the impartial perusal of Mr. Hatcher's and Mr. Benson's pamphlets, and a subsequent letter of Mr. Hatcher, dated Dec. 1, 1843, published in the Devizes Gazette. It will then be seen that, whatever was the amount of time and labour bestowed by Mr. Benson on this undertaking, and whatever the benefits derived to it from his general acquaintance with literature, and bis legal acquirements, they could in

no

case supersede or equal the vast amount of Mr. Hatcher's most assiduous labours; and whatever, in the controversy, might be Mr. Benson's skill in argument, or the brilliancy of his style, they are more than balanced by the facts adduced by Mr. Hatcher, who has no occasion to regret the manly efforts he made in his self-defence.

Mr. Benson possessed a retentive memory, and considerable literary acquirements; and his stores of anecdote, buoyant spirits, and general conversational talents, rendered him a great favourite in society. He died unmarried, after a lingering and painful illness, which he bore with extraordinary patience and fortitude, at the house of his only surviving sister, in the Close, Salisbury; and was buried in the Cathedral with the other members

of his family. His sister Anna-Maria died only a few weeks before him, on the 27th May last, aged 57.

VEN. ARCHDEACON BAYLEY. Aug. 12. The Venerable Henry Vincent Bayley, D.D. Archdeacon of Stow, Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of West Meon, Hants, and Vicar of Great Carlton, Lincolnshire.

Archdeacon Bayley enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most elegant scholars that Cambridge has produced; having gained the highest classical honour that the University could bestow, viz. Battie's scholarship, in 1798. He graduated B.A. in 1800, and was elected fellow of Trinity college: he obtained the first of the members' prizes for middle bachelors in 1801, and the first for senior bachelors in 1802.

He was presented to the vicarage of Great Carlton by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1812, and was appointed Archdeacon of Stow in 1823; he was also for many years Subdean of Lincoln. In both these important offices he was distinguished by taste, in restorations of churches, worthy of a better age more especially does Lincoln Minster owe much to his care whilst he was one of the Chapter. Amongst other laudable acts may be mentioned his causing the re

moval of the mural tablets and other hideous mementos from the walls and pillars of the cathedral into the side chapels, and repairing the parts which had been cut away to admit them.

In 1828 Dr. Bayley exchanged the Subdeanery of Lincoln with the Rev. Lord John Thynne for a stall in St. Peter's Abbey church, Westminster. He held the latter preferment until his decease, as also the non-residentiary stall of Liddington in Lincoln Cathedral. He was collated to the rectory of West Meon in 1826 by the Bishop of Winchester.

His many amiable qualities, as they made him beloved, so also cause him to be lamented by his numerous friends; his loss will be more especially felt at his parish of West Meon, where he was building a very chaste new church, at the cost of himself and his sister-in-law. 1820, when Vicar of Messingham, Lincolnshire, he rebuilt the parish church there; and few have had the privilege of glorifying God by such good works as he effected.

In

We could wish to see this good man commemorated as of old, in a way which he himself would have approved, by a correct brass placed in the cathedral with which he was upwards of 30 years connected; so that whoever looks on it may say with the writer, "Cujus animæ propicietur Deus."

CLERGY DECEASED.

July 3. At Siston, Gloucestershire, aged 63, the Rev. Francis Pelly, Rector of that parish. He was of Christchurch, Oxford, M. A. 1810; and was presented to Siston in 1815 by F. Trotman, esq.

July 4. At Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, aged 85, the Rev. Richard Williams, Rector of that parish, and of Markfield, Leicestershire, and a Prebendary of Lincoln. He was of Christ's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1780, M.A. 1783; was presented to Great Houghton in 1805 by that society; and to Markfield in the previous year by the Marquess Hastings.

Aged 26, the Rev. Hownam Illingworth, son of A. Illingworth, esq. of Fowey, and formerly curate of Penryn, Cornwall. He was drowned at Sierra Leone, of which colony he was chaplain, by the upsetting of a boat. Five others perished with him. The Rev. Mr. Illingworth left England as chaplain to H.M.Š. Madagascar 44, and soon after her arrival on the African station, the chaplain of

Sierra Leone dying, he was solicited to become his successor.

