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resort to Parliament not absolutely necessary. It is conceived that, giving the landowners double the annual value of the land for the first 20 years from breaking ground, and treble for the next 20 years, and afterwards quadruple, and limiting the Company not to take beyond a certain fixed rate of charge, will induce the landowners to promote a measure so highly advantageous to themselves and the public. It is calculated the present distance between the extreme points may be reduced about 12 miles; that the rate of charge will not exceed 3d. per ton per mile; and that the speed with which articles will be conveyed will be six miles per

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Earl Brownlow, Lord Lieutenant for the county of Lincoln, has informed Captain Manby, that in the recent tremendous gale, eleven persons were saved by his mortar from a stranded vessel on that coast. We understand that 318 lives have been preserved by that method of affording relief.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

A recent Gazette contains several notices of projected improvements in the City, in Westminster, and the suburbs. In the eastern parts several new roads are intended to be formed; and in the north, a new road connecting the Hackney-road with Kingsland-road. In the City a new street is projected from Moorgate to the Bank, (connecting Finsbury-square with the centre of the Metropolis). To the westward a new street is to be formed, from Lincoln-InnFields to Holborn, (which will complete the passage from the latter street to the Strand, through the intended opening at Pickettplace, Temple-bar). It is intended to enlarge Hungerford-market, improve the adjacent quays, and establish a fish-market, (so long wanted in that part of the town). And the parish of Lambeth, having gained so large a population, is to be accommodated with a new bridge, from the Church to the Horseferry-road, and a street from the same to Stafford-place, Pimlico, which will connect the Borough in a straight line with Hyde Park-corner. And further westward, it is intended to make a navigable canal from the Thames to Kensington.

The only two houses which abutted on that ancient site called the Sanctuary, at the upper end of Prince's-street, leading to Tothill-street, are at length levelled with the ground. Workmen are also now employed in preparing the foundation of the intended new Parliamentary Mews, by lining the excavations with lime, in order to insure its dryness and durability. It is understood, that in addition to the improvements thus proceeding in this renowned part of the metropolis, there will presently be another new square, facing the northern side of the Ab

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bey, and corresponding, in some degree, with the fine enclosure which runs parallel with the entrance to the Sessions-house. Westminster will here assume, in consequence, an entire new aspect. The houses at present in Gardener's-lane, together with many now standing in King-street, are likewise to be pulled down.

The pulling down of the old King's Mews fronting Pall Mall East, and by Charingcross, and the old houses, sadler's shop, public-house, &c. commenced December 29. About half the Mews area, that portion next St. Martin's-lane, has been enclosed with wood fencing, for the temporary accommodation of the military, &c. The improvements preparatory to making_the_grand opening from the Haymarket to St. Martin's Church, will proceed forthwith.

Considerable curiosity has been lately excited by the appearance of an immense structure now building by Messrs. Taylor and Wright of the Borough, for the manufacture of pins, in the Borough-road, close to St. George's Market, the west side of which faces an opening to the London-road. The dimensions of the building is in length 185 feet, in width 40 feet, and in height 50 feet, and contains upwards of 120 windows, besides loopholes. The pins are to be made entire by one blow of the machinery, to be worked by steam, at the rate of 10,000 per minute, chiefly for the export trade.

Rennell v. Bishop of Lincoln.—In the Court of Common Pleas, judgment in this case has been delivered.-The question was, whether the wife and administratrix of the late Rector of Weldon and Prebend of South Grantham, in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, had a right of representation to the living of Weldon. The Judges, in giving their opinions, took a retrospective view of the history and constitution of the Church for upwards of 600 years.—Mr. Justice Park observed that Archbishops appeared to be anomalies in ecclesiastical history, having been first set up as an encroachment on the legates of the Popes; but, after the reformation, the encroachment, though an anomaly, was continued down to the present day. Mr. Justice Gaselee was of opinion that judgment ought to be given for the plaintiff, thereby giving the widow the right of presentation to the vacant living. The other three Judges were of a different opiniou, and judgment was therefore given for

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Theatrical Register.-Preferments.

the public could maintain an action for compensation for the labour he had employed to such a shameful purpose."-The Lord Chief Justice fully entered into and admitted the objection. "He who has lent himself," he said, "to the violation of the laws of his country, in this gross and shameful manner, shall not be allowed to claim payment for what he had done in execution of such a criminal purpose;" and he even went so far as to say that every servant, however small his connexion with such a work, is equally liable in law with the master, if the work be of an injurious tendency."-The plaintiff was nonsuited.

