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DEATH OF -Al * - * GRE 1 . Inorrktcr _eaionsoflast wcek _wcannoiiMccdthc act of _tliedeathof Earl Grey- _Thiswe-kweprecent tiie reader with a somewhat lcng _- . hy notice of the man , and of the stirring events m . which he lad 'hand and lot " : — Lord Grey ' s eharactcr lasibeen ' jeforc the world for a longer period than thatof any other public mai * Ii the ipiestion be ask id , —who were Ins _co- _^ . i _* T _.---3 iu oliicc , with whom , -was hc accustomed te r't _' or against-whom was lus -opposition directed ? - —we * in . 2 i ? t thai at one extremity of thc list the - names of " Pit * , Burke , \ Vy _ du-ru , or Fox ; at the ni '¦• enu _* _* ' I- seen those of _ oi _ Stanley , Sir James
. Graham , or Sir Robert i / _ecL Amongst the mauy _reiiiarkaHs pcculiarU . es _whita distinguish the career of Lord -Grey , no * only _ffok ali other Ministers , _l-i _* - frem most other men , is its extniordinary duration _, lie began life about ihe commencement of the American war ; lived _tteoivgli thc whob of that _-m _ -D-- _«* . 5 e _conflict ; gave Lis sanction to the early _Vire-cc ' _- _'tiii- 'S of the Frbscli Revolutionist ** - . opposed tlw war _ajanist rcpublKan France ; lived to sec that -par brought to astic * c « sful issue by England ; took -a _leading part iu tho defence of Queen Caroline ; _-siipponed the _cmnsisip-itiou of ti ; c Roman Catholics ; - _ c-oame ? rime Minister ; carried the llefsnn Bill;—-and retired .
He was _\ xovn -at F . _illowde _* .., near Alnwick , m "Soi _* i ! iumb _ _* _-an < L on the 13 th cf Marsh . I 7 _G _1 . ile went to Eton » t a very early age , and was in thc same -class wit' * . Mr . Whiibread . From Eton lie was 1 r . _* i _*** fci _* red toKing ' s College , Cambridge , while yet _ .. i . c * -the .: _* j ; e-: f 10- ami he teu the university before _Lei-viuheil his _ISt ' i year , with thc view of making what was tkn called " the grand touv . " This he - < . ciitrlved te complete in less than two years , though Jie visited Fffluec , Spain , and Italy , _liejsiiicd the -state « f tic Duke and Dechess of Cumberland , who were then-it Rome , and was present at the interview -which tank place betweca the Duke and tho Pope . Dut ¦ _politieal _flrcuinstaHecssoon induced him to return to £ n '_; i :: _d . Ik had been somewhat _luslinsruishci : —
_tiioiiuii vot eminently-so both at school and college ; lis friends _natmaV . y _c-qieetedfrom liim the display of great tzl > . nts ; and he , at all events , was not the man to kill ; their expcct : _* . tiotis through any want of confidence cither in bis gift-, or his acquirements . Nothing lot ' s , _thereflic , lie came home To stand tlic chances <> i al _' jHisamentanrcentcst ; aud , although tlien only 20 vears of anc , he was returned for thc comity of "N-.. Vtiiun . berl : uid . It was i „ ther inconvenient that ¦ he should be a _mfc-or . It was not quite correct that a great county should be encumbered with a member ¦ who could neither speak nor vote . It was not : _ui _auspiciinis _Iicgiiiing that theiTeat ltcformcr—himself so sensitive on tliesubject of perfect representation- — should commence ; his I ' arliamcntary life by a ? _sumii * g ¦ a tvii-i _whieii ti ; e law forbade liim to _uiselsarcre . and
laying claim tea seat in the Legislature widen the immaturity i . f hk * . . « e rendered it impossible for him to _lili . But " iliis * . r ; : s list thc only strange _clrcnmstar . cc -which marked the commencement of his political career . Th- * first occasion upon which hc _addressed tie House of Commons was for the purpose of opposing 3 » lr . Pitt ' s wcli-known treaty of commerce with Prance . Peaee , _ceoiioiny , and _l-cforin ivere words which in liis youth , as well as in his old age , entered largely into the composition of his speeches ; feat with reference ts the occasion before us hc had not fouud _itavpei . _'k-. _'tt to take ti . cni up . It is to ba _rc-me'iib-rccl that his father had been actively _engaged in thc American war . Tliis probably * induced liim to look Loth on America and France with deep suspicion and distrust : he . therefore * , stremiouslv contended
that one of tlic objects at winch France aimed was to _iiionflpoh ' _ze the * trade with America ; and thereby . _*—amongst other results—to raise her own navy , while she limited thc operations of ours , lie disclaimed any aversion to commercial treaties in the abstract : lut he c _ itendcd—as men usually do when they wish to ran counter to their professed principles—that thc present case formed an exception to thc general rule . The _nest _oocasiou on which lie came forward in Parliament was one more iu accordance with his "natural character ; and the disposition _ivliich lie -usually evinced to back up his yektives showed itself even at tiiat early age ; for his boasted consistency
• was as _lnanitcst m his nepotism as in every other feature of his character . Hc is , therefore , found at that period bringhv- ; a direct charge against thc _ iiuister for liaving dismissed his cousin . Lord T . _uikcrvi-k-, from ( tic cilice of Postmaster-General "Whether the grounds en wliich that dismissal took place happened to have been _snfiicieiit or otherwise , jt might _bi * supposed that thc accusation against the Miuisiei * w' _-ukl have proceeded with mora _eiiec-i , ccrtaia . y vita a bitter _grace , from any member ol the h--n-= e rather than from a relative of tho party i : _nriit-. iicd ; bat Lord Grey always made it it point of C 0 !! scie : i ! . e to _.- - . _iiiport a kinsiuaii .
Ii ; c most memorable event m tne early part of 1 ns career was the agitation of Parliamentary reform . __« £ crci at that remote period , almost fifty years since , the question was no novehy . More than 190 years ago yir . WiUiam Bromley , member for " JCorwich , _bi-j-aglst forward a motion fo ; - reform ; and from the time of ilr . _llve-nley down to the days of I * . !? . Givy there were motions for a change ia * tlte representation of tlic people , made at intervals of greater or less duration , according as the circumstances of thc country might be more or less disastrous . In the year 17 J 3 we had entered upon the most gigantic- struggle , ia which this country had ever "Ueca _engaged ; and thai was deemed by the rjemocr . itic party a fitting opportunity for tue formation of several societies thr . mgh thc agency of wliich to work ihe various engines of _p-ditu-al opposition . Ani-mgst these was one called " the Friends oi _' _llic People . " This association inelsdid many eminent _Whi-iis , though Mr . "Pux did not think " proper to
join it , and many men also connected with and even _bslwigiiig to the House of Peers ; of this latter number Lord Grey was the last survivor . On the uUih of April , 17 C 2 , Le _bivuurhi -forward his first morion on the subject of Puriiainoutary reform , tlic principal petition in favour of it liaving _ps-oeceded from the society called " tiie Friends of the Peopic , " the _proseaiings of which association liad already very scriuusly alarmed the Goveraineat . _Tisis petition net forth the incongruities in oar system of representation , and prayed for their removal , as wall as foi- the restoration of triennial Parlhanents , and the cnaebnent ai' laws for diminishing tlio expenses at _clccti-ms . "Upon this aud other petitions he founded a minion for a committee cf _iwjuiry , _wlik-li was opposed by Pitt , _Jenkiiisou . _"VTrndiiam , and Rurke : thc _iiamliers oa a diviiion _lieiug * _i" 3- u 41 . After tliis the question of reform was not brought under the consideration ef Parlia ment An * manv veai _* .
