cannot delay: That as he felt all hopes of recovery were vain, he gave up, as far as man can be supposed to do, the very wish to live; and conjured his friends to imitate him in that resignation which was now his greatest comfort He desired

them to look back on the part he had so long played in life, that, if they were satisfied he had conducted himself well. bis memory would remain to them as a consolation after he was gone, and that instead of lamenting, they ought rather to give thanks to the Almighty for the prosperity with which he had been crowned, and for the powerful friends by whom he and they were supported, both in India and in England. That the same line of conduct which first obtained those blessings, would preserve them; and that he had nothing left to wish for in this world, but a long continuance of that prosperity which God had been pleased to show his family before he took him to himself. Such was the piety, such the resignation, and such the dignified morality of this dying believer in the religion of Zoroaster!

His loss has not been confined to his family and friends: it is felt by the Natives of every description. His wealth and his knowledge gave him great power; and he was liberal of both without ostentation. From the earliest period of his life he was trained up in mercantile pursuits; and of all the Asiatics we have ever known, he was eminently the best acquainted with our language, our customs, and our laws. This enabled him to adjust many disputes among the rich, which might have involved them in ruin, and to relieve many of the poor from that pride of oppression which is so generally connected with the aristocracy of mere wealth. As the representative of successful industry, wealth indeed cannot be too much respected; but how many accomplishments and how many virtues are required, to refine it into that respectability, which can only result from a proper use of the power which it bestows.

He was

possessed of a very noble figure, an admirable address, and a copious flow of language. No mau could possibly present himself in a more dignified or prepossessing manner; and the impression he made from such natural advantages was uniformly supported by the resources of a sound judgment, and a great variety and extent of information. From the time his fortune first enabled him to lay out money on building, even to his last illness, he continued to beautify the town and island of Bombay with houses and gardens; and he may be truly said to have created that taste for an ornament al disposure of their wealth, by which the natives of this country have contributed so much to the comforts of the European

population. The gentlemen who have inbabited his numerous and stately houses will bear ample testimony to the liberality with which be uniformly met their wishes, and adopted their suggestions of improve ment or even alteration; and the greater part of a very considerable fortune is ac tually vested in this manner. The day before his death, we understand, he made and published his last will and testament, in which he displayed his usual good sense, and left his affairs in the most orderly arrangement. He adopted his eldest grandson Dadabhoy, as his own son, according to the custom of his Nation; but left his very handsome fortune to be enjoyed equally by both bis grandsons; the children of a beloved daughter, whose early loss he lamented as the greatest misfortung he had met with in life She married Nowrojee, the tidest son of Jame setjee Bomanjee, our venerable Naval architect, and head of the Wadia familya family which, whether we consider them as British subjects, British merchants, or British architects, have largely contributed to the prosperity and strength of the British Empire in India. — (Bombay Courier, August 24, 1816.)

REV. HENRY MEEN, B. D.

Jan. 3. Died, at his Rectory-house in Bread - street hill, aged 72, the Rev. Henry Meen, formerly fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge; B. A. 1766; M. A. 1769; B. D. 1776; rector of the united Parishes of St. Nicholas Coleabbey and St. Nicholas Olave, London, to which he was collated in 1792, and prebendary of Twyford in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul; in which Cathedral he held also the office of Lecturer. This very amiable and learned man completed, in 1780, Mr. Fawkes's Translation of the "Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius ;" in the preface to which he speaks too modestly of his own share in the work; having written all the notes, and some of the translations. He was also the translator of "Coluthus Lycopolites," in Dr. Anderson's edition of "Translations;" in which C. stood for Coadjutor, who was Mr. Meen. He afterwards distinguished himself in a critical work of very considerable erudition on an obscure subject, entitled, "Remarks on the Cassandra of Lycophron," originally published in the European Magazine, and afterwards reprinted in a distinct form, 8vo. 1800. These remarks consisted of portions of the Cassandra, made into sections of Latin Arguments, Greek Originals, the Latin prose Translations, an English Translation by Mr. Meen; together with short notes on the original Greek, and short English notes by Mr. Meen. This work was published as a specimen of an entire Translation of the

