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sequent duel at Goldav's green ; 

 where, according to etiquette, Mr. 

 Powell fired first, and inflicted the 

 mortal wound. Lord F. stood for 

 above a minute in his position, and 

 then threw his pistol away without 

 discharging its contents. On arriv- 

 ing in town, and the chaise coming 

 on the stones, it was observed to his 

 lordship, that Powell's house was 

 near at hand ; lord F. instantly ex- 

 pressed a desire to go thither in pre- 

 ference to any other place, for the 

 world would then be convinced he 

 owed no enmity to his antagonist. 

 Here his lordship languished two 

 days before he expired. Lord Falk- 

 land was a captain in the navy, and 

 succeeded to the title of viscount 

 Falkland on the sudden death of his 

 brother Thomas, in May 1796; his 

 patrimonial fortune was very small ; 

 but he was a very dashing officer ; 

 and though he lived in the gayest 

 style, he had realized a very large 

 sum by prize-money. The sister of 

 Mrs. Gibbs the actress, who had 

 succeeded Mrs. Clarke in the esta- 

 blishment of a royal duke, took the 

 name of Carey, whilst she was un- 

 der the protection of lord Falk- 

 land, then captain Carey. His 

 lordship married in the West Indies 

 in the year 1803, the daughter of a 

 merchant of the first respectability. 

 She has three sons and a daughter, 

 the eldest boy, who succeeds to the 

 title, being only five years old. His 

 conduct as a husband and father has 

 been exemplary. He was about 

 forty years old, was distinguished 

 for a fine manly person, and his 

 company was much courted, which 

 occasioned him to mix too fre- 

 quently in convivial societies : he 

 was lately dismissed from his ship 

 on account of some irregularities 

 arising from too free a circulation 



of the bottle at his own table ; but 

 he was about to be restored to a 

 command, a circumstance which 

 had greatly exhilarated his spirits, 

 and perhaj)s occasioned that levity 

 which has been attended with such 

 severe consequences. 



L^ Cadogan place, the Dowager- 

 lady Ashburton, relict of the cele- 

 brated John Dunning lord A. 



Particulars of the life of Mr. 

 John Home, who died at Merchis- 

 ton-housc, on the 4'th of Septem- 

 ber, 1808, in the 85th year of his 

 age. He was descended of a re- 

 s[)ectablc, and formerly illustrious, 

 family. He was born in the vicinity 

 of Ancrum, in Uoxburghshire, in 

 1724-, and received the first rudi- 

 ments of education at the parochial 

 school, where Dr. Buchan, author 

 of Domestic Medicine, was the 

 companion of his studies. It was 

 Mr. Home's inclination, and the 

 desire of his parents, that he should 

 enter the church. He, therefore, 

 attended the philosophical and the- 

 ological classes of the university of 

 Edinburgh for several years. But 

 his studies were fora while suspend- 

 ed by the public commotions of the 

 year 1745. On the approach of 

 the insurgents, the citizens of Edin- 

 burgh assembled, formed them- 

 selves into an association for the 

 support of their sovereign, and the 

 defence of their citj'. Mr. Home 

 was one of about twenty students 

 of the university who offered their 

 services as volunteers, to act against 

 the common enemy. But intimi- 

 dated by the number of their op- 

 ponents, or adverse to the hard- 

 ships of a military life, the college 

 company soon disbanded. Mr. 

 Home, however, retained his arms, 

 and marched with a detachment of 

 the royal army to Falkirk; where, 



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