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_ DEATfljOF EARL GREY ... - |; In our later cditionsof last week we . ann ' jnnccd the , act of tire death of Earl" Grey . - This vr ^ fc we pre . Ecnt the reader with a somewhat ler . gthynotice of Uie man , aid of the stirrin" events i ji which he had . "hand and lot " : — ' , Lord Grey ' s character has been tjefote the wo&li for a longer period than that p f M 1 y other pifcVic man . lithe question be a jJksJ , — -who v . ere liisj colleagues in otlice , wituvrlr j ^ ^ as lie acenstoincd i to act , or against whom was hss imposition dJMctcd ?¦ —we luis ht find at one estrcmitv of thefist the 1 ¦
names of Titt , Burke , . ' tVNcadham , or Fox ; at the other may be seen those oV ktrd Stanley , Sir Jaiues Graliam , or Sir ltobe / t fed . Amongst the many mnark&ble peeaViariyes wJeth uistineuish the career t > f Lord Grey , aot only f » ni all otte Ministers , tat from most ether men . is its cxtourdinary duration . He hizza life alost thecouuncrjeement of the -Aracrican Avar ; lmaL-1 krmi » h the Tvhob of that snenioraWe conflict 4 - ^ jr . ve his sanet : aa to the eariv pwrceuhigs of the . -French Revolutionists ; opposed -die war against r epuslkatiTrance : ; lived to sec that -wartrausasto 71-suocessfulissueb- Endaud ; look aleetog lavt hi-ike defence of * Queeii Caroline ; suj » joit « l the emancipation oftta lionian Catholics ; beaune rriiar ^ MiiKster ; ca rri ed the llcferm Billyand retire *! ..
lie was Ijora at Tallowtej . near Aluwieik , in jNorthuisiteriawl on thc . lStli of ihirdi , 1764 , lie went to f £ toii- ! vj a very e . trhr a « o , and was ia the same class with Mr . WhUbreaiL " From Eton iic was tr .-. iisferE-cd to-Kin »" s Coliegs , Camuricigc , w&ile yet tmdei'tkeageef 10 ; andlic-lcfttheuniversity before lie rcaehed-hjsi !) ih rear , ffkh the view of making whatwas-ihea called " : fej grand tour . " This lie contKvcd-totromplete in fcss than two years , though lie Ks ' itedircajiec , Spain , aud Italy , . llejained tiie uitvj of the Duke aiid Buehess of Cumberland , who were ilisa ^ t- Rome , and was present at ilic interview wl'ichleek plr . ee Ijttweca the Duke and the Pope . But political ciremnsisuces-seou induced him io return to . EnglaHd . He had been somewhat distinguishedt-Jioash ^ ot wninciitiT so both at school sad college ;
liis friends naturaliy expected from him the display of greatuiUius ; and he , at all events , was not the man to balk their expectations through any want of confidence cither in his gifts or his acquirements . Nothing otlj , therefore , he came home to stand the chances of a Parliamentary contest ; and , although then only 20 years of age , he was returned for Uie county of Jfortliambcrlaud . It was rather inconvenient that Jts should be a minor . It was not quite correct that a sreat county should be encumbered witli a member ^ wliocciild neither sneak nor rote . It was not an auspicious begiaihg tliat the great Reformer—himself so sensitive on llie subject of perfect representation—-should commence his Parliamentary life by assuming ¦ a trust which ti . e law { orbadchka * to discharge , and aying claim to a seat in the Legislature which the
-THimamrity <; £ his age rendered it impossible for him "to fill . Bat this was not the only stras ^ a wmimstanc-a " # uich marked the commencement of his political -career . Tlie iirst orcasioa isjjoa which he addressed lie House of Commons was for tlie purpose oFowposnig Mr . Pitt ' s well-known ti-eaty of commerce with France . Peace , economy , and reform were words , ¦ which in Ms youth , as well as in his old age , entered largely into the composition of his speeches ; kit with reference to the occasion before us he had not found 5 t expedient io take them up . It isto be remembered that his lather had ba ; n actively encased in the American war . This probably induced him to look both on America and France with deep suspicion and distrust ; he , therefore , strenuously contended that one <; f the objects at which France aimed was to monopolize the trade with America ; and thereby —amongst other results—to raise her own navy , while she limited the operations of ours . He disclaimed any aversion to commercial treaties in the abstract ;
Lut he contended—as men usually do when tiiev wish to run counter to their professed * prlneiplcs—tliat the resent ease formed an exception to the general rule . Tlic nest oocasion en which he came " forward" in Parliament was mm more in aceoivhuea with his natural character ; and the disposition which lie usual ! v evinced w tec ' s up his relatives shovanl itself even at that early age ; for Ms boasted consistency ¦ w as as Manifest in his nepotism as in every other feature-of his character , lie is , therefore , foiled at that period bringing a direct charge asaiust the iliuister for having dismissed liis cousin , Lord Taukcrrille , from thcoiik-eof P ostmaster-General . Whether the grounds on which that dismissal took . place happened to hare been sufficient or otherwise , it might bii supposed that the accusation asaiiist ' thu ilinistcr w .: uhl . have proecsdad with uwTre e&ct , certainly with a batter grace , from any member of ihclnKise rather than from a relative of U 19 partv impii y atcd ; bat Lor J Grey always made it a point of consek *!; Ci ; to sangoit a kinsman .
liie most ineiimrable event in the early part of his career wss IIjc agitation of Pariiamcaiarr reform . 33 at even at that nemots period , aimest fifty yeavs since , Oae question v .: vs no uoveiiy . Alurl- " thaa loo yoarsa ^ o Mr . William Bromley , -member for l <») iirjc : s , invsglii . torsrard a motion for reform ; and . from iiiL- tiiau of Mr . Bromley devm to the days of 2 , lr . Gr « y tSwre wore motioiu f 0 ! - a change in ' the represesiatloa of tic people , made at intcrrals o !' gi-catcr or loss dnratios , according as the eircumitaueesof the urautrr mi sht bs more or less disastrous . Ja the year ilijj we liad entered upon the luost gigauticsiragjle in which this countrrhad ever beea cngasjed ; and that was deemed bv the democratic iKirtv a littles oaportnultr for tiie -fo . nnation of several ssriciies thr < iUL 3 i tlic agencv of whieli to work the various engines of politifai ' opposition . Amongsc ilijsa was one called " tlw IViouls of the Pcopk-. " This association inclcdjd many cmiucni Whigs , tuoagh ilr . Sox did not ihiak ' nrojier In
jom it , and many men also counected with ¦ and ' even bsldaging to the llouso of Pews ; of t ! ii Jattcr number Lord Grey was the last survivor 0 a tiic 3 > Ui of April , 1792 , ] , brought fonvard ins iiict inatiou on ti > e subjeet of Pariiaaieatarv ivforui , the prijieipal petition in favour of it having proceeded iraai Vis soi-iatv called "the Frierds of xJio i ' capiB , " tiie prosrediagis of which assoektiou . a " - va « r very seriously alarmed llie Gowruisient . ii ; is ]« tit : oh ni forth the incongruities 111 oavsjsieiuofvepvcssnfctiaii , awl prayed for their ianiovs ! ,:: s ircil as for the restoration " of triennial 1 raliaiuwsls , and the enaetr , sent of Jaws for dimi-Bismng the expanses at - clceiioas . Upon this and other petitions he founded a motion for a eonu-uttee o ? inquiry , vrhich was oppussd by Pitt , Jcnkiuson , WyudiissM , and Lnrkc : the liuir . bcrs on a divKwi being 262 toil . . Afier this tiit- qucsticn of i-cfurm was noi broaght under tue oonsideralioa of Paiiiamerit ior niaav years .
