The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-13 00:00:00

G YR

E following whimsical Panegy-rit. on a' (.77,-.n-
-tleman lately deceased. in . Scotland, is extiattei
from an Edinburgh Newspaper :
. Died lately, at Blanern, Berwickshire„, afler
painful. lingering illness of twenty-two nao)ths,
John,Lumsdain, Esq. of Blanern. We rnsan net in
the foll Owing short sketch to speak of his birth, ;41-,
though
-well born on both sides of tLe house.; nor
of his fortunes, though cotnpetent, and descending
to him from a long series of reputable ancestotc, •
noticed in the Border Annali; but we *mean s.)
speak. of those accomplishments which discln-
guislaed him from other men, his warrior like per-
son, his gentle manners,'and his taste and disposi-
tieMs'tempered between these qualifications of mind
and person. . _

Nature had endowed him witVit'majestie farm,
deep sonorous voice, expressive lineaments of court-
ter.ance, and limbs so well proportioned as to be-
stow all the agility of slenderness, notwithstandiug
.a height of six feet four inches, and proportionable:
bulk. ThiS bodily conformation gaiie hint an early
delight, and qualified him to excel! in the sports
of the field, and the pleasures of the table, and con-
neded him with the most spirited, best. born.,and
bred, and most enterprising young men of the.times.
In their company Mr. Lumsdain was festive in his
manners, and martial in his looks, and t•o a statuary
in quest of forms, might have been a model for
Counts or Mars. This masculine exterior was ad-
mirably well tempered with an exquisitely sensitive
softness of disposition, and an 'equanimity wl):_eh is
Wasinot easy to disturb.

In consequence of the former, he possessed great
sensibility .of the corporeal beauty, and other more
delicate, and at times, perhaps, fanciful charms of
the fair sek, though never to such , bewitching de,
gree as to degenerate into extravagance. No Man
in . his time was niore beloved- by them than him,
and even when years might have shook the judge's
stafout Of his hand, it was 'an indisputable title to
excellence among the Females of Scotland, to status
upon the list of his toasts. In his deportment to-
wards them he. was impeachable, and ailet spend-
ing a long life in their service, with no less pleasure
to them than himself, he has 'retired without trans-
gressing, we need not.say_the laws of honour, but
not even the dictates of delicacy aiici-gobil lifezding•
- In his intercourse with men, lieriever.forgoc him-
self so far, even in the hour, of frolic, as to eNceed
propriety. He elethically felt every such trans-
greSSiOn in others, especially where notdirc;:ted
against himself, and where personal, any atonement
disarmed him. Though educated to . business,- he
Steered clear of the contraeted notions, and narrow

circle of acquaintance, that then bound in fetters
professional men. He alighted at the l'arliament-
house from his hunter, awl -after dining with bis
soberer civil brethren, passed the evening with
litary- men, or persons of learning and science, and
by this freedom from'slavish restraints, enlarged his
variety of pleasure, and knowledge of men.
Such was the engagement to him from the smooth-
ness and pliancy of his manners, and leditude of bss
heart, and such the conciliation his presence caused
alone, 'that we believe he died without a personal
quarrel, or concealed enemy, and without a Sa
suit of moment. :He extinguished by Ms rnorleri;
tion many differences among his•neighbours,
held so. high a place in the general esteem, that it
would'haire betrayed a consciousness of a bid cause

to have refused his interposition as arbiter.
When public measures heated the country, f•
-:c
pacified the altercations of parties, and recalled t•'
combatants to a more dispassionate aiscuision of
the case.

To conclude, we may instance in John Lurn4.'
dain, a man whom females, frivolity, and town lif;:p
could not effeminate ; labour and sports of the Lida,
and vulgar intercourse, could not vitiate ;

tion not corrupt ; •conviviality besot'; or kick**
ship betray into deceit. •

We lament that he has not left issue to petpe-
tuate those virtues of his heart, and be to our chil-
dren and grand children what he has been to o'.2'
fathers and our elves,

SNIP NE fr: .

GRAVESEND) OCT' .

Passed- by-"--the jeanc, from',Daniiic Artenr,o‘ll
—77, from Trinidad ; and Northumberl4o, Wake; ix
Jamaica.

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Sailed--the Salamander, Jamieson, for Afrie'a ; Mercl
Miller, for Charleston; litlystes.: -, for Antwerp; Ar'''''
Cron Prince Frederick, Paulson, for Norway.

AtiR'RIED. •
Ayr, on Monday se'noight, Captain "Robert II:mff1to;11
of the ,79tn regiment of loot,' to Miss Margaret Bowie, e.;Lo!'
:laughter of William Bowie, Es:Ly. of Cinibuz-1-..111.