1821.] Rev. Frederic Thruston, M.A.—Mrs. John Hunter. 89 REV. FREDERIC THRUSTON, M.A, Jan. 9. At his house in Park-place, Mary-le-bonne, aged 33, the Rev. Frederic Thruston, M.A. third son of the late Framingham Thruston, Esq. of Weston Hall, Suffolk, and officiating Minister of Bayswater Chapel. Young as was this Divine, and little as he had been exhibited to the public, he ought not to pass away unnoticed, and slide into oblivion in the common list of an obituary.-Providence had endowed him with some peculiar talents, which his industry had highly improved, and his early piety had directed to the service of his Creator. His endeavours to qualify himself for his professional duties were unremitting, and his zeal in the performance of them often beyond bis bodily strength. Blessed with an unusual Bow of spirits, he never hesitated to encounter what he saw was required. This was strikingly evinced in the extraordinary attention he paid to two parishes under his care at the very commencement of his ministerial career; performing double duty in both, establishing and attending Schools, visiting the sick, and fulfilling every parochial claim; whilst, at the same time, such was his ardour, and such his powers of mind, that he was induced to take up the discussion of the mysterious and intricate subject of Prophecy, which Mr. Faber's noted work had then brought forward to the public.-Whatever he undertook he resolutely devoted himself to; and he had a patience of mind which could fix itself undeviatingly upon one subject. To this subject he returned day after day, during the hours not devoted to parochial claims, and in a few months produced two 8vo volumes, which evince his powers for acute research, and his ability for brilliant composition. A more than ordinary acuteness of mind pushed him into other speculations also, and bis ingenuity was displayed in a small tract, entitled "The Night of Treason," which appeared soon after his work on the Prophecies. In the composition and delivery of his Sermons, he united a touching simplicity, and at the same time emphatic style, with the most elevated views which Christianity encourages her disciples to look forward to. A purified heart, and well-directed affections, had taught him personally to contemplate without dismay, even through "the grave and gate of death," the bright and interminable prospects of the Christian's course, and to these prospects he was ever earnest to direct the hearts and minds of his congregation. GENT, MAG. January, 1821. During part of a two years' residence in Switzerland, he undertook the duty of the English Churches there, and his peculiar qualifications for pulpit eloquence were fully appreciated, and will be recollected with pleasure by the numerous congregations who attended him. His career was short, but his labours were extensive; his days were few, but they were crowned with no ordinary service to God and man. He had laid the foundation for most comprehensive utility in his profession, and had given promise of the most essential service in the cause of our Holy Faith. But "God's ways are as our ways, nor his He has thoughts as our thoughts." called his righteous servant to himself, and for his labours in the vineyard, Faith points to a bright reward, not With regard to his personal merits, these can alone be estimated by his personal friends. The public, however, will always be interested to hear of private virtues associated with public duties. In these respects his peculiar traits of character were a singularly devotional turn of mind; benevolence and affability to all within his reach; with a remarkable affection for and kindness to little children, whose purity of heart and simplicity of manners seem to have been the model upon which he formed his own.His body is buried in the dust, but his name will live for ever amongst those who knew him, and ought not to be unnoticed by the Church and country in general, whom he loved and served so ardently and so extensively. MRS. JOHN HUNTER. Jan. 7. In Holles-street, Cavendishsquare, in the 79th year of her age, Mrs. Anne Hunter, widow of that distinguished physiologist, John Hunter.Native genius was never more pleasingly united with female modesty and delicacy than in Mrs. John Hunter; nor can any one more truly have deserved the eulogies of her surviving friends. With every grace that could make her interesting in society, she had every personal and social virtue that could command respect and attachment. As a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, and a friend, she was anxious always to exceed, rather than in the smallest degree to fail in any of her duties. The natural warmth and energy of her heart prevented, indeed, the possibility of such defect. In social intercourse, she had the happy talent of pleasing without effort; and in the conversation-parties which, in Mr. Hunter's life-time, she frequently 90 Mrs. John Hunter.