liiat . ilr . Givy was a kidin-j membjr of one of the cariiest reform societies ; tiws he iirsseated i ! se mast remarkable petitiua 0 : 1 the « : l gm CWT laid before ia-liainciii ; thai , he origiiiaaul a motion for reform lUirtj-siven yeais k-fore any reform whatarer ¦ jvas aceoaip-islied , ar- facts l-esjectiug which th ^ rc can 111 nadispuie : buna represent hi : nas the { athcr ofrefoniiistoaverloaklhe Jong list of-members of ParlianHrai wbo broasUt forwaru thst qucstioii at various intmsis tetwi > e : i the davs of Mr . JJromlev andtkoic of Or . Gr ^ v lsL : j £ alf . * Frosnihis this forward \ tc flnd him daing llie csaa ] bssiu&ss uf opptultlon , juaking ilie same sort « i mofes . foi-wlijcli WJiIgsout t-f oiace huve iojisj been rciua-. Eru . itf uud vritli prctiy ncariy t ;; o same " port « success laat ai-. pea .-sij attend thwaia the nj-cient uav . '
intccTcsrlSyG feiaiierofih-. G : c- hssomliK aa ^ sn , = ^ at ^ oi : i : ei ! ian a ^ snisj-d ih ? litiu bveomiesv oi isx-j 1 . utries . Ua tbe tka-. h of Mr . 1 'iti ; tie T 017 J ttr ; v j _ oj :: d-it ua 2 c * iiry for ? . few suonths to ' . vithdraw irau - t :.. ? i'jti .-iuci . 0 ! iiublij aJJiiiK ; ami an Aduuaistwiwa jp . sriiica m yshkh Lard llowivk filled the posro . j- « ra 5 Lcra oftlisAthiiivjlt-. - . thc ] e ? d-Hi ! 'i oH : ie Ii- - 'Sseofa » nTiaa . * slev « lv 3 nsoiiM .- . Fox w no hbiii ihu sraloof llie I- oiv-Vn-ciiieuC In & iew mmitlis auc-v -us r-. cwsiun io jw . vrt- the c . iribiv cucer of -Mr . ipxwas mivvpeeteJlyfeiighsTDadoso , and Lard
iioffickit-ai-fl ; the roroyu Sae ?? t : « y . Tiie Wiii » 5 li 3 K&r of t : uo ;« iix » i was m \ ikatiiid to b 3 of vurv . ioas ao : ^» a . Tisc Tttwi wIusU tiicv took of the peaa ; ia ~ s a&ctiug tlw Roman GatlmSics w . » :-e quite su&ciciit to casura their dowiiiall at the earliest moment that the iviujr could possibly dispense wi » h ti cir sery . css 1 th wo !! known ihat ihey hidekim to tlie privilege 01 sabriyuingtliciyadvwa to his Majestv on tms subject froai time to time—in hzl , whsu 3 veV taeyiiKgbt-, ia ihc c-Aerd ; c of their discretion , deem K exnsUiaat sa to do . A ? tie King would not h-ur of this he -avc them an abrnat dismissal : the
Vort-Jaau Jiinisrrj-was fanned , ami far tweutv-tarce years alrerirarils Lcni Gray rc-maiasd i « Oppbsitioa lie ceased to ! iea ' . jibister on the 25 th of March , 1307 ; on the lituof November in ihesime year iieVjccceued to his father ' s lienoaw , a : id to « k * his seat in tae House of Ptvrs , Jiaviitg beea for neariv twenty yearsa dislijiguishe . 1 messOer . of ( he House of Commons . It rarely happens that public m .-ii , coasidcred mereiy- as orators , pryvc c ^ ivdh suc eesfnl in both Houses of Padiaaiciit , and probably this eireiimstaiice arises , isor sa mucli irora &uv iuiierentdiirai-ciie- 'S la . J » qaabfiaeaBS required for t-itJier , as from tlic fact inatuiaiaajorjsj- oi those irho iiarc been most cuiincut m Uie lower house are transferred to the upper ataJateperiod of life , when amJihionlias nei-lians somewhat coolcd . audthe po « -erof movin g the S swns and prejudices of their iellow-meu has been c ^ e Anih L ord Grey ; he Ar . 13 onl v thirty-seven vcars 01 a ^ e vr hzn he found himself a member of the l . nn « P
w . Lorns ; and , if he Jwd not pneviouslv prepared his mind for the task of taking a lead in its piweceuW te was now in a condition to avail liimseli of all the fuS BSCS ° P l' 0 Tlmity and experience could ^ 2 ^^ f ? atl 0 n , ofMs ' - P ««^ ' -al in the Tear JiOT ^? ai \ otUer « mwrtnnil * y of which m a w JSttSfSf that tbe ^ s , mi = " avaU SL MeTrithtSiJ ^ * lieIther sufficieHt influiSlSSSs fheSv ^^ f f 0 ™ moderate nwLfLtKSrt ! f , to induee
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: and unite ( lie elements of a- Government . - " Immediately on the death of Mr . Perceval , Lord Liverpool made a \ i attempt to form a Cabinet ; this failing , the next ^ tep taken by the Regent was to send foe Lord We'JeslcY , who opened with Mr . Canning and others a Scries of lengthened ncgoeiations . Pending these , " the House of Commons came to a resolution to address the Regent , praying that he would fonu an efficient Government ; and it was generally supposed , from the tone of the discussions which took place on ! that occasion , that the IIousc of Commons were not ! unfavourable to the formation of a Ministry upon principles of moderate Liberalism , Neither tlic i Whi ^ s on the one hand , nor Lord Liverpool's friends j on the other , would consent to act under the Prcj Hiiorchip of the'Marquis AVcllcs ^ ey . T he then Mai - ' quis of Hastings ^ Lord Moira ^ was next intrusted with authority to attempt the formation of a Cabinet ;
and from his known coincitenee of sentuueut with the Grey and Grcnvillc party , it was thought that every obstacle to their acceptance of office would be removed ; but these noble brds , not content with the concession to them of lull political power , demanded disniissals fram the llo « al household to an extent which had never before , wilder similar circumstances , been required . It ma «' , liowever , be doubted that Loi-dGrey entertained / a sincere and earnest wish to become , at that crisis , one of the . responsible advisers of the Crown , lie had denounced the principle , and frequent ^ censured the practical operations , ef that gigantcc warfare in which the nation was then engaged ; consistently with his political *
creed itwould have been diflicult for lnni . either to bring it to an abrupt" terminiition or . ' secure its cvcnVaal success . To a concession of tlic Catlielic claims and to a reform in Parliaincat he stood irrcvocably pledged ^ but in the year 1812 no project could be move cliimevical than that of atteinpting to c ? . ny cither the one or the other ; and , therefore , whatever may have been said respecting arrangements in the . Royal household , nothing can be liiore evident than that the utmost amount . of concession « n the part of the Regent would not have enabled tlic Wliigs at tluit juncture io ckrry on the business ; of tlic cauilry ; liis Royal IlighnGss wil « , thorafort , obliged once more to have reeoui-se to the colleagues . of Mr . Perceval . *
These negotiations began in May , and the month of June was fay spent before Lord Liverpool found himself authorised to annouuee to Parliament that he had formed a Cabinet ; This Ministry lasted for fifteen years , and during tlie whole of- that period Lord Grey offered to the greater part of its measures the most strenuous resistance ; but the triumphant c ' osc of tlic war materially enfeebled every effort ' of the j : srty in opposition , and the hopes of the Whigs were ' then at the lowestpoint of . depression . * - An alliance with t ! ie Refonnei-s , however , raised them to a less desponding condition . In ISIS Lord Sidinouth issued his memorable circular addressed to lords-lieutenant of counties , informing them that , the law ' officers of the Grown were of opinion that magistrates possessed the ' power" of holding to bail
persons found , selling writings which were deemed , ! iou » h not by a legal adjudicaiioii- * 'decided to be , seditious w . b \ asfl \ wmotts " \ ito ; The ekenk y voquested each loid-lieutcaant to notify . this opinion to the niagistrates within their respective counties . This was a golden opportunity for a man like Lord Grey ; the circular had been principally'directed against his'friends , the Rcforaicrs ; Le was an accomplished rlietoriciau ; he quite .. luxuriated when called upon to deal with any question '; of cpn . stitu tionallaw , and , of course , it was alike agreeable to his feelings and his interest to . ' place his ancient enemies in the wrong . In the attempt to do this lie was by no means unsuccessful , and { lie fact that the circular was never acted on may in part be imputed to his exertions .
