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LaTecdati William , Bory-3 ti 8 » t , Saifotd . I > va £ t . Kiehaxd , tsb&ccoaisfc . Market-street . - Lees , George , print . ^ rutks ^ tEUJge'iwya . Leea ,-r- — , Cro » a and TtisUe , Half street . Lon ? , James , saddler . Market-street .,-Moon , James , cotton-dealer . Milne , — > , liquour merchant , Apple-marker . 3 tJcagher , Edward , tailor , Trumpeter . - Ollltr , , ( son of Dr . Oilier ) . Oliver ,-Alexander , ( sen of the publican on Shade-hill ) .
Pollard , Jonathan , Jan ., cotton-spinner , Ancoats . PiTEon ,- William , jun .. butcher , Stretford . Pickering , Thr * " *" , late coachman to Mr . Kay . . Payant , Wjilism , -wine merchant , Fountain-street . Pitt , J- 2 J ., daseing master , 12 , Bridge-street . Bog&rs , Benjamin , commissi # B agent , Oxford-street . R-ri 4 , John . Globe , Gartside-street . Baingill , Parker , butcher , Stretford . Savaie , , Saerftn-d . - qtrack-doctor . Shawcoss , James , near Flixton . Shelmerdine , Thomas , ( for John Collyer , dyer , Spring
fieM-laae , Salferd * . Sharp , B-, iron-deafer , Market-street . Smite , John , ShaWs-brow , Ssixord . ( soa of the landlord of the Tork Minster , DsansgBte ) . Stott , Wi'liam , $ , Parsonage , stable * eeper . Simpson , Richard , cotton-spinner , Miller ' s- ) ana . Street , Samuel , surveyor , Bridge-street Syk * s , ( son of the landlord , Tib-street } - SnaTfcros * , William , labourer , StaeSeJA . Tebtrat , Edward , manufacturer , Peel-street Trjist , Joba « , BruJae-stceet .
Tnorpe , Kjberi , Burgeon . Taylor . Robert , sadler , Stretford ( sa&stitute for Peter Buui& ) . ¦ » Turner , William , for Smaith and Ingle , p » per-make »« . ¦ WiLhington ^ tobert , ffurnert Lane , Pendleton , Wt * e house , Sack-square . - - ¦ ¦ -- " Wilde , James , surgeon , Eccles . Wilson , Richard , Albion Hotel , ( soa « f the landlord * . Wbitlaw , XeadoweroH , Richard , attorney . Ward , William , plumber and glasierDsansgate . "Whit-warta , James , Back Bridge-stseet , ( for Cheshire , Attorney . )
The acoempanyiiig Engraving represents tbe horrible scene , Ji * si wfeen the " heBees" were hard at ¦ work . Let the "heroes" look npoa it , and refresh their memories respecting their courageous " deeds in arms ' ! It Is a redoced copy of a large Eagraving issued soon after the dreadfal massacre ; and an enlarged copy of a Vignette oa the title- ^ age of H . mss ' a life of Hsxar Hojse . Mr . Huxr , as will be seen from the Mercury ' s account , was arrested . Indeed , his arrest was made the pretext fox she iet « hery and-Ertesacreinx indulged in by the "herees . " After he had Barrendered himself to Mr . Nidin , tbe ehil officer and as . he passed along la the custody -of the policeofficers , he was assailed by the eabrcs of the
cavalry and the truncheons of the EpeciaiB . He was wounded in the hand . Indeed a plot had been formed amongst the constables to have him murdered . They were to press in upon him and the officers who had him in charge ; detach Mm from them ; Njldis was to have cried " an escape" J and then the Yeomanry were to have nsed their newly , sharpened swords !! He defeated this hellish scheme by mere presence of mind . He -was % strong powerful man . He seiz ? d told of Nadih , and , as itwere iepf Km in custody , as an hostage for his own safety .
He was remanded , at first , on a charge of High Treason . This , however , was soon given , up , and he was indicted for conspiracy , sedition , and . riot . On this indictment he was tried , at York , along with eight others , an the 22 nd of March , 1820 . Mr . Hunt defended himself ; and a glorions defence it was . Tho trial lasted ten days ; and the Jury returned a verdict that the defendants were u guilty of assembling , and attending , an unlawful meeting . " As he afterwards humourously declared , they . would hare found Mm " guilty of sheep-stealing /'
on the same evidence , had his persecutors pat the charge against him in that shape . He was an offender of class prejudices . Class prejudices , therefore , had to lay him by tb « heels . Jt did so . It returned a verdict of " guilty j and in pursuance of that verdict he was sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment in Ilchester Gaol , aad to find security for his good behaviour for five years , himself in £ 1 , 000 , and two sureties in 4 § 00 eaefc , That imprisonment li $ sgTved ^ -every day of itl The savage inhuman sentence wm exacted to the letter !
And who were the abettor * and sbieldkes of the perpetrators of tjaeseJeeda of blood ? IheBjrGEtr and th « Mikistebs ! The Urgent , through Sid-> xovtHj expressed his "( JBEAT SAT 1 SFAO TION i !! at the measures of the Magistrates on the bloody day ; and he tendered his "HIGH APPROBATION" ! JJ i to the Yeomanry for their cuttings and slashings ; sabringg and tramplings dowa of " his ptople" when peacefully assembled ! He thanked them for KILLING FIFTEEN PERSONS I and for woncding four hundred and twentyfour others 1 FIFTEEN WERE KILLED ! Here are their names J When are we to have a Monument erected to their memory ; and in execration of the men who killed them !
1 Thomas Ash-worth , BnlFt Head , Manchester . Special constable . 2 John Ashtray , CowMU , near Oldham . 3 Thomas Bolkby , Baretrees , Chadderton . 4 James Cramptun , Bnrton-npon-Sowell . 5 William Diwson , Ssddiewortii . 6 John Lee . Oldham . 7 Arthur oiffcill , Pidgeon-street , Manchester . 8 John Rhodes , Pitta , Hopwood . 9 Joseph Wbitworth , Hyde . 10 WiHiain BradabaTr , Lilly HilL near Bory .
. WOMEN . 3- Mary Heys , Ra-wlinson ' s Snildings , Oxford Soad , Manchester . 2 Sarah Jones , Silk-street , Manchester . 3 Martha Partzngton , Bccleg . 4 Margaret Bownts . concealed by her Mends .
ISFA 5 I . i - 'Fades , "Kennedy-stiest , Macehejtn . 15 Killed . Into the transactions of that day , no enquiry has ever yet been had ! Punishment of no sort , nor even censure , has ever been kflicted upon any of the parties who ordered , or those who execnt < Mhi 3 horrible assault ! Parliamentary majoi '' ' stifled inquiry there 1 The Gxaad Jva ? at Laacik rtiflfid inquiry . there ! » .. . .
And has no punishment of any sort beea inflicted npon the authors aad abettors of those dreadful deeds ! O ! yes ! We were wrong in saying , ** punishment of no sort" had fallen upon these parties . Pumsament the most signal ! jodghhtts the most marked ! have fallen upon them ; and especia ll y upon those who interposed parliamentary msjorities to stay the course of human justice ! God has visited them 1 The ENDS of some of them were remarkable indeed ! particularly the horrid end of Castleesagb 2 In the month of August * three years afterwards , and within fonr days of the anniversary of the MasBacre , " he cut his own tkuoat ! Appropriate judgment 1 Signal end ! How just are the dealings and dispensations of Go 4 !! .
