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    • ¦ ¦¦¦ Proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs. Crow and Tyrrell's breakfast powder, foe the week ending the 13th of August :—
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      Lavender , "William , Bory-strset , Salford . L » T 3 tfc . Blc&ard . tobacconist . Market-street . Lees . George , print works , Strangeways . lees , , Crown and Thistle , Half-street . lsorn ^ James , saddler , Market-street . 31 oon , James , eotton-Jdealer . MQbb , —— , liquour merchant , Apple-marker . Mros ' ner , EdWard , tailor , Trumpeter . Oilier , -, ( son of Dr . Oilier ) . . > - Oliver , Alexander , ( sen of thepnblican on Shade-hill ) . Pollard , Jonathan , Jan ., eotton-spinner , Anco 3 ts . PiXton , Wiiliam , Jan ., butcher , Stretford . Pickering , Thomas , late coachman to Mr . Kay . -

      Paya ^ t , William , ¦ wine merchant , Fountain-street Pi . t , J . M ., dancing master , 12 , Bridge-stre ** . Rocers , Benjamin , commissisa ageat , Oxford-street . R-i 4 , John . Globe , G&r tmdc-street . Rvngm , Paiker , butcher , Stretford . SiTags , — , Ssretford , quack-doctor . SLswcosa , James , nearFlixton . Sbelmerdine , Thomas , ( for John Collyer , dyer , Springfisld-lane . Salford ) . SJiarp , B ., iron-dealer , Market-street . Sinitn , Joan . Shaw ' e-Twow , Salford , { son oflhelandted of the Tort Mineter , Daans ^ tte ) . Stott , Wi ! lism , 9 , Parsonage , sfaible-keeper-Simpfon , Bichard , CJtton-spinirer , Miller ' E-laiM . Street . Samuel , snrvtyor , Bridge-street ,

      Sji ? s , ( son of the landlord , Tib-strety . Shawcross , Willk . m , labourer , Sheffield , Tehbvit , Edwajd .-macufactE-er , Peel-street TryJet , John . S 9 , Bridge-street . Tcor ; . e , Kjbrrt , turseon , Taylor Bobsit , aadler , Stretford { substitute frr Peter Humsj . Turner , WiKiam , for Saaith and Jagle , paper-makers . Wiihington . Robcrt , Tcrnert -Lase , Pendleun , warehouse , Sack-square . "Wilde .-Jaanes , surgeon , Eccles . Wilson , Klchard , Albion Hotel , Oson of theisndlord } . "WbA \ ia'S' , lkitado'Bc » lt , lUchard , attorney . "Ward , William , plumber ind ^ EZier . Dsaosg&te . AYfcit ^ orth , James , Back Bridge-street , ( for Cheshire , Attorney . )

      The accompairsing Engraving ^ represents the horrible scene , jitfl when the heroes" *? ere hardat -work . Lei the * heroes" kok upoa it 3 and refresh their msmoiiea respecting 4 sheir courageous deeds in arms' 2 It ia a reduced copy of t , large 'Engraving issued soon after the dreadful Tntssacre ; and an enlarged copj of a "Vignette on &s title-page of Huish ' s Iifa of Hsiaor Hc . m . Mr . ttcxr , as -will be seen from . tke Mercury ' s asc-sunt , was arrested . Xedeed , his arrest was made the-pretext for the butcsery and ma ? sscreing in-< kd £ ed in by the ^ heroas . " After fee had surrendered biaself to Me . Kims , the ciTil officer

      » cd as he passed along in -the custody-ef the pohcec&cers , he was assailed by the -sabres of the e&ralry snd the trunccecas of the specials . B , e Trss wounded ra the hand . Indeed a . plot had been j enned amongst the ooneiables to have him murdered . "They were to press in upon hka and , the efiicers who had hiia In ebarge ; detach him from iliexs ^ NiWS was to hare cried "an -essspe" - ' and then the Yeomanry "were to have used -their newly , sharpened eworda I ! He defeated this hellish scheme b-y mere presence of aaid . He was a strong powirfal Ban . He seized hold of Naks , and , as it -were , kept Mm . in custod y ^ &g an hostage for his own safetv .

      He was remanded , at first , on a charge cf High Treason , This , however , was soon given up , and he was indicted for conspiracy , sedition , and riot . On this indicrment he was tried , at Yort } along-with aght olh ; : r 3 , an the 22 nd " of March , 1820 . Mr . Hcsi defended himself ; and a glorious defence it was . The trial lasted ten days ; and the Jury returned a verdict that the defendants were guilty « f a = ? eicbliDS , aBd atiendisg , an unlawful meetiDg . " As he afterwards tumonrously declared , they weuid have found him "guilty of shecp-rtealing , "

      on the same evidence , had his persecutors put- the charge against him in that shape . He was an c-g-Bder of cLu > 6 preJEdiecs . Cla- ? s p « jadices , therefore , hid to laj him by the heels . It did so . It returned a verdict of " gailty ; and in 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 £ 1 , 000 , and two snreties in £ 500 each . That imprlsoiiineiiS ho served—every day of it ! The savage inhuman sentence was exacted to the Ifilfcer 1 "

      And who were the abettors and sbieldeils of the perpetrators of these deeds of blood ? The IttGEXT » -: d the Mi 5 Jsikrs ! The Hfgect , through Sidkocth , expressed his M GKEAT SATISFACTioy ? ' 1 !! at the measures of the MagUtraves on the Lloody day ; and he- tendered Ms "HIGH APPHOBATIOK" 1 111 to the Yeomanry for their cu » trn £ 3 and si 2 . 5 ii 3 ngs ; sa , bring 3 and trampliDgs down of" his ptople" when peacefully assembled ! He thanked them for KILLING FIFTEEN PERSONS ! and for wounding four hnntlred and twectyfocr others ! FIFTEEN 1 VEBE KILLED ! Here are tbtir osmes ! When are we to have a HonciEeni erected to their memory ; and in execration of the men who killed them '

      1 tiiomaa Ashworth , Ball ' s Head , Manchester . Special eorstabla . 2 Jobs Asaton , Cowhill , nszi Oldhinv 3 Thomas Bnlkby , Baretrees , Chadderton . ¦ 4 Jsaies Qr ^ inpk'n , Ennon-uppn-Sowell . 5 William Dwmd , SiiddlcTfoith . 6 John lee , Oldfasm . 7 Arthur O JCeOl , PJd ^ eor-rtreet , MaECtester . S John Rhode ? , Pitu . Hop'srood . 9 Jcsrph Whittrorth , Hyde . 10 Wiaiam Bradslaw , Lilly Hill , rear Bury .

