shambles Sir John next proceeded to notice, in terms of high commendation, Lord Somerville's exertions, for opposing the impositions of unprincipled speculators in this staple article of British manufacture; and he concluded a neat and impressive speech, by proposing as a toast- May idle speculators never fleece the industrious of this country," which was drunk with great enthusiasm. as the worker of these oxen. The Earl of fore this shameful speculation was set on foot. Bridgewater received a cup for his five South. Lord Somerville said, that he should sell his down ewes, eleven months old. Mr. Morris fine wools at the same house, and at the same Birbeck, a cup, for his five Merino and price as they have produced for some years Southdown wethers, three years old. To past. His Lordship then made some obserMr. Haward, a cup was delivered for his vations on the unfounded misrepresentations thirty weeks old Suffolk pig. Three other respecting the quality of the Merino and cups were also presented; one to Mr. Wil- Southdown mutton; and stated, that he had Jiam Oakley, for his unremitting zeal in pro- sold his to the butchers at 1d. per lb. above moting the sale of English grown Merino the prices of other mutton; and that in Lonwool; one to Edward Thomas Waters, esq. don it was held in high estimation. At the for having worked and afterwards fed on su conclusion of his Lordship's speech, which gar two seven years old oxen, at not more was much applauded, Sir John Sinclair, the than half the cost of oil-cake for the same President of the Board of Agriculture, rose, purpose; the remaining cup to Mr. Saxby, and after complimenting Lord Somerville on for his five Southdown ewes. His Lordship the zeal and ability with which he had esread a report relative to the late extraordinary poused the cause of introducing the Merino rise in the price of clothing goods, from the breed of sheep into this country, making great advance which had taken place in the himself journies to Spain from the purpose of price of fine wools, which was not justified selecting and importing those valuable aniby existing circumstances, as the importa- mals into this country, said, that he could tion in 1807 and 1808 was nearly equal to not omit this opportunity of declaring his that in 1805 and 1806. Owing to the diffi- opinion, that sheep of the Merino breed, while their wool is so excellent, also proculty of obtaining fine wools from Spain, an advance of 25. per lb. (viz. from 6s. to 8s.) duce as good mutton as any exhibited on our might be just, but that more than 20s. per Ib. should be thus suddenly demanded, could only arise from speculations, which may, in the outset fatten a few mercenary wholesale importers, but must end in the ruin of every other party concerned, and for the following plain reasons:-Manufacturers of cloth, becoming doubtful of a market for their goods, will pay off a large poportion of their work. men, an immense number of whom, it is said, are already turned out of employ, and these must come to their parishes for support. The quantity of cloths cut for use will also be very much diminished, and even now 20,000 tailors are said to be thrown out of work in this city, and solely from this cause. In a very short space of time substitutes will be found for wool. At first, cloths of inferior quality will be worn; cotton will probably be used as the chain or wharf of cloths, or fustians; Manchester velvets, and some such stuffs will be resorted to. The natural result of all this must be a reduction in the price of clothing wools, and a consequent diminution in the breed of wool-bearing animals, which will strike at the very existence of factors in wool, and of those cluthiers, who, falling into this snare, involve their people with themselves in one common ruin. In that case, we shall have to depend on an ar ticle of uncertain importation for defence against the severity of our climate, rather. than on one of our own profitable growth, and shall be beggared by the support of manufacturing poor thrown on the public. The manufacturer cannot be expected to carry on his trade at a loss; in proportion to the price of the raw, must his manufactured article be charged; but in honesty as well as policy they are bound to make no such excessive advance on goods worked up from their existing stock, that is to say, on wool purchased be MARRIED. At St. Mary-la-bonne, James Winckworth, esq. of Oxford-street, to Miss Fry, daughter of James F. esq. of May Fair.-Captain Woodley Losack, of the Royal Navy, to Miss Gordon, only daughter of the late George G. esq. -Captain Gosselin of the Royal Navy, to Miss Hadsley, eldest daughter of the late J. R. H. esq. of Ware Priory, Herts. At St. Andrew's Holborn, Lieut. John Cameron, R. N. to Miss Maria Colledge, of Lombard street. At St. Dunstan's in the West, Thomas Erskine Sutherland, of Edinburgh, to Miss Highley of Fleet street. At St. Giles's in the Fields, Josiah Hodgson, esq. of Burgh, Cumberland, to Miss Barker, only daughter of Richard B. esq. of Tavistock-street, Bedford square. At St. George's, Hanover square, Thomas Hamilton Miller, esq of Dalswinton, N.B. to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Colonel Rum, M. P for the county of Wexford. At Whitehall, the Rt. Hon Lord Gardner, to the Hon. Charlotte Smith, daughter of Lord Carrington. At Hackney, James Hence, esq. of West square, to Miss Savage, eldest daughter of Mr. Joseph L. of Kingsland. James Andrews, LL.D. Fro essor of Mathematics, and head Classical Master to the Military Academy of the East India com pany, Woolwich, to Miss Jane Falding, of Blackheath. At Camberwell, Samuel Stevens, esq. of Clare, to Miss Warner, of Dulwich. At Twickenham, James Merry, M. D. of Bath, to Mrs. Martha Podmore. At St. Magnus, London Bridge, the Rev. R. Croxby, to Miss Middleton, of Ripley, Surry. At St. Margaret's, Westminster, James Walsh, esq. of Parliament-street, to Miss Grobuller, daughter of F. G. esq. Park-row, Knightsbridge. At St. George's, Hanover-square, F. Cunliffe, esq. eldest son of Sir F. Cunliffe, bart. to the Hon. Miss Crewe, only daughter of Lord C.