OBITUARY. that he recognised even her. Excess of mental labor in every department of literature-poetry, hisROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ. LL. D. March 21.-At tory, biography, criticism, and philosophy, conKeswick, aged 68, Robert Southey, Esq. LL. D. tinued from year to year, without cessation, bowed Dr. Sonthey was born at Bristol on the 12th of his strong spirit at last, and obscured the genius August, 1774. His father was a linen-draper in which had so long cast a glory upon the literature Wine-street. He was sent to school when six years of the age. As a poet, with an exuberance of imaof age to Mr. Foote, a Baptist minister; was sub-gination seldom equalled, and a mastery of versifi sequently taught by a Mr. Flower, at Corston, near cation never surpassed; and as a prose writer, at Newton St. Loe, and by Mr. William Williams, a Welshman, from whom little scholarship was to be once elegant and forcible, his name will endure as got; was subsequently placed at Westminster, in long as the language in which he wrote. In all the relations of life Mr. Southey was universally 1783, by his maternal uncle, Mr. Hill; and finally allowed, by those who knew him best, to be truly at Baliol College, in 1792, with the design of his exemplary. His house at the Lakes was open to entering the Church. But Southey's Oxford ca. reer closed in 1794; for his tendency towards So- all who presented themselves with suitable introduction, and there are few persons of any distinccinian opinions made the plan of life chalked out tion who have passed through that picturesque for him altogether distasteful. In the same year region who have not partaken of his hospitality. he published his first poems, in conjunction with Mr. Lovell, the friends assuming the names of Mos. He enjoyed a pension of 300l. a year from the gochus and Bion. About that time, too, he took part left personal property amounting to about 12,000. vernment, granted in 1835 by Sir R. Peel, and has in the famous Pantisocracy scheme, to which all By his will, dated the 26th of August, 1839, he has the eager contributors brought golden theories, but of more tangible coin so little, that the Utopian bequeathed to his wife all the personal property project was necessarily relinquished. In the No-possessed by her previously to their marriage, to vember of the following year, 1795, he married gether with the interest of the sum of 20007. during her life. The residue of his property, including Miss Fricker, of Bristol, the sister of Mrs. Cole- the above 2000l. he has bequeathed to his four ridge. In the winter of the same year, while the author was on his way to Lisbon," Joan of Arc" children, Charles Cuthbert Southey, Edith Mary Warter, Bertha Hill, and Katharine Sonthey, was published. He returned to Bristol in the fol- equally, and, in case of the death of any of them lowing summer; in the subsequent year removed before the testator, their share is to be divided to London, and entered Gray's-Inn. He passed amongst their children (if any.) The executors part of the years 1800-1 in Portugal, and was for named are his brother Henry Herbert Southey, a short time resident in Ireland, (as secretary, we M. D., of Harley-street, and Mr. Henry Taylor, of believe, to Mr. Corry or to Mr. Foster.) His final the Colonial Office, who possesses a voluminous establishment at Keswick, in the lake-country, took and valuable collection of his letters, which we preplace early in the present century. On the decease of Mr. Pye, in the year 1813, Southey was appointsume will be published. ed laureate; he received his Doctor's degree from the university of Oxford in the year 1821; and June 4, 1839, contracted a second marriage with Caroline-Anne, daughter of the late Charles Bowles, Esq. of Buckland, North Lymington, one of the most pathetic and natural among contemporary authoresses. That he was at different times offered a baronetcy and a seat in parliament are facts well known to his friends; the rest of his career is to be traced in the works which he poured forth, with a versatility, a care, and a felicity rivalled in these hasty and superficial days. The library is consigned to the charge of Mr. Leigh Sotheby for public sale, and will speedily be brought to London. The collection, inasmuch as very many of the books bear internal evidence of their constant use by the late Poet Laureate, will no doubt create considerable interest. Dr. Southey was ardently fond of Spanish literature, in which his library is particularly rich. The remains of Dr. Southey were interred in the burial ground attached to the parish church at un-Crosthwaite, where repose the ashes of different members of his family, and were followed to their final resting place by all the wealth and respectability of the neighborhood.- Gentleman's Magazine. RICHARD ARKWRIGHT, ESQ. April 23.