that the King had bestowed upon him a pension of 1501.; at the preceding meeting at Oxford, that University had conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, a step the more remarkable since he belonged to the sect of Quakers. At all the meetings of the British Association he has been present, and has always been surrounded with the reverence and admiration of all who feel any sympathy with the progress of science. May he long remain among us, thus to remind us of the vast advance which chemistry owes to him.' This was written in 1837, the year in which a severe attack of paralysis seriously impaired his powers; he last appeared among us at Manchester, when he received the respectful homage of the distinguished foreigners and others who were there assembled."

At a recent meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester the following resolution was come to :-"That it is desirable that a simple and suitable memorial should be placed in the cemetery at Ardwick over the mortal remains of this illustrious philosopher and exemplary Christian; and that it is most desirable to found a professorship of chemistry in some public place in Manchester, to be named the Daltonian Professorship,' one object of which shall be to illustrate the atomic theory, and the discoveries of Dalton in connexion with other branches of physical science."

FRANCIS BAILY, ESQ. F.R.S.

Aug. 30. In Tavistock-place, Russellsquare, aged 70, Francis Baily, esq. D.C.L. President of the Astronomical

Society, Fellow of the Royal, Linnean, and Geological Societies, and Member of the Royal Irish Academy.

This highly respected member of the scientific world was the third of the five sons of Mr. Baily, banker, of Newbury. He was engaged for many years in the business of the Stock Exchange, and realized in that arena an ample fortune. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821, and the main features of his scientific career were sketched in the following terms by the Dean of Ely, in his recent address to the British Association at York.

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life he was the most considerable contributor to its Memoirs. The catalogue of the Astronomical Society, the funds for which were contributed by several of its members, was entirely formed under his superintendence, and we are chiefly indebted to his exertions for the more ample developement which the Nautical Almanac has latterly received, and which bas added so much to its usefulness. There was no experimental research connected with the more accurate determina. tions of astronomy or physical science, which was not generally intrusted to his care the publication of the Pendulum Observations of Capt. Foster, which were confided to him by the Admiralty, gave occasion to the most complete series of pendulum experiments which had ever been made, in which many most important defects of those instruments were first brought to light: he undertook the repetition of the celebrated experiment of Mr. Cavendish, and his discussion of the whole question, which forms a recent volume of The Memoirs of the Astronomical Society, is a monument not less honourable to his patience, perseverance, and skill, than to the sagacity and accuracy of the great philosopher who first devised it.

"He had also undertaken, for the Commission of Weights and Measures, the conduct of the process for forming the new standard yard from the scale of the Astronomical Society, which he had himself compared with the imperial standard yard, destroyed in the burning of the Houses of Parliament.

"He published, at the request of the Admiralty, the correspondence and catalogue of Flamsteed; he presented to the Astronomical Society a volume containing the catalogues of Ptolemy, Ulugh Beigh, Tycho Brahe, Hevelius, and Halley, with learned prefaces and critical notes, showing their relations to each other and to later catalogues. His preface and introduction to the British Association Catalogue, and more than one-third of the catalogue itself, are printed; and from the critical examination of the authorities, upon which his assumed positions rest, and from the careful distribution of the stars which are selected (more than 8000 in number) in those parts of the heavens where they are likely to be most useful to observers as points of comparison, it promises to be the most important contribution to the cause of practical astronomy which has been made in later times. The whole of the stars of the Histoire Céleste are reduced, and a considerable portion (more than one-fifth) printed, but it is not known whether the introductory matter, which, from him, would have been

so important, was prepared at the time of his death.

"Mr. Baily was the author of the best Treatise on Life Annuities and Insurances which has yet appeared, as well as of several other publications on the same subject. His knowledge of the mathematicians of the English school was very sound and complete, though he had never mastered the more refined resources of modern analysis. In the discussion of the Cavendish and other experiments, he freely availed himself of the assistance of the Astronomer Royal and Mr. De Morgan in the investigation of formulæ which were above his reach; but he always applied them in a manner which showed that he thoroughly understood their prin. ciple, and was fully able to incorporate them with his own researches. In the midst of these various labours (and the list which I have given of them, ample as it is, comprehends but a small part of their number,) Mr. Baily never seemed to be particularly busy or occupied. He entered freely into society, entertaining his scientific as well as mercantile friends at his own house with great hospitality. He was rarely absent from the numerous scientific meetings of committees and councils; he was a member of all of them, which absorb so large a portion of the disposable leisure of men of science in London: but, if a work or inquiry was referred to him, it was generally completed in a time which would seem hardly sufficient for other men to make the preliminary investigation. Most of this was undoubtedly owing to his admirable habits of system and order, to his always doing one thing at one time, to his clear and precise estimate of the extent of his own powers. Though he always wrote clearly and well, he never wrote ambitiously; and, though he almost always accomplished what he undertook, he never affected to execute, or to appear to execute, what was beyond his powers. This was the true secret of his great success, and of his wonderful fertility; and it would be difficult to refer to a more instructive example of what may be effected by practical good sense, systematic order, and steady perseverance."

