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      Lavender , TViiiiam , Bury-btrtet , Saiford . Isvatt R ^ hard . tobacconist . Market-street . Ii ^ . s . George , print "woiks . Stranie'wajs . te ^ 3 , . Cro ^ rn n . nx \ Toi « tle , Hali-stTtOt . L-iH £ . James , sailer , -V irkei-street . Mo-. 'ii , James , cotton-dealer . iliine , , L qu"ar merchant , A ppk-zznrksi . Mi-agbtr , Edward , tailor , Trumpeter . O-. iitr . , ( sun of D .-. Oii'tr ; . Oliver . A ! ex 2 a : 2 eT . (^ n vf the publican 02 Shade-MiT ) . l » oi ; snl , Jonathan . Jan .. cotton-spinner , Accci'is . PjlUoi , Wiil-aai , jun .. butcher , StretronL P . ife-. Tir-g . TaciiiEs , late coiehmau to Mr . Kay . Vszrat . Wiilisia . -wine mercnant , FauLtair-stmt .

      Fiv . J- M .. daacADg niasttr . 12 , Bn' 2-.-siEs :. Rogers , Bf ^ 5 im : n , commissinz a ^ ei : t . Oxfcrd-strest . K *; - > , J .-hn " G ' . obe , Qaitside-strest-Rv-asiu . P-i- ' kz-r , butcher , Stratford . Satssj . , S : rttu ; rd , quick-doctor . Shawi-j « . Jam = a . mar FJixton . Sbt : ^ " - - ' - -. ^ . Tbomas , { for John Collier , dyer , Soringfield-tens , Salford ; . Sharj- . H ., iro . 'i-iiealer , JIarket-street . bunsn . Jobn Shs . w > bro-cr . Saliotd , ( son o ; the landlord if . hs Tv-k Micster , DciTii ^ te ) . St ' . tt , William . 9 , Parsoziiie , itible-Stepsr .. fstmrsou . Kicnzr-a , cotton-spinier , Miiier ' s-lase . ' l > trvei ; . Saiau- ! , surveyor , Bricigr- ^ ireet .

      Sj £ . £ s , {* - - = of the imalerd , Ti ^ -strc-tt ; . y ^ awcrc /^ . M'ii lsiju . labourer , Shtfl-. ld . Teb ^ ut . Edw « ri . manufacturer , "Petl-sirecS . Tr >'¦ ¦; , Join 69 , Bridge-street . ? c-tr < e . R Otrt , rcr ^ ecn . Xijior . K-jc ^ rt , sadler , Stretford ( substitut ; for Peter Hcnf ) Tnrr-r , Willism , for S : oiiih and Iugle . p ^ r-mskers . T \ "i ; fai 3 ^ to : i . Kub £ : t , Tamer ' s L ^ se , Pl :. dltton , vrareli-jc ?* :, Bick-iqisre . "Wild * -, JiTr . es . sxiTzr-o-n , Eccles . Wi : wD , K ¦ -bard Albion Hr-te ] , ( sen of the landlord ; . "VViiiua -. r , Mridovrcroft , Richard , ntt ^ rr-. ay . "Warri , ' Wjiiiani , plmiber . cd £ lEZ et D .-icsgata . "Wku-arorfii , James , Back BriUgr-sircet , ( fox Cittabyre , A ' -Loriitrv . ) "

      Trc a ? ecnipanTin » Engraving represents the Lor-ible sczas . Just when the heroc-s" were hard at wvrk- Le $ the "heroes" look upon it , & . ud refresh th-jr Criuviics respecting thdr ccurci (; eciis " deeds is arcii *! It i ^ a reduced copy of a large EnfTcris ^ i ? sa » d scon afuj iLe dreadful massacre ; and sn enlarged e ^ vy if 3 ' Vignette en the tiile-pose of iinsu ' s Lifl- ot Hex&t Hot . Mr . Hcsx , as will fce seen fr ~ ia th-3 Mercury ' s a < rcotir . t , v . as arr-rstcd . Indeed , his inresi was liiade

      the prsze ^ . t for ' ibe butchery aac niassacreii . ^ ' . n-^ tl f-td in by ine " huiocf . " Afitr he hnd surxciiccred hiin . ' -elf to Z ^ ir . 2 \ j . d i . v , the civil c- £ ber asd 2 : se r . assedaic-Ei ; ia ihe casiodr of the pcliccc £ c'i £ , he vas a ^ ssii-d bv ths Eabrjis of the carsjiy and the truncheons of the tpeciab . He "sva-5 T ^ ouavlcd rn the hind . Iucevd a plot had been forsifd sTsc-cgst the- constabics to have him durdtrtii . They -n ^ re to press \ u vpor . "him r . n <] iho cfiieer ; Trho had him in cr-aTjje ; dttach him from

      fun ; _ - >^ i-j . \ was xc- have cried " an escape- ' - . ' aisd then ihe Yectnanry were to rave used their Ee" ^] y . EhsrpEB-: d swe-jd ? JJ He defeated this hellish

      stVib ? 1-t mere presence of mind . He- trss a s : tob £ pc-wofnl m 22 . He seizzd Lo ! d of 2 nadi >" , and , as it "were , lit pi him in custody , as an hostage for his own ? afc ? y . He was remanded , at Srst , en a charge of High Treason . Thb , howerer , i ^ as soon given up , and he tras incietedfor conspiracy , sedition , aidriot . Oa ihzsiudiczmenz he vr-as tried , at Yyrl :, along with «^ h ; o : h-: rs , an lbs ' 22 ii of . Jlarch ,. 1 S 20 . i ! . -. Hcm defended himself ; and a ^ Toriia 3 defence ir ¦ W 2 S- Tae trial lasted ten dais ; ana the Jv .-y reinrned a - . - Lrdict that the defendants -n-ori u guiity of Stieiablii ; . - end aueiicicff , zn u ; ib , wfui ciee . tir-c .

      As nc a ' tervrards i-as : urcush declared , they ¦ woaid hive found hiia " guiity of shec . p-rtcaling , '' on : h ^ i 232 e cvi ienc- ? , had his persecutors put the charge Eirti : ^ : h a in "that shsp--. lie was nn cfei ^ dtr of cI-55 pr ; ja iiccs . Cias = pifjijiecs , therefore , had to lay insi by the hctls . It tic so .. -It xetsriifcd a Terdict of '' guihy ; i ^ d in parsuisce of that T . rdict he w ^ s senter . esd to wtd aud-a-hall JE 2 X 5 l 3 i"j . r :: > ocEitiit In Ilchfci-t . r Gaol , £ ud to 2 l-J secur ;! : T for his c-ooi behaviour fir Sreyears , hiraseii in j £ "J , ' -CK > , az . d ivro .-nreties is £ 500 tacu . Tiii : iiapiisOnEiCi ;; he ecttcc—tTery a ^ y of hi T .: i E 2 Ta-je inhuiL £ s £ -: u : cnce -rls -esscic-d t-3 " the

      fctUr . 1 Aud who Wire the cLcliors and shiildkes of the perpetrators of lVe = " c ^ . d ; cf Vioid ? The IUgem sec : he iliyisrr ^ s I The K-: £ ^ t . through Sid M-rtH , fxpi-ciEcd his "CHEAT SATISFACTION ' "' : ! at-ihe nitai ^ res cf the'Jsgiitraies en the W ^ -ij cay ; and he tendered his "HIGH -APPROBATION' * . ' i I ! to the Yccir . anru for tLcir TOitiE ^ s asd £ ] ash i 2 £ =, * ssbrings a ^ d traBi-lirgs doTrn of " Ah people , '' ¦ whec peace : oily assfmbied J 35 : Hhanktd them for BILLING FIFTEEN PERSONS ' and for Tvcurdiag four hur . cred Endt ^ vemy-&ar oiheis ! PiriLEN VERS KILLED Here are their nsmcsl When are rre to hare a MoEnment erealed to // . e . ' r memory ; 2 . nd iatsecxation of the E-ca vrho killed them ? 1 TQJ 3-. 3 Ashfronh . Biii a Head , Manchester . Special c rsiaoie . 2 J ^ A ? bton , Cowliill , r « etr Oidhsra 3 ittnia £ Bu'iby , Barfetrerg , Gfcsd ^ erton . 4 Jirsfi GrsTiJBii-n , Bur : cT-i : p ' T ; -Su >? tlI . 5 Wur . aniDriron , Sj . ddIcTVi . Tth . C Jot ~ L-h Oidhssj . T Arils ; o ^ iUl , Pidrfcn-strset , MaccheEtcr . s Jcii ^ Kn- ^ es , Pitu . Hop-sc-od . S J ' . ^ pi ; V . ' L : two / : h , fijeie . 10 v . ' i ii ^ ic Bra-Is ; aw , L .: Iy Eill k rear Eury .

