endanger its existence; and by the praiseworthy exertions of the present Bishop of Carlisle, then Archdeacon of Canterbury, the building was afterwards placed under his care, with directions for the suggested works to be carried out.

It would be impossible in the space of a short notice to recapitulate the various works found necessary and undertaken by Mr. Austin, or the many ingenious methods adopted to overcome the difficulties which surrounded him, with a comparatively small annual sum to lay out, and a building of such extent and magnitude, requiring extensive repairs in every part; but amongst them we may mention, that the south-eastern transept, through long neglect, and worse measures adopted for its relief (as, for example, a number of massive unsightly wooden pillars in the interior of the cathedral), was found to be in a very alarming condition, so much so that it was considered necessary that it should be pulled down, in order to save the surrounding portions of the cathedral, but no workmen had been found who would venture on the work of demolition. By an ingenious mode, Mr. Austin removed the superincumbent weight from the walls, forced them into an upright position, and, firmly fixing them there, reset the large oriel and other windows, which had assumed all kinds of shapes; and, taking off the massive groining of the roof, returning the arches, replacing such portions of the ribs as had fallen, and, removing the wooden supports in the interior, restored the transept to its former beauty. After some years, the Norman gable, which had been taken off years before to relieve the crumbling walls, was rebuilt, and the walls are now firm and strong.

The whitewash, accumulated for centuries on the interior of the building, was removed, and the whole face of the walls and pillars restored, including the innumerable small Purbeck pillars, which were refaced by a composition made by the architect; and the bosses and ornaments of the roofs and tower were gilded and painted, according to their former

state.

During these works, a great number of half-destroyed wall paintings were discovered, drawings from which were made, and are now in the possession of his family. At this time the stained glass of the cathedral, which stands unrivalled for its beauty, was much in need of repair, having suffered greatly from ignorant workmen; but, the art of staining glass being considered at low ebb, it was thought irreparable. Mr. Austin, however, undertook himself to restore some of

the worst lights, and the vacancies of one or two other lights of figures he filled with new glass,-though without the slightest previous knowledge of the art; and it is told to us (we do not remember to have noticed the fact ourselves) that the imitation is so curiously correct that many artists, when asked to point out the new glass, have failed to fix on the right lights.

The most difficult work of Mr. Austin was perhaps the north-western tower. The ancient Norman tower which originally occupied this site, and against which the present nave was built, had long been found to be in a dangerous condition; and in order to relieve the walls, the spire which once surmounted this tower was removed about a century since. This tower had at last become so ruinous that portions fell during every storm, and it gave unmistakeable signs of falling towards the north, in which direction the wall of the nave, deprived of its support on that side, began to heel over, and the groining in consequence was much crippled. At this junction Mr. Austin, by a combination of mechanical power, after separating the nave walls from the falling tower, raised the crippled groining, and strained the walls into their upright condition, fixing them there until the new tower might be built and be sufficiently set to withstand the lateral pressure. The old Norman tower was then taken down, and the present tower erected, for which the foundation required care, the site having been once a bog or marsh, which was clearly proved by the remains of plants, &c. there found; and lower down, 16 feet from the surface, were discovered the entire skeletons of a man and an ox, in such positions as to render it almost certain they had been smothered by sinking into the soft soil.

In the interior of the cathedral many restorations were executed by Mr. Austin. The old painted organ, the case of which entirely stopped up the fine arch between the choir and the central tower, was removed, and the various movements of the organ and its multitudinous pipes were arranged in the triforium-thus opening the view from the westernmost end to the

extreme east.

The incongruous oaken screen and altarpiece which surrounded the choir, and reduced it to half of its ancient proportions, was removed, and the beautiful screen of Henry d'Estria brought to light and restored, and the altar carried back to its

We do not enter into the question which arose as to the propriety or other. wise of retaining the early design.

In

ancient position. The present altar screen was then designed and erected, forming a veil, through the fretted openings of which the most beautiful and interesting portions of the cathedral are seen. clearing away the rubbish for the foundation of this screen, and directly beneath the spot fixed upon by Mr. Austin for the altar table, were discovered the remains of the ancient high altar, surrounded by the jasper pavement, the destruction of which, in the fire of 1174, is described by Gervase, the contemporary of Becket. This would serve to shew the correctness of Mr. Austin's views as to the restoration. The new throne was the last addition to this cathedral by Mr. Austin. The design is in character with that of the altar screen, and also with a design for the erection of stone stalls, which were proposed to be substituted for the present oaken ones (a design which was preferred to those of Mr. Blore and Mr. Rickman, who also sent in drawings), but which were afterwards abandoned by the dean and chapter for want of funds. The throne was designed, and for the greater part erected, in the short space of about six weeks, in order that it might be ready for the triennial visitation of the archbishop. The ornamental parts were prepared by workmen who had been employed in the cathedrals of Brussels and Cologne, as Englishmen could not be obtained at the moment. It was erected at a cost of about 1,2001. which was defrayed by the late archbishop, whose armorial bearings ornament its interior.

