ALPHABETICAL LIST of ENGLISH BANKRUPTS, announced in August 1819, extracted from the London Gazette. Archbell, R. York, corn-factor Anderson, M. Southampton, poulterer Ashley, W. Altrincham, Cheshire, worsted manufacturer Batterham, W. Bermondsey, fellmonger Brierly, J. Manchester, dyer Blandford, J. B. B. Foole, innkeeper Barnes, J. sen. and jun. Alfreton, Derby, saddlers Barnard, J. Mile-end Road, London, flour-factor Crabb, E. Beckington, Somerset, clothier Downes, J. St James's, Westminster, harnessmaker Daplyn, R. S., and T. Swayne, Limehouse, coalmerchants Deeks, J., and W. Harper, Norwich, dyers Ewans, M. Lawrence Hill, Gloucester, baker Frears, E. Birmingham, merchant Froad, W. Castleton, Lancaster, flannel-manufac turer Francis, S. Norwich, manufacturer Graham, J. Birmingham, linen-draper Gash, R. Lambeth, London, coach-maker Gowland, T. London, merchant Godwin, C. Burslem, Stafford, merchant Holker, T. Monkton Green, Lancaster, manufacturer Hopwood, W. T. J. jun., and J. Horwick, Lancaster, bleachers' Hemphray, T. Kinfare, Stafford, iron-master Hickson, W. London, confectioner Innes, W. London, tailor Jewell, W. London, carver and gilder Jones, J., and J. Borrow, Bristol, coal-merchants Kilner, W. and J. Huddersfield, merchants Leitch, J. F. London, merchant Little, B. Bolton, Cumberland, blacksmith Little, W. Bolton, Cumberland, slate-merchant Little, A. Bolton, Cumberland, wood-monger Lee, J. Bristol, woollen-draper Laing, G. London, merchant May, W. Spital Square, Middlesex, silk-manufae turer Maltby, W. Huddersfield, merchant Meek, J. London, victualler Moore, S. Leicester, milliner and dress-maker Manifold, A. and J. Liverpool, tanners Milnes, J. Saddleworth, York, woollen-manufac turer Newcomb, W. London, ribbon-manufacturer Pratt, W. Birmingham, druggist Perkins, T. Manchester, and S. Anderson, New Prentice, J. High Street, Middlesex, grocer Reid, W. London, watchmaker Ross, M. and G. J. London, merchants Rodgers, R. Portwood, Chester, cotton-spinner Simmonds, B. High Street, Southwark, stationer Stanley, G. Kirkburton, York, clothier Sims, L. Bunhill Row, Middlesex, stationer Stonely, S. Salford, Lancaster, victualler Savery, H. Bristol, sugar-refiner Taylor, J. Pershore, Worcester, joiner Waterhouse, T. Sedgley, Sta.ford, nail-factor Wedgwood, J. Stoke-upon-Trent, merchant ALPHABETICAL LIST of SCOTCH BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced in August 1819, extracted from the Edinburgh Gazette. Montgomery, J. Auchentiber, horse-dealer Montgomery, A. Todholes of Auchintiber Morison, W. M. Edinburgh, publisher and print er Morrison, J. jun. Paisley, manufacturer Paterson, J. Glasgow, merchant Peacock, C. Paisley, merchant Puller, G. and Co. Gateside, bleachers Rhind, J. Leith, merchant Robertson and Bell, Glasgow, merchants and «gents Ross, D. Glasgow, trader in slates Scott, R. jun. and Co. Glasgow, manufacturers Steel, W. Glasgow, merchant Sword, J. jun. Westthorn, coal-merchant Templeton, J. Kilmaurs, merchant-tailor Thomson, J. Edinburgh, woollen-draper Wyllie, A. Glasgow, manufacturer DIVIDENDS. Jamieson J. Glasgow, coal-dealer; by J. Kerr, accountant there, 2d October Hume, W. Dumfries, baker and flour-dealer; by tember Mitchell, A. Whiteness of Slains; by D. Hutcheon, advocate, Aberdeen, 15th September THE LATE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY. IT is so lately as the year 1812, that Scotland was deprived of one of the best patriots and most worthy men to whom she ever gave birth, by the death of Henry Duke of Buccleuch, who was succeeded in his rank and titles by his eldest son, whom also his country has now lost. To fill the place of his excellent father was a task of no small difficulty, for there never lived a man in a situation of distinction so generally beloved, so universally praised, and so little detracted from or censured. The unbounded generosity of Duke Henry, his public munificence, his suavity of disposition, the sound and excellent sense, enlightened patriotism, and high spirit of honour, which united in that excellent person, rendered him the darling of all ranks, and his name was never mentioned without praises by the rich, and benedictions by the poor. The general sorrow of all classes at the news of his death, the unfeigned tears which were shed at his funeral, cannot yet be forgotten. Bred up under such a father, and a mother worthy of him, and living with those excellent parents in the strictest ties of mutual affection, the late Duke came to the honours and estates with the anxious wish to tread in his father's paths, and to follow the same course of public patriotism and private benevolence, in