whom she was mother to George Wil-
liam, the tenth Earl of Rothes, who
died in 1817, leaving. a daughter, who
was also Countess in her own right,
but died in 1819, and was succeeded
by her elder son the present Earl, who
was born in 1809. By Sir Lucas
Pepys, the first-named Countess was
mother of three children, who, as is
usual with the offspring of the heiresses
of Scottish peerages, took their mother's
name: 1. the Hon. Sir Charles Leslie,
who has now succeeded to his father's
baronetcy; 2. The Hon. Henrietta, mar-
ried, in 1804, to William Courtenay,
Esq., Assistant-Clerk of the Parlia-
ments, and elder son of the late Bishop
of Exeter; and 3. the Hon. and Rev.
Henry Leslie, Chaplain in Ordinary to
his Majesty, Prebendary of Exeter,
Rector of Wetherden, Suffolk, and
Vicar of Sheephall, Herts. He mar-
ried, in 1816, Elizabeth Jane, younger
daughter of the Rev. James Oakes, of
Tostock, in Suffolk, but became a wi-
dower in the same year.

Sir Lucas was appointed Physician
extraordinary to his Majesty in 1779;
and elected a Fellow of the Royal So-
ciety, November 9. 1780. In 1781, he
was appointed one of the Commissioners
for visiting Madhouses. By patent, dated
January 22. 1784, in which he was styled
of Boxhill, in Surrey, he was created a
· Baronet; with remainder, on the failure
of his own issue male, to his elder brother
William Weller Pepys, Esq. Master in
Chancery; who was, however, after-
wards raised to the same dignity, by
another patent, conferred in 1801.

Sir Lucas was appointed Physician-
general to the Forces on the death of
Sir Clifton Wintringham, Bart. M. D.
and F. R.S. in 1794. In 1799, we find
'him resigning the office of Treasurer to
the College of Physicians, when Richard
Budd, M. D. was elected his successor.

The Countess of Rothes having de-
ceased, June 2. 1810, Sir Lucas Pepys
married, secondly, June 29. 1813, De.
borah, daughter of Anthony Askew,
M.D., and has left that lady his widow.

A portrait of Sir Lucas, engraved by
J. Godby, from a drawing by H. Ed-
ridge, was published in Cadell's "Con-
temporary Portraits," in 1819.
tleman's Magazine.

Gen-

PETT, the Rev. Phineas, D.D.
Archdeacon of Oxford, Canon and
Treasurer of Christ Church, a Preben-
dary of Salisbury, Rector of Newington
in Oxfordshire, and of Chilbolton in

Hampshire; February 4. 1830, at
Christ Church College, aged 74.

The family of Pett was, for several
generations, engaged in the superin-
tendance of the royal dockyards, having
been raised to eminence in that em-
ployment by Phineas Pett, who was
shipwright to King James the First,
and from whose autobiographical diary
some interesting extracts are given in
the twelfth volume of the Archæologia,
and several others are interspersed in
Nichols's "Progresses of King James I."

He

From this honest shipwright Dr.
Pett derived his descent and his name;
his father resided at Maidstone.
was educated at Westminster, where
he was admitted King's Scholar in
1770, and elected to Christ Church,
Oxford, in 1774.* He proceeded
M. A. 1781, B. D. 179i, D.D. 1797;
and served the University office of
Proctor, together with Dr. Routh, the
present President of Magdalen College,
in 1785.

In

At the close of 1788 he was appointed
one of the Whitehall preachers.
1789, being then Chaplain to Dr.
Smallwell, Bishop of Oxford, he was
collated by that prelate to the vicarage
of Orton on the Hill, in Leicestershire;
but exchanged in the same year for
that of Cropredy, in Oxfordshire, which
is in the same patronage. In 1795 he
was presented by his college to the
rectory of Wentnor, in Shropshire; and
in the same year was collated by the
then Dr. North, Bishop of Winchester,
to the rectory of Chilbolton, in Hamp-
shire, which he retained until his death.
In 1796 Bishop Smallwell appointed
him Chancellor of the diocese of Ox-
ford, and in the following year Arch-
deacon. In 1801, he was collated by
Bishop Fisher to the prebend of Grim-
ston and Yetminster in the church of
Salisbury; and in 1802, by Archbishop
Moore, to the rectory of Newington,
in Oxfordshire.

