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bravery and distinction. He was appointed adjutant-general to the forces serving under sir Ralph Abercromby in the Leeward Islands, in 1794; and had the rank of brigadier general in the West Indies, where he was actively employed in the campaigns of 1794, 5, 6, and 7, being particularly noticed in general orders, and in the public despatches of the commander-inchief, particularly, as having "on all occasions most willingly come forward and exerted himself in times of danger, to which he was not called from his situation of adjutant-general." He accompanied the British troops into Holland in August, 1799, as deputy adjutant-general, but was so severely wounded at the landing at the Helder, on the 27th of that month, that he was compelled to come home. On his recovery he was appointed adjutant-general to the army serving under his royal highness the duke of York, Oct. 19, 1799. In 1800, he accompanied sir Ralph Abercromby as adjutant-general on the expedition to Egypt, and at the battle of Alexandria, March 21, 1801, he was wounded in the hand, and the army was thus for a time deprived

of the service of a most active, zealous, and judicious officer." He afterwards accompanied the British army to Spain and Portugal in 1808. At the battle of Corunna, January 16, 1809, in consequence of the wounds of sir John Moore and sir David Baird, the command devolved on his lordship (then lieutenantgeneral hon. John Hope), "to whose abilities and exertions," said the despatches, "in the direction of the ardent zeal and unconquerable valour of his majesty's troops, is to be attributed, under Providence, the success of the day, which terminated in the complete and entire repulse and defeat of the enemy at every point of attack." On the 26th of April 1809, he was invested with the order of the bath, and was afterwards appointed commander-inchief in Ireland, where he remained a considerable time. When he left Ireland, he again joined the duke of Wellington in the Peninsula; and on the 14th of April, 1814, in a sortie made by the garrison of Bayonne, he was very severely wounded, and was taken prisoner by his horse falling with him, which made him a cripple for a long time. This was his last service, as the war terminated next year. As a soldier,

he was cool, determined, and brave; and his conduct as a nobleman, landlord, and friend, was such as became his high station. By his numerous family and relatives his loss is much lamented; and few of his rank have died who have been more sincerely regretted by all classes of the public.

Lately after a lingering illness, at Barrogill Castle, near Thurso, in his 57th year, the right hon. James Sinclair earl of Caithness, lord lieutenant of that county, and post master general for Scotland, He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son Alexander, who in 1813 married Frances, the daughter of the late dean of Hereford, by whom he has a son, James, lord Beniedale, born 1822.

At Lochwinnoch, Thomas Reid, labourer, the original of Burns's celebrated Tam O'Shanter; he was born in October, 1745, and had been for some time past in the service of major Hervey, of Castle Semple.

At Londonderry, aged 76, the right rev. Charles O'Donnell, D. D. Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Derry. During the thirty years that he exercised his prelatical functions, he enjoyed the esteem of all parties.

At Glasnevin, near Dublin, in her 48th year, the right hon. viscountess Mountmorris.

At Tivoli, by falling into the cascade, while looking down upon it, Robert, eldest son of Robert Brown, esq. of Clapham Common, and of the firm of Robert and Benjamin Brown and co. Cheapside.

At Florence, John King, esq. husband of the countess of Lanesborough.

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1. In consequence of being thrown out of a gig the same day, while returning with a party from Hampton-court, capt. Mildmay, brother to sir H. Mildmay, bart.

2. The rev. T. Winstanley, D. D. principal of St. Alban's-hall, Oxford, Camden Professor of Ancient History, and Laudean Professor of Arabic, in that University, and prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London."

At Ashton, Warwickshire, in his 80th year, the rev. B. Spencer, L L.D. for fifty-two years vicar of the above parish, and rector of Hatton, Lincolnshire, and more than forty years an

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4. In his 831d year, the rev. J. Cayley, of Low-hall, Brompton, vicar and rector of Terrington, near Castle Howard, and father of John Cayley, esq.

5. At Gloucester, aged 80, the rev. R. Raikes, treasurer and canon of St. David's, prebendary of Hereford, and perpetual curate of Maisemore, in the county of Gloucester.

9. At her house in Finsbury-place, Mrs. De Bernales, wife of J. C. De Bernales, esq.

At Middleton Cheyney, near Ban. bury, aged 38, the rev. E. Ellis, M. A. vicar of Chippenham, Wilts, formerly student at Christ Church, Oxford, and for some time second master at Westminster school.

-At Kensington, the chevalier Hippolyto Da Costa, lately chargé d'affaires in this country, of the new Brazilian government, and proprietor of the Correio Braziliense, a Portuguese journal, printed in London, but lately discontinued.

