like one of the sturdy oaks of the forest, and seemingly defied the attacks of time. He accordingly became the senior judge of the four courts in Westminster-hall, having sat on one bench near thirty years!

At length he retired in consequence of encreasing years and infirmities, and died at Bath in April 1817, in the seventysecond year of his age.

The late Chief Baron Thompson was the intimate friend and companion of the great Lord Thurlow, who, as Chancellor, had it in his power to be eminently serviceable to him during the early part of his legal career. His late preferment took place after that nobleman's demise. They were both good lawyers, and both fond of the pleasures of the table, being never averse to a cheerful and exhilarating glass of wine, after the business and fatigues of the day had been terminated.

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No. XVIII.

WILLIAM SAUNDERS, M.D. F. R.S. AND F.S.A.

THIS venerable practitioner was born in 1743, and might

doubtless, have been considered the father of the College of Phy sicians of London, of which he was a fellow during many years. Having received a liberal education, and obtained considerable eminence by his town practice, he became, in due time Physician extraordinary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and also senior Physician to Guy's Hospital. He at length retired from Russel-Square, and died at Enfield, June 4th, 1817, at the age of 74.

Dr. William Saunders was a distinguished member of most of the medical and scientific institutions in the metropolis, and contributed not a little to attract the attention of the public to the virtues of the red Peruvian bark.

List of the Works of the late Dr. William Saunders.

1. Treatise on Mercury, in Venereal Cases, 8vo. 1767.

2. An Answer to Geach and Alcock, on the Devonshire Colic, 8vo. 1768.

3. Observationes de Antimonis, 8vo. 1773.

4. Treatise on the Mephitic Acid, 8vo. 1779.

5. A Treatise on the Red Peruvian Bark, 8vo. 1782.

6. Dissertation on the Structure, Economy, and Diseases of the Liver, 8vo. 1793. (4 editions.)

7. Oratio Hervei, &c. 1797.

8. On the Chemical History of the medical powers of some of the most celebrated Mineral Waters, 1800. (2 editions.) 9. On the Hepatitis of India, 8vo. 1809.

No. XIX.

COUNT ALVISE P. ZENOBIO.

COUNT ZENOBIO, born at Venice about 1757, was the representative of an ancient and noble family. His late uncle, the Cavalier d'Emo, was for many years in the service of the Republic, and employed frequently with a squadron, to repress the incursions of the Barbary powers. But he was not merely an Admiral, but a kind of Lord High Admiral; for the arsenal, as well as navy, were entirely under his management; nay, he not only commanded, but actually fitted out the galleys; and the Doge could not wed the Adriatic by means of his golden ring, until the Bucentaur had been provided, and all the ceremony arranged, under the auspices of this nobleOn his demise, he bequeathed the noble palace of Emo, and a large patrimony, to his nephew.

man.

Alvise Zenobio, at an early period, came to England, and invested a considerable portion of his wealth, to the amount of at least 60,000l. sterling, in the English funds. It was the policy of the State Inquisition,—a horrible engine of oppression, that prevented the fate of Venice, from being regretted either by natives or foreigners to lessen the fortunes of great and opulent families, under pretext of conferring the honour of expensive foreign embassies upon them. The subject of this memoir, saw and resolved to avoid the snare that was spread for him, and this young and wealthy patrician deemed no mode of prevention so efficacious as a journey to England.

The boasted constitution of this free country, even while a resident at, and subject of Venice, was always the object of his warmest admiration abroad; and while here, he endeavoured

to study its principles, and examine its foundations and superstructure. He is indeed, one of the few foreigners who ever occupied themselves about the preservation of British freedom, for he became a member of the society "for promoting constitutional information," and was formerly present at all public meetings for the attainment of any popular object.

As he frequently visited the Continent, the Count was subject to a variety of difficulties during the late war with France. In 1806, having repaired to Portugal, he immediately became an object of suspicion to the police of a government equally weak and arbitrary; his birth, his titles, his connexions in London and Venice, his wealth, the circumstance of his travelling during troublesome times, all these, and perhaps the half of them were more than sufficient to awaken the Argus eyes of a bigotted and timorous administration. He was accordingly seized and imprisoned in a dungeon, which, in due time, opened its iron portal for the purpose of tranferring the poor Count to the coast of Africa! At Tangiers, he claimed and obtained the protection of the late Mr. Magra, the English Consul, of whose kindness he was always accustomed to speak with gratitude. While there he was a free man; he was neither watched, nor imprisoned, nor plundered, and he constantly affirmed, "that he had been far better treated by the Infidels than the Christians."

He next repaired to France, but his long residence in England, had rendered him suspected there, and he was immediately sent out of that country. On this he travelled into Germany, and obtained an asylum at the court of that Duke of Brunswick, who was a general in the service of Prussia, and father of the Princess of Wales. With his Highness he resided until a short time before the fatal battle of Jena. Having been formerly a frequent visitor at Wimbledon, during this period, he kept up a close correspondence with the celebrated John Horne Tooke, and was enabled, in consequence of the favour shown to him at the court of Brunswick, to obtain and communicate intelligence of singular novelty and importance.

In 1807, he obtained leave from our government to return

once more to England; but his political opinions now seemed to be greatly altered; and the sequestration and spoliation of his paternal estates by the orders of Buonaparte, contributed not a little, perhaps, to this change. He accordingly wrote several violent pamphlets, in which he accused him of tyranny, avarice, and injustice, and actually contrived to attack the then Emperor of France, in pretty tolerable English.

From this period, he declined visiting the Ex-M. P. for Old Sarum, of whom, however, he always spoke with high respect; but he assigned very honourable, as well as very powerful reasons for his conduct; as he was influenced solely by the strange idea, that his attentions to this singular man, might not only hurt him with the English government, but also with the allies.

Count Zenobio, appeared to be about sixty years of age; he was good natured, inoffensive in his manners, and always willing to do a kindness, when in his power, He died at his apartments, in Duke Street, Westminster, December 1817.