Mus. D. organist of the parish church of Richmond.

Oct. 7. Aged 55, Mr. James Otridge, many years a bookseller in the Strand; as was his father before him.

Oct. 8. At his brother's house, Ludgatehill, aged 66, Mr. Robert Blades.

Oct. 14. In Leadenhall-street, in his 92d year, John Simpson, sen.

BERKSHIRE. July 25. At Abingdon, Chas. Bradley, aged 65. This was the person on whom Mr. Cleoburey performed the operation of tying the external iliac artery, about four years since.

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Sept. 19. At Englefield-green, Windsor, Sir Frederick Aure Hervey Bathurst, Bart. of Clarendon Park, Wilts, brother of the late Sir Felton Hervey, Bart.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.-Aug. 15. In King's College, Cambridge, in his 77th year, Benjamin Sheppard, Esq. brother to the late Sir Thomas Sheppard, Bart.

DERBYSHIRE.-Sept. 14. At Derby, the relict of the late Ralph Clay, esq. of the King's Tobacco Warehouse, Liverpool.

DEVONSHIRE.-Sept. 20. At Plymouth, aged 29, J. R. Gordon, esq. late of the 7th Hussars, eldest son of J. Gordon, esq. of Wincombe, Wilts.

DURHAM.-Sept. 25. At South Shields, at the advanced age of 97 years, Mrs. Vazie, who retained her faculties and unusual flow of good spirits till the time of her death.

ESSEX.-Sept. 24. Aged 68, Sarah, the wife of J. Thompson, esq. of Stratford.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-Oct. 5. At Gloucester, aged 53, Amelia-Jane, dau. of late W. Davis, esq. of Well-close, Brockworth.

HAMPSHIRE.-Oct. 9. Mary, wife of Rev. Nat. Fletcher, of Lee House, near Romsey. HEREFORDSHIRE.-Sept. 15. At Dinedor, near Hereford, at the great age of 102, Mr. William Davies.

HERTFORDSHIRE.-Sept. 16. Rich. Baker, esq. of Barham.

KENT.-Sept. 2. John Tasker, esq. of Wilmington, near Dartford.

LANCASHIRE.-Sept. 24. After a lingering and painful illness, Mrs. Roscoe, wife of the elebrated Wm. Roscoe, esq. of Liverpool. LINCOLNSHIRE.-Sept. 23. Aged 86, Mr. Christopher Epworth, of Grimsby, many years an eminent land-surveyor.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.-Sept. 24. In St. Martin's, Stamford, aged 68, Mary, relict of the Rev. Thomas Booth, late Vicar of Friskney.

OXFORDSHIRE.-Oct. 3. Aged 75, Edw. Payne, esq. of Thame.

SHROPSHIRE.-July 17. At Eaton Mascott, near Shrewsbury, aged 56, Harriet, Rebecca, Lady Jones, widow of the late Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart. M. P. (who was buried at Windsor.) She was 4th dau. of the late Edward Williams, esq. of Eaton Mascott, by Barbara, relict of John Corbet, esq. of Sundorn, co. Salop. She was in

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terred in the ancient burial place of her husband's ancestors in St. Alkmund's Church, Shrewsbury, according to her desire, in a very private manner.

SOMERSETSHIRE.- · Oct. 9. At Coomb Florey, near Taunton, at the great age of 106, Mary Larway.

STAFFORDSHIRE.-Sept. 8. At Walsall, aged 78, Mr. Thomas Fifield.

Oct. 10. At Shestone Moss, H. Case, esq. SUFFOLK.-Aug. 7. At Bradfield Lodge, aged 65, John Bidwell Edwards, esq.

Sept. 10. At Rose Cottage, Melford, aged 28, Miss Pampin.

Sept. 14. At Rougham, aged 70, Mr. J. Blomfield, many years master of the Free School there, and uncle to the present Bp. of Chester.

SURREY.-Oct. 2. At Oxshott, aged 69, J. P. Torriano, esq.

SUSSEX-Sept. 30. At Winchelsea, aged 75, Edwin Dawes, esq.

WARWICKSHIRE.-At Baxterley Hall, aged 19, Maria-Katharine, eldest dau. of John Boultbee, esq.

Aug. 14. At Blyth Hall, Lady Georgiana, wife of Frederick West, esq. and dau. of the late Earl of Chesterfield, by his second wife Henrietta Thynne, sister to Thomas Marquess of Bath. She was born in 1803, and at her baptism their Majesties and the Princess Augusta stood sponsors in person.. She married, Nov. 14, 1820, Fred. West, esq. only son of the Hon. Fred. West, son of John second Earl De la War.

WILTSHIRE.-Sept. 6. At Eastcott, Job Gibbs Chase, esq. eldest son of Henry Chase, esq. of Calcot, Berks.

YORKSHIRE.-Lately. Aged 92, the wife of Thomas Rollison, of Seacroft, gardener, who still survives, in the 94th year of his age. This venerable couple had lived upwards of 70 years happily together.

WALES. July 24. At Llandaff, aged 63, Lady Laroche, relict of Sir H. Laroche, bart. of Over, near Bristol.

