Goodlad, esq. many years a magistrate for the county; and seven days afterwards his disconsolate widow, Mrs. F. L. Goodlad.

In consequence of a fall down stairs, Mr. Moses Langdon, of Upton, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset, aged 70, better known by the appellation of Old Moses, from his niggardly disposition. He has been frequently known to eat crows and magpies found dead in fields by bogs. He never kept any servant, but gave an old woman from the workhouse her victuals for dressing his; he was in the habit of frequenting Wiveliscombe, and put up at a small inn, where they usually dressed tripe, which he generally took for his dinner, and if any person sitting near him left any on their plates, he always ate it up, saying, it was a pity to waste any thing. When at home, he wore the coarsest brin for shirts but kept fine Holland ones, which he wore when he took a journey; and if he slept out, he invariably took the shirt off and lay without one, to prevent its being worn out. He died intestate, and his landed property, to a considerable amount, falls to John Langdon, a second cousin, heretofore a day labourer.

On the 4th, the infant of the duke and duchess of Clarence, at one o'clock in the morning.

On the 13th, deeply and justly lamented by his numerous relatives and friends, John Hunter, esq. vice-admiral of the red, in the 83rd year of his age. He entered the naval service at an early period of life, and served under three successive sovereigns. In 1786 he was appointed captain of his majesty's ship Sirius, and

formed, in conjunction with the late governor Phillip, the first settlement in New South Wales. In 1794, whilst serving as a supernumerary captain in the Queen Charlotte, with his friend and patron the late lord Howe, he was appointed governor-in-chief of that colony. His mild conciliatory manners endeared him to all classes of society in his government, and to his indefatigable exertions may be attributed in a great measure the rising prosperity of that settlement. He was a kind and affectionate relative, a sincere and warm friend, a generous and liberal benefactor to the poor; for such was the natural benevolence of his heart that he never saw a fellow-creature in distress without relieving him to the utmost extent of his abilities in short, his character may be summed up by remarking, he was one of the noblest works of God--an honest man.

On the 21st, Michael Bryan, esq. long and intimately known among men of taste. Very few, if any, of his contemporaries ever possessed so much influence in all matters of refined connoisseurship as he exercised for a number of years. His judgment in pictures was of the first order; his information extensive; and his enthusiasm for the sublime and beautiful in works of art, of boundless fervour. His opinion was consequently looked up to, as decisive of the merit or demerit of paintings, whether derived from the ancient masters or from the easels of modern genius; and many hundred thousand pounds have been expended upon his dicta in affairs of this kind. Mr. Bryan allied himself to a noble family, by marrying a sister of the earl of Shrewsbury,

Shrewsbury; and he mingled among the best society of the times. He was unfortunate, however, in some speculations, a few years ago; and this, for a period, threw a cloud over his circumstances, and almost entirely severed him from those pursuits for which he had been so celebrated. Retiring from more active life, he projected and finished his "Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers," in two volumes, 4to.: which was commenced in 1813, and given to the world in 1816. This work, a great improvement, as well as enlargement, of Pilkington's design, is evidence of his diligence and talents as an author. Several of the original sketches are admirably written; and the whole forms a compendium and index of arts and artists unequalled in our language. In private life, Mr. Bryan was highly esteemed. His temperament partook of the same warmth and glow which characterized his love of the fine arts; and, if not difficult to be offended, he was as readily reconciled. As an ardent friend, a worthy man, and an enlightened member of the most intellectual circles, few persons ever filled a more honourable place in all the relations of life. His memory will be respected, as his loss will be mourned, by every lover of the arts; for, according to his own Ciceronian epigraphOmnes artes quæ ad humanitatem pertinent, habent quoddam commune vinculum, et quasi cognatione inter se continentur. He was 64 years of age.

April. At his house in Boltonrow, viscount Chetwynd, aged 64, clerk of the privy council.

The dowager countess of Essex, at her house in Curzon-street.

At his house near the chapel City-road, aged 73, the rev. J. Benson, formerly of St. Edmundhall, Oxford; and a distinguished preacher and writer for more than half a century, among the Wesleyan methodists.

In Portugal-street, in the 87th year of his age, W. Mainwaring, esq. many years member and chairman of the quarter sessions for the county of Middlesex.

At an advanced age, at his house, in Gloucester-place, J. Yenn, esq. F. A. S. nearly 40 years treasurer, and a trustee of the royal academy, which situation he resigned last year. He had been also one of the directors of Greenwich hospital for 33 years.

At Maidenhead-bridge, N. Peacock, esq. the well-known marine painter, aged 81.

At Combermere-abbey, Cheshire, the honourable R. Cotton, eldest son of lord Combermere.

At Portsmouth, admiral sir G. Campbell, G. C. B. commanderin-chief at that port; he was found dead in his dressing-room, by his valet, who had left him only a few minutes previous. He was lying on the floor with a pistol by his side. This melancholy event caused the deepest concern, sir George being of the most humane and charitable disposition, and of exemplary domestic habits.

