aged 103, having preserved his faculties unimpaired to the last. He married twice, the last time at 85, and had eight children by the last wife. Dec. 28. At Edinburgh, Jane, widow of Sir George Dunbar, Bart. of Mochrum ; and mother of sir William Rowe Dunbar, the present and 6th Bart. She was a dau. and coheir of Wm. Rowe, esq. of Liverpool, was married in 1775, and was left a widow, with a numerous family, in 1811. Lately. At Glasgow, aged 63, John Reid, M.D. well known in the literary world for his philosophical pursuits, having taught at various times, students in no less than twenty-six languages. At Edinburgh, John-Walter, youngest son of Geo. Wade, esq. of Dunmow, Essex. IRELAND. Lately. At the house of her brother-in-law, Henry Crosby, esq. Cloghan, Grace-Emma, eldest dau. of Wm. Currie, esq. of Itton Court, Monm. In Dublin, Maria, wife of Thomas Fitzgerald, esq. barrister, and dau. of late Rt. Hon. Thos. Loftus, of Killyon, co. Meath. In Dublin, the widow of John Preston, esq. of Ballinter, co Meath, (who died in 1781) and mother of the late Lord Tara. In Dublin, Mary, dau. of the late Darby O'Grady, esq. of Mount Prospect, co. Limerick, and sister to the Lord Chief Baron (now Lord Rockbarton). At Clontarf, aged 84, the Hon. AnnePhilippa Smyth, aunt to Lord Visc. Strangford. She was the younger dau. of Philip the 6th Viscount, by Mary, dau. of Ant. Jephson, esq. Her sister, the Hon. MaryAnne Smyth, died when upwards of eighty in 1823. At his seat, Brandum, co. Monaghan, Major Skeffington Hamilton. Males [Jan: At Dublin, Thos. Eves Green, esq. solicitor, for thirty years joint Law Agent to the Corporation. Advanced in age, Edw. Hill, M. D. Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity-college, Dublin. At Cork, in his 70th year, Francis Walsh, M.D. the oldest practising Physician in that city. He was Surgeon in Adm. Rodney's ship, during the battle with Count de Grasse, April 12, 1782. At his son the Rev. Dr. Forster's, Limerick, aged 82, C. Forster, esq. late of Dublin. John T. Ardien, esq. Member and Professor of Medical Jurisprudence to the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. At Bloomfield, near Dublin, aged 84, the widow of John Ruxton, esq. of Blackcastle, co. Meath, and sister to late Lovell Edgeworth, esq. At Castlelyons, co. Cork, T. Barry, M.D. At Dublin, Bridget, wife of Allen Cameron, esq. late Major 20th light dragoons, widow of Lieut.-Col. Geo. Urquhart, 65th reg. and dau. of Beauchamp Colclough, of Bohermore, co. Carlow, esq. At Rossborough, Lady Emily Leeson, infant dau. of the Earl of Miltown. At Newcastle, co. Longford, aged 18, the Hon. Louisa King, youngest dau. of Visc. Lorton. Jan. 9. Drowned in the Shannon, the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Massey. She had embarked in a boat with her servant and two boatmen for the purpose of dining with her relative Sir Hugh Dillon Massey, Bart. The current, unfortunately, caught the boat a little above the falls of Doonas, and, owing to the darkness of the evening, and a thick fog, it was hurried over the fall, and all perished. BILL OF MORTALITY, from Dec. 22, 1830, to Jan. 25, 1831. Females Whereof have died under two years old Salt 5s. per bushel; 14d. per pound. Between PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Jan. 24. Straw 11. 14s. to 11. 16s. Clover 31. 15s. to 5l. Os. Mutton... Veal Pork............... 2d. to 5s. 2d. Os. Od. to Os. Od. Head of Cattle at Market. Jan. 24: Beasts......... 2,898 Sheep and Lambs 18,620 Calves 110 Pigs 160 COAL MARKET, Jan. 24, 28s. Od. to 36s. 9d. PRICES OF SHARES, January 17, 1831, At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock & Share Brokers, 23, Change Alley, Cornhill. 4 p.ct. Waterloo [ 96 ]、 METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND, New South Sea Ann. Jan. 7, 807; 27, 804.--Old South Sea Ann. Dec. 30, 814. J. J. ARNULL, Stock Broker, Bank-buildings, Cornhill, 19 18 pm. 34 36 pm. 99 17 35 37 pm. 99 215 17 18 pm. 34 35 pm. 99 173 16 pm.. 16 pm. 33 30 pm. 33 35 pm. 91 36 34 pm. 33 35 pm. late RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET. MINOR CORRESPONDENCE. Since the articles on York Minster were printed, the Dean of York has published a letter, in which occurs this important passage: "I have decided to leave the Screen for the present where it is, and to rebuild the choir where it was. But in deference to the opinion of the many talented persons who have recommended that the bases of the great column should be uncovered, I beg to state publicly, that it is my intention (if the Chapter should not dissent) as soon as the work of restoration shall be finished, to set back the west front of the Screen a few feet, and to have worked in stone those parts which are now worked in plaster. The expense, however, attending this alteration, will be defrayed by the Dean and Chapter, and will not be charged to the Restoration Fund."