D.D. of Grove Hall, Bow, Middlesex, upwards of 35 years minister of the Fresbyterian Meeting, Monkwell street, He had, with other Protestant dissent- ing ministers of the three denominations, assembled at Dr. Williams's library, in Red Cross-street, with a view of con- sidering the projected bill of Mr. Brougham, on the subject of education. Several ministers had expressed their sentiments, and among the rest, Dr. Lindsay. A friendly conversation hav- ing been finished, the secretary, the Rev. Dr. Morgan, was proceeding to read to the meeting a series of resolutions, when the attention of the company was ar- rested by an appearance of severe in- disposition in Dr. Lindsay: he fell in- sensible into the arms of those around him. Medical aid was instantly called in; but it was too late, the spirit had fled to God who gave it. The whole company was too much affected by this awful stroke to proceed with business. The Rev. Dr. Waugh, attended by a large company of ministers, offered an appropriate prayer. The ministers de- parted deeply impressed with this power- ful admonition on the uncertainty of life, and the necessity of being always ready for the stroke of death.
Dr. Lindsay was a native of Scot- land, and was educated at Aberdeen. He succeeded the celebrated Dr. James Fordyce, about the year 1782, as pastor of the congregation at Monkwell-street; in which chapel he preached a sermon on the occasion of Dr. Fordyce's death, in 1796, which was printed. He also published "A Sermon on the Influence of Religious Knowledge, as tending to produce a gradual Improvement in the social State, preached at Monkwell- street," 8vo. 1813; and " A Sermon at * Salter's Hall Meeting House, on the Death of the Rev. Hugh Worthington," 8vo. 1813. An elegant and most im- pressive funeral sermon was preached, on occasion of Dr. Lindsay's death, the 25th inst. by Dr. Rees, at Monkwell- street Chapel.
LIVERPOOL, Countess of, June 12, at Fife House, in Whitehall, Theodosia Louisa, Countess of Liverpool. She was the daughter of Frederick late Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, and sister of the present Earl of Bristol; and was married to the Earl of Liverpool, March 25, 1795, but had no issue. The melancholy event had been long expect- ed, her ladyship having been seriously ill for many months; but we believe it
was only within the last few weeks that the noble earl, whose attachment for the countess was of the most affectionate kind, despaired of her recovery.
Her ladyship was a female of excel- lent endowments; her natural talents had been improved by education, by reading, and reflection; she had a clear and comprehensive mind; a sound and discriminating judgment. Her religion was without any bigotry; her humanity without the least ostentation; it was not of that passive kind which gives only when it is asked; it sought out and se- lected its objects with diligence and care; it relieved them with a secrecy and a delicacy which almost doubled the blessings it conferred. Many persons will only now, for the first time, know the source from whence they were re- lieved.
On the 19th the remains of this deeply lamented lady were removed from Whitehall for interment in the family vault at Hawkesbury, in Glocestershire, in the following order: - Six horse- men, two and two; the plume of feathers; the hearse, drawn by six horses, the pall of which bore the ar- morial escutcheons; three mourning coaches and six, followed by upwards of seventy noblemen and gentlemen's car- riages; amongst which were those of the Dukes of York, Clarence, Devonshire, and Wellington, Marquess of Hertford, Earls of Bridgewater, Harcourt, Spen- cer, Verulam, &c.
