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      lavender , William , Bury-strest , S&lford . L » Tatfc . Richard , tobacconist Market-street . lees . George , print works , Strangewajs . lees \ , Crown and Thistle , Half-street . horn ? Jamas , saddler , Market-street 53 oca , James , cotton-dealer . Milne , —— , liqaour merchant , Apnle-marieh « rasher , Edward , tailor , Trumpeter . Oiiier , -, { son of Dr . Oilier ) . OUver , Al exander , ( son of tbe publican on Shnde-hHl ) . Pollard , Jonathan , jon ., cotton-spinner , Ancoats . Pixton , William , jun ., butcher , Strettord . pi cketing , Thomas , late coachman to 31 r . Kay . Payact , William , wine merchant , Fountain-street Pill , J . M ., dancing master . 12 , Bridge-stre * t . Rogers , Benjamin , conunissiMi agent , Oxford-street R-i 4 , John . Globe , Gartmdc-street

      Rvngfll , Paiker , batcher , Stretfard . Smtoss , ¦ , Stretfoid . quack-doctor . Sha ^ rcosa , James , ne » Flixton . Shelmerdine , Thomas , ( for John Coliyer , dyer , Springfisld-lanfl , S&Iford ) . S&arp , B-, iron-dealer , Market-street . Smita , John . Shaw ' B-b » w , Salford , ( sen ofUielandted of the York iiinfiter , Daansg&te ) . Stott , Wi ! lism , 9 , Parsonage , stible-keepe ? - SijapK > n , Richard , cotion-spiniRr , > Iill «* £ - ] ine » Street , Samuel , surveyor , Bridge-street , Sykes , { son of the landlord , Tib-strett ^ . Sba-wcxoss , "VVillk-m , labourer , Sheffield , Tehbut , Edward , TnaEufaC-. E-er , Peel-street . Tryfet , John 59 , Bridge-street . 1 £ ot \ e , Kubtrt , surgeon . Taylor , RobsK , aadler , Strstfcrd ( substitute fn Peter Humel .

      Tamer , WiP-iam , for Saaith andlagle , paper-makers . Wiihington . Robcrt , Ttrnert lace , Pendleun , warehutise , Back-squaw . "Wilde , -Jaanes , surgeon , Ecclea . "Wilson , Kichard , Albion Hotel , tjson of the landlord ) . "WhitLvar , "Meadowcrelfc , Richard , attorney . "Ward , William , pla ^ nber ind {^ Ezier . Daantg&te . " Whitworth , James , Back Brifige-strtet , ( for Cheshire , ' Attorney . ) The aecompa £ 3 Tn £ Eujpaving rrej ^ esents the horrible scene , jzwi when the ieroes " -wcre hard at work . Lei the * heroes" leak tipoa itj and refresh taeir memories respecting 4 heir ceuragsotts " deeds in arms' !

      It ia a reduced copy of t large 'Engr axing issued booh after the dreadful massacre ; and au enlarged « opy of a "Vignette on &a tkle-pag * of Huisa ' s life of Hesjht Hum . Mr . Hunt , as -will be seen from -ike Mercury ' s atecsunt , was arrested . isdeed , hia arrest was made siie-prwexfc for the butcaery and massacreing in-< kri £ ed in by the ^ heroes . " After fce had Far-Tendered hiEtself to Me Ninis , the civil officer » cd as he passed along ia -the custody-ef the policecScers , he was assailed by the -sabres of the

      cavalry and the trunciecas of the specials . He irx 3 wounded in the hand . Indeed a . plot had been fenced amongst the constables to have him murdered . "They were to press in upon him and the eGicf- rs who had hid in charge ; detach Aim from t ' ifss ,- KiWS was to hare eiied " an-essspe" ! and then the Yeomanry were t © bare used -their newly , sharpened eKords I ! He defeated this hellish scheme by mere presence of aaind . fie was a strong powirfal bkhi . He seized hold of Nzms , and , as it were , kept Mm in custod y ^ * s aa hostage for his cwn safetv .

      He was remanded , at first , on a charge < sf High Treason . This , however , was soon given up , and he was indicted for conspiracy , Eedition , and riot . On this indictment he was tried , at York , along with eight olhsre , an the 22 nd of March , 1820 . Mr . Hu . M defended himself ; and a glorious defence it trss . The trial lasted Un days ; and the Jury returned a ferdicl that the defendants were " guilty « f ar ^ emblins , isd aitending , an unlawful meetiDg . " As he afterwards iumonrously declared , they ¦ would have found him " guilty of sheep-stealing , ''

      on the same evidence , had his persecutors put- the charge against him in that Ehape . He was an oftnder of ela-se preJBdiecs . Cla ^ s prtjaditses , therefore , hid to lay him by the heels . It did so . It returned a verdict of " gailty ; &nd iu pursuance of that verdict he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment in lichester Gaol , and to find security for his good behaviour for five years , himself in £ \ , $ 00 , and two sureties in £ 500 each . That insprisoiimeiiS ho served ^—ev ery day of it ! The savage inhuman , sentence was exacted to the le'ier ! "

      And who were the abettors and shielded of the perpetrators of these detds of blood ? The Bxgext a-: d the MjyjsiERS ! The Efgect , through SrDxouth , expressed his "GREAT SATISFACS'lO ?? " ! I ! at the measures of the Magistrates on the Lloody day ; and h © tendered bis "HIGH APPROBATION" i ! 2 ! to the Yeomanry for their cu » tiD £ 3 and sis-shings ; s&brings and tramplings down o [ "ftis pzopk / 1 when peacefully assembled ! He ihanked them for KILLING P 1 FIEEN PERSONS ! and for wounding four hundred and twentyfour others ! FIFTEEN WERE KILLED ! Here are thtir bszbcs , ' When axe we ta have a Monument erected to ihelr memory ; and in execration of the Een who killed them ?

      1 TikHnaa Aahworth , Ball ' s Head , Manchester . Special constable . 2 Jobs AfiMon , Ccrffhill , near 0 ] dfe £ nL 3 Thomas Balkby , Baretrees , Chadderton . 4 JsaifcB Crp-raptcn , BTirton-uppn-So'vrell . 5 William Diwsod , Saddlcwoith . 6 John lee , Oldhsm . 7 Arthur 0 X ^ 133 , Pld ^ eoc-rfreet , MaEC&ester . S John Rhode ? , Pitu , Hop'wt-od . 9 Jusrph Whitworth , Hyde . 10 William Bradslaw , L-: i lj Hill , near Bury .

      WOilES . 1 ilary Heys , Ra ^ linscn ' s BuUdings , Oxford Bead , Msnchsster . 2 Ssrah Jones , Silk-strtet , Mjmcbester , 3 31 &rtba PsrtiBgtoE , Eccle ? . 4 Margsxei DoTruts , c-acesiei by her friends .

      ISFA 5 T . 1 Fllde 3 , KeEnedy ^ treet , Manchestsr . 15 Kmed . Into the transactions of that day , no enquiry has ever yet been had ! Punishment of no sort , nor even , censure , has tvtr beea iafiicied upon any of the parties who ordered , or those who execm » tlis horjibie assault ! Parliamentary m 3 joi ^ stifled inquiry there ! The Grand Jury at Lanca etified inquiry there !

