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Wright, John, Gosport, grocer. (Tarrant and Moule, Chancery lane

Weedon, Jofeph, Oxford fireet, oilman. (Teefdale, Bihopfgare freet

Wallis, John, Great Queep freet, druggit and furgeon. (Ayrton, Field's cours, Gray's ina

Walker Snuel, Manche er, cotton manufacturer. (Hurd, King's bench walk. Temple

Williams, James, Haverfordwet, fhopkeeper. (James, Gray sinn fquare

Wheeler. John, Wednesbury, iron mafter. (Roffer, Kirby

freet, ation garen

Ward, Daniel, and Robert Daniel Ward, Bishopsgate freet, tailers (Willett and Annelley, Fin-bury fquare Wilmott, William, High treet, Southwark, ftationer. swa be and stevens, Old Jewry

Wood, Thomas, Dorchetter, ironmonger. (Blandford and Sweet, Inner Temple

Willis, Thomas, Bath, carpenter. (Pearsons, Pump court, Temple

Wricht, William, Broadway, Weminer, vitualler Walten, William, Writhendall, inkeeper and liquor merChart. (bige, Ratten garden

Wheeley, John, Wheeleigh, rex, dealer. (Wharton and Dke, Temple

Walters, Thomas, St. Paul's, Shadwell, buifcuit baker. (Wal er and Unwin, Shadwell

Wikinfon, John, jun. Lower Grovenor place, dealer. (Watkins and Cowper, Lincoln's int Williamson, John, Liverpool, checicmonger. Royle, Liverpool

Young, John, Long Acre, coachmaker. (Dennetts and Greaves, Henrietta ftreet, Covent garden

Young, James, Southampton, linendraper. (Nicholls and Nettleihip, Queen Atreet, Cheapside

DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED. Anderfon, Charles, Grosvenor mews, hackney man, March

13

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Allen, James, Bartlet's buildings, Holborn, tailor, May Aynley, Jacob, Newcastle upon Tyne, woolendraper, February 21

Browne, George, and Henry Browne, Liverpool, March 16, final

Bird, Henry Merttins, and Benjamin Savage, Jeffries fquare, January 30

Barker, John, Fieldhead, woodmonger, February 16 Barfoot, William, and Thomas Earroot, Coleman freet, grocers, March 1, feparate eftate of William Barfoot Bowrne, Herbert St. Jame: 's freet, filk mercer, March 3 Bull, James, Edward Bowyer, City road, baker, March 3,

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Bavid, John. Tottenham court. ftone mafon, March 10 Budd, Wiliam, Uxbridge, innholder, March 24, final Burkitt, Miles, Gray's Thurrock, Eflex, and Three Cranes Wharf, London, foap madufacturer, February 25. final Benedicts, Martin, Liverpool, shopkeeper, February 22, final

Bevington, Samuel. Gracechurch arcet, merchant, February 17, final

Bifs, William, Haymarket, grocer, February 18, final Befey, Richard, in. Chelfea, fchoolmatter, February 28, final

Banton, Edmund, Lancaffer, merchant, (furviving partner of John Clapham, ifland of Martinique) February 28, final

Browne, Zachariah, and Samuel Fiden, Coleman ftreet, merchants, April 25, nal

Cooper Henry, Sandwick, linendraper, February 25,

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Clayton, John, Sedgeberrow, mealman, March 17, final Clarke, Robert, King freet, Covent garden, linendraper, April 9

Coniber, Richard, Lewes, watchmaker, March 10, final Carver, Thomas, Bedford, baker, March 13 final

Collen, Michael. and Thomas Lewis, Hatt garden, navy agents, Ma ch 3, final

Curteis, John, and John Stephens, Penryn, shopkeepers, 'February 25

Dyer, Jonah, Wotten under Edge, fpinning machine maker, Febuary 29, final

Davies, William, Liverpool, plaifterer, March 5
Dunamel, Louis, Liverp of, umbrella maker, March 6
Debrett, John, Piccadilly, bookiciler, March 24
Dinham, William, Bristol, merchant, March 9, final
Dorfet, George, John Johnson, Jehn Wilkinton, William
Berners, and James Tilfon, New Bond freet, bankers,
February 23

