5. At Koniz, near Berne, Mark Theodore de Morlet, M. D. to Constance, youngest dau. of the late Sir J. Ingilby, bart. of Ripley.

17. At Carlsrhue, the Margrave Leopold of Baden, to the Princess Sophia Wilhelmina, dau. of the Ex-King of Sweden, Gustavus IV. and Queen Frederica.

S. Nicholson, esq. of Rawcliffe, aged 80, to Mrs. Norwood, of Cambleford,' aged 40.

19. Mr. Wm. Henry Murray, to Miss Dyke, both of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh.

20. Henry Stone, esq. to Margaretta, second dau. of Col. Beaufoy, of Bushey Heath.

21. Major Orr, Royal Fusileers, to Sarah, eldest dau. of Spencer Boyd, esq. of Pinkill, Ayrshire.

22. Henry Duncan Twysden, esq. R.N. to Mary, third dau. of Sir Wm. Twysden, bart.

24. The Hon. Capt. Perceval, R. N. eldest son of Lord Arden, to the eldest dau. of J. Hornby, esq. of Titchfield.

26. Thos. Tyringham Bernard, esq. to Sophia Charlotte, dau. of the late Sir David Williams, bart. of Sarratt, Herts.

29. The Rev. H. E. Graham, of Hendon, to Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Leeds, bart.

31. Sir Wm. Leeds, bart. of Croxton Park, Cambridgeshire, to Eleanor, second dau. of Owsley Rowley, esq. of the Priory, St. Neot's.

Lately. Lieut. col. Gregory, 44th reg. to Harriet, third dau. of J. Helsham, esq. of Kilkenny.

Aug. 2. John Meares, esq. of Eastington, to Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir John Owen, bart. of Orielton, both in Pembrokeshire.

3. Walter, eldest son of Rich. Long, esq. late M.P. for Wilts, to Mary Anne, second dau. of Right Hon. Archibald Colquhoun, Lord Register of Scotland.

John Stracey, esq. of Sprowston Lodge, fourth son of Sir Edward Stracey, bart. of Rackheath Hall, Norfolk, to Emma, youngest dau. of Christopher Clitherow, esq. of Bird's Place, Herts.

Sir H. R. Calder, bart. of Park House, Kent, to Lady Frances Selina Pery, third dau. of the Earl of Limerick.

4. A. Green, esq. of Hackney, to Margaretta, fifth dau. of the late N. de St. Croix, esq. of Homerton.

5. The Earl of Uxbridge, son of the Marquis of Anglesea, to Miss E. Campbell, second dau. of the late John Campbell, esq. of Shawfield, and niece to the Duke of Argyle.

Thomas Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake, esq. of Nuttwell-court, and of BucklandMonachorum, Devon, nephew of the late Lord Heathfield, to Eleanor, only dau. of

James Halford, esq. of Piccadilly, and of Laleham, in Middlesex.

7. James Armstrong, esq. to Maria Jane, eldest dau. of Edwin Sandys, esq. both of Kentish Town.

Jas. Buchanan, esq. of Glasgow, to Mary Anne, eldest dau. of the late Wm. Finlason, esq. of St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica.

Hugo Charles Meynell, esq. of Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, to Georgiana, eldest dau. of F. Pigou, esq. of Hill-street, Berkley-square.

The Rev. Wm. Claye, of Westthorpe, Notts, to Juliana Elizabeth, eldest dau. of J. J. C. Bullock, esq. of Harley-street, and of Faulkbourn Hall, Essex.

10. At Thetford, James Steward, esq. of Yarmouth, to Sarah, only dau. of Daniel Sewell, esq. of the Abbey, Thetford.

Jas. Macdonald, esq. M. P. eldest son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, to the Lady Sophia Keppel, eldest dau. of the Earl of Albemarle.

Lieut.-col. Hon. Jas. H. Keith Stewart, M. P. (brother of the Earl of Galloway), to Henrietta Anne, second dau. of the Rev. Spencer Madan, D.D.

Lieut. col. Steele, Coldstream Guards, to Lady Elizabeth Montague, daughter of the Duke of Manchester.

11. A. Carrick, M.D. of Clifton, to Caroline, youngest dau. of Rob. Tudway, esq. of Wells, and sister of J. P. Tudway, esq. M.P. for that city.

12. At Ipswich, Mr. John Leggatt, of Bucklersbury, London, to Martha Leggatt, youngest dau. of Mr. Marston, Ipswich.

The Earl of Roseberry, to Hon. Miss Anson, sister of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Anson, and grand-daughter of T. W. Coke, esq. of Holkham Hall, M.P. for Norfolk.

