spector sloop, in which he joined the expedition to Martinique; and during the operations against the French colonies he occasionally commanded a division of gun-boats. The Inspector was paid off about Aug. 1794, when Lieut. James was appointed to the Alfred 74, in which he assisted at the capture of la Favorite 22, la Renommée 44, le Scipio 20; and at the reduction of St. Lucie and Trinidad. He returned with her to England in the autumn of 1798.

Lieut. James was then appointed to command the Attack gun-brig, in which he was employed in covering the British debarkation near the Helder. He attained the rank of Commander in 1802.

In March 1804 he was appointed to the Sea Fencible service in Ireland; but six weeks after was removed to the Meteor bomb; in which his conduct at Havre was highly eulogised by his senior officer. In Oct. 1805 he removed to the Kite brig of 16 guns, in which he made several recaptures on the Dungeness station, and intercepted le Chasseur privateer, of 16 guns, in Feb. 1807. In August of that year the Kite was engaged in the gun-boat action before Copenhagen; and in Sept. 1808 he sustained a very unequal contest with 22 vessels, making a total of 44 guns, off Sproe island. Whilst refitting at Gottenburg he received the thanks of the Admiralty for his "bravery and great perseverance in saving his Majesty's sloop;" and was promised by Lord Mulgrave the first post-ship that should become vacant on the Baltic station.

In Aug. 1809 he was promoted into the St. George 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Adm. Pickmore, in which he continued about four months, until that officer was superseded.

Capt. James's last appointment was, Aug. 10, 1814, to the Tanais of 46 guns, fitting for the Jamaica station. In May 1815, when in the Spanish Main, for the purpose of affording protection to British commerce, he was induced to visit the celebrated Bolivar, who had then been for six weeks encamped before Carthagena, being refused admittance by Castilto, a rival chieftain, who had constituted himself governor. The patriot received Capt. James with great cordiality, and offered to accept his mediation. The interference of a British officer could not fail to have some influence with the contending parties; and, as Bolivar had no cannon, except a few field-pieces, he was induced to disband his troops, and proceed under Capt. James's protection to Jamaica. The garrison of Carthagena were subsequently starved to a surrender; Castilto

and many of his adherents were put to death, by order of the royalist general Morillo; and Bolivar, had he been there, would probably have shared the same fate. The Tanais was paid off in May 1816.

Capt. James married in 1803 BridgetElizabeth, second daughter of Arthur Raymond, of Lyme, co. Dorset, esq.

A more extended memoir of this officer will be found in Marshall's Royal Naval Biography, Suppt. Part II. pp. 39-46.

COMMANDER MANDERSON, R.N. Feb. 13. At Mawnan, Cornwall, aged 75, James Manderson, esq. Commander R.N.

This officer was made a Lieutenant in 1795 after which he was principally employed in receiving and prison ships. He attained the rank of Commander, Jan. 22, 1806.

He was the author of

"A Letter addressed to the Prime Minister, and First Lord of the Admiralty, on the extension of the Naval Establishments of the Country."

"An Examination into the true cause of the stream running through the Gulf of Florida."

"Twelve Letters addressed to the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval; on the magnitude of the British Navy, the importance of Falmouth Harbour," &c. &c.

COMMANDER PEARD, R.N.

Feb. 16. In London, aged 44, George Peard, esq. Commander R.N. of Ex-minster, co. Devon.

Capt. Peard was born at Gosport, Feb. 18, 1793, the eldest son of the late ViceAdm. Shuldham Peard, by Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Adm. Sir R. R. Bligh. He entered the Royal Naval College in 1807, and left it in 1809, when he embarked as midshipman in the Lavinia frigate Capt. Lord W. Stuart, whom he followed, in 1810, into the Conquestador. On the 27th Dec. 1811 he was in the barge of the latter ship, when its boats and those of the Colossus were sent to attack a number of French coasting vessels near Rochelle, and by the unexpected intervention of armed vessels of the enemy, were driven on shore and captured. By this unfortunate occurrence 113 gallant fellows, including Mr. Peard, became prisoners of war until the abdication of Napoleon in 1814.

In June of that year Mr. Peard passed his examination, and in Sept. following was sent out to Lake Ontario. He there received orders to act as Lieutenant in the gun-boat service, which appointment was confirmed by the Admiralty, July 5,

1815. He remained in the Canadas until the spring of 1817, when he returned home, and was placed on half-pay.

He afterwards served, for two years and a half, in the Hyperion frigate, on the Leith and South American stations.

