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1820] Rev. Matthew Haynes. Rev. Anthony Freston.

to say,
we must get rid of that eye,
Mr. Johnson" (the name under which
Mr. Haynes had introduced himself),
"or the cart will break down," alluding
to the Thespian vehicle. This (at that
time) painful frustration of his wishes,
he frequently would say, he considered
as a most singular interposition of Provi-
dence, which kept him from pursuits
too frequently the bane of all morality,
virtue, and religion.

He was of an antient British family, being descended from Gwyr y Glyn of Glamorgan, whose different branches settled in Shropshire, Devonshire, and Gloucester. His great uncles, John and William, went in 1700 to South Carolina. From John descended the celebrated Colonel Isaac Haynes, whose unfortunate destiny gave occasion to a violent discussion in the House of Peers, and produced a challenge from Lord Rawdon, now Marquis of Hastings, to the Duke of Richmoud, of fortification memory,

He married early, and lived in the most perfect connubial felicity fifty-six years with a most amiable and truly pious woman, the partner of his cares; yet he never had but one child, a son, now living, but was blest with seeing his children's children to the third generation live in unity and the bonds of peace. A life spent in the practice of every moral and religious duty, undeviatingly virtuous, made him, as he expressed himself, "perfectly at ease as to the state of his soul." He retained his faculties to the last, never wore spectacles, and read in a small printed book the day previous to his dissolution; on the morning of which, desiring his son to go for the Rev. Mr. Saunders of St. Andrew's, Blackfriars, and, as if having a prescience of the hour of his departure, asked him, "how long he thought he would be gone?" upon being told about two hours, "let me know," said he," the utmost, because I shall want you about twelve o'clock;" his words were, "Take me to thyself, dear Lord, for 1 am ready!" For about an hour he seemed in a trance,-the world faded from his sight, and about one o'clock he resigned his spirit into the hands of Him who gave it, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, seven months, and twenty-two days.

REV. ANTHONY FRESTON.

The Rev. Anthony Freston was son of Robert Brettingham, Esq. of Norwich, and nephew of Matthew Brettingham the Architect of Houghton. Whilst yet a child he took the name of Freston in

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pursuance of the will of his maternal uncle William Freston, Esq. of Mendham ` in Norfolk, who died in 1761. The Frestons were descended from an antient Yorkshire family, one of whom, John Freston, Esq. of Alltofts, founded in his life-time a fellowship and two scholarships in University College, Oxford, and by his will bearing date, 1594, directed the same foundation to be established at Emanuel College, Cambridge. Richard Freston of the Norfolk branch, was Treasurer to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in 1534, and was afterwards knighted; he married Ann Coke of the Holkham family. His descendants resided either at Mendham Hall or Wickendon Hall, till the family became extinct in the male line by the death of William Freston above mentioned.

Mr. Anthony Freston, the subject of this article, was entered a Commoner at Christ Church College, Oxford, in December 1775, and there he took a Bachelor's degree in 1780. Having in the mean time married a Cambridge lady, the widow of Thomas Hyde, Esq. he removed in 1788 to Clare Hall in Cambridge, where he took the degree of MA. the same year. In 1792 he was instituted to the perpetual cure of Needham in Norfolk, in his own patronage; and in 1801 was presented by Thos. Westfaling, Esq. a college friend, to the rectory of Edgworth in Gloucestershire. Dr. Huntingford, then Bishop of Gloucester, appointed bim Rural Dean of the Deanery of Stonehouse in that diocese.

