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    Thomas Mich ad No « wclly Esj . —l&arif Duchess of Gloucester * JSd . L&si ' us . —Le Brun * —Ear l ¦ ef S&Grborougb .

    don , where having remained some time he went to Paris , in order to become acquainted with the language , policy and manners of the French nation . Returning he became a etu < Jent of the Middle Temple , though the pages of Coke , &c . were not suited either to his taste or his

    genius . When he was on the eve of being called to the bar , his father died , and having a large family , could leave his son little besides a good example . He now passed much of his time at Oxford , either with men of congenial pursuits , or in consulting rare authors in the Bodkian Library . His first appearance as an author was anonymous in periodical

    publications . He compiled and translated many works , which have been "well received , and of which others have reaped the profits and the fame . Those which appeared with his name were written under very unfavourable circumstances , yet they shew what might have been expected from the writer , if composed in ease and retirement . The works that

    bear his name , are , « c The History of Ch . II . —The Reign of Geo . III . to 1783 . —Continuation of Rapin ' s History of England—Light reading for Leisure Hours . —Life of the Rt . Hon . Ed . Burke . —The British Cicero , " &c . All his writ ! ings are calculated to promote the cause of rational liberty , religion and virtue . In his younger days he projected a

    History of Ireland , and had collected materials for the work which was patronized by the Earl of Moira , who had often befriended him . He had just began to arrange the documents he had been , so Ippg collecting , when he was attacked by a dropsy , yet his cheerfulness deserted him only when he reflected on the distress in which lie must leave an amiable and

    affectionate wife in ill-health , in years , and without friends . During his illness , he parted with all his books to supply the necessities of the day , so that his widow was left without the means of paying " even the last sad tribute to his memory . M . M .

    Aug . 8 , at his seat the Retreat , near Danbury , Essex , aged 47 , THOMAS IVJICHAliL NOWELL , Esq . eminent » s a Physician and promoter of the vaccine inoculation in the North of France . In that country he \ ya . s so much respected even in the time of Robespierre , that every attention was paid to . himself , his

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    family , and any one whom it fell in hu way to protect . From Buonaparte he obtained permission either to return to England or travel in _ France . Aug . 23 , at her house at Brotnptda , in her 69 th year , MARIA DUCHESS of GLOUCESTER . She was the widow

    of the Earl of Waldegrave , when she married the late Duke in 1766 . The Duchess was , with the exception of Eajrl Cholmondeley , the only surviving liiieal descendant of Sir Robt . Walpo ! c , behig a daughter of his son , Sir Edward ,

    The marriage of the Duke pf Gloucester to this Lady , whose beauty is de * scribed as highly attractive , followed soon after by that of the Duke of Cuimbej > land to Mrs . Hbrton , gave occasion to tjie Royal Majsriage Act ^ which passed in 1772 , This act M restrains the

    descendants of G-eo . IIf from marrying withput the approbation of h £ s ~ majesty his heirs and successors , " ** evidently with the design of preventing such a contamination of the blood-royal , as had re » cently occurred . The influence of such a power over marriage on tKc personal virtue of Princes is sufficiently obvious Whether any reasons of state can justify it we shall not here discuss . It "was

    warmly opposed by the great lawyer . Lord Camden , andthc Marquis of Rocfcingham . The Peers , Richmond , Portland , Fitzwilliain , Lyttleton , Sec . also

    protested against it . The Lords Spiritual , as usual , when the Court speaks , were dutifully silent . In the House of Lords the Act was passed by a much larger majority than in the House of Commons where it was opposed chiefly by Sir W . Meredith .

    Lately at Paris , at the age of 66 imiich esteemed and regretted , M . LASSUS , surgeon , a member of the Institute , Librarian to that Establishment , a Profesaor in the medical school , and Consulting Surgeon to the Emperor . He was a man of extensive learning , and we 11 acquainted with the fine arts . He translated from

    the English with . elegance and accuracy several works on Surgery , and publish e d several original works . At Paris , Sept . 2 , at an advanced aget the Frencty poet , LE BRUN . He was a member of the National Institute , and of the Legion of Honour . Sept . 5 . at Bath , aged S 3- * the EARL of SCARBOROUGH , Ito thw noblw »«» *

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    554 Obituary *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/46/