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In his 70th year, Mr. Byegate, of Oxford, who was presented with the honorary freedom of that city for his indefatigable, attention as Adjutant of the Volunteer Corps during the war with the Republic of France.

Aged 68, Rev. John Barker, 34 years minister of St. Mary's, Hull.

At Sidmouth, in her 26th year, Mrs. Charles Satterthwaite, widow of the late Charles S. esq. of Lancaster, eldest daughter of the late Charles Francis Sheridan, esq. formerly secretary of war in Ireland.

Oct. 15. Aged 83, Rev. John Smythies, rector of Alresford, Essex, aud of Alpheton, Suffolk.

At Birch-house, near Bolton, suddenly, aged 77, Rev. T. Taylor, upwards of 50 years an itinerant preacher in the Wesleyan Methodist connexion.

At Appledore, near Bideford, Devon, aged 62, Rev. Richard Taprell, Dissenting minister.

Oct. 16. At Hendon, in her 26th year, Harriet Frances, only surviving daughter of T. Ryder, esq. of Lincoln's-inn,

At Islington, in his 75th year, James Bigger, esq. late of the East India House.

At Cheltenham, J. King, esq. master of the ceremonies of that place, and of the Upper Assembly Rooms, Bath. He

was of a highly respectable Irish family, and had distinguished himself in the British Army during the American war.-G. Wyke, esq. has been elected his successor at Bath.

At Brighton, in her 13th year, Eleanor, eldest daughter of J. Cross Starkey, esq. of Wrenbury Hall, Cheshire,

Oct. 17. In Southampton - buildings, Chancery-lane, in his 77th year, Mr. William Rhodes, upholsterer.

At Islington, aged 74, Mr. John Patrick. At the Manor-house, Walworth, Roger Smith, esq.

At Ashley Lodge, Surrey, aged 85, Catharine, relict of the late Sir Henry Fletcher, bart. daughter and sole heiress of the late Henry Lintot, esq. of Southwater, Sussex, and niece of the late Sir Tho. Aubrey, bart. of Llantryshid House, co. Glamorgan, and of Borastal!, Bucks.

At Bath, in her 84th year, Mrs. Hungerford, relict of the late G. Hungerford, esq. of Studley-house, Wilts.

At Shaerheck, near Brussels, aged 15, Louisa, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Robert Fitzgerald.

Oct. 18. At Hackney, P. James, esq. In his 734 year, Rev. Thomas D'Oyley, M. A. seventeen years the highly respected vicar of Walton-upon-Thames, and up. wards of thirty years chaplain in ordinary to the King, formerly of St. John's college, Cambridge.

At Sunninghill, the wife of James

Stephen, esq. Master in Chancery, sister of William Wilberforce, esq. M. P.

In his 64th year, Sir Arthur Davies Owen, of Glan Severn, co. Montgomery, in the commission of the peace, deputylieutenant, and late high sheriff for the same county; a person eminent in talents and knowledge, and particularly distinguished for the zeal and ability with which he applied them to the service of his friends, his neighbours, and the publick.

Oct. 19. At Turweston, Bucks, in her 13th year, Mary, eldest daughter of Rev. T. Causton, prebendary of Westminster.

In her 21st year, Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Grant, esq. of Manchester, eldest daughter of Thomas Worthington, esq. Sharson-hall, Cheshire.