In justice to Mr. Austin it should be stated that the stone pulpit which has been lately erected opposite the throne was not erected by him or from his design, through some portions of it were afterwards altered and adapted by him.

Mr. Austin held office under the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury for thirty years; and it was a graceful act of the dean and chapter, by which even his death was rendered a continuation of the services of his life in beautifying the cathedral, that they have directed the large window in the north-western tower to be filled with stained glass to his memory.

him when Sementini and Cotugno were in their glory. Borrelli was the first who applied geometry to the movements of animals. Having practised with much distinction from 1803 till 1805 as a physician, he in that year devoted himself to the law. In 1809 he accepted public office,-whence he was driven shortly after. He was again called into public life to form a member of the Legislative Assembly which shone for a moment like the torch of liberty in the long night of political slavery. On the re-ascendancy of absolutism, he was for many years an exile; during which time he devoted himself to philosophic studies. Etymology he raised to the dignity of a science; and the colossal work of the etymological part of the great Dictionary of the Italian Language would alone be sufficient to establish his reputation as a philologist.

Returning from his exile, while others were sacrificing their independence by courting favours and honours, Borrelli maintained a dignified reserve; and till his death continued the labours of a profession which he enlightened by his learning and adorned by his eloquence. Some of the most distinguished men now remaining at the Neapolitan bar for learning, eloquence, and liberal principles were his pupils. One of these, Antonio Scialoia, pronounced a panegyric over the body,-as did the Marchese Pietracatella, in his quality of member of the Royal Academy of Sciences.-Atheneum.

REV. ROBERT STRONG.

April 30. At Brampton Abbot's, near Ross, Herefordshire, the Rev. Robert Strong, for half a century Rector of that parish.

Born at Wandsworth in April, 1766, he received his education at Winchester, and at Trinity college, Oxford, where he graduated B.C.L. 1792. In Oct. 1799 he was collated by Dr. Butler, then Bishop of Hereford, to the living of Brampton Abbot's, and soon afterwards to the first portion of Bromyard. He married first, in 1793, Caroline-Radegunda, daughter of Wm. Roberts, esq. and sister to the barrister and well-known author of that name; and secondly, in 1804, Sophia-Margaretta, daughter of James Bean, of Madras, esq. and coheiress of Governor Dawsonne Drake; by both of whom he leaves surviving issue. Of his pastoral labours in that retired and beautiful spot where he so long resided it befits not man to speak; but, in addition to the winning presence and aspect which he possessed, he was known as a remarkably fine reader, and on this account his church was not unfrequently visited by ecclesiastics of eminence.

MR. WILLIAM INGRAM. March 19. At Aberdeen, in his 84th year, William Ingram, author of a small volume of poems, published in that city in 1812. One or two of the pieces in the volume show the author's love of poetry to have been awakened by the genius of Burns, whose death occurred about the period at which Ingram seems to have commenced the cultivation of the muse's friendship. His last instructions were brief and simple. Bury me as near old Mr. Falconer as possible, and send the bookie' to Lord Aberdeen." "Old Mr. Falconer "? a former clergyman in the parish of Fyvie, and a very worthy man, for whom he entertained a warm friendship, and the "bookie" (a copy of his little volume) was the only token that he had to bestow of his gratitude to the noble and generous benefactor on whose property he resided, at Woodhead of Fyvie, and who rescued him from the absolute want that overtook his declining years.

CLERGY DECEASED.

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Feb. 27. At Stanford, near the Falls of Niagara, aged 26, the Rev. John Lloyd Thomas, travelling missionary in the Talbot district, Lake Erie, eldest son of the Rev. Llewellyn Lloyd Thomas, Rector of Newport, Pembrokeshire.

March 27. At Lymouth, Devonshire, aged 79, the Rev. Charles Kekewich, Rector of Grenton, Somersetshire, to which he was presented in 1832 by S. T. Kekewich, esq.

April 11. Aged 31, the Rev. Edward Sleed, Curate of Syresham, Northamptonshire.

