Thornton, one of the most respectable of the country managers; and although the first record of her performing is the appearance of her name in the bills of the Newbury theatre, when she was but five years old, as the Boy in the Children in the Wood, we believe she had then already played several childish parts. When about nine years old, she sung in concerts at Brighton, and at about eleven, personated a Gipsy at a fête given by Queen Charlotte at Frogmore. Indeed, her performances before the court must have been pretty frequent at this time, for she was a member of the Windsor company, and from her cleverness and interesting appearance was selected to perform most of the parts suited to her age in the Windsor theatre, to which George III. was then in the habit of resorting three times a week, whenever it was open, during the residence of the royal family at the castle. Miss Ivers continued with Mr. Thornton until, on her marriage in 1804, with Mr. (now Dr.) Orger, she withdrew for a short period from the stage. Mr. Orger was a member of the Society of Friends, from which, of course, he retired when he married. The association of the young actress with a man of cultivated taste and great classical attainments, for such her husband was, must have tended greatly to improve her intellectual qualities, and acting upon a mind of considerable natural powers, and quick perceptive faculties, no doubt mainly assisted in the formation of a character that rendered Mrs. Orger through life an ornament to the profession to which she belonged. She re-appeared on the stage at Glasgow in the latter part of 1805, and continued to perform at various theatres in Scotland till, having attracted the notice of Bannister while playing several parts with him when he was starring at Glasgow, she came in 1808 to London, and was speedily engaged at Drury Lane, where she appeared as Lydia Languish, on October the 4th of that year. Mrs. Orger's success in that character at once placed her in a respectable position on the London stage, and she continued to perform regularly at Drury Lane till 1831, accepting, during the summer months, engagements at the various minor theatres. In 1812 she particularly distinguished herself by her performance of Patty Larkins in The Highgate Tunnel; and in 1816, in consequence of a dispute between the management of Drury Lane and that of the Lyceum, a correspondence took place between Mrs. Orger and Mr. Douglas Kinnaird. The letters have been pub. lished, and, whatever were the merits of the case, the lady had certainly the advantage of the M.P. in being able to write

good English. Mrs. Orger performed at the Victoria when that theatre was opened by Messrs. Abbot and Egerton, and, on her finally leaving Drury Lane, was engaged by Madame Vestris for the Olympic, then in the fulness of its celebrity, and here she appeared in 1832 as Mrs. Deputy Butts in Mr. Dance's farce of the Water Party. She remained here during the remainder of Madame Vestris's management, performing with the most complete success a series of parts that were admirably adapted to her peculiar talents; few who saw the performances will forget the good-humoured vulgarity of her Mrs. Deputy Butts, the purity of her Scotch accent in Prudence MacIntyre, and of her Buckinghamshire dialect in the persona. tion farce of P. Q., her thrilling recognition of her old lover as the Baroness in Ask No Questions, nor her inimitable personation of Fanny Pepper in Mr. Oxenford's capital farce of Twice Killed. These, with ber Mrs. Piminy in A Gentleman in Difficulties, Mrs. Brown in Kill or Cure, Mrs. Lillywhite in Forty and Fifty, and many others, formed a series of personations as distinct in their assumptions of character as they were finished and effective, so to speak, as works of art. When Madame Vestris left the Olympic for the larger arena of Covent Garden, Mrs. Orger accompanied her, and continued at that theatre under the management that succeeded. Her last original character was in Mr. Bell's comedy of Mothers and Daughters, and the last part she acted was one she had never played before, and in a line of character she had not previously attempted; it was Old Lady Lambert in the Hypocrite. This was in 1843, just before the sudden closing of the theatre. Mrs. Orger then accepted an engagement to appear at the Strand Theatre on its opening under the direction of Mr. Maywood; this engagement she was prevented by illness from fulfilling, and shortly after determined, on the recommendation of her physician, to retire from her profession, which that excellent institution, the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, to which she had been long a subscriber, enabled her to do with comfort.

