This pious and amiable man raised himself from the loom; by indefatigable labours at which, and allowing himself only four hours' sleep per diem, he found means to put himself to school, and ultimately to make such progress in religious and useful learning, that in 1820 he was ordained to a curacy by the present Bishop of Bath and Wells. P. 91. The Rev. W. Easton was son of the Rev. Richard Easton, for fifty-five years Vicar of Grantham, a notice of whom will be found in Nichols's Literary Illustrations of the Eighteenth Century, vol. vi. p. 141; and brother-in-law to the late Rev. B. N. Turner, Rector of Denton, co. Lincoln, of whom a memoir and portrait are given in the same volume. P. 91. The Rev. J. T. Flesher was the son of the late Gilbert Flesher, Esq. of Towcester, and was instituted to the Rectory of Tiffield in 1795, on the resignation of his uncle the Rev. Thos. Flesher, Vicar of Blackerley. P. 94. The late William Borrer, Esq. of Brighton, was aged 79, not 97. He rose from nothing; and died the richest man in the county of Sussex. He was originally a butcher and cattle-jobber at Henfield; and during the war had many advantageous contracts for supplying the barracks with meat, corn, hay, and all kinds of stores. He lived at about the rate of 400l. a year, and is said to have left 3000l. a-year to his second son, 7000l. a-year to his youngest son, and all the rest of his property, amounting to upwards of 300,000l. to his eldest son. P. 177. Lt.-Gen. Darby died on the 10th Jan. at Ballinaclough Ġlebe, the residence of the Very Rev. Dean Head, in co. Limerick. He was aged 73 years. P. 178. James Kennedy, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, is the author of the "History of the Contagious Cholera, in popular language." P. 178. The ancestors of the late Daniel Sykes, Esq. M.P. had for many generations been settled at Hull, in the pursuit of extensive commercial engagements. Mr. Sykes's great-grandfather had such a connection with the Baltic trade, that, on the occasion of a severe famine in Sweden, he freighted several vessels with provisions, and sent them there for gratuitous distribution among the poor; for this act the Swedish government, in gratitude, gave him the lease of some iron mines, which eventually swelled the patrimony of his descendants so as to enable them to withdraw from all other speculations. On his death he bequeathed this property to one of his sons; and his landed estates to the other, from whom descended the celebrated collector and patron of literature, the late Sir Mark Sykes, of Sledmere, Bart. Mr. D. Sykes was the youngest of a family of six children, and was born at Hull Nov. 12, 1766. In early youth he showed proofs of extraordi nary talents, which induced his father to educate him for the bar; but the state of his health compelled him to reside in the country, and relinquish all the hopes of his profession, which he principally continued for the benefit of his provincial neighbours. His father left him a large fortune, and a share in the commerce, which also occupied some of his time; and his leisure he employed in promoting the views of the Whig party, of which his family had long been supporters. He was one of the first estab lishers of the Rockingham weekly paper, which for many years, under the able editing of the Rev. George Lee, has had great influence in that part of the kingdom. Thus he spent the earlier part of his life, until, in 1820, the Whig party determined to propose him as a candidate to represent his na tive town in Parliament; when, such was his popularity, that he might be said to have been returned not only without opposition, but with acclamation. In 1826 he was again returned, but with some show of resistance. The people of Hull were decidedly opposed to all concessions to the Roman Catholics. Mr. Sykes, however, took for granted that the opinions of his own immediate circle were the opinions of his constituents: he therefore unguardedly declared in his place in the House of Commons that the people of Hull were in favour of the measure of emancipation, and referred to his own election in proof of his assertion. This assertion, produced as great a sensation in Hull, as the declaration of the Duke of Wellington against Reform did throughout the kingdom at large. A public meeting was called to afford him a proof to the contrary; and a worthy Alderman, Mr C. Bolton, in one of the best speeches ever delivered on that side of the question, de clared that Mr. Sykes had been returned by private friends and political opponents. Mr. Sykes received the censures then passed on him with no good-will, and finding his popularity decline, would not stoop to recover it, as it was lost in a cause which he had disinterestedly advocated all his life, and determined not to offer himself again for Hull Accordingly, at the general election in 1880, he was a candidate for Beverley, and was returned after a strong contest.