language were familiar to him; he studied the constitution and politics of his country, and became a proficient in the common and statute law. He commenced as an author by contributing, though anonymously, to some of the periodical publications of his time. He published in 8vo. 1794, "Remarks on the Corporation and Test Acts;" he translated the various charters granted to the town and county of the town of Nottingham, and to the corporate body, by our sovereigns of the earliest day. He also opposed some statements made by the truly learned Gilbert Wakefield, in the Nottingham Journal, with considerable success. His conversation to his friends was familiar and open, intelligent and sincere. In politics, he was a Tory; in religion, a member of the Church of England.-Gentleman's Magazine.

HENNIKER, Sir Frederic, Bart. of Newton Hall, Essex, B. A. of St. Jolin's College, Cambridge, and Colonel of a battalion of the Essex local militia, Aug. 6, at his chambers in the Albany, in his 32nd year; after a severe and painful illness of a fortnight, the acute sufferings of which he sustained with becoming resignation. He was born November 1. 1793, and was the eldest son of the late Hon. Lieut.-General Sir Brydges Trecothick Henniker, Bart. who died July 3. 1816, and like his other connexions, received his education at Eton, where he made no inconsiderable progress in classical literature, and the beauties of which were ever present to his mind. He subsequently pursued his studies at St. John's College, Cambridge, and on quitting the university, impelled by a desire of visiting foreign countries, directed his course through France and Italy, to Malta, and thence to Alexandria and Upper Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis, Mount Sinai, and through Palestine, to Jerusalem, making his return by Smyrna, Athens, Constantinople, to Vienna, The result of his observations was published in 1822, in an 8vo. volume, entitled, "Notes during a Visit to Egypt, Jerusalem, &c." and which in an easy and familiar style contains many amusing particulars of his travels, adventures, and perilous escape, being severely wounded by banditti, and left for dead, when descending from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Sir Frederick Henniker, in the spring of 1824, had canvassed the borough of Reading, in the event of a dissolution

of the present parliament; but from a difference of opinion on the vital question of Catholic Emancipation (to which he was strongly opposed), he withdrew his pretensions a few days anterior to his death,

His remains were removed on the 12th, and, attended by his afflicted relatives. tenantry, and friends, interred with due solemnity on the following day, in the vault with his respected father and family at Great Dunmow, Essex, in which parish Newton Hall is situated. Gentleman's Magazine.

HESLOP, the Rev. Luke, D.D. 23d June. Dr. Heslop was Archdeacon of Bucks, Rector of St. Marylebone, &c. &c., the oldest senior wrangler, and the oldest archdeacon of all his contemporaries. He was born about the year 1738, the youngest of a numerous family, at Middleham, in the north of Yorkshire. He did not go to Cam bridge until he had passed by some years the age at which students usually repair to the university. His name first appears in the Cambridge Calendar, 1764, when he took his degree of B. A. as Senior Wrangler of Bene't College. The celebrated Paley, a north countryman also, had distinguished himself by the same honour the preceding year. Heslop afterwards became fellow of his college. In 1772 and 1773 he filled the office of moderator in the public schools, in the former of which years, Pretyman, (now Tomline) the present Bishop of Winchester, took his B. A. degree, and attained the same highest university honour. The master of Bene't was at this time, Dr. Greene, Bishop of Lincoln. He had himself been Senior Wrangler in 1749, and appreciating the active talents and persevering industry of Heslop, made him first his examining chaplain, and almost immediately afterwards, that office falling vacant, raised him to the dignity of Archdeacon of Bucks. On the various duties of this latter charge, Mr. Heslop immediately entered with uncompromising firmness and resolution, ; -a line of conduct which he laid down to himself and pursued throughout. To the archdeaconry was attached a stall in Lincoln. The bishop becoming Dean of St. Paul's, next conferred on him the prebendal stall of Holborn in that cathedral, together with the vicarage of St. Peter le Poor in the city of London. This vicarage was resigned for the rectory of Adstock in Bucks, the last preferment

