566 Some Account of Lord Ellenborough. [Jan. 1, Winter Fallows have proceeded without intermission: also land-draining, which is the surest foundation of further improvement. Lands cultivated and manured before the superflous water is discharged, is like rolling stones against a hill. Average Prices of Corn in England and Wales for the Four Weeks ending with December 26, 1818. ACCOUNT OF LORD Died at his house in St. James's Square, on Sunday evening the 13th instant, the right honourable Edmund Law, LORD ELLEN BOROUGH. This great lawyer was the second son of Dr. Edmund Law, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Bishop of Carlisle, a prelate of considerable learning and acuteness as a metaphysician, but far from being or thodox in his religious opinions. His eldest son became Bishop of Elphin in the father's life time, and the youngest is at present Bishop of Carlisle, instances of ecclesiastical dignity in one family rarely, if ever, equalled. The late chief justice was born in 1749, and received his education at the Charterhouse school, for which seminary he ever cherished a great regard. At the age of eighteen, he became a fellow commoner of his father's college, and in 1771 was third wrangler. The year following he was one of the successful candidates for the member's prize; soon after which, he left the University for the Temple. Upon being called to the bar, he went the northern circuit, where, owing principally to his father's influence and his mother's connexions, he gained considerable practice. The case was different in Westminster Hall, and he had to contend not only with some fortunate rivals, particularly Mr. now Lord Erskine, but to endure the personal dislike of Lord Kenyon. In allusion to this enmity and contention, Mr. Law, on one occasion, most aptly quoted these lines of Virgil Dicta, ferox, non me tua fervida terrent -Dii me terrent et Jupiter hostis. But an event occurred which more than compensated for the professional enmity of his brethren and superiors in the courts below. This was the memorable trial of Mr. Hastings, for whom Mr. Law was employed as the leading counsel, through Sir Thomas Rumbold, who had married his sister. This protracted trial brought the powers of the advocate into full play, and those powers could not be slender that had to cope with the combined talents of the commons. Mr. Law was at first despised by the managers, but in a short time he convinced them that they had no ordinary DECEMBER 26. 5 | 59 11 64 2 1 ELLENBOROUGH. mind to grapple with, and Burke on more occasions than one, felt the force of his arguments in a manner that worked his naturally irascible temper almost to frenzy. Thurlow from his olympic height, looked down with pleasure upon the legal strife, and when appealed to by the managers, he generally decided in favour of the counsel.. One day during these conflicts, a paper was put into the hands of Burke containing these lines Oft have we wonder'd that on Irish ground, No poisonous reptile has e'er yet been found; Reveal'd the secret stands of Nature's work, She saved her venom to create a BURKE! The effect of this pointed satire was instantly perceived, and though the orator tore the paper and scattered the pieces about in affected contempt, the operation of the sting was visible in his countenance, On the advancement of Sir John Scott, now Lord Chancellor, to the Common Pleas, Mr. Law was appointed Attorney General; and on the death of Lord Kenyon, he was made chief justice of the King's Bench, with a peerage. When Mr. Pitt died, one of the acts of the new administration that excited much observation was the nomination of his lordship to a seat in the cabinet, but though the propriety of the measure itself was extremely questionable, no one ever brought the slightest imputation upon the noble judge for his conduct in that situation. Increased infirmities, if not brought on, yet certainly aggravated by intense application to public duties, at length completely undermined a constitution naturallly strong; and a short time before his dissolution, finding there were no hopes of a recovery, he resigned an office which he had filled with equal uprightness and ability. In October 1782, he married Miss Towry, the daughter of commissioner Towry, who, survives him and has issue, 1. Edward, married to Octavia Stewart, youngest daughter of Robert Earl of Londonderry. 