Star.
London, England, 1804-11-08 00:00:00

THE LATE GEORGE MORLAND.

This wilt was fond of 'akin& the Ilk of Wight,
tad there is fearcely as objea to be met with
aloe the Chore at the back of the loud, that his
has not delineated. His belt piaures are
replete with (cents drawn from this fpot. A fine rocky
bore. with Oilmen mending their nets, ca fning
their boats, or fending off their fith to the neighbour-
ing Market towns, were kenos he molt delighted in,
when he attempted Ica-More ileces ; and the Ilk of
Wight arm/sled abundant opportunities to gratify his
talk and fascy..r
iil few years fence In was recogmfed
is this his con at rummer excurfion. at a place called
Frelk.water Gets, in a low publie-bonfe. known by
the name of 4 The Cabin." A number of fifhermens
• few Wass tad three or four rallies, formed the
lamely grasp: be vas in the midi of them. contri-
biotin his joke, and partaking of their unify merri-
ment. whea his friend called him &fide. and intreated
when; elf his company. Morland. with Conte reluc-
tau. Withdrew from the Cabin, and oaths friend's re-
ablealtrating with him she next- day for keeping fetch
enallimny, he drew from his pocket a lketch.book,
sad abed where be wu to find fo true ispiastre
of bumble life. antes it wu in fueh a place at that
from whence hit friend had withdrawn him. The
Lads was a Correa slelineatios of every thing in
the Cabin tap room. even to a countenance, a (Fool,'
a fettle, or the pofi inn of a figure. This reprefen.
taticm his remembrance bad fapplied. after leaving
the honk ;—and one of his belt pietures is that
nary fame be thee hetelsed--a proof that his mind
area 11:11 intent on hie favourite porfuit, that of
NM* in her attire. though his manners at
the MAW" betrayed nothing farther than ats enge-
m(' to participate la the vulgar &dualities of his fur.
touading cots:panions.
Within there two tail years his excelfer were fo
great,that fog months he wafted his time in the com-
pany of grooms and ; and then in a fober fit
would return tco the pencil, the vigour of which was
as confpicuous shit follies and diffipation were Tepee.
heafible. About a year ago he was attacked with an
apoplaffic fit, and fence that time there has been a
• lamentable falling off in his produaions. Both his
health and his Latent' have been en the decline. Li•
betel and extravagant. he was feldons out of debt.
and to the rude affaults of the ntercilefs bailiff he was
no ftranger. ltegardlefs of his talents. he was a few
days ago &fretted and lodged in a fpunging houfe,
where be elpiied, who, with common prudence,
might have lived in a palace, and have kept the firlt
company of the land. Like Savaos, Iris genius was
great and eitentive, and, like him, his tiailties and
misfortunes will ever remain on record.
Notwithflanding all this genius and talent, he has
lamely left behind him what will porchafe him a de
cent funeral, or face an amiable wife from rant and
penury.
list= the circurnflance of this curious chars ter
breathing his tall in a houfe kept by a Sheriff's
Officer. where he was lodged under an atrell, it be-
came necelfary that an Inquifition Ihould be held
to enquire into the caufe of his death, which was
held before the Coroner of Middlefer,Ganeca Horan-
soa. Efq. at Eyre-area-hill, near Coldbath-fquare.
tall week.
It appeared, that a (hors time !ince, Mr. Mnrland
was arreUcd 1.., a debt of a (mall amount, and in
de-
fault .11)&11, lodged at Mr. Atwel's, a refpettable
Officer under the Sheriff, on Eyreareet-hill ; there
lie lived in comfortable apartments, where he was
attended, as had long been ufual, by a man called
Jeasmy Gibbs, who received a weekly falary fiir fo
doing. Hi- health was in no more dangerous a nate
than it had long been until a little before his death,
when he was Ivied with violent fpalma which in the
event caufed hi. death ; even to the left his unfortn•
nate propenfiry held hint, and a bottle of his favourite
beverage, gin, was among his tail ferrets. His
brother, who is in the Tavern befinefs, and has long
been his moll intimate friend. did Rot fee him during
his illnefs, being prejudiced again* the vifstation to a
hook. but took an alive part in al-
fording the lafi fad ttibtite cdrefpell to a deceafid bro.
Cher.—The Jury, Off theft circumaances being proved '
found a verJia—.• Died a irilody. by Ike vifitation of
Coo !
His NAT WAS laid in a very handfome cellist, with
the font le infcription—.. Mr. GlOlOll bf did
agtb ()Saw, 1904. and 41 jr.rri."
Thus died a man whore works will live while talle
for corral, yet Ipirited delineation of nature in the
humbk walks of life, bear any value, and when his
impel fca ions and eccentricities as a man are forgotten.
A.. yealSagoGeorgetsiorland.to
sepia his creditors. retired from puLitc fight, and