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POLICE.

MANSION. NODAL
MR. DfteN !Ls.
Ve.terday heiniv, the day appointed for the ex-
amination of this Gentleman, the curiosity created
in the city exceeded all example. Long before nine
o'clock in the morning, .:umbers of Gentlemen as-
sombled before the hlansion-hou.se, in anxious ex-
pißation for the hour to arrive when the gates
should be opened.
About half pastnine o'clock', the crowd becamkso
great. that every person tool: his station as near ashe
possibly could to the outside gate. Herr, for the
space of an hour. the pressure was intolerable, and
so vigorously did every man endeavour to retain his
plate, that it was absolutely impossible for the
(nicer% or the Gcntlernp immediately concerned
in the Lioness, to gain admiisina through this gate.
They were, therefore, admitted through the side
doors, which, thrcugh also besieged, were nut
crowded to so great an extent as the great gate.
Abour half-past ten o'clock, the Ptisoner arrived
in a hackney coach, and shortly after, we under-
stand, the LORD M A YOR too!: his seat in his Of-
fice. The gates were then unlocked, and flew open
with the pressure ; the crowd rushed in, and the
outer hall of the Mansion-House was, in a few mo-
n its. tilled with people ; the steps were also full
o, ittemen, who pressed forward with so much
vin. nee; that many persons were extremely happy
to give ~ce 'he contest, and snake their way out of I
the crowd v. tit whole brines. In this situation, the
greater part of tic. crowd remained for upwards of
half an hour. being repeatedly informed that the
deo! of :he Justice Room would not be opened to
the public until the business was over. This, how-
ever, had not the effea of clear ii.g the place ; and,
about eleven o'clock, by order of the Lotto MAYOR,
the door of Ina Office was thrown open, and those
who were ;Karen to it, had the good fortune to sin
admittance. At this time, the ex •mination of Mr.
Mnntefiori had nearly dosed. Mr. hiarriatt. as
Counsel for the Pros. notion, had, of course, conclud-
ed his statement; but. we understand. it was a plain
,recital of the fact' of the ease; and, with respea to
the legal guilt of the Prisoner, he insisted, that it
must dither be a Many, a fraud at Common Law,
or a fraud accordiig to she statute of 'the 30th of
the hint`. With -eve& to the two former. the
Learned Cotini-1 seemed to admit, that the Prisoner
naver could be considered guilty of either; but
with respea to tire latter, namely, a fraud according
to the snorer of the 30:h of the King, he enter-
tained a different opinion, and submitted that. by
virtue of this, the Prisoner should be committed for
trial. 11:h statute nukes it a fraud to obtain
money, g.sods, wares, or merchandises, ynder felie
pretences ; and though this particular kind of stock
could nut be considered as either money, goods, or
wares, yet he conceived that it shotdd be considered
merchandise; and on this construtftioti hi chiefly
.
rested his ease.
Mr. Montefiori, the stock-broker, wasthen sworn,
and went over the circumstances of thd ease, so far
•as they related to hiasielfc' He stated, that he had.
at the teque‘t -if the ?owner, perefrased 51.0801.
Oistaisne ;or him, 11.1V...4 informed him,
that !Mr. Abraham Goldsmid, and another frivol;
•.vanalikake a low posed it tolibik km&
this 0:7.-niant. tkoehow•• , on the 10th of Am-tuft,
gave Mr.*Moolielorl his 'Amen ap his bankers.
Mesas. Smith, and P for I 6,816 L
tallinif hien, at the same time, ea be believed be
would Le short of cash. anti he could not, tbereforie,
draw on his banker for 17.0Q0 j. which, was the
whole amount of the stock. This cheque. Mr.
I'lontefiosi paid into his banker's. It was presented
to Smith, 'Payne, and Smith. for payment but
they refused to pt y it, alleging. that there was cot
more than 2,.50111: of the Defendant's money In their
hands. 'By this :ime the Prisoner had diseonded;
and when Mr. hiohtefiori went in a day or two after
to his lodgings, he found there, in a tin box, 3,0001.
Onniars, of which he took possession.
.• On cross-examination by Mr. Cuairay. as Coun-
sel for the Prisoner, Mr. Montefinri admitted. that
-1w had made an affidavit of debt ag4Mst the Fri-
sone, for 16,6161. 3s.
Mr. Fuller was next examined by Mr. Mae-
llr ATT. He stared, that he had started twice from
London, in pursuit of the Prisoner. The wood
time he went us Compiny with Rivet'. the flow-street
-Officer, to the Isle of Man, for the purpose of iden-
tifying I im. When he fi.st saw Mr. Daniels, he
did not mention that he had any warrant to appre.
bend him; bat shim icme conversation with him,
be went to the Governor of the Island, and obtain-
ed his permission to ta'o him into custody. On this
authority he ordered Itivett to search him, and he
found on his person 9501. in Bank of England
notes, all of which wet e advertised numbers, ex.
sent about 131. in 'small notes. He pressed the
Prisoner to dischise to' him where the remainder of
the notes were, but he positively denied having any
ethers ; and gave his keys to Riven, that he might
search his trucks and ifrawers ; which he did.' but
found none:' 'in the course of conversation. the
Prisoner said. it was his wish to remain in *skis
of Man until he had settled with his creditors.—
For this purpose be commissioned him, the Wit-
'leis, to enter into a negotiation with them, and
to adjust all matters. He was aware, he said,
could not he taked out of the island. at he was
t.n3er the protetlion of the Governor. who had
pledged himself to that effed. Mr. Daniels had
in has hands, at the time, the Mans Statutes, which
he seemed to study with attention, and they not
being very voluminous, the Witness brought them
over se:th him. The Prisoner at length, after
much p'srseasion, agreed to give up the rest of the
pmperty in his possession, provided the Witness
promised him that he should not he taken before
t;:e Loa& MAY OH. or be ma le a public spectacle
ne.. 'chid the Witness promised ; and then Mr.
Daniels tiaLk him up stairs to a bed-room, in which
titre was a Lady. When they went into the room,
the Lady eras abnut to retire into another room,
but the Prisoner said to her, 4, you will please to
walk down stairs, 1 wish to have the whole floor
to myself;" the Lady then went down, and Mr.
n'iniele, pointing to a corner cupboard, said.
" the rest of the property is behind that." Wit-
ness looked behind it, and saw une paper there.
bit ni,t being able to get at it, he called Itivett, and
Ins pulled down the cupboard; they there found
parcel of Bank of Englarwl. Notes, sealed us, in
amounting to within a hundred pounds a

