y. C. Dyer. 315 



' On his marriage Mr. Dyer took a house in the then 

 almost rural village of Camden Town, where he resided 

 until 1816, when he finally settled in Manchester. During 

 his residence in London, which practically began in 1804, 

 he enjoyed the friendship of many eminent men, among 

 whom may be mentioned Earl Stanhope, who had earned 

 in political circles the singular distinction of being in the 

 House of Lords " His Majesty's opposition of one," Sir 

 Joseph Banks, Dr. Rees (of the Cyclopaedia), Dr. Wollaston, 

 and others. With Dr. Wollaston, who on several occasions 

 spent some weeks at his houses in Manchester and 

 Burnage, his intimacy continued till the death of that 

 great man. 



' Soon after his settlement in Manchester, Mr. Dyer was 

 elected an ordinary .member of the Literary and Philoso- 

 phical Society. Thus far he had taken no active part in 

 politics, but the miserable event called the " Peterloo 

 massacre " roused him to a full sense of the abuses of the 

 times, and from that time he took a determined course in 

 support of reform ; not, however, neglecting his scientific 

 and literary avocations. Some years before this (when 

 residing at Birmingham) he was engaged with Mr. Henry 

 Tudor in founding "The North American Review," the 

 first four numbers of which were written by Mr. Tudor 

 and himself at the house of the latter. There is no 

 record of the articles written by Mr. Dyer. Mr. Tudor 

 went to America with the MSS. of the four numbers, 

 and the periodical soon obtained a commanding position 

 in American literature. After the first year or two Mr. 

 Dyer ceased to be a contributor. Mr. Tudor filled the 

 editorial chair till he was appointed United States Am- 

 bassador to Peru, where he resided till his death many 



