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Acc6imt the Ret. John Brand. 



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the Mcditfuanean, dctacIicJ t!ie renr-rKlmiral 

 with a divifioi) oi" his fleet to Genoa in Odlo- 

 her 179:!. La Modeltc, a French frigate o( 

 '16 puns was then lying in the harbour, and 

 had broken the neutr.iHty i,f the port on va- 

 rious occaGons, in direft onpolition to the re- 

 CKinftrances of the feiiate and government. 

 The rear-adminil being made acquainted with 

 thefc circumftances, on his arrival ordered 

 tl>c Bedford of7-l-gunbto anci«or alongfide the 

 Ricdi'fte, and to demand her furrcnder. The 

 French at firft refufed to coni|dy with this rc- 

 ^uifitionjbuta lew rr.u(ket-<l>ot being firedithcy 

 thought it prudent to arquiefce. The govern- 

 ment of Genoa very properly confidered the 

 fpirittd eondudt of the Britifli atiiniral perfect- 

 ly regular, as well liS (trirtly confonaiit to the 

 iavv3 of nations, and the captured ftip was in- 

 corporated into the feritiih navy. Mr. Gell, 

 was obliged by the precarious (late of his 

 health to return over land to England, early 

 in the enfuing year, and fince that time he 

 Las not heid any naval appointment. He was 

 ralfed through the intermediate gradations of 

 rank till lie, in November 180."), reached 

 jicarlv the higheft profefiional elevation it 

 was poflible for liim to attain. 



At his redVorial-houfe at St. Mary-at-Hill, 

 aged 6.i, the Ri-v. John Brand, A. M. rtftor 

 of the united pariflies of St. Mary-Hill and 

 ijt. Andrew Hubbard, in the city of Londoji, 

 and refidcnt fecretary of the Society of Anti- 

 quaries. He was a native of Newcaftle upon- 

 Tync; and. Oft. €, 1774 (being at that time 

 B. A. of Lincoln college, Oxford), he was 

 prefentcd, by Matthew Ridley, efq. of Hea- 

 ton to the curacy of Cramlington, a chapel 

 cf cafe to St. Mcholas at Newcaftle, fiom 

 which it is diftant about eight miles. While 

 a Bachelor of Arts at the llnivcrfity he pub- 

 liihed a very pretty poem on " Illicit Love, 

 1775," 8vo., fuppoled to have been written 

 among the ruins of Godllovv nunnery. He 

 was ailmitted F. S. A. in 1777 ; and published 

 in that year his " Obfervations oa Popular 

 Antiquiticj, including the whole of Mr. 

 Bourne's A«t':qu talcs J^ulgares, with Adden- 

 da to every chapter of that work j as alfo an 

 Appendix, containing fuch articles on the fub- 

 jeft as have been omitted by that author," 

 8vo., dated from Weftgate-ftreet, Tyne, 1776. 

 For an enlarged edition of this book he had 

 long been co'llefting materials. After he 

 took orders, he was admitted into the family 

 of the late Duke of Northumberland, at Nor- 

 thumberland- houfe, by whom he was prefent- 

 ed to the reftory of St. Mary-at-Hill, on the 

 death of the Rev. Dr. Griffith, 1784 j in 

 which year he was alio elcfted fecretary to 

 the Society of Antiquaries, on the death of 

 Dr. MorelL In 1789 he publifhed "The 

 Hiftory and Antiquities of the town and cbuii- 

 ty of the town of Newcaftle-upon-Tyne," 8 

 vols. 4to., embcllilhed with views of the pub- 

 lic buildings, engraved by Fittler, at an en- 

 pence of 6G01. This is a fplcndid work, and 

 Mr. Srand fpar^t ao p»tus U tuitqiTtsg hie 



mntcrialj, and has prefervc^ the hino>ic3t 

 detail with uninterrupted exa<5tnefs, rh« 

 low price ut wliich this work has been fines 

 fold is fuppofed to be owing to the great 

 number rtf copi'.s wliich were printed, and t* 

 the death of the bookfeller at whole expenctf 

 it was piifelifhcd j the whole impreirioji wa» 

 fold, on the latter occafion, at 3 very low 

 price;, which lias proiiatdy cauftd a valuable 

 boi>k to be flightly regarded. The Comijiler 

 of the Ca-talogue of Euglilh Living Authori 

 afcribes to him an hillorical Effay on the 

 Principles of Political Aflbciations in a State 

 (with an application of tiiofe principles), 

 1706, iivo., a pamphlet ; and another, "A 

 Defence of the Pamplilet afcrilicd to J. Reeves, 

 cfq. and entitled, Thoughts orv the Knglifli 

 Government," 8vo. But thefe, and all 

 others in th€ f".!itki3! Vine, were the work of 

 another clergyman, B. A. in the univerl'ity of 

 Cambridge. The compiler before-mentioned 

 celebrates Mr. B.'s •' degree of learning and 

 extent of enquiry, wliich, in a nobler field of 

 hiflorical refearch, mipht hive crowned hi» 

 labours with more tlian common approbation." 

 He was twice troubled lor non-refidence, hiv- 

 ing let his excellent parfonage ; but performs 

 fd all the parochial duties with the mo!t ex- 

 eniplary punctuality, being regular in his at» 

 tendance on duty ^^ eekiy, as well as oft Sun- 

 days, walking from Soincifet place for that 

 purpofe. Since the lato regulations, how- 

 ever refpefting refidence, Mr. Brand, who 

 before that period lived entirely in the apart- 

 ments of the Society of Antiquarici, at Sa- 

 inerfet-place, had been in the conftant habit 

 of llceping at tl)8 redory. He always took 

 much excrcifc; and, an the day before his 

 death, had a long ran)ble with two much- 

 valued friends ) v/ith whom iie parted in the 

 evening, apparently in p'jrfcdl health. Hd rofe 

 n«xt morning about 7 O'clock, his ufual hour, 

 and went into his fludy, where his female 

 fervant took him an egg, which he ufuully 

 ate be'bre he went *> Somerfet pla«e. She 

 afterwards went into an adjoining room, as 

 flie had been accuftomed, and to which he ge- 

 nerally came,aftcr having eaten his egg, to have 

 hia coat brufhed, or his (lioes tied. She waited a 

 confiderable time, and at lall went into his 

 ftudy, whsre fhe difcovercd him lying on the 

 floor lifclefs, with a w:ound in his head, 

 which he had received in falling. A furgeon 

 was immediately lent for: but all his attempts 

 to reftore animation proved ineffctlual. He 

 died unmarried, leaving no relation, except an 

 aunt, w ho is between 80 and 90 years of age. 

 Ill him the Ssciety of Antiquaries have fuf- 

 tained a very great lofs ; able, attentive, in- 

 defatigable, he was alvvays alive to their bu- 

 fmefs, of which he was a ])erfe£f mafter, and 

 which he executed not merely as a duty but 

 as a pleafure. He wasni&Ifo an occafional cOn- 

 tribator to their " Archaeologia." His ex- 

 planation of a Roin<ln altar and tablet found 

 at Tinmouth caftle ITS.J, appeared i« thiir 

 y*i. ViU, p. M(»i «id in V»l.;k.V'. he tcn- 

 wuiHualci 



