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brave achievements and his perso- 

 nal worth, will be handed down to 

 future ages, while naval warfare 

 shall continue to engage the atten- 

 tion of nations; and the names of 

 Nelson and Collingwood be bla- 

 zoned by posterity, as models of 

 the most heroic and sublime pa- 

 triotism. A relation of his lordship, 

 the late E. Collingwood, esq. left 

 him his estate worth about 2,000/. 

 besides a handsome librai-y. With 

 this addition, it is presumed that 

 his lordship possessed a very am- 

 ple fortune. The body of tlio 

 lamented admiral was brought tu 

 England in the Nereus frigate, and 

 conveyed from Slieerness in the 

 commissioner's yacht to Green- 

 wich. Here it lay in state for 

 some days in the Painted Cham- 

 ber in the Hospital, and was then 

 deposited in its final resting-place 

 under the dome of St. Paul's, 

 close by the coffin of lord Nelson; 

 so that it may with truth be said, 

 that even in death these great 

 heroic friends are undivided. 

 Lord Collingwood was of mid- 

 dling stature, but extremely thin, 

 and temperate in his general 

 habits; ate always with an appe- 

 tite, drank moderately after din- 

 ner, but never indulged afterwards 

 in spirits or wine. It was his 

 general rule, in tempestuous 

 weather, and upon any hostile 

 emergency that occurred, to 

 sleep upon his sofa in a flannel 

 gown, taking off only his epaulet- 

 ted coat. He would appear upon 

 deck without his hat; and his grey 

 hair floating to the wind, whilst 

 torrents of rain poured down 

 through the shrouds, and his eye, 

 like the eagle's, on the watch. Bo- 

 dily exposure, colds, rheumatism, 

 ague, all, were nothing to him 

 when his duty called ; and to this 

 contempt of personal comfort and 



indulgence his country doubtless 

 owes the privation of his services. 

 In Great Ormond street, aged 

 fifty-three, of a pulmonary con- 

 sumption, Thomas Finch, esq. 

 F. R. S., only son of the rev. 

 Robert Pool Finch, D. D. He 

 was principally educated at Mer- 

 chant Taylors' school, and was 

 afterwards fellow of St. John's 

 college, Oxford, where his acade- 

 mical career was marked by the 

 most correct conduct, and con- 

 siderable literary distinction. The 

 loss of this truly excellent man 

 iind accomplished scholar will be 

 long and deeply felt by the select 

 circle of friends, who well knew 

 how to estimate his numerous 

 good qualities. In his manners, 

 and in his whole deportment, he 

 never lost sight of that elegant 

 and gentlemanly reserve, which 

 might keep rudeness or imperti- 

 nence at a distance, but which 

 marked the true gentleman, and 

 evinced a proper self-esteem, and 

 laudable consciousness of that 

 rank, which his birth and talents 

 entitled him to hold in society. 

 In the profession of the law he 

 uniforml}' proved himself an up- 

 right and diacreet adviser ; a 

 sound and able advocate. In the 

 early part of his career at the bar, 

 he attracted the peculiar notice 

 and marked attention of lord 

 Thurlow, whose discernment 

 would, there is little doubt, had 

 he filled the office of chancellor, 

 have elevated him to a station 

 where his merit would have shone 

 more conspicuously, and his ta- 

 lents have been more diffusely 

 useful. The " Precedents in Chan- 

 cery," which he edited with con- 

 siderable care and ability, will not 

 permit his name to be entirely 

 forgotten in the profession. It is 

 much to be regretted, that the 