      "WOMES . 1 ilary Heys , Ra ^ liascn ' s BuBdings , Oxford Read , Manchester . 2 Ssrah Jones , Si ! i- £ tr ? et , Maacbester . 3 Slartba Partbr ^ C Eccle ? . 4 Maxgarei Do-s-iits , C-Beeaiei by her friends . IS FAST . 1 FMe 3 , Kecnedy ^ treet , Hanchestsr .

      15 KHed . Into ine traosactioas of that day , no enquiry h&s ever yet been h ^ . d I Punishment of no sort , nor even censure , hss ev * r be ^ n iafiicied npon any of the parties who ordered , or those who execuVSG »' l ilis horriile assauls ! Parliamentary majoi ' stifled inquiry there ! The Grand Jury at L&nca etified inquiry there !

      And has no pasisbmeni of any sort been inflicted upon tit 9 aaihors and abe ' . tors of thoco dreadful deeds I 01 je 31 "W e were wrong in saying , *' punishment of no sort" had fallen npon these panies . Panishmeni the most signal I jcdgmk-Tts the rnest marked J have fallen cpon them ; and © specially npon those who interposed parliamentary rasjoiities to stay the course of human justice !

      God has visited them ! The ENDS of some of them were remarkable indeed ! particularly the horrid end of Castlereagh ! In the month of August * three years afterwards , and within four days of the aaaiTersaTy of the c Massacre , " he CUT His cwjs tsboat ! Appropriate judgment ! Signal erd 3 How jost are the dealings and dispensations of Gad ! !

      This man had been the chief agent in all the measures agalnsi the Reformers . He had bronght in the GAGGING and DUNGEONING bUls oi 1817 ; he had passed through " the Homse" the measures by virtue * f which scores of petitioners for Eadicil Reform , were , under the bayonet , marched into the jard of the Manchester New Baitey prison , marched tiers as malepactobs ; A 5 D kept there , undsr ( he rain , job a whole day ajid night in TOE DEPTH OP -HriKTEE J ! Bo it TUB , CaSTUIKASH , who had passed measures to enable himself and

      colleagues to do this ; and he it was who defended and justified the perpetrators of the bloody deeds of PeterZoo . ' . Ah ! and he it was who cut hiB own throat ! Bo » we' bub * i » ve 4 e whole tale out lespeeSag this IhroiKatimg . The young men of this day otyjht to know of it , as well ss know of toe offerings and persscatiOttB inflicted en the Heformers of % former generation , by those whose ENDS Kere ^ o ^ remarkablv BbxSaag . Tbeyonghtto know of ftew things ; and it shall be no fault ef « nrs if they do not leim them

      The&itomng , a » 5 nfi 8 a talltotwmtof this throat--Mttia- a £ wr . tt iajt ? n . tst F « a of * master band

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      INQ ¥ EST HELD AT NORTH CRA . T , 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 the estate cf the late Marquis of Londonderry wa > emp&nnelied , to inquire iato the cause of Vbe death of the above Noble Lord . The Coroner was Mr . Joseph Carttar , of Beptford . Toe inquest was held at the bouse ef the deceased Lord , asd to the credit of the individuals who were appointed to superintend the arrangements attendant npon this melancholy occasion , not the slightest attempt traa 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 baring been sworn ,

      The Coroner addressed them in nearly the following terms : —Upon no former occasion in the performance of bis duty bad his feelings been . * o excited as by tbe present unfortunate eTent . 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 be might commit in the exercise of bis duty . The gentlemen of the Jury were summoned and sworn to inquire into the causes oS the death of a nobleman , who stood perhaps aj high , la the public estimation aa any mas in tbe country . That bis Lordship had met his death under particular circumstances , they doubtless must bave learned . Bat it was his duty io inform them that they

      ar ast remove from their mines all impressions which should &ot bb borne out by the evidence . The gentlemen -whom be addressed , being neighbours of the deceased , -were better able to form a just estimate of his character than he was . As a public man , it was impossible for him to -weigh bia character in any scales that he could hold . In private life be belioTCd the world wouid admit that a more amiable man could not be found . Whether the important duties of tbe great office ¦ w hich 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 never could be discovered . He understood that his Lerdship had fer some time pasi been so unwell as to

      require the assistance of a medical attendant This gentleman would be examined on the toquest , and would doubtless be competent to describe the disease and tffiiction under which bis Lordship laboured . That the dreadful 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 donbt He understood it -woald be proved that no person in tfc * bouse , except Ms Lordship , could have committed the act When the Jury should examine the situation ef the body , and hear the evidence that wonld be submitted to them , fee was convinced that they woala be perfectly unanimous in that part of their verdict which went to declare tbe manner in which

      the ceceased met bis death . He felt that it -was a matter of delicacy toalludsto the other part of the verdict , and he would not presume to anticipate what it might be ; but he trusted the result would be that which all g * od men desired . If tbe facts which be had heard were proved in evidence , he thought no man could donbt that at the time he committed the rash act his Lordship was labouring under a mental delusion . If , however , it should unfortunately appear that there was not sufficient evidence to prove what were generally considered the indications of a disordered mind , he treated that tbe Jury would pay some attention to his Ithe-Coreiier ' s ) fcurcile opinion , which was , that no man cotid fco ia his proper senses at the moment he

      cammitte-d eo raah aa act as Beif-nmxder . Hib opinion was in consonance -with every moral sentiment , and of the information which tbe wisest of men had given to ihe wor ' . d . The Bible declared that a man clang to nothing so strongly as his own life . He therefore vitwfcd it as an axiom , and an abstract principle , that a man must necessarily be out of his mind at the moment of destroying himself . Tee Jury , of coarse , would not adopt his opinion npon this point , unless it were in unison with their own . He wouid not longer occupy the time and attention of the Jury than to express bis pleasure at seeing so respectable a body of gentlemen , aad to add a hope that they wonld acquit themselves of their important duty to the satisfaction of the public ,

      &a well a ? of tiieii own conscience * . He must apologise for saying a few words more . The body was lying up Etairs , and in the room adjoining te that in ¦ which it lay , the Marchioness at present via * , and from thence is had been feund impossible to remove her . To picture te the imagination anything like the state of that neble iidj's mind -was altogether impossible . The partition ¦ which divided the room in which the body lay from ihat which tha Marchioness at present occupied was so &U 3 , that tbe least noise being made in the former eq ( Bd nst fail to be heard in the latter . The forms of a » , however , required that the Jury should view the body , and judge from tbe external marks which it might

      exhibit , of the cause * which had produced death : he , therefore , fa » d only t « request ttiatthe geatlemen would be as silent as possible . He was almost afraid that the creaking of their shoes might be the means of exciting ideas which would wound the feeling s of the unhappy Marchioness . He was sure , under tht » e circumstances , tbe Jury weald flo every thing in their power to prevent the least noise ; and be might obfieiTe , ta * t it wonld be desirable to abstain from talking in the room where the body lay , bacause any eonvenation most certainly be heard through the almost , be might ssj , paper partition . After the Jury had satisfied themselves by viewiag the body , they waoldrtfum to execute the remaining part ef their -duty .

