signed his seat and ever since-in domestic retirement in the bosom of his family-unmolested by cares-undisturbed by ambition-much occupied in the views and duties which Christianity set before him, he passed the remainder of his days, with a general amelioration of health, in a serene and enviable tranquillity, till it pleased the Supreme Disposer, by the illness of a few days, to bring to a termination his earthly course.

In his marriage with the only daughter of the Rev. T. Williams, of Pilroath, in Carmarthenshire, he was eminently happy. Blessed with a fine and numerous family, he had the affliction to see four lovely daughters, and a son, cut off successively by a pulmonary complaint, in early life; and, more lately, to see his eldest son (Thos. Goddard, esq. sometime M. P. for Cricklade), whose excellence of disposition and understanding, and manly powers of discrimination, had attracted high respect,

and gave every assurance of future usefulness, called off this scene before him. Pleasing as it would be to trace this worthy man through the scenes of domestic life-in the exercise of all the relative and social duties; as a magistrateas a husband-as a father-as a brother, friend, and neighbour; and simple truth as would be the lines of encomium in this delineation, where nothing would be overstrained, but all still natural and easy, yet the Writer of this slight sketch must decline to dilate upon it. By the impression of what he conceives of the repugnance of his gentle and unassuming spirit to every thing of display or vain exhibition; ever averse to parade, and aloof from ostentation,- by this impression is the pen now repressed from any attempt at such delineation; and restrained to leave the example, in silence, to the recollection, to the consolation, and to the imitation of his surviving friends. D. W.

On Sunday morning, Oct. 30, 1814, died at his house in Berners-street, London, in his 75th year, James. Hogben, esq. an early Member of the Surgeons' Company, now the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr. Hogben was a native of Smarden, in the Weald of Kent; his professional studies in London were principally directed by his friend Dr. Hugh Smith, then of Towerstreet, Physician, and some time Alderman of Tower-ward in this City. This learned Doctor possessed a wonderful acuteness in his profession, in which he was successful in a more than ordinary degree, and was remarkable for his disinterested humanity, as the kind Physician of the Poor. No worthy and learned Doctor ever lived more admired, or died more lamented, than Dr. Hugh Smith, of Chatham-place. After Mr. Hogben finished his studies in town, he was induced to commence practice at Chigwell, on the borders of Epping Forest, which he pursued with the best success. During the intervals of business, he filled up his time with his favourite amusements of drawing, painting, and musick; numerous were his subjects, and various were the works of his pencil, as well landscapes and portraits, as the morbid parts of the human body. natural modest diffidence of himself was ever predominant with him, and was insuperable. His manner was

mild, tranquil, and unassuming; indeed he was so little confident of himself, and of his own abilities, that some of his most intimate friends knew but little of the extent of his studies, or the magnitude of his endowments, and to what degree he carried them, until his Anatomical Tables. of the Gravid Uterus came forth, to the admiration of all professional men.

Mr. Hogben quitted Essex 40 years ago, and came to reside in London; he parted with his house and connexions at Chigwell to Mr. Thos. Burnett, a surgeon-apothecary of great ingenuity, and abounding with anecdote. [Mr. B. was grandson and last survivor of the name and family of the memorable Gilbert, Bishop of Sarum : his widow died lately there at an advanced age.] Mr. Hogben had passed a long and laborious life in the duties of his profession; he had a wonderful deal of merit, in having finished a work of the greatest utility to the Gentlemen of the Faculty, especially to young surgeons, by conveying. to them in clear ideas, and displaying before them in a kind of mechanism (of which no adequate idea can be given by verbal description), the very elements of their profession of a profession the most important of all others, of producing and bringing forth man into the world. plates are, it is believed, more than thirty in number, of the size of nature, and of a

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regular series. It is not easy to conceive by any description the merit of these plates. They lie perfectly flat, but are so contrived, by an ingenious process of a pasteboard drawn together with small tapes or strings into the form of the head of a foetus, that the forceps or vectis may be applied on them, to demonstrate, explain, and facilitate its application on the living subject. This highly meritorious work, with its accompanying volume of observations and instructions on the practice of Midwifery, ought to be in the hands of every young man, and of every older one, especially country practitioners.