In March 1825 he was appointed First Lieutenant of the Blossom sloop, Comm. F. W. Beechey, fitting out for a voyage of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, which was afterwards described in an interesting volume by its Commander. Whilst absent on this service, he was advanced to the rank of Commander by commission dated 7th May, 1827, the first signed by his present Majesty when Lord High Admiral. After his promotion, he continued to serve, for fifteen months, as First Lieutenant of the Blossom, until superseded at Rio Janeiro in Aug. 1828.

The life of Capt. Peard was passed in the service of his God, King, and Country, and in the exemplary performance of his duties as a son, husband, and father; he is mourned and regretted by all who knew him.

COMMANDER EDW. KELLY, R.N. Jan. 18. In Jersey, Edward Kelly, esq. Commander R. N.

He was made a Lieutenant on the 27th Dec. 1808, and appointed to the Lynx sloop, on the Baltic station, in the spring of 1809. He obtained great credit for his conduct in the command of that ship's boats, at the capture of three Danish armed luggers, near Rostock, Aug. 13, in In 1812 he was appointed to the York 74, then cruising off the Scheldt, but subsequently employed on the Channel station, and in conveying troops from Bourdeaux to Quebec. He attained the rank of Commander, May 12, 1828.

that year.

REV. GEORGE RICHARDS, D.D. March 30. In Russell-square, in his 69th year, the Rev. George Richards, D.D. V.P.R. S. L., F.S. A. &c. &c.

Dr. Richards was the son of the Rev. James Richards, Vicar of Rainham, in Kent, and was born at Halesworth, in the county of Suffolk. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and, at the age of 17, stood for, and obtained, a Scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, as a member of which Society he had been before matriculated, March 10, 1785. His academical career was marked with splendid success; no young man was more beloved by his contemporaries, none more highly esteemed by the seniors of his College, and he exhibited throughout a rare example of great natural talent, unwearied diligence, and almost unexampled modesty, which, combined with a naturally mild

and amiable disposition, justly endeared him to every class of academical society. In 1787, he obtained the Chancellor's Prize for Latin verse, on the Royal Visit to the University, "Rex a violenta Regicidæ manu ereptus, cum Regina, Oxonium invisens ;" and in 1788 (Nov. 4), took his first degree as Bachelor of Arts. In the same term he was a candidate at the election of three Vinerian Scholarships, but did not succeed; a failure to which probably may be attributed his abandoning the study of the law, and his determination to embrace the church as his future profession. In 1789, he gained the English Essay, "On the Characteristic Difference between Ancient and Modern Poetry, and the several causes from which they result;" and in the following year was elected to a Fellowship at Oriel. In 1791, he was again successful, obtaining a Prize in English verse, on the subject of "The Aboriginal Britons." A greater degree of importance was attached to this Prize at the time, as no competition for English poetical composition had taken place for twenty years, there being no regular provision for such a prize. In the present instance the "unknown benefactor" was supposed, and not without good grounds, to have been George Simon Earl Harcourt, who from that time became Mr. Richards's firm and attached friend. The whole of the first edition of this poem was sold on the day of its publication.

Mr. Richards took his Master's degree July 11, 1791, and continued at Oriel for the next few years, during which time several young men of rank and fortune became his private pupils, for we are not aware that he was ever appointed to a College tutorship. Among these were some near relatives of Dr. Buller, Bishop of Exeter, who procured for him the presentation to one of the portions of the Vicarage of Bampton, and the Rectory of Lillingston Lovel, both in Oxfordshire. He was appointed to this preferment in 1796, and having married in the same year, resided from that time at Bampton, where his sound judgment and active mind, together with a kind and most benevolent disposition, rendered him eminently useful and universally beloved and respected. In 1820, he accumulated the degrees of Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity, and in the same year the present Archbishop of Canterbury, then Bishop of London, removed him to a sphere of more extended usefulness, by presenting him to the Living of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. His exertions in that parish-his liberality in providing for the spiritual wants of his parishioners, by appointing, at libe

ral salaries, several young clergymen, who, under his own eye and immediate advice and instructions, took charge of their respective districts-and his general munificence, more especially that of erecting the present vicarial house at his own exclusive cost, and largely contributing to the new chapel in Exeter Street-are matters of public notoriety. Finding,

however, the infirmities of age approaching, and feeling that he should soon be unable to continue those bodily and mental exertions which he knew were necessary for the well-doing of so extensive a charge, he at once determined to resign, and in 1835, he gave up St. Martin's amidst the regret of (we may say) every individual of respectability in the parish. A subscription, second, we believe, to none that was ever collected for a similar purpose, was entered into by the parishioners, in order to present him, on his departure, with a token of their reverence and esteem.

