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gainft the Right Hon. Charles James Fox.” On hearing 
Of the publication, Burke declaimed nothing but the in¬ 
tention of giving it to the World ; and he (aid tfiat it was 
written in confequence of the whig'club’s declaration re- 
fpefting the difference between him and Mr. Fox, which 
had induced- Mr. Burke, and fotne others, to withdraw 
their names from the club. Towards the clofe of the year 
1793, he wrote the third Memorial, intitled, “ Remarks 
on the Policy of the Allies with refpeT to France.” In 
this work, he complains that the object of the allies is pri¬ 
vate aggrandizement, inftead of the fupport of legitimate 
government; and he advifes, as the only means of rello- 
ring order, religion, and property, in France, that the 
chief direction of every thing relative to her internal af¬ 
fairs fliould be committed to the emigrants, whom he calls 
“ Moral France.” 
On the zd of Auguft, 1794, Mr. Burke loft his fon, 
aged thirty-fix, a gentleman who is laid to have given 
proofs of conllderable abilities, and for whom his father 
entertained the 1110ft enthufiaftic affection. On the nomi¬ 
nation of lord Fitzwil-liam to the viceroyalty of Ireland, 
young Mr. Burke was appointed his fecretary : but his 
premature death intervened. He had been engaged by 
the Irifh catholics to manage their affairs refpefting the 
claim of the elective franchife; a privilege which, as ap¬ 
pears by his letter to Sir Hercules Langrilhe, Mr. Burke 
anxioufly wifhed they fliould obtain. Another letter from 
Mr. Burke, defending his conduct and his celebrated 
“Reflexions,” in anfwer to fome obfervations which had 
fallen from the duke of Norfolk in parliament, is the only 
publication, befides thofe that we have mentioned, which 
he gave to the world, until royal bounty rewarded his fer- 
vlces by a penfion fettled on him and Mrs. Burke. His 
acceptance of this mark of favour was faid by his enemies 
to account fully for .his changing Tides, and adopting new 
principles in his politics. The duke of Bedford and lord 
Lauderdale, in the beginning of 1796, made fome obfer- 
vations on this penfion; which called forth a letter to lord 
Fitzwilliam, in which Mr. Burke boldly aflerts his own 
fervices, while he takes a retrofpeft of thofe by which the 
duke’s ancefiors acquired their property. This inveftive 
on his grace is allowed to be the mere ebullition of an an¬ 
gry mind, as the duke had certainly a right to inquire in¬ 
to the difpofal of'the public money. 
From this period, Fir. Burke’s time was (pent in the 
bofom of his family: his hofpitalify to the emigrants, the 
eftablifhment, by his influence, of a fchool for their chil¬ 
dren^ and his promotion of friendly clubs among the poor 
in his neighbourhood ; are the moll ftriking features that 
diftinguif'n the period of his retirement. His next work 
was intitled, “Thoughts on a Regicide Peace,” publiftted 
when the firft overtures were made by government for an 
accommodation. Mr. Burke’s bad (late of health now made 
it neceflary for him to vifit Bath, whence, however, he 
returned in the enfuing fpring. He then proceeded in the 
plan of which the “Thoughts on a Regicide Peace” were 
a part: but he did not live to finifh it. His health, from 
the beginning of June, rapidly declined ; but his body only, 
nOt his mind, was alfeited. His underftanding operated 
with iindiminiftied force and uncontrafled range; his dif- 
pofitions retained their fweetnefs and amiablenefs. He 
continued regularly and ftrenuoufly to perform the duties 
of religion and benevolence. Although his body was in 
a ftate of conftant arid perceptible decay, yet was it with¬ 
out pain. The week in which he died he converfed with 
literary and political friends, on various fubjefts, and 
efpecially on the awful poffure of affairs. He repeatedly 
requdled their forgivenefs, if ever he had offended them, 
and conjured them to make the lame requeft in his name 
to thofe of his friends that were abfent. Friday, July the 
7th, he (pent the morning in a recapitulation of the moil 
important atls of his life, the circmnftances in which he 
afled, and the motives by which he was prompted; (hew¬ 
ed that his comprehenfive mind retained the whole feries 
of public affairs, and dilcufted his own conduit in the ar- 
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duous (filiations he had had to encounter. He exprelfed 
his forgivenefs of all who had, either on that fubject or 
lor any other caufe, endeavoured to injure him. The 
evening he fpent in lefs agitating converfation, and in lill- 
ening to the ellays of Addifon, his favourite author. He 
frequently bad, during his laft illnefs, declared, what his 
intimates indeed knew' well before, his thorough belief 
of the Chriftian religion, his veneration for true Chriftians 
ot all perfuaftons; but his own preference of the articles 
of the church of England. In that mode of faith he was 
educated, and that he preferved through life. He had 
converled for Tome time, with his ufual force of though t 
and exprellion, on the gloomy ftate of his country, for "the 
welfare of which his heart was interefted to the laft beat. 
