nearly equal to what they had been ten years previously. During those months he made several important additions to, and alterations in, his Museum, particularly in purchasing the valuable collection of drawings by Mr. George Dance, R. A. the late eminent architect (his old master); for these he gave 5007. He likewise completed a publication descriptive of his house and museum; and he also contemplated other matters of a more weighty description. The recent unwholesome weather did For a few days not at first affect him. he was but slightly unwell, but after one day's more serious illness, he was no more. He died without the slightest pain, and his attendants for some time did not believe he had departed. The remains of Sir John Soane were deposited, on the 30th Jan. in the monumental tomb he had erected in the year 1816, (on the demise of Mrs. Soane) in the burial ground of St. Giles' in the Fields, at St. Pancras. The executors having determined (in conformity with the wish expressed in his will) that the funeral should be strictly private, no invitations were issued, excepting to the members of his family, his executors, his medical attendant, and a few persons immediately connected with him. The Royal Academy having expressed a desire to shew its respect to the deceased, a deputation of six of the members attended, as did likewise the Councils of the Institute of British Architects and the Architectural Society: JOHN SOANE, son of the late John Soane, chief mourner. Executors and Trustees. Sir B. C. Stephenson Sir F. Chantrey R. Pennington, esq. E. M. Foxhall Academicians. Sir M. A. Shee, Pres. Henry Howard Stanfield Etty J. B. Papworth F. G. Robinson G. Moore J. L. Taylor Architectural Society. G. Mair G. Ferrey T. L. Walker By his will Sir John Soane has appointed George Bailey, esq. (who has been his able assistant for twenty-seven years) curator of his museum, and to Mr. C. J. Sir John Soane published his architec- In 1827 was published" The Union of Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting, exemplified in the house and galleries of John Soane, &c." edited by John Britton, F.S.A. (see Gent. Mag. Aug. 1827, p. 129); and in 1832 another " Description of his House and Museum," in 4to. with seventeen plates, chiefly lithographs. In 1836 he issued a new and improved edition of the " Description of his House and Museum," dedicated to the Duke of Sussex. Of this work, not published for sale, 150 copies were printed. With this volume is given a copy of the Act passed in 1833, for settling and endowing his Museum. He also printed a French As the whole translation of the same. was not ready for circulation in Dec. 1835, 1837.] OBITUARY.-C. Dering, Esq.-J. de G. Fonblanque, Esq. 325 he anticipated a portion of it under the title of " Description of three Designs for the two Houses of Parliament made in 1779, 1794, and 1796, and of other works of art in the House and Museum of the Professor of Architecture of the Royal Academy, in a letter to a friend." Sir John Soane's best portrait is by Sir Thomas Lawrence; and it remains in his house in Lincoln's Inn Fields. excellent copy by Mr. Wood, was lately An presented by Sir John to the Institute of British Architects. CHOLMELEY DERING, ESQ. Nov. 7. At Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, aged 70, Cholmeley Dering, esq. great-uncle (and for eighteen years guardian) to Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, of Surrenden Dering, Bart. Mr. Dering was the second son of Sir Edward, the sixth Baronet, who was Member for New Romney in five successive Parliaments, and the eldest by his second wife Deborah, only daughter of John Winchester, of Nethersole, co. Kent, esq. During the war, he commanded a regiment of light dragoons, called the New Romney Fencibles, the first two troops of which were raised by Sir Edward Dering and the Corporation of New Rom. ney in April 1794; and which, in April 1795, was, by its commander, (with the approbation and assistance of Government,) completed to a regiment of six troops, and received the honour of the additional title of the name of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-chief, as the New Romney, or Duke of York's Own, Fencible light dragoons. Colonel Dering married, in 1790, Charlotte-Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Joseph Yates, Justice of the Common Pleas, by whom he had one son, Cholmeley-EdwardJohn Dering, esq. who married, in 1817, Maria, eldest daughter of Barrington Price, esq., and has issue. J. DE G. FONBLANQUE, ESQ. Mr. Fonblanque was descended from an ancient family of Languedoc, and inherited the title of Marquis, although he never assumed it in England. He obtained permission to use the surname of De Grenier before that of Fonblanque in May 1828. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, Jan. 24, 1783. In 1790 he distinguished himself as leading counsel at the bar of the House of Commons, on behalf of the merchants of London, in opposition to the Quebec bill. Equity," in two volumes 8vo, which has In 1793-4 he published " A treatise on proceeded to several editions. returned to Parliament, under the patronAt the general election in 1802 he was age of the Duke of Bedford, for the bothe whole of that parliament until its rough of Camelford; aud he sat during dissolution in 1806. He was an able advocate of the Whig party, and a personal friend of the Prince of Wales, for whom he now is supposed to have written the subject of his Royal Highness's exclusion celebrated letters to the King, on the from the army, which were generally attributed to Lord Moira. On the 28th April, 1804, he received the rank of King's counsel, with a patent of precedency. It is said that at that time he was regarded as the future Whig Lord Chancellor. In 1810 Mr. Fonblanque published "Doubts on the expediency of adopting mittee." the recommendation of the Bullion Com blanque stood high in the profession; and As an Equity Lawyer, Mr. Fonauthority in the courts during the lifetime his Treatise on Equity was admitted as an of its author. Both in public and in primind, and for those urbane qualities which, vate he was esteemed for his accomplished if they do not strictly constitute, at least gentleman. He retained his faculties to accompany and adorn, the character of a the last, and died with perfect resignation. The name of Fonblanque is so well Mr. Fonblanque's body was deposited DR. F. K. L. SICKLER. Aug. 8. At Hildburghausen, Dr. Fredrick Karl Ludwig Sickler, an eminent archæologist. He was born Nov. 3, 1773, at Grafentonne in the territory of Gotha. In his early studies he was greatly assisted by the instruction and advice of the late cele Hav brated Hofrath Böttiger, of whom he afterwards showed himself no unworthy fellow-labourer in the extensive field of classical and antiquarian research. ing completed his academical course, he proceeded to Paris, where he was engaged as preceptor in the family of the Banker Delessert; but afterwards had the good fortune to accompany Baron Wilhelm von Humboldt to Rome, where he spent several years, devoting himself assiduously to his favourite branches of study. The number of his publications is considerable -almost surprising, when we take into account the nature of the subjects, and the varied erudition displayed in them. One of the earliest of them was an "Account of the carrying off of various works of Art from Italy," Gotha, 1802. To this succeeded his "Almanach aus Rom," containing a variety of interesting researches relative to Latium ;-his "Plan Topographique de la Campagne de Rome, avec explication," Rome, 1811; the substance of which he afterwards published more in detail, in " Topography of the country around Rome." In 1811, he published his "Lettre à M. Millin, sur l'époque des constructions Cyclopiennes;" in 1819 he gave to the world his learned dissertation on Hieroglyphics, together with two treatises on the plastic arts in the remotest periods of antiquity; and a few years afterwards appeared his Explanation of some hieroglyphical paintings on the case of a mummy at Vienna. Besides these and other separate publications, including many relative to classical literature and philology, he wrote a great number of minor pieces and essays, chiefly on antiquarian topics, which were printed in different journals and periodicals. He was also author of an excellent Atlas and Manual of ancient Geography for schools. Mr. Richardson's first recollection of himself, was that of a poor little urchin in the workhouse at Great Marlow, in Buckinghamshire, the place of his birth. After filling several menial situations in that town, he started for the metropolis, in order to better his fortune, and gained employment, for some time, in the cowhouse of Mr. Rhodes, at Islington, at one shilling per day. Soon after, he acquired some taste for theatricals. In the year 1782, he first joined Mrs. Penley, who was then performing in a club-room at the Paviours' Arms, in Shadwell; but after going from town to town with little success, he left the stage for a short period, and commenced in a small way as a broker in London. By industry he accumulated money enough to take, in 1796, the Harlequin public house, near the stage-door of Drury-lane theatre, and frequented by theatrical people. In the same year, Muster Richardson first made his appearance in the character of a showman at Bartholomew fair, where he had to contend with the old favourites of the public. Old Jobson, the great puppet-showman, in One-yard; Jonas and Penley (the families of which have both distinguished themselves in the history of the stage), in the George-yard; the celebrated Mrs. Baker, at the Greyhound, in a room up one pair of stairs; and O'Brien, the Irish giant, at the King's Head; Richardson and his company also exhibited from a first story: his platform was built out of the windows, forming an arch over the ginger-bread stalls, with a long pair of steps leading down into the fair. Twenty-one times in the day were the performers called on to act. Muster Richardson now commenced the regular tour to most of the large fairs in the kingdom-at Edmonton he appeared with Tom Jefferies, a clown from Astley's, who, in his line, had no competitor; he was allowed by the best judges of Fools to be without a rival. Shortly after, Mrs. Carey, and her two sons, Edmund and Henry, were engaged by Richardson. Edmund (since the celebrated Kean) made his first