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gave more satisfaction, botii to the bar and 

 to liis brother magistrates. 



Mr. Manwairiug was a man much esteem- 

 ed iu private life, and, had he pursued his 

 profession of the law, might have enjoyed 

 wealth, independence, and happiness ; but 

 being unfortunately drawn into political 

 life, he met the fate of many, who, like him, 

 had erred the same way. He lived, how- 

 ever, to see his son, who had shared iu his 

 misfortunes, provided for by being chosen 

 treasurer of the county of Middlesex, and 

 one of the police mag-istrates. He attained 

 to the great age of bt7, and enjoyed his men- 

 tal faculties to the last. 



SIR CHARLES WM. ROUSE BOUGHTON. 



His paternal name was Boughton. He 

 embarked early in life for India, where he 

 spent many years ; but in 1768 he succeed- 

 ed to the estate of Rouse Lynch, in War- 

 wickshire, and then took the name of Rouse. 

 In 1784 he was elected member of parlia- 

 ment for Evesham, in ^^'orcestershire, and 

 was also appointed secretary to the Board 

 of Controul for India affairs. In 1791 he 

 was created a baronet, but on succeeding 

 to a more ancient family baronetage, he re- 

 sumed his original surname. In 1796 he 

 was chosen representative for Bramber, but 

 vacated his seat on being appointed one of 

 the commissioners for conducting of the 

 public accounts, in which situation he died. 

 In 1782 he married the heiress of W. Pearce 

 Hall, Esq. of Dounton House, iu the county 

 of Salop. Sir Charles once appeared as an 

 author, and published " Substance of an 

 Address to a Parochial Meeting, held at 

 Chiswick, to consider of the propriety of a 

 Voluntary Contribution for the Defence of 

 the Country." 



JOHN SCOTT, ESq. 



This gentleman fell a victim to the absurd 

 and criminal practice of duelling during 

 the past month ; and this circumstance 

 combined with his talents as a public wri- 

 ter, has directed much attention towards 

 him. 



He was a native of Aberdeen, where he 

 was born in the year 1780. He received 

 a liberal education, and coming to England 

 in quest of productive employment, was 

 engaged by Mr. Drakard, of Stamford, to 

 conduct his well known paper called " The 

 News." Here he distinguished himself so 

 much by the energy of his compositions, 

 that an edition of " The News" was re- 

 published iu London. For one of his arti- 

 cles, which treated contemptuously of tlie 

 military service, Mr. Drakard was prose- 

 cuted and imprisoned; but the eloquence of 

 the composition drew towards the writer 

 much public admiration. 



In consequence he soon after was en- 

 gaged as editor of the Statesman ; and at 

 the same time he commenced the Cham- 

 pion Sunday paper, which soon acquired 

 in the hands of Mr.Thelwall, that chai-acter 

 '2 G for 



BARONESS ABERCROMBIE. 



Died on the 11th of February, at Edin- 

 burgh, the Right Hon. Mary Anne Aber- 

 crombie. She was the daughter of John 

 Menzies, Esq. of Fernton, in the county of 

 Perth, and was married in earh life to 

 Ralph Abercrorabie, who arose afterwards 

 to the rajik of lieutenant-general, and fell 

 nobly in Egypt, at the battle of Alexandria. 

 At his death he was ouly a Knight of the 

 Bath, but his Majesty, in cojisideration of 

 her husband's very long, grOT.t, and impor- 

 tant services, created his widow Baroness 

 Abercrombie of Aboukir and Tullibody, 

 in the county of Clackmannon ; to which 

 was added a pension of £'2000 a year, 

 which, as usual in those cases, was granted 

 for three lives. She left, by Sir Ralph, four 

 sons and thi'ee daughters. The eldest son, 

 George, succeeds to the title ; the second 

 son, James, is a barrister of repute and 

 member of parliament for the borough of 

 Calne. 



WILLIAM MANWAIRING, ESQ. 



This gentleman was the sou of Bolton 

 Manwairing, Esq. many years one of his 

 Majesty's justices of the peace for the 

 county of Middlesex. He was bred to 

 the bar, but did not long continue in prac- 

 tice, as he made the purchase of the place 

 of first Prothonotary of the Court of Com- 

 mon Pleas, which he enjoyed many years, 

 but which he was unfortunately induced to 

 sell some years ago in order to embark iu 

 the banking business, a speculation which 

 proved unsuccessful. 



Mr. Manwairing was equally unfortunate 

 in another point. Induced by the gi-eat 

 popularity of Mr. Pitt, on that gentleman's 

 interest, he stood candidate for the county 

 of Middlesex, and succeeded, and, on the 

 same interest, was returned to three parlia- 

 ments ; but in 1806 he had to encounter 

 the powerful fortune and interest of Sir 

 Francis Burdett, and although he was sup- 

 ported by a subscription, and by the Trea- 

 sury, yet a considerable expense fell on 

 him, and is supposed to have hastened the 

 insolvency of the banking-house. 



As a remoueration for his services, the 

 ministry procured him, by their influ- 

 ence, the two places of chairman of 

 the quarter sessions of the county of Mid- 

 dlesex, and of the city of Westminster. 

 On the income attached to those places 

 Mr. M. niight have lived handsomely, but 

 unfortunately, with a view to supersede 

 the contmisBiou of bankruptcy, in which he 

 succeeded, he entered into engagements 

 which he was not able to fulfil, and which 

 involved him, in the decline of life, in great 

 distress. Iu short, he found himself com- 

 pelled to relinquish his situation as chair- 

 man, and to accept of a small pension, by 

 no means e((ua) to his habits of living, and, 

 we njay say, to his deserts ; for as chairman 

 of the two quarter sessions, no man ever 

 • Monthly Mag. No. 352. 



