at the college of Glasgow; but the poet, like the rest of the fraternity, was but an idle schoolboy. His superiority, how ever, flashed out once or twice. Не сагried off a bursary, when only thirteen, from a competitor twice his age; and won a prize for a translation of "The Clouds" of Aristophanes, which was pronounced as unique among college exercises. When still a young man, Mr. Campbell removed to Edinburgh, and there made himself honourably known among the choice spirits of the place; devoting himself to private tuition. He published "The Pleasures of Hope" in 1799, that is, in the twenty-second year of his age. This work was profitable to its author in more ways than one: since its success enabled Mr. Campbell to take the German tour, the earlier and later fruits of which were the noblest lyrics of modern time. "Hohenlinden," "Ye Mariners of England," written at Hamburg with a Danish war in prospect," The Exile of Erin," a gentler breathing of the affections, but also referable to the poet's casual encounter with some of the banished Irish rebels, may be all dated from this tour.

Returning from the continent, Mr. Campbell again sojourned for awhile in Edinburgh, and there wrote other of his celebrated ballads and poems. In 1803 be was drawn southward by the attrac tions of London. He married his cousin, Miss Matilda Sinclair, in the autumn of the same year; and at once commenced a course of literary activity of which few traces remain. Among his labours was an historical work entitled "Annals of Great Britain, from the Accession of George III to the Peace of Amiens," printed at Edinburgh in 1807, in three volumes octavo. His conversational powers drew around him many friends: and to these, probably, as much as to the liberal principles which he unflinchingly maintained from first to last, may be ascribed the interest taken in him by Charles Fox, who placed him on the pension list at 2007, a-year.

After six years of anxiety, drudgery for the press, &c. and the other trials which await the working author, Mr. Campbell gave a proof that his poetry was not merely an affair of youthful enthusiasm, by publishing, in I809, "Gertrude of Wyoming," with "Lord Ullin's Daughter," and "The Battle of the Baltic"adding to a subsequent edition that most haunting, perhaps, of all his ballads, "O'Connor's Child." He was now in the zenith of his popularity: known as one who could discourse upon-as well as write-poetry. In this capacity he was engaged to deliver a course of lec

tures at the Royal Institution: the success of these led Mr. Murray to engage him in the well-known "Critical Essays and Specimens," which established him on our library shelves as a prose-writer, and is the best of his unrhymed-not unpoetical-works. It forms seven volumes in small octavo, 1819. His subsequent publications may be charged with carelessness in collection of materials, and an uncertainty of style, incompatible with lasting reputation.

In the year 1820 Mr. Campbell en. tered upon the editorship of The New Monthly Magazine, which was conducted by him for ten years. In 1824 he published his "Theodric," the feeblest of his long poems. He interested himself eagerly in the foundation of the London University; he took an active part in the cause of Greece, and subsequently in that of Poland; and was twice elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, a distinction upon which he highly prided himself.

In 1830, in which year he had to suffer the loss of his wife, he resigned the editorship of the New Monthly Magazine, and from that time to his decease the decline of health and energy became evident, in sad and steady progress. He established, in 1831, The Metropolitan Magazine, but relinquished it after a short time. He also composed Letters from Algiers, whither he went for a short visit in 1832, The Life of Mrs. Siddons, Letters from the South, The Lite of Petrarch, (reviewed in our number for Aug. 1841,) and lent his name editorially to a reprint and a compilation or twobut the oil was seen to burn lower and lower in the lamp, year by year, and the social wit waxed faint, or moved per. plexedly among old recollections, where it had formerly struck out bright creations. It was a sorrowful thing to see him gliding about like a shadow-to hear that his bealth compelled him to retreat more and more from the world he had once so adorned.

Mr. Campbell visited Germany in 1842, and at his return, having lived since the death of his wife in the comparative loneliness of chambers, took a bouse in Vic. toria-square, Pimlico, and devoted his time to the education of his niece. He found, however, that his health was failing, and he retired about a year ago to Boulogne. His attacbed friend and physician, Dr. William Beattie, who, for a period of nearly twenty years, had devoted his talents and attention to him when needed, and to whom, in token of his gratitude, the poet dedicated his last work, The Pilgrim of Glencoe," re

ceived information of the dangerous state of his friend, and, proceeding to Boulogne, found him in a state much worse than he had been led to anticipate. A few days after death closed the scene.

His will, being short, we are able to insert at length:

"This is the last will and testament of me, Thomas Campbell, LL.D. now resident at No. 8, Victoria-square, in the county of Middlesex.

