exercised, as might be expected, in his own business; he was the author of several useful improvements in the construction and conveniences of carriages, He also invented a raft to assist in raising persons from under ice, which he presented to the Humane Society, and it has been successfully employed in Hyde Park. He contrived an easily inclining and elevating bedstead, for the comfort of impotent invalids, and presented one to several infirmaries. He was also skilled in the higher sciences; and pursued the study of astronomy, geometry, optics, and hydraulics. He invented a pluviometer, and kept for many years a Diary of the weather, which he compared with that of a correspondent at Budleigh in Devonshire, and which he continued until the year 1824, when his eyesight failed.

Mr. Lukin was at the time of his death the oldest Vestryman in the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields. About eleven years ago he dined at Teddington with four of his brothers, whose ages averaged 76 years.

The deaths of James an elder brother, and Charles the youngest, are recorded in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. xc. ii. 476, xcvш. i. 92. By his first wife, Miss Walker of Bishop's Stortford, he has left issue a son and a daughter, the former of whom has issue. He married secondly, Miss Hesther Clissold, of Reading, who survives him.

His body was buried in the churchyard of St. Leonard's, Hythe.

BENJAMIN SHILLITO, ESQ. Sept. 23. At Windsor, Nova Scotia, after a short illness, in his 45th year, Benjamin Shillito, esq. late of the Royal Marine Artillery.

This officer had a commission in the Royal Marines at an early age, and served in that corps, and in the Royal Marine Artillery, for upwards of twenty years as a subaltern, with much credit. In 1829, there being no prospect of immediate promotion, he purchased some land in Nova Scotia, which he cultivated with great success. At the time of his illness he was officiating as a Magistrate, an Assistant Judge, and Commissioner of Schools for the county of Hants, in which he resided; and he died much respected and regretted by his friends and neighbours generally.

On his retiring from the service on the half pay of the Royal Marine Artillery, he married Anne, the widow of the late Captain Barnard, of the Honourable East India Company's ship the Wexford, and daughter of the late Major-General Miller of the Marines, by whom he has left one infant daughter.

CAPT. DAVID THOMPSON.

Lately. At the Mauritius, in consequence of injuries received during a violent hurricane, Capt. David Thompson, the well-known computer and author of the Lunar and Horary Tables, and inventor of the Longitude Scale.

The work which has brought Captain Thompson's name into note among men of science, is his solution of the problem, of clearing the apparent distance of the moon from other celestial bodies, from the effects of parallax and refractionone of the most useful in nautical astronomy; and he received from the late celebrated Baron de Zach, high commendation for his skill and success in this investigation, and from the late Board of Longitude a tardy acknowledgement of the high merit of his Tables. All methods which solve this problem by approximative formulæ being in some particular cases defective, Capt. Thompson undertook the arduous task of resolving the spherical triangle, for every case which can occur in practice. The correction to one of the approximative formulæ which he adopted, was thus obtained, in every individual case; and these single results were classed in a Table of triple entry, embracing all the cases which can possibly occur. The seaman takes out from the Table the number required for each case, with great ease, and adds it to the calculated numerical value of the approximative formulæ, the defect of which Captain Thompson's Table is intended to supply, and he thus obtains a perfectly correct solution. Captain Thompson also invented a scale adapted to the solution of the same problem, which is made use of by many mariners.

CHARLES WESLEY, ESQ.

May 23. Aged 76, Charles Wesley, esq. for many years Organist to their late Majesties George the Third and George the Fourth.

This celebrated musician was born at Bristol, Dec. 11, 1757, the son of the Rev. Charles Wesley, and nephew to the Rev. John Wesley, the founder of the Methodists. His brother Samuel, also a musical genius, was eight years his junior; he died in 1815. His father communicated to a friend the following notice of his early years. He was 2 years old when I first observed his strong inclination to music. He then surprised me by playing a tune on the harpsichord readily, and in just time. Soon afterwards he played several others. Whatever his mother sang, or whatever he heard in the streets, he could, without difficulty, make out upon this instrument. Almost from

his birth his mother used to quiet and amuse him with the harpsichord. On these occasions, he would not suffer her to play with one hand only: but, even before he could speak, would seize hold of the other, and put it upon the keys. When he played by himself, she used to tie him by his back-string to the chair, in order to prevent his falling. Whatever tune it was, he always put a true bass to it. From the beginning he played without study or hesitation. Whenever, as was frequently the case, he was asked to play before a stranger, he would invariably inquire in a phrase of his own, "Is he a musicker ?" and if he was answered in the affirmative, he always did it with the greatest readiness. His style, on all occasions, was con spirito; and there was something in his manner so much beyond what could be expected from a child, that his hearers, learned or unlearned, were invariably astonished and delighted.”

