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were eagerly seized by the latter, and their wives and children, as well as their goods, crammed indiscriminately into them. Mr. Brown, when a boy, had many narrow escapes of this description. Thrown on his own resources, he acted with characteristic energy. Entertaining no sympathy with the anti-English party, he at once changed the politics of his paper-a step which excited considerable animosity against him, the friends of "freedom of opinion" carrying their violence so far as to attempt even personal chastisement. Mr. Brown, however, adhered to his course, and his paper flourished, despite all opposition. At that period every ship from Europe conveyed news of the great events of the war. Mr. Brown projected and perfected a system of boat expresses, to board the English vessels on their arrival, by which means he was enabled to outstrip all his contemporaries. This may be considered as the first step in that magnificent system of expressing which has since been carried out with so much skill in England, and which now reflects so much honour on the British press.

During the frightful ravages of the yellow fever at Philadelphia, Mr. Brown continued the publication of his newspaper, at the imminent risk of his life, at a period when the whole city was deserted by its inhabitants, and the grass grew high in the streets. Being the only paper published, the fugitive citizens, dispersed over the country, were indebted to it alone for information of their scattered friends, and of the progress of the disease.

Mr. Brown, however, soon saw too much of "liberalism" to remain in a land where liberalism" was then rampant. He disposed of his property in the "Philadelphia Gazette," and, in 1802, he embarked for England. During the whole of the long period which has since elapsed, he has ever employed such means as lay at his disposal in the support of the good old Tory cause. From 1806 to 1826 he resided in Bristol. He had retired from the active duties of life some years.- Bristol Mirror.

MISS GRACE AGUILAR.

Sept. 10. At Frankfort, aged 31, Grace, only daughter of the late Emanuel Aguilar, of Hackney, authoress of many popular works in favour of the Jews, and urging their claims to free and equal civil and religious rights throughout the civilised world.

Miss Aguilar's last work, "Home Influences," deserves a place in every house -whether Jew or Christian dwell therein. Her" Women of Israel" is so chivalrous in spirit, and so eloquent in style, that GENT. MAG. VOL. XXIX.

the Hebrew ladies did honour to themselves when they presented this noblehearted daughter of their race with a testimony of esteem.

She was one of whom they might well be proud; it will be long before we shall forget the kindly generous nature, the tender sympathy, and perfect truthfulness of the dark-eyed, full-hearted "Jewess," foremost in all good and righteous deeds.

In person Grace Aguilar was tall and slight; her manner gentle and persuasive; but when she spoke she was remarkably earnest, and when she became excited her full dark eyes were dazzling in their brightness. She was deeply read in the history of her people, perfectly heroic in their defence, but without a single taint of bitterness towards "the Christian." Her family found refuge in England from the persecutions in Portugal, and to England she was fervently attached. She manifested a talent for literary composition at an early age, and devoted herself to it with a faithful desire to discover and propagate truth. A little anecdote speaks volumes for the generosity of her nature. At one time her circumstances obliged her to require the "hire" which literary labourers are frequently supposed to be able to do without-as if the thinking facul ties were the most worthless as regarded this world of any of God's good gifts; but, some addition being made to her income, she wrote to the editor of a periodical to which she was a regular contributor, saying that she knew she did not now need remuneration as much as some others, and requesting that what she had been accustomed to receive might be added to their mite! Grace was by no means rich when she so acted: many would call her poor; but she had always something to bestow, and the manner of the gift doubled the charity. Her voice was a welcome sound in many a poor dwelling; and she never inquired whether the alms-asker was Jew or Gentile. From her youth she was considered fragile; but nothing restrained the energy of her mind and actions. She would continue to write; and she paid the penalty of overexertion sooner than most persons do. In the early part of this year it was thought that perfect change would restore the tone of her enfeebled frame; and, accompanied by her mother, she resolved to visit a brother in Germany-who is winning his way to high musical honours. Her sensitive and educated mind was alive to everything beautiful in Nature and Art; but she became weaker and weaker, still the lamp of life burned clearly and brightly to the last-there was no flickering before it was extinguished, and her intense suf