which he had so eminent an example before him. His country and friends might, to all human appearance, have promised themselves long to enjoy the benefits arising from such dispositions in a person so eminent. He was in the prime of life, of a constitution strong to outward appearance, and seasoned by constant exercise, both on foot and horseback-he was the father of a promising family the husband of one whom it was impossible to know without loving, or even to look upon without admiring. All seem * We have postponed this sketch so long, that we should not now have inserted it, were we not persuaded that every thing will be read with interest which comes from the pen of Mr Walter Scott. The subject of ft, Charles William Montagu Scott Douglas, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, &c. &c. died at Lisbon on the 20th of April last. (See Magazine for June, p. 585.) ed to promise a course of life long and happy, as that which his father had just closed. But it has pleased God to show us upon what a slight foundation all earthly prospects rest. Some symptoms of delicate health had already displayed themselves in 1814. But in the succeeding year, the Duke, in the loss of his excellent partner, sustained a wound from the effects of which he never recovered. "Come to me as soon as you can," was his affecting expression to a friend, and do not fear the excess of my grief-you will find me as much composed as I shall be for the remainder of my life." And he was so from a desire that the dearest objects of his affection might not have their own grief augmented by witnessing his. But the early and continued exertions which he made, from a high sense of duty, to suppress his sorrow, had an unfavourable influence upon his own health, which became gradually more and more impaired, until the late catastrophe. The few years during which he possessed his high situation, and the comparative retirement which his state of health required, have combined to render the character of the late Duke less correctly and generally known than that of his father, who filled for so many years a conspicuous part in the public eye. We therefore insert, as a tribute to his memory, the following particulars, which are derived from an authentic source. The late Duke so far differed from his father, Duke Henry, that his temper was more quick, and for the moment, more easily susceptible of resentment, when undeserved injury was offered to him, or an ungrateful return made to his favours. He had perceived, with indignation, that his father's kindness did not uniformly meet with a suitable return, and he placed, or rather desired to place, for he sometimes forgot the restriction, the noble and generous disposition which he derived from him, under the regulation of reciprocal justice. He was upon principle an enemy to that species of beneficence which has its source as much in negligence as in philanthropy, and gives, merely because it is painful to withhold. His first anxiety in every case was to discover what the party with whom he transacted had a right to expect; his next was not only to render him his full due, but to make those additions to it which his own bountiful nature suggested. In a settlement of accounts, which had become somewhat perplexed by the illness and death of an ancient friend of the family, the Duke first employed himself in minutely ascertaining the amount of the balance due to him, which was considerable, and then by a stroke of his pen carried a similar sum to the credit of the family of his deceased friend. The accuracy he thought was due to himself, the liberality to the memory of a most excellent man, long attatched to his family. As no man's heart was ever so readily opened by an appearance of attachment and kindness, the Duke never, on the other hand, permitted his sense of indifferent usage to hurry him into vindictive measures. At the close of a contested election, in which the usual subjects of irritation had occurred, his first expression was, that " every thing was now to be forgotten excepting the services of his friends." Owing to the same sense of justice we know it has happened more than once, that when applied to for his influence with government to grant pensions in cases of private distress, the Duke declined to recommend the imposition of such burthen on the public, and himself made good the necessary provision. His acts of well considered and deliberate generosity were not confined to the poor, properly so termed, but sought out and relieved the less endurable wants of those who had seen better days, and had been thrown into indigence by accidental