1821.] Moffat, alias M'Coul.-Obituary. is thought, with the intent of cloaking his character, and assuming a "visible means of subsistence," than for the purpose of fair gain. About that time he was taken into custody, charged with robbing a gentleman in the Theatre, but he got off from want of evidence. His history from this period is less perfect in his own country than in the records of Bow-street, down to the robbery of the Paisely Bank's branch at Glasgow. Soon after that transaction he was taken into custody, and after remaining long in Glasgow gaol, obtained his liberation, by restoring, through the medium of a friend in London, about ten thousand pounds of the money of which the Bank was robbed; having, as it was well known, still a large sum of the money then lost to the Bank. He made repeated visits to Aberdeen and Dundee, in order to convert the notes into bills on London, in which he succeeded. At last, with a large sum of money still on his person, he arrived at Leith, and succeeded in converting it also, being, as was proved, the identical notes of which the Bank was robbed, into bills on Loudon, when he was again apprehended, and sent up to the Police-office, Edinburgh; when, after another imprisonment and much discussion, these bills were, by desire of a very active Magistrate of Edinburgh, lodged in the bank of Sir W. Forbes and Co. In order to recover this money, Moffat had the audacity to raise various actions in the Court of Session, and unsuccessfully litigated for a period of eight years, during which he was for the most part to be found about the Courts of Law, or at certain tap-rooms, denouncing City Magistrates, Judges, and Juries. At the final determination of this cause against him in the Jury Court, in May last, the witnesses, it will be recollected, so completely established his being a principal in the robbery, that he was taken into custody, tried before the Court of Justiciary in the month of June, convicted, and sentenced to be executed, which sentence was afterwards commuted to transportation; but his health, from the time of his trial, being in a declining state, and being advanced in years, he was permitted to remain in gaol, where this veterau in villainy, contrary to the expectation of all who ever heard of him, died a natural death, instead of ending his days in a foreign land, or expiating his crimes on a gibbet. his 27th year, David Francis Chambers, Lieutenant in 89th foot, second son of the late Francis Chambers, esq. of Monte Alto (Waterford), Ireland. June 6. At Calcutta, Wm. Henry Shaw, esq. formerly in the service of the East GENT. MAG. February, 1821. . 185 India Company, and only son of the late Jonas Shaw, esq. July 11. At Trincomalee, in his 18th year, Mr. Thomas, Midshipman of the Leander, eldest son of Sir Geo. Thomas, bt. July 18. At Calcutta, the wife of Captain J. A. Butler, and daughter of Mr. Ravenhill, of Blackheath-road. July 27. At Mully, in the East Indies, Major Charles Peter Hay, of the 22d reg. Native Infantry on the Bengal Establishment, Commandant of the Chumparum L. I. and of the Nepaul frontier post of Mully. Aug. 10. At Madras, Laura, wife of George Lys, esq. In Camp, at Collundghee Dooab, in the East Indies, in his 38th year, Capt. Chatfield, 1st reg. Madras Light Native Cavalry, eldest son of W. Chatteld, esq. of Croydon, who has to lament the loss of two sons before in the Company's Civil Service. Aug. 11. Near Goa, in the East Indies, of the cholera morbus, in his 34th year, deeply lamented, Adjutant and Paymaster Mercier, of the 2d battalion of Pioneers: a gentleman highly esteemed for his social pleasantry and suavity of disposition. His Captain, in announcing the melancholy event of his death to a brother officer, emphatically adds, "poor Mercier has left many a man behind him, but not one braver nor better." Aug. 28. At Bangalore, Major Gen. Hare, of his Majesty's service, commanding the Mysore Division of the Madras Army. Sept. 