Bart. This title is omitted in the modern Baronetages.

BERKSHIRE.

Died.] At Sunning-hill, near Windsor, the Rev. Joseph Thistlethwaite, A. M. in the 87th year of his age. He had possessed that living upwards of fifty-eight years, and had not absented himself from his parish fifty-eightSundays in so many years. During his long and useful life, he was a complete illustration of the exemplary parish clergyman; and his truly pious and cheerful disposition endeared him to all ranks of his parishioners. Among other legacies, he has bequeathed 500. towards the enlargement of the church of Sunninghill, and 100l. to the augmentation of a charity already established for the sick and poor in the same parish.

BUCKS.

Married.] At Stoke Pogis, Jerome de Salis, Esq. of Hillingdon Place, Middlesex, to Miss Penelope Freeman, daughter of Dr. Freeman, of the Lodge, near Uxbridge.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

George Meadows; he was uncle, great uncle, great great uncle, and great great great uncle to nearly two hundred persons.-At Chester, Mr. Alderman Turner.

CORNWALL.

Died.] At Truro, aged 52, the Rev. Robert Redding. minister of the Baptist congregation at that place.

DERBYSHIRE.

Died.] At Bowbridge-fields, near Derby, Nicholas Nicholas, Esq. of that place, and of Boycot, in the county of Kent, of the family of the cele brated Sir Edward Nicholas, secretary of state to King Charles I. and King Charles II.

DEVONSHIRE.

Died.] At Barnstaple, aged 72, Mrs. Ann Hare, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Francis Ilare, formerly Lord Bishop of Chichester.-Mr. Henry Pugh, surgeon, one of the coroners for Devon, aged 33.-At Exmouth, Dr. James Short, of the Ilon. East India Company's establishment at Bombay. -Suddenly, at Longdon Hall, uear Wimbury, Charles Holmes Everitt Calmady, Esq. admiral of the Blue squadron of his Majesty's fleet; his promotions in the navy were post-captain 1777, rear-admiral 1794, vice-admiral 1799, and admiral of the Blue 1804.

ESSEX.

Died.] John Symonds, Esq. aged 77, LL.D. of St. Edmund's-hill, near Bury, professor of Modern History in the university of Cambridge, and late recorder of Bury. He was formerly of St. John's College, A. B. 1752, A. M. 1754; he succeeded Mr. Gray, the celebrated poet, in the professor- A most distressing accident hapship in 1771, and took the degree of pened lately near Harwich. One of Doctor of Laws in 1772. He was a the companies belonging to the 79th gentleman highly distinguished for regiment, with their wives and chilbis literary attainments, and his loss dren, having to cross the ferry bewill be much regretted by many sur- tween Languard Fort and Harwich, viving friends. He had long lived in took their passage in a large boat, of habits of intimacy with the Duke of eighteen tons burden, (the usual ferry Grafton and his family. He is suc- boat being two small to contain them). ceeded in the professorship of Modern Scarcely had they quitted the beach, History by William Smith, Esq. of when the boat was overtaken by a viePeterhouse. His Observations on lent squall of wind, which instantly the Expediency of revising the pre- upset her. No ferry-boat or other sent English version of the New Tes- craft being at hand to assist the pas tament,' shew that he possessed that elegance of taste and perspicuity of expression, which is not to be found in the productions of a second-rate author.

After a few days illness, aged 21, Thomas Graham, Esq. of Trinity College, eldest son of James Graham, Esq. of Portland-place, London.

CHESHIRE.

Dad] At Moreton, aged 90, Mr.

sengers, the whole of them perished, except ten men. The company chiefly consisted of Highlanders; and, according to the best calculation, fifty-nine of them were drowned, besides the captain. The number of women and children has not been ascertained. Several of their bodies were washed on shore the next day, and were carried to the Fort to be owned. This mournful affair is the more to be re

gretted, as most of the unfortunate hour after became a complete wreck sufferers had distinguished themselves and went to pieces. The crew were in Egypt.

Died.] At Warfield Grove, the Hon. Richard Bradshaw Annesley, youngest son of the Earl and Countess Mount Norris.

HAMPSHIRE.

made prisoners of war, except about thirty men who were drowned. The kind attention of the people of Brest to the crew is spoken very highly of; they are sent prisoners to Verdun.

Medals have been struck to commemorate the capture of the island of Curaçoa by captains Brisbane, Bolton, Wood, and Lydiad.

KENT.