His young friend, Mr. Nagle, coming to his bed-(ide, after 
much interefting and tender converfation, he expreffed a 
delire to be carried to another apartment. Mr. Nagle, 
with the afliftance of fervants, was complying with this 
requeft, when Mr. Burke, faintly uttering “ God blef3 
you!” fell back, and breathed his laft, Saturday, July the 
8th, 1797, in the lixty-eighth year of his age. On Satur¬ 
day the 13th he was interred in Beaconsfield church : his 
funeral being attended by many noblemen and gentlemen, 
with whom his latter habits had led him to intimacy. In 
his will, which is written thoroughly in his own llyle, he 
bequeathed all his property to his wife, with the excep¬ 
tion of one or two legacies. She was conftituted foie exe¬ 
cutrix ; the teftator foliciting for her, however, the aftift- 
ance of Dr. King and Dr. Lawrence. 
Mr. Burke was about five feet ten inches high, well 
made and mufcular ; of that firm and compact frame that 
denotes more ftrength than bulk. His countenance had 
been in his youth handfome. The exprellion of his- face 
was leis ftriking than one, who had not feen him, would 
have anticipated. During the vigour of his life he had 
excelled at the manly exercifes moll common in Ireland, 
efpecially leaping, pitching the bar, and throwing the 
ftone. Of the Life of this extraordinary man, two accounts 
have been publilhed ; one by Mr. M'Cormick, of St. 
Mary Hall, Oxford, who expofes the inconfiftency of Mr. 
Burke in his political conduft. The other by Dr. Billet, 
of Slcane-ftreet, who labours very much to prove a per¬ 
fect coiififtency of character and principle throughout Mr. 
Burke’s whole life. The editors of the Monthly Review, 
however, who, with their ufual candour and ability, have 
palled their ftriflures upon both thefe popular works, do 
not admit that Mr. Burke’s confiftency of character has 
been at all made out or eftablifhed, notwithftanding the 
great ingenuity exgrcifed by the latter biographer for that 
purpofe. The poftluimous works of Mr. Burke were 
publilhed in 1797, in one vol. 8vo. 
BURKE, a county of United America, in the ftate of 
Georgia. Waynefborough and Louifville are the chief 
towns. 
BUR'KEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 
Lower Rhine, and deflorate of Mentz : twenty-feven 
miles ealt of Heidelberg, and fixteen north-north-eaft of 
Eeilbron. 
BUK'KERSDORF, a town of Germany, in the circle 
of Upper Saxony, and circle of Erzgebirg’: four miles 
fouth of Zwickau. 
BURK'H A (JSEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of 
Upper Bavaria, built on the Salza, capital of a regency, 
with a llrong caftle, fituated on a hill, and four churches. 
It is twenty-fix miles north-north-weft of Saltzburg, and 
fifty-two eaft of Munich. 
BURK'HEIM, or Purkheim, a town of Germany, 
in the circle of Bavaria, and principality of Neuburg ; 
feven miles weft fouth-vveft of Neuburg. 
BURK'HERSTORF, a town of Auftria, in the arch¬ 
duchy of Auftria : eight miles well of Vienna. 
BUR'KITT (William), a celebrated commentator on 
the New Tellament, born at Hitcham in Northampton- 
fhire, July 25, 1650, and educated at Pembroke-hall, 
Cambridge. Pie entered young upon the miniftry, being 
ordained 