By his wife, who survives him, Mr.
Freston had eleven children, of whom
two sons and seven daughters are living.
Thomas, the eldest surviving son, enter-
ed into holy orders at Gloucester a few
weeks after his father's death. Louisa,
the fifth daughter, was married in April
1819, to Robert Smirke, jun. Esq. R.A.
William Coke Freston, Esq. the eldest
son, a young man of excellent disposi-
tion and good promise, who was edu-
cated for the law, and was a member of
the Inner Temple, died at Gloucester in
the month of July 1816. He was buried
at Hempsted, near that city, where is a
tablet to his memory, with the following
epitaph from the pen of his father :
"When dire Disease in Life's first open-
ing bloom

Consigns its victim to the silent tomb,
When early culture decks respected
youth
[truth,
With polish'd manners and unblemish'd
When these are fled must all our pros-
pects fade?
[ful aid;
No,-pure Religion lends her power-

Pours

Pours on the wounded mind her opiate balm, [calm, And bids the bursting heart be firm, be Teaches the pious Christian how to die, And points the path to bliss and immortality."

Mr. Freston died in his 63d year, on the 25th of December, 1819, after a long and painful illness, which he supported with the greatest resignation. He was a kind father, a warm-hearted friend, a pious Christian, and a zealous advocate for the doctrines of the Church of England.

His publications were, "Provisions for the more equal maintenance of the "Clergy," 1784, 12mo (anonymous); a volume of Poems, 1787, 8vo; a Discourse of Laws, 1799; an Address to the People of England, 1796, 8vo. (anonymous); a Collection of Evidences for the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1807, 8vo; Sermons on the most important Doctrines of Christianity, &c. &c. 1809, 8vo.

THOMAS JENKINSON WOODWARD, Esq.

T. J. Woodward, Esq. (whose death is noticed in p. 189), was a native of Huntingdon, where his family had been long established. In early life he had the misfortune to lose both his parents, and inheriting a handsome patrimony, was 'sent to Eton School, in which distinguished seminary, under the superintendance of the late Dr. Bernard, he made good proficiency in classical learning, and laid a solid foundation of those acquirements in general Literature, which proved the ornament and delight of his maturer years. On leaving Eton, Mr. Woodward was admitted a student of Clare-hall in the University of Cambridge, where he proceeded in 1769 to his degree of bachelor of civil law; and shortly afterwards married the daughter and heiress of the late Thos. Manning, esq. of Bungay in Suffolk, of whom honourable mention is made in our Magazine for 1787, p. 181. By this union he seIcured to himself a source of domestic happiness, which has flowed on uninterrupted for the enviable term of fifty years. Mr. Woodward is survived by his widow, but leaves no family. During his residence at Bungay and in its environs, he was appointed a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Suffolk; and on his subsequent residence at Walcot House, an estate situate at Diss in Norfolk, he was also appointed to the same offices for the latter county. In the discharge of these important duties, which he continued to fulfil for both counties to the final period of his life, he displayed an active and vigorous

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mind; sound discrimination, an even temper, and a most impartial judgment. No man ever died more universally regretted, both by his private friends, and by the whole community around him, who mourn their loss of an excellent and upright magistrate, of a most discreet and confidential adviser, to whom they had ready access on all occasions, and of a most kind and benevolent friend.When the volunteer system was established, Mr. Woodward had a commission given him of Lieutenant-colonel of the Diss Volunteers, by whom he was so generally beloved and esteemed in this new office of their commander, that at the end of their labour in the service of their country, they presented him 'at parting with a handsome piece of plate, as a testimony of their united approba. tion and regard. With talents which would have done him honour and credit in any direction, the department of science to which his taste and inclinations more peculiarly inclined him, was the study of English Botany. To this favourite pursuit he devoted for many years a considerable portion of his lei sure hours; and by his valuable researches and discoveries in that elegant Branch of natural philosophy has justly merited and obtained a very high rank on the list of modern botanists. sive of several learned and ingenious papers in the Linnæan Transactions, of which Society he was one of the original members, Mr. Woodward has not favoured the world with any distinct botanical work; but the extensive assistance he confessedly gave Dr. Withering in the second edition of his "Botanical Researches," the frequent references made to his name in most of the later publications on this subject, and the continued correspondence kept up with bim by Botanists, both at home and abroad, on abstruse questions relating to plants, in themselves bespeak his attainments, and prove the estimation in which he was held by men of letters. In the social circle of his friends, he was uniformly a cheerful, animated, and instructive companion, and reudered hìmself a welcome guest at every party, by much store of various knowledge, much anecdote, and the pleasantry and urbanity of a perfect gentleman. passed by none in devotion to his Prince, and in sincere attachment to the Constitution of his country, both in Church and State, he studiously avoided all unnecessary discussion of questionable points, and every topic which might indicate or foment a spirit of party: thus evidently showing that he was actuated by no other zeal than the love of man