The scholars elected to Christ
Church in 1774 were five the Hon.
Percy Charles Wyndham; Multon
Lambarde, of Seven Oaks, Esq.;
Thomas Andrew Strange, sometime
Chief Justice of Madras, and knighted;
Phineas Pett; and William Frederick
Browne, now D). D. and Prebendary
of Wells. All these, after the lapse of
fifty-five years, were living until the
death of Archdeacon Pett.

which he published, intitled, "The
Bible, not the Bible Society," operated
in some degree against his success. It
was praised highly by the High Church
party, but it excited the pious indigna-
tion of a numerous and influential class
in society, than whom there are few
more active as friends, and none so bit-
ter and indefatigable as foes. No won-
der if poor Phelan smarted under the
lash. In 1820, he was appointed to
preach the "Donnellan Lectures," and
his discourses were greatly admired for
the beauty of the style as much as for
the strength and closeness of the argu-
ment. But, although his sermons were
masterpieces of composition, he wanted
the physical requisites which go to
constitute a great preacher. His voice,
in particular was bad, and so weak as
to be almost inaudible in the gallery
even of the College chapel. It was as
a controversialist that he shone. In
that field the peculiar powers of his
mind were brought into action, and the
variety of his information, as well as the
acuteness and intrepidity of his charac-
ter, displayed themselves. This Dr.
Doyle found to his cost, when, in 1824,
he launched out the first of his fierce
tirades against the doctrines and the
establishment of the Church, with all
that confidence of assertion which goes
down with the multitude for superior
knowledge. Phelan took his weapons
from a store-house into which the good
easy Doctor little dreamt of any Pro-
testant divine intruding; for, being well
versed in the Irish language, not only
as it is spoken, but, what is a rare ac-
complishment even in Ireland, being
familiar with its written character,
he ransacked the Manuscript-room of
the College Library, and speedily con-
vinced the world that he knew more
about the introduction of Christianity
into Ireland, and even about the re-
nowned St. Patrick, than Dr. Doyle
himself. A pamphlet which he pub-
lished under the signature of " Declan "
(after an ancient worthy of the Irish
church who flourished before the do-
minion of the Pope was recognised in
the "holy isle,") placed its author at
the head of modern controversialists,
and the redoubtable J. K. L. attempted
to answer it in vain.

In 1825, Dr. Phelan withdrew his
name from the College books and mar-
ried, having previously endeavoured to
obtain a dispensation from the King to
enable him to retain his fellowship. Mr.

Plunkett undertook to procure that in-
dulgence for him; but either he did not
exert himself as was expected, or the
Oxford prejudices of the Home Secre-
tary were not to be overcome, and
Phelan once more began the world with
a wife and a curacy. He met with a
munificent patron, however, in the Pri-
mate, who never suffers a deserving
clergyman to languish in his diocese,
and who takes a laudable pride in pro-
moting men of learning and ability.
Dr. Phelan was soon presented to a
good living (Killyman) by his Grace;
and the College, to mark their sense of
his merit, as well as to compensate him
for the loss of his Fellowship, agreed to
bestow upon him the first benefice at
their disposal (Artray), the choice of
which would have fallen to his turn if
he had still remained in college. Thus,
at the time of his death, he was in the
possession of two valuable preferments.

Since Dr. Phelan's examination by
the committee of the House of Lords,
in 1825, his name has been but little
before the public. His time has been
chiefly engrossed by the pastoral care
of his extensive parishes, and in the cul-
tivation of the graces and virtues of do-
mestic life, which his many amiable and
social qualities so eminently fitted him
to adorn. Irish Paper.

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R.

RODERICK, the Rev. David,
M. A., Perpetual Curate of Cholesbury
in Bucks, and Lecturer of Cholesbury
and Wigginton; Aug. 21. 1830; at
Cholesbury; aged 86.