That Mr . Grey wa- , a _leailin-i member of onc ofthe earliest reform _soeietics ; that he presented tlm most TCfflarksidc petiiian on tlic subject ever laid before Parliament ; that hc originated a , motion for refo _.-in thiitf-s-. 'veH yCais hcfot'Cany _refuvin whatevervas _acv-ompiished , arc facts respecting whkli there can _ti-i _uoiii- _'pute : bat to represent him as the lather of reform ; s l » ovcrlo jk the long list of members of Parliament ivho brought forward that question at various intervals _between the days of "Mr . Bromley _aiidtlttrie of ilr . Grey himself . From tjiis time forward we find liim doing thc asnal _basuiess of opposition , making the same sort of motion- * fur which Whigs out of ol ' ik'c have Inmr been remark . ' ....:,- and with _j . _-miy nearly the same sort of _su' _-eess that appears to _att-jiul them iu the present
Jn the year 1800 the ihthcr of ih . Grey _becoming an earl , _i-: at _* rentle : i __ assumoti the _titb bv eonrtcsv cf Lord _JJi-iv-c k _. Oa thc de . itJi uf Mi * . Pitt the Tory - _pr-rty f _»** r : i-. « : i-necessary fur a feiviao : U ] is to _withdi-aw iSt _* i ; : n the - .-r . ;; _- _;* ict uf pab : L- _ali ' irrs ; and sin _Aiimiiiisti-atio _* iv .: i-. f _..:-raed in wsi : eli Lwd iio-. vii . -k filled tlle _2 _> 05 t of .- " : •»; Lord ef the AdvAurdty , the leadership ofthe _{• . _msi-ofComuiaiisdevtilviugonMr . Fox , wlm _licl . J the sea ' s of the F < irc ; giH _* i : i _** _s . Ju a few v . _ioni lis after bis _a-vessioa In power the _car'liiy career of Us * . Fex was _unespeelciHy brt-. _i-jl-t to a dose , anil Lord Uowr _* k . K \ _- ? . _-H'Jt ' ic Foivisii _SssfLnrr . The Wliig _-diniitry of this period was not destined to _bu of verv long duration . The views which thev took of the
• _nsaal _iawsafetingth- - : llomau Cathniles wcre _ipiitc finaicieat i ;> ensure their downfaii at the _earliest niomcat- that *?"« Kia ;; couhl _pes- _* _:- >! y _di-.-. _L-iiseivlth their _ erv _;«« . h is well known tiiat * ivSf laid ciaim to thc _privilc-a ; of _subniiriugtiieir _advffe to liis Majesty oatiiis _/ _ubjivlfiom time _toriaie—in fact , whenever they _miiht-. in ihe sssrche of their _sHse .-otjon , deem it _espeditt-t si to do . As the King _wnald net hear of tills , lie pre _ihtm au _abrujit _jl ismissal ; the Partlaud _Minli-try wa ** Auiaed , _au-1 for twenty-thvee years _s & erws _!*•!» Lord Gary _r-iiaiued in Opposition . " lie ceased to ; ic a Minister en the * 20 _ili of Mare !; , 3 S 07 ; on the 14 th ef _iVavenilscr in the same vear he suececde I _vx hU father ' s Jionom ? , and _to-ik " his seat in thc House of i ' o _. rs , bavin-: been for _nearlv tweutv ¦
_vcari-a _iisiingmshe . _i _ihciji-j- * i * ol the House of _Coasxnoas . It rarely happens that public men , considered _mew' . y a * oiv . _tor-* , prove equally _suc-f-es'ful in both Houses ot _i-ail-amcnt , and probably this circumstance arises , nor _s-iimueli _froia any inherent diilerences in the _q-iaiilbsiio'is required i ' or either , as from the fact tliat ihe Majority of those who have been most eminent in the lower house are _iiaiisi ' encl to the upner at a Lite period _« . i life , i-, -hcn ambition has perhaps _scnie-. vhntcook-d , a ; idt : ie power of moving the passions aad prejudices uf their fei ! ow-: nen has _lieen _ccssid _;** . _* _- * . ' .. ' :. * abated . Thi-- , however , was not thc case witli _Ltird iri _* cy ; he was only thirty-seven vears of age when he found himself a manlier of the house of Lor-. **; ; . ' . _'i-3 , ifL'eJ * : _«} ao _* . p _* Y * rwa . _s ] r proparej _, ' u ' s mind for thet-isk of taking a lead in its _prfiCCCflinES . lie tva- ; now- in a _c-oiiditi ; in io avail himself of ali _{ Ji (> adr „ _itag < s which opportunity and experience could _jnraish .
The a _ as «; natioa of Mr . Perceval in the vear 1 S 3 _ _^ reseated another op : « rtunity of which liiany _persons _ihoaght that tiie lVhi-rs miuht avail _tlieiiisclves ; bit they _possessed awflicr ~ _* 3 _iitif _** _k- « t iulii :-enee with the _SoTcrei _* . 'ii or the people to form a Ministry ; auJ the futility of attempting to induce "moderate mes . ' •; _bstii pa ides la coaiesie was most Strikingly dispkyej in ihe tolas _faiJure of cverv _tf-jTi , _invcecdms _fiv-u _tnca of „ _iat _iiaiin . to collect
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md unite the elements of a Government , lmmedi _tttelvon thft death of Jlr . Perceval , Lord Liverpool maiie an attempt to forma Cabinet ; _thislailing , the next step taken bv the Regent was to send for Lord Welleslev , who opened with Mr . Canning and others a series of lenrfhened negociations . Pending these , the llouse of " Commons came to a resolution to address the Resent , praying that lie would form an efficient Government ; and it was generally supposed , from thc tone of thc discussions which took place on tiiat occasion , thatthe House of Commons were not unfavourable to the formation of a Ministry upon principles of moderate Liberalism . _Neither tne _Wliigs on the _oitc hand , nor Lord Liverpool s friends on tfie other , would consent to act under the 1 rc-Eiicrehip of tlte -Marquis Welleslev . The then
Marquis of liastuiES ( Lord Moire ) was next intrusted with authoritr fo attempt the formation ot a Cabinet , and from his " known coincidence of sentiment with theGrevand Grenville party , itwas tiiought that every obstacle to their acceptance of office would be removed ; but these noble lords , not content with the concession to them of fuU political power , demanded dismissils from thc Iloyal household to an extent which hadnever before , under similar circumstaiiccs , been required . It may , however , be doubted that Lord Grev entertained a sincere and earnest wish to become , at that crisis , one of the responsible advisers of thc Crown . He bad denounced the _pnnciiile , and frequentlv censured the practical operations ' of that _iwaatic warfare in _whtcii the nation lus
was then engaged ; consistently with political creed it would have been di & cult forhmi cither to bring it to aa abrupt termination or secure its eventual « nc-es ! -. To a concession of the Catholic claims and to a reform in Parliament he stcou _imr-Yocablv _pledged ; but in tke year 1 & 12 no project could be more chimerical than that ol attempting to cam * either thc _» ne or the other ; and , tlierclore , whatever mav have been said respecting arrangements in the ltoval household , nothing can be more evident than that the utmost amount of concession on tiie nart of the Resent would not have enabled the Whigs at that inneturc to cany onthe business of tlic _coui . tvv ; liis ltoval _llislmess was , tlierclore , obliged once more to have recourse to thc colleagues nf Mr . Perceval .
These negotiations began in May , ana tiie month of June was far spent before Lord Liverpool iound liimself authorised to announce to Parliament tiiat he had formed a Cabinet . This Ministry lasted for fifteen years , and during the whole of that period Lord Grev offered to the greater part of its measures the most strenuous resistance ; but the triumphant close of thc war materially enfeebled every cirortol the partv in opposition , and the hopes ofthe \ ilngs were then at the lowest point ot depression . An alliance with thc Reformers , however , raised them to a less desponding condition . In 181 b Lord Sidmouth issued his memorable- circular addressed to lonis-lieuicnant of comities , informing tnem that the law _olliccrs of the Crown were of opinion that _ma-nsirates nossessed thc power of holding to bail
persons found selling writings which were deemed , though not by a legal adjudication decided to be , seditious or blasphemous libels . The circular re quested each lord-lieutenant to notify this opinion to the magistrates within tlieir respective counties . This was a golden opportunity for a man like Lord Grey ; thc circular had been principally uireetciJ _airafnsthis friends , the Reformers ; hc was an accomplished rhetorician * , he quite luxuriated when called upon to deal with any question of constitutional law , and , of course , it was alike . a _* iveeable to his feelings and his interest to place his ancient enemies in the wrong . In the attempt to do tliis he was by uo means unsuccessful , and the fact that the circular was never acted on may in part be imputed to his exertions .
