Joseph Barber Wilks, esq. of the East India House; a young artist of very superior talents and great promise.

At an early age he imbibed a love for the Fine Arts, which ever afterwards maintained the supreme control over his mind; and though he never subjected himself to a systematic course of study, but rather endeavoured to attain excellence by striking out a path for himself, and allowing full liberty to his imagina. tion, he, notwithstanding, by an intimate acquaintance with the works of the Old Masters, which he on every occasion consulted as his oracle, succeeded in acquiring a knowledge of the true principles and theory of the art, rarely possessed even by those of a more mature age. As a colourist, we may venture to assert, that Mr. Wilks would have stood preeminent, as his numerous sketches scattered about in all directions will attest; but it is to be lamented that he has left so few finished productions behind him. Those that remain, chiefly portraits, are remarkable for their character, breadth of effect, and truth to nature, qualities which would have entitled him to a very high rank in that branch of the profession. There are, however, one or two small pictures extant, which prove that his talents were not confined to portrait painting, and indicate a mind keenly susceptible of beauty of form, and possessing considerable powers of invention.

His

Mr. Wilks's career has been very brief. A bright prospect of professional success was opening before him, when he was arrested by inflammation of the lungs, which compelled him to forego his pursuits and it was only at intervals that he was enabled to resume them. constitution, at length, unable to support itself any longer under the repeated attacks which had been made upon it, gave way, and he fell a sacrifice to the disease, deeply regretted by a large circle of personal friends, who cherish an affectionate regard for his memory, and also by numbers who knew the value of his assistance, and profited essentially by his society.

JOHN WILLIAMS, ESQ.

April 17. At Sand Hill, near Callington, aged 89, John Williams, esq. formerly of Scorrier House, near Redruth.

To the talent and enterprise of this gentleman, his industry and perseverance, the mining interest of Cornwall is most largely indebted. For fifty years, or more, he stood deservedly at its headthe greatest adventurer, the ablest manager, the best practical engineer and mineralogist of his time. In this, his

own peculiar province, he had no rival; the most skilful miner was content to be taught, and the boldest speculator to be led by him; for in his prudence and sagacity, guided by long experience and careful observation, all who knew him felt the most unbounded confidence. The first engineers in the country have confessed themselves indebted to him for his valuable suggestions; and Sir John Rennie is known to have often profited by his advice in the execution of some of his greatest works.

His moral qualities were also of a high order. His integrity was proof against all temptation, and above all reproach. His extraordinary success in life never for a moment betrayed him into the slightest exhibition of pride, or the smallest display of vanity. He was kind and courteous to all who approached him, accessible to the humblest of his dependents, and the constant protector and friend of those whom his station and character had taught to look up to him; while many under his fostering influence, grew into wealth and importance from humble beginnings, and became, in imitation of his example, the benefactors of large portions of the community. But this is not all: he was a devout and sincere Christian, though in this, as in every other part of his character, he was wholly without ostentation. Yet his charities were unbounded: and in all things his conduct was worthy of his generous and noble spirit. He had long withdrawn himself from public life, but the love and veneration of thousands followed him into his retirement, and he retained to the last the energies of that powerful mind by which he had been distinguished during his long and pros

perous career.

Mr. Williams purchased of the Duchy of Cornwall the manor of Calstock, which was sold for the redemption of Land Tax, and "since his purchase, has improved the waste lands, planted such elevated or steep portions as were unfit for agriculture, and in every way contributed to the prosperity of the place and its inhabitants." (Mr. Davies Gilbert, F.R.S. in his History of Cornwall.) His mansion of Sand Hill was in that parish.

Again, under Scorrier near Redruth, Mr. Gilbert remarks: " Scorrier, which a few years since exhibited the appearance of a small village, has now become the chief place in this parish (Gwenap). Mr. John Williams, one of the most extensive and most successful managers, and adventurous miners of the present times, built here an excellent house, and adorned it with the finest collection of Cornish minerals ever brought together.

Mr. Williams, after making a large for tune, has retired at an advanced age, having several sons engaged in the same pursuits with equal advantage to themselves and to the public, one of whom has added a second splendid house to this village. It is quite impossible for me to enter fully into a description of the mines.

It is said that no district of the same extent in any part of the world ever produced so much riches." (vol. ii. p. 134.)

CLERGY DECEASED.

At Madras, on the day he proposed embarking for England for the benefit of his health, aged 31, the Rev. C. Calthrop, B. A. son of the late R. Calthrop, esq. of Butterwick, near Boston, Missionary of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Superintendent of the Vepery Missionary College.

Aged 78, the John Gavin, Rector of Wallstown, Cork.

