der the severest pressures to seek rehief by prayer. His devotions resemble those of the celebrated Dr. Johnson, being incited by the state of his mind, or the events of his life.

When he had a young family, his first object was, their being virtuously educated, and many prayers were offered in their behalf; he hoped to see them, to the third and fourth generation, distinguished for moral worth, and established in civil life. If the cares of the world pressed him, he took solace in his children, and in the family circle endeavoured to bury the most poignant sensations, occasioned by the unfortunate events of his life. Personal injuries he revolved on in secret.

Could I select the just remarks and admirable sentences of Sir Charles, when in his serious and retired hours, they would display bis principles and character in a very favourable point of view. Although by no means exempt from the frailties and even follies of man, yet was he influenced by humane and generous sentiments, frequently exalted by those of wisdom and virtue..

His latter days were cheered by the tender attentions of an affectionate daughter, who devoted her best years to filial duty, and softened his cares by the solicitudes of a gentle and devoted heart. It was his earnest wish to have made some provision for her; but here his power did not equal his wishes; and at length he died, after a life of various and unequal fortune, full of days, and, we may reasonably hope, prepared for a better world.

A most melancholy event attended his death, which took place in the house of his son, Mr. Thomas Corbett, of Old Compton-street. Sir Charles's funeral was about to take place, and his family and friends were assembling to convey him to the place appointed for all living. The procession was about to proceed to St. Anne's Church, Westminster, when suddenly the son broke a blood-vessel, and full down a lifeless corpse. So awful and affecting a circumstance occasioned a postponement of the funeral; and, after the delay of a few days, the father and sou were interred in one common grave. The widow of Mr. Corbett is left without any adequate provision for her support.

Thus there remained one son, the present Sir Richard Corbett, and an

only daughter. Sir Richard, from the misfortunes of his family, is in an inferior situation in the East India Company's employ, and the daughter was left wholly unprovided for. And it is hoped, the generosity of the Nobility of the United Kingdom will be displayed on this occasion.

It is the interest of the Nobility to support each other's claims to estates, which for ages have been designed to support the dignity of high and exalted titles. The Corbett estates have descended through a long race of illustrious men; who have filled the highest offices in the state; some having been Ambassadors to Foreign States; and all in Parliament, as men of public spirit and honour. The last Sir Richard Corbett was Member for Shrewsbury for a period of nearly 40 years.

I beg leave, Mr. Urban, to inform your readers, that subscriptions for the support and aid of this family are received at several of the principal Banking Houses in London; and it is hoped the Bankers throughout the kingdom will promote this measure,

The sum of fifty guineas has been subscribed by several Members of the Livery of the Stationers Company, of which Sir Charles was father, having been 57 years on the Livery. Added to this, £.100. from persons of high distinction and public virtue. Go thou, and do likewise! Yours, &c.

Mr. URBAN,

PHILANTHROPOS.

Oct. 2. VERY much lament the loss your valuable Work has sustained of late, in the absence of Benevolus and the Southern Faunist. I assure you, the pleasure I received from perusing their Letters on various subjects drew me forth to add my humble mite on the Bee; and, I must repeat, Wax, no doubt, is a vegetable production; and that Bees convey home their golden harvest more abundanily from the middle of August to the middle of September than at any other time. It forms a constituent of the pollen of all flowers, and is collected with the gluten of the pollen. Wax is produced by a process from nume rous vegetables and plants, in which exists a fixed oil; but, by the absorption of oxygen, is gradually concreted into Wax, and Bees extract it from flowers, leaves, and other vegetables. Yours, &c, FIDELIS.

Mr.

Mr. URBAN, Birmingham, June 17. IGHTON CHURCH, CO. Hants,

N. E. from Alresford, and consists of a Nave, with North and South Ailes, and a small Chancel. At the West end is a wooden Turret, containing three, bells. The N. and S. Ailes are each divided from the Naveby one large and one small pointed arch, on massive circular, pillars, with 'oruamented capitals. These pillars I conceive to have belonged to the antient Church mentioned A. D. 1086, in the Domesday Survey of this place*; and the Font (fig. 2.), which is capacious and lined with lead, cannot b. of much less antiquity. In the North Aile is a locker with a shelf; and below it, a piscina, now plastered up. The South Aile has a niche for a piscina; also two corbels for Images.

On mural monuments in the Chancel:

2.

J. Hopkins, M. A. Rector of this parish, dy'd Oct. 25, 1708;

and left 50 pounds

to repair the Church.
Mrs. Grace Hawkins,

3. the wife of William Hawkins, gent. late of Basingstoke, in this county, the daughter and heiress of William Reeve, esq. of Burghfield, in the county of Berks, by Johanna his wife, one of the daughters of Charles Collins, esq.

of Betterton, in the same county, died April 22, 1735, aged 52. She was a serious and sincere Professor of ye Established Religion, and strict in the practice of its duties; amiable in every relation of life; 'kind to her servants, and compassionate to the poor; a dutiful child, a faithful friend, a tender, wife, and an affectionate and indulgent mother.

This monument was erected by her husband, as a testimony of that sincere respect Domes

"BIGHETONE-ibi ecclesia."

day, vol. I. fol. 43. a. col. 1.

GENT. MAG. October, 1809.

from Alresford, at the distance of a mile and a quarter from that town. The Church (Plute I. fig. 3.) consists of a Nave and Chancel, with a Turret at the West end, containing three bells. The North and South doorways are Norman; the former having a dentil, and the latter a bird's head moulding. A pointed arch leads into the Chancel, which is divided from the Nave by a wooden screen.

The Chancel contains the following sepulchral memorials.

On a mural monument:

"Sacred to the memory of William Cowper, youngest son of Richard Cowper, of this county, esq. a citizen and surgeon of London; distinguished for genius, knowledge, and experience; most humane and successful in every branch of his profession; most eminent in the science of Anatomy, which whilst he prosecuted with anremitting perseverance, anxious to compleat his Treatise of Myotomy, he ruined his constitution by severe labour and watchings; seized at the first with an asthmatick complaint, and afterwards with the dropsy. He died prematurely on the 8th day of March, ia the year of our Lord 1709, and in the 43d year of his age. His afflicted wife erected this monument to the best of husbands,"

Tablets for two children of. John and Mary Eames Wright; and slabs for Mary Seward, daughter of Richard Seward, died April 13, 1683; aged 18. Richard