"Whereas, under and by virtue of the will of Archibald Macarthur Stewart, late of Ascog, deceased, my only soo, Thomas Telford Campbell, will, upon my decease, be entitled to a certain sum of money, which I deem a competent provision for him: I do not, therefore, intend to make any provision for him by this my will.

"I give and bequeath the silver bowl presented to me by the students of Glasgow when I was Rector of that University, and the copy of the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, which was sent to me by the Queen herself (and which two articles I reckon the jewels of my property), and also all and every my manuscripts and copyrights of my compositions, whether in prose or verse, and the vignettes which have illustrated my poems, and also all and every my books, prints, pictures, furniture, plate, money, personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever, whereof I may die possessed, after and subject to the payment of my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses, which I do direct to be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease, unto my uiece, Mary Campbell, the daughter of my deceased brother, Alexander Campbell, late of Glasgow, for her own sole and separate use and benefit.

"And I do hereby appoint my stanch and inestimable friend, Dr. William Beattie, of No. 6, Park-square, Regent's Park, in the said county of Middlesex, and William Moxon, of the Middle Temple, esq. to be executors of this my will, and also to act as guardians to my said son; and I revoke ali former and other wills and testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this only to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the 7th day of November, 1842.

"THOMAS CAMPBELL. "Signed, published, and declared by the testator, Thomas Campbell, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, present at the same time, who in his presence and at his request have subscribed our names as witnesses.

"EDWARD CLIFFORD, 9, Ranelaghgrove, Pimlico.

"HENRY MOXON, €7, Ebury-street, Eaton-square."

Mr. Campbell was rather under the middle beight, and in his youth was considered eminently handsome. There is fine portrait of him by Sir Thomas Lawrence, an engraving of which is prefixed to his collected "Poetical Works," 1828, two vols. 8vo.; but his best likeness is said to be a picture taken by Mr. T. C. Thompson in 1833. There are also busts by Mr. Baily and Mr. Patrick Park.

On the 28th June the mortal remains of Mr. Campbell were brought from Boulogne to London, and deposited ad

interim in a room adjoining the Jerusalem Chamber, at the west end of Westminster abbey. The funeral took place on the 3rd of July. The procession went through the cloisters into the Abbey, where it was met by the Rev. H. H. Milman. The pall-bearers were Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Strangford, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, Lord Leigh, Viscount Morpeth, and Lord D. C. Stuart. The chief mourners were, Mr. Alexander Campbell, Mr. Whiss (nephews of the deceased), Dr. Beattie and William Moxon, esq. (executors), John Richardson, esq. Wm. Ayrton, esq. Rev. C. J. Hassells, and Mr. Edward Moxon, the publisher. Among the friends who followed wereMacaulay, Hobhouse, Sheil, R. M. Milnes, Emerson Tennent, Charles Mackay, Dr. Croly, J. G. Lockhart, Rev. A. Dyce, D'Israeli the younger, W. H. Ainsworth, Horace Smith, Sir James C. Ross, and many others of literary repute. Colonel Szyrma, one of the Literary Association of Poland, (of which Campbell became the first president in 1832) brought with him a small portion of earth from the grave of Kosciusko at Cracow, which he cast into the grave. The spot is near the centre of Poet's Corner, and close to the tomb of Addison. A public subscription has been opened for a monument, under the management of a committee.

CHARLES BARTON, ESQ.

Nov. 18. At Cheltenham, aged 75, Charles Barton, Esq. barrister-at-law.

He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 20, 1795, and practised as a conveyancer, on which branch of the law he published many valuable treatises. The titles of his publications were as follow:

Noy's Grounds, Maxims, and Analysis of the English Laws; to which is annexed, A Treatise of Estates, by Sir John Doddridge, Knt. and Observations on a Deed of Feoffment by T. H. Gent. 6th edition, 1794. 7th edition, 1806.

Historical Treatise of a Suit in Equity, in which is attempted a Scientific Deduction of the Proceedings used on the Equity sides of the Courts of Chancery and Exchequer, froin the commencement of the suit to the Decree and Appeal; with occasional Remarks on their import and efficacy, and an introductory Discourse on the rise and progress of the Equitable Jurisdiction of those Courts.

Original Precedents in Conveyancing, selected from the MS. Collection of the late Jos. Powell, esq. 1802. 6 vols. 8vo. 2nd edition, royal 8vo. 1807-1810.