Cassandra

Cassandra of Lycophron, which, from the specimen afforded by this pamphlet, it is much to be regretted that the learned Translator did not live to publish, as be thoroughly understood his dark mysterious Author, and would have brought him before the English Publick in a clear and elegant translation. Even yet it is to be hoped that his laborious undertaking will not be lost to the literary world, as we are assured that Mr. Meeu completed his translation of Lycophron, which, with the rest of his books and MSS. will be sold by Mr. Sotheby.-These remarks were succeeded, in the year 1816, by "Succisivæ Opera; or Selections from antient Authors, sacred and profane, with Translations and Notes," 8vo. Of these Literary scraps (Mr. M.'s own modest phrase for his "Succisivæ Opera") the most considerable are Translations, with notes on portions of his favourite Lycophron's Cassandra, and of Pindar's Odes. This work also contains observations on Horace; on a book entitled "De Religione Tractatus," 1705; St. Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians, xi. 29.; Gataker's and Pfochenius's Remarks on Lyoophron, Milton, and Nicander; St. Luke, xii. 49. and xvi. 9.; 1 Cor. i. 12.; and St. James's Epistle, i. 17." In 1766, be published with his name, "Happiness, a Poetical Essay," 4to. Lond. Of this Poem he spoke as a juvenile performance. In 1798, he preached before an Association of Volunteers, and printed and published his Sermon in 4to: the text Gal. iv. 18.-Mr. Meen was frequently consulted by Authors on the publication of their works, and was most liberal of his assistance in correcting them for publication, or seeing them through the press among others he corrected the proof-sheets of Bishop Percy's "Blank Verse before Milton," a work which was destroyed by Messrs. Nichols's fire.

MRS. SUSANNA PARK.

Oct. 3. Died at Hampstead, near Londou, in the 90th year of her age, Mrs. Susanna Park, who might, without ostentation, be pronounced

Plena dierum, plena virtutum. She was the sole daughter of Mr. Richard Nevison, who relinquished the profession of the Law to reside upon a small patrimonial property at Caldecot, in Rutlandshire. Dying there, while his child was very young, she became the ward of his particular friend William Whitwell, esq. of Oundle, with whose immediate honourable descendants (Admiral Whitwell, Lord Howard de Walden, the Countess de Welderen, and Mrs. Griffin) she continued to live in habits of much indebted friendship

*This work is ably reviewed in our vol. LXXXV. Part ii. pp. 236–239.

during their several lives. A flitting sigh would sometimes cross her saddened recollection, that she had outlived them all, In infancy her frame was so feeble that it was not expected she could have been reared, and in maturer years she suffered much from rheumatic fever, by being put into a damp bed; but in advanced life her health and spirits were the unfailing support of each other. Cheerful comentment and pious composure became the characteristics of her mind, and her moral practice was to be " temperate in all things." Hence her faculties remained unimpaired by the fulness of her years. She was accustomed to read her Bible, with the Sermons of Bp. Beveridge, and other theological writings, for three or four hours a day; and from her familiar acquaintance with the Psalms, would frequently peruse them without spectacles One week of languid confinement to her bed, from the gradual exhaustion of animal strength, was all her patient spirit had the trial to undergo before her change came. On the morning of departure she supplicated for release, resigned her soul into the hands of her Saviour with the solemo aspiration of St. Stephen, and fell asleep with such an angel-smile upon her countenance, and so like an infant sinking into repose, that the precise time of depart ing could not be ascertained by those who were kneeling round. One of her domestic attendants affectingly sobbed forth"May I die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like thine!" That this may be accomplished, it will be needful to live the life of the righteous; and so, by true faith in "The Lord our Righte ousness," it may be humbly hoped, that "being planted together with Him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection."

A copy of tributary verses to his venerable mother, by Mr. Park, the poetical Antiquary, is here inserted.

Lines written while an aged Mother was taking an afternoon nap, after having expressed a pious willingness for removal from this world.

To guard my sleep thou oft watch'd me,
And safe may thy day slumbers be,
As now I sit and watch by thee,

And bless thee, oh my Mother!
Calm be thy slumber, sweet thy dream;
If aught should o'er thy fancy gleam,
May Heaven's bright dawnings form the

theme

Dec. 1. In Charlemont-street, Dublin, in his 65th year, Joseph Mason, esq. He was the younger son of a respectable family which had been for some time settled' at Little Coolbanagher, in the Queen's County, adjoining Shane Castle, the residence of the late Dean Coote. Mr. Mason was early introduced into active life, and Jong held a confidential and laborious situ ation in the office for the payment of corn premiums, where, for many years pre

Aug. 26. At sea, on his way to Britain, Alexander Cameron, esq. late captain in the 79th foot, youngest son of the late Ewan Cameron, esq. of Glenevis.