-On this reprieve of the Screen we heartily congratulate our readers, and devoutly pray it may be converted into a full and unrestricted pardon. Col. MACDONALD, of Exeter, observes, "In the whole history of Britain, there cannot be a more interesting period than that now revolving, when a radical error which has been increasing and deteriorating the finest Constitution otherwise on earth, is about to be removed, and to restore it to its pristine excellence, by a salutary Reform in the House of Commons. This just and moderate amelioration has been frequently stated in your Magazine, but without adverting to what is now made a principal feature at public meetings, i. e. the BALLOT. The advocates against it urge that it opens a door to bribery, deceit, and even perjury, while those in its favour say, that mankind are better than is supposed by the first case, and therefore may be left to vote conscientiously by the second case, or without what some term the shelter, and others, the treachery of the ballot. Seeing that opinions thus run in directions diametrically opposite; and that, in all human probability, no detrimental consequences will arise from either mode of voting at elections, let it be made optional with every person coming forward to give his suffrage, so to do either by open vote or by ballot. This procedure will prove satisfactory to all, without giving offence to any; and terminate a contest appearing endless without such a simple expedient, and unattended with the slightest inconvenience." With reference to the Polignac pedigree (p. 101), W. H. L. remarks, that "Dame d'Atours is the office of tirewoman to the Queen of France, or perhaps similar to our lady in waiting; and as this communicates no information as to the name or title of the ex-minister's mother, he should be glad to see this blank filled up.-Vol. C. ii. p. 382, Lady Horton became a widow Nov. 15, (not 22) 1811." MELAS is desirous of noticing a remark in the review of the Excerpta Historica, part III. in our January number, p. 55; where A is suggested that horribiliter is a mistake for honorabiliter, arising from a contraction in the original. Having been the contributor of the article in that work, though he had compared the passage of William Wyrcestre with the original MS. in the Heralds' College, he has again purposely examined the word, and found it correct. In the MS. it is "mag' audact' et horribilit' se habuit." The word seems to mean fiercely. MELAS would be gratified by the solution of this anagram, SOL LUCET ARDUIS; under which transposed form of the letters is hidden the name of the author of an abridgment of Vossius's Rhetoric, compiled for the Grammar Schools at Amsterdam (Gronoviæ, 1711, 8vo.) An Old Subscriber says, cc I was surprised to find it stated in Lodge's Portraits, that the present Viscount St. Vincent succeeded his elder brother in the Peerage. His Lordship succeeded his maternal uncle, the Earl of St. Vincent, and is the second Peer of the family. In your memoir of the Earl of Bandon, it is incorrectly stated that the family of Bernard was established in Ireland by Judge Bernard. That learned and estimable lawyer was born in 1668, at Castle Mahon, co. Cork, the seat of his father Francis Bernard, esq. and of his grandfather Francis Bernard, of Castle Mahon, whose will, dated 21 Dec. 1657, proved 10 Oct. 1660, is on record in Dublin. The name of the family place was changed from Castle Mahon to Castle Bernard about a century ago. The last edition of Debrett's Peerage states Helen le Scrope as the wife of John Smythe of Corsham. The pedigree in your last number varies from this account, and calls her Joan Brouncker. Debrett states the Smythes to have been seated in Wiltshire for seven centuries,-query, a misprint for some centuries?" An Occasional Correspondent begs to suggest that "The Bells of Ouseley" (mentioned in Sept. Magazine, p. 194,) is a corruption for "Bells of Osney," which Abbey was formerly famous for its bells. The great bell of Christchurch, Oxford, came from Osney Abbey. We are sorry we cannot oblige "An Occupier of his Glebe," but we must decline® renewing the correspondence on "Clerical Farmers." If T. E. will favour us with a reply to Mr. Woolmer's paper on "the Geology of Dartmoor," &c. we shall we glad to give it consideration. |