This man had been the chief agent ia all the measures against the Reformers . He had brought in the GAGGING and DUNGEONING bills ol 1817 ; be had jassed ftrou ^ h " tie House '' the measures bj _ -virtue of which scores of petitioners for Badical Reform ,, were , under the bayonet , marched into the yard of tb % Manchester New Bailey prison ; marched tttere as JUtxP 4 CT 0 Sfi lu * xa xfPxxHiss ,
under the rain , bob j > - WHOtsgDAT i » d kisht ij » thk depth o ^ wiaffliH' ^ 5 e ^ ^ irwas , Castulejubh , who ha 4 p * s ^ meaeuxe « fj ^ a ^ himself and colletgues ^ to do this ; and htit W ^ who defended aad jttfrjFisD the perpetrators of th »^> loody deeds of Feterioch Ah I and % f it * u **«> eoi his own throat ! . But we must hare t % wviJe tale oat reepeeaag'&is throaVcatfini ^ Ihe jovig . m en of ibis da ; ought to know of it . as well m know of the
soSexings aad perBecutiOB * isffiftod O& the Ke « formers of » former , generition ^ bj those . whgte ENDS irereso-RBuiaU ; ¦ trikiBfr They ought t » know ol feese tbjn ^ r ^ 4 it ^ all b » no ranlt » f oars iftkegrdoBofMrafliffli ' \\ ; :. "
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CASriEREAGH'S HORRID END . ) 1 Q JOSBPH SWAKN , Who tDosxenienoed by the Magistrates of Cheshire to four years and a half intpriammettt in Chester ' ¦ ' Gaol , for-setting Pamphlets and inng present at ¦ a Meeting for ParUamenUryJieform ; toheteas imprisoned many weeks , for tcant of hail , be fore * is Trial ; who has now two years of his vnprisonment ^ unexpired ; -and tchc , token imprisoned , hoi a Wife and fourhelpless Children . Kensington , IStfa August , 1822 . Ms . BW 4 NH , —CASTLEREAGH HAS -CSJT HIS OWSTHROAT , ANDJ 8 MIA 1 B ! I ^ t tfcat Bound cetfeh yom in the depth « f your dungeon- ; and let it carry comolation to your suffering soul I Cf all the victims , ^ you have suffered most We axe told of the poignant grief of Lady -Ca ^ iemagh ; and , while he muat'bes brute indeed who does not feel far her , what mutt be be who does sot feel for your -wife and your four helpless children , actually torn from you when yoa ¦ were first thrown inte the dismal cells ?
However , wa shaS have time to say more of your case hereafter . Let tne , at present , address you on the subject of Castlereigh . I an about "to insert the Report of \ hs Inquest onhis'body ; but , I-will first state to you certain matters , which ought to be remembered , and which will pass away , unless we , at once , put them on'record . The mover of Six-Acts cut his throat last Monday morning about seven o ' clock . The Courier of tbat « nigb . tgave an account of his decdAj but stated it to have arisen from goui -in the stomach . Now , mind , the writer must have told this lie -wilfaUf , at be mult purposely have b&n misinformed . A design , therefore , must , at one time , have existed somewhere to smother ttetntth .
A cut throat is however , no such easy thing- to smotner , end especially , where there is a house fall of servants , all with tongues la their mouths . Therelese , the Courier ' s lie was , the nest d ^ y , abandoned ; and the truth , as to the deed itself , came-out . Before , however , we quit this lie of the Courier , let us again remark that it must have bean inkmiionaL Kerta day , a little village in Kent , where the throat v * s cut , is only abeut 4 wo hour ' s ride from London . A King * Messenger was in the house at tbe time , as is , I believe , the case constantly , with the Ministers who are Secretaries of State . At any rate there were stables full of horses ; and yen must know , that , si the ofiies of Castlereagh at Whitehall , tbe Courier would have eoeu account , true or false . If , therefore , he got the true account , the lit was his own ; add yet , seeing what risk he ran of almost instant detection , it appears rather strange that be should have hatebed the lie .
I shall now , before I offer you further remarks upon tbe subject , insert the report of the proceedings at the iaqueet , requesting you and all the Reformers co read them with scrupulou % attentiou . You will find la thing quite new ) the Coronet { if the report ba tree ) laying down the doctrine , that self-murder must «/ necessity imply insanity in him who commits it : yen will find many other thingB worthy of strict attention ; and , therefore , if , only for this once , yon can but get light sufficient to read by , and obtain the favour of being permitted to read , pray read this report attentively , and thsa have thsgoodness to listen to the remarks that I shall make .
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If coincident dates were of any importance , I mfght observe , that Castlereagh cut bis throat ou the Kings Birthday . A thing more necessary to be observed , is , that he is here called tbe Marquis of Londonderry , which was his title ; but , I have always continued to « all him Gastlereagh , ' that teing the title which he bore daring the time that ho so largely paiticipated in those numerous deeds , by which we have M long and so well known him . His name was Robert Stewart ; but , by that at Costtereagh he was known to the nation , and by that naino I shall always speak of him .
The first thing that strikes bar attention hereis the weeping of tbe ervanta , set forth in so pompous and prominent a manner . ¦ ThUiia very likely to have been true and Castlereagh is likely enough to have been a gentle and liberal master . But while we can dlBcovei no very great or ? rare merit in t&f » OnbU parti seeing the loads of public money , Whicll , for 80 many years , he hod been receiving , w « see a jjdod deal to dwell upon , if I bad time for it , In tbe conduct of these servants , whose attachment and gratitude were so feelingly expressed upon this occasion . These persons , be it remembered , belonged to those " lower orders , " ot which he had always spoken with so much contempt and disdain , and whom he insulted with tbe name of basest populace , when ' they stood for ward in defence of the penecutod Caroline . Those tears should have been hidden by his euologiat : for , in those tears of tbe servants , we read the severest satire on the former conduct of the master . .