The next memorable proecedhg in which Lord Grey took any very active share was the Bill of l « dns and Penalties against Queen Caroline , die consort ; of George 1 Y . lie was accustomed to reserve himself for great occasions . Unlike some noble and learned lords , it was not his-practice , to "descant upon every question , or address die house sixtiwn tiwes upon one subject . On the contrary , He nevcv assailed an object unworthy of his Iwstilily , ov . triiiud with topics beneath a statesman ' s- notice . That proceeding which has been popularly designated : " thu Q . uccn ' s trial" was an event which shook the empire to its centre . Through every stage * of the extraordinary , conflict to which it * gave rise Earl Grey stood forth , ' as the champion 01 that unhappy princess , debating ( iiiestions of law , which ' lie
imuerstood rather better than her ' Atlor :: cy-Geiicral , and cross-examining witnesses ' with a skill approaching that of a - ' professional advocate;—one moment launching denunciations against the King ; another , more than hinting at an impeachment of the . Ministers ;—sometimes leading the arguments of ' counsel , often backing them up with authorities ' and precedents ;— : io weapons were move bright and keen in that well-fought field , no spirit nwi-c undaiintei ! . none whose blows iuli upon . the fue with ' more deadly execution than did those of ? hc man who ims just departed from amongst us . Tim result 01 those proDccciiiigs was too rcmiidciibk to be even yet forgotten , though the details arc too distressing
to bis remcmbeml without pain . In the period which elapsed between this great event and the dissolution of the Liverpool Ministry few occurrences seemed to call-for tho inlerferencc * of Lord Grey , iiu functioned Use reeo ^ iition of the South America ;! Ik'publk-s , and the commercial policy * 01 the Huskissoa school . It was his practice to make annual speeches ia favour of tvliat was called ' Cathoiio ciiimici ]) alio !! , " , and in 1 S 0 O kid ken a strenuois opponent of tiie Irish nuion ; bat when ia power he was greatly addicted to bills for Irish coercion , lifiicc , though less variable than Lord Broaghafii , - his i-silcs of consistency julmitted of very many exceiitioiis .
At length the Ministry , which had continued since the death of Mr . Perceval , gave up the ghost when it lose iis head , and the lung scat for Air . Gannin < The Duke of .. Wellington , Lord Elton , Sir 11 . l » cd and the vest of the hishor 'i ' ories threw up oliiee : it tiiereioi-o became necessni-j- to make overtures to tile " WllifiS . * . . ' But Lonl Givy was imi . nictiKible . It is t ' liliitult to imagine that he was ' influenced by anv other . motives than these : —Mr . Canainjt , ¦ tlWii disposed to Roman Catholic relief , to freedom ° o " f trade , and to a liberal foreign policy , was deeply likdged against Parliamentary reform "; - aud-the public , - though pretty well accustomed to political tergiversation , would be scarcely prepared far a coalition between the most redoubted champion of reform and ihc man who often exerted his unrivalled eloquence to make the house rally round Gat-ton , Old Sanim and liazlemere
. But assuming that these diiliculties couid "have been surmounted , there were pcrsanal ^ considerations which rendered the prospect of coalition hapeless . Lord Gi \ -y had by that time attained a . station in the polilk-al world which , according ta . his own jjudgmcBt at least , entitled him to reject :: uy subordinate sitiiiiiion 111 tiie Cabinet- Mr Canning ahisuly heid the chief office , and had b-cn commissioned to form a liiuistry . The short-Hvtd Government which that gentleman was enabled to organise did not , however , c : ij » y the support of Lord urey ; but the accusition brought a » Jiiust him oi aaviajHciBcd . the Tories w ; is at least lilij list . When Mi'r v ^' »" « ilijjjsiry soon afternWds came into ohsec , Loi-d Grey certainly , assistun them to cam' the human Catholiu Kciief Bill , but upon that occasion i-c md not auout fair doctrines ; on the contrary thev were convened to hi ? .
iiie accession of William IV ., the declaration of tue Duke ofVvellinutf . il against ¦ ParHamcnrnrv reh , vm , tne inisettled state of England , the rcvohitiop 0 . tiie . Kirncades , : u : d the oft-repcatcd comphints ag-iinst rotecu boroughs aud aristocratic iulluencc icd to a demand so general and so pcreinptorv for -i euange in the representation of the people that Lord Urev was enabled to place himself at the hcid of « . Ministry , pledged to " reform retrenchment , and to uon-mtev&rcnce . " Vvith l-eSjiset to the last of liics ? , however , it may truly IJC said that EiHaiid wfis never more intimatel y connected with tiio i , » icrnal aiiaire of Siiain , Portugal ,. Poland . Txvkcx i ° !' f , ' r . ^ w ^ er ' an ^ -t bairdurins ; the Ministry oi hari Grey . He meddled in the " domestic cmicriis 0 almoss
e , every European state , without conicrrmg oWigation or exciting respect . His rotrem-hineut—exercised upon the salaries of over-wo-ked « ler . ts--lefc in a great measuvi v . ntonehcd the larger braacacsot the public expenditure ; and never fm-i moment . interfered with the . exercise of that patronage which idled " almost even- department of the state v . itn his s « m 5 , his brothers , his nephews and Ins « mai » . !„ hU ad p iiiwtmtiou tiie iLrbrm I ? " was earned ; but so likewise avjis the Xew Poor L-. nv ior the one he obtained some applause ; for tne other he and Ins colleagues receive the und ' -in . ma cdiotions of the poor . Of his three great plcWs he left two unredeemed . Hesnei-ting ' the third "li e certainly never showed a ,, y unwilliHgness - . t o iterform his promise , though that performance was strinnn . 1
o » soine iiorlion ot its grace by the cireauwtaiicMof the time . ? It could not be said that he < ia » e r .-form He people , tool : it . Political unions thundered v ' t the gates ot tue constitution , and he , in suiTeiuloring tlie eitadQl , made- t <* ms whieh were dcsi « ncd Io give perpetuity to Wl , i domination ; but S Si in a levv years had tkc efet of restoring his oS , 0 the undisputed plenitude of power ! On © id ot Aovei « ber , ISM , he kissed hands as First Lord 0 the treasury , and on the 9 th of Julv , 1631 , he final withdrew irom the service of the Ci ' own ; but in tl niontli ot Hay , 1 S 32 , he was fora short time i § 0 hce omn to the successive defeats on the suhjec Sd T . fM liC « l'Teneed in the House of wads , lhe failure of a atteinnts tn « ,. „„ ., ; , „ „ +
t » at tune a Conservative Ministry and \ hc e ear ,, dcKtandmg that the King tos prepared to Se"is many peers as would cam- the llefom Bill , ' replaced iml ff ' F ° fCC | and * cnabklV Wra t 0 accomplish one out ol his three grcatHndertiildiigs . The abolition ot negro slavery was doubtless' effected "durin " 1 V ' , 1115 ^ ' bl ? . was no * of the measures to tt'tiich he had specificall y pledged himself . At a cost to : ue country ? f £ 800 , 000 a-year he emancipated the bJick population of the West Indies ; and as to the restiTunts v ] iich " u 7 < Cabinet imposed on the pauper population of Engla ^ , the public haye Jjeen
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f ^ fi . ^ 1 * ^ r a- > i —" - ¦ - furnished-with-ample- means-of' estimating-those during the last ten years . - . . The session of 1 S 34 ' commenced with pretty plain indications that the days oV Lord Grey ' s Miuistry were numbered . Mr . ;; Ward ' s , celebrated . motion , made on the 2 < "th of May , for appropriating the surplus revenues of the church , decided the late of the Cabinet , though its ultimate dissolution did not take place for nearly two months after the resignations to which that proceeding gave rise . The character of Lord Grey ' s administration , and the measures'it adopted aud passed , affecting the real" liberties" and interests of the people , will be best learned from the following extracts from the " address" with which the " Poor Man ' s Defender " greeted ki ; retirement frani office : — TO 10 RD GREW :. Normandy Farm , 23 th August , 1831 .
