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At St. James's, Piccadilly, Major Hutton, of the royal artillery, to Mifs A. Hodfon, of Sackville-street.

At Hackney, Mr. Lucas, of Threadneedlefreet, furgeon, to Mifs Brown, of the Grove. At St. James's, Ruffell Manners, efq. fon of General Manners, to Mifs Catherine Pollock, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Pollock,rector of Guttleton, Wilts.

J. P. Rowe, efq. of Brentford, to Mifs Hinton, of Ryegate.

Died.] At his houfe in St. James's-fquare, the most noble Arthur Chichester, Marquis of Donegal. He was defcended from Sir Arthur Chichester, lord deputy of Ireland in 1613, who was created baron of Belfast and viscount Chichester, and on whofe fon the title of earl of Donegal was bestowed in 1647. The late earl was born in 1739, and fucceeded his uncle in 1758, at the fame time acquiring a good estate in England, and without exception, the largest income of any individual in Ireland. He was educated at the univerfity of Oxford, which learned body at the encænia in 1763 conferred on him the degree of LL. D. At the general election in 1768 he was returned M. P. for Malmesbury, but never made any confpicuous figure either in that houfe or the houfe of peers, nor ever interfered much with politics. Being fettled on his paternal eftate at Fisherwick-park, in Staffordshire, he lived there many years in a fplendid manner, keeping a pack of hounds, and being at the head of a hunting party, called for many years the Donegal hunt. This, as his Lordship was known to be no very good fportfman, was fuppofed to be with a design to keep up a county intereft to ferve parliamentary purposes; but in this he was evidently disappointed. However having by his intereft in Ireland fupported the prefent miniftry, when titles were beftowing with a liberal hand, Lord Donegal could not be overlooked, and he was in 1791 created marquis of Donegal and earl of Belfast, having the year before been gratified with a British peerage by the title of baron Fisherwick. Whether thofe honours will compenfate for the injury done to his fortune in Ireland we muft leave to his lo ship's heir to determine. It is certain that from a defalcation in his Irish revenue, and from fome extravagance of his children, his lordship had been obliged greatly to retrench in his fplendid ftyle of living. The marquis has been three times married, firft to Lady Ann, eldest daughter of the Duke of Hamilton, by whom he had the Earl of Belfast, his heir, and other fons; fhe died in 1780; and his Lordship married, secondly, Mrs. Mason, whom he loft in 1789; and next year married Mifs Barbara Godfrey, his prefent lady; on whom, it is faid, he has fettled the whole of the fortune which was not entailed.

At Hampstead, in his 88th year, Thomas Rumfey, efq. nearly 70 years a clerk in the Excife-office.

At Chelfea, Thomas Paulin, efq.

In Newman-street, the Rev. Mr. Ryan, chaplain to the Neapolitan ambaffador.

William Wales, efq. F. R. S. master of the mathematical fchool, Chrift's-hofpital, and fecretary to the board of longitude. This profound mathematician failed round the world with Capt. Cook, and his effential fervices are recorded in the journals of that celebrated navigator. He was one of the best mathematicians of the age, peculiarly qualified for the instruction of youth by his abili ties and his temper, which he commanded with fingular judgment.

Mifs Georgina Dashwood, fecond daughter of J. Dafhwood, efq. of Gloucefter-place. Near Vauxhall, Mrs. Barrand, wife of Mr. P. P. Barrand.

In Sloane-street, Chelfea, Mrs. Percival, wife of R. Percival, efq. of Ireland.

In Holles-street, Cavendish-fquare, Mifa Hitchman, daughter of the late J. Hitchman, efq. of Jamaica.

In Scotland-yard, Whitehall, Mrs. Marianne Matthias, widow of the late V. Matthias, efq.

At Stratford-grove, H. Fourdrinier, efq, of Lombard-ftreet.

At Little Ealing, aged 87, J. Wright, efq. In Berkeley-ftreet, Portman-fquare, Mrs. Eliz. Bofanquet, relict of J. Bofanquet, efq.

At Kentish-town, in the prime of life, G. A. Akers, efq. third fon of the late A. Akers, efq. of St. Christopher's.

In Parliament-street, Dame Rebecca Honora Lewes, wife of Sir Watkin Lewes, knt. alderman of London.

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In Drury-lane, Mr. Follett, an excellent pantomimical actor.

