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hitherto been chiefly regprded as 

 filling a siibsidiaiy post by his 

 polished raillery and cntcrtainine: 

 sarcasm ; but in his defence of 

 Mr. Fox's India bill he exhibited 

 powers of argument, and masterly 

 comprehension of an intricate 

 subject, which convinced the 

 hearers that a steady application 

 only was wanting to place him in 

 the first rank of political speakers. 

 This, in the universal opinion of 

 the nation, was attained by him, 

 when, as one of the managers of 

 the prosecution instituted by the 

 House of Commons against Mr. 

 Hastings, he exhibited a copious- 

 ness, foi'cc, and lustre of eloquence 

 which both parties jironoiinced as 

 absolutely imc!iualJcd within the 

 remembrance of the auditors. At 

 this time, being again a member 

 of opposition, he is su})posed to 

 have exerted a great influence 

 over the councils at Carlton- 

 house ; and he obtained a place 

 in the collection of the revenue 

 of the duchy of Cornwall, which 

 was the only permanent fruit of 

 his political career. He was a 

 firm and consistent opposer of Mr. 

 Pitt's measures ; and did not he- 

 sitate to encounter all the impu- 

 tations thrown upon the decreas- 

 ing band of reformists and advo- 

 cates of freedom, during the war 

 of the French I'evolution. 



Deeply involved in his circum- 

 stances, and suffering in his pri- 

 vate character in consequence of 

 his necessities, with a constitution 

 broken by his habits of life, and a 

 debilitated mind, he sunk, the 

 melancholy example of brilliant 

 talents deprived of almost all their 

 \alue by moral defects. 



1'2. Jice-adm. Sir ffin. Essin;^- 

 fon, in his 63d year. 



13. Lieut. -■general Cliffe. 



Rt. Rev. John Skinner, Primate 

 of the Episcopal church in Scot- 

 land. 



23. Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, 

 a lady well known to the jmblic 

 by various works devoted to the 

 moral and religious instruction of 

 different ages and classes, and 

 displaying a solid understanding 

 and cultivated taste. She died at 

 Harrowgate after long and pa- 

 tient suftering under sickness, 

 and was greatly I'egretted by 

 many attached fiiends. 



August. 



10. Elizabpth Countess of Bal- 

 carras. 



12. Louisn Lachj Bagot. 



Sir Andrew Baijntun, bart. 



1.5. Joshua Vanneck Lord Hunt- 

 ing field, in his 7 1st year. He was 

 cieated an Irish peer in 1796, and 

 was member of parliament for 

 Dunwich. 



17- Lady Susan Clinton, wife of 

 Lieut -general Sir Henry Clinton, 

 and sister of the Earl of \Vemyss. 



Lady Raiclinson, relict of Sir 

 Walter K. aged 73. 



19. Joseph Huddart, esq. F.R.S. 

 and an elder brother of the Trinity- 

 house, in his 76th year. This 

 very able and useful person, dis- 

 tinguished as a geographer and 

 mechanist, was born of humble 

 parentage at Allonby, a sea-coast 

 village in Cumberland. His fa- 

 ther having a share in a fishery 

 established in that place, Joseph 

 was much employed in the small 

 vessels by which it was carried 

 on, and at length he obtained the 

 command of a brig, in which he 

 made frequent trips to different 

 ports. Having a strong turn to 

 mechanics. 



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