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Queen Elizabeth in the Royal Exchange, in which he has softened down the collars and ornaments of over-dressed Majesty with taste and ingenuity-a monument to the unfortunate Dr. Cameron of the FortyFive, erected in Savoy Chapel-a monument to Allan Cunningham, to be erected in the church of the parish in Scotland in which he was born, consisting of a basrelief of "Literature," full of elegancea bas-relief of "Dante and Beatrice"another of "Sleep and Death bearing off the body of Sarpedon"-one of "Hebe," and another of "Iris," for Mr. Barry's new gates at the Marquess of Lansdowne's seat at Bowood-and heads of Dante and Raphael and other works for Mr. Bellenden Kerr, being part of a chimney-piece commenced by Flaxman. The unfinished works will, it is said, be completed under the superintendence of Mr. Eastlake the painter; Mr. Watson's will, containing, as we hear, a dying request that that artist would see to their completion.-(Athenæum.)

WILL FAA.

Lately. At Kirk-Yetholm, Scotland, in the 96th year of his age, the venerable patriarch of the gipsy tribe, Will Faa.

Up to a very recent period he was in the enjoyment of a hale old age-pursuing his favourite amusement with the fishing rod, and taking long rambles; but, within these few months back, his iron frame indicated quick coming decay. Will held his kingly honours unchallenged for many years, and was as proud of his pedigree as if he had had all the blood of the Howards purpling his veins. He was always accounted a more respectable character than any of his tribe, and could boast of never having been in gaol during his life. At one time he kept a public house in Yetholm, and was a man pretty well to do, as things went, in the old Border village. He was either proprietor or life-renter of the house in which he died.

Will's old age lived on the memory of his young days. His eye kindled and his countenance beamed when he told of his feats at football, in which he bore the bell at the great matches of yore down both sides of the Borders. In everything that required the strong arm or lithe limb he was victorious; and, almost to the last, his mumbling speech became eloquent as he recalled his favourite recollections. It is believed that with Will the ancient gipsy name of Faa becomes ex

tinct. The tribe have appointed a successor of the name of Blyth.

Much has been said about attempts to reform the character of the Yetholm gipsies, and to reclaim them from their vagrant habits. Mr. Baird, the minister of the parish, has often appeared in public as their advocate: but, although efforts have been continued for many years in behalf of that humane purpose, they are, at this moment, as like to what people have generally conceived of them as ever they were. The book of indictment of the Jedburgh Justiciary or Sheriff Court is proof positive how the case stands. There is scarcely a circuit court held in which there is not a case from Kirk-Yetholm. Thieving seems their most frequent crime, and occasionally cases of desperate assault. At this moment there are about 120 resident or belonging to Yetholm. The origin of their location in this sequestered place is explained in this way :During the insurgency of 1715, a portion of the Pretender's troops passed to the South through this district. During the march, a fine blood horse, belonging to Sir William Bennet, of Marlefield, (a friend of the youthful James Thomson, the poet,) was stolen by the rebels. The baronet was enraged at his loss, and was determined to recover the animal, in which he succeeded, by means of a stray gipsy of the name of Faa, who had been hanging in the rear of the troops. The man followed up after them, and during the night sought out the horse, and, unloosening its fastenings, brought it off to Sir William, who rewarded him with a liferent of a house in Yetholm. Once established, they kept up the connection, and have continued to reside there ever since, The situation too of Yetholm, being somewhat off from the stir and operation of social changes, may have been one of the causes of their adherence to it. Their occupations consist mostly in selling faulty mugs and clay ware, picked up at the Newcastle potteries, as also in making horn spoons and white tin water-cans. In fine weather they prefer the camp in any old green lane or Roman road, and there they pass the time pleasantly enough, in a stage lower than the wigwam. The death of old Faa, will, however, be a blow to their lineal pretensions, and, in a few years, we would imagine, they will be swallowed up in the general population. -(Glasgow Paper.)

ADDITIONS TO OBITUARY.

