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gratitude, and minds as capable of 

 improvement, as that of tlie proud- 

 est white. Such was the conduct 

 of this Enghsh merchant ! During 

 all this course of well-doing, his 

 own manners were simple, his hos- 

 pitality large, and his charities uni- 

 versal. He founded a house of in- 

 dustry near his own residence, on 

 such solid principles, that, though 

 it cost him 1,500/. for several years, 

 lie succeeded in his object of mak- 

 ing it a source of comfort, and even 

 of independence, to all the well- 

 disposed families of the poor around. 

 The numberless individual acts of 

 his benevolence, though discrimi- 

 nate, was never degraded by the 

 narrowness of a religious distinc- 

 tion. Mr. David Barclay was twice 

 married — he had but one daughter 

 by his first marriage, who was mar- 

 ried to Richard Gurney, esq. of 

 Norwich, She was a most beautiful 

 and benevolent woman, every way 

 worthy of such a father. She died 

 some years ago, leaving issue, 

 Hudson Gurney, esq. and the wife 

 of Sampson Hanbury, esq. — No- 

 thing could surpass the tranquillity 

 of his last moments. He was com- 

 posed, cheerful, and resigned. He 

 had no struggle with life ; he 

 rather ceased to live than felt the 

 pang of death. 



At Chelsea, Sir William Henry 

 Douglas, bart. vice-admiral of the 

 blue, 81. He is succeeded in his 

 title by his brother, a lieut.-col. in 

 the army, and commandant of the 

 Royal Slilitary College at High 

 Wycombe. 



In Jermyn-street, aged 86, Sir 

 George Baker, bart. M.D. F.R.S. 

 and physician in ordinary to his 

 majesty. He was formerly of 

 King's College, Cambridge, B.A. 

 1745, M.A, 1749, M.D. 1756. 



At Dawlish Villa, Walsh Porter, 

 esq. of Farm-Combe, Worcester- 

 shire, a gentleman well known io 

 the fashionable world, and the au- 

 thor of two or three dramatic pieces. 

 Mr. W. Porter married the beauti- 

 ful and accomplished daughter of 

 the late Rev. Ur. Scrope, of Castle- 

 Combe, near Bath. He had on the 

 evening preceding his death, de- 

 sired his valet to order the post 

 chariot to be got in readiness by 

 five o'clock on the following morn- 

 ing. The manattended his master's 

 order, and on entering the room 

 found liim dead in his bed. His 

 death is supposed to have been pro- 

 duced by the bursting of an abscess 

 which had been formed in the liver. 

 At Clifton, near Bristol, in his 

 90th year, J. P. Hungerford, esq. 

 of Dingley, a deputy lieut., and 

 many years an honourable, inde- 

 pendent, and able representative in 

 parliament for the county of Leices- 

 ter, to which dignified station he 

 was first elected in the year 1775, 

 after one of the severest contests 

 ever remembered. 



At Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, aged 

 8'h, John Goldie, esq. ; a man, for 

 acuteness of apprehension, and ec- 

 centricity of ideas, equalled by few. 

 The last forty years of his life were 

 almost entirely spent in the study 

 of the science of astronomy, in 

 which he is said to have corrected 

 several prevailing errors. His book 

 upon the subject was almost ready 

 for going to the press when he died; 

 and it is to be hoped his friends will 

 put it into the hands of some per- 

 son, who will give it soon to the 

 public. He published some years 

 since, a voluminous work, intitled, 

 " The Gospel Recovered ;" and a 

 few months after bis death, " A 

 Treatise upon the Evidence of a 



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