2. Charles Ewen, married in 1811 Elizabeth Sophia, sister to Sir Charles Ethelston Nightingale, of Kamesworth, in the county of Cambridge. 3. Mary. 4. John. 5. Elizabeth. 6. Anne. 7. A daughter born Jan. 11, 1812. ( 567 ) INCIDENTS, PROMOTIONS, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, &c. IN: With Biographical Accounts of Distinguished Characters, Bulletin of the King's Health. "Windsor Castle, Dec. 5.-His Majesty's tranquillity has been undisturbed throughout the last month, and his Majesty's health has been good; but his disorder continues in the same state." It is hardly possible to conceive any thing more affecting, more distressing, than this description of the tranquillity of the King during a visitation of domestic calamity which would have touched him so nearly, had he possessed his reason. Thick straw had been laid down in the inner court of Windsor Castle, to prevent the sound of the funeral carriages reaching his ears. A question, affecting the very existence of the ecclesiastical establishment in Wales, is, it is said, likely to come before Parliament in the course of the ensuing session. It arises out of the following circumstance. A minister was wanted for the parish church of Carnarvon; one was appointed that did not understand the Welch language; many of the congregation demurred; and a vestry meeting was in consequence held on the 9th inst. at which it was unanimously resolved, that "legal measures should be adopted to oppose the induction of a minister into the parish church of that town, upon the plea of ignorance of the Welsh language." It is stated, on the authority of accounts received at Calcutta, from China, that a partial failure of the tea crop had occured. A few days since, as some men were raising marle on the lands of Ayle, the estate of James McNamara, esq. they discovered, at the depth of about twelve feet from the surface, the head and bones of an enormous Elk or Moose Deer, which they succeeded in removing from its bed in a perfect state. It has been carefully preserved by Mr. McNamara. The horns, from the tips to the skull, measured twelve feet four inches, and the antlers are twenty inches wide: the teeth are quite fresh and perfect, and in addition to the snags, which grow from the horns, there are others equally as large, attached to the skull, which extend over the ears, and seem intended as a protection to that organ. The Lords of the Admiralty have given orders, that the Isabella and Alexander, which have lately returned from the Arctic Expedition, shall be again fitted out for another voyage of discovery. The seamen belonging to these vessels are to have a month's leave of absence, for the purpose of going to visit their families; and they are to be kept in pay until the time of their sailing next season, upon their new expedition.. William D. Best, esq. has been appointed Bench; and Richard Richardson, esq. one of one of the Judges of the Court of King's the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Fourteen boys were lately fined 3s. 6d. burn, for playing at foot-ball on a Sunday. each by the Rev. T. D. Whitaker, of Black growth of the current year, is said to The Hop Duty (old and new) for the amount to 346,0551, 8s. 6d. The Revenue of Ireland is concurrent in produce of the Customs of Excise was, on increase with that of the sister country. The the 14th ult. 314,0301. more than the corresponding period of last year. of Law, is very apparent in the present Term, A diminution of business in the Courts of 72 Barristers present on Tuesday last, two only had motions to