. . •• .

10,0001. the numbers of which corresonnee,l with
the numbers in the advertisement. Mr. Fuller said,
he had heaid the Prisoner say that he was often
very uneasy at having these notes in his po session,
and once, nn the sea shore, he' was tleisating with
himself, nhether he should not throw them all into
the water.
On cross-examination, Mr. Guareee produced a
paper to the Witness, which he acknowl -deed was
his hand-writing. This paper was th-n read by Mr.
Gurney. and purported to be an agreement entered
into by Mr. Fuller, on the part of the Gentlemen of
the Stock•Ezchange. not to take the Pi ironer before
a Magistrate, or put him into confinement, provided
he gave up the property in his posiession.
Rivett was then asked, if he could add any
thing to this statement? and he answered in the ne-
gative.
Mr. l-landcock, from the house of Smith, Payne,
and Smith, then deposed, that on the 19:11 of Au-
gust, the Prisoner had not more than about 5001, in
their hands. On the 20th, he paid in there about
70001. in divers drafts and bent...notes. There are
two clerks, as the Witness stated, in this house, one
for paying, and the other for receiving, who sit op-
posite each other. When the Prisoner I),a paid in
drafts to the amount of 67Ge11. he ins:ilmly went over
to the other side of the room. and drew a chiqi•,- t r
presented one which he had ready drawn, for 6-101.
payable to the East-India Compaay. T,,,, was not
vEgguler mode of doing. business, as the elate to
tile amount of tig• pm hem:: only :hat moment paid
in, he had no right to draw on the h nice utuil after
ix o'clock in :!:e eve!!.•.g, when a wculd be known
'whether ti,t y were paid or not. When the Prisoner
presented tit . cheque, Mr. Salmon, who Was the
p tying clerk, first inquired whether Mr. Daniels had
money enongh in the house, and findlag that he had
just paid it in to drafts, he hesitated a little, as it was
not usual for en gentleman to aft in such a manner,
without first making lipplicatlon to on, of the p u t-
ners of the House, or to some of the confiJen:ial '
Clerks. At this moment, the Neatlsr seeing it was
doubtful whether he should receive the money or
not. asked for the Witness, and went up stairs, as
if to conwlf him on the suejell ; in conse.qaence of
which. when he next presented lii:nstiit to Mr.
Salmon, the money was handed over to him, and
he took it away.
Mr. Salmon corroborated this statement, and
said, that when the' Prisoner asktid for Mr. Hand-
cock. and went up stairs, he u impressed 'with
the belief, that he went to speak to 'hint on the
;china ; and he, therefore, gavii liiiii•:ise cash.
The case on the patt of the prose -ation Wog
here closed, Mr. Gu an c Y , t (Sr the Priaoner, to :e
to make a few observations, with respea to the con-
ception-of the state in which the matter stood: in
doing this, he confessed he stood in rather an
aukward sittlation ; as although the Prisoner
could not settee'? be considered a culprit, still,
the etatinnents which had appeared in the public
111010P01% "drill e nal hre NM Matti; it impossible
for any tnan kp tqui them without being Prejudiced
against MS. These was nothing. he eonfessed,
Which so strongly induced him to beti-s e that the
Prisoner could not be considered a culprit, as the
statement of his Leaused Friends Mythear icataams
a" 14146/ a° Bersoncould entertein the slit test
doubt. ` , in his opening, stated, that It must
either be at* felony, a trend at common law, or a
fraud according to the scattne (A the 30th of
the King; he appc.uld to he iii doubt which it
was l *lt using. to him, die ni,.st uneonialon ar-
gument, he thought is -is war not the first or tit:
second, it must, of course, h: the third. The pre-
tent Ate could nA be considered :fly thing iimilar
to the famous case of Major Seinrhe : there a hOrse
had been hired' and sold by the Pl i tter. ;aid the
property 'seer was transferred .bins the ovro.r of
the horse, who had only aiiewed him tq live •the
use of it for a limited time. la the preeetitiqsiance.
the stuck was purchased ter the Prist.net,an.l hansiA
over to him, he giving what was considers: a valua-
ble consideration, and-if: atter he had got poieeesihn
of it in this w.iy, his' 0.,, h -t had he en pieked'otit.
be could have indifted 'the offender tot the.offence.
—On this account, it could nos be considered .tl:e
property of Mr. Montefiori, of et any person, other
than the Prisoner, and it was monstrous to suppoie,
that a man could be a criminal for ntaking use of
hill Own. By a solemn adjotlicaiwo, is was settled.
:if a person borrowed 2QI. and gave a draft on
It ker for the amount, which draft was nut paid,
in
eras not a larceny; for it' it was so considered, the'
edneequence would be. that it ever it could be
oved, that any man borrowed 1001. without hay.
vg; the mom of paying it, he coulchise indified for
el olknege The Learned Counsels then adverted
M the collet 1h: Kin& and Lara, which was an in-
dictmentior ft";i4 at Common Law, for obtaiailige
quantity et lottery tiefht., under fal:,rt preiences; but
Lord Kenyon held it was not a fraud, but merely ob-
taining money under false pretences; and cited the
case of the King and Wneatlz, who was tiled Wiens
Lord Mansfield for a fraud, in delivering only six-
teen gallons of beer, when he should have delivered
sigh's's. Lord Mansfield was here of opinion,
that this was not 4 fraud, but merely a non-per-
(*mance of the contraft ; the Prisoner not having
delivered a stifficiency. SiOn the present case, the I
Learned Counsel conten.lcd, this eouht pat be con-
sidered a fraud, but a neraperformsiOce of a eon-
trall ; the Prisoner not having delivered a sufficiency...
From this, he Conceived, it was fatly eaahli:::ed,
that Mr. Daniels was not guilty of a frau% at Com:
mon Law ; the next thing to be consnacred was.
whether he was guilty of a fraud eccueding tolls.
Statute of the 30th of the King? And with respell
to this, it must be money, goods. wares, or met.
chandise. His Learned Friend *Sowed, that Oat.
nines could not be cousi.lered either money, goods,
or wares, but he thou& it might come uasler the
denomination of merchandise ; the !.earned Coun-
sel then a: lined for a considerable time on this
point; in tile tours- of which he contended, that
as Ornitum was not a ri.:; tr.' or • close in c At Lat, it
could not be considered literclandiae. From the a.
consideration., he subeliand that it was not larceny,
as Mr. Montcsori had transferred the prcoetri to
the Prisoner ; that k was not a fr and at Cc:melon
Law, by obtaining 133 roiey under false rite:lces,
because giving a drat:. on a bank, in which yr a
had no money, was alreedy adjudged ant • to be a
fraud; and that. there:6re. as the only point to be
decided was, whalitr Usari.aier cotilst be ei?es:d red
• ; mercliandtse, as named is the. Aa or ci, N::, of

