1823. 
France is now playing against Spain, and 
the fury of the government-party had uo 
bounds. In France Mr. Perry was re- 
ceived into the circle of the revolutionary 
leaders, and became a member of the po- 
pular clubs. But the succession of fac- 
tions, and the suspicion which attached to 
every thing English (for spies appeared in 
all forms), rendered hissituation souncom- 
fortable during the reign of terror, that he 
Yeturned to England, and submitted him- 
self to the judgment of outlawry, which, 
in the interim, had been obtained against 
lim. He was accordingly committed to 
Newgate, and remained a prisoner for 9 
years. Butat length, through the interest 
ofa branch of his family, he obtained the 
royal pardon. During this hopeless pe- 
riod, he maintained his wonted spirits, 
and employed himself in translating from the 
French, and ina variety of literary works: 
among others he published a History of 
the French Revolution, which will always 
be sought as an authority upon many sub- 
jects about which he wrote from personal 
knowledge. Early in life he had devoted 
himself to the study of diseases of the blad- 
der, and had invented a powerful and effi- 
cacious medicine, much respected by the 
public, under thename of Perry’s Essence. 
This medicine, for which there is a constant 
demand, and whieh is recommended by 
eminent practitioners, he continued to pre- 
pare, and even to give advice, while he 
was in Newgate ; and on his enlargement 
he again devoted himself to this practice. 
His fondness for literature induced him, 
lhowever, on the death of a former propri- 
etor, to purchase the Statesman, and this 
he’ edited for two or three years, but re- 
sold it some time ago. Since that time 
he has been engaged in some political ad- 
ventures, retaining the activity and viva- 
city of youth till the last moment of his 
life. He was sitting at dinner with his 
family, when he made a sudden exclama- 
tion, and fell back dead in his chair with- 
outa groan. A few years since he mar- 
ried a second time, and lias left a young fa- 
mily ; for whose benefit, as well as that of 
the afflicted, we trust his invaluable Es- 
sence for curing the Stone and Gravel will 
continue to be prepared, In the prece- 
ding notice we have glanced at several 
features of Mr. Perty’s character, and we 
have only to add that he was an upright 
man in every sense of the word. 
At Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, Sir 
Henry Raeburn, the eminent artist. Asa 
portrait painter, Sir Henry, perhaps, was 
second only to Sir Thomas Lawrence, in 
the peculiar chasteness, depth of his co- 
Jouring, and fidelity of likeness; and in 
the strong and marked characters with 
which he animated his pictures. When 
the king was in Scotland he conterred the 
honour of knighthood upon him. 
Deaths in and near London. 
87 
At Greenwich, 76, Mr. Matthew Bell, 
sen. many years principal clerk in the ex- 
tensive concern of Messrs. Crowley, Mil 
lington, and Co. in whose employ he had 
Leen upwards of half a century. 
At Kentish-town, George Jackson, esq. 
in the 76th year of his age, the last but 
one of the original directors of that great 
national work, the Grand Junction Canal. 
In London, General Sir Caarles Asgill, 
Bart. G.c.z. Colonel of the 11th Foot. 
This gallant officer nearly suffered the fate 
of Major Andre; but he was saved by the 
intervention of the late Queen of France, 
who successfully applied to the American 
government in his favour. He was the 
son of Sir Charles Asgill, an alderman of 
London. He entered into the Guards, 
and with that corps embarked for America, 
He was also employed in Ireland, where he 
witnessed some severities, particularly ona 
man of fortune, of the name of Grogan, 
who was condemned to be hanged by a mi- 
litary tribunal! Sir Charles married a 
daughter of the late Sir Chaloner Ogle, 
whom he survived. 
In Upper Wimpole-street, 89, Licut.- 
General Thomus Bridges, of the Hon, East 
India Company’s Service. He command- 
ed the right wing in the army under Lord 
Harris, at the capture of Seringapatam. 
At Leamington, 70, Dr. Bathurst, the 
good Bishop of Norwich, a churchman of 
exemplary viitue, and rare independence 
of mind; of whom farther particulars will 
be given in our next, 
At Fleurs, near Kelso, 29,.the Duke of 
Roxburgh. His Grace succeeded William 
(Bellenden), who succeeded Jolm Ker, 
the Duke of Roxburgh, so well known te 
the literary world for his taste for old books, 
which led to the foundation of the Club 
which bears his name. The descent and 
property of the dukedom have been the 
source of much litigation; but the heir- 
dom is at present undisputed in the person 
of the young Marquis of Beaumont, now 
Duke, aged about five years, 
ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS, 
Rev. E. P. Owen, to the Vicarage of 
Wellingten. 
Rev. J. S. Sergrove, to the united Ree- 
tories of Saint Mary, Somerset, and St. 
Mary, Mounthaw, London. 
Rev. G. Moore, to the Rectory of Owm- 
by, Lincolnshire. 
Rev. W. Owen, to the Rectory of Ryme 
Intrinsica, Dorset. 
Rev. W. R. Gilby, to the Rectory of St. 
Mary’s, Beverley. 
Rev. Oswald Leicester, to the Living of 
Carrington, Cheshire. 
Rev, F. R. Spragy, M.A. to the Vicarage 
of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset. 
Rey, C, Heuley, M.A. has been licereed 
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