Star.
London, England, 1820-06-15 00:00:00

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'ltalic services, and' transcendent talent, were the
Womhenen't stated4°ula bteha dtlzaitd virtue,
epticlitiOns on which such honoui-s should be granted,
and uttered the name of " Grattan," he was confi-
dent drat every one who heard hire would be ready
to reply with eagerness, that he had satisfied then%
all. Mr. Grattan had been peculiarly distinguished
in the course of his Parliamentary career. He was
the first (so far as he was informed) and certainly he
was the only individual of our age, to whom Parlia-
ment had voted a recompense for services rendered
to the country, by one who was no more than 2 pri-
vate Gentleman. Mr. Grattan was the-only man
whom a Parliamentary grant, under such circtlek-
stances, had ever been made. It was nearly forty
years since the Irish Parliament voted an estate to
Mr. Grattan and his family for his public services
and in the resolution, which had been passed on that
occasion, Mr. Grattan b'd been called ss the fnunde4.,
of the liberties of his country." He found Ireland'
a province to Englandhe made her the equal anti:
the friend of England ! He gave independente
to
her Legislature, and gave a name among the nalions.
•f the earth, to a brave and generous people! He'
was one of the few whose happiness and whose glory
it had been to rescue their country from a foreign.
policy, and that too by the bloofdles arms of Wisdom
and eloquence!—( Wear, hear ) —He, in effecting thin
important ohject, had so conducted himself, that-his
name was not less beloved in England than in that
country which he had toiled to emancipate. It must
be admitted, that no service of this nature could be
rendered, without producing a great diversity of opi-
nions, and some political hostilities ; but it was the
_great happiness of Mr. Grattan to live till the mil,'
mellowing hand of time, and the private virtues t .
advanced age, in him so particularly conspicuous,
had produced so general an impression, that that
House, divided as it was on other subjects, unite'
to do honour to his talents and merits ; and, follow et
by their admiration to the end of his career, he
doubted not-that the tribute which he called on tli'
House to render to his memory, would be deep, sir
cere, and unanimous. He had said that such hi
flours should only be bestowed in cases where pn!
terity would be sure to approve the decision. Gnu
tan, he was certain every one must feel, would be
great name in our annals. His history would fill
most important page, and must-be inseparably co:1,
netted with that history of his country. Fertile ;
that country had been of great men, it had not bek
more fertile in any former age than in the presen)
and none of the great names which she bad pro‘iucc
(even though Burke and Sheridan were among them
shone with greater lustre, or were more certain!'
historical than that of Nlt. Grattan—(LoudCheers).•
The great services rendered to his country in I7F
by Mr. Grattan, he viewed as-totally independent
the subsequent union of the two countries 11:
whatever Mr. Grattan's opinion might have liven
the subject, he (Sir J. Mackintosh) would come;
that no useful—no beneficial negotiation bet-xc,
the two countries could be opened till they met
equal terms, to propose and arrange that union al
friendship which he hoped would be eternal: To J.
Grattan it was owing that Ireland, instead of recei
ing her laws from England, was admitted to a is
share of legislation for the whole empire. 'YU re w ars
which he had received for his services hia been jusil
bestowed, and like that which he doubted not woe
this day be paid to his memory—was sincere.
Grattan, it might be remarked, was. the only m;
who had gained the first class of eloquenee in t'
Parliaments, differing essentially from each other
taste, situation, and forms. Confessedly the orna-
ment of the Legislature of his own country, in m-11
it might truly be said that wit and eloquence wt
of more spontaneous growth than in any other,
came at an advanced age to England, at a peril
when the House of Commons was made justly sect
in their judgment by the daily display of talents sun
as had rarely been seen in any age or country.
had this difficulty to encounter, and one still m(
formidable,' growing out of his own great name, ai
the unreasonable expectations whichlt had excited
but he had triumphed over all. He had outstrip
the affectionate expectations of his friends, and
had made those bend to his superior genius who h,
perhaps, looked forward to a very different result
He stated these things to prove that the present
no ordinary case. He had to add, that Mr. Gran
had died in attempting to discharge his Parliamen•
tary duty. He had died, not indeed in that Hour
but in his progress to it, to continue his efforts in
cause of which he had been so long the eloqui
advocate. He would not call on them to pronoub,
on the measure which he (Mr. Grattan) had pressed
on the House at so many different periods, but, w
out offence to any one, he thought he might be
lowed to state what Mr. Grattan's idea of it
been. He believed that it would prove the means
healing the long bleeding wounds of his country-
that it would give harmony and peace to the peop)
'whose independence he had established—and vim,
cate the dignity of the Protestant religion, by wipir.
out the last stain of intolerance which remained, ar
satisfactorily completing. the establishment of that
religious liberty,- the spirit of which went forth at
the period of the Restoration, and had been adopted
in our laws, though not to the extent which his bene-
volent spirit could have desired. Stich was, in ;Nl7.
Grattan's opinion, the character of that measure
which he had advocated through along and virtuous
life. In the case of Mr. Grattan one thing was to bC
particularly remarked—it was one without alloy.—
The purity of his private life was equal to the glorf
of his public one. He was one of the happy new
whose private virtues, borrowing lustre from the
fame of the individuals, shine forth an example w
the world. Mr. Grattan was as amiable in his pi.i•
rate as illustrious in his public character. lie (Ni
James Mackintosh) had known him late in life. Sim'
plicity had been the ornament of most of the men
of genius that it had been his happiness to know;
but never, in advanced age, had he met with a man
is whom a native grandeur of mind, with vast scores
of knowledge at his command, was so happii9
blended with rational 'playfulness and infantine sirs-
,plicity. If he should attempt to describe his cl)3-
meter in-a few words, he should say of him, in
language of in ancient historian—" Vita lima
mks, ingeniajiorentissimus, propasito.sandissimus•
It was theobject of his life, and his dying pwr
4 that the hearts of all classes in the two king&
, might be united la affection. His last words Wf

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