11. At Gatcomb Park, Gloucestershire, David Ricardo, M. P. for Portarlington, of an inflammation of the brain. He was a man of distinguished abilities; and in the House of Commons, his opinions were received with the most respectful attention, as well from the general opinion of his profound knowledge of commerce, as from his amiable disposition and conciliating manners. The history of Mr. Ricardo holds out a bright and inspiring example. Mr. Ricardo had every thing to do for himself: and he did every thing. He had his fortune to make, he had his mind to form, he had even his educa tion to commence and to conduct. In a field of the most intense competition, he realized a large fortune, with the univeral esteem and affection of those who could best judge of the honour and purity of his acts. Amid this scene of active exertion and practical detail, he cultivated and acquired habits of intense and patient and comprehensive thinking, such as have been rarely equalled, and never excelled. A new field of exertion was opened to him in the House of Commons; and when one reflects on what he had done, and what he was capable of doing, to accelerate the progress of enlightened legislation, it is difficult to point out another life the loss of which could be regarded as such an

evil to his country. It is known how signal a change has taken place in the tone of the House of Commons, on subjects of political economy, during his short parliamentary career; and though he had the advantage of a ministry, some of whom were sufficiently enlightened to be warm in the same beneficent course, yet they will not be ainong the most backward to acknowledge, how much his calm and clear exposition of principles, his acute detection of sophistry, and unwearied industry, contributed to the great result. Mr. Ricardo had not completed his fifty-sixth year. His constitution, though not robust, was sound, and his health such as to promise a long life of usefulness. He was actively engaged, at the period when his mortal disease attacked him, in the most elaborate investigations; and had nearly completed an essay on the proper constitution of a national bank. As a political economist none of his cotemporaries came near him. After every allowance has been made for its deficiencies in style and arrangement, it is still certain that the "Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" is one of the most original, profound, and truly valuable philosophical works, that have appeared since the publication of the "Wealth of Nations." At Bill-hill, near Wokingham, Berks, aged 51, Catherine, wife of John James Cholmondeley, esq.

12. At his house, Tunbridge Wells, in his 77th year, after a long illness, W. Lushington, esq. formerly one of the representatives for the city of London.

14. At Cobham-lodge, general Buck ley, governor of Pendennis Castle.

22. At Barham-lodge, Herts, aged 22, Louisa, youngest daughter of the late lord Primate of Ireland.

23. At his seat, Duntisborn, near Cirencester, Matthew Baillie, M. D. This gentleman was a native of Scotland, and son of a professor of divinity at Glasgow. After having received the rudiments of education at Glasgow, he was sent to London, under the care of his two maternal uncles, the late Dr. William and Mr. John Hunter. Under these he acquired an extensive and complete knowledge of the profession he intended to pursue. He was sent early to Oxford, where he took his degrees; and was admitted to that of M.D. in 1789. Repairing to London, he was made a member of the College of Phy

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sicians about the same period as Dr. Vaughan (now sir Henry Halford). These two gentlemen soon came into great practice, and perhaps there is no instance of two men in the medical profession rising so young to so great an eminence. To Dr. Baillie the medical world is indebted for a work of great merit, intituled "The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Body," 1793; to which he added an Appendix in 1798; and which reached the fourth edition in 1807. In 1799 he published "a Series of Engravings to illustrate the Morbid Anatomy," which reached a second edition in 1812. He likewise published "Anatomical Description of the Gravid Uterus." These works, and the high character he bore in his profession, brought him into great practice, and enabled him to accumulate a good fortune.-"A fortune (as his biographer in the Public Characters says) which was gained with much reputation, and to the entire satisfaction of those who employed him." He had been physician to the late king, and might have been so to the present. He was brother to the celebrated Miss Joanna Baillie. He married, early in life, Miss Denman, daughter of the late Dr. Denman, and sister to the barrister of that name. Besides the above works, Dr. B. wrote several papers in the "Transactions of the Society for Medical and Chirurgical Knowledge." To this short biographical sketch of Dr. Baillie, we add, as a supplement, an eloquent eloge to his memory, which was delivered to the students of anatomy and surgery in Great Windmill-street, by his eminent successor in that school, Charles Bell, esq., a man whose professional knowledge is known over all Europe, and whose works, translated into all the modern European languages, have raised the scientific reputation of England Mr. Bell had been previously speaking of the Hunters, and, having mentioned Dr. Baillie, he continued.