The funeral of Dr. Richards took place on the 6th April at the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, when his body was deposited in a new vault, which had been recently made for his family. The

hearse was followed from his residence, in Russell-square, by seven mourning coaches, containing the friends and relations of the deceased; amongst the private carriages were those of the Bishop of London, Lord Henley, the Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Alderman Winchester, &c. The service was read by the Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart. the present Vicar, and the body was met at the church porch by twelve other clergymen.

At a Meeting of the Committee of Governors of the Charing-Cross Hospital, on Monday April 3, it was resolved,

"That this Meeting receive, with deep sorrow, intelligence of the decease of the Rev. Dr. Richards, the late excellent and amiable Treasurer of this Hospital. With a grateful sense of the benefits conferred upon the charity by his zealous exertions in its establishment and support, and with a sincere and affectionate remembrance of his uniform kindness, the Committee direct it to be recorded in their minutes that, by the lamented decease of the Rev. Dr. Richards, the Hospital has been deprived of one of its earliest and best friends, and the cause of humanity one of its most bountiful benefactors."

The following is the most perfect list of Dr. Richards's publications we have been able to collect:-Essay on the Characteristic Differences between Ancient and Modern Poetry, and the several Causes from which they result, 1789, 8vo.-The

Aboriginal Britons, a Prize Poem; 1791 4to.-Songs of the Aboriginal Bards of Britain; 1792, 4to.-Sermon; 1793, 4to. -Modern France, a Poem; 1793, 4to.

Matilda, or the Dying Penitent, a Poetical Epistle; 1795, 4to.-The Divine Origin of Prophecy illustrated and defended, Sermons at Canon Bampton's Lecture, Oxford; 1800, 8vo.-Emma, a Drama; 1804, 12mo.--Odin, a Drama; 1804, 12mo.-Poems, including the two Dramas just mentioned; 2 vols. 8vo. 1804. -Monody on the Death of Lord Viscount Nelson; 1806, 4to.-Miscellaneous Poems; 2 vols. 8vo. 1813.-Christian Watching recommended; a Sermon on the Death of the Princess Charlotte; 1817, 8vo. The immoral Effects of the Poor Laws considered; a Sermon before the Friendly Societies of Bampton; 1818, 8vo.

GEORGE VANCE, ESQ.

March 28.

In Sackville-street, Piccadilly, aged 67, George Vance, esq. the eminent surgeon.

In early life Mr. Vance acquired great reputation for his skill while belonging to his Majesty's forces, and he was appointed one of the resident surgeons of Haslar hospital, near Gosport, where he remained for more than seventeen years. He then removed to London, where he speedily obtained a very extensive practice, his skill, more especially in diseases of the stomach and liver, having become almost proverbial.

The following account of the melancholy accident which has deprived the public of the services of this highly-eminent and enlightened member of the medical profession, was made known at the request of his afflicted family by his friend Dr. Willis:

"Mr. Vance had been occasionally in attendance on Mr. Broadley, a gentleman of independent property, residing in Lower Grosvenor-street, whose habits had long been singular, but not such, I presume, as to induce his friends to place him under restraint. Mr. V. was sent for to attend him on the 19th March, and found him in a state of so much excitement that he deemed it prudent to recommend his being placed under the charge of a competent attendant, which was accordingly done. Mr. Vance repeated his visit on the 21st instant, and met Mr. Broadley on the drawing-room landing, accompanied by the attendant, in the act of ascending to his bed-room, on reaching which he succeeded, after a struggle, in shutting out his attendant and making fast the door. Mr. Vance was proceeding up stairs, in the hope of pacifying

Mr. Broadley, when Mr. B. suddenly rushed from his room, and coming in violent, though accidental collision with Mr. Vance on the stairs, Mr. V. was precipitated to the bottom, and fell on the edge of a window seat, receiving a very severe wound on the forehead. Mr. V. although seriously injured, was able to assist in binding up his head, previous to the arrival of Mr. Earl, who was in immediate attendance, and accompanied Mr. Vance to his residence in Sackville-street; but, notwithstanding the unremitted attentions of this gentlemen, as well as of Mr. Pettigrew, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Mr. Richard Vance, his brother, and Dr. Outram, he gradually sank, and expired on the evening of the 27th March at halfpast 11 o'clock, thus terminating a life of ardent devotion to the duties of his profession, and of exemplary conduct in all the social relations of life, which my intimate acquaintance with him during a period of nearly twenty years as his pupil, and occasional assistant, afforded me ample opportunities of appreciating."

