into Christ's Hospital; he left that establishment in 1804 (then in the sixteenth year of his age) to enter as a midshipman on board the San Nicholas prison-ship, at that time commanded by bis father. His stay in that vessel was but short, as in a few months he went on more active duty, and was employed successively during the most eventful periods of the Naval war, in l'Achille, the Egeria, Forward, Ruby, Guerriere, Poictiers, Frolic, Dolphin, and Manly.

In l'Achille, when in his seventeenth year, he was engaged in the battle of Trafalgar, and received a bad compound fracture of the left arm, and a slight wound on the right knee; for which wounds he received a smart ticket and gratuity. In the Egeria, still a young man, in some boat-work with a privateer, be received a cutlass wound on the right knee. In an attempt to save a Danish vessel, in which he was prizemaster, from recapture, he received two other wounds; and afterwards, when a prisoner in an enemy's ship, on his way from one prison depôt to another in the Baltic, he led on successfully a rescue under a most extraordinary disproportion of numbers and physical strength, and brought the whole party to England. On this occasion he received a wound on the back of his band, leaving a large scar. The ship, under all circumstances, was given up by Government, but he recovered his liberty, and established, by the transaction, a cha racter for the most determined bravery.

In the other ships of war enumerated, he saw much service. In six months alone, on board the Guerriere, as appears by a particular register of names and dates, he bore his part in capturing, recapturing, or destroying sixteen vessels; among them the American sloop of war the Nautilus; and between October 1812 and February 1813, while serving on board the Poictiers, he also bore his part in capturing, recapturing, or destroying twenty-three vessels, among which was the American sloop of war the Wasp.

On board the Guerriere, in the action with the American frigate the Constitution, he received bis fatal wound, which, by depressing the breast-bone-obliquely on the right side, together with the ends of four of his ribs, preternaturally contracted the cavity of the chest, and rendered him liable, on any increased determination of blood to the lungs from cold, or other cause of excitement, to a recurrence of inflamation. Captain Dacres, in his public dispatch to the Lords of the Admiralty after the action, speaking of this officer, says, "1 must recom

mend Mr. Snow, Master's Mate, who commanded the foremost main-deck guns in the absence of Lieut. Pulman, and the whole of them, after the fall of Lieut. Ready, to your protection, he having received a severe contusion from a splinter." This recommendation was appreciated by their Lordships, in bis eventual promotion to his late rank.

Although often "the torrent roared and he did buffet it," no ordeal of his strength was more severe than that connected with his services while belonging to the Egeria, in the Baltic and North Seas, three times wounded within a short period,-in prison, and out of prison, bringing his very prison-ship home, with him, he returned to the Egeria. only to be cast away, in February 1810, in another Danish prize, on the coast of Norway. Dismantled, and water-logged for five days, the ship was at last stranded near Scarborough, and he was with the greatest difficulty saved from the wreck by some fishermen of that place, when his extremities had become severely frostbitten; but with a chest naturally strong, his lungs remained as good as his heart was stout; nor was it until after a period of nearly three years from this time, and at the very close of the Guerriere's action, that from being struck across the chest by a splinter, and laid senseless on the deck, he ever wanted "large breath in times most needful."

With very few intervals of health, this unfortunate officer had been living with his family, for several years, at Pusey, in Wiltshire, on his half.pay, when the Lords of the Admiralty, in consideration of his wounds and services, most kindly appointed him to the Semaphore on Putney Heath, from which appointment he vainly anticipated increased comforts for his wife and children, and happiness for himself; but, emaciated and worn down by the frequent returns of hemorrhage, pain, and suppuration, the fatigues, expences, and anxieties attendant on a journey for which he was so ill prepared, only led to encreased disease; and on the eleventh night after his arrival, he died, leaving his widow and children altogether among strangers, pennyless, and without any relative competent to give that aid which some noble and other kind neighbours were prompt in affording. On an examination of his body after his death as to the particular state of his chest, there were found the scars of seven distinct wounds, fully confirming his own modest recital of his various services a few days before he died.

He was buried in the church-yard of

of privilege by the Police Committee, and being complained of as such by the Chairman, Mr. Thirlwall was obliged to make his apology before the House. (Vide ibid. pp. 445, 545.)

Mr. Thirlwall also contributed many articles to the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine. Mr. Thirlwall's eldest son, Thomas Wigzell, is Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and his second, Connop, is Fellow of Trinity, in the same University.

BAYES COTTON, ESQ.

June 14. At his house at Kenilworth, aged 70, Bayes Cotton, esq.