the King, he conceived that his Lordship might,
with the very able advice •si:',ich he. could have at
any time, decide the matter i a summary way.
Mr. COIRRT. as Counsel for the Committee of the
&6:lc-Exchange, r xe to speak in reply, but being
objected to by Mr. Gurney, as not employed for
Mr. Montraori, he sat down, after shortly observ-
ing, that as the Prisoner was in cuAody, u'Jer the
Chief Justice's warrant, it would be the Ise,ter way
to take the opinion of the Recorder, as soon as con-
venient, on tf.e cons roast' of the ad.
Mr. Mona r Tr then shortly replied, that he
had no objedion to the method ptopeezd, namely,
taking the opinion of the Recorder ; but he
thought that hit Learned Friend might better have
reserved his arguments fur a motion) in arrest of
judges:re. With respef) to the paper signed by
'lMr. Fuller, be thought it necessary to state, that
this geotkman had nothing to do v ith Mr Mon-
tefirwi, nor were they before this known to each
other. Mr. Fuller bad b.ren sent to the Isle
of Man by some of the Gentlemen of the Stock
Exchange, who were anxious to have the Prisoner
apprehended, as they wished to keep the stock bu-
siness_ as pure as p•-..sitil I. conli ht• ever,
be oaperled, that because Mr Full. r was employed
in this way. and had entered into t, is agreement,
that Mr. Montefinti should he bound by it. The
Leaned Counsel then ~hsowed on sow,: of the
points of the case, and said it was coke clear that
the Prisoner intended to get the Stock, awl to get
it without pas log for it I so that lie conceivt dt as
there were instances coough of raise pretences, it
uld be an eternal disfraee t:, it. law, if a Man,
Who was so clearly guilty of tr.atd, was permitted
by it to escape punishment.
Tae Lotto Mayo', after a few minutes conside-
ration, sail, h: thought it was nrec,:ssary for him,
at Once. to corns to a decision its this business. It
was. 1/id down, as an established maxim of the law,
that no person could, by fraud, noun( the pos:assion
of inispiTilierty; as the obtaining i: in that way was,
is J. bp:4 from the beginning. In the present
ease, be vjai not able to determine whether or not
it was a fraud a'cciording to the *acute ; but as it
was evident that so rncch fraud was prad:sed in the
transadion, lie thought it his duty to commit the
fur trial at the next Old Bailey Sessions,
whicfl.,eould commence in a shore time, and then
the Judboes wcaild determine on the nature of die
of.nee far which he stood his trial.
Mr. GURNsv then, With the consent of his Lord,
ship, asked Mr. Montifiori. whether the Prisoner
hal nr.x, a few days before the 2.") th, desired him to
sell this stock for hire, 'lf fie could do it without
less? and was answerecf, in the affirmative.
'Mr. Guaaxz then stibmitttid, that from this, it
was, sufficiently evident, that Mr. Daniels did not
orrrinally intend to as as he afterwards did.
the Loaf) MA TOR said, he should rather consi-
der it as a proof of a'deep-laid sihetne, for the pur-
peso of throwing Mr. Monteficni intirely of his
guard,
After some private conversation between the
Counsel, it was *then agreed, that the Prisoner
should be remanded until tormorriaws at one o'clock,
and :ham brought up for the purpose of 1301% tbe
ditoOtisiniii read over before hjm.— •
Mr. Daniels was drereecrain
the bar With his tight liatti in the breast of his coat,
during the whole tithe examination: his eyes we,
fixed on the ground, and hi; countenance was OA
tered ; nor did te, clot we'could peveive, change
his position: except once that he pooped to speak to
Mr. Gurney. When he retired, he bowed to the
Coutt; and walked slowly ; he, however, appeared
in tierfeft health.
§o Brest was the anxiety to tote the Prisoner,
that the ~ut,ide of the arind,ws Of Ole Lord Mator's
Office, was crowded, so es to si stken 'tht room,
and numbers were waiting in the different streets
I,adini'to-Isiziaigate, in expedation of seeing him

