after which he became a member of Pembroke college, Oxford. On quitting the university he travelled through Italy, and acquired that correct taste which was displayed in the improvement of his residence.

22. În Devonshire-street, Queensquare, Henry Edward Church, esq. upwards of 43 years deputy secretary of bankrupts to the lord chancellor, 23. Four months after her arrival from India, Sophia, wife of the rev. J. Bailey, late of Dewsbury, and eldest daughter of the rev. J. Paring, of the same place.

24. At Trinity-college, Cambridge, the rev. Peter Paul Dobree, fellow of that college, and professor of the Greek language in that University, He was born in Guernsey in 1782, and was sent at an early age to Reading-school, under the care and direction of Dr. Valpy, who sent him to Trinity college, Cambridge. There are fellowships in Oxford for natives of Guernsey and Jersey; but Mr. Dobree had property which disqualified him for them. At Cambridge he distinguished himself by a depth and accuracy of classical learning, which raised him to the highest eminence. He was intimately acquainted with Porson, who set the highest value on his talents; and at the death of that great man he was considered as his natural successor. But he was at that time out of the kingdom, and the diffidence of his disposition would not permit him to become an active competitor for any honour. On the promotion of the late professor to the deanery of Peterborough, he was unanimously elected to the professorship. He was preparing public lectures on the Greek language, in which the rich stores of his learning and genius would have been imparted to the students of the University, had his health been preserved. He has sufficiently established his character by his notes to Porson's Aristophanica, published at the expense of Trinity college in 1820. At the request of the saine liberal society, he edited and cor

rected in 1822, the Lexicon of Photius. He was the author of several valuable articles in the Classical Journal. He had likewise collected materials for a new edition of De

mosthenes.

25. At Turnham-green, aged 76, Mrs. Elizabeth Hector, of Gowerstreet, Bedford-square, widow.

Aged 81, Thomas Wallis, esq. of Long-acre, and Camden-street, Camden-town.

27. In Kensington-square, aged 74, major John Samuel Torriano.

28. At Clapham-common, aged 36, Harriet, wife of Joseph P. Toulmin, of Lombard-street, banker.

Diana, the wife of Dr. P. M. Latham, of Lower Grosvenor-street, and youngest daughter of the hon. major general Chetwynd Stapylton.

Mrs. Catherine Sibley, of Bernard-street, widow of the late George Sibley, esq.

Mary, wife of Benjamin Baily, esq. of Dalby-terrace, aged 37.

Suddenly, at his house in Shadwick-place, Edinburgh, in his 85th year, John Francis Erskine, earl of Marr. He was the eldest son of sir James Erskine, who died Feb. 27, 1785 (second son of James Erskine, of the Grange), by Frances only daughter of John, eleventh earl of Marr, who died June 20, 1776; was born in 1741. By act of parliament, which received the royal assent June 17, 1824, he was restored to the ancient and illustrious peerage of his ancestors. On the 17th of March 1770, he married Frances, only daughter of Charles Floyd, esq. governor of Madras, and by her, who died Dec. 20, 1798, had issue John Thomas, who succeeds to the title; and seven other children, four of whom are daughters.

At Brighton, Lady Mary Macdonald Constable, widow of the late sir Thomas Hugh Constable, bart. of Tixal, county of Stafford, of Burton Constable and Wycliffe, Yorkshire. She was the second daughter of John Chichester of Arlington, county of Devon, esq. by his second wife, Mary Macdonald,

OCTOBER.

1. In Upper Belgrave-place, aged 63, Henry Elliot, esq.

At Kilburn, Mrs. Mary Page, aged 85, sister to the late G. Harrison, Clarencieux, king at Arms. esq. Her remains were interred in the family vault at Hendon, Middlesex. 2. Aged 19, George Wicke, second son of Emanuel Goodhart, esq. of Langley-park, Kent.

-In Burlington-street, the infant son of lieut.-col. Cavendish.

4. In Wimpole-street, aged 35, Anne, wife of captain C. S. J. Hawtayne, royal navy, and daughter of the late commissioner C. Hope.