"Gentlemen,-I have been led unavoidably to mention that name. But I shall not venture to give myself up to the feelings, which at this moment it could not fail to excite. Indeed, the reflections, which arise on the contemplation of a loss so recent and so great, would carry me beyond the terms of praise, with which you are as yet prepared to sympathise. You, who are just entering on your studies, cannot be

aware of the importance of one man to the character of a profession, the members of which extend over the civilized world. You cannot yet estimate the thousand chances there are against a man rising to the degree of eminence which Dr. Baillie attained; nor know how slender the hope of seeing his place supplied in our day. The father of Dr. Baillie was the Rev. James Baillie, sometime minister of the kirk of Shotts (one of the most barren and wild parts of the low country of Scotland), and afterwards Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow. His mother was the sister of Dr. William Hunter and of Mr. John Hunter. In the earlier part of his education, he enjoyed great advantages; and, indeed, he was in the whole course of it peculiarly happy. From the College of Glasgow, in 1780, he went to Baliol College, Oxford, where he took his de. grees; and came finally under the superintendence of his uncle, Dr. William Hunter, with whom he lived. By him he was brought forward into life; and through the influence of his uncle's friends, he was made physician to St. George's Hospital, in 1787. The merest chance made me acquainted with a circumstance very honourable to Dr. Baillie. While still a young man, and not affluent, his uncle William, dying, left him the small family estate of Longcalderwood. We all know of the unhappy misunderstanding, that existed between Dr. Hunter and his brother John. Dr. Baillie felt that he owed this bequest to the partiality of his uncle, and made it over to John Hunter. The latter long refused; but in the end, the family-estate remained the property of the brother, and not of the nephew, of Dr. Hunter. It was Dr. Hunter's wish to see his nephew succeed him, and take his place in these rooms as a lecturer. To effect this, he united with him his assistant, Mr. Cruickshanks; and, at his death, assigned to him the use of his collection of anatomical preparations during thirty years. It was under this roof that Dr. Baillie formed himself, and here the profession learned to appreciate him. He began to give regular lectures here in 1785, and continued to lecture in conjunction with Mr. Cruickshanks till 1799. He had no desire to get rid of the national peculiarities of language; or, if he had, he did not

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Not only did the language of his native land linger on his tongue, but its recollections clung to his heart; and to the last, amidst the splendor of his professional life, and the seductions of a court, he took a hearty interest in the happiness and the eminence of his original country. But there was a native sense and strength of mind, which more than compensated for the want of the polish and purity of English pronunciation. He possessed the valuable talent of making an abstruse and difficult subject plain: his prelections were remarkable for that lucid order and clearness of expression which proceed from a perfect conception of the subject; and he never permitted any vanity of display to turn him from his great object of conveying information in the simplest and most intelligible way, and so as to be most useful to his pupils. It is to be regretted, that his associate in the lectureship made his duties here unpleasant to him: and I have his own authority for saying that, but for this, he would have continued to lecture for some years longer. That Dr. Baillie ceased to lecture at a time when his opinions became every day more valuable, is the less to be regretted, when we consider how he continued afterwards to occupy himself. His first work, on Mor. bid Anatomy, was, like every thing he did, modest and unpretending; but it was not on that account the less valued. A perfect knowledge of his subject, acquired in the midst of the fullest opportunities, enabled him to compress into a small volume more accurate and more useful information, than will be found in the works of Bonetus, Morgagni, and Lieutaud. This work consisted at first of a plain statement of facts-the description of the appearances presented on dissection, or what could be preserved and exhibited; and he afterwards added the narration of symptoms corresponding with the morbid appearances. This was an attempt of greater difficulty, which will require the experience of successive lives to perfect. His next work was the Illustration of Morbid Anatomy, by a series of splendid engravings; creditable at once to his own taste and liberality, and to the state of the arts in this country. He thus laid a solid foundation for pathology, and did for his profession what no physician had done before his time. Besides his great work, he gave a descrip

tion of the Gravid. Uterus, and many important contributions to the Transac tions and medical collections of his time. Dr. Baillie presented his collection of morbid specimens to the College of Physicians, with a sum of money to be expended in keeping them in order; and it is rather remarkable that Dr. Hunter, his brother, and his nephew, should have left to their country such noble memorials as these. In the College of Glasgow may be seen the princely collection of Dr. Hunter; the College of Surgeons have assumed new dignity, surrounded by the collection of Mr. Hunter-more like the successive works of many men enjoying royal patronage or national support, than the work of a private surgeon; and lastly, Dr. Baillie has given to the College of Physicians, at least, that foundation for a museum of morbid anatomy, which we hope to see completed by the activity of the members of that body. When a physi cian rises suddenly into eminence, owing to fortuitous circumstances, connexions, or address, though we cannot condemn that person, nothing can be less interesting than his life or fortunes: but D. Baillie's success was creditable to the time. It may be said of him, as it was said of his uncle John, 'every time I hear of his increasing eminence, it appears to me like the fulfilling of poetical justice, so well as he deserved success by his labours for the advantage of humanity.'-Yet I cannot say that there was not in his manner sufficient reason for his popularity. Those who have introduced him to families from the country must have observed in them a degree of surprise on first meeting the physician of the court. There was no assumption of character, or warmth of interest exhibited; he appeared what he really was-one come to be a dispassionate observer, and to do that duty for which he was called. But, then, when he had to deliver his opinion, and more especially when he had to communicate with the family, there was a clearness in his statement, a reasonableness in all he said, and a convincing simplicity in his manner, that had the most soothing and happy influence on minds, exalted and almost irritated by suffering and the apprehension of impending misfortune. When you remember also his upright and liberal conduct to the members of his profession, there appears sufficient reason for