Elements of Conveyancing, 1802-5.

CLERGY DECEASED. May 29. At the Carlisle Infirmary, aged 45, the Rev. Hugh Elliott, Vicar of Castle Sowerby, and late Incumbent of Highead chapel. He was appointed to Castle Sowerby in 1841.

The Rev. E. Sunderland, Vicar of Glentham and Normanby, Lincolnshire.

May... At Malta, aged 80, the Rev. James Ward, M.A. late Fellow of New College, Oxford. He was the eldest son of James Ward, esq. of Willey House, Farnham, Surrey.

June 3. At Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, the Rev. William Lloyd, M. A. of Blaenglynor, Merionethshire, Rector of Llanfaetblu, and a Justice of the Peace for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth. He was collated to Llanfaethlu (value 6157) by the Bishop of Bangor in 1828.

At Glynde, near Lewes, aged 78, the Rev. William Rose, Vicar of that parish, to which he was presented in 1824 by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. He was father of the late Rev. Hugh James Rose, B.D. Principal of King's College, London, who died in 1838, and of the Rev. Henry John Rose, B.D. Rector of Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire.

June 5. At Hussey's farm, Froyle, Hampshire, aged 73, the Rev. George Nowell Watkins, Perpetual Curate of Long Sutton, in the same county, to which he was presented, in 1806, by the Master and Brethren of St. Cross Hos. pital near Winchester. He was of St.

Mary hall, Oxford, M.A. 1795.

The Rev. George Waterhouse, of Attercliffe, near Sheffield, formerly of Dewsbury.

At Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire, aged 49, the Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Shelsley Beauchamp and Shels ley Walsh, in the patronage of Lord Foley.

June 9. At Marnham, Notts, the Rev. John Alexander Lawrence, M. A. Rector of that parish. He was formerly of Clare hall, Cambridge, B. A. 1814, and was presented to Marnham in 1824 by Earl Brownlow. He had read the evening prayers, and was about to commence his sermon, when he was arrested by the hand of death.

June 12. At Harbour Grace rectory, Newfoundland, aged 26, the Rev. George Baring Cowan, seventh son of the Rev. Thomas Conolly Cowan, of Bristol.

June 13. At Maldon, Essex, aged 76, the Rev. Charles Matthew, Vicar of All Saints' with St. Peter's in that town, Rector of Layer Marney, and Chaplain to the King of Hanover. He was for more than thirty years an active and efficient magistrate for Essex. He formerly resided at Chudleigh, in Devonshire. He was instituted to Maldon, which was in his own patronage, in 1809; and to Layer Marney in 1841.

June 17. Aged 55, the Rev. William Cowlard, incumbent of Werrington, Cornwall, and late of Lamerton. He was of Pembroke college, Cambridge, B. A. 1823, and was appointed to the Perpetual Curacy of Laneast in 1826; to that of Werrington in 1842. He died suddenly at Dolsdon, when on his road to a funeral.

June 18. Aged 82, the Rev. Thomas Toller Hurst, Rector of Carlby, near Stanford, to which he was presented, in 1792, by the Earl of Exeter, and Rector of Braceborough, to which he was presented in 1794 by the Lord Chancellor.

June 24. The Rev. William Sitwell, Rector of Morley, Derbyshire. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, B. A. 1805, and was presented to Sitwell in 1807.

June 27. At Beetham, Westmoreland, aged 82, the Rev. Joseph Thexton, Vicar of that parish, to which he was presented in 1811 by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He died whilst taking a walk.

Lately. At the rectory house, Sligo, aged 70, the Rev. Charles Hamilton, Vicar General of Dromore.

In Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, aged 86, the Rev. John Hewlett, B.D. Rector of Hilgay, Norfolk, and formerly Morning Preacher at the Foundling Hos. pital. He was of Magdalene college, Cambridge, B.D. 1796; and was presented to Hilgay in 1819 (value 12917.) As a scholar and divine he was equalled by few and surpassed by none in every quality that could adorn the Christian, or endear him to the large circle of relatives and friends who will long and deeply feel his loss. His splendid edition of the Holy Scriptures will ever remain a monument of Christian zeal and erudition.

The Rev. Athanasius Laffer, Perpetual Curate of St. Juliot, Cornwall.

Of tetanus, the result of accident, which occurred in the discharge of his ministerial duty, the Rev. William Whitty, for twenty years Curate of Rathvilly, in the diocese of Leighlin.