In Upper Brook-ftreet, Lady Char. Bertie, eldest daughter of the Earl of Abingdon.

At his apartments in Greenwich-hospital, Mr. Daniel Ball, nearly 40 years fteward's first clerk of the faid hofpital.

In Hoxton fquare, aged 77, Mrs. Savage, widow of the late Dr. Savage having been fubject to fits the unfortunately fell into the fire in the abfence of her fervant, which oc cafioned her death.

Mrs. Ryan, of Grosvenor-place.

In Upper Brook-ftreet, Mrs. Bromley Chefter, of Knole, in Gloucestershire, widow of the late W. B, Cheiter, member for the fame county.

At Clapham, aged 21, Mifs Copland. In Great Ruffell-ftreet, Lieut. G. Young, of the Royal Navy.

In Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, aged 73, Mrs. Briggs.

At Cobham, Mrs. Freeland.

At Milward-house, Surry, P. S. Webb, efq. In Southampton-ftreet, William Clarke, efq. of North Shields.

In York-buildings, Portman-fquare, Mrs Young, wife of Robert Young, efq. furgeon. In Abingdon-ftreet, Westminster, Francis Maclay, efq. many years macebearer to the lord chancellors of Great Britain. He was a

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man of great humour and extraordinary vivacity till within five years of his death, when he was feized with a depreflion of fpirits, from which be never recovered, but lived reclufe in his apartments till the day of his death.

In Buckingham-ftreet, W. F. Johnfton, efq. of the fecretary of state's office.

At his villa in Hampstead, aged 65, John Stuart, efq. a man of literature and fcience. John Belfon, efq. one of the fenior clerks of the admiralty-office.

Of the late THOMAS PENNANT, Efq. F. R. S. and F. R. S. U. &c. &c. we have been favoured with the following particulars. It is not a little to the honour of the prefent age, that fo many gentlemen of liberal fortune, and refpectable families, declining the flippery paths of political ambition, have dedicated much of their time, and not a little of their wealth, to fuftain the cause of fcience, and of literature. This obfervation Bundoubtedly from the affociation of ideas, recall the names of BANKS, of WALPOLE, and of PENNANT to the familiar recollection of many readers, who with a figh may perhaps obferve, that two of them are no more!

The laft of thefe, a great traveller and a great naturalift, cannot be accufed as a niggard in his communications, for a long and active life has been wholly occupied with bis inclinations, his ftudies, and his literary labours, all of which have either been alraidy laid before, or prepared for the public.

Mr. Pennant was an Ancient Briton by birth, having been born in Flintshire, in 1726. His family has been fettled in that county for many centuries; we learn from himself that he received the rudiments of his education at Wrexham, whence he was removed to Fulham. Soon after this he was fent to Oxford, and having made a confiderable proficiency in the claffics, he applied himfelf within the walls of that university to attain a knowledge of jurifprudence; but we do not find that he ever entered himfelf of any of the inas of court, or followed the law as a profeffion.

The ruling paffions of mankind are excited, and the future current of their lives frequently directed by trivial circumftances. One of the greatest painters of our age was attracted with an irrefiftible impulfe towards his art, by the perufal of a treatife on it; and we have the authority of the fubject of this memoir for aflerting, that a prefent of "Willoughby's Ornithology" at an early period first gave him a turn for natural hiftory, which has never once abandoned him through the courfe of a very long life.

Mr. Pennant commenced his travels with great propriety at home, where he made himfelf acquainted with the manneis, productions, and curiofities of his native counwy, before he fallied forth to infpect those

other nations. He then repaired to the

continent, and not only acquired confiderable additional knowledge relative to his favourite ftudies, but became acquainted, and established a correfpondence with fome of the greatest men of the age.

On his return he married, and had two children, but did not come into the family fortune until he was thirty-feven years of age, at which time he was fettled at Downing.

Having loft his wife, he appears to have fet out once more for the continent, and to have formed an acquaintance with Voltaire, Buffon, Haller, Pallas, &c.

He had by this time acquired confiderable reputation as a scientific man, having com→ menced his career as an author fo early as 1750. His "British Zoology*" eftablished his reputation as a Naturalift, and this received a fresh acceffion of celebrity in confequence of his acquaintance with Linnæus, and his intercourfe by letters with all the celebrated Naturalifts in Europe.

