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ABRAHAM, Rev. Richard, lately, aged 63. He was of King's Coll. Cambridge, M. A. 1792; and was pre- sented to the vicarage of Ilminster, co. Somerset, in 1791, by the Earl of Guildford, and to the Rectory of Chaffcombe in the same county, in 1792, by Earl Poulett.
ADDIS, William, June 18, at his mother's house, in the parish of Much Birch, Essex, belonging to the 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards. This brave fellow bore his share in the glorious battle of Waterloo in 1815, where he was wounded. In conse- quence of ill health, a short time since he obtained leave to visit his friends, with the hope that his native air would prove beneficial to his shattered frame, but a rapid decline left recovery hopeless; and he contemplated the approach of death with the firmness of a man, and the resignation of a Christian. On the 18th (the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo), he requested his mother to decorate his room with laurel, and place his medal on his breast: he also received the sacrament; and after surveying the reward of his bravery with evident ex- ultation and pleasure, desired it to be
ANNESLEY, Martin, Esq., June 29, at Reading, in his 82d year. His life was spent, to the last, in doing good. As a magistrate, his sagacity, his inte- grity, his unremitting attention, will be long remembered, and supplied with difficulty. He will be deeply regretted by the corporation of Reading, over which he so long presided with the warmest zeal and most extensive utility. As a man, he had a heart always open to beneficence and charity. As a Chris- tian, he united the soundest principles of faith to the most active exercise of works.
BANKS, Mr. George, aged 55, a respectable farmer, of Braceborough, near Stanford. Nine days before he had with great fortitude undergone an operation by Sir A. Cooper, who came from London and extracted two large stones from the neck of the bladder, and Mr. Banks was considered to be doing extremely well until Sunday; when he complained of sore throat, and his me- dical attendant found that his constitu- tion had given way under the acute sufferings. He died on the following night.
BARRY, Rev. Edward, M. D. and D.D., January 16, at Wallingford, in the 63d year of his age. He was the son of Dr. Barry, a physician at Bris- tol, and was educated at Bristol School, under that eminent scholar and master, Mr. Lee. He was originally intended for the profession of physic, and after the usual course of study, he graduated at St. Andrew's. But the bent of his mind was directed to divinity; and he accordingly made himself master of the principal Orthodox and Calvinis- tical divines. Having compared their arguments, and examined them by the safest and the purest test, the Holy Scriptures, he took orders, and warmly espoused the sound principles of the Church of England. He was several years curate of Mary-le-bonne, and was considered as one of the most popular preachers in the metropolis. He united zeal and knowledge; was energetic and persuasive; and most of the public charities in London were highly benefited by his exertions in their favour. His exhortations to the sick were particularly calculated to con- vert the infidel, to humble the pre-
sumptuous, to raise the dejected, to comfort the desponding, to inspire faith and hope, and to conduct the dying Christian to the bosom of his Saviour and his God. The excellent ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Villette, often availed himself of his assistance in softening the hardness of the offender by awakening the terrors of conscience.
From the busy scenes of the metro- polis, he was invited by the call of friendship to reside in Reading, where he employed his leisure hours in pub- lishing some of his works. His atten- tion was then attracted by a new species of Christians, who professed the princi- ples, and preserved the forms of worship, of the Established Church, but who ad- mitted dissenting preachers in their pulpits. The result of his examination of their conduct was his " Friendly Call to a New Species of Dissenters," a pub- lication, of which in a short time several editions were printed. It was dedicated to Sir William Scott, by whose interest he obtained the living of St. Mary's, and soon after the more valuable preferment of St. Leonard's, in Wallingford. There, by his assiduity in the duties of his pro- fession, by his affectionate and forcible private private and and public exhortations, and par- ticularly by the institution of a Sunday evening lecture, he was gratified by the most crowded congregations. Of the affection of his parishioners, and of the interest which his character excited in all descriptions of persons in the town, a most affecting proof was given by the immense concourse of people who at- tended his funeral, and by the tears which were shed on that solemn occa- sion.
He possessed a considerable share of classical learning, and of general know- ledge. He was cheerful and lively in conversation, zealous and active in the cause of benevolence; and his heart was so open to charity, that he never beheld a person in distress without affording relief in full proportion to his ability.- He was twice married. His last wife, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Mo- rell of Oxford, survives him.
He published the following works: "A Letter to Mr. Cumberland, oc- casioned by his Letter to the Bishop of Landaff," 1783, 8vo. - " A Sermon preached Aug. 14, 1786, before the Bri- tish Assurance Society," 4to." A Sermon preached to the Convicts under Sentence of Death in Newgate, April 20," 1788, 4to. - " Twelve Sermons
BELL, Henry Nugent, Esq., in Whitehall-place, after a lingering and painful illness, which he bore with Christian fortitude, sincerely regretted by his high and numerous acquaint- ance, and an irretrievable loss to those by whom he was professionally employed. This gentleman recovered for Hans Francis Hastings the earl- dom of Huntingdon, by which noble- man he will be long and gratefully remembered. He was also the author of the Huntingdon Peerage. a sacrifice at the early age of twenty- nine, to his over exertions in behalf of his clients, leaving his family to regret the loss of a kind and indulgent father, and his acquaintance of a sincere friend.
