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ACLAND, Lieut.-General Sir W. R. Palmer, K. C. B. Colonel Commandant of 1st Battalion 60th foot, March 8.
ALEXANDER, Wm. Esq. F. S. A. and L. S. of the British Museum, of a brain fever, at Maidstone, July 23. He was the son of a coachinaker in that town, where he himself was born, April 10, 1767. Having evinced a fine taste for the pencil, in 1792, he was appointed assistant draughtsman to the embassy to China; in 1802, he became Professor of Drawing to the Royal Military College; in 1805, he published his Costume of China; and was snatched prematurely away, when meditat- ing still greater attempts in his art,
ALLEN, Right Hon. Joshua, fifth Viscount Allen, Feb. 1, in Merrion Square, Dublin. His Lordship was born April 26, 1728, and served during all the German campaigns. He retired from the service in 1770, on a pension of 600l. per annum.
ANNESLEY, Right Hon. Arthur, Earl of Mountnorris, F.R.S. F.S.A. in Paris, July 2, of an apoplectic attack, in his 72d year. His first countess was Lucy, only daughter of George Lord Lyttleton; and his second, Sarah, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir H. Cavendish, Bart.; by both of whom he has left issue. Lord Valentia, the celebrated traveller in the East, has succeeded to the honours and estates.
APTHURP, Rev. East, D.D. on April 16, in the 84th year of his age. This
eminent divine was a native of America; but having been educated with distinguish- ed reputation at Cambridge, and patron- ized by Archbishop Secker, he obtained considerable preferments, added to a high reputation in this country.
ARNOLD, Thomas, M. D. at Leices- ter, aged 74, Aug. 28. He was fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, senior physician to the Infirmary, and sole physician to the Lunatic Asylum, Leicester. He was author of "Disserta- tio de Pleuritide," 1766, 8vo. "Obser- vations on the Nature, Causes, and Pre- vention of Insanity," 1782, 2 vols. 8vo. "A Case of Hydrophobia successfully treated," 1793, 8vo. "Observations on the Management of the Insane," 1809, Svo. He was father of Dr. T. G. Arnold, of Stamford. In his neighbourhood, and among an extensive circle of private friends, no man could be more sincerely or more deservedly beloved; while, in his public character, he always proved himself an un- shaken friend of civil and religious liberty, and the anxious promoter of every design which tended to meliorate distress. In a word, he was an enlightened ornament of his native town, and his station in society will not easily be filled again by a similar union of estimable qualities. He married a sister of the celebrated Mrs. Macaulay Graham, which more closely allied him to literature.
BACON. John, Esq. Feb. 26, aged 78, at Friern Barnet. Few men have been more generally known, or universally respected. He was in very early life ad- mitted a junior clerk to the Deputy Re- membrancer of the First Fruits Office; where he was also Deputy Receiver and Deputy Comptroller. In 1774 he was elected F. S. A.; in 1778, on the death of John Hetherington, Esq. he became senior clerk in the Office of First Fruits; and, in 1782, on the death of Edward Mulso, Esq. was appointed Receiver. He was Treasurer also to that very excellent Society which celebrates an anniversary for the Sons of the Clergy; and the fond as- siduity which he for a long series of years displayed on those occasions, at St. Paul's Cathedral, and at Merchant Taylors' Hall, will long be gratefully recollected. His general benevolence indeed was proverbial; whilst his uncommon flow of spirits, his convivial habits, and easy pleasantry of manners, rendered him at all times a wel- come visitant, and a cheerful host. Mr. Bacon, in 1786, re-published, with great improvements, Mr. Ecton's "Thesaurus." under the title of "Liber Regis; vel, Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum. With an Appendix, containing proper Directions and Precedents relating to Presentations, Institutions, Inductions, Dispensations, &c. and a complete Alphabetical Index." Of this useful work he had prepared a copy, very much augmented and corrected, for a new edition. His remains were deposited in a small vault on the outside of the church; and were attended to the grave by some of his oldest and sincerest friends.- Gent. Mag.
