1802. 
was completed for prefs, we are unable to 
attempt to do juftice to his memory till next 
month, when we truft we fhall be able to 
gratify the expectations of his numerous 
friends. 
At Richmond, Dr. John Moore, a native 
of Scotland. Author of Zeluco, and of Tra- 
vels in France, Germany and Switzerland, 
His father, the Rev. Charles Moore, was 
a clergyman of the eftablifhed church, and 
greatly eiteemed for the purity of his manners 
and the amiablenefs of -his dipofitfon.. He 
was one of the minifters of Stirling, where his 
enly furyiving fon was born in 1730, and he 
contrived in that country, and at that 
time of day, to live in a refpectable manner 
on the ufual ftipend of about rool. or 120]. a 
year, On the demife of his father about 
the year 1735, John, then a boy of five years 
old, removed with his mother to Glafgow 
of which the was a native, and where a 
{mall fortune left her by her father was fitu- 
ated, This lady was diftinguifhed by the 
ftrength of her underftanding, which enabled 
her to condu& her own affairs, and fuperin- 
tend the education of her fon with becoming 
propriety; fhewas at the fame time eminent for 
her piety, which fhe early infufed intothe mind 
of her only child,as well as for the benevolence 
of her heart, that enabled her to cherifha 
Jove of humanity in others, while fhe herfelf 
exhibited a living example of its effects. 
Young Moore, after the neceflary preparation 
at the grammar {chool, was matriculated at the 
Univerfity of Glafgow, and attended its va- 
rious clafies. Being deftined for the profeffion 
ef medicine, he was placed under the care of 
Dr. Gordon, an eminent practitioner of that 
day, who, like the greater part of the phyfi- 
cians among his own countrymen, did not 
difdain to unite the kindred arts of furgery 
and pharmacy. The ftudent at the fametime 
that he witnefled the Doétor’s mode of treat- 
ing difeafes, attended the le@tures of Dr. Ha- 
milton then Anatomical Demonftrator, as well 
as the medical ones of Dr. Cullen, his rela- 
tion, whofe fame foon after obtained for him 
a profeffor’s chair in the Univerfity of Edin- 
burgh. After Mr. Moore had obtaineda fuf- 
ficient knowledge of the ufual praétice, he 
determined toimprove himfelf by vifiting fo- 
reign parts, and a good opportunity prefented 
ittelf at this period. His Royal Highnefs 
Wm.Duke of Cumberland,uncle to his prefent 
Majefty, after having exftinguithed a domettic 
rebellion in’ Scotland, had repaired to the 
Continent in order to combat our foreign ene- 
mies there. He at that period (1747) com- 
manded the allied army in Flanders, and as 
much inttruéion and information was to be 
derived from the {cenes of flaughter atten- 
dant on a bloody campaign, ftudents from all 
parts of the empire flocked thither, with a 
view of obferving and improving by the prac- 
tice of the hofpitals, Luckily for Mr. 
Moore, he obtained an introduétion which 
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tended.not a little to facilitate his purfuits, 
for he was prefented by his relations to the 
Duke of Argyle, then a commoner, and re- 
prefentative of Glafgow in Parliament, who 
was alfo Lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of 
foot, ready to embark for Flanders, in order 
to ferve under his Royal Highnefs the Com~ 
mander in chief. He accordingly accampa- 
nied him on board, and paffed over to the 
Continent under his protection: On_ his 
reaching Maeftricht, in Brabant, our young 
furgeon attended the military hofpitals there 
in quality of a mate, the ufual preliminary 
ftep, aud as he expected, foon enjoyed a fuf- 
ficiency of practice, for the patients were at 
this time exceedingly numerous, in confe- 
quence of the unfortunate battle of Laffeldt. 
From Maeftricht Mr. Moore afterwards re~ 
moved to Flufhing, whither he repaired and 
{pent the winter of 1747, in confequence of 
recommendations from Mr. Middleton, Direc- 
tor General of the mihtary hofpitals to the 
Ear] of Albemarlé; whence he was detached 
to the afliftance of the furgeon of the Colde 
ftream regt. of foot guards, commanded by that 
Gen. Braddock, who was afterwards doomed ta 
expiate his rafhnefs and ignorance of American. 
warfare by death and defeat. He accompa- 
nied this regiment from Flufhing to Breday 
where he {pent the winter of 1748 in garri- 
fon, and on the conclufion of peace accompa= 
nied General Braddock to England. A little 
attendance to dates will fuffice to thew, at 
what an early period the fubjeét of thefe 
memoirs was thrown, as it were, upon the 
world 5 for we find him leaving his native 
country, and acting as a furgeon’s mate in: 
the 17th year of his age, When he wag 
about eighteen Mr. Moore repaired to Lon- 
don, with the advantage of two years con~ 
ftant practice: fo far was good, but he foon 
perceived that it would be highly proper to 
reap as much benefit as poffible from theory 
alfo. He accordingly deemed it neceffary to 
attend the anatomical lectures of his country+ 
man Dr. Hunter, and derive every poffible 
affiftance that could be obtained in the Britith 
capital. After this, as Patis at that period 
poticiied and actually merited the reputation 
of being the beft fchool in Europe, he deter- 
termined to go thither, and actually fet out 
foon after in company with the late Sir Wil- 
liam Fordyce, who like himfelf had ferved on 
the Continent, and like himfelf alfo became 
a phyfician. Luckily for the former, Lord 
Albemarle, whom he had known in Flanders, 
and who while he aéted in the capacity of a 
General under the Duke of Cumberland, wag - 
at the fame time Colonel of the Coldftream, 
of which Mr. Moore had been furgeon’s mate, 
happened at this very period to be the Britifh 
Ambaffador at the Court of Verfailles. Hav- 
ing paid his refpeéts at the Englifh hotel im- 
mediately after his arrival, Mr. Moore was 
inftantly recognized and proteéted by his Ex- 
cellency, who' had a high opinion of his 
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