of the mind required in the discharge of duties annexed to the high and responsible situation which he filled in the University, he was, in an especial manner, distinguished by those generous qualities and social endowments which gather popularity, conciliate esteem, and rivet personal attachment. No man ever ex

isted more simple in his manners, or less artificial in his carriage. His disposition was, in a very unusual degree, frank, open, unreserved, and affable; and never was the temper of any man more free from all fester of peevishness and acrimony. His thorough good-nature, and the honest and downright sincerity of his heart, were transparently displayed in all that he did, and in all that he said; for it gave what nothing else can so effectually give-an assured, unembarrassed, and ingenuous manner. His purse was never closed against the sacred claims of charity; and whilst he secured the friendship of the circle in which he moved, by the generous warmth of his affections, and his honourable deportment in life, he was deservedly a great favourite with the lower classes of the community; and propitiated, to a very wide extent, their respectful esteem, by the uniform tenor of his affability, and by habits of the most kind-hearted condescension.

MRS. HESTER MILNER, who died Jan. 24, 1817, at an advanced age, in Cross-street, Islington, was the youngest daughter of Dr. John Milner, formerly the much-respected pastor of the Presbyterian congregation at Peckham, where he for many years conducted a seminary with distinguished reputation. Of his talents and erudition he gave indubitable proof, by the publication of his Latin and Greek Grammars, which are still held in estimation by the learned world. These and a few single Sermons were the whole of his writings. With this gentleman the amiable Dr. John Hawkesworth lived as an assistant-as did also Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, who was much esteemed by both master and pupils, for the amenity of his disposition and the benevolence of his heart. Mrs. H. Milner amused her friends with anecdotes of his genius and eccentricity. Among others she told me, that, upon her asking him one day what Commentator on the Scriptures he would recommend, Goldsmith, after a pause, replied, "Common Sense is the best interpreter of the SACRED WRITINGS!" A domestic anecdote relative to the Milner family, who came from Somersetshire, must not be lost. Those conversant with the History of England well know that the unfortunate Duke of Monmouth, having landed at Lyme, in 1685, was soon after proclaimed King at Taunton. His object was, to preserve the civil and religious li

berties of Britain from destruction, with which they were threatened under the dynasty of the Stuarts. A lady who presided over a respectable female seminary at Taunton waited upon the Duke, with twelve of her pupils, presenting him, as the defender of Protestantism, with a handsomely bound Bible, and offering him their congratulations. The new Monarch was soon defeated, and perished on the scaffold! His followers were, by means of those barbarians, Kirke and Jefferies, visited with indiscriminate vengeance. The school was dispersed, and ruined. The young ladies were so frightened, that one of them through a mere paroxysm of terror lost her life! Mrs. H. Milner told me that her mother's mother was a pupil at the school; but the parents, hearing of the indiscreet zeal of the conductress of the seminary, sent for their daughter a few days before, and thus providentially rescued her from the impending calamity!-Dr. Milner left behind him one son and ten daughters, so that the good old gentleman used facetiously to tell his friends that "his family was large, having ten daughters, and there was a brother for every one of them!" The son, Dr. Thomas Milaer, was a physician at St. Thomas's Hospital, and afterwards a practitioner of eminence at Maidstone for near half a century, where he died, much respected by the inhabitants of that town and its vicinity. In 1783, he published a pamphlet, entitled "Observations on Electricity," containing a great variety of amusing experiments, illustrated by engravings. The piece was dedicated to his intimate friend Dr. Richard Price; and the whole, fraught with an ardent zeal for the promotion of this interesting branch of natural philosophy, is written with plainness and simplicity. As a Physician, he was reckoned skilful; and his patients in general were so gratified with their treatment, that he received from several of them substantial proofs of gratitude. Indeed a medical man in whom science and integrity are combined is an inestimable member of the community. The fortune which he had acquired by his profession, as well as by his marriage, was bequeathed to his sisters, who had lived with him, and between whom there subsisted a high degree of mutual affection. On the decease of the Brother, the family continued to reside at Maidstone for a few years, when Mrs. Hester Milner and her only surviving sister removed to Islington. This sister dying, the subject of this memoir was the only one left of this numerous family. At Maidstone she was a member of the Presbyterian congregation under the pastoral care of the Rev. A. Harris; and on her settlement at Islington, she attended the Rev. Nathaniel Jennings, whom she justly respected for

