of retirement, we are to look for his peculiar excellence, and we shall not search in vain, for there his activity and benevolence long shone with undiminished lustre, and ceased only with his latest breath.

He was descended from the antient and wealthy family of the Gurdons in Norfolk (the name of Dillingham baving been assumed in consequence of a testamentary injunction); and in 1759 was admitted of Clare Hall, where he honourably graduated A. B. and M. A. At his then early period of life, when young men of family and independance, giddy with the united incitements of opulence and health, usually wander in the mazes of frivolity, and are immersed in the vortex of dissipation, Mr. Gurdon settled at Letton Hall, the seat of his ancestors, where, in the bosom of an extensive and happy tenantry, he diffused those benefits which are naturally produced when an enlightened gentry cheer with their smiles the mansion and shades of their forefathers. Here in the magisterial chair for upwards of fifty years he sat, the mirror of justice and humanity, while his attention to, and his sentiments concerning the interior economy of the various prisons which officially came within his cognizance, would have done honour to that illustrious name who fell a victim to his philanthropy.

In 1789 he was appointed to serve the office of Sheriff for his native county; and during his year of office an unusual propriety was remarked in many of the arrangements he made, and particularly in the order and method he introduced in the execution of criminals, which in that period were unhappily so frequent. In order to produce the beneficial effects intended by such aweful spectacles, he was unsparing both of his attendance or of his purse, and he amply succeeded in creating a solemnity which before his time bad rarely been witnessed; the recollection of its imposing influence is still familiar to the minds of many of his survivors. In all these public sta tions he pursued one undeviating line of rectitude, guided by a firm and enlightened mind. These are, however, but trivial decorations of his character, compared with what was exhibited in his Christian course. In this his numerous admirers may partially imitate, but they can never surpass it; for continuing untainted with the poison of political ambition, and, secluded in an elegant retirement, he had leisure to bring into action those higher Christian duties, which, when persevered in, cannot be too highly appreciated for their moral Consequences.

It shall not here be suppressed that the breath of suspicion has whispered abroad that the declining years of this amiable man were marked by a dereliction from the paths of sound orthodoxy in which he and his ancestors (whose names are among the most illustrious divines of their day) had trod. These suspicions, however, are but the results of a partial observation of Mr. Dillingham's motives, or of a too unbending adherence to opinion on a given subject which men have previously formed. In the instance before us they must instantly melt away before the penetrating rays of truth. It will be found that be lived and died the oldest member and admirer of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge; on the establishment of the Bible Society he afforded also to that young sister his fostering aid, and was instrumental, by his influence and bounty, in forming seve. ral Tract Societies, over which he presided, as he did also over a branch society of the parent stem. Neither party motives, or an over-heated enthusiasm, called forth his patronage of the Bible Society; he was therein solely guided by that love of human nature, and by that tolerant spirit which characterized every action of his life. Ever alive to the welfare of the Church of England, he watched her interests with the solicitude of a genuine son, and omitted no opportunity of testifying his admiration of her allprevailing superiority. Rigidly constant in a double attendance at his parishchurch, and in the punctual observation of her Sacraments, to which he carefully trained his numerous domestics, he secured by his example and presence such a punctual attendance of the congregation as can rarely be effected by zealous divines. The most infallible testimony, however, of his attachment to the Church within whose pale he was boru, is to be viewed in the annual provision which be made during the latter years of his life for the full performance of the ministerial functions in those churches on his estate where the smallness of their revenue would not admit of more than an alternate service, and he placed the final seal of his steady attachment to it by making a donation of 2001. to one of the livings in his patronage only a few months before his decease; so that to the few who have questioned his religious firmness, the divine maxim, that “no man can serve two masters," may perhaps be aptly and conclusively offered to their contemplation.

On the marriage of his eldest son, Mr. Dillingham removed from Letton to Grundisburgh Hall, a seat on his Sul

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a manner as much beyond human praise as earthly reward, he returned to India, to seek that advancement, which was become more than ever necessary to him; and on his passage, in 1810, was captured in the Company's ship Windham, and brought a prisoner to the Mauritius; from whence, being exchanged, he returned to Madras. On his arrival there, he joined the Expedition then preparing for the conquest of this Island; and obtained, on that event, from his former friend and protector, his Excellency Governor Farquhar, the post of Treasurer and Accountant General to the new colonies. He has since filled a yariety of the highest situations in each, under various circumstances, until mipisterial arrangements having left him without public employ, and his active disposition revolting at the idea of that indolence which attends on want of

occupation, his military views having already terminated by ill health, and a consequent retirement on full pay on the Invalid List, Major Waugh turned his attention to other objects, and determined to embark his property in commercial and agricultural pursuits. In consequence, at the period of his death, he was a partner in the house of Berry and Company, of Port Louis, and a proprietor, in equal shares, with Mr. Telfair, in the large estate of Belombre.

