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and in the grounds of Mr. Turton and his neigh- Manse, the Rev. James Leeke-At Muirkirk Iron Works, at the house of his son-in-law, the Rev. Dr. Wm. Rutherford.

bours.

Married.] At Cappel Garmon, Captain Nenbhard, to Mrs. Jane Jones, of Plas Madoc-At Bangor, Mr. Isaac Jones, of Plasgwyn, Minera, to Miss Bird, of Park Eaton, near Wrexham-At Swansea, Mr. Samuel Harmsworth, to Miss Catherine Richards-At Newcastle, Glamorganshire, James Moody, esq. of Queen-square, London, to Mary, fourth daughter of the late Rev. S. Price, of New House, Glamorganshire-At Llanddulas, John Rowlands, esq. lieut. in the royal navy, to Miss Wright, of Denbigh-At Llanllwchaiarn, Nathan Tipson, esq. late of the 53d regt. to Mary, eldest daughter of William Tilsley, esq. of Severn Side, Montgomeryshire-Edward Forman, esq. of Penydairan Iron Works, Glamorganshire, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Richard Fothergill, esq. of Caerleon, Monmouthshire-At Neston, H. L. Rigby, esq. of Hawarden, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of C. B. Trevor Roper, esq. of Plas Teg Park, Flintshire.

Died.] At Wrexham, Mr. E. Randles, organist, 60. He was one of the first performers on the harp in the kingdom. Mr. R. was the lyrist mentioned by Miss Seward in her poem called Llangollen Vale. He was a pupil of the celebrated Parry, harper to the late Sir W. W. Wynne, who, with his son, used to perform Handel's Choruses, in a most masterly style, on two Welsh harps, to our late lamented sovereign-At Cogan Pill, near Cardiff, Anne, wife of Thomas Le Briton, esq.

SCOTLAND.

Married.] At Edinburgh, John Jeffrey, esq. to Elizabeth Helen, eldest daughter of Dr. James Hunter, professor of logic in the university of St. Andrew--At Aberdeen, Alexander Dunlop, esq. advocate, Edinburgh, to Margaret Clementina, youngest daughter of the late James Gordon, esq. BamffAt Feddle, John Graham, esq. to Isabella, second daughter of the late Captain Robert Campbell, of Kippendavie-At Flatt, Liddisdale, Robert Elliott, esq. of Redheugh and Tarras, to Jessie, eldest daughter of John Elliott, esq.-At Montrose, Mr. Wm. Morris, bookseller, to Miss Jane Milne-At Irving, Stewart Murray Fullarton, of Fullarton, esq. to Isabella Buchanan, only daughter of the late James Muir, esq. of Glasgow-At Manse of Lumphanan, Harry Lamond, esq. of Pitmurchie, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Shand, Lumphanan.

Died.] At Lathrisk, Charles Maitland, esq. of Rankeilour, one of his majesty's deputy lieutenants for Fifeshire-At Clova, Lady Niven Lumsden, of Auchindoir-Whilst on a tour between Edinburgh and Stirling, the Rev. Dr. William Beaumont Busby, dean of Rochester-At Musselburgh, the Rev. John Taylor, 67, master of the grammarschool-At Glasgow, Charles Wilsone, esq. surgeon -At the Manse of Kincardine, the Rev. Alexander Mac Bean, minister of that parish-At Greenlaw

IRELAND.

Births.] At Glentown, near Cork, the lady of Major-general Sir Thomas Brisbane, K. C. B. of a daughter-At Taurin, the lady of R. Musgrave, esq. high sheriff co. Waterford, of a son and heir--At Ballynahinch, co. Clare, the lady of Cornelius O'Callaghan, esq. of a son and heir--At Garryhunden, co. Carlow, the lady of Sir Thomas Butler, bart. of a son-At Heathfield, co. Limerick, the lady of Edward Lloyd, esq. of a son and heir.

Married.] At Limerick, Captain Prosser, 3d dragoons, to Miss Jane Whitaker, of the theatre royal, Dublin-At Dublin, Captain Edward Francis French, 82d regt. to Frances, daughter of Alexander Law, of Cork, esq.-In London, Robert Stearne Tighe, esq. of South Hill, co. Westmeath, to Miss Dilkes, daughter of the late Thomas Dilkes, esq. of Upper Seymour-street-Eneas M'Donnell, esq. barrister at law, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Loftus F. Fraser, esq. of Moneymoling, co. Wexford-At Temple Martin, co. Cork, Nicholas Wrixon, esq. to Miss Mary Popham, of Kilmore— At Rathfarnham, G. E. Bevan, esq. R. N. to Clarissa, daughter of James Hozier, esq. of Ballysallagh, co. Carlow, and granddaughter of Lord Ventry.

