Obituary.

amusements did not prevent his followingwith greai assiduity the business of a weaver ; and , we are informed , thathe was accounted a good workman . The powers of his mind were amazingly strong , i ' . iid had it hem properly cultivated in early life , it is highly probable that he might have ranked with

the first of those , who , deprived of one inestimable sense , have nevertheless soared with eagle-wing — ' Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . ' He was , till within a few months of his death , a constant attendant ai the cathedral ; but not being able to

accompany the choir in chanting the Psalms , he composed several hymns , in a measure which corresponded with the music , ancl which fie substituted as an act . of private devotion during the performance of that part of the public service . We do not know whether any person was attentive enough to these ious

efcopy p fusions , which were certainly respectable from the intention which dictated them ; and for the obtaining of which he afforded ample opportunity , as they generally made a part of his musical performance before strangers , and indeed the part with which he appeared

to be the most delighted . He married at the age of 25 , and had several children , some of whom are now living . At Burleigh , in Essex , the wife and three clii . 'dreii of Mr . Harris , blacksmith , which happened in the following manner , as related by the eldest daughter , son , and apprentice , who

miraculously escaped : Mr . Harris was from home on ajourney , and tjie family retired to rest at the usual hour , conscious in their own minds of every thing being safe ; the first alarmed were the apprentice and son , who were awaked by the smoke or strong smell of ( ire , and immediately

called the rest of the family . Mrs . Harris , as quick as her fears and alarm would permit , attempted lo dress herself , at the same time giving the lads the key of the shop , desired them to go and search from whence the fire proceeded ; on opening the shop door , the flames instantaneously burst out

upon them , and the columns of smoke which issued from the shop prevented their attempting to enter it ; the utmost , therefore , that they could do , was to further alarm the family and neighbourhood , and use every endeavour to assist

in the escape of those left in the house . By this time , however , the . smoke had so filled every apartment , and the fire had gained so much by the opening of the door , that it was impossible for them to return to the room where Mrs . Harris and her children were dressing . The neighbours were by this time called

up , and the eldest daughter , who had opened the chamber window , by keeping her head in the air escaped suffocation . Mrs . Harris , a girl about 16 , and two fine boys , ( dreadful to relate I ) unable to reach the window or door , perished in the flames . It was some very considerable time ere the

bodies could be withdrawn from the ruins , notwithstanding which the fire had not so much as disfigured them . They were interred on the Sunday following , after the . coroner ' s inquest had been taken , attended by a vast concourse of mournful spectators .

w heiher from the sparks of a candle failing among some papers , or a light being left in the shop , or from what cause this shocking affair originated , is alike unknown to any . At his house in Haverhill , in EsseXj George Howland , Esq . uncle' of Sir George Howland BeaumontBart

, . At Llandillo , Caermarthenshire , Mr . Joseph Davies , Surgeon . Being one of my Lord Dinevor ' s Yeoman Cavalry , his remains were interred with military honours , attended by his Lordship and the whole troop . At Ayr , in the 8 zd year of his age , William

Logan , Esq . who for more than 30 years held the office of Sheriff-Substitute of Ay rshire . At the Hot-wells , Bristol , aged zr , John Marsh , Esq . late Captain in the 661 I 1 regiment of foot , and third son of the late Samuel Marsh , Esq . ofBellmont , near Uxbridge , Middlesex .

At Lisbon , Count D'Aranda , ( ate Prime Minister of Spain , in the 79 th year of his age ; and Don Joseph Sanches , an Admiral in the Portuguese navy , aged 72 . At Manchester , Lancashire , Mr . Philip L . Rees , youngest son of the Rev . Dr . ReesDDFRS

, ..... At Fulham , Thomas Birch , Esq . of Thorpe Hall , in the county of Lincoln . At his house in Red-lion-square , J Ward , Esq . many years Surgeon jn the Honourable East India Conjpa , ' s service in Bengal . '