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CLERGY RECENTLY DECEASED.

Aged 82, the Rev. Joseph Biddle, Vicar of Bishops Frome, Hereford. He was of Worcester College, Oxford, M. A. 1769; and was presented to Bishops Frome in 1797, by R. C. Hopton, esq.

At Lewes, the Rev, Wm. Gwynne, Rector of St. Michael in that town, and of Denton, Sussex. He was son of the Rev. Wm. Gwynne, Rector of St. Peter, Lewes, and of Hamsey, Sussex, who died in 1818. was presented to both his livings by the King; to Denton in 1800, and to St. Michael, Lewes, in 1813.

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At Zurich, in Switzerland, after only four days' illness, the Rev. Sam. How, Rector of Winterbourne Strickland, Dorset, and of Southleigh, Devon. He was of Emanuel College, Cambridge, M. A. 1796; was presented in that year to his Dorset living by the Earl of Dorchester, and was instituted to the Devonshire one in 1799, on his own presentation.

The Rev. Rob. Knight, Rector of Huish, Devon, to which he was presented in 1799, by the "Rev. Robert Knight."

At Gloucester, aged 25, the Hon. and Rev. Dawson Massy, fourth son of Hugh, third and late Lord Massy, and brother to the present Peer. He was of Trinity College, Cambridge, M. A. 1822.

The Rev. John Richards, Rector of South Farmborough, Wilts, and Vicar of East Lulworth, Dorset. To the former church he was presented by H. Wilmot, esq. in 1778, to the latter by the King (by lapse) in 1787. July 9. At Haydon Bridge, aged 51, the Rev. Sam. Rich. Hartley. He was a Student of Eman. College, Cambridge, B. A. 1798, M. A. 1801; he was formerly Head Master of the Grammar School, Carlisle, and Perpetual Curate of St. Mary's in that city, of both which situations the Dean and Chapter are Patrons.

July 19. At his father's house, at Geddington, Northampt. the Rev. Henry Boulton, Vicar of Sibsey, Linc. He was of St. John's College, Cambridge, LL. B. 1812.

July 22. At the Vicarage, Buckland, Berks, aged 83, John Rawlone, D. D. Vicar of that place, and Rector of Hatford in the same Co. He was matriculated of Magdalen Hall in December, 1761; proceeded B. A. of Magdalen College, 1765; M. A. 1768; B. D. of St. Mary Hall, 1787; D. D. of Magdalen College, 1804. He was formerly Vicar of Cheddar, Som.; Chaplain of Magdalen College; and for many years VicePrincipal of St. Mary Hall, aud Deputy Keeper of the Archives of the University. He was presented to Hatford in 1804, by Mrs. Uvedale; and to Buckland in 1805, by the "Rev. J. Rawbone." The Doctor's character was truly amiable: a good father, an affectionate husband, a zealous and benevolent friend. His only daughter was

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July 24. At Cheriton, Hants, the Rev. Edmund Ferrers, Rector of that parish, and of Wroughton, Wilts; Chaplain in Ordi nary, to the King; and brother to the Rev. J. P. Ferrers, Rector of Beddington, Surrey. He was of Christ Church, Oxford, M.A. 1774, was presented to Wroughton in 1779 by the Bishop of Winchester, to Cheriton in the following year by the same patron, and was made a Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty in 1793. Mr. Ferrers was the author of an excellent classical jeu-d'esprit, published in 1817, under the title of "Clavis Hogarthiana; or, Illustrations of Hogarth, i. e. Hogarth illustrated from passages in authors he never read, and could not understand;" 8vo. (See vol. LXXXVIII. ii. 41.) This Tract is incorporated in the third volume of Nichols's edition of " Hogarth's Works." Mr. Ferrers's library will soon be dispersed by Mr Sotheby.

July 25. At the house of F. Story, esq. in Thirsk, co. York, aged 88, the Rev. Arthur Story, late of Garstang, Lanc.

