The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-04 00:00:00

WEXFORD, Marten :3.

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t OtiRT OF CHANCkgY, Azilt, 2.
EX.PARTi LORD A.TIILONE.
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' • Thit unhappYv.iihiation of Lord ,Agbrim; the Leh'
ctfikeiNoble Family of Athloriee will be known to
itynrof our readers. This young Nobleman was
iteptficer in the. Dragoons, and in _the year 18.05
\V:ii 'with his Regiment, in Ireland:. dUring his stay
there he was seized with a fevet, add ite. a violent
paroxysin'of his disorder, the malady took its seat
in the brain. .. .•• -
i :Sic,Seafuee ltberreee and Mr. NlAft.titi, for 04
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Earl eft Athlone, eepleined the terms of his Petition,
thee .4erd Agthrint be placed tinder the care of llij
'.ParetitS V and 'foe . that purpose, tint eheir Noble
.- -Client be, eppointed the Committee of the Lunatic.
,el'l'lley.! read the . atfidevits from this Lordsh.e),-, her
Lidyiliire and reedy Jet-Mina Rentinck; who super,
inteille'd Lord- Aghrim for ecensiderablo time while'
in thi.tlistressieg situation. .Fromtheieedoctiniehei•
it appeared, that when Lis Lords-14 leas seized with
this Mental derangenterit; the Earl of Athlone, erged
by pilternal aifeCtion, crossed the Irish Channel, and
returned With his Soli to the West of Englatideerone
'whence he afterwards pursued his melancholy jour-
ney tti Londote, and Lord lighritn had privitte
apartments aesigned him at. the back of the Earl's
liduS6, iti Sloane-streer. ' hi this liiteatibiebe. con-
tinued near twelvemonths; receivieigeke nest medi-
'.cal aSsietaircee end kern theeitate Otrepose in which
horernairiede he -. eujOyed.thany incid intervais;--ttie
Indications of iusanity„disapeiered, and he shewed,
Much teriderneSs fled atli.q:don for his family.' It
It is painful to,.observe the violence of party spirit,' was true; that during the whole ...time he. Wits eicese
even among those who might be expected to atteed sively liable io irritation from trifling canses; :tint:
to their personal concerns too ; much -to ekgage• en: .eheee were evident Marks of timendineureend. hOpes
politicalanxieties, * Mr. We ertim eN,. who Irbil), his: t -were entertained •Of his final 'reebVery ; yet; while
situation in life, and thethumble range of hisealentse i he was iii. this Progressive Mate of melioration; his
is best fitted tOseOpdtt the chara6ter of a 'respe6table:
.. temper was 'frequently -agitated by the sevekityauk,
tradesman, seems to be ambitious of ,politicaledis., ;menaces employed by Lady, Agirriin, the .effect -Of.
tintlion, or at least, - wishes to enjoy the hi:input of.. ewlii4h on the mind of the -patient Was so-4.perejcioits
seeing his namt in the columns of a newspapee.e. ..at .tait„ that Lord Athlone deemed it necesSary, ler.
But it' we•-cannoteeped much knowledge and abilie .tbe - tety of hiS sett, to forbid her the house ; but. a
ty from Mr. WAiI'HDIAN, •we might surely hope- i coil-. 't and detailed repeet.wes given to the tees.
that in-his attempt's. at notoriety lie•would not twee .`song rii of her Ladystrie whetteeeteshe Sere to iii-
sight of Candour and truth. On Thursday last he .ettir into the state ut the health of her , huebarell-.
stated in ethe-Common, Council that. the. family of - .While matters were in thi's - sititatiotr; ' hackney.
Mr. Pere possessed sinecure places'to the emottut of coach stepped at the door; in ..which 'were Lady,
81,0001.. a. year. Hence it ;might be supposed that ~Aghbut,' it roan, and two female serVahts. Her
Mr. PriT had left a widot,v. and a large train 'Of chit- ,
.. -Lad iiihipalighted frost the 'coach; and instead of
dren, all ofw horn were provided for, to this amount, , kno.eleing at the door, descended -.the stepepl thir.