When he was four years old, Mr. Wesley took him to London; and Beard, who was the first musical man who heard him there, was so much pleased with his abilities, that he kindly offered his interest with Dr. Boyce to get him admitted among the King's Boys. This, however, his father declined, as he then had no thoughts of bringing him up to the profession of music. However, when he was about six years old, he was put under the tuition of Rooke, a very good-natured man, but of no great eminence, who allowed him to run on ad libitum, whilst he sat by apparently more to observe than to control him.

For some years his study and practice were almost entirely confined to the works of Corelli, Scarlatti, and Handel; and so rapid was his progress, that, at the age of twelve or thirteen, it was thought that no person was able to excel him in performing the compositions of

those masters.

On coming to London, he received instructions on the harpsichord from Kelway, and in the rules of composition from Dr. Boyce. His first work, "A set of six Concertos for the Organ or Harpsichord," was published under the immediate inspection of that master; and, for a first attempt, was indeed a wonderful production, as it contained some fugues which would have done credit to a professor of the greatest experience and the first eminence. In 1784, he published "A Set of Eight Songs," in an extremely fine and masterly style.

His subsequent career was one of greater success than incident. He was for some years Organist of Surrey Chapel, better known by the name of its minister

the late Rowland Hill. His duties were latterly confined to the old church at Marylebone. It is said that the "ruling passion" was so strong on his death-bed, that he was continually humming Handel's music; and, fancying he had his pianoforte before him, working his fingers on his bed-clothes as though he were playing on the instrument, and that even within two days of his decease. He was of a most amiable disposition, a true Christian, and perfectly resigned to the will of his Maker.

MR. N. WEIPPERT.

Aug. 9. In Albany-st. Mr. Nelson Weippert.

Mr. N. Weippert was originally a pupil of Ferdinand Ries, but had subsequently studied under Moscheles, Hertz, and Hummel. Early and sedulous application had obtained for him that mastery over the mechanical difficulties of the piano-forte, so rarely acquired in after-life, even by the most indefatigable student; and those who were familiar with the performance of this young artist will long remember the power and facility with which he executed the most elaborate compositions, as well as his readiness and certainty in sight-playing. His only publication was some airs, with variations, which appeared shortly before his death.

In private life Mr. N. Weippert was of unassuming manners, and he had not neglected to cultivate that acquaintance with general literature' which distinguishes the man of real taste from the mere artist. His disorder was a gradual decline of health, probably accelerated by incessant attention to the increasing demands of his professional engagements.

CLERGY DECeased.

Sept. 19. At Clifton, aged 88, the Rev. John Morgun, late Vicar of Scalford, Leicestershire, and for 40 years Head Master of the Grammar-school at Steyning, Sussex. He was presented to Scalford by the Duke of Rutland in 1805.

Sept. 25. At Edinburgh, where he had come to attend the meeting of the British Association, the Rev. David Scott, late Minister of Corstorphine, and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in the University of St. Andrew's.

Oct. 5. In Hans-place, Chelsea, the Rev. William Augustus Cane, Perpetual Curate of Doddington, Northumberland. He was of Exeter coll. Oxf. M. A. 1797, and was presented to Doddington in the following year by the Duke of Northumberland.

Oct. 10. At Clist Honiton, Devon, aged 84, the Rev. John Hodge, Vicar of Collumpton, and Curate of the former parish for fifty years. He was presented to Collumpton in 1830. He was of a most benevolent disposition and a highly cultivated mind.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

July 4. In Harley-st. aged 35, John St.-John Long, esq. the celebrated practitioner in cases of consumption, &c. by friction and other means, intended to separate inflammation from the blood. He

was originally a portrait painter. His memorable trial in Oct. 1830, for the death of Miss Cashin, when he was convicted of manslaughter, and fined 250%. is noticed in Gent. Mag. vol. c. ii. 461. His own death ensued from the rupture of a blood vessel, from which he had suffered for about two years. His secret has been sold by his executors for the sum of 10,000l.

Aug. 28. In Chesterfield-st. Thomas Snodgrass, esq. formerly of the Madras civil service. Returning from India many years ago with a large fortune, he fitted up a house in Chesterfield-st. with extraordinary splendour, but never received company in it more than once. He has left the sum of 175,000l. to the daughter of a widow lady named Russell, residing in Beaumont-st. Mary-le-bone entirely because her father was kind to him when he first went to India.