his candour and piety. She was aware that these gentlemen were not alike in their religious creed, but she never troubled herself much with speculative points, and was most commendably disposed to receive instruction from good men of every denomination. Mrs. Milner possessed an excellent understanding, improved by a more than ordinary degree of reflection. In person, manners, and acquirements, she was altogether of the old school. Her conversation was intelligent and instructive. She touched on interesting topics, and was pleased with information respect ing them. With French and Italian she was well acquainted. Of Telemachus and of Jerusalem Delivered she had that relish of the original, that she could not bear any version of them, though it is acknowledged that their translators, Hawkesworth and Hoole, executed their tasks with fidelity. The Writer of this article had the honour to be consulted respecting what books were best to be purchased for her winter's amusement. The Works of Lord Bacon and of Archdeacon Paley, as well as the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson and of Anna Seward, together with "Fuller's Worthies of England," were procured for her by particular request. "Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World" was another publication with which, notwithstanding its antiquated style, she was much pleased. The ordinary effusions of the press had no charms for her: she was edified only by works of established reputation; nor was she (though leading a very secluded life) wholly devoid of curiosity. By special desire, I accompanied her to Westminster Abbey, and a visit was meditated to Bunhill-fields. She held in veneration the illustrious dead-whose names were emblazoned by their genius, their patriotism, or their piety. Milner had a talent for poetical composition, and exercised it on tender and elegiac subjects. Some lines on a snowdrop, and also on that domestic little bird a robin, who had visited her house for several successive winters, were, on account of their delicacy, much admired. Stanzas likewise on the death of a favourite sister evinced the sensibilities of her heart. She had many manuscripts both in prose and poetry. Once indeed she furnished me with an article translated from the French for insertion in a periodical publication; and her friends have her translations of some of Petrarch's Sonnets in their possession. Her opinions on almost every subject were marked by singularity. With difficulty she submitted to any medical prescription but what she thought her brother, the Physician, had sanctioned, nor admitted in theology any sentiment or practice but what she imagined her father, the Divine, had adopted,

Mrs.

Observing one day at my house the beautiful engraving of the Resurrection of a Pious Family, she exclaimed, after minutely noticing it, "I do not like that picture; there is the old man with his grey hairs and wrinkles; I have no idea we shall rise with any of the deformities of age at the resurrection." A cold brought on an illness which terminated her quiet and peaceful life. She was not even one day confined to her chamber, though her indisposition was severe. Medical assistance, however skilful, came too late to prove of any avail. She was found dead in her bed, the cloaths unruffled, her features not in the least distorted, and with every appearance of tranquil dissolution. She had slept the sleep of death! The very day before she lamented to a female friend, that, having gone thus far through the winter, this calamity should now befal her. But "the inevitable hour," which awaits every son and daughter of Adam, had arrived. Her property, which was very considerable, was devised, in a wellwritten will of her own composition, to relatives, friends, and charitable institutions. She bequeathed handsome sums to those excellent establishments, the Orphan School, City Road; the Presbyterian Fund; and the Fund for relieving the Widows of Protestant Dissenting Ministers. Nor has she forgotten two faithful female servants, who, liberally remunerated, are made comfortable during the remainder of their lives. Indeed her legacies have been numerous and liberal; and the Writer must in justice add, that on the only two occasions he ever applied in behalf of the sacred cause of Charity-the one the case of the French Protestants, the other an instance of individual distresss-he gave to an extent that does honour to her memory. Her remains were deposited in Maidstone Church with those of "her dear brother and sisters," as she usually termed them, most of whom were, like herself, remarkable for longevity. And now the insatiable grave hath closed its barriers upon them all.