      And has no punishment of ay sort been inflicted - npon &s &oihoT 3 aad abettors ot those dreadful deads J OI ye 3 3 We were wrong in saying , *' puoiBhment of bo sort" had fallen npon these parties . Panishment the most signal . ' jcdgmk-Tts the most marked 1 have fallen cpon them j and © specially npoa those who interposed parliamentary tnsjoiities to stay the coarse of human justice !

      God has visited them ! The ENDS of some of them were remarkable indeed ! particularly the horrid end of Castlekeagh ! In the month of August * three years afterwards , and within four days of the ssslTersary of the c MasBacre , " he cut his own thboat I Appropriate judgment ! Signal erd 5 How just are the dealings and dispensations of Go £ !!

      This man had been the chief agent in all the measures agains ; the Reformers . He had brought in the GAGGIKGand DUHGE 0 N 1 KG bilk ot 1817 ; he had passed through " the House" the measures by virtue * f which scores of petitioners for Badiral Reform , were , under the bayonet , marched into the yard of the Manchester New Bailey prison ; marched there &s maxepactohs ; ajtd kept there , ¦ ujidsr the rain , yoB x whole day jU ? d night in TBE DEPTH OP WIKTEB ! ! Ho it WSB , CaSTLRKASH , who had passed measures to enable himself and

      colleagnes to do this ; and he it was who defended and JcsTipiED j&e porpetrators of the bloody deeds of Peicrloo ^ . Aa ! and he it was who cut his own throat ! Bat we ' mast lave the whole tale out respecting this throw-cutting . The young men of this day oeght to know of it , is well ss know of the suferings aad persscatioos inflicted en the Reformers © f % former geEwation , bj those whose ENDS were ^ o remarkably striking . They ought to know of these things ; and it shtJJ be no fault « f « nrs if they do not learn them

      a ^ efoltowing ^ besaj-iBBfollae twmtef this throat--wttia ? aSwr . It is ft ? BL tt » pea tf * ouster hand —Cossar :- •"'""¦ . ' . ' '

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      CASTLEREAGH'S H 0 B . HID END . TO JOSEPH SWANN , Who teas sentenced by the Magistrates of Cheshire to four years and a half imprisonment in Chester GaoJffor selling Pamphlets and being present at a Meeting for Parliamentary Reform ; who was imprisoned many weeks , for want of bail , before his Trial ; who has now two years of his impri ~ sohmeni zenexpired ; and who , when imprisoned ) had a Wife and four helpless Children . Kensington , 15 th Angust , 1822 . MB . SWANH , —CA 8 TLEREAGH HAS CUT HIS OWN THROAT , AND IS DEAD ! Let that sound reaca you in tee depth of your dungeon ; and let it carry consolation to your suffering soal ! Of all the TictimB , you bare suffered most We are told of the poignant grief of Ladg Casilcreaffh ; and , while he must be a brnte indeed who does aos feel for her , what mufct be be vbo does not feel for yrur wife and your four helpless children , actually torn from you when yon . ¦ were first thrown into the dismal cells T

      However , wa « ftnn oava tune to e&y laore of your case hereafter , lei me , st prese&t , address you on the subject of Castlereagh . I am about to insert the Report of tie Inqtesi on bis body ; but , I-will first state to ypQ certain matters , which oaght to be remembered , and wbrch will pass a ^ ray , unless we , at once , put them on record . Tae mover of S 5 i-Act 3 cot his throat last Monday moraing aboat seven o ' clock . The Courier of that night gave au account of his death ; but stated it totave arisen from -pout in-Uie stomach . Now , mind , the writer must have told this lie wiifidly , or he must purposely Jtcve bee * snisinfyr .-med . -A . design , therefore , must , at oae time , have existed Bomewhete to sniotAer tix truth .

      A cut throat is -however , no such e&Hy tbing to smother , and especially , where there is a heuse fuU of servants , all with tongaea in their moatiis . Therefore , the-Charter ' s lie was , the sext d&y , abandoned ; and the truth , as to the deed itself , came out Before , however , we quit this lie-of the Courier , let us again remark that it must have been 4 ntentiosaL Kortk Cray , a little village in Sent , where the throat was cut , is only dbeui two hour ' s ride from London . A King's messenger was in the house at the time , &s is , I believe , tbo case constantly , with the Minist ers -who are Secretaries of State . At any rate there were * t * hleg fall of horses ; and yea must know , that , at the -office of Caatlereagh at Whitehall , the Coauier would bawe -some occoBr-f , true or false . If , therefore , he . got the true account , the lit was bisottn ; asd yet . seeing -what risk he ran of almost instant detectk > a , it appaars rather strange that he should have hatched the lie . - .

      I shall now , before 1 vffa yon farther remarks upon the ETrigtCt , iuBort the report of the proceedings at the ingots ' ,, reqaesting you aad all the Reformers CO read them with scrupulous attention . You will find ( a thing quite nev >) the Coroner jif the report be tree ) laying down the doctrine , that Belf-murder must of necessity knply inesstilif in b * who commits it : y « n Will find many other things worthy of strict attention ; and , tberefpre , if , only for this onee , you can but get light suffici » nt" to read by , and obtain the favour of being ptrmitted to rtad , pray read this report attentively , and then have thefoodness to listen to the remarks that I shali rusia .

      INQUEST HELD AT NORTH CRA . Y , TUESDAY , 13 TH AUGUST , 1822 . This day , at a few minutes before three o ' clock , a Jury of the most respectable inhabitants in the vicinity of tlxa estate ef the late Marquis of Iion ^ onderry wa » emp&nnellsd , to inquire into the cause of the death of the above Noble Lord . The Coroner was Mr . Joseph Carttar , of Deptford . The inquest was bold at tke house ef the deceased Lord , aad to the credit of the individuals who were appointed to superintend the arrangements attendant npon this melancholy occasion , not the slightest attempt was made to keep the proceedings secret . Directions -were given to the domestics to admit every person who desired to be present at the inquest . The Jury having been sworn ,

      The Coroner addressed them in nearly the following terms : —Upon no former occasion in the performance of bis dnty bad bia feelings been bo excited as by the presant nnfoitunate event He was indeed bo much affected that they must perceive he could hardly express himself as he -wished Upon this account be trusted they would excuse any trifling errors which he might commit in the exercise of bis duty . The gentlemen of the Jury were summoned and sworn to inquire into the causes of the death of a nobleman , who stood perhaps as high ia the public estimation as auy man in the country . That his Lordship had met hlB death under particular circunut&cces , they doubtless must have learned . Bat it -was his duty to inform them that they must remove from their minds all impressions which

      should not be borne out by the evidtnoe . The gentlemen -whom be addressed , being neighbours of the deceased , -were better able to form a just estimate of bis character than he was . As & public man , it vr&s impossible for him to -weigh his character in any scales that be could hold . In pri *« . te life be VolieTcd tbo world wouid admit that a more amiable roan could not be found . Whether the important duties of the great office which he held pressed npon his mind , and conduced to the melancholy event -which they had assembled to investigate , was a circumstance which in all probability Dever could be discovered . He understood that his Lordship had fer some time past been so unwell as to require the assistance of & medical attendant This gentleman would be examined on the inquest , and

      would eoubtlera be competent to describe the disease and tfiiction under which his Lordship laboured . That thecrsadfnl blow which deprived the Noble Lord of life was ioflicted by his own hand , he believed the Jury , when they came to hear the evidence , could not doubt He understood it would be proved that no person in the house , except his Lordship , could have committed the act When the Jury should examine the situation ef the body , and bear the evidence that would be submitted to them , he was convinced that they woala be perfectly unanimeus in that part of their verdict which went to declare the manner in which the deceased met his death . He felt" that it was a maftfcr of delicacy toaHndato the other part of the verdict , and he would not presume to anticipate what

