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Giles; Barén Coopér, of Pawlet, a Baronet, 
and F.R.S. His Lordship was born Sept. 17, 
1761, succeeded to the fan:ily honours and 
éstates in 1771, and.in1786 married Barbara, 
only daughter of the late Sir John Webb, an 
Opulent Roman Catholic baronet, by whom 
he had issue only one daughter, born in 
1788, The title consequently devolves to 
his brother, the Hon. Cropley Ashley Cooper, 
M.P. for Dorchester. 
At Buckenham, Norfolk, the Right Ho- 
fidurable Sir Sfames Pultcney, bart. M.P. for 
Weymouth, a member of the Privy Council, 
-and colonel of the 18th regiment of foot. 
His death was occasioned by anaccident which 
‘he experienced while shooting with a gun 
having a lock of new invention, which not 
being in proper order, he no sooner pulled the 
trigger than his right eye was blownout. He 
Janguished in great pain for a few days, till 
hisdeath. Sir James entered the army very 
young, and served in the American war. At, 
the commencement of the war of the French 
Fevolution, he accompanied the Duke of York 
to Flanders, as adjutant-general of the army 
under the command of his Royal Highness ; 
and was afterwards appointed to conduct an 
unsuccessful expedition against Ferrol. On 
the formation of the present administration, 
he was appointed secretary at war, which 
office he resigned about a year ago. He pos- 
sessed very extensive information on almost 
all subjects, ‘and often displayed considerable 
talents in the senate as an orator, and even as 
a financier. He was well acquainted with 
the scientific parts of his own profession , and 
his personal courage was never questioned; 
buthe wanted that active energy and promp- 
hess of character, which is essential to mili- 
taty success. His habits were rather of that 
plodding and deliberating kind, which some- 
times occasions irresolution, His names 
which was originally Murray, he changed for 
Pulteney, on his marriage, in 1794, to the 
Tate Countess of Bath, by whom he had no 
issues The immense annual revenue which he 
derived as the interest alone out of the 
Pulteney property, by the will of that lady, 
was full 50,000]. per annum; the principal 
of which, by his death, now devolves, by the 
game will, onthe four children of Mrs. Mark- 
ham, daughter of Sir Richard Sutton, bart. 
by a sos of the late Archbishop of York, who 
was divorced from her husband about six years 
ago. In his title and paternal estate he is 
succeeded by his brother, Major- general 
Murray. 
Willian Boscawen, sg. a commissioner of 
the victualling-office, nephew to the cele- 
brated Admiral Boscawen. He was educated 
at Eton, and brought up to the profession of 
the law, but’ resigned his gown fcr his ap- 
pointment in the victualling-office. His 
lisesasy productions have besa: ‘' A Trentise 
Deaths in and rear Londons 
[May 1,’ 
on Convictions on Penal Statutes,” 8vo. 1792. 
*©Vhe Works of Horace, translated into 
English Verse,” 2 vols. 8vo. 1793, 1797." 
«* The Progress of Satire, an essay in verse, 
with Notes, containing Remarks, on the Pur- 
suits of Literature,” an 8vo. pamphlet, 1798+ 
‘¢Supplenient to the Progress of Satire, 
containing Remarks on the Answer that has 
been attempted to be given to it,’” an 8vo. 
pamphlet, 1799. In the two latter, Mr. 
Boscawen defends himself against the attacks 
of the author of the Pursuits of Literature, 
with a manliness and generosity of senti- 
ment which appear to great advantage, when 
contrasted with that, obliquity of character 
which marks his rival. In his translation of 
Horace, on which performance his reputation 
as an author chiefly rests, he has been most 
successful in the Odes; and it is no contemp- 
tible praise to admit, that his version is, ge-_ 
nerally speaking, the best we have of that 
admired poet. 
In Bedford Street, Russell Square, in. his 
85th year, Richard Cumberland, esg. of whom 
a detailed account will be given in our next, 
Number. 
At her house inUpper Mary le bone Street, .. 
Mrs. Clio Richman. Perhaps the mention of 
this event should be sufficient to excite the 
regret of all those who know to appreciate 
the great and excellent qualities of which the 
female mind is capable; but, as the un-, 
assuming and unostentatious virtues of this 
admirable woman, secluded her, like gold, in 
the mine from the public view, it becomes 
the duty of the biographer to give, if pos- 
sible, her true character to the world, a dury 
‘in the execution of which he would trium- 
phantly pass by the ephemeral merits of, 
emperors and kings, as comparatively un- 
worthy of attention. The writer of this 
article has been honored with many years 
acquaintance with Mrs. Rickman; but, par~ 
tial as he may be to her memory, recollece 
tion of the purity and candour of her hearr, 
forbids him saying more of the exalted sub- 
ject of her praise, than what he conscijen- 
tiously feels to be her due. Mrs. Rickman 
at an early age, became the wife of Mr. 
Thomas Clio Rickman, with whose character. 
and talents the public have been long ac- 
quainted. Perhaps there never was an in- 
stance of the union of two minds more truly, 
congenial in ardency of feeling, liberality of 
sentiment, and active morality, joined toa 
contempt of those prejudices, vulgar or po- 
lite, that intertere with the intellectual hap 
Piness of social man. Thus constituted, it can-, 
not be matter of surprize, that amid the 
severest persecutions of power, continued pe-. 
cuniary difficulties,and the injustice and male« 
volence of the base and canting crowd, whom 
the nakedness of virtue offends, but whom the: 
cumbrous trappings ef yice and folly delight, 
they. 
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