      T .-0 ME 5 . 2 ilsry Hevs , Ra-sliKicii ' s Bnlldinss , Osfc ? dKos , a , Mar .-c ' v- 't' -r . " - 2 S ^ -st J uts . 53 ^ -itrn : t , ^ I-rchiE ^ r , ^ Msrsba P'rti-. st . ta , ] £ : ; : ? :. -4 lI < i . T £ , ir = t DiTEvs , c ^ nce-iitd by b = -rfrltnds . lyFAST . l Pilr . es , irtriUeuy-itrect , ilicchsstzi . 15 K "tc . Into the tra . r ; 52 Ct ; ons of thss 027 . no enquiry las ever yet been had ! PnuishHunt ; of do sort , nor eren Censure , has efer h-c-tr ^ iLflieted upon any of the parties ¦ Rho ordtrer " , cr : hos 2 who exetnttd , this hor-Tible £ 5 > 2 ch ! Parliamer ^ ary miijoritks slifed iaqviiiy there ! Th-u Grisd Jury at Lancaster Etifl ^ d

      itqtury ; . - - Asd has eo pnni hmeai of c--. y sort fcetn ii . Sicted np < m the aatnoN nv . d ait ' . tors of the- ? , . "jr-caifu } oecnH ' . 0 . ' yes : W » :- trere ^ ro : ; « : in 5 . jV ; r : u , ** pun : > hineiit ef no tort" had fi : ii « ii t : pon the .-c par'ie-. Panii-hzEeni the most signal . ' jccgme . v ; s ths Ec = ' marked : hare fallen upon then : an-i esp ? c :: > : " . y 'j ^ on those v ^ ao iiit £ ? p :, ? -: d p ^ rHiriiju farj to

      ns ^ OTife ? £ -tay the eoa > 3 imniaii j-nics I Gob L ^ - -:-itc-l thcis ! The ENDS of rem 3 of theia were remarkable indeed ! partic-siarlj the / itjriitf fn ? f of Ca = tlee ^ agh I In the is Path of An < a- ; t > tiiree jtzr ; ifi-r" -ard-. and vrithin f o--r c ' zys of tie anriivirsiry of the '" jl 55 = csre , " jie err ms csr .. ' TiiBojn ' . Aj-proprist ? j-i ^^ nj'Bt ! Signal esd Hovr j : \ 5 i arc the Ctali ^ -is und d = peusatioas of God L 1

      This iian iiad b ~ en the chiif 2 . sen ; in 2 . H ths inessur : > nralas ; tr . s Rjforrcers . Ha 2 ? . J . bronirbin-ias G- \ GG 1 ? IG a 3-i DUNGE'Jl ^ Jr ^ G bills o ; J 8 J 7 ; " as hid passed-through "tlo House" the uj £ i ^ 3 rfci " ty virtus of which secres of pciititcera for E . 2 > iicai K-=: oies , w-re , under the bayonet , Circhsd into ihe yard of ihe Manchester New Baiiay prison ; marched theri as MiLUiCIOis ; j _ vi > KtPr there , «««/»' ^ Ae ra / zt , foe . a whole day am > xight is

      THE BEKB OF TU !? Ti-B 2 ! He it VTS 3 , CaSxLEEAGH , who had passed ait-asiircs to enable himseif ai ; d coilesgaes to do this ; a . nd he it was vrho defended asd JosxiyiSD the perpetrators of the bloody deeds gf FeiiT . io . Ah ) tnd Ae h was whoeuthis onii ihica ; ! Eat we Euust hzye the whole tale oat respecikg this lhroat-ca :: frg . The young men of this . < 5 = y orght toiiiow of it , as Ttell S 3 know of the 8 U ^ K : s _ S 3 id persecutions icflicted on the Kc'~§ Kpms& {^ % former generation , by those whose £ ^ I ) Swereso remaikably striking . They oneht to know ^ f lEt ^ a things ; and it shall be no fault of « orfclfth eTxio-B 05 learn them 1

      ^ ^ C *^* ffe * then , is a fall account of tHi 3 throat-• ittMS . aSJdr , ; H is from l ^ o p-sn of a master hand ~ Cossifr : — ' -

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      CASTLEREAGH'S HORRID END . TO JOSEPH SWANN , Who teas sentenced by ihe Magistrates of Cheshire to four years and a half imprisonment in Chester Gaol , for selling Pamphlets and being present at a Meeting for Parliamentary Reform ; who teas imprisoned many iceeksk for want of bail , before his Trial ; tvho has now ttco years of his imprisonment vnecrpired ; arid who , when imprisoned , hade Wi fe and four helpless Children . Kensington , lath August , 1822 .

      rtflL Swann . — CASTLEREAGH HAS CUT HIS OWN THROAT , AND IS DEAD . ' iet that-soumi reach you in the depth of your dungeon ; and let it carry consolation to your suffering soul ! Of all the victims , yon hsve suffered most . We are told of the poignant grief of Lady CasUereagh ; and , 'while he must bo a brute Indeed -who does not feel for her , wh& ' . mnjt ha be who does not feel for your wife and your fear helpiEss cMldren , actually torn from you -when you ¦ were first thrown into tho dismal cells ?

      EowoYer , rs 5-hall have time to say mora of pour < xuz hertnfter . L-t me , at present , address ycu ou the i-argect of CkrUeressjti . I am about to insert the Report of ihe Inquest 02 fc ; s body ; but , i vrill first Etate to jou certain matters , "whicli ought to be remembered , arJ . r . iiich will pass away , unleis vre , at once , put them e : i record . Tie mover of Six Acts cut his throat last Hand-. ? Eoming about seven o ' clock . The Courier of that irlifct gava an account cf his xieaifi ; but . Btated it to hsre srisen from gout in ihe stomach Now , mind , the -writer mu 3 t ha-ve t « ld this lie wilfully , or he must purpose ! y have been misinformed . A design , therefore , must , at one time , have existed somewhere to smoUier ihe iriuh .

      A cut throat 13 however , no such easy thing to mother , nnd especially , where there is a fccusa full of serrocts , all with tongues in their mouths . Therefore , the Courier ' s lie was , the nest d ? y , abandoned ; acd . the truth , as to the deed itself , came out . Before , however , we quit this lie of the Courier , let us again remark th : it it must have been intentional . Noit ' p . Cray , a little village in Kent , where the thicst -was cut , is only absut two hour ' s ride

      from London . A King's roessonger was in the house at the tirs ? , as is , I believe , ths case congtantly , vfith the Ministers T ? ho are Secretaries of State . At any rate there Trere staHes fnU of horses ; and you must Snow , tsat , at tb 3 effire of Castlertagh at Whitehall , the Courier voald haTe some account , true or false . If . therefore , he got the true account , the lie was his men ; and yet , seeing -what risk he ran fef almost ir-atant detection , it appears rather strange that he should have hatched the 1 : 3 .