In every relation of life a rigid unbending integrity, and a strictness of principle bordering on severity, was, to the world's eye, the prevailing feature of Major Waugh's character. To those who gained his confidence he gave his friendship with such a single-heartedness, such devotion, such sincerity of attachment, as no language can describe, and experience only appreciate; and this was accompanied by a generosity of feeling and practice, which none but its objects ever knew.

The writer of these lines knew him well; and in the fulness of that knowledge he tenders to his virtues this tribute of affection, gratitude, and respect.

DEATH S.

1819, AT the Presidency, Calcutta, Nov. 11. aged 40, John Mitford Rees, esq. of the Civil Service, and Second Judge of the Provincial Courts of Appeal and Circuit for Calcutta.

Nov. 17, at Calcutta, aged 22, Thomas Temple Blackburn, esq. of the Civil Service, son of Peter Blackburn, esq. of Clapham.

Dec. 24. At the Mauritius, Edward Howe Tyrer, esq. of the firm of Messrs. Weston and Tyrer, London.

March 3. At St. Petersburg, aged 35,

Louis Duncan Casamajor, esq. Minister Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majesty at the Court of Russia. Distinguished by literary acquirements, by the purity of his principles, and the virtues of public and private life, Mr. Casamajor, cut off as be has been in the midst of his career, bears with him the regrets of his countrymen, and of those foreigners to whom he was known. His funeral, at which the Diplomatic Body and a great number of persons of distinction assisted, took place this day at noon in the English Chapel. Mr. Casamajor was fourth son of Justinian Casamajor, esq. of Potterells, co. Herts.

March 13. At his house in Burtoncrescent, Mr. James White, Agent of Provincial Newspapers. He was justly endeared to his friends, by the qualities of his heart and endearments of his mind. He was the author of an ingenious little work, called "Falstaff's Letters," published soon after the detection of Ireland's

celebrated Shaksperean Forgery.

March 22, at Offord, Hunts, aged 67, Thos. Sisney, esq.'

At Paris, Emma, wife of Lieut.-gen. Coghlan, and daughter of the late Rev. Sir Thomas Broughton, bart. of Doddington Hall, Cheshire.

April 1. Aged 15, Caroline, only daughter of the Very Rev. Dr. Busby, Dean of Rochester, and grand-daughter of Dr. Thacke ray, formerly Physician at Windsor.

April 5. At St. Petersburg, in his 20th year, John, eldest son of Wm. Venning, esq. of Holloway-place.

April 9. At Marseielles, Cecilia, relict of Capt. H. Howorth, late of the East India Company's service in Bengal.

April 11. Near Dublin, in ber 90th year, Olivia, Countess Dowager of Rosse, widow of Sir Rich. Parsons, second Earl of Russe, who died in the year 1764, without issue. She was the daughter of Hugh Edwards, esq.

April 14. Suddenly, at Chester, aged 55, George Barnard, esq. Inspector of Taxes for Chester and North Wales.

April 15. In St. James's-square, Edinburgh, James Robertson, esq. writer to the Signet.

At Amorborch, in Germany, in her 18th year, Louisa, fourth daughter of John Butler Butler, esq. Commissary General of the Forces, whose family have thus been deprived of two children in the short space of nine days. (See p. 380.)

April 17. Elizabeth, daughter of the late E. Gould, esq. of Kew Bridge, Middlesex.

At Twickenham, aged 81, Mrs. Anne Thomas.

April 19. I. F. Wood, esq. of Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell, late of his Majesty's Customs.

April 21. In one of Davy's houses,
Exeter,

Exeter, Elizabeth Heath, in the one hundred and third year of her age.—A sister of the deceased is now living there who has tearly completed her hundredth year.

April 22. At Hexham, in Northumberland, in his 80th year, the Rev. J. Clarke, deeply and sincerely lamented. In him the poor have lost a most invaluable friend and benefactor; in public charities he ever took a leading part, and his private ones were numerously and wisely selected. He is succeeded by his son, the Rev. R. Clarke, of Walwich Hall, Northumberland.

At Florence, the wife of Wm. Barnett, esq. and daughter of the late Archbishop Markham.