      ^ Daring this address of the Coroner , the domestics of the unfertunate Marquis , who were in the room , ha the mostjart , shed tears ; indeed , Uxa love which the servants of his Lordship bore toward * him was , -we will n » t Bay surprising , ( for kind and honourable treatment from a . gentleman te those persons who * re dependent vpSi ^ h mna * eTer Procnre » uch a result , j bat highly tnOUaUi . both to him and tbe izaiiTidttaii whoTm . poaed his household . Before the jury left the room , for the purpose of seelug the body , one of tbein suggested that his colleague * as well u himself , should taki off their shoes , inlrdei to prevent , ss far as possible , any noise that might be ooaunoned by ttem in walking . TlifcbintwimSed " »* ay * cted upon , and the jury left the room , After what had fallen from the eonmw . aforifn . «»

      oeucacy prevented m from awmpaayiM ttoluryoi orS * * ^ to uaSSantSf J objection would have been xaade towd * * proceeding , infect , a » we have before fainted , no attempt at eon . « fa « t to manifested oc the part of tbe boweS , but on the ecmtoary , a desire vu afcown to aiSS public aa opportaattjr of anstttiniaf the parttmbn -Jf ^^ iS ^ wW 6 h mttel 1 1 **™* »»» «*» « uy oe fflfettea .. •_ ¦ - . ' -.-. - ¦ * 5 ?*« ! a < ^ Medptk * of tto . ttnatlaa . de Qie hedy «^_ a «» toe jHrfTfcwedil , . we boUera to be * £

      Toe body was enraloped la a dreaang * , » n and the ****?»< ww « ed with atuodketebiet ^ aVfeet ^ wew towwds fee window . Theblood which ptogeeded from U » wwadwju « ainjc 8 tte 5 i © o « lj (

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      After being b ' fisenfc abont ten minutes , the jury returned , evider 4 tly much affected by the melancholy spectacle whir A they had just beheld . The first - witness called was Anne Robinson , who being sworp ^ deposed as follows : — " I wait upon the MaiChioneijs of Londonderry : I knew the Marquis of Londonde / ry : his body now lies up stairs . In my opinion r ie has been ill during the last fortnight , but particttb jly so since Monday week . On Monday morning he rang the bell ; I answered it : he inquired why my lad y had not been to see him . Her Ladyship had beea '* i th him all night , and I told him bo . He * Lady ; lhip at this time was not in the room . I then went . away . The bell rang again . When I answered it , he a aked if Dr . Bankhead has been to see him ? I told

      him . that Dr . Bankbeai had beon with him about two hoars and a half in the evening . It was about four in th ^ e morning when he asked me this 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 , as he had no recollection on tbe subject . I replied , that I was not in tbe room during the time that he had talked with the Doctor . I then left the room . He rtng again aboat seven o ' clock . I went to hia . Ho then asked me what I wanted there . My Lndy was with him at the time . She had been with him since four o ' clock , and she answered , * that my L « rd wanted his breakfast . " My Lord and Lady were in bed at the time . I l « f t tfce room , and brought the breakfast \ ip . He sat

      up in the bed and tasted part of it . He found fault " with it , and said , ' it was not a breakfast < or him . * - He saM 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 be spoke struck me as being uncommon ; it was in a sharp tone , which wae unusual with him . I left tbe room after this . The bell rang again in about bait an hour ; that was about fhalf-past seven . My Lady was in the room at this time , and I cannot tell who rang the bell . When I entered the room , he asked ma , whether Dr . B&&khe&d bad oorae from tows . I told him that Dr . Bankhead bad slept in the house . He then said that he wished to see him . My Lady then got up , and came to me at the door , and said something to rue , I went to Dr . - Bankbead , and I gave him my

      Lord ' s message . I went back to my Lord , aad told him that Dr . BaDkhead would be with him In two minutes . When my Lord saw me speaking to my Lady , btfora I left the room to go to Dr . Bankhead , he said there was a conspiracy against him . My Lady at that time desired me to tell Dr . Bankhead that he was wanted as soon as he could come . When I returned , and told my Lady that Dr . Bankhead would come , my Lady got out of bed , and retired to her dressing-room . At taia aoment my Lord also ^; ot out of bed , and turned to the right into his own dressing-room . [ Several questions were here put to the witness to ascertain the precise situation of these rocms ., From the answers -which she returned , it appeared that the common sleeping room opened into a passag * , on either

      aide of which was a dreBsing-room . Lady Londonderry ' s on the left , bis Lordship ' s on the right . Atthe extremity of the pasaBge was another door , behind which Dr . Bankhead was waiting ] I had just opened the door of my Lady's dresslng-ioom , into whicl she had entered , when my Lord rushed past me iutc his own room . I opened the outside d « or , and told tba circumstance to Dr . Bankhead , who immediately folbwed my Lord into his dressing-room . I cannot tell whit passed there , tut I heard my Lord open his window hsfore the doctor entered his room . Immediately when tie doctor entered the room he ( tbe decter ) exclaimed , Oh , my Lord , " or Oh , my God , " I cannot recollect waich . I beard no reply to this from my Lord . I nstantly rushed into the room , and saw the doctor with ny Lord

      in his arms . I remained in the room till 1 Jaw the doctor lay him with his face upon the ground . I saw the blood running from him while Dr . Bankhad held him . I saw a knife . I heard my Lord say notaing . I was certainly much alarmed . Tbe knife wai in his right hand . [ A penknife with an ivory hanlle , and upon which there was no appearance of blood , vas here shown to the witness ! I believe that to be be penknife which I saw in my Lord ' s haads . After saying a few minutes in my Lord ' s dressing room , I folloFed Dr . Bankbead to my Lady . I had previously rased an alarm , and it was now general throughout tin house . To tbe best of my belief , my Lord did not lire four minutes after I saw him . I did not percieve an j wound nor any blood while he was in bis bed-room . N ( person was with him in the interval between his leavng his dressing-aoom and his death but Dr . BankheaJ . Hi * state of mind appeared to be very incorrect for he last three or four days of his life . Ho appeared to » vtry

      wild in every thing he said or did . He wants from me a b « x which he said Lord Clanwilllam bat given tome . His Lordship , however , had never gi ^ n me any . He also a ^ ted me ( or his keys , -when be ha ( them abont him . During the last fortnight he was accustomed to say that everybody had conspired again& him . He was rery severe in bis manner of speaking , wach I never noticed before , be being in general mild andkind . When he saw two people speaking together , be awaya said , ' There is a conspiracy laid against me . ' A [ rent many circumstances induce me to believe that he was out of hit mind a fortnight before his death . He scolded my Lady on Sunday afternoon , because , at he said , she bad not been sear him all day , she had entirely forsaken him . Hex LadjtLip , however , had been aitUag with him all the morning . ' Tbe witness , in conclusion , repeated hex belief that his Lordship had been in a . state of mental delusion for some weeks previous to hia death . -