July 29. In Bruton-st. the Rev. Francis Haggitt, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, Prebendary of Durham, and Rector of Nuneham Courtney, Oxfordsh. He was formerly Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded B. A. 1780; M. A. 1783. He was presented to Nuneham Courtney by Earl Harcourt in 1786; was made Chaplain to his Majesty in 1787; and being Chaplain to Bp. Barrington, was presented by his Lordship to the tenth Prebendal stall in Durham Cathedral in 1794. In 1808 he proceeded D. D.; in 1810 he published in 4to, a "Sermon preached at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, Jan. 21, 1810, at the Consecration of Dr. Sparke, Bp. of Chester." At the Enconia at Oxford in July that year he was admitted D. D. of that University; and on the 27th of December he lost his first wife. Haggitt married again, and had a son born June 19, 1824. In 1812 he interested himself on Economy in Bread, addressing a letter to the Bp. of Durham on the subject (see vol. LXXXII. ii. 240.) In 1814 he published "The Conduct and Pretensions of the Roman Catholics considered, in a Letter to the Freeholders of Oxfordshire," 8vo; and in 1819 a Sermon preached before the Judges of Assize at Durham, Aug. 10, 1819. The latter contains some excellent remarks on the progress of crime, and the increase of juvenile delinquency, and was much commended and quoted in the Report of the Committee on Prison Discipline.

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Aug. 5. At Ellesborough, Bucks, aged 37, the Rev. John Leveson Hamilton, Rector of that parish, to which he was presented in 1823. He was the eldest son of the late Vice-adm. Thomas Hamilton.

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aged 75, the Rev. Edw. Smedley, Rector of Powderham and of North Bowey, Devon; Clifton Maubank, Dorset; Vicar of Bradford Abbas in the latter county; late and for 40 years an Usher in Westminster School. He was formerly a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and took the degrees of B. A. 1773, M. A. 1776. In 1810 he published by subscription, with very liberal support, Erin, a geographical Poem," which is amply reviewed in vol. LXXX. ii. 57-60. He was presented to Bradford Abbas in 1812 by the Earl of Uxbridge; to North Bovey in 1816 by Vis'count Courtney; to Powderham in the same year by H. Wrottesley, esq. and others; and to Clifton Maubank recently. As a poet his son, the Rev. Edw. Smedley, Fellow of Siduey College, Cambridge, is now distinguished, having obtained more than one prize at that University.

Aug. 10. At Muddiford, Som. after a severe illness borne with Christian patience and resignation, the Rev. Dr. James Evans, Rector of South Reston, Linc. to which he was presented in 1782 by the King as Duke of Lancaster, and for twenty-six years one of the Vicars of Salisbury Cathedral.

Aug. 13. At Alverstoke Rectory, near Gosport, the Rev. Chas. Aug. North, Prebendary of Winchester, Registrar of the Diocese, Rector of Alverstoke and Havant, and Perpetual Curate of Gosport. He was the third son, seventh and youngest child of the late Bp. of Winchester, by his wife Henrietta Maria, dau. and coh. of J. Bannister, esq. He was presented by his father to Gosport in 1802, to Alverstoke and Havant in 1809, and to his Prebend in 1812. He married, March 11, 1808, Rachael, 2d dau. of Thomas Jarvis, esq. of Laverstoke-house, Hants, and had issue, a son, Brownlow, and three daughters Rachael, Henrietta Maria, and Caroline.

Aug. 15. After a short illness, aged 55, the Rev. Ebenezer Morris, of Blaenywern, Card. Incumbent of the chapelries of Llanson and Llandawg, Carm. to the former of which he was presented in 1815, by Gor. Thomas, esq. and to the latter in 1818, by the Prebendary of Llandawg.

Aug. 26. At Barlby, near Selby, aged 38, the Rev. Thomas Braine, Vicar of West Wittering, near Chichester, Perpet. Curate of Barlby and of Barlow, W. Yorksh. To the two latter churches he was preferred in 1812; to Wittering within the last four years. He has left a widow and nine children.

Sept. 3. At South Kilvington, near Thirsk, the Rev. John Green, Rector of that place, and Fellow of Trinity Coll. Camb. He took the degrees of B. A. 1777, M. A. 1780, B.D. 1787; and was presented to his Rectory by his College in 1808.

Sept. 6. At Powerscourt, co. Wicklow, of cholera morbus, occasioned by eating too

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freely of fruit, aged 32, the Hon. and Rer. Edw. Wing held, second son of John, 4th Visc. Powerscourt, by his 1st wife Catharine, 2d dau. of John, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam, and uncle of the present and 6th Visc. Powerscourt. He married April 12, 1819, Louisa Joan, 3d dau. of late Hon. George Jocelyn, grand-dau. of the first, and cousin to the present and third Earl of Roden. Mr. Wingfield was a gentleman of unaffected piety and truly Christian benevolence, the zealous advocate and promoter of Sunday Schools and Bible Societies; and one of the seven Protestant Clergymen who lately challenged the Carlow Priests to meet them in public disputation.

