AN E NTI R E N EW WO R

A R T Y R S ;

E W B O O K

O F T H E

S ufferings the Fa ithful .

Crue l hi s eye , yet caft

S igns of remorfc and pa ll ion to beholdThe fe l lows of h i s cam e

, the fol lowers rather,M x l l xons of Spin ts for In ; fau lt amerc

’d

O f H eav’n,and from eternal fplendors flung

For his revolt ; yet faithfu l how they floodThen glory withered

MI LTON , B, i . 694 ,

I N T R O D U C T I O N .

A FULL conv iction of the m any advantage s

wh ich the good peopl e of England have derived

from that v ery ex cel len t w ork ent i tl ed 11Book

of -M’czrty rs , publ ifli ed by M! . John Fox , in the

beg inn ing of the lafi cen tury , has induced me

in thefe cri ti ca l tim es , when the Confiitu tion i s

e v iden tl y in as m uc h danger from Prerogat i ve

and Secre t Influence , as it was at th e above

per iod from Popery , and fince that period from

th e Pretende r , to adopt the fam e plan in pol i tic s,

and to compi l e for our edification and encon

ragem ent, a com plete fyfiem of th e pol i t i ca l

m artyro l og'y of the prefent day ; wherein the

l i ve s and action s of thofe who have fough t un

fuccefsful ly , and have fuffered nohly in thei r

difinterelied purfu its , (hal l be d i ligently com

B memorated.

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memorated. To thofe, therefore, who have

the courage and perfeverance to go on in the

fam e path , I prefent the fol lowing manual ,

w i th my earnefi hopes that i t may prove

an ufeful compani on in their hours of m ed i

tation , and furn ifh them as wel l with plent

tiful fources of comfort, as w ith noble patterns

for their emulation .

FOX ’

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P O X’

s M A R T Y R S .

TH E younger brother of Mr . P-l h-m,

m ember for th e county of L a—ln ; has been forfom e year s

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in the army , and e lected by hisbrother at B-v-rley . In th i s borough th e fam i ly interef’t of th e P-lh-m s has been long

predom inant ; and in Mr . Fox ’ s book of pol it i cal w ifdom i t was wr i tten , that the defiinedtitle of Mr . P-lh-m was to have been takenfrom th i s ant ient borough .

Qu is tal ia fandoTemperet a l acrym is

The raoer were o rdered, and the coronet be

fpoke, th e jufi reward of many a fieady vote ;ye t al l thefe b loom ing honours w i thered inDecember lafi, and it polfibly may requi re

S ay who the melancholy tale that b ears ,Can check hi s forrows, and refrain from tears 2

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fom e time to e x plain to the m ember for L—ln(h i re , that n o t even the a ccident of the grea t

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a l can enable Mr . Fox to fulfil that engagem en t, which feem ed fo l i ttl e palatable to the

e leftors of B-v - l -y ,that they rej ected Mr .

A nd n ; and by thi s rejea ion hav e l eftMr .

P- lh-m the ti tle of hi s on ly rem a in ing borough ,from wh ich , at the re ite rat ion of h i s H ighnefs

the Lord Pro tector , he may take the fi ilc of

Ba ron of GR E AT GR -M SBY .

A N T * * N Y

A m erchan t in London ,who two and twen ty

years ago fuccceded not to the in tegrity , the

v i rtue , the generofity , or publ i c fpirit, but tothe feat of Mr . W i lke s for the borough of

Ayl - ib n

y . Before the pal iing of S i r P. C lerk e’

s

bi l l it w as not w onderfu l that th is refpec’table

m ember {hou ld find a good m arket for h i s m er

chandiz e w i th gove rnm en t , and fhou ld, in the

fucceffion of events , recomm end him fel f to Lord

N -rth for a pr inc ipal (h are in the benefi cial con

trea s of the Am e rican war . Few perfons

feem to have form ed their friendfh ips m ore

judicioufly ;

judicioufly ; but hav ing fol lowed th i s noble'

Lord , as he had don e fo rm er Minifters, into

th e Adm in ifiration formed by the Coa l i t ion ,

Upon the i r difm ifii on ,he , for the firi

’t t im e ,

e rred in h i s cal cu lat i on , and fupported Mr .

Fo x out of office . Upon the diffo lution , the

gloriou s flam e wh i c h reac hed the fartheft ends

of the ifland dec ided h i s rej ect ion in thi sborough. He has ret i red , therefore

,to the

co mfor t of a pl en tifu l for tun e, gained by form er cont raéi s ; but h e w i l l p robably reflect, thata l though in th e language of Shylock , A nton ioi s a good m an ,

” h e wou l d at leaft hav e beenm ore p ruden t if he had e xactly cal cu lated h i s

new connea ion w i th M r . FO X .

w e L L M M B t K ’ft R,

T H E firf’t cham p ion of Par l iam enta ry lm

peachmen ts, the terror of Sec ret Advifers, the

A tlas of the H oufe of Comm on s , forme rlySher iff of London , and fo great a profi c ien t inoratory , that from th e part ial ity of h is ward hebade fa i r to be an A lderm an . H ow h i s connec

ti on began w i th the town of Hertford i s noteafy

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eafy to mai ze out. we know l ittle of him but

from his ow n accoun t, and from that informa

t ion we m uft pronounce him a perfect legiflator ,and a confumm ate pol iti c ian . In h i s addrefs tothe el ectors of H -rtf—d, he hates to them

p retty roundly , that no one i s fo w ell qual ifieda s him felf to fram e thofe laws wh ich theexigency of the t im es requ i re ; and of hi s ik il l in pol itical p rophecy he gi ves the m ofi unequ ivoca lfpecim en by foretell ing hrf’t h i s own re-eleftion,

and fecondly , that the borough of H -rtf—rd

wou l d not addrefr h is Majetiy . Nothing was

now wanting to efiab l ifh the prophetical cred i tof thi s gentl em an , who m igh t in tim e hav e rival l ed even poor R obin and Patr idge . Twentyfou r h ou rs clofed thi s v ifion ; and the elefl ors

of H - rtf—d, by voting unanimoufly an‘

addrefs

to the K ing , and rejeéting Mr . B-k -r, gave to

that gentlem an th e ex aét ch imate in wh i ch they

hel d h i s parl iam en tary wifdom and e xertion s inthe detea ion of th is gunpowder treafon , his

l ettu re Upon Back Stai rs , and, above al l,his

panegyri c u pon the v i rtue, integrity , and mo

derat ion of Mr . F OX .

FR*N**S

E * S S *T .

WHEN we con fi der the boafled property of

th i s fam i ly in th e boroughs of C-rnw-l l , we are

fl artled at th e figh t of thi s nam e am ong th el ift of fu

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fferers ; and im ag ne that a certain

Baronet m u ll h ave been gu i lty of exaggerat ionin the {l ate of h i s pretenfion s to a Peerage prefented to a late Secre tary of State . His m if-ca lculation m ight be ow ing to hafte , but we can

n ot fuppofe i t to be w i lful . He reckoned uponth e influence wh i ch had at tended th e gentlemanof c red i t and independence ; he confidered not

how l ittl e of tha t was l ikely to remain to thefol lower of M r. FOX .

R ’l f C l-I ’H ‘D

W E cannot but lamen t that any perfon of

th i s refpeétab le nam e fhou ld be deem ed unwor

thy of a renewal of the confidence of h i s confiituents . We {h al l not, howeve r, difpute thepu ri ty of his mot iv es , o r t he independence of

h i s p rinc i p le s

Wh at’s l iberty of confcience,

In th’natural and genuine fenfe ?

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’Tis to refiore with more fecurityR ebell ion to its antient pur ityFor a large con fcience is al l one

,

A nd fignifies the fame with none.

H un raa a s .

a m t-a w R H M S e N B e W *

S .

W E w i l l take Up the hiflory‘

of th i s gentlem an at the period wh i ch he wou ld him felf recommend ; that of h is m arriage

, which gavehim , together with a mofi fplendid fortune, thenam e of B-w- s. From long hered itar y attachm en t to th i s nam e the electors of N—c—tle

adopted th e choice of Lady Str-thm -re, and re

turned th i s gentleman to two fuccefli ve Parl iam ents . O ur readers w i l l fcarcely bel iev e thehiftory of his converflon from t he opin ions of

h i s confiituents and from thofe wh ich h e had

h imfelf profefled. Poflefled of a fortune be

y ond h is mo lt fangu ine hopes , no pecuniaryal lurem ent s cou l d be propofed. Mr . F- x nu

dertook to fecu re h i s vote , and he gained i t ata price , wh ich upon h is return to Brookes’ s,he declared to be more extravagan t than any

for which he had negociated, the price of pafli ngtwo fol itary hours of dinner w i th Mr . B-W-s.

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Both part ies were fenfib le to th e value of th i s

vifit ; for if Mr . F-x fel t and complained of

t hat drudgery , wh ich he underwent for the

comm on caufe, Mr . B-w-s was equal ly fenfible

to th e dif’tingu ithed honou r of recei v ing at his

tabl e th i s difin terefied fr iend . Yet u pon th i sd inner tu rned the e leé’tion for N -wc—~ t le : Forh i s confl ituen ts , l i tt l e fenfible of th e va lue of

fuch a conneétion , h ave, by rej ecting him , l eft

him leifure to digef’t in qu i et h is d inner w ith

M r . F O X .