The will of Mr. Baily has been proved in Doctors' Commons by John Baily the younger (nephew of the deceased), David Jardine, and Philip Martineau, esquires, the executors. The will is in the handwriting of the deceased; and, after the disposal of various estates in several counties to several of his relatives, gives a great number of legacies to relations and friends, varying from 2007. to 1,000l. His servants are all well provided for, in

addition to mourning, and he desires that some shares in the Stock Exchange to which he is entitled shall be given from time to time to poor members of that institution. The testator has not been unmindful of the various charitable institutions with which London abounds, leaving them many legacies varying from 2001. each; including the University College Hospital, King's College Hospital, Society of Foreigners in Distress, the Seamen's Hospital at Greenwich, &c. &c. He also places at the disposal of the magistrates at the numerous police-offices in London, Westminster, and the borough of Southwark, 201. each, to be applied to such objects as the magistrates shall deem worthy.

MR. ROBERT TAYLOR.

Sept... At Tours, in France, aged 52, Mr. Robert Taylor, B. A., notorious as a blasphemous lecturer.

This eccentric man was the son of a respectable ironmonger who resided many years in Fenchurch Street, amassed a fortune, and retired upon it to Enfield. To his youngest and favourite son, Robert, he gave a good education, and sent him to St. John's college, Cambridge, where he was esteemed an admirable scholar, and attained the degree of B.A. in 1813. He took holy orders, and became Curate of Midhurst, where he remained for more than five years. It was at a christening that he first expressed his dissent to the doctrines of the Church, and subsequently, literally breaking into infidelism in the pulpit, he was stripped of his gown. He came to London and associated with the notorious Carlile. Mr. Taylor took the Rolls-rooms, in Chancery-lane; from thence he proceeded to the Paul's Head, Cateaton-street, then to Founders' Hall, Lothbury; at all which places he lectured (or preached, as Carlile termed it,) his favourite doctrines. He also visited several provincial towns. At Leeds he was confronted by Mr. Calvert, a clever actor, then in Mr. Cummin's company, who detected Taylor's false quotations from the Latin ecclesiastical writers, and induced him to beat a retreat.

Taylor was a constant visitor at Lunt's Coffee-house, Clerkenwell-green, where he associated with Gale Jones, Wenman, and other well-known characters of the day. He was also seen at Smith's, High Holborn, near Great Turnstile; and at the Globe, Fleet-street. In the summer his favourite resort was Temple-gardens, where he distributed his tracts, and sought disciples. Taylor's followers at length purchased for him Dr. Bengo Collier's

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chapel, in Cannon-street, City. place Taylor christened the Areopagus. Here he ran riot, and at the instigation of Alderman Brown, now Chamberlain, then Lord Mayor, he was prosecuted, and committed to the Compter. There Carlile brought Miss Richards (since known as Mrs. Dorey, one of the parties implicated in the Barber and Fletcher forgeries,) to him as a visitor. Taylor fell, or feigned to fall, desperately in love with the lady, and gave her a promise of marriage; but they were doomed to part, for Taylor having been tried and convicted of blasphemy, Oct. 24, 1827, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. On the expiration of his sentence, he returned to his old lodgings at Mr. Russell's (a law stationer in Carey-street, Chancerylane), and there, it is believed, he met a lady somewhat stricken in years, who subsequently became Mrs. Taylor. This wedding, of course, roused the ire of Miss Richards, who commenced an action for a breach of promise of marriage, and recovered 2501. damages, to avoid the payment of which Mr. Taylor and his bride departed for Tours. Though some disparity of years existed between Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, they lived very happily. He renounced his errors, and returned to the doctrines of the established church, and had latterly practised as a surgeon at Tours.

JOHN OVERS.

Lately. In Vauxhall-street, Lambeth, John Overs, the author of "The Evenings of a Working Man,". -a little volume lately ushered into public notice by Mr. Dickens.

