During the ensuing peace, Mr. Wilson served in the Triumph 74, Capt. Jon. Faulkner, and in the Barfleur 98, with Lord Hood, who held the command at Portsmouth. In 1787 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.

In 1789 he was appointed to the Nautilus 16, and served as her First Lieutenant for three years on the Newfoundland station. In 1793 he was appointed to the Royal George 110, bearing the flag of Lord Bridport, and consequently shared in the brilliant part acted by that ship on the 1st of June, 1794, when he was wounded. On the return of the fleet to Spithead, he became the First Lieutenant, in which station he served in the action off l'Orient, in June 1795. Being selected to take the prize-ship Alexander into port, he was made Commander, and appointed to the Kingfisher 16. In this vessel he was merely sent with dispatches to Adm. Pringle in the North Seas; and on his return he was posted to the Boreas by commission dated Sept. 2, 1795.

He afterwards had the command of the Trusty 50, and sailed to Egypt, where he was left in command of the bay of Aboukir, for the greater part of the time whilst Lord Keith cruized off the coast with the line-of-battle ships; having frequently fifty pendants under his orders, besides a very large fleet of transports. He received the Turkish gold medal; and Lord Keith, in his despatches, described him as having been "indefatigable in his duties of the port." Having been appointed to the Alexandria (the late French frigate Regenérée), he returned home, was placed on half-pay, and never obtained further employment afloat.

In 1805 he succeeded Sir Josias Rowley in the command of the Sea Fencibles at Wexford, and retained it until they were paid off towards the close of the war. In 1814 he was placed on the retired list of Rear-Admirals, "after having," as he himself has remarked, "fought in five general actions, besides minor affairs, and on five several occasions were the thanks of Parliament bestowed on the fleets in which I had the honour to serve." His removal from the ordinary career of promotion was certainly a case of more than usual neglect and unequal retribution to desert, in the absence of family interest.

He has left a son, Lieut. Wilson, who has the semaphore station at Putney.

CAPT. T. E. HOSTE, R.N. July 27. At Litcham, Norfolk, in his 40th year, Thomas Edward Hoste, esq. Captain in the Royal Navy; uncle to Sir Wm. L. G. Hoste, Bart.

Captain Hoste was the fifth son of the Rev. Dixon Hoste, late Rector of Tivetshall and Godwick, in Norfolk. At the age of 13, he commenced his career in the Navy as a volunteer in the Amphion, then commanded by his distinguished brother, the late Sir William Hoste, Bart. and K. C.B. A few months after, that ship had a severe action with a French frigate (at anchor under the batteries) in the bay of Rosas; and Sir William, in a letter to his father, after the action, says, "My little Ned behaved like a hero." The Amphion was soon after sent to cruize in the Adriatic, where her boats were constantly employed in cutting out vessels and convoys from under the batteries, on the coast of Albania. Here young Hoste had a fine field for the display of his gallantry and prowess, of which he took every opportunity of availing himself. On one of the first occasions, the boats being about to leave the ship on service, he was standing near the gangway ready to join in the expedition, which his brother observing, told him "he was too young for that sort of work," and he left the quarter deck apparently much disappointed. The boats had proceeded some distance when the Lieutenant in command felt something move under his legs, and to his no small surprise found it was "little Hoste," who had got into the boat through one of the port-holes, and had stowed himself away under the stern sheets. In the latter part of 1809 he left the Amphion to join the Spartan frigate, at the request of her Captain, Sir Jahleel Brenton, an intimate friend of his brother Sir William. In the May following the Spartan distinguished herself in a most gallant action with a very superior French force in the Bay of Naples, where Hoste's conduct was very conspicuous, though his rank did not admit of his name being mentioned in the public despatch. In consequence of the severe wound Sir Jahleel had received, the Spartan returned to England, and Hoste once more joined the Amphion, just in time to be present in the memorable battle of Lissa, March 13, 1811. In this action he was severely wounded in the hand, and much burnt by the explosion of a cartridge. He return ed to England in the Amphion; and, when he was paid off, joined his family at Godwick, where he remained till 1812, when, his brother having been appointed to his Majesty's frigate Bacchante, he proceeded in her to his old station in the Adriatic, where he was constantly employed in boat attacks. In a letter to his father, Sir William again bears testimony to the gallantry of his conduct. "Dear Edward," he observes, "was again in one