At Gnoll Castle, Glamorganshire, Deborah, the relict of James Moore O'Donel, esq. son of the late Sir Neale O'Donel, bart. M.P. for the county of Mayo.

lo Great George-street, Dublin, Hampden Evans, esq. of Portrane.

At Seend, Wilts, the Hon. and Rev. Edward Seymour, son of the late Lord Wm. Seymour, and cousin of the present Duke of Somerset.

April 23, at Blackheath, aged 58, Peter Lawrie, esq. of Ernespie, Scotland. Samuel, son of Sawyer Spence, esq. of Upton, Essex.

In his 80th year, the Rev. John Martin, many years Pastor of the Baptist Church, in Keppel-street, Russell-square.

April 24. In her 29th year, Julia Christiana, wife of Mr. F. M. Wegener, of Wapping, Solicitor.

At Twickenham, in his 90th year, Mr. Thomas Willis, well known as a practical chemist in London for 58 years.

John Roberts, esq. of the Rectory, Great Wakering, Essex.

At Monaquil, near Nenagh, P. Going, esq. one of the oldest Magistrates in the county of Tipperary.

April 25. At Maidstone, in his 59th year, Edward Homewood, esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Kent.

At Geashill (King's County), aged 25, R. Edward Digby, esq. son of the late Dean of Clonfert, in Ireland.

At Jersey, Edward Morritt, esq. late Deputy Paymaster General to the Forces in that island.

At York, Hall Plumer, esq. elder brother of the Master of the Rolls.

At Winslade House, near Exeter, Josias du Pre Porcher, Esq.

April 26. At Ballysalla, near Kilkenny, aged one hundred and eleven, Bridget Byrne, widow. - Until within these two years, she was hearty and active; and she retained possession of all her faculties to the last day of her long life. She lived in five reigns, one of them (that of Geo. III.) the longest recorded in British history.

At Goldings, Herts, aged 73, Richard

Emmott, esq. of Emmott Hall, Lancashire.

In Beaumont-street, Anna Maria, the widow of Felix Laurent, esq. of Taunton, Somersetshire.

At Paris, in his 65th year, Count Vol ney, a Member of the late Senate of France, and Member of the French Academy. He died of inflammation in the bowels.

The Rev. Isaac Denton, Vicar of Crossthwaite, Cumberland.

April 27. Drowned in the river Isis, Mr. J. Bourke, Exhibitioner of Corpus Christi College, and son of the Rev. J. W. Bourke, Vicar of St. Martin's, Shropshire. Accompanied by two other UnderGraduate friends of the same society, he was sailing in a pleasure boat near Iffley, when a violent gust of wind meeting the vessel, it was upset. He made an effort to reach the shore by swimming, (a purpose accomplished by the two gentlemen who accompanied him) but his strength failed him. The water being deep, a full hour elapsed before the body could be recovered; and although Dr. Williams and Mr. Hitchings, the surgeon, repaired to the spot, with all possible promptitude, yet, after so long a submersion, every assistance which professional skill could administer, was unavailing. Mr. Bourke only entered the University in the present Term, and he was the sole child of his afflicted parents; a circumstance that must severely sharpen the calamity, and aggravate the bitterness of their bereavement. On the 4th of May, his remains were interred in the Cloisters of Corpus Christi College. The funeral was attended by the Members of the Society. The chief mourners were, Sir Robert Kennedy and

Bedford, esq. relatives of the deceased. The funeral service was read by the Rev. the Provost of Oriel College.

At Early Court, Berks, John Townsend, esq. son-in-law to Sir Wm. Scott. At Islington, aged 76, the wife of J. Chambers, esq.

In his 79th year, Thomas Talbot Gorsuch, esq. of Queen-square Wesminster.

April 28. William Davies, esq. of the respectable firm of Cadell and Davies, booksellers in the Strand. He was a gentleman of liberal principles, and unsullied purity in all his dealings.

At the Marchioness of Exeter's, at Langley Park, Kent, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with uncommon fortitude, Frances Julia, Dowager Duchess of Northumberland. She was the third daughter of Peter Burrel, esq. of Beckenham in Kent, (and sister of the Duchess of Hamilton, now Marchioness of Exeter, the Countess of Beverley, and Lord Gwydir); married to the late Duke of Northumberland, May 25, 1779; by

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whom she had issue, the present Duke; Lord Prudhoe; and other children. The remains of the late Duchess were removed, in-grand state, from Lord Gwydir's House at Whitehall, for interment in Westminster Abbey,

In Whiteball Place, in his 65th year, John Garden, esq.