Early in life he had undertaken a moft interefting tour to Cornwall, and he now entertained an ardent defire to furvey the works of nature in the northern extremities of the island. He accordingly fet out for Scotland, and in 1771 favoured the public with an entertaining account of his "Tour, t which was fo well received as to pass through feveral editions.

Not content with the main land of Great Britain, he was ambitious to furvey the islands in the vicinity, and accordingly penetrated to the Hebrides, and vifited Man.

It is not to be fuppofed that he would leave his own country unexplored; on the contrary, he minutely defcribed all its wonders. He did not fail on this occafion to prefent the world with the refult of his enquiries, for in 1778 he commenced the publication of his "Welch Tour.§."

In four years after this (1782) appeared the account of "the Journey from Chefter to London," in which he refutes the vulgar opinion that it is uninterefting; and in two years more his "Arctic Zoology," an admirable work, greatly prized both here and in other countries.

In 1790 appeared a quarto volume, fimply entitled "Of London," in which he ob ferves that this work is compofed from obfervations, originally made without any view of publication. Let me requeft," fays he in the preface, the good inhabitants of London and Westminster not to be offended at my having stuffed their Iliad into a nutshell: the account of the city of London and liberties of Westminster into a quarto volume. I have condenfed into it all I could; omitted nothing that fuggefted itself, nor amplified any thing to make it a guinea book. In a word, it is done in my own manner, from which I am grown. too old to depart.

"I feel within myfelf a certain monitor

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that warns me," adds he, " to hang up my pen in time, before its powers are weakened, and rendered vifibly impaired. I wait not for the admonition of friends. I have the Archbishop of Grenada in my eye; and fear the imbecillity of human nature might produce in long worn-age the fame treatment of my kind advifers as poor Gil Blas had from his most reverend patron. My literary bequefts to future times, and more ferious concerns must occupy the remnant of my days. This clofes my public labours."

Notwithstanding his parting addrefs, the example of the Archbishop of Grenada, and the concluding fentence of "Valete & Plaudite," we find Mr. Pennant adventuring once more in the ocean of literature, at a late period of his life, and trying his fortune again with all the eagerness of a young author.

He accordingly published the Natural Hif tory of the parishes of Holywell and Downing, within the precincts of the latter of which he had refided about half a century.

In the courie of the last year he alfo prefented the public with a fplendid work, confifting of 2 vols. 4to. entitled "the View of Hindooftan," in the preface to which he candidly ftates his motives for this new attempt. I had many folicitations from private friends," fays he, " and a few wishes from perfons unknown delivered in the public prints, to commit to the prefs, a part, in the forming which the pofthumous volumes might hereafter make their appearance. I might have pleaded the imprudence of the attempt at my time of life, of beginning fo arduous an undertaking in my 71ft year.

"I happily, till very lately, had fcarcely any admonition of the advanced feafon. I plunged into the fea of trouble, and with my papers in one hand, made my way through the waves with the other, and brought them fecure to land. This, alas! is finite boafting. I must submit to the judgment of the public, and learn from thence how far I am to be cenfured for fo grievous an offence against the maxim of Ariftotle, who fixes the decline of human abilities to the 49th year.

"I ought to fhudder when I confider the wear and tear of 22 years; and feel shocked at the remark of the elegant Delanty, who obferves, that it is generally agreed among wife men, that few attempts at least in a learned way have ever been wifely undertaken and happily executed after that period!" "I cannot defend the wisdom: yet from the good fortune of my life I will attempt the execution."

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In addition to the lift of literary laboure already cnumerated, is a letter on an earthquake felt at Downing, in Flintshire, in 17533 another inferted in the fame publication*, in 1756, on coralloid bolies (xoganS) collected by him: his Synopfis of Quadru pedes published in 1771; a pamphlet on the Militia; a paper on the Turkey; and a volume of Mifcellanies.

Mr. Pennant attained academical honours of all kinds, having had the degree of LL. D. conferred on him by the University in which he was educated, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a member of the Society of Antiquaries, a Fellow of the Royal So ciety of Upfal in Sweden, a member of the American Philofophical Society, an honorary member of the Anglo-Linnean Society, &c.

The ample fortune left him by his father enabled Mr. Pennant to keep an hofpitable table, and alfo to prefent the profits of feve ral of his works to public inftitutions, particularly the Welsh charity-fchool in Gray'sinn-lane. He encouraged feveral engravers by his patronage, and was not a little ferviceable to the advancement of the fine arts.

