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note : "The Kempes of Cornwall leave out the bordure engrailed, borne by the Kempes of Kent, whence I guess ours is the chief family; the bordure being the brisure of the younger brother." This assertion relative to the bordure being borne for difference receives strong confirmation from a passage in Froissart, who says, the arms on the Bishop of Norwich's pennon was charged with a bordure Gules, because he was a younger brother of the Despensers.* (Johnes's Froissart, vol. vi. p. 279.)

The term Kempe, in a former memoir in this Magazine,† has been remarked as signifying a combatant or man at arms; it is used, indeed, frequently in that sense, in the early period of our language, and will be found revived in its original meaning in the writings of Sir Walter Scott. One or two passages from the ancient ballad of King Estmere are subjoined in proof of its ancient acceptation:

"But in did come the King of Spayne,

With Kempes many a one."

"Why, how now, Kempe? said the

King of Spayne."

"Down then came the Kemperye man." In all which passages, looking at the context, which it is unnecessary here to quote, the word plainly signifies a sol

dier.

A tradition exists in the family, that the coat of the Kempes was derived from one of the Kemperye, or fighting men of this house, performing a gallant exploit in a field of corn in the sheaf, and at the moment of the king knighting him a bawk alighting on one of the natural golden garbs, which crest and bearing in sanguine field became thenceforth to the Kempes a mark of honourable distinction. A legendary tale not perhaps to be seriously considered. A. J. K.

*The monument of Cardinal Archbishop Kempe in Canterbury cathedral, bears the arms with the bordure engrailed; he was a younger brother. The bordure has been adopted in later days, perhaps from this very monument, without reference to its being the mark of difference.

† See vol. XCII. i. 603.

Stephen de Segrave, temp. Hen. III. bore the same coat as Kempe, without the bordure. See the illuminations of the MS. of Matt. Paris, Bibl. Regia 14. C. vii. Mus. Brit. The retainers of a knight or baron often, perhaps, adopted the arms of their leader, as their own patrimonial distinction.

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during the year 1828. He was one of The death of Mr. Phillips occurred by some popular works on Geology. the Society of Friends, and well known These were, "An Outline of Mineralogy and Geology," 1815; "An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy," 1816; third edition, enlarged, with numerous woodcuts of Crystals," 1823. Dr. Fitton, in his late Annual Address to the Geological Society, thus notices his labours :

"Among the members whom we have lost during the past year, we have had to regret the death of Mr. William Phillips, who had been for several years distinguished by his acquirements and publications on Mineralogy and Geology; and whose name stands very creditably prominent in the list of persons, fortunately numerous in England, who, though constantly occupied in commerce, increase their own happiness, and promote useful knowledge, by devoting their hours to the pursuit of natural science.

"Mr. Phillips was the author of several papers in our Transactions, all of them containing proofs of the zeal and effect with which be pursued his inquiries. It was after the invention of Dr. Wollaston's reflective goniometer, that his assiduity and success in the use of that beautiful instrument enabled him to produce his most valuable Crystallographic Memoirs; and the third edition of his elaborate work on Mineralogy contains perhaps the most remarkable results ever yet produced in crystallography, from the application of goniometric measurement, without the aid of mathematics. In our fifth volume Mr. Phillips has compared some of the strata near Dover with those of the opposite coast of France; and has proved, that the cliffs on the two sides of the English Channel, though evidently portions of strata once continuous, must always have been separated by a considerable space. He was the author likewise of several detached works, which have materially promoted the study of mineralogy and geology. But the service for which he principally claims the gratitude of English geologists, is his having been the proposer of the Geological

Outlines of England and Wales;' in which his name is joined to that of the Rev. William D. Conybeare; a book too well known to require any new commendation, and to the completion of which we all look forward with increasing interest and expectation."

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REV. W. D. TATTERSALL. March 26. At the Rectorial house, Westbourne, Sussex, aged 77, the Rev. William De Chair Tattersall, A.M. F.A.S. for upwards of fifty years Rector of that parish, Vicar of Wotton-under-Edge, in Gloucestershire, and one of His Majesty's Chaplains. He was the second son of the Rev. James Tattersall, Rector of St. Paul's, Coventgarden, and of Streatham, in Surrey, by his first wife, Dorothy, daughter of the Rev. William De Chair, and sister of the Rev. Dr. John De Chair, Rector of Little Risington, Gloucestershire, and one of his Majesty's Chaplains. His elder brother John was Vicar of Harewood, in Yorkshire, and a King's Chaplain, and his younger brother James was Vicar of Tewkesbury (see Nichols's Illustrations of Literature, vol. v. p. 853). The divine now deceased was educated at Westminster school, where he was adinitted King's scholar in 1765, and elected to Christchurch, Oxford, in 1770, at the head of his election; previous to which he was distinguished for his performance of the character of Phormio, on which occasion he received the commendation of Garrick. He took the degree of M. A. in 1777. He was presented to Westbourne in 1778 by his father, who acquired the right by purchase from the executors of the late Earl of Halifax, and to Wottonunder-Edge in the following year by his College.