22. At Florence, Ernest Missett, esq. He held the rank of Lieut..col. in the Army, and was many years his Majesty's Consul General in Egypt. Oct. 28. Aged 21, Mr. W. Mountain, proprietor of the Saracen's Head, Snowhill, universally regretted. The father and grandfather of the deceased had been proprietors of the same concern for upwards of fifty years. Nov. 15. At Berbice, George Gordon, esq. a gentleman of the brightest talents and of the most polished wit. He had been appointed to the situation of President of the Court of Justice in Berbice by the late Governor Bentinck; but it w$3 vacated, only a few weeks before his death, by the re-appointment of Mr. Beard, who had been suspended from the ⚫ office. Nov. 17. At Barbadoes, Capt. Thos. Roberts, of the Royal Engineers. Nov. 28. In his 39th year, Joseph Sabazan, esq. of Black Bay Estate, in the island of Grenada, West Indies. Dec. 3. At Collymore House, Barbadoes, in her 17th year, Honora Alicia Lambart Popham, second daughter of Lieut. 186 Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. Lieut. col. S. T. Popham, Deputy Quarter Dec. 15. At Barbadoes, of the yellow Dec. 26. At Angers, Charles Viscount Walsh de Serrant, brother to the late Viscountess Southwell. Dec. 27. At Rome, Sir Thomas Gage, bart. of Hengrave Hall, Suffolk. Dec. 31. At Boulogne, Lady Anne Digby, relict of William-Henry Digby, of Ireland, esq. (to whom she was married in 1795), and sister to the Earl of Cassillis. She survived her husband only a few weeks. Jan. 3. At Edinburgh, Peter Fair, esq. M. D. late of the 4th regiment, Bengal Native Cavalry. Jan. 4. At Newport, Isle of Wight, aged 59, Lieut. William Thomas, late of the Royal Artillery Drivers. Jan. 6. At Naples, Mrs. John Cumming, eldest daughter of Wm. Magee, esq. of Belfast. Jan. 7. At Vine-place, Bishop Wearmouth, aged 86, Mrs. Eleanor Blakiston, widow and relict of the late Wm. Blakiston, esq. of Sunderland, co. Durbam (of the ancient family of the Blakistons of that county). This excellent and exemplary woman survived her late husband 28 years. At Harborne, near Birmingham, Wm. John Smith, esq. B. A. Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge. At Exeter, Mr. Christophers, of 12, New Broad-street, London. At Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, aged 34, Mr. Thomas Porters. ... Jan. 8. At Southampton, lady Forrester, the lady of F. Forrester, esq. M. P. for Wenlock, and daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of Darlington. Jan. 11. In North Great George-street, Dublin, A. A. Hely Hutchinsou, youngest son of the Hon. Abraham A. Hely Hutchinson. At Hill place, Hampshire, in his 66th year, Richard Goodlad, esq. late high sheriff of that county; and Jan. 19, Frances Leonora, his widow: she was the only daughter of the late John White, esq. of Fairlee (Isle of White), and of Upcerne, Dorsetshire. Jenny, wife of Richard Lomax, esq. of West-square. At Southwold, Suffolk, in his 89th year, John Sayer, gent. At 15, St. Martin's-le-Grand, in her 68th year, Mrs. Elizabeth Meadows. At Flask-walk, Hampstead, Miss Elizabeth Roby. Jan. 12. Henry Chicheley Plowden, esq. of Newton-park, Hampshire; younger [Feb. son of the Rev. James Plowden, formerly of Ewhurst House in the same county, also patron and rector of that Church. The remains of the deceased were deposited in the family burial place at Ewhurst. He married Eugenia, daughter of the late Major Brookes of Bath, who survives him, and by whom he had two sons; the elder died in his minority, and the other, who accompanied his father to the East Indies, died there about two years ago. He, himself, had recently returned to England, having on the death of his son relinquished his appointments in the civil service of the Hon. East India Company, and has left a surviving brother R. C. Plowden, esq. one of the Directors of that Company, and three sisters, Mrs. Koe, of Croydon in Surry, Mrs. Chapeau, of Blackheath in Kent, and Mrs. Bunce, of Northiam in Sussex. At Middle Hill, near Bath, Margaret, wife of the Rev. W. C. Colton, of High Leigh, Cheshire. At Brompton Grove, at an advanced age, Sir John Macpherson, bart. for many years a Member of the Supreme Council at Bengal, and afterwards Governor General of India. The following extract from his will may form an interesting addition. The high and spontaneous testimony borne, in what may be considered as the last act of his life, to our present illustrious Sovereign, seems peculiarly called for in these times. We therefore give it that publicity it so justly merits.