Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-05-09

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was at too late a date to prepare anything for
this issue of the Age. The Scissors" which
all ladies ought to know how to use, must
supply the deficiencies of the pen, this week.
The following splendid piece Subscription
is from an old No. of the Edinburgh Review,
written by Macaulay:
Trial Of Warren Hastings.
The preparations for the trial had proceed
ed rapidly; ands on the 18th of February,
1888, the sittings of the court commenced
There have been speetacles more dazzling to
the eye, more gorgeous with jewelry and
cloth Of gold; moro attractive to grown up
children, than that which was then exhibited
at Westminster; but perhaps, there never
was a spectacle so well calculated to strike
a highly-cultivated, a rejecting, an mag
NATIVE mind. All the various kinds of inter- 1
est which belong to the near and to the dis /,
tant, the present and the past, were collected l
on one spot, and in one hour. All the tai 4
ents and all the accomplishments which are
developed by liberty and civilization were
now displayed, with every advantage that
could be derived both from cooperation and
from contrast Every step in the proceed
ing carried the mind either backward, through
many troubled centuries to the days when
the foundations of the Constitution were laid;
or far away, over boundless seas and deserts,
TO dusky nations living under strange stars,
worshipping strange gods, and writing strange
characters from right to left The high Court
of Parliament was to sit, according to forms
handed down from the days of the Plantage-
nets, on an Englishman accused of exercising
tyranny over the lord Of the holy city Of Be-
mares, and the ladies of the princely house
Of Dude.
The place was worthy Of such a trial. 1t
was the great Hall of William Rufus; the
hall which had resounded with acclamations
at the Inauguration of thirty kings the hall
which had witnessed the just sentence Of
Bacon, and the just dissolution of Somers;
the hall where the eloquence of Stafford had
for a moment awed and melted a victorious
party inhamed with just resentment: the
hall where Charles had confronted the high
court of justice with the placid courage which
has hall redeemed his fame. Neither militia
~ nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues
were lined with grenadiers. TIL streets
were kept clear by calvary. The peers,
robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled
by the heralds, under Garter-K ing-at-Arms.
The Judges, in their vestments of state, atten-
ded to give advice on points Of law. Near
a hundred and seventy lords, th~ree-fourths
OF the upper 1OuSe, as lle upper uOuSc llctl
was, walkedin solemn order from their usual
place of assembling to the tribunal The
Junior baron present led the way, Lord
Heathfeld recently enobled for his memora,
Bile defence of Gibraltar, against the fleets and
armies Of France and Spain The long pro
cession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk
Earl Marshal Of the Realm, by the great dig
~nitaries, and by the brothers and sons 0
the King. Last of all came the Prince o
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noble bearing. The grey old walls wer
hung with scarlet. The long galleries wer
crowded by such an audience as has rarel
excited the fears or the emulation of an or:
tor. There were gathered together, fror
all parts Of a great, free, enlightened an
prosperous realm grace and female lovelines
wit and learning, the Representatives of ever
science and of every art. There were seate
round the Queen, the fair-haired young daugl
tiers Of The house Of Brunswick There ii
ambassadors of great kings and commo
wealths gazedwith admiration on a spectac
which no other country in the world cou
present. There Siddons, in the prime of h
majestic beauty, looked with emotion on
scene surprising all the limitations of t
stage. There the historian of the ROM
Empire thought of the days when Cice
pleaded the cauEeof Sicily against Verre
and when, before a Senate which h
6tA4A o1AAO CAEON ia ~ 0NASa wv
dered against the oppressor of Africa The
were seen, side by side, the greatest paint
and the greatest scholar of the age.
The spectacle had allured Reynolds FRI
that easel which has preserved to us I
thoughtful foreheads Of so many writer's a
statesmen, and the sweet smiles ofso ma
notle matrons. 1t had induced Parr to s
! et IS labors in that dark and profou
mine flU1n which he had extracted atreasl
81 .rr,d;fiop n traac,,ra too offan h,,,.o1
the earth, too often paraded with iniudici,
and i~nelegant ostentation; but still precio
massive and splendid. There appeared
voluptuous charms Of her to whom the /
of the throne had in secret plighted his fait
There, too, was she, the beautiful mother
a beautiful race, the st. Cecilia, whose DELE
features, lighted up by love and music,
has rescued from the common ecay.t III
were the members of that brilliant SOC
which quoted, criticised, and exchanged
parties, under the rich peacock-hangingl
Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies, wi
lips, more persuasive tkan those Of Fox |
self had carried the Westminster cleo
against palace and treasnry, shone Georgi
Duchess Of Devonshire.
The sergeants made proclamation. L
ings advanced to the bar, and bent his k
The culprit was indeed not unworthy of
great presence. He had ruled an exten
Mlu pOpulOuS Country, HaQ maQe laws
treaties, had sent forth armies, had Sc
and pulled down princes. And in his
place he had so borne himself, thatall had
ed him, that most had loved him, and
hatred itself could deny him no title to
ry except virtue. He looked like a
man, and not like a bad man.. Aperson
andemaciated, yet deriving dignity from
riage which, while it indicated Difference I
court, indicated also habitual selfposse
and selfrespect-a high and intellectual
head-a brow pensiye, but not gloom
mouth of infiexble decision-sa face pal
worn, but serene, ON which was write
legibly as under the great picture in
councilchamber at Calcutta, Hens 40
arduis-such was the aspect with !,
the great proconsui presented himself
judges
His counsel accompanied him, men
whom were afterwards raised by their t
and learning to the highest posts in thei
fession-the bold and strong-minded La
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