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was invested with the Grand Cross of the 

 Order of Reunion. In 1814, he commanded 

 at Metz. On the restoration of Louis 

 XVIII. he was made a Knight of the Or- 

 der of St. Louis, advanced to the dignity of 

 a peer, and made a grand officer of the 

 Legion of Honour, and a member of the 

 Military Commission. Buonaparte, on his 

 return ftom Elba, took from him the com- 

 mand of the chasseurs of the guards, and 

 placed him at the head of a division of the 

 army of the Alps. After his final return, 

 Louis XVIII. presented him with the 

 Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. 



This officer, who was a great favourite 

 with Buonaparte, was fortunate in obtain- 

 ing also the countenance of the legitimate 

 sovereign. He died at Paris, about the end 

 of May or the beginning of June. 



DR. THOMAS YOUNG, M.D. 



This gentleman, eminent as a physician 

 and as a natural philosopher, was a nephew 

 of the late celebrated Dr. Brocklesby, 

 through whose care he received an excellent 

 education, partly at Gottingen, and partly 

 at Edinburgh. Having taken his degrees, 

 with great credit, at the latter place, he 

 came to London, and was some time lec- 

 turer at the Royal Institution. It was in 

 the year 1807 that he pubhshed his great 

 work, " A Course of Lectures on Natural 

 Philosopliy, and the Mechanical Arts," 

 in two volumes quarto. These lectures, 

 which had been previously delivered, in 

 their first rough form, at the London Insti- 

 tution, are regarded as a performance of 

 much merit. The second volume contains 

 the best list extant of philosophical writers. 



Subsequently to tlie period alluded to, 

 Dr. Young was elected Physician to St. 

 George's Hospital. He has written nume- 

 rous papers on philosophical and medical 

 sciences, for the Pliilosophical Transactions, 

 &c. : and he lias also pubhshed De Corpo- 

 ris Humani Viribus Conservatricibus, 8vo. 

 Goet. 1790 ; — Syllabus of a Course of Lec- 

 tures on >fatural and Experimental Philo- 

 sophy, 8vo. 1003 ; — A Reply to the Ani- 

 madversions of tlie Edinburgli Reviewers, 

 1809; — A Syllabus of Lectures on the Me- 

 dical Sciences, 8vo. 180!J ; and a System of 

 Practical Nosology, with an Introduction 

 to Medical Literature. Of late. Dr. Young's 

 name has been much before the public, 

 owing to a long and acrimonious contro- 

 versy between Iiim and some of the first 

 astronomers in England. He liad been la- 

 bouring under an obscure affection of the 

 chest, in which at times the lungs, and at 

 other times the heart only, seemed to be 

 implicated. Dr. Young died early in May, 

 at his house, in Park Square, Regent's 

 Park. 



PARKE, THE MUSICIAN. 



.John Parke — a man alike distinguislied 

 by profcsNional excellence and private wortli, 

 was born in the year 1740. For the 



theory of music, he studied under Baum- 

 garten ; and, as an instrumental performer, 

 under Simpson, the best hautboy player of 

 his time. In 1776, he was engaged by 

 Smith and Stanley, the successors of Han- 

 del, to play tlie principal hautboy parts, in 

 the oratorios during Lent ; performances, 

 which were then honoured nightly by the 

 presence of their Majesties. He was next 

 engaged at Ranelagh, where there was a 

 band of first-rate performances, led by Hay, 

 first violin to the Queen, CrosdiU playing 

 the violincello. This engagement occupied 

 three nights in the week ; the other three 

 nights Mr. Parke played at JMarylebone 

 Gardens, which were tlien in the zenith of 

 their fame, under Pinto, the celebrated 

 violinist. 



In 1768, BIr. Parke was engaged to play 

 the principal hautboy at the King's Theatre. 

 About the year 1770, he succeeded Fischer, 

 the hautboyist, from Dresden, as hautboy- 

 concerto player at Vauxhall ; a situation 

 which he continued to fill many years with 

 universal applause. About the same period, 

 Garrick engaged him at Drury Lane The- 

 atre on the most liberal terms ; and he and 

 Garrick ever afterwards lived on the most in- 

 timate and friendly footing. Soon afterwards, 

 he was honoured with the patronage and 

 esteem of His Royal Higliness the late 

 Duke of Cumberland. The Duke, it will 

 be remembered, was passionately fond of 

 the science. He would sometimes call upon 

 Parke in the morning, and order his band 

 to have some music at liis house, on whicli 

 occasions his Royal Highness always played 

 the tenor. Besides this, the Duke gene- 

 rally had music three mornings in the week, 

 either at Cumberland House, or Windsor 

 Lodge, where Parke frequently attended. 

 To the Duke's patronage, he was also in- 

 debted for the honour of being musician in 

 ordinary to his late Majesty. 



It was at one of Queen Charlotte's con- 

 certs, at Buckingham House, in the autumn 

 of 1783, that Mr. Parke was introduced to 

 our present Sovereign, then Prince of Wales, 

 who, professing himself delighted with his 

 performance, did him the honour to desire 

 his presence at Carlton House. He accord- 

 ingly attended, and was immediately at- 

 tached to the Carlton House band, on a 

 salary of 100/. a-year. 



Mr. Parke was now in high repute. H0 

 performed at the Professional Concert — at 

 the Concert of Ancient Music, which their 

 late Majesties attended every night — and at 

 many private concerts. For nearly forty 

 pears, he was also regularly engaged at all 

 the great provincial nuisic meetings. 



Having long been in tlie receipt of a hand- 

 some income, and living prudently, though 

 respectably, Jlr. Parke was enabled to retire 

 from the duties of liis profession about 

 eighteen years since. He composed many 

 concertos for his own performances, but could 

 never be prevailed on to give them to the 

 world. Mrs. Bcardniore, who died at an 



