French lesson, the meaning flashed upon him.

After a few years Mr. Nicholson abandoned the naval profession for the arts. In 1813 he was induced to visit Ireland, where he resided for three or four years; and during this period he accumulated a large collection of elaborate sketches of Irish scenery, particularly in the counties of Sligo, Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Wicklow, and Dublin.

It may perhaps be worth mentioning, that in Ireland he has left his name impressed upon a remarkable locality-a stone in the river Foherish (the Noisy Water) near Macroom. This stone is situated in the centre of a wild river abounding with falls, and from it is commanded the best view of the most picturesque of these falls. Here more than once was Alfred Nicholson seen by the peasantry, sketching, with his legs buried in two singular hollows of the stone, resembling what in Sweden are called Alfquarnar; and as a sketcher in Ireland is always an object of wonder or inquiry, his name having transpired, the stone has ever since been pointed out to the tourist or stranger as "Nicholson's Breeches."

About the year 1818 he became permanently resident in London, and was almost exclusively occupied by the instruction of pupils. In 1821 he made a short excursion through Ireland and North Wales, considerably enriching his collection of sketches; and in subsequent summer excursions he visited the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and his native county of York, where his pencil was assiduously employed.

Many have been the convivial bets lost and won upon Alfred Nicholson's birthplace; as he was invariably mistaken from his accent and manner for an Irishman, a belief indeed which his partiality to Ireland led him rather to encourage than contradict.

The drawings of Mr. Alfred Nicholson are chiefly remarkable for a graceful and delicate touch, combined with the force and vigour of general effect which distinguish those of his father, after whom his style was naturally modelled. They are generally of small sizes, and are very rarely to be met with. In his sketches neatness and freedom are singularly combined. In private life he maintained the highest character. He was an excellent companion, and somewhat of a humourist, fond of the society of his friends, full of whim and repartee; and the generally agreeable and genuine eccentricity of manner which he imbibed in early life from the naval service, appears never to have left him. A characteristic anecdote GENT. MAG. VOL. I.

of this may be instanced in the case of a gentleman by whose lengthy visits his time had been unreasonably encroached upon. "When Mr. calls again, John,"

said Nicholson to his servant," say that I am not at home." The gentleman called and was so informed by the servant. But having seen his master in the window he insisted on going up stairs and entered the room accordingly. "Did not my servant tell you that I was not at home?" said Nicholson. "Yes, but I saw you in the window, and so I did not believe him, you know." "Then Sir, I

beg you will believe him in future; for as you can't disbelieve me, allow me to tell you that I am not at home." For the last three or four years Mr. A. Nicholson suffered severely from ill health; he has left a widow and two infant children.

JOHN MURRAY, M.D.

Sept. 12. At his house in Westgate street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 65, John Murray, esq. M.D.

He was the son of the Rev. James Murray, who was the first Minister of the Meeting-house now occupied by a congregation of Scotch Presbyterians in the High Bridge, Newcastle; and also author of numerous works on religion and politics; to whose memory there is a gravestone in St. Andrew's churchyard, bearing this inscription:-" The congregation of Protestant Dissenters, assembled at the High Bridge, in this town, have placed this testimony to their late faithful and esteemed minister, the Rev. James Murray, who fought a good fight, kept the faith, and finished his course the 28th June 1782, aged 50 years." Dr. Murray's mother was Miss Sarah Weddle, whose father had an estate near Belford in Northumberland, from whom it was inherited by the subject of this memoir and his brother William, who is a silk manufacturer in Manchester. He had also two sisters, Jane wife of Mr. Charles Hay of Newcastle, and Isabella now residing at North Shields.

Mr. Murray studied Medicine in Glasgow; and for many years practised with great success and celebrity as a surgeon. He was an intimate friend of Drs. Clarke and Young, and medical adviser to themselves and families. Dr. Ramasy had also a high opinion of his medical talents. Prior to his death he had been 33 years surgeon to the Newcastle Dispensary, the last report for which bears this honourahle testimony to his character, and zeal for the interests of that admirable institution:

"His valuable services for a period of 33 years his talents and merits in the faithful discharge of its professional duties

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-his numberless acts of beneficence and private charity towards the poor--and his constant endeavour to promote the essential objects of the department he so ably upheld, will be long remembered and deeply appreciated with gratitude, not only by the Committee and Governors, but by all classes of the community."