Oct. 14. At Staples-buildings, aged 44, Mr. Edward Pidgeon, a gentleman of literary acquirements, and one of the translators of Cuvier's Natural History, formerly an officer in the army.

Oct. 16. In his 74th year, Mr. Richard Stocker, for forty years resident apothecary to Guy's Hospital.

Oct. 20. At Kensington, aged 76, Samuel Everingham Sketchley, esq. for many years an active magistrate for Middlesex, and Second Lieutenant of the same.

Oct. 23. Robert, eldest son of H. H. Southey, M. D. of Harley-st.

In Harley-st. Miss Planta, sister of the late Joseph Planta, esq. of the British Museum.

Oct. 25. At Streatham, aged 75, Jane, widow of Beriah Drew, esq.

In Barnard's-inn, aged 28, Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew, esq. son of Francis Mayhew, esq. of Fitzroy-sq. and Carey-st. This gentleman was the proprietor and projector of several cheap popular works, having been connected with the Figaro, Lo Studio, the Diamond Shakspeare, the Popular Dictionary of Universal Information, a work principally

compiled from the German Conversazions Lexicon, &c. At the time of his decease he was occupied in four periodical publications, a History of England, a Cyclopædia, a translation of French Plays, and the National Library! The application which such a variety of literary labours required, together with certain complicated pecuniary transactions connected with the last, led to his death. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury was that he "destroyed himself with prussic acid and fumes of charcoal, being in an unsound state of mind." He has left a wife and one child.

Oct. 26. Aged 39, the wife of Lieut. Edw. Rotton, R. N. who has been bereaved of his wife and seven children in the short space of three years.

Lately. At Camberwell, aged 25, Hollis, son of Hollis Solly, esq.

The celebrated Dr. Eady, an empiric of no ordinary fame, whose name was conspicuous on all the walls in the outskirts of the metropolis. He was one of the humble sons of an honest cooper of Huntingdon.

Nov. 1. At Hackney, aged 78, Mary, widow of the Rev. N. Cotton, late Rector of Thornby, Northamptonshire.

Nov. 4. At Kennington, aged 80, George Martin Leake, esq. Chester Herald. He was the youngest son of Stephen Martin Leake, esq., Garter King of Arms, and brother to John Martin Leake, esq. made Chester Herald in 1752, upon whose surrender of his patent in 1791, the deceased was appointed bis successor, and continued in the office until his death. His father, brother, and himself were members of the College for upwards of 107 years. He was interred in the family vault at Stepney.

Nov. 5. At Carlton-chambers, Regentst. F. Shore, esq.

Nov. 7. Jane, wife of Robert Farqubar, esq. Portland-place.

Nov. 9. At South Lambeth, aged 47, Mary Ann, wife of W. W. Gretton, esq. of the Inner Temple.

Nov. 13. In her 63d year, Lady Miles, formerly of Conisbro', Yorkshire.

Nov. 14. In Salisbury-st. Strand, in his 50th year, Capt. George Nicholls, last surviving son of the late John Nicholls, esq. of Hackney.

Nov. 16. At Turnham-green, Anthony Goodeve, esq. formerly of Gray's Inn.

At Fulham, Lady Sophia Margaret, wife of Sir Charles E. Kent, Bart. and sister to Earl Beauchamp, and the Countess of Longford. She was the third daughter of Wm. 1st Earl Beauchamp, by Catherine, dau. of Jas. Denn, esq. was married March 4, 1818, and had a son and heir born in 1819.

ESSEX. Nov. 4. At Langham Lodge, Epping, T. Bridges, esq. late of Stamfordhill.

CHESTER.-Nov. 8. At Chester, the widow of Allen Holford, esq., late of Davenhall-hall.

Lately. Thomas Boden, esq. one of the Aldermen of the Borough of Macclesfield. He has bequeathed to the Macclesfield Dispensary, 500.; to be invested for the choir of the Old Church, 3507.; in aid of a new burial ground, 400l.; St. George's Church, Sutton, 100.; the National School, Macclesfield, 100.; the Macclesfield Sunday School, 1007.; schools at Lower Withington, 4801.

CUMBERLAND. Oct. 29. At Whitehaven, John Littledale, esq., Collector of the Customs; brother to Mr. Justice Littledale.

DERBY.-Oct. 13. At Derby, in his 73d year, John Whitehurst, esq., one of the oldest inhabitants, and nephew to John Whitehurst, esq. F. R. S., the celebrated geologist and philosopher.

DEVON.-Oct. 29. At Plymouth, G. Harvey, esq., one of the mathematical masters of Woolwich Academy. He terminated his existence by hanging himself with a silk handkerchief, to a hook in the cellar. Verdict, "mental derangement."

