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THE GAZETTE.
From the Dublin Chronicle of May
2, received, at the Columbian Office.
Counsellor Phillips
AND THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
" Ho, then who are you— » man or
nobody? Certainly of the lower order
of men ; lor slaves even are not with
out a name. Yet these would he ac
counted king's men ia a degree above
their fellows.
5*
Mutton.
To the Editor of the Qjiarlcrhj Revictv.
Sir—
An absence from Dublin on profes
sional business prevented my seeing,
until very lately, the Review in which
you have honored me with such par
ticular attention. '1 hiseircumstane
alone has oeeasioned my silence, lie
cause, tho* your criticism is beneath
the notice of either a scholar or a gen
tleman, still. I would not avoid a eon
troversy with one who is the host pa
lionized, !»graiise worst principle«,
amongst the retainers of corruption.
It is by live tolerated instrumentality
of such miscreants, that individu:
reputation is sure to he harnessed t»>
the hearse of national liberty. Your
attack upon me .commences as usual
with a sarcasm upon my country, in
tin* liberal distribution of which y our
enlightened confederacy is now com
pletely practised. I do not complain
t-f the association—To have been horn
in a country so barbarously «jpjiressed
may he a Hiisfori""" > t0 !,e ideutifle,
with her under every disailvuntage.
shall be to me a pride. The degradation
of Ireland is' disgraceful only to those
who have occasioned it, and the name
of Irishman, hut dishonorable to the
Wretch who could stoop to enrich him
self on I Up ruin of his country.—Plan
cored ol'every thing except that genius
v hielt nature seems to have given as
some compensation for her political
injuries, I endeavored to hold the most
honorable of its possessors up to pub
lie imitation in a poem composed
while 1 was at the Temple,
production has not merits of ils own.
il can find but a precarious refuge in
the partiality of its author. The E
mcrald Isle, imperfect as it is, has,
however, gone through four editions,
during as many years io England, ami
a reprint of it has been extensively
( imilateil io America. I place, this
fact against your solitary and most
impotent depreciation. Against ihe
charge of the dedication (1 admit it
as a charge) myv defence is as umin
swerahlc. It. was inscribed to the
Kegeut—nut of 1817, hut of 131 ï —
the restricted Regent—as Î then
thought tin* pupil of Fox, tin* patron
of Moore, the friend of Sheridan—he
bml promised much and he owed
much to Ireland. My dedication
the result rather of my « ou-itry's ha
bituai .iif,- tiuu towards him, an atli-i
tion nnist ardent'and must pr.ict <-al
when he most wanted it. than of
personal evpi-ei.ili<m to
never w is such a foul us t * indulge i
aoy sit h expert tliouaml hope. I sletl
n, Vt e be stir 1 a slave as to act un il.
Ii iitih-éi!, I had the combined servili
ty un-i slopnitty of my accuser, f
might perhaps have dune so ; hal
it was. 1 had 110 idea of creating
anomaly-at court, or of erecting my
selfinto a sij'itary instance of hi, rovat
highness' literary moniticeact-. Let
trrs having been dcnmiriunlcd a Jtr
public, peril.qis, as in the
my Caibolii
of ciu'.s, ieate may have arrayed tin
euroiial on oath against their prefer
meut. Equally untrue is it that ]
recanted at Liverpool what I Imd re
commended in Dublin, or deserted
tin* cause of my country's emancipa
tion, because i advised her to petition
no mare to a parliament so constituted
as the present.—Sixteen years of pe
tition had only produced sixteen y ears
of i-cpidse, and as every argument
weak • . -d, every obstacle strengthen
ed, mu il at lengtli we appeared hut
■as so Iiiitcy prideless mendicants,
cot ?iio^ the humiliation of a prede
termined refusal ! I aid r these
uninstallers, with the most
desire for the •-maiieipalioti of my
Rnuntrymcn, l did amidon hist- a cc»
. sb>-i from petetioos onf'i the parlia
ment of England shall be what the
«imstitutioii of England intended it
should. Is it fit for any thing hut
slo- ks and stones 10 petition the re
presentative of " Old Stimm ?"—
Equ-Hy untrue is it that I ever libel
fed the objects o y pr, vitms penegy
fie; with all the difiidenee width
be-arne youth, perhaps, also with
much of its presumption, l ventured
on a particular point, to dissent from
Mr. Grattan; my ifiss-mt was musl
resjii'i-ti'ully expressed, anil it wase
<-Ii«o*d hv the almusl unanimous vote«
of the Irish people. Admiring, as al!