He has left a widow, who has been for many years an invalid. Their elder son died about a year ago from a fall from his horse.

The remains of this much-lamented gentleman were interred in St. James's churchyard on the 4th April. The funeral, by the desire of the deceased, was strictly private. He has left personal property, to which administration has just been taken out, exceeding 100,0002.

JOHN CONSTABLE, ESQ. R. A. April 1. In Charlotte st. Fitzroy sq. John Constable, esq. R.A.

Mr. Constable was the son of a miller, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk. Early in life he showed so strong a passion for the arts that it could not be controlled, and his friends placed him under an instructor. Mr. Farringdon, R. A. was his master for some time, and he became a student of the Royal Academy; his improvement was rapid, and he commenced portrait painter, which line he followed with much success for some years, but his taste was decidedly for landscape painting, and he finally abandoned the more lucrative walk of portraiture for the agreeable and congenial one of which he was so fond.

His mode of painting was peculiar, but it embodied much truth and sound principles of art, which will render his works lasting, and far more valuable bereafter than they are at present, though highly esteemed by the best judges.

There is a light and sunny freshness about his pictures which imparts an interest to subjects even so simple as those

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he was accustomed to paint. He was perhaps more skilled in the real composition and qualities of colours than any other of his brethren in art: and had so far studied the effects, which time and exposure have upon them, that it is well known to his friends that he generally painted his pictures more with a view to their future effect after the lapse of some years, than to their original appearance. The dashes of white with which many of his latter pictures have been so strangely sprinkled, will hereafter (as he contemplated) became far less conspicuous, and the whole effect be harmoniously mellowed.

Mr. Constable was elected a Royal Academician about twelve years ago, from among numerous competitors. He was much under 60 years of age, very active, and not subject to any attacks of illness, and his constitution was considered very sound. He had attended the general assembly of the Royal Academy on the previous evening, in their new edifice, went through the duties with his usual alacrity, and did not complain, or appear at all ailing. He died on the following night of an affection of the heart. Mr. Constable published a few years ago a work on English Landscape. In 1834 appeared a pair of his best landscapes, a view in Suffolk, and another in Essex, engraved in mezzotinto by D. Lucas, 204 in. by 26.

In private life Mr. Constable was much esteemed by those who were intimate with him. He had inherited from his father a respectable competence. He has left several children to deplore their bereavement; and they are now complete orphans, having lost their mother about six years ago. One of his sons is a youth serving in the navy.

CLERGY DECEASED. March 21. At Belbroughton, co. Worcester, the Rev. George Frank Blakiston, D.D. Rector of that parish. He was formerly Fellow of St. John's college, Oxford; graduated M.A. 1784, B.D. 1789, D.D. 1806; and was presented to his living by that society in 1798.

March 22. At West Harptree, Somerset, aged 75, the Rev. James Rouquet, B. A. Vicar of that parish, to which he was presented by the Prince of Wales in 1789.

March 23. At Linfield, Sussex, aged 83, the Rev. Edward Peyton. He was a son of Admiral Peyton, of Wakehurst place, Sussex; and was of Trin. coll. Camb. B.A. 1776.

March 25. At Tunbridge Wells, the

Rev. Henry Withy, late Incumbent of Trinity church, Huddersfield. He entered as a Commoner of Merton college, Oxford, in 1818, graduated B.A. 1822, M.A. 1824; and was presented to his church in Huddersfield in 1830.

March 26. Aged 64, the Rev. Thomas Charles May, Rector of Breamore, Hants, to which he was instituted in 1797 on his own petition.

The Rev. P. Jackson, B.A. Curate of Silverstone, Lancashire. He died from inflammation, brought on by eating snow the day before.