W *L S *N BR‘

t DYLL .

TH E temper and refignation wi th wh ichth i s refpeé

’table gen tl eman has m ade h i s retreat,

do the greatefi cred it to h i s forefight and unde r

fianding. The al lurem ent was great for him to

t ry that experim en t at L -nc- ter , into wh ich therafhnefs of h i s fri ends has betrayed them at

York , at Hu l l and at Newcafile . But h i s better gen iu s gu ided him , and taught him to prefe ra peaceabl e and graceful reti rem en t, to the vami ty of oppofing the fenfe of the People

, and

the r idi cu le of Uphold ing to a fhrewd and

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fenfible body of Freemen th e beneficial tendeney of

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th e India Bi l l , and the vi rtu es of Mr.

FO X.

S I R C H it ’t‘

i’G S B *N B*Y,

H lT H ER T O reprefentative for th e county

of S -ff-k , a feat , wh i ch h i s anceflors have

frequently fil led . O f h i s early hifiory we knowl ittle , except from the letters publ ilhed by D

’

Eon ,

in wh ich i t appears that the Due de N ivernois,then Ambaffador from France to England, faid

of him Que guoz'

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ef pa r un Milom ’

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pourra bien l’

étre This feem s at al l tim es to havebeen h i s pol i tical purfu it ; and in th e eyes of

Mr . F- x he mu ll have been particularly qual i

fied for the P eerage, as h e has gone th rough the

whol e of the academ i cal education taught eithe r

at Brookes’

s or N ewm arket. To the vu lgar nu

derfiandings of the Freeholders of S -ff-k , th i spear l was thrown away. In vain he endeavou redto give to thei r narrow m inds a j olt con cept ionof th e moral s , the v i rtues, and the abi l iti e s ofMr .” Fox , by offering himfel f as th e l i v ingimage of hi s fr iend . To h is own P enitentia ry

H og/es thofeGoth s have configned him ; and havechofen

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chofen in hi s room a Member old-fathioned

enough to be honef’t, ignoran t enough to lo vethe Confl itution , and one who , from th eOpin i on s of h i s ne ighbou rs and hi s own obfer

vati on , firm ly bel ieves , th at of al l an imal s , none

is m ore treacherous, more greedy , or more m if

cheivous,than a F O X .

G’M t R G E B*'

N G ,

A nam e l i ttl e known , except for th e m if

conduél and m i sfortunes of one of th e fam i ly ,t i l l the w eak and ru inou s fyfiem of Lord N—hi n the governm en t of t h i s K ingdom had difpofedthe body of th e Peop le , and parti cularly of the

Coun ty of M-dl-f- x , to th e el ect i on of any o ne,

Upon whom they cou l d depend for Oppofi tion to

m eafures . I n fearching th e H oufe of Common sth ey cou l d not find one, who had been u n i

form ly m ore perfonal in h i s execrati on of thatMinif’ter th an Mr . B-ng. Th is was hi s primaryrecomm endat ion ; and how we l l h e has j ufi ifled the difcernm ent of his el ectors , appeared fromthe forward and aetive part whi ch h e took in

form ing the Coal i t ion . From the ind ignati onC 2 of

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of the Publ i c, and from the rejeé’tion wh ich

has enfued, h e may col lecft hi s own condemna

t ion . H is advertifement complains that he hasfal len the victim to an ariflocracy . This G en s

tlem an’

s Op i n i on u pon that fubjeé’t m ufi be en

riou s, as h i s language and conduit always profeffed to j uf

’tify the i r G s of and

of P -tl -d, for the very m eafure, of which he

fo bitterly com plains in their G ra -s of N dand N le. Thefe op in ions and manyo thers h e has found it exped ien te to vary wi ththe times ; and

,to fay t ruth , there was m uch

of the form er creed of Mr . B-ng, when burgefsfor Wig-n , which does not feem qu i te reconci leable w ith that of the late Member for M-dl-fex .

But even in that borough h i s hopes are now at

an end ; and ti l l his form er patron can negociate

another feat in S t. Stephen’

s for one in Weftm inf

’ter Hal l if , he mu ll be content to take hi s

place w i th Mr. Pearfon at th e Door . Therewh ile the Mu/z

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ermryteif laip w ith in devol ves on

A s the reafon o f th i s ex pedi ency , m al ice m ay polfi bly fuggelt

th e appom tni en t of Lord T gt-n to b e Envoya t Brufl

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els , and

M i ni ] -n B-ng to be Commrfioner of S tamp i .

1~ H i s G -cc o f P -d can b e lt ex p la in th i s agreement, under wh i ch

h i s fr i end Baron H -th -m, then eager ly OppOfiDg Government, was

m ade a Judge and i n h i s r oom Mr . M rt-n , the Ready fr iend of

Lord N -th was b rought in by h i s G-cc foi VV ig

-n . TheWh ig creed

may cal l this a negoc1ation p lain Engl i th gives i t a coar fer n ame

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give him credit .—Refiing h i s preteufions upon

fpeeches , wh ich are difcreetly drowned in par

l iament by the applaufe of h is party , and as

w ifely corrected into eloquence in the newf.

papers ; u pon that fi rm nefs , that knowl edge ,and pol i tical w ifdom , wh ich from th e immuta

b le laws of n ature m uff ever be hered i tary inth e houfe of C-v -n-d-fh ; th i s infpired quack ,th i s Heaven-born Phyfician , th is feven th fon of

a feventh fon, had undertaken that defperate , that

ex haufi ed pat ient , our cred it and financei But

the arrangem ent was unavoidabl e ; for it i s theprinc i pl e of the C-v-d-fh creed th at England

m u ll be gove rned by a party ; and i t w ou l d

have been d ifficul t to have found another o fficialman in their

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train , whom the peopl e woul dha v e borne to fee trufied w ith the exchequer

,

wh i le that exchequer con tained half a—crown.

And yet ti l l th i s un fortunate con neel ion w ith a

m an whom they had form erly loaded w i th ex e

crati on, the kingdom gave them credit for ihtegrity ; and the fir l’t po l itica l wri ter ! of h i st im e , in fumm ing up the errors of adm iniftra

t ion s , la id on ly the charge of weer/wef t to thatof Lord R -ck -gham . Upon the publ ic and

pr i vate v i rtues of that lamen ted Nobleman,

1' V i de Jun i us

’s Letters.

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L-rd j -n C -v-d- lh was brough t forward to the

cit i zens of Y-rk . In th e perfon who recom

mended him they knew they cou l d confide ,and every heart concu rred in accept ing h i schoice . To hi s pro per ty Lord F—w—m has

fucceeded ; and one fh ort m onth has taught him

how l i ttl e h e has inherited of that d ign ity, re

fpeé’r, and publ i c confi dence , wh i ch in t h e

hand s of Lo rd R -ck -gham gu ided the countyand c i ty of Y—rk . To what do they owe t h i srapid change ? To that b leffed connection , wh ichfrom th e hou r of Lord R-ck—gha in

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s death ,funk thefe great Wh ig fam i l ie s into the tool s of

defperate ambition ; t h e bleffed conneétion

w i th Mr . F O X .

S I R a r a e a fr c u m -

t u ,

I N one of Shakefpeare’

s play s , a fha l low , ignotant , concei ted knigh t obferves of himfelf,

that h e i s a great eate r of beef, wh ich dothm uch harm to hi s wit.” H ow fay ef

’c thou ,

Si r R -b—t i G u i l ty or not gu i l ty ? A nd bywhom w i l t thou be tri ed for hav ing returnedfor the borough of Bl-eh-gly two friends of

Mr.

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Mr . F-x , under the perfuafion that the free d

holders Of S-rr u

y wou ld think Of you r Opin i ons ,y ou r abi l i ty, and you r condué’t, as h ighly as

y ou do y ourfelf ? Yet though a d-pe to Mr .F - x , we do not bel ieve you an interefied ad

heren t ; and that for the belt reafon : becaufe, ofal l labours, Sir R ~ b ~ t has found none fo infupportabl e as the labou r o f th inking for himfelf.Yet thi s fam i ly has been refpeé

’table : they hav e

form erly reprefented th e coun ty of S -rr-y w i thcred it to them felves and thei r confl ituents . But

the freeholders judged w ifely when th ey decidedthat the fpirit, integrity, and l oyalty of thatcounty had not, and coul d not be fpoken in

Parl iam ent by S i r R-b -t C l -t-n , the echo of

Mr . F O X .

T u r e s s W ‘t‘

L’H M c E .