V22. XXIII. p. 429. The officers composing the brigade of Foot Guards have erected a zvazment in the Military Chapel, Firdcage-walk, to the memory of their Fast companion in arms, the late Major Froy Somerset. Its details display much meatness and artistical taste, consisting of a slab of white Carrara marble, supported on a groundwork of black Galway martie, surmounted by military emblems, and beneath, the armorial bearings of the deceased officer's family. The memorial bears the following inscription :-"Sacred to the memory of Brevet-Major William Fitzroy Somerset, eldest son of LieutenantGeneral Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., Lieutenant and Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India, who died of his wounds, at Ferozepore, on the 28th of December, 1845, in the 30th year of his age. His military career, though short, was eminently distinguished. The official despatches of the Commander-in-Chief attest his individual heroism during the campaign of 1843 in Gwalior. The same records exist of his zealous exertions at the brilliant victory of Moodkee, on the 18th of December, 1845, and at Ferozeshah, on the 21st of December, 1845. He fell, covered with wounds, while cheering the British troops to an attack upon the formidable batteries of the enemy. His brother officers of the brigade of Guards, earnestly desirous of marking their admiration of his valour and their regard for his memory, have caused this monument to be erected."

P. 657. A mural monument of Carrara marble, the workmanship of E. H. Baily, R.A. has been erected in the chancel of Abbot's Leigh church, to the memory of Mr. Miles. The following inscription is surmounted by two graceful female figures, personifying Commerce and History: "Sacred to the memory of PHILIP JOHN MILES, of Leigh Court, in the county of Somerset, and King's Weston, in the county of Gloucester, esquire; connected with Bristol as a Merchant, at a late period of his life he represented this city in Parliament. Simple and unostentatious in his habits, he trusted not in riches,' but was ever ready liberally to assist his friends and to relieve the necessities of the poor.

age.

He departed this life on the 24th of March, 1845, in the 72nd year of his He married first Maria, daughter of Arthur and Agatha Whetham, who died 20th July, 1811, in the 34th year of her age, and by whom he left three surviving

children; and secondly Clarissa, daughter of Samuel and Clara Peach Peach, by whom he left eleven surviving children.”

VOL. XXIV. p. 191. The late Sir Henry J. Tichborne, Bart. has bequeathed the British Gallery, Pall-mall, late his property, with other freeholds in Tichbornestreet and St. James's, to the Marquess of Clanricarde and the Hon. Thomas W. Gage, in trust for the benefit of his wife, Lady Tichborne, and daughters, to whom he has also left the residue of his personal estate, valued at 10,0007.; a legacy of 50%. to his chaplain, the Rev. H. Philips, and legacies to his servants. The freehold estates at Tichborne, West Tested, and elsewhere, in co. Southampton, and the manor of Sevington, and other estates, he devises to his daughter, Elizabeth Lady Dormer, and to her sons, or, on failure, to her daughters. The tenant in tail in possession, except the elder son of Lady Dormer, or other like tenant, who shall be a peer of the realm, shall apply for a licence from the Crown to use the surname of Tichborne. Bequeaths to the successor to his mansion house at Tichborne the furniture, pictures, and other effects, which he succeeded to on the death of his father, as well as such things as he may have added since and not otherwise specifically disposed of. Leaves to Lady Tichborne all his plate, books, pictures, &c. purchased before his father's death, except such as he has made heir-looms with the estate, and leaves to her all his farming stock, and the carriages, &c. absolutely. The will was made in 1831, and a codicil in August 1842. The executors were the Hon. Thomas W. Gage, of Westbury House, Southampton, and the late Sir John Burke, Bart. of Marble Hill, Galway.

P. 200. Probate of the will of Sir William Webb Follett was granted to his brothers Robert Bayley Follett, Brent Spencer Follett, and John Follett, esqrs. and to his brother-in-law Edward Giffard, esq. the executors; they are also appointed guardians to the children. The testator devises his real estates to his executors, in trust for his eldest son George, and on failure of issue to his other sons and their issue male. He bequeaths to Lady Follett 2,500/. a-year, and a legacy of 1,0007. for immediate use; to his sister Mrs. Synge 2007. a-year, and a legacy of 500l.; to his sister Mrs. Bright 3,000l. for her own use, and to her husband Dr. Bright 5007.; to the four sisters of his wife, 1,0001.

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year's wages to his servants. He leaves his law books to his brother Brent Spencer Follett, his brother Robert Bayley Follett first making a selection for his own use; and to his brother Robert the watch he usually wore. He devises to his brother John the messuage, &c. at Topsham; and bequeaths to each of his said three brothers a legacy of 1,5007. He bequeaths to Lady Follett the carriages, horses, and all the household furniture, &c. for her life, but expresses a wish that she should give to his son inheriting the real estate such of the plate as was received by him as presents. The residue of his personal estate (the whole of which was sworn under 160,0007.) he leaves to be divided among all his children. The will is dated July 11, 1844, and is of some length; the last sheet, in his own handwriting, containing several bequests.