The next memorable proceeding in wlucn Lord Grey took any very active share was ( he Bill cf Pains and " Penalties against Queen Caroline , thc consort of George IV . lie was accustomed to reserve hi _nsself for great occasions . Unlike some noble and learned lords , it was not his practice to descant upon every question , or address the house sixteen times upon one subject . On thc contrary , he never assailed an object unworthy of his hostility , or trifled with topics beneath a statesman ' s notice ; That proceeding which has been popularly designated " the Queen's trial" was an event which shook the empire to its centre . Through every static of the extraordinary conflict to whicli it gave rise Earl Urcy stood forth as thc champion of that unhappy princess , debating questions of law , which " tie understood raiher better than her -Attorney-General ,
and cross-examining witnesses witn a skin approacnh . g that ef a professional advocate;—ono moment iaiinchiug denunciations against the King ; another , more thau hinting at an impeachment of the Ministers ;—sometimes leading the arguments of counsel , often backing them up with authorities and precedents ;—no weapons were more bright aud keen iu that well-fought field , no spirit move undaunted , noiie wh < : se blows Ml upon tlte foe with more deadly execution than did those of ine man who has just departed from amongst ns . The result oi those proceedings was too remarkable to be even yet forgotten , though thc details arc too distressing to be remembered " without pain . Iu the . ncv ' wd which elapsed between this great event and thc dissolution of the Liverpool Ministry few occurrences seemed to call for the interference of Lord Grey . Hi : sanctionedthe _recognition of the South American
• Republic . - * , anu the commercial poney ot the lliiskisson school . It was his practice to make annual speeches in favour of what was called " Catholic emancipation , " and in 1800 had been a strenuous opponent of the Irish union ; but when in power he was greatly addicted to bills for Irish coercion . Hence , though less variable than Lord Brougham , his _vnk-3 of consistency admitted of very many
exceptions . At length the Ministry , whieh had continued since the death of Mr . Perceval , gave up the ghost when it lost its head , and thc King scut for Mr . Cun . iil . fi ' . The Bake of Wellington , Lord Eldon , Sir II . Peei , and the rest of the higher 'lories threw up oliicc ; it therefore became necessary fo make over ! tires to the Whigs . But Lord Grey was impracticable . It is _Tiilieult to imagine that he was influenced by any othcr motives than these : —Mr . Canning , tliough disposed to Roman Catholic relief , to freedom of trade , and to a liberal foreign policy , \ i _* a _ deeply pledged against Parliamentary reform ; aud the public , though pretty well accustomed to political _tergiversation , would be scarcely prepared for a coalition between tiie most redoubted champion of reform and the man who often exerted his unrivalled eloquence to make the house rally round Gatton , Old Sartim
, and llazlemere . But assuming that these difficulties could have been surmounted , there were personal considerations whicli rendered the prospect of coalition h-. pe ] c _ i . Lord Grey had by that time attained a station iu the political world * which , according to his own judgment at least , entitled him to reject any subordinate situation in the Cabinet ; Mr . Canning already held the chief office , and had been commissioned to form a Ministry . The short-lived Government which that gentleman was enabled to organise did not , however , enjoy the support of Lord _Gi-ey ; bat thc accusation brought against hiin of having joined the Tories was at least unjust . When the Wellington Ministry soon afterwards came in to office , Lord Gray certainly assisted them to carry the Riman Catholic Relief _ iil , but upon that occasion he did not _adopt-. ' . _V'iV doctrines ; oa the contrary , tlicy wcre converted to his .
The accession of William TV ., thc declaration of thc Uukc of Wellington against Parliamentary reform , the unsettled state of England , the revolution of tli-j barricades , aad thc oft-repeated complaints ag : ip . st rotten boroughs and aristocratic influence , led to a demand so general and so peremptory for a change in the representation of the people that Lord Grey was enabled to place himself at the head of a Ministry pledged to " reform , to retrenchment , and to non-interference . " With respect to the last of theso , however , it may truly be said that England was nerw more intimately connected with the inicmsi affairs of Spain , Portugal , Poland , Turkey , Holland , anil Switzerland , than during the Ministry of Earl Grey , lie meddled in the domestic concerns of almost cverv European state , without
conferring obligation or exciting _inspect . His retrenchment—exercised upon the salaries of over-worked clerks—left in a great measure untouched the larger branches of the public expenditure ; and never for a _mojiiriit interfered with the exercise of ihat patronage which filled almost every department of the slate-. vith liis son ? , his brothers , his nephew's , and his cousin * -. In his administration the llcforni Bill was carried ; but so likewise was the _Xesv Poor Law . For the one he obtained some applause ; for thc other he and his colleagues receive the undying maledictions of the poor . Of his three great pledges he left two unredeemed . _Kespeclhig the third , lie certainly never showed any unwillingness to perform his promise , though that _pcrfornianeo was stripped of some portion of its grace bv tiie _circ-umstanrcs of
the times , lt could not be said that lie ai' reform the people ml ; it . Political unions thundered at the gales of the constitution , and he , in surrender ing the eitadel , made ierms which wcre designed to give perpetuity to Whig domination ; but which , in a few years had f lie effect of restoring liis opponents to the undisputed plenitude of power . On the 22 _iul ef November , 1 S 30 , he kissed hands as First Lord of the Treasury , and on the 9 th of July , _183 i , he finally withdrew from the service of the Crown ; but in the month of May , 18 * 32 , hc was for a short time cut of office , owing to the successive defeats on thc subject of reform which he experienced in the llouse of
Lords . The failure of all attempts to organize at that time a _C-mservaf ive Ministry , am ! the clear understanding that the King was prepared to create as many peers as would cany the Reform Bill , replaced Lord Grey in office , and enabled hini to accomplish one out of liis three great undertakings . The abolition of negro slavery was doubtless effected during his Ministry , but it " was not one of the measures to which he had specific . ) iiy pledged himself . At a cost to the country of -fc' -K ' _O . _OOO a-year he emancipated the black population uf the West Indies ; and as to the restraint- * which his Cabinet imposed on the pauper _fiovnilatioa of England , the pubiic have been
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furnished with ample means of estimating those during the last ten years . The -session of 183 ! commenced with pretty plain indications that the days of Lord Grey ' s Miuistry were numbered . Mr . Ward's celebrated motion , made on the 27 th of May , for appropriating the surn ' us revenues of thc church , decided the fateot tlic Cabinet , though its ultimate dissolution did not fake place for nearly two months after the resignations to wliich that proceeding gave rise . The character of Lord Grey ' s administration , and the measures it adopted and passed , affecting the real "liberties" and interests of the people , will be best learned from the following extracts from the " address" with which thc " Poor Man ' s Defender " greeted hi . retircmcat from office —
TO _LOltD . _Gfilrt . _, _, . „ -,,,, Normandy Farm , 2 Stti August , ted * - Mr Loud ,- ! was in hopes that I wiuuld notso soon have had to coimttho _* i * : wn * if » _- _« l . i «» _w ; . who had figured on the stage _suicelhavc been _at-fto tator oftheir at once stupid -and _miwlucvuas acting . Thc time of vour strutting in buskiua , uot witli a da " _- 'cr of lath , faith ; but with a real sharp instrument : vour time of strutting has , however , I thank God' been short , _thom-h full of mischievous measures ; full of hostility to Hie best rights and interests ofthe people ; marked at-once by extreme imbecility , and bv arrogance _extveiw _* . There have , I perceive , been found creatures in Northumberland so silly , or so k'se , or both , as t .. _i present to you addresses , expressive of approbation of your conduct as Minister .
This address of mine will be of a very dHierent c _. cscviivtion * When the savage sentence was passed on me hi 1810 , you expressed your pleasure . Since you have been iii power , you " have endeavoured to give mc a second chapter , on a similar subject . You are now a fallen Minister , and I am what 1 always have been . You deserve no sparing at my hands , even on my own account : that however , would not have induced mo to take thc trouble of writing this letter . It is what thc working people have _suftereo * under vour swav ; it h their wroiig _. ' , and not my own , that ( ill mc with resentment against you ; and that induce me now to exhibit your ministerial career in it : * true light to the world . I had rubbed out the old scores : I had done justice upon you and your
associates , as far as related to myself ; and the account was squared up to the month of August , 1 / 331 ; aad 1 have nothinir to complain oi with regard to myself ; but a great " deal to complain of with regard to the people of England , and _especially tho working people , to defend whom against powerful wrongdoers , is mi verv iirst and most sacred duty . First of all let me remark upon your pretence ol old age aud infirmities . " Old age 1 " Why I am as old as you ; and have done more work in every year of my life since I was ten years old , than you have ever done " in your whole liic-timc . Okl a _^ c , indeed ! why , I am just on the eve of setting off to make the tour of fertile and unhappy Ireland ; and perhaps that and thc north of Scotland , too , to which I did not go before ; and , it is possible , and not _altogether improbable , that if you creep to thc roadside in the first ot * sceoud week " of November , you may sec me _brushinff _alons by the " lootl _. ks" in the
neighbourhood of yonr home , and hear mo swearing that I will perish rather than see the labourers of Sussex and Surrey and Kent , brought to thc state of those of the border . " Old age , " forsooth ! You arc not much older now than you were when you became Minister . There is , indeed , ali the iViii' erenco in the world between a sheep or an ox that is four years older than another sheep or ox ; but , then these have got iheir full growth ; ( hc sheep is full-mouthed at live years old , and after that begins to lose his teeth : and it is pretty much t _!* e same with the ox : but it is not so with ' man ; four years out of seventy arc not what four years are out of live . __ „ ut , after all ; the strange thing is that yon should become so old and so feeble in so short a space of time . When you became Minister you were all " vigour . " In your very first speech there was " vigour , vicour , vigour , " at every turn . You began your career by a vigorous _nnninniifnfm _* . ! of tbr »« ii _* ii _' . ii - _* i * ni bnvonets . That was
your first specimen of vigour . Your next vigorous step was your special commissions , the history of whicli is " written in the hearts of three or four hundred husbandlcss wives , and three times the number of fatherless children . In short , you were all "vigour ; " all " _vindication of thc law ; " one instance of whicli latter was the prosecution of ine by that Denman , who has now been mado a lord . C » rious enough that you should be all vigour , until yonr relations " and _doi'Cudcnts were provided for , am ! that then you should _bt-eoinc , all at once , so old and so feeble !
