fubject to little or no pain, and died perfectly compofed and refigned. He was born at Gredington, in Flintshire, 1733; and was the eldeft furviving fon of Lloyd Kenyon, efq. originally of Bryno in the fame county, and one of the younger fons of the antient family of Kenyon of Peele in Lancashire. He received the elementary part of his education at Ruthen in Denbighshire, whence he was taken, at an early age, and articled to Mr. W. J. Tomlifon, an eminent attorney at Nantwich, in Cheshire. On the expiration of his articles, Mr. Kenyon determined to enter into a line which afforded a rore ample scope to his industry and talents, and, accordingly, became a member of the Society of Lincoln's Inn, in Trinity Term 1754, and, after a fedulous application to the requifite ftudies, was called to the bar in Hilary Term 1761. In the early part of his profeffional career, his advancement was but flow; he was unaffifted by thofe means which powerful connexion and intereft afford. The branch of his profeffion to which he chiefly applied himself, that of conveyancing, was not calculated to bring him forward into public notice; but the fterling merit of genuine abilities and perfevering industry were not to be overlooked. He rofe gradually into practice; few opinions at the bar, at the time, carried more weight and authority, and he was frequently recurred to as an advocate. In 1773 he formed a matrimonial connexion with his relative, Mary, the third daughter of George Kenyon, of Pede; and, not long after, contracted an intimacy with Mr. afterwards Lord Thurlow, and chancellor. About this period too, and for fome years after, his practice in the Court of Chancery was very extenfive and of the moit lucrative kind, by which, as well as in the other lines of his profeffion, The acquired a very confiderable property. In 1780 a circumftance occurred which not a little contributed to establish his reputation as an advocate and a public fpeaker, his being employed as leading counsel for the defence of the late Lord George Gordon, on a charge of high treafon; on this interefting occafion his fecond was Mr Erikine, who on that day diftinguished Linflf in fuch a manner as in a great degree laid the foundation of his future fame. In April 1781, foon after the acceffion of the Rockingham party to ministerial power, Mr. K. was, without ferving the intermediate office of folicitor, appointed o the important fituation of attorncy-general, and at the fame time, chief justice of Chefter; in the former office he fucceeded the late James Wallace, efq. The circumftance of his direct promotion to the office of attorney general was regarded as a fingular inftance; this however is erroneous, milar promotions have before occurred,

and the cafe of Sir Edward Law, (the late attorney-general, now Lord Ellenborough, his fucceffor as lord chief justice), is a recent inftance. In parliament Mr. K. took a decided part in politicks, warmly attaching himself to the party of Mr. Pitt; and diftingu fhing himself not a little by his fpeeches on the noted affair of the Coalition, Mr. Fox's India 3, &c. March 1784 he was appointed Master of the Rolls, an office of high judicial dignity, and generally leading to ftill higher legal honours; yet its emoluments fell very fhort of thofe which he neceffarily relinquifhed by difcontinuing his profeffional purfuits as a counfel. About this time he was created a baronet. In this fituation Sir Lloyd Kenyon continued till the latter end of May 1783, when, on the refignation of the venerable Earl of Mansfield, who, for the long interval of 32 years, had held the honourable and very impor Lant office of chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, he was appointed to fucceed him, and at the fame time was elevated to the peerage, by the title of Lord Kenyon, Baron of Gredington in the county of Flint. He was now fixed in a fituation, which, though not nominally the highest, is perhaps the most important office in the administration of the law of this country; and Lord Kenyon furnished an instance nearly as ftriking as that of the illuftrions Hardwicke, that the profeffion of the law is that which, of all others, affords the faireft opportunities for the exertion of genuin talents and perfevering industry; whether the object be the gratification of am bition in the attainment of the higheft honours in the state, or the poffeffion of abundant wealth. Of his character in his magifterial and judicial capacity, convinced it is too well established in the hearts and minds of his fellow fubjects, we prefume not to speak. His conduct in those arduous and important fituations which he fo lately filled fpeaks its beft and fairelt eulogium; it has attracted and fixed the ap plaufes and gratitude of his countrymen ; his character and his fame will defcend with increafing luftre to an admiring and a grateful pofterity. A few prominent confiderations in the course of his forenfic adminiftration we cannot, however, in jufe tice to him, or confiftently with our own feelings, refrain from adverting to. We allude, first, to his laudable, firm, and perfevering exertions to keep the channels of the law clear and unpolluted by low and fordid practices, which were particu orly exemplified in the vigilant and falu. tary exercite of his authority over the at torneys of his own court, the utility of which has been experienced in a very con. fiderable degree. Secondly, tus unprece dented zeal in the caufe of Morality and Virtue, which molt confpicuoufly appear

