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[Cf the late Dennis Rotts, Ef, we 
Rave heen faveured with the following addition 
by an intelligent corre{fondent.——DenNis RoLLE, 
efq. was defcended of a family, which have 
been poffefied of eftates in Devonthire ever 
fiace the conqueft, when their illuftrious ancef- 
tor, Rollo of Normandy, came to England with 
his coufin William, the duke of that province. 
In this long line of anceftry (a particular ac- 
count.of which may be feen in Prince’s Wor- 
thies of Devon) we cannot find out one di graced, 
by his conduct, his ancient and refpettable li- 
neage.——The late Mr. Rolle early thowed an 
active turn of mind, and, about the year 1766, 
he purchafed of the government a large tract of 
land in Eaft Florida, wich a view of colonizing 
it. For this purpofe he engaged a coniidcrable 
number of hufpandmen and artificers in Devon 
and the edjicent counties, provided all kinds of 
fuizableftores, and fet out on his favourite expe- 
dition. His little colony, however, was foon 
broken up by ficknefs and emigration; the 
climate not agrceing with the conftitution, of the 
fettlers. He fufvered three terrible hard{hips : 
and to fo low a condition was he reduced, as to 
be obliged to return to England as a common 
feaman. After ferving his country faithfully 
in two parliaments, he retired to finith his days 
in a domeftic and-rural life, His favourite em- 
ployment was hufbandry, and he vied to get up 
as early in the morning as any of the peaianis, 
and clothed like them, with a bag, of provifions 
_and his fpade on his fhoulder, go out for the 
day, aad work as haidas any day labourer on his 
eftace. He has been often miftaken in ths 
dreis for a common hufbandman, and, in this 
difguife, has dire&ted many an enquirer to his 
own houfe. Notwithfanding this peculiar 
turn he was not avaricious. He was, onthe 
contrary, hofpitable in his houfe, generous to 
his tenantry, inculsent to his fervants, and 
above all, extenfively benevolent to ‘the poor. 
He intituted feverai charity fchoois in diferent 
parifhes, allotting to cach a portion of land for 
the employment of the children, As a ma- 
giltrate he was remarkably attentive to the mo- 
tals of the people within his aiftnét, and fuc- 
cefsfully laboured, though with great and long 
oppofition, in fuppreffing village ale-houtes, 
cock-fizhting and bull-baiting. Torrington, 
nmzir which his feat ttands, was a place much 
difgraced with thefe worie than favage civer- 
fions, and ir. Rolle took extraordinary pains to 
corre€t the evil. For this purpofe he not only 
exerted his authority, as a mavifirate, with 
great zea] and impaitiality, but circulated large 
imprefliuns of a pamphlet, writter, by himielf, 
againit fuch cruel amufements. 
In 1789, he printed amaddrefs to the nobility 
and gentry, circulated privately, calling for 
their concurrence in the great objet which he 
had im view of parochial reformation. In this 
tract he ‘peaks largely on humanity to animals, 
from whence I apprehend the following ex:ra& 
may not be unacceptable.— | have experi- 
enced (fays Mr, Rolle) the memory of wild 
The late D1 Ruile, EfgusDeaths ‘Aroad: : 
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beafts, in a bear, which after more than 2 
month’s abfence, was pleafed with my taking 
him by the lip. J cannot account for the at- 
tachment I have met with of horfes becoming 
tame to me without any dexterity; of the 
greateft dogs letting me lay hold of their jaws, 
with pleafure ; of venomous fnakes that follow~ 
ed me, on inyitations which prevented fear and 
dange ; and I ufed no precaution, as hunters did,. 
about their legs. I traverfed the woods fur 
years without hurt, and lay in the moft expofed 
places, in {wamps full of venomous reptiles, and 
have had f{nalces under my pillow without being 
injured. Ofa crane that followed me, and at- 
tended me all the day when at work ; of aftrange 
doz, that gently feized on my hands, when 
walking the road, and. would go with me, and 
attended. clofe to me, as defending me, at the 
night that I walked through Waltham Chaie, - 
néar Portfmouth, making fometimes a whining — 
noife, if feparated at a finajl diftance, a kindof 
notice cf attachment. \ Another inftance, I re- 
colle@, of a {mall cat in Florida, who came fome 
diftance and fought fome dogs that were howling 
round me, that fhe thought were attacking me, 
and drove them off, I can account for thefe 
matters no otherwife than by Providence an- 
{wering my tender treatment of animals, which 
I muft always humbly and thankfully acknow- 
ledge has attended me through a long life ”” 
Mr. Rolle’s anceftors were eminent in De= 
vonthires for piety. Dennis Rolle, Efg. his 
grandfather, though a member of the eftablith- 
ed church,’ protected the nonconforming minif- 
ters in the reign of Charles i1 5 and the famous 
_ Mr, Fiavel found anafylum at Hudfcott,a feat of 
the family, where he preached in the hall at 
midnight, when the perfecution raged with the. 
greateft violence. Myr. Rolle’s father was alfo 
an example of picty. He had for a chaplain the 
learned Mr. Samuel Johnfon, minifter of Tor- 
rington, author of two volumes of fermons. 
The fubjest of the prefent fketch was diftin- 
guifhed by his piety, aétivity, temperance, and 
humility;—in fhort he was a man who lived te 
God, and forthe benefit of his fellow-creatuyes. 
His large eftates devolved to his only fon, John. ° 
Lord Rolle, befides whom he has left twe 
daughters unmarried. | . 
Deaths Abroad. 
On the 18th of Sept .at his palace of Cobourgy 
in his 6$th year, the celebrated Piince of Saxe- 
Ceborrz. 
At Paris, onthe z1ft of July, Citizen Ber- 
natd Pelletier, member of the National Initi- 
‘tute, of the fociety of Pharmacians in Paris, &c. 
é&c. &c. Since the year 1792, he had a thare 
in the publication of the ‘ Annals of Chemif- 
try,’ which he enriched with many new facts, 
and well-drawn memoirs. He was poflefied-of 
much urbanity of manners, profound know- 
ledge, and was indefatigable in his exertions for 
the advancement oi fclence. — - f 
On the 2d of September, at Naples, Lieute- 
nant-general Gunning, Colonel of his Majef- 
ty’s 65th regt. of foot. 
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