cases appeared circumstances of alleviation."—" Before lord Camelford left his lodgings on Tuesday night, the 6th instant," continues Mr. Cockburne, he inserted the fellowing paper in his will. It was written, indeed, in a moment of perturbation, and is not, therefore, as elegant and perspicuous as his writings usually were, but it strongly marks, in my opinion, the nobleness of his disposition. There are 6 many other matters which, at another time, I might be inclined to mention; but I will say nothing more at present than that, in the < present contest, I am fully and C entirely the aggressor, as well in the spirit as the letter of the < word; should I therefore lose my life in a contest of my own seck'ing, I most solemnly forbid any of my friends or relations, let them 'be of whatsoever description they may, from instituting any vexa'tious proceedings against my antagonist; and should, notwithstanding the above declaration on 'my part, the law of the land be put in force against him, I desire that this part of my will may be 'made known to the king, in order that his royal heart may be moved 'to extend his mercy towards him.' The principal part of his lordship's fortune he has bequeathed to his sister, lady Grenville, to be entirely at her own disposal. Her ladyship is also appointed sole executrix. His servants, though not mentioned in his will, he recommended in a very particular manner to lord Grenville. He has left several sums to be devoted to benevolent purposes. Lady Grenville (who is inconsolable) went twice to see her much-loved brother; but on account of the weak state of her health, the surgeons thought such a meeting might be attended with serious if not fatal consequences; and her good sense getting the better of even her feelings, she acquiesced in their determination, and returned to Dropmore. Her lord scarcely ever quitted the house till his noble friend and relative died. On the 12th, the coroner held an inquest, at the White Hart, near Hollandhouse, Kensington; and after hearing the evidence of some of lord Holland's servants (the only persons who were within hearing or sight of this melancholy transaction), and the report of the surgeon, the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder against a person or persons unknown." Mr. Simon Nicholson, who opened the body, stated, that he found the fifth rib broken, the right lobe of the lungs pierced through, and the ball lodged in the canal of the spinal marrow, having penetrated through the sixth vertebræ of the back. He also found on the right side of the chest the quantity of six quarts of blood, or rather more, had lodged; this pressed on the lungs, and consequently prevented them from exercising their ordinary operations. In his opinion, this circumstance was the immediate cause of his death. The body was then removed from Little Holland-house to Camelford-house, in Park-lane. On the 16th, the shop of Mr. Dawes, undertaker in Dean-street, Soho, was surrounded for several hours by the populace, anxious to see lord Camelford's exterior coffin. The covering of it is a beautiful crimson velvet, with double rows of silver nails on the lid; besides a multitude of eschutcheons and silver ornaments, a baron's coronet is placed at the head; at the feet a smaller one; and between both a square silver plate, with the arms of Camelford engraved upon it, and the following inscription: The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Camelford, died March 10th, 1804, aged 29. The sides of the coffin are superbly adorned with silver cherubim, coronets, handles, and a variety of ornaments at 5 o'clock it was carried to Camelford house, where the body, shrouded in white satin, and laid in a leaden coffin, was placed within it, preparatory to its being deposited, on the 17th, in a vault of St. Anne's church, Soho, there to remain till it can be conveyed to Berne, in Switzerland, agreeably to his lordship's desire, The day previous to his death, his lordship wrote, with his own hand, a codicil to his will; in which, in the most particular manner, he described the place where he wished his body to be buried, and assigned his reasons for this apparently extraordinary request. He prefaces his wish by stating, that persons in general have a strong attachment to the country which gave them birth, and on their death-bed usually desire their remains may be conveyed to their native land, however great the distance, to be interred. Altho' it may appear singular, his desire is the very reverse of this; and he begs that his dying request may be fulfilled. "I wish my body (says he) to be removed as soon as may be convenient to a country far distant!