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treating him in the most friendly 

 and soothing manner, which he de- 

 clared, was too deeply impressed 

 upon his mind ever to be forgotten. 

 Many of his visitors seemed incapa- 

 ble of gratifying their curiosity to 

 its full extent, and called again and 

 again ; one gentleman, a banker in 

 the cit)', jocosely observed, that he 

 had fairly had a pound's worth. — 

 Ever since that period, Mr. Lam- 

 bert has been chiefly engaged in 

 travelling to theprincipal provincial 

 towns, where many thousands have 

 beheld with admiration his astonish- 

 ing bulk. He was a cheerful com- 

 panion, possessed a generous heart, 

 and was as fond of rural sports as 

 any man in England. His game 

 chickens and his dogs, when he was 

 at home, were his chief amusement, 

 and the Racing Calendar his study. 



At Madeira, Mrs. Peachy, wife 

 of col. Peachy. 



At Soho, in his 81st year, Mat- 

 thew Boulton, esq. fellow of the 

 royal societies of London and Edin- 

 burgh, of the economical society of 

 Petersburgh, and many foreign in- 

 stitutions. If genius and indefatiga- 

 ble industry, directed by the purest 

 patriotism, have any claim to the 

 notice of our readers, an account of 

 this gentleman cannot but be highly 

 acceptable. When we contemplate 

 the enlarged extentof his views, the 

 wide and rapid circulation of his 

 improvements and discoveries in 

 the most important branches of 

 art, and the numerous and honour- 

 able connections which he has form- 

 ed in every partof the civilized world, 

 we shall be obliged to admit that 

 few men possess greater claims to 

 the attention and gratitude of their 

 country. Matthew Boulton, son of 

 Matthew Boulton, by Christian, 

 daughter of Mr, Peers, of Chester, 



was born at Birmingham, the 14th 

 Sep. 1728. He received the chief 

 part of his education at a private 

 grammar school, kept by the rev. 

 Mr. Ansted, who officiated at St. 

 John's Chapel, Deritend. So early 

 as the year 1 745, Mr. Boulton hav- 

 ing lost his father, who left him in 

 flourishing circumstances, distin- 

 guished himself by the invention of 

 a new and most ingenious method 

 of inlaying steel. Buckles, watch 

 chains, and a great variety of other 

 articles, wrought at his manufacto- 

 ry, were exported in large quanti- 

 ties to France, where they were 

 eagerly purchased by the English, 

 who affected to have no taste for 

 the productions of their own coun- 

 try. The confinement of a popu- 

 lous town was but ill suited to such 

 an establishment as soon became 

 necessary for Mr. Boulton's farther 

 experiments. Accordingly, in the 

 year 1762, he purchased those ex- 

 tensive tracts of common, at that 

 time a barren heath with only a 

 small house and mill, on which the 

 Soho manufactory now stands. He 

 laid the foundation of his present 

 extensive works, at the expense of 

 9,000Z. To this spot his liberal pa- 

 tronage soon attracted great num- 

 bers of ingenious men from all 

 parts, and by their aid he so emi- 

 nently succeeded in imitating the 

 or molu, that the most splendid 

 apartments in this and in many fo- 

 reign countries received their orna- 

 ments from Soho. Here, too, the 

 works of the greatest masters in oil 

 colours were mechanically taken 

 ofi", with such ease and exactness, 

 that the original could scarcely be 

 distinguished from the copy. This 

 mode of copying was invented by 

 the late Mr. Eggington, whose per- 

 formances in stainedglass afterwards 



introduced 



