in ipso cursu obruuntur, quam portum conspicere potuerunt!-While therefore we lament with the most poignant sorrow that society should have been thus early deprived of so bright an ornament, we may derive comfort from the animating hope that what has been our loss may have proved a gain to our lamented friend, and that he has been raised from the troubles and disappointments of this life to the joys of immortal glory. αλλα μη λυπεῖσθε τοιοῦδε τύμβος τωνομ' ανδρών ειν παροΐσι θησει THOMAS SYDENHAM, ESQ. Aug. 28. Died, at Geneva, after long and painful bodily sufferings, borne with exemplary fortitude, in his 37th year, Thomas Sydenham, esq. second son of the late General Sydenham, Military Auditor General, and afterwards Commandant of artillery at Madras. He was educated at Harrow, and went to India in 1794, where he speedily made himself master of the Arabic and Persian languages, keys respectively to the learning and politeness of the East. From the confidential and responsible, though subordinate office of Captain of Guides in the Mysore war, he was selected by Lord Wellesley, to whom he was personally unknown, but purely on the score of his high reputation, to be Secretary to the Residency of Hydrabad a critical post in the Government of India, while the territory of Tippoo was a recent conquest. This he was compelled to resign in 1802, on account of ill health; and came to England, where he gave a singular proof of industry, good taste, and ambition to improve himself, by hastening to Oxford at the age of 22, where, under the protection of Dr. Jackson, the venerable Dean of Christ Church, he diligently and successfully prosecuted his studies. On his return to India in 1804, Mr. Sydenham was nominated by Marquis Wellesley to take charge of the British Residency at Persia; and afterwards, on that Nobleman's warm recommendation, he was appointed our Minister at Hydrabad. This situation he resigned in 1810, on experiencing what he considered an act of injustice on the part of the Supreme Government of India during the unhappy mutiny. His general conduct was, how ever, highly approved, both by Lord Minto and the Court of Directors. On Mr. Sydenham's second return to England, he' was sent by Marquis Wellesley on a confidential mission to the Duke of Wellington; thence appointed Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon; and shortly afterwards one of the Commissioners for mediating between Old Spain and her Colonies; in which capacity he went round with Sir George Cockburn to Cadiz *. Mr. Sydenham then joined the Duke of Wellington, and served as a volunteer through nearly the whole of the arduous campaign of 1812. Towards the close of the year last mentioned, he was offered by Lord Bathurst the mission to Morocco, which he declined; but repaired in 1813 to the head-quarters of the Russian army, and served the campaign of 1814 with his friend Count Michel Woronzow, who now commands the Russian corps of occupation within the French territory. His skill and gallantry were here conspicuous, and so greatly distinguished him at the battle of Craon amongst others, as to procure him from the hands of the Emperor Alexander the cross of the Imperial Order of St. George; and from Bernadotte, to whom his steady patron, Lord Wellesley, had strongly recommended him, the Swedish insignia of the Sword. The last public character which this amiable man sustained was that of British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Lisbon; to which he was promoted in 1814. At Lisbon he was not long enabled to execute those duties for which, by his knowledge of Portugal, he was so eminently fitted: for here the fatal illness seized him, which, after two years of indescribable suffering, has borne him to a foreign grave. Those who were not intimately acquainted with Mr. Sydenham would be surprized, were we to enumerate the solidity and variety of those attainments, by which, as a scholar and a man of business, he had prepared his mind both for action and for happiness. Besides his perfect knowledge of Oriental languages, he was as familiar with French *It has been unfortunate for Spain, perhaps for England, that this project of amicable interposition entirely failed of success. The Colonies sought security for their rights; the Mother country would grant nothing more than pardon for what she termed their offences. These opposite conditions it was impossible to reconcile. Openly to abet the South American provinces was an outrage upon our only ally, in the moment of her deep distress and danger. To found the active mediation of Great Britain on the arrogant proposals of the Spanish Government was an insult to the cause of Liberty and of national Justice. and and Spanish as with his native tongue. He was in habits of confidence and intimacy with the Duke of Wellington, Sir Henry Wellesley, Sir Charles Stuart, the late Duke of Portland, Count Woronzow, and many other