Islington, Feb. 18.

DEATHS.

J. EVANS.

1816, IN Batavia, of a fever, Mr. T. May 13. Brotherton Hodgson, nephew of Henry Gee, esq. of Boston, and second officer on board the East India Company's ship The Mandarine.

Aug... Of a typhus fever, brought on by a long continued and excessive personal fatigue and exhaustion, in the arduous professional duties in which he was engaged during the last campaign of the Nepaulese war, under Sir D. Ouchterlony, Lieut. Lawrie, of the Engineers. Much, if not the whole success of the close of the war may be almost ascribed to his judg

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ment and unremitted labours, who, with only two faithful attendants, reconnoitred on foot every post of the enemy. He left the British camp at sun set, and travelled during the night over hills and mountains, and inspected minutely every point, until he became intimately acquainted with all the enemy's positions and fastnesses, and their relative advantages, and returned with plans and drawings, which were delivered in with an accuracy seldom surpassed, of the places designed for attackhe sometimes headed an assailing party as their guide, and animated by his example the spirit of enterprise and bravery of the troops. He fell, as many British officers have fallen before him, grasping the unfading laurels of victory and valour -at the close of the campaign, in the Torrid Zone, after the investiture of Macown, the last strong hold of the Goorkahs.With all this perseverance and undaunted courage, he was a young man of unassuming manners, of ingenuous and polite deportment, and was so much esteemed by every military man in Gen. Ochterlony's army, and such was their regret at his loss, that they adopted a general mourning for three months, and erected a monument to his memory! Our Correspondent adds, "We have not known such another man in the whole Engineer corps."

Oct. 12. On his voyage to China, aged 21, Mr. R. P. Wilks, third officer of the Company's ship Lady Castlereagh, son of R. Wilks, esq. of Dartford.

Oct. 16. On board her husband's ship, on her voyage to Calcutta, in her 32d year, Mrs, H. M. Elliott, wife of Capt. Henry Elliott, of the East India Company's ship Hope.

Dec. 26. At St. Vincent's, in the West Indies, aged 31, William Dowers, esq. Capt. R. N. He had the honour of rescuing and escorting from Bourdeaux, in his Majesty's ship The Wanderer, the Duchess D'Angouleme, with many of the most distinguished characters now at the French court in the suite; and after experiencing the most severe and adverse gales for ten days, was obliged to land her at St. Sebastian's in Spain, where her Royal Highness appropriately observed, the name of the ship was indeed similar to her then fate: however, ultimately, he brought her Royal Highness to the friendly shores of Britain, and landed her safe at Plymouth. From the above service, he had the honour of being appointed to command one of the ships selected to attend upon the Princess Charlotte of Wales at Plymouth.

1817, Jan. 4. At Redbourn, Herts, aged 79, Mrs. Mary Fothergill, sister of the late Mr. John Fothergill, of Soho, near Birmingham; a liberal and much respected

woman.

Jan. 23. At Turin, the Count de Barruel-Bauvert. He was one of the hostages of Louis XVI.

Jan. 24. At Warsaw, General Bronickowski, who commanded the Polish Legion of the Vistula in France. Prince Constantine attended his funeral.

Feb. 2. At Seagrove, near Leith, Dame Jane Hunter Blair, widow of Sir J. H. Blair, bart. of Dunskey and Robertland.

Feb. 6. At Paris, Lady Penelope Shuttleworth Brooke, wife of Sir Joseph Brooke, bart. and eldest daughter of John Grimshawe, esq. of Preston, Lancashire.

At Paris, Col. W. Fenwick, of the royal engineers, and commanding engineer at Portsmouth.

Feb. 8. Aged 18, Sarah Esther, eldest daughter of E. P. Walker, esq. of Balby, near Doncaster.

Feb. 9. John William Korb, late surgeon of the 49th reg.

Aged 59,Mrs. Anderson, of Duke-st. Manchester-square, sister to Lieut..gen. Jones.