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• 'MIDDLESEX SE)S lONS, Sim 16.
Befeee ate %tittle utsc. Esq. Chrism's",
r a wooer:lsm Rob or Juu.ets of the Prtsc, f:r
:14, CosistP, *I Alisisiteser.
Aaron Wi9 indifted for a frond, in sell-
ing glad, under a :also representation, to Elisabeth
Bei.kbeim.
Th;eircomstanc.:s of this case had little of no-
velty in them, except as this was the first conviftion
of the kind (sve understendirunder the its, comtnln-
ly called FielditiOs Aft, of the 3d of George 11.
The Prosecutrit was the wife bf a German, all
resided in Parson's-street, flaccid tlighat ty:
she keriA a chandler's shop; and her husband being
cog tgel: in a brewery, sellim interfered in the
condo& of it. She had opened only a fcw days,
when the Defendant came to her, and representing
himself to be a merchant. said, he hal constantly
supplied the former owners, and ho?ed for her fu-
ture custom. He proposed sanding her in a (pato-
tity of Mack lead, and ivory black, which he repre-
sented as mast profitable and saleable articles,-
She oifered to take a small quantity, by way of ex-
periment ; but he replied, with some degree oid:s-
.daine that a' nkrchasit could not thmk of reducing
his dealings into so narrow a compass ; and, et
length, prevailed en her to let him send her
I cwt. of black lead for cleaning grates, and the
same quastity of ivory black ; and afterwards per-
suaded her to take a score 4 salt of lemon, in
bores, all charged at one-third snore than the real
value; and the whole of which, upon the evidence
on the part of the prosecution, appeared to be of a
very inferior and -spurious quality, and not fit for
sale. At the time these goods were so sold, the
Defendant agreed to give the Prosecutrix other
goods in her line cf business, provided she could
not dispose of those to advantage.
Mr. ALLEY, for the Defendant, made an able
and learned defence. _ _

Several witnesses were called, who were regularly
bred chymists and druggists, from whose testimony
it appeared, that the ivory black was genuine, but
the black teal wai a spurious composition. and the
silt of lemon was what was gmeraily sold under
that designation ; but it evidently appeared. that
rite Detencli.rit had sold those articles at a much
hiker price than they were reasonably worth.
she Lea ars to CNATIMAX then addressed the
Sorg. 'rho, atter a very st. art consultation, re-
tu..e verdia cf G,altj; end the Defendant was
ctin ni,:ed till he ghoul tto finally tucistrt t far
the scausice of the Court.

