around her; though warmly she enter tained at her magnificent, frequent, and hospitable board; it was not, we say, in the exterior pageantry of her elevated rank, she courted enjoyment. It was in the sweets of social tenderness; in the affections of family, in the duties of a wife, the caresses and endearments of children, the love of kindred, the intercourse of friends. It was in the practice of rare, genuine, unostentatious beneficence; in all the gentler agencies of goodness; in the luxuries of charity and the works of mercy; it was in these, the higher offices of humanity, that our departed Vice-Queen sought her chiefest pleasures; from these, it was, she drew her hopes of deserving the heaven that has this day unfolded to her pure and gentle spirit."

The remains of the Countess, attended by her widowed Lord, have been removed to this country for interment.

VICE-ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS FREEMANTLE.

Dec. 19. At Naples, after an illness of only two days, of an inflammation in the bowels, Sir Thomas Freemantle, ViceAdmiral of the Blue, late Commanderin-Chief in the Mediterranean, which appointment he had not held more than eighteen months.

The Neapolitan papers, of the 27th December, speak in terms of the utmost regret at the death of Sir Thomas. His remains were carried to the grave on the 23d with every demonstration of respect and military honour that could be bestowed on the memory of so distinguished an officer, by the Neapolitan Government. On this occasion the whole garrison was drawn out, and lined the streets, and the hearse was preceded by a body of cavalry. The Neapolitan Mimister General, Count Nugent, with the British, Austrian, and Netherlands Ambassadors, attended. The Duke of Leeds, Earls Spencer and Wentworth, with all the English residing at Naples, forming a train of upwards of 60 carriages, followed the hearse; six Midshipmen in uniform bore on cushions the decorations and honours of the deceased, viz. G. C. of the Bath, G. C. of the Guelph, G. C. of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, G. C. of St. Michael and St. George, C. of Maria Theresa, and the Ribband and Badge of Trafalgar. Captains Pellew, Campbell, Hamlyn, and Baker, R. N. in fuli uniform, with Captain Green, and officers of the Rochfort, which had borne the Admiral's flag. Lieutenant Freemantle, R. N. chief mourner, supported by Captain Green and Mr. Munroe the Secretary. The pall borne by six Lieutenants

PROFESSOR VON FEINAIGLE.

Dec. 27. At Dublin, Professor Von Feinaigle. With feelings of the sincerest sorrow (says a Dublin paper) we have to announce the sudden death of this estimable character; to whose genius and talents Ireland is so deeply indebted for the great and salutary reformation which he effected in the education of her youth. His successful labours in that difficult department, by which the acquisition of knowledge was rendered both agreeable and easy, must ever be held in grateful recollection by the parent, the pupil, and the school-master. The day of rivalry has long since passed by; and all must join in unfeigned regret for the man, and in warm admiration of his estimable qualities. The parents of his pupils, and the public at large, look with some anxiety to the choice which may be made of a successor. Of the Institution itself, which has conferred so many benefits on the country, we can devoutly say, "Esto perpetua."

DR. GEORGE Hill.

Lately. The Rev. George Hill, D. D. F. R. S. Edinb. Principal of St. Mary's College, and Primarius Professor in the University of St. Andrew's, one of the Ministers of that City, and one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland. This gentleman was born at St. Andrew's about 1748; educated at the University of his native city, where he first obtained the Greek Professorship in the College of St. Salvador. He was long one of the chief ornaments of the Church of Scotland, and was distinguished for his manly and impressive eloquence, both in the pulpit and the General Assembly.

Dr. Hill married a town's-woman of his own, by whom he has a large family. He has published "Sermons," 8vo,

1795; "Sermons by James Gillespie, D.D. from the Author's MS.” 8vo, 1796; "Theological Institutes," 8vo, 1803; "Lectures upon Portions of the Old Testament, illustrative of the Jewish History," 8vo, 1812.

JOHN STACKHOUSE, ESQ. F. L. S.

