90 OBITUARY.-Thomas Sherwood, Esq.-John Preston, Gent. [Jan, the sad tale; that, under a mistaken idea of the high theatrical powers, which men into whose company it was his misfortune to fall (Mr. Kean among the number) persuaded him that he possessed, and in connection with the fact that his expensive habits had made him afraid of meeting his justly-irritated father, he at once quitted the profession in which he was so well qualified to excel, aud betook himself to the stage. He had, however, the grace to drop bis paternal sirname-but the name of RALPH SHERWIN Will not soon be forgotten, not only in most of the provincial theatres, but even at Drury-lane, where, in Dandie Dinmont, and similar characters, which require a man well read in provincial phraseology, he most particularly excelled. To follow this misguided youth through the various chances and changes of his subsequent history is unnecessary, if even it were possible.* It may suffice to state, in general, that for many a year he dank deep of that bitter cup which is prepared for those who have exchanged their home, under such cir cumstances, for so degraded an occupation. He was at length, however, freely forgiven by his offended father, and without one single murmur of displeasure was welcomed to his home; but, after a very short time, without any apparent reason, he abruptly quitted his father's house, attached himself to the stage once more, slept in a damp bed in Cambridge, early in the year 1830, and came home to die. The full and free condonation of what was past, and the plea surable intercourse and conversation be tween father and son, as far as the grief of the former for the death of his daughter, and the deeply-rooted disease of the latter, would permit, will not be soon forgotten by those who witnessed them both. Amid the gloom which, from all sides, lowered around him, the father recognized not the Arm which, in chastening, was correcting and purifying his heart he would talk incoherently of his lost daughter from morning till night, and he would sit gazing, with a vacant, glassy eye, upon a picture of his son in one of his characters. He was forlorn and blighted - reason reeled on her seat - she received not from him that "sweet oblivious antidote" so often administered to others-the conflict was over, and he hurried into eternity. His body was found in the Tees, at the distance of a field from his house, and was afterwards * A brief account of Sherwin's theatrical career has already appeared in our Number for October last, p. 376. Edit. buried with his father and mother and children in Staindrop churchyard. JOHN PRESTON, Gent. Oct. 80. Aged 85, John Preston, of Drayton in Hales, co. Salop, Gent. He was descended from an ancient family resident at Hough, in the parish of Wibunbury, co. Chester, where his ancestor, John Preston, was living in the reign of Elizabeth; he inherited an estate at that place, which he held for his life, and which has now devolved on John Preston, of Burslem, the only son of his first cousin. The deceased was the only child of Lawrence Preston, of eldest dau. and coheir of Thomas GrinNewcastle-under-Lyme, by Mary his wife, by Elizabeth (Walford) his wife. The sell, of Drayton in Hales, Gentleman, family of Grinsell is of greater antiquity at Drayton than any other of that town; it has been traced as resident there in bably there much earlier, and was about the reign of Henry VIII. but was pro a century ago so numerous, that their christian names were insufficient to de signate them without having recourse to other appellations. They are now reduced to one family, which still continues to live there with the accustomed respectability of its ancestors. From this his maternal family, Mr. Preston enjoyed some valuable freehold property. He was educated at the free grammar school at Drayton, and, excepting the short intermission of his Rochdale, merchant, had resided there abode with his uncle Richard Gore, of siderable, and will be long held in refrom infancy. His charities were conmembrance. He was also the firm and determined advocate to rescue from oblivion and embezzlement the numerous bequests left by former benefactors, and to see them appropriated agreeably He was a strenuous supporter of the to the intention of the respective donors. national school from the period of its has bequeathed to its funds 107. per ann. first institution in 1788, and in his will arising out of 500l. 3 per cent. Consols. He has also given 47. a-year to the use of the church, and 20s. yearly to the two churchwardens, the parish clerk, and the person who receives these dividends, for their trouble. He was a person of extensive information on general subjects; but when any thing connected with the locality of his residence came in question, there were none who could compete with him for correctness and extent. His anecdotes had been treasured up by an excellent and retentive memory. W. H. 1831.] OBITUARY.