TO THE GOrFENOR
OF THE. OF 4NQ
my former add
endeavoured to ~'';d7/, ti` t An increal
was prefzraisle, to a system nt Bon
more consistent wt the Chatter;
prevent gambling ; and es tua:dog A
d:str,bu:to3 of prop int.raget the
obj..ilis of famiii ,at., eerie.
shall -ow int ocee.i to 'chew,
dend may be raised to nine pet Ca:
not naly digit I sWaseqiient
, leaving a m iderate acca..saila pt
Lute increase of
Beare, hoe. tett, I 'Jr' II eh
wilt shortly notice a strange cojeet
urged, which seems to nut tpb igitt
reason, viz :hat nt inzrease sewage
the Bank .1,41.1 pay •n spec.c.
Atter a aistrihntion If three B .nu
of three miiiions to C;')vernme. • at
.made since the suipension of Nat:
the nhje.tlinn, if grounded, corn
whoever has read the Pirliani.iii-.
upon tn,a nu.asure, [twit kni4, the
a loan ro Government broug it on
it, and that it has since been cnn
deft ee, upon the sole'gronnd of pu
from no insufficiency iii the Ban'
PlYTn.mis it) apecio. Tint pi:rat:arc
to from that measure, rausLitiser
which the most envious wi)) not
seized by G werion.m:, which wou
injustice and deep nism ;'or accu r
to the nature of the In.:. ityiion
ampuget the Proprietors, t.ie only ,
'l'o proceed, therefore, to my s'
that
The total smoont or the Annual Divide
at preset, Is • .
Annual linticAcci, say
To supply which, we h
•NIIM•L 111COMS.
Interest an Government. permanent Avht
l of u3anagereeet of Government emit otli
concerns iit 1797, new considerelgy
say creel e
Aftragoltank Notes in circulation, as ant
last ten years return te Parliament, 16
Interest of winch is
Vestal in di:fen:at securities, say two milli
half only what is staged in 1797, the
having boon dieslarged
Tier.. millions Ueda to Somisest at J
Amounting to
Deduct Dividend and Expo
Leaves Annual Saving
Two per Cent. additinwal Dtvidend L. 9.6
ramp[ loco°, Tan paid by Bank a

_

!MM.'S Annnal Saving .
Lit the above statement, it is to 1
only the Interest of the three milli
vernment at S per Cat le Wind
whereas the capital bee" te list
Pro`Prictots, sad sopposiegit Babe
Mad. tweak! be 53 years trehellni
at the rate of 90.000. a roar, Da
ficiency of mislaid Interest.
Bat it may be objedled. that the
in time of peace, Inty greatly h
falling off of trade. and COOS1111?1,1
a notes. from which so large a pa
&Minds, neereettry to supply the
lions ; t^ which I answer.—
' rust. by denying the fael ass
invasion by neutrals of our Colonic
from us the monopoly *hich we
cptently peace cannot take it fro
other branch of commerce it likely
affeebol. But to tltoke who con*
,market at hand, of twenty-fleets
trill be opene.l for the mnaufactoris
At least for st..ne rears to come ; a
with :he rest of Europe sill he n
nest which ten Briton c.m c nteraoL
of peace) a sp'ere of new and eats
aetion oresents which antic
; disconet) will employ as mach
present. But witiouu g ling rot
ettlations, AboUt which d.treredc,
arise, 1 would
Secondly, deny the nnest;ty
count and circulation of paper as
port the proposed dividend ; for ie
strahle, that there must be a this
Atettmaleid of neat six millio
the con.t,:p• ao-re,ion of p©ce f
be exhausted, b) riling such so
be necessary to unite in
such nece.wty bccesi..nally shot.)
profit upon the bullion trade ii
account, though it is evident:t me
It. appears. on the anthorityla
is the year 1797, there was a be
the Bank, of 5,539,5301. !ram
th- thre4 millions since loot ro(
will retinal.; the sum of tr 39.6401.
orcomulations of the period' be
1797. (when that statement wai
present time being nine years; wl
derate stater—ent of 45)4)001. 4
will make a sum of 4.859.550.
c now in haltd will tun usu
To elet,o: ' Government
To se:plai in biovemeet. 1797. •
'fu nine yeas as Cre,04)04
To bonuses siren, sod losses, es?
Leaves copinl is land
Whether, thezetore, the aci
Bank shall continue as high as
are, or ?hall dimitlith. it is evi
application of part of this capi
cannot be addzal to the .stock
amongst the Pror-ietors, iu th
will tufty jthtify ram proposed
tent • eiTiciend. Why such as II
hive been suffered, it is Laid tc
other principle than Viet of Mnt
eat ex Mat. • tollere norm"
The proposed measure would
price of area, and realize it • I
possession ; and leave er.nugh'st
totore nuomenrarions, I am,
10. , 591. 1606.

Fox.

1

Henry, who was
s Fox. celebrated
arcumst Alice of be•
an event not in-
n present in-
d.icorous condla and
partner of his bed.—
" • ; and, such was
reign of George
some of the most
the mast lucrative
• for, in the year
War ; then Sc.
Department ; and,
Pitt, less cele-
Chatham, we find
'JI office of Pay.
accumulating great
• animadversions of
, indeed, was his
patents of peerage
ennobled by His
ile of Baron Hol.

