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with the yellow fever whilst commanding at Port-au-Prince, and being invalided, he left the West Indies in an American ship in Oct. 1796. In March, 1797, after he had recovered his health, he was appointed to the Braakel of 54 guns, stationed at Plymouth. In Oct. he succeeded to the Ardent 64, vacant by the death of his old shipmate captain Burgess, who fell off Camperdown. The Ardent was employed under lord Duncan, in the blockade of the Texel fleet, until the expedition to Holland took place in August 1799. Captain Bertie then received orders to place himself under the command of vice-admiral Mitchell, who, on the 30th of that month, passed with his squadron through the Nieuve Diep, up to the Vlieter, pear to which the Dutch fleet, consisting of eight sail of the line and four frigates, commanded by admiral Storey, were lying at anchor. The enemy were allowed one hour's deliberation to fight or to surrender and the latter course having been agreed to in consequence of the disaffection reigning amongst the Dutch seamen, captain Bertie was ordered to take possession of the Admiral de Ruyter, of 68 guns, and afterwards to escort the whole of the prizes to the Nore, where he arrived on the 10th September. In the following month captain Bertie assisted at the evacuation of the Texel. He afterwards, in common with the other officers of the fleet, received the thanks of Parliament for his services in the above-mentioned expedition. The Ardent formed one of the squadron under the orders of lord Nelson, at the battle of Copenhagen, in which her commander particularly distinguished himself, compelling four of the Danish flotilla, one of which was the Jutland of 60 guns, to surrender. The Ardent received considerable damage, and sustained a loss of 29 men killed, and 64 men wounded. Captain Bertie again received the thanks of Parliament, and what was equally pleasing, the personal com

mendation of his heroic chief. Early on the morning after the action, lord Nelson went on board the Ardent to thank her commander, officers and people, for their conduct and exertions on the preceding day, a compliment which was returned with six cheers on his lordship's leaving the ship. On the 9th of the same month, captain Bertie was appointed by the commander-inchief, sir Hyde Parker, to the Bellona of 74 guns, in the room of sir Thomas B. Thompson, who had lost a leg in the battle; and he continued in the Baltic under the orders of lord Nelson and sir Charles M. Pole, until the 7th July following, when he left that station in company with the squadron sent home under sir Thomas Graves, part of which were ordered north about to Cork, and from thence proceeded off Cadiz, where captain Bertie remained employed in the blockade of the Spanish fleet till the termination of the war. The Bellona afterwards went to the West Indies, whence captain Bertie returned to England in June, 1802. On the re-commencement of hostilities, captain Bertie was appointed to the Courageux of 74 guns, in which ship rear-admiral Dacres soon after hoisted his flag, and in Jan. 1804 sailed from St. Helen's, accompanied by 170 sail of merchantmen bound to the West Indies. Four days after their departure, the wind, which had hitherto been fair, shifted to the S. W. and between the 15th and 28th, it blew one of the most tremendous gales ever experienced, dispersing the convoy and reducing the Courageux to a mere wreck, thereby compelling her to bear up for Plymouth, where she arrived with the remnant of her scattered charge on the 1st of February. From some family distress, captain Bertie was suddenly obliged, after the Courageux had been docked and nearly prepared for sea, to resign the command of her, and he remained without any other appointment until the latter end of Dec. 1805. He then obtained the command of

the St. George, a second rate, attached to the Channel fleet, and continued in that ship until the general promotion of flag officers, April 28, 1808, which included and stopped with him. Rear-admiral Bertie was soon after appointed to a command in the Baltic, under sir James Saumarez. He proceeded thither in the Rosamond sloop, and on his arrival off Helsingborg, hoisted his flag in the Orion of 74 guns, from which ship it was afterwards shifted first into the Vanguard 74, and then into the Dictator 64. He returned to Yarmouth roads Jan. 6, 1809, having been driven from his station in the Sound on the Jast day of the preceding year by the sudden appearance of the ice and its great solidity. On the 20th March, the rear-admiral again sailed for the Baltic in the Stately, another 64 gun ship, and immediately on his arrival resumed his former occupation of blockading the island of Zealand, and affording protection to the coast of Scandia, and to the British and Swedish convoys passing through the Malmoe channel. From the heavy gales of wind which began to set in about the 12th Dec. 1809, rear-admiral Bertie found it advis. able to quit his anchorageoff Hoganis, nearly at the entrance of the Sound, and proceeded with the ships under his command to Gottenburgh, where he received orders from admiral Dickson to return to England ex. press. On the 19th of Feb. 1810, finding his health to be in a very impaired state, he was obliged to strike his flag and come on shore. In the month of June 1813, rearadmiral Bertie received the honour of knighthood, and the royal licence and permission to accept and wear the insignia of a knight commander of the order of the Sword, conferred upon him by the late king of Sweden, in testimony of his merits and services. He was advanced to the rank of vice-admiral, Dec. 4, in the same

