The Sun.
London, England, 1811-10-09 00:00:00

:AST MOMENTi; AND DEATH or MR. ra).

After receiving the medicine. several times, he
grew ahrrainglY worse ; he was, however, c.im-
posed, and did not coniulain. Mrs. Fox was now
an object of cntpmiseratioi, her anguish was so
great, that I felt the miseries of the moment in-
creased, by witnessing, her sorrow. The distresses
of General Fitzn,itriek,_ Lord. and Miss
Fox, wereisitent, deep, and affecting; for myself,
the world seemed blackening before me—the dreary
path was long and lonely—what were Ministers, and
Courts, and P,ilaces, if Mr. Fox' ceased to lite ?
The empty gratihcations they could 4... Outer—what,
compaied to the intercoutte of, friendship with such
2 man ? It was evident thatna,t‘
nature was overwhelm-
ed, and that the remaining struggle could 110 i be
lung.. Mr. BOUVCrie, a'young .Ciergyman,, then
in
the house, was brought in. Prayeri were read :
Fox was quiet and. resigned; but evidottly disliked
Speaking.be
A solemn and awful silence now prevailed ;.
grew rapidly worse; the night which succeeded
was one of horror, the Worst every mornelit ex-
petted, but an invincible degree of tortiiude, and re-
signation, manifested by Mr. Fox.: no mitrtnurs,
no impatience at his-sulierings, but an anxiety for
Mrs. foes health was predominant over'. every
thing; she had- nobly endured the long and distress-
irg fatigues of this melancholy time.: he was ben-
bible of tilt exertions she had wade he knew they

• ,
Were beyond her . Skrengtn ; and in pitying•
he forgot all the agonies,. all the misery of his bodi.,
ly stale; pite arnight he sent for Lord Holland,
and asked " if there was any hope i" Lord [IA:,
land did not .flatter him with any; and. his answer,
was received With all I hatgrier magnanimity %,‘ hid]
di'stingnished Voi's 'clvaraaer, and had pervaded
his Whole life. Towards morning hill breatli,ing "Wfig,
:visibly afletiecl-'; all I.l)pe was lit 61i end ; nothing
remained -but to wait the event; tritore di-a not
struggle much ; Mrs. Fox,, M,ss Cox, Surgeon
Hawkins, Myself, and one dcineStic, were gene
-present.
The scene which followed was worthy of.the name
of Fox. M his breathing. 1.),-came,ditlicult, he no
longer spioke ; but his lOoks-his countenstico gra-
dually assumed a sublme, -yet tender atr ; he seem-'
• ed to regret leaving Mrs. Fox solitary and friendless;
and as he fixed his e) es repeatedly upon her, thtew
into them such an expression of el nsolation as look-
ed supernatural : there was alSo in it a tender grafi.'
tude, which breht bed unutterable thanks; and, to
the last, the disinterested and affeaionate, the dying
• husband,. mourned: for, anothet's sufferings, .and
strove.to make 'his Own appear light.—There was
time pious reqnation' of the ettristain, who learlesS-
ly abandons his fleeting spirit to 'a nvlcifill Deity,
visible throughout the '43y the unbeliever who
'6 -Came to scoff. must' have remained' to pray.", it
was now Mr. 13ox gathered the fruits of his-glori•
ous life ; his departure was urn utii.,d by remorse
he had sacrificed 'every thing that was personal to
his country's good, and tound his last moments
blest with that retleMion, his last effort, bad been
conformable to the Divine Religion lie professed—,

to give peace to an affliaed world. ' •
The hovering Angel who waited to receive his
spirit saw that be Tied taried long enough upon
earth ; the evening- advanced, and sinking nature
announced that hisend approached. " I die hap-
py," said he, fixing again and. again his eyes upon
Mrs. Fox : be endeavoured to speak farther,,but we
ceiuld not understand' his words,: he repeated the
attempt—l atietled to understand him, in order to
relieve his anxiety :'—"Trotter will.tell you," turn-
ing to Mrs. Fox, were tii4 last words ! His coun-
tenance ,grew, serene and . elevated; his arms were
a little . raised to meet Mrs. Fox's embrace ; his
eyett, full of a celestial lustre, continued bright and
unclosed ;.and. as the setting: sun withdrew, without
distortion or Struggle, but with the same unchanged
looks.nt benignity, resignation, and love, whidh ani-
--mated his face throughout this mournful .day,. he
expired, leaving our tiorroW almost obliterated by
admiration at his :e:.-.emplary and happy end !

