Married.] At Lambeth church, Mr. Isaac Beeman to Anne, second daughter of Thos. Bensley, esq.-At Marylebone church, H. Carroll, of Ballynure, in the county of Wicklow, esq. to Catherine, second daughter of the late David Mitchell, esq.-At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, B. Golding, M.D. to Sarah Pelerin, only daughter of William Blew, esq.-At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. C. J. Shirreff to Mary, third daughter of Mr. John Jackson Cuff-At St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, W.T. Nixon, esq. of Northumberland-str. in the Strand, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Parker, esq.-At Shoreditch, T. Jones, esq. to Sarah Hunt, only surviving daughter of Hunt, esq.-Henry, second son of Samuel Welch, esq. to Adelaide, second daughter of Thos. Thornton, esq.-At St. George's, Hanover-square, Captain Barnard to Christina, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Porter, esq. -At St. John's, Hackney, Captain Thos. Haviside to Miss Snaith-At the Friends' Meeting, Croydon, Joseph Storrs to Anne, third daughter of the late Benjamin Hooper; and Edw. Curtis May to Caroline, sixth daughter of the late Benj. HooperAt St. Marylebone church, the Rev. T. Wharton to Charlotte Maria, third daughter of the late George Rose, esq.-At St. Lawrence Jewry, C. C. Deacon, esq. to Mrs. Baxter-At St. Giles's, Camberwell, Mr. Edkins, of Salisbury-square, to Sarah second daughter of John Relfe, esq.-L. Stevenson, esq. of Clapham-common, to Mary, second daughter of the late Mr. Chas. Rixon-At the New Church, St. Pancras, R. Barker, esq. to Mrs. White At Hanwell, T. Bramall, esq. to Miss Cooper-At St. Andrew's Holborn, J. Coverdale, esq. to Sarah, youngest daughter of Mrs. Clark-At St. Mary's Aldermanbury, Dr. R. Bright to Miss M. L. Babington-At Cripplegate, Mr. T. Upton to Elizabeth, only daughter of R. Dawson, esq.-At Great Stanmore, Mr. Andrews to Miss Mathews-At St. Sepulchre's, Mr. W. Count to Miss Ann Credwick-At St. George's Bloomsbury, Edward, third Son of John Hanson, esq. to Lydia Maria, third daughter of John Blunt, esq.-At the New Church, Marylebone, H. Long, esq. to the Lady Catherine Walpole-At Isleworth, George Clark, esq. to Ellen Sarah, the youngest daughter of Alexander Spicer, esq.-At Kensington, H. W. Burgess, esq. to Sabina Stirling, eldest daughter of Philip Gilbert, esq.-At Hackney, Mons. Jaques W. Marillier to Miss S. M. Aspland Mr. J. Rownson, of Clapham, to Harriet, youngest daughter of John Neck, esq.-At St. Andrew's, Holborn, Thomas K. Crow, esq. to Laura, only child of Mr.Wm, Hodsoll-Edmunds Elkins, esq. to Miss Frances Davis-At St. George's church, W. Cartwright, esq. to Mary Anne, daughter and heiress of the late Henry Sones, esq.-Mr. T. Adshead to Miss Mary Anne Purchall, of Bromley-At St. Mary's in the Strand, W. H. Sharp, esq. to Miss Ann Lowndes Stone-At St. George's, Hanover-square, Horatio Vachell, esq. to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Wm. Honeywood, esq. M. P.. - At St. George's Hanoversquare, R. R. Tichborne, esq. to Rebecca, eldest daughter of A. F. Nunez, esq.-At St. Pancras, Mr. C. Webb, of Harrow on the Hill, to Selina Percy, eldest daughter of William Lewis, esq. of Kingston, Jamaica. Died.] In Northampton-square, Sarah, wife of P. Bodkin, esq.-Aged 75, Mr. William Chamberlaine, of Aylesburystreet, one of the institutors of, and, till lately, secretary to the Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men -Henry Edward, eldest son of Sir Edward Hitchings, mayor of Oxford-At Miss Hakewill's, Crawford-street, Mrs. Elizabeth De Missy, 89-In Well-street, Hackney, Eleonora, the wife of Mr. Stephen Curtis-At Mitcham-grove, Henry Vilars Hoare, esq.-InUpper Thornhaugh-street, Mrs. Townsend-At the house of his mother, Hayes, Middlesex, Mr. John Millington-In Hertford-street, the Rev. T. Coombe, D.D. prebendary of Canterbury Sarah, wife of Mr. E. Slaughter, of Edmonton-Mr. B. Brooshooft, deputy marshall of the King's Bench PrisonJohn Inglis, esq. of Mark-lane, a director of the East India Company. He shot himself, being in a state of insanity-Mr. William Bain, Palmer's Village, West minster-At his house in Duncan-terrace, Mr. Joseph Bulmer-Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Puckle, esq. -At Silvester-row, Hackney, in the 74th year of his age, Mr. William Butler-At Earl's Court-terrace, Kensington, Mary Louisa, wife of James Champ, esq.-In the 20th year of his age, Mr. Bourdillon, of Great Russell-street, Covent gardenIn Trump-street, Lydia, widow of Mr. Jas. Worth-At Highgate, in the 43d year of her age, Mary, wife of Mr. Critchett-At Kent House, Augusta Carr, Countess of Glasgow. Her Ladyship was the daughter of James, Earl of Erroll-At Walthamstow, in the 62d year of her age, Hannah, wife of John Corbyn, of Holborn-At Canonbury, Mr. Wm. DeaneIn Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, Mrs. Cole-Christian, wife of Robert Harris, esq. of Loddegis-buildings, Hackney, 75 -At his residence in Hatton garden, John Willan, esq. the well-known carrier and mail contractor, 77. BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS LATELY DECEASED. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. Died on the 12th ult. at his seat, North Cray, Kent, by his own hand, the Marquis of Londonderry, in his 54th year. A coroner's jury, summoned for the occasion, brought in a verdict of insanity, of which the most ample proofs were laid before it. His aberration of mind is supposed to have arisen from his exertions during the late session of Parliament, the large share of the labours of which that fell upon him individually, he was heard to observe, was too much for him. His Lordship was the eldest son of the late Marquis by his first Lady, sister to the late Marquis of Hertford. His Lordship distinguished himself when a boy by great decision and intrepidity of character. He was scarcely twenty-one years of age when he was elected Member of the Irish Parliament for the county of Down. Theyoung Member ranged himself with the popular side of the House, and spoke, for the first time in Parliament, in support of the right of Ireland to trade with India on free principles. This début is noticed by the late Lord Charlemont in terms of approbation. The opposition in the Irish House congratulated themselves on the accession of so much strength, and did not fail to pay proper compliments to his talents and character. However, we find him, soon after, one of the most important supporters of the Government. Lord Camden was appointed Viceroy of Ireland in 1795. Mr. Stewart declared absolutely in favour of his Lordship's Administration. The sister of Lord Camden became the second wife of the then Lord Londonderry, a circumstance that tended much to strengthen the political alliance of the parties. Mr. Stewart succeeded Mr. Pelham as Secretary to his Excellency, and had of course a seat in the Cabinet. From that period to the completion of the Union, the Administration of Ireland was a succession of difficulties. The part he took in bringing about the Union of his native country with Great Britain is well known. Shortly after the Union, Lord Castlereagh distinguished himself as an important auxiliary in support of the measures of Mr. Pitt. He was appointed a Privy Councillor, and President of the Board of Control. In 1805, when Mr. Pitt returned to power, and resumed his former seat on the treasury bench, Lord Castlereagh retained his appointment; and when Lord Sidmouth retired a second time, he was nominated to one of the highest offices of the State, that of Minister of War. On this occasion he was obliged to vacate his seat, and failed, after a long and expensive contest with Colonel Mead, in his re-election for the county of Down. Seen He was, however, returned to Parliament soon after for Boroughbridge, in the room of the Hon. John Scott, deceased; but ca the demise of his friend Mr. Pitt, be finally retired, and was succeeded by Mr. Windham in the war department. after this (April 1806), during a debate on Mr. Windham's Bill relative to the army, Lord Castlereagh observed," that the new Ministers would find the revenue productive, and every thing in such a state, that they might be said comparatively to be on a bed of roses." This was denied by Mr. Fox, in respect to every department of the State, the Admiralty only excepted. On the 8th of April 1805, his Lordship divided with the minority on Mr. Whitbread's criminatory motion against Lord Viscount Melville. When a Committee was ballotted for (April 26, to examine the 10th Report of the Naval Commissioners, the name of this nobleman was returned as one of the twenty-one selected for that purpose. He was, however, objected to by Mr. Whitbread, whe proposed to expunge it, and insert that of Mr. Baker, M. P. for Herefordshire, in its stead, but, on a division, the question was lost by a majority of 133,the ayes being $6, and the noes 219. On the question relative to the Irish Catholics, introduced by Mr. Fox, May 14, 1805, his Lordship divided with a majority of 212. When the adjourned debate took place on the motion of impeachment (June 12), Lord Castlereagh spoke at length against this measure. Having opposed the "American Intercourse Bill," in the spring of 1806, his Lordship received the thanks of the ship-owners of the port of London; and on the meeting of the new Parliament (Monday Dec. 15), he animadverted at length on the King's Speech. On the retirement of the Grey and Grenville Administration in 1807, he resumed his former situation of Minister of War. After being some time out of office, the death of Mr. Perceval in 1812, opened to his Lordship that high station in the Cabinet which he afterward retained. His difference with Mr. Canning, their duel, and other events, are fresh in the public mind. Lord Londonderry's public life occupies a space of about twenty-seven years, and a period more fruitful in important events is not to be found in the annals of the world. He began his political career at the eary age of one-and-twenty, and