In 1776 he married a fecond time, on which occafion he became united to Mifs Moftyn, fifter of his neighbour the late Sir Roger Moftyn, in Flintshire. The latter part of his life was chearful, and he fcarcely felt the approaches of old age. He died at his feat at Downing in his 72d year.

He has left feveral works behind him, in MS. under the title of "Outlines of the Globe," and as a proof that it will be a very voluminous and interefting publication, it is only neceffary to obferve, that "The View of Hindooftan," compofed the xivth and xvth volumes.

Mr. Pennant poffeffed a well-compacted frame of body, an open and intelligent afpect, an active and chearful difpofition, and a vive city which rendered him always entertaining, as well in converfation as in writing. Though not without a share of irrafcibility, his heart was kind and benevolent. He was exemplary in the relations of domeftic life; and fenfibly felt for the diftieffes of his poor neighbours, whofe relief in feafons of hardship he promoted with great zeal and liberality. His candour and freedom from ordinary prejudices, are fufficiently difplayed in his writings, and Scotland was forward to confefs, that he was. the firft traveller from this fide the Tweed, who had visited the country with no unfriendly fpirit, and had fairly prefented it under its favourable as well as its lefs pleafing afpects. As a writer, his ftyle is lively and expreffive, but not perfectly correct. His principles of arrangement in zoology are judicious, and his defcriptions characteristic. If in fome of his later works a little variety appears, and a propenfity to think that im

*The Philofopbical Tranfaétiens."

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portant to the world which was fo to himself, is may readily be pardoned to one who has afforded fuch copious and valuable entertainment to the public. His name will live with

honour in the literary hiftory of his country, and his memory will be cherished with refpect and affection, by his furviving friends.

ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS announced between the 20th of Dec. and the 20th of Jan. extracted from the London Gazettes.

BANKRUPTCIES.

(The Solicitors' names are in Italics.)

ADAMS, T. Upton upon Severn, grocer. Mr. S. Beale, Upton.

Bell, J. Bunhill Row, watch-maker. Mr. Finnis, Ta. Rock-Areet, Bedford-Row.

Beardman, R. Houghton, fuftian-manufacturer. Topping, Warrington.

Bridger, W. Jun. Crooked-lane, pa;ten-maker. Collyer, Great Eaft-Cheap.

Charlton, P. Newcastle, linen-draper. Bacon, Southampton-ftr. Collins, R. jun. Queen-treet, Lincoln's Inn Fields, carpenrer Field, Friday-Arcet.

Cole, Thomas, Manchester, warehoufeman. Eton, Birchin-1.
Da by, S. Market Harborough, victualier. Mr. Adams,
Market Harborough.

Druce, T. Caffington, Oxford, butcher. W. Johnstone, Temple:
Dippie, J. Wandsworth, whitener. Parnel, Spital Fields.
Emery, J. Portsmouth, green-grocer. Mers. Allen, Cliff. Inn.
Field, E. Watford, auctioneer, Mr. Fofket, Camomil-freet.
Furnish, W. Tottenham, victualler. Fletcher & Wright.
Fither, B. Witney, woolftapler. Macey, Witney.
Gage, W. Webber-Row, coal-dealer. H. Chefter, Melina place.
Graisham, M. Tealby, paper-maker. Clitherow, Newcale.
Galley, T. Bath, innkeeper, Chipkard Adlington, Gray's-i.
George, Walter, Cheptow, innkeeper. Shut Rigby.
Garrett, J. St. Mary Axe, merchant. Bloomfield, Haydon-fq.
Jefferies, W. Mangenfield, taylor. Mers. Jenkins and James,

New Inn.

Johnfton, T. Friday-freet, warehoufeman. Brown, Little Friday-firect.

Knipe, T. and R. Starey, York-street, brewers: Morgan, Catle-court, Birchin-tane.

Latham, W. Drummer's Grange, Southampton, sheep-dealer. Mers. Allen, Clifford's Inn.

Lockwood, J. Skipton, grocer. embert, Hatt-n-Garden.
Logg, J. Kingfland, plumber. Sherwin, St. James-Breet.
Mitchell, J. Pall-mall, banker. Garnet, New Byfingball-Areet.
Mofes, S. Rofemary-lane, fale fman, Bloomfield, Hayden-fq.
Paterfen, G. Berwick, linen-draper, Mrs. Sudiow and Rich
ardjo, Monument-yard.

