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At Chifwick, W. Smith, efq. late of the War-office.

In St. James's-place, Mrs. Darby, reli&t of Capt. D. and mother of Mrs. Robinson.

At Lymington, the dowager-lady D'Oyley, relict of the Rev. Sir Hadley D'O. bart. and mother of Sir John D'O. bart, of D'Oyley, Hants, M P. for Ipfwich.

Louifa Montoleu, 2d dau. of Geo. M.efq. George Ofbaldefton, efq. formerly of St. John's college, Cambridge.

At Harwich, Mrs. Crowder, wife of Wm. C. efq. collector of the customs there.

At Dublin, Mrs. Kippax, wife of Charles Berkeley K.efq.

In confequence of a fall from his horfe, Mr. Clarke, eldest fon of S. C. efq. of Salifbury-fquare, Fleet-street.

Mr. Kenneth M'Callum, merchant, of Glafgow.

At Stonehaven, in the 81d year of his age, and 50th of his maniftry, Rev. Alex. Greig, prefbyter of the Epifcopal Church of Scotld.

At Stratford, Mr. Samuel Troughton, attorney at law.

Enfign Wm. Wilfon, of the 48th regiment, now in the West Indies, eldest fon of the late Mr. W. of Newcastle.

Suddenly, in the prime of life, Mr. Benjamin Roebuck, merchant, Sheffield.

In Bond-ftreet, John Gofling, efq. lieutenant in the 1ft reg. of foot-guards.

Much lamented, the Lady of John Meyer, efq. of Clapham.

Mr. Noden, a mufical compofer of eminence, and many years one of the principal inftrumental performers at the Opera at Paris. He put an end to his life at an obfcure lodging-houfe in Seven Dials, by fhooting himself through the head. He was near 80 years of age, and had been in England about twelve months.

August 1. At Lichfield, Mrs. Green, relict of Mr. G. furgeon, and owner of the museum there, who died on the 4th of June laft (fee P. 579).

At Iflington, after a fhort illness, Mr. Jofeph Ellis, an eminent writing engraver. His fon is an engraver, and editor of the "Campagna of London;" and his daughter has diftinguifhed herself in the fame art.

At Enfield-chace, Southgate, aged 23, after a long and painful illness, fincerely lamented, Mr. John Patrick, jun. attorney, of Camden-street, Iflington, only fon of Mr. P. formerly mafter of the King's Head at Winchmore-hill, now wine and brandy merchant at fflington.

At Ockham, co. Surrey, aged 97, Mrs. Harding.

At Ramfey, co. Huntingdon, Mr. Thomas Whytell, an excifeman. His death was fudden: being at the Crown inn there, he complained of a pain in his ftomach, and reqnefted the landlord to affift him out of the House, and on coming out, he immediately dropped down and expired.

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2. At Taplow, Jofeph King, efq. fon inlaw to Daniel Giles, efq. deputy-governor of the Bank.

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3. At Huntingdon, Mr. Bentley, master of the coffee-houfe in that town,

Aged 63, Mrs. Hurst, relict of James H. efq. of Stamford.

Aged 81, Mr. Robert Banton, of Ryhall, near Stamford.

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In the parish of Old Dalby, co. Leicester, after a long fit of illness, Mrs. Sarah Bryans.

At his feat at Pengethly, near Rofs, co. Hereford, after a long illness, in his 76th year, Thomas Powel Symonds, efq.; a gentleman who was as defervedly esteemed and regretted as he will be long remembered by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. To a mind well informed were added the manners of the accomplished gentleman, His benevolence, his wit, and pleafantry, have often made a lafting impreffion on all who vifited at his hofpitable manfion. The poor in his neighbourhood will fenfibly feel their lofs of the beft of mafters, as he inherited all thofe virtues that have long diftinguished his family. He was the neighbour, the friend, and copied the example, of the Man of Rofs. On the 8th inft. his remains were interred in the family-vault in Selleck church, near Pengethly. Mr. S. has left a widow, feven fons, and one daughter.