Deacon, John Eden, New Eond trect, linendraper, February 25

Entwistle, William, Entwistle, cotton manufacturer, February 24, final

Fearhead, Elizabeth, Tunftal, grocer, February 20

Favence, teter, bedford row, inturance broker, February 28

Fox Jonathan, and William Fox, Pavement, Finsbury, merchants, March 6

Fox, Solomon, Wardour treet, cabinet maker, March 3 Fetter, Ilaac, Bartlett's buildings paffage, goldfmith, March 13

Fenwick, Thomas James, Penzance, linendraper, February 25 Farmer, Edmund, jun. Stratford, butcher, February 25

Farquhar, John, Cavendish court, Devonshire fquare, mer chant April 28, final

Gibbs, John, Wrotham, corn chandler. February 28
Gifford, Samuel, Exeter, dyer, February 14

Gilbertfon, Robert, Manchetter, manufacturer, February 28, final

Geaves, Richard, Dartmouth, merchant, March 1
Green, John, Harborne, nail iconmonger, March 7, final
Gough, Peter, Birminghaih, butcher, March 6
Grayfor, John Eaft cheap, inturance broker, March 20
Gardiner, Henry Samuel, Wardrobe place, Doctor's com-
inons, weaver, Feruary 18. final

Gilbert, William, Chitwell firet, grocer. March 3
Hughes, Morgan, Mourning lane, milkman, February 14
Huddleton, William, Mancheñer, draper, February 18
Huber, James, of Bordesley, malt mill and bayonet maker,

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Harris, James, Exeter, coachmaker, March 13
Reuchan, John, Liverpool, dealer in mufhins, March 13
Hacker, Willum, of the Precinto the Palace of the Arch-
top of Canterbury, carpenter, February 21
James, John, fun. Nottingham, cotton spinner, February
Jones, Jofeph, Wood fireet, Leghorn hat warehoufeman,
February 25

27

Lloyd, Richard, Thavies inn, fcrivener, February 15 Lowe, Charles, jun. Bofton, muller, February 16. final Leigh, Robert, Boompton, cooper, February 7, final Lewis Richard, Codford St. Peter, thopkeeper, March 3 Iane, Jonn, Thomas Frazer, and Thomas Boylfton, Ni. cholas lase, merchants, March 10

Lambe, George, Chatham, tailor. March 24, final Lewis, Henry, and Willam Chambers, Rathbone place, fhopkeepers, March 10

Langton George, L verpool, merchant, March 24, final
Lanidale, Thomas, Lower Brooke treet, linendraper,
March 20

Larkin, Charles, Rochefter, coachmafter, February 25
Mills, Philip, Hereford, butcher, March S

Maroon Ifaac, Deptford bridge, upholder, April 9
Murray hn, Sherborne lane, merchant, February 25
Morley Samuel, Fleet treet, tailor, February 25 final
Nesbitt John, Edward Stewart, and John Nesbitt jun. Al-
dermanbury, merchants, parate eftate of Nesbitt fen.
February 4 and 8

Noble Nicholas Berrier, Greystoke, butter factor, Februa

ry 15

Nath Mark, Wotton under Edge, currier, February 29, final Neale John, and Peter Tanner, Cock hill, Ratcliffe, coal dealers, March 3

Noble Ifaac, Penrith, ironmonger and grocer, February 20 Patiran John, Doncaster, machine maker. February 13 Powell Thomas, Warwick Street, Golden fquare, taylor,

March 10

Perrins William, Bedworth, maltfter, March 8, final Packer Nathan, Weft Auckland, brandy merchant, March 31