      I hhfAl LOU , before I cfUr jou further remarks upon the kuYyct , insert the report cf the proceedings at the ip qncsi rtqutsting you and iJl the lit formers to read thtni ° fitb scrupulous atttnti ^ ii . You viii nud ia thing quite i : ew ) tjf Coroner ( if the report be true ) laying dCBn the doctrine , tb't gelf-iniirder mast of necessity imply irisaniiy in him vsho coruirits it : y * -u will fled mzr , j otUer things vrorthy of strict attention ; and , therefore , if , only for this once , yen can buv get Ivjht sufficient to read by , and ostiin the favour of being prri&ntei to rea-J , pray read t ' ai 3 upott attentively , : &d then have the goodness to listen to the rtniuiks that I shall miie .

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      After being absent about ten minutes , the jmy returned , evidently much affected by the . melancholy spectacle 'which they had jost beheld . The first witness called was Anns Robinson , who being sworn , deposed as follows;— "I wait upon the Marchioness of Londonderry : I knew the Marquia oiE Londonderry : hia body now lies up stairs . In my opinion he has been ill during the last fortnight , but particularly so since Monday week . On Monday morning he Jang the bell ; I answered it : he inquired why my lady had not been to see him . Her Ladyebip bad been with him all night , and I told him so . Her Ladyship at this time was not in the room . I then went away . The bell rang : again . When I answered it , he ' asked if T > r . Bankheadlias been to see him ? I told

      him that Dr . Bankheai kad been with hini about two hours and a half in the evening . It was about four in the morning when he asked me this question . When I told him that Dr . BaukheaS had been with biro , he asked what he had said to the Doctor—whether he fa . d talked any nonsense to him , or any thing particular , as he had no recollection on the suiject . I replied ; that I was not in the room during the time that he had talked with the Doctor . I then ltf t the room . He rang again about seven o ' clock . 1 went to him . Ho then asked me what I wanted there . My Lady was with him at the time . She had been with aim since four o ' clock ) and she answered , ' that my Lsrd wanted his breakfast' My Lord and Lady were in bed at the time . I left the room , and brought the breakfast up . He sat

      up in the bed and tasted ptvrt of it . He found fault with it , and said , ' it was not a breakfast for him . ' Ho said there was no butter there : the butter , however was on the tray , as usual , and I pointed it out to him . Tho manner in which he spoke struck me as being uncommon ; it was in a shajp tone , which was unusnal with him . I left the room after this . The bell rang again in about half an hour ; that was about half-past seven . My Lady was in the room : it this time , and I cannot tell who rang the bell . When I entered the room , he asked me , whether Dr . Bankhead had comeironi town , I told him that Dr . Bankhead bad slept in the house . He then said that be wished to see him . My Laiiy then pot up , and came to me at the door , and 8 ; dd sometbing tome . I weDt to Dr . Bauknead , and I cave him my

      Lotd's mBBsag ? . 1 went back to my Lord , and toki him that Dr . Bankbead would be with him in two minutea . When my Lord saw me . speaking to my Lady , btfore I left the room to go to Dr . Bankhead , he said thfre was a conspiracy againit him . My Lady : it that time desired me to tell Dr . Bankhead that he waa wanted as soon » s ho * ecu I'd come . When I returned , and told my Lady that Dr . Bankhead would como , my Lady got out cf bed , and retired to her dressing-room . At this jaoment ray Lord also got o ' ut of bed , and turned to the right into his own dressing-room . [ Several questions were . U « te put to the witness to ascertain the precise situation of these rooms . From the answers which she returned , it appeared that the common sleeping room opened into a passage , on either

      side of which was a drtsaing-room . Lady Londonderi-j ' a on the left , bis Lordship ' s on the right . At the t-xtremity of the passage was another door , behind which Dr . Bankhead was waiting ] I had jast opened the door of my Lady ' s dresaing-room , into which she had entered , when my Lord rushed past mo into his own room . I opened the outside d ^ or , and told tho circumstance to Dr . Bankhead , who immediately followed my Lord into his dresaing-room . I cannot tell what passed there , but I heard my Lordopsn his wiudow before the doctor entered his room . Imintdiiitely when the doctor entered the room he ( the d «* ct- 'r ) exclaimed , . * Oh , my Lord , ' or ' Oh , my God , ' I canuot recollect which * I heard no reply to this from my Lord . I instantly rushed into tb ' - room , aud saw the doctor with my Lord

      in his arms . I remained in the room till I saw the doctor lay him with his face upon the ground . I saw the blood running from him while Dr . Bank head held him . I saw a knife . I heard my Lord say nothing . I was certainly much alarmed . The knife was in his right hand . [ A penknife with an ivory handle , and upon which there was no app « arance of blood , was here shown to the witness . ] I buliuve that to be the penknife which I aaw in my Lord ' s hands . After staying a few minutes in my Lord ' s dressing room , I followed Dr . Binkbead to my Lady . I hail previously raised an alarm , and it was now general throughout the house . To the best of my belief , my Lord did not live four minut-s after I saw him . I did not percieve any wound nor any blood while he was in his bed-room . No person was with him in the interval between bis leaving hia dressing-joom and his death but Dr . Bankhead . HI 9 . state of mind appeared to be very incorrect for the limt three or four days of his life . He appeared to be v ^ ry

      wild in everything he said or did . He wanted from meabexwhich he said Lord Clanwifliain had given to mo . Hia Lordship , however , hud never given me aDy . Ke also asked me for his kejfl , when he had them about him . Daring the last fortnight he was accustomed to say that everybody had conspired against him . He was very severe in bis manner of speakiug , wheh I never noticed before , hebting in general mild and k ' nd . When be saw two people speaking together , ho always said , ' There is a conspiracy laid against me . ' A great many circumstances induce me to believe that he was out of his mind a fortnight before his death . He scolded my Lady on Sunday afternoon , bscauBa , as be said , she bad not been near him all day , she bad entirely forsaken him . Her Ladyship , however , had beeu sitting-with , him aH the morning . ' The witness , in conclusion , repeated ber Belief that biH Lordsbip had betn in " a state of mental delusion fur some weeks previous to his death . ¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ..

      The second witness examined was Charles Bankhead , M . D ., of Lower Brook-street , Grosvenor-square . —On lost Friday afternoon , at £ ve o ' clock , I received a note ftoni Lady Londonderry , desiriDg uie to commas soon as 1 could to see tha Marquis of Londonderry , at his bouse in St . James'fi-square . Her uote sUted that ahe was very anxious about bis Lordship , as * he thought be ¦ was very ill and very nervom ; 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 Si . James ' s-sqoare at six o ' clock , and found my Lord and my Lady alon © in the drawing-room . T pon feeling bis pulse I cotceived him to be exceedingly ilL He complained of a severe beatiache , and of a confusion of recollection . He looked pale

      and was very much distressed m his manner , I told him that I thought it was necessary that he should ba cupppu , and tbat I would stay and uine "with his lady aod himself whilst the cupper cune . The cupper soon arrived , and took seven ounces of blood from the nape of bis Lordship ' s neck . After the operation was performed , he stated that he was very much relieved , and 1 advised him to lay himself quietly down on the sot for half an hour ; and , as he had scarely eaten the whole tiay , to take a cup of tea before he got into the carriage to return to North Cray . He fallowed my alvice , and laid himself down on the couch , "where he remained very tranquiL After this he drauk two cups of tea . 1 waited until I saw my Lady and himself get into theCirriage in order to return to North Cray .

