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BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS OF CELEBRATED PERSONS,

LATELY DECEASED.

SIR JOHN CARR.

This gentleman died at his house in New Norfolk Street, July 17th, of an affection of the heart, after a short illness of a few hours, at the age of 60. Twenty years since, Sir John was publicly known as the author of many books of travels in various parts of Europe. His " Stranger in France," written after his visit to that country in the year 1803, when the world was greedy for information respecting the character and manners of a people changed by the events of a revolution, and severed from our intercourse by the consequent war, was read with avidity. The light and rapid sketches, the spirit and gentlemanlike feeling which characterized his volumes, led to his recurring to that class of literature, which gratified the public, whilst it benefited himself and his publisher. The pungent satire of M. Dubois, in "My Pocket-Book," and the law-proceedings consequent thereon, induced him to retire into the quiet of private life. It is but justice to say, that the light, cheerful character of his writings was harmless; for that they produced positive good, by giving one portion of mankind a better opinion of another, is shown in the fact, that he received the compliment of knighthood from the Duke of Bedford in the year 1806, for the liberal view which he had taken of the character of the people of Ireland; and he was solicited to visit America, that his generous and benevolent pen might assist in removing the prejudices which still exist too strongly be tween the children of a common mother.

Since the death of his lady, which cast a gloom over his remaining days, he lived in a little circle of affectionate friends, beloved and respected. His extensive observations of mankind had enriched his mind with a store of sketches and anecdotes; and these, in spite of his own occasional depression of spirits, never failed to exhilarate theirs, by his happy and humorous mode of relating them.

A correspondent of the "Literary Gazette" has given the public the above slight sketch. It is scarcely sufficient of a man to whom we have been indebted for some pleasant hours, and no inconsiderable information.

DAVID POWER, ESQ. Died, at Berbice, on the 22d of May, after a short attack of dyspepsia, David

*In Ireland, he obtained the soubriquet of "the Jaunting Carr."

Power, Esq. the protector of slaves of that colony. Mr. Power formerly distinguished himself in checking the slave trade carried on between Madagascar and the Isles of France and Bourbon during our occupation of the latter island, and displayed in the office which he held at the time of his death intrepid and zealous humanity. His talents were brilliant; his kindness of heart and uninterrupted gaiety endeared him to his friends, and will cause him to be regretted by all who knew him. Mr. Power was many years connected as a Parliamentary Reporter with the Morning Chronicle newspaper; and distinguished himself as one of the most skilful and accomplished individuals who has ever laboured in this most arduous and important department of the Public Press.

FRANCIS BARON ROTTENBURG.

In the year 1795, the Baron was ap pointed Major in Hompesch's Hussars; in the following year he became a LieutenantColonel; and in 1797 was removed to a Lieutenant-Colonelcy in the 60th Foot. He served in Ireland during the rebellion of 1798, in which year he formed the fifth battalion of the 60th into a rifle corps. He also at the same period submitted to the Commander-in-chief a code of rules and regulations for the exercise of riflemen and light infantry, and their conduct in the field; which the Duke of York having approved, was published by authority, and made general in the army. In 1799 the Lieutenant-Colonel was present at the taking of Surinam.

In 1805, the Baron was promoted to the rank of Colonel; and in 1808 he had the command, with the rank of BrigadierGeneral, of four battalions of light infantry at the camp of instruction on the Curragh of Kildare. In the same year he was transferred from the Irish to the English staff; and charged with the formation of three battalions of light infantry, viz. the 68th, 88th, and 71st regi

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ments, assembled at Brabourn Lees. commanded the light troops in 1809 at the attack on the island of Walcheren and the siege of Flushing. On his return to England, he was replaced on the staff in Kent.

