Obituary.

in the Presence of the Almighty . Several portraits of eminent persons ( Dr . Johnson , Dr . Farmer , Mr . Tyrwhitt , Mr . Malone , Professor Harwood , Mr . Stavcley and his Lady , Mr . Alleyne of Loughborough , & c . & c . ) are the counterparts of the pictures from which they are taken , except that in most of them

the likeness is preserved , and , as is natural todrawings . thedelicacyincreased . He had the art of reducing large portraits to a wonderful nicety ; and had just begun , to attempt ihe taking cf original miniatures , of which some few remain , particularly one of himself , in in which infirmity and placid resignation

are well depicted . The " Death of General Wolfe , " a print not more generally known than admired , has from the pencil of Mr Webster even additional charms . He had begun agroupe of figures , in a manner which he thought wouid be his chef-d ' ouvre , from the large print which describes the melancholy

parting of the late King of France from his family . His hand was arrested by Death in the prosecution of this bold design , just when he had completed the monarch ' s head ; but the drawing remains a valuable fragment of his skill .

He had obtained also the prints of the g lorious naval victory on the first of June , and the death of Major Pearson ; which he fondly pleased himself with * . ! . e idea of imitating—But he is re-_ ,- _ . sed from the misery of an incurable il . ness , happily for himself , and conr .--qi ' . ently ( however they may for the

- .. ¦ resent regret their own loss ) the less lamented by all who loved and es" . it-med him ; in which number , besides hi- ; immediate relations and the writer ' . A . this heartfelt tribute , he had the honest pride of reckoning some names of iiitfb rank in literature , and of high sl . ' 'ion in Church and State .

- Lately at his house in Upper Brookr . t-rect , in his 69 th year , the Right Hon . William Gerrard Hamilton , formerly secretary in Ireland . By his death there lapses an Irish pension of 2000 I . a year ; and the bulk of his fortune goes to William Hamilton , Esq . ofLincoln ' siim-fields . He was usually denominated

Single-speech Hamilton ; of which he was put in mind by Mr . Bruce , when , on an insinuation of Mr . Hamilton's , that it was highly improbable any man should make such fine drawings as Mr . B , exhibited for his own , without ever

having been known to excel in design , Mr . Bruce said , " Pray , Sir , did you not once make a famous speech in the House of Commons ? " " Yes , I did . " " And pray , Sir , did you ever make another ? " " No , I did not . " This gentleman was suspected by some to be the author of Junius ' s Letters ; a

suspicion which he endeavouredto strengthen by affected mystery whenever the subject was introduced . We know not , however , of any other proof of his literary merit that qould give any probability to such a rumour . Lately at Little Shelford , co . Cambrid very much respectedThomas

ge , , Wale , Esq . in his 05 th year ; a gentleman not more remarkable for the length of his life than for the equanimity of temper and vivacity of disposition with which he passed through it . Uniformly benevolent , his greatest happiness -was composed in the exercise of friendhsip and charily towards all who were so

fortunate as to fall within the sphere of his knowledge . The friends who -knew him well can bearlhe amplest testimony to his general humanity , unaffected

sincerity , and firm integrity of heart ; and bid defiance even to the malicious eye of envy herself lo spy out one foe he has left " behind him . The afflicted heart , whose grief he was ever ready to alleviate by the most consoling tenderness ; the downcast eye , which heretofore started the tear of gratitude for

a generous relief ai his hands ; will now give way to very different sensations ; the one , to regret with sorrow an irreparable loss ; the other to weep with woe the friend that is 110 more : for , alas 1 the tender heart which so sensibly sympathized with the sorrowful , the kind hand which so chearfully

administered relief to the distressed , are both alike inanimate in the dust . During the two last years of his life his faculties failed ; but , " his death was that of the righteous . " He was interred in a mausoleum , which he had erected in his own garden , opposite the church , after the service had been performed over

the body in the church ; and , on the Sunday following , a sermon suitable to the occasion was preached at Little Shelford by the Rev . Mr . Marshall ,

the curate . Lately at Paris , the Dukede Chatelet . This unfortunate Peer , after securing some part of his property in England ,