was. The Count then procured for him instructions on the violin from an eminent Italian master; under whom he improved so much that he was soon looked upon as a musical prodigy for his age. He next accompanied his protector in a long tour through Spain, Portugal, France, and Germany, and finally settled with him on his estates in Holland. Here young Ashe's education was particularly directed to the object of his becoming a confidential servant on the Count's estates; but the boy was too far advanced in music, and too devoted to it, to permit him to pay the attention requisite to complete himself for the intended office of land steward. He had now acquired a pretty general knowledge of various wind instruments, having attended the regular practice of his patron's regimental band; and about this time he showed an evident disposition for the flute, but it was then so limited an instrument, that after considerable application he relinquished it, in consequence of its great imperfections.

Shortly after this, the Sieur Vanhall arrived at the Hague from London, bringing a flute made by Potter, and announced a concert, in which he was to perform a concerto with six keys. It being the first of these improved instruments that had reached Holland, a general curiosity was excited to see where these keys could be placed on a flute, and no one was so actively curious in this respect as young Ashe, who lost no time in offering his services on the violin, and promising the Count's patronage of the concert, which he accordingly procured for Vanhall. These additional keys on Vanhall's flute were in his hands only ornamental, as he had not acquired the use of them; but when young Ashe tried them, and found that they produced all the half notes as full and round as the tones natural to the instrument in its unkeyed state, he made up his mind to have this flute, coute qui coute; which he accomplished at a con. siderable price, by the Count's indulgence. This was about the latter end of 1774, when Ashe had not attained his sixteenth year. From that period he gave up the violin and dedicated his entire attention to his newly acquired purchase. After some months' application, the celebrated Wendling, successor to Quartz, the king of Prussia's master, came to the Hague, of whom young Ashe had some lessons; but on his second visit, Wendling told him his new flute was a bad one, that the long keys on the bottom joint spoiled the instrument, and that the small keys were of no use, particularly in quick passages. These observations of the master not corresponding with the high ideas and expecGENT. MAG. VOL. X.

tations the scholar entertained of its excellence, induced him to discontinue his lessons as soon as a proper respect for such a distinguished professor would permit. Our young aspirant had then recourse to his own natural genius, and, after a few years' incessant application, became the admiration of Holland, chiefly from the uncommon fulness of his tone in those more abstruse keys in music, which could not be produced from the flute then in general use, and which perfection was, erroneously in a great measure, ascribed to the performer, without allowing a participation in this honour to be due to the great improvement in the construction of his instrument.

Flushed with the admiration which he had experienced, Ashe now became desirous to launch into the world; and his benefactor, on hearing his wishes, permitted him to go, on a handsome salary, as musician to Lady Torrington, then on the point of removing from Holland to Brussels. He afterwards removed into the household of Lord Dillon, who also resided in the same city. That nobleman was a great patron of the opera, and wished his musician to have the situation of first flute in the opera orchestra, to which a demur was made by the Brabant nobility and Flemish subscribers in general. Parties ran high; but there being at this period, 1778 and 1779, a great number of English at Brussels, who were a material support to the opera, they demanded a public trial of skill between the resident flute of the opera and young Ashe, which accordingly took place at the first rehearsal of the season; and, although it was admitted that the Sieur Vanhall was by far the most experienced musician and flute player, yet Ashe gained the general approbation and situation by his superiority of tone, for which he had to thank the improvement of his additional keys, in all probability, more than any preference of emboucheur. In this school of musical improvement our young flutist remained for a few years, when an Irish gentleman of the name of Whyte, a great amateur of music, expressed the intention of making a grand continental tour; and as Ashe was by this time a general linguist, in addition to his flute playing, Mr. Whyte proposed to take Ashe with him, which was too congenial with our young traveller's disposition to be declined. After, however, relinquishing all his engagements, letters called Mr. Whyte back to Ireland, and Ashe, having long had a hankering after the land of his birth, from which he had been absent since his infancy, willingly accepted Mr. Whyte's offer of accompanying him to Dublin.

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Not long after his arrival he was engaged for the Rotunda concerts, which were then brilliantly supported. Here Ashe remained a few years, and the great applause his performance always met with, was a stimulus to his further improvement.