Mr. Tattersall some years ago exerted a laudable zeal in the improvement of Psalmody and Church music. He published in 1791, "A Version or Paraphrase of the Psalms originally written by James Merrick, M. A. which he divided into stanzas, and adapted to the purposes of public use or of private devotion," 4to. and likewise an edition in 8vo; the preface of which displays considerable learning and ability. He was encouraged to persevere in his design by very flattering encomiums of the greater part of the Right Reverend Prelates who were then living, particularly of his Diocesans, Dr. Hallifax and Dr. Beadon, successively Bishops of Gloucester; and of Dr. Horne, Bishop of Norwich, who observed to him in a letter, that he accounted the division of Merrick's Psalms into stanzas a great advantage, as it fitted them at once for regular music.

With an enthusiastic ardour in the prosecution of this his favourite pursuit, he adapted several of the most approved old tunes to Merrick's version; and he likewise prevailed upon the most eminent composers of his time, viz. his intimate friend Sir William Parsons, Dr. Cooke, Dr. Hayes, Dr. Dupuis, Dr. Arnold, Dr. Haydn, Dr. Callcott, Mr. T. Stafford Smith, the Rev. Osborne Wight, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Shield, Mr. Webbe, Mr. Worgan, Mr. R. Cooke, Mr. Broderip, &c. to furnish new compositions

for a considerable number of the Psalms. His grateful sense of their services was evinced by the donation of a handsome piece of plate to each of them. In 1795 he published, "Improved Psalmody," in three parts, 8vo. the music printed with types; and subsequently two volumes of Psalms, with new music, engraved. It must here be stated, with regret, that he found himself so considerably a loser by this undertaking that he was deterred from completing it.

As Rector of Westbourne, to which preferment no ecclesiastical duties are attached, Mr. Tattersall became patron of the Vicarage, and on a vacancy several years ago he presented his friend and his schoolfellow the Rev. Peter Monamy Cornwall, who was his Curate at Wotton-under-Edge, to that benefice, on whose demise in the year 1828 he presented his own nephew, the Rev. John Baker, Vicar of Thorp Arch, in Yorkshire.

Mr.Tattersall married Mary, eldest daughter of the late George Ward, of Wandsworth, esq. who is now living, by whom he had, 1. Dr. James Tattersall, of Ealing (late of Uxbridge), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; 2. the late Rev. George Tattersall; 3. John Tattersall, of Wotton-underEdge; 4. Mary-Anne; and 5. Jane, relict of the late Granville Hastings Wheler, Esq. of Otterden Place, in Kent. Mr. Tattersall was of a most hospitable disposition, and his friendly, social, and agreeable qualities were highly appreciated, and will be long remembered by all who knew him.

JOHN LOCKLEY, ESQ.

March 5. Aged 79, John Lockley, esq. of Amerie Court, near Pershore.

He was born at Barton Hall, in Derbyshire, once the residence of Oliver Cromwell. He resided fifty years at Boscobel House, co. Salop, a place well known as the asylum of King Charles the Second after the fatal battle of Worcester. On the Boscobel estate being sold in 1810, Mr. Lockley removed to Amerie Court, occupying a considerable farm under the Earl of Coventry. Though Mr. Lockley occasionally ran horses at country races, fox-hunting was his favourite amusement, and in this pursuit he achieved what few men could accomplish. For several seasons he was in the habit of hunting with the late Sir Edward Lyttelton's fox-hounds on Cannock Chase, whose hour of meeting was at daybreak; after the morning's sport was over, he used to go to the late Lord Talbot's hounds, whose country was on the other side of the Trent, and whose hour of meeting was eleven. Three times in a year he rode the same horse from Newmarket to his own house, 104 miles, in one day. At the age of 73 he rode a distance of 162 miles in fifty-three hours, on the same horse. Whilst on a visit to Mr. William Graze

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brook, of Audnam, near Stourbridge, he had a fall from his horse, while hunting with the fox-hounds of T. Boycott, esq. but he again mounted his horse gallantly to the end of the chace, and afterwards rode to his friend's house at Audnam, a distance of 16 miles. He was rather unwell in the evening, was taken suddenly worse, and died the next day. His cheerful temper, his affability, and hospitality, will long be remem bered. His remains were interred at Bushbury, near Wolverhampton.