THE R E i s a fpecies of grea tmfs, uponwh ich the hiftory of form er tim es has beenfilent. When we hear O f Alexander the Grea t,the grea t Pr ince Of Condé, or the great Dukeof Marlborough , we do not imm ed iately con

ceive the anal ogy Of ideas, wh ich in modern

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t imes gi ve s the fame t itle to the grea t C-ke of

N -rf-lk . The property of th i s young m an ,

his conneétions in that county, and the cred it,

yvhich he took for perfeft independence m adehim , i n th e hands of Mr . F-X , an u feful enginefor th e purpofes to wh i ch he appl ied him. In the

charaél er of an independen t county Member, he

was to be fUppOfed to fpeak th e fenfe of his

confiituents ; and as foch , th e propofitions“

moved by him i n Parl iam en t gained a refpef’r,

to wh ich, i t i s now no breach of pr i v i lege tofay , they wou ld not otherwife have been ent i tled .The Daemon of Mal ice m igh t indeed whifper thatth e prom ife of a peerage d id not l eav e th i s gentlem an whol ly as independen t as he profeffed tobe ; and that i t was equal ly ind ifferent to th efreeholde rs Of N -rf-l k whether the coronet or

th e penfi on had been u l tim ately the reward ofhis fervices . In thei r Opin i on however‘

,th e con

neétion itfelf was a crime O f a m agn itude notto be ove rlooked . When wei ghed w ith fuch an

offence , h is bOundlefs acres in that county , the

refpect to h i s fam i ly , the fpl endour of h i s efla

b l ifhment, were c ir cum fi ances outweighed in a

m om ent ; and notw ithfl anding the generou s at

tem pt of hi s fo rm er col leagu e to favehim , the

freeho l ders of N-rf- lk rejec‘ted in Mr . C -ke the

unpalatable pr i nCiples Of Mr . F O X .

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O N the pl ain s of Germ—y , and in the

Cabinet of G reat B—t—n , th i s gentleman has

been inceflantly haunted w i t h that perplex ingd ifficu lty whi ch the late Dr. J-mes fo j udieioufly advifed him to guard aga inf

’t in h is own

fam i ly—the d ifficul ty of form ing a decifion

when two obj ects prefented themfelves . Theadv ice of h i s friend may be ex prefled in few

words , for it was n oth ing m ore than to fl op upone of the port holes in h i s wat-r c l-f-t, leftfom e acciden t fhould hefs l him , wh i l e h e wasm aking his eleél ion between the two. I f therefore w e behold him the panegy rif

’t O f L—d

N—h in the outfet of his Min ifi ry , and h i swarm Opponent at th e clofe of i t " : If we feehim holding up Mr. F-x as the prodigy of

n ature in on e m onth , and refufing to refign

w ith him the next : I f again we find him one

day pra ifing L—i—d Shel b—ne

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s Peace , and on

another joining the Coal i tion , which condemnedit ; we m u ll refer it to that fam e unfortunate

,

but inno cen t fource. It was at l ength advife

I n the i n tei val L—d A t was appo i nted to command

0 h t: arm y .

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ab le to fbew himfelf capabl e of form ing a deer

fion ; and t he infiance chofen was th e fupport

of th e Coal i t ion , not on l y in , bu t e ven afte rth ey were out Of office . We regret that th i s

firft effay has been fo very unaccep tabl e t o th e

elecl ors of B-ry . Unde r al l th e imprefli ons of

h i s form e r conduf’r, th ey had frequently re

el ected him ; but, if report fays true, on the

prefent occafion , th ey declared him to be the

onlv man in G reat Bri tain whom they wou l d

not eleél . TheV had forgiven him al l hi s

former waver ing“ they cou l d not forgi ve h i s

decg/ian in favour of Mr . FOX .

W e L L M‘

M s w e w t a C H M Y .

LE ST there fhould be ori 'e profefli on in

wh ich the fam i ly Of H—f—d m igh t h ave

noth ing to afk as the reward of difinterefiednefs

and gratitude , thi s gen tlem an undertook t oqual ify him fel f for the Seal s by one year’ s fi ndy

at Lincol n ’

s Inn . But ca p tivated by the high

profeifi onal charaaer of h is brothe r R—b- t,

the fplendor Of h i s m i l i tary ach iev em en ts , and

the peculiar fagacity and ab i l iti e s w ith wh i ch he

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detai led th e fituati on m which he had‘

léflst tofd

C—nW-l l is , and hav ing heard from'

him,

The fl ory of his l ifeFrom year to year ; the battles

,fieges, fortunes ;

Wherein he {poke of m olt difa ltrou s chances,O f m oving acciden ts by flood and fie ld ;O f hair-breadth ’

fcapes i’th

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imm inent deadly breach ;And w ith I t a l l his trave l’s h ifiory

He qu ickly fixed upon a profefii on, in wh ichthe recent appointm en t of h i s uncle to commandin ch ief he ld out to him othe r hopes thanbarren la u rels . In ten fhort m on ths th i sm odern Alexander had gained the rank of

Captain,and in that m om ent was retu rned by

th e e lectors of C try . The even t of the

prefent contel’t has taugh t him ,that although

to the fam i ly of C y s the j ourney , when

Jent to 0 try , m ay not be wholly unfam i l iar,

y et as to the R eturnfl om C try ,

faci l is defcen fu s Avern i ;S ecl revocare gradum ,

fuperafq ; evadere ad auras,

H ie la b or,hoc Opus eft f '

V irg. 1. vi .

V ide Ga z ette .

er E a fy the way to H e l l ’ s dark cav i ties,I n gam i ng a RETURN the labour l l CS l

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J N C RH F H D.

Mr . ADD I S ON obferves in h i s reflection su pon the tombs , That when he m eets w ith

the grief of relati on s upon a tom bf’tone, his

heart melts w i th compaflion ; but when he

fees the tomb of the relati on s them felves, heconfiders the van ity of griev ing for thofe

whom they m uft qu ickly fol low .

G M R G E D WB 'f N Y .

W E f hould not pain th is gentl em an’

s feelings by cal l ing to h is recol lecti on the d ifferente vent of the conte l’t in 1782, if the leffon it

afforded was not too v aluable to be loft. Theopponent he had to combat was the fame, and

y et he carried it w i th a triumph , wh ich feem ed

to preclude a l l futu re oppofi tion . To whatthen are we to refer the m ortify ing circumfiances w ith wh ich the fame body of m en havenow d ifm ifled him from the i r fervice . O n the

form e r occafion he cam e forward (how ju fl ly lW l l l not determ ine) as the fri end and advocate

of

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of th e rights of h i s S orereign ; and was feated

for B l by the fam e intereft wh ich had

ejea ed Mr . Ed d B—ke at the preced inggene ra l eleéi ion . W hen we confider in how

d ifferen t a charaé’ter h e appears at prefent,

quan tum m utatu s ab i l loIl eétore

we n eed not wonder at th e d ifference of the

e ven t : for how cou l d th e c iti zen s of B I

be expected to uphol d the cham pion of a petpetual diaatorfhip, the fr i end of thei r difcarded

Mr . B—ke, and the adheren t of No rth and

of FOX .

a a a I s D w a a

IT m ay be m at ter of com fort to thi s office r,who i s real ly a brave and ga l lan t m an , thatdu ring h i s command the fl eet of England n eve rfaced its enemy , and placed the nam e of its

Comm ande r on the l ift w i th that of R odney ,Howe , Barr ington

,or Hood . For if every

l aure l which decorates the brow s of thefe te

fp

‘

ec‘i ed officers had un i ted in a wreath for A—l

D-rby,

E

D-rby , he woul d fiil l have been taugh t by the:eleétors of Plym

—th to give way to Fanfh-wor M‘B— de ; for even l aure l s mull witherby contact w i th Mr . FOX .

D it a-M D .

TH E eleé’

tors of S—f-rd hav ing no fartheroccafion for the ferviccs of J—n D-r-nd, Eaft

Ind ia Direé’tor and contraaor , h e i s left to te

tire . And if it had not been for thefe fhort l ines ,the publ ic woul d have qu i ckly forgot that fucha perfon had ex ificd, or that he had conneél edhim felf w i th Mr. FOX .

S I R T

TH ER E i s a my fi ery in th i s a ttachm entwh i ch the profane and vu lgar eye cannotreach —Si r G—t El—t, him felf an eager andan active agent in that m eafure which was to

fe tter the hands of the executi ve pov. er for e ver,wh ich was to erect in the heart of th i s k ingdom

a r i va l empi re , whofe power and whofe infi n

ence wou ld have d immed the pal e and wat rybeams

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beam s of a Royal ty on ly nom inal ! The obfer

vation which I wou ld convey upon th i s I dare

not detai l at l ength ; and y et th e publ i c , to

w hom the nam e of S ir G—t El—t has not beenw hol ly unknown in th e courfe of th i s re i gn ,w i l l fee at once what I m ean . Be th i s , how

eve r, as i t m ay , t he dream of Royal ty prom ifed to him by th e Eaf’t- Ind ia bil l i s ove r.