      it might be ; bat he trusted the result would be that which all g *> od men desired . If the facts which he had heard were proved in evidence , he thought no man could doabt that at the time he committed the rash act his Lordship was labouring under a mental delusion . If , however , it should unfortunately appear thatthtre ¦ was not sufficient evidence to prove what were generally considered the indications of & disordered mind , he trusted that the Jury would pay some attention to his ( tiie-Coiener ' s ) fcuEile opinion , which was , that no man cotid be ia his proper Besses BX the moment he committed so rash an act as self-murder . His opinion w&a in consonance with every moral sentiment , and of the information wMch the wisest of men hod given to ihe wor ' . d . The Bible declared that a man dung to

      nothing so strongly as his own life . He therefore viewed it as an axiom , and an abstract principle , that a man must necessarily be out of his mind at the moment of destroying aimsfelf . The Jury , of course , would not adopt bis opinion npon this point , unless it were in unison with their own . He wouid sot longer occupy the time and attention of the Jury than to express his pleasure at seeing ao respectable a body of gentlemen , and to add a hope that they would acquit themselves o ! their important duty to the satisfaction of the public , as well as of their own consciences . He must apologise for B&yiBg a few words more . The body was lying up stairs , and in the room adjoining te that in 'which it lay , the Idarchioness at present w&s , and from thence it had been feund impossible to remove her . To picture te the imagination anything like the state of that neble iidj ^ miad -was altogether impossible . Toe partition ¦ Which oividfed the room in -which the t > ody lay from

      that which the Marchioness at present occupied was so tbu , that the least noise being made in the former eqfid n = t fail to be heard in the latter . The forms of Wr , however , required tjiat the Jury abould view the body , and jadge from the external marts which it might exhibit , of toe cause * which had produced death : he , tlierefere , had only t » request tbattae geattemen woald be- u silent as possible . He was almost afraid that the creaking of their shoes might be the mews of exciting ideas which would wound the feelings of the unhappy Marchioness , He was sure , under t&tie circumstances , tile Jury wauld do every thing in their power to prevent the least noise ; and be might obEelre , that it would be desirable to abstain from talking in the room where the bedy lay , because any eonvemtion most certainly be beard through the almost , be might say , paper petition . After the Jury had satisfied themselves by viewiag the body , t&ey woaldrrtarn to execute toe remaining-part ef their-duty .

      ^ Poring this addreas of the Coroner , the domestic * of the unfertanate Marquis , who were in the room , tot the mostjHirt , Bhed tears ; indeed , tfce love -which the servants of his Lordship bore towards him \ raa , vre will n « t s » y surprising , ( for kind and honourable treatment from a , gentleman to those persons who are dependent upon him , mast ever procure such s result , } bat highly creditable both to him and the indlTidual * whonapoiedhishoMeholi Before the jury left the room , for theparpose of seeing the body , one of them suggested that fab oeUeaaaes as well u himself , ahoold take off their shoes , iH * dei to prevent , as far as possible , any noise that might be Wttuoonedbyth ^ n lB walkteg . nOBhtatwIVSSyj XAyacted upon , and the jury left the worn . After what had fallen from the coroner , afeeUn * of delicacy prevented m from *» mrxmyWfl » lnwBn st o ^ althondi we w « e given to StaS St 25 objection would hwe been tsade to such m » mX in act

      , a » we have befora fainted , no attempt at «» - waimeat * manifested oa the part of the hoosehold bat on U »« mto * 7 , . desire tu shown to * f £ ? aS pnblic an opportunity of aBsertainiag the particular of u ere&txapecttng which mncb . Interest nuut aeoea . ¦ JUfMy o © yxiRiffwi- ¦ - . ¦ . ' - ¦

      „ «» following description of the iltuatton o * the body att b * time the jmfitnnti % we b 9 lieT * tobe * o £ Thebod 7 wasenTriop » d ia * dM « ia « owii Wthe JwadjWB covered with * hfcfidkercbiet The feet vre » towards the window . The blood which ptMeeded fcom ttw wwad mu . taiBi « ttegt « w 4 j , **' wa 9 an 0 IB

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      After being a osent about ten minutes , the jury returned , evidently much affected by the melancholy spectacle vrhir ^ they had just beheld . The first * witness called was Anne Robinson , who being sworn ., deposed as follows .- —" " . I wait upon the MaiChionef js of Londonderry : I knew the Marqnia of Londonde- / ry : his body now lies up stairs . In my opinion " tje has been ill during the last fortnight , but particulf jly so alnce Monday week . On Monday morning he ¦ / ang the bell ; I answered it : he inquired why my lad y had not been to see him . Hex Ladyship had been "* ith him all night , and I told him bo . He * Lady . ' ihip at this time was not in the room . I then went . away . The bell rang again . When I answered it , he a sked if Dr . Bankhead has been to see him ? I told

      him . that Dr . Bankbe&i bad bean with him sboat two hoars and a half in the evening . It was about four in itjB jadrning when he asked me thte question . When I t-jld him- that Dr . Bankhead had been with him , he risked what he had said to the Doctor—whether fee had talked any nonsense to him , or any thing particular , aa he had no recollection on the subject . I replied , that I -was not in the room during the time ( hat he bad talked with the Doctor . I then left the room . He rtng again about seven o ' clock . I went to hlau He then asked me what I wasted there . My Lndy was with him at the time . She had been with him since four o ' clock , and she answered , * that my Leid wanted his breakfast * My Lord and Lady were in bed at the time . I left tfce room , and brought the breakfast \ ip . He sat

      up in the bed and tasted part of it . He found fault with it , and Kud , it was not a breakfast tfor him . ' He said there was no butter there : the butter , however was on the tray , as usual , and I pointed it out to him . The manner in which he spoke struck me as being uncommon ; it was in a sharp tone , which wae unusnal with him . 1 left the room after this . The ball rang again ia about half an . bGui j that -was about ^ alf-paat Beven . My Lady was in the room , at this time , and I cannot tell who rang the bell . When I entered the room , he asked me , whether Dr . Bankhead had come from town . I told him that Dr . Bankhead bad slept in the house . He then said that be wished to see him . My Lady then got up , and came to me at the door , and said something tome , I went to Dr . Bankhead , and I gave him my

