adjourned in consequence of that melancholy event, and at the monthly general meeting next ensuing, Sept. 1, 1836, it was moved by Joseph C. Cox, esq. seconded by N. A. Vigors, esq. and unanimously resolved, That this meeting deeply lament the announcement which has been made in the Report, of the death of the late Secretary, Mr. Edward Turner Bennett, and they desire to record their deep sense of the loss which the Society and Science have sustained in the decease of so excellent and amiable a man.'

E. DONOVAN, Esq. F.L. S. Feb. 1. In John-street, Kenningtonroad, Edward Donovan, esq. F.L.S.

Mr. Donovan was the author of the articles in Natural History in Rees's Cyclopedia, and of the following works, all of which are illustrated with numerous engravings.

The Botanical Review; or the Beauties of Flora, 8vo. 1790, Nos. 1 to 7.

The Natural History of British Insects, 16 vols. royal 8vo. 1792-1813.

Instructions for collecting and preserving subjects of Natural History, with a treatise on the management of Insects in their various states, 1794, 8vo.

The Natural History of Birds, 10 vols. royal 8vo. 1794-1818.

The Natural History of British Fishes, 5 vols. royal 8vo. 1802-8.

The Natural History of British Shells, 5 vols. royal 8vo. 1803-4.

An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China; India, and islands in the Indian seas; New Holland, New Zealand, &c. &c. 3 vols. 1805.

Descriptive Excursions through South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1804, and five preceding Summers; 31 plates, 2 vols.

8vo. 1805.

The Natural History of British Quadrupeds, with coloured figures, royal 8vo. 1820.

The Naturalist's Repository of exotic Natural History, 8vo. vols. 1 and 2.

The Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 1826.

Mr. Donovan has left a large family in destitute circumstances.

MISS E. W. MACAULEY. Feb. 22. At York, aged 52, Miss Elizabeth Wright Macauley, a lady who has been some time known to the public in the varied and opposite characters of actress and preacher of the Gospel.

She published in 1812, "Effusions of Fancy, a collection of poems, consisting of, the Birth of Friendship, the Birth of Affection, and the Birth of Sensibility." About twenty years ago she left the stage

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on the plea of ill health, and became the Occupant and preacher of a chapel in the Metropolis; but subsequently returned to her former profession. For the last twelve months, had she been travelling through the provinces delivering lectures on " Domestic Philosophy," which were interspersed with recitations, &c. During the three weeks before her death, she had been sojourning at York, delivering a course of lectures in the Merchants' Hall. Her subject at the last lecture was "Jealousy," which Miss Macauley illustrated by a recitation from the third act of Othello, which she delivered with an energy that drew forth the enthusiastic plaudits of her auditory. On the following day (Wednesday) her health appeared better than usual, and her spirits very good, until towards nine o'clock in the evening, when she suddenly fell from her chair in her apartments, apparently in a fit, and shortly afterwards died.

An inquest was held upon the body on the following day. Dr. Rawdon regarded the attack as a stroke of apoplexy. The deceased was a very stout person and very fat. Verdict-Died by the Visitation of God.

CLERGY DECEASED.

March 18. At the residence of his father Benj. Agar, esq. Brockfield-hall near York, by being run down by a runaway horse, and crushed between the cart-wheel and a tree, aged 33, the Rev. Benjamin Agar, M.A. Vicar of Ellerburn near Pickering. He was of Jesus college, Cambridge, and had only recently been presented to his living, of which he had not yet taken possession.

March 19. After a lingering illness, the Rev. Thomas Wentworth Gage, Vicar of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, and Perpetual Curate of North Hykeham, Lincolnshire. He was of Magdalen coll. Camb. B.A. 1823, M.A. 19..; was collated to North Hykeham in 1824 by Dr. Pelham, then Bishop of Lincoln, and presented to Higham Ferrers in 1830 by Earl Fitz William. He married Feb. 17, 1831, Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas, third daughter of the Marquis of Queensberry.

March 21. At Kilcar glebe, co. Donegal, aged 88, the Rev. Hill Benson.

