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sesk refuge with hh ftisnd. General Gage. DOM.
nsader Of the British IN Boston. This no effected
By going = Newport. ,whs,s. having suoossdsd
In getting On beard the British man o.. war Soar
son afterwards, On the svasus tioA AZ Bes.sa BY tie
British. LEFT this country for England Only return
ing here onoe for . short time in 1882. Alter ar
irving in England, IN March, l776, Lord Germ sine,
the Secretary Of State for Colonial Affairs, to whom
he bore dispatches from General Gage, having seen
him, and been struck with his bearing and
intelligence, made him . confidential clerk in that
department. Thempson's aptitude for business, and
valuable employee Of the British ministry, and with
In four years after his arrival in London he Was I'D
vsncsd 70 the post Of under Secretary Of Stats in the
Colonial department During this period, he dsvo-
ments on the strength Of gun powder and the vsooi
ty of military projsctiles In 1881, the British min
istry was overslaughed by tte news Of Lord Corn
wallis surrender ct Yorktown. A division took
and the latter was compelled 70 resign. Major
Thompson found his services NO longer needed -
Under Secretary. He also resigned. Through Lord
Germane's influence, however, he was seon after
Subsequently, he went 70 strasburg, . French pos
session on the German frontier for the purpose Of
joining the Austrian army In . war against
the Turks: Here 10 became acquainted with
various officers Of distinction, and formed an
intimate acquaintance with Prince Aaximian
Joseph, forwards King Of Bavaria. The lat
tor had served In the French army In America,
and then had oom uand of . regiment ct StrAsburg
Elsetor Of Bavaria Charles Theodore, who ON plsyed
in his service. after permission had been rscev-
Cd from George III, King Of England, who, upon
his leaving, han conferred upon Col 7. the order Of
knightbosd. Arriv1ns ss Munich, the capital Of
Bavaria, the now Sir Bsp;ecmin Thsnpson inms-
1sak>I ~ oh uAn StAHo AT
the Elsosor, which gave him the immediate oversight
of tho conmissary and quartsrnaster's departments
BavAriaa affairs were in bad state, especially the
2, 'is
liable With ample funds at his comnand, Sir
Benjamin eventually succeeded In setting things
to rights. The country, also, was in . fair way TO
rated everywhere, and dsmsndsd aims Of every
passer.by ~ . vested right. The priesthood, stu
dents in colleges inmates Of convents apprentices
among others, Ill begged their vings Sir BENZ amin
set himself ct work to reform the abuse and bag
tho beggars He secretly fitted up large unoooa-
pied factory with dormitories. work shops, soup
boilers, and every convenience for the employment
OF 2 600 paupers. On the LIST Of January, 1870,
orders having previously been given to the ofiosrs
ofth garrison to hold their troops In readiness, Sir
Benjamin, with the officers, walked into tho streets,
and, with his own hands, seixcd tho first bcggAr.
His example Was 50 vol followed up. that before
night fall every beggar in Munich had bsen arrest
ed No less than 600, in that city alone, we're
secured The expense for main . mig this number
year. upon . soup diet invented by Sir Baaj amin,
was s25OO or emily 90 62ae per man Tho sys'em
was successfully followed throug nout BAvaria Civ
ing great Satisfaction to both the government and
the neggars. saving vast amount of money and
suffering, ~ well ~ greatly improving the morals
OF the people.
Sir Benjamin also established . military school
at Munich. and greatly promoted the interests
ofagrieulture and horticulture He converted tract
Of waste land, formerly hunting park of tho
Eeeter, into splendid public garden, diveraiosd
with walks, rivers, sT tiicial lake aad Hill,
cottages and dwellings. Is six miles In circuit
and had extensive drive way round 1t, contained
= coffee house, whore refreshments wore furnished
tho people showed their gratitude BY erecting
monument In honor Of him IN this garden. Charles
Theodore, the Eleetor, WAS not less gratafol. aud
made him, in turn, . member Of the Council of
State, Nsjsr General in the army, . Knight Of
Poland, member Of the Academies of Science Of
Munich, Mannheim, and Berlin, Commander in Chief
of the General Ssaf, Minister Of War, 5upsrintsn-
dent o! the Bavarian Police, Chief OF the Regency
Holy Roman Empire. To this last dignity "a!
added the title Of :. Rumford," the early Mans Of
this town SConcord), where he formerly resided
We have seen that Sir Benjamin was separated
from his family, soon after his arst marriage, BY
the revolutionary troubles, which intr ,auced him
70 the European pste.tats, ii. 6 a.st wife dying
about twenty years Of age, Joined hin in Eng
land, where 10 was on 4 visit, recruiting his
health which had suffered considerably from the
service. In 1896, he returned to Munich The ad-
of the French republican army, under Morsau,
obliged the Eiector to quit the capital, leaving
council of regency, with Count Rumford ut tho hesd
He succeeded in preserving the neutrality Of Bava-
ria, and freeing It from invasion and thus increased
his previous high reputation, both with the Eeotor
and the people Among other tokens OF the for
msrs gratitude, the Count Was permitted to settle
I-IS l. 81 - ~
ing to about Ell 200 ($6.OOO,) upon his daughter,
the late Countess. believe that for several years
after his death it was not paid to hsr at all, and
tina. she has never received over 81 900 per annun
The Elector Of Bavaria, In 1898, appointed the
Count ambassador to the court Of Great Brlsain.
He not received in that capscity, however,
in consequence Of the English legal fiction which
declares that q born subject cannot AlienAts his
to the deep grief caused BY the dsAsh In 1899. Of
bis friend and patron the Eector Charles Theodore,
that Count Runford for time contemplated re-
tuning to the United States, having received .
induced to change his mind, no and for tims
remained In England, pursuing his faysrite phiio'
sophical avecatens, founding the Regal lnssita
ton," which can bosst OF susseqasntly sivtsg EN-
Young. Sir Hun phrey Davy, Brands and Faradsy
Count R1nford gave this Institution the greatest
part Of his prvsse philosophical apparatus valusblo
models, Sc. 1t was founded in 1900, mainly
tuoEss, anu sIoV EstsrV W suepSiip
ton TO sustain it.
Ranford returasd to Bavaria, after the accession
of kaxiniisn, the nav Elector, soon after 1900
He found his fsvorite workhouss and soup distri-
buting establishment abandoned, and was dis
gust.d tksreat thar, after assisting to model b
yarisR Academy Of Sciences, he changed his resi-
denee to Paris-his daughter, the lats Countess,
having previously returned to reside with his
the Count married his second wife. Not
needing the maxim Of tho elder Weller to his son
Samuel, the Count unfortunately chose another
widow, formerly the wife Of the celebrated Freash
chemist, Lavoisier, put to death during the Frsnch
revolution This last matrimonial experiment was
not productive Of domestic felicity, and the parties
soon separated. Runford also became unpopular in
The nrst circles of Paris 0Hvisr hints that he Was
coarse, and NJ gentleman; bat this was not In
sordancs with hi previous life In Aasrica and Eng
land, his intercourse with Governor Went worth, 10
The prcba bility it, that the Count had good opA-
len Of himself, and relied principally upon his own
judgment while he deferred but little to the opn-