      Lord ' s message . I went back to my Lord , and told him that Dr . Bankhead would be with him in two minutes . When my Lord saw me speaking to nty Lady , before I left the room to go to Dr . Bankhead , he Bald fcbere was a conspiracy against him . My Lady at that tide desired me "to tell Dr . Bankhead that he was wanted as soon as h » could come . When I returned , and told my Lady that Dr . Bank bead would come , my Lady got out of bed , and retired to her dressing-room . At tuts moment my Lord also got out of bad , and turned to the right into his own dreislng-rbom . ^ Several questions were here put to the witness to ascertain the precise situation of these roans . From the answers -which she returned , it appeartd that the common sleeping room opened into a passag * . on either

      side of which was a dressing-room . Lady Loulonderry ' s on the left , his Lordship ' s on the right . Atthe extremity of the passage was another door , behind which Dr . Bankhead was waiting ] I bad ju&t ojened the door of my Lidy ' s dressing-room , i&towhict she had entered , when my Lord rushed past me intc his own room . I opened the outside d » or , and told tte circumstance to Dr . Bankhead , who immediately folbwed my Lord into his dressing-room . I cannot tell wtut passed there , tut I heard my Lord open his window fcfore the doctor entered his room . Immediately when tie doctor entered the room he ( the dectcr ) exclaimed , Oh , my Lord , ' or Oh , my God , ' I cannot recollect waich . I heard no reply to this from ray Lord . I bstantly rushed into the room , and saw the doctor with ny Lord

      in his arms . I remained In the room till I » w the doctor lay him with his face npon the ground . I saw the blood running from him while Dr . Banktuad held him . I saw a knife . I beard my Lord say notalng . I was certainly much alarmed . The knife wai in hla right hand . [ A penknife with an ivory h&nlle , and upon which there was no appearance of blood , vos here shown to the witness ] I believe that to be fco penknife which I saw in my Lord ' s hands . After say ing a few minutes in my Lord ' s dressing room , I folloFed Dr . Bankhead to my Lady . I had previously raged an alarm , and it was now general throughout thi house . To the best of my belief , my Lord did not lire four minutes after I saw him . I did not percieve an ] wound nor any blood while be was in bis bed-room . N ( person was with , him in the interval between bis lea-tug his dre&sisg-ioom and his death but Dr . Bankheal . His state of mind appeared to be very Incorrect for he last three or four days of his life . Ho appeared to > e vtry

      wild in every thing he said or did . He w&ntd from me a b « x which he said Lord Cianwilliam hat given tome . His Lordship , however , had never gi ^ n me any . He also a ^ ked me ( or kis keys , -when he hal them about him . During the last fortnight he was tccustomed to say that everybody had conspired again * him . He was very severe in bis manner of speaking , wjch I never noticed before , he being in general mild andkind . When he saw two people speaking together , be always said , ' There is a conspiracy laid against me . ' A treat laaay circumstances induce me to believe that he was out of bis mind a fortnight before his death . He scolded my Lady on Sunday afternoon , bscause , at he said , she had not been near him all day , she bad entirely forsaken him . Her Lads&bip , however , had been sitting with him all the morning . ' The witness , in conclusion , repeated her belief that his Lordship had been in a state of mental delusion for some weeks pre > vious to his death . -

      The second witness examined was Charles Bankhead , M . D ., of Lower Brook-street , Groavenor-aquare . —On last Friday afternoon , at five o ' clock , I received a note from Lady Londonderry , desiriDg me to come as soon as I could to see the Marquis of Londonderry , at his house in St . James ' s-square . Her note stated that she was very anxious about his Lordship , as she thought be was very ill and very nervous ; that they were to leave town for North Cray at seven o ' clock in the evening , and that she hoped I would come before that hour . I arrived in St . James's-square at six o'clock , and found my Lord and my Lady alone in the drawing-room . Upon feeling his pulse I conceived him to be exceedingly ill . He complained of a severe headache , and of a confusion of recollection . He looked pale ,

      and was very much distressed in his manner , I told him that I thought it was necessary that he should be cupped , and that I would stay and dine with his lady and himself whilst the capper came . The capper soon arrived , and took seven ounces of blood from the nape of bis Lordship's neck . After the operation was performed , he stated that be was very much relieved , and I advised him to lay himself quietly down on the sofa for half an hour ; and , as he had scarely eaten the whole S&y , to take a cup of tea before he got into the carriage to return to North Cray . He followed my advice , and laid himself down on the couch , where he remained very tranquil . After this be drank two cups of tea . I waited until I saw my Lady and himself get into the Carriage in order to return to North Cray .

      Before his departure his Irordship said , that as I was sure he must be very ill , he expected I would come to North Cray and stay all Saturday night , and if posrible , all Sunday . I sent with him some opening medicines , which he was to take early on Saturday , in order that I might know the effect they had produced on my arrival I know that he took these powders en Saturday . I arrived at North Cray about seven o ' clock on Saturday afternoon . I understood tbat his Lordship had not been out of bed all day , and I immediately proceeded to his bed-room . On entering his bad-room , I observed that his manner of looking at me expressed suspicion and alarm . He said it was very odd that I should come into his bed-room first , before going into the dining-room below . I answered that I

      had dined in town , and knowing that the family were at dinner down stairs , I bad come to visit him . Upon this he mad 6 a reply which surprised me exceedingly . It was to this effect—that I seemed particularly grave in my manner , and that something must have happened amiBs . He then asked me abruptly whether I had anything unpleasant to tell him ? I answered , 'No ; that I was surprised at his question , and the manner in which it was proposed . ' K& then said , the truth was , that he bad reasons to be suspicious in some degree , but that he hoped that I would be the last person who would engage in anything that would be injurious to him . ' His manner of saying this was so unusual and so disturbed , as te satisfy me that hY was at the moment labouring under mental delusion . I

      entreated him to be very tranquil , and prescribed for him some more cooling and aperient medicines , confined him to barley water , and allowed him slops only . I remained with him during Saturday night and until one o ' clock on Sunday morning . Though his fever was not very high during any part of this time , yet the inooberenee of his speech and the uncomfortableness of his manner continued unaltered . During Sunday I visited Mm frequently , and continued with him in the evening till half-past twelve o ' clock . I advised him to be as tranquil as possible , and told him that I would endeavour to persuade my Lady to come to bed . I slept in ft room very near bis Lordship . On Monday morning , about seven o ' clock , Mrs . Robinson , my Lady Londonderry's maid , came to my room . door , and asked

      if I was dressed , telling me , 'My Lord wished to see me by-and-by . ' I answered that I was ready to come that moment ; but Mrs . Robinson said , « that abe did not wiah . me to come then , because her Ladyship had not left the bed-room . " In about half an hour , she returned again , and said , that his Lordship would be glad to tee me immediately , as her Ladyship was putting on her gown , in order to go into her own dresBing-room . On walking from my own room toLoid £ > ondonderry's bed-room , I observed that the door of the latter was open , and could perceive that his Lordship w « not in it In an instant Mrs . Robinson said to me , 'His Lordship has gone into bis dressing-room . ' I stepped into his dressing-room , and saw him in his dressing-gown , standing with his front towards the

      window , which was opposite to the door at which I entered- His face w » directed toward * the celling Without turning bis bead , on the Instant he heard my step , he exclaimed , Bankhead , let me fall upon y « ur arm—tis all over . ' As quickly as possible I ran to him , mfn | ftpg he was fainting and going to ( aU . I caught him in my arms as he was falling , and pereeived that he had a knife in his right hind , very fimiy cHnched and all overblood . I did not see him naeit : he must have used it before I came iato the room . In tailing h » decliBed npon « ne aide , and the blood butt from him lik » a torrent from a watering pot . I was unaVle to support him , and Jw / ell out of mj anas . I think the wound arts * have been inflicted M soea aa I pat mj toot ob ttt » threshold < C th « dwr ,

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      as its nature was such that the extinction > jf life must have followed it in the twinkling of an ey ye . I think tba >; no less than two quarts of blood-J lowed from him in one minute . I- am satisfied l ^ t a . minute did not alapse from : th « moment of my enter j ng the room nntil he died , and during that tlmo ho bf , id not a word except that which I have already tnentJ xaied , Ib waa impossible that any human being could have inflicted the wound but himself . Having : kndwr ihim intimately for the last thirty years , I have no hes itatlbn in saying that be vnw perfectly insane when b a committed this act . I bad tooticed a great decUno in the general habit of his health for some week 9 prior te > his deatb ; but 1 was not aware of the mental tleluBh ; n under which be was labouring till withia three or- four days of his decease . ¦ • ¦ (¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ -: ¦ '¦ :: . ; 'V ' / :, : '' - " \' : : } ' ^ '' ^ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦; ' : ¦ ; : ; :