most, tlte roiiiutamling ttloquenee ik
spb-mbd si rviees of that great man. I
si'll must he t-vutixed from atlvocaing
those rrrorsto which, in (hiscondition
of humanity, the highest as well as
wits
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ouiitiy men, some si-ruplc
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ardent
theliuuiMcU are occasionally subject, a
Amicus F Mo, amicus SoM ml
magi s arnica veritas. Political con
sistency consists not, in my mind, in
a personal partisanship, hut in the
support of a principle ; in an adher
once to measures, not in a sevility to
men—in the steady maintenance of
tliosc truths which the heart and the
iudeement co-operate in approving.
It is a nice distinction however in
these times—one not likely to bo coin
prehemled by a slave or adopted by a
sycophant. But what, either of've
racily or tfCprinciple,can I» expected
from a writer who has had the hardi
hood to assert, that those speeches
whose celebrity has so excited his
, venom, were " never eve« heard of
in the plane of their nativity.'' !! A
falsehood to which, he must have
e kaown in his heait, there was not a
sin- le educated person arrived at the
age of maturity in Ireland, who could
not have afforded a refutation. The
fads is, they had a circulation here
quite unprecedented, nud were dispers
ed far and wide in England without
the most remote co-operation an my.
part. Ot the tour different gentlemen
il who severally published them in Lon
do«, I appeal to any one whether he
mmic any previous communicatinn to
tuts upon the subject, or whether i
ever added note, comment or eorree
lion. The fact is,so annoyed was I al
the continual inistatemcnts to which
siu-h a system subjected me, that 1
was compelled to publish them in an
'■utheiuk aled form, at the press of
Hr. Longman, which volume, annoim
ced as it was, you declined wailing
for hut with the most malignant in
tention chose to select lor your slander
the unuulhomed editions. Now sir.
I ask yoti in the face of that public
you sought, to impose upon, was
(his fair play ? I ask you was there a
syllable of truth in " suggesting that
i edited (hose speeches? I ask yon
how you dare, underthe mask oflite
rature, to blend tfte professional libel
with the poltieal falsehood? The
influence of habit is a very inadmis
a siule apology. Indeed it is scarcely
fair for any rational man, (how imicii
les» fait* for such a marias you!) to
exercise a final judgement upon any
advocate from the pcrsual of even an
authenticated report of a professional
effort. It is quite impossible that
such a report can convey to the mind
of the reader the thousand local anil
temporary circumstances, without a
consideration of which he never can
be duly appreciated. TheVucls of
the case, however, to which you have
adverted, are now notorious, and I
can have no objection to abide by the
détermination of the public as to the
comparative talent w ith which they
may have been developed. Be assured,
"sir, it matters very little to me of
what " lined," as you elegantly ex
press il. your advocates ,.1 Gitgland
•ire—1 have licit lier leisure uni- skill
'o ascertain their genealogy, and
should he very far Iroin estimating,
1 ny any su. h « rilt-riott, such men as an
Erl.skim-, a ttomilly or a Brougham,
Vs to the Irish liar, however, I shall
take the liberty of saying, that tl
. iscs quite as high above my praise
is your depreciation ; ami believe me,
it is estimating it, most unfairly ii you
have judged it by any itinerant ad
venturer in your service, whose ava
iled may have prompted him to the
exposure of Ids incapacity, i he pro.
fessionai part of tile question ! now
halve, anti follow you to that politieal
inquiry io which 1 am indebted for
the distinction of your enmity. It
see ins j am « inconsistent,
charge t omes well lb uni the eoadj'utor
ol Mr. Southey and the protege uf
Mr. Canning i My consistency was
not indeed learned at the same school.
