The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-03 00:00:00

BIOGRAPHY

The Rev. Francis Wranghanl,
M•A F
Hummanby, Yorkshire, has in ripe
old age R.S '
been gathered
of
to
his fathers, and laid in ChesteraCliattehreadryraml.auH,
aefiwnaesseiinlaltahre,
most general sense of the word, edehtourtehhe.
of elegant mind and high attaimmteenrtusi
English gentleman and the minister
From his early youth he contributed meaucicuhailto Protestantstuh suited
religious
and polite literature of his country. In 1795, nearly fifty
years ago, his first poem appeared,
the same time he pub-
lished "Restoration of the Jews ; and about a Seaton prize on the
lished the translations in verse, which at once,.e9sstab,l,ißaine is
shed his
name among our most graceful bards. In 1i ,
Fallen" a sermon issued from the pulpit and pen ; and a
considerable volume of Discourses,
founded on Doddridge,
soon followed. Another Seaton prize, "The Holy Land '
was printed in 1800 ; and a third,
Sufferings of the Primitive Martyrs."
a few years after, aedse" the
Between
these
pe-
riods other poetical effusions were produced, and The
Raising of Jairus's Daughter," with a " Memoir ofthelate
Caroline Symmons," an " Essay on the best Method of
Ci-
vilising the Subjects of our Indian Empire," and Sermons,
including
an important recommendation for making
National Schools the media for promulgating the Gospel. the
A
new edition of Langhorne's Plutarch, in six vols. Svo., and
the work of the Rev. Thomas Zorich, in two vol
among this excellent individual's latter contributions to .
public instruction; and his admirable Latin versions of bot,
familiar and pathetic poetry, and his happy Macaronis
effusions, are well known to the circle of affectionate
who enjoyed the happiness of his society or
.espondence. It was our
good fortune to be among
the latter ; and we pay, with sincere feelings of sorrow,
this hasty and imperfect tribute to the memory of one
of the most amiable and virtuous men that ever existed.
Mr. I'. C. Holland, one of the moat sweet and natural of
,ur landscape-painters, has also paid the last great debt he
wed to nature. He died at Leamington, on the 3d instant,
the age Of sixty-six. Ptir thirty and more years few
tist4 have contributed more to adorn our exhibitions and
'leries than Mr. Holland; and many of his principal works
to the highest qualities of art—all of them being of the
t pleasing description, full of truth, and delightful to look
L. Mr. Holland has left a widow, the accomplished
or of many a charming volume.
Abraham Raimbach, the celebrated engraver, has this
week to be added to our sad list of losses. He died suddenly
at Greenwich, on the 17th, aged sixty-seven. Some of the
best engravings of our time are from his burin.
Mr. Bellamy, the bass' singer, whose pure style was so
effective in sacred music, has also been taken from us ; and
Mr. Vaughan, the tenor, is among the dead.
Captain Hamilton, the gifted author of" Cyril Thornton "
Revandi ew of
recently
" Travels in America," is stated in the Edinburgh
to have died in Italy-

.nmes, were

'That's part of the sinking fund," as a chap said when a
box of Mexican dollars went to the bottom of theriv
week, as Mrerßrier.
THE RULING PASSION.—On Monday
Brier-
, jun., was conveying William Riley, (one of the prisoners
s-
-1 omitted as above,) from the Court-house to the House rof
I oection, Wakefield, the prisoner called at the shop of a
,e in named Arnold, to purchase some bread and cheese,
and whilst the shopkeeper
I. `rich he tendered a shilling,
s ,king for change, he slyly stole a threepenny pie !
,N tsit MActuNErtir.—We understand that an amusing
,n of French boasting occurred some time since in the
'ls A. French steamer (the Gomer) having arrived at
. her engines and fittings-up were immediately
ec pomp, by the captain and officers, and
those of the British steamer (the Sala-
tlL
14 a Some English gentlemen, how-
l. invited to inspt, -t. them, they found the name of
" William Few( 't and Co., of Liverpool,"
-:-nen of French su-

17with great

ority ovc

ed spec

uch vau

told of a Yankee
enrm :—" When-

.e by the captain's orders,
1 of it, and that end placed
himself, passed

rt of it

he mat

dfor sow. ,•.•._,
the•wd which had no plums
air' no sooner saw the pudding
--‘1 of it. Picking

3rely exarnh)-

hand

)st me two shillings in
withQUt d,f%Slgr,