In May, 1810, he was transferred to the staff in Canada, and on his arrival took the command of the garrison at Quebec: in July of this year he obtained the rank of Major-General. In 1812 he was, on the breaking (out of the war with

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America, appointed to command the Mon-
treal District. In 1813 he took the com-
mand of the troops in the Upper Provinces,
and was appointed President of Upper
Canada. He commanded in the two fol-
lowing years the left division of the army
in Canada. In 1819 he received the rank
of Lieutenant-General; he was also a
Knight Commander of the Hanoverian
Guelphic Order. Baron Rottenburg died
at Portsmouth in April last, very gene-
rally respected.

Sir J. Tyrell-Lord Dillon-Duke of Reichstadt.

SIR JOHN TYRELL.

Sir John Tyrell died at his house, Boreham, Essex, in the 71st year of his

age.

He was an unaffected country gentleman, whose good-nature was habitual and permanent, and one whose actions proved his honest mind. He was in the Commission of the Peace, and a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex upwards of forty-five years. As Chairman of the Petty Session, in which he presided for the last twenty years, his decisions were directed to the general good-to the tranquillity of society, and the security of the individual. The poor man's cause he invariably advocated, and awarded relief where it was required by the necessitous to the full extent countenanced by the law; whilst the thief and the impostor never failed, on conviction, to receive at his hands their merited reward. Sir John's intercourse with society displayed that courtesy and condescension which make their way into the good opinion and to the very heart, and never fail to allay that envy which too frequently attends a high station. As a social and convivial companion, it was a happiness to live and converse with him; and his good-nature more particularly displayed itself by his readiness to do kind offices to those whose only return could be that of grateful feeling. Sir John Tyrell was created a Baronet on the 28th September, 1809, and thereby revived a title so ancient as to be derived from Sir Walter Tyrell, who slew King Rufus. The heads of the families of fifteen generations from Sir Walter appear to have been knighted, and of these families the deceased (Sir John Tyrell, of Boreham House) was a descendant. He is succeeded in the title and estates by the late Member for the County, now Col. Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, Bart.

LORD DILLON.

Henry Augustus Dillon Lee, 13th Viscount Dillon, at the age of fifty-five. His Lordship was the author of a pamphlet on the Catholic Question in 1805; and of a "Commentary on the Military Establishments of the British Empire," two

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vols. 8vo. 1811. More recently, he pub-
lished a remarkable work of fiction,
founded on actual circumstances in Italy
and Germany, and a poem. His Lord.
ship was much attached to literary pur-
He had suffered long, though
suits.
apparently a fine and vigorous man, from
a consuming disease.

GABRIEL DERJAVIN.

One of the most celebrated Russian poets, Gabriel Romanowitsch Derjavin, lately died at his estate near Novogorod. In his youth he had served with distinction in the Russian army. He next entered the Administration, and was created Minister of Justice by Catherine II. Soon after he retired, and devoted all his time to poetry. One of his Odes, "To God!" has been translated into Latin, and into Chinese by order of the Emperor of China, who had this piece of poetry printed in gold letters on silk, and hung up in one of the apartments of his palace.

THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT.

The long expected death of the Duke of Reichstadt took place on the morning of the 22d of July: an easy death put an end to his painful existence, at the palace of Schoenbrunn, Vienna. He has fallen a victim to the pulmonary disease, brought on by a rigid system of confinement, and denial of all those innocent pleasures in which youth delights to indulge. He was born on the 20th March, 1811, and consequently was in his 22d year at the time of his death. It is scarcely two and twenty years ago, since the acclamations of all France were loud and enthusiastic at his birth. Shortly after he was born, he was created by his father King of Rome. He was deified by the French, and regarded as the heir of the "Man of the Age," and the future Sovereign, not only of France and Italy, but of nearly the whole of continental Europe. His father was then in the very zenith of his power, and naturally felt great joy at the birth of a son, to whom he might transmit his titles and vast dominions, and who should perpetuate his family among the Sovereigns of Europe. But two years more, and his army, which constituted his chief power, was destroyed in Russia-two years more he fought his last battle at Waterloo-six years after he died an exile and prisoner on the barren island of St. Helena; and now, his only son, the delight of the French people, and who was to preserve his name, and carry still farther the greatness of the French arms, dies of a lingering disease, bereft of all power, and almost unnoticed by the powerful nation that was to form his vast

