DEATHS-Oct. 11. At Edinburgh, Lady M. Cuninghame, widow of Sir James M. Cuninghame, Bart., of Corsehill; and same day, Miss M. Cuninghame, daughter of the same. In Dorset-place, John Dick, esq., late of Orange Park, Jamaica. 12. In Jermyn-street, Lieut.-Col. John Charles Hope, late of the Rifle Brigade. At Norwood, aged 52, the Right Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Countess of Bradford. She was the only daughter of the late Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, Bt., by Lady Elizabeth Ramsay, aunt of the present Earl of Dalhousie. At Monmouth, in his 85th year, the Rev. Thomas Addams Williams, Vicar of Uske, where he had performed the duties for upwards of sixty years. 13. At Tunbridge Wells, aged 54, Sir John Jacob Buxton, Bart., of Shadwell Park, Norfolk. At Cawnpore, aged 38, William Richard Kennaway, esq., Judge of the Civil Court of Futtypore, fourth son of the late Sir John Kennaway, Bart. At Clifton, Thomas Lyttleton Lyster, esq., R.N., late of H.M.S. Cleopatra. At Crowcombe Court, Geo. Henry Carew, esq. He was descended from the ancient family of Broughton, and by marriage with Miss Carew, the lineal descendant of Sir Coventry Carew, of Anthony House, Cornwall, he became possessed of the Somersetshire property, and also of Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire. 14. At Brighton, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Jas. Lyon, K.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel of the 24th reg. In Jersey, Col. Gilbert Cimitiere. He received the brevet of Lieut.-Col. in 1819. He was present in sixteen general battles, besides several sieges and partial actions. At Pimlico, aged 66, Mr. Edward Augustus Kendall, the author of "Keeper's Travels," "Travels in America and Canada," "Letters on Ireland," "Letters on the Catholic Question," "Letters on the Abolition of the SlaveTrade," "Trial by Battle," and other works on political economy and jurisprudence, besides many translations from the French in prose and verse. In periodical literature, descending from its higher range, he may be said to have originated, in the" Literary Chronicle," "Olio," &c. twenty-five years since, the present cheap and deservedly popu lar race of weekly issues from the press. At Claughton Hall, Lancashire, aged 56, John Gage Rokewode, of Coldham Hall, Suffolk, esq., barrister-at-law, Director of the Society of Antiquaries, F. R. S. and F. L. S. As an antiquary Mr. Rokewode was highly accomplished. He was a good scholar, well versed in English history, in records, in genealogy, and heraldry, with a correct eye and an elegant taste in art. 16. At his residence attached to the Police Court, aged 52, David William Gregorie, esq., Senior Magistrate at Queen-square Police Court. At his house in St. Giles Norwich, John Herring, esq., one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the co. of Norfolk; in his 69th year. 17. At Landford parsonage, aged 25, Thomas Bolton Girdlestone, mate R.N. third son of the Rev. Henry Girdlestone, and by his mother grand-nephew of the illustrious Nelson. At Camden Town, Dr. Peter Kenny, a gentleman of literary pursuits. He committed suicide by cutting his throat; verdict, temporary insanity. At Hall Court, Mathon, aged 57, William Vale, esq., a magistrate for Herefordshire, and formerly a Lieut. in the Navy. At Naples, from the effects of malaria fever, John Harper, esq. Mr. Harper was born at Dunken Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire, on the 11th November, 1809. He had been for some years resident in the city of York, where he practised, with flattering success, the profession of an architect; and, even in a very brief career, he has left behind him many permanent examples of his classical genius in architecture, both in Yorkshire and in his native co. of Lancashire. 19. At his seat, St. Catherine's, near Edinburgh, Sir William Rae, Bart. Lord Advocate of Scotland, and M.P. for Buteshire. Sir William, who was DEATHS-Oct. called to the bar as far back as the year 1791, was a schoolfellow and co-temporary of Sir Walter Scott, who ever entertained a high regard for him, as frequently appears from his recorded sentiments. In 1819, and when sheriff of Midlothian, Sir W. Rae was promoted to the office of Lord-Advocate, on the elevation of the present Lord Meadow. bank to the bench. He held this office until the accession of the Grey Ministry, in 1830, and was afterwards re-appointed in 1834, and continued during the brief official tenure of Sir R. Peel. During the intervals in his official career the Right Hon. Baronet remained in Parliament, and was the acknowledged adviser of the Opposition on all matters relating to Scotland. Perhaps no individual ever held this office so long, seeing it is the key to the official patronage of Scotland, and the occupant of which is, of course, entitled in due time to secure an honourable promotion for himself. Sir William might have on various occasions claimed a seat on the bench, but he very honourably declined the judicial office, on the ground that he did not consider himself sufficiently qualified as a practising lawyer. He was, however, allowed by all, including his political opponents, to be most assiduous in his official duties, and many remain to bear testimony to the efficient services he rendered in local matters. As a lawyer and public man, the