THOMAS SHELTON, ESQ.

July 10. At the Sessions House, Old Bailey, aged 74, Thomas Shelton, esq. Clerk of the Peace, Clerk of the Arraigns, Registrar of the Lord Mayor's Court, and Coroner for the City of London.

This highly useful and excellent officer, and amiable man, was never married, and is supposed to have died very rich. He was one of the most independent men in the Corporation. He never asked a favour of any of his superiors; he never deviated one step from his path of duty to perform a favour for them. The dispatch of business in his office was regular and able; and as a mark of attention to their excellent officer, the Court of Common Council suspended their standing orders, and unanimously elected his nephew, Mr. John Clark (who had been many years his assistant), Clerk of the Arraigns. Mr. Alderman Lucas, in bringing the subject to the Court, said, that he held in his hand letters from the Lord Chief Justice, and others of the Judges, to Mr. Clark, expressing their sense of the great loss sustained by the public in the death of Mr. Shelton, and their opinion of Mr. Clark's qualifications for the office of Clerk of the Arraigns. Mr. Shelton's remains were interred at Datchet, attended by the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and other Civic officers.

MAJOR-GEN. LAMONT. March 31. At Robroystown, N. B. Major-Gen. John Lamont, late of the 92d foot. This officer entered the army as Ensign in the 42d foot, in 1793; was promoted the same year to be Lieutenant in the 17th; and early in 1794 to a Captaincy in the then 97th. He served in Holland, and on board the Channel fleet in a sea engagement, June 23, 1795; was appointed Major in the Clanalpine feucible infantry, Sept. 7, 1799; and was present in the battles of the 2d and 6th of October that year. He served also in Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, and Spain, being promoted to be Major in the 92d in 1804, and Lt.-Colonel in the army, Jan. 1, 1805. He was engaged in the siege of Copenhagen in 1807, and at the action at Kioge, Aug. 29 that year. He succeeded to a Lieut.-Colonelcy of the 92d on the death of Colonel Napier, who was slain at GENT, MAG. July, 1829.

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Corunna; and, having taken the command of the 2d battalion, which was stationed in the British Islands, remained with it till it was disbanded. He attained the rank of Colonel in 1813, and of Major-General in

1819.

LIEUT.-COL. HARDING.

March 8. At Port Louis, Mauritius, aged 52, Lieut.-Col. George Harding, Lieut. Colonel of the 99th foot.

This officer was appointed Lieutenant in the 44th foot, Dec. 3, 1794, when he proceeded to the Continent, and served there during 1795. In 1796 and 1797 he was employed in the West Indies, where he was engaged in the capture of St. Lucie; and in 1798 at Gibraltar. He was promoted to the rank of Captain, Dec. 5, 1799, and in 1805 appointed Major of the 44th foot. He then proceeded to the Mediterranean, and served in Malta and Sicily; which latter place he left in 1811 for the Peninsula. He was promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the army Jan. 1, 1812; succeeded to the command of his regiment at Badajoz; and commanded it at the battle of Salamanca, when it captured a French eagle. On the 25th of October, 1812, he was wounded in the face at Villa Murial, in Spain. In 1813 he returned home from the Peninsula with his regiment; and went in the same year to Holland; he served before Antwerp, and again succeeded to the command at the storming of Bergen-opZoom, when, after having been wounded in four places, his coat shot to pieces and burned with gunpowder, and his left epaulette shot away, he was taken prisoner with several officers, and above two hundred soldiers, being the greatest part of his regiment. He returned to England in consequence of his wounds; and joined the first battalion of his regiment.

FREDERICK VON SCHLEGEL.

This eminent writer, whose death was announced in Part i. page 286, was born at Hanover in the year 1772, and was afterwards apprenticed to a merchant at Leipsig, whilst his elder brother, A. W. Von Schlegel, was highly distinguishing himself at Gottingen. Frederick, however, evincing a decided distaste for the mercantile profession, returned upon his father's hands, and was permitted to follow the natural bent of his genius, which led him, during his sojourn at the Universities of Gottingen and Leipzig, to devote himself to the study of languages with exemplary ardour. He entered the lists as an author at a very early age, attracted the attention of the public by the novelty of his opinions on subjects connected with ancient literature, and acquired no little note by his critical labours in the field of ancient and modern poesy. His