empire-the son of that man who, like another Sesostris, bound princes to his iron car, whose word was law, whose frown was annihilation, lived an exile, and has died a captive. His whole existence was a mystery; and all that can be safely said of him is, that he was born, breathed, and passed away. Such is the tax which, in some shape or other, either in its own person, or in that of its dearest connexions, ambition never fails to pay. The termination of the direct line of Napoleon Bonaparte constitutes him another of the many distinguished conquerors who have failed of issue to bear down their name to posterity.

The Emperor directed that his funeral should be attended with the forms and honours of an archduke. The corpse was interred in the imperial family vault on the 24th. It is remarkable that

Bonaparte apprehended the death of his son, from the nature of his own malady, and often conversed with his attendants on the steps he would have taken, had he retained sovereignity, to avert it.

The loss of this Prince is of little importance in a political sense. Had he lived and been permitted to enjoy the freedom which belonged to him of right, he would not have disturbed the peace of Europefor the Napoleon party has now little influence even in France. The manner of his death, however, must give pain to every person whose heart has not been steeled by some fancied political interest against the emotions which naturally affect mankind. We do not envy the feelings of those by whose management he was destroyed, if indeed such men have any feelings left.

INCIDENTS, ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS, APPOINTMENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

The half-yearly meeting of the St. Katharine's Dock Company has taken place. Although the Foreign arrivals have fallen off during the last six months nearly one-third, it appears that the business of the Company has increased during the same period by 14 vessels and 7727 tons. A dividend of 14 per cent. was agreed to.

A Supplement to the "London Gazette" has contained an Order in Council dated August 4, on the subject of the cholera. The Order, after reciting some of the provisions of the Act of Parliament upon the subject of this disease, empowers the authorities of the city of London to take measures for providing for a portion of the expenses which may be incurred in consequence of it, out of the poor-rates of the different parishes of that city. The Order also empowers the said authorities to make regulations for the speedy burial of persons who have died of cholera, and to remove or destroy all articles which might be considered likely to injure the public health.

Somerville's own letter, have not been substantiated. It appears that the horse was not unmanageable. It was unsteady, owing to Somerville's inattention to the riding-master's instructions. It had been ridden by a boy in the band, carrying his instrument, both before and since. It was not selected, but sent to the riding-school that day quite incidentally. The punishment was justifiable, and one-half of it was remitted voluntarily by Major Wyndham. The chief charges against the Major are therefore unfounded. But the Court reports that he acted injudiciously and inconsiderately in entering into conversation with Somerville about the letter in the "Dispatch" while he was before him, charged with a military offence; and that the trial and punishment were unduly precipitate. The Court find him deficient in care, discretion, and judgment; but acquit him of being influenced by any motives unbecoming his station and character, or which could subject his honour to just impeachment.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. Charles Kekewich, B.A., has been

The Court of Common Council have voted 4000/. for the purchase of a piece of ground for the sepulture of cholera dead, instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Bath and and a general cemetery for the use of various parishes in the city.

The military Court of Inquiry has finished its report on the case of Somerville, the private in the Scots Greys. The statements in the petition of Richard Smith to the House of Commons, and in

Wells, to the Rectory of Greinton, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Brice.

The Rev. Arthur Farwell to the Rectory of Stoke Fleming, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Manley.

The Rev. T. V. Durell, M.A. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Vicarage of Pyrton, Oxfordshire.

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Preferments-Appointments-Marriages.

The Rev. R. F. Laurence, M.A. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Vicarage of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire.

The Rev. J. S. Boone, M.A. of Christ Church, to the New Church at Paddington.

The Rev. W. L. Buckle, Rector of Adwell, to the Vicarage of Banstead, Surrey.

The Rev. J. S. Henslow, M.A. Regius Professor of Botany, to the Vicarage of Cholsey-cumMonisford, Berks.