Th i s p i l lar of th e Afi atic empi re , th i s feven th

part of a m ogu l , gi ves in his own perfon thatp icture w hich - th e in venti v e facu l ti e s of Mr.B- ke hav e fo often painted , of a depg/Ed and

w a nder ing P r ince, dri v en from h is nat i v e feat,and courting from al l quarters an uncerta in and

hum i l iating proteéi ion . But to drop th e al l e

gory ; let him ,dr i v en from that coun ty wh ich

h i s fam i ly fo long hav e reprefen ted, rej ected atL—m—E fl - r

, rejected at B—dg—v t-r , hunt ingev ery borough in th i s k ingdom ,

and not find ingref’t for the fole of h i s foot, recol lect what hehas facr ifi ced to M r . FOX .

;we N E L W t &

T H E R E i s a fpecies of w ifdom’

cal ledworldly wifdom , wh ich in the op ini on of man .

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k ind has not efcaped th e pecul iar obfervation of

Mr. E lvw s . H owcom es it then that h i s natu

ral fagacity fo m uch forfook him in the con

n eél ion whi ch he has form ed w i th the grand

Dece i ver ? Was it that in his confcience hebel i e ved him an honef

’t and an u pright m an ,

(the fi rft ingredient for an honef’t and an uprigh t

Min if‘ter) or, to bring it to one fhort quef’tion ,

O f the m any thonfands n ow fl eeping in h i schefi s wou ld Mr . E lw u s hav e trufl ed his idolw i th one fhi l l ing

l” The quefiion anfwers

i tfelf. We are then lo ft in afl on ifhm en t ; and

as no other m o ti v e for th is attachm ent prefents

i tfelf, we m uff be con ten t w i th that which was

a fIigned in b i ll ory on a very parti cular occafi on ,

The influence of a very firong m ind over avery weak one .

” The freeholders of B—k

fh-te have taugh t Mr . E lw- s the ju fi and natu

r al concl ufion to fuch a hifl ory : it is worthy

the atten tion of the gentl emen whom they have

chofen to replace thei r m embers ; and w i th fuch

a m emento before thei r eyes we m ay ventu reto in trude upon the prov ince of the prOpheticMr . B~ k - r , and foretel that the R eprefentatives

for Be rks w i l l alway s remem ber the nam e of

Mr. FOX .

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" it “ s E t fx a E

TH I S very wonderful charaf’ter, th i s p rodigy of natu re , at an age when few perfon s

h ave advanced far in any one l ine of l ife, hasgone th rough no l efs than th ree differen t profefii ons, the a rmy

,th e navy , and th e law ;

wh ich he has fo agreeably diverfified by a h appyin te rm i xtu re one w i th the other, that hav ing inth e two form er praé

’t ifed the charafi eriftic petu

lance of an atto rney , he has in the latte r adoptedrather th e declamat ion of a foldier, than the l aw

or language of a barr ifier . For th i s fpecies of

eloqu ence the caufes in wh ich he firft appearedfeemed par ti cu larly favou rable ; and the fi gu rehe m ade in th em induced Mr . F- x to t ry himin a f ourtk l ine of em pl oym en t , by p rov i d inghim w i th a place in I’ t , at th e (e con o

m ical and confl itutional p rice of gi v ing S ir

W m G n a penfion of I coo l . per

annum to vacate h i s feat at P—tf—th . Uponadm i ttance into the Houfe he acqu itted him felfamply of h i s deb t of gra titude to Mr. F- x , and

took a forward part in t h e campa igns of th e lafitW inte r unde r thi s great pol itica l l eader ; but

h is fervices do not feem to hav e been equal ly

acceptable to his confiituents , fince they havei

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wi thdrawn th at truft which they had comm i ttedto him in favou r of the gal lan t Capt. C-rnW s l l - s,

difi inguifhed n o lefs by his bril l iant fe rvices inthe laf’t war , than by being brother to that nob l edefender of h i s country , and fupporter of h isK ing and confiitution , the Earl C- rnw - l l

and, in one word , as l ittle l ike Mr. Ea—ek—h-e ,

as h is bro the r i s l ike Mr. FOX .

G a e e G E e aH fiW aE ai- a'

s t e M’

T H E nephew of the late JWarguz’

r ty'

R ock

u - lz-m, eafily found a place in the P t of

1780 : The érot/zer of E a r l F—J w—e m fi ndsnone in that of 1784 l

O h ! ye hard hearts, ye cruel men of Rom e !

Julius Ca far. Aft I .

F i e st a 3 F a n a t D F a-r M E .

BE F O R E we cal l the attention of the

publ ic to the charac’ter, condufl , or fate of

Mr . F—j—a—be, let u s pay the tr ibute due to thevi rtues of S ir George Seville. If ever there was

a m ind

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ought to h ave been dearefl to him , th e opin ion sof one, who cou rted the approach of death to

r el i eve h lm from the w retched and d i fguf’tful

fcene , w in ch had fol lowed the death of the

Marou is of R ock ingham . Under a l l thefe im

prefii on s the afl on ifhm ent of h is confiituents

was proportioned to the fl eady decifion w ith

wh ich Mr. F—j—be in P t fupported the

principl es and m eafures of the Coal ition . In a

fortunate m om ent the Sovereign m ade h i s ap

peal to the confi itutional affeétion of h i s people .I t was an anxious m om ent ; for w i th forty

thoufand freeholders in Y—k—e, the in fl uence

of the Crown cou l d not hav e the weight of a

feather. The nam e of W—tw—th was re

fpeél able even in the hand s of Lord F—w —m .

The houfe of C—nd-fh, the Earl s of S -rr-y ,C-r l -le, Eg~ m -t, from the weight of thei r l anded property , j oined to that of fom e hundreds offubordinate interefl s , retainers, and dependen ts,feemed to fecure to thei r favou ri te candidate thecerta inty of fuccefs. At the m eeting of the county

no oppofition had been declared . O n that m e

morable day the eloquence and integrity of Mr.W-lb -f -cc did that, wh ich human forefight

cou l d not have deem ed praéticable. H e un i tedth ewhol e body ofYeom an and of manufaéturers,

and thewed to thi s aril’tocratical league, the futility

s I J

ti lity of thei r endeavours to force upon th ehrf’t coun ty in England the l oathed and inte

refi ed principles of Mr . F O X.

s-

G a F -e R R r S T e R .

Weep n ot for m e, my neighbou rs dear ;i am not dead , bu t fleepeth here .

S I R C H 3 F R e D e s f-‘H K .

A T the age , and in the fi tuation of Si rC h— s F r-d—k , u ncertain whether he fhouldou tl ive thofe hour s wh ich h e undertook to

pafs in the H—fe of C—a s to ferv e h i s party ,no one regre ts , no one pi ti es him . Nor wou l dhis n am e hav e been fl ated in th i s regif

’ter , but

to m ark , th at if he had perfi f’ted in the confi an t

l ine o f worfhip w h ich h e had fo long fhewnto th e m inifl er of the day—the golden i do l wh ichN ebu chadnez zar the K ing had fet up—he woul d

'

n ot ( to invert the fcr ipture penal ty) hav e beencall out of the furnace of the Woolwi ch foun

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dery, nor poflibly woul d he have been r ejectedby the eleétors of Ou -uh —gh forh is al legianceto Mr. F O X .

R a g s-4 T G R t G M Y .

TH I S gentlem an wou l d not have long cm

groffed the attention of the publ ic , if h is for

mer fai r charaéter, and the circumfiance of h i s

nom inati on to a high trufl in that comm ifii onof v iolence and Of plunder propofed by the Indiab i l l , had not tu rned the attention of the publ ic

in fom e degree to h is fate, when cour ting the

Oprntons and confi dence of his confl ituents .

We do not haz ard m uch in fay ing that th i sgentlem an was indeed the pearl of that Eaf’cerndiadem wh ich Mr . F - x had fram ed ; and the

Opin ion s of m ankind werefor an infl ant {tagger

ed, when they faw th e nam e of one who had

returned u ntainted and u nfpotted from India,placed forward in that curfed comm ifii on . We

do not m ean to whifper an infi nuation againft

him , bu t‘

w e w ith to hold ou t h is nam e in verydif

’tingu ifhed

f charaél ers, in orderi

to fbew ,that

no reputation , howeve r fai r ; no honou r ot<

credit, however unful l ied, could help him on

l n l

th e late vacancy for R—eh—fi-r . The c i ti z enshad form erly eleéted him in the manner th em of’r difinterefi ed : Slande r itfelf cou l d not fi x

a calum ny u pon him But they tried him on

th e m er i ts of the Ind ia b ill ; and, by rejeé’ting

him ,gave him thei r fenfe

r

of that m olt alarm

ing m eafure, invol v ing the ru in of our confti

tution , propofed by Mr . FO X .

G ~ a N t m w* E.

TH I S young m an found himfelf at an earlyperiod of l ife th e Reprefentative in P tof h i s nat i ve county , and a i ded in the pu rfuits

of a pol i ti ca l l ife by the fupport and interef’t of

ex tenfive and powerfu l fam i ly connec’

l ions.

The reVerfe at the prefent m omen t i s fi r ik ing,when we behol d him difcarded by h i s couti ltuents, and cut Off from the brigh t path s of

h onour and amb it ion . What have been the

fecret fprings of h i s conduét, what th e SecretInfluence whi ch has l inked him in th e clofef’t

bonds w ith one, who has lately taken the bi t

terel’t part againfi hi s

.

nobl e relat ion , rem a in s

yet t o be difcovered. At prefent the rejeé l ionF of

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of the freeholders of B— m fh—re have gi venh im no reafon to rej o i ce i n his conneftion withMr. FO X .

