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DIXON, Joshua, Esq. M. D.; Jan.
7; in Lowther Street, Whitehaven ;
aged 80. On the evening of his decease,
he wrote two letters to his son and
daughter; requesting a visit from the
latter and certain of his grand-children,
whom he had not seen. These letters
were sent to the post-office at half-past
eight. He was then well. In a short
time he was seized with sudden illness
-soon sent for Dr. Robinson - but
in spite of medical skill, was a corpse
before midnight. His long life has been
one continued scene of usefulness and
benevolence. The town of Whitehaven
is indebted to him for many improve.
ments necessary to its health and com-
fort. The dispensary was the fruit of
his exertions; and from its establishment
in 1783, up to the day of his death, he
acted gratuitously as physician and chief
manager. The unfortunate, the poor,
the sick, all were ever welcome to coun-
sel, pecuniary assistance, and medical
skill. There was not a mercenary
feeling in his heart. He acquired but
to bestow he lived but to aid his fel-
low-creatures. From morning till night
he unremittingly pursued the heavenly
work of charity. Often, latterly, when
age had enfeebled his bodily frame (al-
ways weak and diminutive, has he
been seen climbing to the abodes of
misery literally on his hands and knees!
What more can be said, when a simple
fact pronounces so eloquent a pane-
gyric? Independently of these more rare
accomplishments the "
of the
graces
soul,' - the doctor was distinguished
by medical skill and literary ability of
no common order. He was the author
of a great many useful tracts and es-
says, acknowledged and anonymous, but
his principal work was the "Life of
William Brownrigg, M. D." 8vo. 1800,
in which he incorporated an historical
essay on coal mines, particularly those
in his neighbourhood. In 1822 he pub-
lished a tract, entitled, "The Church
'Catechism Illustrated." Gentleman's
Magazine.

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DOBREE, the Rev. Peter Paul;
at Trinity College, Cambridge; Sept.
24th. Mr. Dobree was a fellow of
that college, and professor of the Greek
language in the University. He was

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born in Guernsey in 1782, and was sent
at an early age to Reading School,
under the care and direction of Dr.
Valpy, who sent him to Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge. There are fellow-
ships in Oxford for natives of Guernsey
and Jersey; but Mr. Dobree had pro-
perty which disqualified him for them.
At Cambridge he distinguished himself
by a depth and accuracy of classical
learning, which raised him to the highest
eminence. Without making an asser-
tion, which has been too confidently,
hazarded of other literary characters
that he was the best Greek scholar in
England, it may be said without pre-
sumption, that he was exceeded by none
in extent of knowledge, in sagacity of
criticism, in laborious research, and in
exquisite taste in the beauties of the
Greek and Latin languages. He was
intimately acquainted with Porson, who
set the highest value on his talents; and
at the death of that great man he was
considered as his natural successor.
But he was at that time out of the king-
dom, and the diffidence of his disposi
tion would not permit him to become an
active competitor for any honour.
the promotion of the late professor to
the deanery of Peterborough, he was
unanimously elected to the professor-
ship. He was preparing public lec-
tures on the Greek language, in which
the rich stores of his learning and genius
would have been imparted to the stu-
dents of the university had his health
been preserved. He has sufficiently
established his character by his notes to
Porson's Aristophanica, published at
the expence of Trinity College in 1820.
At the request of the same liberal so-
ciety, he edited and corrected in 1822
the Lexicon of Photius. He was the
author of several valuable articles in
the Classical Journal. He had like-
wise collected materials for a new edi-
tion of Demosthenes, which would have
made a copious accession to the fund of
Greek literature. He was no less dis-
tinguished for the qualities of the heart
than for those of the head. His liberal-
ity and his beneficence were displayed
on every occasion in full proportion to
his ability. His conversation was lively,
interesting, and instructive. Although
he was said by some to be occasionally
fastidious in his criticisms, he was ad-
mired by the best and most candid scho-
lars at home and abroad; among the
latter of whom may be mentioned,
Schwaghauser, Schleusner, and Her-

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mann in Germany, and Boissonade,
Gall, and Hase in France. - Gentle-

man's Magazine.