of the boats, and came out prize-master of one of the gun-boats. I think if ever a midshipman deserved a Lieutenant's commission for putting himself in the way of shot, my young friend deserves it." In October 1813, he was appointed acting Lieutenant in the Wizard brig, which appointment was soon after confirmed by the Admiralty. As Lieutenant he subsequently served in the Mediterranean, Ireland, and South America, under some of the most distinguished officers of the Navy; amongst them Admirals Sir Benjamin Carew and Sir George Martin, by whom his services were justly appreciated. In 1825 he was promoted to the rank of Commander, and was employed for a short time in the Coast Guard Service; he was next appointed to the Etna Bomb, and proceeded once more to the Mediterranean; he was soon after removed into the Weasel brig, and eventually into the Wasp sloop of war, from which he was posted in 1830. In South America he suffered severely in his health from the heat of the climate, and his liver, in consequence, was afterwards at times affected. He had been to London for medical advice, but no one anticipated his death till a few days before it happened.

CAPT. G. SANDERS, R.N. July 28. George Sanders, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy.

This officer was made Commander April 29, 1802, and appointed to the Falcon 14, about March 1804. In June 1805 he engaged a division of the Havre flotilla, and his sloop suffered severely in her sails and rigging, particularly from the batteries on the coast. He was subsequently employed in affording protection to the Baltic trade, and in co-operating with the garrison of Dantsic, during the siege of that city. He was next appointed to the Bellette 18, in which he captured, on the Leeward Islands station, three privateers, the Jalouse of 4, the Confiance of 7, and the Revanche of 6 guns. He obtained post rank June 2, 1809.

R. T. CAREW, ESQ. May 11. At his cottage, Arderry, co. Waterford, aged 92, Robert Thomas Carew, Esq. of Ballinamona in that county.

He was the son and heir of Thomas Carew, Esq. of Ballinamona, whom he succeeded in the family estates, and as M. P. for Dungarvan in the Parliament of Ireland, before the year 1780. He also served the office of Sheriff of co. Waterford early in the reign of George the Third, and was the oldest surviving High Sheriff of that county. His father was second son of Robert Carew of Ballina

mona, esq. and next brother to Shapland Carew, esq., ancestor to Lord Carew of the county of Wexford, the last created peer of Ireland.

Through life he maintained the character of uncompromising loyalty and attachment to the British Constitution, which, with the urbanity of his disposition, ensured him the esteem of all his acquaintance. He was a strenuous abettor of all the requisite aristocratical institutions of this realm, with perfect liberality to the people, by whom he was sincerely beloved; he was the oldest sportsman remaining of the old school, and the conviviality of his disposition gained for him the affection of all ranks of his countrymen. His body was deposited in the family vault at Duncannon church, and he is succeeded in his estates by his son, who has for some years resided in the mansion of Ballinamona.

THOMAS BERNARD, ESQ.

May 18. In Sackville-st, Dublin, aged about 65, Thomas Bernard, Esq. of Castle Bernard, King's County, Colonel of the King's County Militia, and formerly M.P. for that county; brother-in-law to the Earl of Donoughmore and Lord Dunalley.

Col. Bernard was first returned to Parliament for the King's County at the general election of 1802, and sat during nine Parliaments, until the last dissolution in 1832.

In 1805 he voted against the Catholic claims. He was in the majority on the passing of the Reform Bill Sept. 22, 1831.

He

Col. Bernard had been for some time past in a delicate state of health. caught a cold coming to Dublin, which caused confinement to his bed on Saturday; but on Sunday he felt considerably better, rose, and expressed a wish to leave the house, which the Surgeon-general would not allow. At three o'clock he conversed with his agent, Robert Maunsell, esq., respecting his private affairs, and his will, which he did not live to execute. An hour after, he was no more. The cause of his death is supposed to have been an attack of gout in the stomach. His loss will be severely felt in the King's County, where, being a constant resident, he spent a large income, and employed a vast number of the lower orders. His splendid mansion at Castlebernard was lately erected under his own superintendance; and his extensive and magnificent demesne, which is one of the chief ornaments of the King's County, was planned by himself. He was an excellent man in all the relations of life..