However , old or young , strong or teeble , I thank the Lord God ( hat you att' no _longer Minister : and I thank tiio King that he has graciously given you time now , in your old age , to _reflect on the _ai'ts oi youradministration ; to relleet on the ease of poor Cook of Mieheldevor ; to reflect on all the circumstance .-attending the aliair of Thomas Goodman ; to _tvllee ' of thc state of the . husbandlcss wives and _latherless children in Hampshire , Wiltshire , and Berkshire ; te reHeet on tlic case of the Dorsetshire labourers ; to cniov for the rest of vonrlife the sidit ofthe " _Ijootliic "
and "burgoo" system ; to study the / _ec _/ _oson / ii * of the north ; while we , here in the south , bless God Almighty that wc shall never see or hear more oi * you oi your " vigour . " Your administration with regard to thc pros : has been far more hostile , more severe , mon destructive to the liberty ofthe press than that of any administration of four times the duration , s ' nec the time of _Elleiiborough _aiid _. 'Gibhsand Perceval . Youi taxing officers have hail thro . ; or four hundred mci put into rraoi in a year for selling papers unstamped . This was " to " vindicate , tiuilaw . " What law ? Win
a law winch yon , and your whole pari }' , particularly Brougham and Lord Althorp , opposed with all your might . You called it unconstitutional ; you called ii tyrannical ; you divided against it again and again ; and , not only have you siifiered it to rcnuin in lull force , but you did what your Tory predecessor- * had nut doue : Van have put ii into _execution to thc vcr _* . letter , and with the utmost rigour , calling yourjelvcall the while , a reforming and liberal ministry . This law , whicli you vindicated so vigorously , and which yon had opposed with equal vigour , as being * n .. iconstitiitio ; .. il and tyrannical ; this 1 . 11 V Wits _OilC ol the Six Acts , two of which have expired of thimselves , while the four worst- remain in full force . Thr act under wiiich all these writers and publishers have
been crammed iuto gaol , was passed along with the rest of the famous Six Acts , in thc extraordinary _session ofthe year ISIS ) , about six mouths after the passing of Feel ' s Bill and about five months after tin * Manchester slaughter , and just about thc time thai the clerical magistrate , Parson Hay , was preferred ftthe great living of E . oehdale , in addition to his _jiviniu Yorkshire . This act , Mr . Hume has alway ' _- _* called " Cobbett ' s Act , " it being manifestly , and almost avowedly , an invention i ' or thc purpose of extinguishing my _Iityii-ic _** . This act forbids the publication of any paper , containing news , or intelligence , or political discussions , oftencr than once a month , ii
it be in numbers , or in a series ot" auy sort . Onee a month was not enough for me . Butthe act graciously allowed a publication once a week , or oftencr , provided thc publication contained two sheets and ct mtctrtio " of paper , each sheet being twenty-one indies log , and _scvai'an and a half wide ' , aud not containing any advertisements . There was another condition ; ' namely , that if the thing had not a skimp it should not be sold for less than sixpence : Before thisact was passed men might publish at any time , at any price , on any subject , aud in numbers , and without a stamp . The only disadvantage of sueh unstamped paper was , thai it could not go free _ofpostiie .
The Tones seeing that this act did not succeed in its object ; that is to say , that the Register lived ami thrived in spite of it , very sensibly _sti ' _iferud it to remain a dead Jotter ; < W , tiie liberty-loving Whigs , who had put on thc semblance of opposition , tooth and nail , io tliis act , not only suffered i £ to remain in full force ; but such was their desire to " vindicate thc law , " that they ,: vailed tiic . » $ e ] vcsof iJiis very , net to cram the gaols full of those who wcre endeavouring to oppose them ; not hy open trial by jury did yo : i proceed , but by your taxing men at Somerset-house , and by ; yourpoliee-magistratcs , who punished without any trial by jury . In one . insf a nee , indeed , the case was sulilered to come before a jury , in the ease of the Poor Man ' s Guardian , published bv Air . liefherington
in the Strand . Thejury decided that the sale of the _publication was legal , and they acquitted tiie defendant ; thou * , ' !! , I believe , nearly five hundred men had been put into gaol by the majfisfrates , when their only i . _* rime was the vending of this publication . ' And yet you have been a mild Minister ! You talk of you ;* goad intentions ! You talk of your love of libertv , and your anxiety for thc happiness of thc pcoole . lithe ease of Mr . Cleave , editor and proprietor of thc Police Gazette , your Attorney-General pursued him in the Exchequer , while he was suifering in gaol , committed by the magistrate .- " for the same offence , Your last act was truly characteristic of your whole career ; 1 mean yom- praises ofthe Poor-law project
, ami your volunteer oiler to move ils second readimr . which was so admirably sneered at by hini who has been your real swamper . There was something in this last-act of yours , of which , upon my soul , I _lJave too much mercy to speak of in terms in which itought to bespoken oi ; and , therefore , I will only say of it , that , in all thc tame acts of all the tame men , of whose contmet I have ever been an observer , this was the very tamest , ar . d the very lowest . About that act I shall say nothing move to you , having , as tothatdhea- _*!? , _anothernoble patient under myhands , the beuelit of whose _treat'iien * ivill , I trust " , be extended to those ofhis whole order , who may be _simil . _irlvaillicted .
But , will I allow you no merit as a Minister ? Faith ! not one particle : not one particle of merit . You have repealed not onc had act , and you have passed not one goo : ! onc ; and a great number that I think very bad . To be sure , tliere have been some repeal of faxes ; but these are not sufficient to hc fek sensibly by the country , while thc encroachments on thc rights and _lib-jrties of the people have been greater , and fat * greater , than during any tweutv year * ' previous to your coining into power . But have not you given us tin Refum Bill ! You < jue us ihe
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Reform Bill ! Yo , Give ! We took it , i _» joa please ; and you h eld hack as much as you d & ved venture to hold ba ck . In the lirst _plai , | you could not havo _Jccpt your place for a week , if you had not pledged yourself to a reform of the C ominous House of Parliament ; and , what is more , ¦ -hat pledge would not have got you into power , had t not the Duke of Wellington ( for what reason God o nly knows !) volunteered that declaration , which iv md _' e him so odious in the eountry , and without wh ' u ih hc might have remained in his place the people always hoping , even I ( the last to have hope in sv . ch a case ) hoping , that a good worrying would , at last , make him tack shortly about , as hc did in thc case of Catholic Emancipation , and do the
tubi !* at once , and effectually ; and until he actually made that declaration which shut out ali hope , I had move reliance on thc Tories than 1 had on the Wh ' urs ; because , if the former did it , there would be no siiutHing ; no deceit ; no perfidy ; no pretending to - ive , and withhold at the same time : and , God have liicrcv upon this people ! what shuffling , what complexity of trickery , what a showing of the gingerbread , " and then drawing it back , havo this people had to behold during the last four years ! what projects of reform , aud what real aggravation of abuses ! Thus , then , no merit had you in entering upon the . - ¦ ubject of reform . You had abandoned the cause ot reform several years before : the reform was forced upon you , or you wcre forced to keep out of place ; reform ' and Downiiig-strcet , * or no reform and the "boot / ties" and the "burgoo "; this was your choice ,
and you chose thc former . Ann , having entered on the subject of reform , did you not give as little as you possibly _coukl ; and were ym not prepared to give less ; were you not prepared lo confine thc suffrage to _twcv . ty pounds instead of ten , when the detection took place , atthe time when the Pis-aller Parkes was carrying his whispers about ? Nothing was ever moro clearly proved than the fact , that you were prepared to _cifHCut to the raising of the stiffi _* . igo to twenty pounds , when thc remonstrances ofthe great towns ' iu the north scared away thc project . A twenty-pounds suffrage would havo made the House of Commons infinitely worse than it was holm ** . * , scarcely auy man would have had a vote , except the immediate dependents ofthe aristocracy , and thetaxilcvonrers of various descriptions . Tiiat ( his was your iutcntion is beyond all doubt . Whatever fools may do , 1 take the will for the deed , and deny you anv merit at all , on the score of the Reform Bill .
