1821'.] 
by a widow and a daughter, who married a 
Mr. Russel, by whom she has a large fa¬ 
mily. Mr. C. was in possession of the 
family papers, relics, and portraits, which 
descend to his daughter. 
At Camberwell, 74, Mr./. Temple , above 
30 years much respected as the keeper of 
Guildhall, London. 
Mrs. E. Huntley, wife of W. Lucas, esq. 
of Blackheath. 
At Croom’s Hill, Greenwich, 61, A.Fog- 
go, esq. 
Mr. W. Clark, son of Mr. C. solicitor, of 
Chertsey. 
In Caroline Place, Mecklenburgh Square, 
Capt. J. R. Frankly n, of the East India 
Company’s service. 
In Grosvenor-atreet, the Countess Dow* 
oyer of Ely, widow of John, Earl of Ely, 
of Ireland. 
In Abingdon-street, Westminster, J. 
Jordan , esq. of the Island of Barbadoes. 
At Chelsea, in his 52d year, W. Dormer , 
esq. 
Aged 18, Margaret , eldest daughter of 
J. Greenwood, esq. of the Adelphi. 
In Nottingham-street, 74, Mrs. Pen. 
Cholmley , aunt of Sir M. C. hart, of Easton, 
county of Lincoln. 
At Paddington Green, 74, ,/. Thrupp , 
esq. 
IP. J. Waldie , esq. of Queen-street, 
Cheapside. 
Mr. Simons , of Grafton Court, High- 
street, Islington. He was found dead in 
his bed, though in high spirits the preced¬ 
ing night. 
Mr. T. Smith , a gentleman residing at 
No. 10. in Queen-street, Grosvenor-square. 
Me was poisoned by taking oxalic acid in 
mistake for salts. 
At Woolwich, 69, John Bonny castle, 
Esq, Professor of Mathematics in theRoyal 
Academy. He was, from an early age, 
employed in educating* youth,and for some 
time kept an academy at Hackney. After 
continuing some years at Hackney, here- 
moved to W oolwich, and was introduced as 
a mathematical master, in the Royal Mi¬ 
litary Academy there. Here, on the retire¬ 
ment of Dr. Hutton, he was appointed pro¬ 
fessor of mathematics to that institution, in 
which situation he died. The best account 
ot this ingenious man, is to be found in a 
letter which he wrote to the Duke of Rich¬ 
mond, then Master-General of the Ord¬ 
nance, on seeking an appointment in the 
Royal Military Academy : “ To avoid, as 
much as possible, the disagreeable task of 
mentioning my own qualifications, I shall 
lay before your Grace such particulars of 
my life as will afford the most ready means 
o( making known my pretension. Your 
Grace needs not to be informed that a mind 
of moderate powers, strongly determined 
to any particular pursuit, can easily oyer- 
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come these obstacles, and be even benefited 
by the difficulties it has to encounter. I 
was born at Weedon, in the parish of Hard¬ 
wick, near Aylesbury, in the county of 
Bucks. My father was a plain, honest, 
reputable farmer in that village, and de¬ 
signed me for the same occupation; so that 
the learning he gave me was only what 
was to be obtained from a school education, 
and such as would qualify me to manage 
that business with propriety. Disliking 
the business of a farmer, and from my at¬ 
tachment to mathematical studies, being 
but ill qualified to pursue it, my father 
consented at the age of eighteen, to let me 
go to London, and fry whether I could find 
any encouragement as a teacher of these 
sciences. I accordingly went to town, and 
without a single friend, or acquaintance, to 
a Pply assistance, so far succeeded in 
my design, as by means of attending on 
schools and private pupils, to procure a 
scanty but decent subsistence. Ever 
since that time, from the age of eighteen to 
thirty, which is twelve years, I \ave fol¬ 
lowed the same employment, and by means 
of continual application, and constant ex¬ 
perience, I think I may venture to assert, 
without arrogance, that I am now pretty 
well acquainted with the whole compass of 
mathematical learning, and the best means 
of communicating it to others. The Rev. 
Dr. James, of Greenwich, and the Rev. Dr. 
C rawford of Chiswick, in whose schools I 
have attended twice a week, for these se¬ 
veral years past, can give your Grace 
every necessary information respecting my 
behaviour and conduct in these situations ; 
and the parents of the different pupils I have 
had at the same time, in London, would be 
disposed to give the same impartial testi¬ 
mony in my favour. For this half-year 
past, I have been in the family of the Earl 
of Pomfret, in order to complete his child¬ 
ren in some brandies of the mathematics, 
which a former tutor had instructed them 
m; but the term of my engagement being 
nearly finished, and as he means to direct 
their attention to other pursuits, I should 
be very happy to change my situation for 
one that would be likely to be more per¬ 
manent. These, may it please your Grace, 
are the principal circumstances in my life 
worth mentioning. With respect to what 
more intimately concerns my abilities and 
qualifications, Dr. Hutton, who does me the 
favour to deliver this to your Grace, is the 
best able to judge. Mr. Wales, the mathe¬ 
matical master of Christ’s Hospital, and 
Dr. Priestley, of Birmingham, have likewise 
known me for some years, and would be 
ready to give any information required. 
It will not be considered as improper if I 
likewise mention to your Grace, that I have 
engaged in writing an Introductory Course 
of Mathematical Science, and have already 
published 
Deaths in and near London. 