4. At her house in Dean-ftreet, Soho, aged 86, Mrs. Addis, relict of Mr. George A. of Lyde's-court, co. Hereford.

At his feat at Hemel Hempstead, William Ginger, efq. attorney, much respected in his profeffion.

Mr. Edmund Elfden, an eminent merch. and one of the common-council of Lynn.

At Waltham-on-the-Woulds, co. Leicef. ter, Mr. John Greenfiel, farmer and gras zier, also a grocer of confiderable business.

After a few days illaefs, the Rev. Wm. Procter, M. A. rector of Waughton, and vi car of Stanwix; and formerly of Long Prefton, in Craven.

5. At Coopers'-h, in Bafinghall-street, John Edifon, efq. upwards of 30 years clerk to that company. It is nothing more than juftice to the well-known reputation of Mr. E. to fay, that there are few men in this ar any country who exceeded him in the estimable charter of an able, a friendly, and an honeft attorney.

At Iflington, Mr. George Brownfworth, an eminent faleiman in Smithfield-market.

At Staindrop, co. Durham, in his 61ft year, John Lee, efq. M. P. for HighamFerrers, and formerly attorney-general.→→→ Mr. L. (known, when at the bar, by the name of Honeft Jack Lee) has left an immenfe fortune, wh ch there is, we believe, no near relation to inherit. One place has become vacant by His death, that of attorneygeneral of the county palatine of Lancaster, He was appointed folicitor-general to the King, firft, upon Mr. Mansfield's promo

tion,

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tion, in 1782, and, fecondly, upon Sir Rich. Arden's removal, in 1783. In the latter year he was appointed attorney-general, upon the death of Mr. Wallace.

6. At Enfield, aged 69, Mr. Maffingham, an eminent brick-maker, and formerly maiter of the Greyhound inn in that town. His fifter, Mrs. Bennet, died juft before him.

At the fame pl ce, aged 85, Mrs. Matthews, relét of Mr. Jofeph M. carpenter.

At Hampstead, aged 60, Mr. Spilbury, of Soho fquare, proprietor of the antifcorbutic drops. He was a filver-fmith in Noble-ftree, Cheapúde, and turned quack about 25 years ago, when he firit kept a fhop By his fecond in Mount-row, Lambeth. wife, who furvives him, he has left a numerous young family.

Aged 34, Mr. Sarah Whittread, widow of Mr. Tho, W. taylor and craper, of Lynn.

7. At Pitferan, ir John Ha'ket, bart. At his houfe in York street, Westminster, aged 94, Mr. Charles Crufe; of whom it is worthy of record, that, having fome years fince been afflicted with the stone and gravel, he wore out the difeafe by temperance and a strict adherence to diet, which had been chiefly vegetable for 40 years.

At Chatham, aged near 80, Mrs. Lowdell, a widow lady.

At Dartford, after a long illness, Mr. Oliver Pikken, one of the proprietors of the Rochester, Chatham, and Brompton poftcoaches.

8. Aged 82, Mrs. Eullivant, of Benefield, near Oundle.

At Chatham, aged 93, Jn. Croucher, gent. Serjeant major Coleman. Returning from Hampton, in a one-horte chaife with Seije..nt Smith, of the 1st regiment of guards, they accidentally ran against a cart, by which the chaife was overturned, and Mr. Coleman unfortunately killed. He has li f' a wife and feven children. His eldest danghter is married to Serjeant-major Darley, who was taken prifoner by the French at the battle of Fa

mars.

His remains were conveyed, on the 12th, in great military parade, from the Horfe-guards, at Whitehall, to the burialground of St. John the Evangelift, Welminfter, and interie with military honours.

9. At Doddington-hal, co. Cheiter, Lody Anne Broughton, wife of Sir Tho. B. bart. and filter of the Earl of Plymouth.

ro. At Tregothan, c Cornwall, aged only 28, Lady Viscount fs Falmouth. She was daughter of John Crewe, elq. late of Woolbampton, Be ks, and wife of George Evelyn Viscount Falmouth. Being a woman of mott amiable manners, her lofs is fincerely lamented by all ranks.

