himself a student of Humanity and of Medicine in 1807. Having completed his term of study, he graduated in 1810; and was, almost immediately afterwards, appointed assistant surgeon to the 80th regiment, then on the Madras establishment, which he joined in the following year. It was on this stage that doctor Nicoll first displayed his professional talents, both in his care of the regiment, which soon devolved on him, owing to the ill health of the Surgeon, and as an acute and accurate observer of the effects of climate and situation on the animal economy, in a memorial on liver disease.

The high estimation in which he was held by the medical board was acknowledged in a public communication, addressed to him on his leaving India, stating the regret of its members, that one so well calculated to investigate and throw light upon Indian diseases should be withdrawn from the field of inquiry. The constant attention of doctor Nicoll to the sufferings of the sick soldier led him to suggest many things for his comfort, and, amongst others, to invent an excellent, cheap vapour-bath, which has been found of the greatest utility in the treatment of several diseases, and particularly chronic rheumatism, a malady from which soldiers suffer severely on returning home from a warm climate.

Soon after his arrival in England, doctor Nicoll left the 80th regiment, of which he was still only assistant surgeon, and continued for nearly a year not officially employed, filling up his time with acquiring a knowledge of Mineralogy, Botany, and Natural History, in order to qualify him for any situation abroad to which he might be appointed. His talents did not long remain unobserved by sir James Mac-Gregor, the director-general, who, conceiving that he was well adapted to prove useful in a quarter of the world which had excited much public attention, and considering also that he was prepared to withstand the unwholesomeness of a tropical climate by his previous residence in India, appointed him to the situation of principal medical officer at Sierra Leone, where he arrived in

December 1818.

The impulse which doctor Nicoll's energy, activity, and industry produced in the medical department over which he presided in Africa, was soon con

spicuous. The junior medical officers, who had previously merely attended to their duties of visiting and prescribing for the sick, were roused to direct their attention, not only to the effects of climate on the constitutions of the troops, but to the topography of the places where they were stationed; to cultivate Mineralogy and Botany; to collect and preserve objects of Natural History, and to keep regular Meteorological tables. Quarterly reports were demanded from each establishment on the Coast; and these were embodied by doctor Nicoll in general half-yearly reports.

29. In Sloane-street, capt. T. Hurd, R.N. Hydrographer to the Board of Admiralty.

At his house, in Great Cumberland-place, lieut.-general Vere Warner Hussey, aged 76.

At Worcester, col. James Wemyss, of the royal marines, and father of col. Wemyss, late of the 50th regt. This officer lost an arm at the battle of Trafalgar.

Lately at Glasgow, Dr. Taylor, one of the ministers of the High-church, and principal of the college in that city. At Courtown, the countess of Courtown.

At Paris, aged 60, colonel Thornton, of Thornville Royal, Yorkshire, the celebrated sportsman, author of a Sporting Tour through the North of England and the Highlands of Scotland, 1804, and of a Sporting Tour through France, 1306.

In Canada, Thomas Scott, esq. Paymaster of his majesty's 70th regiment; brother to sir Walter Scott. He had been serving with this regiment in Canada, since the commencement of the late American war.

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he changed his intention, came London, studied the law, and was called to the bar. Like most young barristers, he applied himself to a particular branch of the profession; he attended the committees of the House of Commons on election affairs, constituted by Mr. Grenville's bill; and in 1777 published a "History of the cases of controverted

Elections determined during the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain," 4 vols. 8vo., which reached a second edition in 1802. This work brought him into note, and some practice in election concerns. He then relinquished those reports to younger barristers, and published "Reports of cases determined in the court of King's Bench in the 19th, 20th, and 21st, George 3rd." folio, 1782. Mr. Douglas continued at the bar till he married lady Anne North, daughter of the prime minister North, which introduced him into political life. He was made a king's counsel, nominated to a variety of offices in succession, introduced into parliament, and appointed by the interest of his father-in-law, chief secretary in Ireland, and afterwards a commissioner of the treasury. He resided some years in Ireland, and in 1801, was created a peer of that kingdom, by the title of baron Glenbervie. After this elevation he enjoyed several lucrative places: he became joint paymaster of the army; then, in 1803, surveyorgeneral of the king's woods and forests, which he resigned in 1805, and was reappointed in 1807. He next was appointed a commissioner for the affairs of India, and acted for some time as vice-president of the Board of Trade. By lady Anne, who is deceased, he had one son, who distinguished himself by writing "A Comparison between the Ancient and Modern Greeks," and sat in parliament for the family borough of Banbury, but died two years ago.

