92 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



DEMISE OF MR. CORBET. 



On Monday, May IQtli, IHI7, at Muddiford, Hants, 

 died John Corbet, Esq. of Sundorne, Salop, in the 65th 

 year of his age. A man almost universally known, and as 

 universally respected, for his integrity and benevolence — 

 a man by whose death society in general has lost a link of a 

 most valuable chain — a man who might not pass away from 

 life without a tribute to his character such as the writer can 

 supply. To scatter a flower on the grave of departed worth, 

 and with a tear to sprinkle it, is a sad but not unpleasing 

 task. 



To the strictest moral and religious principles, Mr. 

 Corbet joined the best affections of the heart ; warm, 

 sincere, and steady in his friendships ; the most affectionate 

 of husbands ; the kindest of fathers ; an indulgent master j 

 a generous landlord. To the needy a most liberal and 

 constant benefactor. 



His manners were the most gentlemanly and unassum- 

 ing 5 his disposition the most amiable and cheerful. Affec- 

 tion for his family, the welfare and amusement of his 

 friends, and benevolence to all mankind, constituted the 

 happiness of his life. The poor, who frequently partook of 

 his unostentatious bounty, will shed the tear of sympathy 

 on his bier. 



For many years previous to his death he led a quiet 

 life ; but his hospitable table was ever open to a few select 

 friends, who esteemed him when living, and will feel his 

 loss with peculiar regret. 



The sudden rupture of a blood vessel on the brain was 

 the fatal cause of Mr. Corbet's death j a calamity which 