      After Dr . Bankbead had finished his testimony , the Coroner inquired whether there Were any wore , witnesseswbo coold speak *» thei nature of this transaction . He was informed that tbere were several ; bui a doubt being thrown © at aa to necessity of calling them af tor the evidence wfeieh had already been adduced , he said that be sbould consult the Jury upon the point , and in consequence ordered the room to be eleared of all spectators . ' ¦ ' ¦' .. '¦; " ' ,. : ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦' - ¦• ' ¦ ¦ ¦ -. '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ , " . ' ¦ "¦ After the Coroner and Jury had been Itffc to themselves for half an boer , notice was given that strangers were again permitted to enter the room ia which they

      werefcitting . On reaching it we found the Jury ranged round the Coroner > table , and giving their assent to » yerdict which he read to them . The . verdict stated ** That on Monday . August 12 , and for some time previously , the Most Noble Robert , Marquis of Londonderry , underagrievous disorder did labour and languish , and became in consequence vielirioua arid of insane mind ; and that , whilst in that state , with a knife of iron and Bteel , he did inflict on himsnlf on the left Bid « of bis neck , and ef the carotid artery , a Wound of oae inch to length , and half a ^ inch in depth , of which he instantly died ; and that no other person except himself was the causa of his death . ''

      If coincident dates were of any importance , I might observe , that Castlereagh cut his throat on the King ' s Birthday . A thing more neceRaary to be observed , is , that he Js here called tbe Mai-quis of LondoMerry , which was his title ; but , I have always continued to call him 'Castlereagh , ' that being the title which he bore during the time that he so largely participated in those numerous deeds , by which tee have se long and so well known him . His name was Robert Stewart but , by that of Casttereagh he was Hnorm to the nation , and by that nam « I snail always speak of him .

      Toe first thing that strikes our attention here is the weeping of the servants , set forth in bo pompous and prominent a manner . ThiB . is very likely to have been true and Castlereagh is likely enough to have been ai gentle and liberal master . But while we can discover do very great or rare merit in tais on bia part , seeing the loads of public money , which , for so many years , he bad been receiving , wa see a good deal to dwell upon , If I had time tor it , in the conduct of these servants , whose attachment and gratitude were so feelingly expressed upon this occasion . These persons , be it remembered , balongod to ; those •« lower orders , " of which he bad always spoken with so much contempt and disdain , and whom be insulted with the name ot basest populace , when they stood forward in defence of the persecuted Caroline . Those tears should have been hidden by bis enologist : for , in those tears of the servants , we read the severest satire on the former conduct ot the master . ..: -. . . ;' . V ;

      We see , that , if we Raport speaks tenth , Viscount Sidmotttb was ia attendance . What could that be for I Probably to give that evidence of which the Coroner spoke as being at hand , but which he regarded as unneoessary , seeing that he bad the Letter of the Duke of Wellington * of which letter I shall jspeak by and by . We next come to the Speech of the Coroner , whlcb , as far as my obaervatiou bus gone , was something wholly new .: He bet ; au , it appears from the Report , by pronouncing a lofty eulogium upon the person wh <» had cut his throat , as well in hia private as his public capacity . I . shall dispute the assert ! > ns of the Coroner as to the latter of these ; . bat ; I-shall first proceed with , that part of the speech which related to the business before the Jury . ; ' :

      The Coroner here spoke after the manner of a lawyer opening Ms case . Ha told the Jury that ho should produce such and such evidence ; and that that evidence would , if produced , lead to such and such conclusions . He told them that , if what he had beard were proven , there could be no doubt that the person wko bad cut bis throat waa , at the time , labouring under tnenlal delusion ; But ; and now mark , he is reported to have said , "If it should unfortunately appear there , was not sufficient evidence to prove the insanity , he trusted the Jury would pay aoma attention . to his humble opinion , which was , that no rnvtn could be in his proper senses &t the moment he commltttd so rash an act as self-Kurder " !

      This was no very humble opinion .. It was a very bold one ; and a very dariug one ; seeing tbat it was in direct opposition to the law of the land , which , so fpr from saying tbat self-murder mutt proceed from iDBanity , provides a degradation tobe inflicted on the bodies of self-murderers , and also the confiscation of their property-to the King . Mr , Coroner told bis Jury , tbat , Ms opinion Was in consonance with every moral sentiment , and with the information which the wisest of men bid given to tke world . I do . hot know that he said this , to he sure ; but such is the Report that has been published in the Courier and other papers . He quoted the Bible to show how strongly man was !/ attached to life ; but he forgot to say how the Bible reprebates self-destruction . He repeated his opinion in thess words— "He therefore \ riewed it as an axiom , that 3 mem must necessarily be out Of his mind' at the immml ofdestroying ' himself "

      N » w , if this Coroner did say this , for whloh we have no wore than newspaper authority , mind , I say that be delivered a doctrine completely at variance with the law of the land , and that he was guilty of a breach of his iuty . The law adopts no auch axiom . Blackstone , in hii Fourth Book , and 14 th Chapter , after calling suicide pretended heroism , but real cowardice , proceed ] to say , that the law of England bos ranked this amooqst the highest crimes , making it a peculiar spedes oj ^ lony . Then ho goes on thua : " The party must be » MB senses , else it is no crime . But this excuse

      Ought not to be strained to that length to which par Coroners' Juries are apt to carry it ; namely , that the very act of suicide is an evidence of insanity ; as if every man who acts contrary to reason had no reason at alt : for the same argument would prove every other criminal Insane as well aa the self-murderer . The law very rationally , judges that every melancholy fit does liot deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; and / therefore , if a real lunaiiokiti . himself in a lucid interval , he is a Belf-muTdurer as much us another man . "

      Let the public judge , then , of the manner in which this Coroner performed bis duty upon the occasion . You see , even if a notorious lunatic , a man who has been a lunatic for years , kill hitnself in a lucid interval , the law sends his body to be buried in the highway with a stake driven through it , and makes hia goods and chattels forfeit to the king ; y hoping , " says Blackstone , " that his care for either bis own reputation , or the welfare of his family ^ would be some motive to restrain him from so desperate and wicked an aoU" But wbat is there to restrain any man , if Juries : act upon-the opinion of this Coroner , Who sets the law totally aside , and conjures up in its stead what he calls moral sentiment and the information of the wisest of men . What bad he to do with moral sentiment ?

      what had he to do with information of the wisest of men ? What bad he to do , in short , with anything but the law ; and , bad he not that law in BlacSstone , in Hawkins , and in all the authorities to which they refer ? Besides , if this Coronor be right , what enormous wrong has been committed . on self-murderers and their families ? How many bodies of poor men have been buried in the highway T Was not Smith at Manchester / who hanged himself on being discarded by his bweetheart t WaB aot SeUis ? Was not tha unfortunate Spanish General , > the Marquis de Castro ? Were not these buried in the highway ? A mi , if this Coroner was right , again I say , what wrong has been done i Blaokstone is very particular in observing , that , a mere £ t of melancholy is not to form a legal accuse

