Capel Loj^t^ esq.— Mr. Arthur Kershaw 



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work in 4k). entitled, "Tire Progress of 

 Kuowletl<;c in Enijlanil, from the (^(inver- 

 sion of the Anii'o-Saxoiis to the Eiul of the 

 Rc'isn of Queen Elizabetli," which was 

 pu!)lislied ill Deceinber, 1819. He has 

 left a work in MS. on ttte Wiiiinirs of the 

 Poet Gray, wliom he entlinsiasticalty ad- 

 mired, with several detacheii pieces, and 

 a few specimens of his talent in paintinij. 



Near Turin, 72, Cajicll L'ifft, esq har- 

 ristcr-at-law, formerly a ina,'^istra{e of .Suf- 

 folk, and well known as a public writer on 

 political, lea;al, poetical, and scientific, 

 subjects. He was nephevv of Mr. Capcll, 

 editor of Shakspeare; and, with his for- 

 tune, anil under his ar.jpices, came into 

 life. In 1791 he appeared as one of the 

 antagonists of Burke, in one of the best 

 pamphlets connected with that famous 

 controversy. In 1798 he came before the 

 public as flie friend and reviser of the 

 " Poems of Bloonilielii,' to whom he was 

 introduced by the editor of this miscellany. 

 In 1805 he brought oat five volumes of 

 " Sonnets,'' either orii'.inals, or Lis own 

 translations; and soon after, a collection 

 of '' Adages and Jlottoes from Shak- 

 speare." From their conimencenif ut, he 

 was also a constant corjes|)onder.t of the 

 Blonthly IMagazine and Wonllily IMirror; 

 and, in both, displayed an extent of know- 

 ledge, and degree of tasie, seldom com- 

 bined in the same person. As a mafjis- 

 trate, he distinguished himself as the parti- 

 zari of a deluded servant, who, under the 

 julltience of a lover or husband, had con- 

 nived at the robbery of her niistress; but 

 his zeal so much otfcnded the secretary of 

 state, tliat he was struck out of the Com- 

 mission of the Peace. In 1815 he appeared 

 before the pnhlic as the bgal advocate of 

 Napoleon, and showed that liis deportation 

 to St. Helena was contrary to law as well 

 as justice and policy, and thus drew on 

 himself much temporary odium from the 

 lulin;; factions. Tliese ciicumstances, and 

 the j;eneral enthusiasm which he displayed, 

 in regard to objects oppressed by power 

 and tiia forms of law, rendered his resi- 

 dence at Troston unconifortable; and, 

 Iiaviug neglected his o«n afiairs whil.o 

 attending to those of others, he found i%' 

 desirable to retire to the continent, and 

 passed the last eight years at lirnxelles, 

 Nancy, and in Piedmont, in comparative 

 obscurity. He was a man of real benevo- 

 lence in every sense in which the vrord can 

 be used ; hut, in the display of if, j>aid too 

 little respect to the prejudices of others; 

 while in person, being a caricature of 

 human nature, he often lost the inflisence 

 ^^hich was due to the integrity and disin- 

 terested enthusiasm of his heart. Never- 

 theless his manners were so engaging, his 

 habits so gentlemanly, and his conversa- 

 tion so intelligent, tl'.al he n)arr;e(l, for his 

 fi.'st wife. Miss Eailyn, of Windsor, disliu- 

 guiabtd tor her beauty; and, for his se- 



[July I, 



cond, Miss Finch, of Cambridj^e, estceiiied 

 for her intellectual accomplishments. In 

 proof of his varied erudition, we need only 

 refer to the pages of this Magazine ; andf, 

 in proof of the admirable native qualities 

 of his Riind, to the sacrifices which he 

 made, of interest and fortune, to what he 

 <leemed the honour of the laws, and the 

 welfare of suffering humanity. 



In Red Lyon-passage, 70, Mr. Arthur 

 Kerxhnic, a poor scholar, who, for nearly 

 half a century, has strnggled against the 

 precarioiis earnings of a tutor, writer, 

 translator, and conector of the press. He 

 was the son of a preacher and medicine 

 vender long resident at Nottingham; born 

 in Ouhlin, bnt soinidly educated under Dr. 

 Miluer at the Grammar-school of Hnll. 

 He afterwards was sent to Kingswood- 

 college, to be prepared for the Methodist 

 ministry, and proceede<l thence to Nor- 

 thampton, where he acted as usher in tl»e 

 academy of Ryland. A very avvkwaid 

 manner, and great shyness of character, 

 totally unfitting him tor any public duties, 

 he finally settli d at Leicester, about 178A, 

 as a private tutor. His earnings were 

 barely suilicienl to sustain nature ; but he 

 lived in hope, and in such anchorite 

 wretchedness, as led him, when he ob- 

 tained small supplies, to indulge in immo- 

 deiate drinking. Nevertheless, his habits 

 of scholastic drudgery recommended him, 

 in 1791, as an usher in Carrick's academy; 

 and, in 1796, as a fit person to compile tlje 

 country news of the IVIonlhly Magazine, 

 an employment which he filled for four or 

 five years, till seduced by some knaves to 

 nnderiake the same department in a rival 

 and unsuccessful work. He now ti II into 

 circnmsJances of difiiculty to which his 

 character was unequal; and, among other 

 starving jobs, revised au edition of Walk- 

 ers Gazetteer, to which his name was 

 affixed, and read prools for printers and 

 booksellers at a trifle per sheet. Again, 

 he was received on the Monthly Maga- 

 zine, but his increased habits of inebriety 

 had ruined him. His next adventure was 

 the conducting of a newspaper at Nor- 

 thamplon, which, soon failing, he made 

 another essay of the same kind at Sheffield; 

 and, about eight years ago, returned to 

 London, where, under the growing infirmi- 

 ties of age, he has jobbed for printers, 

 and been a small pensioner on this miscel- 

 lany. A gradual decay terminated his 

 life in one of those courts in Fleet-street, 

 whence Paternoster-Row has for a century 

 been supplied with its indexes and literary 

 small-ware, at once regretted and pitied by 

 the narrow circle in which he moved, but 

 happily released from a world which 

 afl'orded him little actual enjoyment. 



At his Episcopal house at Chichester, 

 th" Kiglit Reverend John Bjickner, ll.d. 

 bishop of that diocese. He was son of 

 Richard Buckucr, esq. Aldcmiau of Chi- 

 chester, 