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kind, and influenced by no other ambi-
tion than the honest desire of support-
ing that happy and established form of
Government under which he lived. By
these amiable and peaceful qualities,
and by his exemplary moral worth, if
not as a patriot, he shone at least as a
man and a Christian, and shed a lustre
on the faith he professed; by these he
won the affections and tender esteem of
his friends whilst he lived, and will long
survive in their recollection, and in their
fond and unavailing regret
"tam cari
capitis."

DEATH S.

1819. AT T Furrackabad, East Indies, July 25. William Rennell, esq. Collector of Government Customs at that station, and youngest son of Major Rennell.

July 29. At Jooria, in the East Indies, aged 26, Mr. James Roy, Assistant Surgeon in the Company's Service, and third son of Robert Roy, esq. of Fulham.

Aug. 8. At Calcutta, in his 29th year, Capt. G. Hanbury, of the Hon. East India Company's Service, fourth son of the late John Hanbury, esq. of Tottenham, Middlesex. After passing through the war against the Napaulese, so destructive to British Officers, he was appointed aid-decamp to Gen. Brown; and recently, by the Marquis of Hastings, to his late rank, and to the Staff in the Stud Department, in consideration of his activity and zeal in the service, and successful attention to the management and breed of horses. It is due to the memory of this soldier of fortune to state, that he possessed a laudable ambition to excel in whatever he undertook; by which principle he became no less conspicuous in the va ious sports of the field than in the imperious and aweful duties of the field of battle; from winch there are on record several instances of the public notice of his General Officer.

Aug. 24. At Madras, George Auderson, esq. surgeon in the East India Company's service.

Sept. 6. In the East Indies, aged 41, Lieut.-col. John Cook Stokoe, of the 9th regiment of Madras Native Infantry, youngest son of the late William Stoke, esq. of West Acomb, Northumberland,

Sept. 18. Near Aldelabad (in the East Indies), on the route from Nagpoor to Hyderabad, Major P. G. Blair, of the Artillery, son of the late Dr. Blair, Preben. dary of Westminster.

Oct. 9. At Hermita, in the island of Cuba, John Ernest Brune, esq. of Los Hermanos, Madruga, in Cuba, youngest son of Frederick William Brune, esq. of Blankenburg, in the duchy of Brenswick. GENT. MAG. February, 1820.

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Dec. 2. At Rio Janeiro, in his 19:h year, Bird S. T, Munkhouse, third and last surviving son of R. Munkhouse, D.D. late Vicar of Wakefield.

Jan. 14. On the Adelphi Estate, in the island of St. Vincent, Robert Porter, esq. Jan. 27. At Trelowarren, Cornwall, aged 52, Sir Vyall Vyvyan, Bart.

Feb. 1. At the Villa Pen, near Spanish Town, Jamaica, F. Graham, esq. formerly a Representative in the Assembly for the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale, in that island.

Feb. 4. In her 35th year, Sarah, wife of Mr. Christopher Morgan, of Leadenhallstreet, London, and daughter of Thomas White, of Sibton, Suffolk. As an affectionate wife, and an indulgent parent, her loss is most sincerely lamented.

Feb. 4. After a lingering illness, in her 61st year, most deservedly regretted, Hannah, wife of Dykes Alexander, banker, of Ipswich. Her remains were interred in the Friends' burial-ground, in that town, on the 11th, attended by a numerous assemblage of prople. Several Friends delivered their sentiments on the melancholy occasion with much effect, and the whole was conducted with becoming seriousness, reverence, and decorum.