Oct. 9. At Saint John's, Antigua, Thomas Kirwan, esq.; a gentleman whose loss will long be mourned, by his numer ous friends and relations, both in these countries and the West Indies; for, gifted with the highest endowments of nature, aided by an enlightened education, he was at once the delight and improvement of society, and of those who were fortunate enough to be acquainted with him. He was the advocate of every charitable, every benevolent, and every useful measure. In him talent always found a patron, industry a supporter, misfortune an alleviator, and distress a benefactor. The gloom which his death has east over his friends at Antigua and the other Islands is the best testimony of the estimation in which his virtues were held. and of the manner in which his loss is deplored. The mingled tears of the native and the sojourner will long continue to bedew and freshen the grave that now possesses the mortal remains of this upright, honourable and excellent man. Mr. Kirwan was in his 73d year. born at Galway in Ireland.

He was

Oct. 28. In Cape Town, at the Cape of Good Hope, aged 36, Mrs. Diana Warden, the wife of Francis Warden, esq. chief secretary to the Government of Bombay. A residence of many years at that place, distinguished by every virtue, and the charms of a most amiable disposition, had endeared her to a numerous circle of friends.

Nov. 1. At Belize, Honduras, of a bilious fever, aged 25, Dep. AssistantCommissary Gen. Geo. Thos. Harker.

Nov. 7. At Barbadoes, Mr. Edward Prescott, midshipman of H. M. ship Ante

the deputy paymasters. He has been often heard to say that when he first came to Dublin he had not more than a guinea in his pocket, and that, although in the course of his official duties sums to the amount of more than 60,000l. annually passed through his hands, yet he never left his account one shilling in arrear. Mr. Mason was first married to Miss Groves, sister to the late James Groves, esq. an eminent attorney in Dublin, by whom he had issue three surviving children: Wm.-Shaw, author of the Statistical Survey of Ireland; Olivia, first married to Alderman Hutton, late Lord Mayor of Dublin, and now the wife of Robert White, esq. of Grafton-street, in the same city, one of the firm of the house of Hawkes, Moseley, and Co. London; and Edward-Groves, of the First Fruits Office. Mr. Mason was afterwards married to Miss Andrews, eldest sister of Alderman Andrews of Dublin. His remains are deposited in the cemetery of St. John's Church, Coolbanagher, within a mile of the place of his nativity.

Dec. 2. At St. Thomas's, in Southwark, aged 63, the wife of the Rev. Chas. Hodgkin.

Dec. 5. At Pont de Beauvoisin, on his road to Pisa for the benefit of a milder climate, in his 31st year, Lieut.-col. H. Gomm, Major in his Majesty's 6th regiment of infantry. This officer having served under the Duke of Wellington during the whole of the Peninsular War, received a severe wound at the Fass of the Pyrenees, from the effects of which he never recovered.

Dec. 10. At Penzance, the wife of Capt. Michael Halliday, R. N.

Dec. 20. At Hampstead, of a dropsy, Albertina, wife of Capt. Hutchinson, late agent and consul at Briel in Holland, and niece to Dr. Matthias Mawson, Bp. of Ely.

Faith."-Ephes. ii. 8.

was ever open for the poor to enter the hospitable

hospitable mansion, and his hand always ready to relieve their wants. His heart melted at the tale of woe, and his purse was always open to relieve distress. The ready bounty with which he assisted necessity, and the honest warmth by which he shewed the sincerity of his friendship, were virtues which so eminently adorned his character, that the remembrance of them will be a lasting monument of departed worth. He lived to a late period of life, enjoying great good health, loved, honoured, and venerated by all around him, and souk at last, as his best friends could wish, without a struggle or a sigh. At Paris, Augusta, third daughter of G. Grant, esq.