Mr. Bernard was first married at Killboy, co. Tipperary, Sept. 10, 1800, to the Hon. Elizabeth Prittie, fifth and youngest daughter of Henry first Lord Dunalley; she left him a widower April 20, 1802. He married secondly July 29, 1814, Lady Katherine Henrietta Hutchinson, second sister to the Earl of Donoughmore. He was succeeded by his son, born, we believe, of his second wife.

THOMAS LAW, ESQ.

Lately. At Washington, America, aged 78, Thomas Law, esq., elder brother to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, and uncle to Lord Ellenborough.

He was the eighth son of the Rt. Rev. John Law, D.D. Lord Bishop of Carlisle, by Mary daughter of John Christian, of Unerigg in Cumberland, esq.

In the year 1773 he proceeed to India, having obtained one of those appointments in the service of the East India Company, which, in most hands, insure to the possessors princely fortunes. Soon after his arrival he was stationed as an assistant under the provincial council of Patna; and not long afterwards was nominated a member of the Revenue Board.

On the 26th or March 1799 he was removed to Calcutta, and appointed a member of the provincial council in that City; to which situation he was recommended by Sir Eyre Coote, who described him as a gentleman well versed in the Persian language.

Mr. Law returned to Europe in the year 1791, having in the administration of the highly responsible and discretionary duties of the stations which he had occupied, found a wide field for the exercise of the philanthropy and liberality which, united to a nice sense of honour, were prominent traits in his character. Whilst he acquired unbounded popularity among the natives, he secured the confidence of his superiors in office, both in India and at home. As an evidence of the confidence placed in his ability and integrity, it may be mentioned that he was appointed a member of the Revenue Board before he reached the age of 21; and when he afterwards became one of the chief rulers over a province of that vast empire, his wise, magnanimous, and beneficent administration obtained for him the en'viable appellation of the father of the people. After his return from India he remained in England for a year or two, and then transferred his residence to the United States, taking with him a property, not large considering his opportunities, but large in comparison with the

fortunes enjoyed by even the wealthy in that country. Led by his reverence for the character of General Washington, with whom he soon became intimately acquainted, and impelled by that enthusiasm which formed a part of his character, in favour of the free institutions of the United States, he invested in lots and houses in Washington (then just planned under the auspices of him whose honoured name it bears) the greater part of all his funds. From that time he had been identified with the city, as one of its oldest, most zealous, and enlightened citizens. With the exception of two or three occasional visits to his connexions and friends in Europe, he was a constant resident there, employing himself mostly in literary labours, and indulging with delight in such hospitalities as his narrowed means (for his investments proved anything but lucrative) allowed him to exercise. He lived to follow to the grave his whole family-three beloved sons, natives of India, and a no less beloved daughter, a native of America, by his wife Miss Ann Curtis of South Carolina. He himself has gone down to the tomb full of years, the latest of which have been troubled with disease, and overclouded by domestic privations. He has left behind him friends who appreciated his many valuable qualities, and sincerely respect his memory.

REV. RICHARD YATES, D.D.

Aug. 24. At his house at Penshurst, Kent, the Rev. Richard Yates, D.D. F.S.A. Rector of Ashen, Essex, and for 36 years one of the Chaplains of Chelsea Hospital.