appearance in Tom Thumb, his mother acting Queen Dollalolla. At Windsor fair, Edmund again performed Tom Thumb; but to the great astonishment of Muster Richardson, he received a note from the Castle, commanding Master Carey to recite several passages from different plays before his Majesty at the Palace. Subsequently, he engaged Oxberry from a Private Theatre in Queen Anne street, and he could also boast that his humble booth had been the stepping stone to several actors afterwards stars in the lesser hemispheres, amongst whom might be named the two Southbys, clowns; Mr. Thwaites and Mr. Vaughan, who distinguished themselves in America; Saville Faucett, Mr. Grosette, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferies, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Pearce, Abraham Slader, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Walbourn and Sanders, &c. After getting over his difficulties, Richardson began to realise money very fast, and for several years past he put by large sums. He had no family, was rather abstemious in his mode of living, and very plain in his manners and dress. But he was a charitable, feeling man, to all intents and purposes; and numbers have been assisted in the hour of need by his liberality. At St. Alban's some years since, at the time of the fair, a dreadful fire occurred; Richardson and his company did their utmost to extinguish it, and their services were considered valuable. Some time afterwards a subscription was raised for the uninsured sufferers; a plain-looking man, in a rusty black coat, red waistcoat, corduroy breeches, and worsted stockings, entered the committee-room and gave in his subscription, 1007. "What name shall we say, Sir ?" asked the astonished clerk. 66 Richardson, the penny showman," was the proud reply. His mode of discourse and language, owing to his want of education, was peculiar and coarse. Whilst in St. Alban's (where, in consequence of his liberality, he received a perpetual permission to act plays during and three days after the fair,) some ladies came to take places, and the younger ones asked him if the pieces were interesting, and more especially if love were the theme-"Oh! all about that, Miss," replied Richardson; "for you see, the first piece is Lovers' Wows,' and the second Rondy.wows.' un is ' He was a shrewd, calculating man, and well knew how to "measure" the public. He employed the first-rate scene painters, Messrs. Grieve and the late John Greenwood; his dresses were equal, if not superior in costliness, to the Theatres Royal. The front of his booth alone cost 6001. A few years since the scenery, dresses, and decorations of Richardson's theatre were exposed for auction by Mr. George Robins, and 2,000l. were bid for them. They were bought in; the "old man," as he was technically denominated, considering them to be worth at least 3,0001. Although he had erected a handsome cottage, which was splendidly furnished, he never occupied it, preferring to live in his van, which he had built purposely to travel to the different fairs. Three days before his death, his medical attendant thought it prudent to have him removed from the van to his cottage, to which he reluctantly consented. He is said to have left behind him upwards of 20,000. His property, after various legacies to the itinerant company which had attended him for many years, descends to two nephews and a niece; and he desires by his will to be buried in Marlow church-yard, in the same grave as his favourite "spotted boy,” a lad who about 20 years since was exhibited by him and attracted great notice, in consequence of the extraordinary manner in which he was marked on various parts of his body. He has left to the two Mr. Reeds, his musicians, 1,0007. each; to their mother, his cottage and furniture for life; and to Mr. Cartlich, of the Mazeppa publichouse, Parish-street, Horselydown, 1,0007. This person Richardson always declared he would remember, because he was "such a bould speaker, and might be heard from one end of the fear to the other when the trumpets were going." Mr. Cross, of the Zoological Gardens, is one of the executors. According to Richardson's wishes, he was buried at Great Marlow. RICHARD BOYMAN, ESQ. Nov. 27. At Camberwell, in his 92d year, Richard Boyman, esq. a veteran Captain of the port of London. He was descended from an old Kent. ish family, and was born at Ramsgate, in the year 1745. Before attaining to the age of eleven years, he had traded as cabin-boy in a merchantman to Boston, Virginia, and Maryland. In crossing the Atlantic in the beginning of the war in 1756, and when only of the above immature age, he was taken by the French privateer "La Diane," and carried into Bayonne; where, after suffering imprisonment for fifteen months, he was liberated by an exchange, and, being landed at Plymouth, begged his way to London, accompanied by a messmate, named William Staines, who was afterwards Lord Mayor of that city. Remaining awhile with his mother at Ramsgate, he was subsequently shipped off for Maryland, whither he made three voyages, prior to the peace of 1762. First commanding a ship in 1766, he traded for a series of years to the Mediterranean and to St. Petersburgh. In 1775 he was