First. At the close of the year 1802, Mr. Turnor was elected to parliament for the borough of Midhurst; but he sat only until the dissolution in 1806. He served the office of high sheriff for Lincolnshire in 1810. Having for a considerable time made the topography of his neighbourhood his study, Mr. Turnor in 1806, published the result of his researches in a handsome quarto volume, under the title of "Collections for the History of the Town and Soke of Grantham; containing authentic Memoirs of sir Isaac Newton; now first published from the original MSS. in the possession of the earl of Portsmouth." "A Decla ration of the Diet and Particular Fare of King Charles the First, when Duke of York," was, in 1802, communicated to the Antiquarian Society by Mr. Turnor, from a manuscript in vellum, in the possession of his brother-in-law sir William Foulis, the descendant and representative of sir David Foulis, the prince's cofferer. It is printed in the Archæologia, vol. xv. Mr. Turnor is said to have been the editor of "A Short View of the Proceedings in the County of Lincoln, for a limited exportation of Wool," printed in 4to, 1824. In 1825 Mr. Turnor furnished the Antiquaries with an "Account of the Remains of a Roman Bath near Stoke in Lincolnshire," printed, with three plates, in the Archæologia, vol. xxii. pp. 26-32; and, immediately before his death, he sent an account of some further similar discoveries in the same neighbourhood.

20. At Cambo-house, county Fife, Anne, dowager countess of Kellie. She was daughter of captain Adam Gordon, of Ardoch, and was married to Thomas, ninth and late earl of Kellie, at Gottenburg, in 1771.

21. At Antwerp, the rev. 'Rowland Reginald Heber, late of Bossall Hall, Yorkshire.

R. S. L. archdeacon of Stafford, canon residentiary of Litchfield, and rector of Allhallows, London Wall. He was born at York, June 9th, 1753, and was the son of Dr. James Nares, an eminent composer and teacher of music, and for many years organist and composer to kings George II and III. His uncle, the hon. sir George Nares, was for fifteen years one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Educated at Westminster School, he became a king's scholar at the head of his election in 1767, and was subsequently elected in 1771 to a studentship of Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the degree of B. A. 1775, and M. A. 1778, and about the same time took orders. From 1779 to 1783 he resided in the fa mily of the late sir Watkin Williams Wynn, as tutor to his sons, the present baronet and his brother the right hon. Charles Williams Wynn; and from 1786 to 1788, they were under his tuition at Westminster School. In 1782 he obtained from Christ church the living of Easton Mauduit in Northamptonshire, and shortly after, that of Doddington, in the same county, which is in the patronage of the lord Chan cellor. In 1787 he was appointed one of the chaplains of his late royal highness the duke of York, and, in the ensuing year, hewas nominated an assistant preacher of the hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn. In 1790 he assisted in com pleting "Bridge's History of Northamptonshire," and wrote the preface to that work. In 1795 he was elected F. S. A., and, in the same year, be came one of the assistant librarians of the British Museum; and afterwards librarian for the MS. Department, where he prepared the third volume of the Harleian catalogue of MSS. published by the record commission. This situation he resigned in 1807. In 179% he was presented to the rectory of Sharnford, in Leicestershire, which be resigned in 1799, on being collated to the fifth stall of the canons residen. tiary of Litchfield; and, in the following year, he was appointed archdeacon of Stafford. In 1804 he was elected F.R.S. In 1805 he was presented to the living of St. Mary, Reading, which he resigned in 1818 for that of Allhallows, London Wall. The archdeacon was thrice married, but left no issue.

Besides several charges, sermons. and other writings, he published "An

Essay on the Dæmon or Divination of Socrates," 8vo. 1782. "Elements of Orthoëpy; containing a distinct view of the whole Analogy of the English Language, as it relates to pronunciation, accent, and quantity, 1784," 8vo. "Principles of Government deduced from Reason, &c. 1792," 8vo. "A connected and chronological View of the Prophecies of the Christian Church; in twelve sermons, preached in Lincoln's Inn chapel, from the year 1800 to 1804, at the lecture founded by bishop Warburton, 1806," 8vo.