-to a spot not near the haunts of men; but where the surrounding scenery may smile upon my remains." It is situated on the borders of the lake of St. Lampierre, in the canton of Berne; and three trees stand in the particular spot. The centre tree he desires may be taken up, and his body being there deposited, immediately replaced." "Let no monument or stone be placed over my grave.' At the foot of this tree, his lordship adds, he formerly passed many solitary hours, contemplating the mutability of human affairs. As a compensation to the proprietors of the spot described, he has left 1,0001. In another part of his will he desires his relations will not go into mourning for him. 14th. Miss Frances Stackpole Turner, eldest daughter of Sir Gregory Page Turner, bart. 17th. At Bath, after a lingering illness, James Hare, esq. M. P. for Knaresborough. He married, 1774, the only daughter of the late sir Abraham Hume, bart. sister of the present baronet, by whom he had ' one daughter. This gentleman, son of an apothecary at Winchester, so celebrated for convivial wit, was one of the most accomplished men in our days. At Eton began, and at Oxford continued, that intimacy which matured into indissoluble friendship, and lasted to the close of his life, between him and that knot of eminent men who are thought to be the nearest the heart of Mr. Fox, whose patronage at Eton he repaid by assisting him in his idle hours. A higher idea cannot well be formed of the expectations excited by Mr. H.'s academical exercises than was conveyed by Mr. Fox; who, when, on receiving the praises which his first display in parliament justly called forth, replied, "Wait "till you hear Hare." In all the graces of conversation; in vivacity, in boundless wit, in social elocution, gaiety of mind, happiness of allu sion and combination; in the brightest conversations of an imagination fraught with the treasures of ingenuity, erudition, classical discrimination, and sound judgment, Hare was almost unrivalled; yet, in public speaking, he totally disappointed the ideas which his school-companions entertained and diffused of him in early life. Mr. Hare visited Paris on the conclusion of the late war, and returned home in an ill state of health, which terminated his life. At Ellingham, co. Northumberland, aged 71, Edward Haggerston, esq. uncle to sir Carnaby Haggerston, bart. 18th. At Totness, Devon, rearadmiral Epworth. He was an officer in the late admiral Keppel's ship at the taking of the Havannah, 1760, and was present at many of the naval conquests during that war. 19th. At his house in St. James'ssquare, in his 64th year, John Duke of Roxburgh, Marquis of Beaumont and Cesford, earl of Roxburgh and Kelso, viscount Broxmouth, baron Kerr of Roxburgh, Cesford, and Caverton, in Scotland, and also baron and earl Kerr of Wakefield, co. York, principal groom of the stole to the king, head lord of his majesty's bed-chamber, K. T. and lordlieutenant of the county of Rox. burgh. His grace was born in April, 1740, and succeeded to his titles and estates on the death of his father, August 20, 1755. He is succeeded in the dukedom of Roxburgh, the earldoms of Roxburgh and Kelso, the viscountcy of Broxmouth, barony of Kerr, &c. by lord Bellenden, who is married to a daughter of Mr. Bicheno, of Windsor, and niece of sir John Smith of Dorsetshire, but has no issue. His grace has left two mai den sisters, who were a distinguish. cd part of the beautiful groupe of bridemaids that attended the nuptial ceremonies of their present majesties. When a young man, he was as remarkable for his personal figure as for his mental accomplishments. While on his travels he was attached to the eldest sister of her present majesty; and there is little doubt but that he would have succeeded in making her his wife, had not the late princess of Wales, at the time, brought about the match between his majesty and the younger sister, our present gracious and good queen. Etiquette then interfered; and it was deemed indecorous that the elder sister should be the subject of the younger. This, operating with some other reasons, broke of the negociation; but both parties evinced the strength of their mutual attachment by devoting their after-lives to celibacy.-When his grace found himself draw near his dissolution, he desired no one might attend his corpse into Scotland but his steward and one old footman, who had faithfully served him a great number of years, and for whom his grace has left a legacy of 601. per ann. Accordingly, those two persons did attend; and, singular as it may appear, the footman lived long enough to reach the place of their destination, but was a corpse himself before the interment of his master took place. At his house in Great Georgestreet, Westminster, after a very short illness, the right honourable Richard Pepper Arden, baron Alvanley, of Alvanley, co. Chester, (so created May 22, 1801,) and lord chief justice of the court of common pleas. He was the second son of John Arden, esq. of Arden, in Cheshire. His christian name of Pepper was given from respect to his mother, who was the heiress of that family in the north riding of Yorkshire. He was educated at the school of Mr. Lawson, in Manchester, and under the immediate tuition of Thyer, the learned and loyal editor of Hudibras. From thence he carried a large stock of knowledge and literature to Trinity college, Cambridge, where he early distinguished himself by his public exercises, and gained the prize for the best declamation in the chapel. He commenced B. A. in 1766, when he was again successful, and was amongst the wranglers in a year conspicuously eminent for young men of abilities, in which his own college shone above the rest: and took the degree of M. A. in 1769. His merits were rewarded by that learned society electing him one of their fellows. In the intervals of his studies in the Middle Temple, he constantly visited his friends in college, whom he delighted by the goodness of his heart, his amiable disposition, and the pleasantry of his manners and conversation. fixed his residence in Lincoln's