would be unable to live in the fame ftyle, and might be expofed to many ill-natured obfervations, from the relinquifhment of what the people had been accustomed to; it is moft likely alfo, that general Wathington has been actuated by thefe motives, because, in his private capacity at Mount Vernon, every firanger meets with a hofpitable reception from him. General Washington's felf-moderation is well known to the world already. It is a remarkable circumftance, which redounds to his eternal honour, that while prefident of the United States, he never appointed one of his own relations to any office of truft or emolument, although he has feveral that are men of abilities, and well qualified to fill the most important ftations in the government. Since felecting the above Extract, we have the melancholy Duty of adding the following Short Notice of the President's Death. a complaint efcaped him, in extreme diftrefs. With perfect rignation, and a full poffeffion of realon, he clofed his well-per life. His funeral was celebrated with every mark of honour and r gret, fo juftly due to his virtue The corpfe was interred in the family-vault, in an elevated lawn, ca the banks of the Potomack. Tie general aflembly of Maryland have requefied, that a day of mourning humiliation, and prayer, may be appointed; fcarfs and hat-bard: are to be worn by the governor, the fenate, and all the officers of ftat and government, during the whe of the prefent feffion. Sketch of the Life of the late William Seward, Efq. F. R. A. S. §.; fram the Gentleman's Magazine. HIS TMS gentleman was the fon of Mr. Seward, partner in Ca vert's brewhoufe, and was born in January, 1747. He firft went to the Charterhoufe, whence he was removed to Oxford, where he finish ed his education. Being pafiek d of an ealy fortune, he did not app'y to any profeffion, but devoted his life to learned leisure, cultivating The illuftrious general George Washington died, at his feat, at Mount Vernon, the 14th of December 1799, in the 68th year of his age, after a fhort illness of about twentyfour hours: His diforder was an his talents for his own amufement, inflammatory fore throat, which proceeded from a cold, of which he made but little complaint on the 13th. The next morning, about three o'clock, he became ill. Dr. Craick attended him in the morning, and Dr. Dick, of Alexandria, and Dr. Brown, of Port Tobacco, were foon after called in. Every medical affiftance was offered, but without the defired effect. His laft fcene correfponded with the whole tenor of his life. Not a groan nor 1 and the entertainment and inftrartion of the public. He poffeffed uncommonly active benevolence, being always ready to promote the intereft of his friends, and folicitors to relieve those who were in d trefs. His charity was unbounded; and it would be difficult to point out a perfon, with whom he was intimate, who had not obligations to acknowledge from him. He a forded the Whitehall Evening Pot much affiftance, particularly in fap phing plying it with the Reminifcentia, of which a confiderable portion remains yet to publifh. He bore a lingering diforder with great fortitude and refignation, and quitted life with the regret of all who knew his virtues, or who refpect worth and talents, all uniformly employed for the benefit of mankind. Mr. S. was a great gleaner of information, and collector of a pleafing mafs of intelligence, which he dealt out to the public through the channels of the European Magazine and Cadell's Repofitory. Although he could not draw characters like Clarendon, yet he had a felicity of his own in hitting off the leading features of his fubject. He was apt to dwell long and return often to certain pames, not confidering that telling a ftory is like driving a nail into a plastered wall; a few ftrokes fix it; after which, if you attempt to enforce it, it either grows loofe, or recoils. Mr. S. dwelt much in loco-motion, and often paffed from place to place in fearch of happinefs, as he fondly imagined this was the best way to procure her if the were to be had on earth.