LONDONDERRY, Robert, Mar- quess of, April 8, at Castle Stewart, in the county of Down, in his 83d year. He was born Sept. 27, 1739, returned to par- liament for the county of Down 1780; sworn of the privy council, and appointed a trustee of the linen board during the administration of the Marquess of Lans- downe; advanced to the dignity of Baron of Londonderry in 1789; of Viscount Castlereagh in 1795; of Earl of Lon- donderry in 1796; and of Marquess of Londonderry in 1815. His lordship
was twice married; first, to Lady Fran- ces Seymour Conway, daughter of the late Marquess of Hertford, (and sister to the present,) by whom he had issue, 1st, Alexander-Francis, was born in 1767, and died young; 2d, Robert Viscount Castlereagh (now Marquess of London- derry). His lordship was secondly mar- ried to Lady Frances Pratt, daughter of the late Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of England, and sister to the present Marquess Camden, by whom he had
issue Charles-William, a lieut.-general, now Lord Stewart, ambassador to the court of Vienna; 2d, Alexander-John, who was an officer in the navy, and fought at the battle of St. Vincent, since dead; 3d, Thomas-Henry, who served in the army under the illustrious Duke of Wellington, and died in Portugal; 4th, Frances- Ann, married to Lord C. Fitzroy, son to the late Duke of Grafton, also dead; 5th, Elizabeth, who died un married; 6th, Caroline, wife of Colonel Wood, son to Thomas Wood, Esq. of Lyttleton, and M. P. for the county of Brecon; 7th, Georgiana, married to Geo. Canning, Esq., now Lord Garvagh, also dead; 8th, Selina, married to David Ker, Esq. of the county of Down, and M. P. for Athlone; 9th, Matilda, mar- ried to Edward Ward, eldest son of the Right Hon. Robert Ward, of Bangor; 10th, Emily, married to the late John James, Esq, son of Sir Walter James James, Bart. of Langley Hall, in Berk- shire, secretary of embassy at the court of the King of the Netherlands; and 11th, Octavia, married to the present Lord Ellenborough, also dead.
In 1801, his lordship was appointed governor and custos rotulorum of the county of Down, and of the county of Londonderry in 1803. He is succeeded in his title, and the principal part of his extensive estates in the counties of Down, Derry, and Donegal, by Robert Viscount Castlereagh, now Marquess of Londonderry, His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. By his death there is a vacancy in the representation of the county of Down, in the room of Lord Castlereagh, and also for a repre- sentative peer in the Imperial Parlia- ment. His lordship was in the 83d year of his age.
The family of the marquess, which was originally Scotch, (being a branch of the Lenox family,) settled in Ireland in the reign of James the First, who granted to his kinsman, Stewart, Duke
of Lenox, and his relations, that large tract of land in the county of Donegal, lying between Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly, (forfeited during his reign, and that of Queen Elizabeth,) which he erected into eight manors, two of which he granted to the Duke of Lenox, and one, by the name of the manor of Stew- art's Court, otherwise Ballylawn, toge- ther with the territories and precincts of Ballyveagh, to John Stewart, Esq., and his heirs, for ever which manor, toge- ther with the whole of the lands annexed to it, descended in regular lineal succes.
sion to the late marquess.
On his ma nor the said John Stewart erected the castle of Ballylawn, and settled it with Protestant inbabitants, whereby he be- came entitled to hold a court baron, to- gether with other ample privileges. The great-grandson of the late John Stewart, and grandfather of the late marquess, Colonel William Stewart, of Ballylawn Castle, raised a troop of horse at his own expense, during the siege of the city of Londonderry by King James Second, and was of essential service to the Pro- testants, by protecting those who were well affected to King William, and checking the depredations of King James's army, whose supplies he com- pletely cut off on that side, and consi- derably cramped the operations of the siege; and we accordingly find, that in the parliament held in Dublin by King James, he was expressly attainted by name, and his estates declared forfeited; which estates, however, descended un- impaired to his son, Alexander Stewart (father of the late marquess). Alex- ander Stewart, son of the above William Stewart, (and a daughter of William Stewart, of Fort Stewart, Esq.) was born in 1700, and succeeded to his father's estate of Ballylawn. He served in par- liament as representative for the city of Londonderry; and in 1737 married his cousin, Mary Cowan, sister and heir- ess of Sir Robert Cowan, governor of Bombay, and afterwards transferred his residence to Mount Stewart, in the county of Down, where he had pur- chased the Colville (formerly the Mount Alexander) estate. He died in 1781, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Robert, the late Marquess of London- derry, the subject of this article.
