415s Extracts strom: the Port - folio of a Man of Letters. 
** Having risen to command, he signalized 
his name in the West Indies, in Holland, 
and in Egyypt. The unremitting attention 
with which he devoted himself to thg duties 
of every branch of his profession, obtained 
him the confidence of Sir Ralph Abercromby, 
and he became the companion in arms of that 
illustrious officer, who fell at the head of his 
Victorious troops, in an action which main- 
tained our national superiority over the arms 
of France. 
-*¢ Thus Sir John Moore, at an early pe- 
riod obtained, with general approbation, that 
‘conspicuous station, in which he gloriously 
terminated his useful and honourable life. . 
** In a military character, ob‘ained amidst 
the dangers of climate, the privations inci- 
dent to service, and the sufferings of repeated 
wounds, it is difficult to select any one point 
as a preferable subject for praise 3 it exhibits, 
however, one feature so particularly charac- 
teristic of the man, and so important to the 
best interest of the service, that the com- 
mander in chief is pieased to mark it with his 
peculiar approbation. 
‘© The life of Sir John Moore was spent 
among the troops. 
‘« During the season of repose, his time 
was devoted to the care and instruction of the 
officer and soldier; in war, he courted service 
in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of 
personal considerations, he esteemed that 
to which his country called him, the post of 
honour, and by his undaunted spirit, and un- 
conquerable perseverance, he pointed the way 
to victory. _ 
«* His country, the object of his latest so- 
licitude, will rear a monument to his la- 
mented memory, and the commander in chief 
feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame 
by thus holding him forth as an example to 
the army.” 
Wesshall now conclude with some ob- 
servations relative to to his family.. Dr. 
letters. 
*%4 
[March 1, 
Moore, the father of the general died 
a few years since, leaving behind hirn, 
a most excellent character 1 in private lise, 
and a cle reputation in the republic of 
[lis mother, whom he meution- 
ed with his dying breath, still survives* 
her eldest son, and is not only deeply a- 
flicted by his loss, but has to bewail 
the deplorable situation of his brother 
Charles, who has been recently ae eh 
of his faculties. . 
Mr. James Moore, a surgeon of great 
promise, in 1789, obtained a prize medal 
. from the Lycewn Medicum Londinense ; 
Captain Graham Moore fought a gallant 
action in the Melampus,’ and. took the 
Ambuscade of forty guns. He acted as 
commodore of the fleet that conveyed 
the Prince Regent, and royal family of 
Portugal to the Brazils; while Mt. Fr: ‘au 
cis Moore, after being some time pri- 
vate secretary to the Duke of Leeds, is 
now deputy secretary tu the War OF 
fice. ' 
~ On the 8th of February, 1809,'a sub-" 
scription was opened in Glasgow, for 
erecting a monument to the, memory of 
the late General Sir John Moore, K.B. 
when 1500!. was immediately raised for . 
that purpose, and next day, being a va- 
tional fast, his fellow-citizens attended 
divine service in mourning. 
* Mrs, Moore resides at Cobham, in Sut 
rey. She wasa daughter of the late Dr. Sim= 
son, professor of divinity in the University 
of Glasgow, and a near relation of Prosesser 
Robert Simson, the restorer of ancient geo- 
metry: Mrs. Porteus, an aunt of the generat, 
is still alive at Glasgow, and another, Mrs. _ 
Mackintosh, lately died in that Ineighbour- 
hood. | 
Ewtracts from the Pori-folio of « Man of Letters, 
[Communications to this Article are always thankfully received. ] 
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bile HOGARTH. 
T.PGN setting up his carriage he paid 
a visit to the Lord Mayor, and 
having protracted his stay till a heavy 
shower came on, he was led out by a dif- 
férent door from that which he entered, 
and, unmindt{ul of his carriage, he set off 
on foot, and got home Pappine. wet, 
When’ Mrs. Elogarth asked him where 
‘He had left his cartiaze? ‘Tle said, he 
had forgot it.” 
BARROW, . 
- Earow mecting - Lord Rochester 
at court, his lordship, by way aditeatted, 
thus accosted } hinrs “ Doctor, am yours 
to my shoe tie,’ ’ Barrow, seeing his aim, 
returned his salute obsequidusly, witht 
“My lord, I am yours to the ground.” 
Rochester, improving his blow, quickly 
returned it with ** Doctor,’ I am yours 
to the centre,” which was as stiartly 
followed by Barrow, with “My lord, T 
am yours to the antipodes,” Upon -which, 
Rochester, scorning to be foiled by a) 
musty old piece’ ofdiviniry, as he used to 
call--hinn, ° ‘exclainied, a6 Doctor, 1am 
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