BENYON, S. Y., Esq., in Russell- square, aged 64, Vice Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Recorder of Ches- ter, and His Majesty's Attorney-Ge- neral for the Chester circuit. Mr. Benyon was born at Ashe, in Shrop- shire, and bred a Dissenter. In politics he was attached to the Whigs, and he was always a steady friend to the civil and religious rights of his countrymen. He was a warm admirer of the late Sir Saml. Romilly, and zealously advocated his plans for the reformation of the criminal code, and the amelioration of prison discipline; and as a judge, in his office of Recorder of Chester, he always evinced his anxiety to apportion punish- ment according to the degree of actual rather than technical criminality. Ofa man of such principles and practices, it is difficult to speak in adequate terms of praise.
BERILLE, Rev. William, M. A., July 16, at Colert House, Berkshire, where he resided during the summer months, of King-street, Portman- square, Rector of Exford, in the county of Somerset, Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Manchester, and formerly fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
Few persons will be more lamented than this truly amiable and excellent man, of whose meritorious life, perhaps the following sketch may not be unac- ceptable.
Descended from an antient family, of which he was the sole representative, Mr. Berille was born in the city of Lincoln, where he received the first ru- diments of a classical education, and was at an early age admitted a pen- sioner of Peter House, in the Univer- sity of Cambridge. Here by talents
and assiduity he commanded the esteem of his seniors; and when at the usual time he took his first degree, his name stood high in the list of Wranglers, Shortly after obtaining these academi- cal honours, he was elected a fellow of his college, and receiving holy orders, settled in London, where for many years he excited the attention of the public as an admired preacher, first at the chapel of Great Queen- street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and after- wards at that of Spring Gardens.
He was also the author of several successful literary efforts, though in consequence of a want of confidence in his own abilities, he would never allow his name to be affixed to any of his works. Besides other productions of equal merit, the public is indebted to his pen for a very able defence of Hammond, whom Dr. Johnson had unmercifully criticised in his " Lives of the British Poets," and for an ele- gant translation of "Numa Pompi- lius," from the original French of Monsieur de Florian. His sermons, which had always practical utility for their object, were free from sectarian violence, and breathed the genuine spirit of Christian charity. Firmly attached to the Church of England, he avoided all subjects of theological con- troversy, and contented himself with teaching the truth of the Gospel, and enforcing the virtues it inculcates. His delivery was dignified, and his language, always correct and classical, often displayed the higher powers of impassioned eloquence. It is but jus- tice to add, that in a review of the comparative merits of the then con- temporary preachers of the metropolis, published not long before his death, by the late Mr. Jerningham, no trifling praise was allowed to the lamented subject of this article, who at that time was the proprietor and morning preach. er of Spring Gardens Chapel. Hav- ing been presented by his College to a living in Somersetshire, Mr. Berille resigned his fellowship, and married the widow of the late William Roch- fort, Esq., and daughter of Henry Sperling, of Dyns Hill, in the county of Essex, Esq. From his first arrival in London, and more particularly after his union with this lady, he lived in the most polished circles of the capital, where his hospitality and urbanity will be long remembered. As a compa- nion, a scholar, and a preacher, he
cannot fail to be generally regretted ; while to the few who enjoyed his inti- macy, the loss is irreparable.
That suavity of manners which was his peculiar characteristic, seemed only the index of a mind of corresponding benevolence. The firmest friend, the most devoted husband, and the fondest father, he extended his good wishes and good offices to all mankind. He was in the strictest sense a philanthro- pist; and the author of this article, after a familiar intercourse of more than forty years, can take it upon him- self to assert, that from the lips of Mr. Berille (who was always the zeal- ous advocate of the absent, the injured, and the helpless) he never heard drop an expression calculated in the re- motest degree to give pain to his fel- low man.
To scientific and classical attain- ments of the highest order, he united an extensive knowledge of modern li- terature; and to the purest morals, the most liberal principles. That with such pretensions to clerical preferment, he should not have attained the first honours of his profession, which no one deserved better than himself, can only be attributed to a noble inde- pendence of conduct, which made him disdain to solicit favours, and to an excess of modesty and diffidence inhe- rent in his character, which kept from the world at large a full knowledge of those qualities of mind and heart which endeared him to his family, and to a small circle of attached fsiends; among whom no one loved him better, or la- ments him more, than he to whom the melancholy task has devolved of offer- ing this tribute to his memory.
BLANE, Captain G. R., of the Bengal Engineers, at Loodeanah, in the East Indies, on the 18th of May last, aged 30, the second son of Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart. He received his educa- tion at the Charter-house, and the Mi- litary College at Marlow, which he joined in 1804, as a cadet of the East India Company. He went there on the department of the line, but was transferred to that of the ordnance, on account of his superior talent in ma- thematics; and on this occasion, he at- tracted the particular notice and pa- tronage of Mr. Pitt, then prime mi- nister. He completed his education at Woolwich, and embarked for India in 1807; where, on his arrival, he was selected for the corps of engineers.
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