e Law of Set Off_, with an Appendix of Cases, argued and determined in
the Courts of Law and Equity, in one volume, octavo; in 1804-5, in four
volumes, _A Digest of the Bankrupt Laws_, with a Collection of the
Statutes and of the Cases, which reached three editions, and brought him
into immediate notice and considerable practice; and, some time afterward,
he printed a pamphlet on Bankrupts' Certificates. His fame in this branch
of forensic learning procured him the appointment of a Commissioner of
Bankruptcy. Mr. Montagu wrote also on philosophical subjects. Among his
productions of this tendency were _Thoughts of Divines and Philosophers;
Selections from Taylor, Hooker, Bishop Hall, and Bacon_. He edited an
edition of Lord Bacon's works, in seventeen volumes. Another bent which
his mind took, placed him by the side of Romilly and Mackintosh in the
cause of Humanity. He had in his nature an abhorrence of depriving any
living thing of life, and with regard to his own diet he totally abstained
from animal food. This led him to bestow his active attention towards
putting a stop to capital punishment. In 1809 he published _Opinions of
Different Authors on the Punishment of Death_. The work was so well
received, that he added a a second and third volume to it. In 1811, when
the important question occupied Parliament, he edited _The Debates on a
Bill for Abolishing the Punishment of Death for Stealing in a Dwelling
House_. In 1815 he reprinted a tract originally published in 1801, called
_Hanging not Punishment enough for Murderers_. Mr. Basil Montagu, who had
some years ago been made a Queen's counsel, died at Boulogne on the 27th
of November, in the eighty-second year of his age.

REAR-ADMIRAL HENRY GAGE MORRIS, entered the navy at the early age of
twelve, and served as midshipman throughout the French and American wars.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, April 2, 1793. He was engaged
at the capture of the French frigate _Sybille_, in 1783, and at the attack
on Martinique, in 1793. He was promoted to post rank August 12, 1812, and
was made rear-admiral in 1847. He died at Beverley, 24th ult. aged
eighty-two. Admiral Morris was younger brother of the late Captain Amherst
Morris, being second son of Colonel Roger Morris, a member of the
Governor's Council at New-York, by Mary, daughter of Frederick Phillipse,
of this city. This family of Morris is one of great antiquity, deriving
its descent from Elystan Glodryd