We see , that , if the Report speaks troth . Viscount SidmoutA was in attendance . What could that be for ? Probably to give that evidence of which the Coroner spoke as being at hand , but which he regarded as unnecessary , seeing that he bad the Letter of ike Duke of Wellington , of which letter I shall spoak by and by , We next come to the SpeecA ^ t the Coroner , which , as far as my observation bus gone , was something wholly new . He began , it Appears from the Report , by pronouncing a lofty eulogiuoi upon the person wb « i bad cut his throat , as well in his private as his public capacity . I shall dispute the assertions 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 Joify . > : : :
The Coroner here spoke after the manner of a lawyer opening hit coafc He told the Jury that be should produce such and such evidence ; and that that evidence woold ,. if produced , lead to such and such conclusions . He told them that , if what he had heard were proven , there could be no doubt that the person who bad cut hts throat was , at the time , labouring undar modal delusion . But , and now mark , he is reported to bate said ; " If it should unfortunately appear there was not svfficient evidence to prove tbe insanity , he trasted the Jary would pay Bome attention to his humble : opinion , which was , that no man could be in hit proper senses at the moment be committed so rath an act as self-murder "f : ^
This was n » very humble opinion . It was a very bold one ; and a very daring one ; seeing that it was in direct opposition to U » e law of the land , which , so far from say inn that self-murder mustprooeed from insan > ity , provides a degradation tobe inflicted on the bodies of self-murderers , and also the confiscation of their property to tbe King . Mr . Coroner told his Jury , that , his opinion was in consonance with every moral sentiment , and with the information which the wisest of men had given to the world . I do not know that he ¦ aid tbls , to lie sura ; but such Is the Keport that has been published in tne Courier and other papers .: quoted the BfWe to show bow strongly man was attached to life ; bat be foigoi to say how the Bible reprobates aelf-destructlon . He repeated bis opinion in these words— " He therefore viewed it as an axiom , that a man imst necessarily be out of his mind at the momentof ' destroyinghimself . " V ; : '
Now , if ibis Coroner did say this , for which we have no more than newspaper authority , mind , I say that he delivered a doctrine completely at variance with tbe law of tt » land , and that be was guilty of a breach of bit doty . The law adopts no such axiom . Biackatone , in bis Fourth . Book , tod 14 th Chapter , after calling suldde pretended heroism , but r « al cowardice , proceeds to say , that the law of England has ranked this amonsst the highest crimes , making it a peculiar spedss oxtylony . Then he goes on thus : " The party most beJpidssensM , else it is noorima But thlBexcuse ought not to be strained to that length to which our Coroners' Juries are apt to carry it ; namely , that the very act of suicide is an evidence of insanity ; as if every man who acts oontsary to reason , had no leason aft all : for the same argument would prove every other criminal insane as well as the self-murderer . The law
very rationally judges that every melancholy fit does not deprive a man of the capacity of discerning right from wrong ; and , therefore , if - '» real lunatic ^ klll himself in a lucid interval , he is a self-murderer as much as another maiv . " '¦ ¦ ;¦' .. -: ¦ : ; ' -: V : ' . '¦" '¦ ¦"¦' . ' . ' - ' - \ " - . ' . Let the public judge , then , of the manoer in which this Coroner performed hls . vduty upon ' . the ; occasion . You see , even if a notorious lunatic , a man who has been a lunatic for years , kill himself in a laoid Interval , the law sends his body to be buried in the highway with a stake driven through it , and makes his goods and chattels forfeit to the king ; « ' hoping , " says Blackstone , «• that ; bis care for either bis own reputation , or the welfare of bis family ,. would be some motive to restrain him from so desperate and wicked an * ct" But what is there to restrain any man , if
Juries act uponjthe opinion of this Coroner , who seta the law totally aside , and conjures up in its stead what be calls moral sentiment and the information of the wisest of men . What bad he to do with moral sentiment ? what had he to do with information of the wisest of men ? What had he to do , in short , with anything but the law ; and , had b « not that law in Blackstone , in Hawkins , and in all the authorities to which they refer 7 Besides , if this Coronor be right , what enormous wrong bos been committed on eelf-murderers and their families ? How many bodies of poor men bare been burled in the highway ! Was not Smith at Manchester , who banged himself on being discarded by hia sweetheart T Was sot Sellis ? Was not the unfortunate Spanigh General , ; the Marquis de Castro 1 Were not these buried in the highway ? And , if this Coroner was right , again I sav , what wrong has been done t
Blackstone is v « ry particular in observing , that , a mere Jtl of melancholy is not to form a legal eacuse Look well at the evidence , and see if you can discover proof . of . anytbinf like settled insanity . But this is not all ; for if even & real lunatic kill himself in a lucid interval , be is a self-murderer . Now , if you look at the evidence of Dr . Bankhead , you will find that , when the Doctor went into tbe dressing-room , he found CasUereagh in it ; and tbe Doctor says , " his face was in an elevated position , directed towards the ceiling . Without turning bis bead , on the instant he heard my step , be axelalmei , Baukhead . let tne fall upon your arm 'ffy all over . He never spoke again . " Was then ever any thing in tbe world mote rational than this ? Must sot the mind have been perfectly sue * that wold have distinguished tbe Doctor ' s atop without feeing the Doctor » that eomld the bat have
hare , not only anticipated JSsU , provided agmlnst it ; and that could have stated , in words so app ropriate , the effect whieh the knife bad ensured ? Here then wa s the lucid interm / l , at wqr ate ; and Blaekstone say * , that if even a real lunatie kill himself in » lucid interval he Is a elf-murderer at much as another man . It is easy to conceive how anxious tbe family o iCastJereagh must have been to prevent the ooBMoneBMe of a verdict ot felo-de ^ e . . Betides the burying in the highway , there vu , Jfctoperty to the mount of perhaps two or three er font bandied thousand pounds . On what ground the Jury Aid decide in favou . * « JexuTang ( inBanityitisnot for sue to say ; but if tbelrdedslon was founded on the axiom laid down b / Ut Coroner , their decision was dearljcontrary to law . However , m I find the evidence ftren in the newspapers , so IgJv < it to yon : take it , and ell tho eirennutaneee beloagtai ; to tt Into view , and ; oome to .
that dedtun wniannjpu inajustloe dleUte . Mew let ' us take e « e | tarrfrfif ttMfliSt&r . . sVoOord ing toon « of the « wu « e » t , he b » bed been iManelor i / efte ^ U . Aoberdiaf £ feiimgfa * MmJim fot a shorter »»« Uth ^ ^ Wmd ^ m ^ happened tint : & TO presenVend fonnedloel OMKilfith fkf Kfiv . . mtt «> rtd ^ p « vtous to th « Monday on wblehlw cut Ills ttobatT ^ A ^ r « ng 'io the lady ' s maid ' s aeeount , he waa ineane some dayi while he toot appearing and speaking M ^ aHiammt . Xbese witaeesM do , Indeed ; ailiitUnm , end mental delusion and ntnmmess , and headach , and Mental delirium ; i will be evident to ev < iy < eB « , ithat its proper ohm was JKomiy ,, Qitmtow ; I * , il It did Ml
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amount to thfa , ft wMnotO'ing in ex ^ patlon . Here then we have the ; proot ; firoof sufflclent to satisfy a Jury , that we ^ . had if ma d ' - ' i ** Udder * 'Of the House of Commons ; and » ma&Hfjilater sitting in Council with the King I v :-. i : *> . -: / -r-b-v-:.: ^ >; a ; :, ; ¦ ¦ ¦;• . ¦ : ;• Tine letter of tbe D-ake of Wellington is a very curious affair , Qapecially if we take it into view along with other dr « uiiwtan © as « The letter is written by the Duke to Castleresgh ' a Doctor . A very extraordinary thing In itaebV It is very extraordinary that one of the King ' s ministers should write a tetter Vi * doctor ; should put it down in black and white , that another of theKingsmmlsterslaboured under '' mental delirium . " And tbea it comes in | so pretty a way , " I beg you will
never awntion to any one what I have communicated to you respecting his Lordship . " This is so very prettyso extremely likely , that we cannot help believing this to be authentic I It is ho perfect in character , as coming from a Privy Councillor ; and the thing winds up so well by the newspapers tel ling 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" ! 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 tit , seeing that the verdict was-recorded before the letter waa produced ! V ; / .