Sept. 8. At King's Swinford, Staff. aged 76, the Rev. John Bradley, Vicar of Sedgley, to which church he was presented in 1817, by Viscount Dudley and Ward.

Sept. 10. At Shenfield-place, Essex, the Rev. Charles Tower, Perpetual Curate of Brentwood. He was of St. John's College, Camb. B. A. 1805, M.A. 1808, and was presented to Brentwood in 1806, by Christ. Tower, esq.

Sept. 13. At the Bristol Hotwells, the Rev. Jas. Johnson, late Rector of Hinton Blewett, Som. and Vicar of Langford cum Faringdon, Oxf. He was of Merton Coll. Oxf. M. A. 1783, B. D. 1807. He was presented to Langford in 1806 by Rev. Rich. Hart, and to Hinton in 1807 by Rev. Geo. Johnson.

DEATHS.

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Aug. 24. At St. Thomas's-sq. Hackney, aged 80, Edw. Pickard, esq.

Aug. 25. At Kensington, Eliz. relict of J. Battye, esq.

Aug. 26. Aged 64, James Dent, esq. of Clapham.

Aug. 28. At the house of her grandson, in Southampton-st. Bloomsbury, aged 88, Mrs. Pott.

Aug. 28. Aged 13, Sarah Beata, 2nd dau. of Chas. Tootle, esq. of the Grove, Camberwell, and of Gt. Winchester-st. Aug. 29. At Islington, aged 74, Benj. Watson, esq. Sept. 1, At Kennington, aged 62, Wm. Webb, esq. Sept. 4. In his 70th year, Henry Woodthorpe, esq. Town Clerk of the City of London of whom some account in our next. Sept. 5. At Stamford-hill, aged 85, Mr. Wm. Sanford.

At Chelsea, aged 84, Fred. Matthew, esq. Sept. 6. At Norwood, aged 61, Sarah, the wife of Thos. Scott, esq. Banker, of the firm of Esdaile and Co. Lombard Street.

Sept. 7. In Lower Thornhaugh-st. Bedford-sq. aged 74, John Lane, esq.

Sept. 9. In London-st. Fitzroy-sq. aged 33, Heury Boetefeur, esq.

Sept. 9. Aged 80, Mr. Wm. Marsh, Stationer, of Ludgate-st. of which he had been an inhabitant fifty years.

Sept. 12. At Chelsea, at the house of her father-in-law, the Rev. Thos. Clare, Mary Palmer Bishop, of Walton Oaks, Surrey, dan. of the late Rev. Sam. Bishop, formerly Head-Master of Merchant-Taylors' School.

Sept. 13. At Brompton, aged 83, Mary, widow of Wilshire Emmett, of Whartonplace, Kent, esq. She was daughter of Sir John Honywood, 3d bart. of Evington, Kent, by his second wife Dorothy, dau. of Sir Edw. Filmer, 3d bart. of East Sutton, Kent; and was aunt to the late Sir John, and great-aunt to Sir John Courtney, the present and 8th baronets.

Sept. 14. In Hans-place, Sloane-street, aged 71, Samuel Tolfrey, esq.

In Leicester-square aged 66, Joseph Knight, esq.

At Hackney, aged 66, James Davies, esq. of Gracechurch-street.

In James-street, Buckingham-gate, Thomas Brodie, esq. many years employed in compiling an Index to the Journals of the House of Lords.

Sept. 15. At Denmark-hill, aged 39, Mr. Benj. Lindo, of Wilson-street, Finsbury-sq. Jane, wife of Josiah Boydell, esq. of Bethnal-green.

Sept. 17. In Mortimer-street, Cavendishsquare, Mrs. Motte.

Sept. 18. In Gulston-square, suddenly, Mr. Aaron Cohen, a wealthy merchant of the Jewish persuasion.

BEDFORDSHIRE.-Aug. 25. At Cranfield

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Rectory, aged 31, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. James Beard.

BERKSHIRE.-Aug. 22. Capt. Mansel, one of the Poor Knights of the Upper Foundation, Windsor Castle.

Lately. At Chaddelworth House, the wife of Edw. Waddilove, esq.