"Es

says and other occasional compositions, chiefly reprinted, 1810," 2 vols. small 8vo. "The Veracity of the Evangelists demonstrated, by a comparative view of their Histories, 1816," 12mo. "A Glossary; or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, &c." In 1793, he commenced the British Critic, in conjunction with the rev. W. Beloe. To each of the half-yearly volumes of the British Critic was prefixed a preface, always written by Mr. Nares, taking a survey of the literature of the period. Mr. Nares proceeded with the work till the end of the forty-second volume, and then resigned it to others. In 1815 he edited Dr. Purdy's Lectures on the Church Catechism, &c. to which he prefixed a Biographical Preface.

23. At Aberdeen, aged 71, sir John Innes, ninth bart. of Balvery, county of Banff.

27. At Dresden, in his 77th year, Jacob Seydelmann, professor at the academy of Fine Arts.

27. At Kirkby, Notts, aged 82, the rt. hon. Henry Venables Vernon, third lord Vernon, elder brother to his grace the archbishop of York.

At Pimlico Lodge, aged 65, John Elliott, esq. F.R.S., head of the porterbrewery of Elliott and Co. Pimlico, and treasurer of Westminster hospital.

28. Aged 66, Henry Hase, esq. chief cashier of the Bank of England.

29. At Plymouth, aged nearly 100, Levi Benjamin, for upwards of 60 years reader to the Jewish synagogue of that town. He was supposed to have the most powerful voice in the kingdom; and was one of the teachers of Leoni, the master of Braham.

29. At Chester, aged 85, Thomas Harrison, esq. a distinguished architect. Mr. Harrison was born at Richmond, in Yorkshire, in the year 1744; and, having

shown a taste for drawing, went to Rome under the patronage of lord Dundas, about 1769. He remained there several years, engaged in the study of architecture, and made some designs for the embellishment of the square of Santa Maria del Popolo; in consequence of which he had the honour of receiving from the hands of Pope Ganganelli a gold and silver medal, and was also made a member of the Academy of St. Luke, by an especial order for that purpose. Upon leaving Rome, Mr. Har rison travelled through part of Italy and France, and returned to England in 1776, where he was soon afterwards engaged in building a bridge over the Lune, at Lancaster, consisting of five arches, being the first level bridge constructed in this country. Having settled at Lancaster, he designed and executed the extensive improvements and alterations in the castle at that place; and afterwards gained a premium, and was appointed architect for rebuilding the gaol and county courts of Chester. The armoury and the Exchequer-buildings, which form the wings of the superb county hall, at Chester, as also the gateway before it, were built after designs furnished by Mr. Harrison; and the new bridge across the Dee, now in progress, which is to be formed of one arch of 200 feet span, is also from his design. England is indebted to Mr. Harrison for the possession of the Elgin marbles. When the earl of Elgin was appointed ambassador to the Porte, in 1799, Mr. Harrison, who was at that time in Scotland, designing a house for his lordship, strongly recommended to him to endeavour to procure casts of all the remaining sculpture, &c. in Athens, but had not the least idea of the marbles themselves being removed. The following are some of the works in which Mr. Harrison was engaged :—A Greek Doric column, at Shrewsbury, in honour of lord Hill, and one for the marquis of Anglesey, erected near his lordship's residence, on the Straits of the Menai; the triumphal arch at Holyhead, built to commemorate the king's landing there; the Jubilee tower upon Moel Famma, to commemorate the 50th year of the reign of George III; the Athenæum and Sc. Nicholas's tower, in Liverpool; and the theatre and exchange buildings in Manchester. Besides Broom-hall, in Fifeshire, the residence of the earl of Elgin, Mr. Harrison designed houses for several

gentlemen in Scotland; amongst others, one for the late general Abercrombie, and one for Mr. Bruce.

29. In Foley-place, aged 65, Edward Ash, M. D. F. R. S. Physician extraordinary to his late majesty.

Aged 66, in Cavendish-square, Stephen Luke, M.D.

