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almost self-taught) had long previouly raised the school to much celebrity, while his liberality had materially increased its endowment; and the successor also (his former pupil) happily gave full proof, in the sequel, of his possessing those various qualifications which the peculiar exigencies of the appointment called for.

In a province not abounding in wealth, and situated at a distance from the two Universities, it has been found expedient to admit Candidates for Holy Orders, without invariably insisting on the previous regular, but expensive graduation at either of the Universities. In this state of things, the qualifications of the Master of this School, as a place of preparatory study, became an object of no small consequence; and, in this instance, the Master proved himself to be particularly and respectably prepared: not only by his classical attainments, but also, by an extensive knowledge in scriptural and ecclesiastical learning. Even in early life, he was well versed in the antient Fathers, and thoroughly conversant in the writings of the principal Luminaries of the English Church (among whom, the judicious Hooker, and the able and well-discriminating Bishop Bull, were his favourites): and in his own religious principles, well matured by study and reflection, he was, in no common degree, qualified to superintend and direct the studies of young men preparing for the Church. To promote this end, there is attached to the School, for the use of the Students, a tolerably well-furnished Library.

In the general result, for the last five and thirty years, the several Bishops, in succession, who have presided over the diocese of St. David, particularly Dr. Warren and Dr. Horsley, have repeatedly spoken handsomely, in general, of the qualifications, both in Classic Literature, and in Theology, of the Candidates that came before them from this quarter; and, at a more recent period, Dr. Cleaver, in the adjoining diocese, was decided and open in similar commendations.

Long flattered, however, as the Master was, by the respect and civil expressions of several Bishops in succession, he still remained without any substantial proof of their favourable sentiments, till the arrival of Dr. Horsley; whose discernment soon marked him with particular notice and distinction; who, on his presenting him to a small benefice, kindly assured him, that it was by no means what he wished and intended for him. being soon after translated from the Diocese, he had no opportunity of further realizing his declarations. The present pious and learned Prelate, however, kindly took an early opportunity of making some improvement in his Church appointments.

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His state of health declining for some years, he had an opportunity of contémplating, at his leisure, the end of his la bours. It may not be altogether either uninteresting or unedifying to know how such a man met the apparently approaching dissolution of his earthly tabernacle.

In the course of the year 1815, in a letter to his brother, he writes thus:-" My constitution is now become so nice, that the least trifle deranges it, and throws it off its balance. I am somewhat doubtful about the issue; it may deliver me up to a gradual decay, or it may be the means of renewing me for some time longer — God's will be done! I hope and trust that I may say without presumption (I know it to be the result of much thought) that I am, in some degree, in utrumque I shall, at all paratus for life or death. events, endeavour to join you. Perhaps it may be the last time when the three Brothers may have an opportunity of meeting."-His words proved propheticone of the party, after that meeting, saw At parting, the convales. him no more. cent invalid repeated, with more calmness and cheerfulness than the other could meet his address, "Farewell, my Brother. Of our meeting again I have somehow a strong persuasion; but I do not expect it in this world."

About this time a number of his former pupils, consulting together, unanimously determined on presenting him with some testimony of their gratitude and respect; and soon after sent him a handsome silver cup, or vase, with a suitable inscription: the circumstances are recorded in the 3d vol. of the Cambrian Register. Not long after, the same grateful respect pressed on him the united request of numbers, that he would submit to sit for his Portrait, to be placed in the Library at Ystradmeyric; and with that view, he was much solicited to pay a visit to London. Though to visit a Brother residing in Town (a respectable Bookseller in the Strand) would have given him much pleasure; yet so averse were his sentiments from making the sitting for his Portrait the inducement of such a journey, that he begged to decline it. An artist from town attended him in the country, and, it is said, succeeded in a tolerable likeness.

But while his young friends were intent on this mark of respect for his person, his thoughts were moving to another direction." This bustle about this portrait of mine," says he, in a letter to his Brother at Aberystwith, "only the more strongly impresses upon my mind the far greater importance and necessity of another kind of portrait, so often recommended to us in the Epistles of St. Paulthe portrait, at present in contemplation,

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is a picture of what will soon be reduced to dust-but there is an image to be drawn on the Soul the Image of God! not by the lines and pencils of a mortal artist; but by the finger of the Holy Spirit on the interior man, in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness. This Portrait consists, first, in a thorough repentance of whatever is amiss; which is, as it were, the clearing and preparation of the canvas; when faith and evangelical knowledge must be deeply engraved on the very substance of the Soul; manifesting their lines in love to God, and love to man. -In other words, the constituent parts of the picture are-Faith in Christ, resting on the Cross; Hope, with her anchor fixed beyond the veil of present things, on the eternal rock of ages; and Charity, rising from this faith and hope, in strength invincible, active, zealous, and persevering. May God grant that this image, this qualification and only passport to a happy eternity, may be stamped effectually on my mind, on your mind, on the souls of all our friends-then shall we be sure to meet again, never more to part."