-Rev. B. L. Edwards. REV. B. L. EDWARDS. Jan. 2. At Northampton, aged 66, the Rev. Benjamin Lloyd Edwards. He was upwards of 45 years Minister of the Independent Congregation assembling at King's Head Lane Chapel in that town; and during that lengthened period proved himself the ardent and uncompromising friend of civil and religious liberty. His professional services were characterised by the lucid arrangement of his subjects, the perspicuity of his style, and the fervid earnestness of his manner; but whilst enforcing his own views of the peculiar doctrines of Christianity, he was never betrayed into the slightest violation of candour or liberality; and the benevolence of his disposition prompted him to the habitual exercise of charity towards the temporal wants, as well as towards the religious opinions of all within the circle of his connexion. But the most distin guishing trait of his character was his unbending, inflexible integrity. Regardless of the frowns of his opponents, and uninfluenced by, though not insensible to, the smiles and approbation of his friends, he had only to ascertain the line of his duty, and no selfish or personal considerations could induce him to swerve from it. DEATHS. BEDS.-Dec. 22. At Ampthill, aged 92, Margaret, widow of Rev. Robert Hagar, Vicar of Haynes, Beds. and dau. of late Granado Pigott, esq. of Pigotts Abingdon, co. Cambridge. BERKS.-Jan. 7. Aged 53, John Sherwood, esq. of Reading. Jan. 11. At Reading, aged 73, Lt.-Col. Balcomb, late of 1st dragoon guards. BUCKS.-Jan. 6. At Great Marlow, Francis, youngest son of W. Hickman, esq. Jan. 12. At Fingest, aged 83, Mrs. Catherine Lowndes, sister of the late Wm, Lowndes Stone, esq. of Brightwell. CAMBRIDGE.-Dec. 9. At Chesterton, near Cambridge, advanced in age, Miss Elizabeth Benson, one of the ladies of the Manor. Jan. 7. At Swaffham Priors, Anna Maria, infant dau. of Rev. Dr. Jermyn. Jan. 12. Aged 21, John James Ibbotson, esq. student of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. CUMBERLAND.-Dec. 31. At Whitehaven, J. Bree, esq. brother of Martin Stapylton, esq. of Myton, Yorkshire. DEVONSHIRE.- Aged 38, John Clark Langmead, of Derriford, esq. Justice of the Peace for the County, and Captain in North Devon Militia. At Paignton, Lieut. Yard Eastley, R.N. 91 At Stonehouse, aged 67, Lt.-Col. John Macdonald, late of 64th foot. Jan. 5. At Coombe Royal, aged 57, J. Luscombe Luscombe, esq. Jan. 15. At Modbury, aged 17, Anna, youngest dau. of Rev. W. Stackhouse, of Trehane, Cornwall. 92 OBITUARY. At Portsmouth, aged 96, Mr. Mackay, a veteran soldier, who served in the German war of George II. as a drummer. A numerous family of descendants surrounded his death-bed; and his intellects were perfect to the last. He was one of six brothers who went into the army, and one of whom became Governor of Tilbury Fort. Jan. 1. At Andover, aged 72, Capt. and Adjutant Donald Fraser, 78th reg. Jan. 5. At Warnford rectory, Jane, relict of Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, esq. late of Alresford. Jan. 8. At Yately, aged 65, Henry Ran HERTS.-Jan. 20. 86, Ralph Day, esq. KENT.-Dec. 4. Augusta, third dau. of John Jones, esq. of East Wickham; and Dec. 25, Harriett, fifth dau. of late Rich. Staynor Jones, esq. of the same place. Dec. 6. At Ramsgate, aged 61, Thomas Fawssett, esq. Major in the Cambridge Militia, only son of Thos. F., esq. of Wisbech, solicitor. Jan. 9. At Plaistow-green, Bromley, aged 75, Miss Boyd, late of Edinburgh. Lately. At Rainsgate, Hester, relict of Daniel Robinson, esq. solicitor Gray's-iun. James HarLANCASHIRE. greaves, esq. of Bank-hall, Burnley. Dec. 31. Jan. 3. Mr. Thomas Ashton, son of a great master cotton-spinner at Hyde, near Manchester, was assassinated, on his way from the factory to his father's house. He was found lying on the road about eight o'clock, his body being perforated by two bullets. It is supposed that he was mistaken for an elder brother; but the causes which have led to this horrible atrocity are at present veiled in obscurity. LINCOLN.