Licenses.-The Hon. and Rev. W. Eden, MA. of Christ Church, Oxford, appointed one of the Six Preachers in Canterbury Cathedral.-The Rev. F. Barron, MA. of Wadham College, to the Vicarage of St. Mary, Sandwich; Patron, the Hon. and Venerable the Archdeacon of Canterbury.-The Rev. F. S. Sadler, SCL. of Balliol College, Oxford, instituted by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Gloucester, to the Rectory of Sutton-under-Brails, Gloucester. OXFORD:-The Annual Welsh Prizes at Jesus College have been adjudged as follows: for the best Translation of an English Sermon into Welsh, 10. Mr. E. Jones; for the best Welsh Reader, 61. Mr. R. W. Ellis; for the second best ditto, 41. Mr. J. James. CAMBRIDGE-On August 12, it being the Sovereign's Birth-day, the first stone of the New Quadrangle of Trinity College, was laid. W. Wilkins, Esq. is the architect employed. Lord Sondes, to Eleanor, second daughter of the Dowager Lady Knatchbull, of Wimpole-street. 31. At Blunham, Richard Hetley, Esq. of Wilton, to Caroline Letitia, eldest daughter of John Campbell, Esq. of Dunnoon, Scotland, and Blunham-house, Bedfordshire, and niece of Wadham Wyndham, Esq. MP. for Salisbury. - At Otley, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, KCB. Governor of Ceylon, to Maria, eldest daughter of Walter Fawkes, Esq. of Farnley-hall, in the county of York. August 1. At Clifton, Matthew Henry Lister, Esq. eldest son of Matthew Bancroft Lister, Esq. of Barwell-park, Lincolnshire, to Arabella, fourth daughter of J. Cracroft, Esq. of Hackthorn, in the same county. Clement Wallington, Esq. First Lieutenant of the 16th Hussars, to Alicia Isabella, only daughter of Monck Mason, Esq. 2. At St. James's, Michael Blood, Esq. MRCS. to Emily Jane, eldest daughter of William Dance, Esq. of Manchester street, Manchester-square. 4. John Vaughan, Esq. one of his Majesty's Serjeants-at-Law, to the Right Hon. Louisa Baroness St. John, relict of the late, and mother of the present Lord St. John, of Bletsoe. 5. At Walcot-church, Bath, Edward Semple, of Clare-hall, Cambridge, to Sarah Helen, only daughter of the late John Deane, Esq. of Par rocks-lodge, Somersetshire. 6. At Cossey, Norfolk, by special license, by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Norwich, Thomas Alexander Fraser, Esq. of Lovat and Strichen, to Charlotte Georgina, eldest daughter of Sir George Jerningham, Bart. of Cossey-hall. The marriage ceremony had been previously per. formed according to the rites of the Roman Catholic church, at the family chapel. The new married couple set off for Beaufort-castle, in the Highlands, Mr. Fraser's seat. 7. At Totteridge, Herts, by the Dean of Clonfert, the Hon. Capt. Granville George Waldegrave RN. eldest son of Admiral Lord Radstock, to Esther Caroline, youngest daughter of the late John Puget, Esq. of Totteridge. At Blicking, Norfolk, M. K. Knight, Esq. of Berners-street, to Marianne, only daughter of James H. Holley, Esq. of Blicking. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. W. O. Gurney, to the Rectory of Ashton Buttrel, in the County of Salop, on the nomination of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Darlington.The Rev. J. Barnes, to the Vicarage of Warton, near Lancaster.-The Rev. F. B. Twisleton, SCL. Fellow of New College, Oxford, appointed one of the Domestic Chaplains of the Bishop of Hereford. -The Rev. T. R. Bromfield, MA. Vicar of Nayton, Warwickshire, to the Prebend of Gar-Major, in Litchfield Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. S. Higgins.-The Rev. F. Bedford, MA. Rector of Belchford, to the valuable Living of South Ormsby, with Katesby, Calceby, and Driby, annexed, Lincolnshire. The Rev. E. Edwards, MA. of Huntingdon, to the Prebend or Canonry of Leighton Bromswold, in Lincoln Cathedral, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. Cowper; Patron, the Bishop of Lincoln.