G R ’ Y .

W E mull do juf’tice to th e zeal of the l oyal

corporat ion of L—c -r , wh ich chofe ratherto confi de in a perfeé

’t fl ranger than be con

neéted any longer w i th a known adheren t ofMr. F-x . The experim ent, howe ve r, whichthey have t ried i s certain ly a precariou s one.

Difl refléd for a Reprefentative of fentiments

congen ial w i th thei r. own , they cou l d do no

m ore than trufi to the profeffions of the gentle

m an who offered him felf. May they not bedifappointed ; and m ay the whifpers of thofe befalfe, who fuggef

’t, that after what has paffed,

Mr . M -n -ta i s capable of voting w i thMr. FO X !

J t H N

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Jt H N G H S T

-

i N .

WHAT , old acquaintance ! cou ld not al l

fiefh

Keep in a l i tt le l ife ? poor Jack , farewel lEmbowel l

’

d w i l l I fee th ee by and by .

H E N . IV . I fi Part , Aé’t'

5 .

T H t e'

t S H a L s -i v.

T H E charaEter of th i s“

gent l em an for in te

grity and independence , added to h i s large pro

perty in th e coun ty of H—f—d, fecured tohim , in th e m olt flatte r ing m ann er, h i s originaleleé’tion . Unconneé’ted w i th party for feveralyears , h e recomm ended him fel f to th e favou rof h i s confi ituents as a Reprefen tative, though

not pofli bly the brightef’r, yet as difinterefi ed as

any who fat on the fam e bench w i th him .

W i th thefe qual ifi cati on s h e was fupported and

t rium phed in one of th e fevereft contef’ts ever

known . What then i s th e caufe wh ich hasd ifm ified him from the fervice of t h e county ?I s h i s p roperty wa ll ed by diffi pation ? Have hisacres , and th e interef’t dependen t Upon th em,

fh runk at th e haz ard table , or in any of th eF 2 fcenes

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fcenes of fafhionab le extravagance ? H as the

property or l anded interefi of his competitor fo

m iraculoufly increafed as to m ake his cl eél lon

for that county lefs dependent upon the favour

of the freeho lders than in the year 17 74 ? The

anfwer to al l thefe quef’tion s is plain and ob

v ions. I n 1774 the

coun ty of Herts bore te ll i

mony to the integri ty and honou r of Mr.

H—l f—y ; and in 1784 by e leél ing h i s former

antagonif’t, they rejeéted the advocate , the {Up

porter , the friend of Mr . F OX .

IF i t be true, as has been reported , that a

G reat Perfonage eXpreflEdforn e degree of dif

pl eafure upon hearing that her Secretary had

ferved the place of Footman to a difcarded Mint

her on h i s fr izmzp/ml retreat from th eVVef

’tmin

fl er Addrefs ; we m uf’t al low for the feel ings of

h onefi refentment in the eleé’tors of St . Mich—l ,

when the n ew s reached them that the i r worthy t

R eprefentative had on th at fam e m em orable

occafi on , held the very d ign ifi ed fituation of

Coachman.To that employment they have left

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H—fe of C us ; and, that from h is genecv

ral fa i r character there feemed l i ttle profpefi of

the del i verance of th i s refpeél ab le part of theL egiflatu re from th e ev i l above m enti oned , ti l lhis conneél ion w i th the India bi ll and i t s framer ,gave to the elec’tors of H—l l an opportun i ty ofj oin ing the refs of th e i r county in rejeé

’ting the

nom inati on of Lord F—w -m and Mr. FOX .

We'

re “ cr e s t: H e M Y H W TLW .

WH EN we confider that th i s gentleman ,

poflefled of a l im ited fortune, after being rejeétedby the coun ty of B-rk s for reafons wh ich we e xpla ined in the hifiory of h i s col league Mr. Elw-s,

has fince offered himfelf to the favou r of thecounty of G1 fi-r, we are naturally led toenqui re into the qual ification and grounds forfuch pretenfion s. They are not founded uponh is powers of elocuti on , Upon hi s property ,upon his connections , or u pon any of thofe

confiderations wh i ch u fual ly gu i de th e choiceof Members in other coun ties ; but they werefounded Upon the comm erc ial , the fenatorial , theem bafladorial , pol i tica l , phyfical , ar i thm et icalabi li ties of that paragon of the age, his brother,

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D d H—tl-y . Un fortunately thefe m eri t swere thrown away upon th e el ectors of thecoun ty of C l —f’t-r, who requi red in the i rMember one additio nal qual ificati on , that of a

detefiation of the p rincipl es of Mr. FOX .

G a a a G E F x t'

N C H H i‘i T T i ‘i N '

THE fam i ly ofF—nch, Earl of VV—n—l f—a,

th e black black funereal F now

blacker and m ore fune rea l in the perfon of Mr.H—tt—n , have long poffeffed an hered itary ihterefi in th e town of R—ch—ter ; nor do webel ieve the ol deft yeoman of K—t can re

m ember the tim e when they h ave not nam eda reprefentative for th is borough . The p refent rejeetion therefor e of Mr . F—nch H—tt—n

i s pointed and extraordinary , if any th ing can

be ex t raordinary in t im es l ike the prefent. Thefentiments of the peopl e on th e Eafi-l ndia bi ll

,

and the fubfequen t quefl ions of Pre rogati ve,

had been wel l known by the Senate, but, ne verthelefs, difregarded. The day of re tribut ionhas fince arriv ed ; and though we fee l a mo

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m entarv regret on the downfal of refpeé’rable

fam i l ie s, yet we cannot but acknowl edge the

ju ftice of thei r puni lh rnent, and adm i re the

dign ity, confif’tency and publ i c fpirit, w i th

w hich the feveral c i ties and borough s in K—nt

have afi ed upto thei r opin ions upon the India

h i ll and Mr . FO X .

S I R J e H N H e r r e K t‘

R .

S I R J—hn . Sir J—hn , do not yourfel f

w rong ; Heaven b lefs you , and profper your

afiairs, and fend u s peace !

H EN . IV . 2d Part , A& 3 .

S I R R “L T e a a-a s .

Let u s eondole the Kn ight ; for lambkins

We w i l l l i ve .

S I R H r T H *M.

Was I for th i s intitled S i r,And girl w i th trufiy fwo

i

rd and fpur ?

HUDI BRA S .

L t D

L e a n

TH E prayers of th is piou s fam i ly have everbeen l ifted up to Heaven for th e peace andwelfare of our moft graci ou s Sovereign LordK ing George, t hat h e m igh t be firengthened toreward h is fr i ends ; and that we and al l his

fubje&s m igh t fa i th fu l ly ferve and humbly obeyhim . What, th erefore, could induce them on

the late qtteftic‘

m s of Patronage and Prerogati v e,to endeavour to wreft from Gaefar the thingswh ich Were Caefar’ s, we canno t determ ine, ex u

cept that the pomp and van i t ie s of thi s w ickedworld got the bette r of fpirit when the Tempterfhewed them th e k ingdoms of the Eaf’t, and the

glory of them . The fequel to t h is temptat iona happy hou r for G reat Br i tain was decifive ;

and th i s imaginary fuccefi'

or to th e conquefis ofA lex ander, th i s fpeculative he i r to the feventh

part of the diadem of Anrengz ebe , thi s Kingof K ings, retires to the care of the Cornifh Stan:

fieries ; and is at leaf’t one infiance in wh i ch an.at tachment to Mr. Fox has not wholly fai led i nreward . Yet the honour of reprefenting his

nati ve coun ty , thT’? credit attending the tef’ti-i

m ony of S r—fll s dfha - e i s fled ; and for confo

l ation we refer th is pious fami ly to th e Tabe r~

G nael e,

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naeie , and in the i r orifons, let them not forgetto p ray a b lefii ng on the moral i ty and rel igionO f Mr . FO X .

L * * D L * C *N .

I N confequence of the marriage of th isn-bl -man

’s daughter w i th th e prefent EarlSp

-nc-r , then Lord Al —pe, he was recom

mended by hi s L —p to the electors of N -th

-pt

-n to fupply h i s place when chofen for

S -rr-y . The Sp r fam i ly had pofi'

effed an

hered i tary intereft in th is borough , maintained

in th e contef’t of 176 7 at an ex pence l ittlefbortof an hundred thoufand pounds. The fum

feemed incredible, but it was not accounted lofl,in confideration of the fettled and permanentfi rength which i t wou ld efiabl ifh in th i s

borough. In any other caufe, and wi th,

any

other candidate i t coul d not have fai led ; butthe obf’tinacy of the noble E—l in endeavou ringto force upon the eleél ors, in defiance of th eir

remonftrances and entreaties , th i s new I rifh

Peer and adherent of the Coal ition , m ade hisdefeat unavoidable ; for i t roufed them to do

juftice

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juf’tice to themfelves and to th ei r princi ples , by

el ecting, i n h is fl ead, Mr . F—nu-s T—m -n ,

who had thefe heft recommendat ions to the i r

fupport z—of being an honefi man , an inhabitan tof N- th—pt-n , and hold ing in execrat ion th e

name of Mr. FO X .