-H. Harmore, esq. of New Norfolk street, to Isabella, daughter of the late Admiral Cumming. DIED. At Islington, Mrs. Ann Scott, in her 66th year, terminating an amiable and valuable life of long and painful suffering. At Ealing Mida, on the 19th of March, in the 66th year of her age, after great suffering, Mrs. Elizabeth Freeborn, relict of John Freeborn, esq. The natural chearfulness of her disposition and kindness of heart, endeared her to numerous friends. In Hertford street, May Fair, C. Denne, esq. many years an eminent banker. At Hillingdon, W. Pope, esq. of the King's Remembrancer's Office. In Albermarle-street, C. Montolier, only son of L. M. esq. 19. At Enfield, Mrs. Laxton, relict of the Rev. Mr. L. formerly vicar of Leatherhead, Surry, 77. In Stafford-row, Pimlico, of the scarlet fever, in the space of a few days, Frances Louisa, Laura Charlotte, and Emma, daughters of John Granville, esq. In Russell-square, the Lady of John Smith, esq. M. P. for Nottingham. In Upper Harley-street, Susannab, wife of Alexander Ross, esq. In Kennington Place, Vauxhall, Mr. Richard Stanley, son of Thomas S. esq. 18. es At the Lodge, Villier's Walk, Adelphi, Mr. Hugh Hewson, 85. He was a man of no mean celebrity, though no funeral cutcheons adorned his hearse, or heir expec tant graced his obsequies. He was no less a porsonage than the identical Hugh Strap, whom Dr. Smollett has rendered so conspicuously interesting in his Life and Adventures of Roderick Random, and for upwards of 40 years had kept a hair-dresser's shop in the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields. He was a very intelligent man, and took delight in recounting the adventures of his early life. He spoke with pleasure of the time he passed in the service of the Doctor, and it was his pride, as well as boast, to say that he had been educated in the same seminary with so learned and distinguished a character. Hie shop was hung round with Latin quotations, MONTHLY MAG. 184. and he would frequently point out to his cusin Roderick Random, relating to himself, tomers and acquaintances the several scenes Doctor's inventive fancy, but in truth and which had their foundation, not in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the subsequent misreality. The meeting in a barber's shop at take at the inn,their arrival together in LonStrap's friend, were all of that description. don, and the assistance they experienced from him an interlined copy of Roderick Random, We understand, the deceased has left behind they were indebted to the genius of the Docpointing out these facts, shewing how far reality. He could never succeed in gaining tor, and to what extent they were founded in trade, but he possessed an independence of more than a respectable subsistence by his mind superior to his humble condition. Of Promenade, called Villiers' Walk, and was late years he was employed as Keeper of the much noticed and respected by the inhabitants who frequented that place. daughter of John Scandrel H. esq. banker, H. Westley, bookseller. E. E. Townsend, late of Covent-Garden The- In Somerset Place, George Henry Towry' of the Commissioners of the Transport esq. a Captain in the Royal Navy, and one Board, 42. In the Strand, Mr. Grimes, jun. 21. In James street, Edwin, fourth son of G. At Little Hampton, Sir George Pecknell, knt. late a brewer and maltster at Arundel. In Upper Harley-street, the Lady of Sir James Sibbald, bart. At Tyndal-place, Islington, Mrs. Ed wards, wife of Mr. E. having gone up stairs to speak to her servant, she was suddenly seized with a pain in the head, sat down, and instantly expired. George Barker, esq. first commissioner for of Richard Cheslyn C. esq. bert Sparrow, esq. of Worlingham Hall, Suf- folk. At Brompton, Mrs. Rolleston, relict of Christopher R. esq. of Watnall, Notts. In St. James's-square, Captain Carruthers, of the 45d regiment of foot, major of brigade to General Crawfurd. In St. James's Palace, Miss Beauclerk, the oldest of the maids of honour to her Majesty. At Brentford End, Silas Palmer, esq. 75. In Manchester-square, the infant son of Henry F. Greville, esq. race, In Bruton-street, the Earl of Orford, of Woollerton, Norfolk. His lordship was the nephew of the famous Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford. He sat many years in the House of Lords as Baron Walpole, of Woolterton. He married Lady Rachel Cavendish, daughter of William, third Duke of Devonshire, by whom he had several children. On the death of the late HoEarl of Orford, he succeeded to the Barony