At Newbiggin, Ravenstonedale, Mrs. Eliz. Shaw, widow of Mr. W. S. Her death was occasioned by her clothes catching fire, which she survived only a week.

Wilts. At Stoke, near Devizes, aged 67, Lucy, daughter of the late Rev.J. Mayo. At Horningsham, aged 25, the wife of Mr. Tilbrook, land-surveyor.

James Burton, esq. of Lockeridge, near Marlborough.

Esmead Edridge, esq. of Monkton-house. At Wilton, the wife of Rev. C. Sloper. Mr. Henry Sheppard, of Marlborough. Worcester. At Ripple, aged 65, Rev. Robert Lucas, D. D. rector of that place, and vicar of Pattishall, co. Northampton. He was an active magistrate for the counties of Gloucester and Worcester, and was known to the literary world as the author of a volume of Poems, and another of Sermons.

Aged 82, Rev. Ralph Lingen, formerly fellow of Wadham college, rector of Castle Frome, Hereford, and of Rock, Worcester. At Worcester, Mrs. Kent, relict of Rev. Dr. K. rector of Bockley, Somerset.

Rev. Mr. Walker, of Sapey. Joseph Helm, esq. of Boughton-house. The wife of T. Davies, esq. of the Tything, near Worcester.

In his 17th year, Thomas, son of John Pidcock, esq. Platts-house, near Stourbridge.

Fell into the canal at Stourport, and was drowned, leaving a wife and ten children, aged 53, Mr. W. Tippon, of Lower Mitton. Aged 73, Thos. Heath, esq. late of the Old-hall, Hanley.

York.-Feb. At Pontefract, aged 39, Mr. B. Oxley, and on the 26th ult. aged 28, Miss O. and on the 28th ult. aged 32, Mr. S. O. sons and daughter of the late Mr. Oxley, surgeon, Pontefract.

At Pontefract, aged 93, Mrs. Lucas, relict of Mr. L. alderman.

At Hull, in his 82d year, Henry Maister, esq. chairman of the Dock company, and formerly colonel of the East York militia, and vice-lieutenant of the East Riding.

Aged 70, John Milnes, esq. of Flockton. Mr. Thos. South, of Sheffield. Upwards of 20 years ago he climbed the steeple of the parish church without any other assistance than by taking hold of the stones which ornament the spire, and turned the vane at the top. He descended without the least injury.

In consequence of her clothes catching fire, aged 14, Mary, daughter of W. Snowden, of Burley.

John Stapleton, esq. of Drax, co. York, and of Birwick-hill, Northumberland.

At Minskip, near Boroughbridge, Wm. Fletcher, esq. well known on the turf, and owner and breeder of Trimbush, Stavely, Sligo, and several other capital racers. GENT. MAG. May, 1812.

At Halifax, aged 88, Mr. Rich. Naylor, many years in His Majesty's service. Aged 90, Mr. J. Cawood, of Garforth. At Milshaw, near Fulstone, aged 102, James Hinchliffe, clothier: he always enjoyed a good state of health; lost his sight a few years back, but his memory was good to the last.

WALES. In the Isle of Anglesea, the place of his nativity, the truly learned Rev. T. Owen, M. A. rector of Upton Scudamore, near Bath, and formerly of Queen's college, Oxford.

At Brecon, W. Williams, esq. prothonotary and clerk of the peace.

At Llandeilo Fawr, Brecon, Mrs. Watkins, relict of David W. esq.

At Ty-Llwyd, co. Cardigan, Watkin, third son of John Vaughan, esq. At Carmarthen, aged 65, Lady Mansel, relict of Sir Wm. M. bart. of Iscoed.

At Carmarthen, suddenly, whilst attending the marriage of a friend, the wife of Mr. W. White, of Plas-gwyn.

At his rectorial house of Rhiw, co. Carnarvon, Rev. Evan Rees; deservedly lamented by his parishioners, over whom he presided with care and fidelity 53 years.

At an advanced age, Lady Kyffin, relict of the late Sir Thos. K. of Maynan, co. Carnarvon.

At Gredington, Flintshire, the infant son of the Right hon. Lord Kenyon.

Mr. W. Vaughan, of Caerphilly, Glamorganshire.

