The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-15 00:00:00

MR. FOX.

-event for 'which 'the expeEtatiOn of the Public
has long been prepared took place On Saturday last.
Mr. Fox, in the afternoon of that day, had signified.
that'he was convinced it was not within the power
soff' btit-rmin -knowledge or sitrii to in ti,rait, his ;
and he requested to be exempted from the disagree-
able necessity of subthitting to any thing more that
his Physicians 'might propose. Indeed these Phy-
sicians, from the general appearance of things on
Friday afternoon, had deemed it their duty to in•-
form his relations and friends that all was over, and
that his death might hourly be -expeCted.—This
aweful intelligence was caunnunicated to Mr. Fox
himself, who received it with manly firmness and
composure. Lord HoLLAND,,at his particular re-
quest, dispatched messengers to the Duke of NOR-
FOLK, Earl FITZWILLIAM, Lord JOHN TOWNSHEND,
,acid Sir FRANCIS. VINCENT: He then gradually be-
came more weak and languid, and died about five
in the evening, reduced to, the lowest state of de-
bility.
Mr. Fox has so long made a distinguished figure on
the stage of life, and has so much attraded the no-
tice of the world, that the 'death of such a man is
not to be classed among ordinary occurrences; and
the distinCtion he acquired entitles his memory to
particular observation. , A rigid conformity to the old
Latin maxim, which inculcates only a favourable
notice of the dead, would be absurd and useless.—
Every man who has risen to importance in a State,
when he is released from all human cares and duties,
leaves his character as a legacy to mankind, that they
may improve by his virtues, derive instruction from
his knowledge, or be warned by his errors.—ln-
discriminate panegyric can render no honour to the
dead, nor can ummerited censure.be of service to the.
living. A fair and impartial estimate of a distin-
guished CharaCter when he departs from this tratYsi-
tory scene is, therefore,. What mankind have a right
to expe&, because it may not only be of use to the
race who immediately survive him, bUt may extend
the instruction, resulting from his example, to dili-
tant ages. Upon the present occasion we have nc,
thing but truth in view ; yet it is our anxious wish not
to' deliver 'too rigourously even what trlith
may di-
rea, but to blend with its dictates the sentiments of
candour.

Mr. Fox commenced his public career under' the
most favourable auspices. , Nature had been liberal
to him, even to profusion, in intelle&ual endow-
ments, and he had all the adVantages of fortune at
his command. It has been justly obserVed, that
neither our virtues nor our vices are entirely our
own : The ill-judged fondness of a parent is too
often the source of error in the offspring. Lord,
HOLLAND, the father of Ali-. Fox, was naturally
partial to a son whose talents held forth so promis.-
ing a hope that he would,rise to the highest distinc-,
tions in the State. Hence, from thefear that 'curbing
his son's spirit might tend to obstruct his genius, it,
was a rule with Lord HOLLAND. that his son CHARLES.
should be indulged in every thing. The conse-
quence is easily to be conceived—this unlimited
permission to do as he pleased, gave vigour to his
passions in the same proportion as the progress
of time increased the energy of. his , mental powers.
—lt would be painful to dwell on the errors of his
youth, which was marked by a career of pleasure
that led him into the most ruinous spirit of extrava-
gance. He tame so early into Parliament, before in,
deed he had reached the period limited by its regula-
tions, that it has been said he was born in the House
of Commons. He very soon made a figure in Par,
liament as an orator, even at a time when one of
the greatest orators which the world had ever seen
(the late Lord CHATHAM), was in .the highest esti-
mation, and when it was adorned by many other
Members of great oratorical- powers, tho Ugh their
lustre was dim' compared with that transcendaut
ornament of the British Senate. it is evident that,
if Mr. Foit had not suffered his political ambition to
be diverted by putsuits of pleasure, he must have
become one of the most conspicnous and useful
props of the State. Unhappily, however, the man of
pleasure and the politician were United in his cha-
raeler, and the former at length prevailed so much
as to plunge him in dissipation and its consequent
embarrassments.

