moored close to the batteries of Grand Canaria, May 8th, 1807. On the 23rd of July, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He served in the Alfred, 74, Capt. John Bligh, at the bombardment of Copenhagen, and surrender of the Danish Fleet, in Sept. 1807, and was included in the general vote of thanks by both houses of Parliament. He was also

at the first landing of Sir Arthur Wellesley and the British army in Portugal; at the surrender of the Russian squadron in the Tagus, in Sept. 1808; and the reembarkation of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna and Vigo. He also served in 1899, in the Baltic, on board the Melpomene, 38, Capt. Frederick Warren; next as First Lieutenant of the Sabrina, in 1810-11, and was actively employed in the same capacity on board the Surprise, in the West Indies; as likewise in the expedition to Washington and Baltimore, in 1812, 1813, and 1814.

During his long and useful career, Com. mander Miles assisted at the capture of three colonies, twenty-six line of battle ships, eighteen frigates, and twenty-one sloops of war and privateers. Having been six and thirty years a Lieutenant, he was at length, shortly previous to his death, placed on the list of retired Commanders, on the 28th Sept. 1813. At the peace he retired to the little village of Knapton, by the sea side, in Norfolk, where he ended his days, regretted by all who knew him. His dying wish was that the Union Jack should supersede the usual funeral pall, and that he should be buried with the least possible parade. His request was complied with, and the ground has closed over one of England's most zealous defenders. His vindication of Lord Nelson's proceedings in the Bay of Naples was published a short time since, and can hardly fail of establishing its author's object; it being a complete refutation of the calumnious opinions but too generally received, based upon facts which no sophistry can shake.(United Service Journal).

DR. HEINROTH.

At Leipsic, aged 70, Doctor Heinroth. He was a pupil of the celebrated Pinel, whose views and those of Esquirol, as to the substitution of moral treatment for physical coercion, in the cure of madness, he was the first to introduce into Germany, both in his own practice, and by his publication and annotation of the works of those two eminent physicians. On his return from France, the Saxon government created a chair, for the teaching of this class of medical science, expressly for him, and appointed the new

professor head physician to the St. George's Hospital for the insane-the functions of both which offices he discharged till his death. He was the author of many works of reputation, connected with his own speciality-besides some popular novels and romances, published under the pseudonym of Tremund Wallentreterand member of most of the learned bodies in Europe, including the Royal Society of London.

JOHN HASLAM, M.D. July 20. In Lamb's Conduit-street, aged 80, John Haslam, M.D.

He was a member of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, but we believe took no degree at that university. He was for some years apothecary to Bridewell and Beth. leham Hospitals, previously to his entering bis career as a physician.

His "Observations on Insanity" were first published in 1798, second edition in 1809.

"Illustrations of Madness, 1810." 8vo. "Considerations on the Moral Manage. ment of Insane Persons. 1817."

"Medical Jurisprudence, as it relates to Insanity, according to the Law of England. 1817.

"A Letter to the Governors of Betblehem Hospital, containing an Account of their management of that Institution for the last twenty years. 1818."

"Dr. Haslain was long and justly celebrated as a physician in cases of insanity, and a man otherwise of great attainments, information, and literary tastes. His scientific publications were always held in high esteem; but his numerous contributions to lighter literature through the periodical press were perhaps still more calculated to raise a reputation. As reviewer, critic, epigrammatist, and author of witty and comic papers, he had few superiors; and his extensive knowledge of the world, and what is called life, gave him a ready hand for almost every subject. In society he was equally entertaining, and full of anecdote. We remember, during a temporary absence from town, that he wrote a review, which was inserted in the Literary Gazette, on one of Dr. Kitchiner's books. It was very

droll and humorous, and laughed goodnaturedly enough at some of the worthy doctor's eccentricities. But the doctor took it in dungeon; and in an extreme rage happened to pitch on his friend Haslam to consult what steps he would advise him to take against the worthless libeller! This was fun to Haslam, and be abused the writer and the Gazette to the topmost of Billingsgate, till he inflamed Kitchiner beyond all mitigation.