make. Considering the law's uncertainty, and the grievous stamp duties levied on all its proceedings, can this be a subject of surprise? the Duke of Marlborough, is very soon to The Marquis of Blandford, eldest son of lead his cousin, Lady Jane Stuart, eldest daughter of the Earl of Galloway, to the hymeneal altar. establish a direct mail from Bath, to ChelIt is in contemplation, we understand, to tenham, Tewkesbury, Worcester, &c. The long deferred monument, in honour of Thompson, near his native village, is now plan adopted is by Mr. Wm. Elliott, of in a fair way of being speedily erected. The Kelso. The obelisk is to be 50 feet in height; it being understood, however, that should the additions which are expected to building may be proportionably enlarged, be made to the subscriptions admit, the according to the direction of the subscribers. It is to be erected on a fine rising ground Mr. Waldie, of Hendersyde, nearly north of on the lands of Ednam Spittal, belonging to the farm house of Ferney Hill, and on the height between that house and Sydenhamgate. of the University of Edinburgh, it appears As a proof of the increasing prosperity that 1500 students had matriculated, which any former occasion, up to the like period exceeds by 200 the number matriculated on of the session. It is believed that several hundreds will yet matriculate. Some of the first Yorkshire houses have received extensive orders for woollen cloths both from America and the countries bordering on the Baltic; one house has refrom Russia. The manufacturing towns of ceived an order to the amount of 60,0007. Manchester and of Glasgow are making rapid strides towards rivalling the East Indies 23 568 Incidents in London and Middlesex. to the manufacture of cotton and silk. Who could have imagined, 50 years since, that those places would have sent muslins to Bengal? It is said that the natives of the East Indies prefer the muslins manufactured in this country to those of their own, and purchase them for their own wear whenever they have the opportunity of doing so. It is computed that there are on the Globe nearly 1000 millions of human beings; of whom 175 millions are christians; 9 millions Jews; 150 millions Mahomedans, and 640 millions Pagans. There are about 11 millions of copies of the Scripture in existence; and allowing the Bible Society, and all other societies engaged in circulating the Scriptures, to go on at a rate equal to that in which they have already proceeded, it will take 264 years to give a bible to every family on the earth. The penalties imposed, under the recent prosecutions in Ireland, for selling adulterated tea, exceed the enormous sum of fifteen thousand pounds! A marble bust of the late Queen is at this time under the hands of an eminent sculptor, for the Prince Regent. It is cutting from a model taken at Frogmore, and represents her Majesty with a veil covering the back. part of the head, and falling gracefully over the shoulders. Round the neck is a row of beads, from which is pendent a medallion of his Majesty. CAMBRIDGE, Ecclesiastical Preferments. The Rev. Benedict Chapman, M. A. to the Rectory of Ashdon, Essex. The Rev. Wm. Gimingham, M. A. to the Rectory of Bratton Flemming, Devon. The Rev. Wm. White, A. M. to the Head Mastership of the Free Grammar School of Sheffield. William Greenwood, esq. B. A. has been elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. The Rev. John Croft, M. A. has been elected a Fellow of Clare Hall. The Rev. Richard Haggit, B. A. has been “elected a Fellow of Clare Hall. Edwin Colman Tyson, esq. B. A. elected a Skirne Fellow of Catherine Hall. The Rev. George Glover, A. M. to the Rectory of Billingford. od r. The Rev. Christopher Mason, clerk to the Perpetual Curacy of Bruisyard, Suffolk. The Rev. John Hindes Groome, A. M. to the Rectories of Earlsoham and Monksoham, Suffolk. Robert Copeman, esq. of Aylsham, to be Clerk of the Peace, for this county. OXFORD.