eminent characters in various parts of Europe. But his most fortunate acquisition was the steady friendship and patronage of Lord Wellesley, who first introduced him into public life. Nor was this connexion less honourable than it was useful to Mr. Sydenham, who was a total stranger to the noble Marquis; but, like several other men of worth and talent, whose conduct has done credit to the discrimination of that Nobleman, he was brought forward by him for his character alone, and because he had no interest nor patron but his personal merit. The favourable sentiments thus excited by his Lordship's official knowledge of Mr. Sydenham's qualifications gradually ripened into feelings of the warmest attachment and regard, which were manifested on numberless occasions, but never in a manner so kind or grateful as during his last fatal illness. The patience and cheerfulness of temper exhibited by the subject of the present memoir may be judged of by the fact, that, when perishing under the last stage of anasarca, and a prey to almost hourly pangs of suffocation, he enjoyed the charms of musick and society to within a few hours of his dissolution. The night before he expired, he had a concert in his room; and on his friends taking leave of him, he fell into a tranquil slumber, from which he never awoke.-Mr. Thomas Sydenham has left behind him an elder brother, who is a Commissioner of Excise; one younger, in India (Capt. Sydenham), political agent at Aurungabad; and a sister, Mrs. Ross, wife to Col. Ross, of the 75th regiment, now in the Ionian Isles. GEORGE LEIGH, ESQ. Sept. 21. Died, at his sister's, in Hereford, in his 74th year, Geo. Leigh, esq. of the Strand, youngest son of the Rev. Egerton Leigh, LL. D. formerly archdeacon of Salop, and one of the canons residentiary of Hereford cathedral. He had been about 50 years engaged as a Book-auctioneer. He was first the apprentice and afterwards the partner of Mr. Baker, in York-street. On the decease of that gentleman, his nephew, Mr. Sotheby, became Mr. Leigh's partner. His pleasant disposition, his skill, and his integrity, were as well known as his famous snuff box, described by Mr. Dibdin as "having a not less imposing air than the remarkable periwig of Sir Fopling of old; which, according to the piquant note of Dr. Warburton, usually made its entrance upon the stage in a sedan chair, brought in by taste two chairmen, with infinite satisfaction to the audience. When a high-priced book is balancing between 15 and 20%. it is a fearful signal of its reaching an additional sum, if Mr. Leigh should lay down his hammer, and delve into this said crumplehorn-shaped snuff-box!" The late Mr. W. Gardiner, bookseller, of Pall Mall, in criticising that portion of the "Biblioma nia" allotted to the Auction Room, observes, "Even the key-sione of the arch, the Auctioneer, is forgotten; an omission, like the name in an epitaph, inexcusable, particularly as Mr. Leigh was not made by one of Nature's journeymen.' Nay! I think he would even tempt a pencil of - however, I won't suffer him to be out of print, and so I'll e'en try my rough charcoal on bis effigies. Mr. Leigh, to the birth, person, and manners of a gentleman, adds, in the autumn of life, the cheerfulness, the bloom, and the gentle, friendly warmth of spring; and during a space of 40 years devoted to the service of the publick, has attended to its interests, whatever might be the magnitude, with the utmost vigilance, impartiality, and success; and, in a profession accompanied by much trouble, perplexity, confusion, and uncertainty, has spared neither his person nor purse, to introduce regularity, method, and precision; and has preserved a character not only unstained and unsuspected, but highly honourable. His discharge of duty during the hour of sale cannot be too highly praised, whether for a gracefulness of delivery that adds interest to such a correct enunciation of his articles as each of their Authors would approve, or for that polished suavity with which he moderates the occasional asperity of contending parties whether he checks with a bon mot the Doctor's rarely unchristian want of benevolence to an unfortunate Classick, or with irresistible politeness induces Dom. Atticus † to indulge the room with a slight glance of the contended prize-whether he re-invigorates the declining powers of the combatants with the effluvia of his spirit-stirring horn,' or crowns glorious victory with a triumphant laurel of brown rappee.-The battle ended, a gentlemanly attention to the wounds of every unfortunate hero, from whatever cause they arise, furnishes a rude index to a few, and only a few, of the virtues and accomplishments of Mr. Leigh." A list of many eminent libraries sold by Mr. Leigh and his partners may be seen in Nichols's" Literary Anecdotes." There is a very good portrait of Mr. Leigh drawn by W. Behnes, and engraved by J. Swaine. He is represented in the appropriate act" of knocking down a lot." * in ipso cursu obruuntur, quam portum conspicere potuerunt!