jot Lor . D , —I was i « hopes that 1 . ' -should not so soon have had to coaut the eleventh l ' rimo Minister , who had figured on 'fche ' stnge sinccl liavc been aspectawr of thoiv at once stupid aud mischievous acting . The time of , youivstvutting »} buskins , not with a dagger of lath , faith ; but with a real ' sharp instrument-:, your time of strutting has , however , "I thank God ! been short , though full of mischievous measures ; full of hostility to the best rights and interests of the people ; -lisarked at once by extreme imbecility , and by ' arrogance extreme . There have , I . perceive , been found creatures in Northumberland so silly , or so-base , or bothras to present to you addresses , " expressive of approbation of your conduct aj Minister . This address of mine will be of a verv different '
description . When the savage : sentence was passed on me in 1810 , jou expressed your ' pleasure , ; Since you have been in power , you have endeavoured to give me -si-second chapter , on a similar subject . You are now a fallen Minister , and 1 am what I always have been . You deserve no sparing at my hands , even on my own account : that however , would not lmye induced Wi to take the trouble of writing this letter . It is what the working people have suitercct under your sway ; It Is their wrong .,, and not my own , that till me with resentment against you ; und that induce me now to exhibit your . ministerial career in its 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 mvself ; and tlie account
was squared up to tne month ot August , 18 i > l ; and I have nothing to complain oi with regard to myself ; but a great deal to complain ; of with regard to-the people of England , aiul especially the working people , to defend whom against powerful wrongdoers , is my very first and most sacred duty . ¦ ¦ . .: .: •;¦ : : ; Fh-st of all let me remark upon your pretence of old age and -infirmities : "Old age " '" Why-lamas oid 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 , life-time . Old ago , indeed ! why , I am just on the eve of setting ( iff to make the tour of fertile and unhappy Ireland ; . and perhaps that and the north of Scotland , too , to which 1 did not go . before ; -and ; it is possible , and not altogether
improbable , . that if you creep to the roadside in the tirst or second week of November , you may sec 1112 brushing along by . the " boothies" in the neighbourhood of your home , and hear me swearing that I will perish rather than ste -the labourers of Sussex and Surrey and Kent , brought to the state of those of the border . "Oldage , " forsooth ! You are not much older now than you were whoa you became Minister . There is , indeed , all the' diftereuce in the world between a sheep or an ox that is Tour years older than another sheep or ox ; but , then these have got iheir lull growth ; the sheep is full-mouthed at iive years old , and after that begins -to . lose his teeth : and it is pretty much the same with the ox : butit is not so with man ; four years out of seventy arc not what four years are out of five . But , after all ,
the strange thing is that you .- ' should become so old aud so feeble in so short a space of time . When you became-Minister you--were all " vigour . " In your , very first speech there was " viyour , vigour , vigour , " at every turn . You began your career bv a , vigorous augmentation of the number of bayonets ! That was your first specimen of vigour . Your next vigorous step was your special ' commissions ,- tho history of which is written in the ; hearts of three or ; tour hundred luisbandk-ss wives , and three times the number of fatherless children . In short , you were all " vigour ; " all " vindication of the law ; " one instance of which latter was the prosecution of me by that Donman , w ! io has now been made a lord . Curious enough . that you should be - all y isotuy until your relations and dependents were provided for , and that then you should become , all at once , so old and so feeble !
IIowevei \ old or young , strong or feeble , I thank the Lord God that yuu are no longer Minister - . ami I thank the King that he has graciously given you time now , in your old age , to reflect on tno acts 0 ! your administration ; to rcfioct on the ^ asc of poor Cook of Micheldcver ; Jo reflect on all tiie "circumstances attending the affiiir cf Thomas Goodman ' ; to rofleei of the state of the husbaiulless wives and fatboiU » . s children in Hampshire , Wiltshire , and Berkehiro ; l ( . reflect on the case of the Dorsetshire labourers ; ti > enjoy for the rest of your life tho sight of tho " boothie " and " burgoo" system ; to study the fedosophii of the north ; while we , here in the south , bless God Almighty that wo shall never sec or hear more of vou 01 our ! : " vigour . " ' -
Your administration with- regard to the press has been far move hostile , more severe , more destructive to the liberty of the press than that of any adffiiuktl'iition oi' fom * times the duration , since the time of Elkuborough and ^ Gibbs and Perceval . Your taxing officers have had three or four hundred mei : put into gaol in a year for selling papers unstamped . This wasto " vindicate the law . " . What law ? Why a law which you , and your ' whole party , particularly Brougham and Lord Allhorp , opposed witit all your mighty- Y " ou called it uncou 3 titutlun . il ; you called ii tyrannical ; you divided against it again and again ; and , not . only have you guttered it to rem-iin in . lull force , but you did what your Tory predecessors had not done : you have put it into execution to the verv Jettfli ' ,. and with tho utmost vigour , ea !!! i ]!; youi-sclvcs all tho while , a refonnin " ir and liberal-ministrv .
^ Tliis law , which-you vindicated so vigorously , and which , you had opposed with equal vigour , as being unconstitutional and . tyrannical ' ; this law was oneol the Six Acts , two of " which . have expired of themselves while the four worst remain in full force . The act under wiiicti all these writers ami publishers have been crammed into gaol , wa < passed along with the rest oi the famous Six Acts , in the extraordinary session ot tue year 1819 , about six months after thepassing of Peel ' s Bill andabout live months after the Manchester slaughter , ami just abut the time thai the clerical magistrate , i ' arsun Hay , was prelerrod to the great living of Itoelidaie , in addition to his liviii-111 lorkshiro .. This net , Mi ' , liamo has iAvraw called " Cobbett ' s Act , " it-being manifestly , ami almost avowedly ,- ; ui invention for the uur-ioso of
extinguishing my ricfiisia : This act forbids the publication ol any paper , containing news , or intelligence-, or political discussions , oftener than oj ;« a month , if ii be in luunbers , or in a series of ' anv sort . Onec a month was not enough for me . Bat the act graciously allowed a publication once a week , or oftener , p ryvideu thcpubllcation contained ?« 'os /(' effe ( oufffl ' juartei-° f 1 "W- '' ; c' - * h sl'Cet , being iivcnly-om incites io . vj , and seventeen and a half wide , and not containing a ' uy advertisymciits . There was another condition ; namely , t : iat ? J the thing had not a-stamp U ahouhl not be sold ] or less than sixpence . Before t his act was passed men migut iiiibhsh at any time , at any price , on any subject and in numbers , and without a stamp . The-only disadvantage of such unstamped naiicr v » M 3 , tii-u it could-not ( fopve of lMiiw .
1 ho iovics seeing Unit Urn act did not succeed in its object ; that is to say , that the Rjqiaa- iived and tamed in 1 spite of it , very aciBibly sufeped it to rcmaiii a deau letter ; but , tlio libortv-Jovinir mii « s who had put on the seinbhuuxj of op position toull ami linil , to this act , not only sui ' Lored it-1 » remain in nil iorce : but such was their desire to " vindicate thelaw , tuat they avuued thomselvos of this very iict to cram the gaoiu full of those who wore emlcivvoiivi » g to oi ) poso them ; not by open- trvxl hi mm did vou procecu , but by your ta-sing men at- Somer .-k-hoiW and oy yournolteo-magistRiteg , who uuimucd without
anytniU i ^ uy . Jnona instance , indeed , the case « a » ^ floral to come beiore ajury . in iho ease of tlic K ^ m ^ rt ™ * 1 ) u ! jl , ^ \> y - Uelhmngton tie btrand . 'lhejury decided that the sale ofthe , t Jeation was legal ami they acquitted' the do-S& mT ° t faell ? ? ' f rJy iire hundred men uie . been put into gaol b y the magistrate when t en- onl y ernne was the vending of tu » p 3 kSon And yet you have been a mild Minister ! You f ilk 0 your good intentions ! You talk of your love of i Lberf ? and your anxiety for the happit J of tE ° onle lv the case ot Mr . Cleave , editor and propde or of the the i . xchcqi : cr , while he was suffering in-r-ol con lour last act was truly characteristic of vour whole career ; I mean your praises of tho Poor-law U Jot and jjouv volunteer o&r to more its second & £ ' ffhich was so admirably sneemlat bv him vho -k been your real Bwampw . There war , Io I w , '•
