The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-30


On Tuefiay the 9th init about hafpaft fe-
ven, 4: M. DEPARTED this political life. the right
s'on. Henry Dandas, Viicount Melville, Firit
Lore! OF the admiralty, Lord of trade and
CARNATIONS, Chanceor OF St. Andrews, Lord
?hvy Seal, Governor of the Bank and An A,ivo-
catl in Scotland, and Elder Brother of the rini-
~ houf', Doctor of civil law and one OF his
i'ait!tv's Molt hon. Privy Council.
i:fo Lart!ihip vas attended to the lat bv Mr..
teorge Canning. Mr. Mark Sprott, aud the
Ordinary. aud went of with reGs1at;on His
cafe had heen dilpaired of carly the preceding
Sunday. thniiph in the evening of that dav A
icdried doctor, not from Padua hut the Devices
lad fugsefed noarum, vet would not under
tr'te that it Mould operate farther than as pal.
iAtive for moa,h or two.
his was rcTorted TO on MONDAY without eff
iect. On 1uet,!ay morning early his lortihp
appeared very reftlefs-he enuured whether
w. y Dundds had fat out the debate.-He
%as aai,red he had, and with comfortable DOW
or of ace-Hs inquired next if he had reigned
MS o'Ece of Secretary at War? and heing an
f'Tred in the negHtive, the noble vifcount ap-
peared eaiier, and exprefIed himferf fatisfied at
the Frmneis OF the family, he added that he
hoped iuch an inflexible fate ofnerves was not
termed efTrontery. Mr.. Canning alfred
his Lord!hip it was only called Sc Spartan
virtue"
Nj. Max Sprott then afked where Sparta
T'as, and he ordinary informed him he brev-
2 ell it was fonewhere behind Dukes Place.
About this time mob of vulgar people at the
Door were iinging " Tantara,ra Rogues Alli"
and Lord Melville aGed if Mr.. Pitt had not iuft
arrived In fact this gentlenan's carriage had
Jutt drawn up, and occaGoned this indecent
Glamour.
ii was extremely moving to fee thefc two
great men take their lat leave of each other
MR. FIT brought with him white night cap,
noieeay, and two bottles of London particular
Madeira. It had been ufuai ON finch occafons
10 ins fave or two, but Mr.. Wilberforce
WIS gone to The focieiy for The fpprefion of
we. Mr.. iiaac Hawkiris Brown indeed offered
7" chaunt, "Fhe Lamentations of Sinner"
Std fennolr melancholy gentleman I'VE believe
n'f H"oert Buxton) sfered TO accompany him
on HE DrIcimer.
Mr. Fit obierved to the noble vifcount, that
he mob AZ the door had ufed the E,urriIo,,s
. phrue of ga fwindhng administration" and
that ne had thoughts of refGning, If he knew
wat to - with himteif afterwards that he
ahhorred fuicide that he could not with any
Iace return tn the volunteers that he did not
slHe oelng drafted INTO the militia and that he
had tof9l'T abandoned all agricultural improve
fneats VIXEN he propof+d the tax on hor(cs in
might fill up his leiiiire hours in the conntrv
with an anuiement he bad 10 f.ccefsfilly refj,rf
ed to lat fummer in Scotland, that Of burning
papers and denroving evidences. Mr.. Pttthen
.a'.sJ the noble lord. with fouie eagernefs, ehe
ther he had delroyed the evidences relative to
ne 4o,oo0l, returned by Nj. Long from the
rca'iiry 70 the payihater Of the navy? His
,-'rdih'p iaid, that 70 t5e heR IF bis recollection
hehFi nrt.-Mr. Pitt f.emed to b. diGurbed,
aad aiked his Lord'hip with fone peevihre(s,
what DC thought would become of him when
he YEAS politically dead and buried The noble
FI'connt rci,lied, "decline anf,yering this
qleHion, under the proyifons Of the 5th clau.e
OF Tire fHnfc ofGco. Uf. CLap iG."
~ this melancholy aarwer, Mr.. Davias and
Mr.. Wallace hrrt into tears, Mr.. Alderman
AHd(rio" hew his rof' until II was fore. Mr..
George Canning roared, Mr.. Mark Sprott blum
dtrel, and tiie ordinary drank too gaIes of
London patlcular Madeira--The fcene grew
too affecting. The writer of this narrative left
the room. lighing with the Roman noraf.
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