July 1. The Rev. Thomas Harrison Valletort Mill, Minister of Northam, Devonshire, to which he was presented in 1812 by the Dean and Canons of Windsor. He was presented Sept. 29, 1834, with a silver salver, accompanied by a scroll of parchment containing the names of 631 subscribers.

At Vicar's Hill, Devonshire, aged 70, the Rev. Thomas Whipham, D.D. Vicar of King's Teignton cum Highwick, in that county. He was of Oriel college, Oxford, M. A. 1798; and was presented to King's Teignton in 1812.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

May 29. At Gloucester Cottage, Regent's Park, Ann, relict of Thomas Younger, esq. Capt. Royal West India Rangers. June 1. Aged 26, Edward Germaine, youngest son of the late William Jones, esq. of Woodhall, Downham, Norfolk.

June 13. At the house of his brotherin-law Mr. William Dawson, New Dorset-pl. Clapham-road, Richard Hunt, esq.

Dr. William Joseph Bayne, late of Southampton, Hants; also, on June 30, his mother, wife of William Bayne, esq. of New Grove, Mile-end.

June 15. At Kensington, John Baird, esq. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

June 18. At Blackheath-park, aged 54, Henry Locock, esq.

June 19. At Islington, Jane, dau. of the late C. J. Hector, esq. M.P. for Petersfield.

In Chester-terr. Eaton-sq. Sybilla-Jane wife of G. B. Tattersall, esq. of her Majesty's Ceylon Rifle Regt.

In Upper Gower-st. Clementina, wife of Major-Gen. Birch, C.B. and dau. of the late Sir James Hunter Blair, Bart.

June 20. In Chester-pl. Hyde Parksq. aged 45, Hugh Marmaduke O'Hanlon, esq. Counsel to the Irish Office. He accidentally swallowed a fish-bone, which, after some difficulty, passed into the stomach, but unfortunately it caused irritation in the lower intestines; violent inflammation and mortification came on, which terminated in his death. He was a native of the town of Newry, of the ancient sept of the O'Hanlons, who originally bore sway over that part of the North of Ireland. He was kind in his social and domestic affections, active and steady in his friendships, honourable in the discharge of his duties, and in his situation of Law Adviser to the Irish Office highly respected for his practical knowledge and the diligent and faithful exertion of his clear and vigorous understanding.

June 21. At the house of her son-inlaw, Dr. Cumming, Brook-st. Grosvenorsq. aged 61, Mrs. Helen Stuart, of Greenwich, widow of John Stuart, esq. formerly of Leadenhall-st.

June 22. William Simpson, esq. of Brook House, Cambridge.

At Camden Town, aged 64, Ann, widow of Charles William Hyatt Foster, esq. late of the Admiralty Office, Somerset House.

In Elizabeth-st. Eaton-sq. Mrs. Elizabeth Harriet Watts.

Aged 64, Amy, widow of Robert Farran, esq. of Old Dorset-pl. Clapham-road.

June 23. In Aberdeen-pl. Maida Hill, aged 36, George Foley Hodgkinson, esq. late of Calcutta.

June 24. Aged 63, Richard John Brassey, esq. formerly of Lombard-st.

June 25. In Grosvenor-pl. aged 80, John Prowden, esq.

June 26. In Chester-pl. Regent's Park, Clement, youngest child of the Rev. Francis Thomas New.

In Portman-sq. aged 76, Charles Morris, esq.

In Gloucester-terr. Old Brompton, aged 78, Mrs. Jane Edwards, relict of Richard Edwards, esq.

June 27. In Tilney-st. Anna Maria, wife of the Rev. S. Johnes Knight, Rector of Welwyn, Herts.

Aged 22, Mary, wife of William Burraud, esq. of Pelham-pl. Brompton, and second dau. of John Ratcliff, esq. of Cam

berwell.

At North-pl. Hampstead-road, aged 72,

Aigburth, near Liverpool.

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June 28. At Clapham, aged 52, Amelia,

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widow of Col. William Henville Wood, of the East India Company's Service.

At Chelsea, aged 84, Mary, relict of Benjamin Hollingworth, esq.

June 29. At the residence of her daughter, Kingsland-pl. aged 77, Elizabeth, relict of Metcalf Dickonson, esq.

At Hermes House, Pentonville, aged 76, Elizabeth, relict of Adam Alderson, esq. solicitor, of Tokenhouse-yard.