Oct. 20. At Prestwould Hall, Leicestershire, aged 90, Charles-James Packe, esq. a gentleman most deservedly and universally esteemed. He had been for a few days on a visit to a neighbouring Clergyman, and returned home in perfect health; but was soon after attacked by a stroke of palsy, which he survived only one week.-Mr. Packe was the great, great grandson of Sir Christopher Packe, knt. * Lord Mayor of London in 1655, who was a Commissioner of the Customs and Treasurer at War, and sat in Oliver's "other House of Parliament," for a short time, under the title of "Lord Packe."-Mr. Packe succeeded to the family estates on the death of his father in 1735: consequently he had inherited them more than 80 years. He served the office of High Sheriff for Leicestershire in 1765. Mr. Packe possessed the entire lordship of Prestwould, and built a handsome family mansion on the site of the old manor-house. "The seat is delightfully shaded with wood, being ornamented with large plantations of forest-trees, Mr. Packe having, perhaps, planted and raised, within the last 40 years, more trees than any gentleman in Leicestershire. The land is good; and their progress is very great; being at present very beautiful, and many of them fit to cut for various purposes; and to the next generation they will be highly productive. Not a hedge, nor even a gravel-pit, is here seen but what is planted with oak, ash, or elm ." Mr. Packe is succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, CharlesJames Packe, esq. of Hanthorpe House, Bouro, Lincolnshire, some time Lieutenant-colonel of the Leicestershire Militia.

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Oct. 20. In Bewell-street, Hereford, Mr. William Clarke, who for many years bad exhibited philosophical fire-works in various parts of the kingdom. He had retired to bed in good health, requesting to be called in time for church on Sunday morning; but, not answering the summons, his chamber-door was burst open, and it was discovered that he had expired from an apoplectic seizure in the course of the night. He intended to have sent off a balloon on the 22d, to which he had procured a number of subscribers; and as he was found destitute of money, nearly the whole generously gave their subscriptions to defray the expences of his funeral. His remains were interred in All Saints burying-ground, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, attended by Mr. J. Allen, junr. and Mr. T. Howldy; the former of whom kindly undertook the arrangement of the affairs of the deceased. Among his papers some notices of his family were found, from which Mr. Allen communicated the following interesting particulars to the "Hereford Journal:" "Mr. William Clarke was a native of Ireland, and was born at Annasmvery, or Sunmer Island, near Castledillon, in the county of Armagh. His father, Downham Clarke, was a Magistrate, and a gentleman of considerable landed property, who had served the office of High Sheriff of the county, but whose imprudence had so completely embarrassed his affairs, that, at his death, the family estate, amounting to near 1300l. per annum, was taken possession of by his creditors, and his children (the eldest of whom was the late deceased)

turned out of doors, with no means of support but from the residue of their father's personal effects, which did not exceed the sum of 500/ At this period Mr. W. Clarke was about fourteen years of age, and found (to use his own words)

that he must depend for a future subsistence, not on a patrimonial estate, which for more than a century had been in the family, but on the precarious and hard-got earnings of his own industry.' And hard, in truth, has been his lot, in his journey through life, the latter years of which appear to have been clouded by disappointment, and embittered by adversity. His letters and remarks, written at different times, and on the impulse of the moment, feelingly evince, how severe the struggles must have been, between his pride and his poverty. Unwilling that those who had known him in his better days should be made acquainted with his difficulties, he seems to have preferred distress to the probabilities of coolness, neglect, or indifference.-He was a widower, and without children, and, at the time of his sudden death, upwards of 73 years of age, forty-four of which had been spent

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in England. The following melancholy extract will too strongly prove how deep the canker of affliction had eaten into his very heart; and shew, that he had no friend, no relative, who might mourn his loss. My family, I may say, are extinct, and gloomy in the extreme are my prospecis; doomed at an advanced age to be a wandering outcast, seeking a precarious existence amongst strangers to my person and hard fortune,'-Mr. Clarke had resided in Hereford for some weeks previous to his dissolution, and from his dejected appearance and meekness of manners, had excited much interest in his behalf. Unfortunately, his exhibitions of philosophical fire-works (probably from the pressure of the times) did not meet with the encouragement they deserved, and his sole hope of extricating himself from his little debts rested on the subscription to his Balloon. Death, however, his best and kindest friend, has closed alike his accounts and his troubles.- Gratifying, indeed, is the reflection, that a protracted illness was not added to his many burthens, but that it pleased his Maker, in his infinite mercy, to recall him before disease had joined with accumulated years and poverty, in bowing down his grey hairs with sorrow to the grave.—I trast it will be no unpleasing remembrance to the minds of the subscribers, that by their charitable contributions, a man of science and a gentleman (though, depressed by misfortune) has been deposited in his grave, if not with the pomp of his ancestors, at least with decency, feeling, and respect,"

To mark the place of his interment, a head-stone with the following inscription has been erected by the members of the Hereford Chess Club:

"Here rest in peace

the mortal remains of
WILLIAM CLARKE,
a Gentleman

who gained a precarious livelihood
by exhibiting for public amusement
Philosophical Fire-Works.