At Stratton, near Cirencester, Rev. Edward Daubeny, M. A. rector of Stratton and vicar of Preston in Gloucestershire, and brother to the archdeacon of Salisbury.

Feb. 11. At Kentish-town, aged 73, the Rev. Edward Baldwyu, A. M. of St. John's college, Oxford, and rector of Abdon, Shropshire.

Feb. 12. At Walthamstow, in her 84th year, Mary Woodward, mother of the late Mr. John Woodward, of Mark-lane, merchant. She survived her grandson, William Voce, only eight days.

At Leghorn, George Darby, esq. the oldest British merchant and member of the Factory at that place.

Feb. 13. Suddenly, Rev. George Whitaker, who had been curate of Rawmarsh, in Yorkshire, thirty years.

Feb. 14. Aged 32, Mr. G. Darbon, of the Ordnance-office, Tower.

At Heslington Hall, near York, the wife of Henry Yarburgh, esq.

At Edinburgh, suddenly, the Hon. Euphemia Stewart, widow of Wm. Stewart, esq. late of Castle Stewart, and sister of Kenneth, late Earl of Seaforth.

At Brighton, Charles Prichard, esq. of Green-street, Grosvenor-square.

Feb. 14. At Marseilles, Lieut.-gen. the Hon. Sir John Abercrombie, M.P. G.C.B. and colonel of the 53d foot.

Feb. 15. At Bristol, J. Vowles, esq. attorney.

Near Dublin, Rear-adm. Sir Digby Dent. Feb. 16. Aged 75, Mr. Thomas Dodd, upwards of 50 years a faithful servant of Exeter college, Oxford.

At Kensington Gravel Pits, William' Thomson, LL.D.

Feb. 17. In Bedford-street, Bedfordsquare, aged 80, Rear Adm. Alexander Edgar.

Edgar. He was the last male descendant of the Edgars of Wedderlie in Berwickshire, one of the oldest families in Scotland, as appears by deeds as far back as 1170.

At Camberwell Grove, in her 80th year, Mrs. Bidia Hunter, sister to Sir Andrew S. Hamond, bart.

Elizabeth, widow of the late F. M. Allsten, esq. of Kippington, Kent.

At Gomersall, near Leeds, Mr. Herbert Knowles, a young man of very distinguished talents, and of great poetical genius.

At an advanced age, James Lee, esq. of Pinchinthorp Hall, near Stokesley.

At St. Aubyn-street, Plymouth Dock, after a long and painful illness, which he contracted in the West Indies, aged 54, Capt. P. Somerville, of the Royal Navy, leaving a wife and six children. He commenced his naval career at an early age, as cadet, under Earl St. Vincent, in the Foudroyant; and successively served with him and Lord Radstock as Midshipman. He attained the rank of Lieutenant, Sept. 4, 1782, and served with Lord Howe as his first lieutenant in the Queen Charlotte; and, on his Lordship's striking his flag, had the honour of receiving his promotion as a commander, April 9, 1786, and was appointed to command the Euge nie. He commanded a division of boats under Lord Nelson at the attack of Boulogne, where he was wounded: his division was the only one that succeeded in getting on board the enemy. April 20, 1802, he attained the rank of Post Captain, and was appointed to the Nemesis ; he was removed from her to the Rota in 1809; and continued in the command of that ship until she was paid off, having completed 40 years of active service.

Feb. 18. In Northumberland - street, Strand, the wife of Mr. Goss, of the Chapel Royal, Westminster abbey, and St. Paul's

cathedral.

James Darton, esq. of Brandon, Suffolk. At Ugbrooke Park, the Hon. Robert Clifford, third son of Hugh Lord Clifford, and brother to the present Lord Clifford.

At Durham, aged 31, H. E. Holder, M.D. one of the physicians to the Durham Infirmary.

At Stockton, aged 57, Mr. Joseph Preston, surveyor of the customs at that port.

