178 
place, which deprived him of his life. To 
those who knew him, and were related to 
him, his Joss will be irreparable. 
position-truly amiable, with a mind vigorous 
and active, he possessed that fervent and ex- 
alted piety which ennobles the human cha- 
yacter$ and the benefits of which he happily 
realised during his sufferings, and in the hour 
of death. 
In Stamford-street, Miss Sustina Dales, 
sistew to the Rev. Mr. D. of Birmingham. 
In Devonshire-place, the lady of Sir Charles 
William Rouse Boughton, bart. 
In/Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, %. 
Boys, M D. 
[ Further particulars of ohn Dowaston, -es7. 
whose death is mentioned at p. 370 of our last 
volume.—He was born in the year 1749, of 
humble, though respectable’ parents, who 
lived on their small estate at West Felton, 
He was taught to read by an old woman in the 
village, and that was the whole of his edu- 
cation; every other acquirement, which he 
afterwards possessed in so eminent a degree, 
was entitely his own acquisition. He was 
the eldest of seven children, all of whom he 
brought up to respectable professions, who 
might otherwise have drudged in servitude. 
From his father he received his little estate, 
almost swallowed up by mortgages and in- 
cumbrances, which he redeemed at a very 
early period of life by two voyages to the 
West Indies, and afterwards considerably in- 
creased by prudence and industry. Though 
he Jeft scarcely any science untouched, his 
turn of mind was principally directed to an- 
tiquities, natural philosophy, music, mecHa- 
ism, and planting. Of the first he has left 
a large collection of MSS. historical observa- 
tions relating to Shropshire, and the Welsh 
borders; on Druidical relics, and Stone- 
henge, tracing many traditional vulgar errors 
from the remote ages of superstition. In 
moechanism he has left a set of philosophical 
and musical instruments, made by his own 
hands; among which are a large refiecting 
telescope, solar microscope, and an organ on 
a new principle ; an electrical machine on the 
plan of Dr. Franklin; and just before his 
death he projected an orrery, to shew the 
satellites, ona new method. In planting, he 
has cloathed the country round him with fo- 
rest and fruit trees; and his little villa 
(which, from his partiality to planting, he 
called ** the Nursery”), is laid out with 
much taste and rural elegance. He was well 
versed in the Hebrew, Anglo-Saxon, British, 
_and Latin tongues ; and had some knowledge 
of the Greek. His reading was very exten- 
sive, and his application intense: to the very © 
Jast day of his life he rose at five in the morn- 
ing. He has never appeared as an author 
before the public; but the writer of this ar- 
ticle is informed by his son, that, though he 
ordered that none of his works be published, 
his library is always open for the inspection 
of the curious, and any information from his 
MSS, at their service. He was remagkable 
Account of the late Countess of Bath. 
With a dis- ‘ 
[Sept. 1, 
for his plainness of dress, yet his person al- 
ways appeared dignified; his mind was vigo= 
rous, and his memory retentive; both’ of 
which remained unimpairéd to the last hone 
of his life. He has left one son, just call- 
ed to the bar from the University of Ox- 
ford. | ant 
[Further particulars of the Countess of Batk, 
whose death is mentioned at p. 74, of the last 
Number.—This lady had many, peculiarities 
and eccentricities, which, when they were 
the subjects of conversation, were not les- 
sened by those, who reported them, nor miti-+ 
gated by any gentleness of terms in thése who 
heard them. She associated very little with 
persons of her own rank, so that among them 
she had but few advocates. There was cer-~ 
tainly something in her education peculiarly 
unsuitable to her rank, at least in its minor 
parts. By the early death of her mother, she 
was left almost entirely to the superinten- 
dence of her father, who, though he was al- 
lowed to possess good, ifnot superior, abili- 
ties, and sound judgment, had a reserve and 
sternness in his character, which did not qua- 
lify him for the education of a young lady. 
Some of her peculiarities were probably de- 
rived from this source, as there was a shy- 
ness and reserve in her manner, which made 
it difficult to be on terms of freedom with 
her ; and she had no opportifnity of acquiring 
what are called the ornamental parts of edu- 
cation. Nor was her manneraltogether suit- 
able to her rank, not being embellished with 
those interesting and engaging qualities which 
are seen and felt by every one who has an op- 
portunity-of conversing with persons of dis- 
tinction, in whom good sense is happily 
blended with polished manners, She gained, 
however, much useful knowledge, and in 
those affairs which may be called business, 
she was considered as expert, and was certain- 
ly persevering when she did apply to-them. 
Perhaps those who attended her, unwilling 
to run the risk of offending, studied more to 
please and to indulge, than to instruct her, 
and in early life she was left much to her own 
will, It is true, that some who were placed 
about her were both capable and desirous of 
doing their duty, but unfortunately this was 
not till her habits had taken too deep root ta 
be altered. Of her peculiaritiesshe was her- 
sélf very sensible, and more than once ob- 
served, that she believed people thought her 
very odd, and \sometimes used a harsher 
term. Inthe dispensation of a portion of her 
large fortune, she shewed much judgment, 
and was careful not to be imposed upon by 
misrepresentations. ‘Those who paid her at- 
tention, or froma whom she received any ser- 
vice, she. rewarded with liberality. There 
never was occasion to use any thing like adu- 
lation with her, though she well knew what 
was due toherself. Many were the occasions 
on which her benevolence was displayed, 
both in a pecuniary way, and when personal 
exertions, extremely disagreeable te her, were 
required. These objects of her kindness 
were 