There is at this time a meeting held in West Smithfield, consisting of between three and four hundred of those infatuated people professing to be the followers of Joanna Southcote. The subject of faith held forth at a late meetiag was, "The coming of the promised Shiloh!" One of the enthusiasts who mounted the rostrum, declared, with the most profound sanctity, to his credulous hearers, "that this was the appointed time of the birth of Shiloh, as verified to him by a glorious vision!" He further asserted that he was confirmed in his

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belief, in consequence of his having laid his hand on Johanna Southcote when she lay dead-that he felt the blessed Shiloh kick!" &c. &c. There is a trumpeter amongst this motley group, who, at intervals, sounds→→ what appears to be a silver trumpet (in form like that of the trombone); after making three distinct sounds, the congregation simultaneously rise and vociferate aloud, "Shiloh! Shiloh! Shiloh!" This was repeated several times.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
DRURY LANE.

Dec. 26. On this day a Christmas Pantomime, as usual, was brought forward, entitled Harlequin, Jack of all Trades. It was full of fun and laughter; but the chief attraction was the scenery, by Stanfield, which was truly beautiful.

COVENT GARDEN.

Dec. 26. A Christmas Harlequinade called The Magic Rose was produced, which embraced all the various changes incidental to pieces of this description; but it was destitute of any novel or peculiar interest. The scenery was truly excellent.

PROMOTIONS AND PREFERMENTS.
GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

War Office, Dec. 23.-46th reg. Capt.
Clarke to be Major.-60th, Major Fitz
Gerald to be Lieut.-col.-To be Majors :
Capt. Pearse, Capt. Manners.-65th, Capt.
Maclean to be Major.-Unattached: Brevet
Major Lord Hotham, Coldstream Guards,
to be Lieut -col. of Inf.-To be Majors of
Inf. Capt. Holmes, 90th Foot; Capt. Brooks-
bauk, 26th Foot.

Dec. 24. His Most Christian Majesty to be Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and to have all the rights and privileges belonging to the said Order.

Lord Ponsonby, now Secretary to the Senate of the Ionian Islands, to be Minister Plen. to the United Provinces of Rio Plata. —A. Cockburn, esq. late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen. to the King of Wurtemburg, to the same office at the Colombian Republic.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. E. Rice, Dean of Gloucester Cathedral.
Rev. C. Benson, Preb. of Worcester Cathed.
Rev. T. Davidson, Preb. of Worc. Cathed.
Rev. C. T. Collins, Timsbury R. co. Somer.
Rev. R. Huyshe, East Coker V. co. Devon.
Rev. F. C. Massingberd, South Ormsby with
Kettlesby, Driby, R. and Calceby V.Jan-
nexed, co. Lincoln.

Rev.
Mayson, Orton R. co. Cumber.
Rev. R. Pole, Sheviock R. co. Devon.
Rev. W. Scarborough, Market Harborough
Perp. Cur. co. Leicester.

Rev. W. Sweete, Lenham V. co. Kent.
Rev. Dr. Williams, Bradford Abbas V. with
Clifton Maybank R. co, Dorset.

CIVIL PREFERMENT.

T. S. Caldwell, esq. Police Magistrate at
Union Hall, vice Allen, resigned.

MARRIAGES.

Nov. 24. At Cottingham, Yorks. Thos. Whitaker, esq. of Howden, to Mary, only dau. of Stephen Gee, esq. of the former place.-26. At Redenhall, Norfolk, Glocester Wilson, esq. of the Inner Temple, to Eliz. widow of F. F. North, esq. of Roug ham, Norfolk. - --28. At St. Dunstan, Stepney, George Ranken, esq. of Bentinckstreet, Manchester-square, to Eliz. Browning, dau, of Wm. Bayne, esq. of New Grove, Mile End.--At St. James's Church, Geo. Tappen, esq. of Charles-street, St. James's

square, to Mary-Ann-Eliz. only dau. of Thos. Watson, esq. of the Custom House.