Besides an account of the Tokay and other wines of Hungary, in the Philosophical Transactions for 1773, he published "Lyric Poems," written by the late James Mercer, esq. who had married his sister, to which a life of the author was prefixed, and an account of his own family. Lord Glenbervie also translated the first canto of "Ricciardetto," a humorous Italian poem, by Fortiguerri, with an introduction concerning the principal romantic, burlesque, and mock-heroic poets; and notes

critical and philological. This work, was published only in the last year of his life.

3. At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Mrs. B. Scott, sister to the lord Chancellor, and to lord Stowell.

- Suddenly, although after some previous indisposition, Mr. G. Carr, prompter of Drury-lane theatre.

4. At his apartments, Frith-street, Soho, major M. Sutton, of the late 97th, or Queen's own regiment, an officer of distinguished merit, who, after many years of active service, in the West Indies, Mediterranean, Egypt, Portugal, &c. was afflicted with a total loss of sight, whilst serving under the duke of Wellington.

15. At Houghton-le-Skerne, in the county of Durham, in her 47th year, Margaret, widow of the late rev. T. Le Mesurier, rector of that place.

16. At his chambers, in the Middle Temple, in his 73rd year, W. Lambe, esq. formerly of Pontefract, in the county of York, but for many years past of Tilgate-house, in the parish of Worth, Sussex, an acting magistrate for that district, and a bencher of the hon. society of Gray's Inn.

At Oxford, aged 72, the rev. George Thompson, D.D. principal of Edmund-hall, in that University, and Vicar of Bromley and the united parishes of Milford and Hordle, Hants.

20. At Doddington, Gloucestershire, Anna Maria, fifth daughter of sir Christopher, and lady Bethel Codring

ton.

25. In grosvenor-place, Mrs. Bayard, relict of the late major-general John Bayard, and daughter of the late Andrew Moffatt, esq. of Cranbrookhall, in the county of Essex.

27. Aged 75, Mr. Francis Clater, of East Retford, author of "Every Man his own Farrier," and the "Cattle Doctor."

30. At Walton, Warwickshire, sir Charles Mordaunt, bart.

Lately, at Lasswade-hill, near Edinburgh, lady Jane Mary Boyle, daughter of John, late earl of Glasgow.

At Dublin, H. D. Villiers, esq.

At Piercy-mount, Sligo, lady Gethin, the wife of sir Piercy Gethin, bart.

At Cavendish-row, Dublin, after an illness of some weeks, the venerable Dr. Thomas John Troy, Roman Catholic archbishop of Dublin. He was born in that city in 1739; appointed bishop in

December, 1776, and translated to the archdiocese of Dublin, in 1786. His funeral, which took place on the 14th of May, was a public one, and was attended by a numerous concourse of persons; the number of carriages in the procession amounted to 120.

JUNE.

1. Mary, wife of Thos. Walsingham Western, esq. of Rivenhall-place, Essex, aunt to C. C. Western, esq. M. P. for that county, and daughter of the late admiral Osborne.

In John-street, America-square, in his 66th year, Joseph Hart Myers, M.D.

9. In Curzon-street, May-fair, gen. R. Manners, col. of the 30th regt., son of the late lord R. Manners, of Bloxholm, in the county of Lincoln, M.P. in several sessions for Cambridge.

10. After a short illness, Sidney, third son of Hen. Streatfield, esq. of Cheddingstone, Kent, and private secretary to the right hon. Robert Peel.

12. At Southampton, sir James Lind, K.C.B. captain in the Royal Navy.

13. At Irthington, near Carlisle, in his 118th year, Mr. R. Bowman. He was born at Bridgewood Foot, a hamlet about two miles from Irthington, in the month of October 1705, in the house where his grandfather had resided, and where his father also was born, both of whom were brought up to husbandry. His ancestors were Roman Catholics, and in the early part of his life he professed that religion; but, many years ago, he became a member of the Church of England. From early youth, he had been a laborious worker, and was at all times healthy and strong. During the course of his long life he was only once intoxicated, and he never used tea or coffee; his principal food having been bread, potatoes, hasty-pudding, broth, and occasionally a little flesh meat. He scarcely ever tasted ale or spirits, his chief beverage being water, or milk and water mixed; this abstemiousness arose partly from a dislike to strong liquors, but more from a saving disposition. With these views his habits of industry and disregard of personal fatigue were extraordinary; having often been up for two or three nights in a week, particularly when bringing home coals or lime. In his younger days he was rather robust, and was considered to be