At Dublin, the Rev. W. B. Mathias, late Chaplain of the Bethesda.

At Snenton, Notts. aged 43, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, M.A.

April 11. At Coulsdon, Surrey, aged 71, the Rev. William Wood, Rector of that parish, and a Prebendary of Canterbury. He was formerly a Student of Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated M. A. 1793, B.D. 1801. Being Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Randolph, he was presented by that prelate to the rectory and vicarage of Fulham in 1811; in 1830 the present Archbishop of Canterbury, who had appreciated his merits when at Fulham, gave him the rectory of Coulsdon (value 6361.) and in 1834 a prebendal stall at Canterbury. Mr. Wood resigned the vicarage of Fulham in 1834, but retained the sinecure rectory until his death. His body was buried at Fulham on the 16th of April.

April 17. At Downton, Wilts, aged 56, the Rev. Liscombe Clarke, M.A. Canon Residentiary and Treasurer of Salisbury, and Prebendary of Hereford. Mr. Clarke was born in London, educated at Winchester, elected to New College in 1804; proceeded B.A. 1808; M.A. 1812. in 1815 he vacated his fellowship at New College, having been elected one of the Fellows of Winchester, from which college he afterwards obtained the rectory of Biddestone, and vicarage of Downton, Wilts. He was Archdeacon of Sarum from 1807 until 183-; and was appointed Treasurer of Salisbury 1834. In a pamphlet published 1818, he ably defended Winchester College against the strictures of Lord Brougham, and in

1826 published a Sermon preached at the primary visitation of the Bishop of Salisbury (Dr. Burgess) on 2 Tim. ii. 25.

April 21. At Leicester, aged 80, the Rev. John Cooper, Rector of Newton Bromswold, Northamptonshire, to which he was instituted in 1783.

In Keppel-street, Russel-square, in his 83d year, much respected, the Rev. Richard Edwards, M.A. late sur-Master of St. Paul's school. Mr. Edwards had faithfully discharged his duties in the school for about half a century, and was on his retirement rewarded with a pension by the Mercers' Company. He was educated at St. Paul's school; and was of Trinity College, Cambridge, B.A. 1782, M.A. 1785.

At his house in Wilton Crescent, aged 76, the Rev. Charles Gore, of Barrow Court, Somersetshire, and brother to Colonel Gore Langton, M.P.

May 11. Aged 37, James Montgomery, esq. late of the Hall, Donegal.

May 12. Aged 61, Elizabeth, wife of John Thompson, esq. of Frognal Priory, Hampstead.

May 13. In Doughty-st. aged 73, the relict of William Dowell, esq.

May 15. At Upper Clapton, aged 25, Louisa, fourth dau. of the late Thomas Edwards, esq. of Hoddesdon, Herts.

At Hyde Park-st. aged 53, H. H. Dobree, esq.

At Camberwell, aged 47, Lieut. George Hales, R.N.

At Everton House, Sarah, wife of William Astell, esq.

May 16. In Norfolk-st. Strand, P. Cosgreave, esq. R.N.

May 17. In Upper Eaton-st. Pimlico, aged 40, Clewin Harcourt, esq.

In Cornwall-ter. aged 68, John D. Lewis, esq.

Aged 87, the Hon. Caroline Curzon, eldest dau. of the first, and sister of the late, Lord Scarsdale.

May 23. At Walworth, aged 29, John William Medley, esq.

At Waltham Cross, aged 32, Emeline Susan, wife of John Sharpe, esq. surgeon, and youngest dau. of the late Rev. W. Whinfield, of Harwich.

May 24. In Upper Bedford-pl. aged 78, Janet, widow of Francis Gregg, esq. of Skinners' Hall.

Aged 70, James Knight, esq. of Albany-road, Camberwell, and Great Suffolk-st. Southwark.

At Cumberland-terr. Regent's Park, George Pocock, esq.

May 25. At Bayswater, Mrs. Wood, dau. of the late Daniel Fitch, of Parson's Green.

At Upper Clapton, aged 70, the Baroness de Faro, formerly of Lisbon.

At Guildford-st. Russell-sq. aged 75, the widow of Benjamin Harrison, esq. formerly of Lisbon.

At Clapham, aged 78, Alice, widow of George Stevenson, esq. and dau. of the late Rev. Abraham Booth.

At Chelsea, William Dod, esq. only surviving son of J. C. Dod, esq. late of East Carleton, Norfolk,

At Great Clarendon-st. Somers-town, aged 25, Wellington Augustine, youngest son of George Hall, esq. of Belmont House, Monmouth.

