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IV. Potter, jail. N'ottinginin, ?racer.
S. M. I.crraer, Fore-Dm:et, Lositlon, mererant.
h. Tlumtas, Liverpool, met.. itant.
I Stepliensai,, poi,.ttuil,
I. banks, Carkturoury-squAre, Tooloy. street, Southwark,
dealer
S. Writhr, Charles street, Soho-square; jeweller..
I. E. Wood,4alktord, kent, with: and p t r 1)3 n t

PARTN&RSI!IP.I 1 ISSOLVED.
I. Taylor 'and I,llerts, of Mliden-lanr. Wood-street,'straW-
- hat-Inaw4t,teturvrs.
I. ClicringtQn anti NV , Pitt, of Ilroker-row, Moor-fields, fur.
tilture.brolters. • •
I. 'Vicky, jun. .01,(1 Tilley, of Bath, salt refiners..
W. c'rocktord and I. Powell, ot'Staines, Middleicx, grocers.
M. 13. Harvey, 1), W. Hariey, awl I. W. Harvey, Roth.

fPrd, Essex, bankers.
j..f)can and I. Peele, jun. of Egremont, Cumberland, sail-
cloth manuipauvers.
T, Harris and 1 oung, of Bristol, soap toi!ers.
T. W. and I. Blakey, of Liverpool, Corn dealers..
and T. Nlarks, of St. Albans. tea. dealers.
I. King and T. Sergeant, of Worship-street, Shoreditch,
silk-thessers.
Clang Mott and I. Savage, of Chesterfield. coal miners.
I. Tennant, I. Shaw, I. Shaw, and G. Cobb, 'of Leeds,
flax-spinners
I. Dason,. W.nayson, 11. Denton, and L. Forster, ot
beck, Voritsliire,
S. 'f aylcir, M, A. Moody, •W. Taylor, and E. Taylor, of
Southampton, common-brew:us.
'A. Marack, I. PhillipS, and A. Treluddra, of Penzance,
Cornwall, sail..tnakers.
J. Thornton and I. Turner, of East-latie, Walworth, smiths.
M. Bloxhant anti G. SS'ine, of London.
Watt and G. I nglish, of Shrewsbury. drapers.
• IL Tooth and W. Buckle', of Wolverhampton, grocers.
li. Gregory and T. Bulhymn, of Manchester, linie.,butriers;
G. and 'l'. Robson, of "1.11011144'S• place, 1 liillll)Stead.(oAd,
wheelwrights.
Y. Branwhite and I. Wright of Newgate-street, fringe-ma.
nufatturers
W. anti it.-Kayme, of Yeovil, Sotnersetshire, sail-cloth.
manufacturers.

MEMOIRS

OP THE L. rrEit I'EAR3 OP

THE RlGlir DoN. cii ;I:LES 'AMES FOX.

The pressure of business npon Nit. Fox, at his
Coining into office, was quite overwhelming. He
assured xne, that the servants were knocked up with.
fatigtte; that the door was perpetually assailed .by
visitors of every description and, rank.: What an.
efleEt has power on the ruirids of men, bow does it
•impart every virtue, and remove every stain Mr.
Fox, at times the.objeril of scorn and neghiti, but
' akays, in the eye of the discerning, the first man
in 1111.: nation, %vas now exalted; beyond measure,
men ;antt.it was thought posVF.
the be might tr.3ke ai goad a Minlilet. as Mr. Pitt,
1(O, 10!.00. myself, afierwards.eouried and caressed
Ify,ptz.rs9ns ,vl)Li now do opt know or care if I exist.
Snch
.are men,' :Ind so illUsive.t and deceitful are the
chArms power !' As ;140011: as the 'first pressured
general and private importunity wait past,
Mr. F,ix beg,an'to plln a little holiday, interval of
S!. Anu,!'s Hill, with a redoublecrielilt

