of his friend, Mr. Hill, of Chelsea, after a short illness which
brought on an inflammation in his bowels that proved fatal; he was
interred on Friday last.

"Mr. Cooper had overcome the difficulties of his profession, and was
rising fast into eminence. He was already leader on the Norfolk circuit,
and with his readiness, his powerful memory, and his forcible and fluent
delivery, the most distinguished success was universally anticipated for
him: his vein of pleasantry was particularly rich, as an instance we may
refer to a case on the very last circuit in which a hairdresser of
Newmarket was one of the parties, and which he made irresistibly amusing.
We appeal confidently to those of our readers who have attentively
considered the signs of the times, if there was not much distrust of the
bar about the period when Mr. Henry Cooper came into notice, and if he
did not by his exertions contribute greatly to remove it.

"He had been sometime employed procuring materials for a life of Lord
Erskine, with whom he was particularly intimate, which he had undertaken
to write; we suspect he had not made much progress in the work when death
erminated all his labour."

The next notice of his death is taken from the _Gentleman's Magazine_,
from July to December, 1824; vol. 94, part 2.--"On the 19th of September,
1824, at Chelsea, Henry Cooper, barrister-at-law, in the vigour of life
and with every prospect of reaching the highest honors in his profession.
The death of this rising barrister has been recorded in page 381 [as
above]. He died of inflammation of the bowels, at the house of his
friend, Mr. Hill, at Chelsea. His age was about thirty-eight or thirty-
nine, and he had been about twelve years at the bar. He was the son of a
counsel of eminence residing at Norwich. He went to sea with Lord
Nelson, and was present at the battle of the Nile, but he early quitted
the naval profession for that of the law, though he retained much of the
frankness and gaiety of manner which distinguish seamen, and the activity
and strength of frame which a seaman's habits create. He was afterwards
Attorney General of the Bermudas, at the time when one of the Cockburn's
was governor. On the appointment of the late Mr. Serjeant Blossett to
the Chief Justiceship of Bengal, Mr. Cooper, who was then rapidly rising
on his circuit (the Norfolk) became one of the leaders; and at the two
last assizes, was in every cause.

"He possessed great activit