Hamilton, secretary to the United States' treasury, were leading members. Mr. Barlow being without connections in Paris, and unacquainted with the language, found some difficulty in carrying his object into effect, until introduced to Mr. Playfair, who undertook the disposal of the lands. The French revolution rendering emigration a matter of choice to some, and of necessity to more, Mr. Playfair undertook the agency, to dispose of the lands, at five shillings per acre, one half of which was to be paid on signing the act of sale, and the other half to remain on mortgage to the United States, to be paid within two years after taking possession. The office was opened in a large hotel in the Rue Neuve des Petits Champs, contiguous to the Palais Royal, in November 1789, under the title of the Sioto Company; and, in less than two months, fifty thousand acres of land were sold. Two vessels sailed from Havre de Grace, laden with emigrants; and the colony of Sioto, thus formed by Mr. Playfair, though not a very flourishing, is an improving settlement. The political opinions of Mr. Playfair were not very favourable to the French Revolution, and happening to express himself somewhat freely on the subject, he provoked the enmity of Barrere, who obtained an order for his arrest; apprised, however, of his danger, he succeeded in making his escape to Holland, and thence to England. On his return to London, Mr. Playfair projected a bank, to be called the Security Bank, in which Mr. Hartsinck, formerly in the celebrated house of the Hopes at Amsterdam, and the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, became partners. This bank was opened in Cornhill; its object was to divide large securities into small ones, and thus to facilitate the negotiation of small loans. Unfortunately, however, sufficient attention was not paid to the nature of the security, and bankruptcy ensued. From this period we have only to consider Mr. Playfair as a literary man, whose life, like that of most authors, was much chequered. Of his activity, the following list of his works will bear ample evidence : 1. Joseph and Benjamin.-2. Regulations for the Interest of Money, 1785.3. The Statistical Breviary, showing on a principle entirely new, the Resources of every State and Kingdom of Europe. -4. The Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786.-5. On the Asiatic Establish ments of Great Britain, 4to.-6. The inevitable Consequences of a Reform in Parliament.-7. A general View of the actual Force and Resources of France, 1793.-8. Better Prospects to the Merchants and Manufacturers of GreatBritain, 1793.-9. Thoughts upon the present State of French Politics, 1793. 10. Peace with the Jacobins impossible, 1794.-11. Letter to Earl Fitzwilliam, occasioned by his two Letters to the Earl of Carlisle, 1794.-12. The History of Jacobinism, 1795.-13. A real Statement of the Finances and Resources of Great Britain, 1796.-14. Statistical Tables, exhibiting a View of all the States of Europe, 4to. 1800.15. Proofs relative to the Falsification, by the French, of the intercepted Letters found on board the Admiral Aplin East Indiaman, 8vo. 1804.-16. An Enquiry into the Causes of the Decline and Fall of wealthy and powerful Nations, 4to. 1805, 2nd edit. 1807.-17. Smith's Wealth of Nations, with notes, supplementary chapters, &c. 11 edit. 3 vols. 8vo. 1806.-18. A Statistical Account of the United States of America, translated from the French, 8vo. 1807.-19. Plan for Establishing the Balance of Power in Europe, 8vo. 1813.-20. British Family Antiquity, 9 vols. 4to.-21. An Address to the Nobility on the Advantages of Hereditary Rank, 8vo.-22. A second Address to ditto.-23. On the Trade of India, by P. O'Hara.24. Ecce Iterum. 25. Letter to Lords and Commons in Support of the Apprentice Laws.-26. Early Friends of the Prince Regent.-27. Vindication of the Reign of George III.-28. A Letter to the Prince Regent, on the ultimate Tendency of the Roman Catholic Claims; containing also a clear Statement of the Operation of the Sinking Fund, &c. 29. Buonaparte's Journey to Moscow, in the Manner of John Gilpin, 1813.-30. Statement to Earl Bathurst, on the Escape of Napoleon from Elba, &c.-31. Letters to Earl Bathurst, Messrs. Abercromby, and Morier.-32.JAn Answer to the Calumniators of Louis XVIII., 1815.— 33. Political Portraits in this New Era, 2 vols. 1814.-34. Supplement to Political Portraits.-35. France as it is, not Lady Morgan's France.-36. On Emigration to France.-37. On Agricultural Distress.-38. The Tomahawk, a periodical, published daily at 2d. during the session of 1795. Of this work, Mr. Playfair was joint pro prietor and editor with the late muchesteemed Dr. Arnold. Mr. Playfair wrote the leading article, and some of our living dramatists contributed towards the poetical department of the Tomahawk.-39. Anticipation; a weekly paper, which was for some time honoured with the patronage of the late Mr. Windham. It was, we believe, published about the year 1808, and did not reach more than twenty or thirty numbers.-40. Montefiore on the Bankrupt Laws.