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James Paull ^ £ sq .
the pale of consecrated ground— -the resting-place of malefactors ! By a verdict of lunacy on the part of the coroner" * s inquest , the property of the unhappy man is saved to nis family , who are not , we believe , left in such
affluent circumstances as they had reason to expect . He was about 55 years of age , and has le& ~ a widow and seven children . The eldest son , a young man of 19 , lately forsook the Je wish faith .,, and was naturalized , and is now an
offi-: er in the Putney corps of volunteers , [ n relation to this circumstance ' , probably , the deceased father once said , if common rumour he not fallacious , that he should be the last Jew of his family . On Friday , April 15 , at his house , in Charles-street , St . James ' s square , JAMES PAUJLL , Esq . lately- " well known in the political world . He was . the son of a tradesman at Perth , in
Scotland , who procured him early in life ( after the Scotch manner } , an appointment in India , that mine of wealth , in * vhich every adventurer expects to load himself with riches . Here Mr . Paull acquired , as he expected , a large fortune . He returned home to enjoy it ; hut being introduced to high company , and that , amongst others , of the Prince of Wales , he soon found his resources
diminished . A second time , therefore , he went to India , to recruit his finances ; and by the countenance , as has been said , of the Marquis of Wellesley , again succeeded in accumulating great riches . On coming home he obtained a seat in Parliament , arid then , from what cause is scarcely known , for the world does
not give him credit for patriotism , preferred charge $ of mismanagement , in the House , against the JVJarqins , his reputed benefactor . Indian delinquency is secure of impunity . Mr . Paml was heard at first with surprise and indifference . He persevered . His very perseverance and urgency made him attended tp , f and then feared . The ministers
of the day , the relics of the Pitt party , thwarted and endeavoured to perplex him . Public attention was , , awakened , and it began to be thought that there was some ground for his accusation , whatever might be the motive of it . At this time , Mr . Fox ; and Lord Grenv ule united , and came into power 5 and the world was soon surprised in witnessing the ascendancy ot the Grenville jWy , which was shewn- h * nothin g
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more , than in protecting the Marquis , ' # relation ' and former associate . Mr . ^ Fdjp acted , indeed , with his' usual manliness ^ but it -was cle ^ r " that- the minisirjyj' ift general were over-ruied in thei ^ votes ? On the dissolution of the , Pitt paffia- * ment Mr . PaulFlost Ms seat , and , witn it , the likelihood of procuring another ;
for . the .. Prince of Wales ,, who had promised- to stand by him , deserted him , and the ministry opposed him . In the new erection , Mr . Fox dying about the time , Mr . Paull put irpf for Westminster against . Mr . Sheridan , and racf with wonderful stipport . He was not , bowever , returned ; and though he pc ' titipnecl the House he gained "nothing ; for ' a Mew ,
election tobl $ place under a new mmlk * try , before his petition was triecf . ji was Mr . PauIFs ambition to gftjn a seaf for Westminster , to accompi *| jf H » hichi he left no means untried , fairer " unfair . By making use , imprbperly , in an ad » vertisement in the public papers , of tl ) e name of Sir Fraiicis Burdett , his ibrmer
friend and patron , a dispute jarosd between him and that gentleman ^ ^ hichl led to a duel , in which both were severely wounded . In this affair , Mri Paull discovered a malignity , ai ^ d . even a thirst of blood ? that raised thd' ^ ublijp indignation . Mr . Jiome To . o £ e ' - ' &r $ i £ a narrative of the affair , charging ' home upon Mr . Paull improper practice ' s , and an unmanl y spirit ; but tHis . ^ nYplilet was tinctured with malevolence , arid did the author as much disservice in the
general opinion as Mr . Paull . While the wounded duettists were cdhfihed to their beds , the Westrhinster election took a strange turn , Mr . Paull > yas forgotten ; and Sir Francis JBtirdeft" "; was returned in a triumphant manner , ancj , according to the ! old independent Usage , at the sole expense of the electors . " To
the pains of Mr , PaulVs wound , were now added inconceivable agonies ' of mind . r X * he other day , the idol of the populace , he was now their scorn . He had alienated ' his respectable friends . And besides tftis he was encumbered
with a weight of debt . As soon as he could use a pen , he wrote a reply to Home Toofee s pamphlet ; but the tune Was j * one by ; and he found the pxjblxfc indifterent to him and | iis complainti . Even his fast / rieiid , Mr . ' -Cobbett , ( tjfie political journalist , ) let him go when hi found the peojale Mi no interest ^ n him . From this time , it is said , he tpok «*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/51/
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