The National Register. — London, England, 1818-11-08 00:00:00

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Did the death of any, even the most illustrious of those to whom he is said to have been unequal, occasion a more gene ral expression of profound sorrow in all ranks of people, than that of Sir. Samuel Romilly ? He who works for the public is said to labour in the service of an ungrate ful:master. Sir Samuel knew this; yet he was not therefore prevented from making the most extensive sacrifices of health and professional emolument for his country's good. The work of politics is the daily em ployment of some men. They have recourse to it as a refuge from listlessness, or pursue it us a road to fame. The natural path to eminence, which lay open to Sir Samuel, was that' of his profession ; and how far he outstripped all others in this is well known, and will he lastingly remembered in the Conrt to which he be longed. But whatever of time or thought was dedi cated by Sir Samuel Romilly to inform the councils, or humanize the laws of his country', according to the sincerest convictions of his conscience, was withdrawn from the calls of a laborious profession, or stolen from the endearments of domestic happiness ; it was alio, if he had looked to personal advantages or family emolu meats, absolute loss. And where is the man to be found who has made so large a surrender in this re spect as the lamented subject of these remarks ? With respect to talents also, as well as to public v ir tee and disinterestedness, no one has pretended that Sir Samuel Roailly was the greatest statesman or orator that ever lived. He must be compared with the men of his day : he is attached to the period in which he iieed : and amerce the illustrious of that period ho will aiways be spoken and read of with honour. We may observe, that it hu.• been said of sew of the persons introduced in invidious comparison by the assailant of Sir Samuel's finne, and of many other public men also, thet they would have succeeded at the bar, if they had not confined their talents to the senate ; and inversely, that they would have been distinguished members of Parliament, had they not sought their fertunes at the bar. But Sir Samuel's praise was not of this hypothetical kind : one half of his reputa tion did not rest upon conjecture; fur he actually ob tained great and merited eminence in both the walks of public life—in both the kinds of oratory; and, above all, he was virtuous and good : and it issonse praise of the age in which he lived, that while he was ad mired fur his tektite, and approved for the uses to which he applied them, he was loved, universally loved, because he was virtuous and good . The late Sir Samuel ltomilly is suppeeed to have annually netted from 16,0001. to 17,000 t. by Isis pro fessional exertions. Sir Samuel Rotuilly's law library is Faid to have been the moat valuable of any possessed by the prctfession. It a tact well known in the legal circles, that the late Sir Samuel Romilly was in the constant habit of giving his able opinion upon cases laid before hint, when the parties were in the humbler walks of life, wi , hut fee or rewartl, and in several instances, the worthy Barrister has given sums of money out of hip own purse, to enable distressed objects to carry on their snits with success The new rrit for Westminster cannot be is•etel till after the asset bliag of rarliaincat and the election of a Speller. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1818. The death of Lady Romilly will be felt roost severely by the unfortunate: She distribcted 1,0001. per err.. privately amongst worthy families who h A been rAuced by misfortune. Her Ladyship's maiden name was Garbett, as will appear front the announcement of her marriage with Sir Samoa, in the (I,:.ntlenian's Maga zine like Jan. 1798, vol. 68, p. 83 : s.—Marrictl at Knill, in the county of Hereford. Samuel Ron);liy, iltq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Miss Garbett, eldest daughter of Francis Garbutt, F..sq. of !Vial Court. • In the parish chinch of St Bride, Fleet Street, there is a simple undecorated tablet placed ag-ainpt the wall, on which there is an inscription to the metuory of the great uncle of Sir S. Rontilly, who died of a broken heart, seven days after the decease of a beloved wife. The remains • of.. Sir Samuel Beall vine removed on Friday morning at six o'clock, from his late residence, Russell Square, for interment in the family vault of Lady Romilly's father, .at Knill, near Premise, Rad norshire. The cavalcade consisted of six out riders, a hearse and six, followed by a coach and six, with the butler only.—An express was sent off, on the death of Sir Samuel, to stop her Ladyship's funeral, till the arrival of his corpse ; and it is expected the mournful ceremony will take place on Wednesday next. The interment of the remains of Sir S. Rorailly is to take place at Kuill, in pursuance of the dim:tit:Ms contained in his will. There are no less than six expectants for the vacant silk gown at the Chancery Bar ; bat the most probable wearer is not yet named. The lamented death of Sir S. Rontilly will cause a great distribution of business amongst the King's Coun sel at the Chancery bar. A junior Kings Counsel on Tuesday received 21 guperal retainers from srlicitors who' were in the habit of giving their briefs to Sir Sa muel. •• The Morning Herald says—" Sir M. Maxwell again starts for Westminater, in consequence of the latnented death of Sir Samuel Hominy ; and will be opposed by Mr. Brougham, supported by the Whig interest?' It is said that Mr. Brougham means to offer himself for Westminster. The Heir of the Ilouse of Hhtland . ' is also mentioned as an intended' ca4kiatc. Mr. Ser— geant Lens has also, as well as Mr. CaVker, been sug gested. It is not probable, however,at the Sergeant will stand. Mr. Crokcr is not in p* th liament, and he is certainly by abilities and attainments well qualified for the situation.