-While therefore we lament with the most poignant sorrow that society should have been thus early deprived of so bright an ornament, we may derive comfort from the animating hope that what has been our loss may have proved a gain to our lamented friend, and that he has been raised from the troubles and disappointments of this life to the joys of immortal glory. αλλα μη λυπεῖσθε· τοιοῦδε τυμβος μοῖσα τίμασε κόνιν, εμβαλοῖσα THOMAS SYDENHAM, ESQ. Aug. 28. Died, at Geneva, after long and painful bodily sufferings, borne with exemplary fortitude, in his 37th year, Thomas Sydenham, esq. second son of the late General Sydenham, Military Auditor General, and afterwards Commandant of artillery at Madras. He was educated at Harrow, and went to India in 1794, where he speedily made himself master of the Arabic and Persian languages, keys respectively to the learning and politeness of the East. From the confidential and responsible, though subordinate office of Captain of Guides in the Mysore war, he was selected by Lord Wellesley, to whom he was personally unknown, but purely on the score of his high reputation, to be Secretary to the Residency of Hydrabada critical post in the Government of India, while the territory of Tippoo was a recent conquest. This he was compelled to resign in 1802, on account of ill health; and came to England, where he gave a singular proof of industry, good taste, and ambition to improve himself, by hastening to Oxford at the age of 22, where, under the protection of Dr. Jackson, the venerable Dean of Christ Church, he diligently and successfully prosecuted his studies. On his return to India in 1804, Mr. Sydenham was nominated by Marquis Wellesley to take charge of the British Residency at Persia; and afterwards, on that Nobleman's warm recommendation, he was appointed our Minister at Hydrabad. This situation he resigned in 1810, on experiencing what he considered an act of injustice on the part of the Supreme Government of India during the unhappy mutiny. His general conduct was, how ever, highly approved, both by Lord Minto and the Court of Directors. On Mr. Sydenham's second return to England, he was sent by Marquis Wellesley on a confidential mission to the Duke of Wellington; thence appointed Chargé d'Affaires at Lisbon; and shortly afterwards one of the Commissioners for mediating between Old Spain and her Colonies; in which capacity he went round with Sir George Cockburn to Cadiz *. Mr. Sydenham then joined the Duke of Wellington, and served as a volunteer through nearly the whole of the arduous campaign of 1812. Towards the close of the year last mentioned, he was offered by Lord Bathurst the mission to Morocco, which he declined; but repaired in 1813 to the head-quarters of the Russian army, and served the campaign of 1814 with his friend Count Michel Woronzow, who now commands the Russian corps of occupation within the French territory. His skill and gallantry were here conspicuous, and so greatly distinguished him at the battle of Craon amongst others, as to procure him from the hands of the Emperor Alexander the cross of the Imperial Order of St. George; and from Bernadotte, to whom his steady patron, Lord Wellesley, had strongly recommended him, the Swedish insignia of the Sword. The last public character which this amiable man sustained was that of British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Lisbon; to which he was promoted in 1814. At Lisbon he was not long enabled to execute those duties for which, by his knowledge of Portugal, he was so eminently fitted: for here the fatal illness seized him, which, after two years of indescribable suffering, has borne him to a foreign grave. Those who were not intimately acquainted with Mr. Sydenham would be surprized, were we to enumerate the solidity and variety of those attainments, by which, as a scholar and a man of business, he had prepared his mind both for action and for happiness. Besides his perfect knowledge of Oriental languages, he was as familiar with French *It has been unfortunate for Spain, perhaps for England, that this project of ' amicable interposition entirely failed of success. The Colonies sought security for their rights; the Mother country would grant nothing more than pardon for what she termed their offences. These opposite conditions it was impossible to reconcile. Openly to abet the South American provinces was an outrage upon our only ally, in the moment of her deep distress and danger, To found the active mediation of Great Britain on the arrogant proposals of the Spanish Government was an insult to the cause of Liberty and of national Justice. and and Spanish as with his native tongue. He was in habits of confidence and intimacy with the Duke of Wellington, Sir Henry Wellesley, Sir Charles Stuart, the late Duke of Portland, Count Woronzow, and many other