-At his residence, Willersley, Derbyshire, after an illness of only four days, Richard Arkwright, Esq To give a complete list of his labors would be difficult. The principal poems are Wat Tyler, Joan of Arc, Thalaba, Metrical Tales, Madoc, The Curse of Kehama, Carmen Triumphale, Roderick, The Vision of Judgment,-to say nothing of fugitive pieces. His prose works comprise translaMr. Arkwright was born Dec. 19, 1755. He was tions of the poems of the Cid, of Amadis, and Pal-consequently in his 88th year, and, notwithstanding merin of England :-Essays, allowing the Letters he had attained this very advanced age, yet the of Esprilla, Sir Thomas More's Colloquies, and vigor of his mind remained unimpaired until he the slighter Omniana to bear his name :- Histo- was attacked with the paralytic affection which terries, among which are The Book of the Church, minated his valuable life. the History of the Peninsular War, the History of This highly respected and deeply lamented genthe Brazils:-Criticism, including his voluminous tleman was the only son of the celebrated Sir and important contributions to the Quarterly Re-Robert Arkwright, of whose invention of the spinview, and Biography. Foremost in this last de-ning frame, and great improvements in the cotton partment were the Life of Nelson, one of the most manufacture, &c. it would be superfluous here to popular and perfect specimens of its class which speak. On the decease of his father in 1792, Mr. our language possesses, noble in feeling, and fault- Arkwright took possession of the beautiful mansion less in style, the Life of Chatterton, the Life of at Willersley (built by Sir Richard Arkwright, but Kirke White, the Life of Wesley, and the Life of we believe never inhabited by him), where he conCowper, all of which are in different degrees valua- tinued to reside until his death, he had for some ble contributions to our literature. years previously been living at Bakewell, and his great fortune had its commencement from the cotton-mill at that place, which his father had given up to him Inheriting the wealth of his father, and the still more valuable endowments of his sagacious and comprehensive mind, Mr. Arkwright com. For the last three years Mr. Southey had been in a state of mental darkness, and a twelvemonth ago he was not able to recognise those who had been his companions from his youth. Scarcely could his wife console herself with the poor hope menced life with prospects vouchsafed to few. Ac-1 customed early to habits of business, to strict method and punctuality in the arrangement of his time, and not being led aside by the allurements of wealth, he carried on the extensive concerns established by Sir Richard Arkwright with so much success that he was probably at the time of his death the richest commoner in England. To attempt to detail the various incidents of Mr. Arkwright's long, happy, and most useful life, or of the unexampled prosperity which marked the whole course of it, would far exceed the limits allotted to a notice of this kind. We shall therefore confine ourselves to a brief sketch of his character, the varied excellencies of which we shall have difficulty to compress within narrow limits. The basis of all excellence, strong, natural good sense, Mr. Arkwright possessed in an eminent degree. His knowledge was various and extensive, accurate and ready for use, his judgment sound and clear. His whole life was one of observation and of practical usefulness, and his opinions of men and things so accurate as to give his conversation an aphoristic style, although chastened and subdued by his innate diffidence and modesty. The native vigor of his mind enabled him to unravel the most difficult and complicated questions and subjects. With the science and doctrines of political economy, of finance, the monetary system, &c., Mr. Arkwright was quite familiar, and had formed clear and definite opinions on these controverted subjects, which have perplexed, and still continue to perplex the most intellectual and thoughtful men. It is much to be regretted that his views on these important inquiries have not been given to the world. Indeed, had Mr. Arkwright been able to overcome his reluctance to appear in public life, his talents would have been of the greatest service to the country, and he would have adorned any station. In his political views he was decidedly Conservative. But he was guarded in his opinions, and, adopting none without deep thought and reflection, he was not the indiscriminating advocate of any ultra or party question. On the subjects of trade, commerce, &c. he was inclined to the doctrines of the late Mr. Huskisson; indeed, many of his opinions assimilated with those of that distinguished statesman. Mr. Arkwright was well versed in the science of mechanics and in most of the useful arts of life. He thoroughly understood the principles of warming and ventilating houses and manufactories, and the great salubrity of his mills and the more than average health of his work-people demonstrated the success with which he applied his knowledge. The beautiful and picturesque grounds and productive gardens of Willersley (which through his kindness were shown to the public) are at once a proof of his taste and the correctness of his information in landscape gardening and horticulture. The medal of the Horticultural Society was awarded to him for his successful and improved method of cultivating grapes, an account of which he published in their Transactions. The qualities of Mr. Arkwright's heart were equal to those of his head. He was generous without ostentation, and charitable without parade. In