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At Northiam, aged 75, Mr. George Bishopp. This much respected gentle man and his ancestors have inherited, and constantly resided upon, an estate at Northiam during the last three centuries.

Aged 71, William Scrivens, esq. banker, Hastings.

WARWICK.-Dec. 21. At Leamington, Bolton Peel, esq. of Dosthill Lodge, near Tamworth.

At the house of her son-in-law, the Rev. S. Crowther, Knowle, aged 81, Hester, relict of the Rev. R. W. Yates, of the Elms, Solihull, and only child of the late Rev. Dr. Barnardiston, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Dec. 24. At Leamington, aged 26, Edward, eldest surviving son of the late Thomas Crookenden, esq. of Rushfordlodge, Suffolk, formerly of Trinity-coll. Camb.

Dec. 25. At Birmingham, Thomas A. S. Stocker, esq. M.D. late of Ludlow. Jan. 10. At Leamington, Mrs. Sympson, wife of Robert Sympson, esq.

WESTMORLAND.-Dec. 23. At Ingmire Hall, Kendal, Thomas Upton, esq. nephew and heir-at-law of Sir John Smyth, Bart. of Ashton.

WILTS.-Dec. 15.-In his 88th year, John Neate, esq. for nearly 30 years deputy high steward of the borough of Malmesbury.

Dec. 27. At Salisbury, aged 82, James Sutton, esq. a magistrate, senior alderman of the late Corporation, and a member of the present Town Council.

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WORCESTER. · Dec. 19. Aged 52, Anne, wife of John Goldingham, esq. of Worcester.

Lately. At Malvern Wells, Harriet, youngest dau. of the late Thos. Berrington, esq. of Winsley, Herefordshire.

At Worcester, Susanna, wife of the late Stephen Godson, esq. and youngest dau. of the late R. Coker, esq. of Mappowder, Dorset.

Jan. 7. At Worcester, Robert Haliburton, esq. only surviving son of the late Gen. Haliburton, of the Madras establishment.

Jan. 9. At Hartlebury, aged 52, Geo. Lewis, esq.

YORK.-Dec. 13. At Doncaster, Frances-Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. John Ramsden, Vicar of Arksey, who died in 1807, and sister to Sir Wm. B. Cooke, Bart. She was the eldest dau. of the late Sir George Cooke, Bart. of Wheatley, by Frances, dau. of Sir John Lambert Middleton, Bart.

Dec. 15. At the vicarage, Ormesby, the residence of her son-in-law, the Rev. Thomas Irvin, aged 69, Phebe Hayes, wife of Capt. George Hayes, R.N.

Dec 26. At Bishophill, York, aged 73, Stephen Beckwith, esq. M.D. He graduated in 1798. Dr. Beckwith has bequeathed above 40,000l. to the charitable institutions of York.

Lately. At Sheffield, aged 109, Mrs. Gray, of Bell's-gardens.

WALES.-Dec. 10. Morris Jones, esq. of the Gunrog, near Welshpool, Mayor of that borough.

Dec. 17. Aged 48, Mary-Frances-Ford, wife of the Rev. Henry Jones, Vicar of Northop, Flintshire.

Dec. 18. At St. Asaph, aged 63, Richard Robert Jones, better known in the Principality as Dick of Aberdaron, the celebrated Welsh linguist. He was well known to the generality of the public from the peculiarities of his personal appearance, but more favourably to the literary portion of England in general, by the extent of his acquirements in the ancient and modern languages. He was fortunate in having for the chronicler of a certain portion of his life, of his attainments, and his peculiarities, the author of the life of Lorenzo de Medicis, whose biographical sketch of him will now be referred to with much interest.

Dec. 26. At Park-hill, near Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesea, Elizabeth-Susanna, third dau. of the late Rev. Robert Williams, Rector of Beaumaris and Llandegfan.

Lately. At Swansea, Thomas Thomas, esq. solicitor, aged 53, Recorder and Townclerk for the borough of Swansea, and coroner for the county of Glamorgan.

At Brecon, aged 79, Hester, relict of Rev. Wm. Williams, Rector of Llyswen, Brecknockshire.

SCOTLAND.-Nov. 29. At the Guynd, near Arbroath, aged 70, John Ouchterlony, esq. of the Guynd and Tulloes.