Parfonage Samuel, Manchefter, plumber, February 24
Pourtales. Andrew Paul, and Andrew George Pourtales,
Broad Street buildings, merchants, February 18
Robins. James, and James Anderfon, Water lane, glafs fel
lers, February 25, final

Reynolds, John, Cheshunt, Herts, brewer, February 25
Robfon, John, Piccadilly, pertumer, March to, final
Richarafon, John, Chenerfield, liquor merchant, March 26,
final

Sykes, Richard, Cheapfide, linendraper, March 1, final
Sm th Ruger, Bradford, Wilts, victualler, February 13, final
Snape Jofeph, Shelton, baker, February 20

Sinart James Preton, Hanover treet, Hanover fquare, ay lor, February 21

Scaley, Richard, Bruntcliffe, Batley, fpirit merchant, March 5

Suart, Hugh, Knuzden Brook, Blackburn, Whither, Fe. bruary 27

Staples, Luke, Wapping, Staffordshire, warehouseman, April 9

Smith William, and John Ashton, Newgate ftreet, linendrapers, April 17

Sidebotham William, Ahton under Line, hopkeeper,
March 13, final

Symous Roel, Dover, fhipbroker, March 20, final
Shert, James, Hatton garden, merchant, February 18
Thorp Andrew, and Barth. White, Bow lane, wholefale
holiers, February 1S

Tatlock James, Finch lane, broker, February
Toy Thomas, Penryn, linendraper, February 25, final
Torrane George, Jerinya treet, merchant, April 7
Tremlet William, Totnefs, fhopkeeper, March 7, final
Thomas, Thomas (partner with John Hunter and Peter 1 a
tham) Camomile itreet, March 10
Thurston Hugh, inchcomb, April 2

Treppais W. St. Martin's le Grand, bookfeller, March 6 Taylor W. Bets, Wolverhampton, japanner, Feb. 23, final Van Dyck, P. Dubbletemuis. Arnold John Geevers Leuven and Wynand Adriaen de Gruiter Vink, Circus, Minories, merchants, feparate eftates of Leuven and de Gruiter Vink, March 7; feparate enate of Leuven, March 22 and 28 feparate ettate of de Gruiter Vink, March 23 and 29 Wigfield James, jun. Northallerton, mercer and grocer, February 18, final

Worboys Arthur and Thomas Sydes, Birmingham, fword cutlers, Feb. 17

Weft John, Long Acre coachmaker, Feb. 15, final
Webfter W. Fore rest, linendraper, March I
Wilde James, John Watts, and John Body, Upper Thames
ftreet, fugar refiners, feparate eftate of Watts, Feb. 25
Wood Richard, Slaithwaite, cornfactor, Feb. 15
Wilfous. birmingham, grocer, April 14
Weft John, tomer's place. Eaft, plaifterer, March 10
Wright Thomas, Horsley, clothier, March 15
Warren George, Coventry street, upholder. May 24
Wrighton Daniel, Little Alne, Flax dreffer, Feb. 25.

INCIDENTS,

INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN AND NEAR LONDON. With Biographical Memoirs of diflinguished Characters recently deceafed.

Report of the number of perfons who have received Vaccine Inoculation, free of expence, at the ftations of the Royal Jennerian Society, to the 20th of November laft.

Perfons.

Central Houfe, No. 14, Salisbury-fquare 1266 School-room, Surry chapel. 836

No. 20, Maze-pond, Southwark
Mr. Townsend's Meeting-house, Ro-
therhithe

No. 172, High-ftreet, Shadwell
No. 2, Epping-place, Mile-end.
No. 6, John-ftreet, Minories.
No. 119, Bishopsgate Without
Sunday-fchool, Hoxton..
Sunday-fchool, Golden-lane.
Soup houfe, Clerkenw 11
Sunday-fchool, Drury-lane..

No. 29, Great Caftle-freet, Oxford

market

Sunday- fchool, Caftle - ftreet, King's Mews.

Inoculated before the Central Houfe was opened.

Total.