-Jan. 4. At Blyborough, aged 70, Louisa, widow of Peter John Luard, esq. formerly of Northampton. His MIDDLESEX.-Dec. 26. At Tottenham, Jan. 2. At Shepperton, aged 84, James Jan. 10. At Hillingdon, aged 70, Charles NORFOLK.-Dec. 8. At Shropham Hall, [Jan. Leathes, and dau. of late Lieut.-Gen. He- At Bracondale, aged 73, the widow of Lately. At Lynn, in the house of her Jan. 5. At Hillborough-hall, aged 53, Jan. 7. At Norwich, aged 34, Mr. Jos. Jan. 12. Aged 8, Henry-Aug. son of Rev. Wm. Chester, Rector of Denton. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Dec. 20. Aged 66, Kirby Freer, esq. of St. Martin's Stamford, formerly an eminent glass merchant at Manchester. Jan. 8. At Deane, advanced in age, the widow of Rev. T. Reid, Rector of Corby, and of Stanton, Leic. Lately. At Peterborough, aged 78, Eleanor, widow of Mary Levitt Ibbetson, and only child and heiress of John Lander, esq. the eminent mathematician, of whom memoirs will be found in our vol. LX. 191, LXXXV. i. 19. .-Dec. 28. At OsNOTTINGHAMSHIRE.— berton, Harriet, wife of Geo. Saville Foljambe, esq. She was the 3d dau. of Sir Wm. Milner, Bart. of Nun-Appleton, in the county of York, by his second wife Harriet, dau. of Lord Edward Bentinck, and was Her remains were married Dec. 9, 1828. interred at Sturton, near East Retford. Jan. 1. At Nottingham, aged 60, Mr. James Robertson, late one of the managers of the Nottingham, Derby, and Stamford Theatres. MONMOUTH.-Aged 69, Mr. Chas. Heath, printer, Monmouth, where he twice served the office of Mayor. He was the author of a" Descriptive Account of Piercefield and Chepstow," 1793; a History of Monmouth," 1804; and "Accounts of Tintern Abbey, and Ragland Castle," 1806. +6 OXON.-Jan. 7. Mary, 2d dau. of Jos. Parker, esq. St. Giles's, Oxford. SALOP.-Lately. At Ellesmere, aged 81, Bulkeley Hatchett, esq. At Oswestry, advanced in age, Mary, widow of late Rev. E. Hamar, Rector of Hirnant, Montg. mother of 21 children. Jan. 14. At Market Drayton, aged 58, J. Wilson, esq. SOMERSET.--Jan. 6. At Bath, aged 38, Philip Bize Entwisle, esq. of Liswonnghouse, Glamorgan, 6th son of late John Entwisle, esq. of Foxholes, Lanc. Jan. 4. At Bath, aged 40, Mrs. Nisbitt, wife of Col. Nisbitt. STAFFORD.-Jan. 8. At Swinnerton hall, aged 59, Mary, dau. of the Hon. James Dormer, younger son of John 7th Lord Dormer. SUFFOLK.-Jan. 3. At the Boys' Hospital, Ampton, aged 41, Maria, wife of Mr. Augustine Page, the Master, and eldest dau. of the late Mr. Lionel Gowing, of Ipswich, by Anne, his first wife. In the first institution of the National Society in Suffolk, in 1812, she was elected Mistress of the Central School for girls in Ipswich, which she continued to conduct, on the removal of Mr. P. to his present situation, until 1821. In both capacities she was always regarded with filial affection by the children, respected and esteemed by their parents, and uniformly obtained the confidence and approbation of hier superiors. SURREY.-Jan. 6. At Richmond, aged 28, Amelia, wife of James Quilter, esq. Jan. 12. At Hartley, near Croydon, aged 62, Simeon Smith, esq. of the Royal Exchange. Jan. 14. Capt. Bridges, of Chessington, near Kingston. He joined the hunt at Riddlesdown, on a sudden pulled up his horse, and expired on his arrival at a public-house near at hand. He was a well-known sportsman in Surrey, and was exceedingly eccentrie in his dress, generally wearing a great profusion of coloured silk handkerchiefs about his neck, and a hat with an enormous broad brim to it, turned up at the sides. He was the individual who performed a feat many years ago of riding full gallop down the Devil's Dyke, near Brighton, for a bet of 500l. and won it. Jan. 15. John Bristow, esq. of Beddington. When following Mr. Jolliffe's hounds, he was observed to drop forward, and ultimately out of the saddle, on the ground. He was found to be quite dead; his death is attributed to apoplexy. SUSSEX.