Dec. 13. At Inverness, Major John Barclay, of the Hon. East India Company's 4th Bengal Light Cavalry.

At Haughend, near Dunkeld, Mungo Murray, esq.

In Coates'-crescent, Edinburgh, aged 71, John William Norrie, esq. Author of "A Complete Epitome of Practical Navigation," &c.

Jan. 3. At Bath House, Ardrossan, aged 78, Mrs. Mary Fisher, dau. of the late Alexander Fisher, esq. and relict of Charles Macintosh, esq. of Campsie and Dunchattan, F.R.S. London.

Jan. 9. In Howe-st. Edinburgh, aged 72, Robert Freebairn, esq.

IRELAND. Dec. 20. At Dublin, Elizabeth, wife of Col. Munro, Royal Art.

Dec. 31. At Clonagath, Kildare, Anna Beaumont, wife of Weldon Deverell, esq. and dau. of Wolfenden Kenny, esq.

At Tarbert (Lower Shannon), on board the Fox frigate, to which he was attached as midshipman, Mr. Bulteel, son of John C. Bulteel, esq. grandson of Earl Grey, Fleet House, Devon.

Lately. In Dublin, Arthur Hume, esq. late Teller of Her Majesty's Exchequer.

Jan. 10. At Dunany House, aged 81, Frances Lady Bellingham.

EAST INDIES.-Aug. 26. At Singapore, aged 24, Capt. William Man.

Oct. 14. At Umballah, on his march from Benares to Scinde, aged 16, J. Gideon Jenkins, Ensign in the 55th Reg. of Native Inf. eldest son. of J. G. Jenkins, esq. of Radway, Sidmouth.

Oct. 17. At Dacca, Bengal, Robert Barclay Duncan, esq. surgeon, 49th Native Inf.

Oct. 30. At Calcutta, aged 25, W. A. Tongue, esq. of 10th foot, eldest son of William Tongue, esq. of Combesford Hall, Staffordshire.

Nov. 1. At Calcutta, aged 21, Lieut. Samuel Edward Sneyd, of the Bengal Eng. fourth son of the late Major Ralph Henry Sneyd, of the Bengal Cavalry.

Nov. 5. At Sukkur, in Scinde, aged 26, William Ellice Pollard, esq. of the Bengal Medical Service, son of the Rev. J. Pollard, Rector of Bennington, Herts. Nov. 12. At the Nilgherries, Samuel Stokes, esq. surgeon Madras European Regiment.

At Hyderabad, aged 39, H. T. Chatterton, esq. Assistant Surgeon of the 3d reg. of Light Cavalry, Hon. East India Company's Service, and second son of the late Mr. Richard Chatterton, of Bath.

Nov. 14. At Kurnool, Eliza Scarlett, wife of William C. Rich, esq. 46th Regt. of Madras Nat. Inf. and dau. of John Robert Henry Jackson, esq. of Swallowfield-pl. near Wellington, Somersetshire.

Nov. 17. At Bellary, aged 26, Thomas Alexander Turquand, Lieut. Quartermaster and Interpreter of the 3d Regt. of Madras Light Inf. He was the only son of the late Commissary-General.

Nov. 18. At Agra, aged 37, Ellen, wife of Capt. Philip Harris, of the 70th Regt. Bengal Nat. Inf. eldest dau. of the late Thomas Blair, esq. of Lucan, Dublin.

WEST INDIES. Nov. 26. At Falmouth, Jamaica, Mr. William Dyer, for many years editor of the Jamaica Corn wall Courier, and son of the late Robert Dyer, esq. merchant, Bristol.

ABROAD. July At Adelaide, South Australia, aged 45, Charles Frederick Burton, solicitor, son of the Rev. Charles Burton, Rector of Blatherwycke, Northamptonsh. and Vicar of Lavendon, Bucks.

July 19. At Wellington, New Zealand, George Hunter, esq. Major of that settlement, late merchant of London.

Aug. 24. At Bagdad, on board the Hon. East India Company's steam vessel the Nitocris, aged 32, George Augustus Frederick Danvers, esq. late first Lieut. of the Portsmouth Division of Royal Marines.

Sept. 2. At Hong Kong, Francis R. Foote, Esq. Deputy Commissary Gen., only son of the late Vice-Adm. Sir Edward J. Foote, K.C B.

