month. She asked him, "What he thought of them ?" He replied, according to his wonted well-bred manners (for he is alfo a well-bred man), “I hope, Madam, they will not occafion any difference between your Ladyship and me!" It has been fuggefted that her Ladyfhip has left Hints and Memoirs of her Life, with particular inftructions to publish them. Her charms, however, though once the admiration of all men, and the envy of most women, were known chiefly to a race of men depart ed long fince. The Duke of Leeds and Lord Kilmory are almost the only farvivors of her fame and beauty. 66 P. 358. for "John AtkynsTracy" r. "John Tracy Atkyns, publisher of three volumes of Reports, held in confiderable eftimation by practitioners of the law." It should be noted too, that in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland there is but one curfitor baron, though four judicial ones. P. 3-0. Our correfpondent T.TRISTRAM fays, "You mention that the late Mr. R.gby cbtained the place of mafter of the Rolls in Ireland, which you term a finecure place of 40col. a year, in oppofition to the contending intereft of the then Primate Stone, who frongly folicited for his friend, the Primeferjeant Tifdall." Unhappily for Ireland, your allertion, that the maitership of the Rolls there is a finecure place, is too true; and it is therefore too frequently difpofed of to perfons not refident in Ireland. The only fatisfaction that country has under fuch appointments is, that the place is not really of hif the value you mention, even including the chances of felling the fix clerks' fents in the Court of Chancery, which are within the difpofal of the Mafter of the Rolls. Whether Primate Stone ever folicited the place for his friend Mr. Tifdall, I know not yet it is certain that Mr. T. never was primeferjeant in Ireland, but died in the office of attorney-general, which he held from the year 1760 to his death in 1777.-You mention alfo, that William Duke of Cumberland was preffing for the vacant chancellorfhip of Dublin," but was defeated by the activity of Mr. R, who procured the late Duke of Bedford to be elected. What is intended by the "chancellorship of Dublin" is not fo clear, there not being any fuch office: but the chancellorthip of the University of Dublin, I prefume, was the place meant. So far from the late Duke of Cumberland's preifing for that employment when the Duke of Bedford was elected, he was then actually dead; and by that death made the vacancy which the late Duke of Bedford was elected to fill in the year 1 65. Lieut.-Gen. Bernard Hale, now living, is the fon of Sir Bernard H. who was in 1722 conftituted Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, in the room of Sir Jeffery Gilbert, then made a Baron of the Exchequer at Weftminfter; and in which offices he was afterwards fucceeded, in Tri nity term, 1725, by the fame Sir Bernard; and Sir B. in 1730, by Sir Wm. Thompson. The following is a true copy of Mr. Rigby's will, as proved at London, May 19, 1788: "I hereby revoke all former wills, and declare this to be my last will and testament. I give to my natural daughter, Sarah Lucas, 5000l.: I give to her mother, now living at Ipfwich, recol.: I give to Mifs Jenny Pickard, of Colchester, an annuity, for her life, of recl. a year, out of the rents of my estate in Effex: and I recommend Mr. John Ambrofe to be continued steward to that estate, with a falary of 150l. a year, as I now pay him. I appoint Timothy Cafwall, efq. Daniel Macnamara, efq. of Lincoln's Inn Fields, and my nephew, Francis Hale, executors to this my will. And I give and bequeath to each of them 20ccl. for their trouble in the execution thereof. I give and bequeath all my eftates, real and perfonal, of every kind whatfoever, in equal proportions, amongst my two fifters, Anne Rigby and Martha Hale, and my nephew, Francis Hale, to be equally enjoyed by them, fhare