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and in one of thofe counties their prifons. 
are notorioufly defe€tive 5 in the other, 
far from being good, though fomewhat 
reformed. A careful attention, irowever, 
to the regulations of this act, with fuch 
extenfion as the oblervations of the Jui- 
tices may from time to time fuggelt, 
would, in a fhort period, and with a great 
future faving to the public, eflablih a 
very. good fyltem of management for the 
houles of correétion, enforcing the two 
great principles of employment and re- 
tirement. 
«¢ Befides all the regulations pointed 
out in the preceding obfervations, there is 
‘another moft effential one, which would 
not be an object of great expence, and 
ought not to be fpared; that 1s the regu- 
lar celebration of divine fervice in every 
place of confinement, anda (riét attention 
to the fanéctity of the Sunday. In too 
many places tie vifits of ftrangers are 
moft trequent on that day, which of all 
others is the leaft proper for their admil- 
fion, and ought to be denied.” 
This lak obfervatio: appears, in fome 
refpe&ts, to favour of uoneceffary rigour, 
as Sunday, perhaps, is the only day when 
unfortunate perfons of this delcription can 
be vifited by their friends. 
We have now traced the progrefs of the 
Earl of Rofslyn, from his firft appearance 
above the political horizon, until he had 
attained the higheft and moft augut 
office, which it is poflible for a foverergn 
of England to confer ona fubject. It 
only remains to obferve, that, in point 
of brilliant eloquence, he was perhaps un- 
rivailed by any lawyer of his time, and 
that, although he was accufed by his 
enemies of too great pliability, as a flatef- 
man, yet it has been generally allowed 
that, as a judge, his decifions were never 
quetiioned on the {core of integrity. 
His Lordfhip, feeling the infirmities of 
age coming faft upon him, retired from 
tne poft of Chancellcr in 1801, with a 
perfion, and was fucceeded by Sir John 
Scott, now Lord Eldon. Since that pe- 
risd, he has lived chiefly in the country, 
fometimes at his {cat, near Wind{for, and 
alfo occafionally at Weymouth, whien the 
royal family, at whofe parties both he and 
his countels have, of late, been frequent 
guelts, happened to be there. By 
MowxtTuty Mac, No, 1265. 
Memoirs of the Earl of Rofslyn. 
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briety, regularity, and temperance, he 
doubtle& prolonged. a feeble exiftence, but 
at length died tuddenly, at Baileys, be- 
tween Slough and Salt Hill, on Thurfday, 
January 3, 1805, about, one o’clock in 
the morning, in the 72d year of his age, 
of an apopleétic fit. 
His Lordihip never had but one child, 
afon, born OGober 2, 1793, who died 
foon after. The earldom is therefore ex- 
tinét, but the barony defcends, in com- 
pliance with the tenour of the patent, on 
his nephew, Sir James Si. Clair Erfkiney 
M.P. in the prefent parliament, for the - 
diftric of Scottith boroughs, confiting of 
Kirkaldy, Bruntifland, Kinghorn, and 
Dyfart, who is now Lord Loughborough, 
of Loughborough, in the county of 
Surrey. 
On Saturday morning, January 125 
the remains of the late Earl of Rofslyn 
were removed for mterment, from his 
Lerdfhip’s feat to St. Paul’s cathedral. 
Th following was the order of the pro- 
ceffion :— . 
he Undertaker. 
Two ConduGtors, on Horfeback. 
State Coach, Coronet and Cufhions - 
‘Two Conductors, on Harfebaclc. 
Ten Horfemen, in Cloaks. 
Hearfe and fix Horfes, decorated with Efcut- 
cheons, Feathers, and Helmets. 
The Coffin, covered with rich black Velvet, 
gilt Furniture, and Brafs Inferintion. 
His Lordfhip’s Arms, with the following 
Infcription: 
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURNy 
Ear or RossiyYn. 
Born 13th of February, 1733. Died 2d of 
January, 1895. 
Ten Pages on foot, with filk Bands and 
Truncheons. 
Five mourning Coaches, drawn by fix 
Horfes. each; two Pages attending each 
Coach. The firft and fecond contained the 
Pall-bearets 5 the third, the two Chief 
Mourners, and General Sir James St. Clair 
Erfkine, Bart.and Jolin Erfkine,Efq. ; Fourth 
Coach, friends of the Deceafed, and the fifth 
Domeftics. Her Ladyfhip’s carriages, and 
thofe of the prefent Lord Loughborough, é&c. 
followed empty. The cavalcade atrived at 
St. Paul’s at half patt three‘o’clock, where 
it was met by a Prebendary of the Cathedral, 
and being conducted co the chapel, the fer- 
vice was read, and the ceremony Gnithed. — 
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