It is in the charaetet of an Orator that Mr. Fox
is chiefly entitled to attention, and more particularly
as the head of Opposition ; for his judgment did
not bear an eXad proportion to the other powers of
his mind—and it does not appear that he was as well
qualified to eondud the affairs of a Country as to
watch the -conduCt of -an Administration, - He disc
played. great capacity; force of argument, splendour
of imagination, and ingenuity in debates but
through the whole of his political life, those
who are capable of fairly appreciating. his powers;
must acknoWledge, that thOugh • he could ob-
jea,. he could not create ; and he was often so
precipitate and unguarded in his opinions and declar.
ations) as to show t hat it would have been rash indeed
to trust the concerns °fa great empire wholly to. his
management. It must be acknowledged also; that
the principles he supported were different in different
situations, and, consequently, there was not that
Clear and decided judgment which forms an essential
quality in the charmer of a great Statesman. It is
impossible to forget the hasty eulogium which he
passed on the French ReVolution, notwithstanding all
the arguments which were urged by his great rival
Mr. PITT, to the conviaion of all mankind, as well
as the warning voice of Mr. BURKS, whose admir=
able work on the subject will live in the estimation
of all sound Politicians and friends of humanity,
when Mr. Fox will be little more than a name in
the records of History. Nor does it appear that,
notwithstanding all the horrors which that dreadful
scourge of Nations (the French Revolution) pro-
duced, and its termination in the most oppressive
and disgraceful- Despotism the world ever beheld,
that Mr. Fox ever recanted his opinions, or at least
deliVered any recantation in that Assembly which
witnessed 'his temerity. It is, then, as an orator that
Mr. Fox must be viewed, . and in that. light he was
one of the greatest that has appeared in this Country.
We need not expatiate on his talents in this resped,
as the people are so well acquainted with the history
of his public life. As to his private condu&, we are
under no pressing obligation to render it a matter of
dismission. It is sufficient to say, that be was ad-
mired for the easy pliancy of his temper; that he
was always ready to do a good-natured action,; and
that though he was 'too negligent In the choice
of his friends and associates, 'he could number

both some .of the most 'amiable and.
gnished men in the Country. The etfcci of Par:irat
indulgence, indeed, 1:,-,..vai!ed during the whole of
his life, in public ar/1 in private, and the unbridled
course Of his passions in youth ,:ettled an habi-
tual indolence, except when :.i..mated by political
exig,cncies, whit rrt!'vented Lim from attaining that
'dignity of charaaer which on-;:ht to have accorn.
such extraordinary abilities.
Mr. Fox was born on the 1 3t h of Jannary, 1748,
He was the son of HENRY Baron .HOLLAND, of
Foxley, who was raised to that. title in the year
:1703. CHARLES JANIF:3 nix, the second son of
.this Nobleman, and the -stil).jea of our present
notice, was, in, the year 1708, when only ni 1 --
teen years of age, chosen Alen:her of Parliament
for Midhurst, in Sussex. In 1 772, during the Ad-
ministration of Lord NORTH", he obtained a seat at
the Admiralty Boards and wa`s .after appointed one
of the Lords of the Treasury by that Nobleman,—
Conceiving that his talents tltialitied him to take a
higher post, be threw himself into, the arms of Op-
position, and became the Leader of a 'Party, in
which situation, with a short intermission, he re-
mained till the ever-to-be lamented death of Mr.
' PITT, and the critical nature of the times, rendered.
it necessary to form an union of Parties, and to on.,
ploy his talents in the service of the State; and
after so much political experience, it is, to be hoped
that they would. have been highly useful to his
Country, if it had been the will cf Providence to
have extended his life with unimpaired health and
capacity.

' PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13.--Arrived the -Vrotv'Mar
ircretta REmrs, and the Elmbur,fh dEolus,
0
STEM, both detained by the Hey() Privateer the
Econolny, Nicnot.soN, from'Malitga, bound to St.
Petersburg!), detained by -the Intlifilt:galle Privateer.
Sailed the Juno, RuTnEttlioLD, for St. Andel'o
the l'ortlinit, PETERSON, and, the Norberg, CHRI:i-
TIANSEN,.bOth for Hamburg!).
'Arrived the Myrtle, NIGHTS N`GALE, and the Hope,
YOutcnEit, both from Riga; and the Severn, filtlC-
W6OD, from Cork.

The Encampment at BUckland.DOwn has bro',-,-,n
up, and the TroOps are re-embarked on board the
Transports from which they were landed ; Those
encamped on- ilickleigh Down broke up to-day, and
proceeded to Stonehouse for the same purpose. The.
whole -are 'expeEted to be re-embarked by Monday
next, when it'is said the Transports are to Proceed
to Falmouth to await the return' of Admiral Lotts's
Squadron, and that in•the interim other Troops are
expeagd from the Eastward 'to join the Expedition.
•Arrived the Plover Sloop of War from a Cruize.
• Sailed the Caroline Armed Ship, with a Convoy
'for the Downs ; and the Edo Sloop of War for
Portsmouth.

POUTSMOOTti, SEPT. 14.—Afrived this rnoming
the Star Sloop of War, and the LAcifer Bomb, from
the Downs) having a Fleet tinder Convcn, of which
the tollowing are a part, viz. George, ROAtiURGH,
from Riga; Catalonia, ARMST.RONG, flOtt St. Peters-
burgh ; Jolin, MONDAY, from Archangel.; the En-
deavour, Eybrt, Minor, Ann 'out Jane', Margaret,
and Betsey Colliers, from Sunderland.

Sailed the Champion Frigate, to join the Channel
Fleet ; Rattler Sloop of War, with the .Sizz.'cess Gar-
land, .zPrilve, and fester, I::;!wfinin4land Ships, un-
der Convoy for that plve Margai-etta Packet for
Bengal, and the Safignard Gun-vesel, with 'the
Skelton-Castle ; Union zinc! Matilda East lndium') ;
and the, Mermaid Picket, for the Cape of GoOd
Hope, nutter Convoy for Plymouth; to join the Con-
rov there.

Yesterday the Atlas, of 71- guns, and the Unicorn
Frigate, went out of- the Harbour.

BARWICH,SEPT.I4.--:-The Prince ofiVales Packet,
Captain A. DEANE, and the Lady iVepean, Captain
G. DEANE, arrived last night with Mails from Got-
tenburgh.
The Earl of L eicater, Capt. TiIOMPSON) with a
Mail for Gottenburgh, and the Lark, Capt. DELL,
with the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails, which
sailed on Thursday last, were obliged to return, and
now remain With the Dorset, Captain HAMILTON,
and Lady Frances, Capt. FLYN ; the former bound
to Gottenburgh, and the latter for Husum, each
With. yesterday's Mails.--The Count M. WoaoNzo,
is Passenger on board the Dorset, charged with dis-
patches for St. Petersburgh.
Captain, MAcnoNouon, of the Diana Packet,
arrived last night from Husuni, with the Hamburgh
and Bremen Mails; and the Diana, Capt. STEWARD,
arrived this morning from the same place; with the
bit of the Hamburgh and Bremen Mails that are due.
Sailed the Pathe, of Boston, Captain DIXON, for
Riga, in ballast, and the Centinel Gun-brig, on a

Remain the Gallant, Aggressor,. Escort, and
Charger Gun-brigs.

FALMOUTH, SETT. 52.—Yesterday sailed the
Ishend Packet, DODD:. with a Mail for. Lisbon;
and the Princess Charlotte Packet, KEitlt, with a
Mail for Jamaica.

DA/4tEt.s.--.Baturday the Court-room at the Man
sion.House was crowded at an early hour, in the ex-
peaation of Daniels being examined. On the LORD
MAYOR, however, coming into Court, a few minutes
past ten o'clock, he presented a certificate which
had been put into his hand, signed by Mr, Hodg-
son, stating, that though Mr. Daniels was much
better, he wis still so much indisposed as to render
it 'dangerous that he should be brought up for exa.
Mination.