Mr. Roderick was a native of Wales
and descended from one of the most il-
lustrious families of that Principality.
Having commenced his education at
Harrow, he completed it at Queen's
College, Oxford, where he attained the
degree of M. A. Nov. 15. 1769. He
was a Junior Master of Harrow School,
at the time of the late Dr. Parr (then
Second Master) becoming a candidate
for the Head Mastership in 1771; and
on that distinguished scholar's failure in
that great object of his ambition, was
induced from strong personal attach-
ment to accompany him to his new
establishment at Harrow. The cir
cumstance is thus noticed by one of the
learned Doctor's biographers, Mr. Field:
-"From Harrow Dr. Parr was followed
to Stanmore by so large a number as

forty of his former scholars; and these, says Mr. Maurice, were in general the flower of the school in the zenith of its glory. Nor was this all. Another gratifying proof was on this occasion exhibited of the sympathy which unmerited suffering is sure to excite; and of the esteem and admiration which high desert seldom fails to call forth, and to attach with ardent devotion to itself. The second assistant under the late Dr. Sumner was the Rev. David Roderick, who, on the resignation of Dr. Parr, was earnestly solicited by the governor to remain at Harrow, and to fill up the vacant place of head assistant under the new master. But from concern or indignation at the wrong which had been done in defeating claims so just as those of the rejected candidate, he resisted all their entreaties; and announced his determination to follow the fortunes of his friend, and to support by his name and his services the intended establishment at Stanmore. The credit of an honourable name, tendered in a manner so encouraging to Dr. Parr, was joyfully accepted by him; and the services of an instructor of tried fidelity and known ability were received with respectful and grateful regard by all those for whose benefit they were unceasingly exerted. Mr.

Roderick is a man of very considerable powers of mind, of much acquired knowledge, and of great moral worth; and it has always been a subject of regret to his numerous friends and pupils, that none of the preferments of the church have ever been bestowed upon him, who contributed to rear so many of its firmest supporters, and some of its brightest ornaments."

How long Mr. Roderick continued the profession of schoolmaster we are not aware; but it was in 1776 that the school of Stanmore was broken up. Dr. Parr, in his last will, speaks in the warmest terms of " his old and his trusty friend." After having bequeathed a small legacy and a mourning ring to the Rev. David Roderick, he adds, "whose sound understanding, whose various and deep learning, whose fidelity as a friend, and whose uprightness and piety as a Christian, have for the space of fifty years endeared his very name to my soul."

Mr. Roderick made some agreeable communications to Mr. Field's biograpby; and to the larger work written by

Dr. John Johnston of Birmingham, under the auspices of Dr. Parr's family, he furnished much important assistance. (See particularly Vol. I. pp. 58-63, 74-76; Vol. VIII. pp. 233-235.) Two of his letters to Dr. Parr are given in Vol. VIII. pp. 231-233.

The late Rev. Thomas Maurice in his auto-biographical memoirs (Part II. pp. 47-131.), has given a long description of a tour he took to Netherby in Cumberland, and thence to Glasgow, in company with Mr. Roderick, in the year 1775. Mr. Roderick had been the private tutor of the late Sir James Graham of Netherby, and his elder brother Charles.

Mr. Roderick was formerly Vicar of Sherbourne and Windrush in Gloucestershire. He was presented to Cholesbury in 1784.

During many years an irremediable blindness and increasing infirmities wholly incapacitated him for the performance of his ecclesiastical duties, and occasioned his living in great seclusion from society; but his heart was always warm in the cause of literature and benevolence, and he was ever ready to afford the benefit of his advice, and to dispense with promptness and liberality the rich stores of his mind, to all who were desirous or capable of participating in such advantages. — Gentleman's Magazine,

S.

SANDFORD, the Right Reverend Daniel, D.D., Bishop of Edinburgh, January 14. 1830; at Edinburgh; aged 63.