and share alike, during their respective lives. After the death of one of them, the two furvivors of them to continue to divide and enjoy the fame in like manner, fhare and share alike. And to the furvivor of the three, I give all my real and perfonal eftates and effects, of every kind what foever, and to the heirs of fuch furvivor for ever. Written with my own hand, this 31ft of December, 1781, having called three of my fervants to be witnets to my figning and fealing of it. RICHARD RIGBY, Signed, fealed, and delivered, BENJAMIN LUCAS." P. 371. Mrs. Delany was fecond wife to the Dean of Down. His first lady (married July, 1732,) was the relict of Richard Tennifon, efq. by the death of whofe only daughter, an eftate of 2cool. a year devolved to Dr. D. for life. The fecond lady, whofe death we now record, appears to advantage (as Mrs. Pendarves) among the correspondents of Dean Swift; and Lord Orery ftyles her "a moft accomplished, agreeable woman." She was married to Dr. D. June 9, 1743She had the merit of a remarkably ingenious invention, of reprefenting plants by means of cut, paper, properly coloured; which, together with the utmoft botanical precifion, have all the beauty and spirit of drawing in water-colours.-The account we had adopted from the daily papers of the fong of "O my kitten" being written by Dean Swift on Mrs. D. are circumftances, we are informed by an intelligent correfpondent, entirely without foundation. That fong was not the production of the Irish Bard, nor concerning Mrs. Delany. It was written on a Mrs. French, a lady well known in the gay world by Biographical Anecdotes, Births, and Marriages, of eminent Perfons. 453 by the name of "The Kitten," who died April 20, 1745, at Kenfington Gravel Pits, at the age of 23 years. Thus far we had added to our former narrative, when we were favoured with the foldowing article from another correfpondent: "Mrs. Mary Delany, who died at her house in St. James's Place, April 15, 1788, within a month of the completion of her 88th year, was the daughter of Bernard Granville, efq.; married, firft, to Alexander Pendarves, of Rofcrow, co. Cornwall, efq.; and, fecondly, to Patrick Delany, Dean of Down in Ireland. She was niece to Geo. Granville Lord Lanfdowne, fecretary at war under Queen Anne, one of the first patrons of Pope, and himself a poet. In his fociety, which was that of a very polished court, the acquired, in her youth, a grace and dignity of manners which the preferved to the laft. Married early, and retired into a remote county, she had the leifure and good fenfe to cultivate a naturally vigourous mind; and her letters and converfation eminently evinced the good ufe fhe made of the opportunity. She poffeffed, in an uncommon degree, that quick feeling of the elegant and beautiful which constitutes tafte: fhe was peculiarly fitted, therefore, to fucceed in the fine arts. She made a great proficiency in mufic; but loved and excelled principally in painting, in which fhe has been equalled by few of her fex. When the failure of her eyes difabled her from purfuing the higher branches of the. art, in her 78th year the invented a new one, that of imitating flowers in paper mofaic; and, till her 83d, when the dininefs of her fight prevented her going on even with that, the completed 980 plants to a degree of perfection and effect not easily to be conceived but by those who have feen them. She preferved her warm affections and fine understanding to the laft; and crowned a long and exemplary life by a calm, compofed, and cheerful death, rendered thus eafy by reflections on her well-fpent days, in hopes of a happy immortality, and confidence in the mercies of her Creator and Redeemer.Whatever concern the fhewed was for her friends, not for herself. Iter latter years were not only adorned by the unfelicited munificence, but (what the valued infinitely more) were honoured by the