He closed a life of care
by a tranquil death,
in the midst of strangers,
unknown, but not unpitied.
Whilst calmly sleeping,

he was suddenly summoned to the bosom of eternity,

on Sunday, October 20, 1816; an awful instance of the uncertainty of life, and the vanity of human expectations. Mr. CLARKE was born at Annasmvery, in the County of Armagh, Ireland; and died

in the 74th year of his age." Oct. 24. Rev. Jacob Samuel, Chief Rabbi of the Hebrew congregation, Liverpool.

Oct. 22. At Mitcham, Lieut.-general Forbes Champagne, col. of the 70th foot.

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Oct. 22. At Grange, Lancashire, Mrs. Postlethwaite, relict of R. Postlethwaite, esq. of Lancaster.

At Much Wenlock, Salop, in her 94th year, Mrs. Prytherch, relict of Rev. Stephen Prytherch, M. A. vicar of Leighton and Much Wenlock.

At Carlisle, aged 94, Rev. Richard Dickinson, M. A. rector of Lamplugh and Castle Carrock, Cumberland, and a minor canon of Carlisle Cathedral.

Oct. 23. In Orchard-street, Portmansquare, the wife of Rev. C. Mordaunt, daughter of the late Sir Philip Musgrave, bart. of Eden Hall, Cumberland.

Aged 79, much respected, Abraham Rhodes, esq. F. S. A. of St. James's, Clerkenwell, soliciter. He had been vestry-clerk of that parish forty-one years,

At Brompton, Mis. Bruce, widow of the late Dr. Bruce, of Bruce Vale, Barbados.

J. A. Reed, musician; a man who possessed great musical talents. He was born in America, and came to this country in 1783 as steward to the late Captain (since Admiral) Russell, on board the Hussar frigate.

At Cheltenham, Rev. Benj.Capel Heming, D. D. rector of Rotherfield Grays, Oxon, late fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, M. A. 1792; B. D. 1802; D. D. 1807.

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At West Retford, Notts, Thomas Lacy Dickenson, esq. twenty years a magistrate of that county.

James Joliffe, esq. of Padmore, Isle of Wight.

Oct. 24. In Wigmore-street, Caven dish-square, Mrs. Mulso, of Bath, relict of the late Rev. John Mulso, of Twywell, co. Northampton, vicar of South Stonehouse, Hants, and sister of Wm. Hallett, esq. of Denford, Berks.

In York street, Por man-square, aged 56, Geo. Wroughton, esq. of Newingtonhouse, Oxon, late of Aldwick Hall, near Doncaster.

At Walthamstow, in his 65th year, John Locke, esq.

At Greenwich, Mrs. Grove, relict of

Major Grove, R. A.

At Mendlesham Vicarage, Suffolk, in his 53d year, Rev. R. Corbould Chilton, vicar of that parish, formerly of Sidney College. While an under-graduate, he was the author of a little tract, well known in its day, called "Ten Minutes' Advice to Freshmen ;" and of the Prints, "College Fagging," "Lecture-room Attention," and "The Master of Arts." His pedestrian powers were very extraordinary. He was a man of very considerable abilities, highly-cultivated taste, and of great information. Though ardent in his pur suits, he was of a mild, charitable, and benignant disposition, and strict in his moral and religious principles. He devoted himself to his professional duties; and the poor of his parish will sustain a heavy loss. He was greatly beloved and esteemed, and his memory will long be cherished by those capable of appreciating his talents. His parishioners testified their respect by attending his funeral with every mark of affection and sorrow.