And now , my lord , m what plight do you leave the country , over which you have- been ruling for pretty nearly four years ? You leave it more heavily ' uirdcucd with debt than you fouud it ; you leave Ireland with a Coercion Bill , which was nut thought _iicccssiiiy when you came into power ; you leave men ' s minds total . y unhinged with regard tii the municipal governments of the country , and , which is of _miic-Ji greater importance , with regard to tlic late o ! " lhc established church . It is your Ministry which has , for the first time , ventured to put forth , those opinions relative to the revenues ofthe church , which must inevitably lead even tiie labouring people to inquire into the origin of _property ; you have passed an Act , whieh totally abrogates a great branch of the ancient eon ,
stitutiou of thc eountry ; your colleague Urougiinm and you by fair implication , have appealed to the law of nature " from the law of tho land , and also from the law of God ; you have set the working people to discuss thc question of who ought lo have the la _, id . Instead of bringing us back from the point to which we had been misled by the u _* n _* ougluii « n _'' CV L ' _avliamcuts , you have hurried us along into additional innovations ; like Jack , in the " Talc ofa Tub , " instead of carefully selecting the abuses and removing them , you have been engaged in tearing the garment to pieces ; so that at iliis moment you have brought us by what you sillily call following the " spirit of the age ;'' n phrase . so foppish and so foolish that , after hearing it , one wonders at nothing tliat comes from the lips of the same man : bv pursuing this jack-o ' -
lantern , wliich you call the " spirit of the a- _* , e , " and by dragging us alongafteryou _, not a man of us knows . vhnti'fgoing to take place ; and iu the minds of all ranks the word properly becomes to be a subject for _uxaittinsYtion as lo its _trno meaning ; whicli , of all thiu & s in this . world , is the most , menacing to the peace ofa community , and thc stability of a government . You complained of thc difficulties with which you werc surrounded , and who was it that made the _dillieulties . You yourself made the difficulties . The people wanted a parliamentary reform , but they did not want one that would throw the voting iuto tho hands of the monicd-aristocracy _, the sister-services , the pensioners , the sinecure-people , t !; c titheeaters , and all tho swarms that Jive out oftho labour ofit people . Tliey wanted a House of Commons time would take off their burdens : you gave them one , a majority of which were interested in keeping the
'' . ¦ on . In dismissing you for ever , I have to observe , and I trust that it will be remembered by the nation , .. hat you resigned your ofKec because tho Irish Coercion Bill was made softer than you wished it to » e ; aud that your very last act was , yoiiruiiqualilied _ipprob _.-ition oV the Poor Law Bill . ' Go , then , with _t-he recollection of tiie-c upon your head ; go , and whenever your mime is mentioned , let thc people recall thec tilings to mind ; you will say that- ynu had a right to want a harsher Coercion Bill fur Ireland ; that you had a . viglr , to praise yonr Poor-Law lii' _-i : true , " and ! have a right to hate you for it , and to rejoice that you no longer have power : aud thus ends my address to you , forming _s-o striking a contrast with the _addresses which you have received from the i ' _ools ol * Newcastle and the fools of iilorpeth . Wji . Co _*** s' _* tt .
l _* or one or two years alter he ceased to be Minister , Lord Grey occasionally attended the House of Lords ; but about ten years ago it became evident to his .. ieml _** , and but . too manifest to the world , that the time had arrived when ho ought to seek a . repose _mitcd to his advanced years . His latter years were not embittered by much' bodily pain or marked by any _m'eat diminution of intellectual power ; and at an ago exceeding four score he sank into the grave , Slaving survived long enough to feel that his reputation was beginning to fade , and the events of liis life to become matters of hist or v .
The proximate cause , of his Lordship ' s dca ' . h was mi attack of paralysis ; but for some time past his health liad been visibly declining ; the greater portion of his numerous family wove therefore in attendance at thc moment of his decease ; and it will be a melancholy satisfaction to his Iriends to learn that hc quitted this life with as little of corporeal _sulleriug as could reasonably bo expected to accompany the last struggle that human uaturc is called _uputt to endure .
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IVOHSlIir-STltEBT . JtoKD . vr . —Foriiidcikg tiie Ii . iKxs . — A respcctaWe . young man , named ltlelmrd Gower , who staled himself to bo a _inast . 'i * butcher , lately carrying on business in ! C ' : iit , applied to Mr . _llrougliton , the uiaginti'iite , under _liueulinrly ei ! _-. b ; u iassi : i ! ' - _eiieunistaucxs . Tlic a [ _. pl ; cmit sail ! thathe had had the banns regularly pubUshed some time since , at _Shoreiliteli Church , i ' or his _uiarrhige wiili a young woman , resident in that parish , but he hail since met witli an accident which ha _. l caused the postponement of tlu _n- cd _' . 'iii ;* : until now . UaSunday uiovuir _.- ; , Uowevcv , ho rep : ui cd to the eiiurch with his intended and friends * , but , hi his ulter astonishment , llie minister refused io ni . irry them , _iilleiriiii ; as liis reason that sonic iieisuii , said
to bis a policeman , had in the mean time been there and given notice Hint _•¦ _.. _pliL-ant \ v : is already a married man . This lie declared to he utterly lake , for bo hud uo wife , and nem' had been married , ar . d tbey could not teil him the name even , or anything about tiie person , who was said to have now forbidden the _miivringc , except thathe was in the dress of tbe police . He now wished to eome before the imi *;! sirat' - here to have tiie matter cleared up . —Mr . Broughton did not see how he eould assist tiie applicant , but it ivas strung' ! that the person who had forliid'lun the marriage should bo su wholly unknown . The _api'lic-iut , be supposed , « _-u » r . wnrc _thatif already _nxnx-rivd and liis wife H _.-in-j he would be liable to transportation it ' be married again . —The applicant repeated that he never had bean married , hut he said he had latel y discharged several men from his employ in _Kr-nt _, and it was possible
tbat one of them _miyht have turned policeman , and practised this malicious trick _njtiiiust hiin . —Mr . Uro . ugbtun said lie had no jurisdiction in the matter , but be desired Fitzgerald , one of the warrant oiiicers of the court , to go witli tli ..- _.-sjij-Hcanf . to ilia church aud ascertain if lie could who the paHeemaii was that was said t < i have interfered to prevent i- " ? _maniaye . _—Piiz-feralil , upon his return from ihe _cliurcb , _reported that the marriage had been su ' _enmised in hi 5 presence b . v the _llev . " Mr . Matthias , the _bridei-rofiiii sole _•» .- }• declaring there , as he had dime _Ik-fure _ilieina-iistrate , that he had never been married to any other woman . He could not learn the name or any description of tlv . e "O ' . an who had fur bidden the marriage , i ' or llie clerk said _tlsat when he came to the vestry and gave the notice tlirr ** were many people waiting , and in the hurry no panic 'Asv notice was taken ofliiinr
M . uiJ . liOROUGH-STllEET . Monday . _—Cua-ME of Fklosv . —Julin M'Carthy was brought up in ctts : ' <•• -. ¦ ' on a warrant for feloniously receiving one _g-. d _' _-l brace ht , of the value of £ 50 . the property of ihe Hon . Colonel Pe _: ¦ _»«• The prisoner was apprehended yesterday , on his _lieiiijj discharged from the new _IVestiiiiiister _llridewell , where he had been Imprisoned for i _' lurtetn days for drunken _umtdisordeiy conduct . U * will be recollected that about fhree weeks ago a r-ttaulity of plate and the i . ra _<* e ! et in _rjue-s'tion were discovered fo bave been stolen from Lord C'otu 'ii . _' iam ' s resilience , Xu . If : ' , Park . ' lane ; and on the 8 th int . t : ' . nt a man offered for sale the bracelet , broken into _iiiuiies , at ihe sho-. of Mr . i , ouis
Koyxor , of Tottenham-con vt-roau , dealer in gold and silver , who , suspecting that it'had nut honestly been come by . told the man to wait in the shop , aud went fur a constable to give him into _custody . The man , however , dining his absence , decamped . In the course _ofllie dav a _fi'itiiile , who has sinec give- tlio nae _e of Mnv _. v M'C _' _anliy , and proves to In' the _prisoner ' s wt : e , wuii ! ., Mr . _JCeyaor ' s shop , ami asUnl ior tV . e money Cu- nw bracelet , on which she was given in charge , and _beiii » brought to this court has since .-. too ' 1 _rcmando _" . The _pulhv tracing out that tiie male prisoner wa .- * in _IV-istniiuster _llridev _.-ell , Mr . V . tp . _ov wen : tl ; « v , and _immedlatviy _Hcr-il-itO . hi : ; : a- tin _pc-rsoa who . V . _d offered tiio
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bracelet for sale . The prisoners have for some considerable time past kept a petty marine-store and rag shop in Peter-street , Soho . The police having obtained some cine to tke parties who actually committed the robbery , thero will , as a matter of course , be a further remand . ... _ ,. . ,, „ , „ , •„ . '„ . „„„„ ,,.,. n _
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INQUEST AT STBAnOMS . In reference to the man who was shot hy thc police , iii the county Cavan , on the night of the 12 th , under the impression that he was one of a party ot " _Aiolly Maguires , " tho following is the verdict of thc Coroner's Jun * on the body :- — "We tind that the deceased , Thomas Tierney , came hv his death at about halt-past seven o ' clock on the night of the loth of July , IS 15 . in the townland ol ' Lavy , parish ofLavy , county of Cavan , by a gunshot wound inflicted on ' him by Constable William Farmer , of the constabulary stationed at _Strntlone , and that there was no sufficient cause to j usti ly him i n so doing . " The Coronet' immediately after issued his warrant for the arrest of Constable Farmer , and he was com mitteda urisonerto Cavan _traol .