DOWNMAN, Lieut. Col. Travies ;
at West Malling; August 16; aged 85.

- Col. Downman entered the Royal
Artillery in June 1757; in 1758 he
was with the army, at that time com-
manded by the Duke of Marlborough,
at the destruction of the French ship-
ping and stores at St. Maloes; he was
at the demolition of the works and bat-
teries of Cherburg, and afterwards at
the unlucky affair at St. Cas, command-
ing the only two six-pounders that
were on shore. He sailed for the West
Indies the same year with the army un-
der the old Gen. Hopson; was with
the troop that made a landing at Mar-
tinique, and was very actively employed
in the reduction of Gaudaloupe, where
he remained till the peace of 1763,
except attending the troops that cap-
tured Dominique; he came to England
at the end of the year 1763.
He went
to New York in June 1764, remained
there till November of the same
year, when he was ordered with a small
detachment of artillery to Pensacola, in
the Gulf of Mexico, to take possession
of that miserable place; he had the
misfortune to remain in this province
till the end of the year 1777, at which
time he was ordered to St. Augustine,
in the gulf of Florida, where he re-
mained till January 1772. He then
sailed to New York, remained there
till August, and arrived in England in
November of the same year. After
some service in Scotland he was ordered
to New York: he joined the army un-
der Gen. Howe; was constantly em-
ployed from the time of landing at the
head of Elk till the entrance of the
army into Philadelphia, and principally
engaged in taking the Delaware frigate,
and the destruction and taking of Mud
Island in the Delaware. He was the
only English officer with the troops
under Count Donop, at the unfortunate
attack on the works at Red Bank, on
the Jersey shore; about this time he
was taken extremely ill and was obliged
to go to New York in the hospital-ship.
He remained at New York till Novem-
ber 1778, when he was ordered to sail
with the army under Gen. Grant, for
the West Indies. He was much em-
ployed in the reduction of St. Lucie,
where he remained till it was restored
to France, except visiting the other is-
lands. He sailed from Grenada and

arrived in England the end of the year
1784. Lieut. Col. Downinan, which
rank he received 1st of March 1794,
was also Captain in the Invalid Battal-
lion of the Royal Artilery. - Royal
Military Calendar.

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D'OYLY, Sir John, Bart.; at Kan-
dy; May 25, 1824; of a remittent fever.

Sir John D'Oyly was a member of
His Majesty's Council in Ceylon, and
Resident and First Commissioner of
Government in the Kandyan pro-
vinces. He was born in June 1774;
and was the second son of the late
Rev. Matthias D'Oyly, Archdeacon
of Lewes, and Rector of Buxted in
Sussex. After receiving the rudiments
of his education at a preparatory school,
he was sent to Westminster, where he
made great proficiency in classical
attainments, under the learned Dr. Vin-
cent. He was elected on the founda-
tion of the school in 1788. In 1792
he removed to Corpus Christi College
in Cambridge, where he applied him-
self diligently to classical studies es-
pecially, and maintained in a more
extended sphere the high character
which he had already acquired amongst
his contemporaries. He easily bore
away the principal prizes within the
limits of his own college, where the
field of competition was small; but in
1795 he succeeded in obtaining, in
competition with the whole University,
one of Sir Wm. Browne's medals for a
Latin Ode on Commerce, and in the
following year having obtained the
degree of Senior Optime in commenc-
ing Bachelor of Arts, he received the
honor of the second medal given by
the Chancellor for the best proficients
in classical knowledge. In conse-
quence of these distinctions he was
elected into a fellowship of his college
in 1798.

His original destination was the
church, and to this profession his edu-
cation had been directed. But when
he arrived at maturity, and was able to
exercise his own judgment in the choice
of a profession, he felt within him, as he
expressed to his friends, a spirit of en-
terprize and an ardour of mind, which
impelled him to dislike the retirement
of the country, and to desire to engage
in some active scenes of public life.
In consequence of his declining to take
holy orders, he was obliged, by the sta-
tutes of the college, to resign his fel-
lowship after three years; and in 1810
he gladly embraced the offer of a civil

situation in the Island of Ceylon, under
the appointment of the Governor, the
Hon. F. North, now Earl of Guildford.

