acquirements, and his amiable and cultivated manners, that the invitation was quite unanimous. He accordingly returned to Yarmouth, not more than two months after he had quitted it, well pleased in having been spared the anxious uncertainty of an attempt to establish himself in the metropolis. The three principle bodies of men in Yarmouth, and its vicinity, at that time, were the corporation, the dissenters, and the clergy of the established church; the two former, inhabiting the town, and not upon any cordial terms with each other, were chiefly devoted to commercial pursuits. The clergy, liberally educated, and therefore capable of appreciating Dr. Aikin's acquirements, formed the most agreeable part of his society, and the principal acquaintances that he here made were among them. For some time circumstances went on favourably; he enjoyed the moderate emoluments of his profession without rivalry; he instituted a literary society; and in his library, and in the bosom of his family, he sought and found those gratifications the dearest to his heart. The time for trying the spirits of men was, however, drawing near. The Dissenters, having been repulsed in a former endeavour to obtain from the legislature the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, mustered all their strength for a new attempt. Dr. Aikin published two pamphlets on the occasion; the one, "The Spirit of the Church and of the Constitution compared;" the other, "An Address to the Dissidents of England on their late Defeat." Immediately on the heels of the Test Act controversy, occurred the

French revolution, which for a time opened an impassable gulph of separation between parties already perated. Dr. Aikin had decidedly taken his party, first as a dissenter, and subsequently as a friend to the French revolution on its first breaking out; and although he never belonged to a political club, was yet made to suffer severely for his political principles. Dr. Girdlestone was encouraged to settle at Yarmouth, and Dr. Aikin escaped from the impending bitterness of a personal controversy, by removing to London in March 1792. During his residence at Yarmouth,

Dr. Aikin published (besides the pamphlets already mentioned) an excellent system of English geography, called England Delineated," which has passed through several editions; a volume of "Poems;" and a "View of the Character and Public Services of J. Howard, esq." No person was perhaps so well qualified to estimate the moral worth and public services of this illustrious individual as Dr. Aikin, both on account of his sound and unprejudiced judgment, and his personal intimacy with Mr. Howard; in consequence of which, the notes and observations collected by Mr. H. during his various journies, had always been placed in the hands of Dr. A. for arrangement and correction.-Although the connexions of Dr. A. in London by family and acquaintance were considerable, yet he never obtained much professional employment, being little fitted by temper or habit to engage in the incessant struggle necessary to success; he therefore the more willingly followed the bent of his disposition, and occupied himself chiefly in literary pursuits. The first work which he published after leaving Yarmouth was the two first volumes of "Evenings at Home." To these, though not to the four succeeding ones, Mrs. Barbauld contributed several pieces; the third volume appeared in 1793, the fourth in 1794, and the two last in 1795.- 'The most important and interesting work, however, of which Dr. Aikin was the author, is his "Letters from a Father to a Son on various topics relative to literature and the conduct of life." The first volume was published in 1793, the

second was written in 1798 and 1799. -In 1796 he accepted an offer made to him by Mr. Phillips of undertaking the editorship of a periodical work at that time projected by him. Thie work, the Monthly Magazine, e, was accordingly superintended by Dr. Aikin from its commencement; and the numerous papers furnished by the editor and his friends, as well as the general spirit in which the magazine was conducted, contributed greatly to establish it in the public favour. The connexion of Dr. A. with this work was in May 1806 abruptly and unceremoniously dissolved by the proprietor, from dissatisfaction with an award in a dispute in which he was one of the parties and Dr. Aikin one of the arbitrators. In the same year in which the Monthly Magazine was commenced, Dr. Aikin, in conjunction with his dear friend Dr. Enfield, agreed with Messrs. Kearsley and Hamilton to undertake a general biographical dictionary, to be comprized in about ten quarto volumes. He did not engage rashly in so serious an occupation. From his long unreserved intimacy with Dr. Enfield, he felt assured that he possessed a coadjutor of similar views with himself, and of indefatigable industry; and he anticipated great satisfaction in the execution of the work. His own health, however, began to be impaired in 1797 by residence in London, and his indisposition rapidly increasing, and suming a very serious aspect, obliged him in the ensuing year to quit the metropolis. He retired for some

