and the foreman pronounced the verdict of “ not guilty !" amidst a spontaneous burst of applause, which no legal authority could either interrupt or prevent.

The exertions incident to these two trials, on two following days, produced a visible effect on His Lordship’s constitution. He, indeed, appeared several times after in his own court, and occasionally displayed his wonted energy; but the fangs of disease now inflicted still deeper wounds than before, and it was not difficult to perceive, that a “total break up,” as medical men term it, was about to take place. Accordingly, after an illness of pretty considerable duration, Lord Ellenborough resigned all his judicial employments, and in about three weeks after ceased to exist, on Sunday December 13th, 1818.

Thus died, in the 69th or 70th year of his age, the Right Honourable Edward Law, Baron Ellenborough, of Ellenborough. In his person, which, like his mind, had been vigorous, he still exhibited the remains of a masculine figure and form; and notwithstanding a long residence in the south, an acute observer might easily discover that he retained, to his last moment, something of the provincial dialect of his native hills. His Lordship was seen to best advantage enveloped in the ermined robes of office, and presiding with no small degree of dignity, accompanied with something of a look approaching to austerity, in his own court.

Lord Ellenborough's advancement, as has been already stated, was unexampled on the score of rapidity; and in this particular he proved far more fortunate than a Mansfield, a Kenyon, an Eldon, and a Thurlow. The Attorney-Generalship, the Chief Justiceship, and patent of nobility, were all granted to him in the course of a single year. His original merits consisted in long and painful study; a vigorous and manly address; a strong discriminating judgment; an utter contempt of fear; and a bold and nervous eloquence, that scorned to stoop to embellishments.

These qualities, in addition to powerful connections, all formed by himself, and a nice and lucky combination of circumstances, enabled him in the race for fame, honours, and wealth, to outstrip all his competitors,

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one only excepted. So far as regards rank, the Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench is but the second office in the kingdom: but when permanency, wealth, patronage, and the power of ainply providing for family and friends, are taken into consideration, it is assuredly the first.

Lord Ellenborough, early in life*, married the daughter of Commissioner Towry, descended, by the maternal side, from the celebrated Sir Thomas Moore. By this amiable lady His Lordship had three sons and three daughters. A fine portrait of the late Chief Justice in his robes, was painted by Sir T. Lawrence, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1806.

On the morning of Tuesday, December 22d, soon after eight o'clock, the remains of the Right Honourable Lord Ellenborough were removed from his late residence: in St. James's Square, for interment in the Charter House. The following was the order of the procession:

Ten men on horseback.

Four on foot,
Carrying plumes of feathers.

HEARSE.
Drawn by six horses.
Six mourning coaches,

Drawn by six horses each.

Twenty noblemen's and gentlemen's carriages. His Lordship's own carriage, followed by those of the Bishop of Chester, the

Marquis Camden, the Honourable Mr. Law, the two Chief Justices of the Courts of Kings Bench and Common Pleas, the Puisne Judges, &c. &c.

The funeral cavalcade, having passed along Pall Mall, the Strand, Fleet-street, and Ludgate-hill, arrived at the Charter House soon after nine o'clock. The corpse was taken into the chapel, and the funeral ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Fisher. During nearly the whole of the time a solemn dirge was played. The coffin was superbly covered with crimson velvet, and deposited within a short distance of Mr. Sutton, the founder of the noble institution at which His Lordship had been educated.

The vicissitudes of fortune, were never more strikingly displayed than in the life and adventures of this singular man, who spent half his short existence in an iron cage.

Vizier Ally, born in 1781, was the adopted son of Asuf-udDowlah, late Nabob of Oude. His mother was the wife of a Forash (a menial servant of low description, employed in India in keeping the metallic furniture of a house clean.) His reputed father, Asuf-ud-Dowlah, was a wealthy and eccentric Prince.