April 20. At the Lodge, Tewkesbury, aged 65, the Rev. Joseph Shrapland. He was born at Marshfield, co. Glouc. the son of John Shrapland, esq. of that place. He was matriculated of Christ church, Oxford, in 1792, and graduated B A. 1796, M.A. 1798. His widow died at Worcester shortly after him; she was the only sister of Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Whitmore, R. Eng.

April 23. At Nantwich, aged 31, the Rev. Richard Devereux Hill, curate of Baddeley, eldest son of the late Richard Hill, esq. of Chester, and grandson of the late Rev. Robert Hill, of Hough, Cheshire.

May 6. At Great Malvern, aged 67, the Rev. George Ccoke, Rector of Sprotborough, Yorkshire. He was the third son of John Cooke, of Bedford square, esq. (who was grandson of Sir Thomas Cooke of Hackney, sheriff elect of London in 1692) by Catharine, dau. and co-heiress of Sir George Cooke, of Wheatley near Doncaster, Bart: he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls' college, Oxford, where he took the degree of B.C.L. in 1786, and in 1790 was presented to the rectory of Sprotborough by Earl Fitz William. He married in 1795 Anne, dau. and coheiress of Jonathan Burward, of Woodbridge, esq. by whom he had one son, who died unmarried in 1821, aged 24, and one daughter.

May 8. Aged 75, the Rev. James Commeline, Rector of Redmarley d'Abitot, co. Worc. and of Cowley, co. Glouc. and an active magistrate of both counties. He was the elder brother of the late Rev. Samuel Commeline, Rector of Hempstead, near Gloucester, who died in 1826. He was matriculated of Pembroke college, Oxford, in 1781, and took the degree of B.A. in 1784; was presented to Cowley in 1797 by the Lord Chancellor, and instituted to Redmarley d'Abitot in 1800.

May 9. At the residence of his brother Peter Harvey Lovell, esq. Cole Park, near Malmesbury, aged 76, the Rev. John Lo. vell, B.A.

At Dun's Tew, Oxfordshire, aged 66, the Rev. William Gorden, Vicar of that parish and a magistrate for the county. He was a native of Islip, was matriculated as a Bible Clerk of All Souls' college, Oxford, in 1788; was afterwards a Jackson's Scholar and Bible Clerk of Merton College; and graduated B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795. In 1794 he was presented to the vicarage of Dun's Tew, by the late Sir Henry Dashwood, Bart. to whose son he afterwards became tutor. He accom. panied his pupil to France during the short peace of 1802-3, and in 1803 they were both detained prisoners of war, and sent to Verdun. During a period of eleven years' detention in France Mr. Gorden's prudence and discretion, and his influence with the French authorities, founded solely on esteem for his character, enabled him to render important services to many of his countrymen, prisoners like himselfwhile his talents for business, his readiness to oblige, his unremitting labour in the committee of management for the relief of the distressed English in France, GENT. MAG, VOL. VIII.

as well as the manner in which he discharged his duty as a clergyman, won the respect and regard of all. From the time of his return to England up to his death he resided on his benefice, where he was ever most assiduous and attentive to the wants of his parishioners; as a magistrate he was upright, patient, and humane; and as a man and member of society, his tenderness of heart, his amiability and unvarying benevolence, will cause him to be long and affectionately remembered.

At Doncaster, aged 70, the Rev. Tho mas Woodcock, Rector of Swillington, Yorkshire. He was of Sidney Sussex college, Camb. where he took the degree of B.A. in 1792 as fifth wrangler, and afterwards proceeded M.A. in 1795 as a member of Catharine hall. He was presented to Swillington in the latter year by Sir John Lowther.

May 20. At an advanced age, the Rev. Richard Baugh, Rector of Ludlow, to which he was presented in 1803 by Lord Chancellor Eldon. For some time he had exhibited aberration of mind, and he contrived to possess himself of a loaded fowling-piece, with which he committed suicide.