16. Octavius Henry, fourth son of Wm. Smith, esq. M. P. to Jane, dau. of T. V. Cooke, esq. of Hertford-street, May Fair.

17. Jos. Phelps, esq. of the island of Madeira, to Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Capt. Dickenson, R. N. of Bramblebury, Woolwich.

18. W. Day, esq. of Mayfield, and Brazen-nose College, to Caroline, eldest dau. of the late Dr. John Grindlay.

19. T. W. Leech, esq. of E. I. C. Naval Service, to Selina Charlotte, second dau. of Wm. Toosey, esq. of Bencoolen.

24. Henry R. Pearson, esq. of Goldensquare, to Anne, eldest dau. of Thomas Harris, esq.

S. Lovat, esq. of the Middle Temple, to Frances, youngest dau. of the late John Batt, esq. of Moditonham, Cornwall.

25. John Callaghan, esq. of Teddington, to Grace Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Mat. Gosset, esq. of Twickenham (Viscount of the island of Jersey), and grand-daughter of the late Sir Thos. Frankland, bart. of Thirkleby, Yorkshire.

Dr. JOHN PORTER, Bishop of CLOGHER. This eminent Prelate (who died July 27,) was formerly Fellow, and sometime Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge; where he took the degrees of A. B. 1773; A. M. 1776; S. T. P. per Lit. Reg. 1792.

Having been nominated one of the Chaplains to Earl Camden, when that Nobleman repaired to Ireland as Viceroy, he was speedily nominated to a Bishoprick. Accordingly, on the translation of Dr. Law from Killaloe to the See of Elphin, in 1795, he was nominated successor to that Prelate; and in the course of the succeeding year was himself translated to Clogher.

one were not told who he is, I believe one would have no difficulty in discovering him to be a great man. The gravity of his years the sweet unassuming gentleness of his behaviour-and the calm way in which he gives utterance to thoughts, about which almost any other person would have made so much bustle-every thing about the appearance and manners of this serene and venerable old man, has left a feeling of quiet, respectful, and affec tionate admiration upon my mind."

JAMES FORBES, Esq. F. R. S.

Aug. 1. At Aix-la-Chapelle, James Forbes, esq. of Stanmore, Middlesex, and

DR. JAMES PLAYFAIR.

James Playfair, D.D. F. R. S. F. A. S. Edinb. (whose death we announced in our last Supplement, p. 655,) was born in the parish of Bendochie, in the county of Angus, about the year 1740. After the common course of education he went to St. Andrew's, where he studied with great diligence, and was licensed as a Preacher by the Presbytery of Meigle. He was next presented to the living of New Tile by Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, after which he obtained that of Meigle, near the seat of the same gentleman. This naturally introduced him to the patronage of the family of Bute, which led to his appointment as Principal of the United College of St. Salvador and St. Leonard, in the University of St. Andrew's. He was the author of a laborious and valuable System of Chronology, comprised in eight parts, fol. 1784.

He was the father of Dr. John Playfair, the lamented Professor of Mathematics at Edinburgh; whose death we announced in our last, p. 87.-In "Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk," recently published, we find the following notice, of Mr. Professor Play

fair.

"Mr. P. was the only other person whose conversation made any very striking impression on me-but, indeed, this might well be the case, without the least reflection on the talents of those present. This gentleman's mode of talking is just as different as possible from his friend's (Professor Leslie); it is quietly, simply, unaffectedly sensible, and that is all one thinks of it at first-but by degrees he says things, which, although at the moment he utters them they do not produce any very startling effect, they have the power to keep one musing on them for a long time after he stops; so that even if

and Antiquarian Societies, and Member of the Arcadian Society at Rome.

He was a lineal descendant of the Earls of Granard, and was born in London in 1749. Having obtained an appointment as a Writer to Bombay, he left England before he had attained his 16th year; and with a little knowledge of drawing, and au ardent desire to explore foreign countries, he travelled near 20 years in different parts of Asia, Africa, and America, endeavouring to investigate the manners and customs of the inhabitants, to study the natural history, and delineate the principal places and picturesque scenes in the various regions he visited. To these he added the costume of the natives; and coloured drawings of the birds, fish, in sects, fruits, flowers, and vegetables, found in such an infinite variety in those distant climes. During that period he resided four years among the Brahmins, in Hindostan, at a distance from the European settlements, where he had an excellent opportunity of observing the lives and tenets of that singular tribe. His drawings and accompanying descriptions, during these travels, fill 150 folio volumes, containing upwards of 52,000 pages, the work of his own hand.

