us to devote our best exertions in the future service of that country."

At another period the following address was made by the Speaker to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, Lieutenant-General Sir William Stewart, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, and Major-General Pringle:

"You stand amongst us this day to receive our thanks, for great and signal victories won by British arms in the fields of France.

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Descending from the Pyrenees, surmounting in adverse seasons all the difficulties of a country deeply intersected, and passing with unparalleled skill and boldness the formidable torrents of Navarre, after a series of arduous and sanguinary conflicts, you came up with the collected forces of the enemy, posted upon the heights of Orthes. Attacked on all sides by British valour, the troops of France at length gave way and commenced their retreat; pressed, however, upon each flank, that retreat was soon changed into a flight, and that flight to a total rout: pursuing their broken legions across the Adour, and seizing upon their strong-holds and accumulated resources, you then laid open your way, on the one hand, to the deliverance of Bourdeaux, and on the other to the lamented, but glorious day of Toulouse.

"It has been your fortune to reap the latest laurels in this long and memorable war, and leading forward your victorious columns from the Tagus to the Garonne, you have witnessed, with arms in your hands, the downfall of that gigantic tyranny which your own prowess has so materially contributed to

overthrow.

“Informed of these triumphant exploits, this House lost no time in recording its thanks to all who had bravely fought the battles of their country. But to those whom we glory to reckon amongst our own members, it is my duty and happiness to deliver those thanks personally; and I do now accordingly, in the name and by command of the Commons of the United Kingdom, deliver to you their unanimous

thanks for your able and distinguished conduct throughout all those operations which concluded with the entire defeat of the enemy at Orthes, and the occupation of Bourdeaux by the allied forces of Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal."

Lieutenant-General Stewart replied:

"MR. SPEAKER, —

"I feel overcome by the repeated honour which you have now conferred on me, and can but ill express what I am sensible of on this occasion of high personal honour. I can only say, Sir, that myself, as well as those who were under my command in the memorable actions alluded to by you, Sir, did our duty to the best of our power, and have now been greatly rewarded. The most happy events have returned us to our country; and that we may act the part of good citizens, as you have been pleased to say that we have done that of good soldiers, is our next duty.

"If future events call us again to the field, a circumstance that may Heaven long avert, our greatest good fortune will be, to serve under the auspices of so generous a House of Commons as, that which I now address: and more especially to have the generous sentiments of that House communicated through so liberal a channel as has been the case this day."

Sir William Stewart also received a most flattering testimony on his return home, from the principal inhabitants of his native place, and which should also be recorded. At Wigton, the 11th day of August, 1814, in a Meeting of the Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, Justices of Peace, and Heritors of the County of Wigton, Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lochnaw, Bart., Præses, the Præses moved, that a congratulatory address be offered to Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William Stewart, K. B. and K.T.S., representative in parliament for this county, on his return to Britain, for his distinguished and splendid services in France and Spain, during the late memorable campaign: which motion having been seconded by James Alexander Stewart, Esq., of Glasserton, was ap

proved of, and the following address being prepared and reported to the Meeting, was unanimously adopted:

"To Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir William

Stewart, K. B. and K. T. S., Representative in Parliament for Wigtonshire.

"The Freeholders, Commissioners of Supply, Justices of Peace, and Heritors of the County of Wigton, assembled at Wigton the 11th day of August, 1814, beg leave to congratulate you on your return to Britain, after the brilliant and glorious achievements that have so signally marked your military career in the Peninsula and France, under your illustrious commander, Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington. To enter into a detail of these achievements here is unnecessary, as it is impossible for us to add any thing to that praise so justly bestowed upon you by Parliament, which will continue a lasting memorial to your high military character, and of the sense which the nation entertains of your distinguished services. It is a memorial which we, Sir, consider reflects the highest honour on your native country. We feel proud that our district can boast of so able a general among British heroes, and that the spot where a Stewart made his stand,' shall long be marked out by a distant people with enthusiastic admiration, an example of heroism to future generations, and a heir-loom of well-earned meed to your latest posterity. Since a period has been put to your arduous labours, and the effusion of blood, by the blessing of a peace, which, we trust, will be lasting, and which your efforts have tended to hasten, it is our highest wish to see you once more amongst us, where we hope the present tranquillity will permit you to spend many happy days."

At the desire of the meeting, the Præses, Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., subscribed the address, and undertook to forward the same to General Sir William Stewart.

Sir William Stewart first sat in the House of Commons as member for Saltash, for which borough he was returned in the place of his brother the present Earl of Galloway, in 1795. He afterwards represented the county of Wigton.

The death of this gallant officer took place at Cumloden, near Newton-Stewart, in Wigtonshire, on the 7th of January, 1827, in the fifty-third year of his age.

For the foregoing memoir we are indebted to the Royal Military Calendar.

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No. XVI.

PHILIP RUNDELL, ESQ.

Ir was observed by Dr. Johnson, that a man is seldom so innocently employed as when he is making money. If this be true of the general effects of mere industry, with regard to its beneficial results to the individual, how much more important are its consequences in an enlarged sphere of operation, when the acquisition of wealth includes the advancement of art, the promotion of national reputation, and the diffusion of comfort and happiness throughout the circle of which its possessor is the centre. Unless we are much mistaken in our view of the subject, the life of the individual whose name stands at the head of the present page, may be regarded in this light: and if so it may justly be deemed one of considerable importance.

Mr. Rundell was born on the 15th January, 1746, at Norton near Bath, where his family had long resided. His father was a maltster in extensive trade. Several branches of his family were settled at Bath, and some of them, at an early period of Mr. Rundell's life, were leading members of the respectable corporation of that city.

His maternal uncle, Philip Ditcher, Esq. was an eminent surgeon at Bath, and was married to Miss Richardson, daughter of the celebrated author of Sir Charles Grandison, 'Pamela, &c.; and to this gentleman, Mr. Rundell, in his early youth, owed many obligations, which he often mentioned with gratitude. His elder brother, Thomas, also an eminent surgeon, resided at Bath many years. He was subsequently appointed surgeon-general to the western district, and in consequence of that appointment removed to Plymouth. Mr. Rundell's younger brother, Francis, was likewise a surgeon