kindeft, moft gracious, and moft condescending notice of the first perfonages in that kingdom; a happiness which few can deferve or hope to attain. But the was not (as has been mifrepresented in the News-papers) left in circumstances of pecuniary diftrefs at the death of her loved and honoured friend the Duchefs-dowager of Portland. She polieifed an income of above 6ool. per annum, confiting principally in a jointure from her firit hufband, and had near and dear relations who were able and anxious to have added to it, if her liberal and moderate spirit would have permitted or thought it neceffary.” P. 372, col. 2, 1. 35, r. "Gen. Markham." Ibid. 1. 43, r. “Rev. Anthony Fountayne Eyre, M.A. canon refidentiary of York Cathedral, to Kildwick Percy V. co. YorkRev. John Eyre, M. A. to Apefthorp, prebendary in the cathedral, York." BIRTHS. ADY of William Lygon, efq. of April | May 2. Lady of James Templer, efq. a fon. 9. Lady of Sir David Carnegie, bart. a dau. 13. Lady of Lord John Ruffell, a fon. ' 19. Lady of the Rt. Hon. Earl of Altamont, a fon and heir. L MARRIAGES. ATELY, in Dublin, Mr. Whaley, d brother to the Lady of the Attorneygencral of Ireland, to the Hon. Lad Anne Meade, daughter of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Clanwilliam. In Dublin, Mr. Elenzor Boulton, of Hackney, merchant, to Mifs Wilfon, of Mount Wilfon, in King's County, Ireland. In Dublin, John-William Fofter, efq. of Rofy-park, co. Louth, M.P. for the borougl of Dunleer in Ireland, to Mils M'Clure, only daughter of Hamilton M'C. efq. of Sackvilleplace, Dublin. At Violet-hill, co. Armagh, Ireland, Capt. Wm Campbell, of the 24th regiment, to Mifs Kelly, of Armagh. Rev. Dr. Cleaver, first chaplain to the Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, to Mifs Wynne, daugh. of the Rt. Hon. Owen W. At Edinburgh, Capt. Simon Paillie, in the E. India Company's fervice, to Mifs Alliton, dau. of the late Mr. And. A. merch. Edinb. At Sheffield, Richard Hope Price, efq of Manchester, to Mifs Maria Smilter, Sheffield. At St. Stephen's, Briftol, Rev. Meredith Jones, curate of Hawkesbury, to Mifs Mary Walker, of the fame place. At Dover, Steph. Soames, efq. of the Excife, to Mifs Anne Sharpe, of Dover. Rev. Tho. Hind, rector of Ardley, co. Osf. to Mifs Hamer, of Hamer-hall, near Rochdale. At Ingatestone, Effex, Mr. Jn. Brockway, of the Poultry, hotter, to Mifs Anne Eames, of Ingatestone. Mr. Tolbut, of Stratford, Effex, to Mifs Henrietta Partridge, 2d daughter of the late Mr. Jof. P. of Fenchurch-strect. At Iflington, Rev. Tho. Scotman, M.A. chaplain to Lord Carteret, and vicar of Faherton Delamer, Wilts, to Mifs Hand, young. daughter of the late Rev. Chrift. H. rector of Aller, co. Somerset. Rich. Vaughan, efq. of Mile-End, to Mrs. Ifab Pheasant, relict of Mr. Jas. P. of Aldgate. Mr. Wm. Porthoufe, of Friday-street, to M's Tinkler, of Walcot-place, Lambeth. John Bulleel, jun. etq. to Mits Perring, daughter of Tho. P. cfy. April 21. At Reading, Mr. James Cooper, bricklayer, to Mrs. Moore, widow of the Late late Mr. M. of Aldermafton, Berks. A few hours after the marriage, the bridegroom was feized with a fit, in which he continued, with frarcely any intermiffion, or once recovering his reason, till the 24th, when he died. 25. At Liverpool, Hen. Pickering, efq. of Thelwell, co. Chester, to Mifs Plallips. 28. At Wakefield, Col. Strawbenzee, in the Eaft India Company's fervice, to Mifs Cookfon, of Wakefield. pany's artillery at Madras, to Mifs M. E Darke, daugh. of Mr. D. of Ludgate-hill. 9. Mr. Slovin, of Newark upon Trent, to Mrs Diana Sabine, daughter of the late John S. efq. of Tewin, Herts, and colonel of the Coldstream regiment. 