After having filled early in life several honourable and important stations in different parts of India, he returned in 1784, to enjoy the sweets of domestic life and retirement at his mansion at Stanmore-bill. He married in 1788, Rosee Gaylard, daughter of Joseph Gaylard, esq. of Stanmore, by whom he has issue one daughter, married in 1809 to the Comte de Montalembert, Minister from France to Wirtemberg. His hours of leisure were past in vast literary labours-social affection, and genuine hospitality, in the bosom of a family and numerous circle of friends,

* Elected F. R. S. in March 1803.

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by whom he was beloved and respected.His piety was most distinguished-his virtue most active-his charity unbounded; by which, though all benefited,that class who cannot dig, and to beg are ashamed, were the especial objects of his unostentatious and secret bounty. The unhappy, and the widow, and the orphan were his peculiar care-for the sensibility of his nature was uncommon to the latest period of his life, and only equalled by the strength of his intellectual faculties, and by every manly and Christian virtue.

Nat having seen the Continent of Europe, he left England, during the first French war, to explore the classical scenes of Italy, the romantic regions of Switzerland, and the extensive tracts of Germany; but could not then visit France.

During the short Peace, in April 1803, he accompanied his wife and daughter to Holland; and from thence, without know. ing of hostilities having recommenced, he arrived at Paris the day after the English were made prisoners. He shared their fate; and was sent to Verdun, where he was detained till July 1804, when he was released by Buonaparte, at the solicitation of the National Institute, Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, having exerted his influence with Mons. Carnot, the President of the Institute.

On his return to this country, the first work Mr. Forbes published was, "Letters from France, written in the years 1803 and 1804; including a particular Account of Verdun, and the situation of the British Captives in that City," 2 vols. 8vo. 1806. He afterwards published, "Reflections on the Character of the Hindoos, and the importance of converting them to Christianity," 8vo. 1810.His chief Work, however, is intituled "Oriental Memoirs," &c. 4 vols. 4to. 1813, embellished with 93 beautiful Engravings from his original Drawings, containing much interesting matter on the Natural History of India, his residence among the Brahmins, natives, and conversion of the Hindoos.

The worthy Author had much gratification in presenting copies of this Work to the Royal Institute at Paris, as a testimony of grateful remembrance for having procured him permission to return to England in order to finish these splendid volumes +.

Mr. Forbes was a valuable Correspondent to the Gentleman's Magazine for upwards of thirty years. One of his last

* Mr. Forbes's Letter to M. Carnot is printed in vol. LXXIV. p. 734.

+ See a Minute of the Proceedings of the Institute, honourable to all parties, in vol. LXXXIV. ii. p. 516.

Communications was an interesting anecdote of our lamented Princess Charlotte, inserted in vol. LXXXVII. ii. p. 483.

In 1816, he accompanied his daughter and family to France, where he remained near two years; and again in June 1819, he left England with the intention to visit his daughter at Stutgard, with his eldest grandson, when he was seized with the lingering and painful illness which terminated his most valuable life, in the arms of his child and grandchildren who had gone to meet him at Aix-la-Chapelle, on the 1st of August 1819, aged 70-that life of labour in the Lord, which had been but a preparation for a blissful eternity.

WILLIAM BOTELER, ESQ.

The late William Boteler, esq. F. S. A. was born at Eastry in the county of Kent, in which parish his family had been resident for many generations. He married first in 1774, Sarah, daughter and coheir of Thomas Fuller of Statenborough in the same parish, esq. by whom he had issue three sons, two of whom died infants, and the other, William Fuller Boteler, is of Lincoln's-inn, barrister at law, and Recorder of the city of Canterbury, and of the towns and ports of Sandwich and NewRomney; secondly, in 1785, Mary, daughter of John Harvey §, of Sandwich, esq. a Captain in his Majesty's Royal Navy, who commanded the Brunswick, and was mortally wounded in the action on the 1st of June 1794; by her he had 16 children, of whom five died young, and the following survive; Richard, a Captain in the corps of Royal Engineers, Henry, now a commander in the Royal Navy, John-Harvey, and Thomas, Lieutenants in the Royal Navy; Edward, of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, B. A., Robert; and five daughters, Maria, Eliza, now the wife of the Rev. Charles James Burton, M. A., Julia, Agnes, and Bertha.

Mr. Boteler lived at Eastry the greater part of his life. In the year 1814 he went with his family to reside in Canterbury, where he died on the 4th of September 1818, aged 72 years. He was buried in the family vault in Eastry Church.