He was born at Birmingham, July 2, 1808. His mother, a superior woman for her station in life, died when he was five years of age. He always remembered her with the most ardent affection. He received a very limited education, and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to the cabinet-case-making business. At a very early period he devoted his hours of leisure to composition in prose and verse, contributing occasionally to various periodicals, especially "Tait's Magazine" and "Cruikshank's Omnibus." About four years ago he was seized with chronic pleurisy, since which time he suffered much, though he was occasionally able to pursue his ordinary employment. For

the last twelve months, however, he was a confirmed invalid. During his long illness Mr. Dickens showed him invari. able kindness. Through him Mr. Overs was introduced to Dr. Elliotson, whose constant attention he also experienced. Mrs. Overs is left with a family of six

children totally unprovided for, the eldest of whom is not more than ten years of age, the youngest only two months. Mr. Newby, the publisher of "The Evenings of a Working Man," has undertaken to promote a subscription for their benefit.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Feb. 29. Aged 28, the Rev. Thomas Barrow, incumbent of Skerton, near Lan

caster.

Aug. 9. At Thrumpton, near East Retford, the Rev. John Wootton, Curate of that parish. He was also Vicar of East Wyckham, Lincolnshire, to which he was presented in 1811 by Mr. Ferrand. In the early part of his life he was Curate of Blaby with Countesthorpe, Leicestershire.

Aug. 21. The Rev. John Young, Rector of Killeshal, co. Tyrone, brother to Sir William Young, of Bailieborough Castle, co. Cavan, Bart.

Lately. The Rev. James W. Maguire, Chaplain in her Majesty's Navy.

At Magherafelt, co. Londonderry, in his 85th year, the Rev. Thomas Agmondisham Vesey, Rector of that parish for 37 years, and for 60 years a clergyman in the diocese of Armagh. He was father of Mrs. Blathwayt, of Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire. Sept. 16. Aged 79, the Rev. George Arthur Evans, of Newtown hall, Montgomeryshire, and Rector of Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire. He was of Christ church, Oxford, M.A. 1793; and was presented to Rudbaxton in 1804 by the Lord Chancellor.

Sept. 17. At Harwich, aged 41, the Rev. Thomas Hutton Vyvyan, brother to Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart. He was the third son of the late Sir Vyell Vyvyan, Bart. by Mary-Hutton, only child of Thomas Hutton Rawlinson, of Lancaster, esq. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge, B. A. 1825.

Sept. 20. At Southerndown, near Bridgend, the Rev. J. E. Morgan, for twenty-three years Curate of St. Bride's Major.

Sept. 22. At Lackford, Suffolk, aged 63, the Rev. Thomas Ellis Rogers, Rector of Lackford and Hessett. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A. 1805 as 14th Wrangler, M. A. 1808; was presented to Lackford in 1807 by Sir C. Kent, Bart. and to Hessett in 1813 by Mr. Leheup.

Sept. 24. The Rev. Daniel Rowlands, Vicar of Llanllwch, near Carmarthen, to which church he was collated in 1816, by the Bishop of St. David's.

At Downham, near Ely, the Rev. Wil

liam Tilden, M.A. Curate of that parish. He was the second son of the late John Tilden, esq. of Ifield Court, Kent; and was of Sidney-Sussex college, Cambridge, B.A. 1823.

Sept. 26. At Torleven, in Sithney, Cornwall, aged 33, the Rev. William Borlase, Perpetual Curate of that chapelry. He was the fourth son of Henry Borlase, esq. of Helston; and was of St. Peter's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1831, M.A. 183-.

Sept. 28. At Aikton hall, near Carlisle, aged 83, the Rev. Richard Fell, Rector of Aikton for sixteen years, and previously for forty-three years Vicar of Warcop, Westmorland. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1784, M.A. 1787.

Oct. 19. At Holme Head, near Ingleton, Yorkshire, aged 80, the Rev. William Waller, for nearly forty years Perpetual Curate of Ingleton. He was formerly of Pembroke hall, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.D. in 1804. The loss of this venerable clergyman will be extensively and severely felt; for he had endeared himself to all classes of society, by the simplicity, the sincerity, and the benevolence of his character, as well as by an unwearied endeavour to fulfil his pastoral duties for the benefit, temporal and eternal, of the people committed to his charge. Mr. Waller succeeded his father in the incumbency of Ingleton, previously to which he bad for some years been actively employed in tuition at the then celebrated school at Cheam. Amongst many other pupils who were there entrusted to him, he was accustomed to mention with peculiar satisfaction, the names of the present excellent Bishop of Ripon, Archdeacon Berens, and the no less amiable Dr. Macbride, Principal of Magdalene hall, Oxford, author of some admirable" Lectures Explanatory of the Diatessaron."