-Obituary. frequently received, she succeeded perfectly in banishing affectation, pedantry, and every symptom of dullness or forma lity. Connected by long friendship with Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Delany, she well deserves to have her name recorded with those amiable as well as eminent females: not, indeed, for deep learning, which she neither possessed nor affected, but for poetic genius, sagacity, and good taste. Mrs. Hunter was the eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Home, an eminent Surgeon, first in the army, and latterly at the Savoy. He had several other children; among whom another daughter was married to Mr. Mylne, the architect of Blackfriars Bridge; and a third, though no less amiable than her sisters, died unmarried. His sons were, Robert, bred as an artist, and now painter to the King of Lucknow, in India; Colonel Home, an officer on the Bombay establishment, now retired; and Sir Everard Home, bart. the very eminent pupil of his brother-in-law. In 1771, Miss Home was married to Mr. John Hunter, and in the ensuing year, her younger brother, Everard, then leaving Westminsterschool, devoted himself to the studies and profession of that new relation, under the auspicious influence of his instruction and encouragement. Mrs. J. Hunter became the mother of four children, of whom only two survive; but both the living and the dead have been the subjects of her poetical effusions. This talent, in which for elegance of lyric strains, she has seldom been surpassed, was very early developed. Her well-known stanzas of "Queen Mary's lament," were produced so long ago, that they are frequently thought to have belonged to a prior age. Her song, "In airy dreams," stands almost in the same predicament. The death song of Alknomook, the Indian Warrior, was written before many of those who sing it now were born: and throughout her life, whatever strongly moved her feelings became the occasion of some expressive strains. For her father, she wrote a short, but characteristic epitaph. The education, marriage, or death of children, produced similar effects; and never surely was there a mother who more affectionately watched, or more sincerely felt for all the various fortunes of her offspring. Notwithstanding this facility of writing, she never assumed, or in the least affected, the character of a poetess; but with modesty delivered her productions in manuscript to a favoured few. At length, on the suggestion of friends, she collected those which she most approved, in a small but elegant [Jan. volume, which she inscribed to her son, then stationed as an officer at Gibraltar. When Haydn passed a season in London, Mrs. Hunter became the Muse of that celebrated composer; and all (if we mistake not) of his beautiful English canzonets, were composed on words which she supplied. Most of these are original, and particularly the pathetic song of "My mother bids me bind my hair *." The beautiful Mermaid's Song, in the same set, was founded on an Italian original, freely translated. This small volume of Poems was noticed in the British Critic of October 1802, with commendations, strong indeed, but not at all exaggerated; giving one or two specimens which amply justified the praise. Since Mrs. H. became a widow, she has lived in quiet retirement, though in London; consoled by her near relations and select friends, and mutually consoling them, in all the vicissitudes of life. It is probable that her pen has not been laid aside, in this last period, but the fruits of its exertions have not yet been seen. Mrs. H.'s daughter, Lady Campbell, now the widow of General Sir James Campbell, has of late years been at once her chief care, and ultimately her chief consolation, as by her she was attended to the latest moment of her life. The decline of her health was very gradual, and her intellects were never impaired. By those who best knew her, she will be lamented, in proportion to the admiration and attachment which she could not fail to inspire; and it may be said with confidence, that she has not left a survivor in the world, who can have either a right or a wish to detract the smallest particle from the commendations, here or elsewhere bestowed, upon her genius, her understanding, or her heart. DEATHS. 1820. AT Moorshadabad, in the East May 26. Indies, Major Henry Bellingham, of the 1st Battalion 1st Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, commanding Officer at the above station, and nephew to Sir William Bellingham, bart. June 8. At Seegovee, in India, in his 33d year, Lieut. J. Brett, of the Ranghur battalion, son of Mrs. Brett, of Peckham. June 11. At Jaulnah, in the East In dies, after a few hours illness, Capt. G. W. Poignand, of the Artillery. *First written as accommodated to an air of Pleydell's; and then beginning with what is now the second stanza, ""Tis sad to think the days are gone;' which, for the effect of the words, was preferable. June 1821.] Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. June 17. At Jaulna, Thomas Larkins Starr, Assistant Surgeon on the Madras establishment. June 18. Col. John Griffith, of the 2d battalion of Artillery at the Presidency of Bombay. Aug.... At Madras, Lieut. Benj. Stow, of his Majesty's ship Leander.-During his attention to a sick friend, he caught the fever from him, and in a few days was hurried to an untimely grave. Aug.... At Nassau, New Providence, Aug. 8. Oct. 21. At Demerara, in the West Indies, after a few days' illness of a typhus fever, in his 29th year, Mr. Robert-James Collins, first mate of the ship Ranger. He was adopted by Mr. Neve of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, by whom, and by all his friends, he is most deservedly lamented. Nov. 1. At George Town, in Berbice, his Excellency Charles W. Bentinck, Lieut. Governor of that colony. Nov. 6. At Demerara, the wife of Prince Smith, esq. Second Fiscal and King's Advocate of Demerara and Essequibo. Dec. 14. At Milbank (Kildare), in his 84th year, C. Annesley, esq. of Ballysax. With him became extinct the eldest branch of the family of Annesley, which had formerly enjoyed the rank and titles of Earl of Anglesea in England, and of Viscount Valentia, in Ireland. Dec. 16. A. Saunders, esq. M. D. of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, many years Senior Fellow of the College of Physicians, in Dublin. Dec. 17. In London, in her 37th year, Mrs. Martha-Anne Walford, daughter of Field Willett, esq. banker, of Brandon, Suffolk. Aged 19, Charlotte, 3d daughter of Robert Pretyman, gent. of Belstead bridge, near Ipswich. Dec. 18. At Brunswick, in his 43d year, the Queen's brother, Duke Augustus, last son of the celebrated Duke Charles William Ferdinand, and uncle of the reigning Duke, General of Cavalry in the service of Hanover, and Great Cross of the Guelphic Order. Very suddenly, as he was returning from Grantham Fair, which he had attend. ed in his usual good health, aged about 65, Mr. William Smith, for many years an auctioneer. He was seized with apoplexy, and fell from his horse, when he was within a mile of his own house. 91 Dec. 20. At Llaiurhaider-ball, Denbighshire, in his 70th year, Richard Wilding, esq. Of apoplexy, at the Swan with two Necks, Lad-lane, (having arrived there but a few days before from the Bahama Islands,) in his 46th year, Wm. Richards, esq. Surgeon to the 15th Regiment of Foot, and second son of the late Rev. Thomas Richards, Vicar of Bromham, Biddenham, and Stagsden, co. Bedford. His death was evidently accelerated by a zealous discharge of his official duties; for the Report of the Medical Board upon his case states, "that although he is not labouring under any decided disease, from his long services and residence of several years in a tropical climate, and from the very great fatigue which he endured during the sickly season of last year, when the whole duty devolved upon himself, we find that his general health is very much impaired, both bodily and intellectually, so as to render him inadequate to the performance of his professional duties." Dec. 21. At Belcamp Cottage, Balbriggan (Dublin), in his 56th year, Philpot Rogerson Wolfe, esq. nephew of the late Right Hon. Lord Kilwarden, and Secretary to the Board of Works in Ireland. At Little Ponton, near Grantham, aged about 50, James Hewerdine, esq. Captain in the Hampshire Rangers.-He took a severe cold in joining his regiment in October last, from which he never recovered. Dec. 22. At Leek, John Coupland, esq. formerly of Rotherham, Yorkshire. At Lessau (Tyrone), in his 86th year, the Right Hon. John Staples. Dec. 23. At Newington Terrace, Lambeth, the widow of the late Governor Field. Aged 15, John Charles, son of Henry Laurence Brochard, esq. of Pratt House Academy, Camden-street, Camden Town. -The body was opened on the 24th inst. and the bursting of an abscess on the upper part of the heart was found to be the cause of his death. Dec. 24. In his 80 h year, John Fuller, gent. of Eriswell, Suffolk. At Sudbury, aged 59, Mrs. Sikes, relict of John Sikes, gent. of London, and sister of Branwhite Oliver, gent. a Justice of the Borough of Sudbury. Dec. 31. Aged 72, Mrs. Burkitt, wife of Mr. John Burkitt, bookseller, Sudbury. Capt. Robertson, of Milford. In Dominick-street, Dublin, William Walker, esq. Recorder of that city. In Percy-street, Bedford-square, in her 60th year, Fanny, widow of the late John Jones, esq. In Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, in his 80th year, Daniel Lambert, esq. Aged 14, Georgiana Charlotte Sophia, daughter of G. Bridges, esq. of Knights. bridge-green, late of Lawford, Essex. At 92 Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. At Ludlow, Charles Rogers, esq. of Stanage Park, Radnorshire. Lately. At Normanton Hall, Leicestershire, in her 29th year, the lady of Sir Willoughby Dixie, bart. WALES. In Lower Grosvenor-street, Catherine, wife of John Edwards, esq. of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. Thomas Jones, esq. of Llandysilio Hall, near Llangollen, Denbighshire.