desired it, that all parties would have
united to place him in the situation
of one of the Representatives of the
University in Parliament, but he uni-
formly declined every application to
become a Member of the Legislature.
On leaving the University he entered
himself at Lincoln's Inn, and was in
1781 called to the Bar. He first prac
tised in the Court of King's Bench,
but being created a Serjeant, he con-
fined himself chiefly to the Common
Pleas; he was afterwards made a
King's Sergeant, and on the appoint-
ment of Mr. Serjeant Shepherd to the
situation of Chief Baron of the Ex-
chequer in Scotland, he became the
King's Ancient Serjeant, which entitled
him to the highest rank at the Bar,
with the exception of the Attorney and
Solicitor Generals.
Mr. Serjeant Lens first went the
Norfolk circuit, but soon changed that
for the Western; of which he was for
many years the leader and ornament.
In 1817, while in full possession of his
mental and bodily powers, he was
induced by a delicacy of feeling peculiar
to himself to quit the Western circuit
for the sole reason that he considered
he ought to make an opening for
younger men.
The Barristers of that
circuit, on his retirement from it, pre-
sented him with a splendid silver ink-
stand, with an inscription expressive
of their great attachment to him, and
their sincere regret at his loss. It has
been erroneously stated in some of the
public prints, that he was disappointed
at not being elevated to the Bench; it
is believed, that he more than once
declined that honourable situation,
arising from a most extraordinary dif-
fidence in himself and his own powers.
During the last illness of his friend
Lord Ellenborough, he undertook the
duties of a Judge on the Home Cir-
cuit, and he discharged them with a
dignity and ability which called forth
the unqualified approbation of the pub-
lic and the Bar, and reflected upon
himself the highest honour; he alone
was apprehensive that he had not done
all that the duty of a Judge required.
Mr. Lens was held in the highest es-
timation by the present King, who
considered that his virtues and talents
would have adorned any rank.
Before
Serjeant Shepherd was appointed So-
licitor-General, the situation was offered
to Mr. Lens, in the most flattering man-
ner, by the Prime Minister in person,
agreeably to the express command of
the Prince Regent: Mr. Lens being
assured at the same time that he should
be bound to no political line of conduct,
and that the appointment should open
to him the first situations in the Law:
this offer he firmly, but respectfully,
declined to accept. The place of Chief
Justice of Chester was subsequently
proposed to him, but which, although
a situation of considerable rank and
emolument in the profession, and un-
connected with any political feeling, he
also refused. His knowledge of the
laws of his country was very extensive.
As a speaker he did not affect the
highest range of oratory, but his
speeches had merits of a rare and pre-
cious kind. He was cultivated in
manners and in mind; his language
had frequently the merit of force and
elegance, and always that of propriety;
and in all the legal contests in which
he was engaged, he never for a moment
forgot the character of a gentleman;
in short, both in and out of his profes
sion he was considered the standard of
all that was honourable and dignified
in man. He early attached himself to
the party of Mr. Fox, and was a con-
stitutional whig, and from these princi-
ciples no excitement of interest or
ambition could ever induce him to
deviate.
Mr. Serjeant Lens had, a year or
two ago, been visited by a severe mal-
ady, which required chirurgical assist-
ance, and he was attended by the most
eminent Medical Professors of the
day. He bore the operation that was
deemed necessary with the patience and
fortitude which might be expected from
a calm, firm, and resolute mind, and he
rewarded the gentleman who attended
him with a grateful and even princely
liberality. The effect of the disease,
and the nature of the operation, though
it removed the immediate cause, gave,
however, a shock to his constitution,
from which he never recovered, and
induced him to resign all professional
pursuits.
In 1818, Mr. Lens married Mrs.
Nares (the widow of John Nares, Esq.,
the magistrate), whom, however, he had
the misfortune to lose in June 1820.
The following character of this la-
mented gentleman, is extracted from a
poem called "The Bar."