characteristics of Sir William Rae were those of good sense, active business habits, and unpretending assiduity in the discharge of his duties, rather than brilliancy of talent and eloquence. During the entire period to which we have alluded he was always in Parliamentwhether out of office or in office-steadily attached to his principles and his friends, and ever occupied more peculiarly with the multifarious business which had reference to Scotland. And although in the very brunt of the political warfare which prevailed with a greater or less degree of keenness during the prolonged term of his public life, he could not be unscathed in the conflict, yet no man in the same position could have borne his faculties more meekly, or carried with him to the grave less of the asperities of political party. At Moor Lodge, Sheffield, the Rev. Nathaniel Philipps, D.D.; in his 85th year. K At Newton Longville, Bucks, of which parish he had been Rector twenty-eight years, the Rev. Robert Wetherell, B.C.L., formerly Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Prebendary of Hereford; in his 75th year. 21. William Scott, of Burnmouth, well known in Eskdale and Liddlesdale, and indeed through the whole of the border counties, as the author of " Border Exploits," and "The Beauties of the Border," both of which have been frequently reprinted. He was a shrewd, intelligent man, of eccentric habits, and fond of collecting historical records; indeed, he was a perfect storehouse of local tradition and anecdote. He was by trade a stonemason, but for many years he kept the parochial school at Burnmouth; and during harvest (a time when country schools are closed) he travelled the country, like " Old Mortality." lettering new and deciphering old tombstones. He was accidentally killed by being thrown from a cart. At Durdens, the Hon. Catharine Sophia, wife of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. She was the second wife of Sir Gilbert, and was married in 1825. The death of Lady Heathcote arose from the distressing circumstance of her clothes having caught fire; and before assistance could be procured, suffocation took place. At his residence, Etwall Lodge, Derbyshire, in the 80th year of his age, the Rev. William Boultbee Sleath, D.D. F. S. A., Warden of Etwall Hospital, Vicar of Willington, and formerly Head Master of Repton School. Aged 58, William Henry Rowland Irby, esq., cousin of Lord Boston, and a gentleman well known on the turf. 22. At Cheltenham, Major-General John Nicholas Smith, of Upper Harleystreet; in his 83rd year. In 1781, Gen. Smith entered the service of the Hon. East India Company, in which he served with zeal, integrity, and distinction for a period of fifty-six years. At his house, on Forest Hill, Sir John Cowan, Bart., Alderman of the City of London. -- At his residence, at Ipswich, the Rev. John Constantine Cooke, Vicar of Swilland, in Suffolk, and Rector of King's Repton, Huntingdon. At Thurlow-place, the Rev. Nun Morgan Harry, Minister of New Broadstreet Chapel London; in his 42nd year. At Clonmel, aged 67, Thomas DEATHS-OCT. Sadleir, esq. He was elder and only brother to the Rev. the Provost of Trinity College, and was the head of one of the oldest families of English settlers in Ireland. 24. At Richmond, Surrey, aged 73, the Rev. George Roberts, Vicar of Gretton with Duddington, Northamptonshire. 25. At Maizehill, near Blackheath, Kent, aged 26, the Rev. Robert James, M.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge. 26. In Oxford-terrace, Hyde Park, aged 52, Capt. James Keith Forbes, late of the East India Company's Service. At Tremont House, in Boston, Sir John Caldwell, late Treasurer-Gen. of Canada. 27. At Theddingworth, Leicestershire, aged 68, the Rev. W. F. Major, Vicar of that parish. Aged 60, the Rev. W. Thompson, Perpetual Curate of Halstock, Dorset. In Portman-street, aged 74, Thos. Barton Bowen, esq., Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, a Bencher of the Inner Temple, and a Director of the Chelsea Waterworks. 26. At Hampton Court, aged 62, the Hon. Berkeley Paget, one of the Commissioners of Excise. He was the youngest son of Henry first Earl of Uxbridge, and brother to the Marquess of Anglesey. 29. At Darlaston, Staffordshire, aged 53, the Rev. Joseph Hugill, D.D. Rector of that parish. In Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, aged 56, Allan Cunningham, esq. Allan Cunningham, the fourth son of his parents, was born at Blackwood, in Dumfriesshire. Though his family was in humble circumstances, a biographical memoir, published some years since, tells us that one of the poet's ancestors, by taking the side of Montrose, lost for the family their patrimony in Ayrshire. He was taken from school when eleven years old and apprenticed to a mason. Little calculated as such a position might seem to allow much leisure for cultivation, it is certain, that from an early age, Allan must have been a diligent and miscellaneous reader. It was about the year 1810, that Allan Cunningham's name began first to be seen in print; one of his earliest appearances being as a contributor to Cromek's "Remains of Nithsdale and Galloway Song." Most of the old fragments, which there bear his name, were recast,-not a few were fabricated, by him. Some of his ballads in this collection are exquisitely tender, touching, and beautiful. In the year 