desired it, that all parties would have united to place him in the situation of one of the Representatives of the University in Parliament, but he uni- formly declined every application to become a Member of the Legislature. On leaving the University he entered himself at Lincoln's Inn, and was in 1781 called to the Bar. He first prac tised in the Court of King's Bench, but being created a Serjeant, he con- fined himself chiefly to the Common Pleas; he was afterwards made a King's Sergeant, and on the appoint- ment of Mr. Serjeant Shepherd to the situation of Chief Baron of the Ex- chequer in Scotland, he became the King's Ancient Serjeant, which entitled him to the highest rank at the Bar, with the exception of the Attorney and Solicitor Generals.
Mr. Serjeant Lens first went the Norfolk circuit, but soon changed that for the Western; of which he was for many years the leader and ornament. In 1817, while in full possession of his mental and bodily powers, he was induced by a delicacy of feeling peculiar to himself to quit the Western circuit for the sole reason that he considered he ought to make an opening for younger men.
The Barristers of that circuit, on his retirement from it, pre- sented him with a splendid silver ink- stand, with an inscription expressive of their great attachment to him, and their sincere regret at his loss. It has been erroneously stated in some of the public prints, that he was disappointed at not being elevated to the Bench; it is believed, that he more than once declined that honourable situation, arising from a most extraordinary dif- fidence in himself and his own powers. During the last illness of his friend Lord Ellenborough, he undertook the duties of a Judge on the Home Cir- cuit, and he discharged them with a dignity and ability which called forth the unqualified approbation of the pub- lic and the Bar, and reflected upon himself the highest honour; he alone was apprehensive that he had not done all that the duty of a Judge required. Mr. Lens was held in the highest es- timation by the present King, who considered that his virtues and talents would have adorned any rank. Before Serjeant Shepherd was appointed So- licitor-General, the situation was offered to Mr. Lens, in the most flattering man-
ner, by the Prime Minister in person, agreeably to the express command of the Prince Regent: Mr. Lens being assured at the same time that he should be bound to no political line of conduct, and that the appointment should open to him the first situations in the Law: this offer he firmly, but respectfully, declined to accept. The place of Chief Justice of Chester was subsequently proposed to him, but which, although a situation of considerable rank and emolument in the profession, and un- connected with any political feeling, he also refused. His knowledge of the laws of his country was very extensive. As a speaker he did not affect the highest range of oratory, but his speeches had merits of a rare and pre- cious kind. He was cultivated in manners and in mind; his language had frequently the merit of force and elegance, and always that of propriety; and in all the legal contests in which he was engaged, he never for a moment forgot the character of a gentleman; in short, both in and out of his profes sion he was considered the standard of all that was honourable and dignified in man. He early attached himself to the party of Mr. Fox, and was a con- stitutional whig, and from these princi- ciples no excitement of interest or ambition could ever induce him to deviate.
Mr. Serjeant Lens had, a year or two ago, been visited by a severe mal- ady, which required chirurgical assist- ance, and he was attended by the most eminent Medical Professors of the day. He bore the operation that was deemed necessary with the patience and fortitude which might be expected from a calm, firm, and resolute mind, and he rewarded the gentleman who attended him with a grateful and even princely liberality. The effect of the disease, and the nature of the operation, though it removed the immediate cause, gave, however, a shock to his constitution, from which he never recovered, and induced him to resign all professional pursuits.
In 1818, Mr. Lens married Mrs. Nares (the widow of John Nares, Esq., the magistrate), whom, however, he had the misfortune to lose in June 1820.
The following character of this la- mented gentleman, is extracted from a poem called "The Bar."
Or if, perchance, the truant stream should stray,
It warms and fertilizes on its way, And strews with many a leaf and classic flower
All that was wild and barren waste be- fore.
But greater, nobler qualities than these, Are his, who never fawns, or stops to please,
Who with stern independence for his shield,
To hollow-soul'd ambition scorns to yield,
For power or place, or paltry selfish ends, Ne'er sells his conscience, nor deserts his friends,
But stands, (nor sighs for proffer'd ho-
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LILFORD, the Right Honourable Thomas Powys, Baron of, of Lilford Park, co. Northampton, and of Atherton and Bewsey, co. Lancaster; July 4, in Grosvenor Place.