John Stackhouse, Esq. who died at his house in Bath Nov. 22, 1819, in his 78th year, as noticed in p.569, was the youngest son of the Rev. William Stackhouse of Trebane, in the county of Cornwall, D. D. and Rector of St. Erme in the same county, and nephew of the Rev. Thomas Stackhouse, author of the "History of the Bible," and "Body of Divi nity." He was for a short time a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford; but succeeding in 1763, by the will of his relation Mrs. Grace Percival, sister of Sir William Pendarves, to the family estate of that name, he vacated his fellowship, and after passing two or three years in foreign travel, settled at Pendarves, and resided there with little intermission till 1804, when he gave up the property to his eldest son, and retired to Bath.

Mr. Stackhouse was a Fellow of the Linnæan, and some foreign literary societies. His studies in Natural History, though not confined wholly to that department, were principally directed to Botany, and more particularly to that obscure and little understood part of itthe Marine Plants. In the study of those at present arranged under the genus "Fucus," and which are the product of, or are found on the shores of Great Bri tain, he was sedulously employed for many years; and whenever it was prac ticable in examining them in their places of native growth, for which purpose his residence in Cornwall, situate between the two seas, and at no great distance from either, offered him peculiar advantages.

The result of these observations he at length published in 1801, in a thin but large folio volume under the title of

Nereis Britannica," containing coloured figures of all the then-discovered British Fuci, with descriptions in Latin and English. This excellent work was slightly noticed in our 79th volume, p. 1042. The publication, as has hap pened to many others, did not meet with the estimation to which it was justly entitled in the Author's own country, but was received with high approbation ou the Continent, and introduced a correspondence between Mr. Stackhouse and some of the continental Botanists, who were engaged in the same or similar

pursuits. Amongst these must more particularly be mentioned M. Lamouroux, Professor of Natural History in the Royal Academy at Caen, Member of several Academies, and Author of an excellent work on the Zoophytes. With this gentleman Mr. Stackhouse was in correspondence to his death. They were both engaged in an attempt to methodize the heterogeneous mass at present crowded. together under the genus "Fucus," and to separate the several species into properly distinguished genera, according to their natural character and affinities. Each of these acute observers had made considerable progress in this arduous attempt, and though they did not entirely coincide in the detail, the general result of their conclusions did not widely differ. The sketch of Mr. Stackhouse's proposed arrangement was published in a second edition of the "Nereis," in quarto, in' 1816, containing the same plates, but not coloured, and the descriptions in Latin only.

Although every Botanist who has studied the Marine Plants is perfectly aware of the necessity of separating them, widely as they differ in form and habit, into several genera, yet none (as the writer of this believes), with the exception of the two above-mentioned Authors, have ever made public any actual progress. This almost entirely arises from the very imperfect knowledge at present obtained of the fructification of these plants, and the consequently extreme difficulty of obtaining proper data whereon to form generic characters, whilst it is evident that such characters made out from form, substance, and habit of growth only, must be very uncertain and frequently erroneous. That Mr. Stackhouse had made considerable approaches to this desirable end must be acknowledged by all unprejudiced observers, and had he been spared a longer life, it is probable he would have brought it as nearly to perfection as the subject will allow.

The pretensions, nevertheless, of Mr. Stackhouse to a literary character are not rested solely on his botanical pursuits. He was a very good classical scholar: many of his leisure hours had been devoted to the study of the work of Theophrastus on Plants. His proficiency in the Greek language, combined with his botanical knowledge, rendered him particularly qualified for the elucidation of this Author, as is evinced by his publication of a corrected edition of the

Greek text, with a copious Glossary and Notes, in two volumes, crown 8vo, the first of which appeared in 1813, and the second,

second, with the Glossary and Notes, in 1814. He also published, in 1811, at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, "A Catalogue of the Plants of Theophrastus arranged according to the System of Linnæus, principally for the Use of travelling Botanists."

It was, however, in private life, and in the bosom of his family, that the character of Mr. Stackhouse shone most conspicuous; as a husband and a father, as a master and a friend, none have exceeded him, and, above all, he was a Christian in the true sense of the word. The latter years of his life were constantly spent at Bath during the winter season, where he had a house in Edgar-buildings; and in that place he will be long remembered and regretted. Whenever any charitable institutions were to be formed, whenever any public improve ments were suggested, Mr. Stackhouse was amongst the foremost, and by his money, and his advice, was ever ready to promote the benefit of that city. The author of this feeble and imperfect tribate to the memory of this excellent man, and his long-known and highly esteemed friend, in conjunction with his sorrowing family, must long lament his

loss.

Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit.

EDWARD DOWNES, Esq. Dec. 30. At Shrigley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, in his 52d year, Edward Downes, Esq. Member and Graduate of the University of Oxford, one of the Magistrates of the county of Cheshire, and the last male branch of one of its most antient families. Of the active beneficence which eminently distinguished his life, of his zeal to promote the honour of God and the interests of true religion, of his devoted attachment to the venerable establishments of his country, both in Church and State, many will be ready to bear ample testimony. To the few, however, who witnessed the holy calm and cheerfulness, which a genuine heartfelt piety diffused around his dying bed; to those who heard his last faultering accents employed in grateful praises and thanksgivings to the God of all peace and comfort, the peculiar excellence of his character shone forth in its brightest lustre; and the regret which they feel for his loss can only be mitigated by the recollection of his peaceful and happy removal from a world of care and sorrow; and the fullest reliance on the truth of that scripture which says, "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." GENT. MAG. January, 1820.

ROBERT LOWNDES, Esq.

Jan. 5. After a short illness of two days, at the Hotwells, Bristol, in his 86th year, Robert Lowndes, Esq. formerly of Lea Hall, in the county palatine of Chester, and of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, but late of Widcombe Crescent, Bath. He was the eldest male representative of the Lowndes's of Overton Hall, in Cheshire, from whom are descended those of Buckinghamshire and the county of Oxford. His assiduous endeavours to serve the public in a similar manner to the late Mr. Rose, whom he strongly resembled in his ardent wish to be useful to mankind, may be exem. plified by two large boxes of manuscript papers, which he was several years in composing; the writing of them having been his principal amusement in a long solitary life. Indeed, his character as a writer shewed a kindred spirit to the well known Mr. Secretary Lowndes, to whom he was distantly related.

SAMUEL THORNDIKE, Esq.

Dec. 25. At his house, in St. Lawrence, Ipswich, in his 61st year, deeply regretted by his family and the town in general, Samuel Thorndike, esq. In 1792, he was elected one of the Common Council of that antient Borough; and in seniority was the fifth of that loyal and respectable body. He served the important office of Bailiff six times: in the years 1795-6; 1798—9; 1801–2; 1804-5: 1808-9; and, lastly, in 1814-15; with the highest credit to himself, and the greatest advantage to the interests of the borough. He had likewise performed the duties of Coroner for five several times, and died in the discharge of that useful office. He was also Treasurer of the Corporation, and one of the Governors of Christ's Hospital. He had for many years carried on the trade of a watchmaker in Ipswich, his native town; having served his apprenticeship with the late eminent and ingenious Mr. William Mayhew, of Woodbridge, a self taught genius, and the constructor of a magnificent orrery, which, without having previously seen one, he made on the most simple principles, and finished in the most scientific manner. Mr. Thorndike had, in a great degree, imbibed the talent of his master, and among his valuable stock, has left a clock of his own construction, which, without winding up, performs its evolutions for the period of an entre year.

DEATHS.

Dec. 28. Aged five years, George, and on the 29th, aged three years and a half, Henry, sons of Mr. George Baldwin, of Walworth: these two brothers throughout the Sunday previous had the flattering appearance of perfect health.

Dec. 29. To the inexpressible grief of his relatives, to nativity, and the poor, the Rev. Wm. Floyer, of Stinsford, Dorset, son of the late John Floyer, esq. of Upway, in the same county. He was of Queen's College, Oxford, B. C. L. 1770; and was presented to the vicarage of Stinsford, co. Dorset, in 1784, by the Countess Dowager of Ilchester. To record the numerous virtues of this excellent man, would not be possible: suffice it to say, that his charities were unbounded; that be lived, as he died, in peace with God and man, and without ever having been known to commit a wrong action.

In his 81st year, Mr. Drant, shoemaker, who some time since retired from business. He went into the market at Louth to purchase some potatoes, and immediately after returning to his house dropped down and expired.