ST a a-araeN F atw a L a a a a N g a a N .

O H ' I have bough t the m anfion of a love,

But no t poflfefl‘

ed it ; and tho’I am fold,

Not yet enjoyed.

R O M . and JU L I ET , Aft 3 .

I t w i l l be remembered , that th i s gen tl eman

was advifed to buy that feat wh i ch Mr. Chrif’topher Atk -nf-n , of affidav i t m emory , had va

cated, under the idea of being one of the SubDireétors named in Mr . Fox ’ s bil l . Before hehad been in P t twenty -four hours, hew as obl iged . to rel inqu ifh that profpeél ; and in

the courfe of th e m onth fat down out 4to bi eakfafi w ith what appeti te

h e m ight.

TH ’t H S

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L*G*S , Hea rty L ’i ’M S L I‘T J‘WL;andD

*t*D ReBerT Me et—I L

Glaucumque,Medontaque, Therfilochumque‘l“

.

YI RQ,

L H ‘D MI “ D*N .

I muff give over.

th i s l ife , and I wi l l gi ve itover, by the Lord ; an [ do not, I am a v il lain .

I’

l l be damned for never a king’

s fon in Clarif

tendom.

HENRY IV . Aft i , S . 2.

Je w s W N F I ELD.

FOR as we hay e in va in fearched the Herald’sOffice , and the Records of Parl iament for the

Cla uq u, and Medan, and Ti er/flock s.

Mr . Addi fon tells us i n h is paper of the SpeCtator upon Weft.

m infter Abbey, that thofe tombtthnes and i nferipttons which

1“recorded nothing of the buri ed perfon , but that he was born on

one day and died on another, put him i n m i nd of feveral perfons

ment ioned i n the b attles of heroic poems,who have founding

names given them for no other reafon but that they m ay be k i l led,and are celebrated for nothrng but being knocked on the head .

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the fatisfaé’cion to fee h is confiituents join inthe mo l’t honourable tefi imony to Mr . P—tt, byelecting him as the mo i’t perfect contrafi in cha

racter, condué’t and opin i on to Mr. FOX.

S I R M*N N .

THE eloquence wh ich th i s gentl eman exerted

in th e H oufe of C—ns to prove that i t was not

Mr . Fox’ s inten tion to ufurp the royal authority , i nduced us to hope that he wou ld have facceeded w i th hi s confiituents in eli ab l ifhing th e

harmlefs effea of the India bi l l , and th e humble v i ew s of his fr iend .

H ora tio fays ,’tis but our phantafie,

And w il l not let bel ief take hold of him .

Look s it not l ike a k ing m ark it. H ora tio.

H A M L E T ,an I . S . r .

The el eéi ors of M-dft-ne taugh t by the

fenfible and true avouch” of their own unde rfiandings , that th i s candidate for the empire of

the Bali was mof’t l ike a king, have rejected thei r incredul ous reprefen tative. And bythei r cho ice of Mr . Alderm an P-ck -m , of the

city of -London , they have given to our m e t ropol is an example of pol i ti cal confifiencv to which

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it has poorly adhered ; and have {hewn th e worldthei r fentiments refpeéting the in tent i on s ofMr.FOX .

S I R

Take thy fortune ;Thou hudei’r, to be too bufy i s fome danger.

Inded t h i s counfel lorI s now, mofi fiil l , m of’r fecret, and mof’t grave,

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Who was in l ife a’

fool ifh prat ingHAMLE T , A61 3 . S . n .

H‘

H P H ‘e Y M'M C H

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t N .

WE congratulate th e pub l ic t hat th i s gentleman i s at length out of P -l -t, as he w i llnow have fufficient leifure to app ly himfelf to hisfavour i te project of bui ld ing the navy wi thout“

t imber.

G O N 8 L *W.

Cock-a-doc~dle-doo

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S I R R e L P H P H N E.

Q uoth R a lph, how great I do not knowWe m ay , by being beaten, grow

But none that fee hqw here we fit,Wi l l judge us overgrown with wit.

Hum ana s.

H M = G H P a G r’

I‘.

WE know l i ttle of th i s officer prev ious to hisbe ing fent to the Weft Indies to fupercede Lord

R -y in that fiation , who not hav ing added to

hi s other recommendat ions th e primary qual ification of an educati on at Newmarket, was nea

ceffarily u nequal to that v ery arduou s comm and.

W ith a good fortune received from h i s brotherthe late Lord P-

g-t, there defcended a confi de

table interef’t in the borough of B u

gnu th, wh i ch

has fecured h is eleaion to two fuccefii ve Parl iam ents ; but if he has been defeated in a th ird, theAdmira l m ay confole him fel f wi th refleéting,

that th e w ind and t ide hav e been againft him .

Thofe gales , wh ich formerly had blown pro

piti ou s to th i s fam i ly from the Ea/t‘, have

baffled the courfe which h e has la tely fieered,nor w i l l he ever again» find it calm at

Br -gn

«-th,

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at Br -

gn-th, t i l l h e has parted company w i th

th e Incendiary , Captain FOX .

R ’t ’M s S S .

THI S gen tl em an has a t rai t in h i s hifioryvery fim ilar to one reco rded of the greatef

’t orator

of an tiqu i ty ; for if that celebrate d Athen ian ufed

frequen t ly to fpeak to the am] ? of th e fea fhore,i t m ay be recorded of th i s m odern D emo/Manes,that he n e v e r rofe in th e H -fe of C -ns

w ithou t en coun te ring a noife infin i tely greate r .T hough th e lofs of h is fluen t and perfpicuouseloquence m u ll be ve ry ferion s in a public l igh t ,ye t the facu l ty have p ronoun ced i t v ery benefi cial in an indiv idua l point of v iew ; as re l iev ingth e count ry gentl em en from the i r n ightly ex er

c ife of coughing, fo conftant a fource of hoarfe

nefs , not to m ention th e imm inen t hazard of

confumptions . The H -fe of C -n s , w i l l l ongm ifs hi s interefting and an imated detai l s of con

fidential converfations ; yet th ey m u l’t comfortthem felves that h i s re treat i s the m eans of fec uring to them the fervices of a brother o rator , who ,we t rul i , w i l l do equal jufi ice to the l ibe ral

H and

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and enl igh tened pol iti c s of the O rknies, and te

fleé’t equal credi t U pon the choi ce of his fel lowburgefies i n the un ited bu rgh s of W ick , Ta inand Dingwal l we n eed fcarcely m ention thenam e of the r igh t honourable Charles-JamesFOX .

T H M -é S B M WS R *U S .

UPON the return of th i s gentl em an fromInd ia , he was eleéted to Parl iam en t by the freem en of W -ft -r , hecaufe they knew noth ingof him ; but in 1784 , h e was rejefted in

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favour

of a perfeé’t firanger, becau fe they knew and dif~

approved h i s conneétion w ith Mr. FOX.

W f LLM M R’f CH ‘t

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eD R‘tMB‘

t eD.

WE m ay draw a good om en to the integrityand incorruptibi l i ty of the eleétors of England ,from beholding th i s nam e am ong the difcarded

fervants of the peo pl e ; as it fll CWS that thofe

times are no more when the Weal th of Indo li an ,fhowered

E S I J

fhowered into th e laps of the eleé’tors , i s to com

mand the reprefentation of G reat Br i ta in . To

m ake room for a father who has m uch grat itudeto fhew to th e Coal ition l eaders, for the hand

fom e m anner in wh ich they deferred the confi

derat ion of h i s good deeds in India to the m idd le of the fumm er recefs, th i s m odef’t you th hasw ithdrawn his p retenfions to the favou r of thepot-wal lopers of W-

ym-th . H i s h onou rable

relat ion now fil l s the open ing,th ough proba

b ly not w i thout great pain , a rifing from th edifagreeable tafk of fuperfeding fo hopeful

a fon .

Tantane m e tenu it vivendi, n ate,volup tas,

U t pro m e hoftil i paterer fuccedere de x trw

(Q em -

genu i tuane haec gen itor per vu lneraMorte tufi viven s“

V IRG . E N E ID . x .

Curft love of l ife ! that urg’d m e thus to fend

My firfl: born i lfue to a tim elefs end

Thus in my Read to view him reft of breath,

And owe e x if’tence to my darl ing’

s death !

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S IR F H DM K L r t eN m o ans , S IR

jim R tMSD ‘

eN , H e a rY

L t RD su rLDn M, n eon SceT , S IR

T G s TH e t t S

STH NT rN, H eNS SL H NE, A

s

AND w i th S i r Fred’rick and Si r John,Both Kn igh ts of good accoun t ,

Brave Harry R-wl -nfon was flaine,

Whofe proweffe d id f urmount.