30. At the Clarendon hotel, aged 43, Geo. Robert Petre, esq. of Dunken-hall, Lancashire, first cousin to lord Petre.

31. In Conduit-street, aged 40, the rev. Brownlow Poulter, rector of Buriton, Hants, eldest surviving son of the rev. Edmund Poulter, prebendary of Winchester, by Miss Bannister, sister to Mrs. North, wife of the late bishop.

Lately. Aged 25, Douglas Smith, esq. student of Christ Church, Oxford, and son of the rev. Sydney Smith.

At Cambray, the wife of the rev. sir Rd. Wolseley, bart. of Mount Wolseley, co. Carlow.

At Rome, in his 72nd year, Dr. Fortis, general of the order of the Jesuits.

At his apartments in the Rue Vaugirard, Paris, at an advanced age, Francis Plowden, esq. LL.D. formerly a member of the English Chancery bar, author of a History of Ireland, and father-in-law to the earl of Dundonald.This gentleman was a member of a Catholic family of the name, and brother to the rev. Charles Plowden, a Roman Catholic priest, and tutor at Stoneyhurst, author of several profes sional works, and also to the rev. Robert Plowden, priest at Bristol. The bar rister's first works were: "An Investigation of the Native Rights of British Subjects, 1784," Svo.-" A Supplement to the same, written in relation to the case of the earl of Newburgh, a descendant of the earl of Derwentwater, 1785.""Impartial Thoughts upon the beneficial consequences of enrolling all Deeds, Wills, and Codicils, affecting Lands throughout England and Wales, including a draught of a Bill proposed to be brought into Parliament for that purpose," 1789.-"The Case stated, by Francis Plowden, esq. Conveyancer of the Middle Temple; occasioned by the Act of Parliament lately passed for the relief of the English Roman Catholics, 1791, 8vo. In 1792 Mr. Plowden pablished: "Jura Anglorum; the Rights of Englishmen; being an historical and legal Defence of the present Constitution," 8vo. At the Enconia at Oxford on the 5th of July in the following year,

the honorary degree of D.C. L. was con ferred upon him. In 1794 the latter work was attacked in an octavo pamphlet, called "A Letter to Francis Plowden, esq. Conveyancer, of the Middle Tem. ple, on his work entitled Jura Anglorum, by a Roman Catholic clergyman." Dr. Plowden's next publications were "A short History of the British Empire during the last twenty months, viz. from May 1792 to the close of the year 1793, London, 1794," Svo.-" A friendly and constitutional Address to the People of Great Britain, 1794," 8vo. In the titlepage of this he styled himself “LL.D. of Gray's-inn, Conveyancer." In the same year, John Reeves, esq. another well-known legal and political writer, printed "The Malcontents; a Letter to Francis Plowden, esq." and there was also "A Letter from an Associator to Francis Plowden, esq." The next productions of Mr. Plowden were"Church and State; being an Inquiry into the origin, nature, and extent, of Ecclesiastical and Civil Authority, with reference to the British Constitution, 1795," 4to." A short History of the British Empire during the year 1794. London, 1795, 8vo.-" A Treatise upon the Law of Usury and Annuities," 1796, 1797, 8vo." The Constitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Civil and Ecclesiastical, 1802, Svo. In 1803 appeared, in two quarto volumes, his grand work, entitled "An Historical Review of the State of Ireland, from the invasion of that country under Henry 2nd. to its Union with Britain in 1801. London, 1803." Of this an elaborate critique by sir Richard Musgrave, the author of the History of the Irish Rebellion, appeared in the British Critic, continued through more than one number; and which was afterwards published in a separate form, with additions, corrections, and an appendix, under the title of, "Strictures upon an Historical Review of the State of Ireland, by Francis Plowden, esq.; or, a Justification of the Conduct of the English Governments in that Country, from the Reign of Henry the Second to the Union of Great Britain and Ireland." Mr. Plowden published in reply two pamphlets, one intituled, "A Postiiminious Preface to the Historical Review of the State of Ireland; containing a statement of the Author's Communications with the Right Hon. Henry Ad. dington, &c. upon the subject of that