The Duke would not be a little surprised at the . news I dare say , but certainly his surprise would not be greater than that of the whole of this nation , at the various parts ol this wondtifa ] proceeding . We must now take a little look at the extra-judicial assertions connected with this affair . The Coarjer of Wednesday tells us , that the insanity under which the act was committed is proved by many circumstancea not notified at the time . " Had it been possibieor decorous to have demanded His Majesty's testimony , we are informed that bis evidence could have been had ;" and then the Courier proceeds to eay , that the King obgerved it on the Friday . Bo that , if Uiis varlet of a Courier >¦ were ; $ 0 be believfid , which he Is not , observe , the I King went off to Scotland with a firm belief in his mind , that be left the office of Foreign Affairs in the hands of a madman ! The Courier further -tellsr Us in the same paper , that there had been tl menialalienation"'in some of the
branches of Castlereagh's / anji / y . So that here we have it running in the blood ; and , now , perhaps ; we may account for those expressions at which I used to langb , about " sudden transitions fromvearto * peace ; " ' about capital finding Its way inta new channels -, ahont dish ffivff holesi , ' - < wM > dap and Jttling them up the next ; about leaving things to Nature ; about the general working of events ; In short , we may account for all . those wild things that I used to aay , as plainly as I dared , were never before uttered by any Gentleman out of Bedlam . The Courier , in the same paper , tells us positively , that the King , before bis departure , s « nt for Lord Liverpool to tell him that be thought Castlereagh' s intelleets were impaired . And yet this very same paperof only one day before told us , 'that this very Caatlereagh was preparing , tbe very day before he cut his throat , to go ta the continent , as the Kinffs representative , at a Cbnffress , whsre the aflfeirs of Europe were to undergo difloussiorii ; ¦ ; . '• ¦ ' ¦"¦ . . ¦ •>¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ' • : - ; ' - : ¦' ¦ ' ;¦ ' ;¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦¦ . - ' ¦ : " ¦ - ¦ ¦;' v ;
If all this were true , which , observe , I by no means either assert or believe , what a pretty situation ; this nation would be in i It would indeed be the envy of surrounding nations and admiration of the world . Men would no longer wonder at tbe miserable state in which they are ; no longer wonder that famine and over-production of food should at onceoppress ^ e land . Here weull be a solution of the whole of the wonder : a mad Secretary of State , and a mad Leader of tbe House ot Commans . ; '; : ¦'¦ ., ¦ :. . '¦ . ' ...- : " ' ' :- \ ¦' - .. ¦' ' - . ' ¦; ' . ; .: -: \}/ ' \ Yon will observe the pitiful pretences tbat have been hatched up as the eauae of thla insanity . In the letter of the Duke of Wellingtori , the barrassing and fatigue end overworking during the last Session of Parliament are stated as the cause . The Courier comes with an
amplification of this , and says , ( bat people who" did not 8 i $ c 4 entiy calculateMio effeot of constant applica tion , unrelieved by any recreation ot leisure—ot nights passed in harrassing debates , > nd of days devoted to equally harrassing diplomatic discussions—they did not reflect how few hours could be passed in bed and fewer atill be passed in sleep . " What impudenoe as well as nonsense I What diplomatic discussions had he to worry him , when be had two under Secretaries of State , two or three dozen of clerks and messengers ; somebody to make even his pens for him , and ten or a dozen hands to write as many lines of wrltlnar ; 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 all foreign powers 1 What diplomatic discussions had be , then ? And as to the " harrassing debates ?' wkat harrasalng 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 J If talking nonsense , indeed , proved him to be insane , insane he has been ever since I knew any thing of him ; and certainly ; the question that he put to the witness , Anne Robinson , whether he bad talked ; any hoimnse to . Bn Bankhead , proved any thing but his insanity ; for it proved that he had formed a tolerably correct estimate ; of bis colloquial endowments ; 7 ¦ '¦ ¦ . "' . '
To talk of bis mind having sunk under the load of his business is quite monstrous .: Tbe whole that be had to do , even if he had done it well , di d not amount to a tenth of the labour that I have been constantly pctformiugffor ttieee twenty yeats ; and Tf "his Bntn < t sunk under his business , what is to become 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 month than he bad to do in seven years . Why , at this rate , no Lawyer , or Chancellor , or Judge ought to be suffered to move about without a keeper . Only , think of a trial of considerable 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 sidesfc of
hearing the evidence of twenty or thirty witnesses , swearing to different points of the question , irregularly aa powlble in point o ( oxder ; only think of making notes of ell this , and then , when ail ibis 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 on which the mind of the jury ought to rest ; only think of ail this ; consider , tbat it Is what every one of the Judges has to perform almost every day of bis 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 communicates to any circumstances are narrowly watched by men as skilful and aa able as himself , who have a right to call him to account , who do call him to account , upon the spot , if hefall Into error ; and who can call for a revision of hia decisions and bring against : him any word that he may utter , and that , too , before a tribunal where his rivals sit in judment with himself . Only think of this ; and recollect , thai the Judges never go mad ; and so thoroughly are they imbued with a sense of obedience to the laws , that , however the cutting ef throats may be in fashion , they take special good care never to cut theirs . : " - ' :: ¦ ¦' - ¦ ¦' . ' : - ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' :- ' ¦ '' .- '¦ : ' ; ' . ¦
It is beastly nonsense , therefore ; it is nonsense such as scaroely Castlereagh himself ever uttered , to talk of his having been driven out of his senses by bis load of business . Deep thinking , some people say , will drive ft man ' mad . This is a very foolish notion ; but , at any rate , how deeply Castlereagh thought , may be judged of by bia speeches and the reault of his measures . It bi not now that I say it for the first time or for the thousandth time , for 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 imbecility of its opponents , that carried it through with a sort of eclat , such as a mountebank obtains amongst clowns .
Yeti that he Was not in that state of disgust an * despair which might bava impaired his faculties , such as they were , I do not pretend to say . He must have been an Idiot not to perceive that his career was drawing to a close . Idonotknow 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 feel a great deal of alarm at events that he saw approaching . He well knew that he was most cordially detested by the Reformers at any rate ; and impudent as be wsd , he bad lived to see the day , when sheer impudence was not Ukely to carry him through- He bad got thtongh 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 shock of some sort or another .