And w ith Lord Sh—dh-am there was flaine,Hugh Se-t of B—w-ck fhire ;

S ir T S from the field ,One foot who wou ld not h ir .

Sr—nt-n , and S l—ne of Stoneham too,

A Colonel brave was be ;And A S wel l ef’teem’

d,

Yet faved could not be.

V id. CH E V Y Cn a ca .

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reflects that h e has been ou tw i tte d even by h i s

fri end and fuccefl'

or, S -lw-n ,who re

nounced in t im e h i s conneEtion With Mr . FOX .

cr » G E 11w r c r) s r . w t

WE cannot wonder th at this young gen

tleman , not very remarkable for fage delibera

t i on s , or for deep refearches into th e fpecu

lat i v e poin ts of pol i tics , {hould be conten t w i th

fol low ing h i s above-m entioned honourabl e re

l ations, whereve r they m i ght lead him ,to vic

tory or death .That the latter has been h i s

porti on ,we mo lt truly g rieve : he may , how

eve r,confo le him fel f in h i s fal l from the dig

n ity of a fenator, that h e m ay in future {leep

in his coun try reti rement, un rnolefted by Trea

fury Mel l'

engers, and never lofe a good day’

s

diverfion in an irkfom e attendan ce upon the

crowd and j argon of S t. Stephen’

s Chapel ;

nor pollibly w i l l Mr . St . J—n be unwi l l ing to

al l ow ,

that he find s it m uch better fport in

W—tfhire than in London to fol low a

F OX .

L t t D

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L M D S H ft F F r v fe D.

J-HN B—r H -l r-yd began h is pol i ti cal careerby condefcending, when C apta i n Upon half pay ,to taife a regim en t of Ligh t Dragoon s at hi sown e itpence ; i . e . at the e x pence of e veryo ll icer to whom he gave h i s comm ifli ons. As

a return for th is fplendid act of generofity , he

w as com plim en ted w ith the tem porary ranko f Lieu tenant Colonel ; b ut w ith an ex prefs

refervation , tha t he j houlo’ enjoy neither the rank

or ha lf pay afier the w ar . In th i s fituation

the c i t i z en s of C try el ected him ; and re

turned into the H—fe of C

m ol’c extrao rd inary infiances of that fpecies of

po l i ti ca l w ifdom ,whofe prin cipal objeét is , th at

of fecuring ev ery pofii b le advantage for him felf.l n

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the fpace of four fhort years , h e has beenraifed to the Peerage o f I reland ; and by a

m ofi ex traordinary exerti on of the royal favou r,th at Peerage has, by a fubfequent gran t, beenl im ited to his two daughters , in defau l t of hi she i rs m ale . And when the peace was figued,

and th i s Cineimm tzzs reti red to h is S ahino fie ld tocu l ti vate cabbages , he recei ved the very fingu lar indu lgence of be ing perm i t te d to fell , for

70001. that wh ich was never h is,‘

thepermanent

rank

us one of th e

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rank and pay of Lieutenant Co lonel . To fuch

l iberal pat ron s .what coul d be refufed ? H i s

fupport of the Coal i tion , and of h i s form e r

antagonifi,Mr . Fo x , has been un iform and

eager. Upon the diflolution, however, h is lau

rel s hav e w ithe red and he reti res to revife that

commercia l fy/iem, which i s (0 adm i rably cal

cul ated to conci l iate the friendfh ip of Am eri ca,and the al l egiance of th e W eft- India iflands,

and of which he certa inly w rote the Title-page.

Pofii bly the independen t c iti zens of C try

m ight fpy a dange r in one part of hi s pol i t i calcreed , of fel l ing that wh ich he d id not buy ;

but th ey certain ly fpied a m an ifeft danger to

the kingdom , and difcredit to themfelves , in

giving any fanction to the charaél er of L—dSh d , to the form e r adherent of Lord

N—th, or to the n ew fr iend of Mr. FOX.

l l mMP ’H Y S e BT H t t‘P E .

TH E he i r apparent of an an t i en t fam i ly m

L—l nfh ire, and poffefihd o f a natu ral interef’t

in the borough of B-fi-n ; in confideration of

which ,

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w h ich, th e late D~ k e of N -wc-fi l e ap po inted hisfather Profeffor of Bota ny in th e Un i v—ty of

O x fo rd ; of wh ich fcience, th e father knows asm uch as his fon doe s of th e confiitu tion . The

el eétors of this borough hav e tw ice re tu rnedhim ; but h i s repeated v otes w i th Mr. F-x ,

had, on the late occafion , exc i te d fuch an ir r itation among them , as was not to be qu i e tedby the profeffor

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s know l edge in fimples, or byhi s own eXpofition of the p rinci ple s of ci vill ib erty .

Not POppy, nor Mandragora

N or al l the drowfy fyrups of the worldS hal l ever m ed

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em e thee to that fweet fleepWh ich thou ow

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d’

ll yefi erday .

O T H E L L O . Adi I II .

G t‘ t f r r L S M t T H .

FOR th e fam i ly hifiory of th i s gentlem an,

we fhal l n ei ther confu lt D z/ga’a le nor Camden.

H i s perfonal hifiory , as far as i t interefl s th ep ubl i c, begin s w i th h i s parl iam en tary ad

v en tures at Hindon in 17 75 . Every one

knows th e e ven t of the profecution orderedagainft him by th e H —fe of C us . In

I 1780,

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1780, th e eleétors of th e borough of W—d-v-r ,who kn ew abou t as much of him as he d id ofth e borough , el eCted him for reafons, wh ich ,after. the even t above al luded to, m u ll certain lyhave been of th e puref

’c nature . In t h e pr i

vate hifiory of th i s gen tleman th e publ i c are

l i ttl e interel’ted ; we w i l l therefore con ten t on ?felves wi th reta i l ing the converfation of the

pol i te world , that a fecond voyage to Indiaw as in agitati on , as el igible from the fituation

of h i s excheque r . In th i s fituation no friendfhip appeared fo defirab le t o him , as t hat ofthe perfon , who , if report be cred ited , had fok indly cont ributed to eafe him of his fuperfluousrupees . The treaty was fettl ed , and decoratedw i th th e titl e , and th e m ore fol id advan tages ,of Captain G ene ral ; and command ing in ch iefa l l th e force s of the j e

fveh E eyz‘ern Emperors ,

he enj oyed , for fome days , a vifion at leaft as

brigh t as that of thofe Moguls in embryo .H e flattered himfelf that in the records of

Afia, pofterity wou ld be charm ed w ith hi s m i

l itary ach ievem ents , and wou l d rank in th efam e clafs th e trium ph s of Alexande r, Aurengzebe , Kou l i Khan , and Brigad ie r G eneralSm -th . Alas ! the vifion vanifhed, and the

diflblu tion of P—l t has l eft him to lam ent the l ofs of al l thefe t i tl es , and to regretfor eve r h is conneétion wi th Mr . FOX .

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Q is,pater

,i l le virum qui {i c com itatur ca ntem

Fi lius ? anne al iqu is magmade ftirpe nepotum

V I RG . ZEN . vi .

M ‘t tf‘ h t L L S M r T H .

H eu m iferande puerr

r Ibid.

Y F M Z R-

«s r S T e -r H aJP E.

AS we m ean in th i s charaé’ter firié’t ly to ad

her e to tru th , and as l ittl e intend to fubjeftou rfelves to that fpecies of profecution w h ichm igh t p rov e e ven t ruth a l ibel , we w i l l n ot

attem pt to {l ate t h e infin i te obl igat i on s w h ichth i s gen tl em an owe d to th e D -k e of R-tl—d.

The bread which h e has eat, h i s m i l itary rank ,his feat for Br-m b-r, he owed to th e

l iberal hand .

What {hal l I fay to th eeThou th at didft bear the key of a l l my coun fel s,

That alm ofi: m ight’

ft have coin’

d m e in to goldMay it be pofiib le th at foreign h ire

What hero he, who fol lows nex t in p lace ?H IS fort or any o f h l S nob le race ?

1 A las i l l-fated youth

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Cou ld, out of thee,e x traé’t one fpark of evi l

That m igh t annoy my fingerH EN . V . Aft n .

My reade r w i l l refleé’t that, though the out

lines of the charaéter here referred to are foundedin hifiory , yet i t i s finifhed as th e c reature of

Shakefpeare’

s bra in . I t certain ly cannot be applied to Mr. S t-h-pe, for i t i s notoriou s that heremembered thefe obl igat ions, and un ifo rm lyrejefted the temptations and al lurem ents of Mr .

FOX .

A N T’Y‘H ‘Y S T e R t

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R .

I N followinghim,I fol low but myfelf.

H eav’n i s my judge, not I for love or duty,

But feeming fo, for my pecul iar end.

O TH E L L O , Aft i .

And yet it wou l d have been w ife in Mr .

S h r-r , be fore he had thrown away th e proteé‘t ion

of Lord C -fle, to have ex aéi ly eftimated the

val ue of th e friendlhip of Mr . FOX.