The Rev. J. Bicker to the Perpetual Curacy of Wingfield, Sussex.

The Rev. W. Okes, M.A. Senior Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, to the Consolidated Livings of Wheatacre, and Mutford with Barnaby, Suffolk.

The Rev. H. Burn, S.C.L. has been collated to the Prebendal Stall of Llangunello, in the Collegiate Church of Brecon, void by the death of the Rev. D. B. Allen.

The Rev. R. Phayre, to the Rectory of East and West Rainham, Norfolk, and licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary Coslany, Norwich.

The Rev. T. Watson to the Perpetual Curacy of Tottenhill, Norfolk.

The Rev. H. Biddulph, B.D. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Stanlake, Oxon, vacant by the death of the Rev. F. Whitcombe.

The Rev. T. D'Eye Betts, A.B. to the Rectory of Martlesham, Suffolk.

The Rev. W. Acton, LL.B. of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Weston Colville.

The Rev. Thomas Steele, to the Vicarage of Coaley, Gloucester, void by the cession of the Rev. C. Hawkins.

The Rev. J. Ward, late Curate, to the Rectory of East Clandon. Surrey, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Weller.

The Rev. H. C. Marsh, B.A. to the Rectory of Barnack, Northamptonshire, vacated by the institution of the Rev. Charles Kingsley to the Rectory of Clovelly.

The Rev. S. Smith to the Vicarage of Lois Weedon, Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. I. T. Price.

The Rev. G. Burrington, to the Rectory of Woodleigh, in the county of Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Edmonds.

The Rev. J. Dornford, M.A. Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Plymtree, in the county of Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Offspring Holwell.

The Rev. D. Adams, M.A. to the Vicarage of Pinkoe, in the county of Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Bartlam.

The Rev. A. Asgil Colville, to the Rectory of Great Livermere, with Little Livermere annexed, in the county of Suffolk.

The Rev. Edward Birch, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Curacy of All Saints, Manchester.

The Rev. F. Thurlow, Rector of Houghton-le-
Spring, in the county of Durham, has appointed
the Rev. J. S. Nichol, Curate of Wooler, to the
Ministry of the New Church of Hetton.

The Rev. George Townsend, M.A. Vicar of
Northallerton, has been appointed by the Lord
Bishop and the Dean and Chapter of Durham,
the Official for Allerton and Allertonshire, in

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the peculiar and spiritual jurisdiction of the dio.
cese of Durham.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c. The King has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint George Jackson, Esq. in the room of Alexander Cunningham, Esq. deceased, to be his Majesty's Commissary Judge to the mixed British and Brazilian Commission established at Rio de Janeiro, under the Convention for the abolition of the African slave-trade of Brazil, concluded at Rio de Janeiro, between his Majesty and the Emperor of Brazil, on the 23rd of November, 1826.

Mr. Charles Wood, M.P. (son-in-law of Earl Grey), is appointed First Secretary to the Treasury, in the room of Mr. Ellice, resigned.-Colonel Fox has been appointed Surveyor-general of the Ordnance.

Mr. Sergeant Spankie has been elevated to the rank of King's Sergeant; and Mr. Joy is appointed King's Counsel.

The King has appointed Sir Augustus Clifford, Knt., Captain in the Royal Navy, to the Office of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

The King has been pleased to appoint Lord Nugent to be Lord High Commissioner in and to the United States of the Ionian Islands.

Married.]-At Ingestrie, the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Chetwynd Talbot, second son of Earl Talbot, of Ingestrie Hall, Staffordshire, to Harriet, only daughter of H. C. Aston, Esq. of Aston Hall.

Donald Cameron, Esq. eldest son of D. Cameron, Esq. of Lochiel, North Britain, to Vere Catherine Louisa, youngest daughter of the late Hon. G. Hobart, and sister to the present Earl of Buckinghamshire.

At Brightwell, Oxon, J. More Molyneux, Esq. of Losely Park, Surrey, to Caroline Isabella Lowndes, eldest daughter of W. F. Lowndes Stone, Esq. of Brightwell Park, Oxon.

