The Statesman. — 1810-10-02 (London, England)

ABRAHAM 60111SIVID.  -GiiM... The remarkable colecidencee two dent so dinis vent for their wealth and public caninderstion, meeting violent deaths by their own indiction, can.: not but be viewed with emotions of surprise ; and that regret and sorrow for their Melancholy fate 'must be deeply felt by their aninernot n4OOlOlO friends and relatives, will be readily emu:dyed, when their exteusive bebevolence and prieate and public characters are duly appreciated. These Gentlemen, at an early period of life were Partners, and first carried on business in Coodnianesfields. The promptitude and honour evinced in -their transactions soon gained them Considerable credit, and, in 1792, induced them•to enlarge their scale of business, fur which purpose they took a house in Capel-courtr opposite the Bank, where they bid a set of offices fitted' up in the most conmodious style, and soon after became successfulbidders for the national loan required by Mr. Pitt. This, it is considered, was the first step that was the means of- exalting them to the eminence they soon afterwards attained ; for before this, however respectable their firm might be considered on le 'Change. it is certain, ti at prtridull to their public business with the Chau 11Or' of ' the liatctiequer, they were riot imagined t be men of extraordinary large fortune; but having beed to succedsfut in ne. gociating for several public loans, they were capable of building mansions ?icing in splendour with palaces, ' and entertaining Noblemen, mid even Princes, in a style of maguificencis idarcelyequalled . by the most distinguished pereoitagettitrthe hiagdim. Mr. B: Goldsmid was. niturally of a melancholy cast, and phlegmatic teuspirament. He has often mentioned; that when ileitis youth, if be found . himself any wty 101i.spiritel, or indisposed, be used to have recourse to phiebottomy, and this so very frequently, that there can be little doubt bat it laid the foundation of those litany disorders he afterwards endared. , A superficial observer would imagine that he was a healthy mai having a florid complexion, and appeiiing. cbeifful and jocular in company; but his hien& well knew the reverse to be the case, and that notwithstanding the great exercise he took, be was tormented with a sick stomach, plethora, and was a martyr to the stone. His body likewise grew too corpulent for his limbo, which occasioned an inward inclination of the knees. As to wealth perhaps no man in existence Might be more justly esteemed a favourite of fortune. In one year he gained two sweepstakes, (as they are called) by chusing the thousand in which. the fiat and last ticket in the Lottery happened to be drawn, and also 10001. Steel, and several prizes in subtle: quent Lotteries. And in 1794, when almostevery mercantile house felt the most baneful effects fro* the unprecedented number of bankruptcies that took place at that period, notwithstanding the large discounts made by the• firm, their loss only arhouritnig to 501.! The fact is, that no Merchant or badkor in Loudon could appreciate prima fads the teapot,. sibility of the names on a bill of exchange with more Jost discrimination than Mn B. Goldsmith. • Had he been equally fortunate in hill matricao. nial alliance, it had been well. He Married a very handsome young Lady, the eldest daughter of Mr., Salomon of Devonshire-sguare, Miss Jesse Salmons who brought biro six children. No man took more keen delight in the domestic' felicity of his family. He delighted in seeing all around him cheerful aid happy. Before he arrived at the acme of his fortune,• be devoted annually 10001. for charitable purposes; and many, vary many, felt the loss of a kind benefactor at his [ death. The dielancholy Cause df this Gentleman's un' timely end. is so deft ktiond to the public, as to need no repetition. Mr. AlsrahaM Gotdamid, dlin finished his earthly ' career on Friday last, possessed all the good qualities of the late Benjamin Goldsmid. More (menial. love never etisted between brothel* than bet*eeu these two worthy men. They were constantly soli• eitous for each other's welfae6, and never happy when long apart ; the same flow of benevolence, and the same arable demeanor and attention to business. •• ' . . _  Highly to eta- national charattet, an ingenious 'f4Yreigu writer has exalted our Wien for courage istd humanity, by asierling, that " the Engliett are swore afraid• of shedding the blood of one an. other than their own." This wee the case with the Goldsmith, who were terrified at the least portion of blood being split by any of their domestics ' • and Mr. Abraham Goldtertid Would have tun a mile for surgeon, had, one of hie meanest servants had oc, casion for one, and always paid fur medicines and .professional advice fur all his domestics. Alas ! that a men so feelingly-alive to the sufferings of his fellow-creatures, so eminently successful, so happy in *friends, and of such public and private worth, `shouldi.tin the first reverse of fortune, be so ready to act the suicide, shod his own blood—fall by his Owe hand ! It is considered, however, that notwithstanding the severe loss sustained by Mr. Abraham Gold. amid, by the unprecedented fall of Ompium, war great in the extreme, yet that in time he might have ireceveted,it, and that the exertions and assistance: of his friends would have saved him from hank. ruptey. Under this impression, we cannot too strenuously condemn the r4sh sonduct and precipitancy with which he- rushed into eternity, sithout heel made thoseexertions among his friends which would do doubt have initerisilf tutellorkted the.sad . . Merge of fortune front Ids bbferthitate Speculation. Many eminent merchants andlianbers, however, I.kiiirt, that the death el thole eminent men will be eventually productlie Of public good, by breaking it link of the dada whieh secured that monopoly that has so !Ong Md A baneful influence in the Stock &Change; and it is thought, that notwtth. standing the tespectatiility of Aft.. GohismiiPs part. ners, and his surviving brothers (Asher and George), Wine. the', !irk any Witt. twd ittillOttltialtl are liked tb tilitlVit at that c.Oouttitidiog de:talon of tiVerttilfalnilhg hillitthee, at *host suahmit glued the lath &Spain ilnd AbMAllilla Gohthmld, ,ES;tis.  Ttiormilibg of Lard's Cricket Ground has been relooved, tot the putpOse of eitatiog bongos on the premises.  .