Mr. Murray, in the early period of life, had a strong passion for scientific and literary pursuits. In 1792 he was a member of a small society of friends, who met weekly for mutual improvement in various departments of science, and who were the auspicious planters of that broad and umbrageous tree of knowledge, "the Philosophical Society of Newcastle." Chemical science at that time was just beginning to unfold its wonders and its benefits to the inhabitants of that place; and Mr. Murray was the first who prepared Soda Water there for sale. This he did by the common mode of pressure then in use. Finding this method tedious and inconvenient, he fell upon the expedient of disposing of it in strong glass bottles, which were made under his direction by the late Isaac Cookson, esq.

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The Gateshead corps of Volunteers was formed in 1803 under the command of Lt.Col. Ellison, and with Mr. Murray for its Adjutant, in which important office his turn for military tactics was so strikingly displayed, that at every review the inspect ing officer was delighted with his tact and skill in carrying his corps through its various evolutions. In music, too, he was a master; and besides various pieces, such as the airs of Tsadi the Moor," "The Poor Village Maid," "The Blue Bell," "Dear Mary, my Love," "The Merry Savoyard," &c. &c. which have been published, he was the author of many other admired compositions still in manuscript.

Though his disposition was remarkably gentle and amiable, he had a firm and vigorous mind. As a companion and a friend he was cheerful, frank, and sincere. In his profession he could call to his aid a natural well-informed and profound sagacity in investigating the latent causes of diseases a talent which never came into vulgar notice, because his modesty threw a veil over his own perfections; but which could not be hid from the eminent practitioners who were his contemporaries. And it must not be forgotten to mention that while, in his office of Surgeon to the Dispensary, his skill and attention were unremittingly exerted among the poorest and most wretched of his patients, his benevolence often supported whole families where disease had destroyed the means of their subsistence. In domestic life he was docile and obliging; and in his

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habits systematically regular and abstemiMilk, coffee, and tea were his common beverage; all fermented and distilled liquors he hated, and never tasted; still, however, for many years he could not be said to have enjoyed good health. For at times he suffered much from gout; and for the last two years of his life, some organic affection, it is supposed in the brain, gradually deprived him of all consciousness of what was passing around him; and friendship and affection, for some months before his death, could only gaze on the living ruins of one who, in the prime of his intellectual powers, was the soul of the society he moved in, and the charm of domestic life.

He married Mary, daughter of Mr. Stoddart Rutherford, a wine-merchant in Newcastle, and widow of Mr. Clerk, but died without issue. His remains were interred near those of his wife and father in St. Andrew's churchyard.

CLERGY DECEASED.

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Oct. 20. At Rotterdam, aged 79, the Rev. James Anderson, D. D. Emeritus Minister of the National Scottish Church in that city.

Oct. 24. At Cossington House, near Bridgewater, aged 56, the Rev. Thomas Hobbs, Rector of Templeton, Devonshire, and of Cossington, and a Magistrate for the county of Somerset. He was of Oriel coll. Oxford, M. A. 1801; was instituted to Cossington in the same year, and to Templeton recently.

At Cheltenham, aged 37, the Rev. Stephen Pope, Minister of St. Mary's chapel, Lambeth. He was formerly Fellow of Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he graduated B. A. 1818, M. A. 1821.

Oct. 29. At Melton, near Woodbridge, aged 73, tne Rev. William Bradley, Vicar of Aldborough, and of Friston cum Snape, to the former of which livings he was instituted in 1799, and to the latter in 1818.

Oct. 30. At Undercliff, Isle of Wight, aged 37, the Rev. Courthope Sims, M.D. of Petworth, Sussex. He was the only son of the late John Sims, M.D. of Wimpole Street, London, and graduated for physic at Trin. coll. Camb. M.B. 1810, M.D. 1823.

Oct. 31. At Thames Ditton, aged 67, the Rev. George Henry Storie, M. A. He was descended from a Scotch family, the pedigree of which has been published in Burke's Commoners, vol. i. p. 275; and was the eldest son of Thomas Storie, esq. an eminent merchant of London, by Hannah, dau. of Henry Roberts, esq. of Standon in the Isle of Wight. He was for some time Rector of Stow Mary's in

Nov. 24. At Canonbury-sq. aged 62, Wm. Turner, esq. late of Aldersgate-st. Nov. 25. At Gloucester-pl. aged 74, the widow of A. Colvin, esq., of Calcutta.

Nov. 27. At Clapton, aged 73, Wm. Macnish Porter, esq. formerly of Finsbury-sq.

At Rosslyn-house, Hampstead, the infant son of the Hon. Wm. and Lady Louisa Duncombe.

At North-bank, Regent's-park, aged 73, Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Dr. Grindlay.

At Kentish-town, aged 74, Robert Williams, esq.

Nov. 28. Harriet, wife of Geo. Hale, esq., of the Vineyard, Uxbridge, and great-grand-daughter of the late Lord Chief Justice Willes.

