prenticeship as an apothecary; and a
subsequent one, as a surgeon, to the late
eminent Sir James Earle, whose pupil
and dresser he was at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. Of this noble institution
Mr. Wadd was elected surgeon, after a
severe contest, in opposition to the pre-
sent Mr. Vincent, when the revival of
an illiberal by-law, which precludes the
appointment of any one to the situation
who had been an apothecary, disannulled
his election. Mr. Wadd then commenced
business as a consulting surgeon at the
West end of the town, where his prac-
tice was chiefly among the higher cir-
cles. For the last six or seven years he
was one of the Council of the College of
Surgeons; and, during the month of
August, 1829, was appointed to succeed
Mr. Abernethy as a Member of the
Court of Examiners. Between 1807
and 1815, Mr. Wadd published several
esteemed professional works of much
practical utility, besides contributing
largely to the Medical Journal; and
during his leisure hours employed him-
self in etching numerous anatomical
plates, which remain unpublished.
Since 1815, various works of an anec.
dotical nature, connected with medicine
and surgery, have appeared from his
pen; the last of which was his Essay on
Corpulency, at present, we believe, in
the third edition. The quaint and plea-
sant style in which his latter produc-
tions were written, procured for Mr.
Wadd generally the appellation of " the
facetious," - a term which his manners
and conversation in society were highly
calculated to support. The most per-
fect good humour, with a certain drol-
lery of expression, were his character.
istics; but where difficulty or danger
presented themselves, his professional
career was marked by promptness
and energy.

Few medical men had

so little of quackery about them as
Mr. Wadd: with his patients he was
candid; but his candour was that of a
gentleman and a friend. Mr. Wadd
was making a short tour in the South
of Ireland, in company with Mr. Te-
gart, of Pall-Mall; and, after spending
ing a few days at Killarney, was pro-
ceeding in a post-chaise to Michaels-
town, the seat of the Earl of Kingston,
about a mile and a half from Killarney.
The horses, through some neglect of the
driver, took head; when Mr. Wadd
opened the chaise-door, and threw him-
self on the ground. Mr. Tegart re-
mained in the carriage, and after being

WADDILOVE, the Very Rev.
Robert Darley, D. D. F. S. A., Dean
of Ripon, Archdeacon of the East
Riding of Yorkshire, Prebendary of
York, Rector of Cherry Burton, and
Vicar of Topcliffe in the same county;
August 18. 1828; at the Deanery,
Ripon; aged 91.

The long life of this very respectable
divine was distinguished throughout its
course by a steady attachment to the re-
gular duties of his sacred profession,
whilst his classical attainments, and
taste in the polite arts, found many
occasions of exertion in his progress.

He was of Clare Hall, Cambridge,
B. A. 1759, M. A. 1762. In 1771 he
became Chaplain to the late Lord Gran-
tham, when Ambassador at the Court of
Madrid. Here he appears to have
formed an intimate friendship with the
late Abbé Bayer, the preceptor to the
Infant Don Gabriel of Spain; and a
Spanish Translation of Sallust being
made and published by the Prince in a
very superior style of elegance, two
copies of this work were in the late
Dean's possession; having been pre-
sented to him by the friend above-men-
tioned.

Whilst thus engaged at Madrid, he
was apprised of a remarkable MS. of
Strabo in the library of the Escurial;
and, the Oxford edition of that author
being in preparation by Mr. Falconer,
Mr. Waddilove, at the request of Arch-
bishop Markham, undertook, with the
assistance of a learned Spaniard, pro-
bably the Abbé Bayer, to collate the MS.

For his attention to this business, the
delegates of the Clarendon Press pre-
sented to him, in 1808, a copy of their
two magnificent folios of the Strabo.
These volumes the late Dean has be-
queathed in his will to the library of
York Cathedral, together with another
very curious and recondite work in two
volumes folio-"Bibliotheca Arabica del
Escuriale."

Other notices occur of his willing
exertions to promote the cause of litera-
ture. Dr. Robertson, in the Preface to
his "History of America," acknow-
ledges his obligations to Dr. Waddilove,
for his services in that respect rendered
during his chaplaincy.