It was in vain, on our return, that we endeavoured to pacify and moderate his resentment. He never would forgive us; and it was only a few months before his death that he was so far reconciled as to meet us with tolerable civility in society." -Literary Gazette.

W. J. BAYNE, M.D.

June 13. At his house, in the Alpha Road, Regent's Park, after a lingering illness, aged 48, William Joseph Bayne, M.D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Geological Society. He was the son of William Bayne, esq. of New Grove, Mile-end; his brother died on the 30th June last.

His election to a Fellowship of Trinity college, Cambridge, in a year when there was the rare occurrence of a single vacancy, shows that his talents and acquirements were of a superior order, though his studies were not, even then, confined to university pursuits. He graduated, B.A. 1819, as thirteenth Wrangler, M.A. 1822. In the relations of private life he was holden in high estimation and strong regard by his numerous intimate friends, many of whom were of literary and scientific eminence: while among the larger circle of his acquaintance it has been observed of him, "that no one ever knew him without esteeming

him."

ROBERT BENSON, ESQ.

June 21. At Salisbury, aged 47, Robert Benson, Esq. M.A. Recorder of that city.

This gentleman was the youngest son of the late Rev. Edmund Benson, M.A. of the Close, Sarum, formerly Rector of St. Edmund's in that city, and Priest Vicar of the Cathedral, who died in January, 1835. He was born in the Close, February 5, 1797. His mother, Anne Hunt Grubbe, was a daughter of Thomas Hunt Grubbe, of Potterne, in the county of Wilts, Esq. one of the most ancient families of the county. His studies and inclinations towards historical and antiquarian research were industriously culti vated by his paternal grandfather, whose acquaintance with early British history and antiquities was accurate though not profound, and whose information on such subjects was always welcome to his attentive pupil. His general education was received at the private school of the Rev. A. Morrison in Salisbury; and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1818 as second Junior Optime, and proceeded M.A. in 1821.

He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple, Nov. 23, 1821, and afterwards practised at the Chancery Bar.

In 1823 Mr. Benson went to Corsica, as one of the Commissioners to carry into effect the bequests of General Paoli; and after his return he published "Sketches of Corsica, a Journal written during a Visit to that Island in 1823, with an Outline of its History, and Specimens of the Language and Poetry of the People," reviewed in the Gentleman's Magazine for Jan. 1826. Not long after this work was published, a friend who called on Mr. Benson, told him that Sir Walter Scott had described himself by a letter which he had just heard read, as much amused with the book: and subsequently, in his history of Napoleon, Sir Walter referred to it with terms of approbation.

At

Mr. Benson was elected the Deputy Recorder of Salisbury by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation, 9 December, 1829, in opposition to Mr. Sergeant Merewether, by a majority of two votes. this time the Earl of Radnor was the Recorder of Salisbury, and was very much opposed to Mr. Benson on political matters. He carried his feelings towards him to a very great height, and sought to exclude him from the Council Chamber whenever he himself was present, and on the 27th of September 1830, he obtained a vote of the Common Council, requesting Mr. Benson to withdraw, on the ground that he was simply his deputy. In 1831, Mr. Benson published a very clever pamphlet, entitled "Remarks on the Office of the Deputy Recorder of Salisbury," in which he clearly demonstrated from the charters, and records of the city, that the deputy recorder was a substantive member of the corporation, and that the Recorder of Salisbury himself ought to have been a person learned in the law, a barrister in fact, one of the quorum, and a magistrate. This well-reasoned pamphlet had its effects, and Mr. Benson thenceforward enjoyed all the privileges of his office without further interruption.

When the Bill passed for reforming the Municipal Corporations, a singular change took place. The Earl of Radnor was disqualified under that act from sitting as recorder, and by virtue of the 103d section of the Act, coupled with the grant to the city of a separate quarter sessions, Mr. Benson became the recorder, and he was formally elected by the corporation, and confirmed in his office by a warrant under the sign manual from the crown, dated at St. James's, the 6th of June, 1836. It is remarkable that since the passing of the Reform Bill,

and the Municipal Corporation Act, the influence of the Bouverie family in Salisbury has nearly passed away, and though several attempts have been made to return one of them as member for the city it has always been in vain.