In Bedford-place, aged 37, George, youngest son of Florance Young, esq. Nov. 29. In Bloomsbury-pl. Caroline, widow of John Whitmore, esq.

In his 70th year, John Wood, esq. of Harleyford-place, Kennington.

Nov. 30. At Hammersmith, aged three, Elizabeth-Charlotte, second daughter of the Rev. Francis Thomas Atwood.

Lately. At Lambeth-terrace, aged 85, Ann, widow of Rev. Thos. Pearce, D.D. Prebendary of Chester, and Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, and mother of the Rev. Thos. Pearce, Incumbent of Folkstone, Kent.

Dec. 2. T. Blackstock, esq. of Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-street.

Dec. 3. Aged 80, J. Kendrick, esq. one of the founders of the New Musical Fund.

Dec. 7. At Walworth, aged 57, Mr. Alfred Mills, artist. He was chiefly employed in illustrating works of juvenile instruction, to which the vigour and elegance of his genius gave an increased interest. For upwards of forty years he distinguished himself in this line for Messrs. Darton and Harvey of Gracechurch-street, Mr. Harris of St. Paul's Church-yard, &c. &c. He was likewise extensively employed by engravers on wood, to make designs for them on the blocks. He was a temperate, industrious, and honest man, and of high intellectual powers. He has left a widow and

six children.

At Lodge-road, Regent's-park, aged 74, A. King, esq.

Dec. 8. At Burton-crescent, aged 22, Harriet, dau. of the Rev. Dr. Povah.

Dec. 9. Aged 68, Louis Jacob Jacob Lewis, esq. of Dorset-street, Portman

square.

At Clapham, in his 60th year, John Lee, esq.

Dec. 11. At Highbury-grove, aged 78, Mrs. Travers.

Dec. 13. Aged 88, Mr. John Leigh, Vestry-clerk to St. George's, Hanoversquare for upwards of fifty years, from which office he retired six years ago.

Dec. 14. In Upper Berkeley-street, Mary, widow of Lieut.-Gen. Douglas, R. Art.

Aged 70, Mr. Giles Godin, late of Gray's Inn, solicitor.

Dec. 15. At Hampstead, aged 71, Louisa, widow of Geo. Daniell, esq. of Westhumble, Surrey.

Dec. 19. Christopher Beverley, esq. of Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn.

Dec. 22. At Montagu-st. Portmansquare, aged 55, Madame Cianchettini, much esteemed for her musical talents.

BEDS.-Dec. 4. At the Hassells, aged 78, Francis Pym, esq.

BERKS.-Dec. 19. At Reading, the wife of R. Prichard Smith, M.D. BUCKS. Dec. 19. Maria-Henrietta, wife of the Rev. Jelinger Symons, Rector of Radnage.

CAMBRIDGE.- Nov. 29. Aged 20, Arthur Heath, second son of George Rush, esq. of Elsenham-hill.

Dec. 7. At Wisbech, aged 19, James Berridge, elder son of Mr. James Smith, a student of Magdalene-college, Cambridge.

CORNWALL.-Nov. 28. At Penzance, aged 19, Frances-Louisa, eldest dau. of Col. Wm. Napier, C.B. of Freshfordhouse, near Bath.

Dec. 8. Mary-Anne, wife of Francis Hearle Rodd, esq. of Trebartha Hall.

DEVON.Nov. 22. At Devonport, Lieut. Francis Carr, 66th regt. son of Ralph Carr, esq. of Park-crescent, London.

Νου. 24. At Bideford, Mrs. Kirkman, mother of L. W. Buck, esq. late M. P. for Exeter, and sister of Adm. Sir R. G. Keats.

Nov. 25. At Stonehouse, aged six, Ellen, only daughter of Lieut. T. H. Holman, RN.

Nov. 29. Aged 86, Reuben Phillips, esq. seinor alderman of Exeter, into the Corporation of which city he was elected in the year 1784, served the office of Mayor 1791, and became a Justice of the Peace 1802. The following inscription is under a full-length portrait of this gentleman in the Guildhall: "This portrait was presented by many of his fellow citizens, as a testimonial of their esteem for this conscientious Magistrate, to the Mayor and Chamber of Exeter, A.D. 1831." As a magistrate, firmly

attached to the Constitution in Church and State, amiable and exemplary in social and domestic life, Mr. Phillips has gone down to the grave in a good old age, honored and esteemed by his fellowcitizens and all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

Dec. 2. Aged 45, W. S. Dadd, esq. R.M. of the Plymouth Division.

Dec 5. At Stoke, near Devonport, aged 22, Henry-Jolliffe, youngest son of the late Capt. George Langford, R.N.