1749. and if on
LI,- new men,vevi
Last he allowed to
ma Carolina Lenna
Ike of Richmond,
the King of Sat-
rival. but related,
rp's•si for the throne
tswick tad Stuirt.
these that the fature
will dwell ss ith at-
.ins, the precocious
wisdom of the philo-
t while the abilities
charaBer of his here bring
use inefficient and in-
. into the shade, and
hack ground.
Holland's favourite
darling of his old
seeds of all the admi-
t greatness, he was at
his intelleatul vigour,
licing, the blossoms of to
•s earliest infancy he in-
businest, mid by con-
, he had been a man, he
te the usual time.*
the persons of two rival
-antes of statesmen, re-
he field of contention,
;their lives to the edn-
sons, with whom they
ahout pablic affairs, and
s order to hear them

, destination of bis sou.
, public to a private educe-
mt Charles to Westraiaster
inguishing himself them. he so.
3einard, the late pro.
uncommonly eager after
succrafol in classical at-
while a member of
Dr. Newcombe. af-
, and late Archbishop
was fregarntly vexed at
had (recession, at the
....shed with his progress.
Iriend.hips with the Earl
his own relation the
of the first man of the

nneourtly language of
Charles was sent to

pant after a more unre-
society. and consequently
restraints, and tired with
collegiate life. The wpm easy,
to rid himself of this. was
to see the world ; and. as
completed. his father, as usual,
f his darling son. At the Re-
took his seat for Mid-
,. under the influence of
only 19 years of age, and
is with pain too, and
that the first effort of
to liberty ; but. besides
t of his education, the
and the wishes of s fond
taken iota consideration, and
,ois does not ensue, a liberal
will not be se a loss for an

mninent of Lis entering the
the qualities of an ae-
Lnril North, then Chan-
deemed his merits so
i3he beginning of 17751. he
s‘ t at the Admiralty Beard,
the same year made him,
partner with himself in the
Emipirt. by appointing him a

devotion to the Court, there
, opportunities, when he stook off
dependence, anlallowed his manly
• full scope. N. the least memo-
• during the debate on the
House of Commons by Sir
relief from subscription
' the Church of England ;

sentiments delivered on thaToccs-
era unsfinmly persevered,

arrived, when a new di.
his pursuits. The real
, involved so many irn-
_ As only be guessed at. The
Guildford and Holland wale both
- the ore, perhaps, aspired to,
sopreaw command ; and,
4 ancient times, the first could
superior, um the second a rival. The
enmity a the Premiee was developed in the refusal
Holland ia.aid an have toluniutol his tlispatettes to
ist.uoil of Yo footnote hie? ; and, nn one occasion,
repotted to to 11141111 cooplisd stse aiwractoa.
ho
eartated.
t