-At Christ Church, Middlesex, the Rev. B. Young, of Wartling, Sussex, to Eliz. Susanna, eldest dau. of John Holloway, esq.

Lately. At St. Saviours, Southwark, Samuel, son of the late Rev. John Fitz Brand, Rector of St. George's the Martyr, to Eliza, only dau. of the late Jekin Elwin, esq. of Dover, Kent. - At Odcombe Church, John Allen, esq. of Charlton Marshall, Dorset, to Mrs. Doun, relict of the late W. doun,

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Doun, esq. 52d reg. to Peel, esq.

Marriages.

At Clifton, Capt. Royds, Georgiana, dau. of Lawrence of Ardwick, near Manchester. Dec. 5. At Cheltenham, George Best Robinson, esq. son of Sir Abercrombie Robinson, bart. to Louisa, dau. of late MajorIgen. Robert Douglas.-6. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, S. G. Smith, esq. of Sheerness Dockyard, to Anne, dau. of James Serle, esq. deceased, late Receiver-Gen. for co. Southampton.- -At Madeley, co. Salop, Rev. Edw. Pryce Owen, Vicar of Wellington, to only dau. of late S. Darby, esq. of Coalbrook Dale.--At Llandegfan, H. Pringle, esq. of Beaumaris, Anglesea, to Meriel Eliza, dau. of Bodychan Sparrow, esq. of Leamington, co. Warwick.-7. At Harrow, R. F. son of P. Fitzherbert, esq. of Bristol, to dau. of late J. K. U. A. Simpson, esq. formerly of Mercey Hall, Kent.At Dresden, the Infanta of Lucca, to Prince Maximilian of Saxony; the King, at the Royal Family, the Russian Archduke Constantine and the Princess Locwiz, being present.- ——8. At Padworth, Newman Smith, esq. son of Christ. Smith, esq. M. P. to Mary-Anne, dau. of T. Bacon, esq. of Padworth House, Berks.- -At East Grinsted, co. Sussex, the Rev. Joshua Stratton, Vicar of Halston, Kent, to Susannah, dau. of late Mr. W. Head.- -Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, esq. of Coldbrook Park, Monmouthshire, to Eliz. Anne Pakington, dau. of late Wm. Russell, esq. of Powick Court, co. Worcester.--At Easby, Yorkshire, Lieut.-col. Henry Lane, to Hon. H. F. Dundas, dau. of Lord Dundas.-10. James Alex. son of Augustus Manning, esq. of Hertford-street, May-fair, to Augusta Mary, dau. of late Gen. Sir Chas. Shipley, Governor of Grenada.--Henry J. Edgley, esq. of Thornton-heath, Croy don, to Miss Albin, of Upper Seymourstreet.- -At Sandon, co. Stafford, John Stuart Wortley, esq. jun. M.P. toLady Georgiana Ryder, dau. of the Earl of Harrowby.

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At All Souls, Marylebone, the Rev. Wm. Stephen Gilly, Rector of North Fambridge, Essex, to Jane Charl. Mary, only dau. of Major Colberg.-13. Haslar Capron, esq. barrister-at-law, to Frances Georgiana, dau. of Sir F. M. Ommanney, M. P.

-Major Horatio George Broke, of Broke Hall, Suffolk, bart. to Frederica Sophia, dau. of Jas. Mure, of Great George-street, esq. -At St. George's, Hanover-square, Thos. Waddington, esq. of St. Remy, to Janette, dau. of the late Colin Chisholm, esq. M. D. At Edinburgh, Francis Grove, esq. Lieut. R. N. to Emily, only child of the late George Ure, esq. of the Bengal Med. Estab-15. At Paris, Geo. Wm. Lefevre, M.D. to Frederica Clavering Fraser, dau. of Col. Chas. Fraser, E. I. C.