Sept. 1. Aged 63, Dorothy, 2d dau, of late Wm. Wiseman Clarke, esq. of Ardington.

The Right Hon. Lady Jane, wife of Sir Walter-James James, bart. of Langley Hall, Berks; fourth and youngest dau. of Charles 1st and late Earl Camden, by Elizabeth, dau. and sole heiress of Nich. Jefferys, of the Priory, co. Brecknock, esq.; and sister to the present Marquess Camden, K. G. She was married to Sir Walter, April 25, 1780, and had issue two sons and four daughters.

DERBYSHIRE. Aug. 24. At Wirksworth, aged 23, Mary-Dorothy, eldest daughter of Rev. N. Hubbersty, B. D. Master of the Grammar School.

DEVONSHIRE. Aug. 15. Aged 90, John Willcock, esq. of Woodtown, many years an Alderman of Bideford, and a respectable merchant there.

DORSETSHIRE.-Sept. 5. At Blandford Forum, aged 27, of pulmonary consump tion, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Mason Chamberlin. During her last moments she exhibited the happiest traits of a purely religious mind. Her abilities for drawing and music far exceeded the common standard of female accomplishments. She had indeed a method almost peculiar to herself in the execution of heads and figures; and she has produced one excellent copy in oil of a picture of her father, painted by her grandfather, the late Mason Chamberlin, R.A.

ESSEX-Aug. 4. At Harwich. Eliza, only daughter of George Read, esq. of Crow Hall, Suffolk.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-June 19. At Clifton, the relict of Sir Geo. Powell, of Heathfield, near Swansea.

Sept. 12. On Redcliff-hill, Bristol, Eliza, dau. of Rev. Richard Davies, of Wrington. Sept. 15. At Clifton Wood, in his 80th year, John Clift, esq.

HANTS.-July 27. At Bentworth, W. Cooke, esq. of Polstead Hall.

Aug. 17. At Winchester, aged 68, Eleanor, daughter of the late George Woodd, esq. formerly of Richmond, Surrey.

Aug. 24, At Southampton, George Redmond Hulbert, esq. of Aston Lodge, Derb.

Sept. 6. At Portsmouth, on her return from France, aged 27, Emma-Maria, wife of George-Bosville-Wentworth Stacpoole, esq. of Laugharne, Carmarthenhire.

HERTS.-Sept. 1. At Cheshunt, the Rev. David Jones, late pastor to the C'tess of Huntingdon's Chapel, Swansea. The Bible Society must regret his decease, on account of his valuable researches into the Breton language.

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Sept. 17. At Redheath House, aged 75, Anne, relict of John Finch, esq.

KENT. Aug.... At Canterbury, aged 66, Lieut.-col. Desborough, of Royal Marines. Aug. 22. At Bedgbury, aged 80, the widow of John Cartier, esq. formerly Governor-gen, of Bengal.

Aug. 24. At Tunbridge-wells, Ellen, wife of Geo. T. Lambart, esq. of Tavistock-sq.

Aug. 29. At West Wickham, Burton Morice, esq. one of the Judges of the Marshalsea Court, and a Commissioner of Bankrupts.

Aug. 30. At Wye, aged 79, Wm. Scudamore, esq.

Sept. 4. At Broadstairs, Robt. Wilson, esq. of Wood-house, East-Ham, a Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for Essex.

Sept. 5. At the Court-lodge, Yalding, near Maidstone, Amb. Warde, esq. Sept. 12. At Broadstairs, aged 61, John Paton, esq. of Bow Church-yard.

LANC.-Aug. 20. In St. Anne's-street, Liverpool, aged 67, Mr. Rich. Wainwright, professor of music, and nearly 40 years organist of St. Peter's Church.

LEIC.-Aug. 20. Aged 76, Mr. Joshua Clarke, of Sharnford, a considerable proficient in mathematicks and astronomy.

LINC.-Aug. 28. At Fenton, near Gainsbrough, aged 83, Thomas Tonge, esq. MIDDLESEX.-Aug. 24. At Enfield, Mrs. Sarah Vincent.

Aug. 27. At Forty-hill, Enfield, Lieut. Tho. Witherby, of South Glouc. Militia.