Feb. 2. At Dublin, suddenly, Peter Digges La Touche, esq.

At Camberwell, in her 79th year, Sarah, sister to the late Dr. Moseley, Physician to Chelsea Hospital, &c. (LXXXIX. ii. 374.)

At Manley, near Tiverton, Devonshire, aged 68, the widow of the late Henry Manley, esq. surviving her husband but two months; and on the day previous, at Whitehaven, Cumberland, James and Thomas, sons of Thomas Mauley, eq. of Whitehaven, and grandsons of the above.

At Blithfield, Staffordshire, in her 57thyear, Louisa Lady Bagot, relict of the late, and mother of the present, Lord Bagot. She was the only surviving daughter of John Viscount St. Johu, of Lydiard Tregoze, eldest brother of Henry St. Johu, first Viscount Bolingbroke.

Feb. 5. At Savannah, George Forrest, esq. of Oakland, eldest son of John For rest, esq. of Aunan, Dumfries.

Feb. 5. Rowland, eldest son of the late Rowland Richardson, esq. of Streatham, and nephew of Christopher Richardson, of Limehouse.

esq.

At Kenton, near Harrow, in her 83d year, Mrs. Griffith.

At Clapham, suddenly, Thomas Miller, esq. late of Graveley, Herts.

At Goddard Hall, near Sheffield, the widow of the late Thomas Sterling, esq. of Sheffield.

Feb. 6. Anne, wife of John Flaxman, esq. of Buckingham street, Fitzroy-square,

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R. A. and Lecturer on Sculpture to the Royal Academy. Mrs. Flaxman was an excellent Greek scholar, and her taste in the Fine Arts was of a superior description. To her knowledge of composition the Professor was often indebted for much of the admired classical beauties of his groupes.

Eleanor, youngest daughter of Henry Dealtry. Esq. of Bedford-row,

Feb 7. At White Hill, near Carmarthen, aged 88, Mary Thomas, leaving behind ber an husband (to whom she had been married 64 years), five children, twenty grandchildren, and eighteen great grandchildren-She was carried to her grave by four of her grandchildren.

At Bentley, Hants, Frances Clementina Teresa, daughter of the late Thomas Barton, esq. Bencher of the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple.

In Abercromby place, Edinburgh, Alexander Serznegour, the eldest son of Henry S. Wedderburn, esq. of Wedderburn.

In Somerset-street, Portman square, in her 64th year, the wife of John Lillingston Pownall, esq.

Feb. 8. At Fair View, near Dublin, aged 82, the relict of the late Robert Birch, esq. of Turvey House, Dublin.

Feb. 9. At Louth, aged 95, Mr. Edward Blyth, many years an eminent grazier and dealer in stock, and an extensive wool merchant, of which article he has been known to purchase upwards of 100,000 tods annually. Several of the principal improvements in the town of Louth are the fruits of his speculations. He retained his mental faculties, in a great measure unimpaired, till within about a month of his dissolution.

At Walworth, in his 62d year, David Laugton, esq.

Sarah, relict of the late Paul Phipps, esq. of Kingston, Jamaica.

At Coates Hall, Yorkshire, the widow of the late Col. Flint.

Feb. 11. In Burton-crescent, in his 31st year, Dorothy, wife of H. A. Hardman, esq. of Grenada, and daughter of Thomas Clarke, esq. of Monterose, Antigua.

At the Rectory House, Hambledon, Augusta Laura, daughter of the Rev. H. C. Ridley.

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In Wyndham-place, Montagu-square, aged 74, Sarah, relict of J. Burgoyne, esq. late of Feltham, Middles x.

Feb. 12. At Clifton, Gloucestershire, Elizabeth Gibbes, wife of the Hon. John Foster Alleyne, President of his Majesty's Council of the Island of Barbadoes.