April 16. At the house of his father, the Rev. John Drake, Stourton, Wilts, aged 26, the Rev. George Drake.

April 18. At Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, aged 71, the Rev. John Jenks, Vicar of that parish, to which he was collated in 1832 by Bishop Sparke.

At Epperstone, Notts, aged 72, the Rev. Thomas White, Rector of that parish, to which he was nominated in 1829 by trustees.

April 19. Aged 48, the Rev. Thomas Littlehales, Rector of Sheering, Essex. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Joseph Gascoigne Littlehales, Rector of Shalstow, Bucks. He was educated at Westminster school, whilst his uncle was Head Master, and was thence elected a Student of Christ Church, Oxford. He first accepted from that college the vicarage of Butler's Marston in Warwickshire, and afterwards the rectory of Sheering. He retained the facility of composing Latin verses which he had acquired at Westminster, and was

the author of the last Prologue written for the School Play. He was also not less apt, nor less lively, in English versification.

April 20. At Nice, the Rev. Charles Henry Samuel Weston, of West Horsley, Surrey.

April 21. At Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire, aged 43, the Rev. James Barry, M.A. of Queen's college, Cambridge; eldest son of the Rev. Gaius Barry, Rector of Little Sodbury, Gloucestershire.

April 22. At Aldingham, near Ulverston, Lancashire, aged 80, the Rev. John Stonard, D.D. Rector of Aldingham, to which he was presented in 1814 by the King. He was of Brasenose college, Oxford, M.A. 1796. He has left his property to a carrier's son, named Scholick, who some years since came to live with him as footboy, but whom he has long brought up in expectation of his present good fortune.

April 24. Aged 84, the Rev. Thomas Brownrigg, Incumbent of Boston, near Tadcaster, to which he was nominated in 1818 by the Vicar of Bramham.

At Chilcombe, near Winchester, aged 72, the Rev. James Hodges, B.D. Rector of that place, and Vicar of Twyford and Owslebury, Hants. He was formerly Fellow of Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1798, M.A. 1801, B.D. 1808; he was presented to Twyford by that Society in 1814, and collated to Chilcombe by the Bishop of Winchester in 1826. He was uncle to Dr. Hodges, of Gay-street, Bath.

April 25. At Chichester, aged 90, the Rev. George Guy, Rector of West Stoke, and Vicar of Henfield, Sussex. He was of St. Mary hall, Oxford, B.C.L. 1788; was collated to Henfield in 1789 by Sir William Ashburnham, then Bishop of Chichester, and presented to West Stoke in 1804 by the Lord Chancellor.

At Glascom, Radnorshire, the Rev. Henry Locking, M.A. late curate of Hazlebeach, Northamptonshire. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, B. A. 1820.

May 1. At the College, Hereford, aged 54, the Rev. Henry Pearce, M.A. Vicar Choral of that cathedral, Vicar of Yarkhill, and Chaplain to the City Gaol. He was presented to Yarkhill by the Dean and Chapter in 1822.

At Chorley Wood, Hertfordshire, aged 76, the Rev. Benjamin Preedy, Rector of Hinton on the Green and Willersey, Gloucestershire. He was presented to the former church in 1813 by A. J. C. Baker, esq. and to the latter in 1814 by William Preedy, esq.

May 3. At Balbriggan, co. Dublin, aged 99, the Rev. Galbraith Fenton, the

oldest clergyman of the established church in Ireland. He retained his mental faculries to the last.

At Kingsteignton, Devonshire, aged 70, the Rev. Nicholas Watts.

May 4. At Ormskirk, aged 57, the Rev. Miles Formby, incumbent of Melling. He was son of the late Rev. Mr. Formby, of Formby hall, and leaves two brothers, Dr. Formby of Liverpool, and the Rev. Mr. Formby, resident in Kent. He died suddenly whilst officiating as chairman of the bench at Ormskirk, and had acted as a magistrate from Aug. 1828. He was presented to the chapelry of Melling by the Rector of Halsall in 1829.

May 5. At Barrowby, Lincolnshire, aged 84, the Rev. Jonathan Kendall, Rector of that parish, to which he was presented by the Duke of Devonshire in 1802.

May 9. Aged 27, the Rev. Edward William Thelwall, M.A. Curate of Erbistock, Flintshire. He died from iujuries received on being thrown from a cart.

May 11. At Hastings, aged 25, the Rev. Septimus Stockdale, Rector of Wilby, Northamptonshire. His recent marriage to Caroline, second daughter of the Hon. and Rev. P. A. Irby, Rector of Cottesbrooke, in the same county, was recorded in our last Magazine, p. 535.