"or do i ask its panegyric from the
pen olTFVit Tyler, nor will I soli,-kits
purchase money from the paymaster
ot Lisbon—In the same manner you
have accused me of impudence, be
cause l ditl not imbide. my modesty
from Mr. Secretary t 'rokcr. ! ! !
It is not my fault,
since LSI 1, an illustrious
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mis In-eti doomed to tin* infliction of
tour newly coined encomium. It is
not my limit that wo live in a
ami that the principles, the
predilections, anil the Friendships of
the will should vanish in a moment.
Li! 'le did 1 Imagine that my humble
th (Ucntioti to tlu.t illustrious person
«g-- would ex, itc the coiisisii'ui enmity
"f The (fjiarterly Review ! Forgive me
this iiiii-i-, ami now kneeling upon the
grave of For, 1 solemnly promise
never again similarly to offend you.
But, Sit;, why should you accuse
•ue of tergiversation, be -ause in eom
non with the entire British popula
tion, I was deceived by tiie promises
if the late ruinous anti sanguinary
contest ! beta use I was heathen e.ottgii
put my trust in princes, ami foolish
•y imagined that the assertion of Im
nan freedom ami not the obstruction
• Fa family upon the people who had
banished them, was really their sub
jeet ! because I eouid not believe that
new
tern.
a mighty continent hatl formed itself ® er
into an armed catchpole ossocat.m, by
for the mere capture of a single nidi
initial ? because I would not credit br
that like tho ghost of Louquo, the ^
grim and blood besmeared spectre ol
legitimacy was to rush into the iestiyat aP
of our triumph, leading in kingly to!
lowers, and, « pushing u- from our
stooL." You, Sir, no doubt, must b< and
most highly gratified at the heart- ly
cheering rimsequenees ofuur achiev
meurs. It is indeed quite exhilarating lor
to sec the Ring of Naples at.the chase, An
the king ol France at cmilcssuin.thc
king of Spam at lus tambour frame,
and the pope and tin« Jesuits, and all
the other worthy legitimates, «asking ^
beneath the torches of me Holy Inqui
sition —Flu* liberty ol Europe, to be g
sure, has perished ; Lewis will assure
us she had the benefit of clergy, amt I
Hope some brother hero lias preserved dlt
the blood of Ney with which to in
scribe" glory" upon her monument,
I really, Sir, must be excused a pur
fieipation in these philantropie exta- ral
nies. I cannot see any thing to rejoice
at in the result of twenty years such
calamity a9tlieworl(lm*verwitiie*»e.l,
—innumerable standing armies—re
vived lt uthil insolence-secret regal
associations—heart embittering anm
versaries—establishments oft lit* Most t
sanguinary and infuriate clmra'-teri
holy offices nod holy alliances, and n !
the putrid carcases of exploded op- 31
1 pression, dug up and defied in theit
infection ; these things I confess throw
of me into an alarm from which I an
not at all relieved by beholding on
lit«* shores oi'i.hccontinent a frightful ln
military mo«,',- after having gog.
itself at the grave ot millions, me
suring the dtslam-e of the ocean that
dtvities us. Such is the situation ol
affairs abroad. How arc they im
a proved at home ? Let your country
men answer that question whenever
their magistracy ctllow litem a license
I confess there was a time when l
did not think such things could h-,
and I gave a loose to the joy so nalu- '«
ral to my credulity in proclamation
and conventions—if f have been do
eeived, surely not on me should the de
to linqueney be visited. The charge
you have made as to the emperor 0 !
France, are perfectly unfounded, i
always decried iris principles, alwav
extolled his talents—to you. Sir. wh.
admire the principles w ith the talents,
Ï leave the panegyric of any sovereign
a you may scie. t. I have now gone a
fully as my leisure will admit into
of the accusations which you have made
against me. You have had too ad
I vantages—you are anonymous, and
your pow ers of defamation have (jtieu
perfected by habit—in my defence,
to those who know me, 1 refer to my
character, to those who do not, I re
of 1er to yam
fe< tly insensible to (he calumnies ol
cither your employers or yourself-—if
1 was fool enough to feel litem rathe.