Walter Woodcock, esq. of Hales Owen, Shropshire, aged 80, one of his majesty's justices of peace for the county, and 49 years a surveyor of taxes in the county of Worcester.

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At Weacombe-house, Somerset, the rev. L. H. Luxton, B. A. prebendary of Wells, minister of Taunton St. James, and of Ash Priors, and many years an active magistrate for the county of So

merset.

At Dr. Langworthy's asylum, Kingsdown house-box, Somerset, J. Randall, aged 104 years, upwards of 69 of which he had been a patient in that institution.

At Edinburgh, John Campbell, esq. receiver-general of customs for Scotland.

At Galway, Mrs. M. Fahy, aged 107 years, 80 of which were passed in the service of Mr. Browne's family. She had seen six generations, and lived in five reigns. Her health continued unimpaired for upwards of 100 years; she then lost the use of one side by a paralytic affection, and was confined to her bed.

On the 2nd, at Edinburgh, Dr. James Gregory, professor of medicine in the University of that city, and first physician to his majesty in Scotland. He was interred on the 9th with great solemnity in the Canongate churchyard; upwards of 500 persons of distinguished talent and respectability joining in a procession to pay him the last honours of mortality.

"It is seldom our lot to record the death of an individual so universally esteemed, or whose loss will occasion so irreparable a blank, both in the academical celebrity of this city, and the national celebrity of the country. He has long been at the head both of the medical school and the medical practice of Edinburgh; and to his great talents and distin

guished character, much, not only of the eminence of the University, but also of the prosperity of the city, is to be ascribed. For above thirty years he has annually taught the medical students of the University the most important part of their professional duties; and an admiration of his abilities and reverence for his character have in consequence extended, not only as far as the English language is spoken, but as far as the light of civilization has spread in the world. Perhaps there is no scientific man now in existence whose name is so universally revered, or whose instructions have diffused over so wide a sphere the means of relieving human distress. He was appointed, in the year 1776, at the early age of 23, to the professorship of the theory of physic, and he continued to teach. this class with great distinction for twelve years. As a text book for the lectures, he published, in the year 1782, his Conspectus Medicina Theoretica, which soon became a work of standard reputation all over Europe, not only in consequence of the scientific merits which it possessed, but the singular felicity of classical language with which it was written. In the year 1790 he was appointed, in consequence of the death of Dr. Cullen, to the chair of the practice of physic, the most important medical professorship in the University; and for thirty-two years he sustained and increased the celebrity which the eminence of his predecessor had conferred upon the office. During this long period, the fame which his talents had acquired attracted students from all parts of the world to this

city, all of whom returned to their homes with feelings of reverence for his character, more nearly resembling that which the disciples of antiquity felt for their instructors than any thing which is generally experienced in the present situation of society. Of the estimation in which his scientific merits were held throughout Europe, it is a sufficient proof that he was one of the few of our countrymen who have been honoured with a seat in the Institute of France: a distinction which is only conferred upon a very small and select number of foreigners. As a literary man he has long enjoyed a very high reputation. His acute and discriminating mind was early devoted to the study of metaphysics; and in the Literary and Philosophical Essays, which he published in the year 1792, is to be found one of the most original and forcible refutations of the doctrine of necessity which has ever appeared. To his reputation as an accomplished scholar, all the well-informed persons in both parts of the island can bear testimony. He was one of the few men who have rescued Scotland from the imputation of a deficiency in classical taste, which is thrown upon it with too much justice by their southern neighbours, and demonstrated that the vigour of Scottish talent may be combined with the elegance of English accomplishments. He was one of the last of that illustrious body of literary and scientific men whose labours gave distinction to their country during the latter part of the last century; and among the names of his intimate friends may be ranked those of almost all 1821:

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of his contemporaries, who will be remembered in future ages as men of science and learning; of Cullen and Black, of Reid, and Smith, and Stewart; and we may venture to say, that the spot where his remains now lie interred, beside those of Adam Smith, will long be visited by the admirers of Scottish genius, as fitted to awaken no common recollections.-The brilliancy of his wit, and the epigrammatic force of his conversation, will long be remembered by those who had the good fortune to enjoy his acquaintance; while, amongst a numerous circle of relations and friends, the kindness and generosity of his character have rendered his death an irreparable loss. To the poorer classes his professional advice was at all times gratuitously open; and such was the disinterestedness of his conduct, that his income never was nearly so great as the celebrity of his name might have procured. He was distinguished through life by a nice and chivalrous sense of honour, which was perhaps too high-toned for the tranquil exercise of the profession to which he belonged; and occasionally led him into differences with his professional brethren which his friends could not but lament, even while they admired and venerated the high notions of personal and professional honour in which they originated. His whole character, indeed, was rather formed upon the exalted models of ancient virtue than accommodated to the lower standard of mere professional respectability; and know of no one to whose life and conduct we can more truly apply the classical words which he him(S)

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