his grants to public charities and institutions he was liberal and judicious, but his true benevolence was most shown in his extensive private charities. In seeking out the objects of his bounty he was careful to avoid publicity, and the seasonable and frequent relief he gave to numberless indigent families he wished to be known only to themselves. In his charitable donations as well as in his other good offices, he strictly followed the scriptural injunction not to let thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth." In every sense of the word Mr. Arkwright was a perfect gentleman. He was accessible to all, and most kind, obliging, and courteous in his manners. No one ever left his presence with his feelings wounded by an unkind or supercilious remark, or humbled and degraded in his own estimation. His high and delicate sense of honor, his inherent love of justice, and his inflexible rectitude and integrity, led him however to despise and to avoid the society of those in whom he found these qualities deficient. He was exemplary in all the relative duties of life, a kind and indulgent parent, a good and beloved master, an excellent landlord, and a zealous and sin cere friend. Mr. Arkwright married, in 1780, Mary, daughter of Adam Simpson, Esq. of Bonsall. By this truly estimable lady, who died in 1827, he had issue six sons and five daughters. The former were 1st. Richard, who was in Parliament many years, and died after a short illness. without any surviving issue, at his residence, Normanton, Leicestershire. He married Martha Maria, the daughter of the Rev. W. Beresford of Ashbourn, who died in 1820. 2. Robert, of Sutton, near Chesterfield, a magistrate, and deputy lieutenant of the county. He married Frances Crawford, the daughter of Stephen George Kemble, Esq. and has issue four sons and one daughter. His eldest son George is M. P. for Leominster. The handsome mansion of Sutton, with the large surrounding estate, was purchased by the late Mr. Arkwright of the Marquess of Ormonde in 1824. 3. Peter, of Roche House, near Matlock, a magistrate of the county. He married Mary Ann, the daughter of Charles Hurt, Esq. of Worksworth, and has a numerous family, two of whom are married, viz. the Rev. Henry Arkwright, Vicar of Bodenham, Herefordshire, to Henrietta, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles Thornycroft, of Thornycroft, near Macclesfield; and Susan, to the Rev. Joseph Wigram. Rector of East Tisted, Hants. Mr. Peter Arkwright, who emulates the good qualities of his father, and treads in all his footsteps, is, we understand, going to reside at Willersley. 4. John, of Hampton Court, Herefordshire, a magistrate and high sheriff of the county of Hereford in 1831. He married Sarah, the eldest surviving daughter of Sir Hungerford Hoskyns, Bart. of Harewood, and has a large family. The Hampton Court estate was bought by the late Mr. Arkwright of the Earl of Essex, in 1839. 5. Charles, of Dunstall, Staffordshire, a magistrate for that county and Derbyshire. He married Mary, the daughter of the late E Sacheverel W. Sitwell, Esq., of Stainsby, near Derby, and has no family. 6. Joseph, in holy orders, of Mark Hall, Essex. He married Anne, the daughter of the late Sir Robert Wigram, Bart of Walthamstow, and has a large family, of whom Mary is married to the Rev. Edward Bruxner of Aston. The daughters were-1. Elizabeth, married to Francis Hurt, Esq., of Alder wasley Park, late M. P. for the southern division of Derbyshire. This amiable and excellent lady died in 1838, leaving issue one son and six daughters, of whom the two eldest are married; Francis to Cecilia, the daughter of Richard Norman, Esq., and niece of the Duke of Rutland, and Mary to the Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, brother of the Earl of Auckland, and vicar of Battersea. 2. Anne, married Vice-Chancellor Sir James Wigram, and has a large family. 3. Frances. 4 and 5. Mary and Harriet, who both died in their minority. The will of this wealthy commoner has been proved in Doctors' Commons, by the oaths of Robert Arkwright, Peter Arkwright, and Charles Ark wright, three of the sons and executors named in the fluous, which had for its subject the most conspicuwill, which is dated 16th December, 1841. Mr. ous writer in the Spectator, the life of the reformer Arkwright gives to his son Robert, £100,000; to his and refiner of English manners and English style; son Peter, £40,000; to his son John, £50,000; to the moralist of the social circle and the fireside. his son Joseph, £80,000; to his grandson Francis Qualified for this task by her previous habits of hisHurt, £35,000; to six of his granddaughters, £14- torical and biographical research, Miss Aikin pos000 each; and to all of his other grandchildren, sesses, in addition, that unbounded, and almost en£5,000 each; to his daughter Ann, wife of Vice-thusiastic, admiration for Addison, which is no Chancellor Wigram, £25,000 absolutely, and a life mean element in writing the annals of a man of interest in £50,000 with power of disposal at her calm passions; never, though in all apparent modeath; to the Derbyshire General Infirmary, £200; desty, wanting to his own interests, who glided to the General Hospital near Nottingham, £200; to