Capt. Lewis Landeg, of the 17th Native reg. Bengal, son of the late Roger L. esq. banker, of Swansea.

At Veranda, near Swansea, co. Glamorgan, Lieut. Thos. Sproule, 16th foot.

At Crosswen, near Margam Copper Works, co. Glamorgan, aged 109, Morgan Corslett.

Richard Tudor, esq. of Garth, co. Montgomery. At Bullebar, near Castle-martin, Pembrokeshire, aged 41, Nicholas Leach, esq.

Rev. James Lloyd Harris, vicar of Bridwell and Marlow, Pembrokeshire. At Court-house, near Fishguard, co. Pembroke, John Gwynne, esq.

Aged 83, John Davies, esq. of Celn Cido Hall, co. Radnor.

The wife of Thomas George, esq. of Cwmllan, near Narberth.

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At Rhayader, co. Radnor, aged 100, Mrs. Price, mother of John P. esq. of Weymouth-house, Bath.

At Dolegwn, near Lampeter, in his 80th year, John Vaughan, esq.

At Haking, aged 93, Mr. C. Emment. SCOTLAND.-At Edinburgh, aged 86, John Robertson, esq. writer.

At Edinburgh, Lady Catherine Charteris, eldest daughter of the late Francis C. Earl of Wemyss. She was the person alluded luded to in the song of "Say, bonny lass, will you lie in a barrack."

At Edinburgh, Arch. Campbell, eldest son of Lord Succoth.

At Aberdeen, in his 59th year, Rev. Dr. Gordon, minister of that place.

In the Forest of Birse, co. Aberdeen, aged 103, James Brown; also, in the same place, aged 101, Christian Catanach; and a short time after, aged 91, her brother, Donald C. They had all lived many years in the Forest, and retained their faculties to the last.

At Glasgow, aged 82, Wm. Bell.

In Argyleshire, aged 91, Mrs. Fletcher. At Campbeltown, in her 79th year, Mrs. Charlotte Cambell, relict of I. Stewart, esq. of Kinwhinleck.

At Newton upon Ayr, aged 98, Alexander Brown.

At Roseislehaugh, in his 93d year, Mr. Lewis Kay.

At Mauchline, in her 89th year, Miss Susannah Campbell, daughter of the late Mungo C. of Netherplace.

IRELAND.-In Dublin, in his 85th year, Gustavus Hume, esq. the eminent surgeon, father of Arthur H. of the Treasury, Ireland, and of Dr. T. H. physician to the Forces in Portugal.-In Dublin, the Hou. Mrs. Herbert, relict of Counsellor E. Η. sister of the late, and aunt of the present Earl of Dysart.-Major Irwine, Donegal militia.-Suddenly, Geo. Dowdall, esq.

In Rutland-sq. Dublin, Matthew Forde, esq. of Seaford, co. Down.

Rev. Wm. Meade Ogle, of Merion-sq. Dublin.

At Grenville, Limerick, aged 93, J. Massey, esq. formerly Treasurer of that county.

At Cork, aged 76, Hen. Fortescue, esq. At White Point, near Cork, John Edward O'Donnoghue, esq. lieutenant in the gallant 48th reg. Though a young officer, he had shared the danger and honours of some of the late most brilliant actions in Portugal and Spain.

At Drogheda, Lieut.-col. John French, late of the 71st Highland regt.

At Kilkenny, the Right Rev. Jas. Lanigoan, D. D. R. C. Bp. of Ossory.

At Birchfield, co. Kilkenny, the Hon. Lady Blunden, widow of the late, and mother of the present Sir John B. bart.

Arthur Burrowes, esq. second son of Sir Erasmus B. bart. of Portarlington.

At Hannestown, aged 100, Hugh Blaney. At Birr, Major John Taylor, one of the oldest officers in the Warwickshire Militia. Aged 102, Margaret Boulanger, of

Mouy, near Clermont.

At Limerick, aged 104, Mrs. Dorothea Borough, relict of Major B.

At Polarton, co. Carlow, at an advanced period of life, Sir C. Burton, bart.

At Kildalby, co. Meath, J. Nangle, esq.

At Glankeen, co. Tipperary, T. Woodward, esq. son of the late Richard, Lord Bishop of Cloyne.