Or if, perchance, the truant stream should
stray,
It warms and fertilizes on its way,
And strews with many a leaf and classic
flower
All that was wild and barren waste be-
fore.
But greater, nobler qualities than these,
Are his, who never fawns, or stops to
please,
Who with stern independence for his
shield,
To hollow-soul'd ambition scorns to
yield,
For power or place, or paltry selfish ends,
Ne'er sells his conscience, nor deserts
his friends,
But stands, (nor sighs for proffer'd ho-
New Monthly and Gentleman's Ma-
gazines, and Private Communications.
LILFORD, the Right Honourable
Thomas Powys, Baron of, of Lilford
Park, co. Northampton, and of Atherton
and Bewsey, co. Lancaster; July 4, in
Grosvenor Place.
He was the eldest son of Thomas first
Lord Lilford, by Mary daughter of
Galfridus Mann, of Brocton Malherbe,
and niece of Sir Horatio Mann, bart.
K. B. Ambassador to the Court of Flo-
rence; was born April 8, 1775; and
received his education at St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, where he obtained the
degrees of B. A. 1797, and M. A.1802.
On the 5th of December, 1797, he
married Henrietta-Maria, eldest daugh-
ter and heiress of Robert Vernon Ather-
ton, of Atherton Hall, co. Lancaster,
Esq., and by her (who died August 11,
1820) had issue, Thomas Atherton,
present Baron Lilford, and eleven other
children, six daughters and five sons.
On Wednesday, the 13th, his mortal
remains were deposited in the family
vault at Achurch in the county North-
ampton. The funeral was private;
being attended only by the family and
immediate connexions of the deceased
Lord, and by the Oundle and Thrapston
troops of Northamptonshire cavalry, of
the latter of which the Noble Lord had
long had the command. Their offer
of attendance had been volunteered in
the most respectful and affectionate
manner, and accepted on the part of the
family with a full appreciation of the
motives under which it was made.
With powers of mind which fitted
him to take an active part in public life,
in which, when occasion called him
forth, he was not backward to show
himself; he courted retirement as the
chief scene of his duties and pleasures,
devoting his unceasing attention to the
education of his children, and seeking
delight in domestic endearments and
social intimacies.
For both he was admirably calculated
by a sensibility that was deep and tender,
an understanding large and cultivated,
and a taste exquisitely refined. He de-
lighted in excellence of every kind; but
chiefly in the excellence of goodness
and wisdom; of which, while studying
to form himself after the model of a
revered father, he sought out living
examples and associates among every
rank and description of men. Upright,
honourable, independent, high-minded,
his temper might have carried him into
too much of abstraction, had not real
Christianity given him the right bias
and aim. His moral mark was always
high, and he pursued it humbly, judg-
ing every part of his own conduct with
scrutinizing severity, and though always
admired by others, seldom or never
satisfied with himself. As an imperative
duty he was diligent in doing good, and
unaffectedly careless of showing or con-
cealing it. His mind was distinguished
both by delicacy of feeling and by purity
of motive, holding the love of praise in
strict subjection; his piety was sincere
and unobtrusive; it flowed as naturally
in the strain of his conversation as it
lived in the actions of his daily life.
Embracing in his affection the whole
Church of Christ, he was in particular
an attached member of the church of
England. He agreed cordially with
her doctrines and institutions, not as
an habitual prejudice, but in enlight
ened knowledge and deliberate love.
As a member of the highest legis-
lative assembly, he was addicted to no
political master; nor were politics the
atmosphere in which he breathed freely,
or took delight. Yet he entered it, se-
cured from its infection, in the strength
of his independence, and sanctity of
higher principles and references, than
with the maxims or connexions of the
political world. He combined a ge-
nerous love of freedom with the de-
termined support of order.
In mo-
ments of peril he was always seen at
his post; in ordinary times he was best
pleased to confide in others.