— "I conclude this my last Will and Testament, in expressing my early and unalterable admiration for his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; the truly glorious reigning Prince of the British Empire: and I request my executors to wait upon his Royal Highness immediately after my decease, and to state to him, as I now do, that I have bequeathed to his Royal Highness my celebrated antique statue of Minerva, which he often admired, with any one of my antique rings that would please his Royal Highness. I likewise request you to assure his Royal Highness, that I will leave him certain papers which prove to a demonstration, that the glorious system which he has realized for his Country and the World, in his difficult reign of eight years, was the early system of his heart and his ambi 1821.] Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. of George Vaughan. esq, late First Major in the Second Troop of Horse Guards. General Francis Ed. Gwyn, Colonel of the King's Dragoon Guards, and Governor of Sheerness. Aged 23, Mr. J. Blanchard, jun. portrait engraver, son of Mr. Blanchard, of Covent Garden theatre. At Totness, Devonshire, Margaret, relict of Joseph Taunton, esq. formerly of Bradninch, Exeter. At the Green, Richmond, Yorkshire, Catherine, widow of Sir Robert Gerard, bart. of Garswood, Lancashire. Jan. 14. Very suddenly, and universally regretted, at the Globe House, Sibton, the Rev. Francis Legget, A. M. He was educated at Caius college, Cambridge, where he proceeded A. B. 1769, and A. M. 1774. la 1799 he was presented to the rectory of Bedfield, and in 17... to the vicarage of Sibton cum Peasenhall, both in Suffolk. At Maidstone (where he was performing with Mr. Dowton's Company), Mr. Owen, a respectable low Comedian, well known in every provincial town in the kingdom. A few days ago he met with a serious accident, which terminated fatally on the above day. Jan. 15. In bis 30th year, Lewis, son of the late Simon Fraser, esq. of Ford, near Edinburgh. At Camden Town, on the 47th anniversary of her wedding-day, Isabella, wife of Jeremiah Stockdale, esq. of High Holborn, Mill-maker to his Majesty. In her 60th year, Catherine, wife of David Martineau, esq. of Stockwell Common. At Pen-hill, near Bexley, Kent, in his 73d year, Joseph Sage, esq. provost of the Moneyers, and the oldest officer of his Majesty's Mint. At Portsmouth, aged 75, the widow of the late Thomas Hardyman, esq. At North-end, Fulham, aged 20, Isabella, daughter of Dr. Crotch. At Wells, in her 82d year, Mrs. Hester Salmon, widow of the late John Salmon, esq. of that city, and of Eastcott House, Wookey, and mother of the Rev. T. A. Salmon, B. D. Prebendary of Wells, &c. and of Mrs. Prinn, of Charlton-park, Gloucestershire, and two other daughters. Jan. 16. Aged 65, Edward Manley, esq. of Paternoster-row. Jan. 17. Off Deal, in her passage to Madeira, Maria, the youngest daughter of Robert Nicholas, esq. of Ashton Keynes, Wilts, Chairman of the Board of Excise. Jan. 18. At the residence of Lord Castlecoote, First Commissioner of Customs, Dublin, Lady Castlecoote. Her Ladyship was Elizabeth-Aune, daughter of Hen. Tilson, D. D. of Eagle Hill (Kildare). At Liverpool, after an illness of three years, Lieut. Hilliard, of the 4th Veteran Battalion. 