iof a petty appointment ; it increased on the memo-
rable examination of tbe Rev. Mr. Hdrne, now
John IL Tooke, at the bar of the House of Cord-
mons ; and fivally became public in consequence
Of a billet, couched in terms of Spartan brevity.*
Considering this not merely as an injury, but an
insult, the •inntity cf Mt. Fox from that moment
became public, and hr at length raised such a
constitutional opposition to the Administration of
the Noble Lord, who had thus treated him in a
manner bordering on contempt, that he, in the'
and, subverted his power, and dragged his antagu-
,nist to the very edge of the scaffold.
In the mean time Lord Holland died, leaving a
large sum of money. and considerable estates iu the
neighbourhood of Ilingsgnte, with the house there,
built in imitation of 'fully's Formian villa, on the.
coast of Bait, to his son Charles. He was thus is
possession of a plentiful fortune; and, had he retained
it, would have stood upon high ground in point of
consequence ; for these bequests, us addition to the
clerkship of the pelts, in Ireland, sown after sold to
Mr. Jenitinson, now Lord Liverpool, must have pro-
duced a sett annual income of more than 40001. per
annum.
After the dissipatinn of this large property.a com-
mon mind would perhaps have bent under the cala-
mity t his, on the contrary. seems to have rebound-
ed from the fall ; and instead of sinking into des-
pair. to have aCtually mated into celebrity, and eree
einiependence.
A new and a noble field now opened to his ambi-
tion ; and he commenced his career, as a patriot, od
principles which Locke has upheld, and Sydney
would not have blushed to support.
The members of that administration, supposed by
some to be only the puppets of a N Alberti Peer, had
rendered themselves detested by the oppression of
Mr Wilk., thaprosecution of the printers, the coun-
tenance given to the riots at Brentford, and the mi-
litary execution in St. George's fields.
Another event, of ininitely setaer magnitude,
now filled up :he bitter 'draught of popular odiiim ;
and the preview/ oppression, and threatened subju-
gation of America, aroused 4, general spirit of re-
sistance within the mother country, and pointed the
finger of public vengeance at the devoted head of
the rimier. Fortunately fur Mr. Fox'. consistene
cy, his condull respelling the trans-Atlantic contest.
was striElly uniform ; and on this, as on a mime;
quent occasion, he saw afar off, anticipated the im-
pending calamities, and predi/ted the accumulation
of misfortunes, which afterwards neatly over-
whelmed the nation.
Accordingly. in 1774, he opposed the introduc-
tion of the Boston Port Bill, and apologized for the
condua of the colonies. In his speech on this occa-
sion, he arraigned the measures of the minister iii
hold and energetic language, and explained the
principles of the violated constitution, with a mas-
culine eloquence worthy of the cause.
He now sat on the same Seat with a Saville, a
Barre, a Dunning. and a Burke, with the last of
whom he had frequently broken a lance, in a war of
argument, from the opposite side of the house ; and
he has since candidly avowed, that from that cele-
brated man he first Imbibed those enlightened max-
ims of government, professed and acted upon by
the pupil, when the master nimself seemed to have
abandoned theft. •
On the discussion of Mr. Burke's conciliatory
propositions, in 1775. Mr. Feestrentteusly supported
the liberal s:hernes of policy pointed nut by that
gentleman; and spoke and voted, during the whole
contest, in direr t opposition to a criminal system,
which, as it had been fondly and fallaciously prog-
nosticated, was to produce the unconditional sub-
mission of the colonies, and lay them prostrate at
the feet of the mother-country !
At length all the evils that bad been foreseen, were
realised. America, driven to despair, declared her-
self free and independent ; monarchial France ex-
erted her protecting arm across the Atlantic ; the
capture of Burgoyne and Cornwallis priclaimed the
triumphs of liberty, and a m w conflagration, light-
ed up in Europe by the tire-brands that had been
scattered by the British Ministry in another hemis-
phere, wasted the strength, and exhausted the re-
sources of England. At the general eleCtion. in
1780, the farndy-borough of blidhuen falling
other hands, Mr. Fox deiormined to become a
candidate for the city of Westminster; and he at
length succeeded, niter a violent contest, in which
lie balled not only the interest of the Newcastle
fa-
may. but also all the influence of the Crown, both
of which were poweefuily. but unsuccesseelly, exert-
eel against him.
Soon alter this, the Ministry began to totter.
A minority. at first contemptible in point of num-
bers. but always form dable in respect to integrity
and abilities, and which then defined the late Pre-
mier ILITIOOIt the most zealous of its partizans, had
increased in power and popularity. The Ministers
were assailed within by the thunders of eloquence ;
without. they were overwhelmed by the clatuours of
an indignant people to proceed is the war was
ruin; and to secede, betrayed them into personal dan-
ger. At length, Lord N aeth was bunted into the mils.
But the Rockingham party contented ilwmselves
with the defeat ot their opponents ; and Mr. 1' ox
was nominated tea seat in the Cabinet. and appoint-
ed one of the Secretaries of State. The merit of
this short-lived Administration was coospicuous.
Notwithstanding they bad eucceeded to an empty
Exchequer. and a general war, they yet determined
to free the people from some of their onmetous
grievances ; and had. Mei, remained a little longer
ma power, infinitely mere would
Alhavofbeen eliaffment.
ettcd.
Contrallore were excluded, by ar
from the House of Commoes ; Custom and Excise-
Officers were disqnalified from voting at eleCtions I
the proceedings. with regard to the Middlesex elec-
tion, were rescinded ; while a Reform Bill, (rather
' specious, however, in name than reality,) abolished
a number of useless 4ctei. A more generous po-
licy was also adopted in rape& to Ireland ; a gene-
ral peace was already meditated ; an ancient ally
was attempted to be soothed by an offer of
negociation e; and America. which could not he
restored. was at least intended to be conciliated.
peeper is osier new Coin
• His labjerr has (`ought
" missies of the Towson} i.e he wide out, in on.ch if
"n't
.s parrots, ma, DAUnave." NORTH.
" The Hon. Mt Fox."
f Mr. Fox, wo,niug to detach the Dutch from ow coalkims
wait the Howse of Sexton, sr:stir to NI itot,t the Ku son
Waste,. in which he *Fond to form • use veal, ea the WI.
NS of that al L 766.
(To be ear...eattol.)

N4%'AL nirsLLIGENCE, •
ronvsesour N, sarr. 15.
Arrived the Lincoln, Capt. Simpson, from Lon-
don for Ceylon ; Crres, Duncan, from Guernsey ;
Jane, for Lisbon; El;sebeth, Heivsnn, for
Gibraltar; and the Spier/well, Dunn, from Newcastle
for Oporto.—Wind N•W.
FALMOUTH, SEPT. IS.
Arrived the brig !Vary, Capt Orden, from
Oporto, under the convoy of His Majesty's brig
Rarrn, of Id guns, Captain Grant, with twelve sail,
parted from them the 11th inst. off the Lizard; also
. arrived His Majesty's ship ffeinik-r, Captain Hill,
from Plymoilth ; and the brig ja,r, Stevens, from
Landon.—'tind N.