—aiiigun. We quote this paragraph, chiefly to point out a glaring inaccuracy in it, sufficient to throw discredit on the whole statement. The son of Lord Holland, who is mentioned as likely to start for Westminster, is only 16 years of sae Mr. Baron Wood has been confined at his seat in YArkahire, by a most violent fit of the gout, and is not yet. arrived in town. Mr. Baron Garrow attended for him at the Old Bailey, evidently suffering under a se vere attack of the same complaint ; he has since been confined to his room, but took his seat on the Bench yesterday. He is still very lame. Wednesday morning Sir Charles Abbot, one of the Jules of the Court of Kjiits-Beach, took the usual oaths before the Lord Chancellor, 172 his private room at Linoola's Inn-hall, preparatory to his taking his seat as Chief JVtice of that Court, in the room of the Right Han. LoAr.lletiborough. He was introduced by Mr. Justice Bayley. The same ceremony took place on Thursday relative to Justice Dallasi• who mica:cc:ls Sir Vicary Gibbs as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Fli"?..F. He was introduced by Mr. justice Park. It is reported that great alterations are.aboat to tale place in the operative departments of the Court of King's Bench. Thu lion. Mr. Lairs son of Lord El- Icnborough, is to be removed from.his situati in of clerk at 114.4 i Priu,s, to make way for a son of the new Chief Justice; toad the secretary, whose situation has not hitherto been considered us contingent-upon the person of the first Judge of the Court, is'olse to be displaced, to make way for a dependant of the new Chief .lost ice. Wednesday a Court of Directors was held at t he East India House, when Major General the lienoarable Sir Charles Colville, K.C.B, was appointed Commander in Chief of the Company's Forces at Bombay, in the runt of Lieut. Goneral Sir Miles '..slightingale, K.C.B. —The fellow iag Captains we:e sworn into the com mand of their respective ships, via. Capt. Dalrymple, of the Vansittart, for .11°1711)8y and China; and Capt. Nairne, of the General Kyed, for Madras and China. The grand entertainment in preparation at Brussels in honour o. their Russian and Prussian Majesties, will take place, it is said, between the 4 Ora and 18th inst. THE QUEEN. PRICE 90. . The following Bulletins of the Queen's health have been issued since our last : " Kew Palate, Nov.?. " Que,,r. continues much the same to day as her Majesty was yestenlay." " Kew ?Aare, Nov. 3. "The Queen has had several hours' sleep in the night, but her blojestp has not experienced any abistemcat of het disease." " Haw Palace, Nov. ♦. del' he Queen's symptoms caLtinue wit Lout any material atlas- mcrt . ' " Kew Palace. Nov. it. " The Queen has bed e mules, night. The symptoms of hot Hanesty's disease remain ett Ante as yesterday." " Rey Palma, Nov. 6. " 'Vie Queen has bad an indifferent night.—ifee bleierty remains tench indisposed." " P. MILLMAN. " H. HALFORD." The Queen, we are sorry to say, experienced another alarming attack on Thursday night. The Prince Regent was about to return to town soon after ten o'clock, bat her Majesty grew so materially worse, that his Royal Highnesslengthened his stay, and waited an alteration with the utmost anxiety. Both Physicians were in attendance, and also Mr. Brande.— Hex Majesty suffered dreadfully from the violence of her cough, and great apprehensions were entertained lest the agitation it occasioned should induce those alarming spasms, to which her Majesty has, of late, been so • subject. Her Majesty was also greatly dis tressed by painful tension on the side, a symptom that is invariably brought on by paroxysms of coughing, and is often so intense, as to cause extreme difficulty of respiration. For an hoer or two she laboured under these symptoms, iu great pain ; but at length, by Cie free use of the warm bath for the extremities, and to pical fomentatiuns, the irritation subsided, and the Royal sufferer alarmingly exhausted, gradually sank into that almost unconscious state, which has uniformly 'succeeded these attacks. During the paroxysm, a•re• port was made to the Prince Regent, every half hour ; and about midnight, his Royal Highness,after conferring with the Physicians, took leave of the Princesses, and set out on his return to Carlton House. • Throughout the remainder of the night, her Majesty had frequent, but less violent attacks, and it Ins after ten o'clock in the morning, before the bulletin uris issued. During the day, hourly despatches were sent to :io Prince, by grooms of the Royal establishment, re:. lieved occasionally by orderly mtn of the 19th Lanecrg. Up to a late hour her Majesty remained dreadf,iry exhausted, and in great pain. The following Bulletin was issued yesterday morn ing : " Kew Palace. Nov. 7. The Queen his had another very indifferent night. and her Majesty suffers this morning from the want of " refreshing isle ANep. F. MILLM." Previous to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, leaving England, she gave orders for all the do mestics in her service, at Kensington to be retained ti:l notion to the contrary ; last week advises were received for their dismissal, and on Friday week, after the in spection of the Palace by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, die Duke of York, and Col. Stevenson, thcy all received notice to quit, nine in number. Her Royal Highness, it is said, has given up her apartments in the Palace. . The object of the Prince Regent's visit to Kensington Palace has been mix-stated. ft was not to ji.ty a licit to the Duke of Slums, as he knew that his Royal Highness was at Tunbridge Wells ou account of Ms health, but to examine the apartments lately ociliploil by the Princess of Wales. The Report is that bit- Royal Highness will use them himself, while Cathen House is undergoing some splendid alterations. We rejoice to learn that the Duchess of Kent pronwticed to he in a favourable way to give her lire 1 Consort an heir ; and that the Duke and Duchess to return to England previous to her decoueliment. A number of Freeholders, all over the kingdom, now entering their names and residences in the 1.1:1,1- tax assessment-books of their several comitit as, fen this omission, they were depriN ed of their votes at tie late general election.