ABROAD. At head-quarters, Gallegos, having been severely wounded on the night of the 8th of Jan. in storming the redoubt of Francisco, before Ciudad Rodrigo, in his 20th year, Lieut. Rutherfoord Hawksley, of the 95th Rifle Regiment, second son of Archibald H. esq. of Dublin. The ardour and enthusiasm for his profession, felt by this gallant young soldier, offered the brightest prospect for his future career; and his most estimable private character and numerous virtues strongly endeared him to his brother officers and a large circle of friends.

At Lisbon, the wife of Brigade Major Milne, 45th regt.

In Portugal, of fever, Capt. Geo, Pigot Johnson, 81st regt.

In Portugal, in his 20th year, John, son of Mr. Bowley, Shrewsbury.

At Cadiz, Gen. Cuesta.

At Vienna, aged 24, the Prince of Auersburg, who, in September, married the eldest daughter of Prince Lobkowitz. At. Vienna, Field Marshal Baron de Stutterheim.

At Messina, Lieut.-col. Ainslie, of 4th or Queen's own dragoons.

Thrown overboard by the mlzen staysail-sheet, and drowned, while looking out on the enemy, off Corfu, Lieut. B. Virtue, of H. M. ship Eagle.

Wrecked on the coast of Holland, and one among the many who were drowned on that melancholy occasion, Mr. Henry Rudston, of Hull, master of the Rosina transport.

At Lemburg, Prussia, aged 116, John Urssulak, a silk-weaver. He had had six wives; and by the last, who survives him, had a son twelve months ago. He was extremely healthy and active, and walked 6 miles the day before his death.

At Berlin, M. Villart, merchant. After being ill a few days, he died on the 9th of Feb. On the third day after, whilst his friends were assembled to perform the funeral rites, on taking a last look, they perceived the linen at his feet agitated, and in a few minutes symptoms of returning life. In about half an hour M. V. opened his eyes, recognized those about him, but complained of excessive drought and weakness. For some days he remained in a doubtful state, and at length expired.

At Ormskirk, aged 76, Mr. W. Gould, many years gardener to the last three sovereigns of Russia.

In the East Indies, much regretted, Captain Wm. Stokoe, late commander of the Princess Charlotte, who (when commander of the Union extra-ship) most gallantly captured La Venus French privateer, of superior force.

In India, Lieut. C. Rawusley, 18th regiment.

At Charleston, Massachusetts, aged 69, Commodore Sam. Nicholson, senior officer of the Navy of the United States.

May 1. In Alfred-place, Alexander, third son of J. G. Richardson, esq.

Aged 88, Mrs. Garratt, of Hornsey, Middlesex.

Aged 63, Wm. Harrison, esq. of Urmeston, co. Lancaster.

At Padstow, Cornwall, Mrs. Biddulph, widow of the late Rev. Thos. B. of Ledbury, co. Hereford, and many years vicar of Padstow.

May 2. At Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, the wife of Col. Hope.

May 3. Aged 49, F. A. Walter, esq. for 17 years lieutenant and adjutant in the St. George's Hanover-square first volunteer regiment of infantry, commanded by Col. the Earl of Chesterfield,

Aged 23, the wife of Mr. George Hackett, of Bredon-on-the-Hill, co. Leic.

At Eardiston, the seat of Sir Wm. Smith, Bart. in his 27th year, Wm. Smith, esq. late of Oriel college, Oxford.

May 4. In Rochester, Mrs. Cameron, relict of the late Brig.-gen. Duncan.

May 5. In Holborn, aged 65, Anne, widow and relict of Mr. Matthew Oliver, linen-draper.

At Clifton, aged 79, Anna Regina, widow of the late Dr. Matthew Halliday, many years physician at St. Petersburg.

May 6. In the Crescent, Americasquare, in his 75th year, Wm. Mainwaring, esq.

At Mr. Caley's, Seymour-place, Eus ton-square, James Merest, esq. of Soham, co. Cambridge.

On Richmond-terrace, after an illness of 12 years, Mr. Thos. Miles.

May 6. The wife of Mr. J. Furtado, of Hampton-court-green.