      B ; fore his departure his Lordship said , that as I was sure he mu 6 fc be very ill , ho expected I would corae to North Ctay ai . d stay all Saturday night , and If possible , ull Suuduy . 1 sent with him Bome opening inedidnes , which he was to take early on Saturday , in crder that I might know the effect they had produced on my arrival . I know that be took these powders © n Saturday . I arrived at North Cray about seven o ' clock on Saturday afternoon . I understood that his Lord-Etip had not been out of bed all day , and I immediately proceeded to his bed-room . On entering his bed-room , I ohserved that his manner of looking at me expressed Euspicion and alarm . He said it was vtry odd that I sbonld come into his bed-iopm first , before going into the dinisg-room . -below . " I answered that I

      had dined in town , and knowing tbat the family wore at dinner down Etuirs , I had come to visit him . Upon tbia be made a reply which surprised me exceedingly . It was to this effect— tha ; I seemed particularly grave in my manner , and that something must have happened amiss . He than asked me abruptly whether I tad anything unpleasant to tell him ? I answered , No ; that I was surpr'scd at hia qutation , and the manner In which it was proposed . ' He then said , 'the truth was , that he had reasons to be Buapisioua in some degree , but that he hoped that I would be tho last person who would engage in anything tbat would be irjtiriouB to nim . ' " His manner of saying this was so unueuai and so distuibed , as to BatMy me that h « was at the moment labouring under mental delusion . I

      entreated him to bs very tranquil , and prescribed for him some more cooling and aperient medicines , conSned 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 hifl : fever waa not very fafgh daring any part of this time , yet the ineohercRce cf his speech and the uncomfortableuess of his manner continued unaltered . During Sunday I visited hira frequently , and continued with him iu the evening tiil 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 bod . I slept in a toum very near bis Lordship . On Monday momiag , a ^ wut seven o ' clock , Mrs . Robinson , my Lady Londonderry's maid , came to my room . door i and asked

      if I was dressed , telling me , ' My Lord wished to see me by-and-by . " 1 answered that I was ready to come that moment ; but Mrs . Kobinson said , ' that she did not wish me to conie then , because her Ladyship bad not left tae bed-room . " In about half Van hour , Bbe returned again , aud said , that his Lordship would be glad to see me immediately , as her Ladyship was patting on her gown , in order to go into her own dressicg-rooni . Oa walking from my own room to Lord Loadonderry'fl bed-room , I cbserved that the door of the latter was open , and could perceive tbat taJs XiOrdehip was not ia it . Id an instant Mrs . Robinson said to me , 'His Loidsbiphaa gone into his dreBflinR-roora . ' I stepped into Wb dresaing-room , and saw him in hia dressing-gown , standing irith his front to wards the

      window , which "was opposite to the door at which I entered . His face -was directed towards the celling . Without taraing fckhead , *> n the Instant he beard my step , be exclaimed , 'BanHwad , lefr me fall upon your arm—* tta all over . * Aa ; qukkly as jpossible I ran to iiim , thinking he WM fainting and going to fall . I caaght him in my anas as he waa-falling , and perceived that he . had a . koife to Jbis- light hand ,-scry firmly clinched and all over blood .:, I c'id not see him use it : be-most have used it before fr canw -into the room . In falling be declined upon oae aide , and the blood burst from him Ufcs a torrent frotia watering pot I was unable to support him , andt « fe 11 oat of my arms . I ttink the wound must have bet ^ inflicted u soon as I pat my foot on the threshold of the door ,

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      as its nature was such that the extinction of life must hatf . followed It in the twinkling of an eye . I think that no less tnan two quarts of blood flowed from him in one minute . I am satisfied that a minute did not elapse from the moment of my entering the room until he died j and during that time he said not a word except that which I have already mentioned . It was impossible that any human being could have inflicted the wound but hlTOseJf , Haying feuDwnhim intimately for the last thirty years , I have no hesitation in saying that he was perfectly insane when he committed this act . I had noticed a great decline in the general habit of his health for some weeks prior to his death but I was not aware of the mental delusion under which Jie was labouring till withiu three or four days of his decease . ; - ¦'¦'¦ .. "'' . : ' : - . v- - ; .: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦/¦' . ¦' . ' ' . :-: ' .. ¦¦ ¦

      After Dr . Bankhead had finished his testimony , the Coroner inquirod whtther there were atfy ' more ¦ witnessea who could speak to the nature of this tTansaction . He-was informed that there were several ; but a dpubt being thrown » ut as to necessity of calling them after the evidence wbieh hod already been adduced , he said that he should costiuit the Jury upon the point , and in consequence ordered the room to be cleared of all spectators . After the Coroner and Jury had been left to thetnteivea for half an hour , notice was given that strangers ware again permitted to enter the room ia which they

      wtire sitting . On reaching it we found the Jury ranged round the Coroner ' s table , and giving their assent to a verdict which he read to themi The verdict stated " That on Monday , August 12 , and for some time previously , the Most Noble Robert , Marquis of Londonderry , under a grievous iiflaoTdw did labour and languish , and became in consequence delirious and of insane mind ; and that , whilsfe in that state , with a knife of iron and isteei , he did inflict on himself on the left side of his neck , and of the carotid artery , a wound of one inch in length , and halt' an inch in depth , ot which he instantly died ; anrl that no othet person txcept himself was the cause of his death . "

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      amount to this , it was nothing in exculpation . Here then we have the proof ; proof sufficient to satisfy » Jury , that we had a mad "leader * of the House of Conimons ' l and a mad Minister sitting in Council mth fheKivg i " : ; . ¦ - ¦ , . - ; , ¦' ¦ ¦¦ ' ; '¦¦ : ¦; ..:. ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦ : - . - ;¦ ¦ ¦ -,: The Letter of the Duke of Wellington is a very curious affair , especially if we take it into ^ view along ^ i th other circumstances . The letter is Written by the Dake to CaflUerengh ' 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 ; should put it down in black and white , thai > another of the Klng ' B ministers laboured , under "nifititai delirium . ' * And then it comes infso pretty a way , ••• ¦ ! beg you will

      neve * mention to any one what ! have communicated to you respecting his Lordship . ' * This is so very prettyso extremely likely , that we cannot help bslieving this to be authentic I It is so perfect in character , as coming from a Privy Councillor ; and the thing winSa tip so well by the newspapers telling us , that '' immediately on their . announceHierit of the verdict , a despatchvwas forwarded to the Duke of Wellington , ; and the messender was ordered to proceed with the ntmost possible eipedition" 1 Well might he go with . the utmost possible expedition to tell the Duke . that the Doctor had already told his ; secret , and tbat too without any necessity for it , seeing that the verdict was recorded before the letter was produced 1

      The Diike would not be a little surprised at the news I dare fiay , but certainly his surprise would not be greater than that of the whole of this natiou , at the various pn . rts of this wondtrful proceeding ; We must now take a little look at the extra-judicial assertions connected tpith this affair ; . - . ¦ ¦' ¦ The ' : Courier of Wednesday teils us , that-the insanity under which the act was committed is proved by many circumstances not -notified at Uie time . "Had it been possible or decorous to have demanded His Majesty ' s testimony , we are inforaied that his evidence could have been hnd ;" and tben the Courier proceeds to say , that the King observed it on the Friday . So thatj if this varlet of a 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 iPoreiga AfliUrs in the hands of a madman ! The Courier further tella us in the sama paiper , that

      there had been \ * ' mental alienation'' in some of the branches of Castiereagh ' s / omiYj / . 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 " sudden trariailions frovi war to peace /" about capit a l finding its way into new channels ' , about digging Holes one d >> y and filling them up the next : ' about leaving things to Nature ; about the general working of events ; In nhorfc , we may account for all those wild toings that I used to say , as plainly as I dared , were never before uttered by -any Gentleman out of Bedlam . The Cornier , in the same paper , tolls ua positively , that the King , bofore bis departure , sent for Lord Liverpool to tell him that he thought Castlereagh's intellects were impaired . And yet this very same paper of only one day before told us , tbat this very Castlereagh was preparing , the very day before he cut his ' throat , to g ° to the continent , as the King ' s representative , at a Congress , wh are tbe affairs of Europe were to undergo

      discussion ! If all this were true , which , observe , I by no means either assert or believe , what 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 at the miserable state in which they are ; no longer wonder that famine and oTer-production of food should at once oppress the land . Here weujl bi a solution of thewholeof the wonder : Lamad Secretary of State , aud a mad Leader of the Heuse of Commas .

