of Proserpine," the "Rape of Ganymede," "Hebe," "Una, " &c. One great merit his pictures possess, and it stamps the sterling quality of his art, is the harmony of thought that pervades his works; where the expression of character or emotion falls short of due intensity, there is a unity of purpose manifest in the whole, that produces an impression of accordance with the subject, if not fully adequate to its demands; an excellence that attests the presence of the salt of art-earnestness of intention. There is no impertinent display of dexterity or mannerism in the paintings of Hilton: the subject predominates, not the execution. Fewer of Hilton's pictures have been engraved than of most artists of celebrity; but he was no trader carrying his wares to market, and their unobtrusive merits were not recognised as they deserved either by the public or the publishers-we hardly know of one fine print from a large picture of his. Early in his career he made a set of beautiful designs for an edition of the "Mirror" and "Citizen of the World," published by Taylor and Hessey; for which firm also he sketched the pretty frontispieces to Miss Taylor's stories: the last are sepia drawings, and, slight as they are, betray a graceful style; but the first-mentioned are exquisitely finished oil-paintings, in which character is well developed; the illustrations of Mackenzie's stories in the "Mirror" express the pathos of the author with sympathetic feeling. It is to be regretted that Hilton's talents as a designer were not more frequently exercised on "book illustrations;" a humble sphere for the display of talent, but one in which Stothard-a kindred spirit with the greatest geniuses -earned his best laurels. Though Hilton declined painting portraits as a profession, his friends-in particular, Mr. Taylor the publisher-possess some admirable likenesses by him; among the most remarkable, are the portraits of two young poets, John Keats and John Clare; in which the intellectual expression of the individuals is depicted with lively truth. Mr. Hilton, who had previously been made an Associate, was elected a Royal Academician in 1820, when his presentation picture was " Ganymede." He succeeded Mr. Fuseli as the Keeper of the Royal Academy. One of the principal duties of the Keeper is to superintend and direct the students in what is called the Antique Academy; and so satisfactorily did Mr. Hilton perform the functions of his office, that, about four years ago, thestudents subscribed for a handsome piece of plate, and presented it to him as a mark of their respect and affection. His death was oc casioned by an asthma, and by the strength of his affections; for he never recovered the loss of a beloved wife (the daughter of the Rev. George Davis Kent, of Lincoln) some years since. Though his frame was attenuated by sickness and sorrow, he retained the lustre of genius in his eye, and its brightness on his expansive forehead, to the last. His manners were singularly amiable and pleasing; and he has died regretted, respected, and admired, by all who could appreciate mental and moral excellence in union. Mr. Hilton's funeral took place in the church-yard of the Savoy on the 7th of January. He had left no children. Mr. De Wint possesses many of his drawings, exquisite for their grace and poetic conception. MR. JOSEPH ALLEN. Nov. 19. At Erdington, Warwickshire, aged 70, Mr. Joseph Allen, historical and portrait painter. Mr. Allen was the son of an intelligent and respectable mathematical and optical instrument-maker in Birmingham. At the period of his boyhood, among the fashionable productions of that town were large teaboards, trays, &c. on which were painted elaborate copies, many of them executed