May 17. At Thwing, Yorkshire, in the 30th year of his age, the Rev. Michael George Buckly, M.A. Curate of that parish, second son of the late John Buckly, esq. of Normanton Hill.

May 18. At Newark, aged 67, the Rev. James Footit, M.A. Vicar of Barnby-inthe-Willows and Farnsfield, Notts. He was presented to both those churches by the collegiate church of Southwell, to the former in 1822, and the latter in 1834.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. March 10. Drowned in the river Lea, Mr. Robertson and T. W. Hairby, students at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

April 8. In Stanhope-st. Regent's Park, Thomas, youngest son of the late Lieut. John Forbes, R.N. of Jersey.

April 9. In London, aged 45, Cora, widow of Charles Pickering, esq. Madras Inf. and eighth dau. of the late Robert Trewman, esq. of Exeter.

April 10. At Islington, aged 72, Mr. George Rutland, upwards of 50 years of the Bank of England.

April 14. Mrs. Mary Foster, a Swiss lady of high family connections. She was burnt to death at her residence, Parkplace, Bayswater, by her clothes accidentally taking fire.

Aged 81, Richard White, esq. of Essex street, Strand, and Acton-hill, Middlesex. April 16. In the Addison-road, Kensington, aged 64, Elizabeth-Mary, widow of Robert Bliss, esq. of Iffley, near Oxford.

April 17. At Wimpole-st. Georgiana, wife of Edward Majoribanks, esq.

At the house of his mother, Mrs. Shadwell, Stanhope-terr. Hyde Park-gardens, Peter C. Shadwell, esq. youngest son of the late Lancelot Shadwell, esq. of Lincoln's-inn.

At Holloway, aged 67, Joseph Smith, esq. of Albion-buildings, Bartholomewclose.

April 18.

Jessie-Blanche, the wife of Holmes Coote, esq. of Southampton-st. Bloomsbury.

Aged 72, Matthew Wells, esq. of the Old Kent-road, and Love-lane, Eastcheap. In Portland-pl. aged 71, Charles Littledale, esq.

At Mile End, aged 27, Louisa-Susanna, wife of Charles Hope Buncombe, esq. April 19. At York Cottages, Hornseyroad, aged 93, Mrs. Davis.

Aged 75, Charles Webb, esq. of Piccadilly, and of Parkhill house, Clapham.

At Jewin-cres. Aldersgate, Mr. William Harris, one of the head masters of the City of London Schools, Milk-st. son of the late Mr. William Harris, of Bristol.

In Alfred-pl. Bedford-sq. M. Charles Chalieu, author of " L'Indispensable," "Etudes Préparatoires," and other popular works for the pianoforte.

In Air-st. Piccadilly, aged 51, Edwin Briggs, esq.

In Summers-pl. Charlotte, relict of Capt. Skene, R.N.

April 20. At the Duke of Devonshire's, Mr. William Pell, for many years secretary to his Grace, and clerk to the Board of Green Cloth. He drowned himself in an iron tank only three feet in length, and about eighteen inches in depth.

At the house of Richard Harrison, esq. of Doughty-st. aged 78, Ann, relict of John Aspinall, esq. of Wigan.

In Hanover-ter. Regent's Park, aged 28, Herbert-Francis, second son of Matthew Clark, esq.

April 21. At her mother's, in Brompton, Margaret, wife of John Wood, esq. Loudoun Villas, St. John's Wood.

April 22. Aged 81, Lady Gurney, widow of Sir John Gurney, one of the Barons of the Exchequer. She was daughter of Dr. Wm. Hawes, of Spital-sq. and aunt to Benjamin Hawes, esq. M.P. Under Secretary of State.

In Cadogan-terrace, aged 89, Mrs. Clementina Stewart, formerly of Great Campden house, Kensington.

April 23. In Devonshire-pl. aged 65, Leonard Hill, esq. of Northampton.

In Baker-st. the wife of John Goldie, esq. April 24. At Walworth, aged 69, Deputy Commissary-Gen. William Auther.

At Kensington, aged 21, Miss MarthaSusannah Rogerson, daughter of Mr. Rogerson, printer of the Mark Lane Express, Norfolk-st. Strand, and, a few days after, Mr. Tuxford, of Elm Cottage, Barnes : both in consequence of being thrown from a phaeton, the horse of which was frightened by the noise of a brass band. The lady was killed on the spot.

At Stamford-hill, Mrs. Searle, late of Hanover-cresc. Brighton.