He was formerly a solicitor of eminence in Old Bethlem, now Liverpoolstreet; and had retired upwards of twenty years. He has left an affectionate widow and eleven children to deplore his loss! For he was an amiable husband and parent, of a Christian and conscientious spirit, of mild and forbearing temper; conciliatory to all, and liberal in his estimation of mankind. His cheerful and thankful disposition was manifested in the urbanity of his customary babits and deportment, and and in the hospitality of his house and table. In theology he was well read, and deeply master of its important truths; and although a dissenter from the Established Church, yet no man's differences of opinion were ever known to shake the honest warmth of his friendship, or to lessen his esteem: he may be said to have been a Christian in faith, in will, and in deed. In politics he was a Whig of the old school, but not the slave of any party; attached to the Constitution of his Country, which he venerated, and in the principles of which he was deeply conversant. He was the intimate of the late Rev. Dr. 6. Parr, Rev. Dr. Rees, &c. &c. His whole life was devoted to good; the poor knew him well as their friend, the more fortunate loved his cheerful manners, and eberished his intercourse. And his family, who best knew how to value them, embraced and cherished his kind affections.

MR. WILLIAM MAXWELL.
May 13. Aged 77, Mr. William Max-
well, late Master Rigger of Sheerness
Dock Yard.

Bred to the sea in his earliest years, his services can be traced for nearly fifty years, thirty-eight of which he warranted as a Boatswain, and 25 years he sailed under a pendant. He had the honour to serve under 9 Admirals, and more particularly under Lord Exmouth at the GENT, MAG. June, 1827.

The

memorable battle off Algiers.
wound which he then received, and his
gallant behaviour at that time, has been
honourably recorded. He was also in
several engagements from the time of
Rodney, at which period his conduct
was distinctly marked, for he served
under 37 different Captains, many of
whom were the most eminent and dis-
tinguished in the service, and he parted
from them all with signal marks of re-
spect, and from many with feelings of
the most affectionate regard. As an
instance of such regard, the late Admi-
ral Thompson, at their separation, after
paying a handsome tribute to the zeal
and ability he had displayed in the
right discharge of his duties, presented
him with a silver coffee-pot and stand,
as a memorial of his friendship. His
numerous certificates bear full testimony
to the value of his services, to his indefa-
tigable and ardent zeal, in the fearless
and faithful discharge of his important
duties, and duties which in his station
have been seldom equalled.

Among the ships in which he sailed, may be selected the Princessa, Enterprize, Victorious, Vengeance, Mars, Dragon, Royal George, and the Queen Charlotte; and among the Captains may be selected-Capt. Rodney, Sir Thos. Rich, Capt. Russell, Sir John Jervis, Captains Bouchier, Briggs, Singleton, and Sir Griffith Colpoys.

His public character was not only eminent and praiseworthy, but his private and domestic conduct was in exact proportion; tender, amiable, and indulgent; in all the scenes of domestic life, meek, pious, and unobtrusive as a lamb; but in public duty, bold, persevering, and courageous as a lion.

The immediate cause of his death arose from a cold; which he caught in the care of the Dutch ship in distress off the Nore, which happened about two months since, and through his great anxiety and zeal upon that occasion. His health had previously continued remarkably good, and his duty was performed with an energy more like that of a youth than of an aged and wornout veteran. The situation he filled often required peculiar efforts of a dangerous kind, from the state of our coast during the period of winter, and no one was ever more ready to assist the stranger in his peril and distress.—On_the Saturday following he was interred in Minster Church followed by some of the principal officers of the Dock Yard, who testified the warmest and most affectionate regard to his memory; and on the Sunday morning the Chaplain of the Dock Chapel, the Rev. Mr. Kirby,

of the present Earl, of three other sons, and six daughters. The Earl, her husband, lived to the age of 82, and died in 1819 (see vol. LXXXIX. i. 591).

June 5. At North End, Hampstead, Capt. Percy Earl, of the E. I. ship Aurora.

June 6. In Bread-street, aged 87, Geo, Bainbridge, esq.

June 7. In Mansfield-st. aged nearly 48, the Most Hon. Susan-Hussey, Marchioness of Waterford. Her Ladyship was born June 15, 1784, the only dau. and heiress of George second Earl of Tyrconnel, by Sarah youngest dau. of John Hussey, Lord Delaval. Her father died April 15, 1805, when, his only son having died young, the title devolved on his nephew, the brother of the present Earl. Lady Susan Carpenter was married Aug. 29 following, to Henry 2d and late Marquess of Waterford, by whom she had the present Marquess and six other children. Death has been severe upon the family, for since her noble husband's death in last July (see vol, xcvi. ii. 86), she had lost two daughters, one in August, and one in April this year. June 8. In Cadogan-place, aged 61, Lady Selina-Letitia Bathurst, sister to Earl Bathurst, K. G.

In Russell-sq. aged 57, Wm. Campbell, esq. Comptroller of the Legacy Duty New Department, and Chairman of the Board of Stamps in Ireland.

At Blackheath, while visiting Mr. Birch, surgeon, Sarah, wife of Chas. Roberts, esq. of Notley Lodge, near Braintree, and formerly of Swaffham.