Ruvu . m _. _AssftciATios . _*—At thc weekly meeting ol tliis body on . Monday last , Mr . O'Connell read an advertisement which appeared in a Loudon pancr _, signed by Thomas Daly , calling a repeal meeting . _iS ' ow , as this Thomas Daly , nnd others , had refused to abide by tiie decision of the _llt-pcal Association m Dublin , they had no longer any * connection with it . lie then moved thatthe name of Thomas Daly , of London , bo expunged from the books , and tliat hc be considered no _tavicv _lunwuhev . Motion passed . - >» v . O'Connell rose to make his speech for the day . Uo at once intimated that as he would not ( w here for some time again , he should , at tiie risk of repealing some of his recent remarks , take a review of the i ' _ai'lluiiiciititi'y proceedings in tiie _present
session , and then the hon . and learned martyr did inflict another edition of his stereotyped list of grievances on tho assembly . The VaiTiamcut , he told ( iiem , had _t ' . oiio nothing or _ui'st io nothing for Iifland . To be sure they gave Ireland the Maynooth Bill , but after all what signified it ? Let tliem see how that measure was received by the E . 'H'iisli people . The dissenters in a hotly exclaimed against that trilling att of justice ; they exhibited iheir bi „ ottcd hatred lo the Irish , with which he had frequently charged them . The shouts raised in L ' ngland over that bill slowed that the government wore actually more favourable to this country than the people of England were ( hear ) . Tin ; disseiitcrs received no less than . £ . jt ) , ( i ( iO a year as /('< ., ¦ , '*;•;¦ don mu ¦ ¦; but when was one of them heard
objecting to it" Gti principle ? ' Ah , he huh ! them in thorough contempt , with a little , admixture of execration . -Nothing h . _* u ! been done for _Ji-clan- _*! . Mr . 0 'Council next adverted to tiie _Ihilliiihassigmassacre which lie denounced in _mimea-Mired terms . Do _emie ! tided by giving notice of hi- * intention to go off to Derryuaiic , and there draw up unless tha !] ' 11 Acf ,: of Parliament- to be submitted to ihu committee I ' m * approval . One of thc threatened nefs is for repeal of' the union and another forthe taxation _ofalisoutees . Tom "Steele delivered a curious speech , in denunciation of Mr . _A'iclsolas Murray Mansfield , the proprietor of the _iMilliii Evening Packet , whom ho called an "assassin , " nn " instieatoi" of assassination , " a modern " old man ofthe mountain , " tke . The week's rent was : inmmieeil to be £ 311 ) . ISs . 2 d ., aiid the meeting adioiUT . eil .
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_IIVDK Ml . NKttS . —IUSC . U . I . Y _JJOlXOS 01 ? TIIE "JusT " assks" of iivuE . — 'The _amu / _yauec and insults to whicli the Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire aud Lees have been so long _sul-iectcd , still continues _. Every stratagem is made use of by the black-legs to e . v : itc the men on strike to commit breaches oftho peace , when , if thc poor fellows venture to speak , they are instantly pounced upon , and brought before the magistrates . On Monday last one man anil lire " females were __ bri ; n _*** ht bvlnre Thomas Ashton , Esq ., and — 'Sideb : itham . _ Esq ., charged with " riot and iiitimithitioii . " Mr . brooks appeared fur the coal kings , and W . Y . Roberts , E _.-itp , lot' the prisoners . Mr . _ rooks , in opening the case , _desw ' . viUed _PinkcnfieUl as bavin * ' been for a . .-rent
length ot tunc in a very excited state , ile then called witnesses to depose to the state of the town ou tho evening of Wednesday , the Kith of July . Joseph Little , special high _constab'c of Uydc , deposed that Ralph Holden , the male prisoner , had had s mo drink , and was amusing liimself by giving a few scores of children who wero following him bits of "Toffy , " which he ever and anon threw among them , causing them to shout " _hua-i , " and otherwise to be very riotous , " thereby creating great alarm iu tlic breasts of tiie respectable inhabitants . " Little proceeded fo describe the way iu wiiich he induced the male prisoner to promise to go home , and the shameful manner in ivhieh he broke his promise , by again _pulling _otit ; the " Tolly . " 1 Jowevor , he agaiii _remon-Silratud with him , and again the _prisoner promised
to go home ; hut a second time he violated his promise , so that he was compelled to take t-he prisoner Into custody ; when behold there was a cry raised , " Will yoti Jet him go fo prison V and fbremo . it , from among the ranks of the littlo " Toffy suckers , " rushed the prisoner's wife , who cried out , — " If you take him , you must take me : " and struggled with the constables to got her husband from thom , becoming so violent , tliat the _olh ' ccfs , who by tliis time had been au »' mented to three , secured both husband and wife Ov putting the haiakuits on . . _Subsequently , Mr . special high constable Little , at tho instigation of some of tiie bystanders , agreed _lotal-coi ? the manacles and allow them to go peaceably home , determining to p _.-aeiirc warrants for their apprehension , in
conjunction with four other- * , who , from tho evidence of the policemen , wero shouting * most vociferously , but not committing any acts of violence . Mr . Roberts made a most powerful appeal on behalf of his clients , tearing to pieces the flimsy statements of his opponent , as " lo the ease being one of " riot ; " and in the course of his remarks alluded to the joyous feelings usually manifested by children when released from thc faeioria 8 , which he designated " dens of iniquity . " On this , the chairman , wlii has concentrated in himself the triple functions of magistrate , coal king , avid cotton lord , stood _aghast , and seemed to have been shaken from all sense of _propriety : for , laying aside his magisterial dignity , he entered into ii defence of factories , stoutly denying Ihcy were what Mr . Roberts had termed them ; and for a lime liis
whole soul seemed absorbed in defending what to hini has been a source of immense wealth . Mr . Roberts having concluded his address ou behalf of the prisoner . ** , called Mt * . Charles _Pari-in- _* _ou , who materially contradicted tiie i-videm _*** of the witnesses for the prosecution ; _shtiwmg clearly that the _diitui'banco , such as it was , ori' : mated from a woman of the name of Shaw , who is connected ivith the black-legs , having hung out . a handkerchief on a pole through her window , as a token of triumph iu a ia « case which sho had at Ashton ( . though , by the bv ..- it ivas disiiiissod from her non-appearance * ) . Littlo ' or no notice was taken of this till the children came from the factory , who began to flock round tiio door , inquiring the cause ; and on learning tho case liad been dismissed by thc _Asliton magistrates , they set up a . shunt . One nf the knobstick "; then commenced fkldiiu _;** , aud the women dancing ; but , strange to say , ¦ thc policemen , tiiGimh tin . " , 'saw * fhe _daueiiic , knew
_miiliiii-j ; about the fuk _' . ling , no * . ' dm tuey ki „ w anything about tho handkerchief _lieiiig suspended from the window uf . Shaw ' s liouse , although it was seen by bundled ** of others . Mr . _lirooks having replied , am ' slated that ho should bo _siitislitd witli the prisoners being Iv . iiiud over to keep the peace , the _niao-ist . _'atcs consulted together for a short' time aud ordered each of the prisoners lo find _siirctit-o to keep ihe peaee i ' or six mouths , or iu default lo be committed to _iCnutsford House of _Corra-ii-m fur otic month . The whole of the prisoner ;; having slated they were ton poor to pay tiio costs , which amounted ' to . 1 * 0 , were removed , and are now in diiivineo vile . There were . ' n _' . verul other _cases summarily disposed of by Sines nt" £ 210 s . each , or imprisonment for one month ' . One man was discharged , there being uo evidence against hint , although he had been kept in tho lockup nearly two days . 1 may just as well statu that •'• imvietioi ! . ' _" _. have _be-m obtained for grass assaults by -ic knobsticks , but the lines have wot exceeded five _sfdiiiii'is . ' , '
Cwtkijcto-K Fini-: At L , 'Ixsi*'«'S.Y.—...