      Tbe second witness examined was Charles Bankhead , M . D ., of Lower Brook-street , Groavenor-square . —On last Friday afternoon , at five o ' clock , I received a note from Lady Londonderry , desiring me to come aa soon as I conld to see the Marquis of Londonderry , at hia house in St . James ' s-square . Her note stated that she was very anxious about bis Lordship , as ebe thought he 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 boor . I arrived in St . James ' E-square at six o ' clock , and found my Lord and mj 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 bis 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 day , 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 ou the couch , where he remained very tranquil . After this he drank two cups of tea . I waited until I saw ray Lady and himself gev into the Carriage in order to return to North Cray .

      Before his departure his I / ordship 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 possible , 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 that bis Lordship bad not been out of bed all day , and I immediately proceeded to his bed-room . On entering his bed-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 tbe 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 be 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 amiss . He then asked me abruptly whether I had anything unpleasant to tell him ? I answered , 'No ; that I was surprised at hia question , and the manner in which it was proposed . He then said , the truth was , that he bad reasons to be suspicious in some degree , but that be hoped that I would be tbe last person whe 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 he 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 daring Saturday night and until one o ' clock on Sunday morning . Though his fever ¦ was not ve * y high during any part of this time , yet the ineoheM&ee of his speech and the uncomfortableness of his manner continued unaltered . Daring Sunday I visited him frequently , and continued with him in tbe 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 toy Lady to come to bed . I slept in a room very near his 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 she 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 aee me immediately , as her Ladyship was putting on her gown , in order to go into her own dressing-room . On walking from my own room to Lord Londonderry ' * bed-room , I observed that the door of the latter vu open , and conld perceive that his Lordship was not in it In an instant Mrs . Robinson said to me , 'His Lordship has gone into Mb dressing-room . ' I stepped into his dressing-room , and saw him in his dressing-gown , standing with bis front towards the

      window , which was opposite to the door at which I entered . Hia face w « directed towards the ceDiag Without taming his head , on the Instant he heard my step , he exalaimed , ' Bankbead , let me fall npon yew arm— 'tis all over . ' As quickly as possible I ran to him , thinlring he was fainting and going to falL I caught him in my arms aa he -was falling , and petetived that he had a knife in his right hand , very final ? clinched and all over blood . I did not Me him nseit : he must have used it before I came into the room . In £ dlmf h » decliaed npon « ne aide , and the blood burst from him li k * a torrent from a watering pot . I wai unaWe to support him , and Ueiell oat of my arms . I think the wound abst have been inflicted at soon as I put mj foot on the threshold «* the d 9 e&

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      as its nature was such that the extinction « if life must hate followed ^ it in tbe twinkling of an e ? / e . I think tnai no less than two quarts of blood i iowed from him in one minute . I am satisfied that a - . minute did not elapse from the moment of my enter ^ ng tbe room until he died , and during that time ho sr , id not a word except that which I have atready menti joned . It Was impossible that any human being could have Inflicted the wound but himself . Having knowi ihlm intimately for the last thirty years , I have no hes itation in saying ttiat he was perfectly inH » ne when be committed this act . I had noticed a great decUno in the general habit of hi * health for some weeks prior to > his death ; but 1 was not aware of the mental deluBic / n under which ho was labouring till ^ ithi « three or- four , daya of his decease . ^ -: f ' - ; v ' . ' - ¦ ¦ ' . "' ¦¦ : ' ¦ -T ; . . ; .: ;; . V : ¦;;; : ¦ . ; : . -. •;

      After Dr . Bankbead h » d finished his testimony , the Coroner inquired whether ^ there % ere ainy laore , witneiues who could speak t « the nature of this transaction . He was Informed that there were several ; but a doubt being thrown «« t as to necessity of calling them after the evidence -whieh had already been adduced , hie said that be should conau't the Jury upon the point , and in consequence ordered the room to be sleared of all spectators . ' " ¦ ' • '¦; ' ¦ ¦'• " . - . ; - ¦ ¦ .. . ' : : '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ '•; . ' ¦ ¦ . . ¦¦ . V ¦ Aftet the Coroner and Ju * y had been 'l eft to tiiem ' selves for half an hour , notice waa given that strangers were again permitted to enter the room in which they

      were sitting . On reaching it we found the Jury ranged rouud the Coroner ' s table , and giving their assent to « verdict which he read to them . The . verdict stated " That on Monday . August 12 , and for Borne time previously , the Most Noble Robert ; Marquis of Londonderry , underagrievous disorder did labour and languish , and became In consequence delirious and of insane mind j and that , whilst in that state , with a knife of iron and Bteel , he did' inflict on himself on the left side of bis neck , ' , and ef the carotid artery , a wound of one inch in length , and half an inch in depth , of which he instantly died ; and that no other person except himself waai the cause of his death . ' *

      If coincident dates were of any Importance , I might ohserve , that Castlereagh cut hia throat on the JSTtn ^ s Birthday . A thing more neceRsary to be observed , isj that he is here called tbe Mwquis of Londonderry , which was his title ; but , I have always continued to call him 'Castlereagh , ' that being the title which he bore during the time that be SO largely participated in those numerous deeds , by which tee have se long and so well known him . Hia aatne was Robert Stewart but . by that of Castlereagtt he was known to the « a » 'j <> K , and by that name I shall alwaysspeak of him .

      The first thing that strikes our attention here is the weeping of the servants . Bet forth in eo pompous and prominent a manner . ThiB . ia very litely to have been true and Castlereagh is likely enough to have been a gentle and liberal master . But while we can discover no very great or rare merit in tais on hia part , seeing the loads of public money . Which , for so many years , be had been receiving , 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 feelinglyexpressed upon this occasion . These persons , be it remembered , belonged to those " lower orders , " of which he had always spoken with somach contempt and disdain , and whom he insulted with the name of basest populace , when they stood forward in defence of the peraecubid Caroline . Those tears should have been hidden by ' bis euolegist : for , in those teais of the servants , we read the severest satire on the former condnck of the matter . v ;' . V