Of apoplexy, instantly, Mr. Clementson, of Basinghall street, Blackwell-ballfactor.

In Charlotte street, Bloomsbury, Jas. Leaver, esq. late of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

At Hampstead, in his 6th year, Henry, eldest son of Henry Ellis, esq. of the British Museum.

In consequence of a fall from his horse, Sir John Trollope, bart. D.C.L. of Casewick, near Stamford, Lincolnshire. Sir John succeeded his brother, Sir Thomas William, May 13, 1789, and married March 24, 1798, Miss Thorold of Lincoln, by whom he has left a numerous family.

At Lymington, Hants, Elizabeth, the relict of Dr. Richard Pulteney, eminent as a physician and botanical writer; (who died Oct. 13, 1801; see our vol. LXXI. pp. 1058. 1207). Her unaffected and amiable manners had endeared her to a large circle of friends. Blessed with an uncommon share of health, she died af. ter a very short illness, at the advanced age of 81 years. The bulk of her pro"perty she has bequeathed to her godson, (a minor), Charles Pulteney St. Barbe, the eldest son of her adopted daughter.

April 29. At Farleigh, near Maidstone, in his 78th year, Wm. Phelp Perrin, esq. At Sunbury, in his 40th year, Colin Douglas, esq. of Mains.

April 30. At Clifton, in his 79th year, Schaw Grosset, esq.

in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Mary, relict of Jeremiah Dixon, esq. late of Fell Foot, Westmoreland.

At Bayswater, Aune- Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Wade, C. B. late Rifle Brigade.

At Gravesend, suddenly, aged 18, Isabella, only daughter of Thomas Hearn, esq. of the Commercial-road.

Lately. At Pimlico, Mrs. Stephenson. She was always complaining of her income being scarcely sufficient. Her executors, however, to their great surprise, discovered upwards of 2000l. in Banknotes, many of which bear the name of "Abraham Newland," and 300 guineas.

At his seat, in Hampshire, Wm. Burgess, esq. formerly of the Strand, brother of the Bishop of St. David's.

late Sir Thos. Burghe, bart. and brother to the Countess of Clapricarde and Viscountess Strangford.

Aged 27, beloved and deeply regretted by his relatives and numerous friends, Mr. John Crutwell, an eminent solicitor, of Bath, and youngest son of the late Mr. Crutwell, proprietor and editor of the Bath Chronicle.

Staffordshire- At Nab Hill, near Leek, in his 92d year, John Birchenough, for nearly half a century employed in the silk manufactory of Messrs. N. Phillips and Co. He was able to perform the finest work without glasses; had been 71 years a member of a Benefit Club, and never but one week on the sick list; was the father of 28 children; and had to walk to and from his work six miles a day.

Sussex At Brighton, in his 99th year, Mr. Austin, the Drawing Master, of eccentric memory, well known to the Electors of Westminster some years ago, for his singular exertion in support of Mr. Fox, when a Candidate for that City.

Yorkshire Aged 82, the Rev. John Myers, of Shipston Hall, Rector of Wyberton, near Boston, in Lincolnshire, and one of the Justices of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenants for those Counties. ABROAD In the Tyrol, the celebrated Tyrolese Patriot, Spechbacher, who dis tinguished himself so much in the war of 1809. His remains were interred with the greatest solemnity.

At Longville, Jamaica, aged 19, Charles Henry, son of the Rev. H. Wood, of Greuton, Somersetshire.

In the East Indies, John Hilbert Kaye, esq. Commander of a Corps of Auxiliary Cavalry in the Company's service, and second son of Jos. Kaye, esq. of New Bank Buildings.

At Wallahjabbad, in the East Indies, in his 21st year, Lieut. Wm. Haldane, 24th reg. Native infantry, on the Madras Establishment, fourth son of Lieut.-co!. Haldane.

On his passage from Madras to the Cape, in his 34th year, Capt. Arrow, of East India Company's service.

May 1. At Crafton Hill, Miss Magnall, many years conductress of the Ladies' Academy near Wakefield. From her pen, amongst other works intended for the instruction of youth, came the "Miscellaneous Questions," which have obtained extensive circulation; together with a volume of Poems, entitled "Leisure Hours," which will always remain as monuments of the acuteness of her understanding, the extent of her research, and the amiable and attractive nature of her piety.

Louisa, third daughter of Thomas Fowell Buxton, esq. M.P.: during the last month