10. Rev. Tho. Waddington, of the Isle of Ely, to Mifs Yorke, eldest daughter of the Hon. and Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Ely. Mr. John Mafon Neale, of the Eaft India, 19. Mr. Wm. Surgey, of Leicester Fields, Houfe, to Mifs Sarah Mellor, of Soho. to Mifs R. Bailey, of Hackney. Edw. Addison, efq. of Surrey-ftr. to Mifs Jane Campbell, daughter of Major James C. M.P. and niece to Sir Archibald C. K.B. governor of Madras. Geo. Evans, eiq. of Southwark, to Mifs Frice, of Farnborough, Berks. 30. Mr. Wm. Whateley, attorney at Birmingham, to Mifs Welchman, of Kington. May 1. In Dublin, by fpecial licence, Sir Nicholas Conway Colthurft, bart. to Mits Harriet Latouche, dau. of Rt. Hon. David L. David Fell, efq. of Anverfham Grove, co. Oxford, to Mifs Gardiner, of Reading. At Romford, Effex, Rev. Matth. Wilfon, M.A. fellow of Trin. Coll. Cambr. to Mifs Barwis, eldest daughter of Jackfon B. efq. of Marthalls, near Romford. Mr. Bradley, of Fludyer-street, Westm. to M Evans, of Margaret-ftreet, Weitm. Rev. Mr. Hayes, of Dean's Yard, Westm. to Mifs Farrar, of the fame place. At Hifton, co. Cambr. Rev. Hen. Wilfon, rector of Kirby-Cane, co. Norfolk, to Mits Sumpter, dau. of Tho. S. efq. of Hifton. At North Cadbury, co. Somerset, Rev. Jas. Rogers, of Rainfcombe, Wilts, to Mifs Newman, dau. of Fra. N. efq. of Cadbury-house. Mr. Alex. Wilfon, furgeon to the Royal Artillery and Board of Ordnance, to Mrs. Anne Reid, of Gr. Russel-str. Bloomsbury. 3. James-Peter Auriol, efq. of Stratford Place, to Mifs Emmeline Jelf, daught. of the late Rich. J. efq. of Pend Hill, Surrey. Sam. Crawley, etq. of Keyfoe, co. Bedford, to Mifs Rankin, of Ragnall-hall, Notts. At Low Layton, Eliex, Mr. John Hambrough, of Gould- fquare, Cratched Friars, to Mrs. Couper, of Laytonstone. Mr. John Box, of Ludgate-str. jeweller, to Mifs Lycett, eldest daughter of John L. efq. of Weeping Crofs, near Stafford. 5. Rich. Calvert, efq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Mrs. Edfall, of Boreham, Ellex. 7. At Milborn Port, co. Somerset, the Rev. John Taylor, of Walmsley Chapel, co. Lancafter, to Mifs Scott, of Milborn Port, author of "The Female Advocate,' and of the Metliah," a poem lately published for the benefit of the General Hofpital at Bath. John Mandell, efq. of Great Poland-street, Oxford-fr. to Mrs. Rhodes, of Compton-ar. 8. At St. James's, Duke's Place, Stephen I adlow, ciq. of Peney-Gored, co. Pembroke, to Mrs. Williamfon, of Duke-str. Aldgate. Capt, Speediman, of the Eaft india Com 11. J. H. Browne, efq. of Badger, co. Sa lop, to Mifs Hay, daughter of the late Hon. Edw. H. governor of Barbadoes. At Warminster, Wilts, Mr. Nath. Davies, of Lothbury, attorney, to Mifs Eliz. Wilton. 12. Tho. Kemp, efq. of the Custom-house, Lond. to Mrs. Spencer, of Thames-street. At Cublington, Bucks, Rev. Cha. Ashfield, to Mifs Wodley, dau. of Rev. Mr. W. in the commiffion of peace for that county. 13. Sir Egerton Leigh, bart, to Mrs. Beau champ, daughter of the late Sir Edw. Boughton, bart. of Lawford-hall, co. Warwick. At Canterbury, Rey. Wm. Gregory, rector of St. Andrew's, and one of the fix preachers in that Cathedral, to Mifs Cather. Sayer, zd da of late Geo. S. efq. of Pett, Kent. 14. At St. Martin's, Ludgate, Henry King, efq. of Lynn Regis, to Miss Anne Southgate, of Ludgate-hill. 15. Wm. Rochfort, efq. nephew to the late Earl of Belvidere, to Mifs Sperting, dau of Hen. S. efq, of Dynes, Effex. Rob. Entwistle, efq. of Club-row, Bethnal-green, to Mifs Anne Manfell, of ditto. 16. John Mill, efq. of Walcot Place, Lam beth, to Mifs Hodge, of Stepney Causeway. Sir Edm. Affleck, bart. rear-admiral of the Red, and M.P. for Colchester, to Mrs. Smithers, a widow lady from New York. 17. Mr. Edw. Windus, of Bishopsgate-ftr. to Mifs Godfrey, of the fame place. Frederick-John Pigou, efq. of Berner-ftr, to Mifs Louifa Minchin, daughter of Humphrey M. efq. M.P. for Oakhampton. Henry Stretchy Amiel, efq. of Great Ma ry-la-Bonne-street, to Mifs Charlotte Court, of Cecil-street, daughter of the late Sam. C. efq. of Penninfborough, near Hertford. Geo. Newland, efq. of the Temple, to Mifs Eliz. Brufen, of Putney. 