the celebrated transit of Venus, for which purpose the French Government also dispatched astronomers to Lapland. In 1780 he superintended the new arrangement of the observatory of Copenhagen in the Red Tower, for which purpose the King gave 7000 rix-dollars; made several important discoveries and observations, and was sent to Paris, when the French Government, having determined to adopt a new system of weights and measures, solicited all the Neutral and Allied Powers to depute competent persons to confer with their own men of Science respecting the true quantity of the metre and kilogramme. In 1800 he published an account of his journey, containing important information on the state of the Arts and Sciences in France. This volume was translated into English. His principal work was his Mathematics, of which a German translation has been executed.

P. 185, 1. 5. Kings-end, here mentioned as belonging to the Parish of Walthamstow, is situated in a narrow tract of land, called the Slip, which is bounded on the Northern and Southern sides by the Parish of Leyton, on the Eastern by Wanstead, and ou the Western by Hackney. A friend requests information respecting this piece of land: he wishes to be informed whether there is any record which mentions the cause of its having been granted to the Parish of Walthamstow.

P. 185, Sir Charles Warre Malet, Bart. F. R. S. and F. S. A. was descended from William Lord Malet, one of the great barons who accompanied the Norman conqueror in his invasion of England, and whose family acquired very large possessions in various parts of this country. He was eldest son of the Rev. Alexander Malet, M. A. rector of Combe Flory, Somerset, and Maiden Newton, Dorset, and prebendary of Gloucester, who died Sept. 19, 1775, aged 71, and is buried in the former church. He had two sons and three daughters. Charles was intended for orders; but when 16 had such a desire to go to India that his father procured him a writership. He entered into the service of the Company in 1770, and held several offices of great trust and responsibility. In 1785, in consequence of his knowledge of the languages, he was appointed Plenipotentiary to the Court of the Peshwa, or Chief of the Mahrattas, having previously visited the Great Mogul, and been created one of the Nobles of his Empire. Under the patronage of Mr. Boddam, when governor of Bombay, he is said to have acquired, in about 26 years, not quite 100,000. The East India Company, in reward for his eminent services, procured for him the baronetage which Charles II.

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intended for his relation, Thomas Malet, chief justice of the Common Pleas, May 31, 12 Car. II. who probably died before the patent was taken out, Thos. Twysden succeeding him June 27, same yeart. In 1798 he left Bombay, of which he had been acting governor, and returned to England, bringing with him the first testimonial of respect and attachment that has ever been transmitted direct from the Peshwa to the East India Company. In September of the year following, he married Susanna, eldest daughter of Mr. James Wales, a celebrated painter, who fell an untimely and much-lamented sacrifice to the ardour with which he devoted himself in the climate of India to the collection of subjects for his elegant pencil. About the same time Sir Charles endeavoured to reestablish himself in some of the antient possessions of his family in Somersetshire, the principal seat of his family ever since the Norman conquest; but, failing in this object, he chose Wilbury-house, with the parish and manor of Newton Toney, in Wiltshire, for his future residence. He has left a family of ten children, of whom his eldest son Alexander succeeds to his title and estates.

P. 188. The Rev. Henry Dunnett, A.M. late of Brazen-nose College, Oxford, and curate of Wraxhall and Alworth, Wilts, was a man of deep science and profound erudition, and a much esteemed member of the College to which he belonged. He possessed a heart replete with philanthropy and benevolence; was an early and zealous writer against the slave-trade; and to his exertions solely, the Asylum for the Blind at Liverpool owes its existence. He was a very extensive inoculator for the small pox amongst the poor; and since vaccination became known, he greatly contributed, both by his writings and personal exertions, to its general introduction. He married a sister of Dr. Belcombe, of York, whom he has left with eight children.

P. 280. Mr. Corbett was a pupil of the celebrated Barry, and has left some excellent memorials of his talents in the portrait line, in which he was chiefly employed after his return from London to his native city, (Cork.) His portrait of the late Dr. M'Carthy, and of Hon. C. H. Hutchinson, late M. P. for Cork, with many others, are executed in a masterly style. His last performance was a highlyfinished likeness of the late Roman Ca tholic prelate, Rev. Dr. Moylan, in his pontifical robes. Mr. Corbett's social disposition, and foudness of musick, led him to spend, in conviviality, a great portion of that time, which, if devoted to his profession, would have secured him an ample independence.