July 6. At Hulme, Lancashire, aged 72, the Rev. Edward Booth, M. A. Incumbent and Patron of St. Stephen's church, Salford. He was of Lincoln college, Oxford, M. A. 1809.

July 7. At Midway, near Aberystwith, in his 35th year, the Rev. John Davies, M.A., for eleven years Curate of Llanferris, Denbighshire.

At Wortham, aged 57, the Rev. Joseph Charles Helme, M.A. He was of Wadham college, Oxford, M.A. 1811. has left a widow and eight children.

He

July 8. Aged 83, the Rev. Robert Jones, Rector of Derwen, Denbighshire, to which he was collated in 1819 by the Bishop of Bangor.

At Cheltenham, aged 82, the Rev. George Foxton, M.A., Vicar of Twyning, Gloucestershire, and Rector of Newtown, co. Montgomery. He was of Christ's Church, Oxford, M.A. 1786; was presented to the former church in 1802 by that society; and collated to the latter in 1815 by the Bishop of St. Asaph. His youngest son, the Rev. T. J. Foxton, is Perpetual Curate of Wix, Essex.

At the residence of his father-in-law, the Rev. R. P. Buddicombe, M.A., Priory, St. Bee's, Cumberland, aged 30, the Rev. John Sandars, only son of John Sanda esq. of Derby. He was of Emmanuel college, Cambridge, B.A. 1837.

July 9. At Preston, aged 47, the Rev. Theophilus Lane, Rector of Horndon-onthe-Hill, Essex. He was of Magdalene college, Cambridge, B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823, and was presented to his living in 1827 by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's.

July 10. At Shelton rectory, Norfolk, the residence of his youngest son, the Rev. Jeremiah Curteis, aged 76, the Rev. Samuel Curteis, LL.D. formerly of Linton, Cambridgeshire. He was of Queen's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1789, as 11th Senior Optime, M.A. 1801, LL.D. 1808. He was for some years Master of Sunbury school.

At Appleton, Berkshire, aged 84, the Rev. James Williams Hoskins, D.D. Rector of that parish, and a Prebendary of Wells. He was formerly a Fellow of Magdalene college, Oxford, where he graduated M. A. 1781, B.D. 1794, D.D. 1797; was presented to Appleton in 1802 by that society; and appointed to the prebend of Combe the Twelfth in the cathedral church of Wells in 1813.

On his 26th birthday, the Rev. William

Henry Jones, Assistant Minister of St. Peter's, Preston, second son of the Rev. W. P. Jones, incumbent of St. Thomas's, Preston. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A. 1838.

July 16. At Wrexham, aged 62, the Rev. J. S. Edwards, Vicar of Llanar. mon in Yale, in the patronage of the Bishop of St. Asaph.

At the Chapel-house, Twyford, aged 52, the Rev. Thomas Morris, Minister of the chapel, and Perpetual Curate of Ruscombe, Berks.

July 20. At Lesnewth, Cornwall, the Rev. W. P. Bray, Curate of that place. July 23. At Ilminster, aged 82, the Rev. James Upton, Rector of Beercrocombe and Stocklinch Magdalen, Somerset. He was presented to the former living in 1803 by the Earl of Egremont, and instituted at the same time to the latter, which was in his own patronage.

July 25. At the Beaufort Arms, Monmouth, on his return from Malvern, in his 63d year, the Rev. James Ashe Gabb, Rector of Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, magistrate and deputy lieutenant of that county, and Deputy Provincial Grand Master of the Monmouthshire district of Freemasons. He was presented to Shirenewton in 1816 by Lord Chancellor Eldon.

July 26. At Sansaw, Salop, aged 77, the Rev. Laurence Gardner, D.D. Canon Residentiary of Lichfield, and Rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham, to which he was collated in 1821 by Bishop Ryder.