-He was the author of "Anecdotes of diftinguished Perfons," 4 vol. 8vo. 1795, and "Biographiana" 2 vol. 8vo. 1799. He died of a dropfy at his lodgings, in Dean-ftreet, Soho, in the prime of life. Character of the Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode; from the fame. This houfe, in Queen-fquare, ion Mordaunt Cracherode, M. Á. 1753, ftudent of Christ Church, Oxford, one of the trustees of the British Museum,* and fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies; to which laft he was chofen in 1787. He expired, after a fevere struggle, in great pain. His death was probably brought on by a cold he caught in going out after a long confinement, being evidently much recovered, and having returned to his old haunts and habits. His difeafe, which it is not eafy to define, was apparently an atrophy, but, finally, a conftipation of the bowels. He had completed his feventieth year; and yet his look was that of a man of fixty, till within the twelvemonth. Among his other habits, in which he was extremely regular, he was accustomed, for 40 years of his life, to go every day firft to Mr. Elmfly's, in the Strand, and thence to Mr. Payne's, at the Mews-gate, to meet his literary friends; and punctually called every Saturday at the late Mr. Mudge's, now Mr. Dution's, the ingenious mechanic, in Fleet street, to have his watch exactly regulated. For the laft fortnight of his life he was dreadfully emaciated! and, on the Monday before his death, feemed to take a last farewel of the parlour at the Mews-gate, in a manner that could not efcape the obfervation of its owner, to whom, as to his father, he had been fo liberal a customer, and by his energetic recommendation engaged fo many literati to follow his example. Soon after he got home, it was found neceffary to cali in fir George Baker, who paid the most unremitting attention, and effects of a fit in which he fell down, To which he has bequeathed his valuable library. but but could not prolong his farther exiftence. The greatest journey of his life was from London to Oxford, and he was never on horfeback. He had an eftate in Hertfordshire, on which grew a remarkable chefnut-tree, which he never saw but in an etching. This property was the manor of Great Wimondly, held of the crown in grand ferjeantry by the fervice of prefenting to the king the first cup he drinks at his coronation; the cup to be of filver gilt, and the king returns it as the fee of office. Col. Cracherode purchased this manor of the Grofvenor family, and officiated at the coronation of his prefent majefty. The apprehenfion of being called to perform this fervice occafioned no fmall uneafinefs to his fon. His fortune was large, which he received from his father, who failed with lord Anfon round the world. Poffeffing about 6007. a year in landed property, and nearly 100,0001. in three per cents. he was dives agris, dives pofitis in fœnore nummis; of which he made the best ufe, for his charities were ample as his income, but fecret. His attainments were various and confiderable. He wrote elegantly in Latin verfe, as may be feen in the "Carmina Quadrigefimalia" for the year 1748, which is the only thing he was ever known to have published. He employed a confiderable part of a large revenue in making collections of what was beft and moft curious in literature and certain branches of the arts. His library is unrivalled in its kind; and his cabinet of prints, drawings, and medals, is confidered as among the ⚫ most select and valuable in a country that poffeffes fo many of them. He was an exquifite judge of art, both ancient and modern, particulars of fculpture, painting, and mufic, zd collected the choiceft of early pri ed books, drawings, coins, and gems, of which a complete catalogu raifonnée would require a volume; but thus much may be faid in the fhort fketch of his character, the many of his articles were unique er their beauty, their prefervation, tr the rarity of their occurrence: fuch, for inftance, as his cameo of a lion on a fardonyx, and intagl of the Difcobolos; his Tyndale's New Teftament on vellum, that belonged formerly to Anne Boleys: his lord Finch, with wings on his head, by Marfhall; his Olbiopolis and his Dichalcos, the firft and fmalleft coin, being the fourth part of an obolus. Of thefe and every other curiofity in his poffeffion he was, at all times, moft obligingly communicative. His books, which he used modeftly to call a fpecimen collection, particularly the fourteen hundreds, form, perhaps, the m perfect collana, or necklace, ever ftrung by one man. His paffion for collecting was ftrong in death; and, f whilst he was at the laft extremity, Thane was buying prints for him at Richardfon's. In his farewel vifit to Payne's fhop he put an Edinburgh Terence in one pocket, and a large paper Cebes in another, and ex preffed an earnest defire to carry away Triveti Annales, and Heary Stephens's Pindar in old binding, both beautiful copies, and, as be thought, finer than his own, which Mr. Payne had deftined for Lord Spencer. There is a drawing in black lead of this elegant and amiable man by Eardefley, an ingenious tift, in Dufour-court, made by order of lady Spencer, but by himlelf ex prefsly forbidden to be engraved. 