At March, Edward Gilham, Esq. eldest son of Frederick Markby, Esq. of Hanxton, in Cambridgeshire, to Jane, youngest daughter of Hardy Johnson, Esq. of March.

Walter Vipan, Esq. of Earith, Hunts, to Miss Mary Upsher, of Sutton.

At St. Pancras Church, Lieut. G. Davies, R.N. to Julia, the fourth daughter of J. Hume, Esq. of Percy-street, Bedford-square.

At Barlbro', Derbyshire, the Rev. C. Alderson, second son of the Rev. Jonathan Alderson, Rector of Harthill, Yorkshire, to Georgiana, fourth daughter of the late J. Peel, Esq. of Pastures House, Derbyshire.

At Paris, Sir Ferdinand Acton, Bart. of Aldenham, Salop, to Mademoiselle de Dalberg, only daughter of the Duke de Dalberg, Peer of France.

Sir John Mansel. Bart. to Maria Georgiana, only daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. Champion Dymoke, and sister to the present Champion.

At West Molesey, the seat of the Right Hon. J. W. Croker, George Barrow. Esq. eldest son of Mr. Secretary Barrow, of the Admiralty, to Miss Rosamond Croker.

At Woodbridge, the Rev. Henry Cresswell, of Canterbury, to Louisa, only surviving child of the late G. H, Engleheart, Esq. of London.

The Rev. Thomas Henderson, Vicar of Messing and Rector of Wake's Colne, both in Essex, to Frances, eldest daughter of the Rev. C. Dalton, Vicar of Kelvedon.

At St. Marylebone, on the 21st ult. the Rev. John Cecil Hall, son of the late Dean of Durham, and Rector of Great Cressingham, Norfolk, to Frances Amelia, eldest daughter of the Hon. Colonel Wingfield Stratford, of Addington Place, Kent; and on the same day, John Malcolm, Esq. youngest son of Neil Malcolm, Esq. Poltalloch, Argyllshire, to Isabella Harriet, youngest daughter of the Hon. Col. Wingfield Stratford.

At Paxton House, Berwickshire, on the 30th ult. by the Rev. John Edgar, of Hutton, David Milne, Esq. advocate, eldest son of Vice-Adm. Sir David Milne, K. C. B. of Milne Graden, to Jean, eldest daughter of William F. Home, Esq.

of Paxton.

At Welwyn, Herts, John Villiers Shelley, Esq. eldest son of Sir John Shelley, Bart. of Maresfield Park, Sussex, to Louisa Elizabeth Anne, only child of the Rev. S. J. Knight, of Henley Hall, Salop, and Rector of Welwyn.

At Merton, R. H. Wrightson, Esq. to the Hon. Elizabeth Augusta de Grey, eldest daughter of Lord Walsingham.

At Neath, Glamorganshire, the Hon. John Wingfield Stratford, of Addington-place, Kent, to Henrietta Grant, daughter of the late H. Grant, Esq. of the Gnoll, Glamorganshire.

Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart. M.P. of Baron Hill, Anglesey, to Maria Frances, the only daughter of Sir T. Stanley Massey Stanley, Bart, of Hooton, Cheshire.

At South Stonham, the Rev. John Crawford, second son of W. Crawford, Esq. of Dorking, to Eleanor, fourth daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Foote, K.C.B. of Highfield-house, near Southampton.

At St. George's Hanover-square, Viscount Howick to Miss Maria Copley, daughter of Sir Joseph Copley, Bart.

In London, Mr. John Lander (the younger of the two African travellers), to Mary, fifth daughter of R. Livett, Esq. of London.

At Marylebone Church, J. Hopton Russell Chichester, Esq. eldest son of Dr. Chichester, to Grace Mary, daughter of the late Sir E. Knatchbull, of Mersham Hatch, Kent, and the Dowager Lady Knatchbull, of Welbeck-street.