Nov. 1. In consequence of being thrown from his gig, Francis Kingdon, esq., town clerk of Great Torrington, coroner and clerk to the magistrates of that division, clerk to the trustees of the turnpike trust, with several minor appointments.

Nov. 3. At Torquay, aged 55, Richard Earle Welby, esq., fifth son of the late Sir William Earle Welby, Bart., of Denton Hall, Lincolnshire. He was for some time an officer in the Life Guards. He married in Oct. 1812, the widow of Henry Penton, esq., M. P. for Winchester.

DORSET.-Sept. 16. At Bridport, in his 69th year, G. L. Roberts, M. D., inventor of the celebrated ointment, the "Poor Man's Friend." He was a member of the Wesleyan Society, and a man of active benevolence.

Sept. 28. At Chardstock, aged 81, Mary, widow of Thos. Langdon, esq., of Chard.

Oct. 19. At Poole, in his 82d year, Joseph White Orchard, esq., for many years an Alderman of that town, and twice Mayor.

Nov. 12. At Hanford House, Henry Ker Seymer, esq., one of the magistrates of the county.

DURHAM.-July 3. At Gringle-park,
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Nov. 8. At Harwich, aged 65, Susan, widow of Rev. William Whinfield, B. D., Vicar of Ramsay and Dovercourt-cumHarwich.

GLOUCESTER.-Sept. 11.

At Little

dean, aged 77, the widow of Nathaniel Wakeford, esq. of Pamber, near Basingstoke, only dau. of Matthew Lee, esq. of Ebford House, near Exeter.

Oct. 19. At Cheltenham, aged 23, Harriet-Finch, dau. of late J. F. Simpson, esq. of Launde Abbey, Leic.

Oct. 29. At Cheltenham, aged 26, Augusta-Burgoyne, second dau. of late S. Chilver, esq. of New Burlington-st.

HANTS.- Oct. 31. At Ringwood, aged 26, Mr. W. B. Baldwin, only son of W. Baldwin, esq. solicitor.

Nov. 6. At Southampton, aged 90, Theodora, widow of the Right Hon. Geo. Rose, who died in 1818.

KENT.-Lately.

At St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, G. Baker, esq. Recorder of Dover.

Oct. 17. At Liverpool, Mr. William Southgate, Surveyor of his Majesty's Customs at that port. He was assassinated by Norman Welch, a weigher in the same service.

Nov. 1. At Tunbridge-wells, aged 63, Rosamond, wife of Lieut.-Col. Weller, late of 13th Regt.

Nov. 11. At Bromley, Henrietta, widow of Richard Wharton, esq. formerly Joint Secretary of the Treasury, and M. P. for Durham.

LINCOLN.- Sept. 19.

At Ancaster, aged 80, Elizabeth, widow of Henry de Wint, M.D. of Stone.

This

MIDDLESEX.-Nov. 15. At Edmonton, General Irénée Francois Marie Delacroix, Baron de Boegard, native of Gravelines. NORFOLK.-At Burnham Market, in his 83d year, Thos. Bolton, esq. gentleman married Susannah, eldest sister of Admiral Lord Nelson; and his son, Thos. Bolton, esq. of Brickworth, the present High Sheriff of Wilts, is heir presumptive to the titles, &c. of the hero of Trafalgar.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. -Oct. 7. At West Haddon, in his 65th year, Mr. James Parsons, fifth son of the late Alderman Parsons of Leicester.

NORTHUMBERLAND. · Oct. 26. At Grizedale, near Hawkshead, aged 74, Henry Ainslie, esq. M.D. of Dover-st.

NOTTS. Oct. 25. At Ranby-hall, aged 74, the Most Noble Anna Maria Duchess dowager of Newcastle. Her 40

Grace was the fifth and youngest dau. of William second Earl of Harrington, by Lady Caroline Fitzroy, eldest dau. of Charles 2d Duke of Grafton. She was married Jan. 25, 1782, to Thomas third Duke of Newcastle, who dying in 1795, her Grace remained a widow until 1810, when she was again united in marriage to Lieut.-Gen. Sir Charles Crauford, G. C.B. who died in 1821. Her only surviving child is the present Duke. Her Grace's charities were very extensive,and unlimited to sect, parish, or county.

OXON.-Nov. 9. At Oxford, Grace, youngest sister of the late Dr. Williams, Professor of Botany.

SALOP.-Nov. 28. At Hawn, aged 82, Ann, wife of Matthias Attwood, esq. SOMERSET.-Sept. 22. At Bath, J. F. Gyles, esq. Barrister. He was the author of a compendious Hebrew Grammar, and an Essay on the Proofs of the Truth of Christianity.