A. M. vicar of Bardsey, in that county, and of Paxton, Hants.

At his house at Woodthorpe, near Wakefield, aged 63, the rev. Wm. Wood, minister of St. John's, in that town, and for many years a very active magistrate and deputylieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire.

16. At his house, in Lansdowneplace, James Forsyth, esq.

At Marchmont house, near Quebec, in his 75th year, the right rev. Jacob Mountain, D. D. lord bishop of Quebec, formerly of Caius, college, Cambridge, where he proceeded in the degrees of B.A. 1774; M.A, 1777; D.D. 1793. His lordship was the second son of Jacob Mountain, esq. of Thwaite hall, in the county of Norfolk, and enjoyed in early life the honour of a particular intimacy with Mr. Pitt. At the time of his being selected by that statesman, in 1793, for the see of Quebec, he held the livings of Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and Buckden, Hunts, together with the Prebendal stall of South Kelsey in Lincoln cathedral, all in the gift of the present lord bishop of Winchester, to whom, when bishop of Lincoln, he was examining chaplain. He was the first Protestant prelate in the Canadas, where he presided over the Church, with apostolic zeal and piety, for 32 years. During this period he was, in concurrence with his Majesty's government, and the venerable Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, the instrument, in the hands of Providence, of raising a regular episcopal establishment in the two Canadas, and promoting the formation of missions and the erection of churches, in all the more populous townships. In 1819 bishop Mountain preached the anniversary sermon of the Royal Humane Society, which he afterwards printed.

17. At Hanwell-paddock, the rev. John Bond, D. D. curate of that parish, a magistrate for Middlesex, and chaplain to the duke of Cam bridge. He was formerly fellow of Corpus Christi college, Oxford,

M. A. 1902, B. and D. D. 1812. He published, in 1807, "The Sennache rib of Modern Times, or Buonaparte an instrument in the hands of Pro. vidence," 8vo.; and in 1815 preached the Anniversary sermon of the Royal Humane Society.

18. At Posen, in Poland, aged 28, Peter Tuchan, a man of remarkably gigantic stature, and a native of Tula. He measured eight feet seven inches in height, so that the hands of the tallest man hardly reached his breast. He had no beard, that his voice was soft, and his feet weak; he was a very moderate eater, and it is said he was seven years old before he began to grow in such an extraordinary manner.

26. At North Curry, Somerset, aged 60, the rev. William Yonge Coker, vicar of that place, to which he was presented in 1820, by the dean and chapter of Wells; a deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the county.

28. At Stockholm, aged 65, baron de Kantzow, his Swedish and Norwegian majesty's late minister to the united states of America, knight of the order of the North Star, and Marechal de la Cour.

29. At Penderton, Lancaster, aged 79, the rev. James Pedley, perpetual curate of that chapelry for 49 years. He was of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, M. A. 1795; and had been for upwards of 40 years an assistant master of the grammar school at Manchester.

30. At his chambers, in Christchurch, Oxford, aged 80, the rev. James Burton, D. D. chaplain in ordinary to the king, canon of Christ church, rector of Over-Warton, county of Oxford, vicar of Little Berkhampstead, Herts, incumbent of the first portion of Waddesdon rectory, Bucks, and for many years a magistrate for Oxfordshire. This venerable and well-known divine was educated at Magdalen college, where he proceeded M A. 1768, B. D. 1788, D. D. 1789, and became a fellow. He was presented to the rectory of Over-Warton, with the

annexed perpetual curacy of Nether Warton, by W. Wilson, esq. and T. Cartwright, esq. of Aynho, in 1771; to Berkhampstead in 1789, by the marquis of Salisbury; and to the first portion of Waddesdon in the same year, by the duke of Marl borough. In 1792 he succeeded Dr. Hemington as canon of Christchurch. He married the daughter of Robert Jenner, D.C.L. and regius professor of Civil law; by which lady, whom he survived many years, he had several children; all of whom are dead, except two daughters, one of whom is married to the rev. Edward Marshall, M. A. late fellow of Oriel college.