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brought under the British dominion,
Mr. D'Oyly was appointed resident at
Kandy, and first commissioner for the
government of the provinces. From
that period he devoted himself entirely
to the business of this station, residing
in the palace formerly occupied by the
king. He made it his peculiar study to
acquire a thorough knowledge of the
character and genius of the people
committed to his care: and by the
kindness of his general demeanour to-
wards them, by taking care not to
shock their prejudices, and by evincing
an unfeigned zeal for their welfare and
interests, he succeeded in maintaining
an influence over this rude people, and
conciliating their confidence, esteem,
and affection, in an extraordinary
degree. Indeed all, from the highest
to the lowest, were ready to acquiesce
in all that he recommended; and when-
ever any little appearance of turbulence
or dissatisfaction was observed, he had
generally only to show himself among
them, and every thing was quiet.

From the moment of his destination
being fixed, he began to apply all the
energies of his mind to the studies and
pursuits connected with his new situ-
ation, and made a rapid acquirement of
several oriental languages. He sailed
for Ceylon in the autumn of 1801, and
arrived there in February 1802. From
the period of his arrival he devoted
himself to the study of the language
and character of the people, their civil
and religious institutions, the history,
and natural productions of the island.
He soon became master of the Cingalese
language to a degree in which no Euro-
pean was his competitor, and he was in
consequence, at an early period of his
residence, appointed chief translator
to the government. By his ability,
integrity, attention to business, and
general usefulness, he recommended
himself to his superiors in the govern-
ment of the island, and was advanced
by degrees to different stations.
last, under the Government of Sir
Robert Brownrigg, in 1815, an oppor-
tunity was afforded to him of exerting
with great success his talents, and ac-
tivity of mind. In consequence of the
extraordinary cruelty of the reigning
King of Kandy, which induced his first
minister and others of his principal sub-
jects to implore the assistance of the
British government, and of his aggres-
sions on British subjects and allies, it
was deemed an act of justice to prepare
an expedition against his capital. The
conduct of the negotiations with the dis-
contented chiefs, and the business of
procuring intelligence for the guidance
of the different detachments of the ar-
my, mainly depended on Mr. D'Oyly,
whose familiar acquaintance with the
language of the country gave him ad-
vantages which none other possessed,
and whose popularity with the natives
added great strength to the cause.
And with such skill and ability did he
make all the arrangements, that in the
course of a very few days the troops
reached Kandy, the king was dethroned,
and the Kandyan provinces brought
under the British dominion.
D'Oyly, it should be mentioned, ac-
companied the expedition himself, and
joining himself to a detachment of the
troops, was the person who made cap-
tive the flying and fallen king.

Mr.

On the Kandyan provinces being

The merits and exertions of Sir John
D'Oyly as a public servant, and prin-
cipally as connected with the addition
to His Majesty's dominions of the larger
part of Ceylon, were duly appreciated
by the highest authorities. His Ma-
jesty's approbation was first conveyed in
the dispatch from the Secretary of State
to Sir Robert Brownrigg, published by
the Ceylon Government, June 1, 1816,
in the following words :

"I am also commanded particularly
to express the sense which his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent entertains
of the conduct and services of Mr.
D'Oyly upon the late occasion. Το
his intelligence in conducting the nego-
ciations, first with the Kandyan go-
vernment, and latterly with the Adikars
and others who opposed it, to his inde-
fatigable activity in procuring inform-
ation and in directing the military
detachments, the complete success of
the enterpriize is principally owing;
and his Royal Highness avails himself
with pleasure of this opportunity of ex-
pressing how greatly he appreciates not
only Mr. D'Oyly's latter services, but
those which he has at former periods by
his attention to the Kandyan depart-
ment, rendered to the colony and his
country."

His Majesty's approval was followed
by the elevation of the deceased to a
Baronetcy of the United Kingdom,
27th July, 1821. This title becomes

extinct, Sir John never having mar-
ried.