MR. SADLEa's gist ascension. of
Mr.' Sadler in his inagrefieent Balloon from:Vaux-
hall, near Birmingham, on Monday, 'proved an ir-
resistible pan of attrataiott to all rii'nks of persons,
who %ere teen moving in all direttions. to the spot
from which tilt ascent took piece,. Thousands of
people (tom 'distant parts, who were disappointed
ott Saturday from witnessing the ascension of the
'neronaut, in consequence of tenipestuous weather,
again arrived at Birtningharn, and the number of
carriages .and. pedestrians of all ranks and de-
scliptions moving along the roads leading from.
Wednesbury, Litchfield, Coventry, and Dud-
leyi 'exceeded by far the greatest concotese of
specs .tors Mr. Sadler ever witnessed on any lor-
-Meer occasion. The collieries in therrrighbn urhood
were- almost charted, and the numerous body of
miners, who penetrate the bowels of the earth in
other kind of balloons (skiffs) in which they are adept
at a descent, were drawn by philosephic impulse
to view with wonder a stupendous machine which
conveyed the voyagers from tcrrq ,firma, irnidst
unexplored regions. Nutimers 01 respectable tiedes.-
people ia the town closed their sh'opS; and hastened
to witness the novelipectacle. In fact, rablic.cur
riositv was never manitobted in a greeter degree
iiinco the ,ascension of Mr. Harper, in .1'785, When.
it was calculated near 160,000, persons were pre4etit;
Till:. concourse en Monday last was incredible,
and Alt% Sadler, who had a,command'of 1114 exten-
sive. croe,ds its all direttions, on the tops of houses,
supposed the' numbers could not be. less than
'one 'toothed and seveiiiy thousand spectators. 'Not-
withstanding this thronged culleCiion' of people, the
judicious art angetnents ebseived, ltttlts inconvenience
.%as experienced the regiment of Scotch Greys,
the Loccil Milii"o; and a number of colistahles in-
terspersed with them were so disposed as to have
the effect of preserving order, 'and keeping the ac-
cess to the gardetis clear.
The process of tilling the balloorteommenced. at
a, quarter past ten, and Midi fuliy complesed.by two
o'clock, at which time the car was attached to it ;
and' the. different apparatus which had been pre-
paled,. consisting o( a thermometer, hydrometer,
haFomeler. .electrometer, tn.-triner's compass, &c.
&c. retteshments.were then placed in the car. Mr.
Sadler entered, and_ was immediately folloWed. by
Mr. l3archam, a eetulernan of East Dereharn,
Not folk. Mr.,S4dlcr's son and daughter fook, their.
leave of him, and all.preporations'beiqg completed,
the
rlines.whieh held the balloon were dra mu, arid
at 14 minutes past two the adventurous voyagers
bade adieu, amidst the shouts of the company m the
gardens.
The wind at this lime blew a brisk gale from the
S. W. by W. and the balloOn lose, in (vosost mar
jestic manner; Ott.clearing the trees, the speda.
tots were
.strockwith a.ve by the grandees- of the
scene, and burst out in loud cheers and ecclania-
firms. Mr..Satiler and Mi. liurOliain continued to
return. the cotnplinicut by waving their hats and
flags. The atmosphere was Ingch overee.t, and ie
three tilioUteS the balloon, rising with Considerable
Velocity, entered a Cloud, tvhich obScured the view"
of the speetaiors fur a few seconds.
When the.
aerousuts agam emerged, shouts of joy reiterated
from all quarterti; midi atter continuing in view for
they were entirely lost to the spec.
mots, yvho still Continued to express the pleasure
they experienced by every method in their puWer.
From the strong current' of air they experienced.
in mine minutes after their :ascension, it is supposed
ai.Aieunuts' will tlirea thetr course over
and alight near Derby. This is the fourth
voyiage Mr. Sadler It3s made in the pre,ent balloon.
No accideois of consegeetice occurred, and tie. ter
!;istietit of SEotch Greys performid their duty in
6ceping the mob front doing inisehief to the,,ad-
joining i,latitattoni with the lugliest degree of cr4viit.
Mr. Sadler most liberally intends to appl? the profits
towar4s the _funds of the General Respital.

