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    fieWi ^ * I ^ 11 -obi i ^ # ^ B prb ^ SWjanofl ^ r f ^ Mi \^ Etsjririe ;^ - # cmr Lordship may prodfeed iti ^ hat mariner yoit tliiiik fit : X & 110 W :: tirjr dttty as vv £ tl as yoitf Loitfsliij ) fchjDws yoiift . I ' shall riot alter uiy cori * . atlct . ^ -v ¦ ^; ; : ;;; ;; ; ' . * y ^ ^ ¦ : ¦ . ¦; ^ - ^ ¦¦ - ^ otinn ^ i * iti He nioive nobl # than- the ^ usloii ' to tlie threat of theiJudgei'with

    which h £ cfdhbliided his argumeiit £ --- ¦ ; ' i <; ; 'It w ^ t ^ arid / couii ^ sel b ? niy y 6 utfe , always to ; dc » what iriy cofasetetifceT told ttie ^ a h ^ ftiy diity ; aiid i& leave ^ the cdnsequefes" to < Sbd . I Shall £ (

    ca ^ tjr ^ itfi jh thememory ; , $ ti& I trust the- f > r ^ £ tfce , of $ is parental lesson to the gravel I have hitherto jpllowed it ^ au 1 J . have : nd leasbn to complain that my tilb&ieiice WAi has' been even a tenVporal saenfrcfej £% ave found it , on th ^ coti =-

    ti&r y > thte ^ road to prosperity aird wealth ; ao € l shall point it : ; biit as ^ such tp my childi ^ ea ^^ ¦;¦ : ; -v- . ' i ?! - ' .. ! - s ? i . -- . . > !¦ . ¦ : ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ > :. )¦ ¦ . ¦ ^ V % He alluding fe bis Loraship ^ s ^ bvTU iiaftft ^ seitfc ^ iti ^ belialfof the libierty of the ^ relss , we icautiot Help advertiiig to a cimiinstance which proves how much he the

    idcftt ^ led Kipdiself with press , paring the r ^ hort jperiod pf liis Chancellorship , wheii the Wliigs were ^ in power , only two li $ fcgs r 6 f sifcy Value felt id ikb disposal ; The ^ veiy fird € , one between j £ 300 and ^ 4 01 ) ^ he ^ gave to the Bev . Johtt Moir ^ wha became unable from defiectivfe vision

    frdm ? catitummg to- execute ah iehgageliie&t 'he had long liad * 611 'TkerMbrriing CKr 6 tH 6 le . Lord Ersfeine , during Lord Meivilfe ' s trial , s £ ein £ his Merid ^ the lat e Mr . PerryV whom he greatly loved and

    est ^ emedj , at the Bar of ^ the House of LoWs , he iveht tip to him aiid gave him th& presentation for Mr . Moir , observing that he had lost no time in discharging what he considered a sacred duty , to avoid the importunities ' of other and more powerful couuexions , whose knowled ^ the circumstance had not reached .

    Hi ^ « ixfc rj ibns rescuitig Hiardy , Tooke and others , 'in 1794 , from an attempt which I if successful , might have beeii attended with the most dangerous consequences to the liberty of the Subject 9 ought always to be rememl | ered with gialitude H Englishmen ; V

    Of Lord ; Erskine * as a forensic orator , it fe impossible to spealc too highly . Perhaps he wa ^ the most powerfiil Advocate the Bar of England ever possessed - Foreigners were particularly stracK x ^ ith the elegance of his manner , which wa ? ^ ided

    by a noble ahd commanding' figlire ; and by a voice 30 flexible tjiat it lent itself to every shad < i ^> f feeing . We remember a distinguished foreigner , the Ghatncellor of a Contineatal UhiversUyi remarks that

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    Ersk ine wa : ^ ^ e only sj > eiaker me hear d in England who struck him as possessing elegance of action and a melodious voice . As a man he was generous and Tiindhearted ^ i" 'the worldr are sufficiently

    acquainted with his little indiscretions ^ which were icjtirfoti ^ to ^^ tip ®^ ^ Sone * Pni < Jence is > . ih 6 ; . ; y 4 ^ e ^ ' age ^ ' birt f-drd Erskine wa $ W yoting man in disposition to the last . He had « t % uoyati % ! p ^ s | ttnts ^ ery rare in this ^ eouniry . Ah

    His delicacy was vejry ^ eat . unfortunate purchase of an estate , wiiich , from tfefe fell in the value of land , especfellvof a ppor soil , became of little value

    to him , though he bad paid a large * sum foi * it , and a large family of soi ^ s tind grand-childien dependent on him , enibari ^ ed him greatly towards the latter years of his life . But he cautiously concealed his difficulties from those who

    would have been proud to assist him . We have a striking case of this in our eye . ; . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ < ¦ - ¦ - ¦ " . ' ¦¦ ' - . ' . ¦ ¦ ; With all his knowledge of character , it would appear he was weak enough to expect that gratitude could lodge in a royal bosom . He was mistaken with respect to the general principle peculiarly unfortunate in this particular instance .

    In his manner he was distinguished by candour and frankness . He had nothing of the cold and studied manner characteric of the English Aiistocracy . But though he was easy and kind in his man * uer ^ he was never undignified . He was the last man that any one would have presumed to- ' -take an improper liberty with . He had the ease of a man who

    never dreamt that any one would think of enci'oaching on him . How far he owed his superiority over- the other men of his rank in this respect to kindness and warnith of heart , or to his schooling in the world , in which he had to fight his

    way without any of the advantages which men of family usually have , and consequently could hardly fail to appreciate kindred worth and talents , it would be difficult to say . That his friendships were not confined to rank is well known . We

    believe the late Mr . Perry , from a very early period , to the end of his life , shared more of his regard than any individual of this metropolis , not peculiarly connected with him . It was impossible to know Lord Erskint , and not think of him with" kindness . Peace to his memory . —Morning Chron . >

    His remains were conveyed from Almondale , pnMthe 28 th , and irtterred in the ancient family vault at Uphall Church . The funeral was private ; the body being conveyed in a hearse drawn by § ix horses ,

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    ( Miitofoti ^ Tkdm a ^ t ^ 49

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1824, page 49, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2520/page/49/