150

184

124

100 98

359

235 193

78

74

465

71

4323

275 4598

To which may be added, that 20c8 charges of Vaccine Matter have been fupplied, free of Expence, from the Central Houte, to 1559 applications, many of them from remote places of the Empire, and others from foreign Parts. The fupply of virus from the other tacions has alfo been very confiderable.

The library of the late Thomas Aftle, efq. is, by the direction of his will, to be fold in the courfe of the fpring; a collection particularly interefting to the lovers of English antiquity and English hiftory. It will be a fource of uncommon gratification to those who know how to appreciate that fplendid collection of Saxon Characters, Saxon MSS. ancient Regifters, and other documents, tending to the illustration of our early Conftitution and Hiftory (and to which the public are highly indebted for many of the learned Effays publifhed by Mr. Aftle), that they are not to be feparated; but are bequeathed by him to his noble friend the Marquis of Buckingham, to be added to his Lordship's magnificent library at Stowe; which will now have the advantage of uniting in it, and that of the venerable and learned Charles O'Connor, the Antiquary of Ireland, the most valuable and the earlieft Illuftrations of Irish and of Saxon

Antiquity. The condition of the legacy is, that the Marquis pay the fum of 500l. to Mr. Aftle's executor. Should this offer be declined, the MSS. are to be tendered on the fame terms to the British Museum. Many of the ancient Saxon Rolls and Charters have

been already communicated to the public; and the fpecimens of the Irish MSS. fo far as they tend to illudrate the remote hiftory of that kingdom, its laws, cuftoms, and the progrets of fociety in it, have been for fome years digefted, under the eye of the Marquis, by the grandion of the very learned collector of thefe valuable materials, and will, we truft, fpeedily make a confiderable addition to this branch of literature.

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MARRIED.

Mr. Buck, tea-dealer, of Whitechapel, to Mifs Boote, of Aldgate

Mr. C. Gordon, diftiller, of Gofwell-ftreet, to Mifs E. Newton of Laytonstone.

R. P. Barlow, efq. of the General Pofl. office, to Mifs Simpfon, daughter of the late S. Simplon, efq of Lancashire.

Mr. Sharpe, furgeon, of Peckham, to Mifs Oak, of Camberwell Grove.

Mr. G. Ellis, to Mifs E. M. Morris, both of Bernard-ftreet, Rufiel-quare.

M. Goffett, efq. of Lymington - lodge, Hants, and Viscount of the land of Jerfey, to Mifs Cotton, elueft daughter of the late J. Cotton, efq, of Gloucefter-place, Portman-fquare.

At Pancras, A. Lindo, efq. jun. of Finfbury-fquare, to Mifs Reilly.

Mr. Finch, of Do&tors' Commons, to Mifs Ricketts, of Walworth.

Lately, the Rev. S. Cole, Chaplain to the Duke of Clarence, to Mils Griffiths.

Mr.T. W. Hetherington, to Mifs Pearkes, of St. Paul's Church-yard.

The Rev. E. Bourchier, rector of Bramfield, to Mifs H. Jenner, of Lincoln's-inn-fields,

G. Grimes, efq. of Holborn - bridge, to Mifs C. Lawton, niece of Sir Robert Warten, bart. of Crookstown, Cork, in Ireland.

Mr. B. Hennington, to Mifs Lean, daughter of Alex. Lean, efq. of the Hudson's Bay Houfe.

Lately, Major-general Congreve, of the royal artillery, to Mrs Eyre, relict of the late General Eyre, alfo of the artillery.

Captain Rochford, late of the Prince of Wales's light-dragoons, to Mifs Norton, of Edgware.

Mr. G. D. Fontaine, of Great Ruffellftreet, Covent-garden, to Mifs E. Smith, eldest daughter of D. Smith, efq. of Richmond, Surry.

Mr. Ruffell, of Kennington, to Mifs M. Lefl.e, daughter of the late J. Leflie, efq. of Buckingham-ftreet.