Mr. Boteler throughout his life was much attached to the study of antiquities, and he had made considerable collections for the History of his native parish, and the The neighbouring parts of East Kent. substance of these collections was com

Her elder sister Jane married William Boys of Sandwich, esq. F. A. and L. S. S. of whom see Biographical Memoirs, in vol. LXXIII. p. 421.

§ For an Account of Capt. Harvey and his services, see vol. LXIV. p. 674.

municated

municated by him to Mr. Hasted, the Historian of the County of Kent, who, in the preface to the 4th volume of the first edition of his history, acknowledges, in the most handsome manner, the assistance he received from Mr. Boteler in the compi lation of the work. As a further testimony of such assistance, Mr. Hasted dedicated the ninth volume of the second edition of his history to Mr. Boteler, stating that it was to him that the publick was in a great measure indebted for whatever pleasure and information they might receive from the perusal of that part of the History.

Mr. Boteler, after he went to reside at Canterbury, obtained leave of his Grace the Archbishop, and of the Archdeacon, to arrange the papers in their Registry. In this employment, which he felt was of great public utility, at the same time that it was a source of great amusement to himself, he spent much of his time, until his increasing infirmities would no longer admit of his leaving his house. By his indefatigable exertions, aided by his intimate knowledge of the History of the County, the papers in the Registry are now arranged in an order probably not to be seen in any other Court.

Mr. Boteler was a man of strict honour and integrity. As a magistrate he was zealous and active; as a husband, father, and friend, he was affectionate and kind; his loss will long be deplored by his widow and children, and regretted by a numerous and respectable circle of acquaintance.

He bore for his arms, Argent, 3 escutcheons Sable, each charged with a covered cup Or; and for the crest, on a wreath of the colours, a covered cup Or, between a pair of wings endorsed, the dexter Argent, the sinister Azure.

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THE REV. PETER ROBERTS, M. A. May At Halkiu, co. Flint, the Rev. Peter Roberts, M. A. to which living he had been inducted but a few months. This event has deprived Wales of an eminent writer in its particular literature and language, and the kingdom at large, of a rare uuion of worth and talent. It is said, Mr. R. was a student of Trinity College, Dublin; wherever he was educated, he was an honour to the foundation. His valuable and extensive library was sold in Shrewsbury (nine days sale), commenciug the 9th of August. He was Author of "Observations on the Principles of Christian Morality."-" Christianity Vindicated in a series of Letters to M. Volney, on his Revolutions of Empires."-Harmony of the Epistles."-"A Sketch of the early History of the Cymry, or Antient Britons, from the year 700, before Christ, to A. D. 500."-"View of the Policy and Doctrines

July 27. At Dieppe, on his return from Paris, of an apoplectic attack, in his 62d year, the Rev. Robert Mark Delafosse, of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, LL.B. 1797; during many years the respected conductor of a school of the highest reputation at Richmond; and a gentleman not less distinguished by his numerous private virtues than for his exalted character in the line of Greek and Hebrew literature. The laborious office which he so long and honourably sustained, be discharged with diligence and fidelity, seldom equalled, never exceeded; and many highly respectable and worthy characters that have adorned our Universities, and now make a conspicuous figure on the great theatre of life, to him are proud to owe their lasting obligations. In that arduous occupation, he united the cautious vigilance of the preceptor, with all the tender solicitude of an affectionate parent. Though without preferment, to whigh his usefulness in life, and his profound erudition, especially of the biblical kind, justly entitled him, he repined not; but continued conscientiously to perform the inferior duties of the Church with zeal and with energy. Possessed of superior talents and extensive knowledge, yet was his conversation ever marked with candour, and his opinions given with modesty; and, while his manners were easy and affable, his life and conduct were impressive and exemplary. Connected by the most endearing ties with a large circle of relatives and friends, his many excellent qualities will long live embalmed in their faithful remembrance; and while Affection and Friendship heave over his remains the sigh of heart-felt regret, Genius and Science will not fail to shed congenial tears with those that already bedew the graves of a Porson and a Burney!

Mr. Delafosse has left a widow and six children to bewail their irreparable loss.

REV. WILLIAM HERRINGHAM, B. D. A Memoir of this exemplary Divine (whose death was recorded in the Obituary of this Magazine for March, p. 280,) would have claimed a much earlier insertion, but for the protracted, and still continuing indisposition of a surviving friend, whose pen is well known to the publick.