-The Rev. T. Round, MA. Curate of Chalbury, appointed Surrogate in the Archdeacon's Court, Oxford, for granting Marriage BIRTHS. July 26. At Almington-hall, Cheshire, the lady of 29. At Holdernesse-house, Park-lane, the Mar- 31. At her father's house, William Murray, Esq. Bryanstone-square, the lady of Major Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. a son. August 4. At Yates-court, Kent, Viscountess Torrington, twins. 8. At Langham-place, the lady of Frederick Webb, Esq. a son and heir. 12. At Highbury-park, Mrs. Davidson, a daughter. 13. In Euston-square, the lady of George Medley, Esq. of the East-India House, a son. 14. At Rislip, Middlesex, the lady of H. Edgell, Esq. a son. 15. At Hampstead, the lady of Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. of Bedford-square, a daughter. 18. In Wimpole-street, the lady of Wm. Franks, Esq. a son. 19. In Portland-place, the lady of Wm. Curtis, Esq. a daughter. IN SCOTLAND. At Edinburgh, the lady of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John ABROAD. At Brussels, the Countess of Ormond and Ossory, At Malta, the lady of Major De Bathe, of the 85th MARRIAGES. July 22. At Marylebone-church, James Blackwell, eldest son of Wm. Praed, Esq. of Tyringham, Bucks, and Trevethon, Cornwall, to Sophia, second daughter of the late, and sister of the present Charles Chaplin, Esq. MP. for the county of Lincoln. 29. At St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Rev. Moss King, John James King, Esq. eldest son of J. King, Esq. of Grosvenor-place, to the Hon. Charlotte Wyndham, youngest daughter of the Earl of Egremont. -At St. George's, Hanover-square, Lord Viscount Sidmouth, to the Hon. Mrs. Townshend, danghter of Lord Stowell, and relict of the late Thomas Townshend, Esq. of Honington-hall, Warwickshire. 30. At St. George's, Hanover-square, William Gordon Coesvelt, Esq. jun. of Upper Brookstreet, to Anua Maria, daughter of Henry Baring, Esq. of Berkeley-square. 31. Henry Birkbeck, Esq. Banker, of Lynn Regis, in the county of Norfolk, to Elizabeth Lucy, youngest daughter of the late Robert Barclay, Esq. of Clapham-common, Surrey. At Marylebone-church, by the Hon. and Rev. Henry Watson, the Hon. George John Milles, of Elmham-hall, Norfolk, second son of the late 12. At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Christopher -At Marylebone-church, Alexander Grey, Esq. At Chalnes, Worcestershire, Mr. John Matthew Gutch, Proprietor of Farley's Bristol Journal, to Mary, eldest daughter of J. P. Lavender, Esq. Banker, Worcester. August 12. The Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, to Lady Charlotte Somerset. 13. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, Sir William Blizard, of Devonshire-square, to Miss Blizard, of Brix ton. 14. At St. Pancras church, Mr. George Chatfield, of Burton Crescent, to Miss Barry, only daughter of the late Richard Barry, Esq. of Palmer's Green. At St. George's, Hanover-square, George Montague Williams, eldest son of W. Williams, Esq. MP. to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Sa muel Scott, Esq. MP. of Sandridge-park. Kent; and grand daughter of Sir Claude Scott, Bart. of Lytchet-minster, Dorsetshire. 16. At St. Mary's, Islington, J. Bowyer, Esq. of Caldwell-ball, Worcestershire, to Catherine, sister of Colonel Payne, of Exmouth. 18. At Marylebone-church, Wm. Milligen, MD. of Sloane-street, to Elizabeth Sybil, second daughter of the late Colonel Lane, of the Hon. East-India Company's service, and of Lenes. ville in the county of Dublin. 