J. T. Thompfon, efq. of Hampstead, to Mifs E. Froggatt, of Shoot-up-hill.

Mr. Marth, of Nelfon's Terrace, to Mifs A. Kearsley, fecond daughter of J. Kearsley, efq. of Iflington.

J. F. Street, efq. of Bucklersbury, to Mifs Cooke, of Richmond.

Mr

Mr. Payne, of Richmond, to Mifs Bryant, niece to G. Thomas, efq. of Hanover-ftrect, Hanover-fquare.

J. Longdon, efq. of Alicant, to Mifs Williams, of Belmont-place, Lambeth.

At Queen-fquare chapel, Mr. C. Lucas, linen-draper, to Mifs M. Bailey, of Bondstreet.

At Enfield, Rev. John Oliver, of Croom'shill, Greenwich, to Mifs Dodd, daughter and heirefs of the late William Dodd, efq. of Lincoln's-inn.

At Tottenham, Rev. W Stracy, to Mifs Steward, eldest daughter of H. Steward, efq.

J. Shedden, efq. of the 15th light dra. goons, to Mifs Lewis, youngest daughter of M. Lewis, efq. of Devonshire-place.

At Pancras, C. Armstrong, efq. furgeon on the Bombay eftablishment, to Mifs D. Wood, fifter of Sir Francis Wood, bart.

DIED.

At his lodgings, in Great Queen-freet, aged 22, Mr. John Silver, fourth fon of the late Dr. Silver, of Portsmouth. His worth and abilities entitle him to particular notice. After a claffical education, he was articled for five years as clerk to Mr. Minchin, folicitor, at Gofport. He came afterwards to London, where for above two years he was actively employed in two eminent offices, and was admitted an attorney of the court of King's-bench, a fhort time previously to his being attacked with the complaint which proved fatal to him.

At Pentonville, in the 34th year of his age, Mr. Mark Anthony Reyroux, a native of Switzerland, whofe irreparable lofs to his friends, will ever be a fource of painful and fincere regret. He was a man of uncommon talents and profound learning; and in his moral conduct, and in all the varicus relations of focial life, was an exemplary character.

At Weybridge, in Surry, Mr. G. Pinion. In her 22d year, very fuddenly, Miss O'Hara, a beautiful and accomplished young lady. She was feized with a fit, about nine o'clock, in Drury-lane theatre, and being removed, never recovered.

At Woking, in Surry, aged 79, Mr. Garment, fen.

In Somerset-freet, aged 76, the Hon. Mrs. Rothe, relict of the late Count de Rothe, lieutenant-general, and colonel and proprietor of the Irish regiment of his name, late in the fervice of his Moft Chriftian Majefty. Mrs. Rothe was the only daughter of Lucius Lord Viscount Falkland.

Mr. J. Holmes, cheefemonger, of Newgate-street.

At Eaft Sheen, Surry, aged 91, Mrs.
Manvillain.

In New Norfolk-street, in her 86th year,
Mrs. Ofbourne, reli&t of the late Rev. Dr.
Olbourne, of Clifton, Bedfordfhire, and daugh-
ter of the late Dr. Greene, bishop of Ely.
At Kentish Town, F. Main, efq.

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Mr. Driver, furgeon, formerly of Lionhall, Herefordshire.

In Cumberland-place, Mifs Fludyer, youngeft daughter of Sir Samuel Fludyer, bart.

In Everett-ftreet, Brunfwick fquare, Mrs. Johnlone, wife of J. Johnitone, efq. late of St Thomas in the Eaft, Ifland of Jamaica.

At Hampflead, Mrs. Ouberley, daughter of the late Gerard Howard, efq.

Mr. Hudjen, of the Piazza Coffee-house. In Wimpole-street. G. Crawford, efq. accountant-general of the army pay-office.

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Suddenly, aged about 32, at the Northumberland coffee-houfe, Capt. Fitzgerald, of the marines. He was a native of Ireland, and well known by the appellation of " Fighting Fitzgerald !"