Under such circumstances he might be in a state approaching insanity . Wbat makes the bankers , moneyjobbers , and merchants , cut their throat * so gallantly r . Iba dread of bumillatlon . False pride . Blackstone callsit cowardiee , whieh induces men to destroy themselves , to avoid those ills which they have not the fortitude to endure . Instead of going to America to avoid the 1 Weaislngs of Sldmoutb's Bill , which Cattlerea gh brought into the House of Common * , [ might have cut my throat ; but I did not like the idea of being buried in the highway with a stake driven tbrougb me . I preferred enduring the ills ef a voyage to America , and Uvlng to have the ckance of seeing toy foes out their own throat * . This cutting of throats , therefore , has its
foundation in false pride ; in the dcead oC betog Imiih bled ; totht dread of being brought to sweep those streets through which the ttooetcuUers have rolled with such insoleBwiatbelrcarrisgBit . T ! wyretsJa » U theifinsoleneestm ; else tb « y would s ^ th ^ about to come into their proper piece ; end to be in tb ^ tts ^ o * life whew the y ought always to have been Am to compasaioB ; as to sorrow , ngon this oecasloni , bow base hypocrite I must be teei » e > it I Day , bow baiesi hypoerite to disguise , or to attempt to disguise m ' toti fafo < tf «* i-:: ' - ' lp » -f ; fe * yfc ' W « Ba « a . y aan 1 fdrft i ^ ftnaeriiyf ^ jmti ^ -. ^^ i ^ fim ^^ J ean I forget tbe Oueeo , who . though Abe suftred eo mn eb , ^ ttghsha ^ mn ^ red totb * b « aslii « of l ^ ^ « # «« k ^*^^ &M »^^»^? i ^^ M cobhhod
* hex snsvrwt r ; xne ruaans woo « w ^ « o * ao j ^ u ^ s ^ sri , ^^ km ^^ m ^^ m ^^ s ^^ ^^^^ Mth ^ h ^ iO ^^^^ to a ^ aiAM ^ tmTnlDWr 1 ntuserirx » port them without trial by jury . It is found in the Eower roWmprisonment BiU of 1817 . It is found In those terrttle Six AcU , one < which prescribes that the printer of a newspaper shall enter into bail even btfore he begins to print ; whkh prescribes tbat itbis TBif pMspbiet in twbkb I « & bow > d
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disssing yoa , shall be so loaded with psper and with price , m to make it occult fo effect its circulation . It is found in . snet ^ was intended to transport" mea , and wbicB 'doe » banisk men for life , for a second « mei " otterhijg thafi which has a tendency to Jntfegintocwitempt tBo ^ s ^ wl Ui ^ pats such a law . ^ His history Is in the figore of « igb 6 and eight ciphers , which represent the amount of 140 National Debt . It is written in those measnres which have reduced the most ; Industrious and tmterpiWn formers in ttie world to a ftete ] of ^ begi ^ jiand ^ tyrtflfc ;{ plunged no small number of them into . de | pait , reel Insanity , and self-destruction . If U " wnt ^ n in a mass of pauperism , hitherto wholly unknown to England , and !
it Is . written in starvation to Ireland amidst over-production . As to his family and connexions , look at tho immense sums which they are now ' receiving out of ibp fruit of the people ' s labour . And as to any compassioB that we are to feel for them , we will feet it when sj » end to the sufferings of the Beforaers and their familial will leave us a parUcle of compawsion to betow on any body else . The mention of the angulftb . of ladj Castlereagh only reminds me of the anguish of poor Mrs . Johnson , who , brongbt to a ; death-bed . by long and racking anxiety on account of her husband , harrassed , persecuted , thrown into a dungeon at a hundred miles
from . '' her , merely for having been present at a meeting never before deemed unlawful ; when I hear Lady Caatlereagh ' s auguieh . mentioned I forgot , for the time , the ' enormous sinecure of her father , but I remembei that exemplary and affectionate wife , Mrs . Johnson , who , bronghfc to her death-bed by the means just mentioned / earnestly prayed that she might see her husband before she closed her eyes for ever ; and I remember , that tbat prayer was rejected byCasSlereg ^ ate His oolUagues , though '¦ the ' , buBteud tendered ball . to . ; anjs amount and offered to submit to any length of impriaonment as the price of permission tfl receive tba last sigh of his dying wife t : - ^ .
I have now performed my duty ; ft doty towards the public ; towards the Reformers more especially ; and , Joseph Swann , particularly towards you . - I anxiously hope that you may come alive , and in health , out of your dungeon . I admired your condurt . at the time when the sentence was passed upon yon . TpuVlidJioli talk of cutting your throat ; but , darting a } 6 ok at those who' passed the sentence , you exctotmed : "Tfe that ctii ' t I thought you had a bit of fopi ; fix ' 'Vonr ' pocKels for me l" Your children are in misery nowV but be of good cheer ; they may live to see tbe day when they will not have to mourn over a father in a dungeon . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' - - ¦ ¦ ¦ - '• : ¦ '• . : \ ¦'"'¦ '"' ' / - v . i : ain , ¦' . ;¦ - '¦ ' ; , : - ' . ' ¦" - . - ¦ C v Tour faithful friend , and ' : : Most obedient servant , ¦ ' : : ' ¦•¦ ¦ ¦•" ' ¦ •/¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' ' : v-: V :-. ^ : ¦'¦¦ ¦•¦ : .- ; WM . - COBBBXTli' - '
Oar . space ; is now exhaueed . We have occupied more than we intended , and almost more than we should have done , under the peculiar circumstancea o ( the 1 times . We have not , however , exhansted pur materials . We have only seen , the ElS ^ ojt one of the Ministers who screened the ManohesteJCi butchers from justice , and thanked them for ihtb bloody work . There were Others of them ; whoso ENDS were truly remarkable ! The Premier Bunt into ^ a state of mental incapacity" I CankiM went off , at least , in a marked way ; and the burial-day of the Reqest himself ( at the time of hiB death » SOVEREIGNy Was a complete day of hollidaykeepiitgr-a day of pleasure . Th ^ pb events we caiinot detail at present ; We shall , however , return to them . They Bhall not bo lott sight of ; nor : shall the call for JUSTICE on the perpetrators of the massacre yet be given up . •'
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Pboceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrreira breakfast powder , for the week ending the 13 th of August : — - ' " .. : " ¦'¦'• ¦ •'' ¦'¦ ¦' '; - . ' . - ¦ > ' ¦ ..-.. ' . ' : ' . ¦ ' . ' . ' ' ' : ;' . ' " •" ' ¦ -.- v . ¦ ' •'¦ ¦¦ ¦ £ . s . dY - : ' - Mr . Hobson , Northern Sftir Office , Leeds , and wholesale a ^ ent for the ; .: ;/ district of : Yorkshire ^ . «; « .- IT 0 -.- - . Mr , Arthur ^ Carlisle 1 ... ; i . 0 7 S Mn Thomson , Stockport , Cheshire ... 0 3 0 Mr . Brook , Leeds . . ;; . ... ; .. 0 3 0 Mr . Cleave , No . 1 , Shoe-lane , London 0 4 S Mr . Sweet , Nottingham « ., ,,. ^ \ 6 Mr * Skevington , Loaghboropgh ... 0 I 6 Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield :.. " ^ .. 0 1 6 ^ Mr , Aehwell , Daventry -: v .. < ' ; .. : 0 0 9 . '¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ .-: ' ^ - \ - ¦ : Ks , ; : i :--v '';' v ^ 62 10 3
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SUNDERtAND . —At the weekly meeting of . the Council , held on Sunday morning , the surplus proceeds , of the late steam-boat trip were' divided as follows , namely—108 . to be devoted to tha purehasa of cards , and 5 s , to bo jfiven to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . An M portant letter from ¦ VVednesbury , to a friend in Sunderland , relative to the strike of the colliers , was read to the meeting ; and , after a discusaioD upon the subject , it was resolved to make its coutents known to the pitmen ' s meeting , Which will bO held this day ( Saturday ) , at Mr . Hines ' s , South Shields . The propriety of having another steamboat excursion , for the purpose of spreading our principles , and . raising funds for the cause , was then taken into consideration , when it was unanimously determined to have an - excursion to Stooktod - ana Middlesboroagh , oa Sunday , the 28 th instant , provided the friend . ' ) at Stockton can make arrangements for a camp meeting on that day .