ins last act of yours , of which , upon my « oul I favr , 00 much mercy to speak of in terms-ia whie it ought 0 be spoken of ; and , thewfore , I will only sav otit j that , mall the tame acts of all thc tame men ot whose conduct I have ever been an observer , this fW ^ fT 7 n a ! nCSfc > ^ ti ! C vei " y l 0 WC 8 t ' Aboilt t at act I shall say nothing more to you , having , as tothatdisease , another noble patient under myhands , tac benehtoi whose treatment will , I trust , be ex-SSb ^ JT ^ : onler ' ^ ™? -i * ^ Bj it , will I allow you ,, merit as a Minister ? l ; aitli ! not ono particle : not one particle of mor t , " You have repealed not one bad . act , aud v five passed hoc one good one ; and a great numb -thatI think very bad . To be sure , there have been 2 m J repeal of taxes ; but these are not suffiS toT felt sensib y by thc country , while the S ^
on me rights and liberties of the people Ww , greater , and for greater , than durffai ; LS years previous to your coming into power Lf w £ not you mi ' . tU R * f * M ? * X % ^ Z
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llcfoM-Bill ! "You "" Give J " We took"itTif Tou ' please ; , and you held . back nsmuchaa you dared venture to 1 hold * back . *•*>* > J - - - * . ; ¦> .. In the first place , ; 1 > vi could pot lmvp" lcop t'youv p lace for a week , if you bad not ' pledged ypai-sclf to a reform of the Coiuthous House of lWHainent } and , what is more , that pledge would not have got you into power , had not thc UuUe of Wellington ( for . what reason God only knows !) volunteered that dcclaratiuii , which made him so odious in the country , and without which he might have remained in liib place the pee « lc always hoping , even I ( thc last ' to have hope tn such a case ) hoping , that a good worrying would , at last , make him lack shortly about , as he did iu the case of Catholic Emancipation , ami do tlic thing at ouce , and effectually ; and until lie
actually made that declaration whicn shut out all . hope , L had more reliance on the Tories than 1 had on the Whigs ; because , it' the former did it , ' there would be ' noMuiming ; no deceit ; no perfidy ; ' no pretending to give , and \ yithliold at the ; stmo time : and , God have mercyUpoii this pc ' oplo i what shuffling , what complexity of trickeiy , what a" showing" of "tlie giugcrbi-oad , ' : and ihcii drawing it back , 'lniyb this " people had to ¦ behold during ' the' last lour years ! . -. what pvcjocW ' of reform , and what real aggravation -of abuses ! : ¦ ; : ; ' / ' ' . . : Thus ? , then , no merit had you in entering upon the Mibject'pf . reform . "You had abandoned the cause ot reform several years before : the reform ' was ; forced upon you , or you were forced to keep out of place ; reform' and Dojj-ning-strcet ; or no reform and the " boothies" and the ' - burgoo "; this was your choice , and ' . you chose the former . And , having entered on
the subject of . reform , did you riot give as little us you possibly , could ; and were , yuu not prepared , to give less ; were you not prepared to .-confine the sull ' rago to , '' tweaty . pounds ' instead of' ten , when the dctectioi took pliice , at the time when the J'is-alkr l ' arkcs was carrying his whispers about ? :: Nothing was ever more clearly proved than the fact , that you were prepared to assent to . tho raising of the suii ' rngo to twenty pounds , when the remonstrances of the great towns in the . north scared away the project . A ' twenty-pounds ' suffrage ; would have made the House of Commons infinitely worse than it was before , scareciy any man would have had a vote , except-the imineiViate dependents of the aristocracy , and the taxileyourers of . various descriptions . -That this was your intention is beyond all doubt . Whatever fools may do , I take the will " for the deed , ami deny you any merit at all , on . tlie score of the Reform Bill . " 1
And now ; my- lord , in . what . plight "do you leave the country , over' which you have been ruling for pretty nearl y fouryears ? : You leave it more heavily iHU'dcnc'd with debt- than you found it ; you leave [ veland Avith'ii Coercion Bill ; which wasnut . thought necessary when you came into '' power ; you leave ' men ' s miiids totaliy unhinged with regard to the municipal governments of tlic couiiiiry , and , which is ot ' -mudi greater importance , with regard to the fate of the established church . It is your Ministry whielr'has , for the Hist time , venttnvdto put forth those opinions relative to the revenues of the . church , which must inevitably lead even the labouring people to iuquirc into thu origin ol' property ; yuu'h ! ivc passed an Act , which totall " abrogates a great branch of the ancient con , stitution of the country : your collcaauc' Bsoiiirham
and you by fair iiiiplieatioii , have appealed to the law of nature from the hw oi' the land , and also from the law of God ; you have set tlie working people to discuss the- questiori ' of who ought to huve the land . Instead of bringing us back from the point to which we had been misled by the borouglmionger Parliaments , you-have hurried us along into additional innovations- ; "like Jack , in the" 'Talc of a Tub , " instead of carefully selecting the abuses and removing them , you have been engaged in tearing thc garment to pieces ; so that at this moment you have " brought us by what you sillily will following the " spirit of the ago ;' a phrase so foppish aud so foolish ' that , " after hearing it , one wonders at nothing that conies from the lips of tlic same' man ; by ' pursuing this jack-o ' - lantern , which you call thc " spirit of the ace . " and
by dragging us along after you , not a man of us knows what is going to take place ; and in the minds " of all ranks the . word ^ ropert ;/ becomes to be n sub ject-fur examination as lo its true meaning ; which , of all things in this . world , is the most menacing to . tho peace of a community , and the stability of a government . You complained-of tho difficulties " with' which you were surrounded , aud who was it that-made tho djliieukies . You yourself made the difficulties . Tue people wanted a parliamentary reform , but they did not want one that would throw the voting into . the hands of-the ihoniod-aristoeracy , thc sister-services , thc pensioners , thc sinecure-people , the titheeaters , and all the swarms that live out of the labour of a people ; They wanted a House of Commons that ivouldtako off their burdens : . you gave them one , a majority of . which were'interested in keeping the burdens on . '
¦ In dismissing you for ever , I have to observe , and I trust that it will be remembered'by the nation , i . iiat you resigned your office because tho Irish Cnurcion Bill was made softer than you wished it to 00 ; arid that yum very hist aot way , y « ur unqualified ¦ ipprobation of the t ' oor Law Bill . Gro , then , with ; iie recollection of these upon your head ; go , and ¦ vhenever your ua ' me is mentioned , let the people ycliall those things-to mindj you will say that you hud : i right ; to want a harsher Coercion Bill fur . Ireland ; that you had a righi . to praise your Poor-Law Bill : true , and I have aright to hate you for it , and to rejoice that you no longer have power : and thus ends inyaddrtss to you , forming eo striking a- contrast n-iih the uiidresses which you have received from tlic fools of NoweastkVand tho ' fools of Morpcth . Wm . COiiliKlT .
For one or two years after he ceased to be Minister , Lord Grey occasionally attended the House of Lords ; out about ten years ago it became evident to his friends , " and but too manifest to the world , that the time hail arrived when he ought to seek a repose suited to his advanced - years . Ilia latter years were iiot embittered by much bodily pain or marked by any ssreat . 'diminution of intellectual power ; and at an age exceeding-four score-he sank into the grave , having survived Iongenoiigli to feel that his rcputfltion was'beginning to f ' ado , and the cvc ' uts of liis life to
oeeoine matters of history . The proximate cause ot' his Lordship ' s death was nil attack of paralysis ; but for some time past hrs health had been visibly declining ; the greater portion of his numerous familjMvere therefore' iu attendance at tlie moiv . cnt of his ' dccoaso ; and it will be a melancholy . satisfaction to his Iriends to-learn that he quitted this life with as little of corpoveal suil ' ering . as could reasonably , be expected to accompany tho last struggle that human miture is called upon to endure .. ; . tf 3 W | . naKWJtt . 4 HMWTOuw » awp « mimw »„ ., ,, lu . L _ ILi . L | .