      Wo see , that , if the Raport speaks truth , Viscount SidmouthienAia attendance . What conld that be for 1 Probably to give that evidence of which the Coroner spoke as being at hand , but which he regarded as unnecessary , seeing that he had the Letter of the Duke of Wellington ^ of which letter I shall speak by and by . We next come to the Speech of Uie Coroner , which , as far as my obaevvation has : gone , was something wholly new . He befi ; an , it appears from tbe Report , by pronouncing a lofty eulogium upon the person whi * had cut his throat , as well in hia private as bis public capacity . I shall dispute the asserti * ne of the Coronet as to the latter of these ; but ; 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 his case . Ha told the Jury that be should produce sneb and such evidence ; and that that evidence : would , if produced , lead to such and each 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 mental dtlusiom But ; and now mark , he is reported to have said , "If it should unfortunatel y appear there , was not sufficient evidence to prove the insanity , he trusted the Jury would pay some attention to bis humble opinion , which was , that no man could be in his proper senses at the moment ^ e committed so rash an act as self-murder "I

      This was no very humble opinion . It was a very bold one ; and a very dariug one ; seeing that it Was in direct opposition to the lauo of the land , which , so / pr from saying tfeat self-murder mutt proceed from Ineaaity , provides a degradation to be infltctod on ¦ ¦ the bodies of self-murderers , and also the confiscation of their property to the King . Mr . Coroner told bis Juryi that , bA » opinion Was in consonance with every moral sentiment , and with the information which the wisest of men bad given ,: to the world . I do . hot know that he said this , to he sure ; bat Buch Is the Report that has been published in the Courier and other papers . He quoted the Bible to show bow strongly man was : attached to life ; but be forgot to say how the Bible reprabates self-destruction . He repeated his opinion in thest words— "He therefore viewed it aa an axiom , that 3 / man must necessarily be ' out' ?/ ' hfs mind at the luommt of destroying himself . "

      N » w , if this Coroner did flay this , for which we have no nore than newspaper authority , mind , I say that be delivered ft doctrine completely at variance with the law ol the land , and that he was guilty of a breach of hisiuty . The law adopts no such axiom . Blackstone , in hu fourth Book , and 14 tb Chapter , after calling suicide pretended heroism , but real cowardice , proceedi to say , that the law of England has ranked this amongst ^ e highest crimes , making it a peculiar spades oftlgiony . Then ho goes on thua : " The party must be ^ bis senses , else it is no crime . But this excuse

      ongfct not to be strained to that length to ¦ which our Coroners' Juries are apt to carry

      Let the public judge , then , of the nianaer in which this Coroner performed his duty upon the occasion . You Bee , even if a notorious lunatic , a man who baa been a Innatic for years , kill himself in a lucid interval , the law sends his body to be buried in the highway with a stake driven throuijb it , and makes his goods and chattels forfeit to the king ; "hoping , " says Blackstone , " that bis care for either bis own reputation , or the weifaro of his family ^ would be soine motive to restrain bim from so desperate aud wicked an act . " But what ' 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 tbe iuformation of tbe wisest

      of men . What bad he to do with moral sentiment ? what had he to do . with information . of the ; wisest of men ? What had he to do , in short , with anything but the law ; and , bad he not that law in Blacfeatone , in Hawkins , and in all the authorities to which Uiey xefbt ? 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 1 Waa not Smith at Manchester , who hanged hi msbif on being discarded by bis BWeetheart t WasnotSellisi Was not the unfortunate Spanish General , tbe Marquisde Castro ? Were not these burled in the highway ? And , if this Coroner was right , again I say , what wrong has been , done I

      Blaokstone Is very particular In observing , that , a ftere Jit of melancholy is not to form a legal &tcuse Look well at the evidence , and see if you caa discover proof of anything like settled insanity . But this Is not ail ; for if even a real lunatic kill himself in a lucid interval ^ he is a self-murderer . Now , if you look at the evidence of Dr . Bankhead , you will find that , when the Doctor went into the dressing-room , he found Caatleteagb in it and the Doctor naya , "hia face waa in an elevated position , directed towards the Milldg-Without turning his head , oii the instant he heard my step , he exclaimed , " 5 ^|^ ad , « i ^ ^ ojpda yoar arm—— 'tis all over . Ha never spoke again . '' Was there ever any thing in the world more rational than tills 7 Must not the mind have been perfectly sane , that could . have distinguished ^ the Doctor ' s step without seeing the Doctor j that could have not only anticipated the fall , but have provided ds

      against it ; and that Could haw stated , ^ wor so appropriate , the effect which the knife had ensured ? Here then Was the lucid interval , at nay rate ; and Blackatone says , that if even a real lunatic kiU himself in a lucid interval be is a wtf-mTWuBrer &s much as another man . It Is easy to conceive how anxious the family 6 5 Castlereagh must have been to prevent the eonsequenees of a veidtct of ftl < hd 6- » 6 . Besides the burying to the highway , there was property to the amount of perhaps two or three > tt four hundced thousand pounds . On what ground the Jury did decide in favoce " Jexistlng insanity it is not for me to say ; but if their decision was founded on the axiom laid down by th Oowneft their decision was dearly oontrary to law . Hpwerer , > asi ; l flndtheftvidente given In the newspapers , eo I give it to job : take It , and alL the elrcumstancea belonging to it into view , and come to that dectoon wWdi reason and Justice dictate . ¦ i :

      Now let us take another view of the matter . Awarding to wie of these witnesses , he he had been Insane for i ^ c * tef ^ Aewrdlng to the other , he bad been insane for ,. •• sjwirte * space of time . Bat , itHnfortlA » tely happenea « hat he wai ^ fwisehv ^ and formed * 6 n 6 to Council «** ** Ki «^ , on ttwfridofr previous to tb « Mnn < 1 ^ < Mi iBhlch h « « nithl > tK »< 1 i ^ t * |< yn > fl rtgtff"th » ladya maid * aisewiii *^ he was « lnsand ^ ome day » tcW 5 *• - ¦ wot vwt ^ W f&mt witne « s « do ,-iadaM , eaUit ^ i »^ F « Bdwe «^ oWarioii : an 4 ttdnettms ? a ^ iTTBB ^ a , »« a ^' tmiatWfrfm ^ . will be evident to erojou , that its ptope * « mbo was msaaity , * ij w ( rrfn » j / ftr , ix it did ; B 0 (

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      amount to this , it was nothing in exculpation . Here then we have the proof ; proof eumcient to satisfy a Jury , that we had a mad " leader" of the House of Commons ; and &mad Minister sitting in Council with the King / " .- ' ¦" ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ' \ : " ^ . - : A .: : " ^~ : t :. : - ^ : ' : ¦ :, ¦ ¦ - The Letter of the Bake of Wellington is a very curious affair , especially if we take it into view along with other circumstances . The letter Is written by the Duke to Castlereagh ' s Doctor . A very extraordinary thing in itself . It is very extraordinary that one of the King's miniBters should write a letter to a doctor ; anould put it flown in black and white , that flnotber of the King ' s ministerB laboured under "mental delirium . " And then it comes intso pretty a way , " I bee yon will

      never mention toany one wbatl have communicated to you respecting his Lordship . " Th 5 s is so very prettyso extremely likely ; that Ve cannot help believing this to be authentic I It la So perfect in character , as coming from a Privy Councillor ; and the thing winds up bo 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"I : Well might he go with the ntmost possible expedition to tell the Duke that the Doctor bad already told bis secret , and that too without any necessity for it , seeing that the verdict was recorded before the letter was produced !