Mr. Waddilove became chaplain to
Archbishop Drummond; and after his
death, in 1776, to Archbishop Mark-
ham. He was presented to Topcliffe in
1774, by the Dean and Chapter of
York, and collated to Cherry Burton
in 1775.

In 1775 he was elected a Fellow of
the Society of Antiquaries; and at the
beginning of 1779 we find the Rev.
Michael Tyson thus writing to Mr.
Gough: "Waddilove, Chaplain to
the Embassy at Madrid, has himself
translated the Essay on Painting,'
by Mengs, and seems to desire I should
hold my hand. Without doubt I shall;
he is too great a knight for me to enter
the lists with. He promises great as-
sistance if I will undertake Don Ul-
loa." And again, at the same period,
Mr. Tyson writes" Lort tells me
that Waddilove has sent him a sheet of
"Remarks on Charles the First's Cata-
logue,' compared with the pictures at
the Escurial. You remember the King
of Spain is supposed to have purchased
great part of the royal collection. "+

In 1780 Mr. Waddilove was ad-
mitted to a Prebend in the collegiate
church at Ripon; and in 1783 was pre-
sented by Archbishop Markham to the
Prebend of Wistow, in the cathedral
church of York. In 1786 the same
patron advanced him to the Archdea-
conry of the East Riding of Yorkshire;
and in 1791 he was nominated by the
Crown to the Deanery of Ripon. He
subsequently proceeded B. and D. D.

In 1808 Dr. Waddilove communi-
cated to the Society of Antiquaries A
Description of a Font in the Church of
South Kilvington in Yorkshire," which
is printed in the " Archæologia, vol.
xvi. pp. 341–345. with a plate of the
font, which is remarkable for its heral-
dic ornaments. See also some additions
to the communication in vol. xvII. of
"Archæologia, " p. 334.

In 1810 he sent to the same learned
body "An Historical and Descriptive
Account of the Ripon Minister," which
is printed in the "Archæologia," vol.
XVII. pp. 128-137; and, revised and
corrected, was reprinted at Ripon, in
8vo. 1827. And in 1825 he commu-
nicated a drawing representing four
small figures of minstrels in the exercise
of their profession in the church of
St. Mary, Beverley, engraved and de-

Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol.
viii. p. 633.
+ Ibid.

scribed in the "Archæologia, " vol. xvI.
p. 554.

On the Dean's nomination to the
church of Ripon, his active disposition
showed itself in an undeviating attention
to every circumstance that might pro-
mote its welfare. He regulated the
public service, and enforced it by his
own constant attendance; and much
improved the fabric of the Minster by
various alterations, by ornamenting
the west towers with a range of gothic
battlements of coeval character: and
by attention to the embellishment of the
whole structure.

At the same time he was active in all
public and private charities; and espe-
cially as President of the Society for the
Relief of the North Riding Clergy, his
kindness was shown in unremitting en-
deavours towards its prosperity. In the
East Riding his humane and useful
exertions as the Archdeacon were
equally valued and esteemed. And few
lives extended to so long a period ca
be shown, as exhibiting such a conti-
nued and valuable application of the
best principles to the best objects of
piety and religion.-Gentleman's Ma-
gazine

can

WEATHERBY, William, Esq.
of Newmarket; at Torquay, Devon;
28th of May, 1829; aged 35: and
leaving a widow and young family to
lament their irreparable loss. But it is
not in the bosom of his family only that
his premature death is felt as a severe
privation, to his friends, and they were
many, the brightest sun of their circle
has set, and they may look hopelessly
around for others to fill the void which
has followed the loss of his inestimable
society. He was highly gifted in those
powers of the mind which distinguish an
excellent judgment and refined taste; he
had read extensively, and was an acute
observer. In his relations with society,
his high sense of honour was strikingly
observable, and in domestic life he was
all that was amiable and excellent. Few
have died more sincerely lamented, and
none have better deserved to be held in
cherished remembrance. One who pos-
sessed his friendship, offers this tribute
to his virtues and to his memory.- New
Monthly Magazine.

WEBSTER,James, Esq.; August
1. 1828; at Grand Cairo; aged 25.