of Houghton, the Earldom becoming extinct; but during the late administration he was created Earl of Orford. His lordship's eldest son, Lord Walpole, (now Earl of Orford) sat many years as Member for Lynn, in which representation there is now a vacancy. General Walpole, who concluded the treaty with the Maroons in Jamaica, who was the second to Mr. Tierney in his duel with Mr. Pitt, and who was also one of Mr. Fox's secretaries, is the younger son of the late earl. His lordship was in his 86th year. So long as true nobility, nobility of mind and conduct, no less than of birth and station, shall be considered as deserving the best regards and esteem of men, so long will such characters as that of the late venerable Earl of Orford be had in respectful remembrance. By no means implicitly assenting to the world's false estimate of thing's, he appreciated no higher than they deserved the gifts of rank and fortune, but used them with munificence for honourable and useful purposes. Those qualities which are the most shining ornaments of elevated station, piety without ostentation, liberality of mind, kind attention to the wants and wishes of others, extended bounty, an hospitality rarely equalled in these times, and an independent pub. lic spirit, were the distinguished features of his lordship's character. He lived revered and happy to an advanced age, with honour and integrity inviolate; and died universally lamented. At Ramsgate, in his 78th year, the Right Hon. John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle, &c.: his lordship was descended in the female line from the royal house of Stuart, and his ancestors were related to most of the crowned heads in Europe he married Lady Charlotte Stewart, sister of the late Earl of Calloway, and by that marriage has left issue three sons and three daughters: his eldest son George, Lord Fincastle, now Earl of Dunmore, is married to Lady Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Hamilton; one of his daughters, Laly Augusta, was married to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, at Rome, in November 1793, and had a son born January 15, 1794; but a suit was instituted in Doctors Commons, by his Majesty's order, and the marriage was declared null and void in the following August, and Lady Augusta has since taken the name of D'Ameland; another daughter, Lady Susan, has been twice married, and has lost both husbands.Mr. Thorpe, and Mr. Drew; the other surviving daughter, Lady Virginia, was named at the request of the assembly of Virginia, of which province the earl her father was governor, and was certainly the most zealous and active of his Majesty's governors during the whole of the revolutionary war. French Laurence, Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Oxford, Chancellor of that diocese, Judge of the Cinque Ports, and Member of Parliament for the city of Peterborough. Dr. Laurence received his first education at Bristol; whence he was removed to the college at Winchester: he then became a member of Corpus Christi college, of which college he was afterwards fellow,) proceeded M.A. June 21, 1781, and was created D.C.L. October 19, 1787 his professorship he obtained in 1796, on the decease of Dr. Wenman. The active part which he took in the memorable contest for Westminster, in the year 1784, in writing for Mr. Fox, particularly in the opposition newspa pers of that period, was the cause of his introduction to public notice; although his subsequent literary exertions were of a very different kind, he was the author of many election ballads, which at that time were highly popular with the party. As some recompense for his zeal and his services, the party patronized the publication of the Rolliad, of which he was, indeed, one of the authors, as well as of The Probationary Odes, and these works proved a source of considerable emolument to him. Dr. Laurence then began to be ambitious of a seat in the House of Commons, and for that purpose, as well, indeed, as from a high admiration of Mr. Burke, attached himself particularly to that great ornament of the British senate, by whose interest with Earl Fitzwilliam, the doctor was gratified in his desire of parliamentary ho nours. From this time he considered himself rather as the adherent of Mr. Burke, than as an implicit follower of the party with which that great man had hitherto acted; and when the French revolution induced Mr. Burke to withdraw himself from Mr. Fox and his friends, who had, as some persons thought, so rashly committed themselves in the eyes of mankind, by hailing that dreadful political explosion as an event calculated to promote the happiness of mankind, Dr. Laurence traced the steps of Mr. Burke, and remained inflexibly attached to that gentleman and his principles till the world were deprived of his great talents. The doctor, however, had for for some time wisely considered that politics afforded but an uncertain means of sup. port, and therefore directed his attention to the civil law, and, by his practice in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, gradually acquired a considerable fortune. Mr. Burke had indeed derived great advantage from the doctor, during the prosecution of Mr. Hastings, as he was indefatigable in exploring and arranging the documents necessary in that arduous and complicated