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Memoirs of the Life of Sir... Samuel Romilly Written by Himself with A This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com n f ISanfc of ffinglantj Hibratg anti fUtnmg association. No. JlUcJ Time allmved for reading this Volume, (TODAYS, exclusive of Sundays, Saturdays, and Ttanli Holidays. Classification MEMOIRS OK THE LIFE OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF; WITH A SELECTION FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE. EDITED BY HIS SONS. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. £>eranti (Sttittcm. i LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 'M* MDCCCXL. London : Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New- Street- Square . CONTENTS THE SECOND OF VOLUME. CORRESPONDENCE. 1792. LETTER LXXXVI1I. — To Madame G. The French revolution ; con duct of the assembly. Slave-trade abolition ; re solution rejected by the lords ; feeling in favour of the bill. Lotteries - Page 1 LXXXIX. — To M. Dumont. Arrival of young D . On the September massacres at Paris - - 3 XC. — From M. Dumont. Death of M. de la Roche foucauld. September massacres; how far pro voked. Cabanis ----- 5 XCI — To M. Dumont. On the September massacres. Union of political proscription, and religious per secution - - - - - - 9 XCII. — From M. Dumont. Parisian mob. Passports. Conduct of Catherine II. Louis XIV. Effect of the Prussian and Austrian alliance - 11 XCIII. — From The Marquis of Lansdowne. Country gentlemen. Reform in parliament. French clergy ; persecution - - - - - - 13 XCIV. — From Madame G. The French republic. Trial of Louis XVI. Conduct of the convention. Eng land and its institutions ... -15 a 2 IV CONTENTS. 1793. LETTER * XCV. — From Madame G. War with England; consola tions. State of Paris - - Page 19 XCVI. — To M. Dumont. Edinburgh. Dugald Stewart's account of Adam Smith. Administration of justice in Scotland. Scotch scenery ; Loch Lomond. The Rev. Mr. Stuart - - - - 21 XCVII. — 'To the same. M. Guyot. Paris massacres. Manuel; anecdotes 26 XCVIII. — To the same. On literary composition - 30 XCIX C. — From To M. M. Dumont. Dumont. Profession The Gironde. of the Brissot law. State - 31 of France. The Queen's trial. Kentucky. A merican writers - - - - 36 1794. CI. — To Madame G. Anxiety for the safety of her family. State of France ; of England - 38 CII. — To Mr. Dugald Stewart. Adam Smith. Im prisonment of Mr. D - - 40 CIII — To Madame G. Congratulations on the release ofMr.D . Profession of the law. State of the country. Volunteers - - 42 1795. CIV. — To Mr. Dugald Stewart. Expedition into Britany. Memoirs of the Girondistes. Madame Roland. Louvet ... 4,6 CV. — From M. Dumont. Garat's apology, and Mad. Roland's memoirs. Destruction of the Girondistes. The convention - - - 49 CVI. — To M. Dumont. Garat. French character. French pamphlets ; spies ; prisons. Tronson du Coudray - ... - 52 1796. CVII ToLiterary the composition.same. London. Charlotte Mitford's Smith's Greece. novels. Drouet's escape - - - -55 i CONTENTS. V LETTER CVI1I. — From M. Dumont. Worthing. Literary compo sition .... Page 57 CIX. — To M. Dumont. Proposed Visit to Bowood 60 • 1797. CX. — To his Nephew. Friendship. Advice against too close an application to study. Hastings - 61 1798. CXI From M. Dumont. Congratulations on Mr. R.'s marriage - - - - - 63 CXII. — from Mr. Manners Sutton. Same subject 65 CXIII 7b Madame G. Announcing his marriage - 65 CXIV.— -To the same. M. Corancez' book; Rousseau. Coxe's Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole - 66 1799. CXV. — From M. Dumont. Education; Sandford and Merton - - - - 68 CXVI. — To Madame G. Criticisms on La Harpe - 70 CXVII — To the same. 1800. Riots ; cause of them ; mistaken expedients to check them ; resolutions - 72 1802. CXVIII civileTo M. et Dumont. penale. Dugald Bentham. Stewart's Traites Life de Legislationof Robert son. Hume - - - - - 75 DIARY OF A JOURNEY TO PARIS. Abbeville; beggars — improvement in the condition of the peo ple and land. — Paris ; Place de la Concorde. — Original MS. ofPicture Dr. Franklin's by Girodet Life. — Gallois Talleyrand ; Tribunal ; England criminel and France. ; juries — ; a 3 VI CONTENTS. witnesses; frequent acquittals. Other courts; special juries ; examination of the accused by the judges. — Place de Greve; the guillotine; execution — Inscriptions on public buildings; monuments; Le Brun. — The opera. — Talleyrand; dinner at Neuilly St. Cloud ; pictures. — Lotteries. — Madlle- Duchesnois. — Bonaparte. — Hall of the legislative body. — Palais Bourbon National Institute. — Galvanism. — Anni versary of the republic ; illuminations. — Dinner at Talley rand's. — Infernal machine. — Inscriptions in the HAtel des Invalides. — Gallery of the Museum ; West ; pictures ; Ver sailles. — Houses of the Bonaparte family ; levee at St. Cloud. — National library ; manuscripts. — Leaves Paris. — Abun dance of specie ; assignats ; bank notes ; high rates of inte rest ; despotism in France ; police ; restraints upon the press ; English newspapers prohibited ; spies ; Bonaparte. State prisoners. — Fouch6; Liberie and Egalite ; Tuileries; Bona parte; cause of his power. — French opinion of Pitt ; dis position to refine ----- Pages 78 — 101 LETTER CXIX. — To Madame G. Friendship. Bonaparte's pro- . clamation against the Swiss. Paley's Natural The ology 102 1803. CXX. — To M. Dumont. Edinburgh Review. Lord King. War with France. Influence of Pitt. Fox; Tierney. Bonaparte's detention of English travellers. Ben- tham - - ----- 104 CXXI. — To Madame G. Domestic happiness. Profession of the law. Bowood - - - - - 107 NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN 1805. Romilly appointed Chancellor of Durham ; circumstances which led to the appointment ; Mr. Bernard ; duties of the office ; limited number of causes ; reception at Durham. — Offer of a seat in parliament from the Prince of Wales ; Creevey ; . Miss Seymour ; Mrs. Fitzherbert ; answer to Creevey's CONTENTS. Vll letter; Princess of Wales; Lady Douglas; Lord Thur- low Pages 109 — 132 DIARY OF HIS PARLIAMENTARY 1806. LIFE. Romilly appointed Solicitor-General ; Lord" Erskine, Lord JusticeChancellor. of the — R. King's sworn Bench into aoffice member and ofknighted. the cabinet — Chief R. elected member for Queenborough. — Took his seat and appointed one of the committee to manage Lord Mel ville's trial. — Cruel punishment in the navy ; Rutherford. — Slave trade, Wilberforce. — Severity of military punishments, Mr. Grey, Mr. Windham. — Lotteries, Lord Henry Petty. — Law jof Evidence, Master of the Rolls. — Liberty of the press, Sergeant Best Law of evidence. — Sheridan. — Lord Mel ville's trial ; advice of Mr. Fox. — Slave trade ; division in the House of Lords. — Princess of Wales, Lord Thurlow. — Mr. Forster, practice of the Court of Chancery, planting church lands. — Princess of Wales, Lord Grenville, Lady Douglas, CaseSirin favour John of Miss Douglas. of it. Seymour.— Princess — Army — of Speech enlisting Wales, onwitnesses, for slave a limited trade. Sophia time — Austin Acquittal ; Speech of Lord Melville. — Case of Miss Seymour. — Mr. Justice Fox. — Princess of Wales. — The King's power to legislate for con quered colonies, opposite opinions of the attorney and solicitor general. — Amendment of bankrupt laws — Princess of Wales. — Applications to R. respecting the bankrupt laws Charges against Lord Wellesley. — Princess of Wales, report of the Commissioners. — Amendment of the bankrupt law, Lord Redesdale. — Parliament prorogued. — Fox, conduct of the Opposition. — Journey to Durham. — Fees in the Court of Chancery of Durham. — Journey to Edinburgh. — Reform of the Courts of Justice in Scotland. — Death of Fox. — Fu neral. — Parliament dissolved. — Election at Queenborough. —ofthe it Letter publication in the of newspapers Princess of it of Cause; Wales application of ; Purcell (note) to court injunctionv. M'Namara to commit to ;restrain report the author of it ; Lord Erskine. — Meeting of parliament. 133—178 Vlli CONTENTS. 1807. Whether contract real debts. estates — Welsh should Judges, be made Lord Grenvilleassets to pay General simple register of deeds. — Bill to make freehold estates assets to pay simple contract debts. — Judges, how far to be consulted —before Bill alterations for the abolition are proposed of the in slave the trade.law. — —Princess Second of reading Wales. of the bill to make freehold estates assets &c. — Second read ing of the bill to abolish the slave trade. — An innocent man executed for a mutiny, of which he was convicted by a court- martial. — Bill to make freehold estates assets &c., Col. Eyre. —make Probable freehold change estates of administration assets. — Sir William Rejection Grant of &cbill to MasterConversation of Rolls. of Lord — Change Erskine of and administration George III. — Letter Reflections from on leaving office. — New ministry. — Lord Melville. — Lord Erskine Lord Melville. — The cry of No Popery Mr. Brand's motion Speech. — Plumer, Solicitor-General. — Debate in the House of Lords on the change of adminis tration. — Bill to make freehold estates of traders assets &c. Dissolution of Parliament, speech of Lords Commissioners. " — Sale of seats in Parliament. — Election for Horsham. — Imprisonment for debt, letter. — Meeting of new Parliament. — Bill to make freehold estates of traders assets &c. — —Committeeto BillLord to Cullen abolish to inquire a Educationprivilege into the of publicof members the expenditure. poor, of Whitbread's Parliament, — Pension bill. de fendants in equity, injurious to other suitors. — Lord Coch- heldrane's by motion members for of an Parliament, account of their the wivesplaces or and
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