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months to Dorking in Surrey, and in the pure air of that delightful valley, aided by gentle horse-exercise, and an unusually fine summer, made some progress towards recovery. In the winter he took a house at Stoke Newington, in which thenceforth he continued to reside. In the mean time he had lost by death his friend and coadjutor in his great work, the first volume of which was published in the spring of 1799. Some time elapsed before a successor to Dr. Enfield could be found, and then commercial difficulties on the part of the bookseller interposed, materially impeding the success of the work by retarding its regular progress, so that the 10th and last volume was not published till 1815. It is not necessary farther to detail the literary occupations in which Dr. Aikin was engaged during his residence at Stoke Newington. While the infirmities of age pressed only with a light hand, the greater part of every day was devoted to writing or reading. Painful and trying was the period when the decay of the mind, in consequence of a paralytic attack, began to precede that of the bodily frame, when the memory became less and less capable of recalling the past, and the intellect of receiving the impress of the present: one ray, however, still enlightened the gloom,

and when all besides was dark, conjugal love still connected him with the external world. At the period of his decease he had nearly completed his 75th year. Dr. Aikin possessed, in a very eminent degree, the inestimable blessing of a sound mind in a sound body. The abstractions of mathematical investigation and the minute dissection of almost evanescent ideas, which characterizes the metaphysician, either were not adapted to his faculties, or did not agree with his taste, which was strongly attracted to the useful in morals, in politics, and in the general conduct of life and to the agreeable, the harmonious, and the elegant objects of amusement. Hence his stores of knowledge were all produceable in the intercourse of society, and gave him a wide range of subjects for conversation. These were communicated in simple and easy though flowing language, and regulated by a goodness of temper, a decorum and practical politeness not often equalled.

8. Hester Salusbury, the lady of sir Corbet Corbet, bart.

9. At his residence, at Walton, the right hon. Charles, earl of Tankerville, baron Ossulston, &c. His lordship was born Nov. 16, 1743; succeeded his father, Charles, the late earl, Oct. 27, 1767; and married Emma, daughter and co-heiress of sir James Colebrooke, bart. Oct. 7, 1771, by whom he had eight children. Is succeeded by his eldest son, the right hon. Chas. Augustus lord Ossulston, M. P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed.

10. Mrs. Jones, wife of W. T. Jones, esq. of Aberystwith.

11. At Highbury Grove, aged 37, Sarah, wife of D. Rainier, esq.

In Montague-place, Jane, the wife of R. V. Richards, esq.

At Ivy-bridge, Devonshire, of a sudden pleuritic inflammation, in his 48th year, Geo. Gilbert Currey, M.D. senior physician to St. Thomas's Hospital.

At Lynn, Norfolk, aged 72, Mrs. Birbeck, relict of John Birbeck, esq. banker of that place.

14. Mary, wife of Apsley Pellatt, esq. of Camberwell, and only daughter of Stephen Maberly, esq. of Reading, Berks.

15. Elizabeth, relict of Bryan Mason, esq. of the hon. East India Company's service.

At Clifton, the rev. James Olive, rector of St. Paul's, Bristol.

At his house in Upper Grosvenorstreet, at the advanced age of 97, sir George Duckett, bart. His original name was Jackson, the son of George Jackson, esq. of Gisborough in Yorkshire. He was for many years one of the secretaries of the admiralty, and represented the boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, and of Colchester, in parliament. He was a zealous friend and early patron of captain Cook, who was so sensible of sir George's friendship, that he not only regularly corresponded with him, but named after him Point Jackson in New Zealand, and Port Jackson in New South Wales. Sir George retired from public office with the earl of Sandwich, in consequence of the result of admiral Keppel's trial, and was subsequently twice offered the situation of secretary of the admiralty. He employed his leisure hours in making the river Stort navigable from the river Lea to bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire; a private undertaking of great utility in this country. Sir George was, perhaps, the oldest housekeeper in Londonfrom the year 1745. He remembered being close to lord Balmerino, who suffered for the rebellion of that year, and he has repeatedly declared his father's personal knowledge of Henry Jenkins, and of his having seen that wonderful man, who was born in 1502, standing up to his breast in the river Swale, fishing for trout.