He was placed under the tuition of his friend, Dr. Wood, of Perth, when almost a child, being only ten years old. Soon after his being put there, it happened that the price of meal had greatly risen, and a merchant of the town, wishing to take the benefit of the markets when ad- vantageous, was loading a vessel at Perth with that article. The inhabitants of the town became apprehensive that if their meal should be taken away, the same want would afflict them which oppressed their neighbours; and therefore resolved that none should leave the place. this patriotic, but lawless, purpose, they assailed the merchant's house, and de- molished his store. The riot increased to such a degree as to oblige the magis- trates to call on the military for assist- ance. Their attention being directed to the harbour, where the unfortunate vessel lay, among others who were drawn thither by the occurrence, was Dr. Wood, when, to his astonishment he saw his young pupil, M'Leod, there, the foremost of the rioters, on the top of the mast, cutting away the rigging, and cheering up a companion of his, (also a pupil of Dr. Wood's,) with, Cut the cables, Dan Stuart; cut the cables, Dan, and then she cannot go." The doctor, how- ever, soon allayed the ardour of his young patriots, by the denunciation of a good whipping.
"In the year 1798, government hav- ing held out great inducements for me- dical men to enter the naval service, Mr. M'Leod embarked on board a ship bear- ing Lord Gardner's flag, as surgeon's mate. He was subject for a short time to the tricks played off on all green-horns who first enter into that classical place, the cock-pit, from which have emerged so many thousand brave and learned men, Hawkes, Howes, St. Vincents, and Nel- sons, Smollets, Trotters, and Blanes; and from which we hope many more will yet arise.
He did not, however, long remain the passive subject of their mirth, but soon became a chief actor in all their rude hilarity: on one occasion, they having exceeded the bounds of propriety, it became necessary to punish severely the inhabitants of the midship birth, of whom he was one; it was therefore, entirely pulled down. To satirize this severe punishment, Mr. M'Leod wrote over the ruins, Additional encourage- ment for surgeons' mates.' Fortunately for him, this sarcasm did not reach the ears of the captain, or it might have been attended with something still more un- pleasant.
"In 1801 he was made a surgeon, and soon after was reduced in consequence of the peace.
"The younger surgeons of the navy having at that time no half-pay, and M'Leod being too high-minded to de- pend on any one but himself, he went into the African trade. This voyage he has related with great vivacity. * On his arrival afterwards in the West Indies, the war having re-commenced, he was appointed by the commander-in-chief at Jamaica, surgeon of the Pickle schooner. On one of her cruizes, she was attacked by a superior force; it became necessary for every one to exert himself, and al- though it was his particular place to be out of the combat, he chose to be in it. The commander put into his hands the only musket which was fired during the action. They beat off the enemy, and soon afterwards heard that the only loss had been from musketry: a proof of his skill, as well as cool intrepidity.
"He served in the Volontaire, in the Mediterranean, in 1808 and 1809; and whenever her boats were sent on any fighting duty, he generally contrived to be of the party, under pretence of being ready to afford surgical aid, but really for the delight he had in naval enter- prise; for had any been called on, it would have been more particularly the assistant-surgeon.
"A convoy from Toulon, for the relief of Gerona in Spain, was escorted by a large naval force, but was intercepted, and afterwards destroyed. He was then surgeon of the Tigre, one of the ships detached for the purpose. All on board being strangers to the coast near Cette, in Languedoc, he piloted the ship close in to the place from a drawing which he had made in the Volontaire, when that ship was meditating an attack on it.
"I must now however observe, that he was no less attentive to his medical duty, than partial to naval enterprize. Although exceedingly gay, and fond of being on shore, yet when his duty called him on board, no one was more indefatigable. It happened that the Volontaire, when at Malaga, had several men dangerously ill of the bilious fever. The principal Spanish nobility and gentry, in their de- lirium of joy at their recent escape from French domination, were endeavouring to show all the civility in their power to the officers of the English frigate, and the latter were enjoying it: yet nothing
would induce M'Leod to leave his pa- tients, although he might with much pro- priety have occasionally trusted to his assistant for a short time.