A court martial assembled on board the Gladiator, in Portsmouth harbour, on the 16th and 17th of April, to inquire into the conduct of Captain Died.] On board his Majesty's ship Henry Whitby, late of his Majesty's the Diamond, off Havre-de-Grace, ship Leander, who, by order of Cap- aged 25, Percy Currer Dodgson, setain John Poer Beresford, of his Ma- cond lieutenant of that ship, son of the jesty's ship Cambrian (about April late Rev. Dr. Dodgson, Bishop of Oslast), then commander-in-chief on the sory, in Ireland. He was an amiable Halifax station, was directed to cruize young man, and a good officer; he off New York, for the purpose of gain- was interred with military honours off ing information; and who, by a letter that port, with the sincere regret of dated the 6th of May last, to Captain his brother othcers.-Lately, at PortsBeresford, represented, that on the mouth, Mr. Warren, one of Mr. Coi25th of the preceding month, several lins's company of comedians; he was vessels were coming down from the an excellent actor in low comedy, &c. Light-house, near New York, and as -At Elson, near Gosport, aged 78, they obstinately persisted in not at- Captain Henry Ashington, who served tending to the first shot from the Le- more than sixty years in the navy.— ander, when closely pursued, several At the Polygon, Southampton, Sir of the said vessels were boarded, and William Dunkin, late one of the among the number that did not bring judges of the Supreme Court of Judi, to, was a coasting sloop, on board of cature at Calcutta. which it appeared, by various letters and papers transmitted by Captain Married.] At Chatham, Henry Beresford to the Admiralty, an Ame- Hume Spence, esq. captain in the rican seamen was unfortunately killed royal navy, to Miss Elizabeth Lowry, by a shot from the Leander or from daughter of Charles Lowry, esq. of some other of his Majesty's ships and H. M. S. Glory. vessels, then under the orders of Cap- Died.] At Sandwich, Peter Harritain Whitby. The court having in- son, esq.--At Southborough, near quired into the conduct of Captain Tunbridge, Lieutenant-colonel James Whitby, on a charge of violating the Holwell.-At Rochester, Mr. Thomas neutrality of a nation in amity with Etherington, bookseller and stationer. his Majesty, and having on the 25th The Rev. Wm. Disney, D.D. rector of April last, within the waters and of Pluchley, aged 75.-Thomas Adams, jurisdictions of the United States of esq. of Osborne Lodge, Cranbrook, America, unlawfully and wilfully an active magistrate, and commanding caused a shot to be fired from his officer of the Cranbrook Volunteer Majesty's ship Leander, whereby one Infantry. John Pearce, a citizen of America, was feloniously killed; and having Married.] At Manchester, James heard the evidence in support of the Furker, esq. of Queen-street, London, charge, and by Captain Whitby in to Miss Eliza Railton. his defence; and having maturely Died.] At Kirkdale, in the 91st considered the whole, were of opinion, that the charge had not been proved, and did adjudge Captain Whitby to be acquitted.

The Blanche frigate was lately lost of Morlaix, having struck upon the rocks, and in about a quarter-of-an

LANCASHIRE.

year of his age, William Pendleton, a veteran, who had fought in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Culleden. He has left behind him a widow, aged 92, with whom he lived upward of sixty-eight years; and, what markable, they never had more.

NORTHUMBERLAND,

Died.] At Falloden, the seat of

one quarrel during the whole time. dained by Dr. Hough, bishop of WorHe supported himself and wife by his cester, one of the said Six Fellows. own industry, and never experienced any illness till the last, which confined him to his house only one week, and Lady Grey, in the 93d year of her to his bed but one day. His Highness age, Elizabeth Grey. relict of the late the Duke of Gloucester condescended George Grey, esq. of Suddick, in the to call upon him several times, and county of Northumberland, mother was graciously pleased to contribute of the Countess Grey, and grandmo handsomely each time to the relief of ther of Lord Viscount Howick, sister the aged and infirm couple.--The of Sir Chaloner Ogle, and of the late Rev. Mr. Beeley, of Flixton, near Dean of Winchester. This lady was Manchester. At Bootle, the Rev. Thomas Smith, rector of that parish and vicar of Ulverstone, and an acting magistrate for Lancashire and Cumberland.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

endued with a most vigorous and comprehensive mind, and her talents were highly raised and enriched by the cultivation of science and of letters. Her researches were various and profound; and the writer of this mite of tribute Died.] At Stamford, aged 81, Mr. to her memory, who has had the hoJ. Warrington. Among numerous nour of her friendship for upwards of other legacies, he bequeathed to his twenty years, is proud to acknowledge, blind sister, who was in a workhouse that on several occasions he received at Bath, 100l. a year, and to each of instruction from her, on many two brothers (to whom he never gave branches of general knowledge, which sixpence in his life time), and who few women, even now, very few inwere both in charitable establish- deed, in her day, did condescend to ments, 801. a year. Though both cultivate. Pursuits and acquirements were near 80 years old, he, notwith- like hers have been found to sour the standing, provided in his will, that if female character with arrogance and either should marry, the whole annuity should, in equal proportions, go to five parishes, for the benefit of the ten oldest widows, and should there not be so many, to the oldest maidens. Some time before his death, he bought a marble monument, on which he emblazoned his embryo munificence.