-41. European Commerce, by Jephson Ody, Esq. These two. works, though published under the names of the gentlemen last mentioned, were written by Mr. Playfair. The above list is very imperfect; nor is it possible to render it otherwise. There can be no doubt that, including pamphlets, Mr. Playfair was the author of at least a hundred distinct works. Of the whole of his publications, the "History of Jacobinism," and the " Enquiry into the Causes of the Decline and Fall of wealthy and powerful Nations," are perhaps the best; though the Statistical Breviary and Atlas display great ingenuity in simplifying statistical details, by means of geometrical lines and figures. These works were the means of introducing Mr. Playfair to the friendship of the late Marquis of Lansdown, and several distinguished members of the legislature. The notes to Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" exhibit considerable knowledge of political economy. On the restoration of the Bourbons. Mr. Playfair went again to Paris; and there conducted Galignani's English Newspaper, until driven away by a prosecution for some insignificant libel. From that time he existed in London by essay-writing and translating. His constitution, however, being broken up, and his means having become precarious, anxiety of mind completed what bodily indisposition had begun; and on the 11th of Feb. 1823, he died in CoventGarden, in the 64th year of his age. In private life Mr. Playfair was inoffensive and amiable; not prepossessing in his appearance and address, but with a strong and decided physiognomy, like that of his late brother. With a thoughtlessness that is too frequently allied to genius, he neglected to secure that provision for his family, which, from his talents, they were justified to expect; and although he laboured ardently and abundantly for his country, yet he found it ungrateful, and was left in age and infirmity to regret that he had neglected his own interests to promote those of the public. He has left a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters. One of his sons was a lieutenant in the 104th regiment, who, on its being disbanded in Canada, turned his attention to mechanics, and superintended the construction of a saw-mill, though bred only to the military profession. One of Mr. Playfair's daughters is blind; as the child of a person whose life was devoted to the service of the British government, she has strong claims on its bounty, and we trust they will not be overlooked. PORTMAN, Edward Berkeley, Esq. M. P. for Dorsetshire, Jan. 19th, at Rome, aged 51. This family is of the highest antiquity, being descended from Sir Maurice Berkeley, son of Maurice Lord Berkeley, (19 Edw. II.) the immediate descendant from Sir Robert Fitzharding, first Lord Berkeley, who was the son of Harding, son of a king of Denmark, who accompanied Duke William from Normandy, and was with him at the battle of Hastings, when the death of Harold decided the fate of the kingdom in favour of the Normans. He resided at Bristol, of which he was governor, and possessed great estates in the counties of Somerset and Gloucester. William Berkeley, Esq. of Pylle, co. Somerset, great grandfather of the late Mr. Portman, first added to his original name of Berkeley, the name and arms of Portman, by act of parliament, 9 Geo. II. on succeeding to the Portman estates, in consequence of the will of Sir Wm. Portman, K.B. who died in 1689-90. The late Mr. Portman was the second son of Henry Wm. Portman, Esq. of Bryanston, co. Dorset, who died Jan. 16, 1796, aged 59. His eldest brother, Henry Berkeley Portman, M. P. for Wells, married in 1793, Lucy Elizabeth, second daughter of Lord Dormer, and died March 22, 1803, without issue; when the late. Mr. Portman succeeded to his property in the West of England, and the immense estates in St. Mary-le-bone, in which parish, Portman-square, Bryanston-square, Berkeley-street, &c. have been named after himself, or the place of his residence. He was a fellow commoner of St. John's College,, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1792. He married, Aug. 28, 1798, PIUS THE SEVENTH, Bernardi Gregorio Chiaramonti, POPE, 20th August, at Rome, aged 81. To detail the life of any Pope, and especially of a Pope who lived in such times as those in which Pius the 7th held the papal authority, is the province of the historian, not of the biographer. Any attempt to enter upon it in our narrow limits would necessarily engross a space that ought rather to be devoted to individuals more intimately connected with our domestic interests. We must therefore content ourselves with a very brief notice on the subject. the bishoprics of Tivoli and Imola, were now so established, that Pope Pius VI. created him a cardinal. It was not long after that he was elected to the chair of St. Peter, and the character of Supreme Pontiff afforded him a wider sphere for the exercise of his piety, and shed a brighter lust re over his attainments and benevolence. The election of Cardinal Chiaramonti took place on the 10th of March, 1800, at Venice; his entry into Rome was on the 3d of June following. His late Holiness carried with him to his new and splendid dignity the same virtues which had adorned his private career; bearing himself with the same modesty, humility, piety, meekness, and compassion, which had, in the early part of his life, rendered him so universally beloved and respected. When Buonaparte required his Holiness to declare his hostility to England, and to influence the church over which he presided with the same feeling of enmity, he refused to become a party to so iniquitous a measure; and, despising the threats and insults which were heaped upon him for his refusal, paid the