      Tbe Duke Would not be a little surprised at the news I dare say , but certainly hia Eurprise would not "be greater than that of the whole of this nation , at the various parts of thla wondttful proceeding . We must now take a little look at the extra-judicial assertions connected with this affair . The Courier 6 t Wednesday tells us , that the insanity tinder which the act was committed ia proved by many circumstances not notified at the time . . '¦ ' Had It been possible or decorous to have demanded His Majesty's testimony , wo are informed that his evidence could have been bad ;" and then the Courier proceeds to say , that the Ring observed it on the Friday . So that , ; 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 Foreign Affairs in the hands of a madman ! The Courier farther tellB us in the same paper , that '

      there had been " mental alienationin some of the branchesiof Castlereagb ' a / am ^ . So that herei we have it running in the blood ; and now , perhaps , we may account for those expressions at which I used to laugh , about •• sudden transitions from tear ¦ to peace f' aboat capital finding Its way into new channels ; about digging holes one day and filling Uum up the next ; about leaving things to Nature - . about ihe 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 the same paper , tells as positively , that the KinK , before hia departare , aftnt for Lord Liverpool to tell him that be thought Castlereagh's vde'leds were impaired . And ' yet this very same paper of only one day before told us ^ that this very Castlereagh was preparing , the very day before he cut bis throat , to go to the continent , as the liin ^ s representative , at a Congress , whare the affairs of Europe were to undergo

      dia-COflslon ; ' .. ¦ ¦ .-. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; - ' - . ¦¦ •; . ¦; ... ; ¦ . . ; . ' ¦ " . ' 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 atthe miserable state in which they are j bo longer wonder that famine and over-prq . duction of food should at once oppress the land . Here weuli be a solution of the whale of the wonder : a mad Secretary of State , and a mad Leader of the House of Commons . ¦ . .. ¦¦¦ v : -: ¦ " - ¦ ' :- ' . ¦ , ¦ - ' . "¦ ¦'¦

      Kou will observe tbe pitiful pretences that have been hatched upi as the cause 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 an amplification of this , and eays , that people who "did not sufficiently calculate- the effect of cons tant application * unrelieved by any ' recreation dv : leisure ~ ot nights passed in harrassing debates ] and of days devoted to equally harrassing diplomatic discussions—they ^ did not reflect bow ^^ few honrs c ould be passed in bed and fewer Bltil be passed in sleep . " Wbat impudence as well as nonsense ! What diplomatic discussions had be to worry him , when he had two under Secretaries of State , two or three dozen of clerks and meaaengera ; somebody to make even his pens for ; blm , and ten or a dozen

      bands to write as many lines of writing ; and this too when for seyen 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 all foreign powers ! What diplomatic discussions bad be , then ? And aa to the ' . - •* harrassing debates ;" what 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 pat to the witness , Anne BobinsOni whether be had laJked any nchsehse to Dr . Bankhettd , proved any thing but his insanity ; for it proved that be had formed a tolerably correct estimate of his colloquial endowments .

      To talk of bis mind having sunk under the load of his business is quite monstrous . The . whole ihat he had to do , even if ho had done it well , did not amount to a tenth of the labour that I have been constantly performing | fpr these twenty years ; and if his mind sunk under his business , what is to becoHJe of the mind of a lawyer in extensive practice ; of a Lord Chancellor , or of a Judge ? The Chief Justice has more to do in a mouth than , he had to do to saven years . Why , at this rate , no Lawyer , or Cuancellor , 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 statements of the lawyers on both sidesj ; of hearing the evidence of twenty or thirty witnesses , swearing to different points of the question , irregularly as ; poislble in point of prder ; enly think of making notes of all this , and then , when all thia mass of confusion is 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 conclusion ou which the mind of the jury ought to rest s only think of all this ; consider , that it is what every oue of the Judges , has to perform almost every day of his life -and consider , top , that the Judge ia bound by law ; that every opinion be gives , every statement that he makes , eveiy colouring that be communicates to any ciraumstances are narrowly watched by men as skilful and as able as himself , who have a right to ^ call him to account , who do cull him to account , upon the spot , if he fall Into error ; and who can call for b revision of bis decisions and bring against him auy word that he may utter , and that , too , before a tribunal where his rivals sit in j udnient with biniBelf .: 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 .- . ' ¦¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ ' . . ¦ ¦ - . i- ¦ - v - ¦ . - . " ., _ - ¦• . _ ¦ _ ¦ ¦¦ .

      It is beastly nonsense , therefore ; it is nonsense such as scarcely Castlereagh himseir ever uttered , to talk of his having been driven out of his sehaes by his load of business . Deep thinking , some people say , will drive a man uxmh This is a very foolish notion ; but , at any rate , how deeply Castlereagh thought , may be judged of by hia speeches 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 havo always said , that it . was one of the most empty-headed creatures that ever existed ; and that it was sheer impudence and tbe imbecility of its opponents , that carried it through with a sort of eclat , such as a mountebank obtains amongst clowns .

      TTet , that he was not in that state of disgust anA despair which might hava impaired his faculties , suoh sis they Were , I dp not pretend to say . He must hajve 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 ; aud It is likely enough , that he did feel a great deal of alarm at even ^ that he saw approaching . He well knew that he was most cordially detested by the Reformers at any rate ; and impudent aa he was , he had lived to Bee the day , When Bheer impudence was not l'kely to carry him through . He had got through the last session of Parliament with some difficulty ; but he saw another approaching which he could not hope to get through , without the system receiving a terrible ehock of somesort or another .