Fojeph Barlow, efq. of Newington Butts.

At Pentonville, Mrs. Ware, wife of Mr. W. Ware, leader of the band at Covent-gar den theatre.

At her houfe, in Hill-ftreet, Berkeleyfquare, Lady Gresham, relict of the late SirJohn Gretham, bart. of Titf-y-place, Surry.

At Richmond, Mrs. S. Drage, formerly of Honiton, in the county of Devon.

Mr. Bean. livery stable keeper, of Buryroad, Blackfriars.

At her fifter's, in Brunfwick-fquare, Mrs. Ruddall, wife of Mr. Ruddall, attorney, or Crediton, Devon.

At Hedge Grove, near Watford, the Rev. of. Fawcett, the late eloquent lecturer at the Old Jewry, and author of fome excellent Poems, of a volume of Sermons, &c.

In Norfolk-street, F. Gotobed, efq. attorney, deputy recorder of Bedford, collector to the Bedford or Harper Charity, &c.

Mr. T. Parry, merchant, of Aldermanbury.
In Lower Eafton-street, Mrs. Noble.

At Hackney, the Rev. J. Stubbs, fenior fellow of St. John's college, Cambridge; he proceeded B.A. in 1746, and M.A. in 1750.

After a lingering illness, aged 80, Mrs. Grace Jefferfon, widow of the late Mr. John Jefferion, farmer and grazier, of Chingfordgreen, near Woodford.

At his houfe in Percy-ftreet, C. Conolly, efq. In Upper Berkeley-freet, Portman-fquare, aged 71, W. Mollifon, efq. of Cannon-hill.

In her 84th year, Mrs. Taylor, mother of Mr. Taylor, furgeon, of Bridge-ftreet, Blackfriars.

At his houfe in the Tower, aged 50, W. Gregory, esq.

Found dead by the fide of his horfe, on Enfield-chace, aged 60, Mr. John Read, shoemaker, and once mafter of the Merchant Tailors' Company.

In Audley-fquare, in his 74th year, Sir Francis Sykes, bart. M. P. for Wallingford, Berks. He is fucceeded by his only fon, Sir Francis Wm. Sykes, now on the continent.

At his houfe in the Tower, aged 50, W. Gregory, cfq.

At his house in the Crefcent, Minories, Mr. Bullock, merchant.

At his apartments in Holborn, much refpected, the Rev. W. Keddon, M.A. of Magdalen college, Oxford, F. S. A. curate and morning preacher of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlefex, and one of the domeftic chaplains of the Earl of Portsmouth.

At her house in Hill-ftreet, Berkeleyfquare, Lady Gresham, relict of the late Sir John Gresham, bart. of Titfey-place, Surrey. Mr. T. Sealey, of the East India-houfe. In paffing through Pedlar's Acre in the evening, it being very dark, he unfortunately ran against a short poft, which, ftriking him in a tender part, occafioned his death. His remains were interred in Lambeth-church, with military honours, attended by the Lambeth Volunteer Corps, of which the deceased was a ferjeant.

7. Grant, efq. of Hill-ftreet, Berkeleyfquare, juftice of peace for the county of Berks, and a partner in the firm of Pybus and Co. bankers, in Old Bond-ftreet. This gentleman was a native of Scotland, from which unthriving clime he transplanted himfelf to the more profperous one of India, as a regimental furgeon in the fervice of the Honourable East India Company, from which fituation he afterwards rofe to bear a major's commiflion in the fame fervice. This gave him an opportunity of acquiring a fortune by the fpoils of war; which fortune, after his arrival in England, was improved by a marriage with Mifs Gilbert, of Salisbury. He, a few years after, made the purchase of his feat at White-Waltham, near Maidenhead; and, taking out a dedimus, he affumed the character of a country gentleman; but that way of life not being altogether congenial to his habits and difpofition, he entered into the more profitable one of a banker. His wife dying, he again bound himself in the chains of wedlock with a lady of fortune, who was tired of long celibacy, and who, being certain of not being prolific, adopted a fon of Mr. Grant by his former wife, for her heir. Since his death, no will of a date fubfequent to the month of Auguft, 1787, having been found, a reward has been offered, in the London Gazette for the discovery of one, if fuch fhould exist, of a later date.