† Hutchins's Dorset, vol. 11. 254, 612. P. 284.

P. 284. The Rev. John Hey, D.D. was formerly fellow and tutor of Sidney Sussex college, Cambridge. Besides several single sermons, he published a " Poetical Essay on Redemption," 1763; and Lectures in Divinity, delivered in the University of Cambridge," 4 vols. 1796-1798.

P. 234. Richard Bevan, esq. of the Middle Temple, was a commissioner of Appeals in the Excise. He was descended from a younger son of the antient family of Dyffryn, near Neath; and was a gentleman of great professional talents, and of general knowledge, particularly in the history and antiquities of his native country; an affectionate husband, of a very friendly hospitable disposition, and an instructive, entertaining companion.

P. 373, The Father of Sir Wm. Young, the first baronet, was lieutenant-governor of Dominica, where he possessed considerable estates: and his mother was the daughter of Dr. Brook Taylor, secretary to the Royal Society. Sir William first obtained a seat in Parliament, in 1784, for the borough of St. Mawes, for which he was re-elected in 1790, 1796, and 1802, and was returned for Buckingham in 1806. In the following year, he was appointed Governor of Tobago, where he has ever since resided. He was the author of several interesting work. In 1777, he published "The Spirit of Athens," 8vo. which, after nine years' study and revision, he reprinted with the title of "The History of Athens, politically and philosophically considered." In 1783 appeared a pamphlet from his pen on Gilbert's projected amendment of the Poor Laws, which was followed by the "Rights of Englishmen,"

"A Letter to Mr. Pitt on the Subject of Poor and Work-houses,"-" A Speech on the Slave Trade," delivered in the House of Commons in 1791. To the abolition of that traffic, Sir William, as might be expected of a proprietor of West India estates, was a decided enemy. He also prefixed a brief memoir of Bryan Edwards to the posthumous edition of the works of that gentleman, and a life of his respectable progenitor Dr. Brook Taylor, to his ·Contemplatio Philosophica. The last production of his pen was "The West India Common Place Book," a work containing

vast fund of information relative to the

political economy and commerce of the British Colonies in that quarter of the Globe.

P. 378. W. Bowen, M.D. has bequeathed 2007. to the Bath General Hospital; 2001. to the Casualty Hospital; 50l. to the Pierrepoint Street Society; and 501. to the Bath Penitentiary.

P.380. The remains of Viscount Wentworth were interred in the family vault at Kirkby Mallory, co. Leicester, on the 27th of April. His Lordship's death excited the deepest and most sincere regret not only among his relations, but among all who were honoured with bis friendship and acquaintance. He was, besides being one of the most polite and accomplished nobleneu of the age, possessed of a very superior knowledge of the classicks, and an universal acquaintance with the learned authors. To his numerous tenantry he was a most generous landlord, and to his domestics and the poor, a worthy and liberal friend.

P. 474. The late W. J. Porter, esq. son of Rev. Thomas Porter, was born at Limehouse, March 1, 1764. His father was, at successive periods, pastor of dissenting congregations at Bury-street, St. Mary-axe, and Queen-street, Radcliffhighway, in London; and afterwards at Hinckley in Leicestershire, and at Northampton. He was author of a very interesting little tract, entitled "Serious Thoughts on the Birth of a Child." His mother was a daughter of Commodore Boys, well known in the naval history of the country as second mate of the Luxborough galley, which caught fire at sea, and was totally destroyed on the 25th of June, 1727 *. Mr. Wm. J. Porter, embarked at a very early age under the pa tronage of his uncle, the late Sir Henry Harvey, in the navy, and saw a good deal of service in the West-Indies, at the time when the French and English fleets were opposed to each other, under the admirals Count De Grasse and Lord Rodney. At the close of the American war, Mr. Porter was placed in his Majesty's Victualling Office, in which he continued, at Portmouth and Deptford, until the year 1809; when the Commissioners for revising the civil affairs of the Navy having recommended the abolition of the office which he held, he retired on a pension granted

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Princes. In case of a contrary issue of affairs, he expresses a desire that pensions may be obtained for them in this country. The Duke's mother-in-law, the Dowager Margravine of Baden, is mentioned by him in strong terms of affection and esteem, and is entrusted with the guardianship of the Princes abroad. In England, the Duke's exécutors are appointed their guardians. The Prince Regent's appointment is stated to be by his permission, and in case of his Royal Highness's death during their minority, the charge is to devolve on the Princess Charlotte of Wales.

