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ckssesof mankind. The mourners 

 were scarcely able to support them- 

 selves. Mr. Alison, the brother- 

 in-law of the deceased, faintedover 

 the bod}' twice, and sunk on the 

 grass, lamenting the dismal event. 

 The high priest and elders paid 

 every distinction in their power to 

 the remains of their departed 

 friend ; but in conformity to the 

 Mosaic laws, they withheld from 

 him the customary funeral rites, 



Mr. James Beattie, professor of 

 civil and natural history in Maris- 

 chal College and University, Aber- 

 deen, aged forty-three. As a man 

 of science, his attainments were of 

 the highest stamp. He possessed 

 that enlargement and expansion of 

 mind, without which scientific pur- 

 suits never can be prosecuted with 

 success ; that ardour which stimu- 

 lates and facilitates every exertion; 

 and thatpersevering industry which 

 subdues every obstacle. His gene- 

 ral knowledge was copious and 

 comprehensive, and applied with 

 sound judgment and accurate dis- 

 crimination, to every subject 

 which he had occasion to discuss. 

 He commanded a great store of 

 erudition, and was intimately ac- 

 quainted with the Greek and Latin 

 classics, whose writings he not 

 only perused with critical skill, but 

 had many of their most brilliant 

 passages recorded in his memory. 



NOVEMBER. 



Atthe Vicarage House, Kentish 

 Town, aged seventy-four, the rev. 

 Dr. Champneys. He was entered 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 B. A. 1760, M. A, 1767. He was 

 elected a minor-canon of St. Paul's 

 in 1760 ; and, after filling several 

 offices in that cathedral, eventually 

 became sub-dcun thereof. For 



nearly fifty years he was minor- 

 canon of Westminster Abbey ; 

 and for almost as long a period 

 minor-canon of Windsor, He was 

 successively possessed of the be- 

 nefices of Kensworth and Cad- 

 dington, Hertfordshire; Langdon 

 Hills, Essex ; and St. Pancras, 

 Middlesex ; all in the gift of the 

 dean and chapter of St. Paul's. 

 Dr, C, at one period also enjoyed 

 a living from the dean and chapter 

 of Windsor, who permitted him to 

 resign it in favour of his eldestson, 

 the rev. Weldon C. In the early 

 part of his life, he was for a short 

 time minister of the chapel at Mar- 

 ket-street, Herts, which he resign- 

 ed thirty-nine years ago. He also 

 held for many years, under the 

 patronage of sir Christopher 

 W'hichcot, bart, the vicarage of 

 Deeping James, Lincolnshire. He 

 was the oldest lecturer in London, 

 having been chosen to the lec- 

 tureship of St. Bride's in 1767 ; 

 and was for many years chaplain 

 to the worshipful companies of 

 Goldsmiths, Cutlers, &c. In all 

 his various preferments, Dr. 

 Champneys was very indefatigable 

 in his attention to the duties of 

 his profession. 



In Charles-street, Berkeley- 

 square, Francis Baring, esq. se- 

 cond son of John B. esq. of Mount 

 Radford, near Exeter. He put 

 an end to his life by shooting him- 

 self. At the coroner's inquest, it 

 appeared, by the testimony of two 

 witnesses, that he had been in a 

 desponding state for some time 

 past, arising, as it was suspected, 

 from pecuniary embarrassment. 

 Having sent out his valet to order 

 dinner, Mr. Baring locked himself 

 in his dressing-room, and shortly 

 after the report of a pistol alarmed 

 two female servants in the house. 



