The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

`• Hurrah ! Squabashes dished 1" exclaimed a huge vul-
gar man, in a green short-cut coat. " Preamble not

bearing them through thick and thin.
They're down to par to a quarter. I make two hundred
pounds!"

prove(

knd I,

bought Theophilus, " lose near two thou-

He could not stop to face Popps on his return from the
" house." He resolved to see him never more. He
walked deliberately from the room, with a quiet •` good-

bye," which he inwardly intended to be ti final one—
jumped into a cab, and drove to his mother's house in

Square.
How natural it is for us to run to one's mother when
all the rest of the world treats us unkindly. Theophilus
did so ; not with the intention of whining about his trou-
bles, or seeking for means to meet them. He main-
tained a cheertul countenance throughout the evening ;
cast up his losses mentally with stoical fortitude ; the next
day sold out stock to pay the amount; and almost laugh-
ing at his folly, resolved to economise what estate he had
left, and to " work the oracle" no more. May he have
fortitude to keep so good a resolution.

DEATH OF THE GREAT LORD CHATHAM.
The Law Review publishes some letters originally ad..
dressed to the Duke of Grafton. The following descrip-
tion of Lord Chatham's seizure in the House of Lords is
from a letter to the Duke from Lord Camden :

" I cannot help considering the little illness which pre-
vented your Grace from attending the House of Lords
last Tuesday, to have been a piece of good fortune, as it
kept you back from a scene that would have overwhelmed
you with grief and melancholy, as it did me, and many
others that were present : I mean Lord Chatham's fit,
that seized him as he was attempting to rise and reply to
the Duke of Richmond ; be fell back upon his seat, and
was to all appearance in the agonies of death. This
threw the wholelHouse into confusion, every person was on
his legs in a moment, hurrying from one place to another,
some sending for assistance, others producing salts, and
others reviving spirits. Many crowding about the Earl
to observe his countenance—all affected—most part really
concerned ; and even those who might have felt a secret
pleasure at the accident, yet pnt on the appearance o(
distress, except only the Earl of M., who sat still, almost
as much unmoved as the senseless body itself. Dr.
Brocklesby was the first physician that came; but Dr.
Addington in about an hour was brought to him. He
was carried into the Prince's chamber, and laid upon the
table supported by pillows. The first motion of life that
appeared, was an endeavour to vomit, and after he had
discharged the load from his stomach, that probably
brought on the seizure, he revived fast. Mr. Strutt pre-
pared an apartment for him in his house, where he was
carried as soon as he could with safety be removed. He
slept remarkably well, and was quite recovered yesterday,
though he continued in bed. I have not heard how he is
to-day, but will keep my letter open till the evening, that
your Grace may be informed how he goes on ; I saw him
in the Prince's chamber before he went into the House
and conversed a little wick him, but such was the feeble
state of his body, and indeed the distempered agitation
of his mind, that I did forbode that his strength would
certainly fail him before he had finished his speech. In
truth he was not in a condition to go abroad ; and he
was earnestly requested not to make the attempt; but
your Grace knows how obstinate he is when lie is resolved
He had a similar fit to this in the summer; like it in all

respects, in the seizure, the retching, and the recovery ;
and after that fit, as if it had been the crisis of the dis-
order, he recovered fast, and grew to be in better health
than I had known him for many years. Pray heaven that
this may be attended with no worse consequences. The
Earl spoke, hut was not like himself ; his speech faltered,
his sentences broken, and his mind not master of itself.
Ele made shift with difficulty to declare his opinion, but
was not able to enforce it by argument His words were
shreds of unconnectel eloquence, and flashes of the same
fire which he, Prometheus-like, had stolen from heaven,
and were then returning to the place from whence they
were taken. Your Grace sees even I, who am a mere
prose man, am tempted to be poetical while I am dis-
coursing of this extraordinary man's genius. The Duke
of Richmond answered him, and I cannot help giving his
Grace the commendation he deserves for his candour,
courtesy, and liberal treatment of his illustrious adver-
sary."

The Editor of the Review says, the only two Earls of
M. present were Lords Marchmont and Mansfield, and
infers that Lord Camden must have alluded to the former,
as the latter was wholly incapable of suffering such feel-
ings to be seen on such an occasion." It has been re-
marked, however, that Lord Camden would have gone
out of his way to speak of a person so insignificant as Lord
Marchmont. As if Lord Marchmont ranked with that
select band so welt known to the writer and his corres-
pondence, " who might have felt a secret pleasure at the
accident." Plainly the passage refers to Lord Mansfield,
and to none else. The only person who sharply cheered
the Duke of Richmond in his famous attack on the Chat-
ham opposition a month before th,s scene, was Lord
Mansfield; and the last sarcasm of the dying orator on
this memorable diy was pointed at Lord Mansfield."*

* This may be seen in the only other existing account of the
debate. Lord Chatham, just before he fell, was ridiculing the
apprehension of an invasion, and recalling former apprehensions
of that kind. "Ofa Sp tnish invasion, of a Urench invasion, of
a Dutch invasion. many noble Lords have read in history; and
some Lorca (looking keenly at Lord Mansfield) may, perhaps,
remembers Scotch invasion." The speech is described in the
volume of the Chatham Correspondence.

CHANGE OF. DIET.—We see Mr. Forbes Mackenzie
was amongst the number of guests at the Ministerial
white bait dinner. We hope the hon. member was pro-
vided with something better than his own words to eat;
fir really noth ng else seems to have passed Mr. Mac-
kenzie's lips since he has joined the mess of Ministers.—
Punch.