Mr. Webster was of the Inner Tem-
ple, and was fifth son of the late Rev.
John Webster of Inverary.
He was
a young gentleman of the greatest pro-

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mise. In every stage of his education
he was noticed above all his compeers;
and at St. Andrew's his acquirements
were prominently acknowledged by the
professors. His character was a happy
combination of great natural parts with
unremitting industry of a vivid ima-
gination with powerful reason; for he
laboured with equal success in the de.
partments of literature as he did in that
of the exact sciences; but above all, his
unimpeachable moral character, his chi-
valrous warmth of heart, had secured
him a place in the affections of all his
friends. He was intended for the Eng-
lish bar, and accordingly entered him-
self of the Inner Temple, where he
kept his terms; but, before commenc-
ing the arduous duties of his profes-
sion, he resolved to devote a few years
to the improvement of his mind, and
the acquisition of a knowledge of the
world, by visiting the principal coun-
tries of Europe which generally attract
the enlightened traveller. He left
England upwards of three years ago;
and, after accomplishing the object with
which he set out, he was led into more
extensive plans by his active and enthu-
siastic spirit. He traversed the Crimea;
and, after visiting Constantinople at the
time the allied powers were pressing the
treaty of the 6th of July on the Porte, he
left it when the ambassadors departed,
and proceeded to Egypt. There he as-
cended the Nile to the confines of Nu-
bia, and examined the ruins of Thebes
and the other magnificent remains of
antiquity in that interesting country.
Returned to Cairo, he and his compa-
nion, Mr. Newnham, finding that the
season for commencing their journey to
Jerusalem would not open for a few
weeks, resolved to fill up their time by
an excursion to Mount Sinai. This they
accomplished; but the fatigues of the
journey, and the pestilential and fur-
nace-like winds of the desert, were too
much for Mr. Webster. A fever ensued
on his return to Cairo, and he expired
in two days.

to his brother, George Webster, Esq.
of the highly respectable house of Mon-
crieff and Webster, Palace Yard:

There are some interesting particu-
lars of this deeply lamented young tra-
veller in a late number of the “ Foreign
Review," in the article on "Ehren-
berg's Travels," where some of Mr.
Webster's letters are given. The fol-
lowing are extracts from an interesting
communication of Mr. Newnham, his
fellow-traveller in his excursion to
Mount Sinai, whose kind attentions
soothed his last hours. It is addressed

"Cairo, Aug. 4. 1828.

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"MY DEAR SIR, - The reception of
a letter from this country, written by a
till now unknown hand, must naturally
fill your mind with anxiety; and it is
with the deepest regret I inform you
that your feelings, on its perusal, will
have but too true a foundation. I will
not keep you in suspense, nor delay the
communication by unnecessary com-
ments. Be assured it is the worst that
could be sent you. Would to Heaven
I knew the means of palliating the
shock it must give to your feelings! I
am unable, from the disturbed state of
my own mind, to conceal the truth any
longer from you. Your poor brother
exists in this world no longer.
have lost one who, had he been spared,
would have been an honour to his fa-
mily; and I, if I may be allowed the
expression, a more than brother one
who has been my friend and companion,
whose advice has been so often received
with pleasure, and whose observations
have so often pointed out objects which
otherwise would have been passed by
unthought-of and unnoticed.

You

"After remaining about a month in
Cairo, he renewed the proposals he had
formerly made for a journey to Mount
Sinai, to which I again objected, not
only because it did not come within the
limits which we had marked out, but
because I did not consider the objects
to be gained worth the fatigue and ex-
pense of the journey. His answer was
nearly in these words: -‘To you, per-
haps, it may not be so interesting as it
is to me; but if I could stand on the
top of Sinai - on the spot where the
commandments were given, which are,
as it were, the fountain of all law. it
would be a day which I should remem-
ber with satisfaction all my life. Will
you wait for me here? I am almost in-
clined to go alone.' Seeing him bent
on the excursion, I instantly assented.
The chiefs of the three tribes of Arabs
who occupy the parts through which we
were to pass were treated with seven
dromedaries, and four Bedouins were
hired, and in a few days we were on
our road over the desert. We followed
the route taken by the Israelites on their
quitting Egypt, visiting all the interest-
ing spots mentioned in Scripture; but
the details must be passed over. But
too happy should I be were the letter