PArtin..;--The cloie *of e jai A:21:
traorditiary Infidel is thus gFven in in *
pUblication of authenticity : his last matitentW•consd-
not be bitter described thin by 'quoting a passsag'ile
from a letter Oritteit by Dr. Manley; i'ss trAtt,nde'd
Paine during his last illness: About eleten inohtlis
previous to his death, excepting th•r• la4t six
weeks, he was 'drunk twice a day.., The -Doat*
thus states:--
.

During. the latter part of is y lifer, though his •
conversation was•egnivical, his condtkt,
Lir ;he would not be. left night or day Fits
jut only 'required to have some person with hinr, •
but he must see that he or she VVilfl there, ~citk
would not allow hiS cortaln. to he 'dostd n: :try,
time; and it, as it would SOlnetirile; inurvoidablyt,
happen, •he • was- left alUile, he would .screatti and
hotly Lfatil some person caute..to hint, \VI,: it reLikr
from pain would admit, he rieemA thori,,!:titful
contenipilitive - his eyes bring gelierattre o;ed, ;,tilt
his' hanillpfoided upon his bieaat, alttiotigh tee hev=
slept withwit ihe assistatlce nf .-117n..tyne. re
was sonsr-thing•remarkable in his conduct libin.l tnia
period • (which' cornpriSes two Weeks. iinttleiciiii'elY
preceding his 'death), paeticrilailY ,4 hen we reflect
that .Paine was them:ol4o of " The Age of Itea‘ott.'
He Would call out, dbring. his parox
tress, withoui intermission—. 0 I,nrit, .help rns
God help me !—Jesus Chri,,i help ! !---0 Lord
help tne,' tke.--repeating the Citiii; X prt.!s s. Wi111! •
out ,the least variation, nt a tune pf voice that
would alarm the house. It ‘s/..s this'cootiud, whiclt
iodocrei me to tl,ii k that he had Ab3ncicrp t.d'
fortnei. opinions ; and 1 was more 141'114 to that
belief, when:l understood hom his nurse (who it
a very, serious, and, a pions woman),
he would occasionally ii.quire, when he saw her
.engsged with a, book, what she was readii,g, ; duud
being answered. (1-lobarrs. Companion to the Al t.i r )•*•,:
and at Ilte same time asising,
..wirst.ther, 611.!
read. aloud,.lie assented,. and would appear to give
particular attention. •1 took oceadion, dining 'the -
night of the sth or 6th of Jone, to test thesstrengtfi
of his opinions respeoling the Revelation. .t 'our-,
posely made hitn a very hue vi.)lt—it was r. time
which
.:seetited to 'snit tptaalY With my erratic;" jt

was inidnight..—lie was in great divtress; constantly
exclaiming. in the words m above?.ention.:!d,. v.vitei.,.
after a con,,iderable preface, I addraed him in
.the
following inrujner •
" Mr. Paine, your opinions, by a lgrge portloii
" of the .community, have been treated with de.
" ference I you have never been in the habit of
mixing in your conversation wOtdi of, course—
" you have never indulged'in.the habit of prolorit
" swearing ; you must be sensible that we are 44.;•
" .iluainted with yoUr religious opinions aS itiey aro
".given rto the world : What must we think ut
,your present conduct ? Why do you rail upon
ft. Jesus' Christ- to help' you' Do 'lna believe
"'that he can help you ? Do you believe In into.
" Divinity of. Jesus Christ ? Come now, ansvver,
me honestly--,I W?int. an answer from the lips of
" a dying titan ; fur I verily believe you Will u'u
" live four-and•twenty
,hunts. I waited ittnn4
time at the end of every question'; 'he did 'not an-
swer, but ceased to exoaim. in.the.above,ina,,ner.
Again I. addressed him—" yott hatte not
" answered my questions—wit yoti answer them?
.Alloy melt) ask. you again—Do you believe, ut
" —let tile qualify the question. —do }no wilt to
" tudive of 4! Jp.,Chrilt is the $ it of God
After a p 34130 of some minutes, he .answered, .4 I
have no wiith.to believe on th it stihiett." r I theti
left. him ; an I I knci.w not whether he spoke to any,
person on any h u bjed , though he its I before
observed, till the morning of the eighth."
wasawiril.