In Euston-square, in his 56th year, H. Abbott, Esq.

At Miliuabro, Waterford, Humphrey Jones, esq.

Aged 57, Samuel Clarkson, of Gilliflower I Nottinghamshire. He was found

dead in his bed by the side of bis wife; and next morning, about seven o'clock, aged 80, Anue his wife !-They were together in life, and in death not divided.

Feb. 13. The Rev. John Sibree, of Frome, Somersetshire, thirty years a pastor of a dissenting congregation.

In his 63d year, William Robinson, esq. of Apollo buildings, Walworth.

In her 83d year, the widow of the late William Wilson, of the Minories.

In Lower Grosvenor-square, Frederick William, son of R. Eden Duncombe Shafto, esq.

At Totteridge, in his 96th year, Gen. the Hon. Sir Alexander Maitland, Bart. Colonel of the 49th foot.-Sir Alexander was one of the oldest officers in the army; and, we believe, the last surviving servant in the household of Frederick Prince of Wales, father of his late Majesty.

At Dublin, aged 68, Leonard Macnally, esq. of the Irish Bar. He practised originally at the English Bar, but was induced by the late celebrated Mr. Curran to transfer his talents to his native country. He was a lawyer of acute mind, and well versed in what is called Crown Law, was also the author of several dramatic pieces, including the opera of "Robin Hood."

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Feb. 16. In Curzon-street, May Fair, the Right Hon. Lady Mary Henrietta Erskine, sister to the Earl of Rosslyn.

At Wormley, Herts, aged 77, Thomas Cotterell, esq.

At Chichester, aged 65, Mary, wife of John Quantock, esq.

At Brighton, Major-general John Lind

sey.

On Putuey Heath, the relict of the late Dr. Wood, of Buutingford, Herts,

Feb. 17. At Hallatron, near Bath, aged 65, P. Edward Scobeli, esq. M. D.

Feb 18. At Coughton, Herefordshire, in her 90th year, the relict of the late Toomas Strong, esq. of Garratt, Surrey.

At her brother-in-law's, in Lincoln'sin-fields, Jane, fourth daughter of the late Thomas Byers, esq. of Newbottle.

At Edmburgh, George Kincaid, eşq. sugar-refiner.

Henry Barnes, esq. of Geneaushiew House. Hereford. He was for many years en active and useful magistrate in his neighbourhood. In him the poor always found a ready and kind protector; they and his family wail ever find his loss ireparable.

At her father-in-law's, Sir Wathen Waller, bart. aged 28, the Hon. Marianne Curzon, only daughter of the Right Hon. the Baroness Howe.

At Prospect House, Woodford, Essex, in her 84th year, Mrs. Janet Enslie. In Sobo square, Thomas Brand, esq.

Feb. 19. At her house on Bush Hill, Enfield, in her 70th year, Mrs. Frampton,

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widow of the late William Frampton, esq.
of Leadenhall street.
In Hinde-street,

Manchester-square, aged 51, Sir Thomas Philip Hampson, Bart.

Feb. 20. At Groombridge Place, Kent, in his 66th year, James Harbroe, esq. of Hall Place, Kent.

At Stoke Newington, aged 39, Mr. Willian Hudson, of the firm of Gardener and Hudson, wholesale ironmongers, Cow-lane, Smithfield.

Aged 67, Henry Silverlock, esq. of Chi

chester.

In Pulteney-street, Bath, the widow of the late W. Sheppard, esq.

In Hackney-road, Sarah, wife of Mat. Start, esq. of his Majesty's Customs.

Feb. 21. In Wimpole-street, William Shedden, esq. fourth son of Robert Shed. den, esq. of Gower-street.

In Harley-street, the relict of the late John Dixon, esq. of Cecil-lodge, Abbott's Langley.

At Hackney, in her 30th year, Sarah, wife of Leonard Collmann, esq. of Broadstreet-buldings.