fee that beloved spot.
" As soon as I could-obtain a proper moment of
I did ti ,t fnii to, express to Mr. Fox my Lin.
at ae.simation of Ireland. I oho lard be
fore him a memorial irom ah IriSh Catholic Gentle
man, who had.inttered by severe and very unmerit
ed imprisonment. Mr. Fox was too Much oppress
ed by business IS attend minutely ,to such things ;
but had not illness intervened, his heart 'would have
led him to every thing humane.
On leaving Ireland, had undersood that the
zener.ti feeline of the Catholics was to do nothing
vvitateVer to embarrass Mr. Fox: There was scme-
thing so generons and almost romantic in this de-
termination, that my esteem and affearon for my
countrymen were greatly 'heightened. It was n no-
vel incident in politics, that above three milliOns of
men should rest under their grievances, almost with
pleasure; and with all the confidence'of the warm-
est friendship, rely upon one man for prceelaion
and redress that they shoUld stifle their groans,
and, adjusting their chains, be careful that not one
clink should disturb him in his great work of re-
storing peace to tlie world, and of preparing a sys-
tem of home policy, capable of communicating hap-.
piness, and strength,'and liberty, to the British ides!
Such a sublime proof of disinterested attachMent in
the Irish Catholics could not but
,impress every friend
of Mr. Fox with gratitude.
Impressed with a lively sense of the value of
Ireland, I stated to Mr. Fox the necessity of im-
mediate and effectual means to relieve her ; that the
Magistracy had been degraded by the introdu6lion
of improper , st)bjeals ; that;- though the Catholics
herd great veneration, and even affetition for hint,
they could not be expected to be devoid of natural
feelings common to all men ; and though under his
Ministry they" Were inn :lined not to press, their gene,.
rosity and abandonment at themselves for; a time
deserved every thin;; and that every ultiMate bad
consequence was to be apprehended for the empire,
if the general state. of Ireland was not ruaressed.
As I felt sincerely and strongly, I spoke with the
same freedom, anti more warmth' than inthe garden
of the Hotel tie Richelieu ; nor was M3'. Fox more
displea,ed titan he had been there at myspeaking
unreservedly. He said, hoWever,very little.'
" It was obvious to me, that in' his own breast he
concurred with the in adinittnig that a lon arrear
of redress was due to Ireland ; but he seemed to'feel
indisposed to enter opt) the suhjett : that; was a
inixime of benevolence and uneasiness in hii coun-
tenance, which said Ido dot blame -you for speak-
ing for your unhappy country, but you do not com-
prebeed ti* difficulties of Lily situation." He told
me, however, as some consolation, that a strong
recommendation had come from the Irish Govern-
mem, just quitting office (Lord Hardwielte), to re-
new the suspension of the Habeas Corps Bill this
year (t 806), but:that-if had been rejected. It was
very evidtut tram his manner, whom Irelaod might
thank for this boon, -and I am quite satisfied that to
Allis day she owes so much of the preservation of
her liberties principally*, if not ;entirely, to Charles
lames Fox. On this occasion, he said that some-
thing was in Coutentplation relating to tithes. 1 did
not think Mr. Fox's mind was at all at ease upon
the subjeet of Ireland.- He seemed to rely upon
the Duke of Bedford's name and amiable disposition ;
bUt with all that candour and purity of soul, which
so entluently set him above the dark and haughty
statesman, the smooth and wily courtier, he did not
reed to say that much could be done.' Infaet, the
Patriots, or Whig eltaraelers, of Ireland, had con-
tributed to make Mr: Fox's situation more difficult
and, more individually. responsible for Ireland, :It
was manifest that Mr. Grattan and Mr. l'aisonby,