19. Dr. Hodfon, of Hatton-street, to Mifs Clarkson, of Market-str. St. James's. 20. At Sir James Tylney Long's, the Earl of Plymouth, to the Hon. Mifs Archer, one of the daughters of the late Lord A. 21. Henry Curfon, efq. of Waterperry, co. Oxford, eldest son of the Hon. Francis Roper, to Mifs Hawkins, daughter of Tho. H. efq. of Nash Court, Kent. 22. At Reading, Tho. Skeete,M.D. of Char ter-house-iquare, to Mifs King, of Reading. At the chapel of Bridewell-hofpital, Wm. Thoyts, efq. of Sulhamited Abbots, Berks, to Mifs Jane Newman, daught. of Abraham N. eiq. of Fenchurch street. 23. At Marriages and Deaths of confiderable Perfons. 23. At Newington Butts, Daniel William Stow, efq. of the General Poft-office, to Mifs Harriet Broughton, of Great Ruffel-street. Sir Ja. Maxwell, bart. of Springfield Caft. in Scotland, to Mifs Gardiner, only daughter of the late Rich. G. efq. of Inglethorpe-hall. 24. At Cheam, Ofborne Barwell, efq. of Abingdon-street, Weftm. to Mifs Sanxey. John Harding, efq. to Mifs Barne, ad dau. of the late Miles B. efq. of Sotterley, Suff. George Fothergill, efq. of Park-street, to Mifs Whetham, eldest daughter of Tho. W. efq. of Stragenhoe-park, Herts. At Chelsea, Mr. Geo. Coleman, of Watling-street, filk-weaver, to Miss Smith, of Overigton, Hants. At the chapel in the Square, Bath, John Moore, efq. to Mifs Brabazon, of Bath. John Plumptre, efq. only fan of John P. efq. of Nottinghamshire, formerly M.P. for Nottingham, to Mifs Chatlotte Pemberton, dau. of Rev. Jer. P. of Trumpington, Camb. 25. Tho. Marshall, efq. of the Stamp-of fice, to Mrs. Webber, of Bristol. 26. At St. Martin in the Fields, Mr. Geo. Weiffenborn, of May's-buildings, man's mercer, to Miss Eliz. Capreol, of Hitchin, Herts. T Bombay, Mr. T. Allen, late of Feb... Nov.... At Arcot, Patrick Pringle, efq. furgeon on the Madras establishment. 465 lineated as by Gefner. The greater part of. his pictures are fent to England, where Gefner the painter is perhaps better known than Gefner the poet," We have just now been informed, by the public prints, that a monument is to be erected to his memory on the Schuffenplaffe, a public walk on the banks of the Limmat, juft without the gates of Zurich. We shall here add a list of his writings, viz. 1. "Die Nachte, ein Prafaiches Gedicht," (Night, a Poem in Profe,) 8vo, Zurich, 1750;-2. " Ynkle und Yarico," 8vo, ibid. 17543-3. "Idyllen" (Idyls), 8vo, ibid. 1756, and reprinted in 1760 and 1765; 4."Der Tod Abels" (the Death of Abel), 8vo, ibid. 1758, and reprinted in 1760 and. 1765: of this there is an English translation; 5. "Daphnis," 8vo, ibid. 1760;-6."Schriften" (Mifcellanies), in four parts, with vignettes, 8vo, ibid. 1762, 1765, 1767, 1770;7."Evander,a Pastoral Poem;"-8." Ernst," ditto;-9. "Moralifche Erzahlungen und Idyllen" (Moral Tales and Idyls), intended as a fifth part of his Mifcellanies. Several engraved portraits of him are extant. 10. At Jamaica, John Vernon, efq. distinguished, while living, for his integrity, and at his death for gratitude of heart. April 6. At Canterbury, Mr. Edw. Engeham, fhoe-maker, one of whose ancestors (Sir Edw. E. of Goodnestone,) ferved the office of theriff and was knighted in the reign of King Charles II. 8. At Hawes, co. York, aged 105, John Scarr, a pauper. He could thread a needle without fpectacles, and crack nuts in the latt year of his life, as well as moft young people. 13. At Woodbridge, aged 92, Mrs. S.... grand-mother to the wife of Mr. Loder, prin Dec. 11. In China, aged 38, Mr. Thomas Manley Hulke, of Deal, in Kent, a lieutenant of the royal navy, and first mate of the Queenter there. Notwithstanding her advanced Eaft India-man. 1788. March 2. Ofapoplexy, Mr. Solomon Gefner, bookfeller at Zurich, in Switzerland, and author of many elegant and admired poems in the German language. He was born at Zurich in 1730; and for feveral years before his death was a member of the fenate of his native city. He was an admirable landscape painter as well as poet.