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• i.\ 1 :EJRL ZUrfSJ-lELD.On Friday evening died, at hit houfc in Caen Wood, tht venerable William Murray, Ear) of Mans-iiklo.He entered into the 85th year of hit age on the ad dar *f till* month, and continued to enjoy the pof-felfinn of h s mental faculties til! within three or four daVt of his death, when he refuted to be taken up from hi* l'd, as ufunl, and qp f:or after teiaed with a lofs of fp ech, which remained till hisditjolution.Lord S ro« mon r fuccecds to the title, and a large part of the property of his Loidlhip. j■ The late East, was born March ad, 1 ;o8, and in j 15138, he married Lady EurAutin F1 kck, aunt to 1 - Hieprifcnt Eartof VVisrHktsaA. He lias died with-! Out ilTue, in confequence of which, the Earldom with 1 the greater part of his property devolves on Lord Vikounr St 01. Mont, Ids nephew, who is Iikewife heir genera! to all the eftatcs ol the jate Lord Mansfield's father..Lord Mansfield was a charter of which there ore few example*. In the vriy carlit ft period of life, he wasdiflmguiflied for unufual talcntk and llrcugth of genius. After having received tae Si ft rudiments | ’ tf education at Weflminfter he was entered a ftudent j 1 of Chrift Church College, Oxford, wheie he con- j ’ tinued i’nme years. In thole (Indies, he not only i.n- i ; proved hiuifelf in the more fo I id hranrlies of bin a. I .* tuie, but wrote fomc very elegant pit****. of pietrv, 1 1 which were at that time much admired. One of them i I particularly is to be noticed, as having obtained him the firft Univerfity piiae for poet.cal productions in*71+- . . , .On quitting the Umveifily, he wentabroad, where he rem-iimd fomc time, ami on his return, was admitted a Bencher of Lincoln’.. Inn.Mr. Slur bay's tibbitt-. s fnon beramc generally known, and his roaierfation and fricudfhip were council by men of 'framing anti wit. ft might perhaps have been fort urate that at that period, men of ecsins were part 1,1 |y courted by pei ions in the higheft fttu.uinn, of life, and Mr. Mur* ay’s talents inon found him an admilBon into the firft circles, and an intimacy w th pet Ions of the firft diftimSion.It was during his refidence in Lincoln’s Inn that hr contracted an acquaintance with Mr. Pope, who dedicated to liins tl.at celebrated miration of the firft Ode of the 4th Book of Hoacc, which relief is equai honour on the genius of the poet; and the chat aider of him to whom it was addreilcd. 'In 1731, Mr. Murray was railed to the bar, where his abilities fbon became* known, and piornied him the heft and molt confequenti.il bufinefs at that tunef;oing forward in tite feveral Courts. He was not, ike molt practitioners, looking up for employ must alter a certain ftanding, but vt rv eai ly led the bar, and his allilkmor foliated in all tile great cautes.In November lrfja^he yeas ma.-’e a King's Counfcl, and appo nted Solicitor General. It was at this period Iikewife, tHat he was clmf. n into Parliament, and continued to lit in the Koufe of Commons till he was created a Pi er.In 1754, he wasconftiuitid Attar my General, and in 1756, he fucqCeded Sir Dudley Rider as Lord Chicl Jufticc of the Court of King's B. nch. He was immediately* afterwards created a Peer, bv the title of Baron Mansfield, and fworn a Member of the Privy Council.In 1737, he was chofen Chancellor of the Exchequer on the rcfignation of Mr. Pitt, but foon again quitted that poft on his re-appointment into oKire.in 1776, he was advanced to the dignity of an Earldom.In 17SS, he refigned all his public fituatinns.As a Lasvvkr, he was undeniably the firft man of the age. His talents may be uiviilt d into two 11 dies;—he pofhfiVd great learning, found knowledge, and deep literature ; in argument—lie was fplenditl, c.tpli-vatn.q ant! ftriking. He lwd a fund of clalfita!, hif-toric.il and legal infot mation,—his penetration u as extranrdin irv acute, and he was a matter of every tufinel, wit ch rsmc Within hi* jiitisdidion.His powcisof oratcuy were irrefiftable, his voice harmonious—his manner giaceful—his language elegant and pure—his ftilc* and dittany forcible and per-Ipicuots—nis conception unulually quick, and his memory alionittiinglv tenacious.Asa gt cat I .a w Officer of the Crown, he was very fnceefslul in moftof tlte cafes lit protecuted officially, which may be greatly attributed to afixed rclidution that no caitle where the Crown ivai either plaintiff nr defendant fhotild be brought into a Court of Jufticc, where there was a probable doubt of its fttc-cefs. His Judgments in the Court of King's Bench were particularly fortunate, for dining the whole time of his pi eliding there, we believe there aeie few or no inttanres, that they were either arraigned or reverfed. _But human frailty will not admit of perfection, and being cioathed with mortality, how can we expett it.* do give Lord Mansfield'his due, ami what may spear, more to hispraife than comments on his public conduct, he was in private life, polite, hofpitablr, and bcnevo.i nt Dining the latter part of his exiflence,petoCiuJJanrajthifrcgciant jtowoateiuvfrawbrfvidiji]der-1/dI . . **• J****1 L CAtlltllkl,to.,--it I cdJ excePl tl a ‘,w particular per-oti,. and he lias died revered by his friends, astd re retted by ail.Par to ! Pat fin: iTh
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