At Chatham, aged 30, H. Whitby, esq. capt. of H. M. ship Briton, and youngest son of Rev. T. W. of Creswell Hall, co. Stafford, and late commander of the Cerberus; in which ship he increased bis reputation as a brave, skilful officer, particularly in his conduct in Capt. Hoste's gallant action off Lissa in the Adriatic. The Briton, 38, of which Capt. W. was appointed commander, was launched but a few days ago at Chatham.

At Reading, in her 69th year, the wife of the Rev. Thos. Arnold.

May 7. In Alfred-place, the infant daughter of J. G. Richardson, esq.

In Charles-street, St. James's-square, aged 37, T. Robertson, esq. purser of the Belleisle.

In Sloane-street, aged 70, Mrs. Collin

son.

Maria, eldest daughter of Rich. Brant, esq. of West-hill, Putney-heath.

May 8. In Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Mrs. Mary Carter.

At Lympstone, Devon (whither he had gone for the recovery of his health), Alex. Hume, esq. of Gloucester-place, Portmansquare, and of Harris, co. Inverness.

May 9. At Camberwell, Edward Kemble, esq. deputy of Cordwainers' Ward, which he had represented in Common Council more than 30 years. He was at the Court on the 5th, and seemed as well as usual, but took to his bed the following evening; and, though medical advice was immediately resorted to, Nature was found to be quite exhausted.

At Tiverton, Devon, aged 71, James Nixon, esq. A.R.A. limner to his R. Highness the Prince Regent, and principal miniature-painter to her Royal Highness the Duchess of York. His works as a miniature-painter have gained him the first place among his contemporary professors of that art; and many histrionic events have received new life by his more masterly pencil in oil colour.

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John Swale, esq. of Kendal, formerly of Great Ormond-street, London.

At Dumfries, Lucy, eldest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Gage, bart. of Coldham Hall, Suffolk, the widow of G. Maxwell, esq. of Munchis, co. Dumfries.

May 10. Aged 59, Mr. Riviere, sen. jeweller, of New Bond-street..

Lydia, wife of T. Wood, esq. of Clapham Common.

At Bedminster, the infant son of Rev. Fountain Elwin.

Aged 14 months, Anna E. C. daughter of Rev. Hor. Hamond, rector of Great Massingham, co. Norfolk.

John Clerk, of Eldin, esq. F. R. S. and author of the "Naval Tacticks."

May 11. Shot by the hand of an assassin, on passing through the lobby to the House of Commons, the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, chancellor of the exchequer, first lord of the treasury, prime minister of England (see page 482). He was born, at his father's house, in Audiey-square, Nov. 1, 1762. He was the second son of John, late Earl of Egmont, in Ireland, and Baron Lovel and Holland, in England, by Catharine Compton, his second wife, daughter of Charles, son of George, Earl of Northampton, and sister to Spencer, Earl of Northampton, from whom the subject of these memoirs derived his Christian name of Spencer. His mother, on the 19th of May, 1770, was created a peeress of Ireland, in her own right, by the style of Lady Arden, Baroness Arden, of Lohart Castle, in the county of Cork; and, dying in 1784, she was succeeded by her eldest son Charles George, who, in July 20, 1802, was raised to the peerage of England, by the title of Baron Arden in Warwickshire. The family of Perceval is one amongst the few