His celebrity having for some time reached England, the late Mr. Salomon (who had, in 1791, brought over the immortal Haydn for his concerts in Hanover-square, and was anxious to have a suitable orchestra to execute that imcomparable master's sinfonies, which were composed expressly for these concerts) suspended the engagement of his princi. pal flute until he had the opportunity of hearing Ashe; which was afforded him the same summer, he being engaged to perform at the Rotunda concerts, with a celebrated violoncello player of the name of Sperat. Salomon was so highly pleased with Ashe's intonation and tone, that he gave him a very liberal engagement for Hanover-square; and accordingly, in 1792, he made his first public appearance in London, at Salomon's second concert, in a manuscript concerto of his own composition, which was replete with such novelty as to excite very considerable admiration. After this favourable début he became and remained the reigning flute, both as an orchestra and concerto player, at all the established concerts in London. Upon the abdication of Monzani, Ashe was appointed principal flute at the Italian opera, which situation he held for several years. He next, on the demise of Rauzzini, in 1810, was unanimously elected director of the Bath concerts, which he conducted with great ability for twelve years; but, in consequence of the times being unpropitious for public undertakings, was induced to relinquish their management in the winter of 1821-2; having lost a considerable sum by the last four years of his direction.

In 1799 Ashe married a pupil of Rauzzini, whose vocal excellence (as Mrs. Ashe) is generally known. They had a numerous family, and more than one of his daughters have been successful public performers, both as vocalists, and as performers on the harp and piano. The eldest is married to a gentleman of property in the West Indies. Mr. Ashe's funeral took place on the 30th April at Merrion, near Dublin.

the breaking out of the French revolution inflamed the conceptions of many politicians in old England, he took a lead in the debating societies, where his eloquence and zeal made him a distinguished performer. He was a member of the celebrated " London Corresponding Society," which at one time threatened the destruction of the most valuable institutions of this country. He possessed great powers of declamation, and took an active part in Westminster politics during the period when Sir Francis Burdett rendered himself so conspicuous. His connexion with the British Forum, where questions of the most ticklish nature were openly discussed, brought him into collision with the House of Commons; he was com. mitted to Newgate, Feb. 21, 1810, for the publication of a scurrilous handbill; and after two unsuccessful motions for his release made by Sir Francis Burdett (amended by Mr. Sheridan) and Sir S. Romilly, he was only liberated by the prorogation of Parliament on the 21st of June, which was the same day that Sir Francis Burdett by the same circumstance was released from the Tower.

In 1810 was published " A Warning to the Frequenters of Debating Societies ; being a History of the Rise and Progress of those Societies, with a Report of the Trial and Conviction of John Gale Jones, the Manager of the British Forum."

The following are the titles of Mr. Jones's publications:--Sketch of a Speech at the Westminster Forum, 1794. A Political Tour through Kent for the purpose of promoting the cause of Parliamentary Reform, 1796. An Oration on the character of Washington, 1797. Observations on the Tussis Convulsiva, or Hooping Cough, 1798. Invocation to Edward Quin, esq. 1804. Five Letters to the Right Hon. G. Tierney, 1806.

A satirical poem, with notes, on the members of the Society of the Eccentrics, published about thirty years ago, gave considerable offence at the time to those whom he lampooned.

His style of speaking was very captivating. His voice was good, and he had words at will; and if, as Mr. Fox said, a good speech ought never to read well, his speeches were super-excellent, for, defying analysis, the reporter could make very little of them. The ear, however, was tickled by a concatenation of sweet sounds. We believe one of Sir Samuel Romilly's first efforts was the conducting the defence of Mr. Gale Jones, who was tried at the Warwick assizes, about the time Mr. Hardy, Mr. Horne Tooke, and others were tried in London.

He had long resided at Somers Town; and for many years had taken no part in politics. In private life Mr. Gale Jones is described as cheerful, amiable, and unassuming; instructive in his conversation, a scholar, and a gentleman.

DR. WATSON.

Feb. 12. At New York, aged 72, James

bama, Florida, Charleston, &c. His widow was at St. Louis, unaware of the death of her husband, who died in the New York Hospital, and was followed to the grave by a few friends on the 14th of February. His son, who was suspected of shooting Mr. Platt, in Beckwith the gunsmith's shop on Snowhill,

Treason, together with Thistlewood, Preston, and Hooper.