-Having no very near relation, it is said, that the Lords of the different Manors intend to take possession of his estates that are situated in their respective manors. His real and personal property is supposed to amount to little short of 100,000l. It is believed, that he has made a Will; but none has yet been found, although considerable rewards are offered for such information as may lead to the discovery of a Will. Mr. Jones was a great admirer of the Arts, and some of the most eminent Artists of the day always met with a hearty welcome at Llandysilio Hall, whenever they visited the romantic vale of Llangollen. SCOTLAND. At Cowbridge, aged 37, Alex. Jaffray, esq. of Kingswells, Aberdeen. He is supposed to have fallen a victim to his active humanity, while endeavouring to save a gentleman in whose company he was skating. Both were unfortunately lost. IRELAND.-At Curragh, the Hon. Lady Hunt, the relict of the late Sir Vere Hunt, bart, and sister of the Earl of Limerick. ABROAD. In Nice, Richard J. Gulston, late of the 3d (or King's own) Light Dragoons, only son of Fred. Gulston, esq. of West Clandon, Surrey. 1821. Jan. 1. At Edinburgh, Mrs. Catherine Hannie, wife of John Swinton, esq. of Broad Meadows. At Brighton, the relict of the late John Bettesworth, esq. of Corhays, Cornwall, and of Nottingham-place, London. Sarah, eldest daughter of the Rev. Timothy Thomas, of Islington. At Stockwell, in his 49th year, C. Cornelius Dymoke, esq. cousin to the late Hon. Lewis Dymoke, Champion of Eng. land. Aged 65, the wife of Dr. George Pearson, F. R. S. of George-street, Hanover-square. At Hammersmith, Elizabeth, wife of L. Batburst, esq. and daughter of the late Richard Hunt, esq. Aged 26, Mr. Thomas Rich, of Kingston, tanner, third son of Robert Rich, esq. of Bermondsey. In Holborn, in his 51st year, the Rev. R. H. Cotton, late of White Hart-lane, Tottenham. Jan. 2. Aged 63, W. Runeiman, esq. of Birchmore House, Woburn, Bedfordshire. In her 47th year, Elizabeth, wife of [Jan. Robert Meacock, esq. of Canonburysquare, Islington. At his relation's, Ratcliff-highway, Mr. R. Stonehouse. At Cheltenham, in his 79th year, J. Boissier, esq. Miss Anne Phillips, of Stockton, near Cherbury. She was thrown from her horse on the road to Shrewsbury, and received a violent concussion of the brain.She lingered three days and expired. Jan. 3. At his house near Wakefield, Yorkshire, Jos. Armitage, esq.-He was of great eccentricity, and as well known in the world of fashion some years ago as any man of his time. Latterly he had shut himself up from all society; and although possessed of a clear income and estate of 50001. a year, his mind was completely obscured with the idea that he was fast approaching to poverty, and must go to the parish workhouse. Several times lately he wrote to a friend in London saying, "Hasten down and sell me up, that I may rest assured of food and raiment for the rest of my life."-His whimsical and very extraordinary parsimony on some occasions, and his unbounded generosity on others, will not soon be forgotten; and if it was necessary to find a similar personage to fill the chasm made by the death of this extraordinary man, it would be a matter of no small difficulty. A few years ago he was engaged in a very serious quarrel; and it being demanded of him "to name time, place, and his friend," he coolly wrote in answer, "St. James's Church-yard, Piccadilly-12 o'clock at night-and the sexton of the parish." At Crayford, Kent, aged 42, Wm. Thomson, M.D. Geo. Lukey, esq. of Middleton (Cork). Aged 20, Miss Sarah Norton, daughter of Mrs. Biggs, of Denmark Hill. In Lamb's Conduit-place, Ambrose Lyon Poynter, esq. In his 43d year, Edward Nash, esq. of Duchess-street, Portland-place. At Rowland-place, in Sussex, aged 78, C. Goring, esq.-He formerly held high stations in the Civil service of the East India Company, and was Chief of the Calcutta Committee of Revenue. At Hampstead, Mr. Thos. Brown, of Muscovy-court, Tower-hill. His death was occasioned by a fall from his horse. In Axford-buildings, Bath, Lieut.-gen. W. Monro, of Ensham House. At Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, in his 82d year, Thomas Horne, esq. Jan. 4. At Harmondsworth, the relict of the late William Thurbin, esq. Edward Kerrich, esq. of Southamptonbuildings, Holborn. At Seven Oaks, Kent, the dau. of the late F. Otway, esq. of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. 