few instances in English genealogy, of families which have preserved their rank and greatness in an uninterrupted line of descent from the Norman Conquest, notwithstanding the internal commotions, in the course of which, houses remarkable for their weight and affluence have been totally annihilated. Its descent is regularly deduced, on unquestionable authority, from Robert, the second son of Eudes, Sovereign Duke of Brittany in France, who settled in Normandy, and became possessed of the lordships of Brehewal and Ivery, in that duchy.-Robert, Lord of Brehewal and Ivery, followed William the Conqueror to England, where his descendants, in the second or third generation, changed the name of Brehewal into that of Perceval, which the family has since borne. Through this long series of years it became allied to many houses of high rank, and retained possession of most of their lordships in England and Ireland. The first ancestor of Mr. Perceval who repaired to the latter kingdom was John Lord Lovel, at the request of Richard II. -Sir John Perceval, grandfather to the late minister, was a privy counsellor to Queen Anne, and was advanced to the peerage of Ireland on the accession of the House of Brunswick, by the title of Baron Perceval of Burton. In 1722, he was created Viscount Perceval of Kanturk, and Earl of Egmont, in the same kingdom, in 1733. He intermarried with the daughter of Sir Philip Parker, Bart. (the representative of the Lords Morley of that name and of sir William Parker, Knight, who married Alice Lovell, the heiress of the houses of Lovel and Holland in the time of Edward the Fourth), and dying in 1748 was succeeded by his eldest son, John, the late Earl of Egmont, who, in 1762, was created an English peer, by the title of Lord Lovel and Holland, in commemoration of his descent from the lords of these names, whose honours would have devolved upon him by right of inheritance, had it not been for the attainder of Sir William Parker, who shared the fate of Richard the Third on Bosworth field.John, the late earl, who died in 1770, was twice married. By his first wife, Catherine, daughter of James Earl of Salisbury, he had John James, the present Earl of Egmont and Lord Lovel and Holland, and several other children, all of whom (except the Earl) are now dead. By the second he had (besides Lord Arden and the late Prime Minister) Mary, married to Andrew Berkely Drummond, esq.; Frances, married to Lord Redesdale; Margaret, the wife of Thomas Walpole, esq. nephew of the Earl of Orford; and another son, and three other daughters, who are dead. The Earl of Egmont, therefore, is his only surviving brother of the half blood, and Lord Arden his only surviving

brother of the whole blood.-Let not our readers imagine that we have brought this heap of genealogical honours to increase the importance, or add lustre to the character, of our lamented Statesman. It derives its greatest splendour from itself. But, however unwilling to revive the unguarded expressions uttered in the heat of political debate, we cannot forget that this descendant of an antient and distinguished ancestry was lately described as "an adventurer from the Bar." Such misrepresentations thrive among the ignorant, when they spring from their oracles. The calumnies leveled at first against the origin of a man, soon fasten on his personal virtues, and destroy his public and private character. Like rust, unless quickly removed, they eat away the most polished steel. Hence we have deemed it our duty to enter, at some length, into Mr. Perceval's genealogical descent, that truth might openly refute what party fervour had advanced, and party blindness credited; conscious, at the same time, that his individual merits, instead of borrowing from, add a ray to the glorious sunshine of his ancestry.---Mr. Perceval's infancy was spent at Charlton, the seat of his family, in Kent, where he went through the first rudiments of learning. There he also contracted an early attachment for the youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, Bart. and member for Sussex, an active and spirited Officer, who had distinguished himself at the battle of Minden, where he served as Aide-decamp to General, afterwards Earl of Waldegrave, and who also attained the rank of General before his death. This gentleman held the lordship of the manor of Charlton, where he had also a country residence; and the proximity of the two families occasioned an intimacy and interchange of affection between them, which were afterwards confirmed by a double matrimonial alliance. From Charlton Spencer Perceval removed to Harrow, where he successfully prepared himself for the University. At the proper age he repaired to Trinity College, Cambridge, where the present Bishop of Bristol, Dr. William - Lort Mansell, was his tutor. There unwearied application and splendid abilities led him to the highest academical honours. In 1781 he obtained the degree of Master of Arts, and on the 16th of December of the following year was admitted of Lincoln's Inn. His usual attention carried him successfully through the necessary studies, and he was called to the bar in Hilary term 1786. He commenced his professional career in the Court of King's Bench, and accompanied the Judges through the Midland circuit. His chief opponents were then Mr. (now Sir S.) Romilly, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Serj. Vaughan; and, notwithstanding his excess of modesty, which,