work; Strictures upon the British Critic, and other traducers of the Irish Nation; and also Observations on Lord Redesdale's Letters to the Earl of Fingal, 1804," 4to; and the other, "An His torical Letter to Sir Richard Musgrave, bart. occasioned by his Strictures on the Historical Review, 1805, 8vo. In 1806 Mr. Plowden published "The Principles and Law of Tithing illustrated, adapted to the convenience of all persons interested in Tithes," royal 8vo; -in 1807, "A Refutation of the Charge of having improvidently and maliciously advised the prosecution in the case of the King versus Graham." 8vo; and in 1812, an octavo edition, in five volumes, of The History of Ireland, from 1172 to 1810." At the Lifford assizes, April 4, 1813, Mr. Plowden was prosecuted by Mr. Hart for a libel contained in the History of Ireland. A verdict of 50007, damages was obtained against him; the consequence of which was his retirement to France, where he passed the remainder of his life, not without pecuniary difficulties. Mr. Plowden's lady died at the house of her son-in-law the Earl of Dundonald, at Hammersmith, in July 1827. She published in 1800,"Virginia; a comic opera, in three acts." Their eldest son, captain Plowden, was shot in a duel in Jamaica, where he was aide-de-camp to General Churchill. The eldest daughter Anna Maria, became the third countess of Archibald ninth and present earl of Dundonald in April 1819, and died September 18, 1822.

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2. In Wimpole-street, aged 19, Coutts Marjoribanks, eldest son of Edward Marjoribanks, esq. and nephew to sir John Marjoribanks, bart. and Stewart Marjoribanks, esq. M. P.

In Clifford's Inn, Fleet-street, Manasseh Dawes, esq. Barrister of the Inner Temple. Mr. Dawes had long left the bar; and, at different periods of his life published various works, among which were the following: "Philosophical Considerations, or Inquiry into the merits of the controversy between Doctors Priestley and Price, on Matter and Spirit, and Philosophical Necessity, 1780," 8vo. "On Intellectual Liberty and Toleration. "Essay on Crimes and Punishments;" Deform

ity of the doctrine of libels, Commentaries on the Laws of Arrests, &c. &c.

3. At Columbo, in Ceylon, lieut.-col. Henry Bird, of his majesty's Ceylon regiment.

6. At Trewithen, Cornwall, of erysipelas, aged 70, sir Christopher Hawkins, bart. recorder of Grampound and St. Ives, Fellow of the Royal, Antiquarian, and Horticultural Societies, and, at the period of his recent retirement, father of the House of Commons. Sir Christopher was the elder son of Thomas Hawkins, esq. colonel in the guards, and M.P.for Grampound, by Anne, daughter of James Heywood, esq. of London. 8. At St. Petersburg, in his 58th year, Alexander Kniazhnin, author of several dramatic pieces and poems.

9. At Bristol, Wm. Macready, esq. formerly manager of the theatre at Leicester and other provincial towns, and father of the celebrated tragedian of that name.

12. At Northallerton, aged 86, Fletcher Rigge, esq. of Carke-hall, Lancashire, Barrister-at-law, clerk of assize for the northern circuit, and a deputy lieut. for the North Riding.

13. At Windsor, the rev. Richard Webb, formerly Chaplain of New and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford, one of the minor canons of Windsor, Westminster, and St. Paul's, a priest in ordinary to his majesty and Vicar of Kensworth, Hertfordshire.

14. At Mayence, Christian August Fischer, professor at the university of Wurtzburg, a popular writer of travels, and also compiler and translator of many publications of the same description. He was born at Leipzig, in 1771. His "Travels through Spain ;" "Picture of Madrid ;" and "Picture of Valencia," have appeared in English.

17. At Tamworth, Warwickshire, aged 73, the rev. Phillip Wren, M.A. rector of Ipsley, and for nearly fifty years Vicar of Tamworth. He was a lineal descendant of the great Architect sir Christopher Wren.