A few months before his death he writes thus-" Under frequent ailings and growing infirmities, I thank God, I generally feel a delightful serenity of mind; arising from the firm belief of the great truths of our Religion, and an earnest endeavour to make its laws the rule of my practice; still with so much weakness and imperfection, that, at times, I am greatly humbled; though my depressions never sink to the failure of hope-my hopes ever rest on the mercies of the Gospel."

The frequent recurrence of palpita tions of the heart, with other unknown causes, brought on a low, nervous fever, which confined him several weeks, and induced a general debility; terminating, at the last, in an apoplectic seizure, with paralysis. Though, on the proper applications, his recollections were recovered, the vital powers were exhausted. In the most exemplary spirit of resignation, he continued sensible to the last; and his latest breath was wafted in prayer. 66 He died," says his eldest son (his well-qualified successor in the school, and the emulator of his virtues) "he died, as he had lived, in the peace of God.-May my death, as well as the remainder of my life, be like his !"

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July 7. Aged 57, W. Simpson, esq. of Bellecouche, East Indies.

July 10. At Banchor, Java, Capt. Chas. Fenn.

July 16. David Charles Ramsay, esq. the East India Company's resident at Mocha, and of their civil service on the Bombay establishment.

Aug.... In the Isle of France, Lieut. John Willows, of the Madras establish

ment.

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Sept. 3. In the camp at Dermeer, Lieut. Alexander Gleig, in the service of the East India Company, eldest son of Right Rev. Bishop Gleig, Stirling.

Sept. 15. As Coolbarreah, East Indies, James Robertson, esq. superintending surgeon of the Danapore district.

Sept. 19. At Bombay, W. Kennedy, esq. registrar and prothonotary, and late master in equity of the Recorder's Court of that place. After a course of great regularity and industry in his profession, which was crowned with ample success, in the meridian of life, and in the full enjoyment of a sound and a vigorous constitution, Mr. Kennedy was seized with a slow fever, which baffled all the efforts of his medical friends, and put a period to his existence apparently without either pain or struggle. He was even unconscious of the imminence of the danger until within a few hours of his death. When it was announced to him, with the most perfect composure and resolution he made a few private arrangements, and resigned himself to the dispensations of Providence with the fortitude of a Christian.

Sept 24. At Cambay, Rev. John Rawlins, son of John Rawlins, esq. and a chaplain of the Bombay establishment.

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Sept. At Calcutta, Sir John Royds. Oct. 9. In camp at Darwar, Captain Woodhouse, 7th Madras light cavalry.

Oct. 10. At Cuddapan, F. Hervey Bruce, esq. of the Madras civil service.

Oct. 12. At Sadras, John Obdam, esq. deputy-secretary, and secretary to government, in the late Dutch East India Company's service.

Oct. 28. At Thompson's Creek, New Orleans, Richard Prime, esq. late of Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

Nov. 10. At the Isle of France, of the Madagascar fever, aged 21, Archibald, Litchfield, acting lieutenant of his Majesty's frigate Phaeton, fifth son of Richard Litchfield, esq. of Torrington, co. Devon.

Dec. 28, Old Style. At St. Petersburgh, in his 81st year, Mr. Robert Hynam, watchmaker to the Court of Russia, &c.

1818, Jan. 3. Rev. William Myers, curate of Davenham, Cheshire.

Jan. 5. Aged 29, Mr. H. Blumfield, of Hull, professor of music. Of mild and inoffensive manners, he possessed a sound acquaintance with the theory of his art, and particularly excelled on the organ, to

which noble but neglected instrument he was regularly trained.

At Edinburgh, Lady Hope, relict of Sir Archibald Hope, of Craighall, bart.

Jan. 7. Very suddenly, at Vale place, Hammersmith-road, Martha, wife of Wm. Keene, esq. of the Society of Friends ; much respected, and deeply regretted by her family and a select circle of acquaintance.

Jan. 9. Aged four months and a half, the Infanta Maria - Louisa - Isabella of Spain.

At Dalby, Bennett, eldest son of Rev. B. Lumley.

At the Vicarage, Birkby, co. York, the wife of Rev. M. Parrington.

Jan. 12. At St. Helena, aged 68, Robert Leech, esq. member of council there.

Jan. 13. At Glasgow, in his 53d year, Edward Hazelrig, esq. author of the "Attic Stories."

