The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-05-12

course of his evidence mentioned that he
had been sent for by the Warehouses,
as it was feared everything was not all
right with his lordship. The doctor
continued
II stepped into his lordship's dress
ingroom, and saw him in his dressing
gown, standing with his front towards
the window, which was opposite the door
at which I entered. His face was dl-
rected towards the ceiling. Without
turning his head, on the instant he heard
my step, he exclaimed-sBankhead, let
me fall upon your arm. lis all over. ,
As quick as possible I ran to him, think
ing he was fainting, or going to fall. L
caught him in my arms as he was falling,
and perceived that he had knife in his
right hand, very firmly clenched, AID
all over blood. / did not see him use it;
he must have used it before I came into
the room. In falling he declined upon
one side, and the blood burst from him
like torrent from a watering pot. I
was unable to support him, and he fell
out Of my arms. I think the wound
must have been inflicted as soon as put
my foot on The threshold of the door, as
it's nature was such thatthe extinction Of
life must have followed it In the twink
ling Of an eye, think that not less than
two quarts of blood flowed from him in
one minute. I am satisfied that a minute
did not elapss from the moment of my
entering the room until he died; and
during chat time he said not word
except that which T have already men,
tioned.'
The inquest was held at the residence
| of the deceased, and it having been III,
timated to the jury that the Marchioness
was plunged in an agony Of grief in the
room next to that in which the remains
lay they took off their boots in order not
to disturb her, when going to the cham
bsr. They returned the following YER
| Dict
'That on Monday, August ~, aud FOR
some time previously. the Most Noble
Robert Marquis Of Londonderry, under
grievous disorder, did Labor and Ian
guish, and become in consequence
delirous and of insane mind; and that
| whilst in that state, with knife of iron
and steel, he did inAict on himself, on
the left side of his neck and Of the
carotid artery, a wound OF one inch in
length and half an inch in depth. OF
which he instantly died, and that NO
other person except himself was the
cause Of his DEATH
At the inquest letter from tho Duke
Of Wellington to the King in relation to
the Castlereagh was produced TO sup:
port the contention that the suiside was
insane when he cut his throat, and had
been insane for some time. Yet he was
allowed to hold the very important Office
Of Secretary for Foreign Affairs during
his madness. TIE deceased was buried
in Westminster Abbey. His funeral
was the occasion Of an extraordinary
popular demonstration, which shows
how hated and abhorred Castlereagh
YVES, even by the people Of England.
We have description Of the scene from
the pen OF NIX. s. G. Hall, VINO was
present as the representative OF lion
don newspaper, and who is now ali7e in
his 5Sth year. Mr.. Hall is g Oonser-
vatave in politics, and this fact explains
the bitterness OF spirit that preyades
some of his ramarks:--
I" was present when the sslf~slaught.
cred body was laid in a tomb i'll West
minister Abbey, between the graves Of
Pitt and Fox. I shall meyer forget my
sensation Of horror when, as the body
was taken from the hearse, there arose
AAO4A C1C t5lCCuSAL.AU ClONu llcNA vi Ca
eeration such as my fancy could not
have conceived at such g time AID in
such place. Obviously the insult had
been prearranged; it was by no means
a simultaneous burst of Indignation.
Persons appear to have been placed in
various parts Of the crowd, and I heard
sort Of low whiste-a signal, no doubt
when there broke out positive yell
from several quarters at the same time.
Ii was impossible to hear it without &
shudder. noticed one young man close
to me who placed a sort of tube to his
mouth and hooted. By natural ebul-
htion Of wrath, ( struck him in the face,
and was Instantly thrown to the ground
and violently kicked. 1t would have
been easy to identify those who thus in
suited the living and the dead. but the
matter was flushed up. Groaning and
yelling continued during the whole of
the funeral service. Thus sCastlereagh'
was laid ia rest E},e latest blast of q |