DEAL, SEPT,. 15.
This trornlng a Messenger arrived here from
London, with Dispatches for Lord Lauderdale, at
Paris. and immediately embarked on board the Spe-
culator lugger, Lieutenant M.Cteady, which sailed
from tl,e Downs for Boul:)gne.
Sailed the Clyde fiigate, Commodore Owen, with
the Arrow schooner, and several gun brigs, for the
French coast ; also the Fary bomb, with the
outward-bound, and several transporss, with troVPS
on hoard, under convoy, to the westward. Soled
through the Downs, the Octaria, Collins, for
Charleston.

•
1
LIFX OP MR. FOX.
Me. Fee was the younger son of He
• )simself a voanger son of Sir Stephen 1
less for his own birth, then the virtu
, .
in a father at the age ut eighty ;an
credible, however. and rendered, in
Stance, unsuspicious, by the d.icoroui
; ackaowledged virtue of the partne
Henry entered early into public life;
his address in Parliament, during the r
11. that he soon attained not only son
arduous and honouroble, but also the
situations in the gift of the crown ;
1754, he was appointed Secretary at
emery of Sate for the Southern Del
•afterheing resod by the great Mr
• trued under the name of Earl Ch:
him filling the immensely beneficial
master-General of the Forces, aces;
wealth, ants thereby incurring the an
the first city of the empire. Such,
conseqiience, that et a time when pa
were not sooy common, he was e
present Majesty, 1;63, by the tith
land, & roeleT.
Mr. Foe was born January 13th.
his fatlsor's side be dusted among tl
demines, by his mother's descent nu
be illustrious; for Lady Georgians
was the daughter of the late Duke
and as such, to eddii iin to User of ti
&his, she Was allied to ,ha two ri
families. which had so long comer,
of Glee Britain—those of Brunswi
Nat it is not to snch claims As the•
histioian will hove recourse ; he wi
dour on the sally promise of genie
talents of the buy; the matured wist
sopher and the • statesman ; and w
end virtues that adorn the ehariBer
him forward on the canvas. these
troluntary ptetensiolo will be cast
scarcely be distinguished in the ha
This second sun proved 1.-rd H
child, and at length became the 4
age. Pereniviog in him the seed
phis qualities that constitute gn
infini!e pains to give scope to his I
to eepond the shoots, and disclose
premising a plant. Froth his ear:
tended him for Parliamentary bus
reining-alwAys with hi* as if he f
eel itAlly-made tom one before the
coontry bete d, in the pi
Orators, two w indertul inranccs
. tiring at d: &rent tones from the
end devrelngthe remainder cif thi
!Minn or :heir 'Rico younger sons,
were ac:ustorto-d to consult abou'l
llocactitan to place on a table in 4
411e1/41111.
In referdhce t 6 the Insure dean
toed Holland preferred a public
ttland accordingly sent Chat
. Alter distinguishing It
moved to Eaton, where Dr. Bet
'oat, found him net only onto
• aloosemeats, but eminently succ
tainments. His private tutor,
this celebrated institution, was I
Wined. Bishop of Waterford,
of Armagh. who, while he was
the dissipation of his pupil, has
f 41714 time, to be highly gratifie
lidere he formed hit early trienc
Fluvvillsarn. Lard Carlisle, hi
Duke of L• Olsten, end some of
age.
His father being, in the tir
• those days, o a yank tory," I
Polish his .du:atien at Oxford.
At lergto he began to pan
chained intercourse with socie
• to be disgusted with the rear
the uniturtnity, of a collegiate
*well as mou likely way to r
to evince an ardent desire to 1,
his rudies were now complete
indulged the-wishes his da•
neral elciten. in I7SB, he ti
horst, in Sussex. a borough 11
his family. when he was only
eionseqeently ineligible. It i
here teinnetently recorded, ot
hiss eloquence was hostile to
his extreme youth, the bent
prejudices of Isis family, and
father, ought all to be taken
if a complete vindisoiticso dot
ff and ingenuous find will no
Frorn the Fret moment
Senate. he displayei all tt
complished orator ; and Lt
cellar of the Exchequer, i
considerable. that. the I
nominated him to to t at
and in the latter part the
in some measure. a patine
management of the Empire,
Lord of the freasery.
Amidst this seeming devot
• • were sot wanting npportun;l
the trammels el depeedence,
mind to t.tke its full scope.
edible of these occurred di
Bill, brought into the Hon
Witham Meredith, to give r
to the thiroy-nioe articles of
said in the liberal sentiments
sins. Mr. Fos firmly and
until the presto t moment.
Bet the time had now a
reftil n was to be given to
cause of this event, which
portant consequesces. eat c
sons of the Lords Guildford
powsesscd of talents; the o
the other enjoyed, the Us;
like two great men of ancre
not brook a superior, nor tl
enmity of the Premier Bras,
• • 1.11,4 Floilatvl SSI.I H hag
tbseitool vi favontite I,vl
Miami! itirota to to have Ct.,k
fUneStrd.
t