BAWDWEN, Rev. William, B. A., Sept. 14, at Hooton Pagnell, near Don- caster. Mr. B., who was Vicar of Hooton Pagnell, appears to have been a good Saxon scholar, he having, in 1812, given a tran- slation of vols. I. and II. of Domesday Book, which was published in conse- quence of a vote of the British Parliament. The remaining eight volumes are said to be complete for the press; and it is truly lamentable to reflect, that this learned and industrious divine did not live long enough to complete the whole of this splendid work for the benefit of his widow, and twelve children.
BEAUCHAMP, Right Hon. William Lygon, Earl B. suddenly, Dec. 21, in his 67th year. He was for many years M. P. for Worcestershire; and, in consequence
of his great property, added to his steady support of Mr. Pitt during the French war, was ennobled as a Baron in 1808. In 1815, he was further advanced in the Peerage to the rank of Viscount and Earl.
BELL, Reverend William, D. D., se- nior prebendary of St. Peter's, on Septem- ber 29, at his prebendal residence, in Little Dean's Yard, in his 85th year. He was educated at Magdalen college, Cam- bridge, and obtained many of the prizes.
BENNETT, Reverend Thomas, D. D. August 24, aged 73; one of the minor canons of St. Paul's and Westminster, and vicar of Tillingham, &c.
BETTY, Samuel, Esq. at St. James's palace, February 12. He was for many years clerk to the Lord Chamberlain of the household.
BIRCH, John, Esq. surgeon extraordi- nary to the Prince Regent, one of the sur- geons of St.Thomas's Hospital, late of New Street, Spring Gardens, February 3, in his 70th year. He was one of the first to call in electricity to the assistance of medicine; and during his whole life opposed the Vac- cine Institution with unabated zeal.
BLOMFIELD, Reverend Edward V., October 9, in Emanuel College, Cam- bridge. He was the son of C. Blomfield, Esq. of Bury St. Edmund's, and brother to the celebrated scholar of the same name, (Reverend Charles James Blomfield, B. A. late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and editor of Prometheus.)
This gentleman attained not only great skill in the Greek and Latin languages, but also such a facility in the modern Ger- man, as to have translated Matthias's Greek Grammar from that language. He was also engaged in a new Greek and Eng- lish lexicon, a work of great importance to the English scholar.
Meanwhile, he endeavoured to refresh his mind, and assist his literary pursuits, by means of foreign travel; but on land- ing from the continent, the friend of the Greek Professor, Monk, the companion of Dr. Kaye, master of Christ's College, and the admirer and eulogist of Porson, was seiz- ed with a fever, that by rapid strides con- ducted him, at an early age, to the tomb!
BRERETON, Lieut.-General R., at New Abbey, Kildare, June 30, an officer of more than 50 years standing in His Ma- jefty's service, and a victim to a liver complaint, contracted in tropical climates.
BRYDGES, Edward William George, Esq. in his 18th year, at Lee Priory, June 2, after a month's illness. He was third son of Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart., M.P. for Maidstone, a person of distinguished li- neage, and well known also for his literary
attainments. The death of this very ami- able young man was caused by some inter- nal complaint, which it is suspected may have arisen from bruises received in hunt- ing the preceding winter. His premature fate is very deeply lamented by his parents and family, to whom he was endeared by the kindest temper, the sweetest disposi- tion, and the most lively, heroic, and un- selfish spirit. His abilities were good, and his sagacity quick; though his attention had been hitherto careless and unfixed.
BUCHANAN, Robertson, Esq. civil engineer, in his 46th year, July 22. He was the author of ingenious Essays on the "Economy of Fuel," and "Mill-work Machinery," &c.
CLARK, Mr. Thomas, September 6, in his 79th year, at his house, near Chelsea.