At his houfe at Cheifea, in his 79th year, Jofeph Hurk ck, el. formerly governor of Bencoolen. He marted Sirah, eldest daughter and one of the coheirelles of Sir John Hartopp, the last baronet of that name, in right of whom he became tenant by sour

tefy of confiderable property in Leicester-
fhire, which now defcenes to his only daugh-
tar, Anne, the lady of Edward Cradock-Har-
topp, efq. of Freathby, Brentingby, Wy-
fordby, and Burton-Lazars, in that county.
The Governor's remains were depofited with
thofe of his lady, in the vault belonging to
the Hartopp family in Stoke-Newington
church, on the 15th.

Lamented by all who knew her, Mrs. Holland, wife of Mr. H. print and bookfeller, in Oxford Street. The fufferings of her husband, who is confined in Newgate for having fold, in the courfe of his bufinefs, Paine's "Letter to the Addreffers," agitated a mind of uncommon fenfibility. till her feelings preyed upon her life.

At Folkingham, co. Lincoln, Daniel Douglas, efq. from the bursting of the jugular vein, by reafon of a cancerous erosion which had taken place; he rang his bell at 7 in the morning, and was found almost dead from the lots of blood. He had long been fubject to the gout, as rather an hereditary complaint, and about fix mouths fince a very painful fwelling mate its appearance. upon his neck, which baffled the skill of the best chirurgical affiftance he could procure, both at home and abroad, to reduce; fo that, for four months preceding his death, he could take no other fustenance than a little milk, and that with great difficulty and danger of fuffocation, all which he bore with the greatest patience and refignation imaginable. He was born at the above place in April, 1735, where his ancestors came to refide, at the clofe of the last century, from Leedes co. York, at which place that family had been long refident, and bore for their arms, Ermine, on a chief, Azare, three mullets, Argen, within a border, Gules. For the last 30 years of his life, he has been extremely active in county bufnefs, being one of the commiffioners for putting in execution most of the local as of parliament relating to thofe parts of the country, which be executed in the most upright manner, and was always the leading perfon; although he was in the commiffion of the peace, he did not act as a magiftrate, yet, if any difpate arofe in his neighbourbood, he was generally fixed upon to decide it. From thefe determinations, and his fteady behaviour, added to his independent property, he bore great fway, which operated as a useful check to the weakness of In the year thofe people who fuffer their conduct to be influenced by their profperity. 1786, he ferved as theriff of this extenfive county, and had the spirit to appear at the affizes confiftent with the dignity of that high office. In November, 1791, he mairied a lady of a good family in Northamptonfhire, of the name of Pinkney, and happily of a difpofition to look upon the bitters and tweets of this life with equa indifference, which rendered her a fultable companion in

his

his lamentable fituation. In January last he called a meeting of the town of Folkingham and its vicinity to enter into refolutions in favour of our prefent conftitution, at which he was voted in the chair, and, by, his arguments, thewed himself a compleat mafter of the fubject, and plainly convinced every one prefent of the neceflity of fubordination amongst all mankind; and alfo evidently proved the impropriety of any Innovations, when the fruits our prefent conftitution brought forth were peace, liberty, and plenty. He has left no iffur, and was the laft of the family of the name of Douglas. It is with great probability reported he has died worth upwards of 50,0col. and, by his will, to have left to two perfons (formely his fervants) 400l. each; to two diftant relations, of the names of Seagrave and Roberts, the former 4001. the latter 8001. and a confiderable legacy to his friend Mr. Smith of Horbling; the reft to his wife; with reverfion, after her deceafe, to Dr. Brown of Peterborough.

11. At Mortlake, aged 101, Mrs. Burkin, relict of Mr. B. formerly in partnership with Mr. Wray, turner and floor-cloth painter in the Strand.

In his eth year, Mr. Bradley, tea-dealer, in the Strand.

Much lamented by all who knew him, Rev. Thomas Hugo, rector of Dunchidiock.

At Newport Pagnel, Bucks, Mrs. Meacher, wife of Mr. M. and eldest daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Fdw. Lucy, of Barley-end.

