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quietly in his grave, no longer pestered 
hy the shafts of Wilkes, or Junius; and 
even his disciple, the first Earl of Liver- 
pool, seems to have drepped quietly into 
the gulph ef oblivion. 
Lord North, afterwards Earl of Gui!- 
ford, will not however be so easiiy for- 
getien; for his long and ruinous admi- 
Histration was so intimately connected 
with the American contest, and the in- 
dependence of the colonies, that his 
name will of course be consigned to that 
sinistrous species of ‘everlasting fame,” 
of which few men would be desirous. 
The genius of Charles Fox was rather 
ebscurcd, and ali his glories were assur- 
edly eclipsed, by coalitions, in which he 
stipulated rather for his friends than his 
country. The youth of William Pitt was 
so promising, that his rising splendour 
seemed to outshine even the meridian ef- 
fulgence of his father’s glory ; but the ho- 
yizon soon assumed asanguine hue: and 
this bright sun, after a portentous course, 
set in darkness. Every battle fought, 
aid every tax levied, will recall the me- 
niory of a man, whose reputation is even 
now but equivocal. The Earl of Cha- 
tham, calculated to shine and to dazzle, 
moved like a comet in its orbit, and will 
live for ever in our annals. 
William-lenry Cavendish Bentinck, 
third Duke of Portland, by turns the rival 
and the colleague, tlie friend and the foe, 
of most, if not all, of these once celebrated 
men, was born Apr 13, 1738. He was 
_of Dutch extraction ;. and his immediate 
ancestors, like those of the Earls of Al- 
_bemarle, and Rochford, came over to 
this country at the Revolution of 1688. 
His family had been long settled in the 
province of Overyssel; but the first of 
them known‘to us, was Henry- Bentinck 
Heer Van Diepenham, who had issue 
three sons, the third of whom, William 
Van Bentinck, was brought upon. the 
Stadholderian household. While a boy, 
he acted as page to William Prince of 
Orange, and was afterwards advanced to 
the rank of a gentletnan of the bed- 
chamber. In 1670, he accompanied his 
Higtiness to England; and on the 20th 
of December, obtained the degree of 
-L.L.D. from the University of Oxford, 
“out of compliment to bis Highness, in 
whose suite he then was. 
His favour appears to have encreased 
with time, but it was at least equalled by 
his gratitude. Five years after bis return 
to his native country, he, at the risk of 
his own life, conferred such an obligation 
on his patron, as seems to have secured 
the attachment of the latter, during a 
mae 
Aflemorrs of the late Duke of Portland. 
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long series of years. In 1675, the Prince” 
was seized with the small-pox, then con= 
sidered as a most dreadful disease ; for at_ 
that period, the custom, afterwards intro- : 
duced by Lady Mary Montague, from the © 
East, was to the fullas much unknown: 
as the Jennerian system. In addition | 
to this, the nature avd treatment of the 
malady were alike undiscovered ; for in- 
stead of adopting the cool regimen of the | 
present day, the hot and dangerous sys- | 
tem, but lately exploded even here, then 
reigned in fuil force, so that a warm ate 
mosphere, and a profuse perspiration, | 
were tu be kept up by fires, blankets, 
&c. In compliance with this custom, 
/it was proposed by the Dutch physicians, 
that some one should be put to bed to. 
his. Highness, so. as to encourage the 
production of the pock, and a favourable 
issue to the malady, by the heat of some 
youthful body. Behe oy 
Mynheer Van Bentinck volunteered 
his services in this dangerous adventure ; | 
and thus created a fortune for himself, | 
and rank and honors of all kinds for his. 
posterity ! bat 
On his death-bed, William enquired | 
for the Earl of Portland, and that noble-— 
man being in attendance, immediately | 
made his appearance; but it was too) 
late: for although he had placed his ear 
as near as possible to his Majesty’s 
mouth, his lordship was unable to hear — 
any distinct articulate sound: and this’ 
great monarch demised a few minutes 
afterwards. He, himself, survived only 
about eight years; having died at Bul- 
strode, in the county of Bucks, Novem- 
ber 23, 1709, in the 6 fst year of his age> 
and was buried soon after, under the 
east window of Henry VII.’s chapel, in 
Westminster Abbey. — 
His sou Henry, second Earl, and first 
Duke of Portland, having injured his_ 
fortune greatly: by that disastrous spe- 
culation, usually termed the “ South-sea 
Bubble,” determined to repair it abroad. 
He accordingly went as governor. to 
Jamaica, in 1722, and died there, four 
years after, in the 45th year of his age. 
His eldest son, William, third Earl, and 
second Duke of Portland, by Lady 
Elizabeth Noel, eldest daughter and co- 
heir of Wrothesley Baptist, Earl of 
Gainsborough, with whom the lordship 
of Titchfield, in the county of South- 
ampton, came into the family, succeeded 
to the honours and estates. On his re- 
turn from his travels, he was appointed 
a lord of the bed-chamber. to the king; 
and in 1734, married Lady Margaret 
Cavendish Harley, only davghter and 
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