bestowed on him by his early and constant patron. On this living Mr. Heslop resided upwards of 25 years as an active parish pastor and useful magistrate; during the latter part of this period he held also the small rectory of Addington. His residence in Buckinghamshire introduced him to the acquaintance of the late Duke of Portland, to whose interests in the county he at tached himself, and to whom he was indebted for the preferment he afterwards attained. In 1803 he was presented by his Grace of Portland, then prime minister, to the valuable rectory of Bothall in Northumberland, with which he also held the small rectory of Fulmer in Bucks. These livings, however, he shortly afterwards gave up, and was appointed by the Duke of Portland, minister of St. Marylebone, and also, as a make-weight compensation for the resignation of Bothall (which was conferred on the tutor of the present duke) to the vicarage of St. Augustine's in Bristol, the presentation to which at that time chanced to be in the Crown; the Dean of Bristol, the former incumbent, having been raised to the bench. In St. Marylebone Dr. Heslop finally settled himself in December, 1809, when he had already passed the threescore years and ten allotted to mortal vigour. His advanced age, however, by no means prevented a most assdiuous attention to all the various concerns of that vast and overgrown parish. In matters of public business, whoever is called by his situation or office, not only to do his own duty, but to make others do theirs, must often find many to oppose, and will have but a thankless and an irksome task; such may, in some cases, have been the lot of the venerable Archdeacon of Bucks and aged minister of St. Marylebone. To his firmness, principally, is owing that the enormous spiritual evil in the parish of Marylebone, that of committing more than one hundred thousand souls to the charge of one pastor, was not perpetuated, as it had heretofore been palliated for the moment, by the erection of additional proprietory chapels, instead of the only effectual remedy being applied, viz. a division into separate parishes. This remcdy his suggestions chiefly pointed cut, and this his ready yielding up his own lights, enabled the Crown to begin during his incumbency. By one of the last acts of the last session of Parliament, this long-called-for division has been carried

into complete effect. In the discharge of the ministerial duties of Marylebone, Dr. Heslop was ever ready to do more than could be looked for, either from his age or his station. His heart was ever kind, and his ear ever open, to the calls of distress when brought before him; and the poor who went to him with their own little tales of want or difficulty will bear their testimony, that they always found him attentive to their complaints, and ready both himself to give and also to procure for them proper relief. In private life, whoever knew him, will recollect the perfect urbanity and affability of his manners. In person tall and commanding, his appearance was that of a highly dignified and venerable clergyman. Such was the extraordinary vigour of his constitution, that for the first eighty years of his life, he was never confined a single day by sickness, nor ever had recourse to medical remedies or advice: a rare exemption this from the ills which flesh is generally heir to; yet such an uninterrupted enjoyment of health, throughout so extended a period, must be attributed in part, at least, to his own proper and temperate use of the blessing itself: he never knew what it was to have an head-ache. During this long archdeaconship he published several charges to his clergy, marked by sound practical advice: whilst resident in his living in Bucks, two short "Exhortations to habitual and devout Communicants ;' and whilst at Bothall, two sermons preached at the assizes, and at the visitation of the Bishop of Durham. different periods he also published some pamphlets on the prices of corn, the value of land, &c. &c. To the very end of his life he continued extremely fond of all matters relating to calculaton, and was constantly employing himself with a pen in his hand. He was throughout life indefatigable. In 1773 Mr. Heslop married Dorothy, a daughter of Dr. Reeve, a physician of eminence in the city. This lady, one son, and a daughter, married to Henry Partridge, Esq. of Hockham Hall, Norfolk, survive him. His remains were accompanied on foot (by the parochial clergy) to the new church of St. Marylebone. Few men, even during a long life, have held successively more various church preferment than Dr. Heslop. But the emoluments of all of them together did not allow him to amass wealth. Instead of having to record of

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Dr. Heslop, as was once said of a certain church dignitary, and may perchance be said of another that he died "shamefully rich,". to the surprise of all who misjudged his public means, and knew not the private demands upon it, the late Rector of Marylebone died New Monthly Magazine. HIPPISLEY, Sir John Coxe, Bart, of Warfield Grove, Berks, recorder of Sudbury; T. C. L., F. R. and A. S.; May 3; in Grovesnor-street; in his 80th year.

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The Hippisleys are a Somersetshire family, which has been traced to an early period. Sir John was the only surviving son of William Hippisley, Esq. of Yatton, Somerset, by Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Webb, Esq. of Cromhall, county of Gloucester (the representative of the ancient family of Clyfford House, Somerset); he was named Coxe, from his paternal grandmother Dorothy, only daughter of William Coxe, Esq. of East Harptree, So

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He was a student of Hertford College, Oxford, and created D. C. L. July 3, 1776; he was early entered as a student, and became a Bencher of the honourable society of the Inner Temple. In 1779 and 1780, being in Italy, he was engaged in many communications to government. At Rome, early in the latter year, he married Margaret, second daughter of Sir John Stuart, Bart. of Allanbank, county of Berwick. By this lady, who died at Brompton, September 24, 1799, aged 44, he had one son, John Stuart (born August 16, 1790), who has succeeded to his title, and three daughters, Margaret Frances, married (July 6, 1805) to Thomas Strangeways Horner, Esq. of Mells Park, Somerset, WindhamBarbara, and Louisa-Anne. On his return, in the following year, he was recommended by Lord North, then at the head of the Treasury, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, by whom he was appointed to that service with the advanced rank of four years. He resigned this employment in 1789, having held offices of great trust and importance in the kingdom of Tanjore during the war with Hyder Ally, and his son Tippoo Sultaun. Soon after his return to England he was appointed recorder of Sudbury, and he was thereby introduced, at the general election of 1790, into the representation of that borough, At the two following general elections, in 1796 and

1801, Sir James Marriot and William Smith, Esq. were returned, but at that of 1802 (Mr. Crespigny having transferred to Sir John his interest in the borough, which, though it had been frequently defeated, was of great power), he was again elected, and continued to sit for Sudbury till 1819, when, having represented it in five parliaments, be retired.

