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as a naturalist and a man of gene- 

 ral knowledge, he was well in- 

 formed and communicative ; as a 

 moralist, he was exemplary and 

 correct ; and as n christian, he 

 cannot be better designated than 

 in the words of our inimitable 

 poet, for 



" He look'd through nature up to na- 

 ture's God." 



In Horsham gaol, aged eighty- 

 two, Simon Southward, formerly 

 ofBoxgrove, near Chichester. This 

 singular character was a miller, 

 which occupation he followed with 

 industry and attention till about 

 the year 1766, when, by a strange 

 species of insanity,he fancied him- 

 self earl of Derby, king in Man, 

 assumed those titles, neglected his 

 business, and became very trouble- 

 some to many of his neighbours. 

 In February 1767, he was arrested 

 for a small debt, at the suit of the 

 late duke of Richmond, and was 

 conve3'ed to the old gaol at Hor- 

 sham, from which he was removed 

 (the first prisoner after its com- 

 pletion) to the present gaol, and 

 from which he was released, after 

 a captivity of forty-three years, 

 four months, and eight days, by 

 the hand of death ! Simon Soutli- 

 ward was in stature about six feet, 

 was exceedingly well made, and 

 had a commanding countenance ; 

 his manners were generally affable, 

 and his deportment polite; he was, 

 however, when offended, exceed- 

 ingly wrathful, and with difficulty 

 pacified, particularly when his ire 

 had been occasioned by doubts 

 about liis assumed dignity. He 

 supposed himself a state prisoner, 

 and would accept of no money or 

 clothes which were not presented 

 to him as coming from the king, 

 his cousin. His dress was generally 



a drab coat of a very ancient cut, 



andacockedhatwith ablack cock- 

 ade. Simon was addressed, as well 

 by the governors of the gaol, as by 

 his fellow prisoners and visitors, 

 " My Lord !" and to no other de- 

 nomination would he ever reply. 

 He had been supported for a num- 

 ber of years by a weekly stipend 

 from the parish of Boxgrove. 



At Formosa Place, sir George 

 Young, admiral of the White, one 

 of the oldest and bravest officers in 

 the service. He was of Boscawen's 

 school, and during an honourably 

 spent life, performedsome brilliant 

 thingsin general as well asin tingle 

 actions, both at home and abroad, 

 which his intimate friends, the im- 

 mortal Nelson and captainEdward 

 Thompson, who were an honour to 

 our nature as well as to our navy, 

 have often witnessed. But having 

 been either confined by gout, or 

 bedridden for many yeai'S past, his 

 kingandcountry have consequent- 

 ly been deprived of his services. 



At Shaltsbury, Mr. John Hay- 

 ter, cooper, well known by the 

 name of the Old'Squire.Although 

 often prosecuted and persecuted 

 by gentlemen tenacious of their 

 game, he kept a pack of harriers 

 upwards of sixty years, and was 

 earth-stopper to various gentle- 

 men who claimed the Duntley and 

 Allin's fox-hunt for nearly the 

 same period. When quite a boy 

 he kept a few beagles, and would 

 often entice a neighbouring gen- 

 tleman's hounds from their kennel 

 to assist his little pack, for which 

 he was as often chastised by his 

 own father and Mr. Hardiman 

 (the gentleman alluded to) ; but 

 such was his propensity for the 

 chase, that he would sit up whole 

 winter nights to get his work for- 

 ward, in order to hunt on foot the 

 next morning. Latterly he was 