penalty of his conscientiousness by suffering the spoliation of his territories, exile from his capital, imprisonment, and multiplied indignities; for, in 1809, Napoleon deprived him of his power, and reduced him to the condition of Bishop of Rome, and his state was decreed a part of the French territory. In 1814, the Pope resumed his power, and always manifested a grateful sense of the friendly interference of England in his behalf, which had the effect of restoring him to his dignity, and ultimately to his possessions. Q. His Holiness was descended from ancient and noble families. At sixteen years of age he entered into the religious state in the monastery of Benedictines, at Cesena. It was in this retreat, amidst the daily exercise of piety and religion, that he sought to establish his soul's health by the practice of all the Christian virtues; thus preparing himself for the fulfilment of those high and gracious designs which Providence had been pleased to form in his favour. To those virtues he united a singular fondness for study and great application. At the monastery attached to that magnificent church, which has been so lately destroyed by fire, the church of St. Paul, at Rome, he studied philosophy, theology, and the canon law; and QUIN, Edward, Esq. at Sheerness. speedily afforded signal proofs of his Mr. Quin was for many years a member great attainments in those excellent and of the Common Council for Farringdon sublime pursuits. Nominated profes- Without; he afterwards became a prosor of theology at Rome, he filled that prietor and editor of the morning paper, distinguished chair for the space of nine called "The Day, which has since years, and his virtues and reputation been changed into "The New Times." being, by that time, well known to His body was found resting upon the Pius VI., he was, by that Pope, in- wall from Sheerness to Queenborough. stalled, in the year 1782, Bishop of If the early events of Mr. Quin's life Tivoli, and in 1785, promoted to the could be acurately detailed, they would bishopric of Imola. His fidelity to the present a singular picture of vicissitude Church, his zeal for the Catholic re- and adventure. He was a man of ligion, his piety and his talents, which superior eloquence, and of very athad thus successively procured for him tractive manners, but unfortunate in those speculations of business which require application as well as genius. R. RELHAM, the Rev. Richard, M.A. F.R.S. A.L. S. March 28, aged 69. Mr. Relham was Rector of Hemingby, co. Lincoln, to which he was presented in 1791, by King's College, Cambridge, of which he was at that time Fellow. He was formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A. 1776, M. A. 1779; and was afterwards Conduct of King's College. His classical attainments and botanical erudition were of a very superior order. published" Flora Cantabrigiensis," 8vo. 1785. Supplement I. and II. to the preceding, 1786, 1788; Supplement III. 8vo. 1793, 2d edition, 1802. "Tacitus de Moribus Germanorum et de Vitâ Agricolæ," 8vo. 1809. He RICHARDS, the Right Hon. Sir Richard, the Lord Chief Baron, 11th Nov. at his house in Great Ormondstreet, in his 71st year. In the whole circle of the profession, no man stood higher in private estimation, or public respect, than the late Lord Chief Baron. As a lawyer and a judge, his decisions, particularly in Exchequer cases, were sound, and evinced considerable acu men. RIDOUT, John Gibbs, M. D. May 23, in the 66th year of his age, at the Crescent, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. Dr. Ridout, for some years past, had in a great measure retired from the practice of his profession, in which he had acquired a high reputation; but with his characteristic benevolence he has been actively employed in assisting in the management of several public institutions, which will sensibly feel the loss of his valuable and disinterested services. Among these may be particularly noticed the Society of Apothecaries of London, of whose court of assistants Dr. Ridout was a useful member; and was very assiduous in his attendance on the Committee of Examiners under the recent act of parliament, which is so calculated to improve the regular practice of medicine. With the purest principles and integrity of character, he was blessed with a singular sweetness of temper, and kindliness of disposition; and possessed social qualities of the most pleasing description. ROUSE, Mr. Rowland, June 20th, at Market Harborough, in his 84th year. He was the son of Mr. Samuel Rouse, draper, of Market Harborough, by Susannah, daughter of William Rowland, of Pillerton Hersey, co. Warwick, gent. The worthy but unfortunate father of the late Mr. Rouse was a good mathe matician and astronomer, as well as an ingenious mechanic. Mr. Samuel Rouse was honoured with the friendship and correspondence of Mr. Whiston, Dr. Long, the Rev. Wm. Ludlam, and Dr. Mason, Woodwardian Professor; as also with that of Mr. Richard Dunthorne, butler of Pembroke-hall, who was a good astronomer. Mr. R. and Mr. D. became acquainted, by their engaging, at the same period (unknown to each other) in constructing tables of the moon's motions, from Sir Isaac Newton's theory. These tables were published at Cambridge by Mr. Dunthorne, in 1739. The great engineer, Mr. Smeaton, noticed Mr. S. Rouse, who is respectfully mentioned in papers read at the Royal Society in 1759, on the