are indebted for the practice of exhibiting, both internally and externally, the nitric and nitro-muriatic acids, as well as other agents of a similar nature in siphilitic and hepatic diseases, and in maladies incidental to the climate of India.

17. At his house, St. James's-street, Buckingham-gate, suddenly of apoplexy, in his 72nd year, rear-admiral Burney, F. R. S. eldest son of the learned and elegant historian of music. The admiral had the honor of accompanying captain Cook, in the two last of his enterprising and important voyages. He was one of the most scientific geographers of this country, as is evident from his valuable and laborious work, the history of "Voyages of Discovery," his account of the "Eastern Navigation of the Russians," &c. As an officer and as a man, his conduct was uniformly engaging, humane, disinterested, honest and affectionate.

-. At his seat, Thornton-hall, Bucks, sir Thomas Sheppard, bart. in his 76th year, he was created a baronet Sept. 19, 1809.

At Scarthingwell Park, co. York, Anne, daughter of the late Thomas Davison Bland, esq. of Kippax Park.

21. At Reading, Edward Scott Waring, esq. late one of the board of commissioners at Futtyghur.

22. In Tenderden-street Hanoversquare, in his 56th year, James Wilson, esq. F. R. S. professor of anatomy to the Royal College of Surgeons, and many years lecturer in the Hunterian school of Windmill-street.

23. At his house in Russell-square, the right hon. sir James Mansfield, late lord chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in his 88th year.

28. At Twickenham, in her 96th year, Sarah, widow of Christopher D'Oyley, esq. and sister of the late Hans Stanley, esq. and of lady Mendip, and granddaughter of sir Hans Sloane, bart.

At Woodcott-house, near Reading, Anne, wife of Thomas Fraser, esq. late high sheriff of Oxfordshire.

At Gainsford, Elizabeth, wife of the rev. J. W. Sinclair, third daughter of the late rev. Reginald Bligh, rector of Romaldkirk, Yorkshire.

30. At Witham, Essex, in her 76th year, Mrs. Anne Morris, relict of William Morris, esq. of the Hall-house of Haveringatte-Bower.

Lately, Richard Fenton, esq. This gentleman was a barrister by profession,

and was the author of an "Historical Tour through Pembrokeshire," 4to. 1811. He also accomplished the very laborious task of translating Athenæus, an author hardly known by name to the English reader. This translation, however, has not been published, but the manuscript is deposited in the library of sir Richard Colt Hoare, at Stourhead.

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2. At Cholmondeley-house, Piccadilly, colonel Seymour, son-in-law of the marquis Cholmondeley. He had been ill for some time, and had never wholly recovered the fatal effects of the pestilential disease he contracted while on duty with his regiment at Walcheren.

4. At Stratford, Essex, in his 70th year, John Major Henniker, lord Henniker, LL. D. F. R.S. F. S. A., &c. His lordship, who was born 1762, was an Irish peer, and succeeded his father, the first lord Henniker, in 1803. His lordship contributed a paper to the 11th vol. of the Archæologia, on Bicknaere Priory; and published also "Two Letters on the Origin, Antiquity, and History of Norman Tiles, stained with Armorial Bearings."

5. In his 93rd year, Thomas Baghot de la Bere, esq., of Southam-house, Gloucestershire, the last lineal descendant of one of the most ancient houses in the kingdom.

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In his 65th year, James Perry, a distinguished public journalist. To Mr. Perry belongs the honour of having raised the character of the daily press in respectability, and giving to it an influence it did not before possess. He also considerably improved the whole system and routine of newspapers; thereby rendering it a much prompt channel of intelligence than formerly. Independently of his immediate professional studies, he possessed a general taste for elegant literature, of which there was sufficient proof in a very extensive and valuable collection of books which he had formed, and which have since his death been disposed of by public auction.

7. In Hanover street, Hanoversquare, of apoplexy, aged 69, John Ring, esq. Mem. Royal Coll. Surg. &e. This skilful practitioner, who was a pupil of the late Percival Pott, distinguished himself by his zeal in the cause of vaccination. He published numerous papers in the London Medical Journal; also "Reflections on the Sur

geon's Bill," 1798; " A Treatise on the Cow-Pox," 2 Parts, 8vo, 1801-3; "A Treatise on the Gout," 1813, &c. &c. Besides these and other professional works, he produced an admirable translation of the works of Virgil, partly original, and partly altered from Dryden and Pitt, 2 vols. 8vo. 1820, and some minor pieces of poetry.

8. In Seymour-place, Grace, eldest daughter of Leaver Legge, esq. of old Melrose, Roxburghshire, N. B.

9. At Chertsey, Surrey, Mary, relict of the late rev. George Sewell, rector of Byfleet, in the same county, and daughter of the late sir William Young, bart. of Delaford.

Aged 71, Mary, wife of Charles Lloyd, of Birmingham, banker.

11. In Mansfield-street, sir Martin Browne Folkes, bart. of Hillington, Norfolk, F. R. S. and M. P. for King's Lynn. He was created a baronet 1774.

