with a gold medal from the Grand Seignior, which he received permission to wear, in the general orders of the 6th Oct. 1803. In Sept. 1802 he was appointed to a troop of horse artillery; on the 13th March following he left Egypt with the army, and in Aug. 1803 arrived in England.

On the 12th Sept. in the same year, he was promoted to a Majority in the Artillery; and the 20th July 1804, to a Lieut.-Colonelcy. In Sept. following he was appointed to the command of the artillery in the Dublin district; and in May 1805, to command the artillery to proceed with the army upon a secret expedition, under Gen. Sir E. Coote; but, after having been three months embarked at Cork, the expedition was stopped, when he returned to the command of the artillery in the Dublin district. The 14th Dec. following, he was called upon, by desire of Gen. Lord Cathcart, to take the command of the artillery (102 field pieces and 2000 men and drivers, King's German Legion, including the artillery) in Hanover, with the army under the command of his Lordship; he left Dublin immediately, and on the 27th of the same month arrived at Bremen: the battle of Austerlitz terminated the campaign, and he again returned, for the third time, to the command of the artillery in the Dublin district. In June 1806, he was appointed Lieut.- Col. to the Brigade of Royal Horse Artillery.

In May 1807, he was again called from Ireland, by desire of Gen. Lord Cathcart, to accompany his Lordship, as one of the field officers of artillery in the expedition to Copenhagen; he proceeded with the army and commanded the whole of the artillery in advance, till within nine days of its surrender, when he commanded all the batteries upon the right of the British lines.

In Oct. 1808, he embarked in command of the artillery, 48 field pieces, and 1,200 men, to be landed at Corunna with the army under Gen. Sir David Baird. The 29th Dec. following, with the horse artillery, he supported the cavalry on the plains of Benevente, when the French General Lefebvre and several of the Imperial Guards were made prisoners. After the retreat of the army under Lieut.Gen. Sir John Moore from Velada to Corunna, this officer, on the 13th Jan. 1809, prepared and blew up the two great magazines, three miles from Corunna, containing nearly 12,000 barrels of gunpowder. On the 16th (a few hours before the French force, under Marshal Soult, made its attack upon Sir John Moore's army,) the horse artillery in advance under his command were relieved,

and the whole embarked agreeably to orders, which deprived this corps of participating in the defeat of the enemy. He returned with the army to England the 21st of the same month, and in April following was appointed to command the artillery in the Sussex district.

In July 1809 he was called upon to proceed with the army in the expedition to Walcheren: he commanded all the artillery in advance on the island of South Beveland, and after the surrender of Flushing, he returned to England, and resumed the command of the artillery in the Sussex district, which he held till the 1st Aug. 1814. The 17th March 1812, he succeeded to a Colonelcy in the Royal Artillery. The 4th June 1814, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General; and the 22d July 1830, to that of Lieutenant-General.

Lieut.-Gen. Cookson was three times married. His first lady was Ann-Helena, daughter of Dr. Thomas Weir of Jamaica, born in 1766, married in 1786, and died without issue in 1789; his second was Sarah, daughter of John Parker, esq. of Hornsey and London, banker, born 1769, married 1791, and died 15th April 1798, by whom he had issue three children: one son and a daughter died young, and George, born 1793, an officer in the 3d regiment of Foot Guards, who was killed in action before Almeida in Spain, under the Duke (then Marquis) of Wellington, on the 5th May 1811. By his last lady, Margaret, only daughter of William Remington, esq. to whom he was married in 1807, and who survives him, he has left a numerous family.

General Cookson's youngest brother, Charles Norris Cookson, a Colonel in the artillery, (whose death we recorded in our volume for 1830, i. 476,) was born 16th October 1762, and was twice married, Ist to Mary-Margaret, 2d daughter of Dr. Thomas Weir of Jamaica, who was born in 1769, and died in 1807, having had issue five sons and four daughters: his 2d lady was Mary, daughter of Joseph Bussell, esq. of Kenton, co. Devon, born 1776, and married in 1810.

REAR ADM. BOWEN.

April 27. At Ilfracomb, in his 85th year, James Bowen, esq. a retired RearAdmiral.