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MANSION' HOUSE . Fr . iim-. — llESPEaiic Attempts at Suicide . —A young womnn ; naiiwd Sopliiii Vincent , was brought up in eonsequuuee of having attcmutml to ilustroy lievsuh" twice . iili . Gcoi-ge - Gavi'tttt , HW ij ' eon , ot' "Qr . ion-strcct , Bishops , gate , st : iteil tiiat . on tlnipreci ! diiig ( liiytliei ) rwoiierwalld'il iuty tho shop ,- mid . v .-uutevl to I ' lui-chnsusoniu sugurof lua < l , She appeared to bo iu ll rtojaetml and iij ? itat . > . l eonJilUm , mill witness enU'l'tiiinod ¦ no doubt tliat s ! iu conten . iilatwi solf-uestruution ; and in a conversation which he h : u ! wivli her she admitted . thai shy intciulcd to eoimwifcsul
cide . j He coasideivd it to be his duty to give her into the custody of a policeman , and she was taken to : i Ktatiimlioustt . —The ptiHccman said that v . hilu in Uiestationlioiisc the youiis womaii emleavourcd to strauijlo havsolf with her liamikui-L-hit . -l ' , which was found tied tight round her neck . —The Lord Mayor : What is your reason for altfc'mpting to commit si > liuinuus an otfouce , pvisotiw ?—The pi-isuneiy who sobbed and wept bittjrly-during the examination , s ; aid she was-iuo 3 t unhappy , in her mind . The Lord -Mayor : Arc- you an n : i ! br : iin :, tc girl ! Tho prisoner : I am . —The Lord Mayor directed that she should bo taken cure of 1 : 1 the Cosnptar for ai ' uwuiiys , iiiid said that lie ahould in thu meantime see whutuoiild be done for her . . ¦ ¦ :
Syruno . vv , —The Atrocious--roan -La ws— Samuel " Richardson , aged C 3 years , 11 hyhly-ivsixietaij ' -o and verv inti'lli-jcnt bootmaker , who had evidently saon better days ' applied to tho Lord -Mayor to procure liis lordship ' s intercession with tlie guardians of All Hallows tiie Groat . He said , from his grout , age ho was now " nearly past labour , and was desirous of obtaining a little help in the shape of out-door- relief . Ho had been for upwards oi twenty years u parishioner of All Hallows , and if his lordship would o : ily intercede for liini , lie believed Hie law gave him thu nowm , iu fact , to oi-disv such relief , liis
lordship referred to the Poor La > v Aot , and read the clause licarin ;; on the point , which appeared to be drawn up in siteii an inhumau-like spirit as to nioek the betterfeelings of Immunity . " There , " said his lordshi p , " you see it requires that 1 should he personall y acquainted with the foet tliat you are entirely unable to work ; now , I cannot say that of my personal knowledge I am aware of that . "— Applicant : " , M y great a ; 'c . "" Well , I regret that tlie ietter and spirit of the act is of such a nature that- it does not permit of my interi ' wence but it you will get up a memorial , signed by some of ihe
rcsjwlauls persons wlioarcacauaaited with you ami your casu , I will interfere for you and see what I csu \ do . " Tlie applicant thanked his lordship and ' withdrew . ' A Starving Max . —Daniel Warner , a- , young man . who described himself as a bricklayer ' s labourer , was brought up in custody of poiiceman J 51 , who deposed that at-iiTne this movnhig he saw the prisoner break the ; shop wi-tdow of Mr . . Wrangle , . baker , of- Cannon-strcet / 1 riieii he took him into custody . —Thc prisoner , in his def . ' ^ ice , said he had been employed . at Darlington-as a bricklayer ' s labourer , but being out of employ he had walked to London in . search of work , and had been starvin < - 'bout the streets for the last fortnight , and from distress wi . -s driven to commit tl ; t . olfoncc .-IIi 3 loidahip said he / wd uo :, lternat , ve , he must fine ! , im 25 s ., and if that w ' ^ 6 BOt pauUiomust go to Bi'id ^ H fo r two moHtiis , ffifl . lard
MARYLBr . ONE Satcudav .-A SiiARPER OAUGHT . -Henry Martin a 5 mavtly . dveSScd you » sman , who sported a large "Soil his finger , was charged with attempting to nick Zv £ tlie previous night in Oxfoid-street & SSt two others of doubtful chara . ter . andZ ^ . oSv ! soon attracted the attention of the ^ oU m ^ hst ¦« I fixed upon au clderl ^ antleman , who , lOoUn luto a
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gBWafcamimroai ¦ m " ——— -. . .-h ^' win& w ^^^^^ . fiud bis ) way into , . when-the constable stepped forward and all the three culprits ran away . The constable , pursued , them , and . took thcytisoner into cluvrge ., The \ a \ - goncr had a . iiue glossy head ol liair , with large ringlet : suspended from it , but when taken to the station , 11 very little exploration , showed that it was all sham—that i : was only a wig , which , when removed , presented unmistikahle evidence of the prisoner's intimate knowledge ot the mysteries of thc Penitentiary or the House of Correction . Thc prisoner denied thc charge , but the attempt being proved , ho was committed . for one month to the House of Coirection .
iHARLU ' OUOUGir STltEET . Saturday . —A Stueet DisrmuiAScs . —John Bennett , a ferocious looking excavator , ' was charged with being drunk and disorderly the previous night in Silver-street , and with threatening to lay violent hands on the police . ! Ie was found between two females , shouting and swearing in such a manner as to disturb the whole neighbourhood , ltiuiny of the window ' s : being ' -tnvowu--u ]> . to sec what ' was the matter . On the constable stationed there going ' up . 10 learn alwut what . was wron ' , the -iWuiiuiuit began tw swear at hinvin ainost honid manner , ' tlirca ' tcniiig "lie would take away liis b——y life . " lie ' was about to strike the constable , when a second one came up to the rescue
and after some struggling the refractory excavator was safely lodged in the station ; The prisoner , who spoke the-most'barbarous dialect of Uockayue , said , " vyyer vortship yeseel vbsagsing . uii the street veu the two veinen conies to me and axes fur a drop of gin , I stood a quartern in thc next public-liuuse , for viclr I ]> aid vorpeuce , but ven thu ehanguvos laid down on the bar , yer vortshin , von of « w g » ls sisizcd . it ami yentuut to tliu street ; I yollows , and the other voilows mo , veil a prewuus row took ' pla ' ee between us about' the tuppence . It was then tlic police came ' up , but I never threatened to vollop him , that-1 , swears . " The defendant , -notwithstanding liis eloquent defence , wasi fined 5 s . ¦ ' : :, "' ¦ ¦ ; .: : : - ¦ V 0 RSiIll \ STKEET .
Monday . —Fokbiddixo tue Uanns . — A respectable young man , named . Richard Goiver , who stated iiimteli to ' lie . 1 -lnaster ' butcher , lately carrying 611-business in ICoilt , iippliod to 111 ' , lirouglitun , thc niagistnite , under peculiarly embarrassing cireunistantvs . Tiie applicant said that lie had had the banns regularly jiuLiishud some lime since ,- at ShovevUtcU Churcli , for liis marriage wilh a young woman , resident in : that parish , but he had since met with an accident which had caused the postponement of the wedding until now . On Sunday morning , however , he repaired to the church witli his intended and friend ; , but , to his filter astonishment , the minister refused to marry them , alleging ashis reason that some person , said to bu a policeman , had iu the mean time been there and given notice tliat applicant was already a nian-ied man .
This- he declared 10 be utterly fake , for he had no wife , and never had been married , aud they could not tell him the name even , or anything about tiie person , who was said to have now forbidden the marriage , except that he was in the dress of the police . He now wished to come before the magistrate here to have-the matter cleared up . — . Mr . Drotighioii did not see how he could assist the app licant , but it was strange that the person who h .-id forbUUiun the marriage ' should bes so wholly unknown . Tlie applicant ; he . Supposed , < v ! , ss n . WM-c tliatif ah-cady niiirrii-il , 'llld his wife living he would be liable to transportation if he married again . —The applicant repeated that he never had been married , but hotiiid : he , had lately discharged several meu from his employ in Kent , audit was possible that one of them might have tarried ' policeman , and
practised this malicious trick against him . — llr . lii-Gughton said he had no jurisdiction in the matter , but he desired Fitzgerald , one of the warrant otters of the court , to go with tiie applicant to the church and ascertain if he could who the policeman was that was said to h ' iiv ' e interfered to prevent the niiir . iage . —Fitzgerald , upon his return from the church ; reported that the marriage had b : eu solemnised in his presence In Vic llev . Mr . Matthias , the bridegroom solemnly declaring there , as ho had done before the magistrate , tliat he had never been married to any other woman . He could- not learn the name or any description of the mail who had forbidden the marriage , for this ' clerk said that when he came to the vestry and gave the notice there were many people waiting , and in thc hurry i \ o ' particular ' notice ivas t ; i !; e : i of him .
MARLI 5 OROU ( iII . STHE 13 T . Monday . —Chat . ge ov Felosy . —John M'CarHn- was broughtup in custody on a warrant tor feloniously receiving one ' gold bracelet , of the value of £ 50 , the property of tlie Hun . Colonel Pcpys . Theprisouerwasapprehended ' yesterday , on his beiiig discharged from the new Westminster Bridewell , where lie 'had ' been . impvisoueil for fourteen days ' for ' drunken and disordely conduct . ' It ' will be recollected that about three weeks ago a quantity of plate and the bracelet in question were discovered to have been stolen from Lord Cotlenhani's residence , No . 1 C , l'arklane ; and on the 8 th instant a nian offered lor sale the bracelet , broken into pieces , at thc shop of Mr . Louis Iveyxor , of Tottenham-court-roail , dealer in gold and silver , who , suspecting tiiat . it hadnothonasUvbeeneome
by , told the man to wait iu the shop , and went for a constable to give him into custody . '' The . man , however , during- his absence , decamped . In the course of the day a female , Who has since given the name of Mary Sl'Carlli . v ,- and proves to lie the [ prisoner ' s wile , went tu Ml * . Koyxor ' s shop , ami asked for tkc money for the bracelet , on which she was given in charge , ' and being brought to this court has since stood remanded . The lolice tracing out that tho mide yvisonev was in Wcstmihstcr Uridewell , Mr . Keyxor went there , and immediately identified him as ' the person who had olftred the bracelet for sale . The prisono » huve for some considerable time past kept a petty marine-store and rag shop in l'eter-street , Sohb . The police having obtained some cine to tkfc parties who actually committed the robbery , there ' will , as a matter or course , be a further remand .