Jan. 14. Exactly one month after the decease of Anne, his wife, in his 43d year, Richard Henry Stovin, esq. of Witherne, co. Lincoln.

At an advanced age, James Craig, esq. one of the most respectable merchants of Shrewsbury for nearly half a century.

At the Parsonage, Dunnington, in her 59th year, Frances, wife of Rev. J. Mitchinson, late of Long Preston, and daughter of Mr. T. Metcalfe, formerly an eminent surgeon at Pocklington.

Jan. 15. At Ely, Frances, sister of Rev. William Bennett, M. A. formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge, and one of the Minor Canons of Christ Church, Canterbury.

At Jamaica, Alexander, second son of David Macdowall Grant, esq. of Arndilly.

Jan. 16. At Penrith, aged 70, William Wilson, esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Cumberland.

In the Cloisters, Westminster, the wife of Rev. Richard Lendon, A. M. prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral.

At Balquhain, William Elrich, who was born in the eventful year of 1715. He was able to continue his occupation as a day labourer till within these five years, and retained his faculties of seeing, hearing, and speech, to the time of his death. On Candlemas day he would have completed his 103d year.

Jan. 17. At Brampton, Westmoreland, aged 75, James Longmire; and about three hours afterwards, aged 78, Margaret, his wife: they had been married about 50 years, and were both interred in one grave.

At Great Wyrley, Gloucestershire, aged 39, Mr. J. Street, who had occupied a farm there 50 years; he had served eight years as a private soldier, and was with Gen. Wolfe at the siege of Quebec.

At Berlin, Mr. John Humphreys, of London, who was formerly established at Hamburgh, and afterwards at Leipsic; he

gave up his extensive mercantile concerns at the latter place, and went to Berlin, when the French entered the North of Germany. He was a very active enterprising man, and was the first who introduced into Prussia the use of the steamboat, for which the King of Prussia gave him a patent.

Jan. 19. In his 75th year, Rev. Thos. Fawcet, minister of Oldham Church. He was a staunch and tried friend to the land that he breathed in, an honest man, an orthodox Christian, and a genuine ornament of the Established Church.

At Milan, aged 84, Cardinal Crivelli. Jan. 20. At Bristol, John Bayly, esq. for many years an eminent solicitor of that city.

Jan. 20. At Edinburgh, Euphemia, wife of Robert Preston, esq. of Bath.

Jan. 21. Aged 97, Rev. J. Barnes, of Lakenheath, rector of Barningham and Weston, Suffolk. His fortune.goes into the family of the Caldecotts, of Linton and Ixworth. He was a man of, inflexible integrity, but from his economical habits accumulated an immense fortune, said to be nearly one million of money.

At Southampton, the wife of Dr.Shadwell. Jan. 24. At Edinburgh, Robert Beatson, LL. D. F. R. S. Edinb. late barrackmaster at Aberdeen. He was born in 1742, at Dysart, co. Fife, and bred to the military profession. In 1756, he obtained an ensigncy, and the following year accompanied the expedition to the coast of France. He afterwards served as lieutenant at the attack on Martinique and the taking of Guadaloupe, and about 1766 retired on half-pay. On the commencement of the American war, he endeavoured to obtain employment in a situation suitable to his former services, but without success; and since that time, chiefly devoted himself to literary pursuits. His publications are, "A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland," 8vo, 1786, of which a third edition, in 3 vols. appeared a few years ago. "Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain from 1727 to the present Time," 3 vols. 8vo. 1790; 2d edition, 6 vols. 1804.- "View of the memorable Action of the 27th July, 1778," 8vo. 1791. "Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Vertical and Horizontal Windmills," 8vo. 1798.-" Chronological Register of both Houses of Parliament from 1708 to 1807," 3 vols. 8vo. 1807.-Dr. B. contributed several papers to the "Communications to the Board of Agriculture," of which he was an honorary member.

Jan. 26. In his 66th year, William Lee, esq. late of Upper King-street, Bloomsbury.

In Newman-street, the wife of William Hozier, esq.

At

At Dedham, Essex, aged 79, Mrs. Elizabeth D'Oyley, eldest daughter of the late Sir Hadley D'Oyley, bart.

At Castletown, co. Wexford, Ebenezer Radford Rowe, jun. esq.

At Ardfert House, co. Kerry, of the typhus fever, Rev. John T. Crosbie.

Jan. 27. Mr. John Munford, late quarter-master in the Clerkenwell volunteer corps, which situation he held gratuitously during the whole time the regiment was embodied.

Jan. 28. In Devonshire-place, Gén. Morse.