Perkins, J. Hinckley, baker. Tebbut, Staples-Inn:
Ruthbridge, R. Kingfland, victualier. W. Weft, Ogletbed.
Richards, J. Truro, fhopkeeper. Lewis, Gray's Inn.
Scriven, T. elder and younger, and T. Andrews, Alcester,
needle-makers. Smart, Staples-inn,

Simpton, J. Great Coggeshal, hopkeeper. Naylers, Great
Newport-fireet.

Smith, W. Great Bolton, and Simon Birch, Shipton, cotton. manufacturers, Hardman, Bolton.

Tanner, W. Monmouth, iron-nailer. Mefirs. Lyon and ColIyer, Gray's-inn.

Troughton, E. and W. Carshalton, taylors. Denton, Dyes-b.
Soweit, J. Temple-place, fcrivener. Ware, Southwark,
Wilton, A. Manchefer, cotton-manufacturer. Edge, Temple.
Wright, D. St. George's-fields, wine-merchant. Evans, Kin-
nington Crofs.

Waker, H. jun. Portenhall, butcher. Day, Kimboiten,
Wood, T. R. Wood, and W. Troughton, Smeetham Bottom,
brewers. Denton, Dyer's-buildings.
Whale, J. Melksham, hopkeeper. Meule, Melkban.
Keelis and Griffinbcofe,
Williams, J. Burford, cornfactor.

Gray's Inn.

DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED.

Allen W. Market-freet, St. James, and Allen R. Pimlico, carpenters, Jan. 30.

Betts, W. W. P. Betts, and G. Veria, Lambeth, ftockingmanufacturers, Feb. 16.

Buckler, W. and A. Poultry, linen-drapers, Jan. 22.
Boorman, W. Bafinghall-irreet, warehoufeman, Feb. 5.
Baghaw, J.C. Savage Gardens, cornfactor, Jan. 29.
Elakeway, J. Shrewibury, woollen-draper, Feb. 4.
Barrow, E, and J. Norwich, warehousemen, Feb. 4.
Bray, D. Cranbourn-street, haberdasher, Jan. 29.
Boli, S. and J. Maynard, Staines, coachmaker, Jan. 19.
Baker, T. fen, be lericay, fidier, Jan. 15.

Beck, I. Upton upon Severn, cabinet-maker, Feb. 2.
Burgess, E. and H. Wardle, Manchetter, corn-dealers,
Feb. 19.

Boy, D. Winchefter-street, merchant, Feb. 14.

Broadbelt, J. and G. Lewis, Blackburn, merchants, Feb, 20
Cooper, W. Norwich, licen-draper, Feb: 13.
Colten, J. Broad-treek, merstraniý Jara ace

Cunliff, J. Loftock, cotton-manufacturer, Feb. 6.
Chaniber, T. Newgate-treet, glover, Jan. 22.

Crane, W. Market-ft. Oxford Market, cheesemonger, Jan. 14.
Durrant, J. Farnborough, victualler, Jan. 15.
Dent, W. Erith, hopkeeper, Jan. 30.

Dornier, M. Keate-freet, foap-maker, Feb. 9.

De Drufinu, J. and J. Clerk, London, merchants, Feb. 19.
Dalton, W. Surrey Square, mariner, Jan. 19
Deighton, C. Gainsborough, druggiit, Feb. 1.
Daws, M. Little Towerhill, upholterer, Feb.❤
Ellis, P. Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 76.
Ellwood, J. Brifcoe, callico-printer, Feb. 12.
Fitzhenry, P. Briftol, merchant, March 19.
Froft, S. Cambridge, brazier, Feb. 7.
Fisher, S. Sheffield, money-fcrivener, Jan. 22.
Gyfford, R. Gravel Lane, ftationer, Feb. 6.
Green. S. Kingfton, Hull, linen-draper, Jan 23.
Grunt, J. Manchefter, woollen-draper, Jan. 24.
Gapper, P. Sherbone, brandy-merchant, Feb. 6.
Gill, O. St. James's-street, victualler, Feb. 7.
Grewell, J. Wifbeach, grocers, Feb, 14.
Heughen, G. Greenwich, perfumer, Jan. 12.
Henderfon, R. Redcrofs-ftreet, brandy-merchant, Jang 13;
Hammond, T. and E. Stephenfon, Pennington-street, brewers,
Jan. 26.