Sept. 24. At Bath, Miss Charlotte Bentley, dau. of the late Richard Bentley, esq. and granddaughter of Dr. Bentley, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Oct. 27. At Newton Park, Capt. John Fred. Gore Langton, Coldstream Guards, youngest son of Col. Gore Langton, M.P. for the eastern division of the county.

Oct. 28. In her 88th year, Eleanor, widow of the Rev. George Townsend, Vicar of Ermington and Kingston, Devon, and mother of the late Rev. John Townsend, of St James's, Taunton.

Nov. 2. At Walford House, in his 88th year, John Westbrook, esq.

STAFFORDSHIRE.-Oct. 30. Aged 67, John Hawkes, esq. of Norton Hall.

SURREY.-Oct. 20. At Kingston-onThames, in his 80th year, Charles Luxmoore, esq. of Red Lion-sq.

Nov. 5. At Shalford, aged 47, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Pyner, h. p.

SUFFOLK.-Nov. 3. Aged 17, MaryAnne, dau. of the Rev. Edw. Jermyn, rector of Carlton Colvile.

SUSSEX.-Nov. 12. At Hastings, Anna-Frances, wife of William Harwood, esq. M.D. last surviving dau. of James Lambert, esq. of Bedford-row.

Nov. 2. At Brighton, Dorothy-Margaret, wife of R. Westmacott, esq. R.A. of South Audley-street.

WARWICK-Oct. 8. At Nuneaton, aged 42, Mary, wife of John Craddock, esq. and dau. of Geo. Greenway, esq. of Attleborough Hall.

WORCESTER.-Oct. 23 At Shiptonon-Stour, in her 99th year, Susanna, widow of William Horniblow, esq. surgeon.

Oct. 21. At J. Howard Galton's, esq. Radzor-house, near Droitwich, aged 35, Caroline, wife of E. Nicholas Hurt, esq.

of Dorset-sq. dau. of J. Strutt, esq. of Derby.

WILTS.-Oct. 5. At Berwick St. John, aged 87, Hannah, only surviving dau. of late Rev. James Foot, of Bradford.

YORK.-Oct. 31. At Nether Hall, Doncaster, aged 77, Hannah, wife of Arthur Mowbray, esq. of Hurworth.

Nov. 7. At Campsall-park, aged 67, Mrs. Pickford, of Acomb, near York, relict of the Rev. Josh. Pickford, and dau. of the late Sir A. Grant, of Moneymusk, Bart.

WALES.-July 12. At Aberystwith, Richard Morgan, esq. late surgeon R. N. son of the late Incumbent of St. Michael's Chapel, in that town.

July.. At Tenby, Jacob Richards, esq. a member of the corporation. The funeral procession was one of the largest ever witnessed in Tenby, and was attended by the Mayor and Common Council.

Sept. 18. At Erwood, Wm. Surman Chambers, esq. formerly of Dripshill, Worcestershire.

Oct. 5. At Cardiff, Charlotte, second wife and widow of Sir Robert Lynch Blosse, of Gabalva, Glamorganshire, Bart. She was a daughter of John Richards, esq. of Cardiff.

At Parkwern, near Swansea, aged 59, Jane, wife of Capt. F. Hickey, R.N.

Oct. 12. In her 4th year, Augusta, eldest dau. of Robert Biddulph, esq. M.P. for Hereford.

Oct. 14. At Maesgwynne, near Carmarthen, in his 25th year, Stedman Richard Samuel Jones, esq.

ABROAD.-Feb. 26. At Munich, in his 63d year, Alois Senefelder, "inventor of the art of Lithography and Chemical Printing." We intended to have given a memoir of this remarkable person; but are now compelled, from want of space, to refer to an interesting autobiography, accompanied by a portrait, contained in the translation of his "Complete Course of Lectures," published by Ackermann in 1819.

April 8. At Versailles, Sir Jonah Barrington, LL.D. and K.C. Of this extraordinary character, we must defer our memoir to our next volume.

July 12. At Chiavenna, in Lombardy, in his 23d year, Richard Vaughan Simpson, esq. B.A., of Balliol college, Oxford, son of the late Rev. T. B. Simpson, of Brislington. July 22. Off the coast of Brazil, aged 17, Richard Stephen Hurt, midshipman of H. M.S. Snake, son of Richard Hurt, esq. of Wirksworth.

July 23. At Lisbon, Alexander Andrade, esq., Portuguese Consul, at Stettin, and formerly of Lancaster.