1831.] 



Biographical Memoirs of E^ninent Persons. 



693 



£1500 — a handsome remuneration in 

 those days. 



Sucli was the extraordinary success 

 of this work, that Mr. Roscoe was in- 

 duced, in 1797, to relinquish the pro- 

 fession of an attorney, and to enter him- 

 self as a student of Gray's Inn, with a 

 view to the bar. His leisure now en- 

 abled him to enter upon the study of 

 the Greek language, in which he made 

 considerable progress. At this period, 

 also, he published a poem, from the 

 Italian of Luigi Tansillo ; and he wrote 

 " The Life and Pontificate of Leo X.," 

 in four volumes, in the providing of 

 documents for which he is said to have 

 been liberally assisted by the Lords Hol- 

 land and Bristol. 



Mr. Roscoe's Leo X. appeared in 

 1808 ; and in the same year — having, it 

 is presumed, abandoned his intention of 

 becoming a barrister — he joined the 

 firm of Clark and Sons, bankers, of Li- 

 verpool. He was honoured also with 

 a strong testimonial of public favour, in 

 being elected one of the representatives 

 in pai-liament of that town. During his 

 brief political career, he distinguished 

 himself b}' his warm advocacy of the 

 cause of Slave Emancipation. After 

 the dissolution of parliament, in 1807, 

 distrusting the power of his whig friends 

 to secure his re-election, he declined 

 entering upon a new contest ; and, from 

 that period, he engaged but slightly in 

 political affairs. 



In his commercial pursuit, Mr. Ros- 



coe proved unsuccessful ; tlie firm 

 failed, and his property was a wreck. 

 The creditors would liberally have al- 

 lowed him to retain his valuable library ; 

 but his sense of right would not permit 

 him to avail himself of their kindness. 



Mr. Itoscoe was the great mover and 

 supporter of several public works in 

 Liverpool. The Botanic Garden was, 

 we believe, projected by him ; and to 

 the Athenteum he gave much effective 

 aid. Latterly, he was much occupied 

 in a consideration of the grand ques- 

 tion of Criminal Jurisprudence ; and it 

 is said that his correspondence upon this 

 subject with various individuals of the 

 United States, was productive of im- 

 provements in the prisons of New York 

 and Philadelphia. 



Besides works of moment, also men- 

 tioned, Mr. Roscoe was the author of 

 several political pamphlets, of temporary 

 interest. 



After a short illness, partaking of the 

 nature of cholera, this amiable and gifted 

 man died at Toxteth Park, on the 30th 

 of June, at the age of 80. His funeral 

 was solemn and affecting in its charac- 

 ter. The committee of the Royal Insti- 

 tution, and the members of the Philoso- 

 phical Society, and of the Athenseum, 

 with several clergymen, were present. 

 The procession was distinguished by 

 numerous carriages, and by nearly 200 

 gentleman on foot, following, two by 

 two. 



ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BANKRUPTCIES, 

 Announced from October 21st, to November 22d, 1831, in the London Gazette. 



BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. 



Alexander Synions, FalmoutI), Cornwall, wine- 



mercliant. 

 William .Shaw, Aston, Staffordshire, cliina-manu- 



facturer. 



SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. 



Ballantine, Jame?, and James Brown, Trades- 

 town of Glasgow, distillers. 

 Anderson, James, Glasgow, nierehant. 

 Allan, llufrli, and John Siierwood, Edinburgh, 



coach-builders. 

 Pollock, Georpe, Chapelhall, near Airdrie, grocer, 



innkeeper, &c. 

 Belli)!, Edward, anJ Co., Ediiihurgli, wholesale 



and retail merchants, and dealers in clothes, 



jewellery, &c. 

 M'Karlane, James, Kinross, nurseryman, grocei, 



and iipirit-dealer. 

 Black, David, Dundee, merchant and general 



agent. 

 Spi'eull, Samuel, Glasgow, merchant and manu- 



factnrer. 

 Rae, John, the younger, Uddingstone, farmer, 



grazier, and general dealer. 

 Adam, Robert, Edinburgh, ironmonger, milliner 

 ^ and dress-maker. 



Burns, David, Birnam and Perlh, distiller and 



writer. 

 M'Callum, Peter, Glasgow, clothier. 

 Steel, Thomas, Glasgow, grain-merchant. 



BANKRUPTCIES. 

 [This Month 168.] 



Solicitors^ Names are in Parentheses. 

 Andrew, T., Harpenden, Hertfordshire, baker. 



(Hopwood and Foster, Chancei-y-lane. 

 Atkinson, G. E., Leman-strect, Goodman's-fields, 



ftl idillesex, painter. (Kelly, Farrar's-buildings, 



Temple. 

 Alsop, G., Uttoxeter, StalTordshire, surgeon. 



(Bedson and Kushton, Uttoxeter. 

 Archibald, A., Thayer street, Manchester-square, 



Middlesex, coal-merchant. (Hartley, New 



Bridge-street , Blaeklriars. 

 Aspiiiall, J.,(;i!tKpnr-street, London, shne-niaker. 



(Brutton andClippertor^New Bniad-strei't. 

 Allinson, T., Manchester, commiasiou-agcnt. 



(Owen, Manchester. 

 Brown, J., St. Mary at Hill, London, wine-mer- 

 chant. (Teesdale and Co., Fenchnrch-street. 

 Brettell, J., Bristol, cliecsc-lactor. (Gregory and 



Smith, Bristol. 