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first attempts, the "History of Poetry among the Greeks and Romans," which appeared in 1792; and the "Greeks and Romans," which followed in 1797, were very favourably received. At a later period, particularly after his conversion to the Roman Catholic religion, his favourite pursuit was ethics and romantic literature, in which departments his "Prelections on German History," and "History of Literature," are highly creditable to his attainments. His public lectures on Modern History, and on the Literary Annals of all nations, delivered in 1811-12, created a deep sensation throughout Germany, as combining a high degree of literary attainments with much originality of perception. His manner of viewing and treating these subjects, no less than his dramatic compositions and poems, afforded abundant aliment to the new school of the romantesque in that country, soon after its foundation had been laid in contradistinction to the "classical school," and through the chief instrumentality of his brother. An over-wrought impression of the pre-eminent genius and glory of the middle ages strengthened the principles his mind had already imbibed; and, though himself the son of a Protestant clergyman, he scrupled not to pass over to the Roman Catholic religion, within the exclusive pale of which he couceived the regeneration of that golden epocha to be placed. Having prevailed upon his wife, a daughter of the celebrated Jewish deist, Mendelsohn, to follow his example, he had associated himself with Gentz and other converts to the same opinion, and in the year 1808 transferred his residence to Vienna, where he was appointed to the situation of Counsellor of Legation in the Imperial Chancery by Prince Metternich; and for several years conducted the affairs of Secretary to the Austrian Envoy at the Diet of Frankfort; where the fervour of religious feeling does not appear to have rendered him a less useful tool in promoting the machinations of his princely patron. In 1819 he was allowed to retire from official avocations, and zealously embarked in labours calculated to promote the interests of the faith to which he had attached himself: his days were now absorbed by religious studies and spiritual speculations, and the fruits of his investigations were exhibited in the lectures he had begun to deliver at Dresden a few days before his decease. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the intelligence of his death so deeply affected his fellow-labourer and bosom friend, Adam Muller Von Nuterdorf, that he died of grief the day after the tidings reached Vienna.

CLERGY DECEASED.

At Exeter, aged 49, the Rev. Hugh Pais ley Polson, Prebendary of Exeter, Rector of St. Mary Major in that city, and of Upton

[July,

Helion, Devon. He was of Caius college, Camb. B. A. 1804, M. A. 1807; was presented to Upton Helion in the latter year by Joseph Polson, Esq.; to his church in Exeter in 1814 by the Dean and Chapter; and to his Prebend in 1820.

At Tarcross, Devon, the Rev. William Rennell, late a Chaplain R. N.

At Lydford Rectory, Somerset, aged 74, the Rev. Narcissus Ryall, B. A. Rector of that parish, to which he was presented in 1784 by John Davis and others.

Rev. Charles Sheppard, Rector of Hornsey, Middlesex, to which church he was presented in 1789 by Dr. Lowth, then Bp. of London.

At Norwich, aged 40, the Rev. Charles Woodward Smyth, son of the Rev. John Gees Smyth, Rector of St. Gregory's in that city. He was of Caius coll. Camb. B.A. 1811, being 9th Senior Optime, M.A.

1814.

At an advanced age, the Rev. John Thomas, B.A. forty-five years Vicar of Caerleonon-Usk, and a magistrate for Monmouthsh. The church is in the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff.

At Bayswater, aged 63, the Rev. George Waldron, formerly Rector of Elmley Lovett, Worc. He was instituted to Elmley Lovett on his own presentation in 1800, and resigned it in 1823. He took the degree of M. A. by accumulation, as of St. Mary hall, Oxford, in 180S.

Aged 82, the Rev. John Henry Williams, Vicar of Wellsbourne, Warw. He was of Merton coll. Oxf. B.C.L. 1774, and was presented to Wellsbourne in 1779, by Lord Chancellor Thurlow.

April 21. At Brighton, the Rev. George Kent, Vicar of Horsford and Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk. He was of Trinity coll. Camb. B. A. 1809; and was presented to the above-named churches in 1812 by the late Viscount Ranelagh.

June 16. At Clifton, aged 25, the Rev. H. Magan, late of Rutland-square, Dublin.

June 18. Aged 72, the Rev. William Preston, Vicar of Wold Newton, near Bridlington, to which he was instituted in 1802.

June 20. At Prestbury, Glouc. aged 61, the Rev. Edmund Edward Southouse, Rector of Wolstone, Glouc. He was of Clare hall, Cambridge, B.A. 1794; and was many years Chaplain to the British Army. He was presented to Wolstone in 1795 by the Earl of Coventry.

June 26. At his son-in-law's, Richard Hill, Esq. at Thornton, of apoplexy, aged 72, the Rev. John Gilly, Rector of Barmton, Yorkshire, and a magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the East Riding. He was of University coll. Oxford, B.C.L. 1794, and was presented to Barmston in 1790 by Sir F. Boynton, Bart.

At Ringsfield, Suffolk, aged 71, the Rev. Gunton Postle, Rector of that parish. He was