style, often highly embellifhed, yet without ever lofing the sentiment in the glare of colouring, is the characteristick of all Dr. Hunter's works; and many fhining pafLages in the "Sacred Biography" bear teftimony to his genius. The talk of tranflation, when well executed, is supposed to indicate talents little inferior to thofe of the original author; and in this department Dr. Hunter has feldom been equalled. His tranflation of the beautiful and enthufiaftic works of St. Pierre has been univerfilly read and admired; and here, if in any inftance, the tranflator entered into the fpirit of the author; and the glow of benevolence which gives life to every page of the "Studies of Nature" was entirely congenial to the feelings of the tranflator. Sonini's Travels in Egypt*, the 6th volume of Saurin's Sermons, Caftera's Life of Catherine of Ruffa, and Euler's Letters to a German Princess, 1795, 2 vols. 8vo, have all been given by Dr. H. in an English drefs, and all received with approbation. But the most fplendid tranflation which he executed is Lavater's large work on Phyfiognomy. The ingenious fpeculation of that philofopher were no fooner published, than they excited the greatest attention all over Europe. The enthusiasm with which they were delivered, and the field which they opened for the exercife of fancy and inge. nuity, foon rendered phyfiognomy a favourite study; and every one hoped to learn from Lavater the means of diving into the thoughts of others, and realizing the antient philofopher's idea of placing a window in the breast. The elegance with which the English edition tranflated by Dr. Hunter is executed is a fufficient proof of the value in which it was held. The execution of the plates and printing is indeed fuperb, and the merits of the tranflator are fupported by the teftimony of Lavater himfelf. It was on this occafion that Dr. Hunter paid a vifit to this celebrated philofopher; and he then found, that as their profeffions were the fame, fo their fentiments, their feelings, and their opinions, were altogether alike. A complete acquaintance with the French language enabled him to enjoy Lavater's converfation freely; and he ever afterwards talked with rapture of the fimplicity of manners, the unaffected piety, the unbounded benevolence, and the penetrating genius, of this valued friend. The bare mention of that barbarous cruelty which matfacred the virtuous Lavater, was fufficient to make him fhrink back with horror. But if Dr. Hunter was confpicuous as an author, he was ftill more to be admired as a man. An un

* Of this tranflation of Sonini, see our vol. LXXI. p. 151; a more correct tranflation having been published for Debrett.

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bounded flow of benevolence which made him enjoy and give enjoyment to every society, joined to a warmth of feeling which made him take an interest in every occurrence, rendered him the delight of all his acquaintance. His focial talents were of the highest order. An easy flow of converfation, never loud, never overbearing, and completely free from affectation; an inexhaustible fund of pleafani anecdotes and occafional flashes of wit and humour, never failed to make every company he joined pleafed with him and with themfelves. He was particularly happy in adapting his converfation to thofe he converfed with; and while to a lady his converfation appeared that of a polished gentleman, the fcholar was furprised by his ant quotations from the clafficks, and the eafe with which he conversed on every fuhject. Among a circle of his literary friends, indeed, where he could give a loose to his flow of foul, his focial powers were unrivaled. But while thofe friends who enjoyed the pleafures of his fociety look back with regret to the happy hours they have spent in his company, the poor and diftreffed, who have fo often experienced the effects of his active benevolence, have indeed caufe to mourn for their lofs. In promoting every berevolent plan he was ready to stand foremost ; and never failed to contribute greatly to its fuccefs. As chaplain to the Scots Corporation, he had often an opportunity, by his influence, of relieving his diftreffed coun trymen; and, as fecretary to the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge, his activity in the cause of Religion will be remembered. His private charities were as numerous as the objects of compaffion which occurred to him; nor should his unbounded and chearful hofpitality be forgot among his other virtues. The crowded attendance and the univerfal regret of his congregation are the best proofs of the effect of his pulpit eloquence. Entirely free from the cant of Methodism, which difg: aces forme of the Diffenting Clergymen now in England, and incapable of ftooping to acquire popularity by the arts of fanatical declamation, or the affectation of fanctity, his folemn and earnest manner were calculated to make the deepest imprethion. His enlightened and liberal ideas of religion made his meeting-house the refort of the leading Scotfmen in London; and it was here that the inhabitants of the Southern part of the ifland (who have had too much reafon, from the conduct of Prefbyterians, to indulge prejudices against them,) had an opportunity of oblerving a fpecimen of that Church which produced a Blair and a Robertfon. The benefits derived from this to the Christian Religion are incalculable; and it is to he hoped, that the refpectable members of the London