In early life Mr. Hogben practised, for bis amusement, on the German flute, till, being of a delicate form, and subject to cough, he found it affected his breathing, and gave him some alarm by an affection on the chest, so that he found it necessary, in order to continue the gratification which he derived from this instrument, to contrive an artificial breath for it. This he accomplished so perfectly and so conveniently, that he could sing as well as play at the same time. This notable piece of mechanism is now in the possession of his surviving brother, and is really a curiosity worthy of the attention of the Amateur.

Mr. Hogben was descended of an antient and reputable family, long seated in the Weald of Kent; many of them have been remarkable for their ingenuity, their natural endowments, and their studious acquirements. His father Thomas, and his grandfather, of the same name, were land. surveyors, a profession at that period not so universally consulted as in later times, nor so liberally remunerated for their labours; they were likewise well informed in general mathematicks, philosophy, and astronomy, and have left behind them many elaborate proofs of their talents in different treatises in manuscript, still in the possession of this worthy family. His father left many other children. His only surviving brother is Henry Hogben, esq. of Chalkwell-bill, near Sittingborn in Kent, a gentleman well respected not only in

that county, but in many others in England, as a valuer of estates, the duties and fatigues of which he has followed for nearly half a century, with a permanent credit to himself and his employers, and who, blessed as he is with sound health, and a fine constitution, is still engaged in the same pursuits, wisely knowing that the human machine, when not in motion, is apt to corrode and grow rusty, and that exercise, moderately employed, is the best of physick.

In his person, Mr. James Hogben was above the middle size, elegant in his form, and with an engaging softness in his manners; no man was ever more esteemed in his profession, or died more lamented by his friends. From the delicacy of his constitution, as we said, he was liable to frequent attacks of pleuritic and inflammatory pains of the breast: in the months of July and August he had a cold upon him, which was increased by his professional duties, and although it was not very urgent, yet it did not go off as heretofore, but floated off and on for many weeks, and the very best advice of the very best and most experienced of men had no visible effect to remove it. Thus situated, his disease gradually gained upon him, and at length deprived the world of his valua ble life, to the grief of his relations, friends, and the republick of learning. Mr. H. was never married. On the Sunday after his decease, his remains were interred in the Church-yard of Stoke-Newington.

To sum up Mr. Hogben's character in few words, we shall only add, that to have applied his natural and his acquired endowments to the very best purposes which habit had made familiar to him, to the promoting the improvement of science, and, of all others the most important, the Obstetric Art, and that in a manner so perfectly new, plain, and useful, is certainly as great praise as a human being can merit; and the Writer of this Sketch of his Life takes great pleasure to himself, as one of his most early acquaintance and survivors, to be thus permitted by Providence to afford, however imperfectly, this short history of his useful life.

Sept. 20. Died at his house, at Bennett's Hill, near Birmingham, at the age of ninety-two, William Hutton, esq. the venerable Historian of Birmingham, and author of various other works. This Gentleman owed much to Nature, and nothing to Education. He began the world with three guineas and a half, which he borrowed of his sister; and a chest of old books, which were sold to him on unlimited credit. Talents, industry, and econo

my, three qualities that do not often meet in the same person, jointly, made his fortune. His capacity was sufficient to embrace three objects at once, and to pursue them all with avidity and perseverance. He attended to the minutest concerns of his business, at the same time that he was purchasing estates with its profits, and writing books for his amusement. Mr. Hutton had retired from business twentytwo years; but, after he had ceased to re

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ceive any emolument from it, he attended it with the same regularity, first for his son, and afterwards for his grand nephew, to whom it was successively given, that he had done for himself. Six days in the week he walked to the scene of his old employment, and back, a distance of four miles and a half; ou the seventh, he walked to worship his Maker, and his carriage brought him home. One day, when he wanted but five days of completing his ninetieth year, his strength failed before he reached his house, and he was carried home in a chair. He went to Birmingham no more. He then took to walking round the drive before his own house, where he regularly walked, and counted, his four miles a day. Winter drove him to walk in the house; Spring again took him out; but Time had cut short his walks. He had numerous falls; but he was only raised up to walk again. At length, having fallen three times in eight days, he submitted to lean on a servant. The late summer he chiefly passed between his bed and his walk; going four walks every day, of a quarter of a mile each. He was dragged along, rather than led, by a servant; but nothing could prevail upon him to give up his exercise. This diurnal motion continued till within three days of his death, when he could not finish his last walk, He was then confined to his bed and a sofa; and all that remained was to die. He was so happily constituted, that ninety-two years had scarcely the power to make a wrinkle in his face. He has left behind him the History of his own Life, which he intended for publication.