He was the eldest son of Thomas first Lord Lilford, by Mary daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Brocton Malherbe, and niece of Sir Horatio Mann, bart. K. B. Ambassador to the Court of Flo- rence; was born April 8, 1775; and received his education at St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge, where he obtained the degrees of B. A. 1797, and M. A.1802. On the 5th of December, 1797, he married Henrietta-Maria, eldest daugh- ter and heiress of Robert Vernon Ather- ton, of Atherton Hall, co. Lancaster, Esq., and by her (who died August 11, 1820) had issue, Thomas Atherton, present Baron Lilford, and eleven other children, six daughters and five sons.
On Wednesday, the 13th, his mortal remains were deposited in the family vault at Achurch in the county North- ampton. The funeral was private; being attended only by the family and immediate connexions of the deceased Lord, and by the Oundle and Thrapston troops of Northamptonshire cavalry, of the latter of which the Noble Lord had long had the command. Their offer of attendance had been volunteered in the most respectful and affectionate manner, and accepted on the part of the family with a full appreciation of the motives under which it was made.
With powers of mind which fitted him to take an active part in public life, in which, when occasion called him forth, he was not backward to show himself; he courted retirement as the chief scene of his duties and pleasures, devoting his unceasing attention to the education of his children, and seeking delight in domestic endearments and social intimacies.
For both he was admirably calculated by a sensibility that was deep and tender, an understanding large and cultivated, and a taste exquisitely refined. He de- lighted in excellence of every kind; but chiefly in the excellence of goodness and wisdom; of which, while studying to form himself after the model of a revered father, he sought out living examples and associates among every rank and description of men. Upright, honourable, independent, high-minded, his temper might have carried him into too much of abstraction, had not real Christianity given him the right bias and aim. His moral mark was always high, and he pursued it humbly, judg- ing every part of his own conduct with scrutinizing severity, and though always admired by others, seldom or never satisfied with himself. As an imperative duty he was diligent in doing good, and unaffectedly careless of showing or con- cealing it. His mind was distinguished both by delicacy of feeling and by purity of motive, holding the love of praise in strict subjection; his piety was sincere
and unobtrusive; it flowed as naturally in the strain of his conversation as it lived in the actions of his daily life.
Embracing in his affection the whole Church of Christ, he was in particular an attached member of the church of England. He agreed cordially with her doctrines and institutions, not as an habitual prejudice, but in enlight ened knowledge and deliberate love.
As a member of the highest legis- lative assembly, he was addicted to no political master; nor were politics the atmosphere in which he breathed freely, or took delight. Yet he entered it, se- cured from its infection, in the strength of his independence, and sanctity of higher principles and references, than with the maxims or connexions of the
political world. He combined a ge- nerous love of freedom with the de- termined support of order.
In mo- ments of peril he was always seen at his post; in ordinary times he was best pleased to confide in others.
Such a man was he who is now taken from his family, his friends, and the world, in the very vigour of his age, and at the full period of advancing ex- cellence. His death was sudden; but in no respect was he unprepared. With the practical conviction that life was uncertain, and with the persuasion that his own life would be short, he brought every action to a speedy and regular account, and in studying how best to live, died daily.
It is good to record that such men are sent into existence, and that they are snatched from it without a full recom- pense in the present scene. Such facts convince us that this world, in its best form, is not a reward, but a prepar- ation.
This record is written as though it would be subjected to the scrutiny of that judgment to which the writer has often confidentially referred; a judgment which tolerated no vagueness, and which abhorred all exaggeration, which weigh- ed scrupulously the value of words as the pictures of things. It is a true re- cord; untainted by partiality, though flowing from the pen of old, and faith- ful, and fond affection; from one who spoke the words of truth to him with unreserved freedom, but who never dared to offend him with the language of undeserved praise.