-The Rev. Corbe Hue, B. D. to the Rectory of Brandeston, Northamptonshire. The Rev. George Glover, A. M. to the Rectory of Billingford, Norfolk. The very Rev. the Dean of Hereford, to the valuable Prebend of Moreton Mag na, void by the death of the Rev. Frances Woodcock. [Jan. 1, The Rev. William Domville, A. M. to hold the Living of Windforton, together with the Rectory of Munsley. " The Rev. E. Powys, jun. to the Rectory of Bucknall and Bagnall, Staffordshire. The Rev., W. L. Baker, A. M. to the Rectory of Hargrave. Rev. C. Hue, B. D. to the Living of Brandeston, Suffolk. David Lee Willis, (Attorney at Law, Notary Public, and Master Extraordinary in Chancery,) to the Office of Registrar, within the Peculiar and Prebendal Jurisdiction of Leighton Beau Dessert, otherwise Bozard, Bedford. The Rev. George Feaver, A. M. to the Vicarage of Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset, The Rev. Henry Bevan to the living of Congresbury. John Ford Sevier, of Bristol, gent. a Master Extraordinary in Chancery. Perceval Boys, gent. of Bridgewater, a Master Extraordinary in Chancery." The Rev. Evan Davies, Master of the Free Grammar School in Dorchester, to the Rectory of All Saints in that borough. The Rev. Frederick Ricketts, M. A to the Rectory of Shaston Saint James. The Rev. Wm. Cooke, M. A. Vicar of Pipe, to the office of Sub-Chanter." Births.] At his house in St, James'ssquare, the lady of Capt. Nesbitt, R. N. of à daughter. J In Bennett-street, the lady of Dr Bowie, of a daughter. At Monk's House, near Corsham, the lady of Capt. Rooke, of a daughter. In Welbeck-street, Mrs. John Empson, of a daughter. At Southwell, the lady of E. R. 3. Paulkner, esq. of a son, still born. In Upper Harley-street, the Right Hon. Lady Isabella Bridges, of a still born child. At Pershore, on her road to London, Lady Lucy Clive, consort of Lord Chive, was safely delivered of a son and heir. Married.] At Rothley, Leicestershire, Sir John Palmer Acland, bart. of Fairfield, in Somersetshire, to Maria, relict of Philip Gibbes, esq. eldest son of the late Sir Philip Gibbes, bart. and third daughter of the late Robert Knipe, esq. of New Lodge, Herts. At Abbotsbury, Sir Robert Sheffield, of Normandy Hall, Lincolnshire, to Miss Newbolt, eldest daughter of Sir John Newbolt, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature, at Bengal. At Lambeth Church, by the Rev. Thomas Pearce, Rector of Hawkinge cum Foulstone, Edward Bullock, esqof the Treasury, to Letitia, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Pearce, D. D. Subdean of His Majesty's Chapels Royal, and Prebendary of Chester. At the New Church, Mary-le-bone, the Rev. G. Pickard, jun. of Corfe Castle, Dorset, to Frances Amelia, third daughter of Talzamad biolo lo -- DAM TJUTNOM WEM 1819.] Marriages, Births, &c. in London and Middlesex. Martin Whish, esq. Commissioner of Exeise. At St. Pancras, on the 5th inst. John Davis, esq. of Malta, to Miss Fletcher, of Upper Guildford-street, Russell-square. At St. Andrew's Holborn, Richard Valpy, esq. eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Valpy, to Phoebe, eldest daughter of Joshua Rowe, esq. of Torpoint. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Mr. Henry Curwen Christian. of the Strand, to Miss Wattleworth, of Great Russel-street. At St. James's, Westminster, Thomas Coombe, esq. youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Coombe, Prebendary of Canterbury, to Anne Maria, eldest daughter of the late Melchoir Henry Wagner, esq At Cubley, Derbyshire, the Rev. James Mainwaring, vicar of Cainham, in the county of Salop, and son of James Mainwaring, esq. of Brombro' Hall, in the county of Chester, to Miss Anne Edwards, second daughter of the Rev. William Edwards, rector of Cubley aforesaid. Mr. William Robinson, of Glossop, to Miss Sarah Hadfield, fourth daughter of Mr. Wm. Hadfield, of Cowbrook, near that place. At Morton, near Gainsborough, Mr. F. G. Hewardine, draper, of Gainsborough, to Miss Jane Eliza Maw, daughter of George Maw, esq. of Cleatham