smoothly and cannily through life. If she has not the Lunatic Hospital and Asylum near Manchester, been able to give her hero a strong interest in the £200; to his butler, £100; and to his housekeeper, affections of her readers, the fault is certainly not £100. The residue of his property is given to his with her. She has thrown startling doubts on many five sons, who are named executors. The property has been sworn to exceed in value £1,000,000, but of the most disparaging anecdotes that have been this may be only a nominal sum, as the scale of currently received as to the habits of Addison, and stamp duties goes no higher. The probate bears a of his conduct in particular instances; and some of stamp of £15,750, and the legacy duty will amount the worst of these she has clearly disproved. This to a inuch larger sum.-Ibid. quiet, unpretending, but sagacious and worldly fortunate man was, not improbably, the object of some small envy among his early friends and literary contemporaries.-The Irish Sketch-Book. M. JOVET, OF AUTUN.-Formerly a pupil of David, he was one of those appointed by the great painter to the management of his attelier, when exiled into Belgium. Subsequently he returned to his native town of Autun-of which he was appointed librarian, in 1825; and there his career has been, as it were, a provincial copy of that of M. Dusommerard in the capital. His museum includes a superb collection of engravings of all masters, with remarkable MSS. of Holbein, Lucas Van Leyden, John of Bruges, Hemlinck, Salvator Rosa, Poussin, and Benvenuto Cellini. All that the revolution, and the pillage of tourists had left to Autun of her ancient splendor, he had collected together. But one of the most important of his discoveries was that of the grand mosaic on which he constructed his dwelling. To the preservation of this relic, one of the most curious that the soil of Gaul has given up, he sacrificed his fortune; it became the basis of his collections; and eight years of his life were devoted to its patient restoration. M. Jovet has desired to be buried in the midst of his collection-thus making the pleasant labor of his life his monument in death.-Ibid. JOHN VARLEY.-This eminent painter in water colors, and eccentric man, died suddenly, at the age of 64. Mr. Varley has long been among the artists most distinguished in a branch of art peculiarly English; and in very many of his productions displayed both feeling and grandeur equal to the highest efforts of this school. Mr. Varley was quite as famous for his astrological propensities. Ib. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. The Life of Joseph Addison. By Lucy Aikin. vols. Longman & Co. 2 The Life and Times of John Reuchlin or Capnion, by FRANCIS BARHAM, Esq., &c. fcp. 8vo. London: Whittaker & Co. Savonarola," of which we gave a notice in a late A companion volume this to the "Memoirs of Number, and one still more interesting; for in point of mind and character the German was much superior to the Italian religious reformer; if, indeed, the latter term is properly applicable to the eloquent and zealous monk of Florence. For notwithstanding his merits, which were of a very high, and his sufferings, which were of a very painful, description, we have always had our doubts as to whether Savonarola was any thing more than a Roman Catholic, incited by local circumstances to a career of tragic agitation. Reuchlin, on the other hand, was a man whose influence in the reformation was powerful and direct. In his mind its principles were clearly impressed, and they prompted him to organic changes. On this account, agreeable as Mr. Barham's volume is, we could have wished for more details, for more of the man, his thoughts, and writings. There is nothing in biography like making the subject of it, tell his own story. Michelet in his Life of Luther, and D'Aubigné in his History of the Reformation, have given excellent examples of this admirable mode of daguerreotyping a life, whom every author who henceforward undertakes to delineate the career of a great man, will do well to imitate closely. At the same time we are bound to add that we have derived great pleasure from the work. It is well written, displays an extensive range of reading, and is particularly commendable for the liberal spirit it breathes in many places. We highly commend the perceptions and feeling of the writer, who refers with satisfaction to Justin Martyr and the ancient fathers, who, like him, recognize Plato and Socrates as eminent Christians, who treat their philosophy as a civil handmaiden of Christian theology, and would devoutly use it as a subordinate revelation of God's eternal truth to the Greek nations. MISS AIKIN states in her preface that "she has undertaken, in these memoirs, to supply a real deficiency in our literature." Why is there no life of Addison, while there are lives of Pope, and Swift, and Dryden? It is not easy to say why, unless that there was less to tell of so correct and fortunate a person as Addison that the world cared for hearing, or beyond what had already been made known in the lives of his contemporaries, and in Johnson's preface to Addison's works. Yet the life of so distinguished an English classic surely de- The events