In 1792 he returned to Italy, where he continued till 1796, employed in many important negociations, the beneficial results of which were acknowledged in the most flattering manner by his majesty's ministers.

In 1796, at the instance of the late king of Wirtemburg, he was engaged in the negociation of that prince's marriage with the Princess Royal of Great Britain, an alliance considered at the time as likely to be of great importance, his Serene Highness being the brotherin-law of the Emperors of Germany and Russia. In consequence of the success of that negociation, Sir John Coxe Hippisley was created a baronet of Warfield Grove, Berks, April 30, 1796. The reigning Duke of Wirtemburg, by letters patent, granted to Sir John and his posterity the right of bearing his ducal arms, with the motto of the Great Order of Wirtemburg, "Amicitiæ virtutisque fœdus." This grant was confirmed by the King of Great Britain's sign manual, July 7, 1797, and commanded to be registered in the College of Arms. The arms of Wirtemburg are borne on the breasts of the baronet's supporters, which are eagles regardant rising sable. On the alliance taking place, Sir John was appointed, together with the Duke of Portland, Lord Grenville, and Mr. Chancellor Pitt, a commissioner and trustee of her Royal Highness's marriage settlement.

The benevolent and munificent act of his late Majesty towards the unfortunate representative of the house of Stuart, and the expressive feelings of dignified gratitude with which the boon was accepted and acknowledged, are facts generally known and applauded. The distresses of the Cardinal of York were originally notified to his Majesty, in consequence of the letters addressed to Sir J. Hippisley by the Cardinal Borgia; and the transaction may well be considered as an interesting feature in the reign of George the Good,

Sir John served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1800. In the

same year he was named in the charter of the Royal Institution of Great Britain one of the first managers of that corporation.

Sir John Hippisley married, secondly (February 16, 1801), at Whattley, Somerset, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Thomas Horner, of Mells Park, Esq. and relict of Henry Hippisley Coxe, Esq. M. P. for Somersetshire (who was very distantly related to our Baronet, being descended from the heiress of the elder branch of the Hippisley family, seated at Camely, who, by a remarkable coincidence, had, by marriage with a Coxe, associated the two names in her family also). By his second marriage Sir John acquired the mansion-house of Stone Easton, but had no issue.

On the installation of the Duke of Gloucester as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, in 1811, he received the honorary degree of M. A. as of Trinity College. In 1816 he was treasurer of the Inner Temple. He was also a vice-president and constant supporter of the Literary Fund Society, one of the principal promoters of the literary institutions at Bath and Bristol, a member of the Government Committee of the Turkey Company, and a vice-president and efficient member of the West of England Agricultural Society. He was for many years an active magistrate for Somersetshire, and none exceeded him in the zealous discharge of his judicial duties.

In his senatorial capacity he bestowed considerable attention on the state of Ireland, and the question of Catholic emancipation, in favour of which he published "Observations on the Roman Catholics of Ireland," 1806, 8vo."Substance of additional Observations intended to have been delivered in the House of Commons on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland," 1806, 8vo." Substance of his Speech in the House of Commons on the motion of the Right Hon. H. Grattan, respecting the Penal Laws against the Catholics of Ireland, April 24, 1812," 8vo." Letters to the Earl of Fingal on the Catholic Claims," 1813, 8vo.

Sir John was also much interested on the Tread-Mill question, and in 1823, published an octavo volume, recommending the Hand Crank-Mill as a substitute for that machine. The work consisted of correspondence and com

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left Yorkshire about the middle of the seventeenth century, and established in the Minories, London, a trade in what is called hardware, by which they acquired very considerable property. this family was the celebrated republican Thomas Hollis. The late Mr. Hollis was himself distinguished by his ingenuous love of truth, and eager and anxious search after it, by his zeal in the cause of freedom, and by his kindness and beneficence. Those who knew him well, the poor in his neighbourhood, and many persons in various situations, who received his benefactions without knowing their benefactor, will long expect in vain, if they should expect that his place in society will be supplied to them. Gentleman's Magazine.