Sept. 14. On board the ship Beulah, which passing from Hong Kong to Calcutta, Robert Highat, esq. of Liverpool, and formerly of Paisley.

Oct. 13. At the Island of St. Helena, having nearly completed his 90th year, Sir William Webber Doveton, Knt. an old and faithful civil servant of the East India Company for nearly half a century. He was knighted Feb, 3, 1819, being then one of the Council at St. Helena, and Lieut.-Colonel of the Volunteers there.

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Nov. On his passage from Bombay to England, aged 29, Capt. Rattray, 86th Reg. eldest son of the late Lieut.Col. Rattray, of the 63d.

Nov. 17. At Genoa, aged 74, John Watts, esq. late of Cheltenham.

Nov. 22. At Washington, United States, Pettus, eldest son of T. R. Harman, esq. of Bedford-pl. Russell-sq.

Nov. 28. At Sierra Leone, Capt. William Rhodes, 2d son of the late Godfrey Rhodes, of Stepney.

Dec. 9. At Rome, aged 28, Mr. Samuel Redford, of Hampton Court, artist.

Dec. 10. At St. Petersburg, aged 77, Charles Baird, esq. of that city. Mr. Baird was a man whose enterprise and talents, exercised successfully, during a long life, in the introduction into Russia, and prosecution there, of the various great improvements of engineering science, will cause him to be long remembered in that country.

At Rome, aged 52, George Charles Harvey, esq.

Dec. 11. At Zante, Sarabella-Maria, eldest dau. of Pryse L. Gordon, esq, and wife of F. L. Chiaranda, esq. Assistant Commissary-Gen. to the Forces, and late Collector of the Customs at that island.

At Brussels, aged 68, Col. William Mayne.

Dec. 18. At Baden-Baden, Sarah Henrietta, youngest dau. of the late Thomas Junor, esq. of Edinburgh, and youngest niece of the late Col. Patrick Bruce, E. I. C. S.

Dec. 25. At Brussels, Capt. Mayne, eldest son of the late Col. Mayne, who survived his father only 14 days.

Dec. 26. At his chateau in Franche Comte, General Comte d'Orsay, one of the most distinguished officers in Napoleon's army, and on the restoration employed by Louis XVIII., as Governor of Vittoria, where he so conciliated the affection and esteem of the inhabitants that on his departure they presented him with a costly sword, inscribed "Au General Comte d'Orsay, Vittoria reconnoissant." He is succeeded by his son Comte Alfred, who has resided so long in this country.

Dec. 31. Aged 70, Gustave Maximilien Juste, Prince de Croy, Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen.

Dec. 29. At New York, aged 33, Wil

liam, son of Thomas Vyse, esq. of Hernehill Abbey, Surrey.

Dec. 30. At Nice, in his 4th year, Henry, eldest son of William Fitzherbert, esq.

At Florence, aged 32, William Wansey, jun. esq. late of Hanger-lane, Stamfordhill, eldest son of William Wansey, esq. F.S.A. of London.

Jan. 6. At Boulogne-sur-Mer, aged 18, Georgiana-Louisa, eldest dau. of Sir J. William Hort, Bart.

Jan 7. At Lisbon, Francis, eldest son of the late Francis Patten, esq. of Rochester, Kent.

TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
From the Returns issued by the Registrar General.

DEATHS REGISTERED from DEC. 23, 1843, to JAN. 20, 1844, (5 weeks.)

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Sussex Pockets, 67. 2s. to 67. 10s.-Kent Pockets, 61. 4s. to 10%. 10s.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Jan. 27.
Hay, 27. 12s. to 47. Os.—Straw, 17. 5s. to 17. 12s.-Clover, 31. 5s. to 51. Os.
SMITHFIELD, Jan. 29. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs.
..2s. 4d. to 3s. 4d. Head of Cattle at Market, Jan. 26.
....2s. 8d. to 3s. 8d. Beasts.......
581 Calves 130
Sheepand Lambs 2130
Pigs 34.0

Beef.........
Mutton.........

Veal..

Pork...........

...3s. 10d. to 4s. 10d.

...2s. 8d. to 4s. Od.

COAL MARKET, Jan. 26.

Walls Ends, from 16s. 6d. to 44s. 6d. per ton. Other sorts from 14s. Od. to 18s, 6d TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 44s. 6d.

