OBITUARY. BISHOP OF SALISBURY. THIS venerable prelate died at his residence in the Polygon, Southampton, on the 19th ult., in the 81st year of his age. Dr. Burgess, whose parents moved in a humble sphere of life, was born at Odiham, Hampshire, in the year 1754-5, and was educated at Oxford. After graduating as B.A., he became a fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi, and subsequently took the degrees of M.A., B.D., and D.D. His attainments in the dead languages, and especially in the Hebrew and cognate tongues were considerable, and while at the university he obtained a prize for an essay on the Study of Antiquities; and published a treatise on the origin and formation of the Greek language. The latter work laid the foundation of his fortune, in obtaining for him the favourable notice of Bishop Barrington, who made him his chaplain, and gave him, first, a prebend of Carlisle, and subsequently a stall, to which a living was attached, in the cathedral of Durham. In 1803, he was consecrated to the see of St. David's, from which he was translated to that of Salisbury in 1826. Dr. Burgess was profoundly versed in biblical criticism, and has published several treatises, chiefly controversial, of great ability, as well as some elementary works on the Hebrew language. The last time he appeared before the public was in a somewhat different character-that of Chaplain to the Grand Orange Lodge of Great Britain. DAVIDSON, THE TRAVELLER. The public was startled by an abrupt announcement in the "Times" of the 6th ult. of the death of Mr. Davidson, on his road to Timbúktú. But the statement was contradicted on the following day, by the secretary of the Geographical Society. The melancholy fact of the murder of our countryman has, however, subsequently been placed beyond all doubt, by a letter from the British vice-consul at Mogadore, dated Feb. 14th, 1837, which was read at a meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on the 13th ult. The most circumstantial account of Mr. Davidson's death is that derived by Mr. Willshire from a Jew trader of the name of Jacob Ben Cohen, who arrived at Mogadore, from Draha, on the 2nd of Feb., and reported that Mr. Davidson had been robbed on the 29th or 30th of Shaban (32 or 33 days after he started from Wednoon), by the tribes of Idowlet and Ait Atta, in the district of Hameda, four days' journey from Tatta, who, after receiving from him eight doubloons, 100 dollars, and a loaded camel, allowed the party, consisting of eighteen persons, to proceed on their route towards Timbúktú. Mr. Willshire's informant further stated, that eight or ten days after, a marauding party of 100 horsemen, of the tribe of El Harib, who were returning from plundering a place called Bousbezah, met Mr. Davidson's party a little to the south of Egueda, whom they immediately robbed, and shot Mr. Davidson, who received eight balls. At El Mehamdi, a town distant six days from Tatta, where the informant was living, he saw in the possession of the Arabs and Jews, various articles which had belonged to Mr. Davidson, which he described, and left no doubt as to his fate. Among the articles which he had seen, he named a silver watch, a pocketcompass, a sword, three books, a box of medicines, a Japan tea caddy, beads, and cowries, all of which he must have seen, or he could not have described them so correctly as he did. Other accounts state that Mr. Davidson and his party were travelling some distance in a parallel route, but rather behind the caravan, which was first met by the party of El Harib, who were disappointed not to find Mr. Davidson, for whom they inquired-the caravan was stopped, Mr. Davidson came up, and was instantly shot. 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