•>- a pride than » reproach, cuxton
must long since have reconciled mt
an 'o their endurance—there is rot a n-p
tile of corruption by whom i have not
been assailed,from tin-worm born hut
tl to lit; trampled upon, up to ihe it.
vrnemnua associate that has coiled
itself into a foathesome elevation a
round the broken columns of a mold
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As to myself, I am. pee
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onstitniton. To lie so as
sailed is an happiness inferior only I«,
the consciousness of having dorrrvcit
:t.
Be
tired. Sir, the treasury it
i.M «ot. purchase from
that consciousness.-\\ hi'o
self
sh
me
heaven
-pare» me health, I ant more inde
pendent than the plunderer wit;» pays
you ; ami when it takes it away, my
memory shall he sm-.li
blush but on the check of my calum
niator.
as to cause a
CHARLES PHILLIPS.
Dublin, May i, 1817.
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From the „V. i „
Commercial Adver
tiser, August 7.
of
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Out selections from London
to the 19th June, by the Tea Plaut,
this «lay continued.
Ihe trial of Doctor Watson,on which
for some time the eyes of the whole
United Kingdom have been anxiously
fixed, with no common degree of inter
est, having terminated in his acquittal,
on the 25lh of June, to the satisfaction
of a vast majority of the nation, the three
remaining p.tsoners ( ThislleWood, Hop.
per and Preston) who were implicated
with him, were brought into
the following morning; a new jury
sworn ; and-the attorney-general inform
ing the court that it was not his intention
to call witnesses to support the cliatg.
against them. Lord Llltnbotough direct
ed the jury to return a verdict of Not
guilty, which was instantly delivered it,
and recorded, and the prisoners were dis
charged, amidst Ute acclamations ol the
populace in the Hall, and the immense
multitude without.
The attention of the' people of London
was next diverted to the opening of tin.
bridge of Waterloo, which took place on
the 18th of June, with great pomp and
papers
are
court on
® er *P°j/ , i a o^Waks^ndTh^Duke
by thJ™" «
^ or g sidmouth, on the I3ih of Jurn
br hl a yg j nt0 the House of Lords,
^ ^ continuance of the suspension of
H a beus Corpus Act, as a measure oi
aP g Cn ^ aUC j indespensable necessity—It
was second time of the I6lh, or
dered f or a ihird reading on th« 17th,
and no doobt will pass by a large ntajoti
ly I„ the mean time meetings were
holding in different parts of the countr)
lor the purpose of^peti l0 " ,n B a S ains '
An ZfLzümnt exp!'
mou | ^ place ' in aix weclta
^ njeeting 0 f Parliament, was a
d (Q But jhe ministerial party in
^ u 0 „ se refused to lurnish a list of the
narnes am ] conditions of the persons con
g (}ed under tlie Act.
q he attorney general has abandoned
any further prosecution of Mr. Wooller,
dlt . author oi the Black Dwarf,
The expences incurred by the Govern
mem in the trial of Dr. Watson and his
accomplices arc said to amount to seve
ral thousand pounds,
I he wfeet comm, tee ofthe Louse ot
" fü ' nh Veport. which has
been ina . d - rhey h ivc taken into
lhuir s ' talenient tl)e pro bable income and
lxpend i Un - c 0 f the present and the ensu
yelir ; from which it appears that
t i, cr e will remain to be provided for the
yeal . 1317 , by extraordinary resources,
I5,312,188/.an(iintheyear 1318. 12,711,
31 U. independently of any addition to
the annual charge, by reason of any new
debt which may be created in either ol
'hose two years; a statement which, it
m,,st be allowed, aiWds no very flatter
ln S prospect oUhe hnances and resour
£ ÄvoltÄ
^ m ofa continue( ,
rbe commiUee are desirous n f holding
ou j some prospect of a diminished ex*
penditnre; not however, by reducing the
establishments; but by lowering, at ?io
distant fterit/d, t/ie'rate of interest on tin
.Yationnl Debt. From this measure they
calculate to produce a saving of from two
or three millions, and seem to consider
'« «s a resource which promisses the
g'catest and most substantial rettet to
l,le finances
On the 25th of April last, the effec
tive strength of the British army at homt
and abroad, exclusive of artillery, formed
a grand total of 166.8G5 men.