In his 60th year, Rev. Stephen Stephens, B. A. minor canon of Ely, and perpetual curate of Trinity parish, Ely.

At East Looe, Cornwall, aged 96, Mrs. Anne Campbell, mother of Capt. Campbell, R. N.

Oct. 26. At Turnham-green, aged 73, Mr. Wm. Leach, late of H. M. Board of Works.

Aged 76, Rich. Day, esq. of Brighton. Oct. 27. At Balham-hill, in his 58th year, William Cotton, esq. F. A. S.

At Westow Lodge, co. Cambridge, in his 12th year, Sir William Blackett, bart, of Matson Hall, Northumberland, and Thorpe Lee, Surrey. He was born in Feb. 1805.

Oct. 28. At Brentford Butts, in his 77th year, John Rowe, esq. formerly secretary of the New River Company.

In his 59th year, John Hill, esq. of Woodford, Essex.

In his 78th year, John Barchard, esq. of East Hill, Wandsworth. Oct. 29. At Waresley Park, co. Cambridge, the wife of Hon. Gen. Needham. At Cheltenham, Major-gen. Sir George Holmes, K. C. B. of the Bombay Esta

Rev. T. F. Chevallier, M. A. rector of blishment; after a lingering illness, Badingham, Suffolk.

At Newton-St. Loe, Somerset, in his 84th year, William Anderdon, esq. eldest surviving brother of the present chief magistrate of Bath.

Oct. 25. At Tottenham, aged 74, Elizabeth, relict of Robert Howard, esq. late of Stamford-bill, Middlesex.

At Sir Geo. Thomas's, bart. East Cowes, Miss Welsh, sister of Lady Thomas.

At Lesbury, Northumberland, after a long life, distinguished by the uniform practice of virtue, and by the affection, respect, and esteem of all who knew him, William Hay, esq.

brought on by the most zealous, active, and unremitting exertions in the service of the East India Company during thirty-six years in India.

In her 638 year, the wife of Robert Russell, esq. of Exeter,

Aged 65, the wife of Bertie Markland, esq. of the rectory-house, Cheadle, Cheshire. Pious towards God, benevolent to her fellow creatures,—in her last hours, amid the anguish of protracted suffering, she was sustained by the hopes and consolations of Christianity.

In Dublin, after going to bed in perfect health, William Turner, esq. barrister

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at-law, and one of the commissioners of police.

Oct. 30. At Stuttgard, Frederic William I. King of Wurtemberg. His Majesty had been long troubled with a liver complaint, attended, as the disorder increased, and particularly just before death, by fever and shiverings, resembling ague. He was born on Nov. 6, 1754. He mar. ried, first, a Princess of Wolfenbuttle, by whom he had the Prince Royal, aged 35, now King; and, secondly, the Princess Royal of England. He succeeded his brother as Duke of Wurtemberg, Dec. 25, 1797; and soon after made his peace with the French Republick. It is remarkable that both the commencement and the close of his reign were distinguished by differences between him and his States, who complain of the infringement of their privileges. In consequence of the Peace of Luneville, he was, in 1803, raised to the dignity of Elector; and, on the Peace of Presburgh, his States, which were then aggrandised, were converted into a Monarchy. He was proclaimed King Jan. 1, 1806, and since that period a colossal crown has been placed on the top of his palace at Stuttgard. This new dignity was, however, dearly purchased, by the enormous Contingents of men he was compelled to furnish for the ruinous expeditions of Buonaparte. He was also obliged to give his daughter Catherine in marriage to Jerome Buonaparte, and to marry his eldest son to the Princess Charlotte of Bavaria; but they never COhabited together, and the marriage was dissolved as soon as the author of that forced union was precipitated from his throne. The sister of the King of Wurtemberg was married to Paul I. and is now Empress Dowager of Russia, still enjoying all the consideration which ber virtues merit. On the 26th of October, three days before his death, her brother celebrated the birth-day of this Princess at Stuttgard. Frederick William had experienced many reverses of fortune. During the French Revolution, when the Republican Army advanced on the Danube, he was obliged to fly, and abandon his capital to foreign troops. It was per haps from a wish to avoid such occurrences again, that he afterwards shewed himself one of the most zealous of the Sovereigns of the Rhenish Confederacy; and that he rigorously executed Buonaparte's Conscription-laws in his States. This was one of the principal grievances of which the country had to complain. It must be added, however, that he did not appear insensible to the loss of so many subjects, immolated to gratify the ambition of a foreign despot. After the retreat from Moscow, while Buonaparte was passing the winter gaily at the Thail

