The Westminster Hospital must be regarded as the chief scene of Mr. White's professional labours. At a very early period he obtained celebrity for the novelty, dexterity, and success of his operations, in the most difficult cases in which surgical assistance is required. He was the first who attempted the bold, and almost startling operation, the removal of the lower jaw, an operation which was in his hands most successful; and he was certainly the first to attempt the excision of the head, neck, and trochanters of the femur; an operation which has since been performed by Mr. Fergusson. The circumstances attending this last operation, so strikingly illustrative of the combined energy, judgment, and manipulative skill of Mr. White, in which the patient survived twelve years and then died consumptive, may be seen in Mr. South's Translation of Chelius' System of Surgery, vol. ii. p. 979, as the preparation illustrative of it may in the Museum of the College; but there is an anecdote connected with it so characteristic of Anthony White as to deserve a short notice. The patient was a boy with diseased hip-joint, of so long standing that the knee of the contracted leg was irremoveably imbedded in the opposite thigh. All hopes of relief from the means ordinarily adopted were abandoned, when Mr. White conceived the bold idea of removing the diseased parts. On mentioning his intention to Sir Anthony Carlisle, that skilful surgeon not only sought to dissuade him from the attempt, but, in conjunction with Sir William Blizard, threatened to bring him before the College if he ventured to perform so daring an operation. Confident, however, that the result of it would be his justification, he did perform it, and took the very characteristic revenge of sending the letter which announced his success to Sir William Blizard, by the patient on whom he had performed this triumph of surgical dexterity. Yet of these and of many other cases in which he exhibited a similar happy combination of energy, judgment, and mechanical skill, it is believed he has not left a single note. Had he been as anxious to establish a reputation as he was able to earn it, few names would have shone more brightly on the distinguished roll of English surgeons, as none is at this time more honoured, than that of Anthony White. After what has been stated, it will readily be believed that Mr. White acquired a very extensive practice at a much earlier period than is usual in his profession; and the College of Surgeons was not long in recognising his claims to such honours as were at its disposal. He was elected a Member of the Council on the 6th of February, 1827; a Member of the Court of Examiners on the 10th of September, 1829; and President on the 10th of July, 1834. To this, the highest honour to be achieved in the profession to which he belonged, he was again elected on the 14th of July, 1842. What Lavater said of John Hunter, when he saw Reynolds' splendid portrait of the father of modern surgery, he would have said of Anthony White,-"That man thinks for himself." Whether seeking in the exercise of his profession, and by the bed-side of suffering, to alleviate the ills which flesh is heir to, or whether merely delighting his friends in the conversation of the social circle, this one great characteristic of his mind, the thorough originality of his views, always impressed itself upon his hearers. Like his great prototype, John Hunter, in his devoted love of his profession-in the patience with which he traced out the minute but distinct connection between the hidden cause and the palpable effect-he was like him in that distinguishing characteristic of true genius-" he thought for himself." 66 But of himself, or his future reputation, he thought so little, that, with the exception of a remarkable case of hydrophobia," beautifully described by him in the first volume of the "Transactions of the Medical Society of London," and a small Pamphlet, intituled "An Inquiry into the Proximate Cause of Gout and its rational Treatment," published by him a few months since, and which speedily ran to a second edition, he is not supposed to have left a single record of his opinions or success. Another cause for the absence of these records of his professional life may be described in the language used by a professional and not too friendly critic some twenty years ago, who, describing the subject of the present memoir as “an example of first-rate powers, neutralized by first-rate indolence," and as one possessing 66 generally and deeply the esteem of his professional brethren," observes: "The mind of Anthony White was formed in one of Dame Nature's most generous moods. The qualities which adorn our intellectual and moral nature unite to form the idiosyncrasy of this individual; but, as if to mar her own generosity, nature superadded to these great advantages the lusus of a fatal inertia, which was destined to counteract their full operation. Scarcely inferior to Lynn in intrepidity, and fully the equal of Carlisle in powers of abstraction, he possesses a capacity for speculation and action unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries." It is to be regretted that, from one or other of the causes alluded to, Mr. White did not publish the Hunterian Oration which he delivered in the year 1831, in which it is remembered that he spoke very eloquently and warmly in praise, not only of John Hunter, "whom he reverenced on this side idolatry," as the founder of the modern school of surgery and physiology, but also of the eloquence and erudition of the late Mr. Abernethy; and that, in stimulating his hearers to avail themselves in every way of