at the expence of the public ;:or thee, et least, he hadee Kea. and through the otlicei 'el the menial. e,st-a-•
provided to such an extent for a vaStittnher,p64,llttil malt,- proceeded to the apartments di Led
brothers and sisters. Now lelr, Weeretmets_welle -.Agit tut, . Having errived there, she, neiSrepresentecl
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knows, that though a fatnily related-by marrivetes. • all. the circumstanees of his situation, -told him that
Mr. Pyres father do possess situations of great , „bre,
:e he oted restore liini as in a state or imprisohment, assured 'hint that
lumene.theYcaneotin fitireees be stridly. considered toliberty and, we happiness, a
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as the family of Mr. 11/47t.r.... Lord *Cat EnviLLS has., ••finatly persuaded him to quit the paternal-root; which
occupied high, site,itiouS himself, in- which hear. Lie clandestinely did in his nighteeo‘kii aid sliPPeer;
tainly,diSphlyed great abiliiy.„aud rendered great eer- without his her, and in this cendition he was con-
vice.; he. had the. full advantage .ot that patronage i veyed; .by.. what :means and under what circum-
which his own labours had. procured, and tripugh : stances was yet to be explained; to the North of
Mr. Pas;
alias certainly contributed to the adeattee- Lngiand.. Having continued there for some time;
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meat of ilia Guesivreea family, yet.le, did so in re I it nuts appeared,. teet, he wee eubsreeieurly conefuete
small proportion toewhat thaefanrily was, able to do led to the city of Edinburgh, Was. placed under the ,1
by itself :nicl its other cenrieetions: ''Besides, Mr, care. of. a :,‘"ir. Rice, Me) kept a receptacle 1 torto-,je
Weitifictee has greatly ekaggeraied, in the amount : tics in the neighbourhood of that capital, and was re-
of dip*, places which be thus errottedusly heaps ox- i moved to.a.place called Porto Bello, on-the shoreself
elusively upon the family pf,Mie. p. 1.17:• Bur a liberal 1 the Perth of Forth. During -these 'peregrieittens,
Min‘ instead of throwing tremetited rertections.en , the family were in the utmost• anxiety for Lord
- 'the n:tetuory of that great. man, hpweser it iniitit:l Agirrim. They were solicitous to seek theeprotec-,
differ with hien ire political principles, would consider . tion oldie Conte for their unhappy sub, but not know-
the integrity and disinterestedness of one who, with • i ing.whither he was conveyed, they could make Ito all-:
the highest talents that ever graced the charaaer Of a .i plicetione They Nverc the more distressed, heteruse
statesman, took so little care of himself that he died :' they were convinced, by thethost learned and respect-
in very indifferent circumstances, and left his debts to. able persons of the medical profession, that .gentle.
„be discharged by ale: justice and 'gratitude of the
.!. nese and apparent subniissibn anti compliance in ale,
Country which his wisdom and finneess had pre- , le:teens around him, were necessary tu Lord Agbrirn
sewed, .iiiiiilst the agitations of that Storm which cue. ire is irritable ' state ; and they were mare that a
vulsedevery..4tace iu Europe, and has brotigl t inany con cry opinion, at lease a contrary preetice, was
to destruction., . . . , . ado ttid by his lady. W ady. Among other things it was
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' The new burlesque Drama of Bonifaciv and Li id. _ huA:ed, that she insisted, on the eng;agethent of a
getind wa\ repeated: an . Saturday last.. at Coma,
' . p4rticutar'servant as •the constant attendant of her.
•Carden, Theatre belOrbefore'a numerous audience, and , iftord in his own ~aparteient, who
.had excited his
. was hinch Better received' than on the former night. Lordship's disgust from a circuthstance extremely
The first a& is by tutieJepthe :besi, . but the eublice natural tó invite. rentirtene. -In the first pato:wine
do not - yet seem to comprehend its drift, And, of insanity, froth the violence of the patient; -it he.
.consequently cannot relish the intentliNi scope of (eerie necessary fleet' the-straight waistcoat should he
its humour, The orniseioneof, the prelude .takes! resorted to. After a powered eXertiun -to countere,
may part of the light.,that: was to guide the au= vail 'the convulsive energies, of the maniac, this 'her-
dience into a groper coheeptiOn .of The meaning of , yam: succeeded in puttiug •on the waistcoat; and
the piece. 'Lhe scenery, music, 'machinery, andn Ailicip.he beheld his ,Lord itythismiserable, helplliss„
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general. bustle of ;the thing, 'altogether, will.; Irow,46,aiuldegisded situation, he had the itisOlence ib laugh
ever, serve to amuse those who may not uudersta`d- , Au; hisrmaster's•faue. • -It. was most singular, that this
it. ..-,!'', ..very domestic, whose sight was
.calculated to pro-
The new Comedy. of The World has beeh saju,-,,1-Mptp 'such strong emotions in the irritable mind of
diciously curtailed, since its titst appeal ance, • thatiee L. Loefi 'Aglititn, was the very person employed by his
goes off with much greater spirit, and the. interest is: ;;wite to superintend hint. During the long interval
properly kept up, without that enfeebling:expansion which "had 'el;q4eLf since thh ctcaPc'etiejrd Aghri",
which characterized it in . its original state. e The it had_ beeli dikavelC:d that various expedients had.
Performers' univertrally exerted tist•tuselves with great' - been employed to raise ruuttey by tire eale or his coin-
zeal 5 and the Author and Proprietorvare likely to 'T
iiliiSilia 'in the 'army. For this. purpose . Messrs.
derive considerable advariteges from the merit 'of : Greenwood, Cox, and Cu. were employed, and they
theiteefforts.. - ' . i succeeded iii obtaining all exchange of ill 3 Lordsliip'S•
Mrs. JORnAN has..heeri p. 11Justiy•acCused of havirig I -.rank in the dragoons for a coininission in the; both
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contnved to secure the character of Lady lituoureide, regiment, with a bonus in his favour of 15001. :fins
an the new Comedy of The IV6rid, to herself, in tiamount bavine been paide-they. were again applied
preference to another actress, who, it is said, to sell the cormnission in. the 95.tb, and the-second
it would. have better suited. The truth,- how- cohered was made for the sum of efireol.; but these.
ever, ,eve understand, is, .that; Mrs. ..lospa.t: et Gentlemen, hearing Of the melancholy, sitttiliQn at
first wishad to decline Op-: -4344er, considering it. . the military Officer in whose name the business was.