Dr. Sandford was descended from a highly respectable family in Shropshire; and was formerly a member of Christ Church, Oxford, where he proceeded M.A. 1791, B. D. and D. D. 1802. He settled at Edinburgh, as a private clergyman, between thirty and forty years ago. He was much admired as a preacher, his matter being always sound, his manner excellent, his voice clear, distinct, and impressive. He became the happy means of commencing and completing the union of Scottish and English Episcopalians in that part of Scotland, by which the respectability and usefulness of that community were much promoted. His influence in this respect, and the general worth of his

character, induced his reverend brethren to elect him to be their Bishop-an election not unanimous only on their part, but earnestly desired. His promotion was confirmed with equal zeal by the Bishops, by whom he was consecrated on the 9th of February, 1806. As a private clergyman, his merits will be long remembered by his friends and his flock. The mild and conciliating manner in which he exercised the duties of his episcopal office was generally felt, by his clergy in particular. The impressive solemnity with which he performed the religious duties appertaining to that office has been frequently remarked, and was indeed remarkable. His piety was pure and unaffected, and therefore, in the private duties of his profession, in visiting the sick, and in consoling the afflicted, he was particularly admired and eminently useful.

Dr. Sandford was the author of "Lectures on Passion Week," 1797, 8vo. dedicated to the Queen; "Sermons designed chiefly for Young Persons," 1802, 12mo.; "A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Episcopal Communion at Edinburgh," 1807, 4to.; "A Sermon for the Lancastrian Schools;' 1813, 8vo. He was also a contributor to the Classical Journal.

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His remains were interred on the 21st of January, in the burying ground adjoining St. John's Chapel. The funeral was private; nevertheless the number of persons who attended to pay the last tribute of respect was very great. The Episcopal clergymen of the diocese preceded the corpse, which was followed by a numerous body of noblemen, gentlemen, and clergymen of the city, including those of the Established Church, as well as Dissenters. The Rev. Mr. Lane, Bishop Sandford's son-in-law, read the service. The Bishop married a Scottish lady; and the Rev. Daniel Keyte Sandford, M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford, and now Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow, is his eldest son. - Gentleman's Magazine.

T.

TOOKE, William Eyton, Esq., B. A., Jan. 27. 1830; at his father's, in Richmond Terrace, on his twentyfourth birth-day.

This much lamented young gentleman was the eldest son of Thos. Tooke, Esq. F.R.S., the eminent Russian

merchant, the well-known author of several standard essays on trade and political economy; and grandson of the Rev. William Tooke, F. R. S., author of "The Life of Catherine II." and of other popular publications relating to Russia, and also of several valuable works in theology and general literature.

Mr. W. Eyton Tooke was educated at Westminster School, and finished his studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he soon so greatly distinguished himself by the depth and extent of his enquiries into the several branches of Moral and Political Philosophy, and by the acute and able expression of his sentiments on those subjects, that he was elected President of the Union Society, an Institution for enquiry and debate, consisting of a numerous and highly gifted portion of the Students of the University. He quitted Cambridge on obtaining his degree of Bachelor of Arts; and, by his own free choice, entered in the mercantile establishment of his father; still devoting his unremitting attention to the same studies, in connection with the great topics of commercial policy in which he was now more immediately interested. He had been for some time a Member of the Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and actively engaged in revising and preparing treatises for publication. The over tension of mind, occasioned by these absorbing contemplations, which were not only unrelieved by the ordinary relaxations and recreations of youth, but too frequently allowed to trespass on needful hours of rest there is every reason to suppose, caused that morbid state of the brain, which, aggravated and accelerated by the unusual severity of the weather, produced the deplorable event - thus prematurely quenching all the fond hopes which his parents were justified in entertaining, but which constituted the least portion of his claims to their attachment, as his high attainments were all subservient to the better feelings of duty and affection, by which every part of his domestic conduct was influenced.

The following tribute to the memory of Mr. W. E. Tooke appeared in the Morning Chronicle:- "The loss of this amiable, able, and accomplished young gentleman, produced a great sensation yesterday. He was a youth of great promise; and, by all who had the hap