In 1837 Mr. Benson published "Memoirs of Arthur Collier," Rector of Langford-Magna in Wiltshire, and styled by Dugald Stewart, "a very acute metaphysician." This work was very fully reviewed in the Gentleman's Magazine for July, 1837; and also, with high appro. bation, in the Edinburgh Review.

In 1843 appeared the History of Salisbury, a large folio volume, forming part of Sir Richard C. Hoare's History of Modern Wiltshire, with the joint names of Robert Benson, esq., and Mr. Henry Hatcher, of Salisbury, as the authors.

Two pamphlets were shortly after issued, bearing the following titles:

"The Original Preface to the History of Old and New Sarum, or Salisbury. With a statement of the circumstances connected with the publication of that work. By HENRY HATCHER." 8vo.

"Facts and Observations touching Mr. Hatcher and the History of Salisbury, being an Answer to his recent pamphlet on that subject. By ROBERT BENSON, Esq. M.A. Recorder of Salisbury." 8vo.

From these pamphlets we collect Mr. Benson's connection with the topography of Wiltshire to have been as follows: He was introduced to a correspondence with Sir Richard Hoare by Lord Arundel in 1818, and soon after undertook to describe the small Hundred of Underditch, consisting of only four parishes. On the 1st June, 1821, he paid his first visit to Stourhead; and in the course of the same year he was encouraged by the Baronet to commence his collections for the History of Salisbury. Subsequently, he relinquished Underditch, and, devoting himself to the illustration of his native city, for many years continued, at intervals, his long but desultory researches; until, at the close of 1835, Sir Richard Hoare persuaded him to commit to his care the arrangement of the collections, providing for that labour the assistance of Mr. Hatcher, of Salisbury. Mr. Hatcher then assumed the work in a more systematic and laborious way, vastly adding to, or rather multiplying, the materials, and writing the work in the form of a chronological narrative. The proportion of the materials furnished by Mr. Benson can only be seen by examining the work, where they will be found distinguished throughout by his initial B. It is undisputed that Mr. Hatcher composed the work so en

tirely, that only about sixteen pages* out of six hundred were from the pen of Mr. Benson, besides, in the subsequent biographical section, four original memoirs of distinguished natives of Salisbury, namely, John Greenhill the painter, Robert Bateman Wray the dye-sinker, William Benson Earle an accomplished gentleman of Salisbury, and John Pern Tinney the political writer.

In May, 1840, the printing of the History commenced, and during its progress in that and the following year, Mr. Benson cordially co-operated with Mr. Hatcher in rendering all the literary assistance in his power. We give the cause of rupture in Mr. Hatcher's own words: “In the autumn of 1841 Mr. Benson accidentally met me in the Close. He inquired if the Salisbury were safe, and when told that the last sheet of the Narrative had been forwarded, he, for the first time, intimated a wish that his name should appear in the title-page, not, however,' as he said, 'pari passu with you.' He afterwards offered to write my Preface; and, finally, we entered into some discussion relative to an application to Mr. Hoare for additional plates, to which I objected. On the whole, the conversation terminated, I believe, not very satisfactorily to either party."

It appears, from Mr. Benson's diary,t that this was on the 21st Sept. 1841; on the 25th he set out on a tour into the West. However, about a month after, he resumed his attention to the proofsheets, and there was a truce on the question of the title-page until the following January. The late Mr. Gage Rokewode was requested by Mr. Merrik Hoare (at whose expense the work was carried on,) to act as arbitrator. He was inclined to lean to Mr. Benson's claims: but his premature death occurred before the controversy came before the public. Mr. Hatcher wrote a preface deemed offensive by Mr. Benson, and refused to withdraw

or alter it. Mr. Benson insisted on the insertion of his name in the title-page: and finally the volume was published in August, 1843, with the names of both Mr. Benson and Mr. Hatcher in the title, and a Preface written by the former.

We have preferred, in this summary, to state the bare facts of these transactions; and to those whom the controversy may interest, we have only to recommend

*Mr. Hatcher's Preface, p. vii.