In opposition to this certificate, it was stated, by:
several of the Gentlemen interested on the part of
the prosecution, that Dr. Turner had, at their re-
quest, visited Mr. Daniels, and that the result of his,
examination was, that though Mr. D. was certainly
indisposed) yet that his illness was by no means
such as to prevent bim being brought up for exami-
nation. The Gentlemen. from themselves added,
that they entertained no doubt a similar obstacle
would be endeavoured to be thrown in the way on
Monday) or any other day to which his Lordship
might be inclined to postpone it. •
The LORD MAYOR said he did not pretend to know
much of medicine; but the real question was, whe-
ther or not he ought to order Daniels to be brought
up in the very' face of the official certificate lying
before him. Such he did not conceive to be his
duty. , •

After a consultation among the parties interest-
ed; it was agreed that the examination should take
pace to-morrow moriling at ten o'clock. _

se visionva,t,

THE IL:O7.I2II7RGii

BERLit4, SF.CT. 2.—lt is unl/4!ers-tood that his Ma-
Jesty-will soon join the Army i!, person. The, day
before ,yestecday" (says the Frerriallige of the Ist
September) the; I'LL-gin:lent of Wiens d'Armes and
alußottrr's Hussars marefted off; tlie:Gre-
'nadiers and MOLLENDOAieS Regiment set out, and
they are to be followeq by,the Guards. The
like spirit of these troopi?, and of the colleted
multitude, could never be dfsilayed in a more-tua'rk-
ed and -energetic-manner. thall. 'on tl2is, occasior.
The whole of the Infantry 1.11(1 Cavalry liavd, rro‘;.;
marched hence to form a Cant between Burg and
Magdeburgh.. The Silesian Regiments,are to. dire&
theirmarch towards • SamAy'.. 'There are. in: 'Berlin
now. only •some,recruits in the. .deptits, who Mount
guard alternately with:the -inhabitants. 'Within
short period several Russialr.and other Couriers have
arrived here; and among the rest one for the french
\Envoy, M. LIFOII-EST. On Sunday M. -VON EN-
GELBaECUT, an ;Officer in the ,Swedish .service;
and ibrmerly in our's, arrived here as a Messenger.
lle delivered to. his Prussian Majesty a, letter from
the King of Sweden, and Was,lor that purpose in-
troduced to his Maj,esty, and dinetU with him at
Charlottenburgh. The periodical .Paper; called
"1 Berlin, or the Prussian conomist,"L contains an
interesting. War -.Scingi•-addressed to the PrusSian
Army, to which the folloWing observation is sub-:.
jdined : -"- On the 29th of August,, 1756, marched
out to take thelield in the long and glorious seven
years war. And on the 29th of August last, about
50 years after, the first division of the same garrison
Marched out." Apartments are preparing in the
Castle 'flo a stranger of high Jank. . The Courier
es.peEted from. Paris is not yet returned.
• BERLIN;. SEPT. 3.—Yi:sterday morning a CoUrier
arrived here from St. Petersburgh, with a letter from
the EmperorALExANDER, addressed to our Monarch.
HANOVEU, SEPT. 2.—On the 31st ult. General
RucHEL returned here from Brunswick. Great
numbers of Prussian Troops dire& their march to
Gottingen, and part of them pass through 'this place,
Some Troops have also marchedtp Buckenburgh.
, SEPT. 3.—The- Swedish Light Dragoons which
last Week entered Lauenburgh were yesterday re-
lieved.by -a
party of Hussars, and have removed to
Gudol.v.