-Jan. 1. At St. Leonard's, near Hastings, by a fall from his horse, in returning from hunting, aged 17, GeorgeJames, only son of Thos. Wood, esq. of the Regent's Park, and grandson of James Burton, esq. of St. Leonard's. Jan. 5. At Brighton, aged 86, Mr. Penfold, one of the oldest inhabitants, and father of Mr. Penfold, solicitor. Jan. 6. At Goodwood, aged 8, Lady Sarah Lennox, 2d dau. of the Duke of Richmond and Lennox, K.G. Jan. 11. At Little Hampton, Charlotte, wife of Capt. Edw. Burt, R. N. WARWICK.-Lately. At Leamington, aged 42, Wm. Symne, esq. Comptroller-gen. of the Customs, Dublin. Oct. 27. 90th foot. At Leamington, Lieut. Rogers, Dec. 21. At Walton, the seat of her grandson Sir John Mordaunt, Bart. aged 75, Anne, widow of William Holbech, esq. of Farnborough, and sister to the Very Rev. Dr. Woodhouse, Dean of Lichfield. Jan. 17. At Foxcote, Francis Canning, esq. the head of the family from which sprung Lord Garvagh and the late Mr. Canning. He was a whig in politics, and a warm friend of Dr. Parr. WILTS.-Dec. 29. Aged 72, Jane, widow 93 of Thomas Tuckey, esq. of Winterbourne Bassett. Jan. 6. At the Manor House, Fovant, aged 62, Samuel Bracher, esq. Jan. 13. At Marlborough, John Halcombe, esq. the eminent coach proprietor. Jan. 15. At Salisbury, aged 72, Thomas Rendall, esq. late of Milston. WORCESTER. Lately. At Pull Court, Mary-Theodosia, eldest surviving dau. of late Right Hon. Win. Dowdeswell. YORK.-Dec. 12. At Laughton-en-leMorthen, aged 83, John Auton, esq. Dec. 22. Aged 28, Thomas, 3d son of late Thos. Fothergill, esq. of Aiskew House, near Bedale. Dec. 28. At Hull, aged 42, Mr. William Wright, bookseller and stationer. He was a skilful mathematician, and contributed at different periods of his life to various mathematical periodicals. Dec. 29. At Halifax, very suddenly, in his 105th year, John Logan, commonly called "Old Logan." He was born in Montrose, Sept. 16, 1726. Fifty years of his life were spent in the service of his country, in England, Ireland, and the West Indies; for 19 years he belonged to the 20th Cameronian regiment, for 23 to the 32d regiment of foot, for three to the 83d regiment, and five to the Bredalbane Fencibles. Dec. 30. At. Norman, near Tadcaster,, aged 57, Ann, wife of John Robson, esq. SCOTLAND. Oct. 30. At Greenock, Lieut. Reid, 57th foot. Nov. 14. At Helensburgh, near Greenock, after a severe illness, Mr. Henry Bell, the practical introducer of Steam Navigation into Europe. It was on the 2nd of August 1812 that he launched the first steam-vessel, called the Comet, on the Clyde. The number of steam-vessels now plying on that river amounts to more than sixty. Mr. Bell was latterly reduced to dependance upon charity. Νου. 20. At Moncrieffe House, Perthshire, aged 41, Sir David Moncrieffe, the sixth Baronet of that place; nephew to the Earl of Dalhousie, G.C.B., and brother-inlaw to the Earl of Bradford. He was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, the fifth Baronet, by Lady Elizabeth Ramsay, second daughter of George eighth Earl of Dalhousie. He succeeded his father March 26, 1818; and married Jan. 12, 1819, Helen, second daughter of Æneas Mackay, esq. by whom he had issue, 1. Helen; 2. Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, born in 1822, who has succeeded to the title; and 3. Wm.-Æneas. Dec. 18. At Huntley, Captain John Gordon, late of 95th regiment. At Huntley-bush, near Melrose, Isabella, eldest daughter of the late celebrated Dr. Adam Ferguson. Dec. 24. At the Bridge of Earn, Perth, Ann, widow of Thomas Hunter, esq. of Limerick. Dec. 26. At Caledon, Robert Crothers, 94 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 Females OBITUARY. Wheat. S. d. 80 0 Barley. S. d. 48 0 [Jan. At Dublin, Thos. Eves Green, esq. solicitor, for thirty years joint Law Agent to the Corporation. Christened. BILL OF MORTALITY, from Dec. 22, 1830, to Jan. 25, 1038 } 2038 2 and 5 224 5 and 10 70 10 and 20 45 20 and 30 129 30 and 40 138 40 and 50 140 Salt 5s. per bushel; 14d. per pound. 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. Oats. S. d. 30 0 Beef........... ........ 4s. 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. CORN EXCHANGE, Jan. 24. | | | PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, Jan. 24. Smithfield, Hay 21. 10s. to 4l. Os. 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. 1880 572 Between Rye. S. 35 0 Straw 11. 14s. to 14. 16s. Clover 31. 15s. to 5l. Os. SMITHFIELD, Jan. 24. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs. 8d. 2d. Lamb |