187 At Bath, in her 89th year, the widow of the late Christian Heineken, esq. of Peckham, Surrey. At his son's (Mr. W. L. Winter, of Brixton, Surrey), aged 90, Robert Winter, esq. Aged 62, Mr. M'Creight, Builder's Assistant at Plymouth Dock Yard, leaving a widow and 12 children. At Dudley, Worcestershire, aged 40, George Wright Hawkes, esq. Jan. 22. At Walworth, in his 59th year, Mr. Henry Haggard, the eldest son of Anthony Hill Haggard, esq. late of Pall Mall, wine merchant, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the city of Westminster. Mr. Haggard married Miss Elizabeth Warneford, the daughter of the Rev. Edmund Warneford, the late worthy Rector of Rickinghall, in the county of Suffolk, Lecturer of Allhallows, Breadstreet, and Minister of St. Luke's, Old street. Jan. 22. At Dieppe, in France, of a putrid fever, sincerely lamented by her family and friends, Hannah, the wife of Richard Falkland, gent. and daughter of the late James W. Gooch, gent. of Orford, Suffolk. Jan. 23. At Ham Common, aged 24, Georgiana, daughter of the Rev. Charles Proby, Rector of Stanwick, Northamptonshire. Jan. 24. Aged 70, by falling down stairs, Moses Langdon, esq. of Upton, near Wiveliscombe; better known by the appellation of Old Moses, from the niggardly disposition he at all times evinced. In order to save expences, he has been frequently known to pick, dress, and eat crows or magpies, found dead in the fields by boys. He never kept any servant, but in order to save wages he gave an old woman from the workhouse her victuals to dress his; he was in the habit of frequenting Wiveliscombe, and put up at a small inn where they dressed tripe, which he generally took for his dinner; and if any person sitting near him left any on their plates, he always ate it up with great eagerness, saying it was a pity to waste any thing. When at home he wore the coarsest shirts, but kept fine Holland ones, which he wore when he went a journey; and if he slept out, he invariably took the shirt off and lay without one, to prevent it being worn out. He died intestate, and his landed property, to a considerable amount, falls to John Langdon, a second cousin, heretofore a day labourer. Mary Turner, wife of Mr. G. Morrison, of Craven-street, Strand, daughter of the late Wm. Cabell, esq. of the India Board. At Welwyn, Herts, in his 74th year, Henry Blake, esq. senior Proctor of Doctors' Commons. George, son of the late Rev. Hugh Pugh, Rector of Hutton, Essex, and brother 188 Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. ther of the Rev. Wm. Pugh, one of the senior Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. Jan. 25. The wife of Dr. Temple, of Bedford-row. At Streeton Hall, aged 25, Thos. Chas. Garforth, esq. nephew of Sir James Graham, bart. At Great Warley Place, Essex, in his 93d year, Sam. Bonham, esq. At Berrow, Worcestershire, Richard Cocks, esq. brother of the late Lord Somers, and many years a Magistrate of the county of Hereford. At Garlandstown (Westmeath), the wife of Herne Tighe, esq. At Combe Florey, Somersetshire, aged 73, John Perring, esq. Mrs. Stephens, mother of Miss Stephens, of Covent Garden Theatre. At Claremont Park, Esher, Col. Baron de Hardenbrooke, Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold.-The remains of the Baron were interred at Esher Church. Baron Just, the Saxon Minister, followed as Chief Mourner; Baron Ffeffel, the Bavarian Minister, and Col. Addenbroke, also followed. Jan. 26. In her 82d year, Barbara, sister of the late Sir Alex. Craufurd, bart. At his residence in Ipswich, Suff. in his 82d year, the Rev. Geo. Routh, M.A. This gentleman received his academical edu. cation at Caius College, Cambridge, where he proceeded to the degree of B.A. in 1762 (being the sixth Wrangler on the Tripos), and to that of M.A. in 1765. In 1773, he was presented to the Vicarage of Debenham, which he vacated in 1790, on being presented to the Rectory of Holbrook; in 17... to the perpetual Curacy of Ashfield with Thorpe Chapel annexed; and in 1770 to the Rectory of St. Helen with that of