      Look well at the evidence , and see if you cau discover proof of any thing like settled insanity . But this is not ail ; for if even a real lunatic kill himself in a lucid itUerval , he is a seif-naurd « rer . Now , if you look at the evidence of Dr . Bankhead , you will find that , when the Doctor went into the dressing-room , he found Castlereagh in it ; and the Doctor *» ya , "bis faca was in an elevated position , directed towards the wlling-Witbout turning bia bead , oh the instant he heard my step , he exclaimed , " Bankhead . let mefallupon pour arm—— 'Us all over . He never spoke again . " Was there ever any thing in the world more rational than this ? Must not the mind have been perfectly sane , that wild have distinguished ^ the Dactor ' B step without eelng the Doctor j that could have , not only anticipated the fall ,- | bui have provided against it ; and that Could have stated , in words so

      appropriate , the effect which the knife had ensured ? Here then was the lucid interval , at any rate ; and Blackstone says , that if even a real lunatic klU himself in a luold interval he la a seU-mtirdewr as much as another man . It is easy to coTWelve how aMdous the family 6 iCaatlereagh must have been to prevent the eoneequenees of a ret diet of felo-de-te . Besides the burying in the highway , there was property to the amount of perhaps two or three « r four hundred thousand pounds . On what ground the Jury dl * decide in favoce dexirting insanity it is not f <» me to say ; but if tbeir decision was founded on the axiom laid down by th Cowwwi th * 4 t decision was olearly eoatrary to law . However , as I tadthe « videnie given In the newspapers , so I give it to you : tak « it , and all the circumstances belonging to it into view , and come to that deeiaion which reason and justice dictate . * C

      Now let us take another view of the matUir . Aeeording to one of tie » wiUiessef . be he had been insane for a ^ c *< nf ^ According to the other , be had been fauane fot slwrtee spaee « f time . Bat , itvnfortBttteJy happentS « bs * he wat ^ fwisBhv « nd formed 6 ne f » CotmeUjimW ^^^ co the FitW ^ pretlbat to th « iMonday osi'wich he cut his Umt&t i ^ AceaxdiBg totbj lady ' s nmld 1 » AC «) unt , he was'insaiie ^ ome aay » «^ *« w » ifW »«» i&taffii&W » mii& $ iaiM witnesses ^ -isr f ^/ esil it ^ to ^ , and tne « toZ <^« ioii , a i 4 fi * re «* B ^ and-Tjaa ^ . will o « evident to erojon * . that its pnpec mbp was iwoBi ^ > w | mrttodsi tVT . il it did sot

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      amount to this , it was nothing in exculpation . Here then we have the proof ; proof suflicient to satisfy a Jury , that we had a mad "¦ " leader" of the House of Commons ; and kmad Minister silling in Council with the King I " - /' ¦ ¦ ¦ * : r -- ' - --:- : ' - ¦' : i . ' : - ^ -. ¦ .- " :: - ' : '¦ ¦ Tbe Letter \" 6 t the Dnke of Wellington is a yery curious affair , especially if we take it into view along with other circumstances . The letter Is written by the Doke to Castlereagh ' s Doctor . A very extraordinary thing in itself . It is very extraordinary that one of the King ' s ministers should write a letter to a doctor , sbould put it Sown in black and while , that another of the King ' smlhisterB laboured unrter " mental delirium . " And then it comes intso pretty a way , ' I beg you will

      never mention to any one what I have communicated to you reBpeoting Ms Lordship . " TWs is so very prettyso extremely likely ; that we cannot help believing this to be authentic Mt is So rwrfeflt in character , as coming from a Privy Councillor ; and the thing winds up so well by the newspapers telling us , that " immediately on their announcement of the verdict , a despatch was forwarded to the Duke of Wellington , and the messenger was ordered to proceed with the utmost possible expedition" ! : W ^ ell might be go with the » tmost possible expedition to tell the Duke that the Doctor had already told bis secret , and that too without any necessity for it , seeing that the verdict was recorded before the letter was produced !

      Tbe Dnke would not be a little surprised at the news I dare say , but certainly hia surprise would , not lie greater than tbat of the whole of this hatioa , at the various parts of this wonderful proceeding . WeI ' innai npw take a little look at the exira-judicial assertions connected with this affair . The Courier of Wednesday tells us , that the insanity tinder which the act was committed is proved by many circumstances not notified at the time . Had It been possible or decorous to have demanded HIb Majesty's testimony , we are informed that his evidence could have been had ;" and then the Courier proceeds to say , that the King observed it on the Friday . Bo that , if this varlet of ^ Courier were to be believed , Which he is not , observe , the King went off to Scotland with a firm belief in his mind , that he left the office of Foreign Affairs in the hands of a madman 1 The Courier farther tells us in the same paper , that there bad been ' ' mental alienation" in some of the

      branches of Castlereagh ' a / amtYy . So that here we have it running in the . blood ; and now , perhaps , we may account for those expressions at which I used to laugh , about v sudden transitions front war id peace ; " about capital finding Its way into new channels ; about digging holes one day and filling them up the next ; about leaving things to Nature ; about the general : working of events ; in short , we may account for all those wild thingB that I used to say , as plainly as I dared , were never before uttered by any Gentleman out of Bedlam . The Courier , in th « i same paper , ; tells us positively , that the King ' , before hla departure , sent for Lord Liverpool to tell him that he thought Castlereagh's iiitelleels were impaired . And yet tbis very same paper of only one day before told ua , tbat this very Castlereagh was preparing , the very day before he cut bis throat , to go to the continent , as the King ' s representative , at a Congress , whare the affairs of Europe were to undergo discuBsion ! ' .. ¦ '¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . •¦ "¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; . ¦ " ¦

      If all this were true , Which , observe , I by no means either : assert or believe , wbat a pretty situation this nation would be in ! It would indeed be the envy of surrounding nations and admiration of the world . Men would no longer wonder atthe miserable state in Which they are ; no longer wonder that famine and over-production of food shoald at once oppress the land . Here weull be a solution of the whole of the wonder : a mad Secretary of State , and a mad Leader of the Heuse of Commons . ¦ . ¦¦' ¦ .. N :- : T" :. :- ¦" .. " '¦'" You will observe the pitiful pretences that have been hatched up as the eause of this insanity . In the letter of the Duke of Wellington , the harrassing and fatigue and overworking during the last Session of Parliament are stated as the cause . The Courier comes with ih

      arapliBcation of this , and saysr that people who " did not sufficiently calculate- the effect of constant dpplioation , unrelieved by any recreation or : leisure ~ ot nights passed in harrassing debatesi and ; of . days devoted to equally harrassing diplomatic discussions—they did not reflect bow few bouts could be passed in bed and fewer still be passed in steep . " What impudence as well as nonsenso ! What diplomatic discussions had he to worry him , when he had two under Secretaries of State , two or three dozen of clerks and messengers ; somebody to make even hia pens for him , and tenor a dozen hands to write as many lines of writing ; and tbis too when for seven long years the King has been

      incessantly telling us , twice a year , that he continues to receive nothing bat assurances of peace and friendship from all foreign powers ! What diplomatic discussions bad be , then ? And aa to the "harrassing debates-, " wbat harrassing had he , when every motion that he made was sure to be carried , and nine times out of ten without an attempt at a division ! If talking nonsense , indeed , proved him to be insane , insane he baa been ever since I knew auy thing of him ; and certainly , the question that he , put . to th © witness , Anne Bobin ? dni Whether he had tallied any nonsense to Dr . Bankhead , proved any thing but his Insanity ; for it proved that be had formed a tolerably correct estimate of his colloquial endowments .

