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1811.) 
‘residence in Holland, assisted, and now’ suc- 
ceeds him in his important commercial con- 
‘cerns ; the second daughter married to John 
Tangston, esq. of London House, Oxford- 
Shire; the youngest to Admiral Sir Charles 
Pole, bart. When Holland was invaded by 
the French, in 1794, he determined finally 
to quit that country, and settle in England. 
Not long after his arrival here, he purchased, 
of Lord Hopetoun, the large house in Har- 
ley-street, where he deposited his noble 
Collection of pictures, and resided to the 
day of his death. On settling in England, 
he considered bimself as totally disengaged 
from business, though he assisted the house 
in Holland with his advice on momentous 
occasions, and he devoted himself entirely 
to the encouragement of the arts, of which 
he was a munilicent patron, and the enjoy- 
ments of society, among a large and most 
respectable acquaintance. His temper was 
so singularly even, mild, engaging, and 
amiable, that he was beloved by all who 
had access to him; the kindness of his heart 
appeared in every action of his life; he 
anticipated the wishes of his friends, and 
Ssemed to employ all his faculties in con- 
triving opportunities of doing what he 
thought would give them pleasure: His 
charities were in a manner boundless; he 
had many constant pensioners, besides those 
whose occasional wants he was ever ready 
to relieve; the applications made to him for 
pecuniary assistance were innumerable; he 
Was not without discrimination in attending 
“tothem; it is believed, however, that no 
eal object of charity ever solicited him in 
van. But his good offices were not confined 
te ant of money; his advice was freely 
given to many who applied to him on their 
private concerns; he instructed them in the 
best manner of extricating themselves from 
difficulties, of succeeding in their pursuits, 
and of conducting their affairs to a pras- 
perous issue. No man’s counsel was more 
to be relied upon in matters Of business ; 
for his deliberate judgment was always 
sound; and statesmen, on various occasions, 
availed themselves of it with advantage. 
Vhough he never appeared as an aythor, 
yet his style was clear, elegant, often spor- 
tive, and often witty; for he had cultivated 
his mind by’ those studies which polish hu- 
man nature, and was conversant with the 
Hest works of ‘literature, especially the 
poets. f 
he remained in tolerable health, always 
cheerful and good humoured, the delight of 
a social circle of friends, till the 21st of 
Feéruary, when he was attacked by a disor- 
der, which baffled all medical skill, and 
under which he sunk, the 25th of that 
month, in the 75th year of his age. By 
his decease, a property to the amount of 
more than a millien sterling has devolved to 
 pagaanaii and is thus demised by his 
will; 
Notwithstanding his advanced age,’ 
“Account of the late Mr. John Relph. 283 
To his three nieces, the daugh- 
ters of the late Mrs, Goddard, 
his sister, viz. Mrs. Williams 
Hope, Lady Pole, and Mrs. 
Langston, each 110,0001. 
To the three children of Mrs, 
W. Hope, 40,0001. each . . 
To the four children of the other 
“)BIGEEES So eo (er Siauel ia Leys 
To Mr. Williams Hope, hi 
houses at Sheen and Caven- 
dish-square, with the fine col- 
lection of pictures in each, 
rich furniture, &c. and al} his 
other residuary property, toge~ 
ther estimatedat ©“. . . . 
$30,000 
120,900 
160,000 
550,000 
, Total £ 1,160,000 
The Right Hon. Charles Marsham, Ear) of 
Romney; Viscount Marsham of the Mote, 
and Baron of Romney. [Of whom a further 
account will be given in our next.J  - 
* At Turner’s Hill, near Cheshunt, aged 78, 
Mr.. Fobn Relpb, a gentleman of singular 
worth and merit. He was born at Penrith, 
in Cumberland, inthe year 1753. His parents 
were, in every sense of the word respectable, 
in that neighbourhood. Of his father, the 
Rev: Mr. Nelson, of great Sulkeld, near Pen- 
rith, an aged and most respectable dissenting 
minister, he says, ¢* he was a person of the 
strictest honour and integrity, and, as such, 
his memory is held in esteem to this day.” 
He removed to London about the year 1750, 
and was placed as an apprentice with his re- 
lation Mr, Richard Cook, then a silk mercer, 
a gentleman well known amongst the Pro- 
testant Dissenters; and held in great esteem 
for the excellence of his character. After 
serving the stipulated time, and fontinuing 
afterwards with Mr. Cook, in a course of 
exertion highly to that gentleman’s satisfac- 
tion, he successively became his ‘partner and 
successor. Mr. Relph was particularly dis- 
tinguished by great activity and energy in 
business, in which he spent the greatest part 
of a long life, and, by a thankful, contented, 
and cheerful, mind, after his health was ine 
firm, and his sight became very imperfecr. 
_ His conduct and maxims in business, formed 
a striking contrast with, those which before 
his death became so very preValent, and which 
are now convulsing the commercial system in 
this country. He never dreamed of getting 
rich -by one adventure, or of risquing his 
own, and the property of others, for the pur- 
pose of making a sudden fortune. The 
Bricish merchant of former times; was one 
of the most useful and important citizens of 
whom this isJand could boast; an agent, who 
connected different countries by the ties of 
interest and correspondence, making their 
commercial intercourse of mutual benefit, and 
transmitting the productions of different cli- 
mates tu the inhabitants of all. He was the 
organ of communication, by which the abun- 
dance 