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a certain local influence; but it was to his professional character, in a wider sense, that he owed his eminence. We cannot estimate too highly the influence of Dr. Baillie's character on the profession to which he belonged. I ought not, perhaps, to mention his mild virtues and domestic charities; yet the recol. lection of these must give a deeper tone to our regret, and will be interwoven with his public character, embellishing what seemed to want no addition. Af ter so many years spent in the cultiva tion of the most severe science, for surely anatomy and pathology may be so considered, and in the performance of professional Juties on the largest scale, for he was consulted not only by those who personally knew him, but by individuals of all nations,-he had, of late years, betaken himself to other stu dies, as a pastime and recreation. He attended more to the general progress of science. He took particular pleasure in mineralogy; and, even from the na tural history of the articles of the Pharmacopoeia, he appears to have derived a new source of gratification. By a certain difficulty which he put in the way of those who wished to consult him, and by seeing them only in company with other medical attendants, he procured for himself, in the latter part of his life, that leisure which his health required, and which suited the maturity of his reputation; while he intentionally left the field of practice open to new aspirants. When you add to what I have said of the celebrity of the uncles, William and John Hunter, the example of Dr. Baillie, and farther consider the eminence of his sister, Joanna Baillie, excelled by none of her sex in any age, you must conclude with me, that the family has exhibited a singular extent and variety of talent. When I last saw him (the day before he left town for Tunbridge), I enjoyed a long and interesting conversation with him. He was aware of his condition and his danger. His friends believed that he was suffering from a general decay of strength a sort of climacteric disease. To me, he appeared like a man who had some local source of irritation, or visceral affection, which was preying on his constitution. Every body hoped, that his state of health was to be ascribed to the fatigue of business, and that retirement would afford him relief; but in this we were disappointed. He sensibly and

rapidly sunk, and, by the calmness and resignation of his last days, summed up the virtues of his life. Dr. Baillie's age was not great, if measured by length of years: he had not completed his sixty-third year; but his life was long in usefulness. He lived long enough to complete the model of a professional life. In the studies of youth,-in the serious and manly occupations of the middle period of life-in the upright, humane, and honourable character of a physician-and above all, in that dignified conduct which became a man ma ture in years and honours, he has left a finished example to his profession."

Lately, At Teddington, Mr. sergeant Marshall, one of the Justices of the Chester Circuit.

25. At Bath, Mrs. Baldwin, daughter of the late Charles Coxe, esq. of Kemble, Gloucestershire. She has be queathed 3007. to the Casualty Hospital, at Bath; 500l. to the Gloucester Infirmary; 7007. to the Poor of the parish of Kemble; and 500l. to the Poor of the parish of Minchinbampton. Lately, At Rome, in his 83rd year, his holiness Pope Pius VII.

At Rumpenheim, the Landgravine of Hesse Rumpenheim, mother to the duchess of Cambridge.

At Sierra Leone, Edward Fitzgerald, chief-justice and judge of the ViceAdmiralty Court, in that Colony, and assessor to the mixed Commission established there for the more effectual abolition of the Slave Trade.

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Middlesex,

1. At Dacre-lodge, Francis lord Napier, of Merchistoun, N.B. lord lieutenant of the county of Selkirk, and one of the Sixteen representative peers for Scotland.

4. At Ingestrie, near Stafford, the seat of her father, the right hon. Frances Charlotte Talbot, countess of Dartmouth, eldest daughter of the earl of Talbot, and niece to the bishop of Oxford. Her ladyship was born May 17, 1801, and was married April 5, 1821. And on the 11th died in his second year, George viscount Lewisham, her ladyship's eldest son.

5. Joseph Dawson, esq. of Royd'shall, near Bradford.

Aged 50, Mr. Myers, jeweller, of Worcester, who suddenly fell back, while playing at cards, and instantly expired.

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