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tions so gallantly fought in those seas by 
Admiral Sir Edward Hughes. He returned 
to England on account of ill health, and a 
peace soon after taking place,he was unem¬ 
ployed for many years. As an officer, he 
was remarkable for his humanity to those 
under his command, at a time when severity 
in discipline, was considered as part of an 
officer’s duty. This humanity was united 
with strict integrity and a love of truth. 
When the war was commenced against 
France, he did not apply for a command, 
at least not until the latter end of the war, 
and when his turn came, as a senior cap¬ 
tain to look for a flag, he was, to his 
great mortification, put on th« list of sup¬ 
erannuated captains. His active mind and 
scientific knowledge did not permit him to 
be idle; for he was one of the best geogra¬ 
phers of this country. With the advice of 
Sir Joseph Banks, he compiled a most labo¬ 
rious and accurate account of the Voyages 
ot Discovery to the South Sea, the Southern 
Hemisphere, and Round the World, from 
the earliest period to the Voyages of Capt. 
Cook. They are compiled in five large 
4to volumes. He has also published an 
account of the Eastern Discoveries of the 
Russians, a History of the Buccaniers, and 
various smaller works. Discontented with 
being only on half-pay, as a superannuated 
commander, he applied to the Duke of Cla¬ 
rence, and by a just representation of his 
case, his Royal Highness exerted himself, 
and got him promoted to the rank of rear 
admiral on half-pay, but which gratification 
he did not long enjoy. His widow, how¬ 
ever, will reap the benefit of it. He mar¬ 
ried a daughter of the late Mr. Paine, the 
bookseller, by whom hehas children. Capt. 
Burney will be long remembered by an 
extensive circle of friends, who esteemed 
him for his disinterestedness and integrity, 
for the simplicity and kindness of his wan¬ 
ders, and his cheerful disposition ; for his 
good humour in conversation, and above 
all for his profound erudition and services 
to nautical literature. He was brother 
to the late Rev. Charles Burney, who so 
many years and with so much credit, kept 
the academy at Greenwich, and to the 
justly celebrated novelist, Madame D’Ar- 
blay. The following passage in a letter 
written by Dr. Johnson to Mrs. Tlirale, 
upon Captain Burney’s promotion and ap¬ 
pointment to the Bristol 50-gun ship, in 
1781, shows how great an interest the 
naval officer had excited in the breast of 
the learned moralist:—“ I am willing, 
however to hear that there is happiness 
in the world, and delight to think on the 
pleasure diffused among the Burneys. I 
question if any ship upon the ocean goes 
out attended with more good w ishes than 
that which carries the fate of Burney.” 
At Edinburgh, 67, Mr. Charles Murray , 
late of Coveut Garden Theatre. He was 
the son of Sir John Murray, bart. of 
Broughton, secretary to Charles Edward 
the Ptetender, in the rebellion of 1745, 
who retired to Cheshunt. Charles, under 
the immediate guardianship of his father, 
received an excellent classical education, 
and was seut to France to perfect himself in 
the language of that country—a language 
which he spoke with correctness and flu¬ 
ency. Being designed by his friends for 
the medical profession, he was placed as a 
pupil, and having obtained a competent 
knowledge of pharmacy and surgery, en¬ 
tered into the sea service as a surgeon, in 
which capacity he made several voyages. 
Being tired of this service, he formed an 
engagement with Mr. Tate Wilkinson, and 
made his first appearance on the stage at 
York, in 1775, in the character of Carlos , 
in the Fop's Fortune , under the assumed 
name of Mr. Raymer. Thence he went to 
Norwich, and afterwards to Bath. At the 
death of the late Mr. Farren, he entered 
into an engagement with Mr. Harris, at 
Covent Garden Theatre, where he appear¬ 
ed in 1797, in the part of Shy lock , in the 
Merchant of Venice. In characters of 
sensibility and deep pathos Mr. Murray 
was unrivalled ; aud in sucli parts as Old 
Norval, Lusignan , and Adam , “ we shall 
never look upon his like again.’’ Mr. 
Murray has left a son and a daughter in 
the profession. The latter (Mrs. Henry 
Siddons) is highly distinguished as an ac¬ 
tress both in tragedy and in genteel comedy, 
and is the present proprietor *of the Theatre 
Royal, Edinburgh. Her brother, Mr. 
William Murray, the acting manager of 
the same respectable theatre, is also a great 
favourite in that metropolis. 
In Broad-street Buildings, 39, Mrs. 
Atkin, wife of Mr. C. R.A.an eminent sur¬ 
geon,and eldest daughter ofthelate # Iament- 
ed Gilbert Wakefield. The following tri¬ 
bute to her eminent worth was introduced 
in the conclusion of a funeral sermon, 
preached the Sunday subsequent to her in¬ 
terment, by the Rev. S. W. Browne, B.A. 
in Monkwell-street Chapel:—“ How na¬ 
turally do these reflections arise from the 
mournful solemnities lately performed in 
jionour of a Christian wife and mother, 
whose loss is most acutely felt by her fa¬ 
mily, her friends, and by this society, 
with which she united in the duties of pub¬ 
lic worship ; a society proud of the honour 
she reflected on it, both by the accomplish¬ 
ments of her mind and the unspotted brigh- 
ness of her virtue. Alas! what a task is 
mine to lament so much excellence, and 
though deprived of it for ever, to exhort 
you to sustain the intensity of your sorrow. 
In her, greatness of soul was hereditary. 
Descended from a father of a most high- 
wrought character, she was early disci¬ 
plined to ‘an acquaintance with moral 
grandeur ; she saw the loftiness of genius 
and 