As a public speaker, his talents were considerable, but the exercise of them was so controlled by his natural modesty,
that they were not to be called forth, ex- cept under the impulse of a strong and urgent sense of public duty. The qualities of his heart are too well and painfully attested by the deep sorrow of his most amiable family, of his numerous friends, his tenants and domestics, by all of whom he was ardently beloved and revered. To him the beautiful lan- guage of Shakspeare may be most justly applied,
"His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a
man. - Gentleman's Magazine. LONG, Lieutenant-General R. Bal- lard; 2d March. This able and meri- torious officer was the second son of the late Edward Long, esq. He was born April 4, 1771, and was educated at Harrow, under Dr. Drury, after which he went to the university of Gottingen, for the purpose of pursuing the studies of the military profession. On May 4, 1791, he was gazetted to a cornetcy in the King's Dragoon Guards, com- manded by General Sir George How- ard, K. B.; and in June 1793, em- barked with his regiment for Flanders, and joined the army then under the command of H. R. H. the Duke of York. He was gazetted lieutenant, Feb. 25, 1793, and captain, Nov. 6, of the following year. At the com-
mencement of the campaign in 1794, he succeeded Captain Carleton (son of the late Lord Dorchester, and who was killed by his side, at the attack of Pre- mont), in the post of major of brigade. He was present at the brilliant actions at Cateau and Tournay, as well as at the different engagements and sieges which occurred during the campaign of the British army in the Netherlands and Holland, and having been appointed deputy adjutant-general under General Don, remained with the army during the whole of their terrible retreat, and was among the last who re-embarked at Cuxhaven, in the month of January, 1796. On his return to England, he was continued upon the home staff as major of brigade, but resigned it on being appointed aid-de-camp to the late Right Hon. Sir William Pitt, K. B. at whose installation in 1805, he officiated as Esquire of the Bath. In this situation he remained, until promoted by purchase, from a majority of the York Rangers, (to which he had been gazetted, July 26, 1797,) to the lieutenant-colonelcy
of the Hompesch mounted riflemen, commanded by Ferdinand Baron Hom- pesch, March 8, 1798. With them he immediately embarked for Ireland, and served there during the whole of the rebellion, mitigating, on every occasion he could exercise his authority and in- fluence, the unhappy violences of those times. In 1800 he returned to Eng- land, and was gazetted May 30, to the lieutenant colonelcy of the York Hus- sars. This regiment he formed and continued in until its disbandment on the peace of Amiens, when the officers presented him with a valuable sword, in testimony of their gratitude and esteem. He then passed some time at the military college of High Wycombe, and on the breaking out of the war was gazetted lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, Dec. 30, 180, and went again to Ireland in the following year. He was soon after offered the command of the King's Dragoon Guards by his late Majesty through Sir William Pitt (then colonel of that regiment), but declined it from motives of delicacy, in not wishing to be placed over the heads of those officers under whom he had once served.
Preferring also the light cavalry ser- vice, he accepted the unsolicited offer, from General Lord Harcourt, of the command of the 16th Light Dragoons, of which he was gazetted lieutenant- colonel, Aug. 22, 1805, but was again removed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 15th Light Dragoons, Dec. 17, of the same year, on the recommendation of their colonel the Duke of Cumber- land, and at the particular desire of his late Majesty. This regiment was brought into such an excellent state of discipline under his directions, that he subsequently received the thanks of his Royal Highness. On April 25, 1808, he was gazetted full colonel, and on the S0th of Oct. following, embarked for Spain, having been appointed to serve as colonel of the staff of the army then under the command of Lieutenant- General Sir John Moore. In conse- quence of the rapid retreat of the British troops, and the interposition of the enemy, he never joined them on their march, and after having traversed a great tract of country, re-embarked at Vigo, and went from thence to Corunna, where he arrived on the evening pre- ceding the battle. Although he had no command, he disembarked for the pur- pose of offering his services, was present
throughout the engagement, and at the death of the lamented commander with whom he had always lived on terms of the greatest friendship. He landed at Portsmouth Jan. 19, and on July 26, of the same year (1809), he was ap- pointed adjutant-general to the forces under the command of the Earl of Chatham, and embarked in the Vene- rable, on the expedition to Walcheren. The capture of Flushing having ter- minated that unfortuaate enterprize, he returned with the army to England, and embarked, in the following year, in the Victory, landed at Lisbon, and joined the army under Lord Wellington at Coimbra. He was then appointed to command the cavalry in the South, un- der the orders of Marshal Beresford. He had the chief direction of the cavalry movements in the gallant action at Campo Major, was engaged at Los Santos, and was second in command of the cavalry in the important and san- guinary battle of Albucra. For his exertions on that glorious day he re- ceived the thanks of Parliament. was subsequently engaged in the actions at Usagre, Ribera, Arroyo del Molino, and Almarez, and was gazetted major- general, June 4, 1811.. The army of the South then joined Lord Wellington at Madrid on the retreat from Burgos, and General Long remained under the orders of his lordship. After having been present at Vittoria, at the Pyrenees, and at Pampeluna, and having been publickly thanked by Sir Rowland Hill, for his active exertions in rescuing 400 wounded British soldiers in the Py- rences from the hands of the enemy, he was recalled by orders from this coun- try, in order to make room for the pro- mised appointment of a junior officer. He received, on his departure, the most gratifying assurances of the affection, esteem, and regret of the officers who had served under him, particularly those of the 13th Dragoons, which regiment he had commanded ever since his arrival in the Peninsula. On his return to England he was offered a command in Scotland, but immediately declined it. He was gazetted lieutenant-general, July 19, 1821, died in Berkley Square, on the 2nd March, 1825, and was buried in the church at Seale, in the county of Surrey.