      To talk of . his mind having sunk under the load of his businats is quite monstrous . The whole that he had to do , even if ho hud done it well , did not amount to a tenth of the labour that I have been constantly performtng | for these twenty yeats ; and if his mind sunk under his business , what is to become of the miud of a lawyer in extensive practice ; of a Lord Chancellor , or of a Judge ? th « Chief Justice baa more to do in a month than he had to do in seven years . Why , at this rate , no Lawyer , or Chancellor , or Judge ought to be suffered to move about without a keeper . Only think of a trial of considerable leagth , proceeding out of a complicated declaration and pleadings of length enormous ; only think of sitting and hearing the statements of the lawyers on both sides '; of

      hearing the evidence of twenty or thirty witnesses , swearing to different points of the question , irregularly as possible in point of order ; only think of making notes of all this , and then , when all thin ma ss of confusion ia over , taking it and laying the merits of the case , the pro and the con , and nicely balancing one part against another ; drawing , at last , the conelusion on which the mind of tne jury ought to rest ; only think of all this ; consideri tbat it Is what every one of the Judges , fias to perform aimost every day of his life ; and consider , too , that the Judge is bound by law ; that every opinion he gives , every statement that

      he makes , eveiy colouring that be communicates to any circumstances are narrowly watched by men as skilful ana as able as himself , who have a right to * call him to account , who do call him to account , upon the spot , if he fall into error ; and who can call for a revision of his decisions and bring against him auy word that he may utter , and that , too , before a tribunal where hla rivals Bit in judment withhimBeit . Only think of this ; and recollect , that the Judges never go mad ; and so thoroughly are they imbued with a sense of obedience to the laws , that , however the cutting ef throats may be in fashion * they take special good care never to cut theirs .- ¦ ' ¦ ¦"'"¦ ' ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - •"¦ - : ' - " - ¦ ' ¦ ' .. - ¦¦ : ; '¦

      It is beastly nonsense , therefore ; it is nonsense such as scarcely Castlereagh himself ever uttered , to talk of his having been driven out of his senses by bia load of business . Deep thinking , eotae people cay , will drive a mau mad . This is a very foolish notion ; but , at any rate , how deeply Castlereagh thought , may be judged of by his Bpeecbes and the result of his measures . It is hot now that I say it for the first time or for the thousandth time , for I have always said , that it waa one of the most empty-headed creatures that ever existed ; ana that it was sheer impudence and the imbecility of its opponents , that carried it through with a sort of eclat , such as a mountebank bbtaina amongst downs .

      Yet , that he was not in that state of disgust an * despair which ; might hava impaired his faculties , suoh as they were , I dp not : pretend to say . He must have boen an idiot not to perceive that hia career was drawing to a close . I do not know that he did perceive it ; but ho must have been little short of an Idiot not to have perceived it ; and it is likely enough , that he did feel a great deal of alarm at evenja that he saw flpproacbing . He well knew that he Was most cordially detested by the Reformers at any rate ; and impudent as be was , he bad tiyed to see the day , when sheer im > pndence was not Ukely to carry him through . He bad got through the last session of Parliament with some difficulty ; but he saw another ftpproacbing which he could not hope to get through , without the system receiving a terrible shock of some sort or another .

      Under such circumstances he might be in a state appiroaebing Insanity . Wbat makes tbe bankers , moneyjobbers , and merchants , cut their throats so gallantly ? The dread of humiliation . False prida Blackstone calls it cowardice , which induces men to destroy themselves , t < i avoid those ills which they have not the fortitude to endure . Instead of going to America to avoid the blessings of Sldmouth ' s Bill , which Castlsreagh brought into the House oj'Commons , I might have cut my throat ; but I did not like the idea of being buried in the highway with a stake driven through me , I preferred enduring the ills of a voyage to America , and living to have the chance of seeing my foes out their own throats . This cutting of throats , therefore , has its foundation hi false pride ; in the dread of being humbled ; In the dread of being brought to sweep those streets throogb which the throat-cutters have rolled

      with suoh insolence in their carriages . They retain all their insolence still ; else they would see that they are about to come into their proper place ; and to be in thatttateof life where they ought always to have been . As to eompaaaion ; as to sorrow , npon this ocoasion , how base a bypocrite I mutt be to affect it ! nay , how ba « a hypocrite to disguise , Yft to attempt to ditgui » e , my saUsfactlon ! Can I forget Ireland T can I forget Mr . Finnertyr can I forgot Nai » le 6 n | . m ^ m ^ sm t canIforgetthe Queen , whoj though she sofflwed so mucb / tlKiti | b she suffered to the brejJiIng of her heart , never thought of the disiardlf « efc < rf puWngaii « BdJd hWexistencef The rafflans who wnttmw to pr a ^ thil man , tell us tbat the history of his Dfs'jb found in th ^ measures of the Goveromeai f <» tha lasfc twen ^ f aevmi ^ BSM t and that U true eMttAt ttb foi » i In all Shu tbe

      the varlouaa ^ that have b ^ en passed to * Wsh ap te thai * house , from sanset to sunlse , »*** o / ttte » pott thsa without trfal * r Jurf . It is fonA la U » those terrible Blx Attsy one « f which i > rescri&es that the "" WrtHtW"of"K ~* iwwsyayw shall' entef * ttto / nul even btfore be begins to print : which preacrlbea that ; ihii 1 VJ pMDpWet to IwWch I am now ad-\ i-, sF ~]^ £ - ..: ¦¦'¦ : ¦¦ 'J i i- 'V- ¦ ,.- ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ •¦" - . ¦• ¦;¦

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      dressing > ou , shall be so loaded with paper -and With price , as to make it difficult to effect its circalation . It is found in another of those Acts , which was intended to transport men , and which doe » banish man for life , for a second time ntteringthafc which has a tendency to bring into contempt those who pass such a law . His history is in the figure of eight and ' eighf ciphers , which represent the amount of ta » National Debt It is written in those measures which have reduced the most industrious and enterprising : farmers in the world to a state of beggary , and have plunged no small number of them into despair , real insanity , and self-destruction . It is written in amass of pauperism , hitherto wholly unknown to England , and

      it is written in starvation to Ireland amidst over-production . As to bis family and connexions , look at theimmense sums which they are now receiving out of th& fruit of the people ' s labour . And as to any compassion that we are to feel for them , we will feel it when an end to the sufferings of the Reformers aid their families will leave us a particle of compassslon to betow . on any body else ; The mention of the anguish of \ lady Castlereagh only reminds meiof the ansuiah of poor Mrs . Johnson , wbp , bron /? ht to a deatb « bed by lnbg-and racking anxiety on account of her husband , barnsWd , persecuted , thrown into a dungeon at a hundred milea

      from her , merely tor having been present at a rneetiJP * never before deemed unlawful ; when I ; heajr ^ Lady Castlereagh ' s anguish mentioned I forgot , for the time , the enormous sinecure of her father , bnt I remember that " exemplary and affectionate wife ,. M »; Johnson , who , brought to her death-bed by the meanaju ^ t mentioned , earnestly prayed that she might see her husband before she dosed her eyes for ; ever ; and I remember , that that prayer was rejected iby Castlereagh and Tiisj colleagues , thoneb the husband tendered bail to any amount and offered to submit to > any length u > f imprisonment as the price of permission to receive thtN last ; sigh of . bis dying wifeil , ¦ ,, ¦ ; < > ,.-V to

