blush at, nothing to palliate in the recapitulation of his distresses. The debts on his civil lift were owing to no mifapplication, no improvidence of his own; no corruption of his ministers; no indulgence to favourites, or mistresses. His diet was philofophic; his palace humble; his robes decent: yet his butcher, his landlady, and his tailor, could not continue to fupply an establishment which had no demefnes to support it, no taxes to maintain it, no excises, no lotteries, to provide funds for its deficiencies, and emergencies.' At the conclufion, Mr. Robert Dodfley, bookfeller, of PallMall, is appointed "high treasurer, and grand librarian of Corfica;" and a subscription, "for a subsidy, for the use of his Corfican majefty," was opened at Tully's head, in Pall-Mall. In confequence of this, fifty pounds were procured, and sent to the unhappy king in prison*. At length an act of infolvency took place; and, in May 1756, a man who had worn a crown, and wielded a sceptre, took the benefit of it, and actually registered the kingdom of Corfica in behalf of his creditors at Guildhall. Copy of the Act of Renunciation of the Kingdom of Corfica by Theodore I. in behalf of his Creditors. SURRY " A schedule or inventory, containing a full and true TO WIT. account of all debts, effects, and estates, both real and perfonal, (of what kind or nature foever) of Theodore-Stephen de Newhoff, a German from Weftphalia, and late of Mount-ftreet, Grosvenorfquare, now a prifoner in the King's-bench prison, and a lift of the names of all and every person and perfons that are any wife (and how much) indebted The following day rule has been copied verbatim from the original, communicated to the editor by Mrs. Clarke, daughter of the late colonel Frederick : Theodore, baron de Newhoff and de Stein, hath this day a RULE of court to go out of the prifon of the King's-bench granted to him, to tranfa& his affairs. Dated this twelfth day of February, 1753. (Signed) LAW.COTTAM. unto unto him the faid Theodore-Stephen, baron de Newhoff, and the witneffes that can prove the fame, purfuant to an act of parliament, made in the twentyeighth year of the reign of his prefent majefty king George the fecond, entitled an act for the relief of infolvent debtors. Debtors names and places That he is entitled to the Sums due. How due and Witneffes and vouchers thereof, The above written is a full and true fchedule, as aforefaid, of all my eftates and effects whatsoever, except wearing apparel, bedding for myself and family, working tools and neceffary implements for my occupation and calling, and those, in the whole, not exceeding the value of ten pounds. Witness my hand this twenty-fourth day of June, 1755. THEODORE BARON DE NEWHOFF. Examined with the original in the cuftody of John Lawfon, Efq; clerk of the peace for the county of Surry, this fecond day of September, 1757, by me HERMAN VERELET." About the fame time the following advertisement appeared in the public advertiser * : An Addrefs to the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain, in the Behalf of Theodore, Baron de Newhoff. "The Baron, through a long imprisonment, being reduced to very great extremities, his cafe is earnestly recommended for a Lord Orford's Works, Vol. I. p. 157. contribution contribution to be raised, to enable him to return to his own country; having obtained his liberty by the late act of parliament. In the late war in Italy, the Baron gave manifeft proofs of his affection for England; and as the motives of his coming here are fo well known, it is hoped all true friends to freedom will be excited to affift a brave, though unfortunate, man, who wishes to have an opportunity of testifying his gratitude to the British nation. "Those who are pleafed to contribute on this occafion, are defired to depofit their benefactions in the hands of Sir Charles Afgyll, alderman, and company, bankers, in Lombard-street, or with Meffrs. Campbell and Coutts, bankers, in the Strand." Notwithstanding his liberation by the infolvent act, Theodore appears to have remained within the liberties of the Fleet until December 1756; when taking a chair, for which he had not money to pay, he was carried to the Portuguese minifter's, in Audley-freet; but not finding him at home, he prevailed upon the chairmen to conduct him to the house of