DEATHS.

1813, AT the Island of Banda, Lieut. Dec.13.1 W. J. Daker, (Madras European regt.) son of Mr. Daker, of Whitecross-street.

1814, Jan. 19. At Trichinopoly, Major John Fortune (E. I. Company's 22d regt. N. 1. Madras Establishment).

Feb..... At Eunore, Capt. H. H. Torriano, of the Engineers (E. I. Company's service)

March 14. At Port Louis, Isle of France, Capt. A. Robertson (late of the E. 1. Company's Marine service), son of A. RobertSov, esq. of Foveran.

April 29. On board the ship Partridge, on his passage to India, W. C. Ord, esq. late of Bengal.

May 4. In the West Indies, in his 36th year, Lieut. P. Lowe, R. N.

May 31. At his fatber's, Port Royal, Jamaica, aged 21, C. W. Smith, esq. fieutenant of H. M. ship Tanais, second son of Col. J. F. S. Smith, commanding the Royal Artillery in Jamaica.

July 31. Fu Fludyer-street, of a pulmonic complaint, in his 37th year, Lieut.col. Edw. O'Rourke, of H. M. Royal West Judia Rangers. The eminent acquire ments of this officer render his premature death a public loss; while his amiable manners, so well known, and so highly esteemed, form so much additional reason for his family and friends deeply to lament that melancholy event. He has left a widow and two infants.

At Milbank, Mrs. Best, relict of G. Best, esq. late of Pershore, co. Worcester.

At Old Aberdeen, in his 65th year, Mr. William Duncan, Professor of Philosophy in King's College there. He was for many years, previous to his promotion to the Professorship, writing master of Aberdeen, in which station he taught the first classes of children in that famous Town, with the general applause and esteem of the publick. Nor was he less distinguished as a Professor; but had not filled that station long, when he was unfortunately affected with a paralytic stroke, which deprived him of the use of his left side, and incapacitated him for the duties of his office, for which he had been obliged to employ an assistant some years before his death. He was a native of the adjoining county of Kincardine, where a respectable body of his name and family have been farmers for several- generations. Several of their descendants have raised themselves to some degree of note at home and abroad. He has left a widow, but had no issue.

At Barrowmount, Kilkenny, Ireland, Sarah Anne, wife of Col. Ralph Gore, second daughter of the late Geo. Winne, esq. of Plymouth.

·July. Near Boston (N. A.), aged 23, the son of the Hon. Judge Dawes. While returning from South Roston in a small sprit-sail boat, he slipped from the gunnel on which he was sitting perhaps too carelessly, into the water, and was drowned.

Aug. 1. Wm. Ambrose Sotheby, esq. late lieut.-colonel of the 1st Guards.

At Abingdon, in his 43d year, Richard Stone, esq. formerly of Sunning.

At Ayr, T. McClelland, esq. agent for the Bank of Scotland.

Aug. 2. In Great Cumberland-street, Marianne, wife of Major-geu. Sharpe.

At the Hotel at Clifton, on her way to Cheltenham, the wife of Right Hon. Col. M Mahon, secretary to the Prince Regent.

At Barrington, co. Somerset, far advanced in years, F. Webb, esq. a gentleman well known for his literary acquirements; of whom more hereafter.

Aug. 3. At Clara-house, King's County, Mrs. Cox.

Aug. 4. Aged 67, Mrs. Elizabeth Marriott, widow of W. Marriott, esq. whom she survived only three weeks.

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At an advanced age, J. Harwood, esq. of Exning, brother of the late Sir. Bu. Harwood.

Aug. 5. In his 19th year, Mr. Charles Henry Halcomb, scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, youngest son of John Halcomb, esq. banker, of Marlborough.

Aged 81, Mrs. Knight, of Leicester. Aug. 6. At Lambeth, Mrs. Mary Portal, widow of Wm. Portal, esq. late of Castlestreet, Holborn.

Aug. 7. Hon. J. Talbot, brother to the Earl of Shrewsbury.

At Rugby, co. Warwick, the wife of Rear-admiral Chambers.

At Clifton, Helen, dau. of the late G. Buchan, esq of Kelloe, N. B.

Aug. 8. At Uxbridge, aged 90, Mrs. Ann Willes, only surviving dau. of the late Right Hon. Justice Willes:

At Somersham, co. Huntingdon, Mr. John Rumball Leeds, upwards of 50 years a very respectable farmer and grazier there.