Heginbotham, J. Southmolton-Atreet, hofer, March 1
Hawkes, T. Dudley, iron-master, Feb. 8.
Huddy, C. Wapping-treet, taylor, Jan. 30.
Harriton, J. Eafingwould, brewer, Feb. 19.
Hill, T. Lothbury, warehousemen, Jan. 26.
Jones, H. Carnaby-ftreet, cheesemonger, Jan. 22:
Kent, T. Brightheimtone, linen-draper, Jan. 14.
Lampen, R. Plymouth, grocer, Jan. 25.
Loveley, R. Blackburn, cotton-manufacturer, Feb. I
Lloyd, W. Brighthelmutone, linen-draper, Jan. 22.
Maklan, T. Romford, innkenper, Feb. 2.
Mears, C. Greenwich, mariner, Jun. 29.

Mansfield, T. Sudbury, grocer, March 4.

Oldroyd, C. Red Lion-freet, apothecary, Jan. 6

Phillips, W. Walworth, hatter, Jan. 22.

Palerean, S. Oxford, haberdasher, Feb. 2.

Price, J. Blackfriars Road, cheesemonger, Feb. 5.

Proffer, W. W. and R. Cotter, Fenchurch-street, wine-mer,

chants, Jan. 30.

Parr, J. Mancheter, innkeeper, Feb, 2.

Philips, R. St. Martin's. Lane, coal-merchant, Feb. 15. Piercey, J. and A. Edwards, Bishopsgate-ftreet, haberdashe ers, Jan. 30.

Ruel, M. Doynton, dealer, Jan. 31.

Kofe, C. and F. High Wycomb, haberdashers, Jan. 30. Rich, J. S. and J. Heapy, Aldermanbury, Blackwell Hall, factors, Feb. 16.

Redhead, H. and E. Ward, Upper Norton-ftreet, perfumers,
Feb. S.

Roberts, W. Wood-ftreet, haberdasher, Feb. 2.
Southerden, J. Rye, grocer, March 2.

Summers, W. Harwich, ftationer, Jan. 23.

Simpfon, J. and C. O'Bryan, Bread-street, warehousemen, Jan. 26.

Sawyer, J. Tenberden, grazier, Feb. 2.

Stoddart, J. and T. and J. Errington, Newcastle, corn-fas tors, Jan. 23.

Scott, G. W. Kirby, Kendall, ferivener, Jan. 19. Scott, J. and D. and J. Thompfon, Blackburn, liquor-merchants, Feb. 1.

Spence, J. Peter-freet, upholder, Jan. 30.

Swaine, J. Stoke under Hainden, innkeeper, Jan. 22.
Spackman, C. Bath, broker, Feb. 6.

Sutton, T. Afhford, innkeeper, Feb. 2.

Seddon, T. Jun. Se. Mary at Hill, merchant, Jan. 30.
Smith, T. Welbech-treet, coach-inaker, Feb. 14.
Seddon, J. Manchefter, cotten-manufacturer, Jan. 16.
Twigg, C. Birmingham, butor-maker, Jan. 22.
Tyler, P. Ancefter, buncer, Feb. 5.

Wookord, W. Vauxhall, barge-builder, Feb. 2.

Wilkinfon, R. and A. Jeffrie's Square, merchants, Jan. 15.
March 9.

Watts, W. Cherry Garden-street, vintner, Jan. 28.
Walm flay, J. Chancery Lane, ftationer, Jan. 22.

Wright, J. and P. Beavis, Brifol, linen-drapers, Jan. 22:
William, W. Bathey, woolapler, Jan. 31.

Wilfon, R. Ribcefer, cotton-inanufacturer, Feb. 4.
Windteiger, F. Strand, furrier, Jan. 22.
Zachary, H, Lawrence Lage, Irish factor.

PROIVNCIAL

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM,

Married.] At Newcastle, Mr. Thomas Stain ton, to Mrs. Rutherford, Mr. William Murray, to Mifs Henrietta Burgoyne. Tho. Wilkinfon, efq. of London, to Mifs Lyon, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Tho. Lyon, of Hetton House, Durham.

At Birtley, Mr. William Dixon, to Mifs H. Dodd, of Bootland.

Died.] At Newcastle, aged 97, Mrs. Ann Dixon. Aged 83, Mrs, Efther Bulmer, mother of Mr. Bulmer, printer. Mr. J. Stoddart, ferjeant at mace. Mafter Charles Ellifon. Ms. Coulter.