misfortune, nor were they who received the relief always able to trace the source from whence it flowed. As a public man, the Duke of Buccleuch was, like his father, sincerely attached to the principles of Mr Pitt, which he supported on every occasion with spirit and energy, but without virulence or prejudice against those who held different opinions. He held that honour, loyalty, and good faith, although old fashioned words, expressed more happily the duties of a man of rank than the newer denominations which have sometimes been substituted for them. He was a patriot in the noblest sense of the word, holding that the country had a right to the last acre of his estates, and the last drop of his blood; a debt which he prepared seriously to render to her, when there was an expectation that the country would be invaded. While 1.ord Dalkeith, he sat in the House of Commons: we are not aware that he spoke above once or twice in either House of Parliament; but as president of public meetings he often expressed himself with an ease, spirit, and felicity, which left little doubt that his success would have been considerable in the senate. His Grace was for many years Colonel of the Dumfries-shire regiment of Militia, the duties of which situation he performed with the greatest regularity, shewing a turn for military affairs as well as an attachment to them, which would have raised him high in the profession had his situation permitted him to a dopt it. That it would have been his choice was undoubted, for the military art, both in theory and in practical detail, formed his favourite study. The management of the Duke's very extensive estates was conducted on the plan recommended by his father's experience, and which is peculiarly calculated to avoid the evil of rack-renting, which has been fraught with such misfortune to Scotland, and to secure the permanent interest both of tenant and landlord. No tenants on the Buccleuch estate, who continued worthy of patronage, were ever deprived of their farms; and scarce any have voluntarily relinquished the possession of them. To improve his large property by building, by plantations of great extent, by every encouragement to agriculture, was at once his Grace's most serious employment, and his principal amusement. The estate of Queensberry, to which he succeeded, although worth from L.30,000 to L.40,000 yearly, afforded to the Duke, owing to well known circumstances, scarce the sixth part of the lesser sum. Yet he not only repaired the magnificent castle of Drumlanrig, but accomplished, during the few years he possesse it, the restoration, with very large additions, of those extensive plantations which had been laid waste during the life of the last proprietor. We have reason to think that the Duke expended, on this single estate, in repairing the injuries which it had sustained, not less than eight times the income he derived from it. He was an enthusiastic planter, and personally understood the quality and proper treatment of forest timber. For two or three years past, his Grace extended his attention to the breed of cattle, and other agricultural experiments a pleasure which succeeded, in some degree, to that of field sports, to which, while in full health, he was much addicted. Such were the principal objects of the Duke's expence, with the addition of that of a household suitable to his dignity; and what effect such an expenditure must have produced on the country, may be conjectured by the following circumstance :-In the year 1817, when the poor stood so much in need of employment, a friend asked the Duke why his Grace did not propose to go to London in the Spring? By way of answer, the Duke shewed him a list of daylabourers, then employed in improvements upon his different estates, the number of whom, exclusive of his regular establishment, amounted to nine hundred and fortyseven persons. If we allow to each labour er two persons whose support depended on his wages, the Duke was, in a manner, foregoing, during this severe year, the privilege of his rank, in order to provide with more convenience for a little army of near three thousand persons, many of whom must otherwise have found it difficult to obtain subsistence. The result of such conduct is twice blessed, both in the means which it employs, and in the end which it attains in the general improvement of the country. In his domestic relations, as a husband, a son, a brother, and a father, no rank of life could exhibit a pattern of tenderness and affection superior to that of the Duke of Buccleuch. He seemed only to live for his family and his friends; and those who witnessed his domestic