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trious families in Scotland; to wit, Hamilton and Brandon, Dundonald, Sutherland, Crauford, Galloway, Strathmore, &c. &c. She was buried in her husband's familyVault in Covent-garden church. His eldest fon, Charles, lieutenant of marines, and ftudent of the academy of painting, died at the marine barracks at Chatham, in his 20th year, Dec. 14, 1779. Two other fons, John and Samuel, refpect.ble young men, have been engaged, for fome years, as clerks in the Sun Fire-office; and one of his daughters married Mr. Pearson, the celebrated glass-ftainer. Few men of this country had fo much bibliographical knowledge; and perhaps we never had a book feller who knew fo much of the contents of books generally; and he was particularly well acquainted with our English poets. If, in his employment of taking cat logues, he met with a book he had not feen before, which excited his curiofi y, or interested his feelings, they must be grati fied, and his attendant might emufe himfelf as he chofe. The confequence was, that, on many occafions, catalogues could be procured only a few hours before the fale commenced. The immediate caufe of his death was a hurt in bis leg, which happened from stumbling in the dark over a fmall dog-kennel most abfurdly left by his landlady (as fervant-maids too often leave pails) at the bottom of a fair-cafe. The wound turned to a morrtification, which foon ended fatally

Mr. John Wagstaff, an eminent builder, of Daventry; who had twice ferved the office of chief magiftrate.

Mrs. White, of Walling Wells park, co. Nottingham, widow and relict of Taylor W. efq and one of the two daughters and coheireffes of Sir Haac Woollafton, late of Lofeby, co. Leicester, bart.; by whofe death a very confiderable estate devolves to her eldest fon, Thomas Woollafton White, efq. of Walling Wells, the nephew and heir of the late John White, efq. who fat in parliament feveral years for the borough of Retford.

Mr. Thomas Jones, of the Hay-market, one of his Majesty's yeomen.

Aged 19, after 10 days illness of an inflammation of the bowels, while on a vifit at Wm Adam's, efq. in Richmond park, Mifs Elizabeth Elphinstone, fecond daughter of the Hon. W'm. E.

30. At his private retreat of BroughtonSulney, Notts, of which village he had heen the paftor for more than 30 years, fome time previous to which he kept an academy for young gentlemen at Bingham, in that county, the Rev. Charles Wildbore. He particularly excelled in the intricate fcience of the mathematics, and had for many years been the editor of the "Gentleman's Diary, and to his productions in which work, as well as others, he gene

rally concealed his real name under the fictitious fignature of "EUMENES." At an earlier period of life he was a reviewer of the Philofophical Tranfactions, in which truft, as well as feveral others committed to his care and infpection, he fo well acquitted himself, that he was folicited to become a member of the Royal Society; but this honour he very modeftly declined, in a letter to the then Prefident, remarking, among other things, "that his ambition bat never led him to vifit the metropolis; and if he accepted the honour of being one of that learned Society, he should with, not to be a paffive, but an active member; to be which, he fuppofed that it would be neceffary for him to come forward in the world, which he had not the least inclination to do, preferring his village retirement infinitely beyond the bufy hum of men,' and to be styled the humble village Paftor,' without the addition of the initials F. R.S."

He was intimately acquainted, by corre fpondence, with many learned men (for he fcarcely ever faw any of them), particulady with the celebrated Chas. Hutton, LL.D. teacher of the Royal Academy at Woolwich, for whom he entertained a very high esteem. Though pretty far advanced in the vale of life, he had a remarkably strong and retentive memory, as a proof of which, he has told the writer hereof, that he made a common practice of folving the most obftrufe queftions in the mathematicks without ever committing a fingle figure, &c. to paper till finished; and, upon its being obferved "how much pen and paper might affift him!" he replied, "I have, my friend! to thank God for a moft retentive memory; and fo long as it is enabled to exercife it's functions, it fhall not have any. affittance from art." When his mind was occupied in close ftudy, he always walked to and fro in an obfcure part of his garden, where he could neither fee nor be leen of any one, and frequently paced, in this manner, feveral miles in a day. As a proof of the humbleness of his mind, he would frequently talk of the obfcurity of his parentage;-of his having received the filt rudiments of his education at the "Blue Coat fchool” in Nottingham, and of the many menial offices he went through in his juvenile days. Befides his many other friends, he has left, to deplore his lofs, a widow and an only fon, the Rev. Charles Wildbore, rector of Tilton, in Leicestershire, worth about 2501. per ano. the reverfion of which his father purchased for him fome time before the death of the late incumbent. Aged 68, the wife of Henry Bentley, efq. of Brigg, co. Lincoln.

