he visited Scotland as the delegate from the Congregational Union of England and Wales. He died on 19 June 1848, after preaching at Mount Street Chapel, Devonport. He was buried on 27 June at Emma Place chapel, Stonehouse, in the grave of his wife, who had died on 25 Oct. 1847.
Payne's writings prove him to have had a genuine gift for metaphysical speculation. He wrote, apart from sermons and short tracts: 1. ‘Remarks upon the Moral Influence of the Gospel upon Believers, and on the Scriptural Manner of ascertaining our State before God,’ Edinburgh, 1820, 12mo. 2. ‘Elements of Mental and Moral Science designed to exhibit the Original Susceptibilities of the Mind and the Rule by which the Rectitude of any of its States or Feelings should be judged,’ London, 1828, 1842, 1845. 3. ‘The Separation of Church and State calmly considered in reference to its probable Influence upon the Cause and Progress of Evangelical Truth in this Country,’ Exeter, 1834, 8vo. 4. ‘Lectures on Divine Sovereignty, Election, the Atonement, Justification, and Regeneration,’ London, 1836, 1838, 1846. This work was answered by J. A. Haldane and others, to whom Payne replied in the last edition. 5. ‘The Operation of the Voluntary Principle in America,’ Exeter, 1836, 12mo. 6. ‘The Church of Christ considered in reference to its Members, Objects, Duties, Officers, Government, and Discipline,’ London, 1837, 12mo. 7. ‘Facts and Statements in reference to Bible-printing Monopoly,’ Exeter, 1841, 8vo. 8. ‘Elements of Language and General Grammar,’ London, 1843, 12mo; college and school edit. 8vo, 1845. 9. ‘The question “Is it the duty of the Government to provide the means of Education for the people?” examined’ (directed against Sir James Graham's Education Bill), London, 1843. 10. ‘The Doctrine of Original Sin, or the Nature, State, and Character of Man unfolded,’ London, 1845; forming the 11th series of the ‘Congregational Lectures.’ 11. (Posthumous) ‘Lectures on Christian Theology,’ edited by Evan Davies, London, 1850, 2 vols.; with a ‘Memoir’ by the Rev. John Pyer and ‘Reminiscences’ by the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, D.D. Payne also assisted Greville Ewing in the selection of ‘A Collection of Hymns from the Best Authors,’ Glasgow, 1814.
[Notice in Evangel. Mag. 1848; Pyer's Memoir and Wardlaw's Reminiscences, prefixed to the posthumous Lectures on Christian Theology; Memoirs of the Rev. Joseph Fletcher; Memoirs of Thomas Wilson, Esq.; Works in Brit. Mus.]
PAYNE, GEORGE (1803–1878), patron of the turf, was born on 3 April 1803. His father, George Payne of Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, was shot in a duel on Wimbledon Common on 6 Sept. 1810 by one Clark (Annual Register, 1810, pp. 277–8); he left a widow, Mary Eleanor, daughter of R. W. Grey of Backworth House, Northumberland. George, the son, was educated at Eton from 1816 to 1822, and on 12 April 1823 matriculated from Christ Church, Oxford, where he indulged his sporting tastes so freely that the college authorities, after much delay and long-suffering, requested him to leave the university. He came of age in 1824 and into the possession of the family seat, Sulby Hall, and the Northampton estates, with a rent-roll of 17,000l. a year. In addition, he took up the sum accumulated during his minority, amounting to about 300,000l. The income was, however, wholly incapable of keeping pace with his extravagance; Sulby passed from his hands, the money disappeared in a few years, together with two other large fortunes which he successively inherited from relatives. He served the office of sheriff of his native county in 1826, when he met the judges with unparalleled state. On a vacancy occurring in 1835, he was unanimously elected master of the Pytchley hounds; he gave way to Lord Chesterfield in 1838, but again served as the master from 1844 to 1848. His first tenure of office was marked by unwonted splendour. He owned racehorses, but he was notoriously unlucky on the turf with his own horses, though he was sometimes fortunate in backing those of his friends. His first partner on the turf was Edward Bouverie of Delapre Abbey, Northamptonshire. Bouverie's colours were all black, while those of his friend were all white. They amalgamated their colours, and so originated the famous ‘magpie jacket.’ Popular as these colours were, and often as they were seen on racecourses in England, they were never associated with any greater success than the winning of a good handicap. The best horse he owned was Musket, bequeathed to him by Lord Glasgow, who left him at the same time 25,000l. Musket never carried the magpie stripes, but always the white and crimson of his former owner. In connection with Charles C. F. Greville, he had horses trained for many years by the Dillys at Littleton, near Winchester; a few handicaps and a second to Crucifix for the Oaks with his filly Welfare in 1840 were all his successes of any consequence during these years. When Dilly retired from business, Payne sent his horses to George Dockeray at Epsom. After this trainer's death, Payne's horses went to Alec