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Northern Star OJfke , Saturday night , 12 o ' clock , ¦ ¦ ' v- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦' : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' : ¦ HYDE , : < :.- - ¦ ' ;¦ :. . ¦¦ ' < '¦ ' " . : . - .: "¦> : ¦ y ¦ . ¦ ¦ " ••¦ : ¦ ;;¦; .. ^ -: ' - : \ r \ . ; - :-i . . satobxixt \ About ten this day , a number of Bpeoiala and th « town police , headed by Captain Clark- and Thomas Ashton , magistrates , set out in search of Mr . John Leech , to take him into custody . They had hot prooeededfar , before a large number of people had collected together , and followed them , shouting add hallowinc them . Mr . Little , the bead police officer ,
got hold of a man , and said . Come , you must go * with me ? ' He said ; ** Where to ? " Little said , *^ To the lockups . " The ^ man said , "Come then , ** and lifting bis hand at the same time , began to beav Mr . Little in' style , when a general nght took place between the people and the police . The latter took to their heels , as if for life and death , with sticks and stones After them ; some with broken noses , sooaa with bruised beads , &c . See . Captain Clark is « one > to Ashton , in search of some soloUerH ; - The poU 6 a broke Leech's door open last night , but Leech inm . obt at bome . He is at larjee-yet . ; " v ^ ^ . /; : " : 'i ^
tf , ; SHELTON , STAFFOKDSHIRK POTTKHIBS . ' , ' ; - *> We are 1 placed entirely under martial law , sid ikh « most Absolute despotism is practised upon us . . % ; . -, -, ¦; v- /¦ - ¦ V ;; - ¦ ¦ :: [ oldr&m > S" - ¦ "; > : ;' ;¦ ¦ W ^ ' ^' : " ;¦ .- ' "¦ : ' : " ; V- ' ; : - ' . '' :: y-. - : ' ¦ : ' '¦ :: ¦" . ;¦ : ' ™» A ^; . WJWtfAai - , ^ ' ^ A large . public meeting took place on Oldhaai Edge . Mr . Bell and others addressed the nnn » er 6 ( up 5 J meeting . A reslution for the Chater to . be mad&jUiei ; ^ Jaw of the land was put and carried tmanim pQa I yTi r , In the evening another pubiio meeting was heldu the same ; place . : ¦ ¦¦ : ; : ¦¦ .. ¦ .. ? '¦ ¦' y .:, - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦^ t-putt This morninj ! the public meetu ^ wm larger ttiri the one ^ held ; yesterday . Mr ., Ysurdley a ^ d ^ tfiv Miller addressed them ^ in firm but n ^ d s ^ ee ^ rte ' j it is nunoared that there kaji Intention on the pan of the authorities , to arrest some of the Chs * tfet ^* ak np to this time , ( one o ' olook ak noon > fiothiiig of > ths sort has taken place . There is apt the least appear ^ auoe of any breach of the peace . When the meeting separated the people proceeded into the towa is prooesaion—all appearedin sood epirits . ^ - «;
LOUGHBOROUGH . ^ ^* ¦; ::- ;)[ r , r . , ? - > ; V' ; r- ^/ i ^ -- « , ^ rv ;* ' ^> - « iw ^ fc « i- -. ,-, All ifl excitement here—the Riot Act has been read , the town ia ftUl ^ jf pwpl « j aU detennined to hatvthtfChittter .. Lots of sj ^ cwl ooastibMof ill grades andoolburs . : ;^'?^ . ^ :- ^>^ - ^^ . ^ .. y : ?' Skivington has just been eomtnUted foroeditiow language—the people cheered him as he left for Leicester . He is in good spirits , ao aretbeeood and brave . The Bpeoials are thirsting for Wood —it mu be no go with them .
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1 KQTJEST 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 of the late Marquis of Londonderry was empannelled , to inquire into the cause of the death of tbe above Noble Lord . The Coroner was Mr . Joseph Carttar , of Deptford . The inquest was b « ld at the house ef tbe deeeased Iiord , and to the credit of the individuals who were appointed to superintend tbe arrangements attendant upon this melancholy occasion , not tbe slightest attempt was made to keep the proceedings secret . Directions were given to the domestics to admit every person who desired to be present at the inquest The Jury having been sworn , .
Tbe Coroner addressed tbetn in nearly the following terms : —Upon no former occasion in tbe performance of his duty bad bis feelings been bo excited as by tbe pressnt-unfortunate event He was indeed so much affected that they must perceive he could hardly express himself as be-wished Upon tbis account be trasted they would , excuse any trifling errors which be might commit in tbe exercise of bis duty . The gentlemen of the Jury were summoned and sworn to inquire into the causes of the death of a nobleman , who stood perhaps as high ia the public estimation as any man in the
country . Tbat his Lordship bad met bis death under particular eireumstances , they doubtless must have learned . But it was bis duty to inform them that they must remove from their minds all impressions which should not be borne out by the evidence . The gentlemen whom he addressed , being neighbours of the deeeased , were better able to form a jut estimate of bia character than be was . As a public man , it was impos-• ibls for him to weigh bis character in any scales that oeecmldbold . In private life he believed the world would s 4 mit that a more amiable man could not be
found . Whether tbe important duties of the great o&cs which ha held pressed upon bis mind , and conduced totne . mslaaeboly event which they had assembled to investigate , was a circumstance which in aU probability never could be discovered . He understood that bis Lordship had fer some time past been so unwell as to require the '"" i ' t-nnre of a medical attendant . This gentleman would be examined on the inquest , and would doubtless be competent to describe the disease and affliction under which his Lordship laboured . That the dreadful blow which deprived the Noble Lord of life was inflicted by his own band , he believed the Jury , when they came to bear tbe evidence , could not doubt . He understood it would be proved tbat no person in the bouse , except bis Lordship , could have
committed the act When the Jury should examine the situation ef the body , and bear tbe evidence that would be submitted to them , he was convinced that they would be perfectly unanimens in that part of their verdict which went to declare tbe manner In -which " the deceased met his death . He felt that it was a matter of delicacy to allude to the other part of the verdict ., and he would not presume to anticipate wbat it might be ; but he trusted the remit would be that which all good men desired . If the facts whieh be had heard were proved in evidence , be thought no man could doubt that at the tame be committed tbe 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 , be trusted that the Jury would pay some attention to his ( the Coroner ' s ) humMe opinion , which was , that no man could be in . bis proper senses at the moment be cemmittedV so rasa an act as self-murder . His opinion was in consonance with every moral sentiment , and of the information wMch the wisest of men bad given to the world . The Bible declared that a * n clung to nothing so strongly as his own life . He therefore Tie-wed it as an axiom , and an abstract principle , tbat a man must necessarily be out of bis mind at the moment of . destroying himself . The Jury , of course , would not adopt his opinion upon this point , unless it were in unison with their own . He -would not longer occupy the time and attention of tbe Jury than to express his
pleasure at seeing so respectable a body of gentlemen , and to add a hope that they would acquit themselves of their important duty to the satisfaction of the public , is well as of their own consciences . He must apologise for sayiag a few words more . The body was lying up stairs , and in the room adjoining te that in which it lay , the Marchioness at present- -Has , aad from thence it had been feund impossible to remove her . To picture te the imagination anything like tbe state of that neble lady ' s mind was altogether impossible . The partition which divided the room in which the body lay from that which tbe Marchioness at present occupied was so this , that the least noise being made in the former could net fail to be heard in tbe latter . The forms of . law , however , required that the Jury should view the