16. Col. Wm. H. Boys, of the Chatham division of the royal marines. 17. At Southampton, aged 26, Charles Young, esq. fourth son of John Young, professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow.

19. At Hackney, Marianne, youngest daughter of Thomas Wilson, esq.

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20. At Brighton, in his 33rd year, Joseph Alcock, esq. of Roehampton, Surrey.

22. In Bruton-street, the countess D'Aglie, the lady of the Sardinian ambassador.

In Dublin, aged 92, Charles Moore, marquess and earl of Drogheda, visc. Moore, baron of Mellefont in Ireland,

baron Moore of Moore-place, co. Kent, K.P. governor of Meath, and of King's and Queen's counties, a field marshal in the army, col. of the 18th regt. of Hussars, and constable of Maryborough Castle. This venerable nobleman was born June 29, 1730; succeeded his father as sixth earl and eighth visc., Oct. 28, 1758, at which time his father, together with his brother, the hon. and rev. Edw. Loftus Moore, were lost at sea, in their passage to Dublin; and Feb. 15, 1766, married Anne Seymour, eldest daughter of Francis ist marquess of Hertford, K.G.; and by her (who died Nov. 4, 1787) had issue, 1. Charles, born Aug. 23, 1770. 2. Lord Henry (Joint Muster-master general in Ireland). 3. Isabella, died 1787. 4. ElizabethEmily, countess of Westmeath. 5. Mary, married Alexander Stewart, esq. uncle to the present marquis of Londonderry. 6. Gertrude. 7. Alice, died 1789. 8. Anne, died 1788. 9. Frances, wife of right hon. J. Ormsby Vandeleur.-In 1762 he obtained the 18th regt. of Light Dragoons, of which he remained colonel until their late disbandment. He was one of the original knights of St. Patrick in 1783, and in 1791 was created marquess of Drogheda. Having been muster master-general, and master of the Ordnan Ordnance, he was, in 1797, appointed joint post-master-general of Ireland; and Jan. 17, 1801, was created an English peer, by the title of baron Moore, of Moore-place, co. Kent. His lordship is succeeded by his eldest son Charles, who not being in sound health, the management of the estates devolves on lord Henry Moore.

29. At Lennox Love, the rt. hon. Catherine Stewart, Dowager lady Blantyre, widow of Alexander, 10th lord, and mother of Robert Walter, present and 11th lord Blantyre. Her ladyship was daughter of Patrick Lindsay, of Eaglescairney, esq. by Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas Halliburton, of Eaglescairnie, an ancient branch of the noble family of Halliburton, lords of Dirleton. She was married to the late lord in 1773; and by whom, who died in 1783, she had issue, 1. The present lord. 2. Patrick, lieut.-col. 19th foot. 3. William, maj. Ist regt. foot guards, severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo. 4. Charles Francis, barrister-at-law. 5. Margaret, wife of rev. Andrew Stewart, minister of Bolton.