Mrs. Orger was thus allowed that space betwixt the theatre and the grave," of which Kemble spoke, as so desirable. in the farewell address written for him by Campbell, and continued to enjoy, as far as the somewhat delicate state of her health would permit, the society of a numerous circle of friends, by whom she was beloved and respected. Mrs. Orger played, during a great portion of her career, parts in genteel comedy, but her real success was achieved in broad comedy,

and in the higher class of burlesque; in chambermaids and parts where eccentricity is relieved by touches of good feeling and genuine warmth of character, she has rarely been equalled. Her style of acting was of the genuine old sort, depending for effects upon truth and nature; to the last she studied acting as an art, and loved it as a profession. In private life Mrs. Orger was, throughout, estimable; she was in the habit of associating with some of the first literary men of the day, to whom her vivacity, fine taste, her love of literature, and agreeable manners always rendered her an acceptable companion. Mrs. Orger was the author of a farce produced at Drury Lane called Change Partners. She has left one daughter, now Mrs. Reinagle, residing at Oxford, but who is well known in the musical circles of London as an accomplished pianist.-Literary Gazette.

MR. JOHN WILSON.

July 8. At Quebec, of cholera, aged 49, Mr. John Wilson, the favourite Scotch vocalist.

He was born at Edinburgh in 1800, and was brought up as a compositor. He must in this occupation have been distinguished for superior intelligence, as he filled for several years the responsible situation of principal corrector of the press in the house of Messrs. Ballantyne and Co. His vocal powers were brought into notice as a precentor in the kirk. In 1816 he applied himself to the study of music at the Edinburgh Institution, and, having made great progress, in 1824 he became the pupil of Mr. Finley Dun, of Edinburgh, under whose tuition he studied the principles of the Italian style of singing, and soon appeared in public at the Edinburgh concerts, where his success was so unequivocal that he determined to abandon the printing business. Bidding adieu to Scotland for a time, he came to London and placed himself under the celebrated Crevelli, to whose instructions Wilson has often attributed much of his skill in the science of vocalization. In March, 1830, he made his first appearance on the stage in his native city, as Henry Bertram, in "Guy Mannering." His success was triumphant, and the songs of "Oh tell me, Mary, how to woo thee," "Saw ye my wee thing;" with a charming melody by Barnett, "The spot where I was born," were given with a pathos and taste that announced his future eminence. This effort was followed by his performance of Masaniello, in the opera of that name, with similar success. For two years he continued to sing at the Edinburgh concerts and at the Theatre Royal of the town, making rapid advances in public

favour. At length he received an offer from the proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre, where he first appeared on the 16th Oct. 1832, as Don Carlos in "The Duenna." The début was perfectly successful, and he afterwards added to his list the Prince in "Cinderella," and Azor in the fairy operetta of "Selina and Azor," adapted from the nursery tale of "Beauty and the Beast." In the opera of "Fra Diavolo " Wilson also shone as Lorenzo, though the part was only a secondary one. During his Covent-garden engagement "The Highland Reel" was revived, in which he delighted the town by singing the Scotch ballad of "The flowers of the forest." In the opera of "Gustavus,' though sustaining a minor part only, he was greatly instrumental in the success of the opera. At the Lyceum, with Mr. Arnold, the impression he created as Donald in "The Mountain Sylph " has never been effaced by succeeding representatives of the part; and his performance of Elvino in "La Sonnambula " gave the opera (with Miss Romer's efforts as Amina) a great run.