Mr. Bowen was originally brought up in the merchant service, and so long back as 1776 commanded a merchant ship trading to Africa, Canada, and Jamaica. After entering the Royal Navy, he was, in 1781, Master of the Artois frigate in the action off the Doggerbank; and at the request of Lord Howe he after became Master of the Queen ("

and served in that capacity in the memor. able conflict of the 1st of June, 1794 On the signal for close action being made, his Lordship directed the Queen Charlotte to be laid close alongside the French Commander-in-Chief, but expressed some doubts of his ship being able to pass between the French Commander and his consort. "Never fear, my Lord," said Bowen, "we'll make room enough by and bye." For his gallant conduct in this battle he was made Lieutenant, and served as First Lieutenant to Lord Bridport in the action off L'Orient, in June 1795. He was posted to the Glory 90, on the 3d of Sept. 1795, and afterwards to the Thunderer 74, and acted in both ships as Flag Captain to Adm. Christian, whom he assisted in the reduction of several of the West India islands. When in command of the Argo 44, off Minorca, he took the Santo Ferean, a Spanish frigate of 42 guns, her consort escaping only by the darkness of the night.

In 1801 he received a piece of plate, value 400 guineas, from the East India Company, for convoying the China fleet from St. Helena to England.

Captain Bowen commanded the Dreadnought 98, on the renewal of hostilities in 1803, and for a short period was Flag Captain to Lord St. Vincent. He afterwards became Commissioner of the Transport service, and was present at the embarkation of our troops at the battle of Corunna, and continued till the close of the war to superintend the embarkation and transit of our brave troops on the various expeditions, and also throughout the Peninsular war.

The Rear-Admiral had three brothers and two sons in the service. One of his brothers, Captain Richard Bowen, of the Terpsichore frigate (a very distinguished officer, who had after gallant actions captured one French and two Spanish frigates a short time before his death), was killed in the act of mounting the gates of the citadel, at the attack on Teneriffe, when Nelson lost his arm; another brother, Thomas, died of fever in the West Indies; and his son, Capt. James Bowen, died in the East Indies, whilst in command of the Phoenix frigate. His only surviving son is the Rev. John St. Vincent Bowen, of Ilfracombe. He has also left several daughters.

CHARLES LORAINE SMITH, Esq. Aug. 23. At Enderby Hall, Leicestershire, aged 84, Charles Loraine Smith,

esq. of Whitehall, co. Durham. In 1762, when a child, he succeeded his great-uncle Richard Smith, esq. in the manor of Enderby and other estates, and by act of Parliament in that year assumed the name of Smith; and in 1783 he served the office of Sheriff of Leicestershire.

At the general election in 1784 he was returned to Parliament for the borough of Leicester; but he only sat during one Parliament, and retired at the dissolution in 1790.

In all the various relations of life, Mr. Smith was a rare specimen of an English country gentleman. His favourite theme was to bless God for having vouchsafed to him health and competence during a life protracted beyond the usual term allotted to man: and his death was attended with little or no apparent pain; he died in his arm-chair, and without a struggle, retaining his faculties to the last. In less than an hour before his departure, he had transacted business of some consequence with a friend, giving his directions with extraordinary accuracy.

He was a sincere friend, a kind and hospitable neighbour, affable and bountiful to the poor, a cheerful companion, and full of anecdote, an indulgent and generous master, an active and efficient magistrate, and lastly, in the field he was equalled by few and surpassed by none. Thus lived and died this fine exemplar of the good old English gentleman, beloved by all around him, and lamented by every survivor.

Mr. Loraine Smith married in 17. . Elizabeth-Anne, daughter of William Skrine, esq. of Britwell House, Bucks, by whom he had issue Charles-Crayle, who was born 1782 and died in 1787, in his 6th year; and Loraine Smith, born 1784.

GEORGE TENNYSON, ESQ.

July 4. At Usselby-house, Lincolnshire, aged 85, George Tennyson, esq. of that place, and Bayon's Manor.

This gentleman was the only son of Michael Tennyson of Preston in Holderness, co. York, by Elizabeth, the 5th but only child that left issue, of George Clayton of Great Grimsby, co. Lincoln, and Dorothy, one of the daughters and coheirs of Christopher Hildeyard of Kelstern, co. Lincoln, which Dorothy died in 1781, having married secondly Ralph Tennyson, esq.