6. Lady Richards, relict of the late chief baron of the court of Exchequer.

At the age of 68, Bernard Germain Etienne Laville, count de Lacepède. He was born at Agen, of a noble family, Dec. 16, 1756. Intended by his family for the career of arms, he entered the Bavarian service; but the irresistible impulse he felt for the study of natural history, made him abandon war for the sciences. At that period Buffon was in the zenith of his glory; science herself seemed lovely in his descriptions. Lacepède placed himself under that great master, and soon became his favourite and most distinguished pupil. Buffon and Daubenton obtained for young Lace pède the situation of keeper of the cabinets of the king's garden at Paris. He occupied this post when the revolution broke out. He had already published the "Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds and Serpents," which announced

the continuation of Buffon. His work was traced on a similar plan to that of the great master, but Lecepède's enthusiasm for him did not blind him to his defects. The principal object of Buffon seemed to be to strike his readers with admiration, and to amuse rather than to instruct. He contented himself frequently with the external character of a subject of natural history, without examining its internal organization. Comparative anatomy was then merely the skeleton of a science: though Aristotle had collected an immense number of isolated facts, and modern naturalists had made some progress towards a regular classification of a few orders. Comparative anatomy was in this state, when Linnæus and John Hunter appeared; they greatly extended the bounds of science, and opened a new field for the patient and inde fatigable scrutinizer into the mysteries of nature. Lacepède was one of the first in France to appreciate the superiority of their system over that of his professor, and to introduce it into his work. But he had soon reason to find, that, even then, comparative anatomy was in a very imperfect state: it was reserved for M. Cuvier to collect the scattered fragments-to reject false theories→→→→ to form new ones consonant to those laws observed by the Great Eternal in the vast multiplicity of his crea tions-to embody those laws, and form of them a system at once beautiful and harmonious. The cabinet of comparative anatomy, at the Garden of Plants, is a splendid monument of his genius, learning, and immense observation. M. La cepède duly appreciated the new system, and his later works prove that he profited by it. His Natural History of Fishes, 5 vols. 4to. 1798, is a proof of this. But the events of the revolution distracted his attention from science. He was elected, in 1791, president of the National Assembly; and it was in this character that he received the address of the Whig Club, with which the as

sembly agreed in political sentiment; and he proposed that " Letters of Naturalization should be granted to Dr. Priestley's son, on account of his [father's house being burnt by the English fanatics for his known attachment to the French Revolution." M. Lacepède did well to renounce politics and attend to natural history, as he perhaps owed to it his personal safety during the horrors of the revolution. On the creation of the Institute he was elected one of its first members. He afterwards became member of the Institute of Bologna. Charged by government to give the necessary instructions to captain Baudin, on his voyage of discovery, Lacepède selected two young men of great merit, Bory de St. Vincent, and Peron, to accompany him. Buonaparte again tore M. Lacepède from his peaceful occupations, and we see him, successively in 1799, member of the Conservative Senate; in 1801, president of the Senate; in 1803, grand chancellor of the legion of Honour; in 1804, senator of Paris; in 1805, decorated with the Grand Eagle of the legion. As president, it was count Lacepède's duty to address Napoleon on all occasions; devoted entirely to him, his eloquence sought new expressions to convey his admiration, and make it pass as the organ of the whole empire. In January 1814, when the crisis of the new monarch was approaching with rapid strides, he dared to utter the word, peace, at the head of the senate. His words are remarkable :-"We combat between the tombs of our fathers and the cradles of our infants. Obtain peace, Sire, and let your hand, so often victorious, drop your arms, after having signed the peace of the world." The political career of M. Lacepède ended with that of his master, and he returned again to his studies, which he ought never to have forsaken. In private life, M. Lacepède was esteemed and respected by all who knew him. The sciences were not the only objects

of his attention passionately fond of the fine arts, and especially of music, he composed several symphonies and sonatas, which display considerable taste. He also published two novels, Ellival and Caroline, 2 vols. ; and Charles D'Ellival and Caroline de Florentino, in 3 vols. He rarely touches the chords of the stronger passions, but excels in scenes of gentleness and love. His lectures at the Garden of Plants were numerously attended: the opening addresses of each course were particularly admired. He published several dissertations, and composed various articles in some of the periodical publications of Paris. He enjoyed general good health. His opinion of vaccination, as a preservative from the small-pox, was not in consonance with the general doctrine, and he unfortunately fell a victim to his error: he had never had the small-pox, when he took the infection some few weeks since; it was unhappily of a very malignant kind, and carried him off, to the great loss of science, and the regret of a numerous circle of acquaintance. His funeral was attended by deputations of the peers of France, the members of the Institute, and an immense concourse of persons in the first ranks of society.