23 tntich fitter for 11,4jR.p.gticioi ; bin the Menagerie, ,tyansaeted, bad not paid the letter sum him the hand
naturally-, desirous of giving the play the best suppeee; of, the Beneers according to the orders' they had re-
,..in their power, pressed her to take it, -and as shoji*.
---,e'cieed, but reserved it to be disposed of under the
alWayS:an'tiollS to promote the interests of the Theeee !.4,0-4kilett of the Court.: It would be seen that they
tre, she Complied with their wishes: Theeseeeeee :sleet acted discreetly in so doing ; for on the istspeee.
of the play, we doubt.not was' essentially adveeced4,tio i of the rinstrueliens given •them, in was diScurer-
by this good7natured acquiescenee. it i eteee w
i evidesfl O the order under '‘vhich the business was
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that Mr. JoADAbt bas.noPeca4 take e .the trouble,. 1,, tra salted, ,although, it purported to be signed. by
at stutlying new parts, and. partictflarly stich
,-as.sltee l
.Lord Aghritte was not in the hand-writing of his
floes not take.con amore, since•the public never 0,14
.1: Lordship. In this r tinftil situation of thiegs, the"
see lter toci Oftealti those.byetylilehshe has eitablisli- :t learned .counsol submitted to • the Court, that Lady
odherpre7eMine.nt reputation. . - 2 ', 1 Aginerei had Ulteatly had -U sufficient trial of the hi-
in. o LgDGER, of Cevent Garden, whe died on Sainie;.i efficaty of her experiment on the tuit“.i of Lord
day last, was quite- the fac totuf the :theatre, :. Aihrim by constraint and. violence ; and that the
and hiii loss will hatdly4be supplied by, three or coLir parents-- were' now avin entitled to try Whether the
substitutes. He was sometirries':a performer,.
,tlisi.Llnqre lenient mode which had tio@n adopted should and distributor of salaries, and he diSeletegoletat Am:persevered in, limier their auspices;. a species
ed such a variety of miscellaneous duties as liard!y'frcaltreognen4 . Which had been attended, with such
admit of descriptiora...elie . was a very worthy' ,an&4 "sill it's,ry:effecis,• and 'which might tijtimately restore
obliging
.man in all capacities.. . . . ..... : . ,
,i..liit i *to the plepitudeolhis Mental .faCultiei,.-ei.i.is
The 9lllt' verse of greith altaPtit cif
.Eir ~ e-ee,ele.l";.Y et rly; and to his country. , e ,
the lettertipf the .alplanbct. in it::, ;.. . . . .
~ :. 4/,-. ,'"; Tild .Latin CllAN.CitLivon'beibg -obliged, to -*i Or-
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: etrar.v.from Court et ateeerly Hour -the 1 tat ht...z , I .tl-
- Bill was brought. iritti*riislnAnt in
the 43d of EUts-arcrit,.. 160 1'; to preVeol' theryitmi, . its 4 this'intereoi"il "Se Wa4 le*lii(intid Uit '''il •Ni'lin-
:mazy ofmtaicridingb ibeih. '.• • ...". '.- . L day (this' LL'Y)'` - ' •

Yesterday the Hon. Judge Iji•T and. the Ho.
Baron Ssirrit arrived in this town„
,and haVjri4a
opened their commission; Williani.Coligreve
Esq. Knight of the-Shire for this coUnty, and fiehry
Derenzey, Esq. who stood charged=—the first with:
the alledged-nuirder of the late John Colclough,..4w,
by shooting him in a duel, and Mr.,Derenq '
abetting him therein, weft. brought into Court,- and,
having pleaded to the indiament, • - •
Sir JONAH BARRINGTON, Oil th 4 part.of the Pro-r,
secutor, rose and moved the,Court to postpone the
trial to Monday 'next.
The Hon. Baron SmITH said, if the Prosecutors
and the Prisoners should both agree-tO postpone.the
trial to Monday, it should be 'postponed as.y.cour:se
but if the accosed persislis should not consent, he
would put, even, for two days; allow tliein rebtain
in prison tinder' such .hravy accusation, but would
immediately proceed nti :their trial.. .
Mr. o.l).atscot.., on the part of, Mr.AlcOck and
Mr. Derenzey;said,.that so firm 'gas the confidence
of his aients in the stria propriety of their conduo,
and in the juske- ancLintritrity, of a Jury of their
Country, that far .-frith desiring to take anyadvan-
taue by precipitatirig;i.heir itial,. they. were ready to
allow the Prosecutors .every. advantage of prepara-
tion, and -therefore would most readily' consent
to grant the time, rizifui ..The trial • was postponed
to Monday:. ;
OnlYrondairfollOWino o• the'trialCame on and after
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a very 41, i'o!estigafiatx9f. the:9ltstt,, tllfk,Jury,ifq
the Prisoners • ' ' • •