BANKS Off' THg
.MAINE, Aup.'3o.,---We find the
following statement in a Public JoUrnal :—" M. DE
GitooTE, the Prussian Minister to the Circle of
Lower,Sauny, has, officially notified to the three
Hans Towns, that his Court was on the point of
forming a Confederacy for the North, of Germany.
This Minister has proceeded to Bremen,. for the pur-
pose of %making the, Same notification there.. We
are asured that the contingent of the confederacy
Of the Rhine has been ordered by the supreme Chief
:Of that league/ to be called out, and. put in motion
without delay..-t-It is -remarked within these few
days, that HesSian patroles" come .during night to
the gates of Frankfort." The
.Gazette of Manheim
gives the following intelligence from the Brisgau
Our Country has been divided, by the Treaty
of . Presburgh, between 'the King.6lsWirtemburgh
and the Grand Duke Of Baden ; w e now, however,
learn with satisfaction, that the-whole will have the
same master. The -part of•Wirtemburgh • will,
tinder the auspices-of France, be ceded to the Grand
bake Of Paden, who will give in exchange, to his
Majesty of Wirtemburgh, .his 'possessions situate in
the centre of Suabia. The town-of Willingen is
already occupied by the Troops of Baden. The cl,e-
pot of PrUssian recruits, which was at NenWied, has
been removed, in consequence
.of an4unction be
Mg-given that effect."
LAUENBURGH, &EFT. 3.—On Sunday we received
a Notification froth the -Regency of"Ratzeburgh, that
-tile King of Sweden 'had 'taken possession of this
territory iii the name, of the-King of England. -'ln
consequence of the orders of his Swedish Majesty,
the ,Prussian arms' and eagles have been removed, and
every thing is placed on the ancient footing.
• ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 20,—M. Voist .01113RIL,
as it is reported, will go to the country to reside on
his estate.

• H.NAIBUR'GI-1, SEAT. s.—Great, preparations are
making in Russia. There are at .present 40,000
Russian troops on the frontiers of Moldavia-
-40,000 'on- the frontiers-of Galicia—and 1.50,000

on the frontiers of Prussia: On the 21st of August
an..• Alliance was concluiled between Prussia and
Hesse.
. :They write from Salonichi,
,that great prepara-
tions are making in Turkey, which seem to indicate
an approaching War. The Porte; it is said, has' cpi-
dered all Russian subjeffs within its dominidns to
hold themselves in readinessimmediately to quit the-
Empire.—Presburgh. Gazette.
FRONTIERS OF S.A.XONY,. SEPT. 2.—Thirty: thou-,
sand Saxon troops, it is stated, are to join the 'Prus-
sian Grand Army;
,and, besides, a strong Saxon

• Army of Reserve is to be formed. A more intl-
. mate Alliance, ,it is understood; wasi:on the 21st,
entered into between Prussia and Saxony. • •
DANTztc, AUG. Estifette hasp arrived
here with orders for the Regiments in garrison to
hold themselves ready to march on the '2 I Ses •
MUNSTE-R, AUG; 26.—0 n the.24th all our garri-
son was assembled under arms. General Vox,
3LUECHER reviewed them,.. and addressed them
with that eloquence which he so well'known to
possess. In • his speech he -pointed-ont; to, them,
with great animation, the duty they owe to their
_ King and Country ; and expressed his'convielion
that, whenever their exertions should, be neces-
. lary,.they would, un:Jer all circumstances, main-
tain the glory of the. Prussiatimarne. - The breaking
up 'Of the different corps of troops, and- levying of

reemits and horses,- are:'still ' continued with g—reat

C.tivity. Since' the 18th all public-hohses here'
.Itave been obliged fo- shut •up 'at ten o'clock.
General BLUECHER .has alsO striElly prohibited the
public circulation of false reports respeaing the pre
sent situation of public affairs, because -reports of
that kind might tend"ta promote desertion.
ERLANGEN, AeG. 26th inst:at seven
in the morning, about 200 Bavarian troops, Infantry'
and Cavalry, presented themselves before the small
city of Iphofcn, forced the gates, and demanded of
Civil Officer of his Prussian Majesty the keys of
the treastves, registers,' &c. The keys being re-
fused, a locksmith was sent for, who 'opened. them