April 25. In Hyde Park-sq. aged 64, George William Chad, esq. of Bagthorp, Norfolk, sometime her Majesty's Envoy at Berlin.

At Cavendish-sq. aged 3, MarionGeorgiana, dau. of Edward Majoribanks, jun. esq.

April 26. Aged 30, Mr. Sender, a landscape-painter. He committed suicide by hanging himself. He has left a wife and two children.

In Mecklenburgh-sq. Charles Cox, esq. late of Stockwell Park, and Richmond, Surrey.

At Eden-lodge, Knightsbridge, aged 48, the Hon. Frances Eden, youngest sister of the late Earl of Auckland.

April 27. In Devonshire-pl. John Curteis, esq.

In Victoria-sq. Grosvenor-pl. Charlotte, relict of the Rev. A. Sterky.

April 28. Aged 79, Hermenigild Castellain, esq. of Upper Clapton.

In Sloane-st. Thomas Coleman, Comm. R.N. (1837.)

April 29. In Mornington-pl. Hampstead-road, aged 77, E. B. Vigurs, esq.

April 30. In Mecklenburgh-sq. aged 71, Charles Yates, esq. of the firm of Bedwell, Yates, and Co. St. John-st.

In Burton-st. aged 30, William Henry Moore, esq. late of Berbice.

May 1. At Putney, aged 68, Matthew Dallett, esq.

May 2. In Albemarle-st. Charlotte, relict of the Rev. Slade Nash, Rector of Shrawley, Worcestershire.

May 3. In Essex-st. Strand, aged 70, Mr. William Dalton, father-in-law of Mr. Tucker. Deceased kept a hosier's shop in the Middle Temple nearly fifty years, and had been clerk to Mr. Rogerson of the Temple ten years.

May 4. In Sloane-st. Francis P. Drummond, esq. youngest brother of Col. W. Drummond, late Scots Fusilier Guards.

In Alpha-road, St. John's Wood, aged 50, G. A. L. Learmouth, esq. of Park Hall, Stirlingshire.

At Tollington Park, Holloway, aged 81, George Henry Haslewood, esq.

May 5. In Keppel-st. aged 75, Harriett, youngest dau. of the late Daniel Leonard, esq. formerly Chief Justice of Bermuda.

At Pennsbury, Wandsworth-road, aged 71, James Lynn, esq. May 6. At Portsdown Lodge, Cassandra-Eliza, eldest surviving dau. of Adm. Sir Francis Austen.

In Charles-st. Westbourne-terr. aged 64, Frederick Philpot, esq. late of the Office of Her Majesty's Paymaster-Gen.

May 7. At Maida-hill, aged 74, Ann, relict of the late John Moeller, esq. of Clewer, Berks.

Aged 82, Hannah, wife of Mr. Jonas Atkinson, of Park-terrace, Highbury.

May 8. At Kennington, Miss Theodosia Postlethwaite.

James Stephens Bullock, esq. of Portland-pl. Clapham road, for many years in the Solicitor's Office of Her Majesty's Customs.

Aged 74. Hubert Bower Meredith, esq. formerly of Pentonville, and for many years a member of Lloyd's.

May 9. In Beaumont-st. Marylebone, aged 68, Miss Catherine Klose.

May 10. In Eaton-pl. West, aged 57, Lady Margaret-Maria Cocks, dau. of the late Earl Somers.

At Maida-hill West, Frances, wife of Major George Burney, 38th Bengal N.I.

Thomas Purvis, esq. Queen's Counsel. Mr. Purvis was a member of Trinity college, Cambridge, B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Gray's-inn in 1818, and was latterly a leading member of the Chancery bar. He was a Conservative in politics. and contested the city of Durham in 1843, his successful opponent on that occasion being Mr. Bright.

May 11. In Hanover-terr. Regent's Park, Sophia-Catherine-Mary, wife of the Rev. Henry Bolton Power, Incumbent of Bramley, Surrey.

In Somerset-st. aged 74, Matilda Feilding, only surviving unmarried grand-dau. of Lady Charlotte Finch.

At Camden Town, Ellen-Emma, dau. of William Finden, esq.

William Sloper Hood, esq. of Bethnal Green, and of her Majesty's Customs.

May 12. At the residence of her son W. C. Stowe, esq. Camberwell, aged 67, Charlotte-Hannah. relict of Jas. Stowe, esq.

Harriet, wife of William Christopherson, esq. of Blackheath, and youngest dau. of John Green, esq. of Eitham.

May 18. At Bayswater, aged 63. Charles William Barlee, esq. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Charles Buckie.