all the resources and new discoveries of science to promote the efficiency of the healing art, he called their attention to the new instruments invented by Baron Heurteloup for the operation of lithotripsy, as promising to open a new era in the advancement of modern surgery. The absence of professional jealousy was another of the characteristics of Mr. White. Distinguished as he had been for the success which had attended his performance of the great operation of lithotomy, he was so convinced of the advantages in certain cases of the system of lithotripsy proposed by Baron Heurteloup, that he is understood to have assisted that gentleman very materially in bringing his system into successful operation. Nor are these lithotriptic instruments the only ones for which modern surgery is indebted to the mechanical ingenuity of Mr. White; many of the most important improvements in the surgical instruments now in use have been the result of his suggestions. Mr. White, like most men of eminence in his profession, was a great admirer of the Fine Arts. He possessed a great taste as well as admiration for the paintings of the great masters, and manifested his regard for Music by becoming Surgeon to the Royal Society of Musicians. And the following paragraph, from a notice which appeared in the Times a few days after his decease, will show in how substantial a manner he manifested his appreciation of the claims of all professional men to his assistance: "His name is one which will be long recognised among the eminent men of his profession, which he not only adorned by his talents, but in the practice of which he was distinguished by a remarkable benevolence. His skill was always at the command of men engaged in the pursuit of science, literature, or the arts, to whom not unfrequently his purse was as open as his hand in the hour of their distress." There exist several portraits of Mr. White. An admirable likeness of him, painted by Simpson, is fitly placed in the board room of the Westminster Hospital. It has been proposed by some of his numeGENT. MAG. VOL. XXXI. rous friends that one of these should be engraved, as a memorial of one so much and so deservedly regretted; and Mr. Barnard Holt, his pupil and successor, and Mr. Thoms the Secretary of the Camden Society, a personal friend of the deceased, will, it is understood, gladly receive communications from any gentle-men desirous of adding their names to the list of subscribers for that purpose. JOHN SMITH, Esq. LL.D. Feb... At Glasgow, in his 65th year, John Smith, esq. LL.D. of Crutherland, for sixteen years secretary to the Maitland Club. Dr. Dr. Smith was the oldest member of the Stationers' Company of Glasgow: as the firm of John Smith and Son, of which he was the head, is the oldest bookselling house in the West of Scotland-having been founded nearly a century ago by the deceased's grandfather, who was the first to establish a circulating library in Glasgow. Dr. Smith was the publisher of the first works of the late Dr. Chalmers; and the large sums which he paid to that divine for the copyright of the " Astronomical Sermons," &c. (says the Glasgow Constitutional,) attested at once his sagacity, liberality, and enterprise. Smith had cultivated literature with zeal and success-though he did not write much. He was early known to Sir Walter Scott-to whom he acted as a guide to the memorable places of Glasgow on an occasion which is described in "The Life of Scott." Part of his correspondence with the author of "The Pleasures of Hope " is printed in Dr. Beattie's recently published Memoirs of Campbell. His appointment, in 1832, to the secretaryship of the Maitland Club introduced him to an office exactly suited to his acquirements and pursuits: and when it is stated that during the sixteen years he acted in that capacity the Society printed more than sixty quarto volumes, some notion may be formed of the amount of labour which he had to perform. The University-which conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws-receives, by his death, a legacy of a valuable collection of rare and privatelyprinted works, together with a curious and voluminous series of tracts illustrating the history and statistics of Glasgow. MR. ROBERT STUART. Lately. Mr. Robert Stuart, a bookseller at Glasgow, who had devoted much of his life to the study of British antiquities-particularly to that class which exists as memorials of the Roman occu pation of Scotland. 3 K In 1844 Mr. Stuart published a handsome quarto volume, with maps and numerous illustrations, dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, and entitled "Caledonia Romana; or a Descriptive Account of the Roman Occupation of Scotland." It was preceded by an introductory view of the aspect of the country and the state of its inhabitants in the first century of the Christian era, -with a summary of the historical transactions connected with the Roman arms. It is reviewed in our vol. XXIV. p. 391. The antiquities of the city in which he dwelt naturally attracted a particular share of Mr. Stuart's attention; and last year he published a quarto entitled "Views and Notices of Glasgow in former Times,"-with illustrations by Messrs. Allan and Ferguson. Mr. Stuart was a contributor, likewise, to several of the leading periodical publications: and had a work on the ancient Kingdom of StrathClyde, and another on the Battle-fields of Scotland, in contemplation at the time of his premature death. MR. CHARLES FOX. Feb. 28. At the house of his friend Mr. Robison, at Leyton, Essex, in his 55th year, Mr. Charles Fox, the eminent line engraver, and water-colour draughts man. This eminent artist was a native of