Aged 84, Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, a lady who has long been diftinguished for her genius and literary merit. She was the protegée of Dr Johnson, and the friend of Richardfon and Mrs. Yates. Mrs. Lennox published, in the year 1752, "The Female Quixote," and "Memoirs of Harriet Stuart." In the former of these novels, the character of Arabella is the counterpart of Don Quixote; and the work was very favourably received. In the following year the published Shakespeare Illuftrated," in 2 vols. 12mo. to which the afterwards added a third. This work confifts of the novels and hiftories on which the Plays of Shakespeare are founded, collected and tranflated from the original authors: to which are added critical notes, intended to MONTHLY MAG, No. 112.

prove that Shakefpeare has generally spoilt every ftory on which his Plays are founded, by torturing them into low contrivances, ab furd intrigues, and improbable incidents. In 1756, Mrs. Lennox publifhed, "The Memoirs of the Countess of Berci, taken from the French," 2 vols. 12mo; and, "Sully's Memoirs," tranflated, 3 vols. 4to; which have fince been frequently reprinted in 8vo, and are executed with no fmall ability. In 1758, the produced "Philander, a Dramatic Paftoral," and "Henrietta," a novel of confiderable merit, 2 vols. 12mo; and, in 1760, with the affiftance of the Earl of Cork and Oriery, and Dr. Samuel Johnfon, she publifhed a tranflation of "Father Brumoy's Greek Theatre," 3 vols. 4to; the merit of which varies materially in different parts of the work. Two years after, fhe published "Sophia, a Novel," 2 vols. 12mo, which is inferior to her earlier performances; and, after an interval of feven years, she brought out, at Covent-garden theatre, "The Sifters, a Comedy," taken from her novel of Henrietta, which was condemned on the first night of its appearance. In 1773, the furnifhed Drury-lane theatre with a comedy, in. titled, "Old City Manners ;" and has only written, we believe, fince that time, "Euphemia, a Novel, 1790," 4 vols. 12mo; a performance which by no means deviates from the creditable line in which the always moved. Her father was a field-officer, lieu tenant-governor of New York, who fent her over at the age of 15 to a wealthy aunt, who unfortunately, on the arrival of her niece, was out of her fenfes, and never recovered them; immediately after which, the father died, and the daughter from that time fupported herself by her literary talents, which the always employed ufefully. Her latter days have been clouded by penury and ficknefs; calamities which were in a confiderable degree alleviated by the kindness of fome friends, who revered alike her literary and her moral character. Among these it would be unjust not to mention the names of the Right Han. George Rofe, and the Rev. Wm. Beloe. But the most effectual balm to her wounded spirit arofe from the affiitance the has received from The Literary Fund Society, by whofe timely aid, her only fon was, a few years fince, enabled to fit himself out for an employment in the Anglo American States; and by whofe bounty the means of decent fubfiftence have, for the last twelvemonth, been afforded to the mother.

[Sir William Gordon, bart, whofe death was announced in the February Magazine, was one of the oldeft Nova Scotia baronets.