happiness, can alone estimate the extent of the present depriva. tion. He was a kind and generous master to his numerous household, and was rewarded by their sincere attachment. In the sincerity and steadiness of his friendship he was unrivalled. His intimacies, whether formed in early days, or during his military life, or on other occasions, he held so sacred, that, far from listening to any insinuations against an absent friend, he would not with patience hear him censured, even for real faults. The Duke of Buccleuch also secured the most lasting attachment on the part of his intimates, by the value which he placed upon the sincerity of their regard. Upon one occasion, when the Duke had been much and justly irritated, an intimate friend took the freedom to use some expostulations with his Grace, on the extent to which he seemed to carry his resentment. The Duke's answer, which conceded the point in debate, began with these remarkable words:" I have reason to thank God for many things, but especially for huving given me friends who will tell me truth." On the other hand, the Duke was not less capable of giving advice than willing to listen to it. He could enter with patience into the most minute details of matters far beneath his own sphere in life, and with strong, clear, unsophisticated good sense, never failed to point out the safest, most honourable, and best path to be pursued. Indeed, his accuracy of judgment was such, that, even if a law point were submitted to him, divested of its technicalities, the Duke generally took a view of it, founded upon the great principles of justice, which a professional person might have been benefited by listening to. The punctilious honour with which he fulfilled every promise, made the Duke of Buccleuch cautious in giving hopes to friends, or others, applying for his interest. Nor was he, though with such high right to attention, fond of making requests to administration. But a promise, or the shadow VOL. V. of a promise, was sacred to him; and though many instances might be quoted of his assistance having been given farther than his pledge warranted an expectation; there never existed one in which it was not amply redeemed. Well educated, and with a powerful memory, the Duke of Buccleuch was both a lover and a judge of literature, and devoted to reading the time he could spare from his avocations. This was not so much as he desired; for the active superintendence of his own extensive affairs took up much of his time. As one article, he answered very many letters with his own hand, and never suffered above a post to pass over without a reply, even to those of little consequence; so that this single duty occupied very frequently two hours a-day. But his conversation often turned on literary subjects; and the zeal with which he preserved the ancient ruins and monuments which exist on his estates, shewed his attachment to the history and antiquities of his country. In judging of literary composition, he employed that sort of criticism which arises rather from good taste, and strong and acute perception of what was true or false, than from a vivacity of imagination. In this particular, his Grace would have formed no inadequate representative of the soundest and best educated part of the reading public; and an author might have formed, from his opinion, a very accurate conjecture how his work would be received by those whom every author is desirous to please. The Duke's own style in epistolary correspondence was easy, playful, and felicitous, or strong, succinct, and expressive, according to the nature of the subject. In gayer hours, nothing could be so universally pleasing, as the cheerfulness and high spirits of the Duke of Buccleuch. He bore his high rank (so embarrassing to some others) as easily and gracefully as he might have worn his sword. He himself seemed unconscious of its existence; the guests respected, without fearing it. He possessed a lightness and playfulness of disposition, much humour, and a turn for raillery, which he had the singular tact to pursue just so far as it was perfectly inoffensive, but never to inflict a moment's confusion or pain. There are periods in each man's life which can never return again; and the friends of this illustrious person will long look back, with vain regret, on the delightful hours spent in his society. In his intercourse with his neighbours, the Duke was frank, hospitable, and social, and ready upon all occasions to accommodate them, by forming plantations, by exchanging ground, or any similar point of accommodation and courtesy. To the public his purse was ever open, as appears 00 |