"Mr. C. was born in the year 1737, at. Bossel Common, near Warwick, and brought up with his father, who was a farmer, until after the age of twenty, when he came to London.- Whether accident or enterprise first led him to the metropolis, we are uninformed; but learning that a stall was to let in Exeter 'Change, he im- mediately took it, and there, in the year 1765, laid the foundation of that immense fortune which he afterwards realized. We have indeed heard, that the first hundred pounds which enabled him to extend his business, was generously advanced by a gentleman who had accidentally overheard Mr. Clark deplore the want of such a sum, and who the next day most unexpectedly brought it; while such was his confidence in Mr. C.'s integrity of principle, that the usual form of bond, receipt, or even written acknowledgment, was, in this ex- traordinary negociation, entirely dispensed with. We need not add, that the debt so honourably contracted, was as honourably and gratefully discharged.
"As his stock was thus augmented, his custom proportionably increased. What he sold was good; the price asked, was invariably the price taken; and this excel- lent rule, added to the moderation of his profits, secured him that rapid retail cus- tom which ultimately enriched him with the golden fruits of fair industry. But what, perhaps, added to his wealth still more, was the very moderate nature of his habits. Every day he dined with his plate, not indeed on the bare board, but upon a sheet of paper, in his little closet, and probably the expence of his meal, with a pint of porter included, never reached the
sum of one shilling! After dinner, he was accustomed to take one glass of spirits in water, at the public-house opposite the end of the 'Change, and thence returning, resumed the business of the day. Morn- ing and evening saw him on his old horse, which, with its rider, was as well known at Charing-cross as King Charles himself. Latterly, however, he came to town, from his residence at Pimlico, and returned in his son's carriage.
"In 1814, Mr. Clark completed his se- venty-seventh year, and then, for the first time, celebrated his birth-day. His visi- tors were his children and grand-children; and though the viands resembled those of a feast one hundred years ago, yet the de- sert possessed some features entirely novel. The cloth being drawn, the old gentleman presented each of his grandchildren twelve in number, with a five-guinea piece in gold, a Bible, Dodsley's Economy of Human Life, Pope's Essay on Man, and Dr. Frank- lin's Life and Works. He then addressed his youthful auditors thus, - My chil- dren! sometimes articles of the least value have the strongest powers of attraction. Gold is a slippery article, it is frequently here to-day and gone to-morrow. In mo- deration, and under the controul of dis- cretion, it is good:- but an abundance of it has proved injurious to more states and families than it has ever mended; an attention to the books that I have pre- sented you with, will do you good, as they will be a pleasant guide through life's short journey, by teaching the adoration you owe to God, -the duty you owe to your neighbour, and the advantages which you owe to yourselves, by enabling you to lay down your heads in peace with a joyful hope of futurity; which, that you may do,
is my earnest prayer to God for you
"He then called on his eldest grand- daughter to read the laft chapter of Pro- verbs, and on his eldest grandson to read the 23d verse in the 4th chapter of the same book.
"The whole family having assembled and retired in health and good humour, the ve- nerable founder of the feast ever considered this as the most satisfactory day that he had passed in seventy-seven pleasant years; and it was evident, that neither time nor age had divested him of that inherent cheer- fulness which thus shed its twilight beams even over the confines of the grave.
"We have heard many stories of Mr. Clark; some of them founded on his pe- culiarities, but not one to his discredit. Though addicted to the accumulation of money, it was by honeft means; and what appeared to others hard self-privation, was
probably to him, who relished few higher pleasures, an enjoyment, because it was a second nature. Nor was he incapable of performing, at times, actions of the most liberal and honourable kind. Among the numerous anecdotes told of him, it is re- ported, that when the income tax was first imposed, he gave in his schedule at 6000/. The tax-collector returned it to him for amendment, under the supposition that he had returned (and over-rated too) his whole stock, instead of his annual income. Mr. Clark hitched on another thousand, and assured the collector that he was sure it was the full amount.-"Aye, but," said the other, "I want your income, not your property." Are you content?"
