644 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



tloD and affection borne to bis child 

 during his short career. With the Parent, 

 the family will become extinct. 



At Cambridge, the rev. George 

 Borlase, B.D. casuistical professor 

 andregistrar of Cambridge Univer- 

 sity, and also rector of Newton, 

 Suffolk. He was many years fel- 

 low and tutor of St. Peter's col- 

 lege, A. B. 1Y64; A.M. 1767; 

 and B.D. 1780. He was the 

 youngest son of the late Dr. Bor- 

 lase, of Castle Horneck, Cornwall, 

 lord Warden of the Stannaries, 

 &c. He lived beloved, and died 

 lamented by a more numerous and 

 respected circle of acquaintance, 

 than, perhaps, ever fell to the lot 

 of one man to obtain. Amongst 

 the latter, we may rank the present 

 lord chief justice Mansfield, as 

 his nearest and dearest friend. His 

 conduct, for independence and in- 

 tegrity, were proverbial, during the 

 many political struggles whichhave 

 of late years occurred in the Uni- 

 versity. Strongly attached to the 

 principles and politics of the party 

 which Mr. Fox was supposed to 

 lead in the state, he withstood all 

 the offers which were made to him 

 of preferment and emolument, and 

 his conduct as registrar gained 

 him universal applause, except from 

 one man, the late Dr. Yorke, 

 bishop of Ely, who, because he 

 knew the principles of Mr. Borlase 

 were obnoxious to Mr. Pitt (the 

 then member for the University), 

 in his capacity as visitor of the col- 

 lege, twice refused him the master- 

 ship, though twice nominated, and 

 sent to him by all the fellows as 

 their choice. Mr. Borlase has died 

 without issue, though twice married. 

 His first wife was Miss Harriet Sero- 

 cold, of Cherry-Hin( on,Cambridge- 

 fihire, and sister to the wife of Dr. 



Pearce, now Dean of Ely. She 

 died in child-bed within eleven 

 months of their marriage. He mar- 

 ried, secondly. Miss Home, sister 

 of Meyrick Home Bankes, esq. of 

 Winstanley Hall, Lancashire. 



At Earlham, in his 60th year, 

 John Gurney, esq. — We feel an 

 unfeigned sorrow in recording the 

 death of so excellent a fellow citi- 

 zen, who will be greatly missed, 

 and long regretted by all who knew 

 him. Placed in the centre of one 

 of the largest mercantile establish- 

 ments of this country, he has shown 

 no less wisdom and skilfulness, than 

 liberality and integrity in the ma- 

 nagement of its extensive ramifica- 

 tions. But he was not wholly ab- 

 sorbed in his own concerns, vast as 

 they were: the benevolence of his 

 nature prompted him, and the active 

 energy of his mind enabled him, to 

 dedicate a considerable portion of 

 his time, to the concerns of others. 

 No exertion was too great, no ob- 

 ject too small, when the welfare of 

 others was in question. — All those 

 who have been engaged with him in 

 arbitration, in executorship and in 

 bankruptcies, can bear testimony 

 to the promptness of mind, which 

 enabled him to see at once the va- 

 rious bearings of the case ; to the 

 acute penetration with which he un- 

 ravelled the intricacies of entangled 

 accounts ; and to the conciliating 

 spirit by which he has saved many 

 a family from ruinous litigation. 

 Nor did he confine himself to the 

 concerns of private life; in all pub- 

 lic undertakings he was among the 

 first to promote the welfare and im- 

 provement of his native city, and to 

 all its charitable institutions, he 

 contributed freely not only his purse 

 but his exertions. He was a steady- 

 friend to civil and religious liberty, 



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