July 26. At Tintinbull, Somerset, aged 76, the Rev. J. Valentine Clark, B. A. for twenty-eight years Perpetual Curate of that parish, and for eleven years Rector of Cossington, near Bridg

water.

July 27. At Southend, Essex, the Rev. Francis Festing, late Vicar of Winsham, Somerset.

At Selham, near Midhurst, aged 55, the Rev. William Jenkins, of St. John's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814.

At Goytre, Wales, the Rev. Allen Morgan, late of Awbridge house, near Romsey.

July 28. At Hensingham, Cumberland, aged 88, the Rev. Joseph Bardgett, Rector of Melmerby, near Penrith.

July 30. At Twyford, Hampshire, aged 88, the Rev. George Coxe, Rector of St. Michael's, Winchester, and of Withcall, Lincolnshire. He was a brother of the late Archdeacon Coxe, of Salisbury, the historian. He was formerly of Pem.

broke college, Cambridge, B.A. 1780, M.A. 1792, and obtained both his livings in 1810, Withcall, (value 5167.) from Lord Chancellor Eldon, and his church at Winchester from Bishop North. With a highly cultivated mind, refined taste, and polished manners, he found his chief delight in the exercise of the Christian ministry. The diligence with which he discharged the duties of his station to a very advanced period of life, his kindness of heart and extensive charity, endeared him to al classes of his parishioners, by whom and by a large circle of friends he will be long and affectionately remembered.

July 31. At Bath, the Rev. John Parsons, of the island of Barbadoes, Vicar of Marden, Wilts. He was formerly Fellow of Oriel college, Oxford, where he attained the degree of M.A. in 1807, and was presented to Marden in Wilts by the Dean and Chapter of Bristol.

The Rev. E. Sunderland, Vicar of Glentham and Normanby, Lincolnshire.

At Ballybegg, co. Wicklow, the Rev. Jeremiah M. Symes, Incumbent of the parishes of Kilpipe and Kilninor.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

March 10. At Camberwell, aged 21, Mr. William Fuller Lofty, of St. John's college, Cambridge.

June 17. In Montague-square, aged 72, James Holbrook, esq. late of Park-st. Grosvenor-sq.

June 18. At Highbury-place, aged 83, Sarah, widow of William Farebrother, esq.

July 5. Aged 67, Capt. William Williams Foote, R.N. of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. He was one of the few survivors of Rodney's action, and was in the Valiant when she captured two 64-gun ships in 1782-in the Illustrious at the siege of Toulon and Bastia, and in Lord Hotham's action in 1795-in the Blenheim at St. Vincent's-in the Director at Camperdown-at the mutiny at the Nore -at the siege of Cadiz-and for some years in the Channel service. He was posted Oct. 21, 1810. He married Miss Hill, of Upminster.

July 16. At Walworth, at an advanced age, Elizabeth, relict of Marcus Rochfort, esq. of Walshestown, Balbriggan, Ireland.

July 17. In Agar-st. Strand, aged 30 Mr. John Moore, house surgeon of the Charing Cross Hospital, and surgeon accoucheur to the West London Lying-in

Hospital, eldest son of Mr. John Moore, of Wickham-Market, formerly of Laxfield, Suffolk.

July 18. Hyman Hurwitz, esq. Professor of Hebrew at University College, London.

At Kensington, aged 13, Gurney, second son of Foster Reynolds, esq.

July 20. Aged 72, Sarah, wife of Thomas Prothero, esq. of Lyon-terrace, Edgware-road.

July 21. In Kensington-sq. aged 86, Mrs. Olivia Searle, only dau. of Charles Searle, esq. of Brompton Park.

In Camden-terr. Kentish-town, aged 76, Sarah, relict of John Hamilton, esq. of Stamford-bili.

Aged 55, Mr. John Adamson, of Limestreet, City, for many years a member of the Common Council for Langbourn Ward.

In Portland-terr. Regent's-park, aged 68, Ann, relict of Perry Nursey, esq. of the Grove, Little Bealings, Suffolk.