leries, the King of Wurtemberg prohibited
all public amusements. Frederick Wil-
liam was of an impetuous and violent
character. He loved justice, and main-
tained it rigorously in his States. Only in
some particular cases his own will was sub-
stituted for the law. He was well informed'
in geography and natural history, and '
conversed well ou the sciences.
His pa-
lace was decorated with indigenous pro-
ductions. He was pleased to see foreign-'
ers visit the royal edifices, and the ser-
vants were particularly instructed to shew
them all the works of art which had been
executed in Wartemberg. There is one
monument which will perpetuate the me-"
mory of this Sovereign; namely, Frede-
rick's Haven, a little port which he con-
structed on the Lake of Constance, and'
which greatly facilitates the commerce of
the Wurtemberghers with the other coun-
tries situated on the Lake.-The six bro-*
thers of Frederick William entered for the
most part into foreign service: one of
them had a chief command in the Austrian
army; another a Prussian corps at the
battle of Jena.-His son, who succeeds
him, in addition to the reputation of a
gallant soldier, acquired by his distin-
guished services in the wo last campaigns
against France, is considered also as a
liberal statesman, and one likely to con
ciliate the differences now existing be-
tween the people and the throne. He is
married to the Duchess of Oldenburgh,
whose enlightened curiosity excited so
much respect for her while she was lately
in England.

Oct. 30. In the New road, Tavistocksquare, aged 67, Gen. Bell, an old and most respectable inhabitant of the paristi of Trelawny, Jamaica.

In London, Rev. Alexander Mackenzie, of Gurnegaud, co. Perth, and Sparrowhead, co. York, minister of St. Paul's, Sheffield.

At Finchley, in his 86th year, Thomas Gildart, esq.

Aged 71, Mrs Eliz. Smythies, relict of Rev. John Smythies, of Colchester.

At Liverpool, in his 64th year, Edward Buckley, esq. of Beaumond Hall, hear Lancaster, one of the deputy lieutenants for that county.

At Falsgrave, near Scarborough, John Beilby, esq. of Troutsdale.

Oct. 31. Rev. James Peñúy, M. A. vicar of Preston, Lancashire.

In his 79th year, highly respected, Mr. Thomas White, of Leighton Buzzard, co. Bedford.

Lately. Ju London, aged 65, Rev. S. Bradburn, late of Chester, 42 years a faithful and zealous minister in the late Rev. John Wesley's connexion.

In his 71st year, N. Sterry, esq. of Southampton-row.

Daniel Gosset, esq. of Edmonton.

In his 43d year, Mr. Wm. James, surgeon, Gerard-street, Soho.

H.Maunde, esq. late of Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, banker.

Aged 60, Mr. John Oxley, vinegar merchant of London, formerly of Norwich, one of the Society of Friends.

At Hammersmith, Mrs. Davies, relict of Arthur Davies, esq. of Forest-hall, co. Carmarthen.

In Greenwich hospital, Capt. Ellison, R. N.

At Fulham, Capt. J. Turner, R. N.

At Twickenham, Mrs. Murthwaite, relict of the late Rev. Peter Murthwaite, B. D. of Ipsden, Oxon.