_Cwtkijcto-k _Fini-: at l ' ixsi _*'« 'S . Y . — -On Monday , short ! . - - ' after i . * ij ; ht o'clock , a fire o ! a very r . _ianiiiiijf _charaefvr was'discovered burnin . tr upon the premise ' s _Iteloiijjiir _^ to Mr . Ua !! , a cabinetmaker and carpenter , , s'ituate in Bath-place , Tabernacle-square , _Fuii-hiii'v . VrhiUfc thc neighbours were _enga-red in _ji'suvi ' . _i-i ' _wivti'V on the lire , it extended to the adjoiniii < j workshop- ; ii ; t-he occupation of Mr . Rymtr , a _I'Yoneh bcdsto . a _' . i-makci' . The _etoek in trade deposited _tk'rdit was of quite as hn _' _-fiiiiuiabic a _ii'iitr . _'C _-. •• _ that i . i the p . renii _' _ae-j of Mr . _i- _'i _' . ' . g ; and in the _hriefs _- _pii _.-c of leu jniiuite both b ; it ' . Uiii !'; Siind their . _'Oiitei . t ** we're eo _' . nr . _u-tek" enveloped I ; .- ' , flames . The fifei _' . ton w . _'i-a \ v ; :: _\^) e _}¦ " > ' t |' . ? _-t _l ! : _* .. -t : * jii :.- *'! . _' _-c mastery over tha ''• ¦ . . met- before _hali- ' _-i-ast nine _oYi ' . ' _-ek _, and not , _heftrc _bidi workshops were , /' _. _ulted , iu-. i ti . '• whole of tho stock i _;> _-r-uk _coiiiiiii-wL
AJelaxcuou ' Accidevt it e „ . _TT _"^ _" _^^ - _!!* - _Melaxcuoly _AcciDE . vr ir Sf . \ ., _^""^ - _^ on Tuesday the 15 th instant , " _dS _,, tea J gale , with a heavy sea , when tlic J »» rt ! J ' _Uoekeirac , William Ovens , _maS _^« ila 3 to Helmsdale the shackle of the l _^ _***< gave way , the main boom and slice \ t' !! n •** gofcadvitt , on whieh the captain jui _,,,,, ' ' _^ ifi rail with a rope to make fast , Z \ * tl , e 5 boom when he was jerked into ih , 4 V | V " _| K sheet . Lvery wooden thing- _movea' / . ... * . _** Ifc ! hove overboard for him to seize h 0 i „ \ V " _-iiiiv swimming astern , he coolly called ' _*« i' •¦ liti shove over the boat ; before ' tin ' s could "J . "" ' ' - ' t « ever , the poor fellow had sunk to v' , ( l , ! lll - > li _^ was a most respectable and i «( liisiri „ Us u , 0 r _*> Hi prime of life , and has left it widow anil t ! _- ' "'* 1 . " % eiiiWrCH . —Edinburgh Witness . l ' ' , Je _M _;^ _SuocKixu _MrriL ' . Tio . v . — About oi _.- _- _' it _<¦• i the night of Saturday last , a _temCi ' o . p . , _*• o _* _t took nhscc in the vilhi . ru of _Ili < -li _!¦• .... ' . ' - ••¦ 1 ' i . ii- «
mow . lt appears that a married man i , _" _"' i , U | _iiiam Eve , liaving been delected in an | inj | ,, H _li-fler- with an unmarried woman , tlii '' _- ' ro ! i ' _. ' . l ' ' ' " ' _- was put in requisition . As soon as Ere j * , ! . !! ' . ' - ' _disrordiint ham ! coming towards his coUi' < . '' , ' . ' "" _> _sharpeniiiir , his bill-hook in the most d < Vibc ' - _* l = _**•¦• nor ( notwithstanding the earnest _clival ' ' , v " "' wife to desist ) , declaring to her tliat " ! i .. ' - _™ . ! i , _*'• - tue first b—y down if he could ret ]' _,.,, ''; . M As soon , therefore , as the rough music ap . '[¦ ,, " . "'{ Eve rushed out and struck at a man i ) i :. ] , _c-j ' _u--p l . Fuller , who was blowing a horn ; flic la (( c ri , " * ' left * handed man , raised liis arm to protect _lii _' _sh ! _- _" . _* the bill-hook fell with sueh force upon * _, _* ,. . ' ., _* . ¦ _***!••' it cut the _boue , completely thvor . _gh , a mi .,-, * ' * _.- ' " _^ _ilesli containing thc tendon of the _Umiub [ _l- _^ xf » i ! r lhc parts together . The poor « iffmv _' w » V ii ' m diatc / y conveyed to Mv . I ' _.-trrilfs , tlio sm-. " _,,,, . f in the presence of Mr . IV . rker , _sm-cmi , of _ii _^ S d
Dreavan _si'U ' uiiy . _iiupiit _.-itcd the ar . n " : ' _-Ui I elbow . J ' . C . Jameson secured ( he _t _^ _Tt 1 ! oii » ed him in t-he _cauc ; he *> , as in the _co-ri-e (' _'" ' niRht delivered into the custody of _fitiperinicmW uedin _, and by him tnkoii to the 3 )« : iut . n * .,- | 0 i | station ; but although _Knlicrat _juvseul sen , ' ' _(«| I going on well , it is not expected that he eaii _a" _^ g to preler the _cluirge r . traiiisl thc prisoner _bc-.- _' _c-i . _K magistrates for two or Three weeks . The _!*; ' _*! . ! v , | . \ . | extremely sharp . l \ dkv is a _» _iis _l . iU : U | : \\ K _! J P soner Eve has one child . [ l i Eatai , Steam-I ' iOAt Accidkxt . _—Tniii-i : l . _ivus Lost —O / i Tuesday foivimon an aeeident , _mihiii . niiv at ' * ( aided by tho loss of three livesoccurred on thy l '* jy . 0
, C , iiiame . _* _* , oil' St . Ka-J ; an ' i ; c ' . s _Dotkn , hv ( he miscum _" . oi a small boat , _containii-ig at the time fo » r Jnwi hi longitig to the _Ciilloilen _seiiooner _, of I Vmbivkc . IviV in St . ticorge ' s Tier . About _half-past ( en 0 ' c ! l . c ! ° , the _Ciilioden , liaving _diseliarged her _carso , ail order wns given I ' m * the men _belomiim , _* - to her to _wcbih tlic anchnr , the eaplain ( Davis ) _'iieuur anxious to " \ eavo the river as the tide was favourable . Thf- bnat helonging to her was accordingly lowered , and thc i ' | . lowing men got into it for the above _puvivist _* , viz . : — David Davis , 37 , mate , and brother of the captain ; Jiunjaniiii James , 28 ; Thomas Richards , acred JO- '
anu _Yviliiiim Jones . They proecoded to tho _mooriii" _ehiiiii , and whilst in tho act of hauling iu the _aaclioi _*) thc l ' _rim-c of Wales and the Eclipse Margate - _-tOiimcis passed at full speed , one on eitker side of the t ' _cr-if siiippiug . The bout was struck on one side by the swell , and before she eouid right , she was slru ' d * oa the other am ! completely turned over , the _wUW _x _& tiie persons in the boat being immersed in the water _, _linatsi from thc various stairs at Shad Thames immediately put oil' to their assistance , but the water was so rough from the rapidity with which the _^ icauicrs passed Ihivugh it , that some time elapsed before they eould reach the spot where fhe accident _i-ocm-rcd . One of the poor fellows succeeded in catching hold of tlio moorJiig-cluii ' n ami was saved , f ' ic other three clung to each other and all perished . The bodies were found in about three-nuartei _' i * of an hour .