In Heathcote - street, Mecklenburghsquare, Miss Grane, late of New Bridge

street.

In Crutched-friars, Thomas Christopher, esq.

At Tottenham, Tamazine, wife of Mr. P. Guillemard.

Thomas Beaumont, of Buckland, Surrey, esq.

At Bristol, Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. D. Baynton, solicitor.

At Windsor, in his 79th year, Josiah Sarney, esq.

At Stoke-green, near Windsor, Mrs. Ellerker, widow of the late Major-Gen. E. Ellerker, of Ellerker, co. York, and of the East India Company's Bengal establishment.

At Bedford, aged 106, Mr. Philip Thompson. In the course of last suminer he had the misfortune to lose his wife, with whom for upwards of 70 years he had lived in the most perfect harmony

and

on that occasion he walked a distance of half a mile and back as chief mourner in the funeral procession. So singular an instance of longevity could not fail to excite attention; and the deceased had the honour of receiving visits from even Roy alty itself, as well as from the surrounding nobility and gentry, some of whom requested he would allow his likeness to be taken. Up to the time of his decease it was his daily custom to take a walk.

At Saville-green, near Halifax, aged 59, John Rhodes, esq. senior partner in the banking-house of Rhodes, Briggs, and Co. and one of his Majesty's deputy-lieutenants for the West Riding of Yorkshire. Mr. Rhodes was in apparent health and spirits with his family, but retired hastily from the table on account of a crumb of bread irritating the top of the windpipe, which induced a fit of coughing, the vio lence of which broke a blood-vessel in his lungs, and caused his death in half an hour.

Jan. 29. At Homerton, aged 66, William Tiffin, esq.

Jan. 30. Anne Aletta, daughter of the late Gysbert Van Voorst, esq. of Devon. shire-square.

At Greenwich, aged 88, Mrs. Gage, relict of the late Benj. Gage, esq. of Barnet. At Wadhurst, aged 82, Henry Playsted, esq.

At Towneley-hall, Lancashire, Charlotte, eldest daughter of P. Towneley, esq. Jan. 31. Aged 68, Janet, wife of Rev. W. Smith, of Camberwell.

At Maurice-square, Plymouth - dock, aged 79, William Lawrence, esq. late storekeeper at Keyham Point, from which situation he bad lately retired, after having passed fifty years in the service of the ordnance department.

At Binfield-house, Berks, Emma Caroline, youngest daughter of George Henry Elliott, esq.

At his son-in-law's,, Rev. J. Walton, at the rectory of Birdbroke, Essex, aged 78, T. Feun, esq. of Ballingdon, and senior partner in the Sudbury bank.

The Most Rev. Richard O'Reilly, titular archbishop of Armagh, and primate of all Ireland.

At Horley, Oxon. whilst on a visit, aged 56, John Steele, esq. of Newington, Surrey, formerly in Lord Amherst's, or 24 regiment of life guards.

Feb. 1. Sarah, wife of J. Blackett, esq. of Highbury-place. (See p. 333.)

At Tottenham, Anne, wife of R. H. Sparks, esq.

Rev. Joseph Daniel, one of the chaplains of the Catholic chapel, Virginia. street, Wapping; who fell a victim to the typhus fever, in the discharge of his sacerdotal duties.

At Clapham, in her 89th year, Catharine, relict of the late Titus Wilson, esq. The wife of John Goodeve, esq. of Berryhall, Gosport, Hants.

In her 61st year, the wife of Mr. W. Carruthers, of Bristol, and niece of the late John Dimock, esq. of Bridgend, Glouc. At Hun spill-court, Amey Anne, second daughter of Solomon Pain, esq.

Elizabeth, wife of Rev. J. Cleaver, D.D. of Malton.

Feb. 2. Mr. J. Grindle, of Pall-mall, chemist.

At Tooting house, Surrey, aged 30, of a, démence chronique, the result of a long-established nervous affection, and of afflictive events, acting upon an ardent and extremely, susceptible mind, in some degree aggravated by the use of improper remedies, Caroline Huntly, dau. of J. and W. Mahon, of Athy, co. Kildare, Ireland. For more than twelve months did this poor sufferer remain with her eyes almost constantly

At Bloxham, co. Oxford, in her 80th closed, keeping nearly a continual silence; year, Mrs. Sarah Lord.

At Dublin, Rt. Hon. Sackville Hamilton. GENT. MAG. April, 1818.

she was placed under the immediate care of the superintending lady at this esta

blishment,

blishment, and during this long state of complete helplessness, did this worthy lady (to her eternal honour be it recorded) shew her unfortunate patient the most kind, affectionate, and unremitted attention; feeding her, dressing her, and affording her every comfort and consolation she was capable of receiving, even till her final moment. On examination of the brain after death, its vessels were found, to be completely gorged with blood, with some water in its cavities.