At Uxbridge, aged 63, John Hull, a native of that place, and one of the Society of Friends. He was truly a friend to the whole of his species. Having many years since retired from his trade of a mealman, he devoted himself to works of charity and benevolence. Besides contributing largely to the wants of the poor that came to his immediate kuowledge, he subscribed liberally to most of the institutions whose objects are to administer to the temporal wants or to the eternal interests of our fellow-creatures, appropriating a large portion of his income (which was considerable) to these purposes. He was particularly active in procuring petitions from the town and its vicinity, for the abolition of the Slave-trade; and again, lately, to prevent its renewal by the presentGovernment of France. It was principally to his exertions that Uxbridge is indebted for a freeschool for boys, on the Lancasterian plan, which was established in 1809, and an Auxiliary Bible Society in 1810. Many have tasted of his bounty in various ways, though his constant efforts to conceal his benevolent acts have, in numerous instances, prevented their coming to the knowledge even of his most intimate friends. The writer of this was privy to many of his anonymous gifts.

Bedfordshire-At Woburn, G. O. Osborn, esq.

Berks-At Reading, James Brown, esq. of Llwynger, South Wales.

Dr. Tolledon, of Hampstead-Norris. Anne, wife of J. Roberts, D. D. vicar of Sonning.

At Whitley-park, near Reading, Thomas Newell, esq.

Rev. James John Hume, M. A. rector. of West Kington, and vicar of Hauney. Cambridgeshire-At Cambridge, on his return home, Richard Pawson, esq. alderman of Thetford.

Aged 61, Rev. J. Ford, of Fordham, near Newmarket.

Cheshire-At Chester, Edw. Holt, esq. Cornwall-Rev. Thomas Trevenen, vicar of Mawgan.

At Efford, aged 74, Wrey L'Ans, esq. of Whitestone-house. He had been one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for the counties of Cornwall and Devon, for upwards of half a century, a deputylieutenant, commissioner of taxes, &c. In the early part of his life he was in the army, and served as an officer in Germany. Afterwards he was in the North Devon miltia. He was appointed colonel of the Provisional Cavalry of Cornwall. In 1803, he raised a volunteer regiment of infantry, of which he had the command for many years, and which regiment became in Sept. 1808, the "3d or North Cornwall Regiment of Local Militia," of which he was lieutenant-colonel commandant, until it was disembodied. His conduct as a magistrate and an officer; his integrity, firmness, decision of character, and loyalty; his active benevolence; his sincerity of friendship; his cheerfulness and vivacity, gained him the veneration of the publick, and endeared him to numerous and respectable circle of friends.

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At Morwinstow, aged 76, the wife of Fry, esq. aunt of Sir Arthur Chichester, bart.

Cumberland.-At Douglas, Isle of Man, Mrs. Rebecca Duquery, sister of the late Counsellor Duquery, many years a mem ber of the Irish Parliament, and first cousin to Lords Donoughmore and Hutchinson.

The wife of J. O. Yates, esq. of Skirwith Abbey, youngest daughter of Henry Angliouby, esq. of Nunnery.

Devon. At Exeter, aged 84, Thomas Le Marchant, esq. of Guernsey.

At Plymouth, J. M. G. Grenfell, esq. brother of Pascoe Grenfell, esq. M, P.

At Plymouth, aged 23, Lieut. George Pearson, R. N. youngest son of Rev. T.H. Pearson, of Queen Camel, Somerset.

At Dawlish, Mrs. Fortescue, relict of R. J. Fortescue, esq.

Aged 74, the wife of Rev. Wm. Davey, of Lustleigh.

At Gilt's End, near Exmouth, aged 96, John Warren, esq

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Dorset. -At his father's, Dorchester, Capt. John Garland, 73d foot. This gallant young officer served the greatest part of the campaigns in Spain and Por tugal under Lord Wellington, and was in most of the great battles in the Penin sula. He was desperately wounded at the battle of Waterloo, at the close of the action (only two men of his company being then left); and was confined at Brussels till his recent return to England. At Poole, Thomas Slade, esq. merchant.

At Weymouth, Benjamin, eldest son of Rev. Dr. Cracknell, minister of the Independent Chapel there.

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