S 0 UTUWAUK . . - ' ' : ¦' . Thursday . —Assault . ind Attempt at Ssicmn , — William Martin , a your . ;! man of respectable family , was brought before Mr . Cottii gham charged with assaulting Margaret Coney , and al ' t . rward : ' attempting to commit suicide at the police station . ' Tho complainant stated that she is landlady ofahous ' ein the Waterloo-road , aud that a female named Lucis lodges in her ' house , whom the defendant is in thc habit oi visiting ; that on tho preceding uight the complainaMt , being alavmeti on hearing cries of "Murder : " proceeded up stairs toLueas ' s room , and found her lying on the floor , and tho ' clufcndnht StanUinjf OVC'l' hoi ' . Ho seemed to bo liighiy . csclt ' eil . ' iind as lie had a knife in his hand , she ( . thccmnp'iataa ' nt ) inrerferod , and remonstrated with him ; but , instead of minding wliatshu said , lie treated her with much violence in his attempt to turn her out of the room , dragging her by tlio hair , and tewing liev gown . ' She called ' - ' bin for assistance ; but
before ii policeman arrived the defendant , with the ' poker , smashed the door , and did other damage , untilhe was at length taken into custod y and conveyed to the station house . Tlie . defendant did not seem to be intox icated . A policeman stated that the defendant accompanied him quietly lo the station-hoi "" , and he was loe .-- " . d up in one of the cells . About eleven o ' clock ' lie . was visited in the cull , when on opening the door he was found in ihe act of sti-an ^ liii . -j himself , tj > r which purpose lie"Iiiiil fastened on « Ciul ol ' a silk scari' round liis riccU " , while the bliici'cud MIS [ Irmly ' bound . round one of hia ' knee s , and in this position its was found , and must have effected his intention had not / . ssistanco arrived at the moment . It appeared from other evidence - thai ; tlie prisoner was a thorau ^ U yv » . «! gate , tliebnneofhisparc !! tf , ' existerice . Ue wushi-iii ' to bail to keep the peace , and in ' tWwmive of the afternoon was liberated , his father havins' found tho required sureti ' . 's . .-. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •• -. ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦
rKiDAv . —Siiocsisp CiiicujisTASCE . —1 ' etor Ciiristoplie ' r King was piavoiV at Uie bar bal'yrj Mr . Trail , charged with causing the death of . lames Anderson , in the employ of Messrs . Shears , coppersmith's , of Bankside , A certificate was produced ¦"' frbin " St . Thomas ' s Hospital ,-describing that Anderson was admitted on Siuulay last , having received severe ' injury on tlic bade y . \ rt of « iy lisa : ! , and that he had dieuyestordav morniii ;' ill that institution : Mary Ann Ity ' dev ' statcd that on Sa ° f . irday night , bstween cloven and twelve ' o ' clock , as rin ; w . \ s walking iilongJBmerson-strect , . Souihivark ] Srid « . road , she observed the prisoner and the deceased quarrel , lin j' witli one atipthcr ; that shohcaid ( lie deceased call tk
prisoner ' s , wife a -, upon which the . prisoner immediately struck him a blow on the breast . The- deceased was knock-id down by the force of iha blow , and she back part of his head striking agahis ; tho kerb-stoiiu ' he received a wound , from which lit-. ; W « tiv \ iS " ? VU ! u , „ .. ( . ^ j . iiuintUUs . lluwast-ikwi up irmncfiiatcly iu a stiito ' duiscnsibility , and conveyed homo . The " witness ad-ied that Ijolh . the prisoner and deceased appeared to have Men drinking , and the prisoner appeared to be i'i much trouble , of mind after he found sueh . scriousir inn-h-id been done , and he was the iirst . to run to decease /' - ; v sistance , » ud lift him up oft : the ground .. Tlw blow AU not appear to have been a very severe one . The ln-iso-i ' ti was remanded till Mo ' . uinv .-.
QUfilWi SQUA 11 E . Saturday . — A Stock-biihkek im Taoains — A smartly . dre . ssed young man , who gave liis liauiaas ' liawkey , aud who repressiited himself to i ) s " astockln'ol- - er vesidin-at Croydon , was chafed before Mr . lUivvcl ' wiih refaniig'to pay toll at . Vanxhall bridge , nn . l v . ith assaui ' ting' the toll-kecper . Mr . Toinpkius stated tliat last ovJniiijr , about iialt-past eight , ' ithe defeadant , with two other gentlemen , in a sort of chaise , or cab , drove over the bnd . je iu a very furious manner , without stopping to pav the usual toll , of which lie is the collector . Sceiuo- th ,,,. drive . oil without stopping , ho ' eallud ' out "Fom-i 1 ui . ee " to which they paid no licud . Scciug this , he told ll assistant to try and stop tho vehicle . IU , tried to do = 0 but tailing , he . . jumped up , and pulled off the hat of on ' - ot . he parties in . the cab , which he took into tiie toll ' bouse . After they had driven through the bar , l ' v stopped , when the defendant came b-u : k aud asked * itne » i lo
now , e came lake his hut . He answeivd because thev refused to pay the toll ; and that he would keep it till hi the money was paid . ' The defendant then called him l a scoundrel and struck him on the breast ; on which wit e , called a policeman , and gave him iu charge . Witn £ X willing 10 allow him to go 9 tmmng he ^ uldi givo ?^ per address ; but not doing so , he gave him in cl . a l to the constable , and he was taken to the station . The -id di '« s . hu . Savc was tlic Stock . Excluuigo , on which , he said IW was well known . Afterwai'ds , , it . ihe station c n witness ) ueh , ved that the correct address of the int ^ Ybtajned , This , statement was eorrobo , ted' \ Murk > Vob 8 ter , . . llio assistant toll collector , , and lion •¦ }\ me , a carpenter , who was passing at the time The defence ot the prisoner was , that he had not command o ' ^ t »» . ^ . ¦ Uo . wa 8 . drlvta B 1 , ^ iel 1 . Wa 8 , a ¦; TeIy . ™; K . immal , and drove through the joll bur withourwtit nV iK-icanw he could not Help it . He had no mumw " of goi . '' ? n . rougli without pajpinn the 4 d ., He was &a ^ for t . ^ assaoUj wJucli was iiu « wditttely Mid ,
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TIIE DISTURBED DISTRICTS VRf ^ ' T ^ -.. . The wretched state of the couilt-V P " ' D , parts of the county Lcltrim producciriiv & H Magmres has c . illcd tor tho extreme m . % viceregal proclamation of Cavan , and Suv ft of i sevwal bavonicsi in Lcitrim . The inlin , ' ,.- i |' "l a tlic Gazette :- ' - ""S's l ' J " By the Lord-Liciitenant and Council of 1 ' " A PU 0 CI . AMAT 10 X i ] ^ l " IIkyiksbdky . —Whi'mis b yan act m « n 1 sixtli year of the reign of his late . \ Iai 4 i 1- " l « i Ham the Fourth , entitled 'An Act to f ' ' ! - the Laws . relating to the Conslabu ! a » . !> l ( l * . Iivlaud , ' it is amongst other tliii-, < t cimtii ., i' !}' 'i shall and inay be . lawful to and ibr tuc 11 ' " ^ it tenant or other chief- governor or ' .. J ,, % Ireland , by the advice ol' the pivv council . " ? <* to declare- by proehiniation that anv coin . ' I ^' A oi a city , or county of a town in Ireland '' > l' l ' ° y rony or baronies , half barony ov half baI ™ , - 5 - | ia - wii