'The fever, which unfortunately car-
ried him off, was caught by him in a
visit of official business to one of the
Kandyan provinces. It was known
beforehand that a malignant fever was
raging there, and his friends endeavour-
ed to prevent his going; but on this, as
on many other occasions of his life, he
sacrificed his private good to his feelings
of public duty. He amassed but an
inconsiderable fortune considering the
length of time during which he served
in the island, and the sacrifices he had
inade. Indeed, his liberality was so dif-
fusive that he appeared scarcely to think
of providing the means of retiring with
that affluence which he deserved to his
native country.

During his long residence in the
island, he applied, as has been stated,
his enquiring mind to diligent researches
into its history and antiquities, and na-
tural productions, and the customs of
the inhabitants. His friends were con-
tinually urging him to prepare a history
of the island, which no one had the
means of executing with such knowledge
and truth as himself, and it is hoped that
materials may be found amongst his
papers which will essentially contribute
to the illustration of this singular coun-
try. No one was more industrious in
collecting materials, and no one was
better qualified by judgment and pene-
tration to make a proper use of them.
At several periods he sent over to his
friends partial translations of some Cin-
galese manuscripts, which give no mean
opinion of the literary acquirements of
this rude people.

His loss will long be felt in the island
of Ceylon, and the natives especially will
long remember him with affectionate re
gret, as their best friend, benefactor, and
protector.

His remains were removed from his
late residence in the palace for inter-
ment in the burial-ground of the gar-
rison on the 26th of May, at 7 o'clock,
the troops of the garrison lining the
road, resting on their arms reversed,
while minute guns were fired by the
royal artillery in the castle, as the pro-
cession moved in the following order:
The Korales and Aratchies of the Uda-
ratte.

The Band of the Ceylon Regiment.
THE BODY,

borne by twelve European soldiers of
the 45th regiment.

The pall borne by six field-officers and
captains of the garrison.
Chaplain, the Itev. N. Garstin-Medi-
cal attendant, Surgeon Arinstrong.
Lieutenant-colonel I. Greenwell, S.
Sawers, Esq., H. Wright, Esq., the
Commissioners of the Board, as chief-
mourners.

Officers of the garrison and gentlemen
of Kandy.

The Adikar of the Kandyan Provinces,
and Kandyan Chiefs.
Modliaars, Mohandirams of the Resi-
dency, Clerks of the Public-offices,
together with an immense concourse of
Natives.

Gentleman's Magazine.
DUKENFIELD, Sir Nathaniel,
Bart. of Stanlake, Berks, and Du-
kenfield Hall, co. Chester, and late
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Windsor Fo-
resters; at Squerries, near Westerham,
the seat of John Warde, Esq., in his
79th year.

He was son of Nathaniel Dukenfield,
Esq. of Utkinton, (third son of Sir
Robert, first Baronet) by his second
wife, Margaret, daughter of Jolly,
Esq. On the death of his cousin Sir
Samuel, the fourth Baronet, May 15,
1768, he succeeded to the title, and in
1783 married Katherine, sister of John
Warde, of Squerries, co. Kent, Esq.
who died Sept. 29, 1823; and by whom
he had six sons and one daughter. On
the 4th of October 1803 he was appoint-
ed an Inspecting Field Officer of Yeo-
manry and Volunteer Corps, with the
rank of lieutenant-colonel in the army,
so long as he continued on the staff, and
held the above appointment. He is
succeeded by his second son, now Sir
John Lloyd Dukenfield, Bart. Samuel,
the eldest son, who was Captain in the
7th Light Dragoons, met with his
death in a very melancholy manner.
He was returning in the Dispatch
transport from the campaign in Spain,
where he had honourably distinguished
himself, when, on the 22d of January
1810, the vessel was wrecked within
sight of his native shore, on the Manacle
Rocks near Falmouth. Gentleman's
Magazine.

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EARDLEY, the Right Honourable
Sampson Eardley, Lord, Baron Eard-
ley of Spalding, a Baronet of Great
Britain, D. C.L. F.R S. F.S.A., and

Senior Bailiff of the Bedford Level
Corporation; Dec. 25, 1824; at No. 10,
Marine Parade, Brighton; in his 80th
year.