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

Sept. 3. Capt. Joseph Hammell, late of the 9th regt.

Sept. 5. Aged 55, George Thomas Thorpe, esq. formerly of the Army Pay Office.

Sept. 9. At Islington, aged 17, Jane, younger dau. of the late Philip Chabot, esq. of Fashion-st. Spitalfields.

Sept. 11. At the residence of his mother, in College-hill, City, aged 31, Mr. J. O. Robinson, eldest son of the late Mr. Joseph Ogle Robinson, bookseller. Sept. 12. At Five Houses, Clapton, aged 65, Thomas Hovell, esq.

In Great George st. Westminster, Henry Robinson Palmer, esq. Civil Engineer. He was the favourite pupil, and for many years principal assistant, of the late Mr. Telford, Civil Engineer, and was one of the founders of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of which he was one of the Vice-Presidents.

Sept. 14. In George-st. Portman-sq. aged 80, Charles Haggerston Stanley Constable, esq.

In Sloane-st. aged 86, Elizabeth, relict of Robert Honeyborn, esq. of Dishley, Leicestersh.

Sept. 16. Capt. Robert Macleod, one of the earliest members of the Union Club, Trafalgar-sq.

Aged 56, Mr. Moy Thomas, solicitor, for more than 35 years Vestry Clerk of the parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw.

In Augusta-pl. Clapham-road, aged 69, George Favenc, esq.

Sept. 17. Eliza, wife of Osmond Price, esq. of Paris.

In Ormond-st. Queen-sq. aged 74, Sarah, relict of Thomas Dale, M.D. of Devonshire street, Bishopsgate, and eldest dau. of the late W. C. Headington, surgeon, of Spitalfields.

Sept. 20. In Park-lane, aged 77, the Right Hon. Lucy Elizabeth dowager Countess of Bradford. She was the eldest daughter and coheiress (with GeorgianaElizabeth Duchess of Bedford, IsabellaElizabeth Marchioness of Bath, and Lady Emily Seymour) of George 4th Viscount Torrington, by Lady Lucy Boyle, only daughter of John Earl of Corke and Orrery. She was married to Orlando first Earl of Bradford in 1788, and left his widow in 1825, having had issue the present Earl, three other sons, and one daughter (the late Lady Lucy Elizabeth Whitmore).

Sept. 21. At her mother's house, in Harley-st. Anne, widow of the Rev. Peter Still, of Cattistock, Dorset.

At Horslydown, aged 31, Henry-Thomas, eldest son of Thomas Young, esq. of Dorset-terr. Clapham-rd.

Aged 24, John Burt, esq. surgeon, only son of George Burt, esq. surgeon, of Crescent-pl. New Bridge-st. Blackfriars.

Sept. 22. In Upper Grosvenor-st. aged 64, Nathaniel Fenn, esq.

In Devonshire-pl. aged 62, Dr. H. Young, formerly of the East India Co.'s Service.

Sept. 23. At Brixton, aged 38, William E. Browne, esq.

Aged 58, Samuel Emden, esq. late of Park-road.

In Mornington - pl. Hampstead-road, aged 82, Miss Louisa Mary Guy.

Sept. 24. Aged 75, George Wilford Bulkley, esq. solicitor.

Aged 56, Edwin Hills, esq. of Claremont-terr. Pentonville.

Sept. 26. In South Lambeth, aged 64, Elizabeth, wife of John Pittar, esq. and youngest dau. of the late Thomas Holmes, esq. of Farm Hill, co. Sligo.

At Christ's Hospital, Edward Heming Rice, of University Coll. Oxford, eldest son of the Rev. Dr. Rice.

Sept. 27. In the Strand, aged 71, Mrs. Ellen Houlston, of the firm of Houlston and Stoneman, Paternoster-row, and widow of Mr. Edward Houlston.

Sept. 29. In Earl's-terrace, Kensington, Francis Ludlow Holt, esq. Q. C. and Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a Bencher of the Inner Temple. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, Jan. 27, 1809, and to the rank of King's Counsel in Trin. Vac. 1831. He went the North Circuit, and was also an Exchequer Bill Loan Com missioner.