May 26. At Shooter's Hill, aged 62, T. Wright, esq.

May 28, At Lyon's Inn, aged 60, Philip Absalom, esq. of the General Post Office.

Cecil Catharine, eldest dau. of Thos. Fowlis, esq. of Guilford-st.

May 29. In Upper Norton-st. at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Madame Caradori and Mr. Allan, Elizabeth, widow of Antoine, Baron de Munck, Chevalier de St. Louis, &c.

May 30. Susanna, eldest dau. of the Rev. Philip le Breton, of Brunswick-sq. At Islington, aged 22, Miss Constance Oldershaw.

May 31. At Pentonville, aged 53, Anna Maria, wife of Thomas Cock, esq. Lately. In Great George-st. Westm. aged 71, Elizabeth, relict of the Right Rev. Robt. Gray, D.D. late Bishop of Bristol.

In Baker-st. aged 5, John, youngest son of Rear-Adm. Sir C. Malcolm.

Suddenly, at his little fishmonger's shop, in Church-passage, Greenwich, that venerable tar, Nelson's coxswain Sykes. He was upwards of 80 years of age, and was with Lord Nelson during the whole of the time of his glorious deeds. He saved the life of that illus trious hero in the bay of Cadiz, when his barge containing twelve men was attacked GENTS. MAG. VOL. XVI.

by a Spanish gun-boat manned by twentysix, by twice parrying the blows that were aimed at him, and at last actually interposed his own head to receive a sabre-cut which he could not avert by any other means, from which he received a dangerous wound. The gun-boat was captured with eighteen of her men killed, and the rest wounded. He also greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Trafalgar.

June 1. In Hackney-road, aged 80, Alexander Brash, esq. late Capt. in the 82d Regt.

At Camberwell, Mary, wife of E. Bean, esq.

June 2. Mr. G. Butler, of Cheapside, aged 28.

In Albion-st. Hyde Park, Deborah, relict of Major-Gen. Robert Bourke Gregory, E. I. Service.

In Foley-pl. Ann, relict of Benj. Dixon, esq. of the Corn Exchange.

At the house of her son, Capt. George Richardson, Hackney, Mary, widow of Capt. W. Richardson.

June 3. In George-st, Hampsteadroad, aged 74, John Ffeiler, esq.

At Bayswater, aged 78, Francis Pierard, esq. late judge and magistrate in the Presidency of Bengal.

June 4. In Milton-cresc. Euston-sq. aged 66, James Ballender, esq.

In Bucklersbury, aged 66, Thomas Kearsey, esq. late of Wallington House, Surrey.

June 5. In Portland-pl. Clapham-road, aged 68, Ann, relict of Edward Chandler, esq.

June 6. In Fore-st. City, Septimus Godson, esq. M.D. formerly of Southampton.

June 7. In Kew-road, aged 85, Elizabeth, widow of Richard Harvest, esq. of Shepperton.

Aged 91, Mary, dau. of the late Lewis Grant, esq. many years Adjutant of her Majesty's Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

June 8. Aged 48, J. W. Wood, esq. of Croom's-hill, Greenwich.

June 10. At Maida hill, Lady Campbell, widow of Sir William P. H. Campbell, Bart.

June 11. At Camberwell, aged 72, John Bond, esq.

June 12. At Gloucester-pl. Portmansq. Maria, relict of Capt. Louis Pillichody, 41st Foot.

Aged 73, T. B. King, esq. of the Ordnance Office, Tower.

At Apothecaries' Hall, aged 61, Mr. John Thomas, many years principal Accountant to the Society of Apothecaries.

Mary, wife of J. W. Cundy, esq. architect, of Belgrave Cottage, Pimlico. P

June 14. At Enfield, Frances, widow of the Rev. Harry Porter, Vicar of that place.

June 15. In Heathcote-st. aged 61, the widow of Capt. George Curtis.

At the London Hotel, Albemarle-st. the Rt. Hon. Emily Lady Cloncurry. She was the third dau. of Archibald Douglas, esq.; was married first in 1798 to Joseph Leeson, esq. by whom she had issue the present Earl of Miltown, another son now deceased, and one daughter; and after his death in 1800, became in 1811 the second wife of the present Lord Cloncurry, by whom she leaves two surviving sons, the eldest of whom is heir apparent to his father.

BEDS.-May 15. Aged 62, Sarah, wife of William Astell, esq. of Everton House.

June 8. At Bedford, aged 22, William, eldest son of William Quincey, esq. of Brunswick-sq.

BERKS.-April 22. At Buckland Vicarage, Catharine, wife of the Rev. C. A. Brook, M.A.