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P. 282. Letters of administration of the personal estate of the late Most Noble Grace Louisa Duchess of St. Albans have been granted, under the seal of the Prerogative Court, Doctors' Commons, unto Laura Dalrymple, her Grace's sister. The personal estate was stated at 40,000; the landed, near 100,000.-the stampduties amounted to 2000. The Duchess bequeaths the freehold estates of Hanworth, Feltham, Heston, Isleworth, and Bedfont, unto her favourite sister Laura Dalrymple: the personal property, amount ing to 40,0001. her Grace likewise gives and bequeaths unto her said sister. The Duke of St. Albans, her Grace's husband, dying six months since, left the Duchess the whole of his unentailed estates and personal property. Her Grace leaves not one legacy, making Mrs. Dalrymple residuary legatee and sole executrix.

The infant Duke of St. Albans dying a few hours previous to his mother, her Grace, by law, became heir to part of his pioperty, besides his family plate, pictures, &c. from the circumstance of different entails ending with his life. This property now falls to Mrs. Dalrymple, her Grace making that lady her heir to every thing. The Nottingham estate is the only one the present Duke acquires with the title,

P. 567. The remains of Lieut.-gen.. Sontag were interred at Kensington on the 11th of May. This meritorious officer, after contributing by his exemplary conduct to the glorious results of the evermemorable campaigns in the Peninsula, and on the Continent, and thereby, in common with his brave companions in arms, achieving for himself an unfading laurel, and what was still more dear to him, the consequent approbation of his Country, he was compelled to retire from the army through ill health, which terminated in his death. Gen. Sontag was of Dutch extraction, and of a good family. In the former part of his life he served in the 12th reg. of dragoons, which he soon afterwards left for an appointment on the staff, where, by his persevering zeal and activity in the discharge of the trusts re

posed in him, and his uniformly strict ob- · servance of every moral and social duty, he gained the entire friendship and esteem of his brother officers. It has been the good fortune of Gen. Sontag since that period to serve in various honourable em. ployments, which, while he filled them with credit to himself, afforded him an opportunity of rendering himself serviceable to the British Government. In the course of his military career, he served as Deputy Quarter-master General under Sir Ralph Abercrombie; became Governor of Middleburgh; was Brigadier - major under Lord Wellington in Spain, and took a prominent part in the battle of Badajos, &c. In 1812 he was appointed to the important office of Governor of Lisbon, and was afterwards nominated Inspector General of Dutch troops and foreign allowanced officers. He served under the Duke of York at the Helder, where he was wounded; and, to the last, sustained with fortitude and bravery the hardships and dangers incident to a military life. Notwithstanding his declining health, after be had quitted the army, he had nearly fi nished writing the history of the campaigns he had served in.

P. 569. The late Earl of Hopetoun entered the army early in life; served in the glorious battle of Minden in 1759, when only 18 years of age; and retired from the service in consequence of the ill health of his elder brother, Lord Hope, with whom he travelled on the Continent in 1764. In 1781 be succeeded his brother. His only surviving child married Adm. Sir William Johnstone Hope, by whom he is succeeded in his estates of Annandale, which devolved on his Lordship in 1792, on the death of his uncle. He was created an English Baron in 1809, and hav ing died without male issue, is succeeded in his titles by his half-brother, Lord Niddry.

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P. 187. Lieut.-gen. Cliffe's acts of be nevolence and charity were not confined to relieving the temporary wants of the poor by the gift of a little money, but they were the 'continued, assiduous, and never-failing attentions bestowed upon their wants, their weaknesses, their in firmities, and their sicknesses. His was the constant practice to visit them at their dwellings, to hear their sorrows, to be personally acquainted with their griefs, and to pour into their dejected hearts the powerful balm of religious consolation and worldly relief; when sickness and age overtook them, his bounty fed them clothed and educated their children; and when the latter were old enough to be useful to themselves and others, he pro vided the means of an honest subsistence, by inculcating and encouraging habits of industry

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industry and usefulness. When disputes arose among the poor, either in or out of their families, his was the office of reconciliation and peace on all occasions, and this be was powerfully enabled to effect from his personal knowledge of nearly every poor person and family in the town. The foundation of the Boys' and Girls' Charity Schools in Taunton stand indebted principally to his benevolent and unwearied exertions, supported indeed by the assistance of a few well-disposed individuals, actuated by feelings similar to, and in unison with those of the deceased. To these two establishments he has left by his will 100%. each, as also the same sum to the Taunton and Somerset Hospital.