June 30. In Southampton-st. Bloomsbury, Sarah, wife of Simon Thurston, esq. At Chelsea, aged 65, Richard King, esq. late of the Paymaster General's Office.

Lately. In London, Mrs. Mitchell, of Monkton House, near Chippenham. She was the only child of the late John Figgins, esq. of Chippenham, and on the death of her first husband, Thomas Edridge, esq. became possessed of the Monkton estates; which, being by his will left at her own entire disposal, she has bequeathed to Mr. Graham Moore, of the Western Circuit.

In Southampton-st. Covent Garden, Capt. John M'Dermott, late of 11th Regt. Aged 51, Lady Katharine Henrietta Bernard, relict of Col. Bernard, of Castle Bernard, King's County, Ireland. She was the sister of the present Earl of Donoughmore; was married in 1814, and left a widow in 1834, having had issue the present Thomas Bernard, esq. of Castle Bernard, three other sons, and two daughters.

In Cursitor-st. Chancery Lane, aged 70, Francis J. Guyenette, esq. formerly Master of the Ceremonies at Bath.

July 1. In Cambridge-st. Connaughtsq. aged 94, Mary, widow of the Rev. Henry Crowe, of Burnham, Norfolk.

In Kensington-sq. aged 75, Jane, relict of John Merriman, esq. Apothecary Extraordinary to Her Majesty (a memoir of whom appeared in our Magazine for Aug. 1839, p. 204). She was the daughter of John Hardwick, esq. of Weston, Herefordshire.

In Upper Berkeley-st. West, aged 64, Harriet, wife of George Bedford, esq. for. merly of Bedford-row.

July 2. In Priory-road, South Lambeth, Margaret, relict of the Rev. A. Garthorne, of Wolerston, Durham.

Within seven weeks of his wife's decease, Mr. John Caldecott, of the Blackheath-road, aged 74, fifty of which were passed in the service of the Bank of England.

Jane, wife of J. W. Nicholson, esq. of Lark Hall Rise, Clapham, and Throgmorton-st. and dau. of the late G.W. H. Parker, esq. of the Postmaster General's Office.

In Brompton-sq. aged 37, Mrs. Buckstone, the wife of the comedian.

July 4. In Hereford-st., aged 22, Harriot-Marianne, eldest dau. of the Rev. Allen Cooper.

July 5. At Putney, aged 62, George Ogg, esq.

At Denmark Hill, Surrey, aged 74, Charles Wrench, esq.

At Kilburn, aged 84, Hannah, relict of Nathaniel Chater, esq. of St. Dunstan's Hill and Upper Clapton.

Mr. Thurey, of Finsbury-sq. He committed suicide by hanging himself in his bed-room, having attempted suicide twice previously during the night, but failed in consequence of the line breaking; this was known by letters written after each attempt. Mrs. Thurey and family are on the continent.

July 6. In Russell-pl. Fitzroy-sq. aged 71, Jehosophat Castell, esq. late of the Hon. East India Company's Medical Service.

In Maria-st. Hackney-road, aged 15, Henry, youngest son of Mr. Reader, printer, formerly of Coventry.

July 11. At Camberwell, aged 76, Sarah, relict of Edward Wharton, esq. Elizabeth-Mary, wife of Joseph Bishop, esq. of the Crescent, America-sq.

At Hackney, Neville Ash, esq. only sur viving son of the late Rev. Thomas Ash, of East Ham, Essex.

July 12. At his residence, Clapham New Park, Clapham, John Travers, esq. the extensive grocer of St. Swithin's-lane, of apoplexy. At the city elections he was always an active supporter of the Radical candidates, and he was a director of the Anti-Corn-Law League.

In Wimpole-st. Miss Pinfold.

July 13. In Oxford-sq. Hyde Park, aged 82, Ann, widow of John Pearse, esq. late of Craig's-court, Charing-cross.

At Camberwell, aged 74, ElizabethCarey, relict of Philip Melville, esq. Lieut.Gov. of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall.

At Kensington, Emily, youngest surviving dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Gilbert Buchanan, Royal Eng.

July 15. At Brook Green, Hammersmith, aged 67, much respected, Mr. Wm. Bird, builder. He was for some years one of the Board of Guardians for the parish of Hammersmith, from which office he lately retired on account of ill health.

BEDS.-July 5. At St. Paul's vicarage, Bedford, aged 15, James, only child of the Rev. James Donne.

BERKS.-June 20. At Maidenhead,

late John Lee, esq. of Woolley Lodge.