A c-m-iderahle number of very fine
horses, with detachments of troops from
different regiments, were embarked at
Dover on the 2jd) June, for Calais.
Major General Sir Peregrine Mait
land, from the staff of the Duke of Wei
litigtoit s army, is about to proce d to N.
America, in the room of General Wilson,
returning home, lie will be the Lieut.
Governor of Upper Canada.
Paris papers of the 14th June rrpre
sent, that tranquility lias been re es
tablished in ali those places in the inte
rior of France where the deficiency 01
dearness of corn had caused disturbance
ill the markets. Some ot the rioters had
been anested, and the most sanguine
hopes were entertained of an abundant
.uni early harvest. The 5 per cent, stocks
are quoted at 6 :>f. 40c
The secret committee of the I lotis:
of Commons, on the
Habeas Corpus \ot,
would repot-, on the 19th J
The treaty of pe
eluded .1 London between Denmark and
Tain so long ago as August lau., ha
oeen just published for the first time. It
places all ttie commercial -relations he
tween the two count! les on their formel
footing; renews all the preceding treu
ties; makes arrangements tor le&lormv
the value of the Danish ships detainee
in Spanish puts; and acknowledges n«
other legitimate sovereign in the Spanish
monarchy, and all he possessions belong
ing to it. than Ferdinand VU. und his
lawful descendants.
'1 he number ot persons who have emi
grated from Baden this year, is sait! to
be SO,UOO ; of w hom about 2000 have
i-otie to Poland, and the
North America
Admiral Brille, Governor of the Dan
ish Last India possessions, died lately at
1 ranqitebar. 1 he Danish consul at Al
giers is expected to succeed him.
1 he price oi all foreign articles in
Russia have fallen considetubly, on ac
count of the large importations,
ally of cotton yarn,
tuttpetigiun of th.
It was expected
me.
which was cot
remainder to
espect
On the 21 st May
300 ships had already armed at Cron
stadt. a great many of them for the pur
pose of bringing away corn.
J he «ting and queen ol Wirlemberg
lately narrowly escaped drowing in their
country seat at Bellevue, near StutKnrd,
m consequence oi overflowing the Neckar
l he water rushed into the house with
such Violence as to tear up the pavement
m the hall. T he queen made her escape
out of a window by means of a ladder.
t he king oi 1 - ranee has dissolved the
National Guard of Sens, in the depart
ment oi the \onne, for not doing its duty
in repressing the disturbances which
broke out in that city on the 80 th Mav,
caused by the scarcity and high price of
provisions.
Prince Eugene Beauharnois has sold
lus Italian principality to the king of
Naples for five millions of francs.
i he states of Wirtemburg having ve
jected the royal rescript of tlte 26iîi of
. lay, for conclusion of a constitutional
compact, his majesty has declared their
assembly dissolved, and commanded that
every member not residing at Stutgard,
his vocation having ceased, shall irntne
Qwuely repair to his own home.
New York, August?.
Arrival of Mr. Adams.
His excellency John Quincy Ad ms,
late Ambassador and Minister Pltnipu
tentiary to tl.e Court of St. James, (and
recently appointed Secretary of Stale »['
the United States) and his Lady and fa
mily, arrived here yesterday morning,
all in good health, on board the shin
Washington, captain Foreman, from
London, and 48 days from Cowes.
We are happy to learn by this arrival,
that the health of the Rev. Dr. Mason,
was greatly improved, and that it
expected he would embark for home
shortly after the sailing outlie Washing»
ton.
was
A day ov two before Mr. Adams left
Cowes, which was on the 15th of June,
he received the following important Cir
cular, which it will he seen opens to all
nations the importation of bread stuffs
imo Great Britain.
(COPY.)
Treasury Chambers, llrh June, 1817.