P. 477. Rev. Thomas Radford. This excellent man and indefatigable minister, for nearly forty years, has been the blessing of his extensive pastoral charge and of his own family, to whom his loss is irreparable; and the widely-circulating influence given by his energies, talents, and virtues, over the labouring classes in a populous manufacturing district, renders bis departure at this critical period more painfully important. Perhaps there never existed a man more calculated to persuade, impress, and soothe the irritated mind, and console and tranquillize the wounded spirit. His zeal was attempered with all the gentle humanities which result from Christian principles and genuine benevolence, and the milder elements of religious humility and native modesty were happily blended in him with the unwearied activity and unshrinking courage, demanded by the awful duties of his situation, during a period when democratic innovation and infidel principles threatened to overspread the land. To spotless integrity and unaffected holiness of life, he added the social qualities and domestic virtues, which are the most endearing charm. He was an elegant scholar, and his conversation united the brilliance of a poetic imagina. tion with the information of highly culti vated powers and various knowledge: his manners would have graced a polished Court, yet they displayed a simplicity and ingenuousness rarely found in the most sequestered walks of private society. Married early in life to a lady (the daughter of the late Gunning, esq. of Turner's Court, Bath,) whose temper, talents, and principles, assimilated to his own, they have, for more than eight-and-thirty years, engaged and suffered together in the pleasure of rearing a numerous and promising family, and the grief of beholding many of their most hopeful brauches sinking, at different ages and from various causes, into an untimely grave. Out of a family of thirteen, six only survive, the eldest of whom, the Rev. John Radford, tutor and sub-dean of Lincoln College, Oxford, is

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well known in that University as the best modern linguist this country can boast, Endued by nature with acute sensibility, and peculiarly alive to paternal feelings, on those awful occasions when the sickness or death of these beloved children awoke his solicitude, the ardent piety and exalted faith of the Christian, the chastened sorrow of the suffering father, rendered him the most interesting, while they proved him one of the best of men. mired, respected, and loved, by the higher class of his parishioners, he was venerated and almost idolized by the lower; and the advice of St. Paul, "Be ye kindly affectioned one towards another," was indeed verified between them. Many will long weep for the father, whose consolations sustained them in the day of affliction; many will lament the beneficent friend, who from his own bounded store and numerous claimants, had ever something to spare for their necessities; and all may justly deplore the man whose tongue was never stained by calumny, whose breast was devoid alike of rancour and guile; who drank the cup of prosperity with temperance and gratitude, and that of adversity with meekness and resignation; who united generosity with self-denial, and confidence in others with conscientious distrust of himself; who was never wearied in well-doing, and "instant in season and out of season" wherever the glory of God, or the benefit of his creatures called him.

P. 478. The late Adm. Sir Roger Curtis, bart. was born on June 4, 1746, and passed his probationary term of service, at an early age, under Adm. Barrington. In 1771 he was made lieutenant, and in 1776 attained the rank of Commander; and for the extraordinary ability with which he exercised the discretionary powers of his orders on the coast of America, in the opening of the Revolution in that Country, he was promoted in the following year to be Lord Howe's flag captain. This was undoubtedly the greatest proof that the Commander-in-chief could give of the confidence he reposed in the youngest officer on the North American station; and the intimacy that then took place between his Lordship and Capt. Curtis ended only with death. When little more than three years a post-captain, he was selected, in the Brilliant frigate, to convey dispatches to Gibraltar, in which he was fortunately successful, and in that fortress he remained for nine months, daily evinc ing substantial proofs of bravery, guided by judgment, and supported by humanity. In the relief of that garrison by our fleet, he was appointed to the Victory; but, in consequence of the pressing solicitation of Governor Elliott, his Majesty's Ministers sent him again to Gibraltar in the Thetis frigate, haying, during his short stay in England,