a master in the art of wrestlingan exercise to which he was particularly attached. He was of a low stature, being not above 5 feet 5 inches in height, with a large chest, well proportioned limbs, and weighing about 12 stone. His vigour never forsook him till far advanced in life; for in his 108th year he walked to and from Carlisle (16 miles) without the help of a staff, to see the workmen lay the foundation of Eden bridge. In the same year, he actually reaped corn, made hay, worked at hedging, and assisted in all the labours of the field, with apparently as much energy as the stoutest of his sons. As might be expected, his education was very limited; but he possessed a considerable share of natural sense, with much self-denial, and passed a life of great regularity and prudence, without troubling himself by much thought or reflection. His memory was very tenacious. He remembered the rebellion in 1715, when he was ten years of age, and witnessed a number of men running away from the danger. In the second rebellion, in the year 1745, he was employed in cutting trenches round Carlisle ; but fled from his disagreeable situation, as soon as an opportunity afforded for escaping. He did not marry till he was 50 years of age, and his wife lived with him 52 years, dying in 1807, aged 81. In 1810 one of his brothers died at the age of 99, and in 1818 a cousin died aged 95; another cousin is now living, 87 years old. He has left six sons, the youngest of whom is 50 years of age, and the eldest 62; his grandchildren are 20 in number, and his great grandchildren only 11. He never had any daughters. About the year 1779, he lost all his teeth, but no mark of debility appeared about his person before 1813, when he took to his bed, and never was able to use his limbs afterwards. ring the first nine years of his confinement his health and spirits continued good, and he was free from corporeal pain; but for the last twelve months his intellects became rather impaired. On the 12th of June he was seized with illness, which in fourteen hours put a period to his protracted existence. He grew weaker and weaker as the day declined, but experienced no sickness.

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At his seat, Theobalds, near Hatfield, in the county of Herts, in his 75th year, the most noble the marquis of Salisbury. He is succeeded by his

Ison lord Cranborne. By his death there are become vacant, a blue ribbon, of the order of the Garter, and the lord lieutenancy of the county of Herts.

14. At Twickenham, Frances Susannah, wife of lord de Dunstanville, of Tehidy-park, Cornwall.

16. At Whitehall, aged 76, lady Lemon, wife of sir W. Lemon, bart.

18. In South Audley-street, after a long illness, Caroline Georgina, relict of the late col. Evelyn Anderson, brother to lord Yarborough.

In Devonshire-street, Portlandplace, William Gordon, esq. of Cambelton, in the stewartry of Kircudbright.

19. At his lodgings, in Lambeth-road, aged 83, Wm. Coombe, esq. author of the Devil on Two Sticks in England, Dr. Syntax's Tour in Search of the Picturesque, Johnny Quæ Genus, and other popular productions.

22. Found drowned near Westminster-bridge, Francis Chichester, esq. of Trinity College, Oxford, aged 21.

23. At Lamas, Norfolk, in the 77th year of his age, Wm. Lubbock, esq. father of sir John Wm. Lubbock, bart.

26. At Kentish Town, Geo. Jackson, esq. in the 76th year of his age- the last, except one, of the original Directors named in the act of parliament for that truly great national work, the Grand Junction Canal.

30. At Eltham, Kent, John Bowdler, esq. in the 78th year of his age.

At his house, at Stamford, Lincolnshire, Octavius Graham Gilchrist, esq. Mr. Gilchrist was originally intended for the church, and with that view was entered of Magdalen College, Oxford; but after a residence of two years he quitted it for a lucrative business, which was left him by his uncle. He was the author of several interesting publications; among others his Vindications of Ben Jonson and of Pope will not soon be forgotten.

Lately at Dublin, the venerable judge Fletcher. He was elevated to the bench in 1805, by the duke of Bedford, then lord lieutenant of Ireland.

At Pisa, lieut.-col. James Stopford.

At Calcutta, the hon. Francis Sempill, youngest son of the right hon. lord Sempill.

At Calais, Henry Forster, esq. M.A. student of Christ Church, Oxford, Barrister-at-law, commissioner of Bankrupts, and nephew to the earl of Eldon, and lord Stowell.

JULY.

1. At Shrewsbury, after a short illness, admiral Geo. Bowen.

2. In London, major Stewart, son o Alexander Stewart, esq. of Huntfield, Lanarkshire.

In Brook-street, Chas. Freeman, esq. formerly secretary to the government at Madras, aged 68.

-At his house in the Kent Road, aged 60, Charles Brewer, esq. late of the Royal Navy Asylum at Greenwich, and formerly secretary to admiral sir Richard King, bart.