      You will observe tVte pitiful pretences that b * ve teen 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 ' Poriiatnent are stated as the cause . The Courier comes with an amplification ; of this , and says , that people who '' did not sufficiently calculate the . effect ' . 'o . f constant application , unrelieved 6 y any \ recreation or . leisure—of nights passed in harrassing debates , and of days devoted to equally harrassing diplomatic discussions—they did < not rtfloct how few . hours could be passed ; in bed ;' ahd fewer still be passed in deep . " Wkat impudenee as well as nonsense ! What diplomatic discussions had he to worry hin > when he tod two under Seraeteiies of State , two or three doz 9 u of clerks and messengers . ; somebody to make even hia pens . for him ,, and tenor a dcz ^ n

      hands to ¦ write as many lines of writing ; and this : too when for seven long years the King has been incessantly telling us , twice a year , that he continues to receive nothing but assurances of peace and friendship from ail foreign powers ! . What diplomatic discussions bad he , then ? And as to the "harrassing debates ;" what harra 88 tng had he , when every motion that he made was sure to be carried , and nine times out of ten without an at ( 3 mpt at a division ! If talking nonsense , indeed , proved hviu to be insane , insane he has been wet since I knew di » y tbAng of him ; and certainly , the question that he put to the witness , Anne Rob ' nson , whether he had talked any nbnsense ; - . to . ' Dr . Bankhead , proved any thing but his insanity ; for it proved tha 5 he had formed a tolerably correct estimate of iii ' s colloquial endowments . '¦ . ' ..

      To tftlfe of his mind , hiving mink nndeir the load of his business is quite monstrous . Ihe whole that he had to do , even if he had done it well , did hot amount to a tenth of the labour that I have been constantly perfonnidggfor these twenty years ; and if his mind sunk under his business , whafe is to become of the mind of a lawyer in extensive practice ; of a Lord Chancellor , or of a Judge ? Tho Chief Justice has more to do in a month than he bad to do in seven years . Wby , 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 length , proceeding out of a complicated declaration and pleadings of length enormous ; only think of sitting and hearing the statementa of the lawyers on both sides |; ol

      hearing the evidence of twenty or tbirty withesaea , swearing to differeni points of the question , irregularly as possiblefin point of crder ; only think of making notes of all this , and then , when all this mass of confusion is over , taking it and laying tho merits of the case , the pro and the con , and ; nicely balancing one part against another ; drawing , at last , the conclusion on which the mind of the jury ought to rest ; only think of all this ; consider , tb . it it is what every one of the Judges has to perform . , almost 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 , every colouring that be communicatea to any circumstances ate narrowly watched by man as skilful and as able as bimsolf , who have a right to call him to account , who do call him to account , upon :: the Spot , if be full into error ; and who can call for a revision of hia decisions aud briog against him any word that'he may utter , and that , too , before a tribunal whera his rivals sit in judment with himself . Only think of this ; and recollect , that the Judges never go inad ; 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 bis tiaving been driven out of his senses by his load of business . Deep thinking some people say , will drive a mau mart . This is a very-. foolish notion ; but , at -any rate , how deeply Castlereagh thought , may be judged of by his speeches and the result of his measures . It is not now that I say it for the first time or for the thousandth time , lor I have always said , that it was one of the most empty-headed creatures that ever existed ; and that it was sheer impudence and the imbeoility of its opponents , that carr ied it through with a sort of eclat / such as a mountebank obtains amongat clowns .

      Yet , that he was not in that state of disgust ami despair which mi ght ihavrt impaired his faculties , such as they were , I do not pretend to say . He miist have been an . idiot not to perceive that his career was drawing to a close . I do not know that he did perceive it ; but he must have been little short of an idiot not to have perceived it ; and it is likely enough , that he did f « el a great deal of alarm at events that he saw approaching . He well fcnew that he was most cordially detested by the Beformers afcany rate ; . and impudent as he was , he had lived to see the day , when sheer impndence was not likely to carry him through . Ho had got through the last session of Parliament with some difficulty ; but he aaw anbtber approaching which he could not hope to get through , without the system receiving a terrible shock of some sort or another .

      Ciider such circumstances he might be in a state approaching insanity . What cu&es tbe bankers , moneyjobbers , and merchants , cut theit throats so gallantly ? The dread of hutuilifttion . False pride . Blackstone calls it cowatdice , ¦ wh ich induces men to destroy themselves , t > avoid those ills which they have not the fortitude to endure . Instead of goint ; to America to avoid the blessings of Sidmouth ' s Bill , which Castlereaffh brought into the House of Commons , 1 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 ' - . » f 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 in false pride ; in the dread of being hunii

      bled ; in the dread of being brought to sweep those streets through which the tbroat-cuttera have rolled with Buch insolence in their carriages . They retain all their insolence btiil ; else they would see : that they are about to come into their proper place ; and to be in that ftatebf life where they ought always to have been - As to compaaaion ; as to sorrow , upon this occasion , how base a hypocrite I must be to affect it 1 nay , how base a hypocrite to disguise , or to attempt to disguise , my satisfaction ! Can I forget Ireland ? can I forget Mr . Finnerty ? caa I forget Napoleon ? Marshal Ifey ? can I forget the Queen , who , though she suffered bo much , though she suffered to the breaking of hex heart

      never thought of the dastardly act of putting an end to her existence ? The ruffians who continue to praise this man , tell us that the faiatery of his life i » found in themeasuresof the Government for the last twentyseven years ; and tjliat is true enough ; it is found in aH the various acta that have been passed to shut tha Irish up in their houses from sunset to sunrise , and fo transport them without trial by jury . It is found In the Power-of imprisonment BiQ of 1817 . It la found in those terrible Six Acts , one ef which : prescribes that the printer of a newspaper shall enter into bail even before he Jbegina to print : which prescribes that this « ery p . 'unphlefc in which I aa how ad-

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      dressing you , shall be so loaded with paper an 4 with price , as to make it difficult to effect its circulation . It is found in another of those Acts , which ^ ras intended to transport men , and which does banish msrn for life , for a second time ottering thatr which has a tendency to bring into ceutempt those , who pass such ^ ilaw . . His history , ; Is in tbe" figurei ; of eiglit aud eight ciphers , which represent tbe amountof . iae National Dsbt . It is written in Uiob 8 measures whleh have reduced the most industrious and enterprising farmers in the world to a state ot beggary , and have plunged ho small number of them into despair ^ real insanity , and self-destructton . It Is written in a mass of psaperism , hitherto wholly nnknown to England , and

      it is written in starvation to Ireland amidst over-production . As to his family and connexions , look at the immense sums which they are now receiving out of the fruit of the people ' s labour . Atid ats to nay wmpassJon that we are ; to feel for them ,-we IwUl feel it when ~ an end to the suffetinga of the Rsformars and their families will leave us a particle of compasssion to betow on any body else . The mention of the anguish of lady Castlereagh only Teminds me of the anguish of poor Mrs . Johnson , who , brought to ' . ' * death-bed by hng and racking anxiety on account of her husband , harrassed , pers « suted , thrown into a dungeon at a hundred miles

      from her , merely for barivg been present at a meeting never before deemed unlawful ; when I hear Lady Castlereagh's anguish mentioned I forgot , for the time , the enormbusvsiheenre ot her father , but I remember that exemplary and affectionate i »! fe , Mrs ; Johnson , who , brought to her death-bed by the means just tnsntioned , earnestly prayed that she might see her hnsbaud before she closed her eyes for ever ; and I remember , that that prayer was rejected by Castlereagh and his colleagues , though tho husband tendered bail to any amount and offered to submit to any length of imprisomaent as the price of permission to receive the lasb sigh of his dying wife ! ..... ; ..- . " ; '' . :