HOLMES, Sir Leonard Thomas Worsley, Bart. Member and Recorder for the borough of Newport in the Isle of Wight, Commandant of the Isle of Wight Yeomanry Cavalry, and an acting magistrate for the county of Hants; Jan. 10; at his mother's, Dowager Lady Holmes; after a lingering illness; aged

38.

He was the eldest son of the Rev. Sir Henry-Worsley Holmes, LL. D. by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Leonard Lord Holmes; born July, 1787. On the death of his father, the eighth baronet, April 7, 1811, he succeeded to the title; and June 5, 1813, married Ann, daughter of John Delgarno, Esq. and niece of Leonard Troughear, Lord Holmes (which title became extinct in 1801); by whom he had issue three daughters and no son; in consequence, this ancient baronetcy (one of the earliest creations of James I. in 1611) becomes extinct.

He was a man who, whether his character be contemplated in the relations of private life, as a son, a husband, and a father; in social life, as a friend and a gentleman; or in public life, as a member of parliament and a magistrate; has not left his superior on this side the grave. His urbanity of man

ners, and kindness of heart, conciliated towards him the affection and esteem of all men and all parties, however differing in worldly views, or divided in religious or political opinion; whilst his ample fortune, and great political weight, enabled him to second the kind affections of his nature, and to be a friend to all around him.

On the 19th his remains were removed from Newport, for interment in the family vault at Arreton. The Isle of Wight never before witnessed such a scene as Newport then presented. All the shops were closed during the day, and business of every kind suspended, and each individual, from the nobleman to the cottager, appeared to vie with each other in showing respect to his memory. The funeral procession, which commenced precisely at twelve o'clock, and extended nearly a mile in length, was composed of the male relatives, servants, and tenants of the deceased, the heads of all the families of distinction in the island, the members of the Philosophical Society, and Isle of Wight and Vectis institutions in Newport, every respectable tradesmen in the town, and the members of the several Masonic lodges in the island. Twenty-six carriages were counted, and in them many Gentleman's persons of distinction. Magazine.

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JERMYN, Edmund, Gent., Dec. 28, 1824, at Harwich, greatly respected, and in his 72d year. Mr. Jermyn was the senior Capital Burgess, and Chamberlain of that borough. He was descended from the Depden branch of the very ancient family of the Jermyns, which was long seated at Rishbrook, now called Rushbrook, in Suffolk, which was possessed of land in that parish as early as the commencement of the 13th century; and one of whom was the erector of the venerable hall, a fine specimen of the Elizabethan æra. The elder branch of this family ended in heirs general, coheiresses on the decease of Thomas Lord Jermyn, Baron of St.

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Edmund's Bury, in 1703, who was the nephew of Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Alban's, and the eldest brother of Henry Lord Jermyn, Baron of Dover. Editors of "The Magna Britannia" state in their account of this noble family that "there is hardly a man in England of the name of Jermyn." The ancestors of the late Mr. Jermyn were formerly seated at Great Welnetham, and Hesset, in Suffolk.-Gentleman's Magazine.

JERNINGHAM, Lady Frances, relict of Sir William Jerningham, sixth Baronet, of Cossey, Norfolk; March 2; at her house in Bolton-Row; aged 77.

She was the eldest daughter of Henry, eleventh Viscount Dillon, by Lady Charlotte Lee, daughter of George, first Earl of Lichfield (and grand-daughter of Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, daughter of King Charles II.) She was married to Sir William Jerningham, in June 1767. He was the representative of one of the few remaining families of English gentry, prior in date to the Conquest, and was descended, on his mother's side, from King Edward III. Sir William died in 1809, leaving by his widow, the present Baron Stafford, and Frances-Georgiana, lady of Sir Richard Bedingfield, besides two sons, since cut off in the flower of their age; viz. William, who signalized himself by his distinguished bravery in the Austrian service; and Edward, an English barrister, and Secretary of the late British Catholic Board, whose memory is affectionately cherished by all who knew him, and whose death was an irreparable loss to the members of his communion. The venerable lady whose decease we now record, had been declining in health for the last twelve months, and breathed her last without a struggle. Her dignified person, courteous manners, and undissembled piety, had long rendered her an object of veneration and respect to the friends of the family, and to the numerous individuals who participated in its hospitality.-Gentleman's Magazine.

JOHNSTON, Lieut.-Col. Arthur; formerly in the 19th reg. foot, and 2d Ceylon battalion; late in His Majesty's regiment of Royal Corsican Rangers, and Assistant Commandant at the Senior Department of the Royal Military College, Farnham; June 8, 1824; at Sholden Lodge, Hants.

As a military man, Col. Johnston will be long remembered in India,