with much skill, of " The Death of Wolfe," "The Battle of La Hogue," "The loss of the Halsewell East Indiaman," and similar subjects. Young Allen was engaged for some years in a manufactory of those articles; anxious, however, to devote himself to a more refined pursuit of the fine arts, he repaired to London, and became a student at the Royal Academy, where he was distinguished by the correctness of his eye and the facility of his hand, and obtained the silver medal for the best drawing of a figure from the life. Having thus laid the only sound foundation of eminence in his profession, he endeavoured to obtain employment as an historical painter; but, like many other young artists of talent, was soon compelled to descend to portrait-painting, in which department of the arts he laboured for a considerable time with but scanty encouragement. At length, a gentleman from North Wales, happening to sit to him, was so pleased with the result, that he persuaded him to visit Wrexham ; and, being introduced to the principal families in that town and neighbourhood, Mr. Allen speedily found himself in extensive and lucrative practice. In this vicinity, occasionally making excursions to Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal, and other places in the north of England, he lived for several years respected and happy. Ambition, however," that last infirmity of noble minds," seduced him to try his fortune again in the metropolis; and he took the house in Caroline Street, Bedford Square, which had been formerly occupied by Mr. Abbot. The experiment proved a failure. In the country Mr. Allen had no equal, in London he had several superiors; added to which, he was too modest and honourable a man to have recourse to any of those petty artifices which are frequent ingredients in professional success. During this arduous struggle, Mr. Allen produced several works which did him high credit, especially a study from an old woman's head; which, under the title of "Resignation," was exhibited at Somerset House, and excited universal admiration.* Even his most ordinary portrait had that in it which shewed that it was the performance of no vulgar pencil. Finding, however, that he could not cope with such powerful competitors as Lawrence, Beechey, Phillips, Shee, Owen, &c. he wisely broke up his town establishment, and returned to that provincial district in which he was lord of the ascendant. As old age advanced, Mr. Allen moderated his professional exertions; until, eventually, being in easy although not affluent circumstances, he retired to Erdington, a small village near Birmingham, and there, in a cottage which he inhabited jointly with his two sisters, he spent the remainder of his days in a truly philosophical and Christian spirit and manner. For above two years his health had been gradually decaying, his head reclining on one side, and his speech was not easily intelligible, but his mind was perfectly clear until within a short period of his decease. His whole appearance was that of one ripe for the great change which the course of his reading, and the frame of his disposition, had led him patiently and humbly to contemplate. The day before his death was a day of severe suffering, but he expired in the arms of his sister, Miss Allen, without a sigh. His remains were interred in the buryingground of a neighbouring chapel, to the erection of which he had been a liberal contributor; and never did the grave close over a man of greater kindness, firm. ness, independence, and integrity. (Lit. Gazette.) W. H. W. [Our notices of Clergymen recently deceased are necessarily postponed from want of space.] * This fine picture is, we believe, in the possession of Mr. Cooke, of Hous ton, in Yorkshire. DEATHS. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. Dec. 4. At Islington, aged 84, Richard Dorrill, esq. retired Commander R.N. (1814). Dec. 6. In Devonshire-street, in her 82d year, Miss Lee. Dec. 8. At the house of William Delves, esq. Avenue-road, Regent's Park, aged 65, Mrs. M. A. Bishop, relict of the Rev. Henry Bishop, Rector of Ticehurst, Sussex. In Cumberland-st. in her 80th year, Charlotte, relict of Adm. John Leigh Douglas. Dec. 10. At Brompton-crescent, Eleanor, relict of Walter Hebden, esq. of Stockwell. Dec. 11. At Judd-st, aged 80, Thomas Pickstone, esq. Dec. 13. Aged 76, William Comerford Clarkson, esq. of Doctors' Commons. Dec. 14. At Peckham, Elizabeth, wife of George Hull, esq. M.D. Dec. 15. At Hammersmith, aged 87, John Christopher Weltje, esq. Dec. 18. In her 80th year, Mrs. Mary Magdalen Richardson, daughter of the late Rev. Andrew Portal, M.A. Vicar of St. Helen's, Abingdon, and wife of Mr. James Richardson, of Walworth. Dec. 19. In John-st. Bedford-row, aged 71, at the house of her son in-law, Mr. Edward Laforest, Charlotte, relict of Robt. Carew, esq. of the New Kent-road. Dec. 22. At Dulwich, in her 65th year, Penelope, wife of Charles Clarke, esq. In Portland-place, at an advanced age, Anthony Brough, esq. many years a merchant of London, and an inhabitant of Clapham, Surrey. He married an only dau. of Avery, esq. formerly of Bride-lane, Fleet-street; but they had no family. fields, Caroline, wife of the Rev. J. G. At St. George's Parsonage, BatterseaWeddell. In Devonshire-st. Portland-place, JeIsland of St. Vincent, and Bellevue, netta, relict of James Jackson, esq. of the Southampton. Dec. 24. In Great George-st. Sarah, wife of Charles Lushington, esq. M.P. for Ashburton. She was the dau. of Lieut.-Col. Joseph Gascoyne. In Grosvenor-sq. Lady Emily Egerton, At Kennington, aged 64, Rebecca, wife of L. Gompertz, esq. At Islington, aged 67, Capt. Alexander Adams, 1st Garrison Battalion. Dec. 27. At Tottenham, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Andrew Timbrell, of the Trinity House. At Chelsea, aged 26, Eliza Kate, wife of F. Lindsay Cole, esq. youngest dau. of the late John Hughes, of Marden Ash, Ongar, Essex, esq. Dec. 29. Aged 74, Richard Mathew, esq. of Charlotte-st. Portland-place. At Woburn-place, aged 62, W. P. Allcock, esq. Dec. 31. Of apoplexy, in his 65th year, Miles Stringer, esq. of Effingham Hill, Surrey, head of the firm of Stringer and Co. tea-dealers, &c. Monument- Yard. Mr. Stringer arrived at the Bank to execute a transfer of stock in his capacity of one of the directors of the Equitable Assurance Company. Whilst in conversation with a friend he had casually met, he suddenly dropped down dead. Had he lived a few hours longer he would have become entitled to a very large bonus payable by the Equitable Company upon the 1st of January. Lately. In Beaumont-st. Marylebone, Elizabeth, wife of W. Theobald, esq. In Montagu-sq. aged 89, Jane, relict of R. Livie, esq. and sister of Mrs. Dillon, of the Mythe, Tewkesbury. Aged 39, G. Rooke, esq. of Bigswear, Glouc. grandson of the late Gen. Rooke, M.P. for co. Monmouth. Jan. 1. At Barrow-hill-place, Regent's Park, aged 30, Mary Christian, wife of Lieut. Henry Woodruff, R. N. only dau. of Ralph Clarke, esq. of Emsworth, Hants. Jan. 2. In Soho-square, aged 47, Sophia Maria, wife of J. H. Curtis, esq. Jan. 3. At St. John's Wood-road, aged 82, Joseph Tringham, esq. At Pimlico, aged 63, James Tomes, esq. Aged 30, Julia, wife of Frederick L. Slous, esq. of Crescent-place, Morning ton-crescent. At Mile-end, aged 87, Tho. Baylis, esq. Aged 54, Samuel Darton, late of the firm of Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch-street. Jan. 4. At Hammersmith, aged 70, Miss Sophia Cookson, sister of the late Lieut.