"His African voyage shews his happy disposition: and in some of the scenes which he describes in his ' Narrative of the Alceste's Voyage,' he was a principal actor; particularly in buoying up the spirits of his shipwrecked companions on the island of Pulo-Leet with the hopes of succour, and encouraging them to second the efforts of their brave com- mander to resist the attacks of their fiend- like foes, the Malays. He was equally active in extinguishing the fire which broke out in the Caesar, on their passage home, and threatened them with destruc- tion after all their perils. We have lately had a truly appalling and pitiable proof of their danger, in the destruction of the Abeona transport, under very similar cir- cumstances: for the fire broke out in both vessels in the same place, and was in ́each equally rapid in its progress; but there being more presence of mind and vigour in the former case than in the latter, they were saved. A delay of five minutes more would have destroyed the Cæsar.
"The voyage of the Alceste, so pleas- ing from the liveliness of its descriptions, is well known to most readers. A little while after its publication, M'Leod had the honor of doctor of physic conferred on him by the University of St. Andrews. He was about this time appointed sur- geon to the Royal Sovereign yacht. The royal passengers were much de- lighted with him.
"Always ardent in his friendships, he proved, both by pen and personal exer- tions, a most active and successful par- tisan of Sir Murray Maxwell, when that gallant officer stood candidate for West- minster. In the disgraceful outrages which took place during that celebrated contest, he received a serious injury in his lungs from a bruise. It produced a spitting of blood, and he seems never to have been thoroughly well afterwards.
"He retained his vivacity to the last, though labouring under two depressive diseases, dysentery and ulceration in the lungs. Getting very thin,' as he ex- pressed it, he took lodgings in a small house at Chelsea, to be near the kind attentions of Mrs. Hoppner. "Well," said he to a friend, who called on him, "if I am really to go, I trust I shall not need to be ashamed to show my face in the other world." He expressed to me a wish to have a Bible, and the mis-
tress of the house brought him a family She had shown him much atten- tion; and, after his decease, on open- ing her Bible, she found a five-pound note folded in a leaf, which contained the 5th chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. There was the mark of a large cross, apparently made with a finger-nail, against the 10th verse. He does not seem to have had a conviction that the disease would terminate fatally till about the last hour. In the middle of the night the nurse heard him say, "Stop, stop till I get my hat, and I'll come. About seven he said to her, "I am really going now. Run for S," I set out instantly, but ere I reached his lodgings, he was gone aloft. "He died on Thursday, the 9th of November 1820. He was only 38 years of age.
We buried him at Chelsea; and in his funeral we adopted that sim- ple unostentatious mode of which he was so characteristically fond in all things during life. Sir Murray Maxwell, Mr. Murray, Dr. Hutchinson, Mr. Gray, and two officers of the yacht bore the pall.
"Dr. M'Leod had a very quick per- ception and strong memory, and retained a most accurate idea of what he had seen. He formed his opinions almost intui- tively: yet he must be considered rather a sciolist than a profound man. Had he been less quick, in all probability he would have been more scientific. His practice as a surgeon partook of his cha- racter. It was bold and prompt; and he was very successful. His humanity was most conspicuous, and he uniformly attended his patients with the greatest solicitude.
"You will perceive, I have endea- voured to put a few anecdotes of our late friend; but as I was not with him in the more active scenes of life, my ac- count is very imperfect. I am, with the greatest esteem, your devoted friend,
MORGAN, Rev. Thomas, LLD., at Dr. Williams' library, Redcross-street. A notice of this gentleman in our next volume.
