On  passing  by  .the  Tower,  the  great  guns  there  were  diachavgedt  •■  mAm
at  Whitehall ;  and  about  five  o*clopk  in  4ie  eveiuiig,  ifae  hofy  Mv
taken  out  ofthejbtigp  at  Weitmiaat«r<»bridge,  .theae  was  a  pnapmmM
tlie  abbey-chuioh  iwitfa  iheihighaBt  mi^pHfioanaB.  Eight  ov|a  warn  »
•istanu  to  his  BOD^dwurdt  ewd  of  Sandwicht  dwef-mwineib  wnAjm^M
the  nobility  and  peiBonsef  ^t*>^ity<in4own  gawe  4bqur  .aiiaimnaMp  Jawt*
terment  in  the  Duke  of  AIbaiaailie*«  .imilv  ,io  4be  mic(h  Mt  ^  JQjf
Heniy  VH/s  .Qhapel,  wheae  Jiia  vemainafire  vdcjpoaited-**

Such  was  the  iaite-of  this  noUe  peer,  of  whcm  H  iias  be^  mtlen  bf
those  who  being  of  opposite  principles  could  not  be  suspected  gtbemalqo
favourable  to  hi™ :  -<'He  was^  man  of.oonsummatietiraveij^  aod^i
most  engaging  behaviour ;  one  who  had  rendered  .his  sovierei^  lln
greatest  services,  not  only  in  the  field  but  in  the  cabinet,  and  98  an  i|b-
bassador  in  foreign  courts :"  and  by  another  he  is^MUd,  *'  A  jperacyLof  ci-
traordinary  parts,  courage  fidelity  and  afFability,  and  one  who  justly  iw-
rited  all  the  honors  Ahat  were  conferred  upon  him.**


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Sir  John  Lawson.— This  eminent  commander  was  the  son'  dTpoor
parents  at  Hull,  and  entered  early  into  the  sea  service.  Where  lie  otailBfli
promotion  entirely  by  his  merit

Having  espoused  the  cause  of  the  parliament,  during  the  rw\\'^/f¥
between  them  and  their  sovereign,  he  obtained  the  command  of  mdiPb
and  having  successfully  oombatted  their  enemies,  was,  in  MSS,  i|H
pointed  to  command  a  fleet  of  forty-four  sail  whidi  were  sent  overto  Bi*
land ;  in  which  expedition  he  captured  an  abnost'incredible  nvabsrV
prizes  from  the  Dutch ;  and  thus  Teatly  fbrwaided  the  peace  Whift  W
soon  after  concluded.
