The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-13 00:00:00

-LORD THURLOW.

This venerable Nobleman yesterday morning- pecl. •
the great debt to Nature. He had reached the
71st. year of his age. He is said to have ale.
scended from the Memorable Secretary of Ohreek
CROMWELL. • His father was n respectable Clergy-
man,'Of• Ashfield, in- Suffolka.from which place the
deceased Nobleman took his title. .His•lether gave
him as good an educatiqn as his circumstances,
• wgail were very contra6ted, could afford. 'lie was
sent in due time to Cambridge University, where
his studies were preparatory to his intended pursuit
of law is a profession. In his youth he was so Much,
addi&ed to pleasure, particularly towards gallantry,
that he was not expected to make a very ,distine
guished figure in the profession he had embraced, so
far as success might depend on -application ra-
ther than. original powers. He possessed, 'however,:
a strong mind, and,• amidst all his pursuits of plea-
sure, was not inattentive to the callS.of interest or
ambition. He was well' acquahited whh human
nature from natural sagacity and attentive observa-
tion, and it was evidently a maxim with him, that if
people appear to have a good opinion of themselves
they;will induce the world to entertain alle.saine senti-
ments. With this persuasion .he conceived that he
could smooth the roadof life by an intrepid'spirit
ther than conciliating manners. Hence he adopted a
roughness Of' manner . that induced -people with
whom he associated to give way, rather than
,con-
tend with his boisterous
,spirit. Such a disposition,
accompanied with and knowlede, is much,
better calculated to' succeed inathe World than a
.kind • and courteous manner, which mankind in
general are rather disposed to. make subservient to
their own ends, than to
.assists and push fbrward.
What was- adopted partly_from policy and partly
• re4nlted from the oriaioal tendency of his -nature,
enabled Mr: Tahaaow to acquire reputation at the
Bde, and to aseir'e 'at the hi(vhesl hotaurs.of-his pro-
fesaien. The. cause in his; abilities' were
chiefly'distieguiehed;'..waS .the Memorable litigation
taatweee the'lTLikeo 'f Hataartroar".and. the present
. . .
Lord DOUGLAS, causewhich,thongh determined by.
thealiottae 'Of Lords, is still thease)jeCtrelitith.:ll doubt
tli`lt, tit. ds this qiuse Mr. Timi-
f..civv,""ciisplayed erect.zr.il;-tudustry, knowledge, and
;'but Mtee epliraeot lia;•eleedingste .vas
so severe in WS abaltnents eeen Ike conduct
ANDREW STEW!stET, i Getattem..ll-1- of, high talenti
hoe Our, tytht, itedl_bieitafearteaall thithe
Duke of Ham faroaTa whom Air. I o'_ '.; op..
posed,
.that. air. -STEWART ,! .1 :aalearaOt4
,reparatioiatOr seal; a;, k , it. aitit a. et ell:1-
'7oer, Mr , u .10c ,1 •; • t
iittaaatain.. weal he s.ad waa aaa aa-olas-
-4(7-11., and V. :al:elf:42a by preee.ientaalra v, A RT;_if
have leaaaa
caaliaia aeau'al teeea hli,o it' grant
Oits .d'Aited satistaetten. enswerad in Oka
athrip e the prey given"
and the hostile meeting aook huaya.
ever, was fortunately unattended by iejury to.eithea.
party. Mr.. STE` -ART was 1U Court daring the
whole. of the taial, and amidst;. all the virulent attack%
of-the Counsel, stood firm and unmoved,. supported
by conscionsreetithde,
Mral'itheaow, in the due progress of his profes,
sion, was in the year la Gan ad a►:ees to. the null( of
King's Counsel; hi' 1770. avas appoieted Salieitore
General, and was rai..,cd to the &still:Ten of Attore
ney-General in the foiloaviaig Year. In, the year 1778,
he arrived at the highest honour of his profession,
having been,creeted , a Peer, by the title of " Lord
l'hurlow, of Asiilield, in Shliblk,"' and Lord High
Chancellor of England. His chara6ter, as. a Parliae
meetary Speaker; was in a greatdegree influenced by
the maxim which -he adopted early in lite. What
he said always had weight, but. it. was sometime%
delivered with too commanding an austerity. Them
Was, however, at times, a lofty and dignified moat
ralityl-n his sentiments, particularly after he became.
Lord Chancellor, Which made a sfrong impression.
'Ullibtl the mind.

' Lord Tnuai,ow never-was married, but formed; an,
intercourse with a person very inferior to hin in,
life, and who has concluded herself with such fidelity
and exemplary conformity to his temper, that she,,
well merited a more honourable connexion. By this.
Lady he has had several daughters, two of whom
are living, and are women of amiable charader and..
cOnsidebable aedomplishments.
• 'Lord .Tntrit Low was never much a favourite witjt
the vablic; brtt he raised his character very much,.
the general opinion, by his memorable apostrophe,
inthe kouse ofLords, during the first alarming illness
of His MAJit;ry. On that occasion he eraphaAcally
eklaimed, " When tdesert in KING, may my God,
desert Me!" , _

There is one circumstance in his private.life.which
it -wOuld be unjust to Pass ov r, as it: presents hiS.
Lordship's charader in a 'very it-inable-point of vieW
When :Dr. JakiNSO.N was advis, d by; .his,
cians_to go abi6ad for the rc-2co cry of his' health,
be'. applied fin- an addition _to his pension for
one year to enable him to- undertake -The:jour-
ney. Lord. TuuaLow was tlie= medium through
whom the application wa's conveyed; and whew*
was obliged to signify that it had not succeeded,. he
informed the DoZ:tor that five hundred pounds was
at his set-Vice in a. banker's hands. Dr: Jail Nsom
declined 'this liberal offer in a very handsome letter,
which is to be found in BOVELL'S Life of the great
Moralist, as well as in several miscellaneous works.
'Lord Thuß.Low, after he quitted the Bench, 'en-
'tered into more social habits, and mere' friendly in-
tercourse, than he had disposition or opportunity.
to do while in the PraEtice of his profession; tho'
his Convivial tendency was indeed preyioirsly well
knoWn.

. Upon the whole, Lord Tnurtr,Or, if not to be
included in the rank of great men, certainly loo;-seE's,
ed talents and attainments which would have insured
him distint►on in any sphe►e life, and under any
forni of 'Government that gave free scope, to inuustry
and genius.,

On Tuesday _next a grand Cricket Mitch will be
',played at Dandelion, Mdr.,ate, for one thousand
guineas, between Lord-TRLo2.atcx BLAU CLEltC.and
.the Hon. Genera: tiL,IGH, tue .211 c...-
eters lsielongindtoL q.. 10 will piay, a.cd i y
'four' of the Last, sa:ne number tile r eA-
Kent wen.

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