30. Suddenly, at Stanwell, the seat of sir J. Gibbons, bart. the rev. Henry Kett, late fellow of Trinity college, Oxford, and of Charlton, county of Gloucester. The reverend gentleman had preached at Stanwell, on the preceding Sunday, and on the morning when the fatal accident occurred had, as usual, breakfasted with the family party in excellent spirits. About noon, the weather being hot, he proceeded to take a cold bath, when it is supposed that venturing out of his depth he was seized with cramp and sank to rise no more. His clothes were found on the bank, where he had undressed for bathing. He was born at Norwich in 1761, and received his education at the grammar school in that city, under the rev. Mr. Lemon. In 1777, at the age of sixteen, he was admitted

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commoner of Trinity college, Oxford, and was chosen scholar the following year. Mr. Kett took the degree of A. M. Nov. 26, 1783, soon after which he was elected fellow, and appointed one of the College tutors. Among some of his first pupils he numbered the present duke of Beaufort, and his next brother lord Charles Somerset, and in the discharge of the important duties of his office, for a very long space of years, united the character of friend with that of tutor. He early commenced his theological studies,

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JULY.

1. In Grosvenor-place, Camberwell, Isaac Buxton, M. D. formerly physician to the London Hospital, and to the Surrey Dispensary, and lecturer on the practice of Medicine. He was originally a Dissenting clergyman. He published, in 1809, an "Essay on the Use of a regulated Temperature in Winter Cough and Consumption."

3. At Dunwich, aged 68, Snowdon Barne, esq. LL.B. lord treasurer's remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, a bencher of the Inner Temple, and fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was the third son of Miles Barne, esq. of Sotterby Hall, Suffolk, was educated at Westminster School, and proceeded thence to Trinity Hall in 1774, where he took the degree of LL. B. in 1781, and in 1786 was elected fellow. He was called to the Bar in 1781, and for some years went the Western Circuit; but not making that progress in his profession, which, from his abilities and information, might have been expected, he virtually relinquished it in 1798. At the general election in 1796, he

was returned to parliament by the family borough of Dunwich, which he continued to represent during five parliaments, till the dissolution in 1812. On the formation of the ministry in 1807, which succeeded that of which lord Grenville was the head, he was offered by Mr. Perceval the place of secretary to the Treasury; but not considering himself equal to the exertion which that situation required, after a few hours deliberation he declined the acceptance of it. In 1809, however, on Mr. Perceval's becoming prime minister, he was appointed a lord of the Treasury, and held that office till 1812; when, on the assassination of that gentleman, he was moved thence to the Board of Customs, of which he was nominated deputy chairman in 1819, on the retirement of Messrs. Roe and Luttrell. In the beginning of 1822, he had a stroke of the palsy, from which he in a great degree, but by no means completely recovered, and the effects of which rendered it necessary for him to resign his situation at the Custom House in 1823. Without possess. ing any very splendid talents or very extensive learning, Mr. Snowdon Barne was universally considered as an extremely sensible and rightminded man, a most agreeable companion, full of anecdote, and intimately acquainted with all that had been passing in the world during the eventful times in which he lived. In the performance of his official duties at the Treasury and in the Custom House he was steady, diligent, and attentive.

4. In Grosvenor-place, the right honourable Thomas Powys, baren Lilford of Lilford park, county of Northampton, and of Atherton and Bewsey, county of Lancaster. He was the eldest son of Thomas first lord Lilford, by Mary daughter of Galfridus Mann, of Brocton Malherbe, and niece of sir Horatio Mann, bart. K. B. ambassador to the court of Florence; was born April 8, 1775; and received his education at St. John's College, Cambridge, where