-Profeffor Meiners, of Goettingen, in his Briefe ueber die Schweiz, (Letters on Switzerland, a work, by the bye, of which we should be happy to fee an English translation,) speaking of this ingenious man, fays, "His pictures are in general small landfeape pieces, which, on the score of invention, composition, drawing, and colouring, are, in every respect, like his Idyls. In both, Fable, Nature, and Art, are in the happiest manner combined. No piece is a mere imitation of Nature. Men and buildings are almost always delineated according to Greek ideas; but the rural objects are collected from his own country: and in truth thefe are fuch as no art or ima gination can excel. Never have I seen waterfalls and trees fo happily and variously de GENT. MAO. May, 1788. age, fhe has left only 21 lineal defcendants, viz. 4 in the second generation, and 17 in the third. Her remains were interred in the church-yard of St. Nicholas parish, Ipfwich. Mrs. S's grand-father, Mr. Jn. Wade, twice ferved the office of bailiff in the corporation of Ipfwich; in whofe time the fine ftatue of Juftice was placed upon the Corn Cross, so justly admired by all travellers. 15. Rich. Sail, efq. of the Gen. Poft-office. 16. At Paris, George Le Clerc, Count de Buffon, Lord of Montbait, Marquis of Rougemont, Viscount of Quincy, intendant of the King's gardens and cabinets of natural hiftory, member of the French Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Royal Society of London, and of the Royal and Literary Societies of Berlin, Petersburgh, Bologna, Florence, Edinburgh, Philadelphia, Dijon, &c. was one of the most elegant writers in France, in point of ftyle; a man of uncommon genius, and furprising eloquence: the most aftonishing interpreter of Nature that perhaps ever exifted: he might have faid, Je ne dois qu'à moi feul toute ma renommée."France," fays the Editor of the "Mercure" He (a weekly Magazine), "has been unluckily deprived, within this century, of many excellent writers of real genius, and the brilliant fhoots of the learned age of Lewis XIV.; but the greatest lofs this kingdom ever fuftained is certainly the Count de Buffon's death. He was born on the 7th of September, 1707, and died, after a long and painful illness, on the 16th of April, 1788. Notwithstanding the nature and extent of his works, his application was indefatigable, and his life, even to a few months before his death, conftantly devoted to the fciences. His body, en:balmed, was prefented, on the 18th, at St. Medard's church, and conveyed afterwards to Montbard in Burgundy, where this illuftrious writer had requested in his will to be interred, in the fame vault with his wife. His funeral was attended with a pomp rarely bestowed on dignity, opulence, or power. A numerous concourfe of academicians, and perfons diftinguished by rank and polite literature, met, in order to pay the fincere homage deservedly due to fo great a philofopher. Full 20,000 fpectators crowd ed the streets the hearfe was to pafs through, and expreffed the fame curiofity as if the ceremony had been for a monarch. Such is the reverence we feel for the learned in general; and I cannot help relating a fhort anecdote, that fully evinces the truth of this affertion: During the laft war, the captains of English privateers, whenever they found in their prizes any boxes addreffed to Count de Buffon (and many were addreffed to him From every part of the world), immediately forwarded them to Paris, without opening them; whereas thofe directed to the King of Spain were generally feized. The crews of cruizing veffels thewed more respect to Genius than to Sovereignty.