18. In the Crescent, Bath, aged 72, sir John Keane, bart. of Belmont, co. Waterford.

19. In his 17th year, Richard eldest son of Richard Gatcombe, esq. late of Seaton Devon.

At Dryburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire, aged 86, the right hon. David Steuart Erskine, eleventh earl of

Buchan and sixth lord Cardross. His lordship was born June 1, 1742 (O.S.) He was the second but eldest surviving son of Henry David, the tenth earl, by Agnes, second daughter of sir James Steuart, bart. of Goodtrees, his majesty's solicitor for Scotland; and was the elder half-brother of Thomas lord Erskine, for a short time lord high chancellor of England. Having completed his education, lordCardross, though he held a halfpay lieutenancy of the 32nd foot which he retained to the period of his decease, repaired to London, to pursue the study of diplomacy under the patronage of the earl of Chatham. Whilst resident in the metropolis, he was elected a fellow of the royal and antiquarian societies in 1765. His lordship was appointed secretary to the British embassy in Spain, in November 1766; but losing his father, December 1, 1767, withdrew from public life at a very early period after his succession to the title, and dedicated himself to the duties of a private station, the advancement of science and literature, and the improve ment of his native country by the arts of peace. The earl of Buchan may justly be styled the founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The first meeting, preparatory to its formation, was held at his house, Nov. 14, 1780; when he explained, in a pertinent discourse, the general plan and intention of the proposed association. A second meeting assembled at the same place a fortnight after; and at a third, on the 18th of October, the society was instituted, when the earl of Bute was elected president,and the earl of Buchan the first of the five vice-presidents. A few weeks after, it was announced that the earl of Buchan had presented to the newly-instituted Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, a correct life of the admirable Crichton, written by the ear! himself. In December, 1784, the earl communicated to Mr. Nichols two letters, containing some "Remarks on the Progress of the Roman Arms in Scotland, during the Sixth Campaign of Agricola," which, with a third by the rev. Mr. Jamieson, and six plates, were published in 1786 as the 36th number of the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica. Lord Buchan, in conjunction with Walter Minto, L L. D., published at Edinburgh, in quarto, in 1787, "An Account of the Life, Writings, and Inventions of Napier of Merchiston;" as a

specimen of biography on a new plan. In 1787, lord Buchan, from regard to his health, left Edinburgh, and went to reside at his country mansion of Dryburgh Abbey, where he applied himself to the improvement of his grounds and seat. In 1814, he erected in his grounds a statue of Wallace; and a chain bridge of his formation crosses the Tweed at Dryburgh. The enthusiasm of lord Buchan led him in 1791 to institute an annual festive commemoration of Thomson, at Ednam, the scene of that poet's birth; and to publish an "Eulogy of Thomson the Poet delivered by the earl of Buchan, on Ednam-hill, when he crowned the first edition of The Seasons' with a wreath of bays, on the 22nd of September, 1791," which contains some strong reflections on Dr. Johnson for his profane' criticisms on the Scottish bard. In the following year, the earl pursued the subject in an

Essay on the Lives and Writings of Fletcher of Saltoun and the poet Thomson, biographical, critical, and political; with some pieces of Thomson's never before published," 8vo. Lord Buchan was an occasional contributor to various

periodical publications. His favourite signature was Albanicus; under which, in a letter to his friend Hortus, he describes his own delightful residence of Dryburgh Abbey in the fourth volume of "The Bee." In Scotland patronage can rarely afford to take a very munificent form, nor did lord Buchan's circumstances enable him to become an exception to the general rule. But in kind offices, in recommendations, in introductions, in suggestions, and in warmly interesting himself and others within his sphere for the promotion of deserving efforts and youthful or lowly aspirants to fame, he well merited the name of a zealous patron. The poet Burns, Tytler, the translator of Callimachus, and Pinkerton the historian and antiquary, were, amongst others, fostered by his countenance and friendship. Lord Buchan married, at Aberdeen, October 15, 1771, Margaret, eldest daughter of his cousin-german, William Fraser, esq. of Fraserfield, co. Aber deen. The countess, who died May 12, 1819, never had any family. The titles have devolved on his lordship's nephew, Henry David Erskine, esq. elder son of the hon. Henry Erskine, who died in 1817.

20. At Paris, lady Morres Gore, relict