It has been frequently and well said, that the biography of every man, however humble his origin or sphere of life, may afford something worthy of notice, either by way of beacon, to deter from evil, or of example, to stimulate to what is praiseworthy.

The

The Rev. Wm. Herringham was born in Kent, in the year 1757, of humble but worthy parents, and, when very young, was left an orphan in a most unpromising situation, without the independent means of support, and without expectations. By the death of the Rev. J. Herringham (intestate), his father's cousin, and rector of Chadwell in Essex, the advowson of that Living fell to him, and was held, till he was of age to succeed to it, first by the Rev. Mr. Smith, and afterwards by the Rev. Mr. Iliffe, a distant relation of the family. In the early, and indeed the greater part of his education, he was principally indebted to his own energy and prudence. In order to lay the foundation for his being brought up to the Church, an uncle who kept a small school in Kent, and who was desirous, if possible, of giving him an University education, but was dissuaded from the attempt on account of the alleged danger of injury to his morals, engaged as an usher, a young man from the North, who agreed to instruct the subject of this memoir and a few other of the boys in Latin and Greek. When, however, he was about 16, his instructor left the school; he suc ceeded him as usher, and his further progress in the learned languages was committed to Mr. Burkett, Curate of Dr. Burnaby, the Vicar of Greenwich. The only opportunity he had of attending Mr. Burkett for instruction was after his own school hours, so that his time of study was almost exclusively confined to the hours of night. This induced a habit of late reading, which he continued to the age of 60. For his guide to the study of Divinity he was furnished with a list of books by Dr. Burnaby. In a memorandum of some particulars of his early life, drawn up by himself, he observes, " My attention at this time was particularly turned to such studies as might best qualify me for the important station in life to which I was looking forward. Whilst engaged in this course, I saw an advertisement announcing the publication of 'Sheridan's Art of Reading.' I was induced to peruse it; and by the help of it discovered that in reading I was a wretched monotonist; and that I laboured under other defects, which must be removed before I could expect to read or preach with satisfaction to my hearers. I immediately set myself to the practice of reading aloud, which I had never practised before. I found myself labouring under a wretched monotony, and possessing a voice so weak, that I could not read aloud in an ordinarysized room for ten minutes without coughing. By great perseverance and frequent practice I was enabled to surmount both these habits, and another equally unfortunate, of using the v for the w, and the

w for the v. I accustomed myself to speak aloud in the open air; and have gone to the river side, when the tide was coming in, and the wind blowing. By these means my voice was strengthened, and I acquired a clear articulation, having learned to open my mouth in speaking aloud; whereas it is almost a national fault amongst Englishmen to speak through the teeth."

In due time Mr. Iliffe gave him a title to Orders; and he was ordained Deacon by Dr. Lowth, then Bishop of London. On the subject of his ordination he thus expresses himself:

"I shall never forget the dignified and impressive manner of this venerable Prelate. His address to the candidates for Holy Orders was the affectionate address of a father to his children, and made an indelible impression upon my mind. Amongst other things, he recommended us to read over at least four times a year the office of Ordination, to remind ourselves of the solemn engagement into which we had entered, and the awful responsibility of the charge we had taken upon ourselves. I hope I have profited by his benevolent advice."

He adds, "When Mr. Iliffe gave me a Title to Chadwell, he told me, he thought it right I should know what it was to be a Curate, and that he should give me a salary of only 251 per ann. With the cu

racy of Chadwell I held also that of Little Thurrock with a salary of 30l. and thus began the world with an annual income of only 551,"

In what year he obtained possession of the rectory of Chadwell, the writer of this is not aware. In 1804, Bishop Porteus, unsolicited, gave him the prebend of Mara in St. Paul's; and in 1805, on the presentation of the patron, Earl Waldegrave, he was admitted Rector of Borley in Essex. He was a Member of Clare-hall, Cambridge, as a 24-year man, and took the degree of B. D. 1791.

The

In 1785, he married a daughter of the Rev. J. Woodrooffe, Rector of Cranham, Essex, by whom he had seven children, three of whom (daughters) are deceased. Four sons and the widow survive. eldest son, John Porter Herringham, succeeded him on his own petition, as Rector of Chadwell, and also as Rector of Borley, on the presentation of the patron, the present Earl Waldegrave.

In February last, after an illness of considerable duration, terminated the earthly existence of this worthy Minister of the Established Church, the record of whose life and conduct requires not the softenings of partiality, or the false colouring of panegyric. The simple truth, simply told, will be his best eulogy. He passed through life in the strict and punctual discharge of