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-At St. Cuthbert's Church, Wells, John Newport, esq. to Louisa Matilda Salmon, of the same place, dau. of the late Rev. T. A. Salmon, Rector of Rodney Stoke.-

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At St. George's, Hanover-square. the Rev. Dan. Heneage Finch Hatton, of Weldon, co. Northampton, to the Lady Louisa Greville, dau. of the late Hon. Robert F. Greville. At Wouston, near Winchester, the Rev. Arthur Philip Perceval, son of Lord Arden, to Charl. Anne, dau. of the Hon. and Rev. Augustus Geo. Legge, Chanc. of Winchester.--At Chippenham, co. Cambridge, Joseph Sidney, son of John Tharp, esq. of Chippenham Park, to Anna Maria, dau. of the late Major-gen. Gent. 17. At St. Marylebone, Wm. Knight Dehany, esq. solicitor to the Excise in Scotland, to Eliz. Favell, dau. of Vice-Adm. Scott.— -At Lewisham, Rob. Shirley, esq. of the Lodge, Kinfare, Staffordshire, to Eliza, dau. of the late Thos. Britten, esq. of Suffolk-lane.-19. At St. Margaret's, Westminister, Lieut. Rich. Bayley Bowden, R. N. to Jane Stanley Stanley, dau. of the late Rev. Jas. Stanley, Vicar of Ormskirk, Lancashire.-20. At All Souls' Church, Marylebone, Charles Bankhead, Sec. of Leg. to the United States of America, to Maria Horatia, third daughter of Sir John Dean Paul, bart.--At St. Andrew's Church, Holborn, Jas. Adamson, esq. solicitor, of Ely-place, to Mary Eliz. dau. of J. Seabrook, esq. of Hatton-garden. --21. At Sunbury, Augustus Lernoult Whitmore, esq. to Julia Maria, eld. dau of the Rev W. E. Fitzthomas, of that place.

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-At St. Pancras, Lieut. James Gordon, R. N. to Eliz. relict of Arthur Humphreys, esq. late of Bombay.- --22. At St. Andrew's, Holborn, Ric. Smith, esq. of Buckden, Hunts, Sec. to the Bishop of Lincoln, to Mary, dau. of Rich. Edwards, esq.——At St. Mary's, Islington, Francis E. J. Valpy, M.A. of Trinity College, Camb. son of the Rev. Dr. Valpy, to Eliza, dau. of John Pullen, esq. of Canonbury.--At Dunmow, in Essex, John Maryon Wilson, esq. of Fitzjohns, son of the late Sir Thos. Maryon Wilson, bart. to Charl. Julia, dau. of Geo. Wade, esq. of Dunmow.- -27. At St. Giles's, Camberwell, Nich. Wanostrocht, esq. of Alfred House, to Eliz. dau. of Rich. Heale, esq. of Peckham Lodge.--At St. Mary's, Bedford, the Rev. Peter La Trobe to Mary Louisa, dau. of the Right Rev. T. W. Foster.- -At Camberwell Church, the Rev. Sauderson Robins, to Eliz. dau. of the late Tho. Holland, esq.---29. Rev. Thos. E. Pipon, of Knapp-hill House, near Wells, to Jane Mary, dau. of W. Dumaresq, esq. of Pelham-place, Hants. At Wyke Church, Thos. Payn, esq. to Miss Maria Purvis, dau. of Rev. Dr. Dupre, of Weymouth.- -At Christ Church, Surrey, the Rev. Edw. Pote Neale, only son of J. P. Neale, esq. to Anna Maria, dau. of J. Dunlap, esq. of Charlotte-street, Blackfriarsroad.- 31. At Marcham, Berks, the Rev. Wm. Buckland, D. D. Canon of Christchurch, to Mary, eldest dau. of Benj. Morq. of Sheepstead House, Abingdon.

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LADY HOLLAND.

OBITUARY.

June 12. At her house, in the Terrace, Piccadilly, Harriet, relict of Sir Nathaniel Holland, first and only Baronet of Wettenham, Berks.

This lady was the third daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, fifth baronet of Parham, Sussex, by Anne, second daughter of Hugh Boscawen, first Viscount Falmouth. She was married first to Thomas Dummer, esq. of Cranbury Park, near Winchester, who left his vast estate to his widow for life, and afterwards to the late William Chamberlaine, esq. Solicitor to the Treasury. Possessed of this immense wealth, amounting, it is said, to 18,000l. per annum, she next bestowed her hand on that eminent painter, Mr. Nathaniel Dance, son of George Dance, esq. architect of the City of London. The fortune commanded a baronetey, which was That conferred on him, Nov. 27, 1800. the painter might be forgotten, he assumed the name of Holland, and even, it is said, bought up and destroyed many of the beautiful productions of his pencil. He died suddenly in 1811 (see vol. lxxxi. pp. 489, 666).