eminent characters in various parts of Europe. But his most fortunate acquisition was the steady friendship and patronage of Lord Wellesley, who first introduced him into public life. Nor was this connexion less honourable than it was useful to Mr. Sydenham, who was a total stranger to the noble Marquis; but, like several other men of worth and talent, whose conduct has done credit to the discrimination of that Nobleman, he was brought forward by him for his character alone, and because he had no interest nor patron but his personal merit. The favourable sentiments thus excited by his Lordship's official knowledge of Mr. Sydenham's qualifications gradually ripened into feelings of the warmest attachment and regard, which were manifested on numberless occasions, but never in a manner so kind or grateful as during his last fatal illness. The patience and cheerfulness of temper exhibited by the subject of the present memoir may be judged of by the fact, that, when perishing under the last stage of anasarca, and a prey to almost hourly pangs of suffocation, he enjoyed the charms of musick and society to within a few hours of his dissolution. The night before he expired, he had a concert in his room; and on his friends taking leave of him, he fell into a tranquil slumber, from which he never awoke.-Mr. Thomas Sydenham has left behind him an elder brother, who is a Commissioner of Excise; one younger, in India (Capt. Sydenham), political agent at Aurungabad; and a sister, Mrs. Ross, wife to Col. Ross, of the 75th regiment, now in the Ionian Isles. GEORGE LEIGH, ESQ. Sept. 21. Died, at his sister's, in Hereford, in his 74th year, Geo. Leigh, esq. of the Strand, youngest son of the Rev. Egerton Leigh, LL. D. formerly archdeacon of Salop, and one of the canons residentiary of Hereford cathedral. He had been about 50 years engaged as a Book-auctioneer. He was first the apprentice and afterwards the partner of Mr. Baker, in York-street. On the decease of that gentleman, his nephew, Mr. Sotheby, became Mr. Leigh's partner. His pleasant disposition, his skill, and his integrity, were as well known as his famous snuff box, described by Mr. Dibdin as "having a not less imposing air than the remarkable periwig of Sir Fopling of old; which, according to the piquant note of Dr. Warburton, usually made its entrance upon the stage in a sedan chair, brought in by 6 66 two chairmen, with infinite satisfaction to the audience. When a high-priced book is balancing between 15 and 20%. it is a fearful signal of its reaching an additional sum, if Mr. Leigh should lay down his hammer, and delve into this said crumplehorn-shaped snuff-box!" The late Mr. W. Gardiner, bookseller, of Pall Mall, in criticising that portion of the Biblioma nia" allotted to the Auction Room, observes, "Even the key-stone of the arch, the Auctioneer, is forgotten; an omission, like the name in an epitaph, inexcusable, particularly as Mr. Leigh was not made by one of Nature's journeymen.' Nay! I think he would even tempt a pencil of taste- - however, I won't suffer him to be out of print, and so I'll e'en try my rough charcoal on bis effigies. Mr. Leigh, to the birth, person, and manners of a gentleman, adds, in the autumn of life, the cheerfulness, the bloom, and the gentle, friendly warmth of spring; and during a space of 40 years devoted to the service of the publick, has attended to its interests, whatever might be the magnitude, with the utmost vigilance, impartiality, and success; and, in a profession accompanied by much trouble, perplexity, confusion, and uncertainty, has spared neither his persou nor purse, to introduce regularity, method, and precision; and has preserved a character not only unstained and unsuspected, but highly honourable. His discharge of duty during the hour of sale cannot be too highly praised, whether for a gracefulness of delivery that adds interest to such a correct enunciation of his articles as each of their Authors would approve, or for that polished suavity with which he moderates the occasional asperity of contending parties whether he checks with a bon mot the Doctor's rarely unchristian want of benevolence to an unfortunate Classick, or with irresistible politeness induces Dom. Atticus † to indulge the room with a slight glance of the contended prize-whether he re-invigorates the declining powers of the combatants with the effluvia of his spirit-stirring horn,' or crowns glorious victory with a triumphant laurel of brown rappee.