St. Clement annexed, in Ipswich. Jan. 27. Aged 18, John Douglas Oliver, son of Edward Oliver, esq. of Wollescote, Worcestershire. At Ipswich, in his 96th year, John Sherman, gent. for some time a Captain in the Eastern battalion of the Suffolk regiment of Militia. He was appointed to the above commission at the first raising of this constitutional force. In Tavistock Place, Cheltenham, in his 52d year, J. D. Kelly, esq. one of the proprietors of the Assembly Rooms at that place. In Norton-street, aged 23, Capt. John Lutman, late of the 81st regiment. At Southampton, in the prime of life, Capt. Hoey, many years a resident of Bath; a gentleman well known in the fashionable world, and formerly a candidate for the office of Arbiter Elegantiarum at Kingston Rooms, in that city. [Feb. At Southampton, aged 38, Mr. James Gold, cabinet-maker. At Putney Hill, in his 36th year, Capt. E. L. Crofton, C. B. R. N. At Exmouth, Major-gen. Charles Auriol, youngest brother of Jas. Peter Auriol, esq. of Park-street, Park-lane. Jan. 28. In her 60th year, suddenly, Elizabeth, the wife of Rich. Williams, esq. of Stepney Green. At Stamford Hill, aged 73, Mrs. Jane Snaith. John Buckley, esq. of Nelson-square, brewer. Aged 68, Wm. Evetts Sheffield, esq. of the Polygon, Somers Town. At Winchmore Hill, suddenly, in his 73d year, W. Radley, esq. Jan. 29. At Tovil, near Maidstone, in his 52d year, James Hulkes, esq. late of Rochester, and formerly one of the Repre sentatives of that city. John, son of Mr. Bradley, surgeon, of John-street, Berkeley-squafe. In Upper Kentish Town, John Jackson, esq. At Cheltenham, Pat. Maitland, esq. late of Calcutta, Jan. 30. In his 74th year, Mr. Wm. Drew, of Great Chesterfield street. Elizabeth, widow the late Col. Bell, of the Northumberland Militia. At Warren's Court, co. Cork, in his 68th year, Sir Augustus Warren, bart. formerly M.P. for the city of Cork. He is succeeded in title and estates by his eldest son, now Sir Augustus Warren, bart. Jan. 31. Rather suddenly, Warwick Lake, esq. He had been slightly indisposed for some time; but the previous day had called to pay his respects to the Duke of York at St. James's Palace. At Bourdeaux, Harriet, wife of Francis Evans, esq. and daughter of the late John Locke, esq. of Walthamstow. Miss Nicholls, sister of Nath. Nicholls, esq. of the Rectory House, Odiham. At Southend, Essex, Harriet, widow of the Rev. Thomas George Clare, late Rector of St. Andrew's, Holborn. Aged 74, the relict of the late N. C. Corsellis, esq. of Woodford Bridge, Essex. Lately. The relict of the Rev. Jas. Evans, Rector of St. Olave's. At Hackney, aged 68, Sarah, widow of the late John Jones, esq. of Whitechapel. Berks. At Bucklebury, in her 89th year, Mrs. Bushnell. She has left five daughters, 33 grand-children, and 46 great grand-children. Aged 88, Robert Hanson, esq. one of the oldest inhabitants of Reading. He has bequeathed 3000l. to the Corporation, in trust, for the augmentation of the Charities in the borough of Portsmouth. Bucks. 1821.] Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. Bucks. At Chesham, aged 81, Mr. Philip Payne, who has left behind him nearly a hundred children, grand-children, and great grand-children. Kent. In her 60th year, Elizabeth, wife of J. Ghrimes, of the Ship Tavern, Woolwich. Leicestershire. At Billesden, in his 104th year, Mr. Hugh Phillips. He has left sons, grandsons, and great grandsons, all residing at Leicester. Oxon. At Ambrosden, near Bicester, the Rev. Thomas Pardoe Matthews, M. A. formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, Vicar of Ambrosden and of Piddington, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Oxford. Somerset.