      I have nqw peiformed my- duty ; s duty towards the public ; towards the Reformers more especially ; and , Joseph Swann , particularly towards you . I anxiously hope that yod maycome alive , and in . health , out Of your dungeon . I admired your ^ ondnct at the time when the sentence waa passed npoa you . , You did not talk of cutting your throat ; but , darting a look at those who passed the sentenc «; you exclaimed : "Isthat ittt ? I thought you had a ' 'bit-of rope in < Jponr pockets foe me I" Your children are in misery now : but be of good cheer ; they may live to see the day when they will not have to mourn over a father in a dungeon , - . : ' " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦ ' ' :. "¦ ¦'¦ "I ' ain ; - '¦ ,. ¦ ¦¦' . ' : ¦ ' ¦¦¦' ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' ' . ' . . - •¦ . - '¦ ¦ ' ' - ' Your faithful friend , and ; ; Most obedient servant , - ¦ " Wh . Cobbett /

      Our space 19 nowr exaaused . We naye ocoupied more than wo inttsndedj and almost more than we should have done , under tho peculiar circumataiices of tho times . We have not , h 6 v ? ever , exhausted our materials . We have only seen the END of oce of the Ministers who ecreened the Manchester butchers from justice , and thanked them for their bloody work . There were others of them , whos ENDS were truly remarkable ! The Premier sua into " estate of mental incapacity" I CaNiVING tven off , at least , in a marked way ; and the burial-day of the Regent himself ( at the time of hia death a SOVEREIGN ) was & complete day of' Jiolliday-Tteeping ~~ a day < of pleasure . Theae events iwecaanot detail at present . We shall , however , return to them . They shall not be lott sight of ; nor shall the call for JUSTICE on the perpetrators of the massacre yet be given upi '¦¦

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      the week ending the 13 th of August ' . —' : "¦ . ' , - ' ¦ ; "; - :- -y ¦ ' ¦¦ - ' ' ¦ ' ¦ : ¦ : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' /¦;/ £ .: s . dL ' - ' ¦ Mr . ^ ^ Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and wholesale agent for the distriet of Yorkshire ... ... 1 7 6 Mr . Arthur , Carlisle . » ... Q 7 6 Mr . Thomson , Stockport , Ghbshire ... 0 3 0 Mr . Brook , Leeds " . ... ... 0 3 0 . Mr . Cleave , No . 1 , Shoerlane , Londoa 0 4 6 Mrw Sweet , Nottinishani i .. ... 0 1 6 Mr . Skevington , Loughborough ... 0 16 Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Ashwbil , Daveatry ... .. * 0 0 9 £ 2 10 3

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      NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦; ¦ EXECUTiva : : . : - ;; : : ¦ ¦' ; { COI / LETED BY A . LONSDALE . ¦ - ¦ ¦ .- - " ¦ ' £ 8 d ' - . ' .: ¦; . . : ' / ; -- ¦ . £ V 9 d J . M'Douall .. . 0 10 0 B . Graham ... 0 2 6 p . J . I . Muldrew 6 5 d G . Johnston ... 0 2 6 R « M . G 9 orge ... « 5 0 A Coke ... ... 0 2 6 A . FttTgaion .. . O . 2 6 W . Fergnson ... 0 2 : 6 W . Milligan .:. 0 2 6 J . Bbbaoa ... ... 0 2 6 Jno . Burbie .. ; 0 2 6 J . Barnet ... ... 0 2 6 G . M . Conhell ... 0 2 6 J . Dickson ... ... 0 2 6 Jno . Miller . ; . 0 2 6 J . M . Muldrew ... 0 2 6 P , Johnston ... 0 : 2 6 A . Dilztel . ; . ... O 2 6 Mr . Parish ... O 2 6 W . & N . Barkley 0 5 0 James Watson ... 0 2 6 B . Brown i .. ... 6 2 6

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      SUKDERLAND . —At the weekly meeting : of the Council , held on Sunday morning , the surplus proceeds of the late sfeam-boat trip were divided a 3 follows , namely—JOs . to be deroted to the purchase of cards , and Ss ; to be given to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . An im porJant Mtef from "V / edaesbury , to a friend ; ia Sunderland , relative to the strike of the colliers , w . as read to the meeting ; and , after a discussion upon the subject ; it was resolved to make its contents known to the pitmen ' s meeting , which will be held this day ( Saturday ) , at Mr . Hines ' s , South Shrlda . The propriety of haying another steamboat , excursion , for the purpose of spreading our principles , and raising funds for the oause , was then taken into consideration , when it was ananinxously determined to have an excursion to Stocktoa and Middlesborough , on Sundayv the 28 th instant ^ provided the friend ' . ; at Stockton can make arrangements for a camp meeting on that day .

      JPboposed Camp MEETiivQ at ob near Stockton . — The friends at Suuderland -respectfully desire t ^> call the attention of the Srockton , Middleshorougli Stpkesley , Hartlepool , and Darlington friendB to the great good that may be tffeoted- at the preseni time , by a Central Chartist Camp Meeting . The season when such asaemblies can be held with advantage is how fast spending , and there never was a time when the necessity , of bringing the scattered and divided forces of freedom together was bo evid jHtly

      important as the present . T-ne > good that may result ; from the proposed meeting , if slippbrted by the frieiads ; in the places named , is incalculable . The : Sunderiand friends , therefore , hope : \ hit the proposed meeting may be carried inta effect in such a manner as'to stimnlaie the dormant energies , « , nd ceinent ; together tfte Chartists of the northern and southern divisions of the county . It is also hoped that the Scoefeepn , Middlesborpugb , and Harllepool friends will endeavour to get up a similar trip , for a meeting to be held at Sunderland . . v ¦ - ^¦ ¦ ' .-.. ¦ ¦ . v ^ ; v ;

      CROYOBN . —On Monday evening the Chartists of this town assembled at the Bald Faced Stag . The room , was completely foil , and Mr . Segrave waa called to the chair , when tha following resolution was proposed by Mr . T . Benaett , seconded by Mr . D . Tilling , and carried unanimously , Of That this meeting havingtakenintoconaideration thealarm-Jrig and unpariilleled distressed Btate of the ^ country , do firmly believe that all the ' suffering is oaused b y that unjust system which allows grinding capitalists to redudo , at their will and pleasure , the wa ges of the wealth- producing millions . We also as firmly Relieve that if the People ' s Charter was made the la-w of the land , the people would use the power thus given them to the putting an end to this < Jisgfapeful state of things . " Four fresh members "ware eni- oiied . ; A long debate Mlo wed [ iia wfai

      BRIGHTjW , — The Chartists of Brighton 1 Bare been honoured with the presence of thai fnend of demooraoy Mr . Clancy , and , much praise ' is due ,-t " him for hia labours during five "days , ' injan ehdea ^ 'F to reconoile the different sections of Chartistslu W * town . On Wednesday , a very crowded nieeting «¦ the ChartiBta and frieads was held at the Cap . ° v Liberty , speoially convened , when the following declaration was agreed to ^ - ; J ' : Declaration of the : Chabtists op BaiGHTOS . 7 " In order to shew to the world that we are sincerf

      our professiona of those hallowed principles that iw advocate , and to prevent , so far as possible , the eugendering of disunion in par ranks , we detern » n henceforward to fling to the winds all personal bicker ' ings about names , believing that the motto of every traedemooratoa ^ ht to be measures , not men ; wo pledge ourselves , therefore , neither to turn to the , right or the left ra bur course fc- the coal of ft ^" dom , as pointed oat by the veritable Executive ot the people , in the glorious organization of the Nft " tional Charter Association . Signed , an behalf of the meeting , John Page , chairman .

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      ' IXQITE 5 T HELP AT ^ ORTH CRAY , TUESDAY , 13 th AUGUST , 1 S 22 .