In 1837, accompanied by Miss Shirreff, he made his first trip to America, where, in the course of two years, he acquired considerable fame and a handsome amount of dollars. Returning to England, he entered on the performance of his musical entertainments, which attracted large audiences in every town and city throughout the kingdom. His last appearance in London was at the Hanover-square Rooms, where he gave his farewell night. He had since been giving his entertainments, with unprecedented eclat, in different parts of North America for the last six months, and contemplated a return to England in the ensuing spring. He wrote to Mr. Alison, of Alfred-place, on the 7th July, acquainting him that he had arrived at Quebec, and that the cholera, of which he always stood in fear, was making sad ravages in that city. On the 8th, the day after, he was seized with a violent attack of cholera, and expired in three hours.

Mr. Wilson was the most accomplished singer of Scotch ballads of modern times. He had a high tenor voice of much sweetness, and sang the melodies of his native land with a quaintness of humour and expression that could not be surpased. His popularity in Scotland was inferior to that of Sinclair in his palmiest days.

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During his professional career Mr. Wilson is said to have amassed a considerable fortune, and rumour has attributed to him of late some severe losses by the railway mania, to meet which, it is said,

he resolved on his second and fatal voyage to America. In every relation of private life he was held in deserved esteem. He has left a widow, two sons, and three daughters, some of whom are studying for the musical profession.

MR. PIERCE EGAN.

Aug. 3. Aged 77 years, Pierce Egan, the veteran historian of the ring, and sporting journalist.

Mr. Egan's popularity chiefly resulted from the success of his "Life in London," which was published in numbers, illustrated by the clever designs of George Cruikshank, and which had an unusual run of success when dramatised at the Adelphi Theatre. The following are the titles of his principal publications

"Boxiana; or, Sketches of ancient and modern Pugilism, from the days of Broughton and Slack to the Championship of Cribb." 1818-21. 3 vols. 8vo.

"Life in London; or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis." 1823. 8vo.

66 'An Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt; with an Appendix." 1824. 8vo.

"An Account of the Trial of Mr. Fauntleroy for Forgery." 1824. 8vo. "Life in London," a newspaper, commenced in 1824.

"The Life of an Actor."

1825. 8vo.

"Anecdotes of the Turf, the Chase, the Ring, and the Stage, embellished with thirteen coloured plates, designed from nature, and etched by Theodore Lane." 1827. 8vo.

"Pierce Egan's Book of Sports and Mirror of Life." 1832. 8vo.

His son, "Pierce Egan the Younger," is the author of Wat Tyler, Paul Jones, and other romances of the like class.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Aug. 4. At Edgbaston, aged 58, the Rev. Hyla Willetts Holden, Incumbent of Erdington, Warwickshire, to which he was presented in 1824 by the Vicar of Aston.

Aug. 17. At the house of his brotherin-law at Oadby, Leicestershire, aged 43, the Rev. John M'Cormick, Rector of Creaton, Northamptonshire.

At Greencastle, co. Down, aged 43, the Rev. G. O'Doherty.

Aug. 18. At Wootton, Lincolnshire, the Rev. James Giffard, M.A. Patron and Vicar of that parish, and late Rural Dean of Yarborough. He was instituted to his living in 1814. He was of Trinity college, Camb. B.A. 1791, M.A. 1794.

At the Sanctuary, Probus, Cornwall, the Rev. Robert Lampen, M.A. Vicar of Probus, and Prebendary of Exeter. He was collated to his living in 1828 by Bishop Carey.

Aug. 19. At Kingstown, near Dublin, (where he had been staying for the benefit of his health,) having nearly attained his hundredth year, the Very Rev. Thomas Carter, D.D. Dean of Tuam, and Rector of Tanderagee and Ballymore, co. Armagh.

At Ash Bocking, Suffolk, aged 68, the Rev. W. G. Plees, Vicar of that parish, to which he was presented in 1833 by the Lord Chancellor.

Aug. 21. At the rectory, Clist St. George, Devonshire, aged 75, the Rev. William Rous Ellicombe, Rector and patron of that church, to which he was instituted in 1810. He was of Exeter college, Oxford, M.A. 1800.

