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London, England, 1811-10-09 00:00:00

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FifItTIIER FirtGICTS FROM TRO7T.EI:'S
MEMOIRS eF MR. F 0.1.-.

INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR O'ONNOIIi AT CALAIS.
An incident occurred at Calais, which, as it excited
much remark, and roused a good deal of censure at
the timeg should advert to more at length Phan would
otherwise he hecessary. It happened that Mr. A.
O'Connor had arrived at the Inn at which we stop-
ped, very shortly before. He waited on Mr. Fox,—
was-received by him with that urbanity and openness
which distinguished him, ard was invited to dinner
by hint, which invitation he accepted of. I had ne-
ver seen this gentleman before. It was well known
that after a long confinement at Fort Geotge, he and
some other Irish gentlemen had agreed with the Irish
Government to expatriate themselves for life. Mr.
O'Connor was Pow rni his way to Paris, accordingly,
when chance brought him to Quilliac's Inn, at the
same time with Mr. Fox. His manners -were ex-
tremely pleasing; and, without entering into any dis.
cussion of Irish politics in the unhappy times in Ire-
land preceding and fellowitig the year V.'93, I may
risk the assertion, that, as an Irish Gentleman, and
an unfortunate exile (and all who are compelled to
leave their country are unfortunate,) he was entitled
to politeness, humanity, and even commiseration.—
. Perfectly unconnected with Government, and travel-
ling as any other English Gentleman of noble birth,
lelr.,Fox found no difficulty in receiving this gentle-
men (whom he had known before he was so deeply
implicated in Irish poiitics) with a friendly and con-
soliiig welcome. I\lr. O'Conner dined with us ; and
I, for one, was much pleased with his deportment and
.manners, though I could not become a convert to his
arguments, to prove that his party had not attempted
Or desired to reuse the physical strength of his coup
try to effect a change in Ireland.
ANECDOTE OF SIR FRANCIS BCRDETT.
A recent speech of a celebrated Baronet has recall.
ed to my ?hind what we heard either at Calais t r
some o:hcr French town, relating to Sir Francis Bur.
deft; it was reported to us, that Sir Francis, on I tnd-
ing at Calais, ha I been designated (with a design to
coteplirnent him) as the friend of Charles Fox, ano
that he turned round and instantly corrected the ex-
pression by, " No," that he was " l'ami du people."
T,I; Baronet, in his late speech, said, " lie was not
‘ the friend of Czar or Pi-mpey, islet the friend t f the
people." I had tile pleasure of meeting Sir 111-anal- 1
at St. Anne's-hill, lecture lie had attained his subst
qttent celebrity. I then though: him pleasing, though
tinged with vanity, which, perhaps, in the society se
Mr. Fox, was more conspicuous; because the power
ful lustre of his great yet unassuming character ren-
dered the tinsel glare of any superficial pretensions
strikingly obvious. At this period, and I allude to
the Middlesex election which made so much noise in
1662, Sir Francis was not wiwiliing to benefit by the
_ great and glorious name of Fox ; it was of con.
siderable service to bine in his Middlesex elections;
and I own, that when I heard this " disclaimer" et t
Calais,. I was not induced to entertain a mere eleva-
ted opinion of Sir Francis Burdett's character than I
had originally entertained. ....
. mtt. FOX DINES WITH BONAPARTE.
On the Ist Vendemaire (September `,!3,) another
levee was held, et which Mre Fla was present. 'the
ceremony was similar to that of the for nee levee. 1:
was usual to invite three pne.emed at a tormcr one to
• dinner 'at a suheeeueet one. Mr. Fox on this o:c:t-
-! • shin, therefore, dined with the First Consul. I iecol-
. lett well his returning in the evening to the Hotel de
Richelieu the said Benapette talked a great deal: and
I inlet red at the time, that he who engrossed the con.
versation in company with Mi. Fox, debarred him-
self of much instri-ction, and did 'not feel his value
sufficiently. Mr. Fox, however, was pleased, or I
may sly, amused. After dinner, which was a short
one, the Consel retired, welt a select c-ueanye to
hfaderne Bonapatte's apartments in the Thuilleries,
wkeie the rest of the evening was 5r.....i;r. Mr. Fox
appealed to consider Bonaparte as a )(lung man who
,was a good deal intoxicated with his success and sur-
prising elevation, and did not doubt his sincerity as
to the maireenunceof peace. He manifested some
irritation against a part of Mr. Pitt's Ministry, as
' . having instigated and been privy to plots ageing his
life, particularly , that of the internal machine, and
actually named one individual, whom he reproached
, _ with having aided•it—theilate Mr. Windliem. Mr.
„Poi did every thing to discharge the mind of the
First Consul frornsuch an idea, as far as his own po-
-Akirve contradiction, and as his belief, strongly ex-
-.pressed, could go. Bonaparte spoke a good deal of
the possibilky of doing away all difference between
the inhabitants of -the two worlds, of blending the
black and the white, and having universal peace:—
Alt% Vox related a considerable part of the evening's
conversation, with which he was ceesainly much di.
vetted ; but he had imbibed noimproved impressions'
e the First Consul's genius from what passed.
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1 LAST MOMENT AND DEATH OF UR,. Pox.
After receiving the medicine several times, he grew
tialarmingly worse; he was, however, composed; and
did not complain. Mrs. Fox was now an obieseseef-
commiseration ; her anguish was so great, that I felt
: the miseries of the moment increased by witnessing
her sorrow. 'rite distresses of General Fitzpatrick,.i
Lord Holland, and Miss Fox, were silent, deep,.and
affecting ; for myself, the world seemed blackening
before me—the dreary path was long and lonely—
what were Ministers, and Courts, and Palaces, if
! 'Mr. Fox ceased to live? The empty gratifications
I . they could confer—what, compared to the inter-
course of friendship with such a man? It was evi-
dent that nature was overwhelmed, and that the
remaining smuggle could not be long. Mr. Bei:.
*eerie, a young clergyman, then in the house, was
. brought in. Prayers were read : Mr. Fox was quiet
' and resigned, but evidently disliked speaking.
-A solemn and awful silence now prevailed : he
grew rapidly worse ; the eight which succeeded was
one of horror, the worst every moment expected e but
an invincible degree of fortitude and resignation, ma-
nifested by Mr. Fox : no Murmurs, rto impatience at
his sufferings, but an anxiety for Mrs. Fox's health
was predominant over every thing ; she had nobly
endured the long and distressing fatigues of this me-
lancholy time : he was sensible of the exertions she
-had made ; be knew they were beyond her strength
and in pitying her, .he forgot all the agonies, all the
misery, of his bodily state. Late at night be sent for

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