.NORFOLK.

pedantry; but the effects of erudition on Mrs. Grey were happily the reverse; and if the superiority of her mind, and the extent of her know. ledge, command our admiration, how much more did the simplicity and kind sympathy of her heart attract and bind our affectionate esteem towards her; while that exalted piety of soul, which rendered her life, her whole life, a life of devotion to God, not only compelled our reverence, but invited us to imitation.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

Died.] At Upwell, the Rev. Henry Saffery, rector of Honington, in Suffolk, and formerly of Caius College, Cambridge, B.A. 1781, M.A. 1714. -At Norwich, in his 60th year, James Hudson, Esq. banker. He was Died.] At Southwell, Mr. Cock. elected Alderman of Mancroft Ward, He had been for some time attached Oct, 18, 1791, and served the office of to a young woman of that place, but Sheriff in 1788, and that of mayor in peculiar circumstances, joined to his 3794.-At Normanton, aged. C, William Hurry, esq. formerly a merchant and shipowner, of Great Yarmouth. At Hingham, aged 75, Edward Evans, esq. late a captain in the Royal Welch Fuzileers.-At Norwich, the Rev. Dr. Sandby, aged 91, nearly 60 years chancellor of that diocese. He was the last oral traditionary of the expulsion from Merton College, Oxford, of the Six Fellows, by the mandate of James II. in 1684, which led to the Bruent revolution. He was or

ill state of health, had retarded their union. He was in the last stage of a consumption, had been confined within doors five weeks, and to his bed several days, and his speedy dissolution appeared certain. On the even ing, previously to his death, he determined on being united to the object of his affections on the ensuing morning. Accordingly, about nine o'clock, he was with difficulty dressed, and, the house standing on the verge of the church yard, assisted by the

arm of his intended brother-in-law, 45 years. He was venerated as the performed his walk to the church, father of the community, beloved and with a firmness which astonished the respected by all descriptions of pernumerous spectators, who were as- sous, and is lamented as one of the sembled at so unusual a scene. greatest public and private losses that Throughout the whole of the cere- could happen, at a period when his mony his spirits still supported him; wisdom and experience were particuthe minister closed the book, but ex- larly useful; nor is be less regretted hausted nature could do no more-the by numerous friends who had the hap bridegroom sank lifeless at the altar. piness of his acquaintance, and were He was immediately conveyed home, honoured with his confidence in that and every restorative medical aid, country. which could be suggested, was ineffectually administered, the vital spark being totally extinguished.

SHROPSHIRE.

SUFFOLK.

Died.] The Rev. Samuel Hingeston, aged 78, rector of Boyton and of Holton, and formerly of Caius College, Cambridge. At Darsham-flouse, Miss Charlotte Peyton, third daughter of the late Sir Henry Peyton, Bart.

At Nevis, on the 27th of Nov. 1806, aged 26, after a short illness, Mordaunt J. Shipley, Esq. member of the uncil, and respectable for his many pubDied.] At Bridgnorth, Wm. Mac- lic and private virtues. If any genemichael, esq. banker, at that town. ral lamentation ever took place in the At Ludford Park, near Ludlow, aged island of Nevis, Mr. Shipley's death 24, N. L. Charlton, esq. colonel of is a just subject that merits it. There the Worcestershire militia.--At is scarcely an individual but must Shrewsbury, on his way to Chelten- regret his departure, as almost every ham, for the recovery of his health, person experienced his friendship. James Cuppaidge, esq. aged 29 years, Many who are now in tolerable cian eminent paper manufacturer of cumstances owe their prosperity to Harold's Cross, Dublin; as a son, du- his benevolence and assistance, and tiful; as a husband, affectionate; as a may, perhaps, feel a material alterafriend, sincere; as he lived re-pected, tion by his premature exit. The infehe died lamented, at an early period for classes of the people have lost a of life. friend indeed. As a merchant, Mr. Shipley's death will be felt by the whole community, his business being more extensive than that of any other. Thus, while the various ranks of men deplore the unexpected end of so excellent a character, no words can express the anguish that must possess the heart of his amiable widow, to whom he had not been married quite three months. His plans of justice, liberality, and friendship, are vanished, but his intended good offices to his friends, and his services to the Died.] At Chichester, aged 75, La- island, are already performed in His dy Viscountess Lifford, relict of Lord sight, before whoin we must all one Chancellor Lifford, of Ireland, and day appear. mother of Lieut.-General Hewitt.- At Li-bon, on the 10th of Nov. Don At Catesfield, Mrs. O'Biven, wife of Juan de Braganza, Duke of Latoens, Edward O'Bryen, Esq. Rear-Admiral uncie of the present Queen of Portuga!, and founder and perpetual president of the Portuguese royal academy of sciences. In the seven years war, he had served as a volunteer in the Austrian army, and after the restoration of peace he made the usual tour of Europe, and visited At Honduras, on the 8th of Nov. Lap and. In 1773 be travelled into 1806, Thomas Potts, esq. senior ma- Greece, Turkey, and Egypt All gistrate of that settlement, aged 66, the contemporary sovereign having resided principally there about rope, Frederic the Great, amine UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL. VII.