The features of the conspiracy with which they were charged will be found fully detailed in the Gentleman's Magazine, Old Series, vol. LXXVI. ii. 556, vol. LXXVII. i. 560, 625. It originated with a society calling themselves Spenceans, whose objects were an agrarian law and equal division of property. The means by which this end was to be effected were the arming of the discontented artisans of the metropolis, and the seizure of the Bank and the Tower. The assemblages, as is well known, took place in Spa Fields, a site which shortly after became a part of this vast metropolis; their operations proceeded no further than the robbery of several gunsmiths' shops.

Watson was a chemist and apothecary,

and therefore called Doctor: he resided in Hyde-street, Bloomsbury. His son was also one of the most violent and active confederates. The riots were brought to a crisis on the 2nd Dec. 1816; on the evening of which day Dr. Watson was apprehended at Highgate, being suspected to be a footpad. His son effected his escape. The trial of the prisoners did not commence till the 9th of June, 1817, when it was determined that the trial of Dr. Watson should take place first. His counsel were Mr. Wetherell and Serjeant Copley (since Sir Charles Wetherell and Lord Lyndhurst); and after the trial had lasted a whole week, he was acquitted, when the Attorneygeneral declined to proceed with the prosecution of the other prisoners. Hooper died at the end of the same year in St. Thomas's Hospital, when Watson and his other associates attended his funeral (see Gent. Mag. LXXVII. ii. 635). They continued their seditious meetings at intervals, with the aid of their friend "orator Hunt," the late M.P. for Preston, until the capture of Thistlewood, at the head of the Cato-street conspirators, in Feb. 1820, and his capital punishment in the following April, at length dissolved the unholy alliance.

Watson was not implicated on that occasion, but he shortly after retired to America, where he endured many vicissitudes, living, at different times, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ala

since.

MR JAMES BROAD.

July 11. In Drury-lane, aged 53, Mr. James Broad, furnishing coach-iron. monger, a member of the Numismatic Society, and a man of infinite taste as a collector of Greek and Roman coins.

His knowledge on numismatic subjects was scarcely inferior to that of his friend the late Mr. Matthew Young; whose loss to collectors, had it pleased Providence to spare Mr. Broad, would have been in a great measure supplied, could he have been prevailed upon to change his business from that of an ironmonger to a dealer in coins. As an amateur his collection was

very extensive, both of coins and books; and will shortly be submitted to public competition. It may be added, that the immense collection of coins of every description, the Numismatic Library (one of the best in Europe), and the fine collection of prints, formed by the late Mr. Matthew Young, will also, during the next season, pass under the hammer of Mr. Leigh Sotheby.

CLERGY DECEASED.

Aged 42, the Rev. Robert Walker Bamford, B.D. Vicar of Bishopton, co. Durham, to which he was presented in 1825 by the Governors of Sherburn hospital, and a Minor Canon of Durham cathedral. Many admirable papers on Educational and Religious Statistics, which have appeared in the periodical press, were his compositions. These and his Scriptural Dictionary (the result of patient toil, and of that rare steadiness of purpose which was his characteristic), have lightened the labours of thousands engaged in collecting information and giving instruction, who never knew to whose pen they were indebted.

Aged 52, the Rev. John Bayley, late Fellow and Tutor of Emanuel college, Cambridge. He was first a member of Trinity college, when he took the degree of B.A. 1809 as fifth Wrangler, and, having been elected a Fellow of Emanuel, proceeded to the degree of M. A. in 1812.

At Cockermouth, the Rev. John Benn, late Assistant Curate of St. Nicholas' chapel, Whitehaven. He was a native of Middletown, near Whitehaven.

Aged 84, the Rev. Rowland Blayney, for 43 years incumbent of the donative chapel of Birch, in Warrington, near Manchester.

The Rev. Thomas Hancorne, Vicar of Newcastle, Rector of Michaelston-le-Pitt, and Rector of Barry, all in Glamorganshire. He was instituted to Michaelston in 1781, to Barry in 1792, and to Newcastle, on the presentation of the Lord Chancellor, in 1795.

The Rev. John Gustavus Handcock, Rector of Annaduff, co. Leitrim; nephew to Lord Viscount Castlemaine. He was the third son of Richard Handcock, esq. by Anne, dau. of Arthur French, of French Park, co. Roscommon, esq.; and he married in 1827 Frances-Flood, dau. of J. H. Jessop, of Doory-hall, co. Longford, esq. and niece to Sir Fred. Flood,

Bart.

Aged 79, the Rev. Robert Houseman, for more than forty years Perpetual Curate of St. Anne's, Lancaster, which chapelry he resigned in 1837.