1821.] Obituary; with Anecdotes of remarkable Persons. In Sloane-street, Chelsea, Mrs. Raw. Jan. 5. In his 30th year, very suddenly, and greatly respected, R. S. Lockwood, gent. Solicitor, of Lowestoft, leaving an afflicted widow and four children to lament the loss of an affectionate husband and a tender father. Anne, daughter of James Annen, esq. of Blackheath. At Blandford, in Dorsetshire, the Rev. Henry Field, nearly 60 years Pastor of the Protestant Dissenting Congregation in that place. In George-street, Portman-square, Major-gen. Harry Chester, late of the Coldstream Guards. Aged 17, Louisa, daughter of Alex. Erskine, esq. of New Sidney-place, Bath. At Dawlish, Devonshire, aged 30, Margaret, wife of Wm. Garnett, esq. of Tetlowfold, near Manchester. Jan. 6. At Lowestoft, after a few hours illness, much esteemed and regretted, in his 62d year, Thomas Neslin, gent. At Hoddesdon, Herts, in his S3d year, William White, esq. a gentleman whose suavity of manners and goodness of heart will ever endear his memory to his family, his friends, and all who knew him.-In his attachment to the Established Religion of his country, to his King, and to our excellent Constitution, he was firm and immoveable. Although his advanced age and infirmities kept him in his latter days retired from the world, he yet uniformly continued in the practice of those benign daties which were congenial with, and formed a principal feature in, his character, as a sincere Christian. The delight he felt in the performance of secret acts of charity and benevolence is now exemplified by the liberal bequests he has made to individuals and several public charities. These testimonies, while they perpetuate his virtues, will excite those who were most dear to him to follow his example, and thereby endeavour to secure the reward of this upright man, whose protracted life it had pleased God should be serene and happy, and whose last end was resigned and peaceful. At Pimlico, aged 85, the Rev. David Love. In Duke-street, Westminster, John Lillingstone Pownall, esq. of East Wykeham, Lincolnshire, and Provost Marshal General of the Leeward Islands; who dying without issue, his estates devolve to Sir G. Pownall, at Brighton, together with the office; Sir George being the last in succession in the Patent. At Bush Hall, Herts, Harriet, daughter of Sir Rob. Chester, of that place. At Fetcham, Letherhead, Surrey, in his 85th year, Robert Sherson, esq. M.D. On the Friars, Exeter, Rebecca, widow of the late John Sheldon, esq. Professor 93 of Anatomy in the Royal Academy of Arts and F.R.S. and daughter of the Rev. W. Palmer, formerly Rector of Combrayleigh, Devonshire. Jan. 7. Mr. Williams, of the well-known Eating rooms, in the Old Bailey, Loudon. At Limerick, in consequence of her head dress taking fire from a candle which she held in her band, the widow of Dr. Kelly, formerly of that city. At the Rectory House, Boughton, Lincolnshire, Esther, wife of the Rev. David Conyers Burton. At Hengrave-hall, Bury St. Edmund's, Dame Throckmorton, relict of Sir John Throckmorton, bart. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late T. Giffard, of ChilJingston-hall, Staffordshire, esq. and was in her 59th year. Her loss will be deeply regretted, not only by her surviving relatives and friends, but also by the poor, to whom she was a liberal benefactress. Her remains were removed from Hengravehall, for interment in the family vault at Coughton, in Warwickshire. Jan. 8. At Holloway, aged 32, John Ollive, M. D. surgeon of the Royal East Middlesex Militia. At Norton-house, Devonshire, the relict of the late Sir Paul Jodrell. At Waterford, aged 92, James Moore, esq. alderman, and one of the charter justices of that city. He served the office of sheriff in 1772, and 1774; that of mayor in 1783; again, upon the demise of T. Price, esq. in 1793; and afterwards in 1805. John King, esq. of Ballylin, King's County, Ireland, At Clarke's Bridge, Cork, aged 104 years, Mrs. Mary Shinnick.-She was nurse to Lord Carleton, the Right Rev. Dr. Coppinger, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, and Sir R. Kellet, bart. &c. Jan. 9. Mrs. Hall, of Stainland, near Halifax, only sister of Richard Rothwell, esq. Alderman of London. At Neasdon, in the house of W. T. Money, esq. M. P. Mrs. Cunningham, wife of Rev. J. W. Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow. -This amiable lady died suddenly of a pleuretic attack, leaving a young family of nine children, and a whole village of poor, long clothed and fed by her bounty, to lament her loss. She was buried on the 18th. The Masters of the Public School at Harrow were the pall-bearers after whom followed her family, and many friends on foot; accompanied by a vast number of poor. Not less than 1000 perSons were collected in the church, to shed the last tear over the grave of one who had so long ministered to all their wants. Jan. 10. At Burgate house, Hants, Emily, daughter of Jos. Green Wilkinson, esq. Jan. 16. Mr. Thomas Chatteris, formerly of Cornhill. At |