The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-19

perIshed by fall who was so remarkable for the tenacity of his hold. e.
 The first witness examined was his Lord ships factOtum, Mir. H.
 A Juror. Do yOn recognize that body, Mir. H."
 MT. H. "Yes, Gentlemen, (bursting into tears) these are the remains of the defunct Chancellor"
 Juror; Can you give us any information how the departed Minister came .o his Pnd!'' Mr' H.: ''Alack, alack, that should have to tell the tale! he jumped out of his office window Onthe evening of the 18th of May" Juror: Had you observed any thing extra | ordinary in his nlanner-any symptoms of de- spondency or distress of mind." MT. H.: Not in particular, Gentlemen. My Lord was always in great distress about mo- ney. for he could not get as much as he wish I ed for. poor gentleman, and often talked of coming to want, but he was no worse in this way imm ediatelys before his demise than for merly."
 Juror: "Did he ever speak of resignins?'' MT. H.: {" Yes, he certainly did very ire quently: but Lord bless me. gentlemen, ] always thought hewas resigned to his office." l Juror: " How do you accoHnt then for his jumping out of the window. ! that when liberality came in at the door. it was time for orthodoxy to fly out of the win i dow sand as e1could never abide Mr. Can 1 ming, he had notion that if he in his wig robes, together with half dozen more, were seen jumping out of the window when Mir. Canning mounted the cadinet stairs, the neighbours would have supposed that the | Stadt-house was on ire-in short, that the l world was at an end-and that there would be rare alarm and cOnsternation in the country.
 Juror: "But did not he reckon on break ing his neck ?"
 Mr. H.: "NO sir; to tell you the truth, as 1 I'm in a manner bound to do, being upon oath, he intended to throw himself upon h,s majesty, ,and counted upon finding him as soft as d feather bed but Lord gentlemen he proved as firm as a rock, and as hard as oak, and my poor Lord was dashed to pieces, as you see.'' e
 The coroner; Gentlemen, think it unne- cessary to go further into his case. It is plain that the deceased destroyed himself, under the dcllsion that he was about to do wrong to others; and as his purpose was criminal, it should effect the act; you will therefore, do well :n returning verdict of felo de SC, and the remains shall he deposited with every circumstance of fignominy in the cross road"
 MT. H.: Gin great distress)" For Heavens sake Gentlemen, take care that there is no turnpike near the cross road. for the cry of two pence in the neighborhood would raise Fmy Lord from the grave"
 ] The next body viewed was that of MT. Peel. His head looked as if it had taken fire. The person formerly 80 fair was covered with lvid marks of modification. It was given in evidence that the defunct had an insuppor- table aversion to MT. Canning as Premier, as he suspected him of an intention to smug- gle the Pope into the country. On the day of the rash act he had been reading The Up l holsterer, and the following parts were blis- tered with tears, and underlined in pencil "Mr. Razor: I say Mr. Qnidnunc, can't sleep in my bed for thinking of the Protes- tants if the Papists should get the better"
 Quidnunc; I'll tell your--the geographer of our coffee-house was saying the other day. that there is huge tract of land about the pole. Note. in the unhappy gentleman's hand writing. We have sent Perry to find it out] where the Protestsnts may return, and that the Papist will never be able to beat them out, if the Northern powers hold together, and the Grand Turk makes diversion in their favor."
 "Razon: That makes me easy. I'm glad the Protestantswi know where to go if the Papist should get the better."
 The jury in order to prevent the forfeiture of the defunct's high character, were charita- ply induced to return verdict of Insanity. | The Duke of Wellington was next viewed. The hero who had triumphed in so many pitched battles. had perished, it appeared, by breaking his own head just by way of expe- (riment of his powers. Witnesses were called, who proved that his Grace had discovered great irritability on the appointment of MT. Canning, ana declared that he saw no reason why he should be content with being C@ssf alone, and that he would be also Cesar and the First Lord ofthe Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Duchy of Lancaster, Lord High Chancellor of England, apd his vice too, Master of the Rolls and ofthe Horse, and Master Extraordinary in the Chancery, aut nullus. On receiving Mr. Canning notes, and finding that it was not probahe that he could occupy all these stations, 40 resolved on falling, not like Roman, on bis sword but on his head. The melancholy catastrophe is known to all. An attempt was made to show that this brave soldier was terribly afraid ofthe Pope, and disordered in intellect by that ap- prehensiOn, n,-but the jury treated 1t with con- tempt and returned verdict of telo de SC. | The carcasses of Lords Westmoreland, Bathurst, and Melville. were then viewed. Land
 the jury were for rsturDing verdicts of suicide
 in fits of temporary insanity, hut were remnd-
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