P. 305. Probate of the will of the late Viscount Canterbury was granted to his second son, the Hon. John H. T. Manners Sutton, one of the executors, on the 16th Feb. 1846. His lordship directed, that on the demise of the Viscountess, (who survived him only four months,) the sum of 20,000%. the dividends of which constituted her jointure, should be divided into four parts, his eldest daughter taking first therefrom 1,000l., appropriating to his two sons one-fourth each, and the remainder to his youngest daughter. His lordship also appointed that the sum of 75007. settled upon him for his life on his first marriage, should be equally divided amongst his two sons and eldest daughter, the issue of that marriage. All other property not specifically given was to be divided into four equal parts between the Viscountess, the two sons, and youngest daughter. The pictures of himself, one as Speaker, and the other when young, were left to his widow, also the diamonds, jewels, and such like, and the service of china embellished with the peacock (the crest of the family of Manners). The silver vases and the dessert service of plate which belonged to his father, the late Archbishop of Canterbury, also the bust of his Grace by Chantrey, and a bust of Pitt, and all other the pictures and family portraits, he has left to his eldest son, the present Viscount. The late Viscountess Canterbury by her will left the splendid large dejeuner service of porcelain china, formerly belonging to Archbishop Sutton, to the present Viscount. Her ladyship has given to her son Captain J. Home Purves, of the Guards, all her plate, which was her ladyship's previous to her marriage with the late Viscount; and to her daughters Mary and Ellen all the furniture and books; and to her

daughter Frances the contents, whatever they may be, of her two jewel boxes at her bankers. The late Viscount Canterbury's picture, by Hoppner, is left to the Hon. Henry Manners Sutton. Other specific bequests are left to the Hon. Mrs. Sanderson, Lady Blessington (the Viscountess's sister), and to the Earl of Auckland. Pecuniary bequests, amounting together to about 6000l. are left between her three daughters, Marguerite Home Purves, Ellen Home Purves, and Frances Diana Manners Sutton. The residue, real and personal, in trust for the same parties. Her ladyship's will was proved by her son, Captain Purves, the Earl of Auckland, and J. A. Powell, esq. of Lincoln's-inn. It was made in October, 1845, three months after his lordship's death, and a codicil on the 15th of Nov. only the day previous to her death.

P. 637. Lord Montagu has left personal estate in England to the amount of 140,0007., the whole of which he bebeathed to his wife for her life, subject to a few annuities and legacies to servants. The property, after her decease, his lordship has bequeathed amongst his four daughters, the Countess of Home, Mrs. Clinton, Miss Jane Montagu, and Mrs. Hope, subject to a bequest of 10,000l. to his daughter Jane, and specific bequests of family portraits in the gallery at Ditton Hall, and other works of art, which his lordship has left to his nephew the Duke of Buccleuch and the Duchess, and Lord John Scott. The portraits of the Hon. Campbell Scott, Elizabeth Duchess of Buccleuch, Henry Duke of Buccleuch, and Sir Walter Scott, are to be sent (under an arrangement of Lord Douglas) either to Bothwell or Douglas Castle, Scotland. Other pictures, armour, antiquities, and the like, in and about the hall at Ditton Park, near Windsor, are to remain as heirlooms.

P. 662. The late Thomas Seymour Hyde, esq. has left his freehold and copyhold estates between his two sons and daughter-his son Charles to take a moiety, and his son George and daughter Cecilia to take a fourth share each. The residue of his personal estate he has left to them in like manner, on the death of Mrs. Territt, widow of R. Territt, esq., at whose house he has resided, she taking a life interest in the whole of the personal property. Probate was granted to Mr. H. Hazard, of Cambridge, one of the executors, Mr. Charles T. S. Hyde, his son and other executor, having renounced the grant. The personal estate was sworn under 9,0001.

Vol. XXIV. p. 664; vol. XXVII. p. 92. The late Mrs. Fry enjoyed a life in

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