At Hampstead, Mary-Ann, wife of Samuel Wimbush, jun. esq. of Halkin-st. Belgrave-sq.

July 22. At Grosvenor-park, Camberwell, Eliza, wife of W. G. Hayes, esq. and third dau. of the late James Lawson, esq. of Norwood, Surrey.

Aged 52, Frederica-Jane, wife of Mr. Westall, of Clement's-inn, and youngest dau. of the late John Maling, esq. formerly of the Commander in-Chief's Office, Horse Guards.

July 23. In Hill-st. Berkeley-square, aged 23, Martha, fourth dau. of the late William Willis, esq. of Lombard-st. and Wandsworth-common.

In Montague-sq. aged 75, Henry Sykes, esq. of Bath, youngest son of Joseph Sykes, esq. of Hull.

July 24. In Gloucester-pl. Portmansq. Louisa, youngest dau. of the late Sir John English Dolben, Bart.

In Oxford-terr. Hyde-park, aged 84, Henrietta, relict of William Marmaduke Sellon, esq. of Harlesdon-green, Willesdon.

July 25. In Wimpole-st. aged 67, Charles Bourchier, esq.

In Clapton-square, Hackney, aged 72, George Deane, esq. for many years in Monument yard.

July 26. At the residence of his brother, Bath-pl. Kensington, aged 40, J. S. Pollock, esq.

In Norfolk-st. Park-lane, aged 64, Joseph Littledale, esq.

July 27. In James-st. St. James's-sq. St. James's-park, aged 62, Henry Bedford, esq.

At his uncle's house, Croom's Hill, Greenwich, aged 21, Edward Parry Martyr, esq.

In Robert st. Hampstead Road, aged 77, Charlotte-Augusta, relict of Samuel Barnard, esq. Surgeon to the 98th, and third dau. of the late Thomas Sandby, esq. Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park.

July 28. In Melbury-terr. aged 37, William Plunkett, esq. M.A. Barrister-atLaw, eldest son of the late Wm. Plunkett, esq. Deputy Chairman of the Board of Excise. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, Nov. 23, 1832.

July 29. Agnes, second dau. of George Pritt, esq. of Bentinck-terr. Regent's Park, and Parliament-st. Westminster.

In York-st. Portman-square, aged 63, Thornton Bentall, esq. late manager of the Devon and Cornwall Bank, Totnes.

At Stepney Green, aged 61, John Dinsdale, esq. late Assistant Master Attendant to the Hon. East India Company; 48 years of his life were spent in their service.

July 30. In Upper Seymour-st. West, Frances-Mary, widow of William Henry Beauchamp, esq. of Forthampton, Gloucestershire.

In Crosby-sq. aged 56, Thomas Rowland Alston, esq.

Aged 23, Louisa, third dau. of L. M. Simon, esq. Paragon, Blackheath. July 31. In Tonbridge-pl. Euston-sq. Hetty, widow of John Palmer, esq. of Rickmansworth.

Lately. At Camberwell, aged 74, Elizabeth Carey, relict of Philip Melvill, esq. Governor of Pendennis Castle, Cornwall.

Aged 30, W. Phillips Cracknell, esq. eldest son of the Rev. Benj. Cracknell, D.D. late of Weymouth, brother-in-law of T. Conway Robins, esq. Wells, Somerset, and of the Rev. Charles Maddeson, Batheaston, near Bath.

At Putney, aged 50, Mrs. Villiers, relict of Geo. Wm. Villiers Villiers, esq. late of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, and of Bath.

Aug. 4. At Clapham Common, aged 84, William Hibbert, esq. of Hare Hill, Cheshire.

Mrs. Nash, wife of Sebastian Nash, esq. of St. John's Wood-road, Regent's Park, and eldest dau. of the late Sam. Dixon, esq. Aug. 5. At the Master's house, Inner Temple, aged 63, Mary, wife of the Rev. W. H. Rowlatt.

Aug. 6. At St. John's Wood, aged 63, Christopher Harrison, esq.

Anne, wife of the Rev. E. Withers, of Lower Phillimore-pl. Kensington.