body , and judge from the external marks which it might exhibit , of tbe causes which bad produced death : be , therefore , had only ^• request that the gentlemen would be as silent as possioTe . He was almost afraid tbat tho creaking ol their shoos might be the . means of exciting ideas which would wound the feelings of tbe unhappy Marehioness . He was sure , under these circumstances , tbe Jury would do every thing in their pewer to prevent the least noise ; and be might observe that it would be desirable to abstain from talking to the room where the body lay , because any conversation must certainly JxThaard through the almost , he mitht " l ^ JPSflf ^ 11 ^ ^* **• Juy ** ttttafl 6 d SiE selves br viewing the body , they would rtturn to execute the remsi | j ^» partef their duty . « " « " »
. wnnng this address of ; the Coroner , the domestics of the unfortunate Marquis , who were in the room , for the most part , she * tears ; indeed , the love which the sarrantB of bis Lordship bote towards him was , we will net » yjnrprising , { foridnd and honourable treatment from j , gentleman te those persons Who are dependent upon bia , must ever procure such a result ) but hirhlv S ^ i ^ ST " * ** *^ 5 ^ 1 Bf £ o » ito jury left tbe room , forthe purpose of seeing tbe body , one of them suggested ths / lus ^ aUeMn as weUaefcfcaseii . should takloff th ^ aSeT iHSte * ° ! T 5 ' £ £ L ? L ^? ible ' *** « that adght S oetasionea by them ^ J »* lking , ^ hinkw » 12 » e 2 attracted «!*» , - aa 4 £ » £ & left the room . " * " ***! Aft 8 rwhat _ b * d Mton *» * toe « hoo « , a feeling of delkacy prevented us from •^ Hnpanying ^ theJuram stairs , aHfcoBgh w » were given fc ^ odersSiSS objection would h » v » been Bade to i ££ ~* 'l ~ r *? Infect , as we have before hinted , no aC ^ -T ™^ eselnunt was manifested on the part oMhejSsSST bvt oa Uw contrary , a desire was * eheent * rUiS 3 r ! P * bHe » n epportanity of asoeraiaiag the partieaS of aa event respecting which much inte *^ mast Beeei sarilybe exdted . ' - - -:-= ¦ - . '¦•¦ ^ - li ' ii ^^ SZ ;^; % ¦ ' . . ghetaltowlng deswiuUuu ofttl tteatfon 6 T ffie bedv «* ttwtime the jury viewed it , we Uliew to U oat -Tew *—> - - ¦ . ¦ ; . '" - " .. ' . " ¦ ,. The body was enveloped in a dresring-gowo and the bead was « overed with a handkircbief . The leet were towards ihe window . Theblootfwhiobnooo 9 dadjfrom Utt wwaa w »» » uu Bfottbe gwud . j * WW < I 8 HJB « B j
After being absent about ten ml nates , «* he jnry returned , evidently much affected by U » melancholy speetaele which they had Just beheld ^ - H ^ - The first witness called was . Asms StobSpson , who being sworn , deposed as followed— « I wejt upon the Marcbiooees of LoDdondetTy : I .- Jtnew uKe Marquis of LondoBderry : bis body now lips nrp stairs . In my opinion be has been iU during ? tbalost fortnigbti but particularly so since Monday week . ' 0 a Monday morning be rang the bell ; I answered 4 t ; : be inquired why my lady bad cot been to see his . Her Ladyahip bad been with bim all might , and ftiold * him so . Her Ladyship at thUUtee was not fa toe room . I then wait awaf . The bell rang again . When I answered it , he asked « Dr . Bsafchead has been 4 o see him ? I told
him that Dr . Bantheai had been with him about two bouts aad a half ta the evening . It was about four In thetnojolng wbes be asked metbie ^ nestion . When I told iifau that © t . Bankhead bad beea with him , he asked what he had said to the » octor—whether he had talked any nonsense to him , or any thing particular , as he bad no reeolleotion on the select . I replied , that I was not in tbe room during the time that he had talked with tbe Doctor . I then left the room . He rang again sbnrt seven o'clock . I went to Wm . He then asked me what I wanted there . My Lady was with him at the time , fihe bad been with him since four o ' clock , and she answered , * that my tLerd wanted bis breakfast . ' My lord and La / ly weFe in bed at the time . I left the room , and brought the breakfast up . He sat
ap in the ^ bed and tasted part of it . He found fault with it , and said , 'it was not a breakfast for him . ' He said there was no butter there n tbe butter , however was on the tray , as usual , and I pointed it out to him . The taanuer in which lie spoke struck me as being uncommon ; it was in a sharp tone , which was unusual with him . I left the room after t&s . Tbe bell rang again in about fealf an hour ; that was about half-past seven . Mj Lady was in the room at this time , and I cannot tell who rang the bell . When I entered the room , he asked sae ,: whether Dr . Bankhead had come from town . I told bka that Dt . Bankhead had slept in the bouse . He then said tbat be witbed to see him . My Lady then got up , and came tome at the door , and said something to me . I went to Dr . Bankbead , and I gave him my
Lord ' s message . I went back to my Lord , and told him that Dr . Bankbead would be with him in two minutes . When my Lord saw me speaking to my Lady , before I left tbe 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 be could come . Whin I returned , and told my Lady that Dr . Bankhead would come , my Iiady got out of bed , and retired to her dressing-room . At tbls nonent my Lord also got out of bed , and turned to the right into bis own dressing-room [ Several questions were here put to the witness to ascertain the precise situation of these rooms . From the answers which Bhe returned , it appeared that the common sleeping room opened into a passage , on either
side of which was a dressing-room . Lady Londonderry ' s on tile left , bis Lordship ' s on the right At the extremity of tbe passage was another door , behind which Dr . Baukhead was waiting . } I had just opened the door of my lady ' s dressing-room , into which she bad entered , when my Lord rushed past me into his own room . I opened the outside deor , and told the circumstanoe to Dr . Bankbead , who immediately followed my Lord into his dressing-room . I cannot tell what passed there , but I beard my Lord open hU window before the doctor entered his room . Immediately when tbe doctor entered tbe room he ( tbe dscter ) exclaimed , ' Ob , my Lord , ' or Oh , my God , ' I cannot recollect which . I heard no reply to this from my Lord . I instantly rushed into tbe room , and saw the doctor with my Lord
in his arms . I remained in the room till I saw tbe doctor lay him with bis face upon the ground . I saw the blood running from him while Dr . Bankhead held him . I saw a knife . I heard my Lord say nothing . I was certainly much alarmed . The knife was in his right band . [ A . penknife with an ivory handle , and upon which there was no appsatance of blood , was here shown to the -witness . ] I beliere that to be the penknife which I saw in my Lord ' s baads . After staying a few minutes In my Lord ' s dressing room , I followed Dr . Bankhead to my Lady . I had previously raised an alarm , and it was now general throughout tbe boose . To tbe besi of my belief , my lord did not live four minutes after I saw him . I did hot percieve any wound norany blood while be was in bb bed-room . No person was with him in the interval bftween his leaving bis dressing-xoom and his death but Dr . Bankhead . His state of mind appeared to be very incorrect for the last three or fousBoays of bis Ufe . Xe appeared to be very