Aged 83, William Beech, M. D. of the Abbey-foregate, Shrewsbury.

At Catisfield, Hants, in her 24th year, the wife of the Hon. Henry Blackwood, captain in the royal navy.

At Kensington, Mr. J. Lamb, furgeon. In a very advanced age, Edward Bull, efq. of New Ormond-street.

The wife of Mr. Makepeace, of Serleftreet, Lincoln's-inn.

At Paris, of a complaint in his lungs, after an illness of 12 days, aged 56, CharlesAlexander de Calonne. He was a native of Douai, bere his father was First Pre fident of the Parliament, as he himfelf was, afterwards, Attorney Gene: al. His fubfequent appointment to be Maitre des Requêtes occafioned his removal from Douai to Paris, where he finally became Comptroleur des Finances. His fubfequent hiftory, his retiring with a large fortune to this country, his devoting that fortune to the caufe of the emigrant Princes of the Houfe of Bourbon, are circumstances well known. Few men have more deeply interested the fortunes and fate of a nation than this man. It was he who fuggefted the idea of the Affembly of the Notables, which give rife to the Convocation of the States General. M. de C. was particularly amiable and pleasant as a companion. He openly ridiculed and condemned that official referve and taciturnity with which fefs able Statesmen are apt to protect their reputation from approach and enquiry. He made no fecret of his opinions, and his friends had the benefit of his obfervation upon the most interesting fubjects. H's writings are claffical and eloquent. They are full of fire, and his language poffetles a force unknown to it in any other mouth. He is fincerely regretted by the most enlightened men of this country, with whom he lived in habits of intimacy, and to whofe information and amufement no individual contributed in an equal degree. Some idea of his "Letter on the State of France prefent and future," may be formed from the review of it, vol. LX. pp. 1112, 12016 31. At his houfe at Maryland point, near Stratford, Effex, Mr. Wm. Emblin, many years mafter of the academy at Laytontone, from which he had retired 2 years. At Bath, the relict of Dr. Foley, dean of Worcester, and great aunt to the present Lord Foley.

Mifs E. Latham, daughter of Mr. Thomas L. of Champion-hill.

At Rochester, after a long and painful illness, the wife of Mr. Nower, coachmaker. She was regarded, not only for her maternal affection, but for her many ufeful qualities; and will be long remembered by all who were witneffes of her affiduous care and attention.

Lately, at Paris, aged 92, Madame Marie Anne Lepage du Bocage. She was born at Rouen, Oct. 22, 1710; and was educated in a convent at Paris. She was a Member of the Academies of Rome, Lyon, Rouen, &c.; and in 1746 obtained the first prize for Poetry, given by the Academy of Rouen. This lady is often men

3. Of a long-confirmed asthma, aged 50, Mr. John Mapples. He was brought up in the office of Mr. Nichols, as a printer ; but, being of a volatile difpofition, and poffeffing a confiderable share of humour, and fomething of the vis comica, very early exchanged his fituation in life for that of an itinerant player, and for many years made no inconfiderable figure in the Dre matis Perfona of various country theatres, particularly in thofe characters of old men which are marked with drollery. health compelling him to quit the stage, he, for the last fix years, refumed his original profeffion in the houfe of his former employer; but, from the feverity of his ditorer, was under the neceffity of paffing nearly half his time in a fick bed; where, highly to the honour of Humanity, his anguifh has been alleviated by the kind attention of his fellow-work.men, at the expence of not less than tool. By the fame benevolent friends his humble funeral was attended, its moderate charge defrayed, and a fmall furplus bestowed on a diftreffed widow.

At Bitlingborough, co. Lincoln, aged 83, the Rev. John Towers, upwards of fifty years vicar of that parish, and of Threekingham; to the former of which he was prefented by the fate Bishop Thomas, in 1759, by lapfe.

Aged 70, Alexander Scott, efq.

4. At Cheam, Surrey, Mrs. Pybus, daugh. of the late Small, efq. and widow of John P. efq. and mother of Charles Small P. efq. one of the lords commiffioners of the Treasury.

5. Aged 67, the Rev. John Burrough, D. D. fenior fellow of Magdalen college, Oxford; where he proceeded M.A. 1758, B.D. 1766, D.D. 1773; rector of Farlington, near Havant, Suffex, in the gift of Mr. Taylor; and a Whitehall preacher.

6.Mrs.