Robert Longdear, esq. of Caius College, Cambridge, and of Ashburne, Derbyshire. At Stonehaven, aged 91, in the 64th year of his ministry, Rev. Robert Memess, Episcopal clergyman at that place.

At Dublin, in his 83d year, George Burdett, esq. for many years representative in the Irish parliament for the borough of Gowran.

Feb. 3. Aged 75, Mr. William Slaughter, of St Martin's-lane.

At Writtle, in his 88th year, Mr. Robert Bailey. Nearly in the same hour in which Mr. Bailey breathed his last, Mrs. Bailey,who had watched over her husband's infirmities with unremitting tenderness, and whose appearance until that period did not bespeak so early a dissolution, was taken suddenly ill, and notwithstanding every medical aid, survived her husband only a few days, having entered the 83d year of her age, upwards of forty years of which time she had been his faithful wife.

At Harcott, near Kidderminster, Mr. W. Spencer, miller: he was a relation to the poet Shenstone, a part of whose library he possessed, as well as his portrait, a half-length front face, in fine preservation. At Bath, aged 27, Lucy Isabella, daughter of James Anderson, esq. formerly agent for packets at Gothenburg.

At Howsham, aged 65, Mrs. Cholmley, widow of the late Henry Cholmley, of Howsham and Whitby, co. York.

At Edinburgh, Mrs. Majoribanks, widow of the late Edward Majoribanks, esq. of Lees, co. Berwick.

At Dublin, Mrs. Grange, widow of Rev. Richard Chapel Grange, of Sally mount, Co. Wicklow, daughter of Hon. W. Rochfort, and first cousin to the Earl of Belvidere.

Feb. 4. In his 41st year, James Aleyne Hendy, M. D. of Chelmsford, Essex. He enjoyed a very extensive practice, in which he displayed distinguished abilities.

In her 62d year, Mrs. Street, of Blackwell-hall, Chesham, Bucks, relict of the late James Wallis Street, esq.

At Chislehampton, Oxon. in his 76th year, Robert Peers, esq. one of the deputy lieutenants of the county, and a bencher of the Inner Temple.

Mrs. Rose, wife of John Rose, esq. of Coalport, Salop.

Feb. 5. In Crown-street, Finsburysquare, Mrs. Letitia Knox, wife of George Knox, esq. late of Devonshire-street, Portland place.

In Soho square, Mr. William Buchanan, surgeon R. N. He fell a victim in the prime of life to his humanity and high sense of duty, by attending a professional friend in his last moments, who died of a typhus fever.

In the Edgeware-road, in his 56th year, Charles Dudley Pater, esq. rearadmiral of the white squadron. He entered the naval profession at an early age, early distinguished himself, was advanced to the rank of commander and post captain successively for his con-picuous gallantry in America, under a command and at a time when merit imperiously found its way to honour. He was a principal instrument in quelling a mutiny which might have deluged England with blood his eminent skill and foresight saved a whole crew of British subjects from the ocean's fury, when the brave Admiral; Reynolds perished in the waters. After a period of long and arduous service, he was promoted to the dignity of a flag of ficer; yet was he passed over and neglected, whilst others have risen to title, affluence, and command. He was a distant relative of the Dudley and Ward family.

At Ewell, Surrey, in his 77th year, Edward Hunt, esq.

At Paris, Charlotte, wife of Lieut. Gen. Knollys, leaving a disconsolate husband and eight children. This truly amiable lady was daughter of the late Mr. Blackwell, banker, in Lombard-street, and niece to the learned and much esteemed Bishop Lowth.

At Hamburgh, in his 70th year, Mr. Benjamin Goetlob Hoffman, senior bookseller of that place.

Feb. 6. In the prime of life, Mr. Law. rence Dundas, second son of the Member for York: he was found dead in Parker's Piece, a field close to the town of Caubridge. It appears, that from the darkness of the night, he fell into the ditch which separates the field from the public road, and that being unable to extricate himself, he died by the inclemency of the weather.

At Bury St. Edmunds, in his 73d year, George Leathes, esq.

At Wellesbourne, co. Warwick, in his 24th year, Charles Hamilton, esq. of Hanswood, co. Meath.

At Belvoir Castle, the infant son of the Duke of Rutland.

Feb. 7. Mrs. Page, wife of Henry Page, esq. of Norton-street, Portland-row.

In his 60th year, Mr. Thomas Clark, of Wicken-hall, Essex.

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