June 10. In Park-lane, aged 55, her Grace, Charlotte, Duchess of Somerset, sister to the Duke of Hamilton and to the Countess of Dunmore. She was born April 6, 1772, the second dau. of Archibald late and ninth Duke of Hamilton, by Lady Harriet Stewart, dau. of Alexander seventh Earl of Galloway; and was consequently by her father first cousin to the Marquess of Donegal, to the late Lord Spencer Chichester, and to the late Countess of Derby; and by her mother to the Duchesses of Beaufort and Marlborough, to the Marquess of Stafford, the Earls of Galloway, Aboyne, and Dunmore, the Countess of Harrowby, the late Countess of St. Germans, Lady Spencer Chichester, Viscount Grauville, and Lord Crofton. Her Grace was married to Edward Adolphus, present and eleventh Duke of Somerset, June 24, 1800; and

had issue, Edward-Adolphus Lord Seymour, one other son, and five daughters. Her natural strength of mind never forsook her

Wilson, of Woodburn House, Bucks, Mas
ter in Chancery.

At Westbourn-green, Cath. wife of Joha
Mynn, esq.

June 12. In Surrey-street, Strand, agad 62, John Yates, esq. upwards of 40 years Deputy, Philaser of the Court of King's

Bench,

At Hampstead, Abraham Pell, esq. June 13. At Bow, aged 67, Capt. Richard Vaughan,

At Finsbury-place, aged 77, Mrs. Jane, Grisewood.

June 14. After a long confinement, ocea sioned by a fall from his horse, Thomas Maude, esq. banker, of Great George-street.

BERKS.—May 26. Aged 75, John Neck, esq. of Winkfield, Berks.

BUCKS.-May 30. At Wycombe, aged 74, Andrews Edward Biddle, esq. of the firm of Biddle and Wheeler, Bankers.

Lately. At Newport Pagnell, aged 58, C, Hardy, esq.

June 9. At Aylesbury, aged 99, Mrs. Saxby.

CAMBRIDGE.-May 16. In his 20th year, Humphrey Thelwall Jones, esq. Fellow Commoner of Christ's College.

CHESHIRE.-Lately. At Runcorn, aged 10, Robert-Blagrove, eldest son of Capt. Bradshaw, R.N. M P. and grandson of R. H. Bradshaw, esq. M.P. of Worsley Hall.

CORNWALL.-At Carines, John Furnis eldest son of R. Hosken, esq.

DERBYSHIRE.-May 21. Aged 31, Edm
Worthington Livesey, esq. of the Breck.
DEVON.-May 22. At Plymouth, Capt
Rich. John Lewin, R.N. of Cavendish-sq
May 31. At Sidmouth, Henry Martin,
esq. late of Ashfield Lodge,
near Bury.

Hunter, esq. an eminent merchant of
At Tiverton, Margaret, relict of Rob.
Bristol.

Lately. At Exeter, Mary, widow of Rev,
G. Brian.

At Radstock, Mr. N. Gandell, land-surveyor, agent to Earl Waldegrave. DORSET.-May 18. In Cranbourn, the relict of Rev. Wm. Storey.

May 20. At Dorchester, aged 33, Lieut. Bennett.

of

May 25. At Beaminster, aged 67, Joha Bangor Russell, esq. an eminent solicitor. This gentleman afforded the Editors of the Second Edition of Hutchins's " History Dorsetshire" much valuable assistance; his profession of the law leading him into t intimate acquaintance with the property and during her long protracted and painful illness. other circumstances of his neighbourhood, and of the County of Dorset at large. Mr. spondent on antiquarian subjects to this Russell was also a highly-esteemed CorreMiscellany.

At Ulster Terrace, Regent's Park, Francis Edge Barker, esq. of Chester. In North-crescent, Bedford-sq. aged 87, Clementina, relict of John Delane, esq. of the Customs.

June 11. In Stratford-place, aged 21, Diana-Gertrude, only child of Sir Griffin

ESSEX.-May 29. At Manningtree, aged 53, Geo. Rogers, M.D. June 1. Aged 78, John Wolfe, esq. o

of

Lately. At Bishop's Stortford, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, tallow-chandler. This liberal benefactress has left by her will 1,000l. to the parish, in the following benevolent manner :-The interest of 500l. towards the repairs of the church; 2501, towards the National School; and the interest of 2501. to be distributed annually in coals to the poor.

KENT.-May 25. At Tunbridge Wells, aged 70, the Right. Hon. Frances dowager Lady Lismore, sister to the late Countess of Shannon (who died in January this year, see p. 285), aunt to the Countess Grey and Lord Ponsonby of Imokilly, and cousin to the late Catherine Duchess of St. Alban's (grandmother of the present Duke), the late Marquis of Drogheda, the late Marchioness of Antrim, the Earl of Besborough, the late Countess Fitzwilliam, the Countess of Westmeath, and the late Viscount Mountmorres. Her Ladyship was born Feb. 18, 1757, the second dau. of the Right Hon. John Ponsonby, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, by Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, second dau. of William, third Duke of Devonshire, K. G. She married Cornelius, first and late Lord Lismore,