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GOOD phrafes are furely , and e ver w ere,very comm endable. it com es of

1

ohligo : very good : a good phrafe‘

l “. That

5 , when a m an i s as they fay , obliga ted .or

,

when a m an is being whereby hem ay be thought t o be

‘ohliga tea

’, wh i ch i s an

excel lent thing .

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H EN . IV . 2d Part . A€t

T H e r r e .

T H I S gent leman may perhaps fay , w ith

Ba ra'olph in th e play , th at if h i s tender

lambkin now was king, he wou ld not take a

V i de th is gentleman’s adverti fcm ent i n the Mornz

'

ng Hera ld of

Ma rc/x 3 1, wherein he tel ls u s , that he {ha l l th ink h im fel f obl iga ted

to b end to the purpofes of the county of D

a m agnan i rnous prom i fe , that he wi l l b e chofen no where e l fe .

t ; and conc ludes W i th

Whether he m eans , that it i s one of the pu rpofes ot z s county that

he fhou ld not b e e leéted for anothe r feat we do not know but we

a re unwrl lmg to imagine the freehc lde rs can b e fo crue l and u nge

n erou s , a fter rewrit ing h im them felves , as to Wi fh to preclude any

us thatother body of m en fr om refiori ng to the H 4 fe of C

e loquence , and thofe ab i l i ti es, of wh i ch th i s advert i fem ent gives (0fi r i kmg a fpecrm eu .

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knighthood for h i s fortune . For , indeed , it

has been whifpered, that u nde r the Min ifiry of

that lanzhhin’ s favour i te , h e was to be have been

c om pl imen ted w i th that b l ufhing o rder of

hnighthooa’w h ich wou l d h ave h el d ‘

him forththe dazzl ing lead ing ftar of Y-rk fhire. V/e

w ou ld advife Sir B y not to bu i l d too m uch

u pon the confummation of thefe w ifhes in the

fuccefl i on of the eXpeé ted golden t im e s, but to

recol leét the cataltrOphe of the play

Go carry S ir j ohn Fol/tel ? to the Fleet ;

T ake a l l bzs company along W i th h im .

H E N . IV . 2d Part . Aéi 5 .

T H E borough of Y—m—th has been con

fidered, during the prefent cen tury , as the a l

m ofi ex clufive property of the T—nf—ds and

th e VV- lpz-l es . The force of hereditary a ttach

ments to old and difi ingu i lhed fam i l ie s has beenoften fel t ; and poflibly th is gen tl em an owed h i sfo rm e r fuccefs at Y—m—th as m uch to th i scircumfiance as to the l i v e ly

O

fal l ies of h i sbri ll iant fancy, or to the perfuafi ve powe rs of

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his w inn ing e l oquence . H i s attachm ent toLord N—h had been l ong known ; whatevergu i lt was incu rred by fuch a conneétion ,

Y—m—th had repeated ly re-eleéted him . Theaccurfed Am erican War m ade no change inth ei r fy f

’tem ; but t h e flim fy veil, wh ich for a

thor t t im e had covered the pr inc ip les and pur

pofes of th e Coal ition , was now torn off : Thetim es cal l ed forth the exertion of every honefim an ; and, by the rejeétion of thei r o ld m em

ber s , they clearly expla ined what they in tendedby th e m otto of the i r banners , The King, the

Con/l itution, and Mr . P itt ; and down w ith

the I ndia hill and Afr . F OX .

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J’

e i N T fi fit N S fié w fi D fi“

TO thi s gentl eman at l eaft we mean to give

perfeét cred i t for the fi ncerity of h is attachm entto Mr . Fox . A fim ilarity of op i n ion s and of

habit s long tim e un ited them ; and,if during

the

I f we had been b left “ ith the (p i n t of P luta rch, we cou ld not

have refra ined from annex ing th i s l ife to that of h i s worthy col

l eague, M r . M -nf—d , at page 4 4 , and wr i t i ng a compa ri fon b e

tw een thei r refpeél i ve m er i ts . W e m ufi , however, l eave this mileto the imaginati on of our readers , and be conten t with having done

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th e continuance of h is fr iend in office , Mr .

T— nf —d , has th ared th e good th ings ; i n truthbe has earned them . H i s introdué’cion to theU -v —ty of

’

C—mb—ge was l i ngu lar ; forh e owed his eleé

’tion to the m ofi indefati gable

indufiry upon h i s canvafs , though Oppofed by

m ofi of the l eading interefi s , and by that v eryMin i li er , that fa ir fpozye en cora

’on hlez

’

l ,”

whom , if report fays t ru e , he firft brough t into

th e emb race s of h i s friend . What h is feel ings

m utt be at th e fignal defeat wh i ch h e ex pe

r ienced in th e l afi m onth , m ay be eafily e ll i

m ated by th e val ue w h ich h e pu t u pon that feat,and by the l i ttl e chance wh i ch h e has of ga in inganothe r . It was l ikew ife farth er interefiing to

him ,. as it con veyed m ofl clearly to the worl d

the Opin ion s of a grav e and en l igh tened bodyU pon th e quefiions wh ic h have almoti convu lfed

our confiitution , and upon th e perfoual charac

ter of Mr . F O X .

jufii ce to their memories , and founded their pra i fes to the utmott of

p ur power i n thei r feparate h ifior i es .

Fortunati am bo ' l i qu id m ea carm ina poll i nt

Nul la di es unquam m emor i vos e x imet ar e t

V I R O .

Bl ell pa ir ' if ought ava i l my feeb le l ay s ,Y et unborn ages {hal l rehearfe your prai fe !

J H N T a r v r a N e-r n .

TH I S gentlem an had on former occafionsbeen frequently fupported as the popu lar can-s

didate for D-v-r . Upon the didolution , he fel tthe confequence of the votes h e had lately givenin P—l —t by a decided rejeéi ion , thoughafli f

’red by al l the influence of L—d S—w—ch ’ s

n avy contraé’i s at th i s borough , and by the

power of the C—que P-rts, wh ich Lord N -h

exerted in h i s favour w ith fuch pecul iar del icacyto his offi c ial fituation , and grati tude to hisSov —gn , from whofe boun ty he hold s theW ardenfh ip for lgfi

’. Thofe who m ay w ifh to

know farther on the fubjeét of th is gra nt and

f en/ian, m ay col leét i t from the former Opinionsand fpeeches of Mr. F OX .

E H L V t R N * Y . .

F EW perfons exh ibi t a m ore awful leflbnof the danger of ev i l conneél ions, whethe r in a

pri vate or publ ic l ine , than th is unfortunatenoblem an . To his pr ivate conneétion , he may

attribute the wafie of a property almofi boundlefs,

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efs , and the fal e even of th e wretched bed uponwh ich h e funk to refleétion , not to repofe : to

his public attachm en t h e owes h i s rejeftion froma feat wh ich he has long enj oyed , and which hasalmoft been hered i tary in his fam i ly . O f the

lofs of that property Mr. B—ke m ay pofii bly

gi ve the publ ic fom e account : for the lofs of hisfeat in P—l t , we refer them to th e R ight

Honourable Mr. F O X .

R * B r =‘s T v a N r R .

FOR th e l iberal and difinteref’ted offer offifieen

[hillings i n th e poana’

, what purchafe m oney wastoo dear ? Lord N -th acknowl edged h i s l ibetal i ty ; but by th e rejeétion of the eleé

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tors of

L In, poo r Bobby remain s u n rewarded, to

curfe h i s i l l fortune , as th e v iétim to the po

l itical conneétion between Lord North and Mr.FOX .

I s th is a coronet I fee before meI have thee no t

,and yet I fee thee f ull

A rt thou not, golden vifion, palpable,

To feel ing as to fightMa c aar n

, Aft a.

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S I R G S“ NEG E W t f fl f N.

T h i s partWas i l l befeem ing any common man,

Much more a kn igh t .HEN . IV . firf’t part,

W T L L ’W M W t D D *L L .

TH I S gentl eman has feen too late the il l

pol icy of fuffering hi s at tachmen t to be t raufferred w ith h i s late noble relation’ s ef’fate to the

prefent poffefior. Enj oying the good Opin ionand recommendat ion of that lamented nobleman,

he probably woul d not have wai ted long for an

invitation from that county u pon wh ich he hasof late fo vainly and difgraceful ly endeavou redto obtrude him fel f. For h is goodnefs in eXpofi ng

himfelf to thi s mortify ing repulfe we hope thath i s party w i l l not be ungratefu l : and that if theyfhou ld fa i l to reli ore him to h i s ancient borough ,o r fecure him a place on th i s fide the Tweed, theyw i l l have recou rfe to that part of the habitableglobe , where th e fenfe of the people is m ore congen ial w i th the i r own ; and by finding him a

t ell ing place in the neighbourhood of Zetlana’ orthe Orhnies, render th is friend and com pan i onthenceforward the fi llow -countryman of Mr .

FOX.

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Thus ends the cal l of P-l -t,

Made by his Majeli y .

God fave the King,and biefs thi s land,

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H U M B LY I N S C R I BE D t o'

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T HE MELANCHOLY H I S TO RY O F T HE MAN?

DUKES, MARQIJI SSES, EARLS, V I SCOUNTS, AND BARONS ,

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