At Old Brompton, aged 62, the Rev. David Morgan, for many years Curate of St. Martin's in the Fields, and formerly of Camden Villas, Camden Town. He bore during his professional administrations the highest reputation for piety and benevolence, but on the 27th Nov. 1841, was declared by a commission of lunacy to have been insane from the 22d Oct. 1840.

Aug. 23. At Cheltenham, aged 49, the Rev. Ralph Lewen Benson, formerly Rector of Easthope, Shropshire.

At Leamington, the Rev. Robert FitzHerbert Fuller, Rector of Chalvington, Sussex. He was the sixth and youngest son of John Trayton Fuller, esq. of Ashdown house, in that county, by his se cond wife the Hon. Anne Eliott, only daughter of Gilbert first Lord Heathfield. He was presented to his living in 1833 by his brother Aug. Eliott Fuller, esq.

At Buxton vicarage, Norfolk, the Re. George Jarvis, Fellow of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, and Mathematical Tutor of Queen's college, Birmingham. He was the only son of the Rev. George Jarvis, B.D. Vicar of Tuttington, Norfolk.

In Albert Road, Regent's Park, of cholera, aged 52, the Rev. Samuel Wood, second son of the late Ottiwell Wood, esq. of Liverpool, and brother to John Wood, esq. Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue.

Aug. 24. In Argyle-street, of cholera, aged 54, the Rev. Dr. Jacob.

Aug. 25. At East Lodge, Bexley Heath, aged 45, the Rev. Richard Davies, Vicar of Erith, Kent, to which he was instituted in 1804.

Aug. 26. Aged 53, the Rev. James Bernard Jervois.

Aug. 28. At Southampton, the Re John Atcherley Ashley, M.A. Curate of Great Saxham, Suffolk; eldest son of the

Rev. John Ashley, Canon of Ely and Rector of Teversham, Cambridgeshire.

Aug. 31. At his residence in St. Martin's, Stamford Baron, of cholera, aged 80, the Rev. Thomas Brown, M.A. He was the eldest son of Thomas Brown, esq. of Horbling, Lincolnshire, (where he and his ancestors have had possessions and have held the manor for many centuries,) by Frances (his second wife) only child and heiress of the Rev. John Rowning, an ingenious mathematician and philosopher, formerly Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge, and Rector of Anderby, Lin. colnshire. He was of Clare-hall, Cambridge, B.A. 1795, M.A. 1800. The deceased was a man of unbounded benevolence; he considered the exercise of charity a personal grace," and, as he used to observe, acted "as his own executor. It is supposed that he cannot have distributed in his lifetime less than 50,000Z.

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Lately. The Rev. John B. Ormsby, Rector of the union of Templemore, in the diocese of Cashel.

At Cockermouth, aged 28, the Rev. Joseph Bleaymire Steel, Vicar of Bridekirk, and late Curate of Corbridge, Northumberland.

Sept. 1. At sea, on his passage from Madeira, aged 30, the Rev. Henry Hill, M.A. late Vicar of Aston Cantelowe, Warwickshire; second son of P. H. Hill, esq. of Mansfield-street, and of Berry Hill, co. Nottingham. He was Curate of Snettisham in Norfolk, previously to his presentation to the vicarage of Aston Cantelowe in 1846.

Sept. 3. At Preston House, Feversham, (the residence of his brother-inlaw Giles Hilton, esq.) aged 83, the Rev. George Shepherd, D.D. of Russell-square, for 32 years Preacher to the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn, and Rector of St. Bartholemew's by the Exchange; also Treasurer to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and the Clergy Orphan Society. He was of University college, Oxford, M.A. 1790, B.D. 1807; and was presented to his living in 1807 by the Lord Chancellor.

Sept. 5. At Beckington, Somersetshire, aged 70, the Rev. Sainsbury Langford Sainsbury, Rector of that parish, to which he succeeded on the death of the Rev. H. Sainsbury in 1792. He was of Caius college, Cambridge, B.A. 1802.