-Gen. George, and Lieut.-Gen. Charles Cookson, Royal Artillery. In Northumberland-street, aged 69, John Holroyd, esq. formerly owner of Barcombe-place, Sussex. On the 4th of May, 1800, his Majesty George the III. twice narrowly escaped being shot-in the morning in Hyde Park, and in the evening, when at Drury Lane Theatre the insane Hatfield fired at his Majesty, but the direction of the ball was turned by Mr. Holroyd, who struck the assassin's arm up; for this act the deceased was offered a pension, which he refused, but retained during the life of his Majesty a great amount of royal patronage. Jan. 5. Juliana, wife of Lewis George Dive, esq. of Tavistock-st. Bedford-sq. Jan. 6. Elizabeth, wife of William Webb, esq. of Walthamstow. In Guilford-st. aged 72, Joseph Mort Wheeler, esq. Jan. 7. At Clapham New Park, aged 44, Benjamin Warren, esq. Jan. 8. At the residence of his son-inlaw, at Clapham-rise, aged 82, Monsieur François Beekvelt, dit de Tourlou. Aged 65, Martha, relict of the Rev. Lewis Mercier, third daughter of the late Mr. Battier, of Gould-square. In Weymouth-street, aged 60, William Robinson, esq. surgeon. Jan. 9. At Hackney-terrace, aged 80, James Berriman Tippetts, esq. member of the Royal College of Surgeons, formerly of White Lion-st. Spital-sq. where he resided for 45 years. At Blackheath, in his 38th year, John Gordon, esq. of Newton, Aberdeenshire, and Peppingford Park, Sussex. Jan. 10. At Camberwell-grove, in her 70th year, Mrs. Miller, relict of Walter Miller, esq. of Highgate. Aged 43, John Lawson, esq. surgeon, Walbrook. Jan. 11. At Clapham, aged 21, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of H. Austwick, esq. of Lawrence Pountney-lane. At Hackney, aged 43, Mary Ann, wife of William Chaplin, esq. At Brunswick-terrace, aged 64, Capt. Edward Blackett Roberts. At Kensington, aged 73, Elizabeth, the wife of S. Pickering, esq. Jan. 12. At Kensington, aged 35, Jane, wife of Major Robert Thew, Bombay Art. At Oxford-st. Capt. Robert Sime (halfpay), 78th Foot. Jan. 13. Aged 64, James Lambert, esq. of the Manor House, Brixton, and Fowlers, Hawkhurst, Kent. Aged 24, Charles Henry Chambers, esq. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. At Howland-st. aged 65, Sarah, widow of Capt. David Bruce, E.IS. At Portman-place, Edgeware-rd. John Tolle, esq. Deputy Receiver-gen, of the Duchy of Lancaster. Aged 92, Robert Tunno, esq. many years a respectable member of the Stock Exchange. Aged 62, Miss S. Bacot, dau. of the late J. S.Bacot, esq. formerly of Argyll-st. Jan. 14. In Portman-st. aged 87, Mary, widow of Gen. Gwyn. Jan. 15. At Islington, aged 85, Miss Mary Ibbott, great-niece of Dr. Ibbott, Chaplain to King Geo. I. and Prebendary of Westminster. At Streatham, aged 80, the Right Hon. Peggy Countess dowager of Coventry. She was the 2d dau. and coh. of Sir Abraham Pitches, Knt. became the second wife of George- William 7th Earl of Coventry in 1783, and was left his widow in 1813, having had issue the present Earl and a numerous family. Jan. 16. In South Audley-st. Charlotte, wife of Thomas Oliver, esq. of Bath. Jan. 17. At Hammersmith, aged 65, Daniel De Castro, esq. late of Warfieldcottage, Berks. Aged 75, Frances, widow of Henry Creighton, esq. of Malda, Bengal. Jan. 18. In Upper Woburn-place, aged 70, Elizabeth, relict of the late William Essex, esq. At Hampstead, in his 65th year, Robert 'Espinasse, esq. late of the Inner Temple, youngest son of the late Isaac 'Espinasse, of the Kill, co. Dublin. At Kennington, aged 82, Chas. Cole, esq. Jan. 19. In Buckingham-sq. New Kent-road, aged 92, Joshua Rogers, esq. late of the Stock Exchange. At Woburn-place, aged 