Dec. 95. At Churchill House, co. Northampton, in her 74th year, Mrs. Clarke, relict of John Clarke, of Welton Place, esq. whose death we recorded in Vol. LXXV. p. 1233. In every situation of life in which she was placed, as a daughter, wife, mother, and friend, her conduct was uniformly amiable, and worthy of imitation. A true and sincere Christian, her character through life was marked by the most devoted resignation, and submission to every dispensation of the Almighty, by unremitting piety and devotion, accompanied by the mildest and meekest humility; exercising the tenderest feelings towards the distressed; the most active charity towards the poor; the most constant and warm friendship towards those around her; and the fondest and most affectionate proofs of conjugal and maternal love towards her husband and children.

Dec. 27. At Pinner, in bis 44th year,

Rev. William Roberts.

Dec. 28. At Gravesend, aged 70, John Rose, esq. many years storekeeper of Gravesend and Tilbury Forts.

At Hartlebury, Worcestershire, after a few hours illness, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. T. P. Medwin. This excellent woman, distinguished in an eminent degree by her conjugal and maternal virtues, has left an afflicted partner and three small children to lament her premature death, which was occasioned by an injury received from the pommel of a saddle when she was in a state of pregnancy. The kindness and auxiety expressed by all ranks in the neighbour. hood on this unfortunate accident, sufficiently indicate how much she was beloved. At Nottingham, aged 80, Lady ElizaBeth Santry, relict of the late Lord Santry, of Santry House, Ireland.

At Tiverton, Mrs. Morris Robinson, widow of Lieut.-col. Robinson, late B. M. G.

at Gibraltar.

Dec 29. Suddenly, in Newington Butts Church, Surrey, during divine service, aged 66, Mr. J. Dorrington.

At Howden, in her 72d year, Mrs. SpofGENT. MAG. January, 1817.

forth, of that place, most deservedly respected and regretted by all who knew her.

At Knaresbro', Elizabeth, wife of Robt. Dent, esq. after a few days illness, occasioned by extreme anguish for the loss of her niece, Miss Anne Wilson, who was carried off by a rapid decline at the age of 17. They were both interred in the same grave on Jan. 2, an awful and affecting instance of mortality.

At the Deanery near St. Asaph, in ber 75th year, Mrs. Wynne, relict of R Wynne, esq. late of Garthwin, co. Denbigh, deceased, and mother of Robert Wynne, esq. of the same place.

Hyacinth Daly, esq. many years mayor of Galway.

Dec. 30. The wife of Mr. John Haggitt, of the Strand, hosier. She gave birth on Christmas day to a daughter, who survives her.

Dec. 31. Of typhus fever, aged 21, Martha, fifth daughter of Francis Chapman, of Thornton Rust, Wensley dale, whose amiable manners and disposition caused her to live universally respected.

LATELY. At the house of her son-inlaw, Mr. Baker, in Argyle-street, very sincerely regretted by her family and numerous friends, Mrs. Andrewes, wife of the very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury. She was Eliz.-Maria, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Ball, rector of Wymondham, co. Leic. and 34 years Curate of St. George's Bloomsbury. (See memoirs of Mr. Ball in History of Leicestershire, vol. II. p. 890.)

At Acton, in his 68th year, George Samuel Wegg, esq.

Mr. Tho. Middleton, upwards of 25 years clerk in the banking-house of Messrs.

Dorrien and Co.

terwards

terwards a serjeant of invalids in Plymouth citadel, where he died 21 years ago. Two of her sons were lost on board a vessel commanded by Capt. Buttell, of Topsham, at the time of the great earthquake; and five others were killed in the action fought by Adm. Keppel. Tea was her usual drink; and she declared she never was prevailed upon to drink beer or spirits during her life.

At Exeter, Anne, wife of Ralph Rice, esq. barrister-at-law, daughter of the late Edmund F. Bourke, esq.

Essex.-At Colchester, aged 57, Rev. S. King, of Comarques, Thorpe-le-Sokes. Gloucestershire.-At Cheltenham, aged 70, Edward Witts, esq. formerly of Swerford Park, co. Oxford.

Whilst on a visit at Bristol, aged 67, Mrs. Chester, relict of the late Rev. William Chester, of Cheltenham.

At Berkeley, Charlotte, wife of Dr. Henry Jenner.