Sept. 7. Aged 80, the Rev. Julius Drake Brockman, for 57 years Rector of Cheriton and Vicar of Newington, Kent. He was the second son of the Rev. Ralph Drake Brockman of Beachborough, Kent (who assumed the name of Brockman by Act of Parliament in 1768), by Caroline

youngest daughter of Henry Brockman, esq. of Cheriton. He was instituted to his united livings in 1793, and having married in the same year Harriet, youngest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Locke, of Newcastle, co. Limerick, had issue ten sons and four daughters.

At Monmouth, the Rev. James Crowther, Vicar of Kingsbury Episcopi, Somersetshire, and Lecturer of Monmouth. He was of Jesus college, Cambridge, B.A. 1820, M.A. 1824; and was presented to his living in 1820 by the Chancellor of Wells cathedral.

Sept. 8. At Ramsgate, the Rev. Richard Rawlins, M.A. of Magdalen hall, Oxford, Curate of St. Anne's, Limehouse; youngest surviving son of Samuel Rawlins, esq. of Edgbaston, Warwickshire.

Sept. 9. At Bristol, of cholera, the Rev. Charles Penry Bullock, Rector of St. Paul's in that city, to which he was presented by the Corporation of the City in 1823. During the prevalence of the cholera in the year 1832 Mr. Bullock was chaplain to the Corporation of the Poor, and the faithful and fearless attendant of the diseased in St. Peter's Hospital.

Sept. 10. In Charles-street, Berkeleysquare, at the residence of Dr. Nairne, aged 55, the Rev. George Cornish, of Salcombe Hill, Devonshire, Prebendary of Exeter, Vicar of Kenwyn and Kea, Cornwall, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Exeter. He was the eldest son of George Cornish, esq. of Salcombe Hill, Devonshire, and was collated to those united livings by Bishop Carey in 1828. He married Harriett, second daughter of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart. of Chaddesden, co. Derby. The death of his daughter, Mrs. Morrice, is recorded in p. 440.

At the house of the Rev. W. Mills, Exeter, of cholera, aged 60, the Rev. Henry Jeffreys, M. A. late Archdeacon of Bombay, and senior Chaplain to the Right Rev. Dr. Carr, the present Bishop, who appointed him to that office in 1839. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1814.

Sept. 12. At Warburton, Cheshire, aged 42, the Rev. James Francis Egerton Warburton, M.A. Rector of Warburton, and of the second mediety of Lymme. He was the second son of the Rev. Rowland Egerton, who took the additional name of Warburton, (the seventh son of Philip Egerton, esq. of Egerton and Oulton,) by Emma daughter of James Croxton, esq. of Norley Bank, in her issue heir of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley, Bart. He was presented to his benefice in 1832 by his brother. He married, Feb. 29, 1839, Annie, second daughter of George Stone, esq. of Blisworth, Northamptonshire.

Sept. 15. At Palgrave Priory, Suffolk, aged 52, the Rev. Henry Harrison, M.A. Rector of Shrimpling, Norfolk, and a magistrate for both those counties. He was the son of the Rev. Henry Harrison, of Palgrave, and also Rector of Shrimpling, to which living he was himself instituted, on his own petition as patron, in 1831. He was of Jesus college, Cambridge, B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821. He married in 1825, Jane-Sarah, daughter of the Rev. T. Decker, and has left two children.

Sept. 16. At Machynlleth, the Rev. Edward Coulthurst, Rector of the second mediety of Linton, in the west riding of Yorkshire, to which he was presented in 1821 by the Lord Chancellor. He was of St. Peter's college, Cambridge, B.A. 1818.