Natural Powers of Water and Wind. He also was the first person who attempted to bring the bentleaver balance into use, which will appear from a paper read at the Royal Society, June 6, 1765, as published by Mr. Ludlam. Mr. Rowland Rouse possessed a very strong natural understanding, almost wholly uncultivated, except in his professional habits as draper and auctioneer, in which latter capacity he had opportunities of collecting occasionally some curious articles of antiquity or vertù, and he possessed the character in his neighbourhood of a great antiquary. He had also a strong taste for the study of heraldry, in which, under many disadvantages, he made some progress, and actually compiled an immense volume on that subject, for which he expected a large remuneration from some adventurous bookseller, but (unfortunately for Mr. R.) such adventurer was never found. There is a portrait of this worthy and respectable man, W. Wright pinxit - Woodthorpe sculp. ROXBURGH, James Norcliffe Innes Ker, fifth Duke and Earl of, Marquis of Beaumont and Cessford, Earl of Kelso, Viscount Broxmouth, and Baron Ker of Cessford and Caverton, a baronet, and one of the sixteen peers for Scotland, July 19th, at Fleurs, near Kelso, aged 85. His Grace was born 1738; married, first, April 19, 1769, Mary, sister of Sir Cecil Wray, of Glentworth, co. Lincoln, bart. by Frances, daughter of Fairfax Norcliffe, of Langston, co. York, esq. and by her, (who died July 20, 1807) had no issue; and secondly, July 28, 1807, Harriet, daughter of the late Benjamin Charlewood, of Windlesham, esq. and by her had issue the present duke, born July 1816, and a daughter, born and died May 26, 1814. His original name was Innes, and he derived his descent from Margaret Ker, third daughter of Harry Lord Ker, who married Sir James Innes, of Innes, bart. by Jane, daughter of James, sixth Lord Ross. His grace claimed the title of duke, &c. and on the 11th of May, 1812, the House of Lords unanimously resolved "That the petitioner, Sir James Norcliffe Innes Ker, bart. had made out his claim to the titles, honours, and dignities, &c. as stated in his petition." He succeeded William, seventh Baron Bellenden, and fourth Duke, who died in 1805, without issue; and who succeeded John, third Duke, so generally known to the literary world as the nobleman whose taste for old books led to the foundation of the club which bears his name. His remains were interred in the antient family vault at Bowden. Between twelve and one o'clock the procession moved from Fleurs. The body was conveyed in a hearse drawn by six horses, and attended by all the circumstances of pomp and solemnity befitting the occasion. The hearse was followed by the carriages of the family, by those of the principal nobility and gentry of the country, and by the numerous and respectable tenantry of the Roxburgh estates, in carriages and on horseback. On approaching Kelso, the procession was joined by the members of the different trades, and by many other inhabitants of the town, all dressed in deep mourning; they had solicited and obtained permission to pay that mark of respect, and they preceded the hearse as far as the Tweed, where they ranged to the right and left on the bridge, forming an avenue through which the carriages and horsemen proceeded to wards the place of interment. Whilst the procession passed through Kelso, all the shops were shut, the bells tolled at intervals, and every tribute of respect was shown on the part of the inhabitants to the memory of the venerable nobleman, whose worth they duly appreciated, and whose loss will be severely felt by them, as well as by the wide circle to which his influence extended, and where his virtues were known. S. ST. GERMAINS, the Rt. Hon. John Craggs Elliot, Earl of; 17th Nov. in his 63rd year. His lordship sucIceeded his father in 1804. He was twice married, but having no children, the title devolves upon his brother, the Hon. Wm. Elliot. SALISBURY, the most Noble James Cecil, Marquis and Earl of, in the county of Wilts, Viscount Cranbourne, in the county of Dorset, Baron Cecil, of Essingdon, in the county of Rutland, K. G., Joint Postmaster-General, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Hertford, High Steward of Hertford, LL. D. F.R. S. &c. June 13, at Theobalds, in the 75th year of his age. This highly-respected and venerable nobleman was lineally descended from that illustrious statesman, William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer of England, who, for his eminent services, was created by patent Baron of Burleigh, Feb. 25, 1570-1; an honour at that time never bestowed without uncommon merit. The youngest son of this able and upright minister, Robert Cecil, was, on the 4th of May, 1605, (the very day on which his elder brother Thomas was advanced to the Earldom of Exeter,) created Earl of Salisbury, and with precedence above him, which is said to have occasioned, for some time, great heart-burnings between the brothers. Through a long line of illustrious ancestors descended the late marquis, who was born on the 4th Sept. 1748, being the only son of James, the 6th Earl of Salisbury,by Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Keet, of the city of Canterbury. In 1774, he was elected a burgess in parliament for the borough of Bedwin. On March 1, 1771, and during the life of his father, he was constituted Lord Lieutenant and Custos |