At Fratton, near Portsmouth, Capt. Ennis, of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines.

Thos. Price Lyster, esq. R. N. youngest son of the late R. Lyster, esq. of Barton Castle, Shropshire.

Dec. 30. In Nelson-square, Great Surrey-street, in his 74th year, John Box, esq. of Weeping Cross, Staffordshire.

Dec. 31. In Tavistock-street, Bedfordsquare in his 74th year, Richard Barker, esq.

The Rev. D. Bingham, D. D. aged 76, Vicar of Great Gaddesden and Hemel Hempstead, Herts, Chaplain to his Majesty, and late Archdeacon of London.

At Lawrence End, Hertfordshire, in his S1st year, the Rev. Johu Hawkins, A. M. rector of Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire.

At Chigwell, Arthur Bashe Baker, esq. At Islington, aged 80, the relict of the Rev. John Griffiths, late of Hitchin, Herts. Lately. Aged 41, in Dudley-court, Falcon-square, William Hollaman, esq. In Newman-street, in his 78th year, Thomas Jeffereys, esq.

In Bond-street, in his 23d year, the Rev, Isaac Austin, M. A. of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, only son of the late W. Austin, M. D.

At Bath, in his 82d year, the Rev. Dr. James Drought, many years Senior Fellow, and Professor of Divinity, of Trinity College, Dublin.

In the Commercial-road, aged 35 years, after a few days illness, Capt. John Bishop, Commander of the Juno, in the Cape Trade.

On Highgate Hill, in his 75th year, C.Walker, esq.

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Berks. At Reading, in his 84th year, the Rev. William Sugden, formerly Fellow of Brasenose-college, Oxford, M. A. 1771, and late rector of Cottingham, Northamptonshire.

Dorset. At Weymouth, aged 82, Hen. Marder, esq. formerly a Banker in the town of Dorchester, of the firm of Mox and Marder, on its first establishment.

Essex. At Shalford, aged 103, Mrs. Mary Parrott.

Rev. George Porter, M. A. many years lecturer of Billericay chapel; leaving a widow and nine children to lament their loss.

Herts. At Ware, aged 34, Arthur Cuthbert Beaumont, esq. late Captain in the 44th regiment of foot.

Leicestershire. At Hinckley, the Rev. J. Freeston, minister of the Baptist meeting. Somersetshire. At Compton Pauncefoot, the Rev. J. Palmer, D. D.

At King's Bromptom, the Rev. Thomas Todd, vicar of that place, aged 57.

At Frome Woodlands, aged 66, Ann Moore. She was returning from consulting with her son-in-law on the approaching funeral of her father, aged 91, and was found dead in a field not far from her cottage, supposed from apoplexy.

Suffolk. At Exning lodge, (the residence of her son-in-law, Edward Martin, esq.) aged 73, Mrs. Derisley of Thetford, relict of J. Derisley, esq.

Surrey, At Norwood, in his 36th year, Elton Hamond, esq.

At Richmond Terrace, John Prothéroe, esq. of the firm of Protheroe and Hunt, merchants, of Bristol.

'Warwickshire.

Of a paralytic seizure, in his 73d year, the Rev. John Baddeley, of Birmingham.

Wilts. At the Parsonage House, Bishopstrow, in his 55th year, the Rev. Wm. Williams, formerly fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, M. A. 1791, and 25 years rector of the above parish.

Yorkshire. At Greenhills, near Sheffield, aged 88, Mr. John Fox. He has left children, grand-children, and great grarid-children, to the number of 100.

SCOTLAND. At Dundee, in his 77th year, Johu Gould, esq. late Provost of that burgh.

IRELAND. At Pleasant View, near Dublit, in her 83d year, the relict of the late Napper Tandy, esq. and last surviving child of the late Jas. Jones, esq, of WhiteHall, near Platten.

ABROAD. Count Fred. Leopold, of Holberg, one of the most distinguished characters in Germany.

At Dieppe, aged 35, Capt. G. C. Urmston, R. N. son of the late Capt. Urmston, of the East India service.

At Naples, the relict of Walter Grant, esq. Registrar and Master in Equity, at Madras.

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