At Hexham, fuddenly, Mrs. V. Kirkley. Aged 50, Thomas Kirfopp, efq. Mr. Francis Bell, parish clerk, who had filled that office 50 years.

At Morpeth, Mr. Ralph Browne, iunkeeper.

At Sunderland, aged 95, Capt. Reed.
At Alnwick, Mifs Forster.

At Belford, Mr. Jofeph Hill, master of

the Black Swan Inn.

ler.

At Norton, Mrs. Hogg. Capt. John TayMr. Hutchinfon. Mr. William Pratt. At Stockton, Jofeph Grey, efq. collector of the customs.

At Craike, aged 104, Simeon Ellerton, a fingular pd ftrian, and was often employed on walking commiffions to London and other places. He lived in a neat ftone cottage of his own building, and what is remarkable, be bad literally carried it on his head! it being his practice to bring home from every journey the moft fuitable ftone he could pick up.

[We have been just favoured with the following Memoir of Mr. Robert Clarke, of Sunderland, whofe Death was noticed in our Magazine for March laft.-Private life, however diftinguished by peculiar worth or talent, generally flows on in fuch an even ftream, as to want that variety and interest, which attract the pen of the Biographer; But where that worth is of fo fuperior a caft as to offer a fhining example, or when thofe talents have been fuccefsfully exercifed in matters of publicatility, it then becomes the duty of furviving friends to fave from oblivion those virtues we may imitate, and those talents which may lead to honeft emulation and improve

ment.

father was engaged in agriculture in fome pat of Northumberland, and foon after at Dalton in the county of Durham. His early years paffed over at Belford, in Northumberland where, under the fuperintending eye of his father, the bent of his genius was allowed its undivided application to thofe objects and ftudies, in which he afterwards became fa confpicuous: for, at a more advanced period, he obtained a perfect knowledge of the French and Latin languages, finding them indifpenfable to the completion of his fcienti fic purfuits. To unite the refearches of f ence with a courfe of practical utility, and to open a way to independance through the medium of a liberal profeffion, his father was induced to fix upon furgery and the practice of medicine, as an apt ftate for the attaining of thefe different objects. The commence ment of his profeffional career was under Mr. Maxwell, of Newcastle upon Tyne, with whom he continued to the age of nineteen. He then proceeded to Edinburgh and attended the lectures of the different profeffors; amongst which, thofe of Dr. Black on Che mistry, feemed to have peculiar attractions that being a branch of fcience to which he became particularly attached, and in which he advanced to a very confiderable degree of proficiency. In 1787, he engaged himself as an affiftant to a medical practitioner in Sunderland, with whom he continued about twelve months. The two following years we find him in the employment of Mr. George Midford, of Morpeth. This gentleman's opi nion of Mr. Clarke's abilities and general conduct, may be best gathered from a circumstance that occurred tome time after, when Mr. Midford politely offered him an iinmediate introduction to his friends and connections at Morpeth, then left at liberty by the removal of a Mr Hawden, who had fucceeded him, and a tender of his fervices in any way that Mr. C. might have occafion for. This occurred at a time when other profpects opening on his view, induced him to decline the engagement. He, at this time, attracted the attention of Dr. Keith, with whom he continued a fcientific and friendly correfpondence, and whofe good opinion and efteem were eminently ufeful to him on future occafions.

In goodness of heart and indefatigable application of inventive ability, few men, with in the fame portion of time, have gone beyond the late Mr. ROBERTCLARKE, of Sunderland, whofe death was announced In the Monthly Magazine of March laft. From his father, Mr. Cuthbert Clarke, whofe knowledge and ingenuity in the North of England had brought him into notice, he inherited a genius leading to natural and experimental philosophy, and in very early life discovered afte and talents in the imitative arts. At the period of his birth, in August 1767, his

A short time before he quitted Morpeth, his father died at Leith, after having received fubfcriptions for a course of lectures in natural and experimental philofophy, which were obstructed by his declining health and fubfequent diffolution." proceeded to that place, and offering to return Mr. Clarke foon the fubfcription-money or to deliver the lectures himself, the latter was preferred; and, from every account, we have reafon to believe the fubfcribers were much gratified by his method, and the masterly way in which he acquitted himself on the occafion. For a

lecturer,

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