Lady Holland's will was registered in the Prerogative Court, on the 12th of July, when probate, under the sum of 500,000l. was granted to the Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, the nephew, sole executor. The will, dated the 12th of March, 1818, and most of the codicils, (of which there are nine,) are in her Ladyship's own hand writing, and duly executed. The legacies are considerable amongst the principal are these :-To her sister, the Dowager Countess of Liverpool, 50,000l.; the Hon. Miss Brudenell, 50,000l.; nephew and niece Bishopp, 30,000l. each; Lady Charlotte Rivers, 60,000.-the interest for life, and principal to her children; the Rev. Sir Henry Rivers, 10,000l.; the Rev. Thomas Penton, vicar of Wellow, 10,000l.-These sums are all in stock of 3 per cent. consols. To the Duchess of Dorset (niece) her best diamond neck-lace and cross, ear-rings, tiara, and bandeau: to Lady Rivers all the rest of her diamonds and trinkets. The Earl of Cardigan is residuary legatee of the personal, and sole devisee of the real estates.

REV. THOMAS STEDMAN, M. A. Dec. 5. At Shrewsbury, the Reverend Thomas Stedman, M. A. This truly amiable and venerable man closed a long and exemplary life, in the 80th year of his age, and the 42nd of his ministry, as vicar of St. Chad's in that town..

He was born at Bridgnorth, and his early friend was the late Rev. Job Orton, a very GENT. MAG, Suppl. xcv. Part II.

worthy dissenting minister, by whose persuasion and advice he went to Pembroke College, Oxford; and on entering into orders became curate to Dr. Stonhouse, rector of Little Cheverel, Wilts, to which he afterwards had the charge of the curacy of Great Cheverel, where one of his parishoners was David Sanders, the "Shepherd of Salisbury Plain," celebrated by Mrs. More. In 1775 he obtained the living of Wormington, in Gloucestershire. In 1783 he took the degree of B. A.; in which year he was presented to the Vicarage of St. Chad, and proceeded M. A. 1787.

And here it

In bearing this public testimony to the virtues of the deceased, we shall be as brief as truth and justice will permit: studiously avoiding, from a motive of regard to the same sacred principles, all indiscriminate and exaggerated praise. Such a sketch requires no other than the faithful and impartial hand of truth, in order to be recognized by its warmest friends and admirers. We conceive that one or two characteristic traits will suffice for this purpose: the first and foremost of which should stand recorded, his exemplary moderation. is not too much to assert, that there has rarely, if ever, existed, a person who more thoroughly and uniformly breathed the genuine spirit of Christianity. Hence, entertaining, as he did, a cordial attachment, and maintaining, on all occasions, a steady adherence to the doctrines and practice of that Church of which he was for so many years an unpretending ornament, he could, at the same time, open wide his arms to embrace his conscientious brethren of other religious persuasions. In fact, his views were neither narrow, nor selfish. He was careful not to suffer the spirit of our religion to evaporate, in scrupulously weighing and adjusting, by his own standard of orthodoxy, differences of faith and opinion. Provided those differences had sincerity, free from acrimony and party-spirit, to recommend them; he was content, as far as he himself was concerned, to determine the controversy, and satisfy his own scruples, In the unby throwing into the opposite scale, the full weight of charity and candour. limited exercise of these paramount feelings, he cared not if he sometimes even lost sight eutirely of all religious differences of opinion. Nay more, he loved to overlook and forget those shades of difference, which to some minds may, perhaps, appear too formidable to be thus summarily disposed of. And, it may be here added, if he ever evinced so strong a feeling as hatred, it was against bigotry and intolerance.-So much liberality of feeling, combining with, or

