The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-09-13 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF LOUD GIFFORD.

The mortal 'remains of this distinguished Nobleman
were yesterday morning deposited in a vault in the Rolls
Chapel, in Chancery-lone.
The outer gates leading from Chancery-lane into the
Rolle Court were closed at an early hour. and a party of
police, under the command of the veteran 'Townsend, were
placed there to prevent the intrusion of the eroWds who
I were collected on the outside, and who, but for the police,
I would have rushed in when the gates were thrown hack for
the admis,l9ii of the ca'...riogts of the Mourners. By one
o'clock the distinguished law officers, Who had signified
their intention of attending, having arrived, Lite door of the
official resilience of the deceased Nohletnan was thrown
open, and the proceeion. moved forward in 'the following
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order:—

Two flute+.

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A plume of feather*.
The Rev. Mr. Erskine ibrodur of Lord Erskine) [arias as open
Prayer-book in No hand.
THE COFFIN,
Which was covered with,black cloth, and studded with nalkaf the
smile colour, • The pall covering it was supported by the-follow-
ing diatingeished Law Officers :--
On the one aidl:—The Lord Chancellor. the Lord Chief Ham elf
Scotland, and Sir William Oran i
On the ocher ride—The Lord Chief Justice of the gine, Rasa,
' the ChicfJustice of the Common Flees, Mr. Justice Padtoihd
nr. Justice thisalee.
The mourners in chief were MT. William Gifora and
Mr. Charles Gilibrd (brothers, as we understood, of the dit.
ceased Nobleman) „ and some other brandies of. the &soft,
Behind followed the Attorney-General and the flolictitee4
Geneesl. each basing a silk sash thrown Mules his sheet.
der. The tear was brought tip by the officers of the Reek
Court. • . . . . .
. .
The procession haviiig entered the chapel 61 distant* of
only a few yards), the solemn ritual appointed by the
Church of England *as read by the Rev. Mr. Erskine,
after which 'the body was deposited in a vault on the north-
mat side of the altar, immediately above the remains of Sir
William Forteacue, and opposite to thus of Sir Thomas
rimer.
Lord Gittird, we learn, has left a family of six children,
besides whi It Lady Gifford is said to be in daily expecte-
• tion of bernty confined. The eldest, a boy, and now hear to
the title, in do ;v ten years old.
'We regret to ik:v,
that Lord Chief *Justice Abbott -op-
.penred mud, indiir,.-ied, and it was evident that it was not
without pain that heti:stained the part t whidh hit hire to
the diceastd Nobleman h.ld induced aim to accept.