-In youth, Mr. Sykes was remarkably handsome, as is recorded in Miss Seward's Letters, and in his advanced years he maintained the same animated expression of countenance. He married, early in life, one of whom it is sufficient to say that he boasted often they had not been, for many years, a single day apart from each other, and, "by God's will, they never more should be!" The bulk of his property, which was allowed to increase of itself, only as a prudent man would have required, he left righteously disposed among his nephews, according to their circum tances. INDEX TO ESSAYS, DISSERTATIONS, AND HISTORICAL PASSAGES. ** The principal Memoirs in the OBITUARY are distinctly entered in Abbeys, comparative notices of those in Acre, custom at the siege of 67 Africa, Lander's expedition to 434. co- Elfric, earl of Mercia, seal of 443 Analogia Linguæ Græcæ 41, 118, 225, Anatomy Bill, discussion on 73, 552 at Antimonial cup, account of 582 Atkins, Geo. memoir of 185 Aymon, John, MSS. possessed by 30 Bartlow Hills, Roman remains at 162, Baths, Roman, discovered near Chelten- Bec, Barons of 27-30 Bede, original manuscripts of 496 Bible Society, remarks on 241 Bickerton, Adm. Sir R. H. memoir of 175 Boroughs, bill for defining the bounda- Barrer, Wm. memoir of 94, 652 Brientz, visit to 111 Bristol, trial of the rioters at 75. bills cathedral, ancient sculpture from, Britanny, antiquities of 310 John, monument to 497 Index to Essays, &c. England, scenery of 56 extent of Errington Family, notices of 581 Mortem, celebration of the 555 Fabius, character and abilities of 411 Fables, oriental collection of 493. of the Fallows, Rev. F. memoir of 88 Female Ornaments of 16th century 615 Fires, at Glasgow 76. at St. Thomas's, -, Ralph, memoir of 274 Fossil Forest discovered near Rome 69 France, civil list of 74. political plots 361 Frankland, Sir T. notice of 650 Freeman, Adm. Williams, memoir of French Histories, list of 543 Funerals, Nocturnal, notices of 501 655 Gebel el Mekattib, characters on the Geology, map of 46. disquisitions on Gibson, Bp. letter of 143 Glass, malleable, discovery of 69 Grandlieu, lake of in Britanny 311 Greece, civil war in 170 Gregor, Rev. W. memoir of 525 Greek Church, in Stag-lane, inquiry re- Greek Language, on the analogy of 41, Green, Wm. inscription on 190 Greenwich Park, trees of 327 Greenwood, Cha. character of 650 Gresham Prize Medal 66, 545 Grimaldi Family, origin and pedigrees Grub, ravages of the 328 Guildo, Le, in Britanny, castle of 310 Haggerston, Sir C. memoir of 80 Hallington, Northumb. account of 580 Harvey, Dr. curious anecdote of 407 Hastings Family, portraits of 398 Hayman, Cha. death of 476 Hercules, labours of symbolized 14. vase representing his contest with the Ache- Herrick, W. memoir of 182 Hill, Col. Sir T. N. memoir of 84, 650 History, coins illustrative of 131, 227, 325, 417, 510 Hogarth, anecdotes of 50 Holland, treaty with Belgium 164 Adm. Sir S. monument to 190 Hospital, in vicinity of Westminster Ab- Hull Literary Society, meeting of 355 Huntingford, Bp. memoir of 559 Huyshe, family arms of 2 Hydraulic self-acting engine,invented546 tive notices of 527. conquest of 528 Ireland, disturbed state of 75, 633. go- King's Evil, royal licence to cure 411 Kinnier, Sir J. M. notices of 190 Knowles, Adm. Sir C. H. funeral of 190 of 40, 101. subscriptions for 502. con- Lamb, Rev. J. memoir of 90 Lander, Rich. and John, biographical Laroche, Capt. H. memoir of 274 Law, Archdeacon, inscription on 190 Lawrence, Sir T. library sold 649 Lisbon, Roman remains discovered at 291 Anecdotal, progress of 492, 586 Logic, remarks on 48 London, early history of 428. British and London Bridge, approaches to 99. snuff- Lord's Prayer, on the proper reading of Luxmoore, Bishop, family of 650 M'Culloch, Rev. T. memoir of 564 Machecoul, Britanny, historical notices of 311 Mac Mahon, Bp. notices of 404 98. corporation of 405. witches at ib. Markland, Edw, memoir of 371 |