Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-02-16

objections and terrible forebodinss, he abandone,
himself without reserve to his lavori,e vice.
Many believed him to be bent on shortening hi
life by excess. lie thought il better. they said
TO 60 oil in a drunken ft than 10 be hacked b,
keich, OF torn limb from limb BY the populacc
Once he was reused from a state of abiec
despondency by an agreeable sensation, speedi
ly followed by notifying disappointment -
A parcel had been le0 for him at the Tower
Ii appeared to be barrel orCoches,er oysters
his favorite dainiies. He was greatly moved
for there are moments when those who least de-
serve affection are pleased 10 think that The,
inspire it. Thank God, he exclaimed. Il hay,
still some friends len He opened the bar.
rel and from among heap Of shells out tunl.
bled a stout halter
1t does not appear that one Of the ilatiercrs
or bufloons whom he had enriched out Of the
plunder Of his victims came 10 comfort him in
the day of tronbe. Bot he was not lefi in vi.
Ter solitude. John Tuichin whom he had sen.
fenced TO be Hogged every fortnight for sewn
years, made his way into the Tower. and pre-
senied himself before the fallen oppressor.-
Poor Jeffreys, humbled to the dust, Lehaved
with abieci civility, and called for wine. 4 am
glad, sir he said. TO see you And am
glad answered the reseniful whig, TO see your
lordship in this place. 4 served nv master.
said Jeiireys Il was bound in conscious to DO
So Where was your conscience. said Tuichio
when you passed that sentence on me a, Dor
cesierF 1T was set down in my instructions
answered Jefireys, fawningly, 'lha, was to
show no mercy TO men like you, men of parts
and courage. When went back to court. |
was reprimanded for my lenily.'
Even Tuichin, acrimonious as was his nature
and great as was his wrongs, seems 10 have
been little molli6ed by the pitahle spectacle
which he had at first contemplated with vindic-
tive pleasure. He always denied the truth of
the report that he was the persoo who sen, the
Colchester barrel to the Tower.
more benevolent man John Sharp. the ex-
celltnt Dean Of Norwich, forced himselfto yisi,
the prisoner. II vas painful task, but Sharp
had been treated by Jeifreys, in old times, as
kindly as i, was in the nature of Jeffrey to
treat anybody, and had once or twice been
able, by patiently waiting until the storm of
cnrses and nveciives had spent itself. and by
dexirously seizing the moment of good humor.
TO obtain for unhappy families some mitigation
Of their sufferings. The prisoner was sur
prsed and pleased. What he said dare
you own me now =
it WAS in vain, however, iha, the aniable di.
vine tried To give a saluiary pain TO that scared
conscience. Jefireys, instead Of acknowledging
his guilt, exclaimed vehemenlly against The in
justice ofmanknd, People call me murder.
er FOR doing what at the time was applauded by
some who are now high in public favor. They
call me drunkard because take punch TO re-
lieve me in my agony He would not admit
that. as President Of the High Commission, he
had done anything that deserved approach -
His colleagues, he said, were the real criminals:
ft'v "uss ssrsss
spoke with peculiar asperity Of Spar, who had
uldoubtedly been the most humane and moder-
ate member Of the board.
II soon became clear that the wicked Judge
was fast sinking under the weight of bodily and
mental suffering. Doctor John Scott. prehend-
airy Of Saint Paurs, clergyman Of great sane
THY, and author Of the Christian Life. treatise
once widely renowned, was summoned, proba-
bly, on the recommendation of his intimate
friend Sharp, to the bedside Of The dying man.
IL was in vain, however, that Scott spoke, as
Sharp had already spoken, oi the hdeous hutch
cries Of Dorchester and Taunton. To the last,
Jetfreys continued to repeat that those who
though, him cruel did not know what his or
ders were, that he deserved praise instead Of
blame, and that his clemency had Grawn on him
the extreme displeasure Of his master.
Disease, assisted by strong drink and misery,
did its work fast. The patients stomach re-
jec,ed all nourishment. He dwindIed in few
weeks from porily and even corpuIent man to
a skeleton. On the 18th Of April he died, in
the 4lsi year of bis age. He had been the
Chief Justice of the Kings bench at 35, and
Lord Chancellor at 81. In the whole history
of the English bar there is no other instance
of SO rapid an elevation, or ofso terrible fall.
The emacialed corpse was laid, with all priva-
cy, next TO the corpse of Monmouth in the
chapel OF the Tower.