In the Council Chamber in the Hall, in the Market, Norwich, in his 52d year, without a struggle and without a gasp, Thos. Beck, esq.-He was elected Sheriff of that city in 1802; Alderman of the Great Ward of Mancroft in 1808; served the office of Mayor in 1809; and was lately appointed one of the Deputy Lieutenants for the county of Norfolk.

At West End, Hampstead, Rachel, third daughter of Mr. Chater, wholesale stationer, of Cornhill,

At Hampstead, in his 73d year, the Hon. John Dimsdale, Baron of the Russian Empire.

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M. Greffulh, a Peer of France.--He had the honour of receiving at a ball in bis house the Duke of Berri on the very evening of his assassination. His death was in consequence of the shock he experienced on hearing of that dreadful eveut.-Madame Greffulh, his lady, is in a very alarming state of health.

At Weymouth, Anthony Bell, esq. sur

veyor.

At Putney, the relict of the late Wm. Pycroft, esq. of Edmonton.

At Paris, Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Gen. Robinson, of Denston hall, Suffolk.

At Dartmouth, Eliza, daughter of Capt. John Hine, of the East India Naval Service.

At Tileburst Cottage, Berkshire, in his. 70th year, Col. Sheldrake, of the Royal Artillery.

Feb. 24. In Southampton-street, Camberwell, aged 87, Mrs. Sarah Bray field, widow. Her memory and understanding were unimpaired to the last. She was a lineal descendant, on the paternal side, from the celebrated Presbyter of the Church of England, the Rev. Luke Milbourn, contemporary of Pope; and has left an only son to deplore the loss of an affectionate parent.

At Dawlish, Matilda Anne, second daugh. ter of the late E. Horlock Mortimer, esq. of Bellefield Lodge, Wilts.

At Colney Hatch, aged 80, Stephen Atkinson, esq.

At his chambers, in Lincoln's inn, aged 64, James Read, esq. Barrister-at-Law.

At Stockwell, in his 86th year, James Wood, esq. formerly of Lombard-street,, banker.

At Daventry, in his 47th year, Col. David Rattray, late Lieut.-col. of the 63d

At Pinner, in his 68th year, M. Tho- regiment. mas, esq.

Feb. 22. In his 29th year, the Rev. T. S. Smith, M.A. and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, the eldest son of Mr. Dan. Smith, of Windsor.

At Windsor Castle, aged 65, the Rev. Dr. Cookson, Canon of Windsor, and Rector of Binfield, and of West Ilsley, Berkshire.

At Hildersham Hall, Cambridgeshire,

At Gateshead, in Durham, Emma, sis- aged 72, Thos. Fassett, esq. ter of Mr. Justice Richardson.

At Brighton, Eliza Frances, youngest daughter of Henry Francis Wintle, esq. of Walworth, Surrey.

At Melville House, Fifeshire, the Earl of Leven and Melville.

Susannah, wife of Richard Pearson, esq. of Great Dunmow, Essex.

At Deptford, in his 52d year, Mr. N. Davis, Surveyor and Engineer.

At South Abbey Cottage, Bollosolla, near Castletown, Isle of Man, in her 61st year, the relict of the late Lieut.-col. T. Wrixon, of the 50th foot.

Feb. 23. At Malpas, Cheshire, greatly respected, aged 66, Thomas Payser, esq.

At Yaxley, Huntingdonshire, aged 84, the widow of the late Wm. Child, esq.

The wife of George Slack, esq. of Wal. cot Terrace, Lambeth.

At Overden House, Sundrish Kent, in his 16th year, Henry, second son of, T. P. Meyers, esq. of Court Lodge, Battle, Sussex, and of the Island of Barbadoes.

Feb. 25. In her 73d. year, Mary, wife of Thos. Day, esq. of Watford, Herts. In Albion-place, Blackfriars, in bis 81st year, Mr. Woodmeston.

At Lisbon, aged 36, Martin Harrison, esq.

Feb. 26. Jas. Watt, esq. many years in the service of the East India Company.

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