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The Earl of Chatham died on Thursday morning, twenty-nine years after his celebrated younger brother, William Pitt. Lord Chatham was "distinguished" in the fatal Walcheren expedition ; after which he was laid on the shelf. The title is now extinct.
The Duke of Wellington lately charged Mr. O'Connell with having been found guilty of a political offence ; but a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle asks who is the Honourable Arthur Wesley alluded to in the following paragraph taken from the Star newspaper of 3d .August 1791?
"Major Fremantle, the Honourable Arthur Wesley, and James Burro*, Esq., three of the Aide-de-camps of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, were toed on Wednesday last for riotously assembling together on the 2Ist of November last, forcibly entering the house of Anna Maria Sweeten- barn, and violently assaulting herself, her child, and, her servant-maid. The .Jury, without retiring, found Illajor Freemantle and the Honourable Mr. Wesley guilty of the assault, but acquitted Mr. Burrow. The court sentenced the two fbrmer to a fine of WI. each It is well known that the Duke's family name was altered from Wesley to Wellesley.
We will just relate an anecdote concerning an affair which occurred a few months backs in the North of Ireland, and of the authenticity of which we have not the smallest doubt, that will tend to demonstrate to our English readers the beauty of the Orange system. A carter, whose horse was heavily laden, was descending a narrow and steep street in the town of Omagh, when he came in contact with an Orange procession ; and as the noise of thedlrum and fife startled the animal, he remonstrated with the musicians in pretty strong language, which so provoked the Master of the Lodge, that he advanced from the ranks, and raising the staff of a banner which he held in his hand, he dashed one of his eyes out with it upon the spot. After this outrage had been committed a Magistrate arrived, and ordered the maimed man to prison, merely observing to him, " That he now saw what a bad tongue had brought upon him." Ile, however, did not go to " durance vile," as it was subsequently discovered that the carter was not a Papist, but a stanch Protestant. This matter, we believe, was stated to Lord Haddington ; but as it was then found inexpedient to check the enthusiastic display of Orange loyalty, no notice was taken of it. —Morning Chronicle.
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