Grove, near Kirton, and niece of the late Matthew Maw, esq. of Brigg. At Chesterfield, the Rev. Thomas Hill, M. A. vicar of Elmton, Derbyshire, to Mary Elizabeth, third daughter of the Rev. George Bossley, M. A. vicar of Chesterfield, and rector of Clowne. At St. Luke's, Mr. Horrocks, solicitor, to Miss Boott, both of Derby. At Glossop, Mr. John Dalton, of Holling worth, Cheshire, to Miss Hannah Ellison, of Grossop Hall, Derbyshire. At Sutton on the Hill, Mr. Robert Adams, of Wartenbury, Leicestershire, to Miss Dorothy Hinkler, of the Ash, Derbyshire. Quarler-Master Serjeant Litchfield, of the Derby Militia, to Mrs. Webster, of the Dog and Partridge, Derby. At Gainsborough, Mr. Marsden, cutler, of Sheffield, to Miss Rhodes, daughter of Mr, Rhodes, painter, of the former place. At Cheltenham, George Barclay, esq. son of Colonel Barclay, his Majesty's Commissioner for the American boundary, to Matilda, only daughter of Anthony Aufrere, esq. of Hoveton Hall, and grand daughter of the late General Count Lockbart, of Lee and Carnwath. A: St. Michael's church, Derby, Kirk Boott, esq. late of the 85th regiment, to Anne, second daughter of Thomas Haden, esq. of Derby. At Ratby, Henry Chamberlain, esq. of Newtown Unthank, to Mary Ann, only daughter and heiress of Henry Buckley, esq. of Desford, Leicester. NEW MONTHLY MAG.—No. 59. 569 Died.] Thomas Simpson Evans, D. D. F.L S. Master of the Mathematical School in Christ's Hospital, and eldest son of the Rev. L. Evans, of the Royal Academy, Woolwich, and Vicar of Frosfield, Wilts. A gentleman eminently distinguished by his mechanical, mathematical and philosophical acquirements. As an Astronomer, perhaps, he had few equals in this country. His Lectures on that subject, at the Royal Institution, procured him his degree of LL. D. and bear ample testimony to this assertion. His translation of M. Le Roy's Memoir on the best method of measuring Time at sea, with his own judicious remarks thereon, had previously secured him the approbation and Freedom of the Clockmakers Company, and his various productions in different periodical publications, particularly in the Philosophical Magazine, demonstrate the solidity of his understanding and profundity of his researches into the abstruse sciences. In his intercomfo with society Dr. Evans was open, generous and sincere; firm and durable in his friendship; mild, affable and condescending to all. The duties of his profession he diacharged with a fidelity and perseverance, which undoubtedly led to his dissolution, at the early age of 41 years and vacated an office rendered honourable by the names of Ditton, Dodson, Wales and Evans. On the 26th ult. at his house, at Mile-end, after a short illness, the Rev. Dr. Rutledge, upwards of 39 years minister of the Scotch Church, Broad-street, Ratcliffe, and Shakespeare's Walk, 72, a man of exemplary piety and universally regretted. On the 9th inst. at Wem, in the county of Salop, aged 81, the Rev. Geo. Dickin, Rector of Moreton Corbet, and Vicar of Stanton, in the same county; whose long and valuable life, charitable dieposition to the poor (particularly to his needy parishioners) and goodness of heart, endeared him to all his friends and acquaintance, and will cause his decease to be severely felt. In a fit of apoplexy, Mr. De Bruyn, surgeon, of North Audley-street At his house in Bedford-square, John Lumsden, esq. a Member of the Hon. the Court of Directors for the affairs of the Hon. East India Company In Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, much respected and lamented, Mr. Robert Hurton, brother to Mr. Hurton, bookseller, Louth. At Paddington, after a few days illness, Georgina, daughter of the late Adm. Brathwaite, deeply and sincerely regretted. After only a few hours illness, of an inflammation in his bowels, Mr. George Stothert. After an illness of sixteen years deeply and deservedly lamented by her family jand friends, Mrs. Sorrell, wife of Mr. S. printer, Bartholoma Close. VOL. X. 4D Married. The Rev. Henry Breedon, rector of Pangbourn, to Elizabeth Julia, danghter of Thos. Usborne, esq. of Cumberlandstreet, Portman-square. At Brixham, Mr. John Child, of Ufton, in this county, to Sarah, only daughter of Mr. Edwards, of Coleton, Devon. 