-At Bath, in his 70th year, Mr. John Cranch, the Artist, and painter of the unique picture of the "Death of Chatterton," now in the possession of Sir Jas. Winter Lake, bart. At Nelson's Gardens, Bedminster, aged 105, Mr. Giles Vickery. He was out a few days before his death, and retained his faculties to the last. Suffolk-At Easton, in his 75th year, William Cotton, gent. the only surviving male branch of an ancient and respectable family, long resident in Suffolk. His ancestor John Cotton, esq. the second son of Sir Allen Cotton, knt. Lord Mayor of London in 1625, purchased Soham lodge, with the manor, park, and advowson, where he resided, and served the office of High Sheriff for the county in 1644. On the night of the 17th of October, the house of Mr. Cotton was broken into by four men with their faces blacked, who with threats and imprecations possessed themselves of very considerable property. Three of these men were apprehended, and are now in Ipswich Gaol, to take their trial at the ensuing Assizes. The sudden and terrific appearance of these villains by the bedside of Mr. Cotton, together with the idea of appearing against them at their trial, made such a deep impression upon his mind, as to depress his spirits and impair his health (before tolerably good) that little doubt remains, but that he has been thus brought to a premature grave. This family bore for their arms, Argent, on a fess, between two cotises Gules, three fleurs-de-lis Argent. In his 86th year, Wm. Tunmer, gent. of Mendlesham, Suffolk. At Brampton, aged 67, Jonathan Sewell, gent. Mrs. Howell, the wife of the Rev. Wm. Howell, rector of Felsham. Surrey-At Kingston, in her 80th year, Priscilla, widow of the late Mr. Jasper Taylor, oilman, of Holborn. Wills. In his 91st year, at West Cholderton, Mr. John Spring, formerly an eminent builder. He made his own coffin 16 189 years since, which remained in good preservation till his death; and he is now buried in it. Yorkshire-In his 64th year, the Rev. G. Holden, LL. D. for forty years master of the free grammar-school at Horton, near Settle, during which period he educated a greater number of Clergymen for the Establishment than most men in a similar situation. He was a man of high classical and mathematical attainments. WALES.-Margaret Davies, an inmate of Trowscoed Hall, Guilsford, Montgomeryshire, at the age of 90. From this same parish Old Parr procured his second wife, when his age was 122. SCOTLAND.-At Kinell-house, Perthshire, the Right Hon. Lady Place.-She was the daughter of the late Earl of Aberdeen, and the Lady of Edward Place, esq. of Skelton Grange, near York. IRELAND. At Dublin, Major Sankey, one of the oldest Members of the Corporation of that city. At Dublin, John Smyley, esq. Barrister at Law. Mr. Cooke Lucas, formerly a woollendraper of Parliament-street, Dublin. James Stewart, esq. of Killymoon.He represented the county of Tyrone in Parliament 47 years. ABROAD.-At Grenada, aged 23, Henry Larkins, esq. M. A. Barrister, Scholar of University College, Oxford, and likewise Scholar upon the Vinerian Foundation. At Demarara, Benjamin Clifton, esq. son-in-law of the late Mr. Thomas Boys, of St. Anne's street, Westminster. At Bombay, Gen. J. Griffiths, Commandant of Artillery at that place. In the East Indies, Wm. Robert Burlton Bennett, esq. nephew to the late, and cousin to the present Viscount Galway. Feb. 1. Frances Maria, wife of Jos. Newell, esq. of Woolwich, niece of the late Col. Richard James, of Ightham, Kent. Feb. 2. In Devonshire-street, Queensquare, aged 78, the relict of Rev. Samuel Berdmore, formerly Head Master of the Charter House. At the British Museum, aged 77, Elizabeth, wife of Jos. Planta, esq. F. R. S. Principal Librarian of that establishment. Feb. 4. In Parliament-street, Caroline, wife of Christopher Hodgson, esq. a few days only after the birth of a son. Aged 16, Thomas, eldest son of Mr. Watts, merchant, of Cambridge. - The death of this promising youth was occasioned by being thrown from a spirited horse, which he was riding on the preceding afternoon, near the Senate House, by which unfortunate accident he was so dreadfully injured, that, after lingering about 20 hours, he expired. Feb. 6. At Loudhain Hall, Suffolk, in |