In Great Quebec-st. St. Marylebone, the widow of William Sadleir Bruere, jun.

esq. of Jesus Coll. Cambridge, and third dau. of the late Charles Wagstaff, esq. of Cambridge.

Aug. 7. At Muswell Hill, Mr. Edward Mottram, many years a member of the Common Council for the Ward of Aldersgate.

In Portman-sq. aged 33, William Hicks Hicks Beach, esq. only brother of Sir Michael Hicks Hicks Beach, Bart. of Williamstrip Park, Gloucestershire.

In Percy-st. aged 80, Joseph Hume, esq. late of the Admiralty, Somerset House. At Camden New Town, J. Lemon, esq. late of St. Ann's, Jamaica.

Aug. 8. In Sloane-st. Charlotte, relict of John Boylston Hallen, esq. of Birmingham.

In Notting Hill-sq. Eliza-Sophia, relict of Lieut.-Col. Leeds Booth, formerly of the 32d Regt. and Inspecting Field Officer of Essex; daughter and coheiress of Comyns, esq. of Highlands, near Writtle, Essex.

Aug. 9. In Camden-road Villas, aged 35, Ellen, wife of Charles B. Spaeth, esq. Charlotte, wife of John Powell Powell, esq. of Quex Park, Thanet, and Park House, Fulham.

Aged 79, Rebecca, relict of John Carver, esq. of Camden Town, Middlesex.

Aged 56, Major J. J. Anderson, K.H. late of the 10th Foot, one of the Military Knights of Windsor. He had been in active service, both in the East and West Indies, and was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, with military honours.

Aug. 10. At Clapham Common, aged 31, Julia, wife of Robert Hudson, esq. At Lower Clapton, aged 85, Jacob Clements, esq.

At Clapham Common, aged 81, Elizabeth-Susanna, relict of Thomas Graham, esq. of Edmond Castle, Cumberland.

At Newington, Surrey, aged 75, Isabella-Ann, relict of Thomas Waite Marson, esq.

In Guildford-st. aged 65, Elizabeth, wife of Philip Wynell Mayow, esq.

At Camden Town, aged 76, Sarah Marianne Abington, eldest surviving sister of the late William Abington, esq. of the East India House.

Aug. 11. At Bayswater Hill, aged 69, Lewis Duval, esq. of Lincoln's-inn, conveyancer. He was formerly Fellow of Trin. hall, Cambridge, LL.B. 1796, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn, June 19, 1804. He has of late years been considered the first "case" man in his profession.

Aug. 12. In Torrington-sq. aged 27, Henry White, esq. of Trinity College, Cambridge, youngest son of John White, esq. He graduated LL.B. 1840.

In Camberwell-grove, aged 82, Stephen Butler, esq.

Aug. 13. Aged 66, Cornelis Schenk, esq. of the Paragon, New Kent-road.

At Chichester Lodge, Wandsworthroad, aged 60, Elizabeth, wife of William Farlar, esq.

Aug. 14. At Clapham, aged 85, John Jacob Zornlin, esq.

Aug. 26. At Islington, within one day of completing his 19th year, William, eldest son of William Bentley, esq. one of the principal clerks of the Bank of England.

BERKS.-July 20. At Wallingford, at the house of her father, the Rev. Richard Roberts, Amelia-Shickle, wife of the Rev. George Andrews, Vicar of Sutton Courtenay.

July 25. At Midgham House, aged 66, Miss Elizabeth Fowke, eldest dau. of the late Major T. Thorpe Fowke.

Aug. 3. Aged 63, Edward Golding, esq. of Maiden Erlegh and Sonning Grove. Aug. 5. At the residence of her nephew, H. Simonds, esq. Reading, aged 83, Mrs. May, late of Pangbourn.

Aug. 6. At Stanlake, aged 75, Leonard Currie, esq.

Aug. 12. At Hall Place, the seat of his father-in-law, Sir East Clayton East, Bart. aged 25, Joseph John Wakehurst Peyton, esq. of Wakehurst-pl. Sussex, and late of the 2d Life Guards.