Yellow Russia, 43s. Od.

CANDLES, 7s. Od. per doz. Moulds, 9s. 6d.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Cornhill.

Birmingham Canal, 171.. Ellesmere and Chester, 64.- -Grand Junction, 150.
Kennet and Avon, 83.

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Leeds and Liverpool, 670.

Regent's, 23.

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Rochdale, 60.- -London Dock Stock, 105.- St. Katharine's, 100.-
London and Birmingham Railway, 244.
London and Southwestern, 77. Grand Junction Water-
West Middlesex, 115. Globe Insurance, 134.- Guardian,
-Imperial Gas, 86.-Phoenix Gus,
Reversionary Interest, 104.

and West India, 136.
Western, 111-
Works, 824.
46. -Hope, 7. Chartered Gas, 64.
36.London and Westminster Bank, 24..

For Prices of all other Shares, enquire as above.

METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND.
From Dec. 26, 1843, to Jan. 25, 1844, both inclusive.

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J. J. ARNULL, English and Foreign Stock and Share Broker,

1, Bank Buildings, London.

J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PRINTERS, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET.

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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE.

MARCH, 1844.

BY SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

MINOR CORRESPONDENCE.-Repairs of Alderton Church-Provincial Tokens-
Miss Catharine Fanshaw-Meaning of "scary," &c.

226

LORD BROUGHAM'S STATESMEN OF THE TIME OF GEORGE III.

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Bath Abbey Turrets-Holy-water Stoup at Hastings-Font at Scraptoft (with a Plate)..

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The Contributions of Sir John Barrow to the Quarterly Review

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Authorship of the article in Quarterly Review on the Character of Pitt.
On the Etymology of North Meols

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French Scientific Congress-New English Archæological Association

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A Word on the State and Prospects of Art

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Dr. Rock and Dr. Franks represented in the Harlot's Progress?

LONDINIANA, No. VIII.-Site of British London-List of Potter's Marks
AUTOGRAPHS-in Spain, Italy, Germany, and France-of Bonaparte and of

Molière-Scarce Publications by Irish Catholics

On procuring sleep during pain-Dr. Binns and Southey

On Church Towers and Spires

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.-Salt upon Salt, by George Withers
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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Ward's Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent, 273; Pettigrew's Superstitions in Medicine and Surgery, 276; The Village Church, a Poem, 279; Williams's Study of the Gospels, 280; Moultrie's Dream of Life, and other Poems, 281; Barham's Life of Reuchlin, and Miscellaneous Reviews LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCENew Publications, 285; University of Cambridge-Royal Society of Literature-Elfric Society ARCHITECTURE.-Institute of British Architects, 292; Oxford Architectural Society-Holywell Church-Iffley Church, 294; Woolpit, Suffolk 295 ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCHES.-New Archæological Association, 295; Society of Antiquaries, 296; Society of Antiquaries at Newcastle-Duplicate Rosetta Stone, 298; Roman Altars at Newcastle-Lake MoerisAncient Weapons found in Essex-Cave Temples of India, 299; Royal Vaults in Prussia, 300; Carthaginian Bust-French Antiquarian Intelligence 301 HISTORICAL CHRONICLE.-Parliamentary Proceedings, 302; Foreign News, 304; Domestic Occurrences

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Promotions and Preferments, 307; Births and Marriages
OBITUARY; with Memoirs of The Grand Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha;
Donna Carlotta of Spain; Marquess of Winchester; Earl of Plymouth;
Lady Newborough; Hon. Percy Jocelyn; Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.;
Sir Robert Fitzwygram; Adm. Sir Graham Moore; Vice-Adm. Sir R. L.
Fitzgerald; Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Johnston; Lieut. Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe;
Sir F. W. Macnaghten; General Bertrand; Count Mazzinghi; Rev.
George Stephenson; John Barwis, Esq.; John Bradley, Esq.

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Registrar-General's Returns of Mortality in the Metropolis-Markets-Prices

of Shares, 335; Meteorological Diary-Stocks

Embellished with Representations of a TURRET of BATH ABBEY, HOLY-WATER STOUP in St. Clement's, Hastings; the old FONT of SCRAPTOFT, co. Leicester; and of two ROMAN ALTARS found at Newcastle in Northumberland.

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