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teachier, of drawing; till, having,applied 
himself. chiefly, to» delineating |, plants; 
and other subjects, of natural history; le 
was employed by Dr. Smith to illustrate 
his works in» botany. Dr. Smith,;Dr. 
Goodenough, now Bishop of Carlisle, and 
the late Mr. Marsham, having established 
the; Linnean Society, Mn. Sowerby was 
one of. the firstmembers, or fellows, of that 
society and was employed) by ‘them, both 
to-engraveand, colour the plates oftheir. 
Transactionsyand has written many papers 
for thosey volumess: In) 1789 he) pub- 
lishedy *%A Botanical Drawing Book, or 
an Easy Introduction to Drawing Flowers 
according: to’ Nature,’”’:1789, 4to. and a 
second edition in 1794. In 1798, ‘The 
Plovist’s Delight,’ containing six coloured 
figures, with botanical descriptions, folio, 
1798. » But’ his. chief work was _ his 
* Botany;” published» in numbers, and 
which has unto about forty volumes. 
The descriptionsof the plants were written 
by Dr., now Sir James Edward Smith, and 
was so successful as to lay for Mr. 
Sowerby the foundation of an easy fortune. 
Thus encouraged, he proceeded to pub- 
lish, “ The English’ Fungi,” with coloured 
plates, small folio, 1796; ‘* British Mine- 
yalogy, or coloured Figures and Descrip- 
tions to elucidate the Mineralogy of Great 
Britain,” 8vo.' 1803; ‘* Descriptions and 
Models to explain Crystallography,” 8vo. 
1805. Many years ago Mr. Sowerby 
erected a long ‘room, at the back of his 
house, as ‘a museum of British natural his- 
tory, and has collected many thousand 
articles in the'three kingdoms of nature, 
several of ‘them very curious and scarce, 
Mr. S, has left some children: his twosons 
he‘has brought up to his: own professions; 
Besides the art of drawing and delineating, 
Mr: Sowerby had acquired a very consi- 
derable knowledge in natural history, 
In Finsbury-square, 74, Asher Goldsmid, 
esq Mr. Goldsmid was, perhaps, the most 
affable gentleman living, and was highly 
distinguished for piety, benevolence, and 
kindness, and many other qualities which 
ennoble ‘the heart of man;—There was no 
charitable: institution in the metropolis, 
which has not received his liberal support; 
and, asa distributor of private alms, his 
bounty ‘was equally universal. Asa mer- 
chant, his integrity and punctuality in all 
matters of business'and honour, were pro- 
verbial, ‘and© commanded the undivided 
esteem of all wlio knew him. He was the 
last surviving ‘brother ‘of the lamented, 
great and good Abraham Goldsmid. His 
reniains were followed to their “peaceful 
home” by. a procession of thirty mourning 
coaches and carriages ; the funeral service 
being performed, ina very awful and im- 
pressive manner, by the Rev. Solomon 
Herschell, high rabbi of the Jewish congre- 
gation, attended by a most numerous and 
respectable assemblage ef perscys, com- 
Deaths in and near London: 
[ Dec. 1, 
prising almost every: member of the seve- 
ral Jewish synagogues in the metropolis, 
all anxious: to ‘pay the last mark of publie 
esteem to: the remains ofa most worthy 
man. -At the hour of his death; he was 
onerof, the three presiding «clders of) the 
great synagogue im London; a distine 
guished honour, to whichhe had frequently 
been elected by the unanimens vote of the 
cominunity.: asa Jew broker,oa valuable 
appointment devolves: to» the: late » lord 
mayor. torsore’ 2h Oy tear 
In Sloane-street, 82, the Right Hun: 
William Lord Grantley, Barow Marking- 
field in the county of York, Lord High 
Steward of Athertoushire and Guildford, 
colonel of the first Surrey: regiment: of 
Militia, F.s A. &c. He succeeded to the 
titles and estates of: his father in 1788. 
For many years he held a high diplomatic 
situation, and represented in Parliament, 
at different times, the county of Surrey 
and borough of Guildford. He had con- 
siderable literary taste, and was: an ac~ 
complished scholar.. In. private life he 
embellished. his rank by those. conciliations 
which attract and rivet regard. ‘Ho all in 
unfortunate circumstinces, who became 
his petitioners, he lent the ready ear, and 
gave bountiful donations from: his purses 
He is succeeded in his titles: and /estates 
by Fletcher Nortcn, esq. eldest son of the 
late Hon. Fletcher Norton, seniox Baron 
of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland 
who was his second brother. 
In Fjudyer street, far advanced in years, 
Richard Frewin, esq. r. Prewin, whew 
very young, was introduced into ‘the 
Custom-house, and had, for many years, a 
seat. in the long room. | When Mr.*Pitt 
formed his plan for consolidating tlie!cus- 
toms, and regulating that departinent, 
Mr. Frewin was employed» by ‘him’ for 
the task, and was for many years wholly 
taken up with this complex” business. 
Soon after he had compleated the first 
part of his labour, he was rewarded b 
Mr. Pitt with the place’ of one of the 
commissioners of the cnstoms. Here he 
continued many years, and was’ for sume 
time chairman of that board. He was, a 
few years ago, ‘superannuated, and, we 
believe, after.so great a length of’ service 
(fifty years,) as to entitle him tovhis fall 
salary. © NEST 
Lately, the Rev. Dr. Coombe, vicar’ of 
Tenterden; in Kent. Dr. C. was a native 
of Philadelphia, in the province of Pen- 
sylvania. He received his education at 
the College of that city, and proceeded to 
the usnal degrees of Batchelor and Master 
of Arts. In 1768 he came to England for 
Holy Orders, and was ordained deacon 
by Dr. 'Yerrick, Bishop of London, at 
the age of twenty-one.’ In ‘1774 he was 
appointed chaplain’ to the Marquis of 
Rockiagham, and in the same year. he 
returned to Philadelphia, having been 
previously 
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