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THE MORNING POST.
No. 16,812.MONDAY, November 8, 1824. Price 7d.
R. C. DALLAS, ESQ.
On the 21st ult. died at Havre, in the Seventieth year of his age, R. C. Dallas, Esq. He had acquired
a respectable, if not a distinguished, rank as a man of letters. The History of the Maroon War, which
appeared about the year 1797, was much esteemed for the simplicity of its narration, and
authenticity of its details, He was also the author of Aubrey, Percival, and other novels, which, if not the
first in that branch at composition, are entitled to considerable praise—praise, indeed,
not always due to the first—that of softening, without corrupting the heart, the Memoirs of Louis XVI. and his
Family, from the MS. of M. Bertrand de Moleville, ci-devant Minister to that unfortunate Monarch; and the Annals of the French Revolution, by the same
author, were translated by Mr. Dallas, with a fidelity to the
originals commensurate with the importance of the subjects; and M.
Mallet Du Pan was also indebted to this Gentleman
for putting an English dress to the British Mercury, which made so much noise during the early part of the
French Revolution. The “Life of Elphinstone” did as much honour to his heart, as the feeling
eloquence with which he detailed the benevolent eccentricities of his hero, was the theme of
praise to all who knew his respected Preceptor. He was also the Author of many Fugitive Pieces,
some of which bear his name. He was a religious and just man; cheerful and intelligent in
conversation; and in private and domestic intercourse pleasing and unaffected—a good
father, and an excellent husband; and his memory will long be endeared to his family and an
extensive circle of attached friends. His remains were followed to the grave by the British
Consul, and nearly all the respectable English inhabitants of the place, anxious to pay the
last tribute of respect to departed worth.