. . my -uiiy or uait uarony to uothevcin sup ,. ; - , ? 3 or are in a slate of . disturbance , and rem htl > ' « quire mi . additional establishment of police lVl ¦ "¦ And . ivliereas . it hath sufiiciently apnp i , ^ tlmt tho county , of Oavnn is in a " state oUk » ? ¦ ance , 3 ml reriiiires . an additional establislimciit of "Now we , the Lord-Lieutenant , bv ami will , n § ailvieeof her Majesty ' s Privy Council , bv vi .,, . 1 U ' , e saul act , ami thu . powers thereby vested » fil s do , by this ohp pi-oclawmlion , declare tliat the w \ i county ot Cavan is in a state of ; disturbance . l d * * quiivs an additional cs ! abli « limeut of police ' C- 1 ' Given at . the Council Chamber in Dublin 1 . this 18 th day of July , 18-15 . ' ' 1 UP . DUIJM . W DOXOL-OHMOIIE . JiDWI ) . M , " Oiias . Kiuwhe . F Hi \( T ,- >• • ' 11 Ulakexby . ¦ Fin ; tl . k !! w I
COI ) SAVK . TU 15 QPBKX . " ¦ A second proelainatimuleelaiTs that the ljaro'ivnrl Camgallen ( execpftho pnraliofOappijpillcii ) a . V , f ti ; 1 baronns of l-eitrim and Moliill , and that i . akW ! 1 pamlioF Drnmveill y which is situate in the \ rxtZ I ot Dromahaiiv all in " the counts of Loitri . ' ij -, . j , J . ) ftatc of disturbance , aud rcqtiiic an additionH «( -i 1 blismnent of police . " " l
TI 1 J-: AHM . VCU KIOTS—VKRUICX . 1 At about ten minutes past twelve o ' clock on l-V ; I day jiioiiiiiig , the gentlemen of the jury imanimoiww 1 agreed to the lo lowing verdict :- " Tliat on the I 'tit I ot July last , afc Thomas-street , in the city of Anna .. ] . 1 ivprocession of Orangemen ,-of the number of iSu ' I having been iiiarcliii .- i ,, procession with baniicn 1 ami music , and armed with pistols and swords , ami I that divers persons cosnprisiiig-that inw ^ sion ( that I is ioi say tliirty-oiio Orangemen , whose names arc I set JorJion tho fac-3 of the verdict ) , aided and as-i sisteil by a person unknown to the jury , made an as- 1 ssmton the person of John Boyle , tlic deceased , and 1 t lilt Urn alorossiid pei'son < llcl , ¦ then and tkvo , in 1 1 liomas-streetasaforcsaid , inflictonhim , Jolin Rovle a gun-shot wound , which caused his death , and of I which hed wl . " I
1 XO . UEST AT . STEABOSE . ¦ In reference to the man wlio was shotbv the police in the county . Cavan .. on tho niithfc of tho " l 2 th umlcr the" impression thatlic . wasoiic ^ ofa party of ' ' Molly Maguires , " the following is tlm verdict of tliu ( . ' oro . tier s Jury on tlic' body . : — "We find that tlie deceased , Thomas Tiornov came by liis death at about halt-past seven o'd : ^ on the-ni-ilit of the lotli ' of Julv . -JS-io , in the townland ot i . avy , parisii of Lavy , county of Cavan , bva slimshot wound indicted on him by Constable \ Vj | - hanr I-armor , of the constabulary stationed -at StKUjono , and thai ; there was no stillicicnt cause to liistity luui iu so doing . " Tlic Coroner imnioflirttely after issucil his warrant for the arrest of Constable Farmer , and ho was toininutetla pnsoncrto Carah gaol . "
KtiMUL . AsgoeiATio . v .-At thc weekly meeting 0 [ this hotl y on Monday last , Mr . O'Connell read an iidverjisemoiit wlucli appaaral in a " London paper , signed by ihomas'Daly , calling a repeal meetiii " Now , as this UioniasDiU . v , and others , had refused to abide-b y thc decision of the Repeal Association in Dublin , they had no lotige ' r any connection with it He then moved that tlic name of Thomas Dalv , of London , be expunged from the books , and that b u be considered no longer a member . ' Motion passed . Mv 0 'Council rose to make his speech for the dav ' ¦ lie-at-once " -intimated that as he would not Gc
hero for some time again , he should , at the risk ot repenting some of his recent remarks , take a review ol the Parliamentary proceedings in the present session , and then the lion , and learned martvr did indict-another edition ofhisstereotvpndlistof'Tievnuces on the assembly . The Parliament , h « told tiieni , had done nothing or next to notUina fuv Ivcf ii , ; irii i 8 , ™ . * hoJ- gavolrolan . 1 the Alavnooth Uill , but alter all what signifiod it ? led t loin see bow that measure was received bv the ] iiirfish peojilc : ' Tho dissenters in alwh exclairaed agimjst ^ hat triiiing act of justice ; ' they exlnwted ilien- bigotted hatred to the Irish , with winch he had ii-eoiicntly cSmrwd them . Tin . «! . « ..-..
raised in England over that bill showed that the government were actuall y more favourable to this country than the people of England wore ( hear ) i up . ilissenters received' no k-s « than £ -38 fioo a vc-u " aslie < rhm itonitw ; but wheiHVilS Olio ortiioiu lilanl cVcmijj to it" on principle ? " Ah , ho held them in thorough contempt , witli a little admixture of cxeci-ation . Nothing had been done 'for Ireland . Mr . 0 ConneH next adverted to the BaUinhasjt ' fnuissacra which he'denoniiued in unmoasiircd terms . He concluded by giving notice of his intention to «» oft to
Dorrynane , and there draw . up no less than 11 Acts ot Parliament to be submitted to the committee for approval One of thc threatened acts is R » vewsd ot tho union and another lor the taxation ofateemVe : ! . lom ktee ' . o" dehvorod a . curious speech , in tlonunei ation ot Mr . Nicholas MlUT . ay Miinslicld , tho ; u « iprictor oi the Dublin Evening Packet , whom ho calL-il an assassin , ' : an " ¦ fostiaator of assaKiuntioii , " ' a mot cm . old ' raan ol the mounUiin , " Ac " . rhcw ,-e !;' s rent mis- announced-to be £ 310 . 18 s . ' Id ., and fie . mcetingjiidjourned- . "
WlUTKiiOVISM . —COUaTY LE 1 TIU . M ASSIZES . -On Wednesday ^ Juiy . 16 , James Fan-ell was indicuMl « Pr . yostini * . atliK ! atening notice at Moiiill , nu the 20 th Juno-Iast . It appeared by the evidence that an . au named Robert Jleany was violenllv aNHiidu-d by . an armed party , against one of which homrons imopinations , and t-ho notice threatenci him with ( eatli . it-he attempteclto appear at the j-. rosmitiem . i iic prisoner Fanvll was convicted . -- l ^ raoius . Kelly , Francis Shawluy , Jumps AITflnsb-! m , ami Michael Bane wove L'ivcn in cliai- 'o for
anpwinn ? srined by cigliton the 25 th April ' last , ami or taking a Suu without Hiecoisscntor David . lwdaii , tho owner thereof , and f « v ; v malicious assault on fii ' . d . Javid Jordan . Aibr t ! ie examination of wit : m > sc > mi . boih sides , ¦ Sergeant Vfnma rose at half-vast twclvo ( i , ciOck , an- t ! replied on tiie part oF tiie .-rn ' -. vp . 1 no Judge coinmcnecd hischarsrc nt « , r , nnrk-. p , st ? ac . ^ avm t ot Guilty b ™« shtin - ntaq « : rt « toturoooclofk mtlw moniinff . V . 'hen the vo ^ iict wasanneunem the shrieking of the iVicnds of t « a convicts were hear ; in all ] m ? ts of the t < nvn John vi
. Iveon , Thomas Mulvcv , and I ' .-, f . K , .-c ^ v having- been placed at the bar , " . Baron A v 1 < rcssod them m vcr ; ( brcililu U \« nn «<> cvnws ^ vc .. * Z ^ fT ^^ ^^ timSdl ^ t ll ^' n llllllo : i » tedl y were to heinous cnn . e , and b ( .-ii ! . enced tlieii ! as follows .: — •! ojm M ' Kcmi , imprisonment for ( Sightccnm . ) ilia iiiul liara Ir . bour . Thomas Mulvey , posting threatening' notices ,- seven yenrs transiiortiitinii . P : \ tvicli Ivwiveiiy , stcali : ^ -, seven vears' transpov . tation . hu ) sa J ; ielcson { hmi senteieod those convicted ! i ; -. ; ovc ium : —
rraneis Mohip ;! m , avivicur .- ; .- nvmod l » v v ' rhi , eiditeon . montlis' imprisouim-nUnd liard labour . " James I ' arrell , pasting threatening notices , seven year . ;' transp ortation . . ; : James ArOahill , deiivcrinij threatenivi-r m ^? a-, twelve mouthy' imprisonment ^ S ^^^^ ^ M SioSS ^ ^^^ teacod to »^»
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1325/page/8/
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