At Birmingham, aged 76, the Rev. Edward Burn, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary's in that town, and Rector of Smethcott, Shropshire. He was the son of Charles Burn, gent. of Killileagh, co. Down, was matriculated of St. Edmund's hall, Oxford, in 1784; graduated B.A. 1790, M.A. 1791; was presented to his church in Birmingham in 1810 by the Trustees of the advowson; and to Smethcott in 1830 by Mrs. Lacy.

May 21. At Gosfield, Essex, aged 52, the Rev. John Stedman, Vicar of that parish, and a magistrate for the county. He was of Trinity coll. Camb. B.A. 1810, M.A. 1816, and was instituted to his living in 1830.

May 24. At Walton, Suffolk, the Rev. John Frederick Benjafield, only son of the late John Benjafield, of Bury, and nephew to the late Professor Symonds, LL.D. of St. Edmund's hall, Oxford. He entered as a commoner of Trin. coll. Oxf. in 1818, and took the degree of B. A. in 1822.

May 30. At Eglingham, Northumber. land, aged 42, the Rev. Henry Baker Tristram, Vicar of that parish. He was a son of the Rev. Thomas Tristram, by Louisa, daughter of Major-Gen. the Hon. John Barrington, and sister to the third, fourth, and fifth Viscounts Barrington. He was elected a Student of Christ church in 1813; and graduated B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; and was collated to Eglingham in 1821 by his great-uncle the late Hon.

Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Dur

ham.

June 1. In Cove, Ireland, the Rev. John Quarry, D.C.L. Rector of St. Mary, Shandon.

June 2. In Gloucester-place, Portmansquare, aged 83, the Rev. Edward Bradford, Rector of Stalbridge, Dorsetshire. He was formerly Fellow of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, where he was graduated B.A. 1775, as 7th Wrangler, B D. 1786 and was presented to his living by that Society in 1795.

June 12. In Worthing, aged 78, the Rev. Henry Garlock Vernon, Rector of Great Bromley, Essex. He entered as a Commoner of Queen's college, Oxford, in 1777, took the degree of M. A. in 1784, and was instituted to Great Bromley in 1807.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

April 10. At St. John's Wood, the Hon. Anna Matilda Hill, elder sister to Lord Berwick and the Marchioness of Ailesbury.

At Chelsea, in his 83d year, William Mac George, esq.

April 23. At Regent's Park Barracks, aged 22, George Thomas Quin, esq. Lieut. Royal Horse Guards.

At Hyde Park-corner, Charles Aug. infant son of Sir C. R. Cockerell, bart.

April 24. In Cavendish-sq. aged 57, Charles Scott Murray, esq. of Danesfield, Bucks. He was admitted to the honorary degree of Doctor in Civil Law at the installation of the Duke of Wellington at Oxford.

May 5. Lady Dorothy Anne Cecil, infant dau. of the Marquis of Exeter. May 7. In Grafton-st. aged 52, William Staveley, esq.

May 9. At Islington, aged 78, John Gibson, esq. only son of the late Wm. Gibson, esq. of Northampton.

May 18. At Old Brompton, aged 24, Samuel Gambier, esq. of Trinity College, Cambridge, youngest son of Sir James Gambier.

May 20. At Kensington, aged 35, Charles Standert Delatryde, esq.

May 21. Aged 79, Susannah, relict of H. W. Atkinson, esq. of the Royal Mint. In Hanover sq. Harriet Mary, wife of N. Malcolm, esq. of Poltalloch, Argyllshire.

May 23. At Bethnal-green, aged 91, R. Wrightson, esq.

May 24. Aged 69, Mary, wife of Samuel Mills, esq. of Russell-sq.

At Cumberland-terrace, Regent's Park, aged 17, Fanny, second daughter of C. Jones, esq.

In York-st. Portman-sq. Mrs. Leckie. Aged 81, F. Thwaites, esq. of Wo. burn-place.

May 26. At Notting hill, aged 66, Thomas Brace, esq. formerly of Savoyst. Strand, solicitor.

May 28. At Pentonville, Mary Ann, wife of R. Goodrich, esq.

At Brompton, a few days after his arrival from Edinburgh, Capt. T. Small, late District Paymaster, N. B.