78, Elizabeth, relict of Robert Dodwell, esq. of Doctors' Commons. In his 70th year, Richard Savage, esq. of Chiswell-st. Aged 53, John Hill, esq. of Welbeck-st. At the house of his brother in the Edgeware-road, Lieut. William Remington Mercer, 70th regiment Bengal native infantry, nephew of Captain Alex. Mercer, deputy-adjutant-general, Dinapore division. In Southampton-st. Fitzroy-sq. aged 60, Jane, wife of Mr. John Landseer, A.E.R.A. and F.S.A., and mother of Mr. Edwin Landseer, R. A. and of Mr. Charles Landseer, A.R. A. Jan. 20. At North Brixton, James Horatio Oliver, esq. eldest son of the late James R. Oliver, esq. of Calcutta. BERKS.-Dec. 18. At Windsor, aged 61, the Hon. Wilhelmina Ruthven, sister to Lord Ruthven. Dec. 24. At Windsor, aged 85, Lieut.Col. Steel, one of the " Poor Knights," during the last 22 years. His late Majesty allowed him, in addition, an annuity of 501.; and a subscription has been set on foot for his widow, at the head of which stands the name of her Majesty for 101. Dec. 25. At Windsor, Sarah, widow of the Rev. Henry St. John Bullen, Rector of Dinton, Bucks. Jan. 11. At Farley Hill Castle, near Reading, Emma, fourth dau. of the late Justinian Casamajor, of Potterells, Herts, esq. Jan. 12. Anna, wife of Wilson Lomer, esq. of Reading. Jan. 13. At Windsor, Second Lieut. Charles Henry Chambers, Rifle-Brigade (1834). CAMBRIDGE.-Dec. 15. Aged 95, Elizabeth, relict of Edw. Frost, Esq. of Brinkley Hall. Lately. Aged 64, Mr. William Watts, of Ely; a man distinguished by deep research in the Hebrew language, and editor of the Psalms of David: eccentric in his manners, but a worthy and honest man. At Newmarket, aged 32, the celebrated jockey, Arthur Pavis. He commenced his career in 1821, riding 3st. 3lb. Since that time he rode 1837 races, comprising 2253 heats, and he won no less than 706 races. Jan. 8. At Little Abington, in her 92 year, Susan, relict of the Rev. Andrew Pern, M.A. Rector of Abington in the Cley, and of Isham, Northamptonshire, second dau. of the late Rev. Thomas Smith, Rector of Stowlangtoft, and Vicar of Pakenham, Suffolk. At Wisbech, aged 23, the only son of the late Rev. Wm. Hardwicke, Rector of Outwell, Norf. CHESHIRE.-Jan. 9. Peter Langford Brooke, esq. of Mere Hall, Cheshire, who about two years ago was married to a daughter of Lady Charlotte Bury. He had ventured on the ice of a pond near his house. The ice broke, and, as the water was very shallow, he determined on working his way to the bank; but in his progress he unfortunately stepped into a deep hole, and sank to rise no more. This distressing event occurred in the presence of Mrs. Brooke, who was at the drawing-room window at the time. CORNWALL.-Dec. 23. At Redruth, at an advanced age, Mary, relict of Samuel Vincent Pryce, esq. M.D. She was the first to establish the Church Sunday School in that town, and she attended regularly to it for upwards of 50 years. 2 F Jan. 5. At Penzance, aged 38, Baldwin Francis Duppa, esq. barrister-at-law, the eldest son of Baldwin Duppa Duppa, esq. of Hollingbourne House, Kent. He was for some time a Commoner of Brazenose college, Oxford; and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, June 7, 1833. He was latterly honorary secretary and chief supporter of the Central Education Society. He edited their productions, and had for many years been the disinterested and able advocate of liberal and extended popular education. He was also the founder of the scheme for agricultural colleges, and successfully carried out the plan for the establishment of such a college in the county of Kent. He has left a large family. CUMBERLAND.-Jan. 12. At the Parsonage, Keswick, Frances, wife of the Rev. Fred. Myers, minister of St. John's, Keswick, and dau. of J. C. L. Calcraft, esq. of Ancaster. She had been married but a few months. DEVON.