THE LATE L 0,71)
GIFFORD.
Wit fi ul that in several res.„„eta the various notices of
the ea,..ly life of Lord Gifford are VSZeeeurate• He' was not
but in that et\
" Mr. Robert Bsyly.
Mr. gy j'a 4tltiosacy with him conunet,lefd.. at
• Mr.i.ctsNkee's office,
pe-
riod. Jobe, b.•en stated, too, tliat tyas 'd!bted for his
profeuioaal succe,76 to the JuitroYlego of Sit:'h,ieerY.Gihho.
bite
This, too, . eh be
is a wia,•ake. Lord Elientiaraa.-&:`0 his Best
appearance at the bar, an important rase, in ‘A:7I
was opposed to some iiiistiti:Tuiebed Chnikell loWiltrip. rig
much struck with the hiowle,'lge he dispGyed bt the bow
of property—a knowledge whicil; ,in common law bailie.'
tees, is, generally, very moderate—end ever nfterwart4 took
a lively interest in his fortunes. LenlEllenborongh ,
'plied for a silk gown for biro without bite:tress, and it wtoslO'
Abe recommendation of his Lordship that kens indebted
for his appointment of SolieitoroGeneral. He .
deed, the friendship of Sir Vicary Gibbs, be it was to'
Lord Ellenborough that be was indebted for his. aivatleo-
pint. These particulars we owe to a gentlemen rho
lived on the most intimate footing with Lord Gifford, t
frow hip outset in life to his death.
Since writing the above, the following letter hom a gen-
tleman personally acquainted with the late Master of the
Rolls has been communicated to us. We believe that
partof the statement that makes his Lordship to have been
one year with Mr. Sykes, after having been two years with
Mr. Beyly, is erroneous
• " The following particulars respecting the late Lord
Gifford may not be unacceptable to the public:—This
learned and much-lamented Nobleman was not, as buboes
erroneously stated- in some: of the public prints, upon his
first coining to town, one year with Mr. Godfrey Sykes;
but was, two years with Mr. Robert Billy, at present one
of the barristers, beletuidng to the Wisteru Circuit. said after-
wards one y
yeir witt W. Sykes, who is also a Birristo,
and now tills an honourable and important station . itibr
• Stamp Office.
His Lordship's early talents for business, and the aesl.
tluity with which he devoted himself to the RaltliSitiee of
that knowledge of his profession, which was to qualify him
for the successful practice of It, were not unnoticed by
those who witnessed his early progress, and who thought
him likely to arrive at future eminence; but no one could
foresee the rapid advances he made, nnaidtd, sale war,
by family or Parliamentary eitinnexions, and assisted only
by his own abilities and legal acquirements.
" The late Lord Ellenbotough, formerly Lord Chief
Justice of the King's Bench, and Lord Chief 'Justice Gibbs,
who about the same time presided in the Court of Commas`
Pleas, both remarked and patronised his rising talents,
thoughl he was quite unknown to the former, except b ta j,ot
solidity and ingenuity of hie legal arguments in the
in which that Learned Judge presided. Lord Gifford was,
almost from the commencement of his practice at the bar,
particularly distinguished by his replies, which always re-
quire more than ordinary ability, cause they cannot be
previously studied, and brought ready cut and dry Into
Court, it. being impossible for any advocate to anticipate
the remarks which will be made by his opponent, who ts to
answer his opening speech, and bring forward all that can
be said on the opposite aide of the question.
" In the presecution instituted against the late Queen
Caroline, before the House of Lords, though his opening
speech was, as the occasion required, plain, simple and
unadorned, and, therefore, did not give complete satisfac-
tion to some who heard it, and did not know what was to
follow; the reply, Which was *the most difficult and im-
portant part of the proceeding, far surpatised the expecta-
tions of all who heard him, being replete with sound and
convincing argument, distinguished eloquence, and felici-
tous expression, mainly contributing, though the question
was carried but by a small majority, to its being carried
at all.

" It has been often said of men who have been early
raised to elevated stations, ' honorer mutant mores;' but
this was never applicable to the late Master of the Rolls,
whose native modesty and unasseming manners, from the
time his career of honour commenced to the period of its
close, were universally noticed and admired. To all his
old friends and associates his behaviour continued equally
kind and friendly; and when raised to the dignity of the
Peerage, instead of placing in the back-ground, under the
cover of a new and 'high-sounding title, the name with
which he set out-in life, he retained it as his name of dig-
nity, and connected it with that of a very smell parish in
the county of Devon, where his family happened to have
some property."—Morning Paper.
The following will be the new law appointments, conse-
quent upon the death of Lord Gifford :—Sir John Copley,
the present Attorney-General, will be Master of the Rolls;
the Solicitor-General succeeds Sir John Copley in the office
of Attorney-General; and Mr. Tindal will be appointed
Solicitor-General.
The late rains are said to have checked the fever in
many parts of the Netherlands, but at Groningen there are
still not less than 700 patients in the hospital, of whom,
howiver, only one has died. The sickness has not been
so general in other places, but the mortality has been
greater; and it is rare to pass through the streets without
meeting priests in their way to, or returning from, the ad'
ministration of the last spiritual attentions to expiring
patients. At Stettin, the Magistrates have put off the
annual fair on account of the prevailing mortality.
Gaaswwiett If tisriv ar...--Amonost the many improve*
memo, which the ample funds of Greenwich Hospital kws
pleS
the Governors and Directors to make. not the least Titiegg
of opening a street direct from the Hospital• to the ia sky
centre of the town, and thus uniting at once beauty and 40
venience. The interior courts of the. Headdlal We bell
materially altered and improved, and Pa le aw I#l4l laid bole
to illuminate the whole in a style al 'ltadedlav adlenstowt. This
Hospital, both in its appearance and riPlinallebillnip la an honour so
the country t and we rejoice that those to w!lay_tlsopegrar of ex.
pending the funds Is entrusted. make so o'lstanise of it. It
Is now the uylum for many a gallant- palate: 1111 lan as algid and
maimed warrior ; and as they richly deserve, 8:44 they to en-
joy, in the retirement of peace, every cataract a sountry as
bestow on them.