June 12. Aged 75, J. Neate, esq. of Reading.

BUCKS.-May 27. At the house of her father, Louisa Emily, eldest dau, of Granville Penn, esq. of Stoke Park.

May 30. At the Wycomb Deanery School, aged 26, Caroline, wife of Mr. J. Malcolm, Head Master.

CAMBRIDGE.-May 19. At Whittlesea, near Peterborough, aged 84, Mr. Ainger, father of the late Rev. Dr. Ainger, Principal of St. Bees college, Cumberland.

May 29. At Wisbech, aged 24, Rosa, youngest dau. of James Clelan, esq. of Newington.

May 30. At Wisbech, aged 49, Martha, wife of William Squier, gent. sister to T. S. Watson, esq. the Mayor, and dau. of the late Thos. Steed Watson, esq. of Thorney.

May 31. George Green, esq. B. A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius coll. Mr. Green took his degree in 1837, with the honour of 4th Wrangler, and has contributed several mathematical papers of high excellence to the Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Cambridge.

CHESHIRE.-April 16. Mary, wife of the Rev. W. Cockcroft, Master of Knutsford Grammar School.

April 17. At Shrigley Hall, in her 70th year, Jane, wife of Wm. Turner, esq. M. P.

May 16. At Tarporley, Capt. Wm. Considine, 69th Regt. Brigade Major of the Northern District.

At the residence of his father, aged 28, Nathaniel, youngest son of Wm. Howitt,

esq. of Ashover, near Chesterfield, and son-in-law of Lieut. William Horwood Freame, 58th Regt.

CORNWALL.-May 27. At his seat Tregrehan, aged 59, William Carlyon, esq. June 6. At Launceston, Thomas Ching, esq. Alderman for that borough; he was a member of the old Corporation, and had often filled the office of Chief Magistrate with great ability and integrity.

CUMBERLAND.-Lately. Aged 43, Miss Currey, sister of the Rev. Mr. Currey, Vicar of Dearham.

DERBY.-May 9. At King's Newton, aged 85, Anna-Maria, widow of John Capper, esq. of Southampton-row, Bloomsbury.

DEVON.-May 12. At Tor, Samuel Young, esq. surgeon, late of Reading.

May 13. At Exmouth, aged 14, Margaret-Catharine, youngest dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. J. Stewart, C.B.

May 24. At Tiverton, aged 52, Margaretta-Fortescue, relict of Rev. C. O. Osmond.

At Exmouth, Charlotte Lewis, relict of Edmund P. Lyon, esq. and sister of the late Sir John Duntze, Bart.

May 28. At Exmouth, aged 73, Frances, relict of Major J. W. Rogers, formerly of the 77th Regiment.

June 2. At Teignmouth, aged 39, Ann Rebecca, widow of John P. Passley, esq. late Capt. half-pay 60th Rifles.

June 3. At Heavitree, James Wake, esq. Barrister-at-law. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 1, 1802.

June 9. At Cross House, Northam, aged 76, the widow of John Norris, esq. of Nonsuch, Wilts.

ESSEX.-May 23. At Braxted Lodge, aged 63, Peter du Cane, esq.

May 27. At Hubbard's Hall, EmmaJulia, widow of Col. Johnson, of Walbury.

June 12. At West Ham, aged 66, James Webster, esq. of Balmuir, Forfar

shire.

GLOUCESTER.-May 19.

At the resi dence of his son, at Bristol, aged 90, Edward Kingston, esq.

May 23. At Clifton, aged 71, Ann, eldest dau. of the late William Orme, esq. of Guilford-st. Russell-sq.

May 29. At Shirehampton, Capt. Robe, for many years harbour master of Bristol.

Lately. At Cheltenham, aged 83, the Rt. Hon. Letitia dowager Lady Clonbrock. She was the dau. and heir of John Green, of Old Abbey, co. Lime rick, esq. by Catharine Toler, eldest dau. of John Earl of Norbury; was married first in 1776, to Robert Dillon, esq. cre

ated Lord Clonbrock in 1790, and was left his widow in 1795, having had issue the present Lord, the late Lady Ennismore, and the wife of Sir Rob. Trench; and secondly, in 1802, to Clement Archer, esq.

Aged 46, Elizabeth wife of the Rev. J. Prosser, Curate of Moreton-in-Marsh, and eldest dau. of the late Joseph Boughton, esq. merchant.

June 9. At Aldwick Court, aged 85, Samuel Baker, esq.

June 10. At Bristol, aged 19, EmmaErmina, wife of Henry Baddely Calmar, esq. of Worcester, and only dau. of Edwin Wellington Yate, esq. of Chester.