a tailor, No. 5, Little Chapel-ftreet, Soho; who, having known him formerly, and compaffionating his miferable fituation, took him into his houfe. There the most unfortunate of monarchs fell fick next day, and died after a fhort illness, December 11, 1756. It has been usually fuppofed, that the body was buried by fubfcription: the following facts, however, may be depended upon, as they were communicated to me by an ingenious artist *, whofe parents lived in the neighbourhood, and on whose information I can implicitly rely. No fooner had Theodore's demife taken place, than fome difficulties occurred relative to the interment. On this Mr. Wright, an opulent oilman in Comptonfirect, faid he was determined, for once in his life, to have the honour of burying a king!" He accordingly kept his word, and Mr. Charron actually recollects to have feen the corpfe lying in ftate; it was buried on the 15th of December. The honour able • Mr. Charron, of the Thatched House court, St. James's-street. The editor has been favoured, by Mrs. Clarke, grand-daughter to Theodore, with the undertaker's bill, of which a copy is here fubjoined: it appears from this 3 curious able Horace Walpole, foon after, caufed a neat marble monument to be erected near the grave, in St. Ann's church-yard, curious document, that three gentlemen attended the funeral: which, if not grand, was at least refpectable; and that coronets (moft probably from the difficulty of obtaining regal crowns) were not omitted in the furniture of the coffin. It would feem, however, that out of a charge of ten pounds eleven fhillings and two pence, eight pounds eight chillings were only paid: this either arofe from the fcantinefs of the fund affigned for liquidating the expences of his majesty's funeral, or a returning fenfe of prudence in the munificent oilman, who might have confidered the furplus as an over-charge, and refufed payment accordingly. UNDERTAKER'S BILL. [Copied from the original.] JOSEPH HUBBARD, COFFIN-MAKER, undertaker, and fworn appraifer, at the Four Coffins and Crown in New-ftreet, near Bread-street, Carnaby-market, St. James's, Weftminster, performs funerals, both public and private, at reasonable rates, and as cheap as any where in London. N. B. Buys and fells all manner of household furniture. For the Funeral of Baron Newhoff, King of Corfica, interred in St. Ann's Ground, December 15, 1756. To a large elm coffin, covered with fuperfine black cloth, finished with double rows of brafs nails, a large plate of infcription, two cup coro nets, gilt, four pair of Chinese contraft handles, gilt, with coronets £.. d. over ditto, the infide lined and ruffled with fine crape and infeared... A fine double fhroud, pillow, and nutts..... Four men in black to move the body down Paid the parish dues of St. Ann's 6 6 0 16 6 0 16 4 6 7 I O 2 6 £10 11 2 2 3 2 Westminster, Westminster, furmounted by a crown, taken from one of his majefty's coins, and the following infcription to be engraved beneath : --- NEAR THIS PLACE IS INTERRED THEODORE KING OF CORSICA, WHO DIED IN THIS PARISH, DECEMBER II, 1756, IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE KING'S-BENCH PRISON BY THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF INSOLVENCY; IN CONSEQUENCE OF WHICH HE REGISTERED HIS KINGDOM OF CORSICA FOR THE USE OF HIS CREDITORS. "The grave, great teacher, to a level brings "Bestow'd a kingdom, and deny'd him bread.' Theodore was reserved in his manners, and always exhibited much dignity of deportment. He was of the middle fize, and is allowed, by all who recollect his figure, to have possessed a comely perfon. Two prints of him have been seen by the writer of this article: one a fmall whole length engraving; the other is what artifts term a three-quarters, with the infcription of THEODORUS CORSICA REX. He is there reprefented with a benignant countenance, a contemplative eye, and thick lips; he is dreffed in a mantle, intended to convey the idea of royal robes; while a broken column behind, intimates his lucklefs destiny. Theodore is faid, to the laft, to have maintained a ftately port, and to have received benefactions under a canopy confifting of the top of a half-tester bedstead. His majesty is also reported to have exercised his privileges, at least so far as related to chivalry, within the pre 6 cincts |