Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-11-17

FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
EDINBURC, SEPT. IS.
DEATH OF Mr.. FOX.

At a quarter before tx o'clock, on
Saturday afternoon this great and H.
lultrious itatesman YIELDED his laf
breath in the arms Of his nephew
Lord Holland. His difIolution was
70 gradual, and accompanied by 70
lirtIc struggle, as fcarceIy to permit
the mott anxious eve to afcer,ain the
inltant-His friends had at least the
fad and melancholy confolatlon of
pcrceving that be fuffrred no pain =
and they had been prepared for the
event by the unerring iymptoms of
cxhaulsion that had iDcres(ed for
the two days preceding. On Fri
day at noon, the phyGcians announ-
ced to him the approaching clofc !;
and he received it, as he had done in
the hrlt initance with that firm tran
Gu l;y ofiPirit which was characterif-
tic ot his nature, and which he main.
tanned TO the lait
Perhaps there never was a man
with whofc conduct and principles
the nation at large has been 70 usi.
verbally and 70 intimately acquainted
as the great man whole lamenrcd
death we have now to record. The
iuPeriorlty 1: his talents heir pow
Ierfutand frequent adoption to popu
lar 9urPoics-his representation Of
the pOPulcus, and in fomc mealure,
metropolitan city of Weltminifer,
where he neceharily Iigsd and aaed
~ the bolom Of his conaituents-
his eaGnefs Of acccfs his pIeafant,
fciai fpirit-h.s friendly aifpoGtion
and conciilating manners-the can
der which appeared in all he faid,
and the good nature which predomi-
mated ia all he did, were qualities
which rendered him, as it were,
pcriohal acquaintance Of the country
and Of all political men, the bef
known 10 the people.
Mr.. Fox was the fecond fon Of
Henry, the hrf Lord holland, and
was born Jan. 3 o. 5. I74o. ktm
was the place u his education, and
while he was there he gave
promise OF thole talents which has
tlncc been TO amply fulfilled. From
thence ne proceeded to Oxford,
where he rchgned his claiiic purfuits
to dramatic literature. IL has been
iaid. that during his rehdence at OK.
ford ne read every play in the Engliih
language lie aniihed his education
by the ulual tour through Europe
and on ms return TO England, was e
le6ted INFO Parliament for Midhurft,
a comfortable time before he was Of
age when he became the champion
OF Ministers, voted againf the Mid
dlelex election, and the hrlt fpcech
he made in parliament was againit
Mr. Wilkes.
lie was appointed Lord Of the
Admiralty, religned with dilguit,
was lecond time appointed, and af-
tersards removed TO the Treafury
Board, from whence he was difmif-
fed and all thelc political viclh
tudes befel him before he had COM
pieted his twenty fifth year. 1t may
alto be added as an uDexam, led cir
cumitance III the career of politics,
that before he had attained the age
of tweny-four years, he was the a
bleit iupporter of the miniiter thro'-
out whole feiIio and in the
coerle Of the fucceedins year, one of
the mott powerful and dangerous
opponents. His (udden removal
from the Treafury Board wa. an
nounced to him in the following la
comic epiitIe
His Mygfy has tb9agbt paper
TO order nelO Csn1niDT0n otf 7re6fury
to be made CIT, in 7Obicb 1 40 MT Zee
y9uy name. +" NORTH."
Mr.. Fox, now entered the lifts of
oppofition, and throughout the whole
Of the American war, proved mott
powerful sntagonift to the miniaers
of that period. On the downfall of
Lord North he was appointed Sec
retary Of State, which Gtuation he
refgned On the death of the Marquis
OF Rockingham, when the Earl Of
shel5pypi 6nfs sIialsd Marquis Of