FEMALE CRICK' sTrits.—Monday being., the. list
day to decide the contest, an to usual asstAibl:igt; of
vehiClesmf all descriptions surrounded the groutol by
eleven . O'clock ; tandems, dog-carts, brick oily .;
coaches, tke. formed a complete ring ; several hantl.i.
some females, dressed in AV.lii4 blue mantles, graced
those vehicles. the Earl of .13arrt mote, in s 61+11;4
hursc•chaiie, was amongst the spec.ktins. His little;
friend, who goes by the name of Tiger, Was ~i) 1114
'pony. At three o'clock the match Was wen by the
Hampshire lasses, who, not being willing id leave
the field at Sc). early. an hour, and having only woo.
by t%ty innings, they pllyed a single game, in wlitCh
they were also successful. Afterwards they otitclrert -
in triumph to the Angel, at Islington, and took
some refreshment. • After their departure, the re= •
.tuainder of the spe6lators were entertained with A
foot race. , It was between a Hampshire. barber, rel,
siding. in the neighbourhood of. Cola-lane,. and ,a
Surrey man. The' ground was measbred (WO
yard) ;.,as Amid) ceremony was pra(itised as is env.
tomary at a ;ace course; a Gentleman on a trey
pony, and another on ~ a chesnut mare, cleared the
ground. At five o'clock the two champions ai.i.
peared in turf array, 'the Fimnpshire barber b in
no sons ohm", but in, Val) his antagonist, ttiu
surrey Mall, had a white handkerchief round Wa
head. lie was allowed tire yards in aLivance, butt
lie. was d;SlatlCOd by 25. yards. This concitelvd tht
sports of the day.
CIIESTEIt, Oc.r. 8.—,0n Friday, the Shrevesl..tity
Coach, on its way to this city, was Onion one etv
overturnedon the turn leading from the bridge
at the Rosset. The coach wits full, bath insid and
out, and we are extremely
,sorryito say, that seAe.
ral of the paiserigots were very pinch towed, some
having thOr., iiintis broken, and few, if any, of
teem -eseaping.Without bruises or cOniusions.- We
are sorry to slate, in addition to theabove, that the
Holyhead Mail Coach, on'its way to this city, w.u4
overturned about four Miles Flom hence. The coach=
Man had both his' leo broken, and vi;',s Otil6tkVlSO
much bruised, but all the passengers,cscaped with,
out any material injury. .
Cott ts-41t;t1ANGC, OCV. 0.----Tflig day wd hard
but few fresll..arrivals of Whcat, and not totoh
' of remaining styptics, .samples et first twiny fetch
somewhat better price's; 13ai1ey tally at l'st l'''4'esi
Malt much in request, and rat fief higliet-i White f a
full as dear as on Monday ; Beaus ut each kind a
trifle dearer ; 0413 continue in very short supply;
sales only to those in forthwith request;and the few,
made are fully at the last quotation; .Flour irithout
variation. - :,,, •
%i heat -so 2 965 a 114 s Tick ora '.7i 4.39 a 49.
Fine ditto B
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tbs a sa.:a Ditto Mitre old) . ;as a "
Rye - - - 4aa a 47, Oats ,-, - 2ss a 3,Js a 35$
1101,1 . .. , 415.2 49,, rotana onto . 37$ A 335 bi
Malt :- - l, - rta a'
Os
,Potate.editto , .34s 14 4i
W hiniNas,hotlerti9ss a s Rape Seed t: 4 421, -21 41):,
Grey ditto - .: Oc,-5 a 4;s Fitt 1 lout - sop a toct
bsatis .' .` - ika' a 44* Sec s.. °.-' '9 -99455 t
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