MURRAY, Charles, Esq. Nov. 8. At Edinburgh, Mr. Murray, for many years an actor on the Covent Garden boards. He was the son of Sir John Murray, Bart. of Broughton, secretary to the Pretender, in the rebellion of 1745, who, after the final ruin of the cause, retired to Cheshunt, in Hertford- shire, where, in the year 1754, the late Mr. Murray was born. Under the im- mediate guardianship of his father, he
received a classical education, and was at a proper season sent into France, to perfect himself in the language of that country. Being designed for the me- dical profession, he was, on his return from the Continent, placed with a prac- titioner of eminence, and entered into the sea-service, as a surgeon, in which capacity he made several voyages. Be-
ing tired of his calling, he entered into an engagement with Mr. Tate Wilkin- son, and made his first appearance on the stage at York, in 1775, in the cha- racter of Carlos, in the Fop's Fortune. Thence he went to Norwich, and after- wards to Bath. He subsequently en- tered into an engagement at Covent Garden Theatre, where he appeared in
Mr. Murray has left four children. His daughter, (Mrs. Henry Siddons) is the present proprietor of the Edinburgh theatre, where her brother, Mr. William Murray, is the acting-manager.
NALDI, Signor, Dec. 15, 1820. the celebrated performer, his death was oc- casioned bythe bursting of a newinvented self-acting cooking apparatus.
NEIL, Mr. James. At Irvine, aged 102. Dec. 1820. He had served in the navy 65 years, many of these under Boscawen and Hawke; his faculties were unimpaired to the last.
NICHOL, Dr., Feb. 9, 1820. minis- ter of the Scots Church, Swallow-street, where he had officiated upwards of 25 years. A notice of this amiable and intelligent gentleman will appear in our next volume.
PARNELL, William, Esq. M. P. At Castle Howard, Ireland, April 2, 1820. Mr. Parnell was distinguished in private society for the amiableness of his manners, and for the suavity and in- telligence of his conversation. He de- servedly ranked high in letters and in politics for his general acquirements, but more especially for his writings, "The Causes of Popular Discontents in Ire- land," and "The Apology for the Catholics;" works which have been greatly esteemed by the highest authorities for their elegance of style, the statesman- like principles which they enforce, and the pure patriotism of the author. Had Mr.
Parnell lived, the attention which he was in the habit of giving in parliament to Irish affairs would have been productive, ere long, of lasting benefit to his country. Time only was wanting to enable him to give effect to those plans, which had been his constant study from his earliest years, for relieving Ireland from her grievances, and for ameliorating the condition of all classes of her people, in wealth, in man- ners, and in morals. The following lines are from the Poems of the late Mrs. Henry Tighe :
To W. P. Esq., Avondale.
"We wish for thee, dear friend! for
Upon thy loveliest landscape never cast Looks of more lingering sweetness than the last;
The slanting sun, reluctant to bereave Thy woods of beauty, fondly seemed to leave [past Smiles of the softest light, that slowly In bright succession o'er each charm thou hast [grieve Thyself so oft admired. And we might Thine eye of taste should ever wander hence,
O'er scenes less lovely than thine own; but here [more dear, Thou wilt return, and feel thy home More dear the Muses' gentler influence; When on the busy world, with Wisdom's [awhile." And heart uninjured, thou hast gazed PAUL, Sir G. O. Bart. At Hill House, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, Dec. 16, 1820. who succeeded his father Sir Onesiphorus, Sept. 21, 1774. This worthy Baronet was highly distinguished by his philanthropic exertions for the re- form of prisons, and in other concerns of a patriotic nature. The active part he took in the regulation of the county gaol of Gloucester, rendered that prison an example worthy of being followed in all similar establishments. He was the author of the following publications :- Considerations on the Defects of Prisons, 8vo. 1784. Proceedings of the Grand Juries, Magistrates, &c. of the county of Gloucester, for a General Reform of the Prisons in that County, 8vo. 3d edit. 1.808. Doubts concerning the Expedi- ency and Propriety of immediately pro- ceeding to provide a Lunatic Asylum for the County of Gloucester, 8vo. 1813. Sir G. O. Paul also contributed some communications to the Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Agriculture.
PERIGORD, Cardinal, Abp. of Paris, Oct. 20, 1820, in his 85th y From
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