      Ibaye now performed my duty ; a du ^ r wards thopublic ; towards the Reformers more especially ; and , Joseph Swann , particularly towards you ,, I anxiously hope that you may come alive ,, and iij health , ; out pf your dungeon . I admired your , condnct at th . ^ time when the sentence was passed upon you ., Yon did not talk of cutting your throat ; but , darting a look at . those who passed the sentence , you exclaimed .: " Is that Satti ? I thought you bad a 6 ii o / rope in your pockets for nie 1 " Your children , are in misery : how ; trait be of good cheer ; they may Uto to se © the day when they / 1 will not have to mourn over a father in a dungeon . > " ¦ . . .. .. •' . ; ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ • ' ¦; lam , ' ; ' . ¦ ¦ , ; v ^ ;; : . v ' ; ''"'' .,.. ¦ ' ^¦ % -r . Your faUfcfuifriand , and ; ¦ ' Most obedient servant , ' r .. ¦ ¦ . • • ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦; ¦' . :. ' ' ¦" . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ^ WM . COBtBXT . -

      Oar space is now exhansed . We bavo occupied more than we intended , and almost more than wo s'ho . uid ; : We : donv of the times . We have not , however , exhausted our materials . We have only seen the END of on e of the Ministers who screened the Manchester butchers from justice , and thanked them for their bloody work . There were others of them , whose ENDS , were truly remarkable ! The Premier sunk into ; " a slate of mental incapacity" I Canning went off , at least , in a marked way ; and the burial-day of the Regent himself ( at the time of his death & SOVEREIGN ) was a complete day of hoUiday ' keeping—a day of pleasure . These events we cannot detail at presents \ Ve shall , howeyer , retura to them . They shall not be lott sight of ; nor sba-li the call for JUSTICE on the perpetrators of the massacre yet be given np .

      Pnoceebs Due To The Executive From The Sale Of Messrs. Crow And Tyrrell's Breakfast Powder, For

      PnoCEEbS due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s breakfast powder , for

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      SUKDERtAND . —At the weekly meeting of tho CoanciJ , , held on Sunday morning , the Surplus proceeds of the late eteam-boat trip were divided « 3 follows , namely—lOs . to be devoted to the purohaso of carda , and 53 . to be given to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . An im portant letter from Wednesbury ; to a friend ia S ) indeiland , relative to the strike of the collifcrsi wae read tothe meeting ; and , after a discusaioa upon the subject , it was resolved to make itB contents kno wn to the pitmen ' s meeting , which will b © held this day ( Saturday ) , at Mr . Hines ' s , South Shields . The propriety of having another , steamboat excursion , for the purpose of spreading our principles , and raising funds for the cause , was then taken into consideration , when it was nnaaimbaste determined to have an excursion to Stpektoa ana Middlesborough , on Sunday , the 28 th instant , prO - rided the friends at Stockton can make arrangem 6 rita for a camp meeting on that day . " ° : !¦'

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      FQXJETH EtoITI (> Ng ' .. ¦ ' . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " . " ' ¦¦ "' . ' " ^ fc - '• ¦ " . -. ¦ .. I . ¦ •• .. ¦ ¦ - '

      Northern Star Office , Saturday nightt 12 o ' clock , ¦• ¦ ' ¦"""¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ liYDE . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ^¦ . 5 ' > V = - ' ' ;¦ ;; - . ¦ , ; .-. ¦; .: ¦ . -: . . - . ; . .. ¦' . . ¦; : ; ¦ : ' : - ' '¦ >• •!; ' :. - ¦ ^ TDBIUT , ; Abdul ten this day . a number of specials and ttl 0 town police , headed by Captain Clark and Thotaas Aghton , magistfates , Pet oat in seiiroh of Mrv ^ oHit Leeoh , to . take him into custody . ^^ They . bad . not proceeded far , before a large number of people , had collected together , and followed them , shoatipe and hallowing them . Mr . Little , the head police '' offi ^ W ^ got hold of a man , and said , *• Come , jba must 20 with me . 11 He eaid , « Where to ?" - . Lfttlflt old , w To the ^ lookups . " The man said *^ Coi # $ en £ and lifting bis hand at the same iimie , began to beat Mr . LitUe in stylo , when a geneAlfi ^ at to ^ k place between the people and the police . The latter took to their heels , as if for life and deathvjffithsticju and stones after them ; some with broken noSes , j 5 O ^ fl with bruked beads , &c . &O . C ^ tain ^ Wkrs ^ pS to Ashton , in search of soaw sOldiert . The ^ i ) lfoe broke Leech ' s door open last night , bu ^ Leech WM not at home . He is at large yet . ^ ^ ^ ' . 1 ,

      S ] HELTON » SlASFOBDSHIBK > EoXXEBXSS « vA V We are placed entirely under martial law , and tha most absolute despotism is practised upon m . "

      : ¦ ¦ ¦ , - . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . ::: ¦; { \ . oldham . ¦;¦ ¦ . : ; : - ¦; . - . - ry : ¦ '¦ ¦ : : ¦ ' } - ; . ; . - •'• : \ \ :. ; / ? :. ^ - ' / ¦ -: ¦ ;• - ¦ FaiDAr Moajtiffor . ; A large public meeting took place on Oldham Edge . Mr . Bell and others addressed the numerooa meeting . A reslution for the Chater to be made the law of the land was put and carried nnaniteously . In the evening another public taeetny ? was held ia the same place . ; ¦ - ; . ' : ¦ :::-y ' - ^} ..:- ^ , ^ ;^ --" -- v- . ¦'• ¦ ¦ ¦¦' •¦ - v : - v-:-- ' - ;; - - ' - ' - ' ¦¦ : ' : ¦< -: ' y ::- 'i » J 3 » &i lSI .:. ; ,

      This morning the public meeting was ^ larger » h » a the one held yesterday . Mr . Yaxdley and ^ fe , Miller addressed them in firm but jinilq speeches ; it is rumoured that there is an Intention oit the part of tlfiio uthorities , toarrest some of theChartiste jba ^ up to this time , { onei o ' clo ^ kyrt ^ ooirijiothiDjgiOfi | £ § sort has taken pl » ce . ^ tereiftaotJto ^ fjajapDawt auce ofauy breacli ( if the peaoe . When the weetoit ftepirated the peop ^ r proceeded into the iam ^ m phw » 8 flion ~» ll appeared in aood Bpirits , ; ' - ' ¦

      -: >• ¦; -. ';•/; - ?; xo ^ hborough . - f ^ - ' ^ yy ' . y- . ^ yyi '^^ ' ^ r riy : t : riy : ! h- > ^ y ^ T aAtffijeaaefteinent 4 iereh-4 he Riot Aot fras' W 6 t read , tte iowo . is fuljl ^ of people , all determined to have tho Charter . Lots of speeial conetablea of all grwte :-M 4- ; o 6 Ioiffife- - > '? v ? t >" - - ? . - mm < - » .. ^ v ^* - >^ : ' t Skivington has just been committed for eeditloBS taymi ^ khe m ^ j ^ wi ^ ii ^^ b ^ l ^ ^ I / Bi 6 C 8 t « P . " He is Jn ^ od ^ mts « . sx > , aTO the good and brave , i The Bpemabt 4 r % tb&Btiiag ^ for Wood ^ wUlWwgO ^ roVtteiKT '/?^ -X : r ¦;;; . ^ ;/ - ^ . ;

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      2 THE NORTHERjj- STAR , ^^^

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 20, 1842, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1175/page/2/