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was appointed captain- commandant of the depôt of recruits at Chatham barracks, by the late General Samuel Townihend, infpector-general of the recruiting fervice. About two years afterwards he fold his company in the 19th regiment, and accepted of the adjutancy of the Weft Norfolk militia. In that regiment he ferved till his death as captain and paymaster, having refigned his former ftaff commiffion, in confequence of the number of years limited by act of parliament, and receiving the allowance of 6s. per diem in virtue thereof. While in the 19th regiment, Sir William Gordon married a daughter of Colonel Irvine, of the 15th regiment of foot, who, during the American war, was lieutenant-governor and commander in chief of the ifland of Guernfey, and father to the prefent Lieutenant-general Irvine, colonel of the 6th garrifon battalion. By this marriage, Sir William had a numerous family, of which only two fons and three daughters remain. The eldest fon, now Sir John Gordon, is an officer in the corps of engineers belonging to the Eaft India Company at Bengal; his fe cond fon, Orford, is a captain in the 7th battalion of royal referve; his eldest daughter was married fome years ago to Major general Cameron, chief engineer at Bengal; the fecond daughter was married to Col. M'Kenzie, of the retired lift of the Eaft India Company's fervice; and the third daughter is unmarried. Sir William Gordon was a moft worthy man,

highly refpected by a numerous circle of friends, and will be long lamented by his family, to whom he was an indulgent hufband and good father. His funeral, which was in the military ftile, (having died with his regiment,) was attended' by General Sir James Henry Craig, K. B. commanding the Effex diftrict, and all the officers of the numerous garrifon of Colchester, to pay the laft tribute to a veteran defei vedly esteemed by all ranks ]

[The late Mr. Dru Drury, whofe death was announced in our laft Number, had been formerly a goldfmith and jeweller in the Strand, but had retired from bufinefs fome years. He had fuffered many years from a complaint that was thought to be an enlargement of the proftrate gland; but, on examination after his decease, there were found, at the neck of the bladder, three large ftones of a round oval fhape, upwards of two inches long, and a full inch deep, which weighed about two ounces each ftone. Mr. Drury was a fellow of the Linnean Society, and had been many years a collector of fubjects in natural hiftory, particularly infects, which he had procured latterly to a great extent. He had even written three quarto volumes on the fubject, a work well known to the profeffors of entomology. He was of a very ancient family, and, it is believed, was lineally defcended from Sir Dru Drury, in Queen Elizabeth's time.]

PROVINCIAL

OCCURRENCES.

WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,

Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. • Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

The ladies of Newcastle, having fometime ago established a charitable repofitory in the town, wherein all kinds of fancy work, of their own manufacture, might be expofed first to view and then to fale, for the benefit of certain public charities for females within the town, nearly the whole of the articies have been lately difpofed of; and the exhibition is now, of courfe, clofed for a time. The admiflion money was one fhilling, which, however, was returned, on purchafing any article; and the room, or the first opening, afforded a fight allowed to be well worth the money. A confiderable fum of money has been raised by this means, and diftributed agreeably to the intention of the patronefs Lady Ridley, and the other fair contributors. Married At Durham, M. Dunn, efq. alderman, to Mifs Brafflington-Mr. J. Hepworth, linen-draper, to Mifs M. Wheldon.

At Hexham, Mr. E. Tweddel!, commoncarrier between Carlifle and Newcastle, to Mifs M. Baty, of the Grey Bull inn.

At Newcastle, C. T. Aveling, efq. furgeon on the ftaff in this diftrict, to Mifs M. Atkinfon, of the Shakespeare tavern- -Captain, Wayt, of Southwold, Suffolk, to Mifs Is. Smith.

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Died] At Durham, Mrs. Henderfon, wife of Mr. R. Henderfon, mafter taylor.Aged 58, Mr. J. Simpfon, mafon.

At Newcastle, Mr. H. Swan, keeper of the rendezvous houfe for impreffed feamen. He fuddenly dropped down whilft feated in his chair, after walking fome time upon the quay, and almoft inftantly expired.

In her 68th year, Mrs. B. Henzell, formerly of the White Hart inn.

Mr. T. Hutchinfon, broker, lately fheriff's officer for this county, and formerly one of the bailiffs of Durham, He. diftingu fhed himself not a little by ingenuity and activity in his office, and was frequently employed in cafes that required fingular dexterity and addrefs, in which he generally for

Mrs. Storey, keeper of Towns Court-Aged 63,

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