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Deaths in and near London. 



[Aug. r, 



Mrirch, when the cavalry were cngriged, and 

 on which day Capt. Juiner, of tliat regiment, 

 was talcen prifonrr. Mr. Moulton, attcr the 

 a^ion, volunteered to refcuc his Captain from 

 the enemy, provided he was alUnv^jd three 

 Dragoons to affift him He actually perform- 

 ed his proniife, and was on the point of re- 

 turning to the Britifh Camp, when they were 

 fuddenly fiirprifcrl by a very fuperior force, re- 

 taken,- and carried prifoncrs Co Alexandria, and 

 remained dofely confined for fix months. 

 Mr Moulton, on his return to England, pur- 

 chafed a commiillon in the 2jJ Light Dra- 

 goons, which he held for near two yeirs ; but 

 his family increafing, lie was obliged to retire 

 fiom fervice He has fince, for the fupport of 

 his family, bought and fuKl horfcs, by com- 

 niilTion at Kenfiagtnn, and was breaking the 

 horfe to harnnfs, wh'n he met with his un- 

 timely dea>h. This brave', but unfortunate 

 man, has left behind him a wife and four 

 Ciiiall children, totally unpruvidtd for. 



At his apartment? in Chalton-ftrett, Som- 

 mers town, in the 80th year of his age, Mr. 

 y. Ahercrimbie, to whofe tafte and writings 

 the Englifti gardenis peculiarly indebted. He 

 was the fpn of a icfpcdl.ible gar lener, near 

 Edinburgh, and defcended of a (;ood family. 

 The father having early difcovcred a predl- 

 letlion in the fon for that prolertion in which 

 he vas himfelf allowed to excel, in a proper 

 huur taught the young iika how to iTioot. 

 Of all purfuits Gardening ii that in which 

 profit and plejfure m.iy be truly faid to be 

 united. As his mind was folclv bent on this 

 delightful putfuit, his knowle,l'.;e in hoiticul- 

 ture, &c. f&on outfbipt his years j but his fa- 

 ther's library was too fcanty, and his garjen 

 on too fmall a fcale, to gratify his tliitft of 

 knowledge, in the diHlrent branches of gar- 

 dening ; for this end be came to Lon ion at 

 the aje of ci^jhttcn, and worked in Hampton 

 court, St. James's, Kenfington, Lcicefter, &c. 

 gardens. His tafte in laying out grounds, and 

 hiiprogrefs. in botany were highly .ippreciatcd 

 by thofe who- could lelirti the cultivated beau- 

 ties of natuie and the vu^trifj; of botanic fci- 

 cnce. Several of thofe idvftd him t») publiOi 

 fomcthlng on thofe fubie(fls, but liis extrsme- 

 diffidence for a long time countcrafled thePi 

 wilhes. At leligth he Was injuecd to com- 

 mence author ; having fubmirtcd his inanu- 

 fcript to Mr. Grifiin, bookfeHcr, of Catherine- 

 ftrect, in tlie Strand, Mr. Gri'fin candidly 

 told him he was not a judge of the fu'njedt, 

 but with permilTion iie would confult a tiiend 

 of his who was allowed to be fo, Mr. Mawes, 

 gardener to tlie duke of Leeds Mr. Abcr- 

 crombie confented. Mr Mawes bore tefti- 

 mony to the merit of' the firoduftton, and pre- 

 fixed his name to the publication in order to 

 give it that celebrity to which it was fo juftly 

 entitled, for which he received a gratuity of 

 twenty guine.-.s. The work alluded to was 

 pulililhed under the title of M.iwe's Gardener's 

 Calender; the flattei-jng reception which it 

 e»perieiked induced the re<l writer to j-ub- 



liHi another under his own name ; the Uni- 

 versal Didtionary of Gardening and Botany, in 

 quarto. This was followed by the Gardener's 

 Dictionary, the Gardener's Daily AlTillant, the 

 Gardener's Vade Mecum, the} Kitchen Gar- 

 dener and Hot- Bed Forcer, the Hot-Houfe 

 Gardener, &c. &.-C. No man ever wrote fo 

 much upon thefc fubjects, and wrote fo well ; 

 many of them were tranflatcd into French, 

 German, &c. Mr. Abercrombie's induftry en- 

 abled him to bring up a large family, and to give 

 them a good education ; but he furvivcd them 

 all, except one fon, who has more than once 

 dilHnguilhed himfcU" at fea in the fervicc of 

 his ountiy. If we.ilth had been his objcft 

 he might have fpent the cveninj of his life in 

 eafy circumftancts. His moral charaifler wa» 

 not merely irreproachable, but exemplary ; 

 modeft, and facetious in converf.ition, he 

 met death with the ferenity of a go.id man, 

 whofc confcicnce told. him he had every thinj, 

 to hope, and nothing to fear. 



[Further fartlculurs of the Ijte Rev. Dr. 

 G.tihd, lubciji dtath-wJt mikcd in cur Maga- 

 %':neforO€i. 1805. Mr. Gachcs was born near 

 OunUe in Northamptonfhire. His father wai 

 defcended. from .an ancient family, (aho IciC 

 France at she time of the pcrlecution of the 

 Huguenots) and cultivated hit own eltatc. 

 Mr. Gachcs ac(]u!red the rudiments of his 

 education at Oun.lle, whence he was tran;- 

 plantcd at an early period of li.'e Co Eton 

 college. Here he w,is early dillinguiHied for 

 his attainments in the learned languages, for 

 the (Irength of hs memory and for a great fa- 

 cility in making Latin Verfes, fo that he no: 

 only wrote his own, but often allifted other 

 bo)s of inferior capacity. Hii father's allow- 

 ance to him whilft at Kton was very fniall, fj 

 that he could not afford to run intu thofe ha- 

 bits of cxpence, which at that time were 

 creeping into our public fchools, ard have in 

 the prcfcnt times become difgraceful to thol- 

 who have the care of them. He thtrefore 

 a|.plicd himfelf very clofely to his ftudies, and 

 filled up his hours of relaxation in athletic cx- 

 crcifes, for whi«h he was well fitted by hii 

 nup.ly figure. Few could excel him in thj 

 game of cricket, in le.iping, or in ikuting, 

 among his cotemporaries'at Eton. Whiirt he 

 was at fchool he. formed many conne£tions in 

 fncDclihip, which ia<Hi as lung as any human 

 enjoyments, to the death of the parties. Sir 

 Janus, then Mr. Mansfield, the prcfent Chiei 

 'Jullice of tho Common I'Icas vva*) one o: liiscar- 

 •lielt friends. They lived much together both at 

 Eton and afterwards at Cambridge, and their 

 friendfhip continued to the prefent time. ^'r. 

 Thomas 1 ownfhend, a.tciwards Lord Sidiic), 

 Charles Fox, Korne I'uoke, and Mr. Smith, th: 

 celebrated aftor, were among liis cotempara- 

 ries at Kton. From Eton he went to King's col- 

 lege, Cambridge, of which he was Fellow 'or 

 many years, and during a part of the time he 

 was tutor. Here he became acquainted with 

 Sir George Baker, the celebrated Phylicia n, 

 who was tlica a Fell»\v of Kin^'3 college, 



where 