transaction. The public are indebted to the doctor for a complete edition of the works of Mr. Burke, which will for ever remain a monument of the vast talents and varied acquisitions of that extraordinary man. Dr. Laurence possessed extensive knowledge; and his abilities, if not shining, were solid. In parliament he had no pretensions to the fame of oratory, but his speeches were characterized by good sense. His death was occasioned by a decline, in about the 60th year of his age. The following eulogium was pronounced by Mr. Whitbread in the debate on the orders in Council, on the 6th of March. "Now Dr. Laurence is dead, I am sure there is no one in this house but will do justice to his memory. Now that party-animosity is silent, let justice, let gratitude, let a sense of our dignity, as a house, awaken, and let us acknowledge with one common voice, that we have lost a man whose like we shall not soon see again. Would to heaven that his skirt only had fallen amongst us, I should then not have feared, under its influence and inspiration, to have opposed myself to the learned advocates whom I see ranged against me." In Grovenor square, the Duchess of Bolton, 75. She was the youngest sister of the late Earl of Lonsdale, and was married to Lord Harry Powlett, then captain in the British navy, but whose exploits, while in that service, did not entitle him to rank with our naval heroes. Lord Harry was at the siege of Carthagena, in South America, in 1743, where Smollett has consigned his memory to posterity, though not in the most bril iant or flattering colours He is the Captain While, of Roderick Random. By the death of his elder brother he succeeded early in the present reign to the Dukedom of Bolton, which became extinct some years ago, in his person. He left only two daughters, the eldest of whom, Lady Catherine Powlett, married the present Earl of Darlington. The Duchess of Bolton, her mother, survived her, and has left the greater part of her fortune, which was considerable, to the Hon. Frederic Vane, Lord Durling ton's second sun. [Further Particulars of the late Mr. James Morison, zubose death was announced in our last Number.-An eminent stationer, bookseller, author, and publisher. He received his education at Perth, and was much under the care of Mr, J. Cant, the author of the "His ren. tory of Perth." and of " Notes on Gaul's Cabions, and who had married his grandmother. Mr. Morison's father was a bookseller, and post-master of Perth. After Mr. M. had been some time in his father's shop, he removed, in 1776, to that of Mr. W. Cokes's of Leith, where he soon joined a religious society in connection with Mr Glass, the founder of the Scotch independents. About 1791, Mr. M. with about 100 friends, seceded from this sect, and became a distinct class of professors. After residing at Leith two years, he returned to Perth, and on the 13th of December, 1778, (the very day on which he became sixteen years of age), he marrled a daughter of Mr. T. Michell, wri terin Perth, by whom he had several childMrs. S. Turnbull of Glasgow, is the only one now living. Mrs. M. died in 1789, and on the 20th of December, 1790, he was married to his now disconsolate widow, who has a numerous family to lament their loss. His late illness attacked him the beginning of January, with a severe colic, and inflammation in his bowels. His sufferings were great indeed, yet he observed how much greater His sufferings were, who died that sinners might live. He directed his attendants what portions of scripture to read, and made remarks with that promptitude and readiness so peculiar to him; insomuch that his poor widow confesses he has left her one of the richest legacies, in the manner he had drawn her attention to the treasures of sovereign mercy. The comfortable parting she had with her beloved husband, in the hope of future bliss, operates as an anchor to stay her afflicted mind. Mr. M. has been long admired as a most eloquent public speaker. His remarks upon scripture, were, in general, so new and instructive-his manner so energetic-and his language so lumincus, that even his enemies acknowledged his exceliencies. Often has he astonished strangers by the peculiar way in which he enforced the authority of revelation, and opened out the mysteries of the Old Testament. Never, perhaps in this age, were the types and ceremonies of the law more happily and consistently illustrated.* He was also particularly great on the doctrine of sovereign grace; and sometimes the subject would so deeply impress his mind as to occasion an involuntary pause of a few moments. Even upon the most difficult subjects, he would not use a single note, and very often little or no premeditation. He generally preached, as well as wrote, from the impulse of the moinent, and if he was requested to repeat any particu lar discourse, he would branch out into a very different channel, yet to the same purport. His voice was powerful, and melodiAs a publisher, Mr. M. often ventured ous. * His extensive knowledge of the Hebrew language, was very useful to him for this purpose. into such speculations as brought him into some difficulties. His sanguine hopes and calculations, proving fallacious, he was for some time rendered unable to fulfil his engagements, which afforded matter for a reproach to his enemies. But his