Such a man was he who is now taken
from his family, his friends, and the
world, in the very vigour of his age,
and at the full period of advancing ex-
cellence. His death was sudden; but
in no respect was he unprepared. With
the practical conviction that life was
uncertain, and with the persuasion that
his own life would be short, he brought
every action to a speedy and regular
account, and in studying how best to
live, died daily.
It is good to record that such men
are sent into existence, and that they are
snatched from it without a full recom-
pense in the present scene. Such facts
convince us that this world, in its best
form, is not a reward, but a prepar-
ation.
This record is written as though it
would be subjected to the scrutiny of
that judgment to which the writer has
often confidentially referred; a judgment
which tolerated no vagueness, and which
abhorred all exaggeration, which weigh-
ed scrupulously the value of words as
the pictures of things. It is a true re-
cord; untainted by partiality, though
flowing from the pen of old, and faith-
ful, and fond affection; from one who
spoke the words of truth to him with
unreserved freedom, but who never
dared to offend him with the language
of undeserved praise.
As a public speaker, his talents were
considerable, but the exercise of them
was so controlled by his natural modesty,
that they were not to be called forth, ex-
cept under the impulse of a strong and
urgent sense of public duty. The
qualities of his heart are too well and
painfully attested by the deep sorrow of
his most amiable family, of his numerous
friends, his tenants and domestics, by all
of whom he was ardently beloved and
revered. To him the beautiful lan-
guage of Shakspeare may be most justly
applied,
"His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might
stand up
And say to all the world, This was a
man. - Gentleman's Magazine.
LONG, Lieutenant-General R. Bal-
lard; 2d March. This able and meri-
torious officer was the second son of the
late Edward Long, esq. He was born
April 4, 1771, and was educated at
Harrow, under Dr. Drury, after which
he went to the university of Gottingen,
for the purpose of pursuing the studies
of the military profession. On May 4,
1791, he was gazetted to a cornetcy
in the King's Dragoon Guards, com-
manded by General Sir George How-
ard, K. B.; and in June 1793, em-
barked with his regiment for Flanders,
and joined the army then under the
command of H. R. H. the Duke of
York. He was gazetted lieutenant,
Feb. 25, 1793, and captain, Nov. 6,
of the following year. At the com-
mencement of the campaign in 1794, he
succeeded Captain Carleton (son of the
late Lord Dorchester, and who was
killed by his side, at the attack of Pre-
mont), in the post of major of brigade.
He was present at the brilliant actions
at Cateau and Tournay, as well as at
the different engagements and sieges
which occurred during the campaign of
the British army in the Netherlands and
Holland, and having been appointed
deputy adjutant-general under General
Don, remained with the army during
the whole of their terrible retreat, and
was among the last who re-embarked at
Cuxhaven, in the month of January,
1796. On his return to England, he
was continued upon the home staff as
major of brigade, but resigned it on
being appointed aid-de-camp to the late
Right Hon. Sir William Pitt, K. B. at
whose installation in 1805, he officiated
as Esquire of the Bath. In this situation
he remained, until promoted by purchase,
from a majority of the York Rangers,
(to which he had been gazetted, July
26, 1797,) to the lieutenant-colonelcy
of the Hompesch mounted riflemen,
commanded by Ferdinand Baron Hom-
pesch, March 8, 1798. With them he
immediately embarked for Ireland, and
served there during the whole of the
rebellion, mitigating, on every occasion
he could exercise his authority and in-
fluence, the unhappy violences of those
times. In 1800 he returned to Eng-
land, and was gazetted May 30, to the
lieutenant colonelcy of the York Hus-
sars. This regiment he formed and
continued in until its disbandment on
the peace of Amiens, when the officers
presented him with a valuable sword,
in testimony of their gratitude and
esteem. He then passed some time at
the military college of High Wycombe,
and on the breaking out of the war was
gazetted lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd
Dragoon Guards, Dec. 30, 180, and
went again to Ireland in the following
year. He was soon after offered the
command of the King's Dragoon
Guards by his late Majesty through
Sir William Pitt (then colonel of that
regiment), but declined it from motives
of delicacy, in not wishing to be placed
over the heads of those officers under
whom he had once served.