The Rev. D. John Jones, Curate of Merthyr-Tydvil, Glamorganshire.

The Rev. Thomas Martin, late Vicar of Moorby, Lincolnshire, to which he was presented in 1798 by Dr. Vernon, then Bishop of Carlisle.

The Rev. Thomas Meade, Rector of Templetrina, co. Cork.

Aged 55, the Rev. Walter Poole, Vicar of Moulton, near Northampton, to which he was presented in 1836.

At Barnstaple, aged 67, the Rev. Onesiphorus Sheers Saunders, M. A. formerly Curate of Ashford.

At. Paris, the Rev. Francis Roach Spragge, late Vicar of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset. He was formerly Fellow of Queen's college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1808, as 13th Wrangler, M.A. 1811, and was presented to his living in 1823 by the late Bishop Ryder, as Dean of Wells.

The Rev. Joseph Stack, Fellow of Trinity college, Dublin, a gentleman much distinguished for his attainments as a scholar, and highly respected for his qualities as a man.

Aged 29, the Rev. Thomas Taggart, M.A. Curate of Dundonald, co. Down, Ireland.

The Rev. William Tremenhere, for 26 years Vicar of Madron with Morval, Cornwall.

March 16. At Hoby, Leicestershire, aged 78, the Rev. Henry Browne, for 54 years Rector of that place, and also Rector of Aylestone. He was the fourth member of his family who had in succession held the rectory of Hoby, from the year 1722 (see Nichols's History His of Leicestershire, vol. iii. p. 267), and succeeded in 1784 his uncle the Rev. Henry Browne, on his own petition. In 1820 he was presented to the rectory of Aylestone (worth more than 8001. a year) by the Duke of Rutland.

April 14. At Townhead, aged 80, the Rev. Henry Wiglesworth, for 56 years Rector of Slaidburn, Yorkshire, to which he was collated in 1782, on his own petition. He was of Sidney college, Cambridge, B. A. 1781, as 9th Senior Optime, M.A. 1784.

April 15. Aged 29, the Rev. David Richards, Vicar of Aberavon and Baglan, Glamorganshire. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. John Richards, of Merthyr Tydvil; who presented him to his living in 1832.

April 18. At Rottingdean, Sussex, aged 75, the Rev. Thos. Redman Hooker, D.D. Vicar of that parish. He was born in London, the son of Thomas Hooker, esq.; entered at Oriel college, Oxford, 1780; graduated B.A. 1784, Μ. Α. 1786, B. and D.D. 1810; and was presented to Rottingdean in 1792.

Aged 61, the Rev. Peter Inchbald, LL.D. of Adwick-hall, near Doncaster.

At his father's residence, Castellmawr, in the parish of Trelech, aged 31, the Rev. David James, Curate of Wenvoe and Merthyr-dovan, Glamorganshire.

At Newton Valence, Hants, in his 80th year, the Rev. Edmund White, Vicar of that parish, with Hawkley. He was matriculated of Oriel college, Oxford, in 1782; graduated B.A. 1786, Μ.Α. 1789; and was instituted to his living in 1795 on his own petition.

April 19. At Bridgwater, the Rev. John Dawes, formerly Master of the Grammar School in that town.

April 20. Aged 78, the Rev. John Knipe, for fifty-three years Perpetual Curate of Middleton, Westmorland, to which he was presented in 1785 by the Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale.

April 22. The Rev. Isaac Kitchen, Rector of St. Stephen's, Ipswich, to which he was instituted in 1833.

April 23. At Bingfield, co. Cavan, Ireland, in his 50th year, the Rev. Joseph Story, Rector of Cavan.

April 25. Aged 57, the Rev. George Berry Godbold, Rector of Greatham, Hants. He was matriculated of Exeter college, Oxford, in 1805; and afterwards removed to Emanuel college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813, and was instituted to Greatham, which was in his own patronage, in 1814.

April 25. Accidentally drowned in the canal which passes through his parish, when passing over a foot bridge, the Rev. William Hardwicke, Rector of Outwell, Cambridgeshire, the senior magistrate of the hundred of Wisbeach, and a justice of the peace for the counties of Norfolk and Lincoln, and the Isle of Ely. He was of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, B.A. 1799; was collated to Outwell in 1803 by Dr. Yorke, then Bishop of Ely.