May 29. At East Hill, Wandsworth, aged 72. James Morris, esq. many years a magistrate and deputy-lieut. for Surrey.

At Brompton-row, Knightsbridge, Mary, only dau. of Michael Bentley, esq. May 30. At Dulwich-hill, aged 37, Mary, wife of W. Stone, esq.

In Nottingham-place, aged 80, Mary, widow of G. Clay, esq.

May 31. In Cadogan-place, the widow of John Mayo, esq. M. D.

In Sloane st. aged 78, William Hem. ming, esq.

At the house of his mother, in James. st. Buckingham gate, Thomas Cayley Shadwell, esq. of Gray's Inn, brother to the Vice-Chancellor of England. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 25, 1825.

Lately. In London, Mrs. Staniforth, relict of John Staniforth, esq. formerly M.P. for Hull,

The widow of the Rev. Isaac Saunders, Rector of St. Anne's in the Wardrobe; and within a few days, June 5, his daugh. ter Ann, wife of the Rev. D. Capper, of Great Missenden, Bucks.

In Doughty-st. at the house of her brother in-law Mr. Charles Dickens, (author of the Pickwick Papers,) Mary Scott, dau. of G. Hogarth, esq.

In Upper Seymour-st. aged 76, Helen Hester Mary, wife of J. T. Hope, esq.

At his mother's house, Wandsworth, W. H. Barker, esq. late Captain of the 13th Light Infantry.

Capt. John Bayley, R.N. He obtained post rank Dec. 1813, and subsequently commanded the Cornwallis, 74, bearing the flag of Sir G. Burlton, on the East India station.

Commander Ranceford Tookey, R.N. He was made Lieut. 1782, and Commander of the Assurance, 44, on the Me. diterranean station, 1796.

verted into a receiving bulk, Com. Stow was placed on half-pay in 1833.

Commander Richard Whitehead, R. N. June 3. In her 73d year, Ann, relict of W. Smith, esq., of Brompton Parkhouse.

At Piccadilly, Mr. George Walker, surgeon. He destroyed himself with prussic acid, while in a state of delirium, brought on by scarlet fever.

June 5. At Islington, Elizabeth, wife of W. H. Palmer, esq. eldest dau. of the Rev. Harriman Hutton, Vicar of Leckford, Hants.

At Hampstead, aged 68, Elizabeth, wife of George Raby, esq. of Bath.

In Beaumont-st. Portland-pl. aged 64, James Grant, esq. of St. Vincents.

At Sir G. Wilson's, in Stratford-place, Frances, dau. of the late Colonel G. Hotham, of York.

June 8. Aged 46, Miss Jane Charlotte Dewar, only dau. of the late David Dewar, esq. of Enham House, Hants, and grand-daughter of the late Gen. and Lady Jane Matthews, of Clanville Lodge. Her remains were interred at Enham.

June 9. At Lavender-sweep, Clapham Common, aged 84, J. Broadhurst, esq. June 10. In Great Coram-st. aged 26, Susan Haighton, wife of Mr. William Rivington.

June 11. In Sussex-place, Regent'spark, aged 68. W. H. Maund, esq.

In Eaton-place, Mary-Anne, wife of Wm. Ewart, esq. M. P. for Liverpool June 13. Aged 39, Julia, wife of Mr. F. Watts, publisher of the London Gazette.

At Bayswater, Margaret Bruce, wife of W. F. Hume, esq. of Humewood, co. Wicklow, Ireland, eldest daughter of Robert Chaloner, esq.

June 14. At Guildford-st. aged 46, W. Petty, esq.

At Clapham-rise, aged 72, P. C. Custance, esq.

In Bridge-st. Blackfriars, in his 60th year, Henry James Cholmeley, M.D.

June 15. Aged 33, Elizabeth, wife of Darnton Greenwood, esq. of Clapham

common.

At Fulham in her 75th year, Elizabeth, relict of the Rev. Thomas Martyn, rector of Newhaven, Sussex.

June 17. Eleanor, dau. of Henry Hallam, esq. of Wimpole-st.