Dr. Yates was a native of St. Edmund's Bury, born in 1769; and was admitted to his degrees at Cambridge as a member of Jesus College, B.D. 1805, D.D. 1818. He was presented to the rectory of Ashen in 1804 by the Earl of Chichester, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Dr. Yates has long been known to the public, and few men have passed through life with more honour and usefulness. In his religious character he was respected, in his literary character admired, and in his moral and social character beloved by all to whom he was known. He had a benevolence of disposition which was unwearied in the service of those whom he had power to benefit; and his talents, his time, and strength were never employed so agreeably to himself as when he could make them profitable to others. He was an active and liberal promoter of various institutions of charity, and, among these, the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, the

Literary Fund, the Clergy Orphan Society, the School for the Indigent Blind, and the Philanthropic Society, were favourite objects of his regard. At the Chapel of the last-mentioned institution he was, for some years, a zealous and earnest preacher. He published:

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1. An Illustration of the Monastic History and Antiquities of the Town and Abbey of St. Edmund's Bury. Part I. 4to. 1805.

2. A Sermon preached at the Anniversary of the Royal Humane Society. 1809.

3. The Work of an Evangelist, a Visitation Sermon preached at Halstead, Essex. 1813.

4. The Church in Danger: a statement of the Cause, and of the probable Means of averting that danger, attempted, in a Letter to the Earl of Liverpool. 1815.

5. The Basis of National Welfare, considered in reference chiefly to the prosperity of Britain, and the safety of the Church of England, in a second Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, 1817.

6. The Gospel Kingdom, a Visitation Sermon preached at Halstead, Essex. 1818.

7. A Catalogue of the Evidences of Christianity, which may be used as a sequel to the Catechism of the Church of England. 1820.

8. Patronage of the Church of England concisely considered, in reference to national reformation and improvement, and the permanence of our Ecclesiastical Establishments. 1823.

In all the productions of the pen of Dr. Yates are evident marks of high Christian principle, strong sense, and kindly feeling. The most popular of his publications was "The Church in Danger," printed at a time when the deficiency of places of public worship for the members of the Church of England was a subject of great and just alarm to the friends of that communion. This work was eminently serviceable in drawing the public attention to a grievance affecting, not only the interests of the Establishment, but the good order and morals of the country; and it was owing to the statement of such facts as Dr. Yates detailed, that the Government of that day proposed parliamentary grants for the

* Of this Society he was for thirty years one of the Treasurers. To mark their high sense of his zeal and exertions: in that office, the Committee have lately had a copy made, for their apartments, of a good portrait of Dr. Yates, by S. Drummond, A. R.A., of which an engraving was published in the European Magazine for July 1818.

erection of new churches and chapels in the metropolis and other places of crowded population. Mr. Vansittart, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in a speech advocating the measure, said, that "he had derived much valuable information from the very useful publication of Mr. Yates, which he could recommend to every gentleman who might wish to turn his attention to the subject." The reviewer of "The Church in Danger" in the British Review (Nov. 1815) thus expressed himself: "Now that Mr. Yates has put his hand to the plough, we entreat him not to withdraw it. The subject is, in a great measure, his own. The fervent effectual labours of a pious man will avail much. Let Mr. Yates persevere. His prudence will secure him from excess, his sincerity will support his zeal, his ntelligence will arm his wishes. While

others are cumbered about much serving with respect to the Church, he will be busy about that which is essentially needful. The city of God, with its rising glories, will in part own him for its founder: and if any shall hereafter among its new-born structures inquire for his monument, the proper answer will be, CIRCUMSPICE." The praise which the author of this book received from other quarters was most gratifying. It ought to be recorded to the honour of the late Archbishop of Canterbury that he offered to Dr. Yates the living of Blackburn in Lancashire," in reward of his public services." This benefice Dr. Yates declined. Another offer of valuable preferment was made to him by the Earl of Liverpool on the said ground. The rectory of Hilgay in Norfolk was for that turn in the gift of the Crown, and the Prime Minister thought that it could not be more worthily bestowed than on this able and faithful supporter of the Church. It was not, however, accepted. Dr. Yates was engaged in professional duties which he was unwilling to relinquish, and he enjoyed the blessing of independence in consequence of his marriage (happy in every circumstance) with Miss Telfer, only daughter of Patrick Telfer, Esq. of Gower-sreet. He was united to this lady in 1810.