On the 15th inst. at All Saints' Church, Southampton, Beauchamp, third son of the late Lord Charles Beauchamp Kerr, grandson of the late Marquis of Lothian, and Captain of the 35th Regiment, to Caroline Eliza, youngest daughter of the late James Irwin, Esq. of the Hon. East India Civil Service.

At Wimbledon, R. B. Palliser, Esq. to Fanny, daughter of the late Joseph Marryat, Esq. M.P. Harris Prendergast, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, barrister-at-law, eldest son of Colonel Jeffery Prendergast, Military Auditor-general at Madras, to Hannah Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas Fry, Rector of Emberton, Bucks.

At Dover, R. F. Bourchier, Esq. to Antoinette Anna Louisa, daughter of the Hon. J. Rodney.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. Gilbert Blackburne, youngest son of J. Blackburne, Esq. of Hale, Lancashire, which county he represented in Parliament for the long period of

forty-eight years, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of the late Sir Montagu Burgoyne, Bart. of Sutton Park, Beds.

At Brighton, Viscount Bernard, son of the Earl of Bandon, to Catherine Mary, eldest daughter of Thomas Whitmore, Esq. of Apley Park, Shropshire.

The Hon. Henry Howard, eldest son of Lord Howard of Effingham, to Eliza, only daughter of General Sir Gordon Drummond, K.C.B.

At Longford, the Hon. W. Osborne, 10th Hussars, to Miss Emma Smith.

At Gosford House, N.B. Wm. Forbes, Esq. of Callender, in the county of Stirling, to the Lady Louisa Charteries, fifth daughter of the Earl of Wemyss and March.

At Tottenham, Lieut.-Gen. Armstrong, to Mary Esther, second daughter of Thomas Artemidorus Russell, Esq. of Cheshunt Park, Herts.

At Tottenham, J. H. C. Russell, Esq. of Essex Street, Strand, and Sittingbourne, Kent, eldest son of Thomas Artemidorus Russell, of Cheshunt Park, Herts, Esq. grandson of the late Oliver Cromwell, Esq. and lineally descended from the Protector, to Eliza, only surviving daughter of M. Lievesley, Esq. of Muswell Hill.

At Bath, George Augustus Woodforde, Esq. youngest son of Colonel Woodforde, of Ausford House, Somerset, to Harriet Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Leir of Dicheat Rectory.

Died.]-Lady Hannah Ellice, wife of Edward Ellice, Esq. Secretary to the Treasury, and sister of Earl Grey.

At Park Crescent, Harriet, wife of the Hon. J. T. L. Melville.

H. Scott, Esq. his Majesty's Consul at Bordeaux.

At Berbice, David Power, Esq. the Protector of Slaves of that Colony.

In Camden Street, T. G. Smith, Esq. of the Six Clerks' Office.

At Drogheda (of Cholera), the Most Rev. Dr. Curtis, Roman Catholic Primate of all Ireland, at the patriarchal age of 95 years.

The Rev. Edward Peters, A.M. Rector of Great Wigborough, Essex.

At Paris (of Cholera), Madame De St. Quentin, wife of M. De St. Quentin.

Mr. T. Ormes, of the Bank of England, in his 51st year.

In Norfolk Street, Park Lane, Sir John Carr, in his 60th year.

On his arrival in England, from Bombay, Maj. G. White, of the 19th Regt. of Native Infantry, second son of Joseph White, Esq. of Little Munden, Herts, in his 34th year.

At his seat, Major House, Suffolk, Lord Henniker, in his 55th year.

Admiral Sir Israel Pellew, K.C.B. brother to Lord Exmouth, at an advanced age.

At Bruchval, on the 21st ult. the Dowager Margravine Amelia Frederica of Baden.

In the 77th year of his age, the celebrated Chemist, Count Chaptal, a Peer of France, Member of the Institute, and who, under the Empire, was Minister of the Interior.

The Rev. W. A. Jenner, D.D. Senior Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, second son of Robert Jenner, Esq. formerly of Trinity College, and Regius Professor of Civil Law, in his 81st year,

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