Through this marriage with Hildeyard, he was descended from the ancient family of Deincourt Baron Deincourt, and became a coheir of the family of Leke, Earls of Scarsdale, Barons Deincourt of Sutton; in commemoration of which descent he has, by his will, directed his surviving

son, the Rt. Hon. Charles Tennyson, to assume the name and arms of D'Eyncourt. (See p. 313.)

He was the principal projector and subscriber to the magnificent dock and navigation of Grimsby, where and in the neighbourhood he inherited very considerable estates. His life was ever useful and beneficial to the district in which he resided. His powerful understanding, sound judgment, great experience, and benevolent disposition, were at all times actively engaged. He was an indulgent and liberal landlord; a cautious, just, and merciful magistrate; a constant friend; and, until infirmity prevented his joining in society, he was remarkable for genuine hospitality void of ostentation.

His body was interred in the family vault in Tealby church, the funeral being attended by the magistrates, clergy, and gentlemen of the neighbourhood, by his tenantry, and many respectable inhabitants of Market Rasen, Grimsby, Caistor, and other towns, and a concourse of at least two thousand persons. Among the mourners, besides his son and family, were his grandson William Russell, esq. the late M. P. for co. Durham, the Hon. Mr. Hamilton (eldest son of Viscount Boyne), and his lady Mrs. Hamilton, the only sister of Mr. Russell.

Mr. Tennyson married in 1775, Mary, daughter of John Turner of Caistor, and had issue two sons and two daughters: 1. the Rev. George Tennyson, LL.D. born 1778, late Vicar of Great Grimsby, who died 16 March 1831; he married Aug. 6, 1805, Elizabeth Fytch, daughter of the Rev. Stephen Fytch, of Louth, co. Lincoln. 2. the Rt. Hon. Charles Tennyson, successively M. P. for Great Grimsby, Bletchingley, and Stamford, and now for Lambeth, born 1784, who has, since his father's death, as above noticed, taken the name of D'Eyncourt; he married Jan. 1, 1808, Frances Mary, only child of the late Rev. John Hutton, of Morton, co. Lincoln, and has issue. Mr. Tennyson's elder daughter, Elizabeth, was married Jan. 23, 1798, to Matthew Russell, esq. then Major in the Durham militia, afterwards M. P. for Saltash, the builder of the present magnificent castle of Brancepeth, co. Durham, who died 7th May 1822; Mary, the younger daughter, married in 1811 John Bourne, esq. of Dalby-house, co. Lincoln.

M. T. SADLER, ESQ.

July 29. At New Lodge, near Belfast, aged 55, Michael Thomas Sadler, esq. F.R.S.

Mr. Sadler was born at Snelstone, a village in the south of Derbyshire, in

January 1780. His mother's family were French refugees at the revocation of the edict of Nantes. He was educated principally at Rome, and exhibited extraor dinary powers of mind in very early youth, having mastered the higher branches of mathematics and astronomy by the time he was eleven years of age. His father intended him for one of the learned professions; but, when about 18 years old, he was induced to join his brother in business at Leeds, where he continued engaged in mercantile pursuits, but not to the exclusion of more congenial literary labours, until he was called into public life, by the ministerial proposal of the Catholic Relief Bill.

On a vacancy occurring for the borough of Newark in March 1829, a deputation of the electors waited upon Mr. Sadler, at Leeds, and invited him to become a candidate. He immediately complied, and triumphantly conducted an arduous contest, though opposed by Mr. Serjeant Wilde, one of the most able and energetic members of the bar. Mr. Sadler immediately distinguished himself by a very long and eloquent speech against the Roman Catholic Claims, delivered in the House of Commons on the 17th of the same month; and during the continuance of the discussion he was a prominent champion of the Protestant cause.

At the general election of 1830 he was again chosen for Newark, and in 1831 for Aldborough; and his talents and energies were equally directed against the bill for the reform of Parliament.

At the election of 1832, his late borough being disfranchised, he was a candidate for the new borough of Leeds; but, though highly esteemed by a large number of his townsmen, his reputation as an anti-Reformer preponderated against his less equivocal merits, and at the termination of the poll the numbers were, for J. Marshall, esq. 2012

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T. B. Macaulay, esq. 1984 M. T. Sadler, esq. 1596 Though, in fact, actually entertaining views of very extensive reform, Mr. Sadler had conscientiously opposed himself to the swell of vulgar clamour; and because he had refused to become the pledged partisan, the unbending and unflinching "Reformer"-the nick-name of a party, his social and practical reforms were either misunderstood or disregarded by the advocates of "the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill."