and their fliends; leid made no conditions for her
I ever considered this aqua fatal dereliction of het
interests. 'Mr Voit, overseliele-ed a \V:It
wi Ii
foreign ail(' domestic allatrs, eeis neither called' upon,
nor was he Ale to aC every where, and for ever}
person. I au) sure too, that had Mr. Gianni and
his friends expressly declared that they trust know
what terms of relief wo;..ild be creme(' to -helmet;
before they could support the new' Ministry, Mr.
Fux would have found himaeli strengthened by
the demand ; and that if' no other man in the Ca-
binet had listened With satisfaCtion to their proposals;
he would.
" The Catholics, helplesS as tli'dy were, having
none of their body in the English Parliament, aCied
a ;Vise es well as generons part in relying silently
upon Mr, Fax but Mr. Grattan, having beeotte
an Engli'4lS-Member for Ireldnd, ought to have in-
sisted upon positive measures of redress for her, ?tics
opposed even Mi. FoX's Ministry (as he has since
that of the Prince Regent,) unlesa its first, measures
were calculated to destroy the Pittite system theie,
and to restore liberty to his long oppressed country.
I hal certain Mr. Vox mould not 'hare been'clispleas--
ed .at this condoet. He was not at all a mail to
shudder at a division' in the Cabinet, it he was on
right ground ; and, as he sobiequvntly must, most
probably, hays gone ou! upon the lrisl: euesticio,
it would have spared hitia great lanoer and anxiety.
(perhaps prolenged his ineglUable life), if he ha.l
at the outset, and in defence of the Ebert), and hap-
piness of Irelend, left the 'Cabinet : the'merceoary
crowd whoehovered round bini, pinning for sit6a-
tion, plac,e; and pension, and WhOstyled ihetnselves,
.so Onproperly, his friends, migfiChaVe been disap-,
pointed ; but Fox, great es St. Anne's Hill, with hit
history, the Poets, and few since frienods, if he,
return to power, would have cumin singly, grid his'
Ministry, would then have beet-ewithOut
As I always looked upon that, sort of policy,
which sanctions a bad measure by subsequent inerte
ness, as weak and dangerotis, I never could diseover
what reasonsicould influence Mr. Grattan and,
friends to allow the Union toebeglossed over, as if
irretrievable ; the repeal of an ad of union not be-
ing more difficult than that of Peening's law, or
any other :tit trealieg upon It eland's indepeudeece.
The goodness of Mr. Grateet's heart all
,reest ad-
mit ; bat his entrance into the English
lifter the Union, has involved
.bitre in ieextricable
difficultiep, Icor :he may recollect Our cotiver-'
sations alter. the, union, when I Almost 'conjured
him never to sit ,in air Fittgliali „assembly, whose
prejudices. were strong, and highly adverse to
Ireland."
. . .
The Irish Whig party, by the effects of tl.e.
Union, had been absorbed into the. perliitnefic of
England, and :was no more seen or heard
have alluded to the deficiency, as it eppeared, and
still appears to me, in Messrs. Gr man and Petia'on
by, its not making terms tor. Iceand, pies ioui to
supporting the new Ministry.. It is there thealFs
&lett. of Mr. Curean` is to be chsrge.d. Me. Grattan
declinea accepting otlice 'Pcnisechy
made his own terms, and became Charlet:ll6r ; Wt 6;e
Mr. Cerrau, who had laboured eleog with them in
the same vocat ion,. se . long 'and •so powerfully le de-
fence of Irefaed's rights, was left, by his own party,
unnoticed, and in no very enviable .sitnation,.in the
Hall of the four Courts in Dublin."_ •
Ceminglo the last stage Of Mr: fox's illness; Mr.
Trottetese)s!--
" As hisdisorder increased, the operation of tap-
ping was performed, which lie, bore well great
calmness and resolution. le the mean time thene-
gociation with France was proceeding : in tfie`Com-
mencernent of his illness. he had, dictated the dis-
patches, but he was'no longer equal to the cOndutt
of it; and the appointment of Lord Lauderdele'
was one of, the last of his ails in that effair. This'
negociation, as is well known, assumed a' different
aspeCl, when the genius of Fex no longer duetted`
it, It' may be allowed to be said, that to coniftitt
such an affair to .a successful result, much temper,
much conciliation, and an
,oblivien of unhappy and
irremediable events in Europe, Were all requirea,
in order to meet the French negociaturs upon pro-
per ground. MI these Mr. Fox possessed. Iris to
be feared his virtual successor, Lord Grenville,
wanted them. He Was, in many respeels, an ent-
fortunate person, to succeed Mr". Fox, in negociat-
‘ing with France. Lord
,Grenville may be deemed
an able debater, a men of sound sense, and correct
and indefetigable .in. business : but the grand
ties of gentuii,--ethat sensibility whkh appreciates
the feelings and wants of others,
,and meets the
just demands of humanity half way,—that intuitive
glance which comprehends time and place, and fea
gulates a complicated :affair by a stroke of the- pen,
were not his ! Besides,, he
.had been. concerned in
almost all the Ainsocct!istul wars and tregociations of
Mr, Pitt ! The French natiou, under an. Emperor,
could not soots forget the insults offered to the 're-
public. A negotiation which was exceedingly coin!.
plicatecl io the hands of Mr. Fox, i 7 those of Lord
_Grenville was sure to fail ! That great
.mao, him-
self began to entertain feeble hopes of its success ;
but,l apprehend, bad he lived, he would have•sur-
mounted every difficulty ; and he was net himself
aware Of halt the reapeCt and veneration entertained
for his eharaCler upon the Continent. Nu once-Will
deny, that the best probability of peace was de•
strayed when Mr. Fox became unithie,id diratt the
negociation."

'Wheel Mr, Crib'v convivial harangues are pub•
liiihed in 'future, it may be necessary to have ti,eta
" transialed, for the benefit of the torero Gentle-
men."

Wednesday nioriting a'man of genteel appearance,
who was staying at the Crown Hotel, I,'ortsmouth;
cut his throat, in consequence of being, deteaed by
Rivet, the Row-street officer, in stlqiing the watches
and snuff-boxes .of several gentlemen at the same
inn. .-"He is not expeaedio recover.
About six,
,o'clock n Thursday evening last, as
Mr. C. Wilmot, of Cheltenham, was tetut ning from
Bit dlip, .he was attacked by ttivo footpads, who,
after demanding his money, violently-. twaulted liim
with bludgeons: and would, but for the providttntial
arritst of a gentleman in a gig, most probably have
`completed their intent of robbcri and murder.'
villains who committed the above act robbed Mr.
Ebbaworfh, of Elksone., of his -money
,and wateti
on the, morning of the above day. .

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