Gentlemen—I am commanded by th
lords commissioners of his majesty's trea
sury to signify to you their lordship'
authority to permit the importation cl
corn, grain, meal, flour and rtce, in un
ship and from any country, until tl.e
14th Nov. 1317, inclusive, provided tl-e*
importation of grain shall, dut mg ties
period, continue legal, under the provi
sions of the Act 53, Geo. 3, cap 3 .- .
And I am to desire you will immediately
cause public notice to be given hereof
1 am. gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
S. K LUSH INC.TON
To the Commissioners of the Customs
By the arrival yesterday morning of
the sehr. Evening Lost, in 20 days fron.
Port au Prince, \ve learn that 011 the 23d
July, the U. S. frigate Cotigress, captain
Mortis, arrived there with an agent ot.
hoard U) demand satisfaction for the ir
juries received from the two sable chiefs,
Petion and Christophe. The followii g
•account of her voyage is furnish -d by an
officer on board:
" The ft itfate C< ngres 3 , commanded
by captain Morris, arrived at Port au
P-ince the 22d July; she carr-c i< to
port in handsome style without a pilot
The next morning a sainte of 15 gnus
was fired by the Congress and returned
by the arsenal. Captain Morris and his
officers waited on President Petion the
next day, and were much plt#sed with
the natural dignity of his deportment
Fite President expressed the great plea
sure he felt in beholding for the fii tt
time, an American frigate in his port.
Unfortunately the absence of Mr. Tay
lor, our late consul, pnvented any defi
nitive negotiation on the object of the
frigate's visit ; but the marked attention
of the president in small matters suffi- *
ciently shewed the value he placed cn
the friendship of the United States, t he
officers of government that visited the
frigate were greatly pleased with her ap
pearance. In short, the government, in
selecting capt. Morris, could not hat*«
made a happier choice, bis polite de
portment to all, add his great science in
his profession, will produce that respect
to the government-of the United States,
which it is so justly entbiet! lu,"
" 'i'lte frigate left there un the 27th
f July for the Cape, with Air. l'y K•
ninister, on board, to make the nttces
. ivy demands his government may have
io,ught were just front Christophe."
New York, Aug. 9.
fullest fron» Knotet.*
The arrival of the ship Sachem, ct-pt
Davis, f-om Havt, has put the edit; rs
f the Gazette in possession of f ans
lapets to the 2 1 st of June. I hoy al
fold a few articles. the Sachem sailed
front Havre on the 2fith of June, at which
period France was in a trunqu ! statt
Flour had fallen to UOf. mu! vice to 5£f,
rye flour was in good demand ; tobacco
was steady ; and cotton was brisk and
looking tip. J
Favorable accounts or the crops were
received.
There had been some partial insur
rections in the markets in the depart
ments of De la Drome, de l'îsere, de
L'Ain, du Doubs, de- ia Loir, de* Saône
et Loire, de la Nièvre, and the* different
departments of the Rhone, on account
uf the scarcity of provisions. It excited
considerable interest arid alarm, and a.
general indignation ; but tranquility was
generally restored,
The king of Frapce with his court,
arrived at St. Cloud from Paris, on the
18th of day. The arrival of Lop is le
Desire, was signalized by a geltend and
spontaneous illumination. Ail the houses
were ornamented with emblems
pressive of love and gratitude,
e-igii ambassadors, among w
Maim, from the Sublime Porte
admitted to an audience of his majesty
An article, dated Stockholm
May, states, that the king of S
the invitation of the emperors of Russia
and Austria, and king of Prussia, had
formally acceeded to the treaty oi Holy
Alliance, for himself and his successors
to the thrones of Sweden and Norway
of
'i he foi
hom was Mi
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2 :-til of
eden, at
From the New York Gazette, Aag. S.
B/ a reference to our marine depart*
ment, it will be observed, that Several
vessels from various ports, have arrived
with specie. We have no doubt a con
siderable proportion of the sums already
arrived is for the United States' Bank.
Letters from London down to the loth
oi June, state tha; insurance has been
eßUc'i-d at Lloyd's on Specie, shipped
andaboutto be shipped for the U. States,