ed in his condu with refpect of cafes of adultery and feduction. On thefe occ fions, neither rank, wealth, nor station, could fhield delinquency from the well marted cenfure and rebuke of oftended juftice and Morality. Though much, unhappily, remains to be done, yet his Lordship's exertions, combined with thofe of fome of the moft virtuous and exalted characters of the upper Houfe of Parlament, have contributed greatly, notwithstanding the acknowledged inadequacy and imperfection of the law in these refpects, to restrain the fashionable and prevailing vices alluded to. A third confideration, and which highly redounds to the honour of his Lordship's magterial character, is the ftrictncis, not to fay feverity, with which he adminiftered the justice of the law ag inft the peiniIcious tribe of Gmblers of every defcription, who have for fome years infefted the metropolis. On thefe occafions, as well as in thofe above mentioned, the conduct of this truly virtuous Judge was fuch as inControvertibly thewed that "the Law is no refpecter of perfons;" and his perfevering exertions to reftrain the deftructive Vice of gaming have been attended with no inconfiderable degree of fuccefs. Nor fhould we omit to mention the very laudable spirit and firmnefs, which, on all occafions, he evinced in maintaining due order and decorum in his court. We cannot conclude this part of our subject without giving, as fupplementary to it, the following Concife and comprehenfive, but highly appropriate, character of the late Chief Juftice; it is extracted from a much efteemed tract, which appeared not log after his elevation to the bench, and in almost every particular perfectly coincides with our ideas on the fubje&t: "Lord Kenyon may not equal, in talents or eloquence, the preeminent Character whom he fucceeds on the bench of Juftice; nevertheless, he poffeffes qualities more appropriate to, and knowledge more connected with, the important office which he holds. Profound in legal erudition, patient in judicial difcrimination, and of the most determined integrity, he is formed to add no common luftre to his exalted station. He does not facrifice his official to his parliamentary character; the fphere of his particular duty is the great fcene of his activity, as of his honour; and though, as a lord of pariiament he will never leffen his character, it is as a judge that he looks to aggrandize it. Such men will be revered for their virtues and their wisdom when the party declaimers and the frothy pleaders of the day have long been forgotton." In private life, the character of Lord Kenyon was amiable and praife-worthy in the highest degree; no man could excel him in the relations of hulband and father; in the former, he may be confidered as a pat

tern of conjugal virtue. Io his mode of living he was remarkably temperate and regular; but the gratuitous alliance, in his profzifional capacity, which it was well known he had often fforded to neceffitous and injured individuals does away the imputation that a fondness for money was rather a prevailing trait in his character. He is faid to have died worth 300,000!. all acquired by his own profeffional exertions, and a rigid fpirit of economy. Lord Kenyon had illue by his laty three fons; Lloyd, born in 1775, whom his father app nted to the office of filazer of the Court of King's Bench; he stood not long fince an electioneering conteit for the county of Flint, and died Sept. 15, 1800, (vol. LXX. p. 979.); and the manner in which his Lordship was affected by this melancholy event is funpofed, in fome degree, to have accelerated his own diflution. Secondly, George, the prefent Lord Kenyon, born in 1776. His Lordthip was appointed by his late father to the very lucrative fituation of joint chief clerk of the Court of King's Ben b, on the demife of the late Erl of Musfield, better known as Lord Vifcount Stormont, and jomed in the patent with Jinn Wave, efq. thirdly, the Hon. Thomas Kayon, boru in 1780.

And,

2 In Charlotte-ftreet, Bloomsbury-iq. aged 63, Robert Margim, efq.

3 At Manchetter, after a few days illness, in his trd year, Mr. John Porter, clerk to the collector of excife in that to:vn; a ftation requiring applicxion, accuracy, and difparch, beyond almott any other; but which be filled with unexampled ability, and the unlim/el confi'ence and regard of his employers, through the long period of 42 years. From the publicity of his fituation, very ex e..fively known throughout that country, he was known only to be elteemed, reipeded, loved. His unwearied alidaily as a visitor of the Sonday fchool, eftablished in Mancheiter, probably occafioned his death.

3 Suddenly, at his house in Clark's place, Inington, Mr. Charles Wearg Clark, of Angel-court, Snow-hill, bricklayer, and one of the common-council of the Ward of Farringdon Without.

4. At Greenwich, a few hours after his arrival from the Cane of Good Hope, Archibald Hamilton Robertfon, captain of the royal artillery.

Mrs. Minchull, wife of the Rev. Mr. M. rectory of Nuncy, Somerfetfhire, and 2d daughter of the Rev. Dr. Goodenough, canon of Windtor.

5. William Croome, efq. of Cirencester,

banker.

Aged 95, Mr. Thomas Bloodworth, carpenter, of Empingham, Rutland.

6. Mr. Pain, who had lived with Lord Craven many years as valet, and by

whom

whom he was much efteemed, put a period to his life, by fhooting himself through the head, at his Lordship's refidence in Charlesftreet, Berkeley-fquare. No symptom of derangement was perceived, as he had a few minutes before been converfing as ufual with the porter. He afterwards retired into the back parlour, where, finding a brace of loaded piftols belonging to the Hen. Keppel Craven, he pervetrated the rash act, which has left a wife and two children totally unprovided.