19. At Marylebone-church, Capt. Franklin, RN. to Eleanor Anne, youngest daughter of the late W. Porden, Esq. of Berners-street. IN IRELAND. At Raheny, the Hon. and Rev. George Gore, Dean of Killala, and Rector of Raheny, to Mrs. Isaac, relict of the late Thomas Bunbury Isaac, Esq. of Holywood-house in the county of Downe. At Bishop's-court, by special licence, the Rt. Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, to the Dowager Lady Ponsonby. The age of the former is 78, that of the latter 70. ABROAD. At Bourdeaux, Nathaniel Barton. Esq to Mary Susannah, second daughter of Henry Scott, Esq. his Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bourdeaux. DEATHS. July 20. At Bronwhylfa, near St. Asaph, aged 22, Louisa Ann, wife of Lieut.-Col. Browne, KCB. and daughter of the Rev. Dr. Gray, Prebendary of Durham and Chichester. 24. At Crofton-hall, Kent, aged 83, General Morgan, formerly of the Coldstream Guards. -At the honse of Lord Beresford, Wimpolestreet, Major-Gen. Sir Denis Pack, KCB. CTS. &c. Colonel of the 84th Foot, and Lieut.-Governor of Plymouth. -The Right Hon. John James, Earl of Farnham, one of the Representative Peers for Ireland, Governor of the county of Cavan, &c. &c. His Lordship is succeeded in his title, and the bulk of his estates, by his cousin, Colonel Barry, representative for that county. He was born in 1760, and succeeded his father in 1800. At Stanmore, Lady Mary Finch, sister to the Earl of Aylesford. 6. Aged 42, Mr. Meyler, Proprietor of the Bath Herald, and a Member of the Common Council of that City. - In his 38th year, Fras. Travers, Esq. MD. late of Newark, Notts. 26. Aged 71, Mrs. Coffin, relict of the late Walter -At Park Hall, near Mansfield, aged 53, Major 27. At Melford House, the lady of Major Plunkett, August 1.-Charles Hornyold, Esq. uncle to Thos. -At Dacre Lodge, Middlesex, the Rt. Hon. Lord Napier, of Merchistoun, North Britain, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Selkirk, and one of the sixteen representative Peers of Scotland. 2. In his 32d year, Mr. Henry Mann, Solicitor, of Princes Street, Bank. -At Winchester, the Hon. Chas. Frederick Powlett, Lord Bayning. 5. At Bath, Lady Palliser. relict of the late, and mother of the present, Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart. -At Stamford Hill, Mrs. Janson, relict of the late Edward Janson, Esq. -Robt. Woody, Esq. of Tamworth, MD. and FLS. aged 33. The Rev. Edward Baker Lloyd, Minister of the Wesleyan Connexion, at Halifax; in consequence of an accident occasioned by the overturning of the Royal Fleece Coach, at Shelly Bank. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against the coachman. 7. At Bow, aged 59, Fras. Jowers, Esq. many years Lately, at Ramsgate, in his 18th year, Miles Jas, 8. Frances, wife of James Tilson, Esq. of Foley -In his 84th year, the Rev. Dr. Ledwich, author of the Antiquities of Ireland. At Epping, the Rev. James Currey, Preacher at the Charter House, and Rector of Thirning, Norfolk. -Aged 60, Thos. Giffard, Esq. of Chillington. At New-house Place, Chalfont, St. Giles, Bucks, the lady of Sir Coddrington Edmund Carrington. 10. In Devonshire-place, Esther, the wife of the - At Rugby Lodge, Warwickshire, in her 21st 12. At her house, in Regent-street, Lady Wilson, wife of Sir Robt. Wilson, MP. 16. Ann, wife of Augustine Sayer, Esq. and mo ther of Dr. Sayer, of Howland-street, Fitzroy Square. 19. At Shefford, Bedfordshire, in his 57th year, Robert Bloomfield, the celebrated poet, author of the Farmer's Boy, May-day of the Muses, &c. IN SCOTLAND. After a lingering illness, at Barrogill Castle, near Thurso, in bis 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. IN IRELAND. At Glasuevin, near Dublin, in her 48th year, the ABROAD. At Paris, W. Dickenson, Esq. formerly a Mezzo- At Tivoli, by falling into the Cascade, while look- At Palermo, where he was pursuing bis studies as At Florence, John King, Esq. husband of the At Versailles, in her 19th year, Charlotte, youngest The Lion's head. SCHILLER'S LIFE and WRITINGS. Part I. His Youth (1759-1784) 381 Verses on the Death of Robert Bloomfield, LETTER OF ELIA to ROBERT the Suffolk Poet. By Bernard Barton. SOUTHEY, Esquire..... 