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who habitually resided with Mr, 

 Theodore Gallon were well aware 

 how greathe was upon allsmall, ;is 

 well as upon the most important oc- 

 casions of life; they saw and felt 

 the sublime in all his actions, in liis 

 minute actions, even in his errors, 

 for he never committed a fault but 

 it was instantly repaired with such 

 a noble candour as established him 

 more firmly in the affections of 

 the person inadvertent!}' offended. 

 His lieart was warmed towards 

 every friend, it was a heart that 

 exulted in their joys and that met 

 their sorrows. To his parents he 

 exhibited a very uncommon and 

 sublime example of filial duly and 

 of filial love. But he is seen no 

 more ! May he still be contem- 

 plated in his character; like a fine 

 model for imitation. Should this 

 inadequate sketch meet the e}'c of 

 any of his juvenile friends, from 

 whom time and events may long 

 have divided him, the heart of 

 that friend will acknowledge the 

 likeness, and the influence be re- 

 vived of such feelings as probably 

 no other individual has since ex- 

 cited, lie will dwell with a mourn- 

 ful satisfaction upon lIi(> past; and 

 recalling the image of his bright 

 associate, he will embalm his me- 

 mory with tears. 



In his seventy-ninth year gene- 

 ral Hugh Debbieg, of Margaret 

 Street, Cavendish Square, after a 

 long illness. He received a regu- 

 lar military education, as an en- 

 gineer, at Woolwich; and in 1746, 

 at the early age of fourteen years, 

 lie, for the first time, saw active 

 service, in the expedition against 

 I'Orient, under general St. Clair ; 

 he aftevvards served in Brabant 

 with the allied army, commanded 

 by his royal highness William 

 duke of Cumberland, by whom, 



and by marshal Bathiani, he was 

 much distinguished ; and was at- 

 tached to the staff ofhisroyalhigli- 

 ness at the battle of Laffvelt ; after 

 which he served in Bergen-op- 

 Zoom, during the whole of that 

 memorable siege. After the sus- 

 pension of hostilities, he was one of 

 the engineers appointed to make a 

 survey of the late seat of war. In 

 1750, he was employed in making 

 a survey and military map of Scot- 

 land, and on many other occasions 

 at home, till the year 1753, when 

 he was sent to North America as 

 second engineer in command, and 

 at the siege of Louisbourg parti- 

 cularly distinguished himself. In 

 the iollowing year he served under 

 the immortal Wolfe, at Quebec, 

 with the same rank, and his talents 

 procured him the friendship and 

 entire confidence of that hero. 

 On his return to Europe, he was 

 employed in several confidential, 

 but very important and hazardous 

 missions, which he executed to 

 the satisfaction of his majesty's go- 

 vernment. Soon after the |)eace 

 of 1783 he retired from public ser- 

 vice, and occasionally employed 

 himself in perfecting a system of 

 fortification entirely novel, and 

 peculiar to his extraordinary mind 

 and attainments. 



At his lodgings in Pimlico, Mr. 

 Sylvia, an Israelite, well known for 

 his eccentric disposition. About 

 forty-five years ago he used to at- 

 tend the royal Exchange, mounted 

 upon a beautiful charger, with a 

 servant, who held the horse during 

 the time his master transacted bu- 

 siness. The lord Mayor, con- 

 ceiving it a nuisance to introduce 

 an animal of that description on 

 the Exchange, one day ordered 

 it to be taken away, and not 

 brought there again, which order 