in every occurrence that has happened since, his name has been conspicuous. He stepped at once into an office of difficulty and perd. when, after having provisionally performed the duties of Chief Secretary for Ireland, during the illness of Mr.Pelham, he replaced him in that arduous situation. The firm ED 1822. ness he displayed in the Irish Rebellion in 1798, is sufficiently well known; but it was his Lordship's fate, as it has been that of so many other men, to have his motives somewhat misrepresented by party. Of the cruelties that disgraced that period he has been charged with having been either the instigator or the apologist. But he was then young, and as well might he have attempted to have stilled the tempest by his voice, as to have assuaged, by any orders he could have given, the violence and vengeance of either party. Of the share he had in bringing about the Union with Ireland, he might safely boast as the most important event of his life. There was in his method of transacting business a clearness, an arrangement, a firmness, mixed, however, with much kindness, so that he made every Foreign Minister his personal friend. In his capacity of the Ministerial Leader in the House of Commons, he so conducted himself that even his most strenuous opponents could not entertain one hostile feeling towards him. There was never any rancour in his attacks or his replies; he was always firm, sometimes severe, but never coarse or personal; and there was a nobleness in his manner, a grace in his person, a suavity, and a sincerity, that gave weight and effect to every thing he said. Some loose metaphors, and illchosen phrases, have been made the subject of ridicule and reproach; but it would be difficult to name a speaker who answered an antagonist with more ingenuity and art than Lord Londonderry. Often, too, when roused, or when he had to speak upon an affecting or heroic topic, he displayed a feeling and an eloquence that did But honour to his oratory and heart. whatever difference of opinion has been entertained with respect to his public character, there is but one sentiment, one opinion with respect to his private one-it was excellent and engaging-the affectionate husband-the polite and finished gentleman the kind landlord-the mild and indulgent master, beneficent to the howpoor, and so affable, that every man, ever inferior his rank, felt himself at his ease the moment he addressed him. The manner in which the Marquis of Londonwere conducted, derry's private affairs particularly when they had any reference to the public, is equally creditable to him. All the small expenses of his household were regularly settled and paid weekly, while those of greater consequence, though allowed to run for some time longer, were all discharged at stated periods. His lordship was the kindest and most indulgent master whom servants could have. He was at the same time scrupulously careful VOL. VI. NO. XXI. that their wants and comforts should be merous. THE ABBE SICARD. Lately at Paris, aged 80, the Abbé Sicard, the philanthropic and celebrated Director of the Institution of the Deaf and Dumb. He was born at Touseret, near Toulouse, on the 20th Sept. 1742, in which latter city he went through his studies with great distinction; and when of sufficient age he became an ecclesiastic, to the duties of which profession he at first entirely devoted his attention, and became vicar-general of Condour, canon of Bordeaux, and member of the Academy of Sciences in that city; but these he afterwards relinquished, to make himself more useful in another sphere. M. de Cicé, Archbishop of Bordeaux, having formed a design of establishing a school for the deaf and dumb in his diocese, determined to give the direction of it to the Abbé Sicard, and, for this purpose, sent him to Paris to learn the system of the celebrated Abbé de l'Epée. On his return to Bordeaux the school was formed, and one of his first pupils was Massieu, then of age, whose astonishing progress afterwards contributed so much to increase the reputation of his master. On the death of the Abbé de l'Epée, in 1789, he was called to succeed at Paris. him in the direction of the establishment In 1792, the Abbé Sicard was induced to take the oath of liberty and equality, which, however, did not protect him from the rigours which followed the 10th of August. The Abbé was detained a prisoner at the mayoralty until the 2nd Sept. when he These removals were was sent back to the Abbey with several other prisoners. a massacre of the unhappy prisoners. In known at that time to be but a signal for fact, most of those who were removed with the Abbé were murdered on their arhave suffered the same fate, had not rival at the Abbey: he himself would Monnat, a watch-maker, covered him at the Abbey. with his body; he was detained prisoner In consequence of many efforts made in 3 I his favour, he was on the 4th Sept. conducted from the Abbey to the National Assembly, where he made a speech, which was published in the newspapers. He gave a detailed