Sept. 23. At Canterbury, of apoplexy, aged 53, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Watson, brother to Lord Sondes. He was the third son of Lewis-Thomas second Lord Sondes, by Mary-Elizabeth, only daughter of Richard Milles, esq. of North Elmham, Norfolk. He was of St. John's college, Cambridge, M.A. 1817; and formerly held the rectory of East Carlton cum Oakley, in Northamptonshire, to which he was presented in 1819 by Sir J. H. Palmer, Bart. but had resigned, we believe, in 1829. He was also Rector of Kettering, by presentation from his brother, but resigned that benefice in Dec. 1830. Mr. Watson was unmarried, and had latterly addicted himself to very eccentric habits, estranged from his family and friends.

Sept. 26. At Barton Lodge, near Gloucester, aged 71, the Rev. George Dinely Goodyar, M.A. Rector of Otterden, Kent, and Vicar of Tibshelf, Derbyshire. Mr. Goodyar is said to have descended from George third son of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Goodyere, M.P. for Evesham, by Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Edward Dinely, of Charlton, co. Worc. (Note to the account of Otterden by the late Rev. Thomas Rackett, F.R.S. and S.A. in Gent. Mag. June 1832, p. 498), and if so he was entitled to the baronetcy supposed to have become extinct on the death of Sir John Dineley, one of the Poor Knights of Windsor,* in 1809 (see Court

*Mr. Courthope states the death of Sir John as "circa 1776;" he lived to the 18th Oct. 1809, and his gravestone bearing that date, may be seen in the sunny walk on the south side of St. George's chapel, Windsor. His figure is given in one of Paul Sandby's views of the North Terrace, leaning on his stick, and ogling some young ladies. On his death a memoir of his family was given in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol. lxxix. p. 1171.

hope's Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage, p. 88). He was instituted to the vicarage of Tibshelf in 1819, and to the rectory of Otterden in 1825. Mr. Goodyar has left several children. His third daughter, Elizabeth, was married April 16, 1839, to James Majoribanks, esq.

Sept. 28. At Rugby, in his 72d year, the Rev. John Warneford, late of Mickleham, Surrey, and Rector of Llanellen, Monmouthshire. He was formerly Fellow of Jesus college, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. 1799, as 4th Senior Optime, M.A. 1803.

Oct. 7. At Great Totham, Essex, aged 86, the Rev. Thomas Ffoote Gower, Rector of Snoreham and Vicar of Great Totham. He was of an old family in Worcestershire, the second son of the Rev. Foote Gower, M.A. Fellow of Brazenose college, Oxford, afterwards of Chelmsford, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Joseph Strutt, esq. of Moulsham, Essex. He was presented to the former living in 1810 by J. H. Strutt, esq. and to the latter in 1835 by the trustees of the late W. P. Honywood, esq. One of his brothers, Charles, was a physician; and another, Richard Hall Gower, of Ipswich, who had been in the East India Company's sea service, was the author of some works on seamanship and naval architecture, and died in 1833.

In his 69th year, the Rev. John Rose, M.A. Rector of Whilton, Northamptonshire. He was the second son of the Rev. William Lucas Holden Rose, M.A. Rector of Whilton and Vicar of East Haddon (who took the additional name of Rose by Act of Parliament), by Anne, daughter of Thomas Hodgkinson, esq. of Broughton Astley, co. Leic. He was formerly Fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. 1803, as 7th Wrangler, M.A. 1807. He was presented to the rectory of Whilton in 1814 by his mother, Mrs. Anne Rose.

DEATHS.

LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.

Aug. 12. At the rectory, Rotherhithe, Miss Everilda Bracken, of Sutton Coldfield.

Aug. 16. In London, aged 40, the Hon. Cornelius O'Callaghan, elder son of Viscount Lismore, of Shanbally Castle, co. Tipperary. He was formerly an officer in the 12th Lancers, and represented the borough of Dungarvan for many years on liberal principles. He was unmarried. Aug. 23. In Cambridge-terr. aged 52, John Pyne, esq. late of the E.I.C.'s Civil Service.

Sept. 4. At Camberwell, aged 78,