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rather emanating from, a general kindness of disposition, and peculiar suavity of manners, it is almost needless to observe, secured to their amiable possessor the respect and esteem alike of Churchman and Dissenter. Although of retired habits and unambitious pursuits, he enjoyed the friendship and correspondence of several distinguished persons both in and out of the Establishment. Among the former may be mentioned Bishops Hurd and Percy; the present Bishop of Limerick; Drs. Adams and Townson; Alexander Knox, and the late Isaac Hawkins Browne, esq. &c. And among the Dissenters, his disinterested friendship for and long intercourse with the Rev. Job. Orton, the friend and biographer of Dr. Doddridge, appears to great advantage from his" Letters to a Young Clergyman" (himself) from that excellent minister and candid Dissenter from the Church of England. Our partiality for the deceased having drawn us, we fear, into greater lengths than are, perhaps, consistent with the nature of a sketch, or with the modesty and retiredness of his character, we hasten to a conclusion, by observing whether in the Pulpit, in his parochial labours, or in his general intercourse with mankind, he enforced, he recommended, and graced the cause of religion and virtue. Goodness was the settled habitude of his mind, and beamed in his countenance. He lived in the affections of his flock; and at his somewhat sudden, though gentle removal, he received at their hands the most unequivocal marks of respect. Shops and private dwellings stood closed on the morning of his funeral. His pall was supported by eight of the Clergy of the town; upwards of fifty respectable Parishoners voluntarily followed his remains to the grave; and even the commercial pursuits of a large town seemed partially suspended in the payment of this last tribute of affectionate respect to the virtues of the deceased venerable pastor.

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Among other useful publications, the following have been well received: "The Country Clergyman's Advice to his Parishioners, 12mo. - "Letters to a Young Clergyman (i. e. the Editor) from the late Rev. Job. Orton," 12mo. 1783.. -"An Address to the Poor belonging to the several Parishes within the Town of Shrewsbury and the Liberties thereof," 8vo. 1786. "A Letter to the Inhabitants of St. Chad's Parish in Shrewsbury, on occasion of the late fall of their Church," 8vo. 1788. "A Letter to a Parishioner on the Doctrine of the Atonement," 8vo.-" Letters to and from Dr. Doddridge," &c. 8vo. 1790. "Letters from the Rev. Mr. Orton and the Rev. Sir James Sotnhouse, Bart, to the Rev. T. Stedman," 8vo. 1800.

Mr. Stedman was a much-valued Correspondent in our Magazine; and he also

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favoured Mr. Nichols with some original Letters of eminent persons for his "Illustrations of the Literary History of the 18th Century," and kindly promised more for a fifth volume, which is actually in the press.

MR. GEORGE NICHOLSON.

Nov. 1.

At Stourport, aged 65, Mr. George Nicholson, Bookseller. We can

not forbear some brief record of a man whose worth and talents entitle him to notice; whose name we hesitate not to place with the names of Dodsley and Baskerville.

Possessing, like them, an ardent thirst for literature and science, like them also he has enriched our libraries with many valuable works. The "Literary Miscellany," in 20 vols. is a beautiful specimen of his ingenuity in the art of Printing; and of his taste and judgment as an Editor. The "Cambrian Traveller's Guide,” is remarkable for its accuracy, and evinces much patient investigation; it has already obtained the meed of praise from contemporary critics. In a Treatise on the conduct of Man to inferior Animals," (which has gone through four editions,) we have evidence of his humanity of disposition; and numerous Tracts calculated to improve the morals, and add to the comforts of the poorer classes, are proofs of the same desire of doing good. In short, he possessed, in an eminent degree, strength of intellect, with universal benevolence and undeviating uprightness of conduct.

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Aie Pador et Justitiæ soror
Incorrupta Fides, nudaque Veritas,
Quando alium inveniet parem?"

JOHN BAKER, Esq.

The late John Baker, esq. of Hampstead, (whose death is recorded in p. 380) was the 2nd son of Mr. William Baker, a man of amiable character and manners, of great classical and mathematical learning, and more than 40 years master of an academy at Reading, and younger brother of Mr. William Baker, a learned printer of London, author of "Peregrinations of the Mind,' &c. (of whom see Nichols's " Literary Anecdotes," vol. iii. p. 716).-The late Mr. J. Baker was born at Reading, in 1748; and being destined to the practice of medicine, was apprenticed to an Apothecary in Salisbury-Square, London, to whose business he succeeded in 1773, which he carried on with great respectability for 30 years. He retired from his profession in 1803; and settled himself first at Camberwell, and afterwards removed to Hampstead. He was an active Member of the Society of Apothecaries, of which Company he served the office of Master in 1822;-and took a very warın interest in the welfare of the Philan

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