"Yes!". "So am I," replied the old merchant, and wished the astonished col- lector a brief good morning. In his will,
Mr. C. remeinbered all his friends and faithful servants in a handsome manner. On the occasion of his death Exeter 'Change was partially shut, and had, from its wonted light and bustle, a strange ap- pearance.
"His person and features were by no means of a common cast, and his sagacity and sense were obvious in his conversations on almost every subject. Upon the whole, he was an eccentric man, but one in whom eccentricity was not vice-odd in his man- ners, but upright in his intercourse with the world-and capable of many most be- neficent and disinterested acts of humanity and charity. Let the idle imitate his in- dustry, and the avaricious copy his bene- volence, then will his life have been not less honourable to himself, than useful to society at large, while the example will not cease to actuate, even when its origi- ginal is forgotten." Europ. Mag.
DALE, Thomas, M. D., February 21, in Devonshire-street, Bishopsgate, aged 67, a Licentiate of the College of Physi- cians, &c. &c. He was the son of Thomas Dale, M.D., of South Carolina, and a native of America; but having repaired to London at an early age, he was educated at St. Paul's school; after which, he stu- died during five years at Edinburgh, where he obtained a medical degree.
On his return to the capital, he was one of the eight individuals who instituted the Literary Fund, to which he not only be- came a subscriber, but the register.
DAMPIER, the Hon. Mr. Justice, February 3, in Montagu-place Blooms- bury, in his 58th year, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's
Bench, who possessed talents and qualities of so pre-eminent a nature, that few can justly appreciate them; and no one can too highly extol them. He was thought to be a classical scholar scarcely inferior to any of the most learned of his contemporaries. In his legal practice he secured universal esteem. Unassuming in his behaviour, he conciliated the regard of all who were connected with him. In con- versation he was brilliant, communicative, and instructive. He attained not to his ex- alted station by adherence to any political party, but was selected wholly on account of his exalted abilities. Eminently dis- tinguished as his legal qualifications were, yet they were not confined to the mere line of his profession; for he was known to be as well acquainted with ecclesiastical as with common law. Nor was he less versed in theology than in every other branch of science; and while many of his leisure hours were devoted to this study, he evin- ced the firmness of his belief of the sacred truths of Christianity by a conduct corre- spondent with its precepts. In whatever point of view we behold him, whether in public or in private life, we shall see much to admire, and very little to condemn. And should this tribute to the memory of such an excellent man be ascribed to the par- tiality of friendship, an appeal may confi- dently be made to public opinion, which has avowedly declared, that, by the death of Mr. Justice Dampier, the Law has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and Society one of its most valuable members. has left a widow and five children.
The following is a copy of the preamble to the will of the late Sir Henry Dampier, Knight:-
"This is the last will and testament of me, Henry Dampier, one of the Jus- tices of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench.
"I recommend my soul to God, in humble hope that he will, of his infinite mercy, pardon my enormous sins, and sanctify me by his Holy Spirit, through the mediation and intercession of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, whose name be bles- sed for ever. I return my most affectionate thanks to my dearest wife, and all my chil- dren, for the kindness and attention they have shewn me in sickness, and in health, earnestly exhorting my children to be dili- gent, virtuous, and religious, as the sure road to happiness here, and hereafter."
EATON, James, Esq., at Pimlico, January 5, in his 85th year.
ESSINGTON, Vice-Admiral Sir W., K.C. B., July 12, in his 63d year.
FITZWILLIAM, Richard Lord Vis- count, of the kingdom of Ireland, F.R.S. and Vice Admiral of Leinster, February 4. at his apartments in Bond-street, in his 71st year.