Near Bristol, Miss D. Davis, youngest sister of the late Rev. D. P. Davis, vicar of Monmouth.

Kent.-Dr. Thomas Fitzmaurice, many years senior surgeon of Haslar Hospital, and late of Woolwich Dock-yard.

Lancashire.-At Ardwick, Manchester, aged 39, Rev. Robert Mayow, second son of the late John Mayow, esq. of Bath.

Norfolk.-Lucy, wife of Dr. Girdlestone, of Yarmouth.

Northumberland.-In his 73d year, Mr. R. Beilby, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was associated with the celebrated Bewick in the first publication of the "History of Quadrupeds;" he was the compiler of that work, and Mr. Bewick (who had served his apprenticeship with him) adorned it with those admirable wood-cuts, which have since occasioned the revival of an almost forgotten art.

Sussex. At Brighton, Mr. R. Hall, comedian, late of the Theatres Royal of York and Hull.

At Brighton, in her 21st year, Amelia, youngest daughter of Benjamin Travers, esq.

Somersetshire-At Bath, at an advanced age, Mrs. Burns, the grand-daughter of Sir Stephen Fox, the ancestor and founder of the noble families of Ilchester, Holland, and Digby. Mrs. Burns was the relict of the late Major C. Burns.

York. At Gisburne, Rev. Thomas Col. lins, D. D. Incumbent of Burnley and Compton-Valence.

At Portington, near Howden, aged 86, Henry Bill, esq. for more than 60 years a steady churchman, a loyal subject, an intelligent, judicious, diligent, and highly prosperous farmer (and, to crown the rest) an honest man and pious Christian.

WALES. At Margam, Rev. J. Hunt, LL. D.

Aged 75, Charles Collins, esq. one of the aldermen of Swansea, and a magistrate for the county of Glamorgan.

IRELAND. A Merrion, near Dublin, aged 72, P. Carberry, esq.

At Doonas Glebe, Limerick, the wife of Rev. Charles Massy.

At Greyfort, Charlotte, fourth daughter of T. Stoney, esq. of Aran Hill, fipperary.

At the Dominican Convent, Sligo, Rev. Richard Prendergast, about 20 years priest of the Catholic chapel, Cobridge, co. Stafford.

Thomas Lowther Allen, esq. of Thomond Lodge, co. Meath, late lieut.-colonel of the 18th Hussars.

At her father's house in Tipperary, the wife of the late Pierce O'Brien Butler, esq. of Dunboyne Castle, co. Meath,

At Mitchelstown, aged 90, Richard Thornhill, sen, esq.

At Moneyquil, Tipperary, Tho. Going, esq. of Santa Cruz.

ABROAD-At Lisle, Miss Mortimer, who appeared with great éclat in the musical circles in this country a year or two since. She was the daughter of the late Hans Winthrop Mortimer, esq. formerly M.P. for Shaftesbury, Dorset,

At Paris, Gen. Leclerc. His obsequies took place in the Church of the Assumption.

At Dresden, where he had been for some time, the Count of Tolstoy, Grand Marshal of the Court of Russia.

At the Isle of France, where he filled the office of Marshal of the Court of Admiralty, Edward O'Brien, esq. of Ennyis tymon, and formerly Major of the Clare militia.

At Bermuda, Major J. Pollock, 63d regiment, eldest son of the late James Pollock, esq. of Newry.

On the expedition to Africa, Captain Tuckey. He was brother to D. Tuckey, and Dr. Tuckey of Cork. (See p. 71.)

At Antigua, on board the Childers, of a fever, Mr. Bishop, purser; also five suc cessive pursers, several officers, and upwards of 30 of the crew, in one month. Mr. Bishop was the last of three brothers who also fell victims to that destructive climate.

On her passage to England, on board her husband's ship, the wife of Captain Robert Weir, of the ship King George the Third.

At Anspach, in Germany, aged upwards of 80, and after above 40 years residence upon the Continent, Flaminia, second sur viving daughter of that eminent Scotch lawyer, Alexander Lockhart, Lord Coving ton, who died in 1782..

Jan. 1. At his father's, Sutton Court Farm, Chiswick, aged 21, J. W. Pickering, esq. late of Essex Wharf, Essex-street.

Aged 68, Rev. Thomas Hamilton, of

Guiseley.