March 28. At Holywell, aged 68, the Rev. John Jones, B.D. Vicar of that parish, and Rector of Llansanan, co. Denbigh. He was formerly Fellow of Jesus coll. Oxf. M. A. 1793, B. D. 1801; was presented to Holywell by that society in 1807, and to Llansanan in 1833 by the Lord Chancellor.

Aged 82, the Rev. Thomas May, Rector of Roborough, Devonshire, to which he was instituted in 1781 on his own petition.

April 1. In the Close, Salisbury, the Rev. Frederick Edward Arney, Čurate of Figheldean, Wiltshire. He entered Queen's college, Oxford, as a Commoner, in 1820, and took the degree of B.A. in 1824.

The Rev. Washington Hallen, Curate of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire; fourth son of George Hallen, esq. of Warseley Green, Worcestershire.

April 2. At the house of his brother in Doughty-st. London, aged 31, the Rev. John William Chambers, of St. John's college, Oxford. He was educated at Merchant-taylors school; entered as a Commoner of St. John's in 1825, and was one of Andrews's Law Exhibitioners: he graduated B. A. 1829, M. A. 1832.

April 3. In his 70th year, the Rev. John Spencer Cobbold, Rector of Woolpit, and incumbent of Shelland, Norfolk. He was formerly Fellow of Caius college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1790, M. A. 1793; was instituted to Shelland in 1810, and to Woolpit in 1831 on his own petition.

April 4. Aged 77, the Rev. William Gower, Rector of Little Hempstone, Devonshire, to which he was presented in 1827 by the King.

At Winchester, aged 74, the Rev. J. Rawstorn Papillon, of Lexden, Essex, and Rector of Chawton, Hampshire. He was formerly Fellow of Queen's college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1786, as 8th senior optime, M.A. 1789; and was presented to Chawton in 1802.

GENT. MAG. VOL. VII.

April 5. At Pontefract, aged 73, the Rev. John Atkinson, Lecturer of All Saints in that town, Vicar of Owersby, co. Lincoln, and Chaplain to the Earl of Mexborough. He was presented to Owersby in 1828 by Lord Monson.

April 9. At Woolwich, the Rev. Samuel Watson, D.D. Senior Chaplain of the Ordnance department in that garrison, Rector of Gravesend, and a magistrate for Kent. He was formerly a student of Christ church, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. 1792; B. and D.D. 1806; and was presented to Gravesend by the Lord Chancellor in 1811.

April 10. At Dawlish, aged 76, the Rev. John Norcross, Rector of Framlingham cum Saxtead, Suffolk. He was formerly Fellow of Pembroke college. Cambridge, where he graduated B.A, 1783, M. A. 1786; and by which society he was presented to his living in 1813.

At Wigan, aged 39, the Rev. James Cattanach, son of Mrs. Cattanach, of Alnwick.

April 14. At Hullavington, Wilts, aged 78, the Rev. John Green, Vicar of Norton Coleparte, Wilts, to which he was instituted in 1796.

At Woolwich, aged 73, the Rev. Hugh Fraser, Rector of that parish. He was the son of William Fraser, esq. of Aberdeen; was matriculated of Balliol coll. Oxf. 1782, graduated B.A. 1786, M. A. 1789, and was collated to the valuable rectory of Woolwich in 1805 by Dr. Dampier, then Bishop of Rochester. parishioners of all ranks eagerly testified at his funeral the high respect and love with which he was regarded.

His

April 16. Aged 72, the Rev. William Williams, Rector of Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, and a magistrate for that county. He was collated to his living in 1813 by Dr. Majendie, then Bishop of Bangor.

April 19. At the house of his brother at Bampton, Oxfordshire, the Rev. William Carr, Curate of Croft and Skegness, Lincolnshire. He entered at Merton college, Oxford, in 1829, and took his degree of B.A. in 1832.

April 20. At Warborough, Oxfordshire, aged 91, the Rev. John Buckland, Perpetual Curate of that parish, and Rector of St. George's, Southwark. He was formerly Fellow of Corpus Christi college, Oxford; where he graduated M.A. 1769, B.D. 1778; he was presented to Warborough in 1797 by that Society, and to St. George's, Southwark, in 1809, by Lord Chancellor Eldon.

April 21. Aged 75, the Rev. Charles Sanderson Miller, Vicar of Matching, EsHe was the younger son of the late Sanderson Miller, esq. of Radway, co. 4 Q

sex.