account of the dangers he encountered on this occasion, in the first volume of his Religious Annals. A letter may also be seen on the subject in the same volume. After the Abbé was liberated and restored to his pupils, he was as much at ease as could be expected during the reign of terror. In the beginning of 1796, he joined the Abbé Jauffret in compiling the Religious, Political, and Literary Annals, but they published only the first eighteen numbers, and left the compilation of the remainder to the Abbé de Bologne. The Abbé Sicard alone continued to interest himself in this undertaking, and signed the numbers sometimes with his own name, and at others with the anagram Dracis, by which designation he was comprised, after the 18th Fructidore, in the banishment of the Gazetteers, and condemned to transportation by the Directory. He did not, however, go to Guienne, having found means to conceal himself in the Faubourg St. Marceau; nor was it till after the 18th Brumaire, that the Abbé Sicard was restored to his duties. On the return of the Abbé, M. Chaptal, the minister of the interior, gave the establishment of the deaf and dumb his protection, and even projected plans for it, well calculated to promote its prosperity. A press was established at the institution, which offered the advantage of teaching the pupils an art which they might afterwards turn to advantage. This press was put in activity in December 1800, by which the deaf and dumb, in a short time, becane acquainted with the art of printing. It was from this press that the Abbé published most of his works. The public exercises of the Abbé attracted much attention; he took great pleasure in them, as they contributed to increase the popularity of his system by the success of his pupils, and the astonishing proofs they gave of a sound understanding. He frequently exhibited Massieu, whose intelligence and sagacity were admired by all Paris; he was the Abbé's favourite pupil, and the one who first gave splendour and reputation to the system in which he was instructed. It was upon the model of his school that almost all similar institutions were formed. His name was not less celebrated in foreign states than in France. The exercises of his pupils were objects of curiosity with all foreigners on their arrival at Paris. He took great pleasure in exhibiting them, and explaining his system and the improvements he made upon that of the Abbé de l'Epée. Besides his situation of director and principal instructor of the school for deaf and dumb, he was a titular chaplain of Notre Dame; one of the managers of the Hospital des Quinze Vingts, and of the Establishment des Travailleurs-Aveugles; he was member of the second class of the Institute from its establishment; and one of the commissioners named for abridging the Dictionary of the French Language: he enjoyed in this place a double entertainment. He was, besides, associated with several foreign academies, and decorated with orders by several monarchs. EARL OF ORFORD. In Cavendish-square, Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford. He was descended from Horace Walpole, (the brother of the celebrated Sir Robert Walpole,) who, in 1757, was created Baron Walpole of Woolterton. The late lord was born in 1761, his father, the second Lord Walpole, having married Rachael, daughter of William, Duke of Devonshire. He married, 1783, a Miss Churchill, daughter of Charles Churchill, by whom he has children. His lordship, before his father's death, sat several parliaments for Lynn, in Norfolk, a borough which Sir Robert Walpole represented, and which has since shewn a strong attachment to the Walpole family. While in the House of Commons, the then Colonel Walpole voted very steadily with the Opposition. On his father's death he was introduced, and took his seat in the House of Lords, and there seems to have changed his political conduct. The earldom of Orford bestowed on Sir Robert Walpole, in 1742, becoming extinct by the death of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, in 1796, Lord Walpole became desirous to obtain that title, which in 1806, was bestowed on him. He afterwards voted with administration, and his son, Lord Walpole, has been nominated to two or three diplomatic stations. MR. JOHN EMERY. He was born at Sunderland, Durham, on the 22d of December, 1777, and was educated at Ecclesfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where he doubtless acquired that knowledge of the dialect which obtained for him so much celebrity. He may be said to have been born an actor, both his parents having followed that occupation with some degree of provincial fame. His father designed him for the orchestra, but, aspiring to the honours of the stage, he laid aside the fiddle for the notes of dramatic applause, which he obtained on his first appearance in Crazy (Peeping Tom) at the Brighton Theatre. He afterwards joined the York Company, under the eccentric Tate Wilkinson, who spoke of him, as Matthews states, as "a 다 5 sac 1 H (1 con great actor;" which