In Argyll-st. in his 70th year, Ralph Green, esq. inspector-general of military hospitals

June 19. In her 35th year, Sarah Margaret, wife of Henry Nealson Smith, esq., of Great Russell-st. Bloomsbury, eldest dau. of Lieut.-Col. Gilpin, of the Grange, Hockliffe, Beds.

June 23. In Whitehall-place, Eliza Maria, wife of Mr. Serjeant Merewether.

BERKS.-May 23. At Binfield-park, in her 15th year, Charlotte, only dau. of the late Capt. George Digby, R. N. (son of the late Dean of Durham) and neice to Sir John Walsh, Bart. and to the Countess dowager of Ilchester.

June 2. At Childrey, in his 20th year, Richard Heydon Nelson, Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, only son of the Rev. John Nelson, Childrey.

June 12. At Maidenhead, aged 50, Jane Buckley, relict of Kennett Dixon, esq. of Finsbury-square.

CAMBRIDGE.-June 7. John Ball, esq. of St. John's College, Cambridge, only son of Mr. Pall, of Sleaford.

CHESHIRE.-Jan. 22. Martha, relict of Dr. Moss, of Warrington, and dau. of the late John Davies, esq. of Henfren, Flintshire.

Feb. 1. At Edgeley, aged 66, Thomas Steel, esq. the first Mayor of Stockport under the new corporation, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the borough and county.

May 15. At Knutsford, aged 82, Henry Calveley Cotton, esq. uncle to Lord Viscount, Combermere. He was the fifth son of Sir Lynch Cotton, Bart. by Elizabeth, dau. of Rowland Cotton, esq.; he married Matilda, dau. of John Lockwood esq. and had issue.

CORNWALL.-May 24. At Falmouth, aged 76, the widow of Gen. Kersteman, of the corps of Royal Engineers.

May 28 At Liskeard, aged 95, the widow of James Gartrell, esq. alderman.

May 30. At Trewardle, aged 82. Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. John Basset Collins.

CUMBERLAND.-April 9. At Bowness cottage, Windermere, William Garnett, esq.

DERBY.-May 6. At Markeaton, aged 65, Francis Mundy, esq.

May 7. At Stainsby house, Lucy, widow of E. S. W. Sitwell, esq.

May 23. At Chesterfield, Eliza, second dau. of the late John Elam, esq.

DEVON.-April 14. At Barnstaple,aged 86, Nicholas Glass, esq. late Comptroller of the Customs, and the oldest inember of the late Corporation.

May 21. At Exeter, aged 60, Morgan Edwards, esq. of Bristol.

June 1. At Exeter, T. G. Janson, esq. late of London, merchant.

June 4. At Heavitree, aged 60, John Norman, esq., of Iwood House, Somerset, Deputy Lieut. of that county.

June 5. At Exeter, aged 83, the Rev.

Moses Levy, forty-four years Rabbi to the Jewish congregation.

June 8. At Crediton, aged 91, the widow of the Rev. W. Hazlitt, Presbyterian Minister, and mother of the clever writer of that name.

June 15. At Heavitree, aged 27, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Thomas Floud, esq. late Alderman and Magistrate of Exeter.

DORSET.-May 25. Thomas Bell, esq. in the 82nd year of his age, and the 50th of his medical practice in Poole.

May 28. At Chard, at an advanced age, Charles Tucker, esq.

DURHAM.-May 8. At Houghton-leSpring, aged 27, Elizabeth Armstrong, wife of Charles Cookson, esq. solicitor.

ESSEX.-May 20. Near Southend, aged 72, R. Sutton, esq. formerly of Abridge and Woodford.

May 27. At the house of her son-inlaw the Rev. J. Adeney, Thorpe, Lady Carr.

GLOUCESTER.-May 15. Aged 23, Joseph Biscoe, son of John Ashley, esq. of Clifton, and Ashley Hall, Jamaica.

June 4. Aged 85, John Street, esq. of Somerset House, Clifton.

At Cheltenham, aged 76, Mary, widow of Capt. Peter Hunt, R.N.

