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of his father put him in possession 

 of the establishment in his native 

 city. Although now engaged in 

 a business which afforded but little 

 relaxation, and with the cares of a 

 numerous family, he found leisure 

 lo indulge his love of literature, 

 by that extensive course of read- 

 ing which rendered him a valua- 

 ble member of theliterary societies 

 of tlie place. With many of the 

 professors of both colleges, and 

 particularly with the late Drs. 

 Campbell, Gerard and Beattie, he 

 formed an intimacy which death 

 only dissolved, 



SEPTEMBER. 



In Basinghall street, Thomas 

 Loggen, esq. an eminent solicitor. 

 By his incorruptible integrity in 

 public, and his amiable manners in 

 private life he was universally es- 

 teemed beloved and respected ; 

 and in his profession his character 

 stood deservedly high. 



Sir Francis Baring, bart. in his 

 seventy-fourth year, at Leigh, in 

 Kent. He was physically exhaust- 

 ed, but his mind remained unsub- 

 dued by ace or infirmity to the last 

 breath. His bed was surrounded 

 by nine out of ten, the number of 

 hissonsand daughters, all of whom 

 he lived to see established in 

 splendid independence. He was 

 formerly member for Chipping 

 Wycombe, Bucks,andwassuccee- 

 ded in the representation of that 

 boroughby his son, Thomas Baring 

 esq. the present member. Three 

 of his sons carry un the great com- 

 mercial-house, and which by his 

 superior talents and integrity, he 

 carried to so great a height of re- 

 spect. His other two sons are re- 

 turned from India with fortunes. 

 His five daughters are all hap- 



pily married ; and, in addition to 

 all this, it is supposed that he has 

 left freehold estates to the amount 

 of Haifa million. This gentleman 

 was born in 1736. His father was 

 a merchant in the Virginia trade, 

 which he began with a very incon- 

 siderable capital ; but his rigid 

 honesty and dexterity in business, 

 having recommended him to some 

 great mercantile houses, they 

 adopted his interests and by liberal 

 loans enabled him to extend the 

 circle of his commerce : from this 

 assistance the house of Baring 

 soon rose to consideration, in a 

 city where wealth and talents for 

 business are estimated at their 

 proper value. With parental fond- 

 ness Mr. Baring watched over the 

 education of his son, in order to 

 render him a complete man of 

 business, till he was sent to a re- 

 putable school under a Mr. Cole- 

 man, the author of several mathe- 

 matical treatises. It was here he 

 acquired the talent for which he 

 was most distinguished ; for in 

 calculations made on the spot ad- 

 mitting of no previous study he 

 was certainly considered as un- 

 equalled. Upon the death of his 

 father he was esteemed a most 

 worthy successor ; and the richest 

 houses, and the most wealthy 

 heiresses, at the east-end of the 

 town, considered him as a desira- 

 ble partner. He at length married 

 the daughter of Mr, Boston, an 

 opulent merchant. Mr, Baring 

 from a proprietor, having become 

 a director of the East-India 

 Company in the year ITSl, can- 

 vassed the Cornish borough of 

 Grampound, and took his seat in 

 the House of Commons, The na- 

 tion was then just beginning to re- 

 cover fiom the effects of the Ame- 

 rican revolution and Mr. Baring, 