+ Mr. Benson kept from early youth "a minute account of the time passed in my journey of life, and my employment of it."

the impartial perusal of Mr. Hatcher's and Mr. Benson's pamphlets, and subsequent letter of Mr. Hatcher, dated Dec. 1, 1843, published in the Devizes Gazette. It will then be seen that, whatever was the amount of time and labour bestowed by Mr. Benson on this undertaking, and whatever the benefits derived to it from his general acquaintance with literature, and his legal acquirements, they could in no case supersede or equal the vast amount of Mr. Hatcher's most assiduous labours; and whatever, in the controversy, might be Mr. Benson's skill in argument, or the brilliancy of his style, they are more than balanced by the facts adduced by Mr. Hatcher, who has no occasion to regret the manly efforts he made in his self-defence.

Mr. Benson possessed a retentive memory, and considerable literary acquire ments; and his stores of anecdote, buoyant spirits, and general conversational talents, rendered him a great favourite in society. He died unmarried, after a lingering and painful illness, which he bore with extraordinary patience and fortitude, at the house of his only surviving sister, in the Close, Salisbury; and was buried in the Cathedral with the other members of his family. His sister Anna-Maria died only a few weeks before him, on the 27th May last, aged 57.

VEN. ARCHDEACON BAYLEY. Aug. 12. The Venerable Henry Vincent Bayley, D.D. Archdeacon of Stow, Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of West Meon, Hants, and Vicar of Great Carlton, Lincolnshire.

Archdeacon Bayley enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most elegant scholars that Cambridge has produced; having gained the highest classical honour that the University could bestow, viz. Battie's scholarship, in 1798. He graduated B.A. in 1800, and was elected fellow of Trinity college: he obtained the first of the members' prizes for middle bachelors in 1801, and the first for senior bachelors in 1802.

He was presented to the vicarage of Great Carlton by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1812, and was appointed Archdeacon of Stow in 1823; he was also for many years Subdean of Lincoln. In both these important offices he was distinguished by taste, in restorations of churches, worthy of a better age: more especially does Lincoln Minster owe much to his care whilst he was one of the Chapter. Amongst other laudable acts may be mentioned his causing the re

moval of the mural tablets and other hideous mementos from the walls and pillars of the cathedral into the side chapels, and repairing the parts which had been cut away to admit them.

In 1828 Dr. Bayley exchanged the Subdeanery of Lincoln with the Rev. Lord John Thynne for a stall in St. Peter's Abbey church, Westminster. He held the latter preferment until his decease, as also the non-residentiary stall of Liddington in Lincoln Cathedral. He was collated to the rectory of West Meon in 1826 by the Bishop of Winchester.

His many amiable qualities, as they made him beloved, so also cause him to be lamented by his numerous friends; his loss will be more especially felt at his parish of West Meon, where he was building a very chaste new church, at the cost of himself and his sister-in-law. 1820, when Vicar of Messingham, Lincolnshire, he rebuilt the parish church there; and few have had the privilege of glorifying God by such good works as he effected.

In

We could wish to see this good man commemorated as of old, in a way which he himself would have approved, by a correct brass placed in the cathedral with which he was upwards of 30 years connected; so that whoever looks on it may say with the writer, "Cujus animæ propicietur Deus.”

CLERGY DECEASED.

July 3. At Siston, Gloucestershire, aged 63, the Rev. Francis Pelly, Rector of that parish. He was of Christchurch, Oxford, M. A. 1810; and was presented to Siston in 1815 by F. Trot

man, esq.

July 4. At Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, aged 85, the Rev. Richard Williams, Rector of that parish, and of Markfield, Leicestershire, and a Prebendary of Lincoln. He was of Christ's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1780, M.A. 1783; was presented to Great Houghton in 1805 by that society; and to Markfield in the previous year by the Marquess Hastings.

Aged 26, the Rev. Hownam Illingworth, son of A. Illingworth, esq. of Fowey, and formerly curate of Penryn, Cornwall. He was drowned at Sierra Leone, of which colony he was chaplain, by the upsetting of a boat. Five others perished with him. The Rev. Mr. Illingworth left England as chaplain to H.M.S. Madagascar 44, and soon after her arrival on the African station, the chaplain of

Sierra Leone dying, he was solicited to become his successor.