6. In Jermyn-street, major gen. the hon. Arthur St. Leger.

At St. Bernard's Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, sir Henry Raeburn, first portrait painter to the King in Scotland (which appointment he received only a few days before his death), president of the academy in Edinburgh, and member of that in London, a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the late Imperial Academy of Florence, and the Academy of New York. As a portrait painter, he was second only to sir Thomas Lawrence. His full-length pictures of the earl of Hopetoun, lord Frederick Campbell, sir David Baird, and many more, might be mentioned as proofs that he was equally remarkable for correctness of drawing, freedom of penciling, brilliancy of colouring, and a personification of character not less vigorous than graceful. He possessed the rare faculty of producing in every instance the most striking and agreeable likeness, and of indicating intellectual expression and dignity of demeanour, wherever they appeared in the original; often approaching in his portraits to the elevation of historical painting. In his intercourse with the young candidates for public favour, he was uniformly kind, communicative, and liberal; and on all occasions had the candour to bestow just praise on rival excellence. Sir H. Raeburn was not only an artist, but a patron of the arts, and his gallery and study were ever open to the young student. In society, few men more acceptable than sir Henry; for he possessed a cheerful disposition, much good sense, and an inexhaustible store of anecdote. In his domestic relations, no man could dispense or receive a greater degree of happiness.

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The rev. David Williams, M.A.

Principal of Ysliadmeyric College, Cardiganshire, and formerly Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.

7. In Seymour-street, Bath, John Warner, esq. formerly of Beaulieu, Hants, aged 81.

8. At Clough-hall, in the county of Stafford, Wm. Shepherd Kinnersley, esq. M.P.

At Otley, suddenly, Miss Mary Ward. She had been so terrified by a thunder storm, as to be thrown into strong convulsion fits, which defied all aid, and terminated in her death the same evening.

9. At Exeter, on his return homewards from India, in the 40th year of his age, major Chas. Hall, of the 16th regt. of Madras Light Infantry, eldest son of David Hall, esq. of Macclesfield, in the county of Chester.

11. At his father's house, at Stifkey, Norfolk, col. Henry Loftus, of the Coldstream Guards.

At Shrewsbury, a female of the name of Baxter, having attained the age of 104 years.

At Wain-Wern Cottage, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Robert Smith, esq.

15. At Bosworth-park, Leicestershire, Mrs. Pochin, relict of the late col. George Pochin, of Bourn-abbey, Lincolnshire, and eldest daughter, and altimately sole heiress of sir Wolstan Dixie, bart, of Bosworth-park.

In his 76th year, Mr. Bent, of Paternoster-row, Bookseller.

16. At Walthamstow-house, Essex, Harriet, daughter of sir Robt. Wigram, bart.

17. In Bermondsey-street, Southwark, aged 67, the Abbé Auge Denis Macquin, formerly Professor of Rhetoric in the College of Meaux en Brie.

18. At Ramsgate, after lingering three years in a decline, Miles James Beevor, in his 18th year, eldest son of colonel Beevor, of the Royal Artillery.

19. At Fleurs, near Kelso, aged 85, James-Norcliffe-Innes Ker, 5th duke and earl of Roxburgh, marquis of Beaumont and Cessford, earl of Kelso, vis count Broxmouth, and baron Ker of Cessford and Caverton, a baronet, and one of the 16 peers for Scotland. He was born 1738; married, first, April 19, 1769, Mary, sister of sir Cecil Wray, of Glentworth, co. Lincoln, bart. by Frances, daughter of Fairfax Norcliffe, of Langston, co. York, esq. and by her

(who died July 20, 1807) had no issue ; and secondly, July 28, 1807, Harriet, daughter of late Benjamin Charlewood, of Windlesham, esq. and by her had issue the present duke, born July 1816, and a daughter, born and died May 26, 1814. His original name was Innes, and he derived his descent from Margaret Ker, third daughter of Harry lord Ker, who married sir James Innes, of Innes, bart. by Jane daughter of James, 6th lord Ross. His Grace claimed the title of duke, &c. and on 11th of May, 1812, the House of Lords unanimously resolved "that the petitioner sir JamesNorcliffe-Innes Ker, bart. had made out his claim to the titles, honours, and dignities, &c. as stated in his petition."

He succeeded William, 7th baron Bellenden, and 4th duke, who died in 1805 without issue; and who succeeded John, third duke, so generally known to the literary world as the nobleman whose taste for old books led to the foundation of the Club which bears his