      This day , at a few minutes before three o ' clock , a Jury of th 9 most respectable inhabitants in the vicinity of the estate of the late Marquis of Loudonderry was fejupannelled , to inquire into tbe caase of tha death of the abvTe If o ' ole Lyrd . The Coroner was Mr . Joseph Carttar , of Deptford . The iiqucit was held at the heese of the < itceased Lord , and to tlie crevlit of the indiTidnala \ tLo were appointed to superintend tha arr 2 . ngemsct 3 attendant upon this nielanchoJy occasion , not thf yl ighteit attempt was niada to keep the proceedings secret . Directions were given to the domestics to E . dr . iit every person who desired to be present at the incutst . The Jury bavin ? been sworn ,

      Tne CcTc-ueT addressed them in nearly the following terms : —Upon no former occasion in the performance of I ; i 3 auty had bis feelings besn so txcited & 3 bj tfce present unfortnuate event He was indeed so much affected that they mu ? t perceive he couid hardly express himself as he wisted Upon this acccunt fce trusted they would excuse any trifling errors which he might comir . it in the ts-rr : se of hia duty . The gentlemtn of the Jitry wer ^ iumjncneil aad s- ^ -orn £ 0 inquire into tbe causes of tha tleath of a nobicraan , - who stood perhaps iis Irish in the public ei ! i : n& . uon as uny man in the country . 1 ~ zX his LordELip bad met hia death under pirucular c ' rcuQi-. terices , they donbtl-ss must hare Itarred . Bat it was his duty to inform them that they iBUst 1 SIB 0 T 3 from their micis all impressions which sacuia so -, ba boras out by thu fcYidtfcux ' . Th 9 gentleman vboii be a . idi-e £ ; £ cj , bd ^ g ntighbours of the i ' . ccfti ' e . 'l , ¦ srsre k-ttsr able to form a just estimate of his iliar ^ . c : tr ; : an te Trai As a public man , it was inipossille for fciit to weigh bia character in any scales tbat 1-s eoi . * d hold . In private 1 U he believed the -world wca : d sdinlt that a more amiable man could not be

      fouE ' -L ' iVhfrtbcr ths important duties of tfce great ( fifce , " s ? ii ; ca he held prtsseu npon bis mind , and conduced to ths melancholy event which they had assembled to ; invcitigj , ie , was a circumstance which in all probability sever could be discovered . He understood thit his Lerculiip had ft . r some time past been so unwell ea to require lie assistance of a medical attendant This geut-eniaa -R-omd be examinecl on the inquest , and trooid doahtless be competent to describe the dueass acd iiBiction under which his Lordship laboured . Tbat the driTidful b ' ow which deprived the Noble Lord of j : ft was i ; fl ctsd by his own hand , ba believed the Jury , when ttey came to h ^ r . r the evidence , could not ' ' tioubt . He -onGerstood it would be proved that no ; psrsou iii the hottsa , esc- ? pt his Lordship , could havj cociii-hted the act When tbe Jury should examine tbe biUnVi . n of tbe body , ecd bear the evidence tbat "pcv . ki t ; e iiibsitted to thtm , he was convinccil that inc-y woui-1 hz pprfcctly unanimous in that part of tbeir Verdict which frsct to declp . ra the manner in -which ise deceived met bis death . He felt that it was a tatter or delicacy to allude io the other part of the verdict , and he would not presume to anticipate what it might b <;; but be trusted th ^ Tcsult would be that ^ hic ^ j ail s . joi men desired . If tbs facts which he bad btard wtru proved in evidiuce , he thought no man cr-aM doubt tlis . t at the t : me he committed the raih act

      J his LjrdEhip -ens labouring under a mental delusion . 1 If , bj ~ « fer , il tbould unfortunately appear that th * re ; vras col siilScitrEt evidence to prove what were generally ! cc . iics . - -c 6 the indications of a disordered mind , he ! irustfcd that th 6 Jtxrv would pay s ;> me atteiition to h 5 s ¦ itiis Gorsnirs ) LumWe opinion , -which -was , that no j maa cou . d l > 9 in his proper £ i-n 5 es at the moment he j c-3 i : ; mnt- £ ci so risti an act as f-elf-murder . His opinion ; ~ 2 L 3 in ccr ^ inance with every moral sentiment , and j vf thi . information w > ich the wisert of men had given 11- - . < the wurid . The Bibie declared that a man clung to ¦ noibing so fctrongiy as his own life . He therefore i vii—cd it as an axiom , and an abstract DTinciple . that a ! isan jucst necessarily be out cf his mind at the moment ! of destrc-yiug hin ^ el :. The Jury , of course , would

      I net ado 2-. t bis opnuoa npon this point , unless it were in ; unison -vrith their own . He vouid not longer occuDy i tne time and atttution of the Jury than to express his ; pleasure at Beting so respectable a body of gentlemen , '; arid to a ; id a hope that they -would acquit themselves of : tbeir icipoitaat dnty to the satisfacnon of the public , . as weil as of their own consciences . He must apologise : ;>; r tsayikg a it > vr words " mora The bedy was lying ' up sudrs . and in the room at ) joining te that in which it ; hy , ths jlarekie >> e 5 s at present * as , and from thence it hid been fetmd impccsible to remove her . To picture [ ie ibs imsginatioa anything lika the state of that neble : lz'lj ' s n > in <\ was altogether impossible . The partition , w > : sa divided the room in wliich the body lay from ' tl . i ^ hith tbe I > ijirciiiont-ss at present occupied was so ' . thin , that tne leas : noise bting msde in tbe former t

      & ^ uld n » fp . \ l to bs be ^ rd in uie ls'tsr . The forms cf law , how&Teri required that tbe Jury should view the bouy , zr . < 2 j ^ ege f rom the ext- _ rnal marks which it might tsbibVt . ot the causes ivbisa had produced death : he , tberef- * re , bad only to r-: que * t thitthe seHtlemen would be as silent as pojsibk-. He was almost afraid that tbe creating of their p ' iiocs might be tbs means vl excising iceaa whkh -would -Round the feelings of the a . t 3 ppv . Mareiton ^ s . 1 I& was &ure , under these circurusisnces , the Jnry would do " wery thiDg in their ps-sver to prevent lae Ies 6 t noise ; and he mighs observe , r * 23 t it -vrc-oid be cesirasic to abstain from talking ill the room -where the body iay , because any conversation niuot certainly ba heard through fee almost , he might £ 3 7 . . paper partition . After the Jury bad satisfied theuifcfclYea by -vie wing the body , they would return to execate Ihe remaiaiEg part oi li . eir dot ? .

      During tbis address of tfce Coroner , the domestics of ths usf ^ rtnuate Mcrqais , wbo were ia the room , for the moit pait , she * tearg ; indeed , the Jove which tbe srtrv ^ ta cf his Lordship bore towards him . wae we will net &ay tarprising , ( for tind and honourable trWmeDt from a gentleman to tho £ e peraons who are dependect cpoa Lira , must ever procure such a resmlt . ) bat highly creditable both to him asd the individuals who composcdtiahonsaLold . . Before the jnry left the room , for tbe purpose of seeing thtf body , oce of them Euggested that his colleagues , es wtii as himself , should take off their shoes , in order to pra-eni , cs far as possible ; any neise that might be occaeioaea L-y them in -waiking . This hint wbj iamediately acted upon , and the jury left the room .

      After what had fallen from the coroner , a feeliag of delicaey prevented na from aceompanyisg the jmynp stuirs , Blttough \ re were given to understand that no orjectioQ would have been made to euch a proceeding . In lacs , as we ba-e before hinted , do attempt at ooactaiaient -Bas manifested on the part of the household , bzz ca the contrary , a desire was shown to afford ths public an opportunity of ascertaining the particulars of an event respecting which much interest must necessarily be excited . Tne fallowing description of the situation of the body at the time the jury viewed it , we believe to be eot-? ect : — -

      Tfce body was enTeloped in a dressing-gown and the fcea-i wa 3 covered wiih a handkerchief . The feet were towards tne window . The blood which pioseeded from the wound was still upon tba grou&d .