Sept. 30. Aged 66, Mary, wife of John Bright, esq. F.L.S. of Brunswick-place, Brixton Hill.

Aged 26, Robert William, second son of George Lovell, esq. of Ely-pl. her Majesty's Inspector of Small Arms.

In Cambridge-st. Connaught-sq. aged 87, Mrs. Hey, relict of William Hey, esq.

Oct. 1. At Hackney, Caroline, dau. of the Rev. Joseph Liddell Farrar, Vicar of Cratfield-with- Laxfield, Suffolk.

In Saville-row, aged 68, Edward Walpole, esq. He was the third and youngest son of the Hon. Richard Walpole (greatuncle to the present Earl of Orford), by Margaret, third dau. of Sir Joshua Vanneck, bart. and was of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A. 1800, having previously taken his Bachelor's degree in 1797 as of Trinity Hall. He was unmarried.

Aged 77, Sarah, relict of the Rev. Thomas Waters, D.D. late Master of Emanuel Hospital, Westminster.

Oct. 3. Aged 80, Mary, eldest dau. of the late Mrs. Tomlinson, formerly of Trinity-st. and sister of Mr. John Tomlinson, of Portland-sq.

Oct. 5. At Roehampton, aged 42, Alexander Speirs, esq. of Elderslie, LordLieutenant of Renfrewshire, and late M.P. for Richmond, from 1837 to Feb. 1841. He has left a son and dau. both young, as his only heirs to his extensive estates in Renfrewshire.

At Holloway, aged 65, Maria-Margaret, wife of Benjamin Pitts Capper, esq. late of the Alien Office.

In Quality-court, Chancery-lane, aged 84, Mr. John Wright, for many years one GENT. MAG. VOL. XXII,

of the Messengers of the Court of Bankruptcy.

Jane, eldest dau. of the late Isaac Buxton, esq. M.D. Physician to the London Hospital.

In Pont-st. Belgrave-sq. of scarlet fever, Emily, aged 7, and Ben James, aged 5, children of Benjamin Badger, esq. barrister-at-law.

Oct. 6. At the house of her brother-inlaw, Mr. Henry Toplis, of St. Paul's Church-yard, Mary, youngest dau. of the late Allen Hurrell, esq. of Arkesden, Essex.

Oct. 7. Aged 73, Edward Phillips, esq. of Connaught-terr. Edgware-road.

Aged 43, Mary, wife of Jeken Elwin, esq. of Pembroke-sq. Kensington.

Oct. 9. At Turnham Green, Sarah, relict of Philip Booth, esq. of Maughams, Waltham Abbey, Essex.

At Knowle Lodge, Hampstead, aged 58, John Alexander Thwaites, esq.

At the Manor-house, Brixton, the resi dence of her son, aged 73, Elizabeth, widow of Francis Bennett Goldney, esq. of Willow Brook, Eton.

Ann, wife of John Docksey, esq. of Doughty-st.

At the residence of the Governor of the Queen's Prison, after giving birth to a son, Emily, wife of Capt. J. Hudson, R.N. Gov. of that establishment.

Oct. 10. At his mother's house, Lansdowne-terr. Notting Hill, aged 29, Frederick Oliver, esq. of Aldermanbury.

William Addams, esq. of Wapping Wall, and late of Rotherhithe, Surrey.

In Saville-row, Anna, wife of the Rev. Robert Synge, Rector of Walwyn's Castle, Pembrokesh. and sister of Sir W. Webb Follett, M.P. her Majesty's AttorneyGeneral.

In Prince's-st. Cavendish-sq. aged 93, Charlotte, relict of Thomas Howard, esq. M.D. of Uxbridge.

Oct. 12. In Salisbury.st. Strand, aged 32, Mark Oswald Rainals, esq. late of Colombo, Ceylon, son of the late John Rainals, esq. Consul-Gen. of the United States at Copenhagen.

In Thirza-place, Old Kent-road, aged 97. Esther, relict of William Hall, esq. Oct. 13. Hannah, widow of Charles Smith, Paternoster-row, London.

BEDS.-Sept. 10. At Apsley House, aged 93, Charlotte, relict of the Rev. Edward Orlebar Smith, Rector of Holcutt.

Oct. 3. At Cranfield rectory, Susanna, wife of the Rev. James Beard, and eldest dau. of the late B. Wilson, esq. of Ardwick, Lancashire.

Oct. 8. At Ampthill Cottage, aged 91, Mr. David M'Lauchlan. 4 B