By the confession of an opponent, but a very competent judge, Lord Plunkett, Mr. Sadler was the most accomplished orator beard in the House of Commons by the present generation.

But bis eloquence may be forgotten in the memory of an enthusiasm of beneɣolence almost without example. As Mr. Burke said of Howard, Mr. Sadler's philanthrophy had as much of genius as of virtue. It was a love of his fellowcreatures upon so great a scale, that none but a great mind could have conceived it; and far was it from that benevolence which is ever suspended in abstraction! Whatever he sought for, and wished for, in behalf of the whole human race, he no less earnestly and vigilantly conferred, by manners and conduct, upon all within his sphere.

His exertions, both when in Parliament and since, for a relaxation of labour in factories, were great and indefatigable, and the Factory Regulation Bill was the result of his endeavours.

His writings attracted as much attention as his speeches, particularly his two principal works: "Ireland, its Évils, and their Remedies," and his "Law of Population," in two volumes, 8vo; in which he maintained views opposite to those of Malthus.

Mr. Sadler's disease appears to have been an incurable affection of the heart, brought on by severe study and great anxiety. They who anxiously watched the progress of his decline, cannot doubt that he fell a sacrifice to the exertions in Parliament with which he burdened himself, in addition to the enormous labour and anxiety bestowed upon his great works upon population and the factory system. He was accustomed to verify the most minute and apparently unimportant fact employed in the course of his arguments; and his deep regret I during his illness referred to the incompleteness of his work on population; an incompleteness that lost to the poor the advantage that a full confirmation of his system by the recent censuses, would have conferred on them.

Mr. Sadler died full of the hope of a blessed immortality, in perfect reliance upon the merits of the Redeemer. He has left a widow with seven children, some of them very young. His body was interred in Ballylesson church-yard on the 4th of August. The gentry and an immense number of the respectable inhabitants of Belfast and the adjacent country, evinced their respect for his memory by accompanying him to the grave. An impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. Thomas Drew.

On the 13th Aug. a numerous and respectable meeting was held at the Court House, Leeds, for the purpose of considering the best mode of honouring the memory of th nted gentleman; and

the subscription amounts to a considerable sum. The nature of the testimonial is left for future decision; and must obviously depend upon the sum raised.

JOHN WASTIE, Esq.

Aug. 13. At his seat, Great Haseley House, Oxfordshire, aged 70, John Wastie, esq. D. C. L. Recorder of Oxford.

This gentleman, who was formerly known as John Ingram Lockhart, esq. M. P. for the city of Oxford, was educated at University college, and was called to the Bar, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, June 14, 1790. He was for many years a distinguished member of the Oxford circuit; being admirably adapted to his profession by an extraordinary patience in investigation, and a great retentiveness of memory.

He offered himself, for the first time, as a candidate for the city of Oxford, at the General Election of 1802, and was unsuccessful; the numbers being, for John Atkyns Wright, esq. 836 Francis Burton, esq..

812

John Ingram Lockhart, esq.. 454 In 1805 he was again a candidate; the contest was very severe, the majority against Mr. Lockhart being only 45. Mr. Lockhart demanded a scrutiny, which continued for a considerable time, and terminated without decreasing the majority. That Parliament continued only one session, and Mr. Lockhart was returned in 1807 without opposition. In 1812 another and very severe contest took place, between Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Eden (the present Lord Auckland). The poll continued open for ten days, and during the whole contest it was, as sportsmen say, neck and neck. Mr. Lockhart and Mr. Wright were the successful candidates. In 1818 Mr. Lockhart was opposed by General St. John, or rather by the late Duke of Marlborough, and so much influence was used that Mr. Lockhart retired from the contest. In March 1820 Mr. Lockhart again offered himself as a candidate with General St. John and Sir Charles Wetherell; and after three days' contest, Mr. Lockhart and Sir Charles were declared duly elected. In 1826 the candidates were Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Langston, and Mr. Hughes: the two former were elected. In Aug. 1830 he was defeated by Mr. Hughes.

