194 Deaths Abroad, . [Sept. 1, 
gow, whence he was removed to the Temple. great masters, to the forming of which he 
He was afterwards called to the bar, but in- had devoted above thirty years of his lite. It * 
heriting a considerable property, he relin- is hoped that this collect‘on may not be dis- 
quished the profession of the law for more persed, but:adied, in the state in which Mr. 
elegant pursuits. Soon after the death of his Caldwell received it from his friend, to the 
father, he obtained a seat in the Irish House ~ treasures of the British Museum, or some 
of Commons, which be continued to enjoy other public institution, where young artists ” 
for several sessions. Of his conduct in par- may have an opportunity of inspecting it. 
liament, it is only known to the writer of this ©. DEATHS ABROAD. 
article, that he uniformly voted with the op- Lieutenant Thomas Byerly, of the Bombay 
position, and rarely spoke.~ Soon after the native regiment, in his 24th year, at Baroach 
Royal Irish Academy was instituted, he was in Guzurat, of a fever which he contracted 
associated with that learned body; and he at Gogo, an outpost where he commanded, 
was many years an active member of the during the rains, and from which he was car- 
Dublin Society, particularly in the depart- — ried to Baroach as soon as his i Iness appeared 
ment of the fine arts. Passionately fond of tobe serious. His friends have had the cone 
music, anda practical amateur, he warmly solation to hear. that the medical assistance 
patronized the Italian comedians who got up was very respectable ; and that he has left, im- 
(1764) burlettas in Dublin. But painting © pressed on the minds of alé who knew himy 
was the art to which he was most devoted, the character of an upright and intelligent 
- and witha view to the indulgence of that young man. By all of them he wasesteeimedy 
passion, he visited the collections in the Ne- and is regretted. 
therlands and at Dusseldorf. His travels, Lost, in the Agatha of Lubec, off Memel, 
however, did not extend to Italy, and hismo- atthe same time with Lord Royston, Colonel 
tive for denying himself that indulgence does Pellen.the only sonof the Rev. George Pollen, © 
him great honour,—it was merely from the of Little Bookham, in Surry. He was in the 
fear of exciting the anxiety of a tender mo- 33d year of his age; and, possessing a fine 
ther by s0 long an absence as the perform- and vigorous understanding, highly improved © 
~ance of such a journey would require. On by education, and by his very extensive tra- 
her death, he would gladly have gratified his | vels, there is no doubt, if he had returned 
anxious desire to visit Italy ; but the French to his native country (as he was attempting 
revolution, and its dreadful consequences, ren= todo when this dreadful accident put a pe- 
dering the Continent a scene of danger to riod to all his hopes), but he would have 
travellers, he was- induced to relinquish his proved a distinguished ornament of it. His 
idea of visiting the collections of France and . fortune would .bave been large, and his abi- 
of Rome. Of the effusions of his pen, no-  lities and his experience ‘would have , amply 
thing is known, with certainty, to have been qualified him fora seat in parliament.» In* 
printed* but udm decount of the extraordinary 1796, he opposed the interest of the Dake of 
Escape of ATHENIAN STEWART, from bee Norfolk, forthe representation of the popu- 
ing put to death by some Turks, in whose Compa- lous borough of Leominster, which he carried 
ny be happened to be travelling. Of this pa~ bya majority of one. He afterwards raised a 
per, only a few copies were struck off for regiment of fencibles at his own expence, 
the use of his friends. Itis thought, how- for the service of Gavernment, and attended 
ever, that he contributed occasionally some with it on its being ordered to Halifax, in 
articles on subjects of taste to the Gentleman’s Nova Scotia; but for several years he has 
Magazine. But it is certainly known that been constantly travelling on the Continent. 
the city of Dublin has obligations to hisitaste. At St. Petersburgh, he married one of the 
as a commissioner of wide streets. Mr. Cald- daughters of Sir Charles Gascoigne, (sister to 
well possessed a collection of select and va- the Countess of Haddington, now married to © 
luable drawings and paintings. And the late »Mr. Dalrymple) who was with him when the 
Alexander Mangin, esq. bequeathed tohiman | wreck tock place, but who was saved. 
inestimable collection of prints, by all the In the Tagus, Captain. Conway Shipley, 
: commander of the Nymph frigate. .Thecire , 
* The interesting anecdote of Howard, in- cumstances attending bis death were as fol- 
serted in p. 224 of Dr. Aikin’s excellent Life low: four boats from the Nymph frigate and 
of that great philanthropist, was communi- Blossom sloop of war, armed, procéeded up 
eated by Mr. Caldwell, who had frequent op- the Tagus, under cover of the night, in or-° 
portunities of conversing with Howardduring der to attack a large Portuguese brig, mownt- 
the time of his examination before the Irish ing twenty guns, manned with a French crew, 
House of Commons. I shall here take occa- which lay moored above. Belem castle, and 
sini Co correct a slight mistake in that valu-. immediately off the city of Lisbon. The 
avle work (sce p. 209.) The portrait of - boats got very near her before they were dis- 
Howard which is prefixed, was engraved by covered, when a tremendous fire was immes 
Manning {a young artist of great promise, diately opened upon them from the ship, and 
whe died soon atter), fromasketch made by alsofrom several thousand troops which lined 
htmpelf in St. Mary’s church, Dublin, the shore. Captain Shipley headed the ex- 
; pedition,. 
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