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      If coincident dates were of any importance , I might o hserve , that Caatlereagh ; cut hia throat pa : the Kings Birthday . A thing more necessary to be observed , ia , that he ia here called the Marquis , of Londonderry , which was his title ; but , I ha ' ve always continued to eail him 'Castlereagh , 'that being the title which he bore during tho time that ho bo larifely participated in those numerous deeds , by which we have 89 long a . nd 60 wall known him . His ria'iie was Robert Stewttrt ; but , , by that ef Castleieagk he was known to the nation , and . lay that naiiifl I shall always apeak of him .

      The first thing that strikes pur attention here is the weeping Of tho servants , set forth in bo pompous and prominent a manner . ThisiB very likely to have beeu true and Castlcreigli is likely enough to have been a gentle zxA liberal maatsit . But -while we can discover HO'yfary , ? . reat or ruro merit in this on hia part , geeing the joads of public money , which , for so many yejira , be had been rfcceiviDg , we see a good deal to dwell upon , if I had time for it , in the conduct of these servants ,- whose attachment and gratitude were so feeliwgjy t-xpressed upon this occasion , iheae persons be it remeiubered , belonged to those " lowr orders , " of whicii he had always ajioken with bo much contempt and disdain , and whom be insulted with the uame of basest poptdace , when they stood . forward in defence of the persecuted Caroline . Those tears should have been hidden by his euologist .-for , io those tears of the servants , we Tead the severest satire oa the former conduct of the master .

      We see , that , if the Report speaks truth , Viscount Sidmouth was in attendance ) . VVhat could that be for ? Prooably to give that evidence of which the Coroner spoke a * being at hand , hut which be regarded » s unnecessary , seeing that he had the Letter of . tlie Duke of Wellington , of which letter I shall speak by and by . We next C'jiuo to the Speech of the Coroner , which , as far as my observation has gone , was something wholly new . Ho began , it appears from the Report , by pronouncing a lofty eulogium upon the person whe had cut his throat , as well in biB private as his public capacity . I shall < 1 ispute the assertions of . the Coroner as to the latter of these ; but , I shall first proceed with tbat part of the speech which related to the business before the J ury .

      Tho Coroner here spoke after the manner of a lawyer Opening his case . He told the Jury that he should produce such and such evidence ; and that that evidence would , if produced , lead to such aad such cpncluaionu . He told them tbat , if what be had beard were proven , thoro couid be no doubt that the person who had cut his throat was , at the time , labouring under mental delusion : But , and now mark , he is . reported to have said > , " If it should unfortunately appear there Wa 8 not sufficient evidence to prove the Inaonity , he trusted tbe Jury would pay some attention to his humble opinion , which was , that no man could be in his proper senses at tho moment he comiuitttd so rash an uct as fielf-murder " . '

      This was no vtry humble opinion . It was a Very bold one ; and a very , daring one ; seeing that it was in direct opposition to the law 0 / the land , which , bo for from aaying that self-nrardtr mubtproceed from insanity , provides a degradatioa to be iBfl ' . cted on the bodies of self-murderers , and also the confiscation of their property to the King . Mr ^ Coroner told his Jury , that , his opinion was in ' consonance with every moral sentiment , and with the information which tab . wrisest of men had given to tfee world . I do not know that he eaid this , to be sure ; but such is the Report that baa been published in the Courier and other papers , lie quoted the Bible to show how strongly man was attached to life ; but he forgot to say how the Bible reprebates Belf-deattuction . ; He' repeated hia opinion in these v ? or « is ' —' ¦ ' ¦ He therefore viawed it as an axiom , that a man viust necesiarilpheotdpfhis mind at the nwinciL of dcstioying himsel )' . " ,

      ¦; Now , if this Coroner ditl say jtbis , for which wehave no more than newspaper authority ; mind , I say that be delivered a doctrino completely at rariance with the law of the In ml , and tliat he was ^ a ilfcy of » breach of his duty . The law adopts ho such axiom . B . ' ackstone , in his Fourth Book , and 14 th Chapter , after calling suicide pretended bevoism , but real cowardice , proceeds to say , that tha law of Englan 4 has ranked this amoii ^ Et the hi ghest crimes , niaking it a peculiar specks of felony . Then he goes on . thus : " The party must be in his senses , else it ia no crime . But this excuse

      ought not to be strained to that length to vwhich our Coroners' Juries are apt to carry it ; iiamely , that the very act of suicide is an evidence of insanity ; as if every man who acts contrary to reason had no reason at all : for tho same argument would prove every other criminal insane as well as the self-murderer . The law very rationally judges that every melancholy fit does iiiot deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; and , therefore , if a real lunatic kill ^ ^ himself in a lucid iaterval , he is a self-murderer as much as another man . "

      Let the public judge , then , of the manaer in which this Coroner performed his \ duty upon the occasion . You see , even if a notorious lunatic , a man who has been a lunatic for yeiira , kill himstlf in a lucid interval , the law sends his body to be buried in the highway -with a stake . iVr ive ' n through it , and makes his gooJs and chattels forfeit to the king ; ¦ •¦ hoping , " says Blackstone , " that his cara for either his own reputation , or the welfare of cis family , would be some motive to restrain him from so desperate and wicked aa act . " Bnt what is there to restrain any inanj if Juries act upbn ^ the opinion of this Coroner , who sets the law totally aside , and coDjures up in its stead what he calls moral sentiment and the information of tlie wisest

      of men . What had he to do with moral seritisnent ? wiat had he to do with ; information of ta . e wisest bf men ? . What had he to doi in abort , with anything but tha law ; and , had ho hot that law in Biackstone , in Hiwkius , and in all tea authorities to which they reftr ? Besides , if this Coronor be rights what enormouswrong hns been committed on BeU-niurdurerBand their famiiies ? How niany bodies of poor men have bean buried in the highway ! : - Was ¦; . not Smith at Mancheater , who hanged hi < nself on being discarded ., by his sweetheart ? Was not Sellis ? tfaa not the : unfortunate Spanish General , the Maiquisde Castro " i Were not these buried in the highway ? And , If this Coroner was right , again I say , what wrong has been done I

      Blackstone > is Very : particular in observinBi that , a . mere fit pfmelancho ' y is not to form a leyal excuse hook well at the evidence , and see if you can discover proof of anything like settled insanity . But this is not all ; for if even a real lunatic kill himself in a lucid inleiiKtl , he is a self-murderer , : Now , if you look at the evidence of Dr . Bankhead , you will find that , when the Doetor went into the ; dressing-room , he found Castlereagh in it ; and the Doctor says , " his face was in an elevated posiUon , directed towards the ceiling . Without turning his head , on the instant he heard fiiy step , he ' wW aiady- ^ Bdnkheadi let ine fall Upon your ami 'tis 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 sanej that Gould have distinguished the Doctor ' s step without seeing the Doctor -, that could have , not only anticipated the fall , but 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 kill himself in a lucid interval he Is a self-murderer aa much as another man . It is easy to conceive how anxious the family of Castlereagh must oave been to prevent tbe consequenceB of a verdict of felo-de-se . Besides . the burying-in the highway , there was property to the amount of perhaps two or three er four hundred thousand pounds . On what ground the Jury did decide in favoar of existiag insanity it is not for Hie to say ; but if their decision was founded on the axiom laid down by the Coroner , their decision was clearly contrary to law . However ,: aa I find the evidence 1 given in the newspapers , so I give It to you : take it , aud ali the circumstances belonging to it into view , and come to that decision which- reason and justice dictate .

      Now let us take another view of the Djatter . According to one of these witnesses , he he had been insane for t fortnight . According to the other , he bad been insane for a shorter space of time- But , it unfortunately happened that he was present , and formed : one in Council with ihe Kirtg * on the Frfday previous to the Monday on which ho cut his throat ! . According to the lady's maid ' s account , he waa . iusauo some ^ days while he tms appearing and spaxking | in Parliament . These witnesses do , indeed , call i % illness , a , u& mental delusion , aud nervousness , and headdcH , and mental delirium ; but , it will be evident to every one , that its proper name was insanity * at madness ; tor , if it did not

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

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  • 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-ncseproduct444/page/2/