In the estimation of characters, the partiality of private friendship is too often and too truly thought to call forth unmerited panegyric. We should not,
however, do justice to the memory of a gallant officer, if we were to withhold the just tribute of admiration for one whose scrupulous sense of honour, whose high-minded principles of independence, whose noble disinterestedness and un- bounded generosity of disposition, se- cured him the love and esteem of all who knew him, and will ever live in the recollection of those friends who have survived him.--Gentleman's Magazine.
MARTYN, the Rev. Thomas, B.D. F. R. S. Rector of Pertenhall in Berks, perpetual Curate of Edgeware, Middlesex, and for sixty-four years Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, June 3, aged 89 years and eight months.
This venerable and learned man was the eldest of the three sons of John Mar- tyn, M.D. also Professor of Botany at Cambridge, and a Physician resident at Chelsea, by Eutalia, youngest daughter of John King. D.D. Rector of that place, and Prebendary of York. was educated under the Rev. Mr. Ro- thery, at Chelsea, and thence admitted a pensioner, or in the second rank of under-graduates of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where his tutor was the celebrated Mr. Henry Hubbard; but after taking the degree of B. A. in 1756, he removed to Sidney Sussex College, under the following circum- stances. The buildings of that institu- tion having become considerably dila- pidated, some extensive repairs were required; but the finances so necessary for their completion being dilapidated also, Dr. Parris, the Master, was com- pelled to have recourse to the seques- tration of several fellowships. When the evil was removed, a new society was to be formed, and, as young men pro- perly qualified were not to be found in the college, aliens of the most dis- tinguished merit were sought from other foundations. Mr. Martyn was accord- ingly invited to Sidney, and elected a Fellow thereof, about the same time as the late Master, Dr. Elliston, and the venerable Dr. Hey. Mr. Martyn pro- ceeded M. A. in 1759; in 1761 his father, after having most ably filled the Botanical chair for thirty years, resigned it, and the son was chosen to succeed him; and on the election of Dr. Ellis- ton to the Mastership, he was appointed
one of the Tutors of the College. In both offices he exerted his talents with assiduity; as Professor he read lectures in English instead of Latin, and sub- sequently voluntarily extended his duties to the illustration of the Animal and Mineral Kingdoms as far as they are connected with Botany.
In 1763, he published his first Works: "Plantæ Cantabrigienses, or a Catalogue of the Plants which grow wild in the County of Cambridge, disposed accord- ing to the System of Linnæus; Herba- tiones Cantabrigienses, or directions to the places where they may be found, comprehended in three botanical excur- sions; to which are added, Lists of the more rare Plants growing in many parts of England and Wales," 8vo. ; and "A short Account of the Donation of a Botanic Garden to the University, by Dr. Walker, Vice-Master of Trinity College, with rules and orders for the government of it," 4to. In 1764 he served Proctor for the University; and in 1766 he proceeded B. D. In the latter year he published "The English Connoisseur," 2 vols. 12mo., and, in 1768, a Sermon for the benefit of Adden- brooke's Hospital. In the same year he lost his father, and the two following were spent on a work which should per- petuate that father's memory. This was editing the Doctor's learned "Dis- sertations and Critical Remarks on the Eneids of Virgil, containing among other interesting particulars, a full vin- dication of the poet from the charge of an anachronism with regard to the foun- dation of Carthage." To this work, which was published in 12mo. 1770, he prefixed a life of the author, and a complete catalogue of his works accompanied by notices of other branches of his family, and numerous literary characters, as specified in Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol. III. p. 157. In 1771 he issued a 66 Catalogus Horti Cantabrigiensis," 8vo., and in the fol- lowing year a second edition, accom- panied by his Botanical Lectures, and a plan of the Garden.
In 1771 he was presented to the rec- tory of Ludgershall, Bucks, a living in the patronage of his own family, which he retained till 1785; and soon after he married Miss Elliston, sister to his friend the master of Sidney, and aunt to the
He also furnished an abridgement of this Life to Faulkner's History of Chelsea
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