1806.] Memoirs of the late Right Hon, Charles Jtmies Fox. 269 



1. Speech to the Eieftors of Weft- 

 miiifter, July 17, ITO?. 



2. Speech in Parliament on the I'aft 

 India Bill, 1783. 



3. Speech on the Iridi Refolutions, 

 1784. 



4. Reply to Mr. Pitt. 



5. Two Speeches in behalf of a rcpc:i! 

 of the Telt atid Corpoi-ation Acts, 

 March 2, 1790. 



6. Speech on Mr. Whitbread's Mo- 

 tion on the RulFian Annanicnt, March 1, 

 1792. 



7. Speech at the Whi'i; Club, Decem- 

 ber 4, 1792. 



8. Speech at the opening of Parlia- 

 ment, Dec. 13, 1792. 



9. Speecli on the King'i* MelTage to 

 the Houfe of Commons, on the cxccu- 

 tion of Louis XVI. January 31, 1793. 



10. Speech on the declaration of war 

 by France, Feb. 10. 1793. 



11. Speech on Mr. Grey's Motion for 

 a Reform in Parliament, May 7, 1793. 



12. On the State of the Nation, 

 March 24, 1795. 



And, 13. A Sketch of the Chara<?ter 

 of the late Moft Noble Fr.ancis Duke of 

 Bedford, as delivered in his Introductory 

 Speech to a Motion for n new Writ for 

 Taviflock, on the 16th of March, 1802.* 



In the chara6ler of Mr. Fox, the moft 

 confpicuous part was that frauknefs or 

 candour, whicJi diftinguillied him from 

 moll other men, and from all other poli- 

 ticians. Bold and refolute in public; 

 in private life he was peculiarly mild ami 

 gentle, bland in liis manners, and capti- 

 vating in his converfation. Thus, while 

 in St. Stephen's Chapel he alliiiled cor- 

 ruption with Stentorian voice and Her- 

 culean energy ; at St. Anne's-hill he ex- 

 hibited all the urbanity, and cultivated 

 all the blandillnneiits, of doraeflic retire- 

 ment. 



* Tliis interefting fpeech was printed in 

 the Monthly Magazine for April, ISOi!, 

 (No. 85, p. 'i.")!) from Mr. Fox's own ma- 

 nufcript, now in the pofi'eflion of the pub- 

 liftier. Mr. Fox was pleafed to olil'crve at 

 the fame time, •' thjt he had never before 

 attempted to muke a ccpy of any ffeecb ivhich 

 he had delt-uered in fubl'ie" The Letter to 

 the Eleftors of Weftminiter, and tills fpeech, 

 are therefore his only profe compofitions 

 avowedly given to the world. 



On this occafion the orator was greatly 

 moved, for he had loft a warm friend, while 

 the public was at tlie fame time bereft ot a 

 p«riot citizen. He is accordingly confidered 

 as having exerted himfelf on this occaHuu with 

 peculiar fucccfs. 



Poflefled of a fanpaiiae temperament, 

 his follies at one period of his lile, like 

 his virtues at another, were carried to ex- 

 tremes. He facriliced his nigiits and his 

 days, his health and his fortune, to the 

 woHhip of the blind goddefs; and not 

 content with his . triumphs in St. Ste- 

 phen's Chapel, he afpircd to give laws to 

 Newmarket.* Hi.s keen and penetrating 

 eye would follow a favourite courfer fi'om 

 the llartiug-poft to the gaol ; his heart 

 ■ivould pant with expectation as the race 

 drew towards a cuiiclufion ; and tliat 

 voice (fated to be moic honourably and 

 more idefuliy employed, in regulating the 

 interefts of an empire), was then prodi- 

 gally wafted in clieering the foaming fteed, 

 and applauding the victorious rider. 



At length, alijuring the follies of the 

 day, he began to ufe tlie arms, and prac- 

 tife the arts, of a great flatefman. We 

 have already bcheid him combating the 

 authors of th.o American war, in con- 

 junction v.itli a chofcn band of patriots, 

 who with liimfeif are no\v no more ; but 

 whofe reputation, like his own, will float 

 down the Itream of time, and only be 

 forgotten when their country ceafes to 

 exiu as an independent nation. 



During the couHitt that fprimg out of 

 the French revolution, he fought at tlie 

 head of an embattled legion, fome of the 

 members of which have ceafed to exiil, 

 while others Itill furvivc him. In one 

 houfe, was feen a Lanfdowne, celebrated 

 for his po!itic;d penetration, m hich, like 

 the eye of the lynx, could difcover the 

 approach of danger, and dctetVt the hid- 

 den fnare, fpi-ead by the fecret htmd of 

 corruption ; a RulVel, who pcrilhed prc- 

 liiaturely in the flower of m::nlioad, at 

 once adored and lamented by all who 

 approached him; a Lauderd:de, bold, 

 manly, and energetic, hated by the zea- 

 lots of defpotifm, but from whofe talents 

 and exertions Europe at this moment 

 expects an honourable peace. 



In another afl'embly, clofe by his fide 

 was feen a Fr.incis, whofe integrity in 

 the Ealt fcrved for a while to reltore the 

 fulUed honour of th.e Englifli name; a 

 Townfhend and a Fitzpatrick, the com- 

 panions of his youth, and the fnends of 

 liis old age ; a Grey, at that period en- 

 nobled only by his virtues and his ta- 



* A portion of the race-ground is aftually 

 called the F. C. or Fox Courle, at tlik Hay. 

 It ought not to be omitted in this place, 

 however, that Mr. Fox always withdiew his 

 name fiom ]5rookes's, the moment he ac- 



cepted of any «mj4oymeiit. 



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