At Hull, Miss Sarah Hick, sister to the Rev. David Hick, late master of the commercial academy at Beverley.

Feb. 19. In Great Portland-street, aged 17, Diana, daughter of Rev. W. Say, vicar of Rainham, Essex.

At Bank House, near Keighley, Mr. David Cowling, late of York, and a Commón Councilman of Monk Ward.

Aged 31, Mr. William Cole, youngest son of the late Benjamin Cole, esq. of Sidney-place, Bath.

Feb. 20. In Bernard-street, Russellsquare, Fanny, widow of John Douce. Garthwaite, esq. formerly of Shackleford, Surrey, and daughter of the late Dr. Hancock, of Salisbury.

Mrs. Marston, of Canonbury-square, late of Ely-place.

At Plymouth Dock, aged 72, Mr. Robert Dodd, 40 years of which he passed in his Majesty's service, as ship carpenter; was on board the Monmouth when that ship was cast away on the coast of America; with Lord Howe on board the Eagle; then on board the Blenheim, on the glorious 14th February with Lord St. Vincent; and closed his service on board the Royal George, from which he retired on a superannuation.

Feb. 21. At Lichfield, in her 88th year, Mrs. Mary Jervis, first cousin to the Earl of St. Vincent.

At Tunbridge Wells, Lady A. Ferrers Townshend.

At Isleworth, aged 72, Catherine, wife of Thomas Northall, esq.

In his 32d year, Rev. John Vernon, pastor of the Baptist congregation' at Downend.

At Richmond, aged 30, Rev. James Robinson, LL. B. of Sidney college, Cambridge, incumbent of the chapelries of Hipswell and Hudswell, near Richmond, co. York.

At Spinkhill, in his 80th year, Rev. Joseph Johnson, Catholic priest. He was chaplain to Sir Henry Hunlock, and afterwards to the late Sir Windsor Hunlock.

At Little Dunkeld, co. Perth, aged 102, Mr. J. Borrie, tenaut to his Grace the Duke of Athol.

At Sirling, in the 44th year of his ministry, Rev. John Russell, one of the clergymen of that town.

Feb, 22. Mrs. Grace Brougham, wife of James Brougham, esq. of Finsburyplace.

At Lower Tooting, Surrey, in her 17th year, Eleanor, third daughter of the late Dr. Nathaniel Tucker, of Hull.

At Holton, Lincolnshire, aged 36, Mrs. Hale, wife of the Rev. John Hale, M. A. rector of that parish, leaving her husband with eleven children.

Rev. Wm. Taylor, M.A. rector of Earl Stonham, Suffolk, and formerly fellow of Pembroke college, Cambridge, B.A. 1773, M.A. 1776.

Feb. 23. Blayney Owen Mitchell, esq. At Eltham, in Kent, in her 18th year, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Rev. John Smith.

At Lewisham Hill, Kent, William Hood,

esq.

At Chalfont, Bucks, Mrs. Mary Price, relict of the late Rev. Rees Price.

At Dublin, in his 70th year, William' Forbes, esq. late a merchant in that city.

At

At an advanced age, E. Echlin, esq. of Echlinville.

Feb. 24. In his 72d year, Rev. Edward Embry, rector of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, much regretted by his numerous friends and parishioners. He had been curate of that parish 30 years, when, on account of his long services, and the esteem he was held in by the inhabitants, he was, on the death of the Rev. Dr. Bullock, in 1809, presented to the rectory by the Duke of Bedford, who ou that occasion set an example worthy to be imitated by the patrons of livings, in rewarding a faithful discharge of the clerical duties.

At Lower Tooting, in Surrey, in her 15th year (having survived her sister Eleanor, only two days), Anne Elizabeth, fourth daughter of the late Dr. Nathaniel Tucker, of Hull.

In her 17th year, Mary Anne, the eldest daughter of the Rev. George Collison, of Well-street, Hackney.