A Uui'fiax . —Thc following circumstance _occiutciI last Week at- I ' umvj . A niani ' _ianied Hinu ; t , _iiwd _sixtymie . formerly assistant to the executioner of Cbak . _ii-Mir-Saiine , lived on his pension iu _Jlonrj-, at ; i small cafe kept b . v a woman named _l'oneet . A _remniac-uit of the : irmy , who with others of the same ciiiss lie-• ¦ limited the house , having struck two iii tic blows with his lingers on _lbmet ' s hat by way of joke , was told In * the latter , who tonic the matter in bad part , to bewaru of what he was about . The west ( lav Bouetentered the cale , and seeing the remplacaut at breakfast , recurred to the affuirof thc _jirevious evening , and uttered _dreadiitl threats against the young tnan . A daughter uf Madame l ' oneet , who keiit the eafO . seeing a _poiiianl-knifo in lionet ' s hand , aad fearimr danger , stepped between the niimwhich
irri-, talcd liouetlosueh a pileh thathe fell on her , and stabbed her live limes . The girl , with great prcav . ee of mind , warded oil'tiie blows and received them t > n her arm . Her _motiier , coming in at fhu in .-. ii ; ent , rushed forward to save _lierdatighte : _' , and _receivid a stab _iromtheassassiu in the iower part ofihesfoiuaeh , and feil liatl . cd in her blood . Ali this hnu _pn-ofil * u _rajiidly thatthe other person . - ' pros at had not- time to interfere . A rempiaeuut at last- rushed on lionet , out _reeeivedtuiiiuncrou-i wound in the side . Another young man , of great strength , then _striig-jlcd I ' m * the _nni-tery . and at last succeeded in _dis-truiing him . 'i'he _nifii-in was immediately taken to prison . The wounded persons were removed io tho hospital , but scarcely any hope _wasciitortained of tlio recovery of Madame l ' oneet .--Paris Pane- }' .
_ _SiincKisi : Occl'ubkxo :. —A few days ago , says tlic _Pa-igox-J , a ii inner of St . Cere- ( hot ) , happening to lim ! his brother in a field ciillectiug lhc roots of herbs for his family fur want of bread , said lo him- — " Co to my wife , and teil her to give you something until f send you a sack uf Hour . " Thc brother delivered the message , but the wife refused to give hiin auy aid . The poor man was so much aii ' ected at ihe refusal that lie threw liimself into a well nnd was drowned . The brother , on returning home , hearing of tlio catastrophe , was so much exasperated , that he seized up an axe , and in a tit of fury , split his wife ' s skhll . —Fxv _. irh Joxtrurtl .
Acciokxt ox tub _Ghkat _Wkstkux Railway . — i 5 uis'roi ,, _Satl-uiiay _Moiimng . —An aeeident oeeurn . il on tho- Great Western Railway , yesterday , to the two o ' clock down train , which it is Riurvelloiis did not lead to the must fatal results . The train , whieh was driven b . v __ the Mazeppa engine , left London at the •• . 'diuary time , and arrived at Bath without tlw . ecurrouce of anything of an unusual _chann-tcr . After leaving "Rati :, it proceeded onward towards Rri .-tul , till on its arrival near Salford . when it ran imo a timber waggon , which was overturned on the down rail . The shock , as may be _imaf-ined , was a very
severe one , and the piissengers were tiiiinvn _ataiiisteach other violently . The utmost _covifasioii aiwl alarm for awhile prevailed . 1 am happy , however , in being _ablo to statu that , with the exeepuim uf a geiitleniiin mnued Kencett , who was slightly cut over one ufhis temples , none of the passengers _ x _*[ _:-erl-iiccil ¦ ' ! ny- i _fij my . The stoker was less fin-tuna le , as , in attempting to escape by jumping off the train , he was dashed with sueh violence against- the _gnm _.-w . _*« u _* occasion a fracture of his shoulder , _ifo was immediately picked up , and medical assistance pr ;> mptly sent for .
Tin * i ,. vri * Fatal AccmnxT ox tuk l _* . iuxi ' . ' .. 'iw " axii _Gi-asoow Railway . —Wo _undei'stand _liiat three iltieers of tliis company were on Wednesday > tryea with indictments in Glasgow , to stand trial Wove * ho High Court of Justiciary here , ou the ht- vl AugKsfc , on charge . ' of culptiblo ' . wniieide . T > « ' tliese are in _cixmrn-ikn wilh the accident _wliirii , " » llie _iiight of tiie Rirh of Alav last , so _nii'ipi- 'i ' _.- ' ' : ' ° '
the Ul ' w of Mr . Couley , of _llridet'iiie , _Glii _.-go" _' . ••¦ ; special train , which he kad hired to bring hi » i . ' ' " . } _l _*" in Ediiiburgh . The third , we und _.-r . _' -iand , is m-¦ _'lieted iu reference to tlio r . cc _' uleut wliich i " _. v . '» \ _- _' _^ Mini * ' ! _wi-eks _provimisly , _wlieraby an engineer oi ; i iocii : n :. . tivc was kiiicd _' tho vehicle beiuir _everturuc _* _* un tho Almond " _' . _'iailuot . On this oirasiuu _tl . e i ™ connecting thc engine with the train f . 'itui !; * _W ' snapped , and thereby saved the passengers . —¦ - _"'* ¦ '• " ' ¦ 1 _'iii-g . ' : EueniiHi Post .
_St-icim ; i : v * a SoLiciTon . —On Fridav an ii _" . _' | _Uw ' was held at upper Norwood , on tlm hady of YA f _W Mantle , aged _liiirty-flve , solicitor ( _phiee of b _* _:-i" '' - _* - in Graceehiireh-street ) , who connnittcd siucia' ' * 'I _' _lsesilay _iiftoi-iioon in bis own bedroom , at _Kmwoci-I * .- v . _'i ' . s proved that the deceased was _sti !> , ic . _* t '' ' _tteiTiius exeitoment of t ! _-. c brain , _mul the _luvy lC " _tnrned a verdict thai . Im had taken his own ' - *** > liaving been at tho time iu u stale of _teuipov . _wy i _» " "
sanity . Awn-Li . * ,- Sunw . x _Di-atu . —On Sunday _lnoni _..-.-- ' between nine . " . nd ten o ' cinck , as a man named _Aii'a- * I ing , a gun stocker , rcsidiug in _Gloiteestei-str _*"* ' ' Commercial-road _JiKst , was proceeding lioiiiv _* _- _* _' _" , _* _*''' ] ' he _siiildeiilj- full down , and before assistance a _' _- _"" _^ J ' ne was a corpse . On _Titt ' sthiy an _ittquest w . _* w li * - ' ' ' atthe liricklayers' Arms , before Mr , Uaker a _!»' ! l respectable . i ury , when a verdict of Died by _ii » i >] , 1-t * x . _*"* was retufiitd .
*'*"*""' I*L 'Hj't-I * ' Il Ilaskuul'ts....
* _' _* _" * _" "' i * l _'Hj'T-i * ' il _IlASKUUl'TS . _fV-Vom Friday ' s Gazette , JuU 25 , 1945 . ) F _.. ! war . l _l- _"" _niiii . _ltanVni _; . ' , _dravesenil , _liusier-T ' a * _' _- * ' •' Urowii and Umiabt _llrowii , _llilliter-sireet , Citv , _tliiji _:- ; - '•' _—OtfOiaeJaipies , Tothill-streer . IVestiiiinstii _* , pin ' .:: ' " ' - '" ' * .:.. ! in " - ' evil ! _inuiiliwli , juu ., Ka ' stimuvne , iuiUev ' - ' i _'"• . " '"' ' , ' '' _Yalcntiiie Jf . / hm * .- - , llrisl . il , _ciii-n-tttctoi- —ll : cli « r « . _-V- . _a' ! . ... ii , _St-el-iyii . _lioolisellev —O _' _corge JaniCS , I . _eiiii' _- _' _'"'' .. ¦ •' _Pi'ioir . W ; , r-y i . _* -y _' , _* n > , _uiv ;; _ei _" - _„ ailiii » g Alien , St . 3 _* ' - _* _: _* : ! _* , _- Lancashire , hitehcr .
Rintt'dbydocoal M'Govfax, Of 17, Cr-Wt Vfisl'^ « Street, Llu.Vni-.Rkct. In The Citv Of Ivu-'Tminsie*.*, "'. *"" ''
rintt'dbyDOCOAL M'GOVfAX , of 17 , _Cr-wt _Vfisl' _^ _« street , llu . vni-. rkct . in the Citv of _IVu- _'tminsie _* . _* , "' . _*"" ''
Oluixin Ti:-* Same Stivet Ami Parisli, F...
_OlUixin ti :- * same Stivet ami Parisli , for « _- \ . pri _. _jtor , _TKAitCUS O'CO . V . V'M ' , _E-H-. _^ _n'MH-U-- _* _!** ' _^ _J iv _iLMA-i I / i _- _wriT , of Ko . 13 , C ' _larios-s ' : _** ., _S ' _- _;*' : _*' . _' : Btr-. _* 2 ; , lV :: _lw-rf ' . ' . * ., in the rarirfi oi * 8 .. _J-af _}' . _^ j _" tor in tiie Cuuuty of Surrey , at the O' . _' _r-c _:-. _^ ° ' ' l ' Strawi , in ih-. - I _' arish o St , „ _ui-y-lt-Strandi » ¦ Citv of V _. V . ' _iiii . _'isser is ' -uri . . j u ' , « _** _.- ! . ; •¦• . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26071845/page/8/
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