1 emoirs of Robert Merry, Efq.; at Covent-garden; "An Ode for I from the fame. E was eldeft fon of Robert Merry, efq. late governor of e Hudfon's Bay company, by a fter of the late judge Willes; was orn 1755; educated at Harrow nder the private tuition of Dr. Parr; Imitted of Chrift-college, Camridge, and of Lincoln's Inn. On e death of his father he bought a ommiffion in the horse-guards, and as feveral years adjutant and eutenant to the firft troop, comhanded by lord Lothian. He quited this fervice, and travelled fome ears on the continent, making a ong refidence at Florence, where e was elected a member of the celebrated academy Della Crufca, being a principal contributor to the Florence Mifcellany," written by 1 few English of both fexes, among whom were Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Greathead, &c. whom chance had jumbled together in that city, and who took a fancy to, while away, their time in fcribbling high-flown panegyrics on themselves, and complimentary canzonettas' on two or three Italians, who understood too little of the language in which they were written to be difgufted with them. In this there was not much harm, nor, indeed, much good; but, as folly is progreffive, they foon wrought themfelves into an opinion that they really deferved the fine things which were mutually faid and fung of each other. In 1787, he published, at London, Paulina, or the Ruffian Daughter," a poetical tale founded on fact; and next year," Diverfity, a Poem." Alfo, another poem, called, "The Laurel of Liberty;" "Lorenzo," a tragedy, reprefented the 14th of July, 1791," performed "Round to catch the heavenly fong It It was answered by another poem, intituled, "The Pen," figned Anna Matilda. This correfpondence was kept up two years by various new writers; and it was at laft dilcovered that the two firft were Mr. M. and Mrs. Robinfon, who had an interview towards the conclufion of the correfpondence; and the poetry was reprinted in volumes, under the title of "The Poetry of the World," which reached a fourth edition, in two vol. 12mo, intituled, "The British Album," in which Mr. M's " Diverfity" and " Ambitious Vengeance" are inferted. The first interview between Mr. M. and Mrs. R. produced difguft, and this fatal meeting put an end to the whole. When the Baviad came forth, Della Crufca appeared no more in the Oracle. The re-appearance of fome of this knot as writers for the flage called forth "The Mæviad." Mr. Merry was an accomplished man and certainly poffeffed a degree of poetical genius that might have given permanence to his works, if his mufe had not been feduced by the tinfel of affectation. Before the lamentable diforders of France, he was highly efteemed. by numerous and refpectable friends, who admired him for his knowledge, humour, and companionable qualities; but the change in his political opinions gave a fullen gloom to his cha racter, which made him relinquish all his former connections, and unite with people far beneath his talents, and quite unfuitable to his habits. He once poffeffed a good fortune, which was devoted to a fashionable style of living; and, by family intereft, as well as by his talents, he might have rifen in the army, which he quitted early in life. He married, Auguf 2, 1791, Mifs Brunton, the actres, and induced her to exercise her ta lents in America, because republica principles prevailed in that cou try, and to procure him a mai tenance. He was feized with a fit of appo plexy, walking in his garden, at Ba timore, in America, about eight o'clock in the morning, and, before eleven, yielded his laft breath. Seve ral gentlemen of the faculty attended, and every poffible means of reco very were, in vain, had recourfe to. Memoirs of the Rev. Dr. Tucker, from the fame. A T the deanry, Gloucefter, died, of a paralytic stroke, aged 58, the rev. Jofiah Tucker, D. D. He was of St. John's college, Oxford; M. A. 1759; B. and D. D. 1755; prebendary of Bristol, which he refigned, on being appointed dean, July 13, 1758; rector of St. Stephen, Briftol, and chaplain to the bishop. His firft publication was, " A Sermon, before the Truftees of Briftol Infirmary, 1746." "A brief Effay on the Advantages and Difadvan tages which refpectively attend France and Great Britain, with Regard to Trade." "Reflections on the Expediency of a Law for the Naturalization of Foreign Protel tants, Part I. 1752;" Part II. 1753; on which were published "Remarks, 1753." "Six Sermons, on important Subjects, 1773," 12mo." Letters to Dr. Kippis, occafioned by his Treatife, intituled, A Vindication of the Proteftant Diffenting Minilters, with regard to their late Application to Parliament, 1773,"vo. "Four Tracts,together with TwoSermons,on PoliticalSubjects, 1774,"8ve "A |