-Count de Buffon was in his perfect fenfes till within a few hours of his diffolution. The very morning of the 15th he ordered fome work to be done in the botanic garden (Jardin du Roi), and remitted the fum of 18,050 livres (750l.) to M. Thouin the gardener, who has contributed very much to embellish that delightful fpot on the banks of the Seine. At the opening of the corpfe, 57 ftones were found in his bladder, fome as large as a small bean; 30 of them were chryftalised in a triangular form, and weighed altogether two ounces and fix drams. All his other parts were perfectly found. The brain was found of a fize rather greater than ordinary. The gentlemen of the faculty, who were prefent at the opening of the body, unanimously agreed that he might have been eafily cut, and without the leaft danger; but M. de Buffon's conftant doubts of the existence of fuch an obstruction, and his dreadful apprehenfions for the fuccefs of the operation, made him perfift in letting Nature perform her functions undisturbed; and he repeatedly faid, he would truft to her. And indeed none could rely fo well on the effects of bountcous Nature as the Count, for 1 Out. none had been fo liberally gratified: on his manly and noble figure the had stamped the outward figns of uncommon intelligence.”— "Four bright lamps," fays a French writer in the " Journal of Paris," "are now totally extinguished in France. They were fufpended in the Temple of Genius; and from the bofom of this kingdem diffused their extenfive light all over the universe. One, af ter having diffipated the clouds that enveloped the causes of the grandeur and decline of the Roman empire, threw a new and fplendid light over the immenfe volumes of law; with the great Montefquieu this lamp went Brilliant and beneficent rays, with due gradations of heat, like the folar ones, iffued from the fecond lamp, which gave new charms to the Sciences, and explained them in a clear and feducing manner: the Arts found, in this effulgent light, an amiable and fure guide: Hiftory was taught a quick, fteady, and lively march: Poetry all the eclat and fplendour of the celeftial manfions whence the fprings: Philofophy appeared clad in the foft attirement of the Graces; and Man felt in his heart fronger emotions of humanity; Voltaire's death extinguished this wonderful lamp. A flame, now devouring like those of the Tropics, now foft as the genial rays of blufhing Morn; now melancholy, tender, and affecting as the fair beams of the Cyn thian Goddefs, inflamed the enraptured foul with the holy enthusiasm of Virtue, and caft over Morality the attracting colours of Vo luptuoufnefs. The country smiled with fuch bewitching charms, that man longed to partake of rural toils and fports At the ap pearance of this powerful flame foon vanished barbarous Prejudice, the origin of Bondage and of Tyranny. The unnatural fhackles that confined children were broken with the chains that enthralled the mind; Heaven, and the august countenance of the Almighty, food then confeffed before aftonished man, who became good, humane, and happy in the charming vifions of Hope. With Rouf feau's breath the foftering flame abated; but a new star, by Nature formed to spread a wondrous light over all her works, began to fhine with a majestic and unparalleled luftre. Its courfe was marked by Pomp, its motion by Harmony, its repose by Serenity. All eyes, even the weakest, were fond of contemplating it. From its refulgent car it spread magnificence over the universe; and as Gon affembled, in the narrow space of the ark, all the works of the creation, fo this great luminary re-united, on the verdant banks of the Seine, the animals, the vegetables, and the minerals, that are difperfed in the four quarters of the world. All forms, all colours, all riches, and all instincts, were offered to our eyes, and our intellectual faculties. All things were developed, all things were ennobled, and adorned with fplendour, intereít, or grace. But a fable funeral veil is fpread, alas! over this bright and |