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cil, as a drafisman from nature, was exqui- 
site. His portraits of mere natural scenery 
‘were peculiarly spirited and free; and his 
drawings of architecture and antiquities most 
faithful and elegant. As his industry was 
indefatigable, his collection is very great, and 
“equally precious for accuracy and beauty. 
Dusing his residence at Rome, he studied and 
“measured the remains of ancient architecture 
‘there, particularly the’baths, with a precision 
which would have done honour to the most 
able professional architect. His numerous 
plans and sections of them he gave to Mr. Ca- 
meron, and they are engraved in. his great 
> work on the Roman baths. To this work he 
»also furnished a very considerable and valu- 
“able part of the letter-press. He drew up 
“the greater portion of the letter-press of the 
Second volume of the Ionian Antiquities, pub- 
“lished by the Society of Dilettanti. And Mr. 
‘Stuart recaived material assistance from him 
‘in the second volume of his Athens. In his 
“own name he published very little. His ac- 
“curacy of mind rendered it difficult to him to 
“please himself; and, careless of the fame of 
an author, he was better content that his 
‘friends should profit by his labours, than that 
“the public should know the superiority of his 
own acquirements. Mr, Windham haJ been 
long a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian 
Societies; andy in the latter, was for many 
years of the council, and one of the com- 
mittee for the publication of the Cathedrals 
fof England. He more than once declined the 
honourable office of vice president. Of the 
Society of Dilettanti he was one of the oldest 
“members; and to his zeal it was principally 
owing that the publications of that society 
were continued, after a suspension of many 
years. It may easily be supposed that the 
‘ibrary of such a man was excellent. It is, in 
fact, for real use, one of the first collections 
in this country. Not a volume was bought 
by him on the mere account of its rarity ; 
but no price prevented his purchasing what 
was really useful; and the selection of edi- 
tions, and the beauty of the copies, is what 
might be expected from his correct and ele- 
gant taste. Though the severer sciences had 
not engaged so much of his attention, he was 
‘not unacquainted with any of them. Natural 
history had been successfully studied by him. 
In private life, Mr. Windham was the most 
amiable of men. Benevolent, generous, 
cheerful, without caprice, above envy, his 
temper was the unclouded sunshine of virtue 
‘and sense. If his extreme modesty and sim- 
plicity of character prevented his striking at 
the first acquaintance, every hour endeared 
him to those who had the happiness of his 
intimacy. In every relation of life he was 
exemplary. A kind husband, a firm friend, 
a generous landlord, an indulgent master, 
‘fhe constant and anxious enquiries of his 
‘poorer neighbours at his gate, during his iNl= 
“ness, ore the most affecting testimony to his 
‘worth; and his memory 5 nooured by the 
Suffolk. 
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long and deep regrets of his equals—by th 
prayers and tears of the poor. : 
: SUFFOLK. _ 
Married.| At Botesdale, Mr. Robert Plum- 
ton, of Attlcburgh, to Miss Burroughs. 
At Halesworth, Mr. T. Tippell, to Miss 
Johnson; 
At Melton, Mr. Richard Oldham, to Mra. 
Johnstone. 
At Sudbury, Mr. Underwood, of London, 
to Miss Wyatt. 
At Ipswich, Mr. H. Aldrich, to Miss 
King.—Mr. Corder, to Miss Smith. 
At Ipswich, Mr. Alevander Christie, of th- 
Port packet, to Maria, daughter of Mr. Roe 
bert Cole.—Captain Marshall, R.N. to Miss 
Close, only daughter of the late Rev. Mr. C. 
—Frederic English, esq. of the royal engi- 
neers, to Miss Bleaden, daughter of Jshn B- 
esq. of Stoke hall. 
Died. At Bury, Mr. John Mills. For near 
twenty-nine years from my first coming to 
reside here, f have been acquainted with him. 
He was nocommon man. He was originally 
a barber and wig-maker; but for some years 
had left off business. With his twin brother, 
who died many years before him,.he had 
carried on that business at the end of the 
Haymarket toward Piccadilly. His integrity 
was unquestioned; and I know an extraordi- 
nary instance of generosity of sentiment and 
conduct in him and his brother. From very 
early life he became attached to experimental 
philosophy. He made exceedingly good ba- 
rometers and thermometers. He also made 
electric machines, and taught the use of the 
globes. When the balloons were first intro- 
duced, he turned his thoughts to that in- 
teresting discovery, and was very expert in. 
making and filling them. He was an accurate 
observer ; and one of the principal of the tran- 
sits of mereury, and two eclipses of the sun, 
the most considerable since I have lived here, 
we ohserved together at Troston. One of the 
two letters apprising me of the beautiful 
comet of 1807 (and which arrived here both 
together,) was from him. He was 76. He 
had read not very many books, but some of 
the best in the different branches of natural ~ 
philosophy. He had a most clear, strong, 
and acutely discriminating judgment, with 
an excellent memory. His mother died at 
more than the age of 90, I believe nearer 
100. He was as excellent son, a good master, 
and a very steady friend. In-make and coun- 
tenance he was so like Mr. Thomas Warton, 
that the last engraving of that elegant scholar 
and highly interesting poet, by Schiavonetti, 
for Dr, Drake’s Essays, might be taken for a 
portrait of Mr. John Mills. But their genius 
had takena very different direction. Elegant 
literature, poetic taste and fancy, were the 
characteristics of the one; philosophic so- 
lidity and acuteness,a mechanical head, with 
great practical correctness, and powers of 
judgment and patient attention, which might 
have made an eminent mathematician, and 
did 
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