Cossey, in Norfolk, and received his first lessons in drawing from the late Mr. Charles Hodgson, of Norwich, and on the completion of his apprenticeship with Mr. Edwards, engraver, of Bungay, he became an assistant to the late celebrated Mr. Burnet. Mr. Fox's best work is his admirable large engraving of Sir George Murray, after Pickersgill; and the most extensive undertaking which he lived to complete is the line engraving of "Queen Victoria's First Council." He was engaged at the time of his death on a large engraving of "The Fight Interrupted," -one of the famous Mulreadys in the Sheepshanks collection. The etching was nearly completed. Mr. Fox's watercolour portraits-executed for his own amusement are in the best style of the art. He had a naturally good, and at the same time a finely cultivated, sense of the beautiful in art; was one of the judges at the Chiswick horticultural fêtes; and had the difficult duty of reporting upon the merits of the florist's flowers continually sent to the Gardener's Chronicle for examination. He was not a cultivator of flowers, but he had a most correct eye, a highly cultivated taste, and a conscientiousness which nothing could influence. MR. PARISH ALVARS. Lately. At Vienna, Mr. Parish Alvars, -one of the most remarkable players upon the harp that ever appeared; and, as such, a credit to England. He was born at Teignmouth in the year 1809, it is believed of Welsh extraction. In 1829 he came to London, and from thence passed over to the continent; where he soon became distinguished, and received some sixteen years ago an Austrian court-appointment. Mr. Alvars's remarkable physical strength enabled him to command tones of a richness and grandeur rarely heard on his instrument. His executive power exceeded that of most if not of all harpists: that he possessed the volitions, if not the inventive powers, of a composer of classical music, an Orchestral Symphony, a Pianoforte Concerto, and other works attest; besides those which he wrote for his own special exhibition. Perhaps he was in some degree deficient in that delicate and faery-like grace which gives such fascination to the harp-performances of M. Godefroid; who may now, beyond dispute, be considered as the champion of King David's instrument. BERNARD BARTON. Feb. 19. At Woodbridge, after a brief spasm in the heart, Bernard Barton, the Quaker Poet. He was born near London, in 1784, came to Woodbridge in 1806, where he shortly after married, and was left a widower at the birth of his only child, who now survives him. In 1810 he entered as clerk in Messrs. Alexander's Bank, where he officiated almost to the day of his death. He had been for some months afflicted with laborious breathing, which his doctor knew to proceed from disease in the heart; though there seemed no reason to apprehend immediate danger. But those who have most reason to lament his loss, have also most reason to be thankful that he was spared a long illness of anguish and suspense, by so sudden and easy a dismissal. On the day of his death, he appeared as well as usual, and somewhat more cheerful; in the evening Mr. Brooke, a friend, was sitting conversing with him and his daughter, when Mr. Barton, it is supposed not feeling quite well, took a candle and went to his room, and soon after rang the bell for his servant, who, on entering the room, found him reclining in an easy chair panting for breath. Miss Barton and Mr. Brooke ran up stairs, but his medical attendant arrived only in time to see him breathe his last. To the world at large, Bernard Barton was known as the author of much pleasing, amiable, and pious poetry, animated by feeling and fancy, delighting in the homely subjects so generally pleasing to English people. He sang of what he loved the domestic virtues in man, and the quiet pastoral scenes of Nature-and especially of his own county-its woods, and fields, and lanes, and homesteads, and the old sea that washed its shores; and the nearer to his own home the better he loved it. There was a true and pure vein of pastoral feeling in him. Thousands have read his books with innocent pleasure: none will ever take them up and be the worse for doing so. The first of these volumes was published in 1811. To those of his own neighbourhood he was known besides as a most amiable, genial, charitable man- of pure, unaffected, unpretending piety—the good neighbour-the cheerful companion-the welcome guest the hospitable hosttolerant of all men, sincerely attached to many. Few, high or low, but were glad to see him at his customary place in the bank to exchange some words of kindly greeting with him-few but were glad to have him at their own homes; and there he was the same man, and had the same manners, to all: always equally frank, genial, and communicative. Bernard Barton was a Liberal in politics, but accorded to every man freedom of opinion, however ultra it might be, either in support of his own notions or opposed to them. He was equally generous as regarded the religious principles of his fellow-men. Men of all creeds, parties, and conditions of life sat at his table, where his converse was a perpetual feast. Literary men were charmed by his abundant knowledge of the purest sources of literature, and a memory of giant capacity gave him a wonderful power of illustration. A lover of the arts, the walls of his residence bore undeniable testimony to his judgment and his taste. Indeed, his love for the productions of the easel was perhaps only exceeded by his worship of nature. The saunter of a summer's day in green lanes a ride across the gray heaths of his favourite county-or a visit to some obscure and picturesque village, may be