HANTS.-May 26. At Ryde, aged 20, Susan. Eliza, fourth dau. of Thomas Duffield, esq. M.P. for Abingdon.

May 29. At Basingstoke, William, eldest son of Joseph Charles Shebbeare,

esq.

May 30. At Hill, near Southampton, aged 78, Thomas Wilkinson, esq. formerly of Clapham, and many years a member of Lloyd's Coffee House.

Lately. At Havant, aged 81, MaryAnne, widow of the Rev. W. Norris, Rector of Warblington.

At Southampton, Anne-Maria, eldest dau. of Capt. H. B. Adams, Paymaster of the Dublin recruiting district.

At Wickham, aged 73, Johenne, relict of Capt. Pitt Burneby Greene, R.N.

June 12. At Bell Croft, near Newport, Isle of Wight, the eldest dau. of John Cooke, esq. She had incautiously approached too near the flame of a candle, which set fire to her dress and caused her death in a few hours.

At Southampton, aged 36, Madame O'Connor, wife of the O'Connor Don, M.P. She was Mary-Anne, daughter of Major Blake of Tower Hill, and was married in 1824.

At Southampton, aged 17, GeorgianaSophia, eldest dau. of Dr. Steed.

June 13. At Ventnor, Isle of Wight, aged 20, Mary-Harriet, only dau. of the late Rev. James Currey, Preacher of the Charterhouse.

June 16. Aged 67, Anne-Olive, relict of George Aldridge, esq. of Christ church.

HERTS.-May 19. At his residence, New-hall, Ware, Daniel Tanner, esq. son of the late Mr. Robert Tanner, of Lacock, Wilts.

At Hoddesdon, aged 83, Mrs. Anne Auber.

May 20. At Turner's Hill, Cheshunt, Anne, wife of Thomas Sanders, esq.

May 21. At New House, St. Michael's, St. Alban's, aged 73, William Smith, esq. May 23. Sophia Rose, wife of the Rev.

W. W. Pym, M. A. formerly of St. John's College, and Vicar of Willien, Herts, leaving twelve children.

At Baldock, George Herbert, eldest son of George Henry Hicks, esq. M.D. June 3. At Grove Lodge, near Sawbridgeworth, Thomas Nathaniel Williams,

esq.

June 6. At Broxbourne, Daniel Lutyens, esq. late of the 3d Dragoon Guards. June 12. Aged 53, J. N. Humfrey, esq. of West Mill.

HEREFORD.-May 13. At Hereford, aged 18, Edwin James, eldest son of E. G. Wright, esq.

KENT.-May 14. At Margate, aged 84, Eleanor Sophia, widow of Dominick French, esq.

May 21. Aged 72, Sarah, wife of Jeremiah Rosher, esq. of Crete Hall, Northfleet.

At Hawkhurst, aged 68, Robert Anderson, esq.

May 27. At Tonbridge Wells, aged 66, the Lady Frances Somerset, second dau. of Henry fifth Duke of Beaufort, and aunt of the present Duke.

May 31. At Tunbridge Wells, Samuel Reynolds Howard, esq.

Lately. At Canterbury, aged 44, Rebecca, wife of the Rev. Wm. Davies. June 1. At Eltham, aged 68, Elizabeth, wife of John Green, esq.

June 7. At Sydenham, Elizabeth, widow of Abraham Ewings, esq.

June 8. At Sibton House, near Canterbury, Matthias Wilks, esq.

At Lee, aged 86, John Burnett Bennett, esq. many years Inspector of Mail Packets to the Post Office.

LANCASTER.-May 9. Eleanor Eustatia, third dau. of Lieut. Col. Hulton, of Preston.

Aged 47, Sarah, wife of the Rev. J. C. Prince, incumbent of St. Thomas's, Liverpool.

LEICESTER.-May 31. At Long Clawson, aged 43, Thomas C. Hoe, eldest son of the Rev. T. Hoe, Vicar. For several years he was a commission agent in the lace trade, for the firm of Wilson, Watson, Burnside and Co. andwas much respected, in the commercial world, in most of the counties of England and Scotland.

LINCOLN.-May 23. At the residence of her son-in-law, John Taylor, esq. Burnham, aged 95, Jane relict of John Swale, esq. Croom, near Sledmere, York.

MIDDLESEX.-May 26. At Hadley, aged 65, T. Dimsdale, esq.

June 6. At Twickenham, Caroline, second sister of George Byng, esq. M.P. for Middlesex.

MONMOUTH.-Lately. At the Narth, near Whitebrook, aged 86, Mary, wife of