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1321 . Feb . 27 , in the prime of life , in consequence of a wound which he received in a duel at Chalk Farm , on the night of the 16 th , Mr . John Scott . He was the son of a respectable tradesman of Aberdeen , and received his education in the Marischal College , of that town . He was destined to trade , but spurred on by an active genius , he made his way , while yet a lad , to South Britain , and coining to the metropolis , obtained an appointment in the War Office . This situation did not deter him from becoming
a political writer on the side of Opposition . For some time , he was connected with the Statesman , an Evening Paper : next , removing from London to Stamford , he became Editor of Drakard ' s weekly paper published in that town . In his hands , that Journal acquired considerable celebrity . One paper , of Mr . Scott's
penning , subjected the proprietor to a prosecution and a heavy punishment : a London Jury , however , refused to convict the Examiner for the republication of the identical writing . Impatient of the obscurity of a country town , Mr . Scott soon returned to London , and here set up a
Sunday Newspaper , called the Champion . A turn in its politics made it unwelcome to the Reformers who had patronized it , and its sale declining , Mr . Scott sold it , * n d it came at length into the hands of Mr . Thelwall , of political and oratorical feme , who still conducts it , as is said ,
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with considerable success . Mr , Scott now aspired to a literary character , and made two journeys to France , the fruits of which were two volumes , entitled " Paris Visited , " in 1815 , and " Paris Re-visited . " The leaning in these works to the side of the Bourbons and the anti-revolutionary tirades with which they abounded , full as much as the smart
and picturesque descriptions of characters and manners with which they were enlivened , gave them a temporary popularity . Thus successful , the author obtained a profitable engagement with the booksellers for a visit to Italy , but this promised work never made its appearance , *^~ & _ a * a a a <« ft A A 4 * ^ m
^ ^ While abroad , he lost a promising child , and gave vent to his feelings in a poem , entitled " The House of Mourning . " On his return , he undertook the editing of Baldwin's < c London Magazine , " which was set up the beginning of last year . In this department of literary labour , he seems to have found the field best suited
to his talents , for the work gained , in the short time that he lived to conduct it , upon the favour of the public . The unfortunate contest in which he iell , grew out of some papers that he wrote in this miscellany , to expose the villainous slanders of BlackwoocTs " Edinburgh Magazine / ' Some of the worst of these he charged upon Mr . Lockhart , the sonin-law of Sir Walter Scott . Mr . Lockhart , in consequence of this attack , csa # e
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Obituary . —Mr . John Mcott . 249
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Oh I no , never dream it ; while good men despair Between tyrants and traitors , and timid men bow , Never think for an instant , thy country can spare Such a light from her darkening horizon as thou ! With a spirit as meek as the gentlest of those Who in life's sunny valley lie shelter ed
and warm , — Yet bold and heroic as ever yet rose To the top-cliffs of Fortune and breasted her storm ; With an ardour for liberty , fresh , as in youth , It first kindles the bard and gives life to his lyre , Yet mellow'd e ' en now , by that mildness of truth , Which tempers , but chills not , the patriot's fire ; With an eloquence—not like those rills from a height ,
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Which sparkle , and foam , and in vapour are o'er , But a current that works out its way into light Through the filtering recesses of thought and of lore : — Thus gifted , thou never canst sleep in the shade ; If the stirrings of Genius , the music of Fame ,
And the charms of thy cause have not pow'r to persuade , Yet , think how to Freedom thou ' rt pledg'd by thy Name . Like the boughs of that laurel , by Delphi ' s decree , Set apart for the fane and its service divine , All the branches that spring from the old Russell tree Are by Liberty claim'd for the use of her shrine . T . MOORE . Padua , 1819 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1821, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2499/page/57/
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