ners, was felefted by the Prince, as the beft honour of his table, (while He had one,) can only be unknown to fuch, vvhofc conftitu- tional habits of treachery, (a defcription, pofTibly not ambiguous, or indefinite to the Reviewer,) have marked them out, as the moft dangerous, and the moft unworthy alTociatcs, dther in public or private life, — In Ifi «■ 1.1 % ^ III f* ' 9! ' !« I t ^8 3 • lii a focicty, where thofe whofe refpe(5a* bility and excellence of charafter even the Court Pamphlet has admitted ; and where too even a few of the prefent Minifters have not iinfreqiiently appeared, either from un* tramelled tafte, or as fpies ;— -the quick, ob- ferving talents, the familiar, yet never un* guarded manners, of an accomplifhed mind, have indicated every hereditary quality that could be wiOied f *r, and, (is it neceffary to add ?) have unequivocally deroted the man- ners of a gentleman, and the fpirit of a man of honour. — To the guefts of Carlcton Houfe, the Portlands, the Fitzwilliams, (the Rock- inghams of their day :) to the ready talents, that can turn from politicks to poetry, from a debate to criticifm, (row argument to w1t, in a word, to all the verfatile fa'^ultles and powers of Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Erfkine, Mr. Hare, Mr. Fitzpatrick — to thcfe, and to the judgement and tafle that 3 can *i. ' [ 49 ] can feleft, and telifh fuch coilmanions, are Oppofed, by the good-natured fpirit of the Review, the cafnal toleration of lome two or three couple of would-be Jefters, and vo- lunteer Macaros ; who, by virtue of a moil adhefive perfeverance, and hard-ttotting horfcs, will fidle to the Prince in Myde Park, or pefter him at Newmarket. . That any ferious objection canexifljn a rational mind on fuch ridiculous grounds, is fcarcely more abfurd t'lan the curious lamen- tation of the Court Pamphlet, that His Royal Kighnefs, in thefe degenerate times, will fcarcely becom.e fo warlike, or appear fo re- doubtab^?, as Henry of Agincourt. — An alarm which really it is not t2{y to ov^ercome during a general Peace; and when, u - luckily too, there remain neither Rebels in America, nor Tri(h Volunteers, to allure the mind to ftudy Tactlcks in General Fawcett*s H ■ •' Fiay I : :f 11 b hidiUrti. .' ..,i,t"JL:.l- iia*-iW;:L\»iii.4iiS'i;.L*k.-«iiHiJfe«;t «Vflipi«PV!pp C 5° ] ■ ^,i^m^- m flip ■'A "5?-; «.-s^- » l.'i 1^^? •- 4 (?« Salutes,** or Sir George How* ard's Converfation. — But it miift partly remove our concern on this fubjed^, to reflet:, that, as henceforward we are to become a trading Nation, it might much interrupt the growing amity of Frarfce, if in any degree we recurred to fuch obfolete and unpleafant precedents of Military feats, — Poffibly therefore, fince His Majefty's Minifters may not have any immediate occa- fioii to roufe the feelings of ancient days, they may think it wifer, ns well as more difcreet, in future, not openly to encourage any very violent Libels, either on the ho- nour of a beloved and injured Prince, or the fenfe and fpirit of a brave, though op^ prefled, People. /, . »*■ THE END. 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