a volunteer at the battle of Bunker's Hill, and steered his own pinnace to the shore, having in tow the long boat laden with troops. He was also employed in carrying over the wounded to Boston, and afterwards took on board his vessel (the "Brilliant" transport) part of the 63rd and of other regiments, being the last of the troops which covered the retreat of the British at the evacuation of that city. He thence proceeded to Halifax, where, after lying until the ensuing spring, he sailed for New York (under convoy of Admiral Graves's fleet), and was at its capture, and on shore there when it was in flames. Back to England, he was again dispatched to America, as storeship, and was at the evacuation of Philadelphia. Again returning, he sailed from Spithead on Christmas Day, 1779, taking out the 42d Highlanders to Gibraltar, when he participated in the relief of that place by Admiral Rodney. From thence he went to Tetuan Bay, on a foraging 328 OBITUARY. party, for the garrison, under convoy of the Pegasus sloop; and revisiting Gibraltar and England, loaded naval stores for Rodney's fleet, at the island of St. Lucie; in returning whence, in August, 1780, he was (together with the West India fleet, and five sail of Indiamen) taken prisoner by the combined forces of France and Spain, carried into Cadiz, and immured at Cordova two years. He was then exchanged, and re-arriving in England, sailed for the Baltic, where he lost his ship, and nearly his life, upon a sunken rock. After this incident, Captain Boyman was well known as an Antigua trader, and it was on coming from the latter island, in the year 1794, that he was captured by "Le Pelletier," of 74 guns, and from the latter vessel immediately afterwards joining the French fleet, prior to its conflict with Lord Howe, Captain Boyman was fated, from the window of the Frenchman's stern gallery, to view as an amateur that memorable sea-fight. "Le Pelletier" having escaped into Brest, Captain Boyman found himself a pri soner under the triumvir Robespierre ; who, however, speedily perished, though our countryman did not escape to England until after experiencing many hardships and a very protracted imprisonment. With the year 1798, when he relinquished the sea, our narrative ends. Capt. Boyman was of the middle size, fair complexion, and possessing handsome features. Nature never framed a man with a better or a stouter heart, nor one who more conscientiously discharged all the relations of life. He was formerly an occasional frequenter of the Captains' Rooms of Lloyd's Coffee House, and some individuals yet remain who will peruse this sketch with a melancholy interest; yet one who died-as the deceased did, so full of years,"-may be said to have left no real contemporary. Captain Boyman sat at the Board of the Committee of the London Friendly Shipping Assurance, for upwards of twenty years, and it was there that the writer of this article (who had the honour of being its Secretary) received the eventful data here recorded, from the nonagenarian's own lips. Ryehope, Durham, Dec. 26. DEATHS. The recent Deaths of the Clergy are deferred for want of space. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. Sept 27. In Margaret-st. Wilmingtonsq. aged 69, Mr. William Hewett, who bad assumed the title of Baronet, pretending that he was descended from Robert Hewett, a younger son of the 2d Baronet ness. Nov. 17. In Hanover-sq. aged 68, Capt. James Green, R. N. of Wallington, Hants. He was made a Lieut. 1799, and received the Turkish gold medal at the end of the Egyptian campaign. He attained the rank of Commander in 1805, in consequence of having served as first Lieut. of the Defence 74, at the battle of Trafalgar. He was appointed to the Sarpedon brig in 1809, and to the Daphne 22, in 1813; having been promoted to post rank in 1812. Dec. 18. In Upper Brook-st. Mrs. O'Grady, sister of Mary late Viscountess Harberton, dau. of Nicholas O'Grady, esq. of Grange, co. Limerick. At Eaton-square, aged 74, S. Black more, esq. Dec. 19. Aged 57, Charles Moss, esq. of Henrietta-st. Cavendish-sq. late of Somerset House. In Grosvenor-street-west, aged 53, W. H. Butler, esq. late of the Ordnance-office. Dec. 20. In Upper Harley-st. Armand Marie, Marquis de la Belinaye, Vicomte de la Dobidis, Ancien Officer de Cavalerie, Chevalier de St. Louis, &c. Jan. 6. Aged 72, William Geary Salte, In Upper Baker-st. aged 48, the wife of Lieut. Col. Lewis Bird, E.I.C. In Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mary, relict of the Rev. Henry Colborne Ridley, Rector of Hambleden, Bucks. At the house of her brother Lord Hatherton, in Grosvenor-place, Charlotte Anne, wife of the Rev. George Chetwode, Rector of Ashton-under-Line, and son of Sir John Chetwode, Bart. was the 2d dau. of Moreton Walhouse, of Hatherton, esq. by Anne, dau. of A. Partal, esq. was married in 1818, and has left issue. She In London, the wife of William Portal, esq. of Laverstoke, Hants. Jan. 20. In Newman st. aged 51, James Hinton Baverstock, esq. F.S.A. formerly a partner of the firm of Ramsbotton and Baverstock, brewers, at Windsor. He was the only surviving son and heir of James Baverstock of Alton, esq. by Jane, only dau, and heiress of the Rev. John Hinton, |