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a very satisfactory explanation, from an examination of the 

 body, after death. He was attended by Mr. Wilson, Mr. 

 Chilver, and myself, and although the incurable nature of his 

 disease defied every hope of permanent relief, yet his sufferings 

 were greatly palliated by the resources of art, and he died 

 without entertaining the least suspicion of the malady under 

 which he suffered. Pious resignation cheered him in his illness, 

 and not a murmur of complaint was heard to escape his lips. 

 On the 12th of April, in the year 1820, at his house in Sack- 

 ville-street, after taking a glass of lemonade, and expressing 

 himself calm and easy, he expired. His remains were conveyed 

 to Bradfield, and deposited in a vault in the church-yard. 



I have thus offered a brief sketch of the principal labours 

 of Mr. Arthur Young — a man who has filled a large space in 

 the public eye, for a long series of years, but whose name and 

 talents appear to have commanded greater notice and respect 

 in foreign countries than in his own. It remains to be seen 

 what mark of regard, what testimony of gratitude, his memory 

 will receive from the Board of Agriculture, of which he has 

 been so long the pride and ornament. That he has reflected 

 lustre on the age and country in which he lived can be hardly 

 denied ; of what other philosopher can it be said — that, at one 

 time, he entertained, under his humble roof, pupils of seven 

 different nations, each of whom had been sent to him for in- 

 struction in agriculture, by his respective government. I was 

 lately informed by his daughter, that the late Duke of Bedford 

 breakfasted at Bradfield, on one of the mornings of a New- 

 market race-meeting, and was met by pupils from Russia, — 

 France, — America, — Naples, — Poland, — Sicily, — and Portugal. 

 His numerous works are distinguished by vivacity of thought, 

 quickness of imagination, bias to calculation, and fondness for 

 political speculation ; and had they been less successful, pos- 

 terity might perhaps have regarded these traits of genius as 

 fatal defects, and as pregnant sources of fallacy and disap- 

 pointment. 