May 1. Aged 94, the Rev. Francis Barnes, D.D. for fifty years Master of St. Peter's college, Cambridge. He was educated at Eton; was thence elected to King's college, Cambridge, in 1763; proceeded to the degrees of B.A. 1768, Μ.Α. 1771, B.D. 1784, and was some time Curate of Wattisham, one of the College curacies in Suffolk. In 1780 he was Taxor of the University, and in 1788 he was elected Master of Peterhouse. The venerable gentleman also held the Professorship of Casuistry, to which he was elected in 1813. Dr. Barnes was an elegant scholar, and was endeared to all who knew him, by the cheerfulness of his disposition, the easy urbanity of his manners, and his ready kindness to all, of whatever rank and order, who could benefit by his assist

ance.

May 5. At Melcombe Bingham, Dorset, aged 84, the Rev. George Bingham, son of the Rev. William Bingham, of Camely, Somerset, and grandson of the late Col. Archibald Bingham.

May 6. At Derby, aged 75, the Rev. Thomas Cornthwaite, late Vicar of Crich, Derbyshire, to which he was presented in 1801 by Sir Wm. Dixie, Bart.

May 7. At Hereford, aged 77, the Rev. John Clutton, D.D. a Canon Residentiary of that Cathedral, for fifty-four years Rector of Kinnersley, and Vicar of Lugwardine; and a very active and useful magistrate. He was a son of Henry Clutton, esq. of Birmingham; was matriculated of St. John's college, Oxford, in 1778; graduated B.A. 1782, M.A. 1789, B.D. 1809, D.D. 1810; was presented to Kinnersley in 1784 by Mrs. M. E. Clarke, and to Lugwardine in 1831 by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. His body was interred on the 15th May in the family vault at Kinnersley.

At Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire, aged 35, the Rev. Henry Stonhouse Vigor, Rector of that parish, and Prebendary of Ledbury. He was the eldest son of

the late Rev. Timothy Stonhouse Vigor, (son of the late Sir James Stonhouse, Bart.); and was great-nephew to the late Dr. Huntingford, ord. Bishop of Hereford, by whom he was collated to the rectory of Eaton Bishop in 1830. He married a daughter ter of J. Taylor Gordon, M.D. late of Clifton. May 10. The Rev. Joseph Fayrer, Vicar of St. Tethe, Cornwall. He was a son of the late Joseph Fayrer, esq. of Harmony Hill, Milnthorp. He was of Clare-hall, Cambridge, B.A. 1809, as second Senior Optime, M. A. 1817; and was collated to his living in 1830 by Dr. Carey, then Bp. of Exeter.

May 13. At Brisley, Norfolk, aged 67, the Rev. John Maul, Prebendary of Lincoln, Rector of Brisley, and Vicar of Gateley, Norfolk. He was formerly a Fellow of Christ's college, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1793 as 16th Wrangler, M.A. 1797; and he was presented to his united livings by that Society in 1814.

May 17. At Colne, Lancashire, aged 71, the Rev. William Wilkinson, formerly for many years Curate of that chapelry, which he was obliged to resign about thirty years ago, on account of the loss of his sight.

May 21. At Guildford, the Rev. Henry Parr Beloe, Rector of St. Mary's, in that town. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. W. Beloe, the wellknown "Sexagenarian," who died in 1817, and of whom a memoir and character are given in Gent. Mag. old Series, vol. LXXXVII. i. 371, ii. 245. Mr. Beloe received the name of Parr, from the learned Doctor, who had been his father's schoolmaster, and was then his intimate friend. Mr. B. was of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, B.A.1812; and was presented to his living in 1824 by Lord Chancellor Eldon.

May 22. At Portlock, Somersetshire, aged 48, the Rev. Anthony James Clarke, Rector of that parish. He was the youngest son of the late Nathaniel Gooding Clarke, esq. barrister-at-law, of the Midland circuit, and brother to Nath. Richard Clarke, esq. now Recorder of Lincoln. He was of Christ's college, Cambridge, B. A. 1814, M.A.1817; was formerly Minister of St. Peter's church, Birmingham; and was presented to Portlock in 1831 by the Lord Chancellor.

May 26. At Tor, Devonshire, aged 32, the Rev. J. T. Kitson.

May 29. At Bath, in his 80th year, the Rev. George Sealey Baldwin, LL.D. Rector of Inchegeela and St. Paul's, Cork.

June 1. At Lamborne Place, Berks. the Rev. Henry Hippesley, late Fellow