Dec. 6. At Plymouth, Capt. John Peach, of the 98th foot.

Dec. 8. In Exeter, at an advanced age, Sarah, widow of Rev. Philip Delagarde, Rector of St. Martin, Jersey.

Dec. 13. Elizabeth, wife of John Bulteel, esq. of Fleet, mother of one of the Members for South Devon.

At Torquay, aged 25, Jane, wife of the Rev. W. Irving, of Jesus-college, Oxford, last surviving dau. of Joseph Seymour, esq. of Maryport, Cumberland. DORSET. Nov 29. Aged 23, Mariana, wife of Richard Brouncker, esq. of Boveridge.

Dec. 1. At Dorchester, aged 72, Mary, widow of the Rev. Thomas Morton Colson.

Dec. 7. Aged 68, Mr. Stephen Carpenter, many years one of the Burgesses of the Corporation of Blandford.

ESSEX. Nov. 21. At Woodford, aged 60, Charles Waite, esq., M.D., late of 83d reg.

Νου. 30. At Great Ropers, Southweald, aged 42, Henrietta Ann, wife of John Hirst, esq.

Dec. 7. Aged 83, the widow of John Freeman, esq. of River's Hall.

GLOUCESTER.-Nov. 24. At Berkeley, aged 78, Mr. Geo. Smith, one of the aldermen of that borough.

Nov. 30. At Westbury-upon-Trym, Anne Brodie, wife of Robert Claxton, esq., Collector of Customs in Tortola, and daughter of the late John Hanley, esq., of Nevis.

Dec. 2. At Clifton, Fanny Porter, youngest dau. of the late Bishop of Clogher.

HANTS.-Dec. 6. At Southampton, aged 72, the lady of John Haley, esq., dau. of the late Thomas Rivett, esq., formerly M.P. for Derby.

Dec. 7. At Carisbrooke, aged 49, Lieut. Stephen Butcher, R. N., formerly of Plymouth, leaving a wife and four children.

Dec. 9. Ann, wife of Samuel Eliot, esq. of Eling Grove, Southampton.

Dec. 10. Aged 37, Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. John Lukin, Rector of Nursling.

KENT. Oct. 27. At Penshurst, of a pulmonary complaint, in her 42d year, Martha, wife of the Rev. Philip Stanhope Dodd, the Rector of that parish. This excellent woman was one of the best and most affectionate of wives and parents, and her kindness and mildness of manners, and frankness and sincerity of disposition, obtained her the love and honour of all within the circle of her acquaintance. Her engaging countenance was an index of her humble and modest, yet firm and constant, mind. As the wife of a parish clergyman, she was a pattern of all that is good and useful; the zealous patroness and diligent visitor of the schools, the promoter of every scheme for the benefit of the industrious and deserving, the encourager of every work which tended to the improvement of the condition of her poor neighbours. Her conduct was regulated by settled Christian principle, of the fruit of which she gave example to the last hour of her earthly existence.

Nov. 27. At Walmer, aged 16, Ebba Georgiana, youngest dau. of Sir Thomas and Lady Augusta Baker.

Nov. 30. At Ashurst-park, aged 75, W. F. Jones, esq.

LEICESTERSHIRE.-Dee 3. At Gumley, aged 77, Mr. Robert Smalley, a faithful servant of the late Joseph Cradock, esq. of Gumley Hall, for above 56 years.

LINCOLNSHIRE.-Nov. 24. At Tetney, near Grimsby, Dr. Parbian.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Nov. 15. Aged 86, Mrs. Mary Benson, of Towcester.

Nov. 25. Thomas Smith, esq. of Great Houghton.

NOTTINGHAM.-Dec. 7. Aged 62, Mr. George Stretton, late a bookseller and printer, and for nearly forty years publisher of the Nottingham Journal, twenty-five of which he was the sole proprietor.

OXON.-Dec. 5. Aged 24, Susanna, wife of Henry Shrappnell, esq. Gentleman Commoner of Magdalen hall, Oxford.

Dec. 11. Aged 21, Mr. Chas. Maul, Scholar of Wadham college, and eldest son of Mr. Maul, surgeon, Southampton.

SALOP.-Nov. 24. Thomas Clough, of Bottington, aged 62, having had by two wives 29 children! Also, a short time ago,

Thomas Salter, of Uppington, leaving a progeny of 133 children, grand-children, and great-grand-children.

SOMERSET.-Nov. 18. At Bath, Catherine, widow of the Rev. Joseph Babington, M.D.

Nov. 22. At Bath, aged 61, the widow of Carew Elers, esq. of Gower-street.