SUSSEX.

A fine specimen of calcareous spar or chrystallized carbonate of lime, was lately dug up in a large mass, near Alciston in this county.

of the Blue.

YORKSHIRE.

Died.] At Fastrington, near Howden, suddenly, Mrs. Surr, wife of Thomas surr, esq.

DEATHS ABROAD.

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II., Clement XIV., Joseph II., &c. metropolis by several paintings, that highly esteemed and respected him. he was recalled to Dresden, as a mem With the last mentioned monarch he ber of the academy, and, in 1772, was carried on an epistolary correspon- appointed inspector of painting and dence, and on his return to his native sculpture to the porcelain manufaccountry he founded the royal aca- tory at Meissen. In 1774 he was apdemy of sciences, the expences of pointed professor, and in 1777, alterwhich he himself supported for five na.e director. years. He thought it not enough to At Brunswick, in September, aged be only the patron of the science, 55, John Anthony Leizewitz, privy but likewise cultivated them himself. counsellor of justice, and author of He was of a lively and cheerful dispo- the celebrated tragedy of Julius von sition, and was celebrated for the Tarent. He studied at Gottingen, openness and magnanimity of his cha- commenced his career in his native racter. His travels had contributed to perfect his taste, which, from nature, was of the first order; but he had a strong predilection for revolutionary France, having submitted to accept one of the grand crosses of the title of counsellor of that court, Bonaparte's legion of honour.

town of Celle, and was soon appointed secretary to the assembly of the province of Brunswick; he then entered the Duke's service as private secretary to the counsellors, with

and was soon after appointed private At Paris, on the 8th of Sept. last, secretary to the council of justice, and Louis Peter Anquetil, member of the the last year he was appointed prelegion of honour, and of ancient sident of the council of health. Of literature in the National Institute, the work so long expected from him, He was the author of several good the history of the thirty years' war, historical works, of which the follow- it appears that no part is to be expect ing are the principa!; The Spirit of ed, the deceased having forbidden the the League; The Intrigue of the publication of any of his Cabinet; Louis XIV. his Court and the Regent; Abridgement of Universal History; History of France; Memoirs of the Duke de Villars, &c. &c. Of these works the Spirit of the League and the Intrigue of the Cabinet are accounted the best.

At Dresden, in September, aged 74, M. John Christopher Adelung, counsellor and principal librarian to the elector of Saxony. He was one of the most industrious and learned of the German literati; his merit in grammar, lexicography, and the history of the German language, entitles him to the gratitude of posterity,

At Petersburg, on the 3d of June last, aged 77, M. de Bachmeister, member of the academy of sciences of that city. He has left a great number of manuscripts to the care of M. Busse. A catalogue of his works may be found in Meusel's catalogue of German authors.

At Dresden, aged 66, J. E. Schenau, professor of the art of design, and director of the academy. He was educated at Dresden and Paris; to the latter place he accompanied the director, M, Von Sylvestre, and so established his reputation in the French

papers. At Antigua, Oct. 31, Brig.-General Crofton Vandeleur, of Kilrush, county of Clare, Ireland, Lieut.-Colonel of the 46th Regiment of Foot, April 25, 1800; Colonel in the Army, April 29, 1802; and Brigadier-General in the Windward and Leeward Caribbee Islands, Feb. 3, 1803.

At Vellore, in the East Indies, on the 10th of July last, Lieut.-Colonel James M'Kerras, eldest son of the late Mr. Andrew M'Kerras, merchant, in Leith, and brother to the late Major William M'Kerras, of the Corps of Royal Engineers, who was killed in the service of his country, in the memor able expedition to Egypt, under the gallant Sir Ralph Abercromby. Colonel M'Kerras had served in India upwards of 28 years, with credit to himself and honour to his country, and was much respected as a steady, active, and humane officer.

At Cawnpore, of the wounds he received in the attack of Mud Fort, Lieut. George Payne, of the Royal Artillery, and son of Edward Payne, esq. of Warren-street, Fitzroy-square.

July 19, whilst on a cruise, Captain J. B. Bogne, of his Majesty's ship the Terpsichore.