At Downbam, Norfolk, Zachary Clarke, one of the people called Quakers; the greater part of whose life was spent in relieving the distresses of bis fellow-creatures. Some years since he established a free school on Dr. Bell's system, and has since employed a teacher to superintend it. He also annually distributed provisions, money, and firing, to the poor widows in Downham and two or three neighbouring villages. Having formerly, at different times, observed that various charitable donations to the poor in his immediate neighbourhood were misapplied, he, at a very great expence, collected an account of every charitable bequest in his native county, which he published in an oetavo volume, and by which means many legacies that had been improperly ap. plied, or entirely neglected, have been recovered, and distributed agreeably to the wills of the owners.

Aug. 9. At Lincoln, aged 18, William, youngest son of the late Alderman Henry Swan He was lately elected to a Scholarship at Oxford.

At Bath, Mrs. Morris, of Bitton. Aug. 10. Aged:78, John Hull, esq. of Clapion.

At Syston, co. Leicester, aged 60, Matthew Sheffield, gent,

Aug. 11. In her 53d year, Mrs. Agnew, wife of Capt. Agnew, Russell-square,

Mr. C. Spence, of Old Bond-street, dentist to his Majesty. He was a pupil of the celebrated Mr. Norris in the early part of his life; and was an excellent vocal performer at the Music-room at Oxford.

Aug. 12. At Kennington, Thos. Field, esq. many years Captain and Governor of Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight.

At, Brompton, the wife of Lieut.-col. Newton, late Major of brigade in the Western District.

At Bath, the Countess Dowager D'Alton She was sister to the present Lord Trimbleston, and widow of the Count D'Alton, who fell before Dunkirk when that fortress was besieged by the Duke of York.

At Worcester, in his 89th year, Rev. Thos. Evans, D. D.the venerableArchdeacon of Worcester, who had been a Prebendary of the Cathedral upwards of 40 years. He also held the rectory of Severn-Stoke.

In his 41st year, L. W. Hartley, esq. of Middleton-lodge, co. York.

Aug. 13. At Putney, the wife of Capt. Losack, R. N.

In his 66th year, J. Newberry, esq. of Dulwich, of the firm of Messrs. Henry Meux and Co.

At Boyle, Ireland, in his 34th year, Major P. P. Dennis, of the East Essex militia.

Aug. 14. In New Cavendish-street, aged 67, Adam Callander, third son of the late J. Callander, esq. of Craigforth, Stirling.

Aged 72, Rev. C. G. Clemens, late minister of the Congregation of the United Brethren at Bath, and formerly of Bristol. At Richmond, Yorkshire, aged 62, Mr. Robinson W. Craggs, for nearly 30 years Postmaster of that place, and one of the oldest members of the Corporation.

Aug. 15. At Richmond, aged 23, Lucy, fourth dau. of Sir Thomas Turton, bart. Aged 41, Mary Anne, wife of Thomas Allen, esq. of Stratford-green, Essex.

Harriet, wife of Peter Augustus Lafargue, esq. of Husbands Bosworth, co. Leic..

Aug. 16. "This evening, about halfpast seven, the following most awful and distressing scene occurred in the parish of Harefield, two miles from Uxbridge, on the road to Watford :-Mrs. and Miss Mar ray, the wife and daughter of the Commissary-general, were lately returned from Lisbon, and were travelling in a postchaise to Yardley-Bury, Hertfordshire; changed horses at the White Horse at Uxbridge, and when they arrived at the top of the hill leading to Harefield, the horses were frightened at some supposed nuisance by the road side, and set off with great impetuosity down it: by a sudden jerk, the pole dropped from its place in the front part of the carriage, which instantly pressing upon the horses, increased their speed, and they became totally unma. nageable: the carriage very soon came violently in contact with a strong hedge by the road side, upon which the driver, who was most improperly seated upon the bar, was thrown. The ladies finding themselves in a most perilous situation,