-Dec. 21. At Torquay, Henry Everett, esq. of Salisbury. Dec. 22. At Exeter, aged 61, Lieut. John Niess, late of the 3rd R. V. B. Dec. 28. At Blewhayes House, Broadclist, aged 67, James Daniell, esq. Dec. 29. At the Wilderness, aged 78, W. C. Hunt, M.D. Jan. 5. At Stonehouse, Devon, aged 25, Louis-George Waldon, esq. of the Middle Temple, only son of the late J. Waldon, M.D. of Bodmin, and nephew of the late Lord Clinton. Jan. 7. At Stonehouse, aged 82, John Jackson, esq. Master Attendant of the dockyard. Jan. 10. At Plymouth, in his 65th year, Commander John Yule, R.N. (1805.) He was twenty-seven times engaged with the enemies of his country; and on three of those occasions, viz. Cornwallis's Retreat, the battle of the Nile, and that of Trafalgar, as one of Nelson's Lieutenants in the Victory, he received the public thanks of his country, which were accorded by the vote of Parliament. Jan. 15. At Dawlish, Sophia Mary, third surviving daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Yelloly. DORSET.-Jan. 1. At Lyme Regis, Miss Mary Lloyd, third daughter of the late Samuel Lloyd, esq. of Battersea, Surrey. Jan. 13. At Beaminster, in his 80th year, H. B. Way, esq. DURHAM.-Jan. 18. At Norton, aged 75, Mrs. Stapylton, widow of Henry Stapylton, esq. only dau, of Robert Gregory, esq. Capt. R.N. ESSEX.-Dec. 10. At Dunmow, aged 75, Geo. Wade, esq. Dec. 20. At Little Horkesley, aged 65, Sarah, wife of George Sadler, esq. Dec. 23. At Dedham, in her 85th year, Mrs. S. Merry, sister of the late Anthony Merry, esq. Dec. 30. At South Weald, Mary, relict of Richard Heatley, esq. of Shenfield-place. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-Dec. 18. At Codrington, Mary, wife of John Wickham, jun. dau. of the late Rev. Edmund Wills, Vicar of Wapley and Codrington. Dec. 20. At Thornbury, aged 88, Joseph Parslow, esq. banker. Dec. 24. At Cirencester, aged 81, Mrs. Lawrence, widow of William Lawrence, esq. surgeon, and mother of William Lawrence, esq. the eminent surgeon, of Whitehall-place. At Cheltenham, aged 60, Lady Catherine Caroline, relict of Joseph Brecknell, esq. formerly of the Life Guards. She was the only surviving dau. of William-Charles third Earl of Portmore; was formerly Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, and was married in 1810. Dec. 26. At Cotham, Mary, relict of the late W. P. Coley, esq. daughter of the late Thomas Prichard, esq. of Bristol. Dec. 27. At Cheltenham, aged 70, Mary Anne, widow of Robert Phillipps, esq. of Longworth, second dau. of the late Michael Biddulph, of Ledbury, co. Hereford, esq. Lately. At an advanced age, Mrs. Wilton, relict of R. P. Wilton, esq. late Town Clerk of Gloucester. Jan. 2. At Cheltenham, in her 80th year, Eliza, wife of H. Hill, esq. Deputy Commissary Gen. dau. of the late R. Kirwan, esq. of Cregg, co. Galway. At Clifton, Susanna-Christian, wife of George Webbe Tobin, esq. only dau. of the late John Cobham, esq. of Barbadoes. Jan. 3. At Westbury-on-Trym, aged 77, Ann, widow of Richard Symes, esq. and last surviving child of the late E. Bowles, esq. of the Royal Fort. Jan. 6. At Bristol Hotwells, in his 30th year, Jacob, only son of Jacob Ricketts, esq. of Bath. At Woodchester Priory, Eliza, the wife of Henry Shuttleworth, esq. formerly of Market Harborough, and Great Bowden, co. Leic. Jan. 8. At Clifton, aged 73, Elizabeth, relict of the late George Ebery Thomas, esq. of Bristol, and of Caldicott, Monmouthshire. Jan. 9. At the residence of Mr. S. G.. Clements, Bristol, Mrs. Perceval, aunt of Mrs. Clements, and relict of the late Theophilus Perceval, esq. Bath. Aged 24, Susanna Martin, last surviv. |