Holland, in 1799, Dundas was one of the general officers selected by his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and in all the principal engage ments in that strong country he had his full share, particularly those of Bergen and Alkmaar, on the 2d and 6th of October. With respect to the first mentioned, his Royal Highness, in his official dispatches to government, says, "The points where this wellfought action was principally contested, were sustained by the British columns under those highly distinguished officers General Sir Ralph Abercrombie and Lieutenant-general Dundas, whose exertions, as well as the gallantry of the brave troops they led, cannot have been surpassed by any former instances of British valour."

On the return of the army from this fruitless expedition, General Dundas continued on the staff till the peace of Amiens, when the present minister thought he acted right in reducing the finest and best military establishment that this country ever beheld, and which, from the attention of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief and the former administration, was not only calculated to repel all attacks on the British empire, but to act with vigour and success against our enemies. It is needless to remark how much such an army is now wanted.

Prior to that event, and on the death of the ever-tobe-lamented Sir Ralph Abercrombie, General Dundas succeeded him in the command of the second or North British dragoons, a corps which, as long as the deeds of British cavalry are mentioned, will be held in the highest

highest point of view. He also succeeded him in the government of Forts George and Augustus, in North Britain.

In the summer of 1801 he was second in command under the commander in chief of the grand army which was formed on Bagshot-heath, where near twenty-five thousand men were assembled. General Dundas took uncommon pains in disciplining this fine army, by having it out twice a day. His Majesty and the Royal Family, when it was reviewed, gave him the highest praise for his exertions.

On the 12th of March this year (1803) he resigned the quarter-master-generalship, and was put on the staff, as second in command under his Royal Highness the Duke of York. His Majesty was pleased also, as a particular mark of his royal regard, to invest him with the ribband of the order of the bath, and on the 1st of June he, with many of the knights, was installed in King Henry the Seventh's Chapel. A grand ball and supper was given at Ranelagh on the third of the same month, which cost the junior knights seven thousand pounds.

Sir David Dundas is destined to command a grand camp to be formed on Coxheath, and kept ready to act, if the French should attempt an invasion. The staff of this country at present consists of one general, ten lieutenant-generals, and thirty-six major-generals. Sir David Dundas commands as general in the field.

MR.

MR. RICHARD GOUGH.

THIS gentleman has long been known to the public by his researches and writings as an antiquary.

The family from which Mr. Gough is descended, the Goughs of Wales, extend their line no further back than the time of Henry IV. though others of the name, and connected with the family, occur as early as the reign of Henry I. Sir Matthew Gough, with whose father, Innerth or John, the pedigree begins, having passed the prime of his life in the French wars of Henry V. and VI. finished it in Cade's rebellion, fighting on the part of the citizens, in July 1450, at the battle of London-bridge. Nor is this the only instance where Mr. Gough's ancestors have been highly distinguished for their loyalty.

"The unfortunate Charles I. during his troubles, stopt at Wolverhampton, where he was entertained by Madam St. Andrew, who was either sister or aunt to Mr. Henry Gough, and that gentleman ventured to accommodate their Royal Highnesses Charles Prince of Wales and James Duke of York. An antient tenement still remains at Wolverhampton, where these princely guests resided. A subscription being set on foot to aid the exigencies of the royal cause, the inhabitants cheerfully contributed according to their ability; but the most ample supply was expected from Mr. Gough, whose loyalty was as eminent as his fortune was superior, when, to the great surprise and disappointment of every one, he refused any assistance, though strongly urged by the king's commissioners, who retired in disgust and chagrin. When night approached, putting on his hat and cloak, Mr. Gough went secretly and solicited a private audience of his majesty. This appearing an extraordinary request, the dangerous circumstances of the times considered, the lord in waiting wished to know the object of the request, with an offer to communicate it to the king.

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Mr. Gough persisted in rejecting this offer, and after much inter rogation obtained admission to the royal presence. He then drew from his cloak a purse, containing a large sum of money, and presenting it with due respect, said, "May it please your majesty to accept this, it is all the cash I have by me, or I would have brought more." The gift was so acceptable to the king, that an offer of knighthood was made to Mr. Gough; but this loyal subject, haying no other view than to serve his sovereign, declined this honour, which was afterwards conferred on his grandson, Henry of Perryhall, when he was introduced at the court of Charles II. and had mention made of the loyalty of his ancestors. It is presumed these services were not forgotten in the reign of Queen Anne, as Sir while Henry obtained for two of his sons, w very young, the places of page to the Queen and the Duke of Gloucester." See Shaw's History of Staffordshire, Vol. II. page 1. to which this memoir has considerable obligations.

Mr. Gough's father was Harry Gough, Esq. fifth son of Sir Harry Gough, of Perry-hall, and was born April 2, 1681. When only eleven years of age he went with Sir Richard Gough, his uncle, to China, kept all his accounts, and was called by the Chinese Ami whang, the white-haired boy. In 1707 he commanded the ship Streatham, in which he continued eight years, and with equal ability and integrity acquired a decent competency, the result of many hardships and voyages in the service of the East India Company, to which his whole life was devoted while he presided among their directors, being elected one in 1731, if not sooner. From 1734 to his death, which happened July 13, 1751, he represented in parliament the borough of Bramber, in Sussex, and enjoyed the confidence of Sir Robert Walpole: whose measures he so firmly supported, as not only to hurt his health by attendance on the long and late debates

during the opposition to that minister, but was often known to attend the house with a fit of the gout coming on him.

His son Richard, the subject of our memoir, was born October 21, 1735, in a large house in Winchester-street London, on a site peculiarly calculated for the birth of an antiquary, that of the monastery of Augustine-friars founded by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, in 1253. At the time of the dissolution, the house, cloister and garden of the Augustines were granted by the crown to William Lord St. John, afterwards Marquis of Winchester, who built a magnificent house upon the very spot, part of which remains, the rest is occupied by later dwellings, and among them stands the house alluded to.

Mr. Gough's parents were dissenters, and their son received the first rudiments of Latin at home, under the tuition of a Mr. Barnewitz, a Courlander, who taught at the same time the sons of several eminent merchants in the city; on his death Mr. Gough was committed to the instruction of the Rev. Roger Pickering, one of the most learned, most imprudent, and most illtreated of the dissenting ministers of his time. On his death, May 18, 1755, Mr. Gough finished his Greek studies under Mr. Samuel Dyer, the friend and literary contemporary of Johnson.

After his father's death, in July 1752, he was admitted fellow-commoner of Benet College, Cambridge, where his relations, Sir Henry Gough and his brother John, had before studied under Dr. Mawson, after

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