The Viscount, by his will, has given the following very noble benefaction to the excellent seminary where he com- pleted his education, and where he obtained the degree of M. A. in 1764. To the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, he has bequeathed all his new South-Sea Annuities; with the proceeds and dividends of which they are to build a Museum, a Repository to con tain all his pictures, portraits, framed or unframed, prints, books bound or unbound, manuscripts, music bound and unbound, busts, statues, gems, precious stones, bronzes, &c.; and until such Museum is built, to hire a house to place them in, to give salaries to the officers appointed by the University to take care of the collection; and all the regulations, &c. are to be con- formable to the ftatutes.
HAMILTON, Mrs. Elizabeth, at Har- rowgate, July 23, after a long illness. She was an author of some celebrity; and all her works tend to the advancement of re- ligion and morality. For some years, this lady was occupied in superintend- ing the education of the children of a Scotch nobleman, a circumstance which afterwards enabled her to describe the do- mestic scenes and manners of the north with no small degree of truth and propriety. Her brother having been an officer in the service of the Eaft India Company, this circumstance also induced her to dedicate her attention to the customs of Asia. The following is a list of her publications :- "Letters of a Hindoo Rajah," 1796, 2 vols. 8vo. "Memoirs of Modern Phi- losophers," 1800, 3 vols. 8vo. "Letters on the Elementary Principles of Educa- tion," 1802, 2 vols. 8vo. "Life of A- grippina, wife of Germanicus," 1804, 3 vols. 8vo. "Letters on the Formation of the Religious and Moral Principle," 1806, 2 vols. 8vo. "The Cottagers of Glenburnie," 1808, 8vo. "Rules of the Annuity Fund for the Benefit of Gover- nesses," (Anon.) 1808, 4to. "Exercises in Religious Knowledge," 1809, 12mo.
"Popular Essays, illustrating Principles essentially connected with the Improve- ment of the Understanding, the Imagina- tion, and the Heart," 1813, 2 vols. 8vo.
HEATH, John, Esq. one of the Jus- tices of the Court of Common Pleas, Ja- nuary 17, at his house in Mansfield-street, Portland Place.
This venerable Judge had been for some time in such an infirm state of health, that he was about to retire from the Bench, but his death was extremely sudden. He had received an invitation from Sir Vicary Gibbs to an entertainment, and was in the act of replying, when he dropped down in a fit of apoplexy, and expired. He for- merly filled the office of Town-clerk of Exeter; and has left a legacy of about 20,000l. to his friend Mr. Gattey, the present Town-clerk of that city. The fol- lowing testimony to his character was de- livered in the Court of Common Pleas : :-
"Nobody had a higher respect for the opinions and character of that learned Judge than myeself [Sir Samuel Shep- herd]; and nobody more sincerely regret- ted his loss. He owed it to his own feel- ings to say, that he always considered him to be an able and upright Judge, as well as a worthy and valuable man; and he was convinced that, in declaring these senti- ments of respect for his memory, he had the concurrence of all his Brethren of the Bar. His duty required from him such a tribute to the learned Judge, when the mention of his name furnished the oppor- tunity of paying it; and he felt a pleasure in the act."-Gent. Mag.
HENRY, Mr. Thomas, apothecary at Manchester, June 18, in his 82d year.
Mr. Henry was President of the Lite- rary and Philosophical Society of Manches- ter; F.R.S. of London; and well known throughout Europe for his various disco- veries and improvements in the science to which he chiefly addicted himself. As a practical and philosophical chemist, he had attained a high and merited reputation. His contributions to that science, besides a small volume of Essays, and his transla- tions of the early writings of Lavoisier, which he first introduced to the notice of the English reader, consist chiefly of me- moirs dispersed through the Transactions of the various Societies to which he be- longed, and relate both to those parts of Chemistry that are purely scientific, and to those that have a connexion with the use- ful arts. The following is a list of his se- parate publications: :16 Experiments and Observations on the Preparation, &c. of Magnesia Alba," 1773, 8vo. "Letter to Dr.Glass, being a Reply to his Exa- mination of the Strictures on Dr. Glass's
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