opinion was firmed by a London audience on his first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre in the year 1798, on which occasion he selected the very opposite characters of Frank Oakland, in A Cure for the Heartache, and Lovegold, in the farce of the Miser, in both of which parts he obtained mikgreat applause. To enumerate the many characters he has since so ably sustained would be superfluous, though it may not, perhaps, be deemed impertinent to point out the variety of his histrionic powers. In the arch, unsophisticated son of Nature, he was excellent; in the stupid dolt he was equally so; and in old men, in their various shades, he has been allowed to have been no mean proficient. In parts designedly written for him he had no competitor, and Tyke (School of Reform), and Giles (Miller's Man), in parts of which his acting was truly terrific and appalling, will long, we fear, want representatives. Besides his histrionic powers, Emery was otherwise highly gifted by nature. He was an excellent musician, playing finely on the violin-a taste for poetizing (if we may be pardoned the expression), as his numerous songs will testify; an artist of no ordinary talent-his drawings of coast scenery, particularly, being much admired, and when offered for sale fetching high prices. He died at his house in Hyde-street, Bloomsbury, London, July 25, aged 45 years. He had been for some time indisposed, and died from a thorough decay of nature. A. LUDLOW, ESQ. On the 3d ult. died at Rouen, in France, where he was travelling, in his way to Paris, for the sake of his health, Abraham Ludlow, of Heywood House, in the county of Wilts, Esq. He served the office of High Sheriff for that county in the year 1810; and had, for upwards of 20 years, acted with great ability, uprightness, and fidelity, as one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace. By his death many public institutions have been deprived of a zealous advocate; the poor of the neighbourhood will have to mourn the loss of a powerful and liberal benefactor; he will be long and sincerely lamented by those who had the happiness of his friendship and acquaintance. His remains were interred at Westbury, Wilts, where all the shops were closed, and business of every kind was suspended; every individual appearing anxious to testify in the most marked way the sorrow they felt for the loss they had experienced. Indeed, the death of this highly respectable individual cannot but be regarded as a severe affliction to the neighbourhood in which he resided. His extensive property afforded him the power of doing much good, and the benevolence of his disposition always prompted him to employ the means which he possessed in the promotion of those purposes for which Providence had entrusted them to him. J. BAGNETT, ESQ. On the 26th of September last, at his residence, at Balticaloe, in Ceylon, after a severe illness, in the 37th year of his age, James Bagnett, Esq. chief magistrate of the district, and formerly of his Majesty's 19th regiment. Mr. Bagnett's mental powers arose far above mediocrity; keen in his discrimination, correct in his judgment, lively in his imagination, and original in his wit; which qualities were rendered more alluring by the unbounded generosity and fine sensibilities of a benevolent heart. His memory will be cherished with melancholy pleasure in the recollection of his friends, who are best qualified to appreciate his numerous excellencies; nor will the native population of the immense district, over which his magisterial influence extended, suffer his integrity to be effaced from their memories, except by the same stern foe, which has numbered him amongst those who are alike insensible to pleasure and to pain. DR. REID. July 2.-John Reid, M.D. of Grenvillestreet, Brunswick-square, late Senior Physician to the Finsbury Dispensary. This respectable and ingenious practitioner was a native of Leicester, where his family have long been settled in repute. He was, we believe, intended for the ministry among the protestant dissenters, but an inclination to the study of medicine overruled that intention, and, with the particular encouragement of the late Dr. Pulteney, he pursued that object with great diligence and advantage at Edinburgh. On taking his degree, he settled in London, and obtained the appointment of Physician to the Finsbury Dispensary, a very honourable but laborious situation, which he resigned after holding it for several years. Dr. Reid was well known as a popular lecturer on the theory and practice of medicine; and also as the reporter of the state of diseases in the Monthly Magazine, which department he underthree or four volumes by Dr. Willan. Betook after it had been conducted through sides these reports, which would make an interesting volume if collected and enlarged, the Doctor printed "An Account of the Savage Youth of Avignon, trans"A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, and lated from the French," 12mo. 1801.Treatment of Consumption," 8vo. 1806. |