6. At Cranhoe, co. L icefer, aged about 15 months, William, infint, and only foa of Wm. and Anne Warner, of that place.

At Afhton-court, Gloucestershire, Sir John Hugh Smyth, bar,

At Clifton, Nathaniel Harris, efq. of Peckham, Surrey.

7. In his o3d year, the Rev. Jeremiah Belgrave, father of Mr. Alderman B. of Stamford, co. Linco'n, and rector of Prefton, co. Rotland.

8. In his 29th year, John Bu'l, m fon, of Shaftesbury, whofe miraculous efcapes have been fomewhat fingular. In repair. ing a house, fome years ago, for Mr. Troubridge, the fcaffold gave way, and he tumbled from a place to feet high, with a ton of large ones, unnurt. Bing employed with one J. Garratt, in repairing a well for E. Ogden, efq. they both fell into it empty, 96 feet deep, and, ftrange to fay, they received very little injury. He has fince ferved his M jeftv on board the Monarque, was in the hottest part of the battle with the Dutch fleet with Lord Duncan; and at the battle of Copenhagen eight men out of eleven were killed at the gun where he was quartered, and was discharged but a few weeks prior to his death, the particulars of which are not stated.

At St. Alban's, aged 58, Mrs. Sufann h Lomax, wilow of Calb L. efq. of Childwickbury in St. Michael's parith, St. Alban's, who died at the fame age, Dec. 2, 1786. She was buried in the vault belonging to the family in St. Michael's church.

8 At Lamport, co. Somerf t, aged 83, Mr. Elias Bamfield, formerly of confiderable and fair price in the law.

At Melton Coftable, No. folk, Sir Edw. Aftley, bart. who reprefented that county in four fucceffive parliaments. He married, 1, Rhoda, eldest daugh. of Francis Blake Delaval, efq. of Seator, co. Northumberland, who died! 1757, by whom he has a fon and daughter, who died young, and two other fons, Ja ob-Henry and Francis; 2, Anne, your geft d ughter of Christopher Milles, efq of Nackington, Kent, by whom he had a daughter, who died in 1767, and three fons, Edward, John-Bernard, and Henry-N cholas.

At Tooting, Walter B. Powell, efq. of Lombard-free!, banker.

At Chefter, Richaid Mytton, efq. bar

rifler at law.

9 At Greenwich, of a lingering illness, Mifs Elizabeth-Charlotte Hughes, voungeft daughter of the late William H. efq. of Betfhanger, in Kent.

JO In Vauxhall w Ik, Lambeth, Mrs. Pinto, formerly the celebrated Mifs Brent. Such is the mutability of human affairs, that this lady, once the renowned and diftinguished heroine of the vocal tribe, and who, in the meridian of her fame, was univerfally refpected and admired, gradually declined into the vale of obfcurity, if not of indigerce, and died at length almost forgotten by the publick.

II. Ms. Elizabeth Dickinson, relict of the Rev. Plaxton D. minifter of Bishops Stortford, Herts.

At Alconbury, co. Huntingdon, in his 70th year, the Rev. Ifanc Nicholfor. He was fuddenly taken ill as he begin divine fertice in the afternoon, and expired a few hours afterwards.

12. During divine fervice, at Queen-str. chapel, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in his 63d year, Mr. Folgham, of Fleet-street.

13 In George-ftreet, Westminster, aged 90 after a long illness, the Right Rev. Dr. Charles Mofs, bishop of Bath and Wells, which fee he had filled 28 years, being promo ed to it in 1774 on the death of Dr. Willes 1773, who, like him, had been tranflated from St. David's. He was of Cains College, Cambridge, A. B. 1731; A. M 1-35; S. T. P. 1747; archdeacon of Colchester, 1750; prebendary of Salfbury; bishop of St. David's, 1766; and F.R.S. 17... He printed a Spital Sermon 1750; one on the Faft for the Earthquake 1756; one before the Salisbury Infirmary 1769; one before the Lords, Jan. 30, 1769; and one before the Society for propagating the Gofpel, 1776. He had amaffed a private fortune to the amount of 140,000 1.; 20,0col. of which he bequeathed to an only daughter, who is married; and the remaining 120,000 1. to his fon, Dr. Mofs. His ton Robert died in June laft.

14. At his houfe in Windfor cattle, Mrs. Douglas, wife of the Lord Bishop of Salisb. At his feat of Menlogh, county of Galway, Ireland, Sir Walter Blake, birt. at the advanced age of 85; and on the fame day the Lady Blake, to whom he had been married nearly 60 years. He is fucceeded by his eldeft fon, new Sir John Blake. Sir Walter was one of the most antient of the Baronets of Ireland, his ancestor having been fo created in 1622, and defcended from the fame ftock as the family of Blake, Lord Walfcourt.

Mr. George Webb, of Leicester. At Wargrave, Berks, Mrs. Hill, late of Union-ftreet, Berkeley-fquare.

At Bognor, after a lingering illness, Mr. Pink, mafter of the hotel at that place.

At Baron Norton's, at Loan Head, Scot land, Mils Cholmely, eldest daughter of Montague