Having succeeded to the musnud (throne) of Oude by the assistance of the East India Company, he professed great partiality to the English. “ Mild in manners, polite and affable

, in his conduct, he possessed no great mental powers; his heart was good, considering his education, which instilled the most despotic ideas. He was fond of lavishing his treasures on gardens, palaces, horses, elephants, European guns, lustres, and mirrors. He expended every year about 200,000l. in English manufactures. This Nabob had more than an hundred gardens, 20 palaces, 1200 elephants, 3000 fine saddle-horses, 1500 double-barrel guns, 1700 superb lustres, 30,000 shades of various forms and colours; several hundred large mirrors, girandoles, anıl clocks; some of the latter were very curicus, richly set with jewels, having figures in continual movement, and playing tunes every hour; two of these clocks cost him 30,0001. – Without taste or judgment, he was extremely solicitous to possess all that was elegant and rare; he had instruments and machines of every art and science, but he knew none; and his museum was so ridiculously disposed, that a wooden cuckoo clock was placed close to a superb time-piece which cost the price of a diadem; while a valuable landscape of Claude Lorraine was suspended near a board painted with ducks and drakes. He sometimes gave a dinner to ten or twelve persons, sitting at their ease in a carriage drawn by elephants. His haram contained above 500 of the greatest beauties of India, immured within high walls, which they were never to leave except on their biers. He had an immense number of domestic servants, and a very large army, besides being fully protected from hostile invasion by the Company's subsidiary forces, for which he paid 500,000l. per annuin. His jewels amounted to about eight millions sterling. - Amidst this precious treasure, he might be seen for several hours every day, handling them as a child does his toys." · Asuf had no legitimate children, and it was doubted whether he had any natural ones. He was in the habit, whenever he saw a pregnant woman, whose appearance struck his fancy, to invite her to the palace to lie-in; and several women of this description were delivered there, and among the number was the mother of Vizier Ally. Several children, so delivered, were brought up and educated in the Palace.

The sprightliness of Vizier Ally, while yet an infant, so entirely engrossed the affections of the old Nabob, that he determined to adopt him. In conformity with this resolution, the youth received an education suitable to a Prince who was destined to succeed to the musnud. He is said, however, to have developed at this period a propensity to delight in the sufferings of the brute creation. The affection of the old Nabob towards his adopted son still increasing, he lavished upon him every mark of regard.

At thirteen his marriage took place. To give an idea of the splendour which attached to his youth, and from which he subsequently fell, it would be only necessary to read the account of his nuptials as inserted in Forbes's Oriental Memoirs.

When Vizier Ally was recognized by Asuf as his successor to the throne, great opposition was manifested by the old Nabob's family. He was, however, on the death of the latter,

upheld by the English Government, and placed on the musnud. An adopted child by the Mahomedan Law, is entitled to all the privileges of legitimate birth.

Vizier Ally, after being elevated to the throne, showed a turbulent, restless, and intriguing temper, and broke his faith with the English Government; the consequence of which was, his being deposed from the musnud, and Sadut Ally, the brother of the late Nabob, placed on it. A pension was assigned to Vizier Ally of two lacks of rupees per annum, about 25,0001.; but it was considered necessary that he should reside near the presidency, that he might be the more under the eye of government. He in consequence proceeded from Lucknow to Benares, where Mr. Cherry, the Company's Resident, had been sent to make arrangements for his proceeding to the Presidency. Shortly after his arrival at Benares Mr. Cherry invited him to breakfast. He came attended by a large armed retinue. It had been previously intimated to Mr. Cherry. that his appearance was hostile, and that he ought to be on his guard; but he disregarded the caution. Vizier Ally complained much of the Company's treatment of him; and, in fine, at a signal made by him, several of his attendants rushed in and cut Mr. Cherry and his assistant, Mr. Graham, to pieces. They then went away with the intention of proceeding to the house of Mr. Davis, another European gentleman, holding a high situation under Government, with the view of massacreing him also; but fortunately he received some intimation of his danger before they arrived, and got his family to the top of the house, and posted himself at the summit of a narrow circular stone staircase. Here the ruffians pursued him, but with a hog-spear he defended himself for a considerable length of time, killing several of his assailants, which, in a manner, blocked up the passage, till at length he was rescued by a party of the Company's troops stationed at Benares, which came to his assistance. The followers of Vizier Ally killed another European private gentleman, residing at Benares, exclusive of the two public officers abovementioned.