During Mr. Lockhart's political career, his great legal knowledge, sterling independence, and sound constitutional principles, deservedly secured to him the respect of the senate, and the confidence of his constituents. When called upon to discharge the duties of Recorder (first as

Deputy to Sir W. E. Taunton in 1830), which he did with great ability and impartiality, he never after interfered with local politics: but was unceasing, till the last month of his life (when his strength rapidly declined), in his endeavours to promote the individual and collective interests of his fellow citizens.

He was Deputy Grand Master of the order of Freemasons for the county of Oxford; and for some time Recorder of Romsey. The latter office he resigned in the month of October last; and he was elected Recorder of Oxford on the death of the late Sir W. E. Taunton in March of the present year.

Mr. Lockhart married, Jan. 14, 1804, Mary-G. only daughter and heiress of Francis Wastie, esq. of Cowley and Haseley, Oxon. After the death of this lady, Oct. 12, 1831, by whom he left no issue, he took the name of Wastie, by Act of Parliament (2 and 3 Will. IV. c. 42), to enable him to hold the estates for his life.

MATTHEW LUMSDEN, ESQ. LL.D. March 31. At Tooting Common, Surrey, in his 58th year, Matthew Lumsden, Esq. LL. D. late Professor of Persian and Arabic in the College of Fort William, Calcutta.

Mr. Lumsden entered into the employ of the East India Company, in the year 1794. His official station was first in the Stationery department: but he appears to have applied himself with so much success to the study of the Persian and Arabic languages as to induce the Governor-General, on the 12th May 1803, to place him on the establishment of the College of Fort William in the capacity of an assistant to Captain Baillie, then the Professor of those languages in that institution.

In the following year Mr. Lumsden was highly commended by the Govern. ment for his progress in the preparation of a Persian Grammar; a work which he published in the year 1805. Advert ing to that work, Sir George Barlow, in an address delivered by him to the students of the College at their periodical examination, on the 3d of March 1806, "deemed it an act of justice to the industry and ability of Mr. Matthew Lumsden," then the first assistant to the Persian and Arabic Professor, "to notice in terms of peculiar approbation, the Grammar of the Persian Language, which had long engaged the labours of that gentle man. The acknowledged defects," Sir George added, "of every work of that description now extant, have rendered the construction of an accurate grammar of GENT. MAG. VOL. IV.

that language peculiarly desirable. Mr. Lumsden's extensive knowledge of Ara. bic and Persian has enabled him to discover the true principles of the dialect of Persia as it at present exists in the condition of intimate combination with the language of Arabia; and with singular judgment and discernment Mr. Lums. den has adapted the construction of the Persian language to the principles of general Grammar.

"The completion of this valuable work will materially facilitate the acquisition of the Persian language, will constitute an important addition to the existing stock of philological knowledge, and will reflect distinguished credit on its author, and on the institution which has en. couraged and promoted him."

In 1808 he was appointed to succeed Capt. Baillie, as Persian and Arabic Professor, still continuing to perform his duties under the Stationery Committee.

In 1812, the Bengal Government, having then under their consideration the state of the Calcutta Madrissa, or Mahomedan College, appointed Dr. Lums. den, with Lieut. A. Galloway, to suggest such reforms as they might deem needful in that institution. In the discharge of this duty, they fully succeeded; and Dr. Lumsden was appointed Secretary to the Madrissa, with instructions to superintend it, and the various translations from English works into the Persian language, which were then in progress at the Madrissa.

He published a new edition of his Persian Grammar in 1810; and an Arabie Grammar, in two volumes folio, in 1813.

In 1814 he received charge, as Superintendent, of the Company's press at Calcutta, which he retained about three years.

In 1818, be undertook, in addition to the duties of his professorships, those of Secretary to the Stationery Committee; but his health soon exhibited symptoms of a rapid decline, which compelled him to quit India. Upon this occasion, the Marquis Hastings, in an address delivered by him at the College examination on the 19th of August, 1820, expressed himself as follows:

"I much fear that we are about to lose the services of Dr. Lumsden, the distinguished Professor in the Arabic and Persian languages, and one of the chief ornaments and supports of the College from its foundation. He has quitted us on leave of absence, and probably will not resume the Professor's chair, his health being much impaired by his valuable labours in the institution; but in the 3 K