concession, and humility to his friends, on these occasions, were so pathetic, that any heart not steeled, could not freely excuse him. Indeed, great talents, and yet a child-like simplicity, were in him united. He would hearken most earnestly to the reproofs, or advice of his poorest friends. His affectionate regard for the poor was very remarkable, and indeed amidst all his worldly entanglements, and domestic afflictions, their welfare, and the things concerning the kingdom of Heaven, always appeared uppermost upon his mind. At one time he entered into a partnership concern, for the manufacture of writing paper of a superior quality; but this connection proved also extremely unfortunate for him. Mr. M. was the original projector of the Encyclopædia Perthensis, but finding the concern too weighty, he disposed of it to his eldest son, who died just as the work was finished. After writing, and publishing, several anonymaus pamphlets. Mr. M. in 1807, commenced his Bibliotheca Sacra,† which is allowed by many to be the best dictionary of the bible ever published. Most of the important doctrinal articles are of his own compo■ition. Covenant, garden, law, Melchizedek, &c. sufficiently display the wonderful extent of his biblical knowledge. On wriing an introduction to this work, by giving a general view of revelation, he was advised by his friends to publish it separate, in monthly numbers. This was done under the title of an Introductory Key to the Scriptures; and has proved a most extraordinary production. His manuscript ends in the book of Numbers. Had his life been spared, till he had in the same manner gone through all scripture, many suppose this attempt would have been the most complete commentary upon the word of God ever published. It is much to be regretted, that this ingenious work was also chiefly composed when he ought to have been asleep, or in the midst of other avocations, and subject to continual interruptions. It is said, that his sheets were sometimes sent to the printer, even without a revisal. In this key, it was his object to prove, that it is the same gospel which was preached to our first parents in Eden; to the patriarchs; to the church in + Mr. Robert Morison, (his brother), is now printing a second edition of this valuable work. Dr. Garnett in his tour through Scotland, observed at Perth, that the printing business was carried on upon an extensive scale by the Morisons', who printed about 30,000 volumes annually. Williams and Smith were his agents in London. the wilderness; and in the day's of Solomon ; and to the church in gospel days, (as many talk); that our Lord and his apostles preached no new gospel, that they said none other things than what Moses in the law and the prophets did write. On this ground, he maintains, that the design of the Old as well as the New Testament, was to preach this gospel, and none other, and that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of all prophecy. He contends that Abraham, Moses, Samuel, and all that followed after, proclaimed the same great salvation, which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him: nay, he goes farther, and asserts, that as the Old Testament preached this gospel by parable, type, &c. so the New Testament elucidates it, by unveiling them. When our Lord, who taught as never man did, preached the gospel of his kingdom, he opened his mouth in the parables of the Old Testament, telling his disciples, that, “to them", and to them only," it was given to know the mysteries of his kingdom," he assured the Jews, that it was from their ignorance of Moses, while sitting in his seat, that they persecuted him; "for," said he "Moses wrote of me." It was a standing maxing with him, that, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they hear, though one rose from the dead." He maintains that the apostles appeared, as David foretold, like "Oxen strong for labour," when they threshed out the corn, by tearing off the husk of the typical veil. Christ and him crucified, he contends is the grand centre, where all the lines of revelation meet. We are exhorted he observed, to become followers of those who through faith and patience, are now inheriting the promises. If we study the biography of Genesis, we shall find a number of conspicuous characters introduced; but for what end? Is it to leave patterns of heroism, or military prowess? No;-through faith, they all obtained a good report. A great conqueror, such as Nimrod, is dispatched in a single sentence; but a believer, as it is in Jesus, is followed through the steps of his faith. The popular notion that the law said, do, and the gospel believe, he opposed most strenuously. What! said he, would Moses at the same time be a faithful servant, and an enemy to his Lord? The deceased was admirably fitted for polemic divinity, but did not often indulge himself in that kind of warfare, though he often felt inclined to do so, from seeing the weakness and inconsistencies of the different combatants. A few months before he died, he announced his intention of addressing the baptists. He perceived the errors into which the disputants on both sides of the question had been led, and knowing the force of his weapons, both parties were anxious to see upon what fresh ground he could place the practice of infant baptism. PROVINCIAL |