At Hampton Court Palace, Lady Henrietta Cecilia Johnston, daughter of John, first Earl of Delawar, and the Lady Charlotte Macarty, his wife. She was born Jan. 25, 1727, and was married May 4, 1762, to the late Lieut.-gen. James Johnston, colonel of the Inniskilling dragoons, by whom she had issue Caroline Georgiana, who married Evelyn Anderson, esq. of the county of Lincoln; Hester Maria, who died in her infancy; and Henry George, deceased, late major of the York Hussars, who married Jane, daughter of the late Lord Frederick Campbell, by whom he had issue, Frederick, who now is Lieutenant in the Inniskilling dragoons, and John Frederick, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who fell gloriously in the -victory of Algiers in his 24th year.

In his 52d year, Mr. Samuel Evill, for many years vestry clerk to the parish of Bathwick, and Clerk to the Commissioners of the Bathwick Police. His death was sudden; while speaking to a friend he was seized with apoplexy, and soon after expired.

At Tweedmouth, aged 88, Frederick Harper, out pensioner. He served in the royal armies in the battle of Preston Pans, 1745, and in the battle of Minden, 1759.

Feb. 25. In Cross-street, Islington, aged 28, Mr. John Thomas Price, son-inlaw and partner of Mr. Flower, schoolmaster. His worth and acquirements endeared him to a numerous acquaintance. He has left a young widow, the only dau. of the late Mr. Blount of Islington; of whom see p. 93.

In Sloane-street, Mrs. Anne Green, widow of the late Maj.-gen. Green, of the Bengal artillery.

Aged 73, Rev. William Johnson, of Ellingham, in Norfolk, for several years one of the chaplains of the East India Company on their Bengal establishment. GENT. MAG. March, 1817.

Feb. 26. In Grove Road, Mile End, aged 58, Mrs. Maria Charlet Crucifix, formerly of Harleyford House, Kennington Common.

In Union-court, Old Broad-street, Margaret, wife of Mr. W. D. Cordell, surgeon. At Dawlish, T. Hodson, esq. late of Knapton House, co. York.

At Craike, near Easingwold, aged 53, Rev. John Watson Bowman, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Durham.

Feb. 27. At Kensington, aged 76, Mr. William Bourdillon, late of Piccadilly. At Bourton on the Hill, co. Gloucester, aged 24, Francis, second son of Sir John Dashwood King, bart.

Feb. 28. Aged 50, William Lescher, esq. of Whitechapel.

At Clapham Common, in her 81st year, Mrs. Harrison, widow of the late Benjamin Harrison, esq.

At her daughter's, at Brook Green, aged 75, Mrs. Cox.

At Barrow Hedges, in her 60th year, the wife of Capt. Smith, of Margate.

Feb. The youngest son of John Barrow, esq. one of the secretaries of the Admiralty.

In Berners-street, in his 60th year, John Barneby, esq. of Brockhampton, Herefordshire. To his tenantry, dependants, workmen, and the poor in particular, his death will be a great loss. In his dealings he was punctual, candid, and just; an upright magistrate, a generous rewarder of merit, a sincere friend, a kind master, a loving brother, an affectionate husband, a tender father, and a truly good man.

LATELY After a patient endurance of much worldly suffering from bodily pain, aged 60, Mr. Richard Teed, of Lancaster-court in the Strand, most sincerely regretted by a numerous and respectable connexion. He was a man of no ordinary share of merit, and a most valuable member of society: with talents far superior to his station in life, he was mild and unassuming; and uniting with these an ardent taste for philosophical inquiry, he was, to the utmost extent of his powers, a warm and judicious friend to science and the arts. But upon the more important ground of social and domestic virtue were founded his claims to esteem and respect: upright and truly conscientious, zealous and unwearying in kindness and benevolence, warm and generous in his affections, actuated by the purest principles of probity and honour, and above all a strict observer of every Christian duty; his exertions in the cause of virtue, friendship, or distress, were prompt and persevering. As a husband and father, he was kind and indulgent; as a friend, sincere and unchangeable.

Mr.