Preferring also the light cavalry ser-
vice, he accepted the unsolicited offer,
from General Lord Harcourt, of the
command of the 16th Light Dragoons,
of which he was gazetted lieutenant-
colonel, Aug. 22, 1805, but was again
removed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of
the 15th Light Dragoons, Dec. 17, of
the same year, on the recommendation
of their colonel the Duke of Cumber-
land, and at the particular desire of
his late Majesty. This regiment was
brought into such an excellent state of
discipline under his directions, that he
subsequently received the thanks of his
Royal Highness. On April 25, 1808,
he was gazetted full colonel, and on the
S0th of Oct. following, embarked for
Spain, having been appointed to serve
as colonel of the staff of the army then
under the command of Lieutenant-
General Sir John Moore. In conse-
quence of the rapid retreat of the British
troops, and the interposition of the
enemy, he never joined them on their
march, and after having traversed a great
tract of country, re-embarked at Vigo,
and went from thence to Corunna,
where he arrived on the evening pre-
ceding the battle. Although he had no
command, he disembarked for the pur-
pose of offering his services, was present
throughout the engagement, and at the
death of the lamented commander with
whom he had always lived on terms of
the greatest friendship. He landed at
Portsmouth Jan. 19, and on July 26,
of the same year (1809), he was ap-
pointed adjutant-general to the forces
under the command of the Earl of
Chatham, and embarked in the Vene-
rable, on the expedition to Walcheren.
The capture of Flushing having ter-
minated that unfortuaate enterprize, he
returned with the army to England, and
embarked, in the following year, in the
Victory, landed at Lisbon, and joined
the army under Lord Wellington at
Coimbra. He was then appointed to
command the cavalry in the South, un-
der the orders of Marshal Beresford.
He had the chief direction of the cavalry
movements in the gallant action at
Campo Major, was engaged at Los
Santos, and was second in command of
the cavalry in the important and san-
guinary battle of Albucra. For his
exertions on that glorious day he re-
ceived the thanks of Parliament.
was subsequently engaged in the actions
at Usagre, Ribera, Arroyo del Molino,
and Almarez, and was gazetted major-
general, June 4, 1811.. The army of
the South then joined Lord Wellington
at Madrid on the retreat from Burgos,
and General Long remained under the
orders of his lordship. After having
been present at Vittoria, at the Pyrenees,
and at Pampeluna, and having been
publickly thanked by Sir Rowland Hill,
for his active exertions in rescuing 400
wounded British soldiers in the Py-
rences from the hands of the enemy, he
was recalled by orders from this coun-
try, in order to make room for the pro-
mised appointment of a junior officer.
He received, on his departure, the most
gratifying assurances of the affection,
esteem, and regret of the officers who
had served under him, particularly those
of the 13th Dragoons, which regiment
he had commanded ever since his arrival
in the Peninsula. On his return to
England he was offered a command in
Scotland, but immediately declined it.
He was gazetted lieutenant-general, July
19, 1821, died in Berkley Square, on
the 2nd March, 1825, and was buried
in the church at Seale, in the county of
Surrey.
In the estimation of characters, the
partiality of private friendship is too
often and too truly thought to call forth
unmerited panegyric. We should not,
however, do justice to the memory of a
gallant officer, if we were to withhold
the just tribute of admiration for one
whose scrupulous sense of honour, whose
high-minded principles of independence,
whose noble disinterestedness and un-
bounded generosity of disposition, se-
cured him the love and esteem of all
who knew him, and will ever live in the
recollection of those friends who have
survived him.--Gentleman's Magazine.