9. At Ditchingham, in her 106th year, Mrs. Hannah Want. Throughout her long life she enjoyed a state of uninterrupted health, and retained her memory and perception to the end with a clearness truly astonishing. Till the day previous to her decease she was not confined to her bed; and on the anniversary of her 105th birth-day entertained a party of her relatives, who visited her to celebrate it. She lived to see a numerous progeny to the fifth generation, and at her death there were living, children, grand-children, great grand-children, and great great grand-children, to the number of 121.

13. In Southampton-row, Russellsq., aged 72, Theodore Hunt, esq.

13. Wm. Hanson Dearsly, esq. of Shinfield, Berks.

14. At his house at Hampstead, after a very short illness, in his 78th year, beloved and respected by all who knew him, John Baker, esq.

In the New Kent-road, aged 74, James Longman, esq. formerly of the Bank of England.

16. At St. John's Wood, aged 61, Wm. M'Gillivray, esq. of Peine-au Ghael, in the Isle of Mull, and lately of Montreal, in Canada.

At Montreuil, in France, aged 28, Robert William Fell, esq. of Caversham-grove, Oxfordshire.

17. After a long and painful illness, Miss Fell Harwood Curteis, of Devonshire-place.

-In Portman-square, Mr. Samuel Jacob, 47 years steward to the earl and countess dowager Harcourt.

19. Aged 25, Susan, wife of Mr. Edward Bailey, of Holborn. During a moment of delirium, caused by an inflammation of the brain, she took a quantity of sulphuric acid, which caused immediate dissolution.

At Woolwich, aged 73, Mrs. Bonnycastle, widow of the late professor Bonnycastle, of the Royal Military Academy. She was the daughter of Mr. Newell, many years master of the famous Jerusalem tavern at Clerkenwell.

- At Florence, of apoplexy, the marquis Lucchesini, who has equally distinguished himself in literature and diplomacy.

At Erskine-house, Renfrewshire, the hon. Caroline Henrietta Stuart, youngest daughter of lord Blantyre.

20. At Whitmore lodge, Sunninghill, aged 20, Charlotte, wife of Robert Mangles, esq. and third daughter of vice admiral Donnelly.

At the house of his uncle, gen. Loftus, in Wimpole-street, lieut. William Thomas Loftus.

21. Of hydrophobia, aged 6, the youngest son of Mr. G. Harms, Angel inn, Fleet-market.

At Islington, aged 74, the relict of Jon. Delver, esq. of Fellstreet, whalebone merchant

21. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, on his way for embarking to England, Dr. Hill, of London-street, Fitzroysquare, London.

22. Lady Margaret Wildman, wife of capt. Wildman, 7th Hussars, and daughter of the earl of Wemyss and March.

23. In Sloane-square, Chelsea, aged 63, R. Thorp, esq.

-In Devonshire-place, the widow of Francis Latour, esq.

24. At his house, in Baker-street, London, aged 56, Walter Fawkes, esq. of Farnley-hall, Yorkshire. Mr. Fawkes was returned a member for Yorkshire at the general election in 1806, and retired from parliament at the dissolution in the spring of 1807. He served the office of high sheriff of the county of York, in 1823. On the 10th of Dec. 1813, he had the misfortune to lose his first wife. He married, secondly, Jan. 4, 1816, the hon. Mrs. Butler, daughter of J. Fernon, esq. of Clontorp castle, county of Dublin, and relict of hon. P. Butler, third son of the earl of Carrick.

25. At Camberwell, aged 53, Catherine Mary, wife of Henry Monro, esq.

-Mary, wife of E. Ledger, esq. of Blackheath.

Charles Walker, esq. of Kensington-square.

27. At Munich, the celebrated composer, chevalier Peter Von Winter, chapel-master to the king of Bavaria.

30. Major William Martin, late of the 8th dragoons.

31. In Alfred-place, Bedfordsquare, aged 80, Mary, relict of L. Poignand, M. D.

At Edinburgh, Emily, wife of Archibald Macbean, esq. Royal Artillery, and only daughter of William Johnstone, esq. of Muswell-hill,

Middlesex.

Lately, At his seat, Killymoon, Cootho town, county of Tyrone, in consequence of a fall from his pony phaeton, which he had been driving near his demesne, sir John Stewart, bart. The horses took fright, and ran