be public men; and, indeed, it may be esteemed rather a favourable symptom when good habits are acquired on their own account, and information studiously sought after, without any ulterior views of advancement in life. A disposable force (to borrow an expression from the military art) is thus created of sound principle and useful knowledge, which, in the possession of a man of liberal sentiments, is always at the service of his friends, and is occasionally drawn forth for the benefit of the publick. Mr. Hargrave was a man of this description: and while we congratulate our country that there are many more of the same class, we lament the loss of one, who, in the sphere which he selected, for himself, was a model to all. We should not do justice to Mr. Hargrave, if we did not state that his charities were unbounded, though secret: they were felt, no doubt, though they were little known. The impression made by his loss was such, that every person in the neighbourhood who could so provide himself, appeared in mourning at the parish church of Whittingham, on the Sunday after his decease.

Rev. WILLIAM FONNEREAU.

Feb. 28. At his seat at Christ-church, Ipswich, in the 85th year of his age, the Rev. William Founereau, formerly of Trinity-hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded LL. B. in 1755; and Rector of Great Munden, Herts, to which he was presented by Lord North in 1773. His manners were peculiarly mild and easy, bland and unaffected. His conversation was free and open, affable and facetious, and of so attractive a nature, that to the young and the old, the gay and the grave, he was a companion equally acceptable. His address was simple and manly, his sentiments liberal and enlarged; and it may be truly said, that he presented a genuine picture of the Gentleman of the Old English School. A love of freedom and independence, and a thorough indignation at corruption and venality, were his peculiar characteristics; from the open avowal of these be never shrunk, but on all occasions dared to think and to act for himself, as became a free and independent man. From mean and narrow bigotry he was utterly exempt; and for the free exercise of private judgment in matters of Religion,

most firm and decided advocate.

After

a long life (which he enjoyed to the last) spent in the service of God and of man, he resigned his soul into the hands of his Creator, with the bright prospect of being united to Him in the glories of another and a better world.

Rev. WILLIAM WOOLSTON, At Adderbury, co. Oxon, in the prime of life, after a short illness, the Rev. Wm.

Woolston, an occasional Correspondent of Mr. Urban; and, in the double capa city of a teacher of youth and a clergyman, an intelligent and useful member of society. His literary acquirements were various; but he excelled particularly in the knowledge of antient Coins, of which, as the Readers of this Magazine are already apprized, he had amassed a very extensive and well-chosen collection, consisting of Roman, British, Saxon, and English specimens, with a multitude of others, which the limits prescribed to this brief sketch forbid us to notice, except in this cursory manner. To exhibit these coins to a visitant of a congenial taste and spirit, seemed to constitute his su preme felicity. On such occasions his whole soul was absorbed in the subject, of which he shewed himself to be a complete master, delighting to expatiate on the history, merits, and rarity of each piece, with all the enthusiasm and copious rhetoric of an exquisite and perfect judge. He intimated some time ago to the publick an intention of disposing of this accumulation of antiquarian treasures, at no distant period. Alas! little did he then apprehend that he should so soon be called upon to resign what he prized so highly and so deservedly, not into the hands of a purchaser, but of his executor! May we not, then, without impropriety, in contemplating his premature fate, adopt the exclamation of the great Orator and Philosopher, on the death of Crassus?" O fallacem hominum spem, fragilemque fortunam, et inanes nostras contentiones! quæ in medio spatio sæpe franguntur et corruunt, et ante in ipso cursu obruuntur, quam portum conspicere potuerunt." Mr. W. died greatly regretted, and has certainly left the place which he held among the highest pro ficients in Numismatic science, unoccu pied by any one in that part of the country where he resided.

REV. DR. HUGHES.

March 7. At the house of Sir Henry Halford, bart. in Curzon-street, London, in his 65th year, the Rev. David Hughes, D. D. Principal of Jesus-college, in the University of Oxford, and many years Rector of Besselsleigh, Berks. He proceeded to his degree of M. A. June 5, 1776; B. D. May 17, 1783; D. D. March 15, 1790. Upon the death of the Rev. Dr. Hoare, in 1802, he was unanimously elected to the Principalship of his Society. The memory of the Principal will for a long time be reverently che rished; and sincere regret will be felt for ́his decease, not in his own College nor in the University of Oxford only, but wheresoever he was known. Without wanting those bolder and more affirmative features

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of the mind required in the discharge of duties annexed to the high and responsible situation which he filled in the University, be was, in an especial manner, distinguished by those generous qualities and social endowinents which gather popularity, conciliate esteem, and rivet personal attachment. No man ever existed 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, uuembarrassed, and ingenuous manner. His purse was never closed against the sacred claims of charity; and whilst be 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.

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 Miluer, 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 inhabit ants of that town and its vicinity. In1783, 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. Ri. chard 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

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

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 Chorch with those of "her" dear brother and sisters," as she usually termed them, most of whom were, like herself, remarkable for longevity. Aud now the insatiable grave hath closed its barriers upon them all. Islington, Feb. 18.

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 bad 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. Mrs. 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 Sonnels 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.

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 be 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 Goorkabs.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 mau 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 res cuing 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 ber 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. Man, chester-square, sister to Lieut.-gen. Jones.

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

Feb. 11. At Kentish-town, aged 73, the Rev. Edward Baldwyo, 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.