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Sept. 5. At Stanmore, the widow of Lt.col. Blair, dau. of late Adm. Chas. Webber. Sept. 9. At Hampton Court Palace, aged 80, Mary, widow of Rev. Henry Reynett, D.D. NORFOLK. Aug. 30. At Roughton, Phoebe, only dau. of John Ditchell, esq. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Aug. 2. At Dallington, near Northampton, Sir John Riggs Miller, of Ballicasey, co. Clare, bart. SOMERSETSHIRE. Lately. At Wells, Miss Knollis, eldest dau. and co-heiress of late Hon. Col. Knollis, 51st regiment. Aug. 25. At Cannington, aged 28, Emma, wife of John Sealy, esq. Banker, Bridgewater, and dau. of George Lovell, esq. of Rookley House, Hants.

STAFFORD.-Sept. 17. Aged 24, SusanAnne, eldest dau. of Rev. W. M. Lally, Rector of Drayton Bassett.

SUFFOLK.-June 28. At Wickham-Market, Alison, eldest dau. of late Rev. John Black, Perpetual Curate of Butley.

Aug. 18. At South-end Cottage, Lowestoft, aged 71, Chas. King, esq. Commander in the Royal Navy.

Aug. 23. At Brusyard Hall, Mr. Jeremiah Smith.

Aug. 26. At Woodbridge, aged 14, Emma, youngest dau. of Mr. John Clarkson. SURREY.-Aug. 20. Aged 78, Septimus Blackaller, esq. surgeon of Weybridge.

Sept. 4. At Wm. Rayley's, esq. at Wad

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don, near Croydon, aged 50, the relict of Jas. Green, esq. of the Falcon Glass-works. Sept. 17. At his seat, Hampton Lodge, Edward Beeston Long, esq.

SUSSEX.-Aug. 25. At Sidlesham, Benj. Holmes, esq. of Barnsbury-pl. Islington. Sept. 1. Anna, wife of H. V. Bodicoate, esq. of Lindfield.

Sept. 5. By the accidental discharge of a gun, William, third son of Rev. Henry Warren, Rector of Ashington.

Sept. 14. At Brighton, aged 88, Wm. Robertson, esq. of Keppell-st. Russell-sq. and formerly of St. Ann's, Jamaica. WARWICKSHIRE. - Aug. 24

At Sutton Coldfield, aged 61, Thomas Jackson, esq.

Sept. 21. At Leamington, from inflammation of the bowels, Hen. Wm. Knight, esq. of the firm of Knight, Jones, and Knight, St. James's-sq. and eldest son of Wm. Young Knight, esq. of Great Marlborough-st. and Barnes-common, Surrey.

WILTSHIRE.-Sept. 9. At the Vicarage, Highworth, aged 45, Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Edward Rowden, Vicar.

YORKSHIRE.-Aug. 29. At Bridlington Quay, aged 27, John Ditmas, esq. of Walkington Lodge, second son of Lieut.-col. Ditmas, of Beverley. He distinguished himself by his gallantry at the battle of Waterloo, where he received a wound.

Aug. 31. In her 84th year, Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Duffin, esq. of York.

SCOTLAND.-June 1. At Edinburgh, aged 70, the relict of Rev. John Reay, of St. Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Montrose.

June 1. In York-pl. Edinburgh, Lady Elizabeth Finch Hatton.

June 8.-At Edinburgh, Sir W. Ogilvie, of Boyne, bart. heir male of the family of Boyne, whose claim to the Banff Peerage is now before the House of Peers.

IRELAND. Lately. In Merrion-st. Dublin, Maurice Fitzgerald, esq. brother of Rt. Hon. James F. and uncle to Wm. Vesey F. esq. M. P. for county of Clare.

Aug. 11.-At Duncannon Fort, aged 35, Capt. Edward Chabon, 58th Regt.

ABROAD.-June 25. On his passage to England from Bombay, aged 48, Lieut.-Col. Francis French Staunton, C. B. Aid-deCamp to the Governor General of India, and late Commandant of Admednuggar.

July 14. At Kingston, Jamaica, HenryRobarts, youngest son of Geo. Hibbert, esq. of Portland-place.

July 23. At Smyrna, Wm. Barker, esq. aged 86 years, 65 of which he had resided at that place.

July 27. At Leghorn, the wife of Lieut.Col. Johnson.

Lately. At Paris, W. N. W. Hewitt, esq. Aug. 5. At Boulogne, Henrietta Frances, dau. of late Dan. Marston, esq. of St. Catharine's Park, co. Kildare, and niece of late Rt. Hon. Isaac Corry, Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland."

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