which, at that period, almost amounted to timidity, he displayed encouraging promises of forensic excellence, which were realized at the trial of George Thomas, of Brackley, Northamptonshire, for forgery. In this case he was retained for the prosecution; and had the honour of contending with Mr. Law, since Lord Chief Just. Ellenborough. This trial excited much public attention, and the ability evinced by Mr. Perceval reatly increased the number of his clients.--Successful in his professional exertions, he was no less fortunate in his search after domestic happiness; and on the 10th of August, 1790, he led to the altar Miss Jane Wilson, whose eldest sister had, four years before, given her hand to his elder brother, Lord Arden. His advancement was now both regular and rapid. In Hilary term 1796, he obtained a silk gown, and became the leading counsel on the Midland circuit, not only in point of rank, but also in quantity of business. He was soon after appointed counsel to the Admiralty; and the University of Cambridge acknowledged its sense of his merits by nominating him one of its two counsel. However, either the bustle and confusion of a court of law did not exactly comport with his gentle and amiable manners, or the attention which he began to pay to the politics of his country induced him to sacrifice a portion of his legal practice, by changing its scene of action. He had attracted the notice of an attentive observer and acute judge of men and talents, the late Mr. Pitt, by a pamphlet which he had written, to prove "that an impeachment of the House of Commons did not abate by a dissolution of Parliament." This work became the foundation of his intimacy with the Premier, and his subsequent connexion with the government; and caused a sudden alteration in his prospects. He had long felt the laudable ambition of joining the parliamentary hosts that rallied round the Throne and the Constitution, to repel the attacks of internal faction and foreign enmity. A most propitious opportunity was now opened. His first cousin, Lord Compton, succeeded to the Earldom of Northampton in April 1796, on the demise of his maternal uncle, and consequently vacated his seat for the borough of that name. Mr. Perceval immediately offered himself to represent the vacant borough; and was too well known, and too universally esteemed, to meet with any opposition. He had been previously appointed deputy recorder, and was now elected member for Northampton; and so highly did his constituents approve of his political conduct and private worth, that they gave him flattering and repeated pledges of their esteem and affection, by returning him to serve in three Parliaments. To the national

sorrow for the murder of so excellent a man, and so skilful and energetic a minister, they now join private grief for the loss of a faithful and beloved representative. [These Memoirs shall be continued in our next Magazine.]

May 11. At Clapham Common, in her 74th year, Mrs. Meade.

At Godalming, Surrey, Mrs. Worgan, relict of the late Dr. W. of Gower-street.

At Hambrook, Mrs. Caroline Thornton, widow of Mr. E. T. late of Warmley House. At Clifton, Rev. Thos. James, of Brecon. May 12. Mr. Hector Barnes, of Botolph-lane.

Mr. Jonathan Herne, orchal-maker, of Hoxton-square.

In Sloane-sq. aged 63, Mr. W. Burgess, for upwards of 40 years a highly esteemed portrait-painter and drawing-master.

At Hammersmith, Mr. Devis, brother to the celebrated artist.

At Penzance in Cornwall, whither he went for the recovery of his health, aged 16, Sir Wm. Henry Langham, bart. He is succeeded in title and estate by his uncle, now Sir James Langham, bart. of Hill-House, Bookham, Surrey.

May 13. In his 66th year, J. Garraway, esq. of Cadogan-place.

In Dover-st. the rt. Rev. Thos. Dampier, Lord Bp. of Ely, official visitor of St. John's, Jesus, and Christ College, Cambridge. His Lordship's demise was extremely sudden, and the cause is supposed to have been the gout, with which he had been long afflicted, having ascended from his limbs to his stomach. This distinguished scholar's death was so little expected, that his lady was at the concert of sacred musick when the melancholy event took place. Dr. Dampier was educated at Eton, and at King's College, Cambridge, B. A. 1771; M. A. 1774; D. D. 1780, per regias literas; tutor to the Earl of Guildford and his brother; vicar of Bexley, in Kent, in 1771. Dr. Egerton, Bp. of Durham, allowed Dr. Dampier, his father, who was dean of Durham, to resign the mastership of Sherborne Hospital in favour of his son, when his health was visibly declining, from his re spect for the Dean, and from the deserved estimation in which he was held at Durham. He was a prebendary of Canterbury 1765; canon of Windsor 1769; prebendary of Durham 1782; dean of Rochester 1782; bishop of that see 1802; and translated to Ely in 1808.

May 14. In his 19th year, Mr. W. S. Appleyard, of the Transport-office.

At Stobs Castle, co. Roxburgh, Sir Wm. Elliott, bart. of Stobs. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, now Sir Wm. Elliott, bart.

May 15. Aged15, Susanna, daugh. of W. Stanley, esq. of Maryland-point, Stratford. At Dun-house, John Erskine, esq. of Dun.