1810, Cunningham came to seek his fortune in London. This advanced progressively, thanks to his own prudence and industry. By turns he tried most of the means of which a literary man can avail himself: reported for a newspaper and wrote for the periodicals, particularly the Literary Gazette, the London Magazine, and the Athenæum. More substantial labours, such as "Sir Marmaduke Maxwell," a drama, --the novels, "Paul Jones," and "Sir Michael Scott," with the "Songs of Scotland," attested in succession his literary industry. Meanwhile his other craft was not forgotten. He obtained a situation in the studio of Sir Francis Chantrey, and this he continued worthily to occupy till his own death. This association had considerable influence upon the future career of both parties. To Cunningham, though acting in a comparatively humble capacity, Chantrey, there is reason to believe, was deeply indebted for those poetical ideas which raised his most successful sculp ture into reputation, and himself into the high road to eminence and wealth. Not that Chantrey was himself destitute of imagination; but, that he de rived infinite benefit from the hints elicited by collision with his bookkeeper and amanuensis. In another manner, also, the services of the latter were of value to the artist. From his intercourse with the press, Cunningham had ready access to that potent auxiliary; and his pen was indefatigable in proclaiming far and wide the skill of his friend; in fighting his battles where public competition was the order of the day; and, in fact, doing everything to promote his interests which newspaper support could accomplish. Sir Francis by his will made a grateful acknowledgment for this faithful and effectual devotedness. Comfortably situated in the studio of Chantrey, offering much of congenial pursuit, and bringing him into contact with men of rank and genius, Allan had leisure enough to cultivate his own literary tastes, and in succession to produce a number of estimable works. His own poetry stamped his name with distinction among the minstrels of Scotland; and Scott, Hogg, and others in the foremost rank, at once DEATHS.-Oct. allowed his brotherhood. His best compositions are sweetly natural as well as national; and many of them stirring and spirited, contrasting finely with the melancholy strains of others, wherein dole and misfortune supersede the mar tial theme. His "British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects," in five volumes of the Family Library, deservedly became a popular work; since, though its writer falls short of that calm and farsighted knowledge which is every year increasingly demanded of the English critic, the spirit of poety is everywhere present in it. One of the memoirs "The Life of Blake "-is a contribution to our national biography, which will live, as being, after its kind, little less exquisite than Johnson's famous apology for Richard Savage. Besides this work Mr. Cunningham published, during the last fifteen years, a series of illustrations to "Major's National Gallery of Pictures ;" "The Maid of Elvar," a poem ; "The Life of Burns ;" and "Lord Roldan," a romance. It was generally understood that he had made considerable progress in an extended edition of Johnson's "Lives of the Poets ;" and he put the finishing touches to his "Memoirs of Sir David Wilkie" but two days before his own decease. We have spoken of his friend Sir David Wilkie, his friend Sir Walter Scott, and we might add a long list of other eminent men who loved and esteemed Allan Cunningham; for few persons ever tasted the felicity of passing through the world with more of friendship and less of enmity, than this worthy and well-deserving individual. He was straight-forward, rightminded, and conscientious; true to himself and to others. A rare share of sound common sense accompanied his poetical faculties; and as a man fit for business and the most ordinary concerns and duties, he was so regular and attentive, that it would hardly have been supposed he could so palpably claim a right to exercise or play off the eccentricities of the poet. In his domestic and private life he was equally deserving of praise. 30. At his residence in Dorchester, aged 82, Edward Boswell, esq., Treasurer for the co. of Dorset, and Clerk to the Lieutenancy of the same county. At Mount Nebo House, near Taunton, aged 72, the Rev. Richard Winsloe, Rector of Minster and Forra bury, Cornwall, and Perpetual Curate of Ruishton, Somersetshire. 31. At his residence in Bury-court, St. Mary Axe, after a long and severe illness, aged 82, Solomon Herschell, D.D., Chief Rabbi of the Polish and German Jews in England. Dr. Herschell was the Rabbi of the Great Synagogue for a period of forty-one years. About eighteen months ago, he met with a serious accident by slipping off the step of an omnibus and spraining his ancle. Since then he dislocated his arm by falling against a bed post, and both these accidents were the cause of seriously affecting him. The Rabbi was a most benevolent man. He was ever busy in alleviating the distresses of the poor of all persuasions. He was a majestic figure, with the look of one of the "Old Fathers." His long white beard, and tall dignified person, rendered him an object of considerable mark in the streets of London. His obsequies were performed on the 2nd November, with great solemnity. The descendents of the late Rabbi include about twenty-eight grandchildren, and twenty-four great-grandchildren, in addition to those of his family surviving, who consist of one son, located at Jerusalem; and two daughters. Aged 50, the Rev. Hugh Monckton, M.A., Rector of Seaton, Rutland, and Vicar of Harringworth, Northamptonshire. Lately. Colonel Sempronius Stretton, C. B., half-pay 84th Foot; brother inlaw to Lord Castlemaine. In Germany, aged 67, the Right Hon. Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Baron Vivian of Glynn and Truro, Cornwall (1841), a Baronet (1828), and G. C. B. Knight of the Foreign Orders of the Guelphs of Hanover, Maria Theresa of Austria, and of the third class of St. Vladimir of Russia; a Privy Councillor of England and of Ireland; a Lieut.-Gen. in the army, and Colonel of the 1st Dragoons; a Commissioner of the Royal Military College and Royal Military Asylum; and D. C. L. Lord DEATHS.-OCT. Vivian was born on the 28th of July, 1775, and entered the army as an ensign on the 31st of July, 1793, promoted to Lieutenant on the 20th of October, 1793, Captain on the 7th of May, 1794, Major on the 9th of March, 1803, Lieut.Colonel on the 28th of September, 1804, Colonel on the 20th of February, 1812, Major-Gen. on the 4th of June, 1814, and Lieut.-General on the 22nd of July, 1830. The Lieut.-General served in Flanders and Holland under the Duke of York from June, 1794, until the return of the army in 1795. He was present in the sortie from, Nimeguen, and was left with a picket of the 28th reg., in conjunction with other pickets, to hold it after the retreat of the army. He was present in the affair of Geldermalsen, in which his regiment (the 28th) suffered severely, and in other skirmishes. He was also present in all the different battles which took place during the expedition to the Helder, excepting in the landing. Commanded the 7th Hussars in the campaign under Sir John Moore in 1808, and 1809. Commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Peninsula from September, 1813, until the return of the army, including the battles of Orthes, Nive, and Toulouse. He was severely wounded in carrying the bridge of Croix d'Orade, near TouHouse, and served at the battle of Waterloo, where he commanded the 6th Brigade of Cavalry, consisting of the 1st Dragoons, 10th and 18th Hussars. He attained the rank of Lieut.-General on the 22nd July, 1830; and was appointed to the Colonelcy of the First Dragoons, the 20th January, 1837. Sir Richard was created a Baronet by patent dated January 19, 1828. He had also a grant of arms allusive to his military services. Sir Hussey Vivian came forward as a candidate for the borough of Truro, on the Whig interest, at the general election of 1818. He was unsuccessful, but was returned at the next election in 1820. At the general election of 1826, he was elected for Windsor, which seat he vacated in favour of Lord Stanley, on being appointed commander of the Forces in Ireland. On the 4th May, 1835, he was appointed Master-General of the Ordnance and a Privy Councillor. In 1837, he was returned one of the Members for the co. of Cornwall, from which he retired in 1841, and was soon afterwards raised to the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom. He was a highly esteemed and popular officer, and honourably distinguished as a politician and senator. NOVEMBER. 2. At Chilmark Rectory, Wilts., aged 47, the Rev. George John Majendie, B.D., Rector of Headington, Wilts., a Prebendary of Salisbury, and a Rural Dean. He In Russell-square, aged 68, Rob. Spankie, esq., one of her Majesty's Serjeants-at-Law, and late M.P. for Finsbury. Mr. Serj. Spankie, was a Scotchman by birth, and commenced his career in this country as reporter for the Morning Chronicle. He continued in that capacity for some time, and was considered one of the aptest and most accurate short-hand writers of his day. Subsequently he undertook the duties of editor of the same journal; but on turning his attention to the bar, gave up all connection with the paper. His name was entered as a student of the Inner Temple in the year 1804, and he was called to the degree of Barrister-atLaw, by that society, July 1st, 1808; and some years after he received the appointment of Attorney-general of Bengal. He in consequence repaired to India, and for several years practised there with the greatest success. was rapidly gaining his way both to fame and fortune, when he was unfortunately seized with an affection of the liver, which compelled him to return to England. He was unable to follow up the duties of his profession for some time after his return home, but his bealth being at length re-established by the change of climate, his name again appeared before the public; and, amongst other appointments which he received, he was selected by the EastIndia Company as their standing counsel, a post which gave him considerable influence, and a very handsome income. He was raised to the degree of the coif in 1824, and practised upon the Home Circuit. Although a powerful and clever speaker, his address was injured by a broad Scotch accent. On the passing of the Reform Bill, Mr. Spankie contested the representation of Finsbury, on which occasion he was returned with the Right Hon. R. Grant; the unsuccessful candidates being Messrs. Babbage, Wakley, and Temple. Mr. Spankie entered the |