BERWICK.-Aug. 7. At Manderston, in his 7th year, Thomas, only son of Sir Thomas Maitland, Capt. R.N.

BUCKS.-Aug. 9. At Boyne Hill Cottage, near Maidenhead, Daniel Penning, esq. for many years Receiving Inspector of Stamps and Taxes, Somerset House.

CAMBRIDGE.-May 15. Aged 27, George Francis, eldest son of George Fordham, esq. of Odsey House, near Royston. He was at a very early period of life distinguished for scientific and literary attainments, and for theological researches.

June 17, At Cambridge, aged 60, Alex. Watford, esq. the eminent surveyor. July 2. At the Observatory, Cambridge, aged 26, Jane-Sarah, wife of John Glaisher, esq.

Aug. 6. Aged 72, Elizabeth, wife of Wm. Hurrell, esq. of Newton.

Aug. 7. At Foxton, aged 69, Martha, widow of William Hurrell, esq.

CORNWALL.-Aug. 6. At Truro, aged 64, George Thomas, esq. He filled the office of Town Steward and Treasurer of that borough for a very long period.

DERBY.-July 21. At Derby, Mrs. Katharine Geddes, relict of Christian Geddes, esq. of Viewforth, Culross.

GENT. MAG. VOL. XXII.

July 22. At Longford-hall, aged 41, the Right Hon. Anne-Amelia dowager Countess of Leicester, wife of the Righ, Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. for Coventryt Her death resulted from her confinement. she having on the 10th inst. given birth to a son, who survived his birth only a few hours. She was the third dau. of the Earl of Albemarle, by his first Countess the Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, fourth dau. of Edward Lord Clifford. She married, 25th February, 1822, T. W. Coke, esq. of Holkham, Norfolk, created Earl of Leicester in 1837, who died in 1842; by whom she had issue Thomas-William the present Earl of Leicester, three other sons, and one daughter. She married secondly, the 25th Oct. 1843, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P.

July 26. At Burnaston House, Derby, aged 22, Ensign Arthur Mosley, 95th Regt. second son of Ashton N. E. Mosley,

esq.

DEVON.-July 17. At Leaford House, aged 60, Gilbert Cowd, esq.

July 27. At Mill Bay Grove, Plymouth, aged 40, Wm. Cole Loggin, esq. of Buckish House, near Bideford.

At the Quay House, Kingsbridge, the residence of Mrs. Fortescue, Anna, wife of G. F. Fortescue, esq. of Plymouth, and dau. of the late Admiral Cumberland.

Bart.

Lately. At Mount Boone, Dartmouth, Jane, youngest dau. of Sir J. H. Seale, Aug. 1. At Netherexe House, near Exeter, aged 25, Clifford Martyn Young, esq.

Aug. 4. At Exmouth, Elizabeth, relict of Rev. Wm. Barker, Rector of Silverton. At Kingsbridge, aged 85, Maria-Juliana, relict of Thomas Wyse, esq.

Aged 88. George Hertzel, esq. one of the oldest merchants of Exeter.

Aug. 6. In Dix's Field, Exeter, aged 68, Henry Limbrey Toll, esq. of Perridge House, a Major in the South Devon Regt. of Militia, and a Magistrate of Devon. Mr. Toll was the only son of the Rev. John Frederick Toll of Grewel St. Mary, and Vicar of Kingsclere, Hants. He married, at Odiham, his cousin Jane, daughter of Richard Limbrey, esq. by whom he had an only son, the late Henry Limbrey Toll. He married, first, Jane, dau. of the Rev. Alexander Mackenzie, of Finegand, in the county of Perth, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, in the year 1823, to Anne, eldest dau. of the late Walter Vavasour, esq. of Heath, Yorkshire, by whom he has left issue a son and dau.

Mary, third dau. of Charles Hoppe, esq. of Withycombe, near Exmouth. Auy. 7. Aged 50, Robert Rookes, esq. of Heavitree. 2 U