wild in every thing be said or iid . He wanted from me a bex whieh he said Lord ClanwUliam bad given to bis . His Lordship , however , had never given me any . He also asked me for his ktys , when he bad then about him . Daring the last fortnight he was accustomed to say that everybody had M > nspiretl against him . He was very severe in bis manner of speaking , wheh never noticed before , be being In general mild and kind . When he saw two people speakm ); together , he always said , 'There is a conspiracy laid * galnat me . ' A great many circumstances induce me to believe that he was out of bis mind a fortnight before bis death . He scolded xny I « dy on Sunday afternoon , because , at be said , she bad not been near him aU day , she bad entirely forsaken him . Her Ladyship , however , bad been sitting with him all tbe morning . ' The witness , in conclusion , repeated her * belief tbat bis Lordship had beea in a state , of mental delqsi » u for some weeks previoua to hiadeath . . . '''' . ' / " : ¦ '""'
The second witness examined was Charles Bankbead , M . D ., of Lower Brook-street , Grosvenor-equare . —On last Friday afternoon , at five o ' clock , I received a note from Lady Londonderry , desiring me to come as soon at I could to see tbe Marquis of Londonderry , at his beuse in St James e s-square . Her note stated that she was very anxious about bis Lordship , as she 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 tbat she hoped I would come before that boor . I arrived in Si James ' s-square at six o ' clock , and . found my Lord and my Lady alone , in the dxawing-room Upon feeling bis pulse I coaoelved him to be exceedingly UL He Oomplainedof a severe headache , and of a eonfusion of reoollectloo . He looked pale ,
and was very much distressed in his manner . I told him tbat I thought it was necessary that lie should be cupped , and tbat I would stay and dine with his lady and himself whilst the cupper came . The cupper soon arrived , and took seven ounces of blood from the nape of bis Lordship's neck . After the operation was per * formed , he stated that he was very much relieved , and I advised him to lay himself quietly down on the sofa for half an hour ; and , as be bad scarely eaten the wbole day , to take a cup of tea before be got into the carriage to return to North Cray . He followed my advice , and l aid himself down on the couch , where he remained very fr « aqniV After this he drank two cups of tea . I waited until I saw my Lady and himself get Into the Carriage in order to return to North Gray .
Before bis departure his Lordship said , tbat as I was sure he must be very ill , be 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 bad produced on my arrival . I know that he took these powders » n Saturday . I arrived at North Cray about seven o'clock on Saturday afternoon . I understood that his Lordship had not been out of bed all day , and I immediately proceeded to bis bed-room . On entering bis bed-room , I observed that bis 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 tbe family were at dinner down stain , I bad come to visit him . Upon this be made 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 his question , and the manner in which it was proposed . ' He then said , * the truth was , that he bad reasons to be suspicious In some de&rae , but that he hoped that I would be tne last person who would engage in anything that would be injurious to bim . ' His manner of saying this was ao unusual and so disturbed , as to 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 , aad allowed him slops only . 1 remained with him during Saturday night and until one o ' clock on Sunday morning . Though his fever was not very high during any part of this time , yet the incoherence of his speech and the unoomfortableness of Ui manner continued unaltered . Daring Sunday I visited him frequently , * n d continued with him in the evening till half-past twelve o ' clock . I advised him to be as tranquil as possible , and told him tbat I would endeavour to persuade my Lady to come to bed . I slept in a room very near his Lordship . On Monday -mooring , about seven o ' clock , Mrs . Robinson , my Lady Londonderry ' s maid , eame to my roonudoor , and asked
! if I was dressed , telling me , ' My Lord wished to see me by-and-by . ' I answered that I was ready to eome that moment ; but Mrs . Robinson said , * that she did not wish -me to eome then , because her Ladyship bad sot Jaft the bed-room . " In abort half an boor , see returned again , and said , that his Lordship would be glad to see me Immediately , as her Ladyahip was putting on her gown , in order to go into her own dreeslog-room . On walking bom my own . room to Lord Londonderry ' s bed-room , I observed tbat tbe door of tbe latter was open , and could pensive that his Lordahip was net ia it . In an instant Mrs . Bobineoa said to me , ' His Lordship has gone into bis dreseisg ** oom ' I stepped into bis dressing-room , and saw him in bis dreesiB g-gown , steBdiog with hie frost towaide the
; : wtadew , wbica was opposite te the door at whieh 1 entered . . Hts face was directed towards the eeUieg Without turnkit his bead , « n . the iaatant he heard lay step , te exclaimed , ' Baukheed , let aefldl nponyenr ana— "to all over . ' As quickly ai poaialt I ran to bia , thinking he ems fainting and going to ML ^ n «* l hint la my « rms as he was MHnf , and per -JR sejl that be bad knife in bis right hand , very toaftiiific ^ fidawfsAl over HooA . I did not see faba n * oit : **« must have used it before I came into the *** Jfe ^ taf b » Jadtoed ^ npoD i Ona side band the blood hurst fro * , him * like V torrent - front' « watering pot I was unaeiv to support him , aad he fall out of KSfanu . 1 think the wound jBust have been inflicted es wwjaalputtnyfw ^ ^ uje jtrtdjoid of ttw dwr .
. - ...... -, . ..., -,.. v , -. ¦ , ¦ .. •• " ¦ ,. •• ¦ - > . - asits nature was such that the extinorlon of life must bave followed it in tb « twinkling of an ese . 1 think that no lew' than *| wo quarts of blood flowed from him ^ in one minute .- ; I am satisfied that a-nitnnte did not elapse from tiro moment of my eutetlngrttie room until he died , and ^ during that time ± e said iuA a word except that which I have already mentioned . - It was impossible ; that . any numan being could have inflicted the wound but bunselt Having known him 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 bis health for some weeks prior to bV death ; but I was not aware of , the mental : delusion under which be was labouriag till withiu three or four days of his decease . : ;/> ' ; ' -i . . X . ¦ ¦ '" .: ' . -..:-: i .. ¦ ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"• '" . ¦ '• ' - ' ¦"¦¦' ¦ '"
. After Dr . Bankhead had finished hia testimony , the Coroner inquired whether there 1 were any more witnesses who could speak to the Bature of this transaction . He was informed that there were several ; but a doubt being thrown cut as to necesaity of calling them after the evidence which had already been adduced , he said that be should connult the Jory upon ; the point , and in consequence ordered the room to be cleared of all spectators . ¦ ¦[ '' ,. : - : ^ ' . " - ' '" - : - .:. - .. ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ '' ¦ ' - ' . ¦ : y \ -- - - '' :- -. . ' . " '¦ . ' ¦ V .-After the Coroner and Jury had been left to themselves for half an hour , notice was given that strangers were again permitted to enter the room in which they
were 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 them . The verdict stated " That on Monday . August 12 , and for Bome time previously , the Most Noblo Robert , Marquis of Londonderry , underagrievous disorder did labour and languish , and . became in consequence < ielirious and of insane mind ; and that , whilst in that state , with a knife of iron and steel , he did inflict on himself on the left side of his 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 was the cause of bia death . "
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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-ncseproduct965/page/2/
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