June 14. At Marlwood, near Thorn. bury, aged 70, Andrew Carrick, M.D. late of Clifton. He commenced his profession in Bristol about the year 1789, was elected one of the Physicians to the Infirmary in 1810, and became the Senior Physician in 1816, which rank he held until 1834, when he resigned, and was unanimously chosen Honorary Physician.

June 17. At Bristol, aged 22, Charlotte, wife of the Rev. David Thomas, youngest dau. of the late John Saunders, esq. of Plymouth.

HANTS.-May 6. At Shanklin parsonage, Isle of Wight, aged 21, W. A. Christian, esq. Ensign 37th Foot, son of Capt. H. H. Christian, R.N. and grandson of the late Rear-Adm. Sir H. C. Christian, K.B.

May 17. At Portsmouth, Sophia Frances, wife of Dr. C. Inches, R.N. dau. of the late J. Peake, esq. of New Charlton, Kent.

May 20. At Fareham, aged 86, Helen, widow of Capt. Charles Patton, R.N. a memoir of whom was given in our March number, p. 321.

May 22. At Southampton, aged 28, James Charles Baird, esq. late Capt. 15th

Hussars.

May 27. At Fort Monckton, near Gosport, Anne, wife of Lieut. P. M. N. Guy, 5th Fusileers.

Lately. Aged 32, Susannab, wife of

Chas. Morgan, esq. surgeon, Bedfordrow, London, second dau. of Henry Twynam, esq. of Bishop's Stoke.

June 7. At Hambledon, aged 29, Jane, second dau. of the late Robert Shaw, esq. of White-dale.

June 12. At Christchurch, aged 63, Martin Kemp Welch, esq. banker.

HEREFORD.-April 24. At Hampton Court, the seat of John Arkwright, esq. Sophia Letitia, only daughter and last surviving child of Hardman Philips, esq. of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.

May 18. At Ledbury, aged 61, Thomas Webb, esq. banker.

HERTS.-June 8. At Watford, Dorothy, wife of T. E. Dyson, esq. of Tolpits. June 10. At Northaw, aged 80, Armel Cotterell, esq. formerly of Woolwich.

June 14. At Redheath-house, the residence of J. Finch, esq. James Croft Brooke, esq. of Littlethorpe, co. York, formerly Major in the 3d Dragoon Guards.

HUNTS.-June 8. At Huntingdon, in her 82d year, Anu, relict of the late Thomas Verney Okes, esq.

KENT.-March 24. At Chatham, Edward Peploe Law, Midshipman of his Majesty's ship Vernon, eldest son of the Rev. Edward Law, of St. Petersburgh.

May 14. Anne Augusta, wife of G. Miller, esq. of Goudhurst, Kent, and eldest dau. of R. Pack, esq. of Floore House, Northamptonshire.

June 1. At Woolwich, Capt. George Rivers Luke, R. Art.

After a few days illness, Mr. Alexander Selby, of Wilmington, near Dartford, aged 45 years.

June 14. At Bromley, Mary, relict of Stewart Erskine, esq. (cousin-german to the two last Earls of Kellie), who died July 31, 1836. Her maiden name was Reid.

LANCASHIRE.-May 11. At Preston, aged 34, Emma, wife of the Rev. Thomas Clark, M. A. Perpetual Curate of Christ Church, Preston.

May 13. Aged 71, William Farington, esq. of Shaw Hall.

LEICESTER.-April 24. At Leicester, aged 65, Mr. Joshua Harrison, timbermerchant. Perhaps few individuals were more generally known in this county, or more deservedly respected.

LINCOLN.-Lately. At Stamford, aged 47, Wm. Whitby, esq. surgeon. MIDDLESEX.-April 18. At Lower Halliford, aged 64, Commodore James Jeakes, many years an officer in the Indian Navy.

Lately. At Southgate, aged 49, Lieut.Col. Fred. Goulburn. He was appointed Cornet 23d dragoons 1805, Lieut. 1806, Capt. 1810, 15th dragoons 1813, Major