1 1 At Newbury, Mr. Francis Masters, of Mrs. Fargusson,wife of Mr. W.Fargusson, of Wokingham, and only surviving daughter of the late Mr. John Mansfield of that place. Mrs. Harriot Jones, of Hurst, much lamonted by her friends. At Aldermaston Park, Thos. Hanmer, esq. aged 87,eldest son of Sir T. Hanmer, bart. of Tanner, and of Bettisfield, in Flintshire. At Windsor, Col. Desbrowe, vice-chamberlam to the late queen. It was only the day before his death that the colonel was oeTeopied nearly the whole day in visiting and relieving a number of poor families in Windsor, pensioners on her late Majesty. In the evening of the following day, he complained of a slight indisposition, which continued until between nine and ten o'clock on Sunday evening, when he expired. 916 31 759 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. dga Married At Olney, Mr. Wm. Meadows, to Esther, daughter of Joseph Wright, esq. ⚫ of Olney. to van Staple Claydon, Mr. Robinson, farmer, to Mrs. Jane Butts. The bridegroom is 71, the bride 70; both have been married be orejeand each has several children, who, with their grand-children, amounting to 32, pattended the happy couple to church. Died.] Mr. Michael Harris, of Little Marlow, Mo-Rivwell ba LA CAMBRIDGESHIRE. ·Births.] At Sobam, the lady of James D. Merest, esq. of a daughter. ! AlGogmagog Hills, Lady Frances Osborne of a still-born child. Died.] In his 76th year, Thor. Thurnal!, esq. of Whittlesford. At Halsted, in the 75th year of his age, the Rev. T. Baines, LL. B. vicar of Tolleshunt D'Arcey, Essex, rector of Little Wratting, Suffolk, and one of his Majesty's justices of the peace. Mr. J. Butler, of Caldecot, 75.-Mr.Thos. Waters, of Fordham. CORNWALL. The County Lunatic Asylum near Bodmin is now nearly completed. A house is about to be erected within the walls for the residence of the governor of that institution. 10 The repairs of Bodmin church are proeceding rapidly, and when finished, that structure is expected to rank among the handsomest churches in Cornwall. A new line of road is contemplated between Torpoint and Liskeard, which, by passing through St. Germaus, will at once shorten the distance, get rid of nearly all the hills (now so much dreaded by travellers), command the most picturesque views, and be infinitely less exposed than the present road. This improvement, should it take place, combined with the avoidance of Haldon and other hills between Exeter and Plymouth. for which a survey is now making, with the intended new road from Truro to Falmouth, will, when completed, greatly 2cilitate the intercourse between Exeter, Plymouth and the south and west of Cornwall, and also between these parts and the metropolis. There are now living in Helston three ladies and two gentlemen whose joint ages amount to 452 years. Births.] Mrs. Mitchell, of Treyethan House, of a son. Mrs. Kitte, wife of Capt, Kitto, of WhealDamsel Mine of a son. At Marasion, Mrs. Jenny, wife of the Rev. R. Jenny, of a son. Steeple-Aston, to Anne Cranmer, widow of Married.] Rev. James Blencowe, of A. J. Nagle, esq. and daughter and coheires of the late J. Beauchamp, esq. of Pengreep. Died. After a short illness, Peter Hill, esq. of Carwythenack. At Padstow, Mrs. Grigg, at the advanced age of 97, At Egloshayle Vicarage, aged 58, June, wife of the Rev. Richard Cory, rector of St. Cayne, aud vicar of Egloshayle. At Trethowell, Mrs. Magor, wife of Mr. M. Magor, 84. At East Looe, Eliz. Holton, ABkematian, Married.] At Snailwell, Wm. Weatherby, Susan, daughter of Mr. John Feter, of esq. of Newmarket, to Mary Ann, second Island, North-hill. She rose apparently in daughter of the Rev. N. J. Hill, Mi Ai rec-good health, and while dressing, fell down, for of Snailswell. and instantly expired. |