adopted

adopted the desperate resolution of jumping out: Mrs. Murray was the first unfortunate victim; and at about 40 yards further, Miss Murray, who was seen in the door way of the carriage by a female visitor at Mr. Ives's farm, as it passed the gate close to the house, threw herself from it. She was immediately placed in a chair, and carried into Mr. Ives's house, in a state of insensibility; at this moment a person entreated, for God's sake, assistance for a lady at a short distance behind; when, melancholy to relate, Mrs. Murray was found to be quite dead. Surgical aid was obtained from Uxbridge without loss of time, but, alas! without avail, as Miss Murray was released from her sufferings in an hour and a half.Thus has the happiness of a most united family, and the sincere and affectionate interest of their friends to this part of it, in one untimely moment, been literally dashed to the ground! The Writer of this melancholy narrative can only hope and trust, that the Almighty Disposer of all events will graciously support the afflicted husband and parent, and two lovely remaining daughters, through this trial of unparalleled distress, and grant to them that peace of mind, which neither from the world, or by nature, they can possibly expect. W. PARSLOW.-Yardley, near Buntingford, Herts."

Whilst singing a song, at a dinner on nominating the Mayor of Gloucester, fell from his chair and instantly expired, Merrett Stephens, esq. banker, of Gloucester. By the death of this gentleman, society has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and the poor, one of their best benefactors.

At Bath, the wife of Rev. Mr. Ravenhill, of Shirehampton.

Mr. T. Randall, of Paulton, Somerset. He was seized with a violent hemorrhage on the lungs a short time after his arrival at the Star Inn, Winchester, from Cowes, Isle of Wight; and though medical assistance was immediately obtained, he expired in the course of two hours.

At Fowey, Cornwall, of a decline, G. Fortescue, esq. captain in the Royal Cornwall militia, having survived his only brother but five days, who died of the same complaint.

At Messrs. Jacksons, Louth, where he was on a visit, in a fit of apoplexy, Mr. Benj. Crosby, of London, many years a bookseller in Stationers'-court, London.

Aug. 17. In his 74th year, Capt. John Toone, of Islington.

Aged 67, Richard Jeffries, esq. banker, Basingstoke.

Aged 21, Tendrick, son of Adrian Moens, esq. of Bristol.

Aug. 18: In Haydon square, aged 18, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Thos. Evitt, solicitor.

Mrs. Mills, of Denton-house, Oxon. Aug. 19. Aged 34, Mary, wife of Robt: Wray, esq. of Chancery-lane.

At Walworth, in his 96th year, Christopher Roberts, esq. captain and commander in the Royal Navy.

At Margate, aged 44, D. Baker, esq. of Chatham-place, Blackfriars.

20. Catherine, wife of Douglas Thompson, esq. of Chiswick.

Of a mortification, in consequence of a fall in jumping over a ditch, Mr. Charles Carter, of Eton, boat-merchant.

In his 72d year, Edward Child, esq. banker, of Abingdon, Berks.

At his son-in-law's, Dr. Bourne, Oxford, in his 84th year, James Burr, esq. formerly steward to George and Robert, Earls of Litchfield, by whom, and an extensive circle of friends, he was highly esteemed.

Whilst dressing himself, without any previous indisposition, Mr. Ragg, surgeon, of Wigston, co. Leicester, a gentleman eminently distinguished in his profession, and greatly esteemed for his be nevolent disposition.

In her 24th year, Letitia Alicia, daughter of Rev. L. Jones, of Miroshill, co. Carmarthen.

Aug. 21. At Camberwell-grove, G. Curling, esq.

At Rochester, aged 76, Mrs. Browne, widow of the late Dr. Browne, of St. Margaret's.

At Bushy-park, near Dublin, in his 18th year, Abraham, second son of Robert Shaw, esq. M. P.

Aug. 22. Aged 77, Mr. Lionel Booth, of Duke-street, Portland-place, Registrer of Pamphlets, Newspapers, and Advertisements, at the Stamp-office, the duties of which office he had performed many years with credit to himself, and benefit to the publick. Possessed of an active and intelligent mind, improved much by travelling, and with a cheerful disposition, it had been through life his great pleasure, besides the most strict performance of the several duties enjoined upon him, either from his public or private station in life, to edify and improve all by the purity and playfulness of his conversation, which received additional effect from his unassuming exterior, and the regularity and temperance of his life. His latter days were as exemplary as his life; serene and cheerful to the last, he viewed his end with perfect composure, recommending himself to the mercy of his God and Saviour. All who knew this honest and good man, will not fail retaining a most lively recollection of his several excellencies and kindnesses. His remains are deposited in the burying-ground of St. John's, Maryle bone, and on his grave-stone is a reference to the place of his birth, Saxmundham, Suffolk, where his family has long been