400 Scripture Poetry._Ruth. Traits of 413 Notes from the Pocket Book of a A FOURTH LETTER TO THE DRA. late OPIUM EATER. No. II. MATISTS OF THE DAY.... 417-407 Malthus ...... 349 LORD ROLAND CHEYNE, a Tale, On the Knocking at the Gate in with Ballad, Dlacbeth ... 353 My gallant Roland Cheyne.... 418 The Negro's Euthanasia, translated A Sonnet of the Moon. By Charles from the Introductory Stanzas to a Best.. 428 Greek Prize Ode of Mr. Coleridge.. 356 The Fate of Hylas 429 PICTURES at WILTON, STOUR- REPORT of Music.. 430 HEAD, &C........ 357 432 A Chit-chat Letter on Men and other EARLY FRENCH POETS, with Trans- 436 Wood, Jun. a Fellow in Oxford.. 361 Sketch of Foreign Literature.. François Villon ... 439 Sonnet, from the Italian of Gaetana THE PROGRESS of SCIENCE, &c... 443 Passerini 365 VIEW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS 446 THE LUCRECE OF FRANCE 365 Literary Intelligence, and List of Books GREEK TRAGIC SCENES. No. II. published .. .453, 454 SOPHOCLES. Ecclesiastical Preferments ... 455 LONDON: PRINTED FOR TAYLOR AND HESSEY. Our August Obituary announced the untimely death of a Friend, the earliest Contributor to the LoNDon Magazine, Octavius Graham Gilchrist: another is now added to the list Of precious Friends hid in Death's dateless night. The following notice appeared in the daily papers:— Died at his apartments in Upper Conway-street, on the 8th of September, Richard Ayton, Esq. aged 37, fourth son of the late W. Ayton, Esq. of Macclesfield. Who will not feel sorry to hear that the above paragraph records the Death of our R. A.? While his description of Johnny Wolgar was delighting every heart, his own was become cold even as that Old Sea Roamer's. Manly sense, and an original turn of thinking, with a sprightly graphic manner of telling his story, and a vigorous, yet unaffected style, were the characteristics of R. A. as a writer. His virtues as a Man are a theme for his friends to muse on, too sacred at present for the language of panegyric. The most natural expression of our opinion on such a subject would be thought too strong, and would be perhaps liable to the imputation of proceeding from an undiscriminating regard. We shall leave therefore to a future time, when his essays will be collected, and published together with some of his letters, the full record of his character: he put so much head and heart into all his writings, that every scrap of them is valuable. He died of atrophy, which in proportion as it consumed his body seemed to emancipate his noble mind, which was never displayed more fully than towards the last. The gentle and sensitive Robert Bloomfield, another Friend and Correspondent, though not of the LONDON MAGAZINE, ought not to pass to the grave unnoticed. We are obliged to one of our oldest Contributors for affording us the means of doing justice to his memory, a tribute the more valuable because it is so rare among Brother Poets. VERSES ON THE DEATH OF BLOOMFIELD, THE SUFFOLK POET. BY BERNARD BARTON. THOU shouldst not to the grave descend And plaintive sounds as ever rung Lamenting unto old and young, Could Eastern Anglia boast a lyre Thy minstrel honours loud proclaim: The merry HORKEY's passing cup The WIDOW turn HER HOUR-GLASS UP, Circling the OLD OAK TABLE round, Whose moral worth thy measure owns, Like ABNER AND THE WIDOW JONES; tones In Virtue's cause are bold and free; |