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the revision of the case: his opinion coincided in every respect 
with that of Mr Tyrer; and to the letter in which Sir Cuarzes 
communicated to him his Majesty’s disapprobation of the sen- 
tence, Mr Tyrrer added the following note: “I have thus 
“ had the satisfaction of procuring from his Majesty a disap- 
** proval of this very unjust sentence, and a rectification of it 
“in every point where it was wrong.” 
In the year 1792, Mr Tyrrer had the misfortune to lose his 
father, at the advanced age of eighty-one. Of the character of 
this excellent man, the Society already possesses a description 
by Mr Mackenzie, which no one will attempt to improve. The 
loss to his son was of a kind which it is the fortune of few men 
to experience. Their connection had subsisted for the long 
period of forty-five years, undiminished by distance, and un- 
broken by misunderstanding ; and there was so singular a cor- 
respondence in their tastes, their pursuits, their principles, and 
even their prejudices, that Mr Tyrurr felt he had not only lost 
a father, but his best and oldest friend. His first employment 
was to design a little monument to his memory, which he soon 
after erected in the pleasure-grounds of Woodhouselee, upon a 
spot which his father had particularly loved ; and he engraved 
upon it the following inscription, which so well expresses the 
filial tenderness of the author, and so happily obeys that pro- 
found and merciful propensity of sorrow, which leads us stilk 
to fill the scenes we love, with the presence of those we have 
lost. 