merely to describe them. In eight days
we arrived at the solitary convent
which stands between Mounts Horeb
and Sinai; and, resolving to remain
there five days, we sent away the Arabs,
desiring them to return at the expira-
tion of that period. The first day was
entirely given up to rest; the next we
ascended the mountain, and descended
on the other side, visiting all the sites
mentioned in the Bible, and pointed
out by the friar who accompanied us.
The day after we resolved to take a
general view of the mountain, and, after
three o'clock, when it became cool, to
ascend it, and sleep in a ruined Chris-
tian chapel, which stands by the side of
a Turkish mosque on the summit, that
we might see the sun rise, and make
sketches of the interesting parts as we
descended. This was done. He then
complained of a slight indisposition,
and left the mountain with the servant
before me, saying he was afraid of the
sun; while I remained behind, to finish
a sketch I had begun. I reached the
convent two hours after him, found he
had already dined, was smoking his pipe
on the divan, and seemed perfectly re-
covered. Attributing his indisposition
to fatigue, he remained within the rest
of the day. The day after we com-
pleted the rest of the sketches we had
determined on, and the morning fol-
lowing left the convent. Two days
after he complained of want of sleep.
The third day we stopped to visit some
Egyptian ruins on a mountain called
Sarabeits el Khadam; the day after
there was a change in the atmosphere,
and the hot winds of the desert began
to blow.
We reached a valley called
Wady Taibe. It is necessary to ex-
plain, that when these winds commence,
the burning heat which they bring with
them does not become oppressive till
after the sun has passed the meridian.
On the next day, having found the
truth of this, we pitched our tents rather
earlier than usual, at a spot called
Amora, resolving to start at three
o'clock in the morning. About the
time agreed we left. As his drome-
dary was ready before mine, he took the
bridle, and walked forward; on over-
taking him, I found him still dismount-
ed. I endeavoured to persuade him to
ride fast in the cool of the morning,
that he might go slowly towards the
latter end of the ride, and by that means
reach Agna Moota (the Springs of
Moses) by mid-day. His answer was,

Get on yourself; I warrant my dro-
medary will overtake you, and pass you
too.' Upon which I trotted on. Our
road lay along the shores of the Red
Sea, clear and open over the sand, with
the exception of a few small valleys.
My dromedary being a very fleet one,
soon left them behind, and at mid-day
arrived at the well.

"Concluding Mr. Webster's drome-
dary had fallen lame, as is often the
case, from the feet being cut by the
stones, I ordered the dinner to be
cooked, that every thing might be ready
when he came up, which was in about
an hour afterwards. On his arrival be
complained that a short time after I left
him he had a return of a pain in his
head, which induced him to send the
servant forward with the tent while he
remained behind, intending to come on
slowly with the camels bringing the
luggage. At four o'clock, the Arabs
came to us to say that, if we would go
to Suez in an hour and a half, it would
be necessary to go there to arrive oppo-
site the town before sunset, as we
should have to ford the sea for about a
mile, the water in most parts being up
to the camels' bellies; that such a thing
was impracticable by moonlight; and
that if we went in the night it would be
necessary to take another route, which,
instead of an hour and a half, would
require five. Upon this I proposed in-
stantly starting myself, with an Arab,
for the town, and, on my arrival, to send
a boat with the servant to wait for Mr.
Webster on the shore; that on his com-
ing there in the evening he might leave
his dromedary with the caravan, which
would go on by the other route, and he
would pass over direct in the boat.
this he objected, observing it would be
so interesting to cross on the dromedary
the spot on which the Egyptian army
was overthrown, and that we would
make the time going two hours, instead
of an hour and a half.

To

"We accordingly ordered the things
to be moved, and wrapping ourselves in
our Bedouin cloaks, and tying handker-
chiefs over our faces, and putting ano-
ther over our mouths, we mounted and
left the spot. This was the only way in
which we could face the wind; it
seemed to blow, as it were, from a fur-
nace. In consequence of exposing
our faces the day before, our eyes had
become rather inflamed, our lips cracked,
and our mouths completely parched.
By clothing ourselves in this manner we