-The battle ended, a gentlemanly attention to the wounds of every unfortunate hero, from whatever cause they arise, furnishes a rude index to a few, and only a few, of the virtues and accomplishments of Mr. Leigh." A list of many eminent libraries sold by Mr. Leigh and his partners may be seen in Nichols's" Literary Anecdotes." There is a very good portrait of Mr. Leigh drawn by W. Behnes, and engraved by J. Swaine. He is represented in the appropriate act" of knocking down a lot." * DEATHS. March AT Hydrabad, J. Campbell, esq. 23. surgeon of the East India Company's service, Madras Establishment, third son of the late Donald Campbell, esq. of Dunstaffnage Castle, Argyllshire, N. B. June 2. At Avranches, Normandy, where he went for his health, aged 37, Capt. Daniel Callaway, R. N. June 5. On board H. M. ship Inconstant, off the coast of Africa, of a malignant fever, in his 21st year, Andrew Stirling, esq. sixth son of Andrew Stirling, esq. of Drumpellier, co. Lanark. July 15. At St. Thomas's, in his 37th year, Capt. Jas Cabel, of the ship Caledonia of Dundee. In 1807, while commanding a merchant-brig from Dundee, of no force, in the Baltic, he saw a vessel boarded and taken by a Danish gun-boat close by. Without losing heart, he manouvred skilfully, and saved his own ship; and then, watching his opportunity, gallantly boarded and retook the other. For this action he received the public thanks of the merchants of Dundee, with a piece of plate. Aug. 1. Aged 89, John Freeman, esq. of Letton, co. Hereford, and of the firm of J. Freeman and Copper Company of Bristol. Few persons in a private station have applied great mental abilities with higher honour to themselves, or have held a steadier course in discharge of all the duties called for in the different stages of life. The hospitalities which he exercised, and the liberality which marked his character, have been long and extensively experienced. Always ready to promote plans of public utility or benevolence, none have contributed more to the general improvement of society; in his immediate neighbourhood the poor had a certain refuge, the unprotected and oppressed a constant friend; although he uniformly acted from a deep and just sense of religion, no affected austerity marked his life, or abridged the enjoyment of social intercourse, for he united utility to man with piety to God. As few individuals have passed so long a life with greater blessings, so has life seldom closed with greater tranquillity. Aug. 10. At Haigh Hall, Lancashire, Elizabeth Countess of Balcarras. She was daughter of Charles Dalrymple, esq. Aug. 11. Rev. Alex. Fownes Luttrell, rector of East Quantoxhead and Minehead, Somersetshire, and prebendary of Wells Cathedral. Aug. 14. At Knaresborough, in his 78th year, Mrs. Illingworth, relict of the late Rev. Dr. Illingworth, a woman of exemplary piety, and greatly esteemed. Aug. 15. At Bath, Anne, wife of Colin Campbell, esq. and widow of the late Isaac Elton, esq. of Stapleton house, co. Gloucester. Aug. 16. At Tunbridge Wells, Mrs. Eliz. Bagenal, relict of the late Walter Bagenal, esq. M. P. for Carlow. At the Manse of Foulis, in his 81st year, and 50th of his ministry, Rev. John Murray, of Arburie. He is succeeded in his estate of Arburie by his nephew Lieut. John Murray, R. N. late surveyor to the Board of Admiralty. At Petersburg, Virginia, N. Heron, esq. a native of Wigtonshire; formerly a merchant. Aug. 17. In York - street, Portmansquare, Lady Susan Clinton, wife of Lieut.gen. Sir Henry Clinton, G. C. B. sister of the Earl of Wemyss and March. At North End, Fulham, Dorothy, wife of Capt. Corner, formerly of the East India service, daughter of the late Henry Hoare, esq. At Brighton, aged 73, Lady Rawlinson, relict of the late Sir Walter Rawlinson, and daughter of the late Sir Robert Ladbroke. Aged 36, Mrs. Whyte, widow of the late Gen. Whyte, of Walberton house, Sussex, daughter of Col. Bisshopp, of Storrington, and grand-daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, of Parham Park, in the same county. At Downside, Rev. W. B. Knapp, eldest son of John Knapp, esq. of Bathwick., A solemn dirge and requiem was performed at the Catholic Chapel, Bath, with the funeral obsequies of the Roman Church, to his memory. Also, on the preceding day, aged 77, J. Knapp, esq. of Langstoke, Hants, grandfather of the above. Aug. 18. At Highgate, aged 81, John Pennell, esq. At Clifton Hall, near Olney, Bucks, aged 70, A. Small, esq. a sportsman weil known in the Bedford, Grafton, Quorn, and Pytchley hunts. At the Court of Noke, co. Hereford, in his 80th year, Thomas King, esq. At Woodford, near Salisbury, Rev. John Wyndham, LL. D. many years rector of Corton-Dinham, and Staple-Fitzpaine, Somerset, one of the prebendaries of Wells Cathedral, and youngest brother of the late William Wyndham, esq. of Dinton, Wilts. He was formerly of Wayham College, LL.B. 1769; LL. D. 1775. Aug. 19. In Arundel-street, in his 76th year, J. Sykes, esq. At Hursley-lodge, near Southampton, in her 74th year, Frances, lady of Sir Wm. Heathcote, bart. daughter of John Thorpe, esq. of Embley. Aug. 22. In Finsbury-square, in his 83d year, S. Brooks, esq. At the Chapel House, Chatteris, co. Cambridge, aged 55, Rev. John Tissier, a minister in the late Countess of Huntingdon's connexion. Aug. 23. At his father's, Morden, John Ridge, esq. of Spring gardens, army agent. At |