Litchfield enquirer., 1834-09-18

Iishmen from the foreign correspondent Ofthe U. s. Gazette. : Esrl Grey is, am told, about 70 years of age. but he looks to be not over sixty. This is owing, perhaps, to the rather youthful style of his dress; which is, besides, scrUpuiO1sIy neat. He is tall, aud very erect, even when speaking in Parliament. He has pale, serI- ous face, slightly wrinkied, with quite smooth looking forehead, which is lOstin his extensive baldness-having Onty mere patch l es of gray hair on each side This head. His voice, in parliamentary speaking, is clear and has good deal of volume. His manner IS rather quiet, though impressive; perhaps should more properly say, mild and persua- sive. There is not the slightest arrogance a. hOat him, and he appears go intellectually a. miable that, think he would have to be very keenly stung to be put out of temper. Upon the whole, he is a remarkably fine, gentleman y, mild, intelligent looking old man; with very good abilities, and great deal ofknOwl edge in the politics of his country; but, per- haps from age, without sufficient energy for the thickening difficulties of the British gov ernment. Of this last fact, he was, no doubt, sensible; and has, therefore, accepted the 1 first possible opportunity to escape from his official troubles.
 There is one fact. in his political history.
 '''S's " AAe Sso 6sS"SSoh ~p"n Forty years ago, in the warmth of youth, while no titles biased his natural philanthro- py, he drew up and proposed a plan of re- term more liberal than that lately adopted.
 HON. E. l.. BULwER.
 Bu!wer appears to be about thirty or thirty five. He has remarkably slender, erect person, of ordinary height. and,a face, pale } and thin, without the appearance ofiIl-heaith; blue eyes, not at all remarkable for their ex- pressiveness, a large nose, projecting mouth, a small chin, light hair and enormous red whiskers, make up his features. His style of dress is that of a careless aristocrafic dandy; and his style of countenance rather indicates the propriety of his dress than the man of genius: which he realiyis.
 Having read his novels, and seen therein his knowledge of the human passions, the immense command aud beautiful Auency of his language; and his work oh England, dis playing cOnsideYable knowledge of political and secial institutions, and avowing enlarged and high principles, II expected to see him stand np, tn the House of Commons, the brave .tashing oppohent of the habituai t0rtu- osities and solecisms the British Legislation, and the. eloquent champion of freedom and enlightenment of his. countrymen. But, SO seldom does he rise at all in the House, that many HlanufactUrer, whose name has never travelled across the Atlantic, exceptas it IS stamped upon his merchandise; or even some petty lord. says more and does more than the renowned author of Pelham and Eugene A. ram.
 The only occasion when he has spoken, believe. for some time. was when Colonel Williams complained of breach of privilege {; the, Colonel having found great obstructiOn in passing to Parliament, through the policemen and tTo0ps on duty at the royal show of the king and queen going to the Musical Festival. Bplwer had also sp0Ountestd much difficulty ln his passage 10 the huuse; and in few. WOrdsy seconded the motion the Col. made upon the subject but aller listening 10 few words from a noble meinber.a he advised the Colonel to withdraw his motion, which was Withdrawn. ss sS
 ,, ! have often said te:mysslf, ,shat s pity make ttTe house in which he sits, and the country in which he lives, feel the power. of hts genius, as he might exert it in behalf of fhe true and simple principles of political freedom; the opposite of which he so freely condemns in his writings. But the thing is utterly impossible. He lacks the highest of human attrbntes--nOral courage; the bra- very to do what we feel and know to be yir- tnous and right, in defiance of all petty con- alterations . a
 The truth is, that BuIwer, like others of the common political tribe around him, is con troled by the social! influence of this corrupt and corrupting metropolis. Instead of rising up in the dignity of a man genius. superior to the litteness of his times, and pursuing tcarlessly the high and true interests of his country. he yields t0 the poison of the atmos- 1 phere in which he lives, and suffers himself to be awed-yea. politically paralysed by the 6 aristocratic class; amongst whom he is not admitted. whom he has lashed in his writings, ] and for whom, when he is alone in his closet, he perhaps feels contempt.
 Horrid Murder.-A case of murder, attcn. ded with circumstances of unusual atrocity, occurred in this city on Sunday afternoon last. The facts respecting this horrid trans- action, as disclosed at the preliminary ioves- tIgation which took place before the Justices Court yesterday, would seem to leave little room 10 doubt the guilt of tho prisoner.-- From the testimony it appears that Thomas Hearfy-the person charged with the mur. der-had for some time entertained suspi- cions of the iuRdelity of the deceased, his wife-that he supposeG she had taken the desperate resolution of eloping with another man to New Orleans for the purpose of grat- flying her guilty inclination, and that he V!eartyl was impressed with the idea that his vile Tor the purpose of removing him out of ahe way had mixed poison in his food in nre.