Inn, after finishing his studies in the Middle Temple; and it is said that he there lived on the same staircase with the late prime minister, and that they used to associate very much together. His diligence and assiduity soon recommended him to practice in the court of chancery. He had not been many years at the bar, when he contracted a suitable marriage with the daughter of Rich. Wilbraham Bootle, esq. of Cheshire, an opulent member of parliament; and by her he has left five children. The influence of his own and his lady's family brought him early into He He natu the house of commons. rally attached himself to his friend Mr Pitt, upon the great crisis in administration after the American war; and he is said to have then had influence to bring in an addition of six votes into the house to the side upon which he chose to range himself, His practice at the bar had, in the mean time, so increased, as to give him, though no favourite of lord Thurlow in the court of chancery, very considerable respectability in the public estimation as a lawyer. By the zealous friendship of Mr. Pitt, he was promoted to the appointment of master of the rolls, upon the late lord Kenyon's elevation to preside in the court of king's bench. He filled that important office with great credit to himself, and much satisfaction to the public, till the æra of Mr. Pitt's resignation. Among the changes which then ensued, he was advanced to the office of chief justice of the court of common pleas, in the room of lord Elden, then made lord high chancellor; and was also honoured with a peerage. In the court of common pleas, his arguments and judgments have been such as not a little to exalt the general esteem for his talents and learning as a lawyer. The court has been in his time filled with suitors and with business; and his sentences, even in the most dif. ficult cases, have given an universal satisfaction. In the house of com mous he was distinguished for speak ing with spirit, wit, and intelligence, rather than with commanding dig. nity. To his exertions as a speaker in the house of peers, even dignity of manner has not been wanting. He has filled several eminent situations; and in them all has been found more than equal to the duties of of the place, and to the expectations of the public. His conduct in private life has been uniformly upright and amiable; and his death is lamented as a loss to his country. He is succeeded by his eldest son, William, now lord Alvanley, an ensign in the Coldstream regiment of guards. His remains were interred, on the 26th, in the Rolls chapel, Chancery-lane. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John Strachey, D. D.; and the body was deposited in a vault on the right of the communion-table. The coffin was plain, but remarkably neat, covered with fine black cloth, adorned with a number of gilt ornaments, handles, and a plate inscribed, RICHARD PEPPER ARDEN, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, One of his Majesty's Right Honour able Privy Council, Died March the 19th, 1804, 19th. In his 61st year, universally esteemed and lamented, Philip Yorke, esq. of Erthig, co. Denbigh; a gentleman of superior endowments and the most benevolent disposition. His hospitality, friendship, and charity, made the ample fortune he inherited a common benefit; whilst the peculiar mildness and suavity of his manners endeared him to his relatives and to every one who had the honour of his acquaintance. He loved his country, and the constitution of its government, from a conviction of their excellence; and what he loved he was always ready to support, both in his public and private capacity, although constitutional diffidence would not allow him to speak in the house of commons, where he sat as burgess for Helstone and Grantham. But Mr. Yorke had a cultivated as well as benevolent mind, being well versed in most branches of polite literature; which an accurate and retentive memory enabled him to apply with great advantage. Of late years he turned his attention a good deal to Welsh history and genealogy, in which, from the specimens given in his "Royal Tribes of Wales," 1799, 4to. he appears to have made great progress. This study, rather dry in itself, was, in his hands, enlivened by a variety of authentic and entertaining anecdotes, many of which had escaped preceding historians, as well as genealogical discussions; and his book was adorned with portraits of eminent persons of Wales, well engraved by the late Mr. Bond. He had collected materials for a longer work of the same kind, which it is hoped will hereafter see the light. His taste for natural beauties was very correct; the pleasure grounds of Erthig are a decided proof of it. Of a character so respectable and amiable throughout, one of the most distinguishing traits was his talent for conversation; few equalled him here. Whatever he advanced arose naturally from the occasion; and was expressed in such a happy man. ner and choice of words as made him the very life and delight of society. As long as affection and gratitude retain their influence, so long will his memory be cherished by those who had an opportunity of knowing his worth. He was admitted fellow-commoner of Benet's college, Cambridge, 1765; created M. A. by mandamus, 1765; elected F. A. S. 1768; married Elizabeth youngest daughter of the late speaker of the house of commons, sir John |