Lately, the rev. Samuel Vince, M. A., F. R. S., Plumian professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at Cambridge, archdeacon of Bedford, rector of Kirkby Bedon, and vicar of South Creak, Norfolk. The Philosophical Transactions contain many valuable papers by him; his separate works are very voluminous; among them may be mentioned the "Elements of Conic Sections;" "Treatise on Practical Astronomy," 4to.; "Principles of Fluxions," 2 vols. 8vo.; "Principles of Hydrostatics;" "Complete System of Astronomy," 2 vols. 4to; "Confutation of Atheism," &c.

Aged 48, Mr. John Thurston, an artist of some distinction, who designed a number of book-plates for popular works.

12. At Brighton, aged 108, Phoebe Hessel. Through the goodness of his majesty, and the occasional assistance of many liberal persons in the place, Phoebe's latter days were rendered very comfortable. When his majesty, then prince regent, was informed of her extreme age, and of her necessities, with his usual generosity, he requested some one to ascertain of her what sum she required to render her comfortable. "Half a guinea a week," replied old Phoebe, "will make me as happy as a princess." This, by his majesty's command, was regularly paid to her. She was a woman of good information, and very communicative, and retained her faculties till within a few hours of her death. The following epitaph, about to be placed in

Brighton church-yard, details her singular story :---" In memory of Phoebe Hessel, who was born at Stepney in the year 1713. She served, for many years, as a private soldier in the 5th regiment of foot, in different parts of Europe, and in the year 1745, fought under the command of the duke of Cumberland at the battle of Fontenoy, where she received a bayonet-wound in her arm. Her long life, which commenced in the reign of Queen Anne, extended to George the Fourth, by whose munificence she received comfort and support in her latter years. She died at Brighton, where she had long resided, December 12, 1821, aged 108 years, and lies buried here."

15. At Echt House, aged 37, sir Harry Niven Lumsden, bart. of Auchindoir. In the Little Cloisters, Westminster-abbey, aged 63, James Fisher, esq. chief clerk in the Auditor's-office of the receipt of his majesty's exchequer.

At Exeter, Grace, widow of the late G. H. Cosens, esq. of Jamaica. 16. At Lessondown, Aberdeenshire, Maurice, George Bissett, esq. of Knighton-house, Isle of Wight.

18. Aged 63, rev. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LL.). F.S.A., an eminent an tiquary, and classical scholar. In the former character he has been excelled by few with respect to research, interest, information, and taste in proof of this, it is but necessary to name his histories of Whalley, Craven, and Richmondshire, and Loidis in Elmete. As a writer of modern Latinity, his 'De Motu per Britanniam Civico' is a work that confers honour on his pen. Born, June 5, 1759, at Rainham, Norfolk.

21. At Chipperfield, Herts, in her $1st year, the widow of the late John Parsley, esq. of Burghill, Herefordshire. At Balmaghie, Galloway, Scotland, the wife of captain James Gordon,

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At Ryegate, John Fox, esq. of Parliament-street.

28. At his house, Royal-hill, Greenwich, Joshua Young, esq. in the 84th year of his age.

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In Trinity-square, aged 57, Benjamin Stow, late commissioner of the Receiver's office for Greenwich hospital dues.

In Bolton-row, Catherine Julia, wife of Robert Ward, esq. M. P. 29. At Leeds, the relict of the late William Kilbinton, esq.

30. In her 68th year, Elizabeth, wife of the reverend George Gaskin, D.D. rector of St. Benet, Gracechurch, London, and of Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

---. At the house of James Stevenson, esq. Kensington Gore, Barbara, eldest

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LONGEVITY.

In Fairfax county, America, Mr. Robert Thomas, aged 107 years. He lived to see the sixth generation, and perhaps the number of descendants of this man is unequalled in history. Although his habits were not particularly abstemious, he never had occasion to consult medical aid; and he retained the full use of his intellectual faculties to the last.

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In Campbell county, Virginia (May 17), aged 121 years, Mr. Charles Layne, He was born at Albemarle, near Buckingham county, in the year 1700, and has left a widow, who is herself arrived at the extraordinary age of 110 years. His numerous descendants extend to the fourth generation.

At Holloway-head, near Northwick, at the extraordinary age of 121 years, and in the full possession of all his faculties, Mr. John Maddox.

Aged 100 years and five months, Barbara Humble, of the Dog-bank, Newcastle.

At Newport, Rhode Island, Cato Overing, a black, who is stated to have been upwards of 110 years of age. He was brought from Africa to that town, by captain Abraham All, about 1760, and was then, by his own account, upwards of 50, and had left behind him several grandchildren.

At Caerwint, near Chepstow, aged 107, Charles King, a labourer, who worked on the roads as a stone breaker till within two years of his death.

At Stonehouse, in her 108th year, M. Clarke, a native of Dundee, in Scotland. Tea was her constant beverage, and she asserted that she had never drank either beer or spirits.