in Scinde, whatever be the ultimate served to be written with all the care and amplitude destination of that country, must have the effect of which literary research and talent could supply. making "the navigation of the Indus free to all Among the myriad books published on all manner nations." This great marine highway will open of subjects, that one could not be considered super- a direct commercial intercourse not only with A few Observations on the Increase of Commerce by means of the River Indus. By T. POSTANS, Bombay Army. London. P. Richardson. dies. Scinde itself, and the territories on the banks of the Letters from the Virgin Islands; illusgreat river, but with the Punjab and all parts of trating Life and Manners in the West InCentral Asia, where our cotton manufactures and metals are in great demand. These countries, Lieut. Postans tells us, promise, even in their present neglected state, a certain trade; "but are capable, in process of time, were the demands only made, of producing to an unlimited extent many of those staple commodities which form the great return trade in our Indian commerce." The local knowledge and observations of this active and intelligent officer are valuable upon this subject, and he expresses his "firm conviction, as the result of experience, and having given the matter due attention, that our mercantile relations with the countries bordering the Indus are capable of extensive increase; that the command of that important river is not to be considered lightly, but as worthy of our most strenuous exertions, being a field amply calculated to repay our commercial enterprise; and that, in the navigation of the Indus by steam, on an extensive scale, will be found the only means to remove those impediments hitherto existing to trade with the countries on and be yond it." Portraits of the Reverend John Williams and the Reverend Robert Moffat. Designed and printed in Oil-colors by the Patentee, George Baxter. Two striking oil-colored portraits of eminent missionaries, and apparently characteristic likenesses of remarkable men. Mr. WILLIAMS's published works, and his sad fate-slain by the natives of Erromanga-have extended his celebrity beyond the circle of Missionary Societies. Mr. MOFFAT, less known to the public at large, has a countenance so animated and expressive, that his portrait, with its background of Hottentots assembled in Parliament, denoting the scene of his missionary labors, is the more attractive of the two. These prints, if we may call them so-for they have the appearance of highly-finished watercolor-drawings, though they are produced by the operation of printing in oil-colors-are very extraordinary and successful specimens of Mr. BAXTER'S patent process; and so completely do they resemble original productions of the pencil, that it requires a close scrutiny to detect the evidences of their being engravings printed with oil-color. The flesh-tints of both are stippled; but the other portions appear to be done in one case in mezzotint and the other in aquatint: the dress and background of Mr. MOFFAT'S portrait are in aquatint, and the effect is more clear and lively than that of Mr. WILLIAMS's, which is comparatively dull and heavy.-Spectator. SELECT LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS. GREAT BRITAIN. Life and Times of John Reuchlin or Capnion, the Father of the ReformationBy F. Barham, Esq. Austria: its Literary, Scientific, and Medical Institutions. By W. R. Wilde, M. R. I. A. Selections from the Dramas of Goethe and Schiller. Translated, with Introductory Remarks. By Anna Swanwick. Brief Thoughts on the Things of God and the Soul; in words of one syllable. By Edward Dalton. Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of John Lord Teignmouth. By his Son, Lord Teignmouth. The Jubilee of the World; an Essay on Christian Missions to the Heathen. By the Rev. John Macfarlane. Anti-Duel; or a Plan for the Abrogation. of Duelling, which has been tried and found successful. By John Dunlop. Cyclopædia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, and Commercial Geography. By W. Waterston. Rambles in the Isle of Wight. By John Gwilliam. GERMANY. Talmud Babylonicum, cum scholiis, etc., I. Tractatus Macot, cum scholiis hermeneuticis, etc., auctore Dr. H. S. Hirschfeld, Rabbino. 8vo. Berol. Erinnernugen aus dem aussern Leben von Ernst Moritz Arndt. Leipzig. Memoiren des Karl Heinrich, Ritters von Lang. Brunswick. Handwörterbuch der Griechischen Sprache, begründet von Franz Passow, neu bearbeitet von Dr. V. C. F. Rost und F. Palm, 1r. Bd. 1st. Abs. (A-A). Leipzig. Commentarius in libros Novi Testamenti historicos; von C. T. Kuinoel. Vol. II. Evangelia Marci et Lucæ. Edit. iv. Leipzig. Vorlesungen über Wesen und Geschichte der Reformation. Von Dr. K. R. Hagenbach. Leipzig. FRANCE. Les Burgraves, Trilogie, L'Aïeul, Le Mendiant. Le Caveau Perdu. Par Victor Hugo. Paris. Monographie de la Presse Parisienne. Par M. de Balzac. Paris. Discours de M. Lamartine, prononcé à la Chambre des Députés, revue par luimeme. Paris. Rimes Heroïques. Par Auguste Barbier. Paris. Asie centrale. Recherches sur les chaines de montagnes et la climatologie comparée. Par A. de Humboldt. 3 vol. 8vo. avec 14 tableaux et 1 carte. Paris. |