The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-21 00:00:00

AIR. PRATT.

The account which we gave of this Gentleman
was last week adopted by the. Editor bf The Bath
Herald, with a-liberal-introduction, stating that
he should himself have given a binraphic sketch
of Mr. PRATT, if that in Tan SUN had not been.
96 faithful a tribute to his merit.—The. Bath
Editor, however, adds a few crcumstatrecs ‘by
way of annotation, which we shall. insert. Ad-
verting. to our - observation, that ajudicionS se-
lection -from Mr. PRATT's works would •be inte-
resting and amusing, lie says,—.

"This Was partly accomplished about three years ago
and the subscription for the publication of his " Harms
Home," then promoted by his zealous friends and liberal
publisher, was intended to raise a moderate competence tor
his remaining years—but their design was in a great measure
frustrated; by Mr. Pratt depositing a considerable portion of
the,profits with an old friend in Hampshire, Aha.dying soon
after, an insolvent state, he lost principal and interest,
'and experienced, it is feared, some considerable peCuniary
embarrassments, which, added to the deplorable personal suf-
ferings resulting from a fall from his horse, embittered 'his'
latter hoursatilictions which the assiduous endeavours of an
affectionate relative and most hospitable friends were not
sufficient wholly to.alleyiate."

In reference • to. our account of Mr. PRATT*S
having appeared ujon the -stage at Covent Gar-
den Theatre, The Bath Herald adds,

" He likewise appeared atthe "Bath Theatre, in Hamlet,
Jtiffier; Dorilas, arid Leon, but his actin;;, though critically
jest in the mere delivery of the text, wanted force and the.
energy of action; not so in his " Readings," where he dis-
played judgment, feeling, modulation; and effective panses."
Theft)!lowing Note refers to our statement, that
Mr. PRATT entere&into partnership with a book-
seller at Bath :

" He succeeded in:l7A. with Mr. Charles Clinch, to the
public library of the late Mr. Andrew Torment ;" they were
themselves succeeded by Messrs. Marshall, and in the pre-
am', occupied and improved be Mr. Godwin."
The next addition to our account refers to what
.we ,aid- of the zeal with which Mr. PRATT was
always ready' to assist the efforts of mit-He:1(1H
iateats ; 'and on this point the Bath Editor con-
cludes with the following remark :

This was strongly exemplified in the zealous aid he gave
that unfortunate gemos in obsciirity, thelate Jos. Wacket,
whom Mr. Pratt took under his own roof, encouraged his
dawning merits, corrected the early wanderings of his muse,
acid 'encouraged a subscription; which proved :a solace to the
littgering hours of a deep decline, and afterwards a support
to the aged mother and infant son of the departed Poet."
Upon an impartial review of Mr. PRATT'S eba7.
unter, -arising-from.a.lnowledge of morn than
30 years, and derived from previous information,
we are confirmed in the opinion . that his errors
were the effect of occasional embarrassments, re-
sulting front the want of a regular income ; that
benevolence' was the chief feature of his mind,
and that, to use his own words, as applied to his.
friend, the philanthropic HOWARD, he was dis-
posed
" To gird Creation in one warm embrace."