July 6. At Hulme, Lancashire, aged 72, the Rev. Edward Booth, M. A. Incumbent and Patron of St. Stephen's church, Salford. He was of Lincoln college, Oxford, M. A. 1809.

July 7. At Midway, near Aberystwith, in his 35th year, the Rev. John Davies, M.A., for eleven years Curate of Llanferris, Denbighshire.

At Wortham, aged 57, the Rev. Joseph Charles Helme, M.A. He was of Wadham college, Oxford, MA. 1811. has left a widow and eight children.

He

July 8. Aged 83, the Rev. Robert Jones, Rector of Derwen, Denbighshire, to which he was collated in 1819 by the Bishop of Bangor.

At Cheltenham, aged 82, the Rev. George Foxton, M.A., Vicar of Twyning, Gloucestershire, and Rector of Newtown, co. Montgomery. He was of Christ's Church, Oxford, M.A. 1786; was presented to the former church in 1802 by that society; and collated to the latter in 1815 by the Bishop of St. Asaph. His youngest son, the Rev. T. J. Foxton, is Perpetual Curate of Wix, Essex.

At the residence of his father-in-law, the Rev. R. P. Buddicombe, M.A., Priory, St. Bee's, Cumberland, aged 30, the Rev. John Sandars, only son of John Sandars, esq. of Derby. He was of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, B.A. 1837.

July 9. At Preston, aged 47, the Rev. Theophilus Lane, Rector of Horndon-onthe-Hill, Essex. He was of Magdalene college, Cambridge, B.A. 1820, M. A. 1823, and was presented to his living in 1827 by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's.

July 10. At Shelton rectory, Norfolk, the residence of his youngest son, the Rev. Jeremiah Curteis, aged 76, the Rev. Samuel Curteis, LL.D. formerly of Lin. ton, Cambridgeshire. He was of Queen's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1789, as 11th Senior Optime, M.A. 1801, LL.D. 1808. He was for some years Master of Sunbury school.

At Appleton, Berkshire, aged 84, the Rev. James Williams Hoskins, D.D. Rector of that parish, and a Prebendary of Wells. He was formerly a Fellow of Magdalene college, Oxford, where he graduated M. A. 1781, B.D. 1794, D.D. 1797; was presented to Appleton in 1802 by that society; and appointed to the prebend of Combe the Twelfth in the cathedral church of Wells in 1813.

On his 26th birthday, the Rev. William

Henry Jones, Assistant Minister of St. Peter's, Preston, second son of the Rev. W. P. Jones, incumbent of St. Thomas's, Preston. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A. 1838.

July 16. At Wrexham, aged 62, the Rev. J. S. Edwards, Vicar of Llanarmon in Yale, in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph.

At the Chapel-house, Twyford, aged 52, the Rev. Thomas Morris, Minister of the chapel, and Perpetual Curate of Ruscombe, Berks.

July 20. At Lesnewth, Cornwall, the Rev. W. P. Bray, Curate of that place. July 23. At Ilminster, aged 82, the Rev. James Upton, Rector of Beercrocombe and Stocklinch Magdalen, Somerset. He was presented to the former living in 1803 by the Earl of Egremont, and instituted at the same time to the latter, which was in his own patron

age.

July 25. At the Beaufort Arms, Moumouth, on his return from Malvern, in his 63d year, the Rev. James Ashe Gabb, Rector of Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, magistrate and deputy lieutenant of that county, and Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Monmouthshire district of Freemasons. He was presented to Shirenewton in 1816 by Lord Chancellor Eldon.

July 26. At Sansaw, Salop, aged 77, the Rev. Laurence Gardner, D.D. Canon Residentiary of Lichfield, and Rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham, to which he was collated in 1821 by Bishop Ryder.

July 26. At Tintinbull, Somerset, aged 76, the Rev. J. Valentine Clark, B. A. for twenty-eight years Perpetual Curate of that parish, and for eleven years Rector of Cossington, near Bridg