classed among his highest enjoyments. Descriptions of many places and objects in Suffolk, with reminiscences of hours devoted to their visitation, lie scattered among his more lengthy poems, attesting not only his devotion to natural scenery, but that the "Local fire within him burned," equally with a poetic spirit less circumscribed. Bernard Barton enjoyed a literary pen sion of 1007. per annum, conferred upon him by her Majesty during the Premiership of Sir Robert Peel, by whom he was invited to dine at his town residence on the occasion. He was a prolific writer, his poems filling eight or nine volumes. "Household Verses," a collection of his fugitive pieces, published in 1845, contains more of his personal feelings than perhaps any previous work of his pen; but an abundance of his poetry yet remains unpublished in the hands of friends, to whom he was in the habit of sending many of his effusions almost as soon as written. One of these we subjoin (extracted, with the present memoir, from the Bury Post), which it is believed has never previously gone beyond the album of the lady for whom it was written. It has a peculiar interest, from conveying his own views of his poetic range. He was also the author of "Lectures on Plants." He was the brother of Maria Hack, the well-known authoress of several juvenile works of great merit, and his daughter is the authoress of "Bible Stories." TO POETRY. Thou hast not won me lofty fame, Thou hast not gain'd me wealth or ease; Yet grateful thanks thou well may'st claim, For boons as rich as these. To thee, and to the lonely hours By thee beguil'd, by thee employed, Life's thorny path owes frequent flowers,Though transiently enjoyed. But, fleeting as their fragrance seems, They bear me back to scenes long past, By faithful memory's magic sway; And by them hope, in hours o'ercast, Relumes her trembling ray. She tells of fairer flowers that ope Beneath a bright and sunless sky; Of many a feeling, thought, and hope, Which cannot, will not die. For though awhile, to gladden earth, Their beauties and their dreams are given, From purer spheres they date their birth, And find their home in heaven. MRS. MARY TUCKER. The following munificent bequests for charitable purposes have been lately left by Mrs. Mary Tucker, of Brampford Speke, in the county of Devon. The objects of charity have been principally, if not entirely, selected at the suggestion of Sir R. Inglis : SCHWANTHALER. Nov. 14. At Munich, in his 47th year, Ludwig von Schwanthaler, the eminent sculptor. Schwanthaler showed at an early age a love for the arts. His first destination was to the learned sciences, and he applied himself, when a boy, to the deepest study of Homer and the Greek tragedians. The death of his father obliged him to take to the business of statuary, a profession which had existed in the family for generations, and was that of his father and uncle. In the Academy of Arts at Munich, Schwanthaler did not find that support which he deserved. The director, Langer, a pedantic man, considered him too free and independent in his notions; and it was in opposition to that person's opinions that Schwanthaler followed the lectures on archæology at the Lyceum of Thiersch. The quickness with which he became a proficient in drawing from the antique, and the talent he possessed for compo sition, are shown by the first great work which he undertook. It was King Maximilian I. who commissioned him to execute a large silver épergne in the midst of a plate or table, with a border of upright figures. This was to be upwards of 100 feet in length, and the figures to be six inches in height. The composition of this border was to represent the procession of the Gods of Olympus to the palace of Jupiter. Schwanthaler began it, but before it was near being completed King Maximilian died. That portion of it, however, which was finished is described as being very beautiful. King Ludwig and the Duke Maximilian now extended their patronage to Schwanthaler, who executed for the latter the myth of Bacchus, in a series of relief compositions, for the freize of a room in his palace. King Ludwig, however, was his greatest patron, and he executed for the King the statues of painters in the Pinakothek, the protectors of plastic art in the niches of the Glyptothek, the dramatic poets on the staircase of the theatre at Munich, and the compositions for the pediments of the Glyptothek, the Industriegebaude, and the Walhalla, besides many other relief pieces also at the Glyptothek, and in the royal palace. He also modelled many figures which were afterwards ree produced by foundry. A series of statueof Czech heroes and heroines, which hs had been commissioned from Bohemia to execute, has been interrupted by his death. He was buried with great pomp on the 17th Nov. thousands attending his funeral. His remains were deposited in the tomb of General Heidegger, where they will remain until the tomb is finished which King Ludwig was causing to be built for him and his friend, the late director Gärtner. CLERGY DECEASED. Sept. 8. At Genbathoo, near the Himalaya mountains, the Rev. J. N. Norgate, Chaplain in the Hon. East India Company's service. Nov. 6. At Simla, aged 51, the Rev. Michael Wilkinson, many years missionary in North America, and formerly of Ipswich. Dec. 8. At Ventnor, Isle of Wight, aged 46, the Rev. Alfred Fisher, M.A. Incumbent of Bothenhampton and Walditch, Dorsetshire. Dec. 30. Suddenly, while walking in Nassau-street, Dublin, the Rev. Thomas St. George, Incumbent of Newmarketon-Fergus, co. Clare. Jan. 3. The Rev. John L. Bennett, M.A. late Curate of Milton, near Sittingbourne. At Mullabrack, co. Armagh, aged 78, |