His Lordship's father, Sampson Gi-
deon, Esq. of Spalding, county of Lin-
coln, and Belvedere, Kent, was the
son of Mr. Rowland Gideon, an
eminent West India Merchant, and
was born in 1699. Following the pro-
fessions of a general merchant and
sworn broker, he amassed an immense
fortune. He was frequently consulted
by the ministers of the day; and he
several times delivered schemes for
raising supplies; always making him-
self answerable for a considerable por-
tion of them. In such high estimation
was he held by ministers, that in the
years 1758 and 1759, he was almost
wholly relied on for raising the sup-
plies, and the disinterestedness, as well
as the ability of his conduct, appears
from his correspondence with the Dukes
of Newcastle and Devonshire, &c.
The principal object of his ambition
for some years seems to have been the
rank of a baronet, first for himself,
and afterwards for his son, the late Lord
Eardley, by his wife Jane, daughter of
Charles Ermel, Esq. who was born
Oct. 10, 1745. His wishes and im-
portant services were related to the
King in 1757, by the Duke of Devon-
shire, who urged the zeal he had shown
on all occasions to serve the public.
The Duke, in a polite note, thus in-
formed Mr. Gideon of His Majesty's
answer: "The King seemed very well
disposed, spoke very handsomely of
you, and said he should have no objec-
tion himself to oblige you, but was
afraid it would make a noise at this
time (June 13, 1757), and, therefore,
desired I would inform you in the
civilest manner, that it was not conve-
nient for him to comply with your
request." Though his application met
with a denial, he was still the firm
friend of the ininistry; and his wishes
were in 1759 partly gratified, by the
dignity of Baronet being conferred on
his son on the 19th of May, in that
year; at the early age of fourteen.

In the year 1753, he addressed the
following letter to his son, then a scholar
at Eton (æt. 13); which showed the
amiable qualities of his heart:

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a good heart, and a distant prospect
of understanding; be steady with the
former, to God, to your parents, and
to your King; extend the second to
those who shall deserve your esteem;
the latter will improve as you advance
in learning, which may be acquired by
application; cherish and cultivate com-
mendable talents as your friends, and
let impiety, pride, malice, and folly,
remain always strangers to your breast.

"Doubtless, by the many Gazettes
published since November last, you are
acquainted with the many exploits of
the great King of Prussia in Germany,
The enclosed [Gazette] will inform you
of those not less glorious, performed by
the brave Colonel Clive in India; com-
pare their feats with those of old, and
conclude that miracles have not ceased;
and that constancy and resolution in an
honest cause may still relieve the op-
pressed. Rome had its Cæsars, and
Macedon an Alexander; Prussia gave
birth to a Frederick, and England sent
forth her Clive.

"In whatever station Providence may
hereafter place you, act with spirit and
honour, that you may be acceptable to
the people and dear to your father.

"S. G. jun. Eton. SAMPSON Gideon."

This amiable man died of the dropsy,
Oct. 1762, aged 65, at his elegant villa
at Belvedere, where he had built a noble
saloon, and fitted it up with pictures of
the first masters. The collection was
not large, consisting of between 30 and
40 pictures, but they were all originals.
In one of his letters he says, "I would
not give a single shilling for the best
copy in the universe. As to myself, I
had rather throw the money into the sea
than employ it in such baubles.

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We shall conclude this brief sketch of
his Lordship's father by stating that he
was a man of the strictest integrity, and
punctuality in all his dealings; an ex-
cellent husband, father, and master; for
liberality and humanity, and for his ob-
servance of the rules of the strictest just-
ice and honour, he was no less distin-
guished. The instances of his humanity
were numerous; and his lenity and for-
bearance were experienced by many;
his severity by none. Though himself
of the Jewish persuasion, he educated
all his children in the Established Church
of England.

On the 5th of December, 1766, the
subject of this memoir married Maria-
Marow Wilmot, eldest daughter of the
Right Hon. Sir John Eardley Wilmot,
Knt. Lord Chief Justice of the Common

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