MARTYN, the Rev. Thomas, B.D.
F. R. S. Rector of Pertenhall in
Berks, perpetual Curate of Edgeware,
Middlesex, and for sixty-four years
Professor of Botany in the University
of Cambridge, June 3, aged 89 years
and eight months.
This venerable and learned man was
the eldest of the three sons of John Mar-
tyn, M.D. also Professor of Botany at
Cambridge, and a Physician resident at
Chelsea, by Eutalia, youngest daughter
of John King. D.D. Rector of that
place, and Prebendary of York.
was educated under the Rev. Mr. Ro-
thery, at Chelsea, and thence admitted
a pensioner, or in the second rank of
under-graduates of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge, where his tutor was the
celebrated Mr. Henry Hubbard; but
after taking the degree of B. A. in
1756, he removed to Sidney Sussex
College, under the following circum-
stances. The buildings of that institu-
tion having become considerably dila-
pidated, some extensive repairs were
required; but the finances so necessary
for their completion being dilapidated
also, Dr. Parris, the Master, was com-
pelled to have recourse to the seques-
tration of several fellowships. When
the evil was removed, a new society was
to be formed, and, as young men pro-
perly qualified were not to be found in
the college, aliens of the most dis-
tinguished merit were sought from other
foundations. Mr. Martyn was accord-
ingly invited to Sidney, and elected a
Fellow thereof, about the same time as
the late Master, Dr. Elliston, and the
venerable Dr. Hey. Mr. Martyn pro-
ceeded M. A. in 1759; in 1761 his
father, after having most ably filled the
Botanical chair for thirty years, resigned
it, and the son was chosen to succeed
him; and on the election of Dr. Ellis-
ton to the Mastership, he was appointed
one of the Tutors of the College. In
both offices he exerted his talents with
assiduity; as Professor he read lectures
in English instead of Latin, and sub-
sequently voluntarily extended his duties
to the illustration of the Animal and
Mineral Kingdoms as far as they are
connected with Botany.
In 1763, he published his first Works:
"Plantæ Cantabrigienses, or a Catalogue
of the Plants which grow wild in the
County of Cambridge, disposed accord-
ing to the System of Linnæus; Herba-
tiones Cantabrigienses, or directions to
the places where they may be found,
comprehended in three botanical excur-
sions; to which are added, Lists of the
more rare Plants growing in many
parts of England and Wales," 8vo. ;
and "A short Account of the Donation
of a Botanic Garden to the University,
by Dr. Walker, Vice-Master of Trinity
College, with rules and orders for the
government of it," 4to. In 1764 he
served Proctor for the University; and
in 1766 he proceeded B. D. In the
latter year he published "The English
Connoisseur," 2 vols. 12mo., and, in
1768, a Sermon for the benefit of Adden-
brooke's Hospital. In the same year
he lost his father, and the two following
were spent on a work which should per-
petuate that father's memory.
This
was editing the Doctor's learned "Dis-
sertations and Critical Remarks on the
Eneids of Virgil, containing among
other interesting particulars, a full vin-
dication of the poet from the charge of
an anachronism with regard to the foun-
dation of Carthage." To this work,
which was published in 12mo. 1770, he
prefixed a life of the author, and a
complete catalogue of his works
accompanied by notices of other branches
of his family, and numerous literary
characters, as specified in Nichols's
Literary Anecdotes, vol. III. p. 157.
In 1771 he issued a 66
Catalogus Horti
Cantabrigiensis," 8vo., and in the fol-
lowing year a second edition, accom-
panied by his Botanical Lectures, and a
plan of the Garden.
In 1771 he was presented to the rec-
tory of Ludgershall, Bucks, a living in
the patronage of his own family, which
he retained till 1785; and soon after he
married Miss Elliston, sister to his friend
the master of Sidney, and aunt to the
He also furnished an abridgement
of this Life to Faulkner's History of
Chelsea
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