SCOTLAND. Lately. Dr. Morrison, of Elrick, at the cottage which he had built some years ago near the Strathpeffer Spring. He had come to his cottage after having suffered much from illness at his seat at Aberdeen, expecting his strength would revive, but an inflammatory attack to which he had been subject carried him off soon after his arrival. To the poor as well as rich who frequented the Strathpeffer Spring for the benefit of their health, he was a kind and considerate friend, and to his gratuitous advice and attention numbers have been indebted for relief from various distressing maladies. He exerted himself much to make the waters known. His memory will long survive, and his loss be deplored, in the county of Ross.

IRELAND.-Sept. 6. In Leeson-street, aged 63, Jeffrey Foot, esq. of the Holly Park, an Alderman of the City of Dublin.

An ANTIQUARY OF LONDON says, "I have been closely engaged, for some time, on the Chronicles of London Bridge; let me request, through the medium of your valuable repository, that any Antiquary possessing really curious matter, concerning London Bridge, either literary or graphical, will favour me with it."

Mr. P. PRATT observes, "In reply to EREUNETES, who desires to be informed whence the Translators of our Bible took the anecdote, introduced in their Preface, edit. 1611,―of Demaratus advising ‘a great king' to compose his domestic broils before he talked of the dissensions among the Grecians; it may not be superfluous to name the monarch alluded to, as a prelude to in dicating the source whence the anecdote is derived. Philip of Macedon was the man to whom this pointed argumentum ad hominem was so seasonably administered. The authority is Plutarch, who gives this lineament of character, both synthetically, as part of the Life of Alexander; and analytically, in a separate work, entitled Royal Apophthegms, under sub-title OF PHILIP ALEXANDER'S FATHER, XXX. with some verbal differences produced by greater brevity."

In the South transept of Chichester Cathedral are portraits of all the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror to Henry VIII. which have since been continued down to George I. Some of these are well executed, particularly those of Queen Mary, Elizabeth, James I. and Charles.

. suggests, what should seem obvious to every loyal observer, that a continuation of the royal portraits is now much to be wished, his present Majesty having a distinguished residence within the Diocese.

H. W. P. states, "Previous to the funeral of Lady Jones in the family vault of her husband, St. Alkmond's Church,Shrewsbury, (see p. 382,) no interment had taken place within the vault for upwards of 79 years. In it are buried Sir Thos. Jones, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, 1692; near this coffin was a plain urn. Thomas Jones, esq. 1715-his first wife 1712-his widow, afterwards the wife of Sir Charles Lloyd, bart. 1730, and Thos. Jones, esq. who died whilst High Sheriff of the county, 1745. Another coffin, with the initials W.I. but nearly illegible, is supposed to be that of William Jones, esq. six times Bailiff, and afterwards the first Mayor of Shrewsbury. The handsome alabaster Altar Tomb, to the memory of Alderman William Jones, and his wife Eleanor,

tion of that ancient structure, placed within a wire screen on the outside of the present edifice. About 20 years ago it was munificently repaired, but since then it had suffered much from the effects of the weather, and was in that state of decay that awaits all sublunary things. About the middle of August last it was removed to the Abbey Church, and though some may censure its removal, yet it is possessed of some advantages; viz. that of being free from the destructive effects of the atmosphere, and the repairs it is now undergoing will not be entirely thrown away. It is placed at the upper end of the South aile, and corresponds very well with the large altar tomb to the Onslows, brought from the ruins of Old St. Chad's in the North aile. The removal of this monument was principally through the exertions of the Rev. William Gorsuch Rowlands, the present highly-respected minister of the Abbey, to whom much praise is due for the great attention and liberality he has, and is continuing to bestow on the judicious improvements which have lately taken place in the interior of that Church; adding much to the solemnity and beauty of this truly venerable and sacred pile."

G. W. L. says, "In Boswell's Life of Doctor Johnson, he relates that Garrick being asked by Johnson what people said of his Dictionary, told him, that among other animadversions, it was objected that he cited authorities which were beneath the dignity of such a work, and mentioned Richardson. Nay, (said Johnson) I have done worse than that: I have cited thee, David. This anecdote induced me to turn over the leaves of his Dictionary, that I might note the citations from each writer. Two only, I found from Garrick, viz.

Our bard's a fabulist, and deals in fiction.' 'I know you all expect, from seeing me, Some formal lecture, spoke with prudish face.' The quotations from Richardson are at least eighty in number; almost all of which are from his Clarissa. That Johnson considered the authorities cited were not beneath the dignity of his work, his introductory lines to Richardson's Letter in the 97th Number of the Rambler, and the praise bestowed on him in the Life of Rowe, are convincing proofs."

AN INQUIRER being desirous to ascertain what versions of the Singing Psalms, besides those of Sternhold and Hopkins, and of Tate and Brady, are allowed to be sung in Churches, requests information on the subject. It appears, that of late, different selections of Psalms and Hymns have been introduced into several Churches, which se lections, it is imagined, cannot be legally adopted.