Count Berthollet, of the academy of sciences, and a peer of France, aged 64. This distinguished chemist was born at Talloire, in Savoy. He was of the medical profession, and became physician to the grandfather of the present duke of Orleans. His attainments and his chemical labours obtained for him so high a reputation, that scarcely had he reached his 24th year, when he was elected member of the French academy, and of several learned societies of Europe. In 1794, M. Berthollet was appointed one of the commissioners of agriculture and the arts. Two months after, he became professor of the Ecole Normale; and the following year, on the organization of the institute, he was one of the first members. In 1798, M. Berthollet was sent into Italy by the directory, as one of the persons charged with the selection of the pictures, statues, and other objects, which were to be transported to Paris. He there became connected with general Buonaparte, and afterwards accompanied him to Egypt. In the year 1799 he returned to France, and was called to a seat in the conservative senate. He successively received the ranks of Comte, grand officer of the legion d'honneur, and grand cross of the order of Réunion. His friendship for M. de la Place determined him to purchase a country house in the village of Arceuil. It was there, that he established a laboratory for experiments, and collected around him a number of young physicians and chemists, almost all of them his own pupils, in order to promote the progress of science and pursue the system of analysis. This select meeting took the name of the Société d'Arceuil, and published 3 vols. of memoirs, of the highest interest. His love of chemical science, induced him to devote to his experiments not only the income which he derived from his appointments, but also so considerable a part of his personal property, as to oblige him to reduce his establishment and decline appearing at court. Napoleon, when emperor, it is related, having learned the situation of his affairs, sent for him, and in a tone of affectionate VOL. LXIV.

reproach, said, "M. Berthollet, j'ai toujours cent mille écus au service de mes amis." In fact, he ordered that sum to be immediately conveyed to him. M. Berthollet distinguished himself by the most useful discoveries, such as the composition of ammoniac -by a multitude of valuable and ingenious processes, such as preserving water fresh by carbonizing the inside of barrels, giving to flax and hemp the appearance of cotton, &c. &c. He was particularly successful in bleaching vegetable substances by oxigenated muriatic acid. M. Berthollet published many works which attest his superior genius. The most important is his "Essai de Statique Chimique," 2 vols. 8vo. 1803, translated into English in 1804.

Lately, At Demerara, John Prince Smith, esq. barrister-at-law, second fiscal, and king's advocate of Demerara and Essequibo. He published "Reports of Cases determined in the Court of King's-bench, with some Cases in the Court of Chancery, in the 44th of Geo. III. to Trinity Term 46 Geo. III." 1803-6, 3 vols. 8vo.; "An Abridgment of the general Statute passed in the 44 Geo. III." 1804, 8vo.; o.; "The Law Journal," 1801, 5, 6.; 9 vols. 8vo.; "The Elements of the Science of Money," 1803, 8vo.; "Account of a successful Experiment for an effectual Nightly Watch, recently made in the Liberty of the Rolls, London," 1812 8vo.; "Speech in behalf of Daniel Isaac Eaton, in Mitigation of Punishment for publishing the Third Part of Paine's Age of Reason," 1812, 8vo.; "Practical Summary and Review of the Statute 53 Geo. III. or Law for the Surrender of Effects, and for the personal liberation of Prisoners for Debt," 1814, 8vo. At Paris, his excellency, Fernandez Nunez, late ambassador from Spain to the court of France. He had lately been employed as envoy of the duchess of Lucca, sister of Ferdinand of Spain.

In Jamaica, Dr. Samuel Fothergill, for many years a physician at London, where he was one of the conductors of the London Medical and Physical Journal; and who latterly practised with great success in Jamaica, whither he was induced to go for the sake of a change of climate.

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mouth of the Tago, baron Wm. Fagel, late secretary to the Netherland embassy in London.

Suddenly, at Genoa, while on his way to the Congress at Verona, Charles Augustus Prince Hardenburg, Prussian chancellor of state. This distinguished statesman, who was born at Hanover, in 1750, exhibited his talents as a diplomatist and politician very advantageously during the recent events of Europe.

At his seat, Hadersdorff, near Vienna, general and field-marshal, Alex. Baron Loudon.

At Paris, Miss Elizabeth Hume, niece of Arthur Hume, esq. teller of the Irish exchequer, and grand-niece of the late marquis of Waterford.

At Calais, in his 44th year, Wm. Wylde, esq. late of London.

At Paris, M. Andrieu, the celebrated medallist; his Napoleon series of medals place him at the head of

this walk of in modern times.

Aged 50, Augustus, reigning duke