Died.] At Dublin, Mrs. Ramsey, relict of Alderman Ramsey, of Waterford-In Newtown Park Avenue, Mrs. Griffith, daughter of the late Chief Baron Burgh, 46-At Leiras, co. Cork, Philip Oliver Ellard, esq.-At Carrick on Suir, the Rev. Wm. O'Brien-At Glasnevin, Thomas Dix, esq. captain in the 57th regt.

MARRIAGE ABROAD.

At Paris, Earl Poulett, to Charlotte, daughter of the Hon. Mr. Portman, and now of Lord Dormer.

DEATHS ABROAD.

At Baden, Aug. 14th, John, eldest son of the Hon. John Spencer, and grandson of the late Duke of Marlborough-In France, Aug. 18th, Georgiana Sarab, fourth daughter of the late Vice-admiral Lechmere-On his passage from Penang to Bombay, the Rev. Richard Jackson, 47, one of the chaplains on that establishment, and son of the late vicar of Christ church, Hants-At Brussels, Lieut.-gen. Sir Ewan Baillie, bart. 77-At Astrachan, Edward James Peters, esq. 26, late of the 7th hussars, and son of H. Peters, esq. of Betchworth Castle, Surrey-At Brussels, Major-gen. Sir Wm. Nicholson, bart.-In Tobago, James Scobey, esq. master of the ordnance department-At Jamaica, Marmaduke Forster, esq. of Brunton, Northumberland-At Paris, Wm. Thomas Sandiford, esq. formerly major in the Bombay military establishment, 57.

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NEW MONTHLY

No. 82.]

MAGAZINE.

NOVEMBER 1, 1820.

[VOL. XIV.

MEMOIR OF THE REV. WM. LISLE BOWLES. (WITH A PORTRAIT.)

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To the lovers of poetry, that is, to all who have the smallest share of taste or feeling, the life of a poet is always in teresting. Like other lives of private men, it may produce no striking incidents, no remarkable turns or vicissitudes of fortune; yet will it exhibit the history of a fertile mind, and of a period in which the production of celebrated works will form the distinguish ed æras. The life of Mr. Bowles, as far as poetry is not concerned, will be that of a private clergyman, attentive to the duties of his ministry, studious of the welfare of his flock, and watchful to prevent the inroads of fanaticism among them; making it at the same time, his pleasure and amusement to do justice to the rural beauties of his parsonage, and to improve them by tasteful embellishments. Even this picture of tranquil usefulness and simple pleasures is not without its charms, but is not sufficiently varied to command the continued attention of the reader; it is as a poet that Mr. B. demands the pen of a biographer, though finally his least conspicuous labours may prove to have been the most truly valuable."

Mr. Bowles's family has been clerical for at least three generations; his father, William Thomas Bowles, being the only son of Dr. Bowles, vicar of Brackley in Northamptonshire. But, though moved by preferment into different situations, the family is originally of Wilts, and ancient in that county. The Rev. William Thomas Bowles married Bridget, one of the three daughters of Dr. Grey, author of Memoria Technica and other well-known works. By her he had seven children, of whom the eldest son was WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES, the subject of the present memoir.

The name of Lisle was given to him, in honour of that ancient family of Everley, Wilts, into which Dr. Bowles, his grandfather, married: a family originally of Northumberland, but now, we believe, extinct. NEW MONTHLY MAG.-No. 82.

Family connection early determined that Winchester should be the place of his education; to which school he was sent in 1776. An uncle of his father's had long been a fellow of that college, contemporary with Lowth, and other distinguished men; of whose kind attention to himself, with some pleasing account of the singularities of his character, Mr. B. has gratefully spoken in a very late publication.† Bowles was not to be overlooked, even where he had so many competitors as at Winchester, and he was soon particularly noticed by Dr. Warton. By the year 1781, he had risen to be the senior boy of that illustrious seminary. In that situation, he would infallibly have succeeded to New College, having been sent first on the roll, to the two foundations, had it not happened that no vacancy occurred in his year, excepting what were of necessity reserved for the founder's kin.

He was entered therefore at Trinity college, Oxford, where his master's brother, the celebrated Thomas Warton, was fellow and tutor. These were auspicious beginnings for a poetical mind; and they certainly produced their due effect upon (B. (who, in his first year, obtained the chancellor's prize, for a Latin composition on the siege of Gibraltar, which was accordingly recited in the theatre. It is still extant in the collection of Oxford Prize Poems, published by Mr. Valpy; and in the second volume of the author's poems. It is a composition of extraordinary merit, and classical beauty, for so young a writer.

Mr. Bowles was already a scholar of Trinity, for which foundation as well as for Winchester, like every worthy pupil of a worthy seminary, he has felt through life a constant and increasing affection; strongly expressed, with respect to the

+ Vindicia Wykehamicæ, further noticed below.

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