      Under auch circumstances he might be in a state approaching inaanity . What makes the bankers , moneyjobbers , and merchants , cat their throats so gallantly ? The dread of bumiiiatiott . False pride . Blackstone calls it cowardice , which induoes men to destroy themselves , t «> avoid those ills which they have not the fortitude to endure . Instead of going to America to avoid the blessings of Sldmouth ' a Bill , which Castlereagh brought into the House qf 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 ma . 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 tbe dread of being

      humbled ; In the dread of being brought to sweep those streets through which the throat-cutters have rolled With suoh Insolence in their carriages . They retain all their insolenee still ; else they would see that they an about to come into their proper place ; and to be in that ktate of Ufo where they ought always to have been . As to eompaBsion ; as to sorrow , npon this occ-sion , how base a hypocrite I must be to affect it I nay , how baae a hypocrite to disgulBe , or to attempt to dftguiae , mysaUsfacttoni Can I tote / st Ireland f \^« i 1 | forget Mr . Finnerty f can I forgot Napoleont Mir ^ talrl ^ r can I forget the Qoeen , whoi though : sne * suffljiec 3 « O much , tbongh she aaffered to the breaking of her heart , n « ver thought of the \ d » taid | y « etof ^ puttmgaiiemrto bar existence ? The rumans who contiiine to pralie toll mani tell us that the history of his Dffrja found in

      , the mnuures of the Governmfint for the list twenty seven 7 e « w j and that 1 , trne « noilii ^ it ^ riWdMaU the various act * that have beea pa » ed to that the Irish ap ittttei * honseift *» iini « t to sunri » e , tt dj ^ t" *^ StthmwtthMttrW * yjur / . It ia *** £$ Power-oMttJpfisoDment Bill of 1617 . It ta fow 4 in ttwae ^ eniMe iBix Ac ts , <> na « f wh ^ pwacJjNi thrt ^ jftff' wrtritBfrif a" iiewiipa | wt - Bfanll' enlei IBlo * Mn even bafote b » beg ^ na to print ; irhieb : pcesmrlbw torthii T « ry pamphlet in | whlcb I an now ad-¦ X ^ - -: ' ' x ^ HT :- . . ::.: :- ; . - ;; . -

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      dressing you , shall be so loaded with paper and with price , as to make it difficult to effect its circulation . It ia found in another of those Acts , which , was intended to transport men , and which doe » banisb men for life , for a second time ntteringthafe which has a tendency to bring into contempt those who pass such a law . His history lain the figure of eight and ei jfhk ciphers , which represent the amount of th . fr National Debt It is written in those measures which have redneed the most industrious and enterprising : fanners in the world to a state of beggary , and bate plnnged no small number of them into despair , real insanity , and self-destruction . It ia written in amass of pauperism ,: hitherto wholly unknown to England , and

      it is written in starvation to Ireland amidst over-pro * duction . As to his family snd connexions , look at : the > immense sums which they are how receiving out of thefruit of the people ' s labour . And as to any compassion that we are to feel for them , we will feel ft when an end to the sufferings of the Reformers and their families will leave us a particle of compaession to betow . on any body else ; The mention of the anguish of ; lady Castlereagh only reminds me of the anguish of poor , Mrs . Johnson , whp ; brought to a death-bed by lohg . and racking anxiety on account of hei husband , harraaWd , persecuted , thrown into a dudgeon at a hundred milep

      from her , merely for having been present : at & meeting never before deemed unlawful ; when I hear ; Lady Castlereagh's anguish mentioned I forgot , for the time , ; the enormous sinecurei of her father , bht Lcemembee that exemplary and affectionate wife , Mrs . Johnsoo t who , brought to her death-bed by the meana jus , t men * tioned , earnestly prayed that she might see her hnsband before she closed her eyes for ever ; and I remember , that that prayer was rejected $ y Castlereagh and hi $ colleagues , thoneh the husband tendered bail to any amount and offsred to Submit to * ny length j > t imprisonment as tbe price of permission to receive the last sigh of bis dying wife I , . ¦' ; ' : ¦ ' il ; tS .

      I have now performed my duty ; a duty , towards thepublic ; towards the Reformers more especially ; and , Joseph Swanh , particularly towards you .. I anxiously hope that ; you play come alive ,, and in health , ; out pt your dungeon . I admired your condnct at thej Unto when the sentence was passed upon you , Yon did not talk of cutting yonr throat ; but , darting a look at those who passed the sentence , yon exclaimed : " Is that ait ? I thought you had a bit of rope in your pockets for nie 1 '' Your children are In misery now ; but be of good cheer ; they may lire to « ee the day ^ wnen' tbey ^ will not have to mourn over a father in a dungeon . ¦ ' ¦ ' . ¦¦ . ¦ ''¦ ' '¦"• v iam . \ . " ' ¦ . v - ; M-: ; " ' . v ' ; " '"' "' . „ . ^ X > . Your faithful friend , and ? : ^~ - / : ¦ ' ; Most obedient servant , ' . ¦ , ; ¦ " ¦ ¦ ... ¦ - .- ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . .:. ¦ - ¦'¦ . •"¦ . - Wm . Cobbett .

      Oar space is now exhaused . We have occupied more than we intended , and almost more than wo should have done , under the peculiar oiroamatanceg of the timea . We have not , however , exhausted pur materials . We hare only seen the END of one 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 I The Premier 8 unfc into ; " a state oj ' mental incapacity" I Ganning 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 hoUidaykeeping—a day of pleasure . These events we cannot detail ai presents We shall , however , retora to them . They shall not be lott sight of ; nor shall the call for JUSTICE on the perpetrators of the massacre yet be gi ? en up .

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      SDKDERtAND . —At the weekly meeting of fee Council , held on Sunday morning , the surplus proceeds of the late fiteatn-boat trip were divided as follows , namely—lOg . to be devoted to the purchase of cards , and 53 , to be given to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . An im portant letter from Wednesburyi to a friend ill Sunderland , relative to the strike of the oolliers , Was read to the meeting ; and , after a diaoussion upon , the subjeetj it was reaolved to make' ite ' oott * '' \ ' tents known to the pitmen ' s meeting , whioh will b © * ¦ held this day ( Saturday ) , at air . Hines ' s , South Shields . The propriety of having ^ auotheriSteanV' - ' boat excursion , for the purpose of spreading our ' principles , and raising funds for the cause , ' was then . " '' taken in to consideration , when it was unanimoath p ' **> ¦¦ - determined to have an excursion to Stooktoa ana ; Middlesborough , on Sunday , ^ the 28 th . 'inata * rit | , pro- , yided the friend- ] at Stobktoh can makearrange ^ ntaf ^ ' . for a camp meeting on that day . " ' ° : ^ ' ^!\'