The ardour of his zeal and philanthopy suffered no abatement as long as he had strength to exert them. That strength failed him for the last five or six years of his life; but his patience endured to the end. Throughout a long illness, occa sioned by pressure of water on the brain, he exemplified the power of that Holy Religion which in his days of health he had so impressively taught. He lived and died in the faith of Christ; and in the practice, to the best of his ability, of

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REV. THOMAS BARNE, M. A. July 22. At his brother's-house, Sotterley hall, Suffolk, aged 68, the Rev. Thomas Barne, M.A., of the Manor house, Crayford, co. Kent, one of the Chaplains in ordinary to his Majesty, and sometime Rector of Sotterley.

He was the youngest son of Miles Barne, esq. M.P. of Sotterley hall, and Elizabeth, daughter of George Thornhill, of Diddington, co. Huntingdon, esq. He was educated at Westminster School, and from thence proceeded to Oriel College, in Oxford, where he took the degrees of B. A. in 1783, and M. A. in 1786. He was appointed a King's Chapin 1790. He was twice married: 1st, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Wyatt of Milton Place, Egham, esq. who died in 1812 without issue; and 2dly, to Sarah, only daughter of the Hon. and Rev. St. Andrew St. John, D.D. sometime Dean of Worcester, who survives him.

The attainments of Mr. Barne, as a classical scholar, were of the highest class, and our pages were indebted to him for many valuable and interesting communications, on local and historical subjects; nor were his talents as a scholar more conspicuous than the mildness and urbanity of his disposition, and he has endeared himself to the memory of his friends by his unwearied kindness and benevolence, and to the poor by his frequent and ready acts of charity.

FRANCIS POVAH, ESQ. B. C.L. July 29. On board the Brothers, on passage from Madeira, aged 26, Francis Povah, Esq. B. C.L.

his

This talented young man was the youngest son of the Rev. Richard Povah, LL.D., the Rector of St. James's, Duke's Place. He received his education at Merchant-Taylors' School, where he very early distinguished himself for his superior talents, and for the perseverance with which he pursued his studies; and attained the head of the school at an unusually early age. In 1825 he was elected a Probationary Fellow of St. John's college, Oxford: being the second brother who had obtained that distinction, it having been previously conferred in 1813 on his brother the present Rev. R. W. Povah, Minor Canon of St. Paul's; and in the general examination

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for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Easter Term, 1829, his name appeared in the first class in Literis Humanioribus. in March 1831 he was elected a scholar on the Vinerian Foundation; and shortly afterwards took the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law.

He was admitted a Student of the Inner Temple in April 1831; and, sometime before that illness, which rendered a visit to a foreign clime advisable, had commenced the study of the Law with the same diligence and devotedness that had previously marked his career at Merchant Taylors' and at Oxford. His talents and acquirements especially fitted him for success in his profession; for, independently of his intimate acquaintance with those branches of knowledge which are usually taught at public schools and Universities, he was deeply versed in general literature, and nature and habit combined had given to him oratorical powers and a facility for public speaking of no ordinary description.

WILLIAM CRAWSHAY, ESQ.

Aug. 11. Aged 70, William Crawshay, Esq. of Stoke Newington, sole proprietor of the Cyfarthfa and Hirwain Iron-works, in the counties of Glamorgan and Brecknock.

His will has been proved in Doctors' Commons, and probate granted for 700,000l. personal property. All his freehold estates in Wales, which include his vast iron-works, generally estimated at 500,000l. he has left to his second son, together with 15,000l. cash. To his unmarried daughter he has left 60,000l. his freehold estate at Newington, together with his carriages, furniture, plate, wine, and farming utensils, and 1,000l. in cash, to be paid her immediately, for the purpose of opening an account at a banker's. To his married daughter, Mrs. Wood, he has left 1,000l. His freehold estate at Paul's-wharf, Thames-street, he has left to his eldest son. To each of his clerks in London and in Wales 100%. The residue of his great wealth he has devised between his eldest and his youngest sons in equal proportions. His three sons are the executors to his very short will, which was made in July, a few days before he died.

MR. RALPH RYLANCE.

June 6. In London, aged 52, Mr. Ralph Rylance, who spent almost the whole of his laborious life in the service of Messrs. Longman and Co. the booksellers.

He was the author and translator of a multitudinous list of books, bearing the