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ne SUPPLEMENTARY OBITUARY. 
-i1i GOO OY MBs; JOHN; BURGESS: 5/2/ sci 
: T (HO jdied: Sept. U1, ;in St.» Marga- 
OEM) MS set’s-streets:o Ganterbury, at: the 
advanced ageyof.96, was, for many years, 
one of the.choristers,,of the cathedral; but 
infirmityjhaving rendered the task irksome; 
hej retired, seme time: since, upon /a liberal 
bounty provided by the dean,and chapter. 
He was also parishrelerk of Saint Mildred, 
and belonged» fo \the {society ,of ringers. 
-mi m bebawoq eit 
je ,gniliMR. WILTAAM-BICKNELL 
ey Ait the-nesidence.of his) sony in Iuower 
Tooting; aged76,0Mr, William: Bicknell. 
He was formerly master of am academy at 
Ponder’s-End,/ néars Enfield, :which was 
afterwaids) removed) tos Tooting. At no 
period ofdife-ambitious of public notice, he 
passed; theoevening; of) his) day; in tranquil 
retirement in the bosom, of, his family. A 
firm belief, in the truth of the Holy Scrip- 
tires,-and a diligent: and fearless inquirer 
into the meaning of the sacred text, he ex- 
perienced: the’ consolations ofthe Gospel, 
‘andi;met death: without fear: Humble as 
he wasn station, and retiring in disposition 
he was yet(firm: in }what he considered cor- 
reet, political sentiments. As a freeholder 
of. the countyin which he lived, and as a 
liveryman of the city of London, he always 
gave his vote in favour of those candidates 
who were the knownadvocates of the liber- 
ties of the ‘subject, or to those whose pro- 
fessions he believed to be sincere on this 
important subject: Opposed to the war 
system; he formed various estimates of the 
national debt, which were published in 
some of the former volumes of this journal, 
and which present most fearful details. So- 
lieitous, however, that reform should be 
broughtabout by peaceful and constitu- 
tional, measures, he disapproved such pub- 
liesmeetings as were rather calculated to 
ferment: the public mind than to produce 
any.real good. In the earlier part of his 
life, he had been a member of the Estab- 
Vishedo Church 3: but; in the firm belief 
‘that{shetwas wrong; hewithdrew from her 
worship;iand«connected himself with that 
dehominatiom of Dissenters called Unita- 
rians. > FLhe:was an active opponent of Lord » 
Sidmhouth’sbilkirespecting Dissenters. But 
his ¢hief éxcellencies were’to be seen in 
private life.» From the earliest period, he 
wasia lover.of:iscience;: he had acquired a 
considerable: knowledge of the learned lan- 
, and withothe mathematics, in all 
their vatious parts; | che-was intimately con- 
versamte |) Byracdtigent ‘and steady course 
o€-reading, shisrmind)‘alsocontained a trea- 
sure liichewascihexhaustible. 'These ac- 
quirements well! fitted himefor the:arduous 
dutiesdfsa schoohtastérs whith profession 
hefollowed with dmremitting diligence and’ 
suecess, iforitke long pertod phere ; 
years. His character, also, as achusband, 
YAAT“AMAIIIG 
a father, -andsmaster ofa family;;i#beyond 
all praise; VHenwasuseized;;aboutithree 
dayssbefote-his dissolutions Svith a general 
paralysis; ;andiche ‘quitteds-thie sseenes:of 
time without any-desite.of:a: more: protract= 
ed stay, and entered into futurity: without 
any misttust:as ‘tolits consequences.!99% 
; rrojju ME 
19330 
DESEONTAINES,” °° 797)" 
Nov. 20.—At Paris, aged 92,’ Désfon- 
taines, the father of the present race of 
French poets. +h) Seer td 
COMMODORE JOSEPH NoURSE, G.B..,> 
Commodore Nourse began. his, naval 
career jn 1793, under the command and 
auspices of Admiral Sir Alexander.,Hood, 
afterwards Lord Bridport, in the Royal 
George. With the intention of enabling 
him to see more service, the Admiral 
placed him on board the Aaaieneaes 
the command of his nephew. .. After.a, time 
he returned to the Royal Georges, and,,in 
1795, was in the battle off Port L/ Orient, 
with Lord Bridport. The Royal, George 
had two ships .engaged with her at, the 
same time, one of eighty and one of ninety 
guns: the carnage was dreadful. 9, In1796,. 
or the beginning of 1797, he was,acting 
lieutenant on board the, Alemene, Capt. 
H. Browne. . He was. in the engagement, 
off Algeziras Bay: he also formed a ‘part 
of the detachment from the fleet,-at Vigo 
Bay, on the expedition. under Sir, fames. 
Pulteney. _ In_ 1802 he had. the command: 
of the Adyice brig. . He. was soon. afters: 
wards appointed to. the Cyane,.,and,.so 
successfully cleared the, French. priyateers, 
that the merchants of Barbadoes presented 
government with: a. vessel, soliciting sits: 
Capt. Nourse might command her, In 1813, 
he was, appointed, to the ,Seyern, ;and, so, 
signalized himself in America, that on.his., 
return to England he was made a,Compar.; 
nion of the Bath. In 1822 he, sailed with, 
the rank of commodore, to take the mayaly, 
command of the Cape of. Good Hop¢-sta= 
tion. He expired, Sept..4,)on, board.the. 
Andromache, in all probability.a;yi¢tim, to. 
the effect of climate and the,inconyvenien- 
cies to which he was exposed. 
Se ee at ie Roy: 
a Yo es 
GENERAT, BRSSIERES.)902/9x9 4 
General Bessieres was born in! the s6uth 
of France, of low and obscure’ parentage. 
His youth, it is generally asserted, was Tot” 
without its errors,’ and it was"genérally” 
reported that he fled ‘his native eountry’ 
to escape the hand “of justice! Hee . 
Spain as his’asylum, enteredvinto‘themill 
tary service, atid ‘heldthe unk of Captaity © 
when he was atrestedcon Suspivionsof fermi 
ing oneé-of a seeret society forsestabbishinway 
republic in the Peninsula Being wonrdered,” 
he was condenmed te deuth byankd-eribaiin? 
a ML: RON WATNINQRs 