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      Northern Star Office , Saturday night t l 2 o ' clock . ¦• ¦ ' ¦""" : ¦ ' ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ Hyde . : ;^;¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ - > vv- . \ - - - . ¦ .. ; -. - ; . ; ,: .- .. ¦\ .-. ' : . r - ' - : ¦ ¦" : ¦ •;; . ' ; . , SATOBDAT . About ten this day , a number of specials and thO town police , headed by Captain Clark and Thoniaa ^ Ashton , magistrates ; get / out in search of Mrv ^ dliiti ^! Leeoh , to . take hinl ^ into custod y . ^ ^ The y . bad-not ; ^ proceeded far , before a large number of peopl « L had : ; ; collected toRother , and followed them , 8 houtipe ana . hallowing them . Mr . Little , the head police oBKitic J got hold of a man , and said , r" Cctoe , jba must 80 with me . " - Ho e « d , » Where to V ' - < , 1 &O % slid , w To the lookup ^ ' The man said * " Coi # ^ en ^ and lining his hand at the same time , began to beat Mr . LitUe in stylo , when a general fight took placQ . between the people and the police . The latt « ir took , to their heels , as if for life and death , ^^ # ipi . oiand stones after them ; some withi broke ^ poses , MM with bruised beads , &c . & 0 . Catitiin tJIftrk fa low to Ashton , in search of sonwWldiert . ThdwU ' M broke leech ' s door open last nigtt , but t ^ -Tf » not at home . He is at large yet . ^ r ^ ' , ¦ Z- \ ,

      SHELTON * Staffordshire PoTTBTnB&r . ^ -v We are placed entirely tinder martial law , and tbQ most abaolnto despotism is practised upon va . '

      ¦¦ ¦ ¦ , - . ¦ ¦ , ;¦ : ¦ ;;¦¦;; ¦• ¦ ¦; . oldham ; ' ' ' ; . ¦¦; . ;?\ -r v ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . ' ¦ . " - ; . ¦ . ' . ¦ : •¦ ¦' : \ - ; . : ; ' ) i ^ - ' - ' > ' . " < * B&iti WWnMi A large , public meeting took place on Oldham Edge . Mr . Bell and others addressed the numerona meeting . A reslation for the Chater to be made the law of the land was put and carried unanimottsly . In the evening another publie meeting was held ia the same ^ jplace ^ -V- - ;^ ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ; . ' : :. - : ' - . ' . . - ^ :..- ^^ : *^ " ¦'"•

      : - . \ : '¦' : ¦ ¦¦' : ¦ -: ¦ y ¦ >¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ - - . - - v- :- < . : '¦ ^ - . :: ; . . fta «! WBA «^ , (;; ., This morning the public meeting wa ^ vlargerjhao . the one held yesterday . Mr . Yardley and Mr , , Miller addressed them in firm but , milq spa ^ ches , ; ,, itisniMoured that there is an Intention on the part ortheauthorities / toarrefitsomeofthe ^ rtutS t bo ^ up to this time , ( one o ' clock at noou ) jiothijjgpf ! th % sort has taken place . _ There is noy . be , l « wt apnoKt . aace of auy brc ^ h 6 f tho peaoe / When tte me 5 K Mpwated the pMpld proowdod into t ^ prp ^ esflioiii- ^ appearedinjp > odq ^ t 8 , ' ^ v -a - ; ¦ ¦ ' £ ? " . ¦ 'U't- \ XO ^ HBOROUCrEL : ^ o < kl u ± r ¦• : V ..- - \ ^ _ ' : '; ¦ - ; : ¦ > . ^ M ^ : y'i ^ jf ^ : ? U ^ xs ^ l auBi&k& ' '< :

      iJAir is excitement here—the Ribl ! Aot nas' b « afc read , the town is full « f people , * U determined to Weth ? Charter . Lqfe of Bp ^ eowiabWotM gn ^ i- s ^ coloirwi ^^^^ r" ^ . - . ^? ^ .:- ^^ -- ' ^^ :- ' Skivington has juat been committed for seditions tMtWUStF He is iri good ^ pinta ,. ao , are the good and brave . The ^ il ? art ' tllirBting for bW ^ : wili . b «; TOigo-imii tnei ^ i ' v ^ v r . ^ -r- ^ . ^ y - \; ..

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      CASTLEREAGH'S HOKBID END . TO JOSEPH SWANN , Who teas sentenced by ihe Magistrates of Cheshire to four years and a half imprisonment in Chester Craol , for selling Pamphlets and being present at a Meeting for Parliamentary Reform ; who was imprisoned many weeks , for want qf bail , before his Trial ; who has now two years of his imprisonment taiexpxTed ; and who , when imprisoned ^ had a Wife and four helpless Children . Kensington , 15 th August , 1822 .

      MB . SWANK , —CA 8 TLEBEAGH HAS CUT HIS OWN THROAT , AND IS DEAD ! let that sound reach you in tba depth of your dungeon ; and let it carry consolation to your suffering sool 2 Of all the victims , you have suffered most . We are told of the poignant grief of Lad ? Castkreagh ; and , while he must be a brute indeed who does not feel for her , -what mu&t be be who does not feel for four vrijc and your four helpleBS children , actually torn from you when yon -were first thrown into tiia dismal cells T

      However , wa «^^ i hava time to say taore of your cast hereafter , lei rue , si prese&t , address you on the subject of Castlereagh . I am about to insert the Report of tie I / igvesi on his body ; but , I-will first state to yoa certain matters , which oaght to be remembered , and wbtcb -will pass a ^ ay , unless we , at once , put them on record . Tfce mover of SJi-Ada cot his throat last Monday moreing aboat seven o ' clock . The Courier of thai night gave au account of his death ; but stated it to liave arisen from -gout in-the slomash . Now , mind , the writer must have told this lie wilfully , or he must purposely here bee * misinfer-med- -A . design , therefore , must , at one time , have existed somswhete to smother fta truth .

      A cut tbroa * U iiowever , no such easy tiiing to smother , and especially , where th « re is a heusa foil of servants , all with tongaea in their mouths . Therefore , thfr&wter ' s lie was , tbe cext d&y , abaEdeaed ; and the truth , aa to the deed itself , came out Before , however , we quit this lie-of the Courier , let cs again remark that it must have been irdeniicKoL . Xorth Cray , a little village in Kent , where the throat w * s cut , is only dbeui two hour ' s ride itom London . A King ' s messenger was in the bouse at the time , esiB , I believe , tho case constantly , with the Ministers who sxe Secretaries of State . At any nte there were stehles full of horses ; and yen must know , that , at the -office of Castleragb . at Whitehall , tbe Courier would bave . some accourJ , true or false . If , therefore , he . got the true account , tbe lie was his own ; asd yet . eseing what risk he ran of almost instant detection , it appear * rather strange that he should have hatched the lie . ~ .

      I ihail now , before I una yon farther remark * upon ths sutgtct , inEort the report of the proceedings at tho ir ^ aeel , reqaesting you and ail the Reformers eo read them with scrupulous attention . You will find ( a thing quite « e ») the Coroner tif the report be true ) laying down the doctrine , that self-murder must cf necessity imply tjissmiy io frvm ^» ho commits it s y « a will find many other things worthy of strict attention ; and , therefore , if , only for this ocee , you can but get light sufficient- to read by , and obuin the favour of being permitted to rtad , pray read this report attentively , and then have the ^ wdceas to luien to the remarks that I shali msia .

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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-ncseproduct612/page/2/