Richard Daly, efq. mayor of Galway, in Ireland, and one of the reprefentatives in parliament for that town.

12. After a long illness, at the early age of 44, Mr. Henry Albert Schultens, profeffor of the Oriental languages and Jewith antiquities at Leyden. Eaftern literature has fuftained a fenfible lofs by the death of this much-efteemed gentleman. We hope fome of our correfpondents will favour us with memoirs of him.

13. At Starburrow-caftle, co. Surrey, Robert Burrow, efq.

Aged 68, Mrs. Fryer, mother of Mr. F. furgeon, in St. Martin's, Stamford Baron.

After a long and painful illness, Henry Myres, efq, alderman of York. He served the office of lord mayor in 1781, and was again elected to that important station on the 15th of January last; but, on account of the very infirm state of his health, his ferving it was difpenfed with.

Stuart M. of Clofeburn-hall, in Scotland, and daughter of the late Rev. Granville Wheler, of Otterden-place, Kent (fon and heir of Sir George Wheler), prebendary of Southwell, &c. &c. by his wife, the Right Hon. Lady Catharine-Maria Haftings, dau of Theophilus Earl of Huntingdon.

At Spalding, aged 100, Mr. John Burgh. In his 83d year, Mr. John Taylor, of Liucoin, formerly a draper and grocer on the High bridge, in that city.

Aged 76, Mrs. Pretor, wife of Simon P. efq. banker, of Sherborne.

16. At Brompton, in his 65th year, after a long and painful illness, Fraucis Sitwell, efq. of Renishaw hall, co. Derby. His placid disposition and benevolence of mind were exemplary. His liberality to the town of Sheffield is upon record; and his private charities have long endeared him to a sumber of diftreffed families in that and other neighbourhoods.

Mr. Charles Marshall, fenior commoncouncilman of Cambridge, having been elected Aug. 24, 1756.

At Reigate, Surrey, aged 21, Bertrand Day Lewis, efq. fecund fon of the late Geo. L. efq. who commanded the royal artillery at the defence of Gibraltar.

17. At Wandfworth, after a few days illnefs, the Lady of Sir James Sanderson, knt. lord mayor of London; eldest daughter of John Judd, efq. of Chelmsford. Her re mains were interred in the body of the church of St. Magnus, London-bridge, on the 24th.

18. At Market Bofworth, co. Leicester, Mifs Sarah Woed, daughter of Rev. Mr. W. mafter of the free grammar fchool there.

In London, whither he came two days be fore, for medical affistance, Hale Wortham, efq. attorney, of Royston.

Unfortunately killed in the action at the poft of Lincelles, Lieut. col. Bofville and Lieut. Feyfier.-Col. B. (of the Yorkshire family of that name) married, but a short time before his departure with the guards, a lady of the name of Wilfon, whom he has left pregnant. His mother alfo furvives him; and Lady Sinclair is his aunt. He commanded the grenadier company of the fecond regiment; and was one of the talleft officers in the three regiments of guards, being fix feet four inches high. He was fhot through the mouth, the bullet having paffed over the head of the Hon. Capt Fitzroy, who was ftanding within a foot of him. He had ferved in the guards many years; had been with them in America; and had rifen by the uful courfe of fervice.-Lieut. de Peyttier, though of Hanoverian parents, was born America, but left that country, on account of his princiMr. Nathaniel Price, fenior alderman of ples, during the late war: He had a remarkaOfwcitry.

At his houfe in Bootham, York, after a painful illnefs, Ifaac Webster, efq.

At his feat at Kilfane, co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Gervis Parker Bushe, efq, a commiffioner of his Majefty's revenue, and M.P, for the 'rough of Lanefborough.

14 At Iflington, in her 58th year, Mrs. Stuit Menteath, wife of the Rev. James

ble efcape at the fiege of Valenciennes: after an explosion of one of the enemy's mines, he was miffing for more than an hour, and was,

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at length, found in a hollow fpace of about 20 feet long, nearly in a state of ftupefaction. Both bodies were buried, in the evening of the 19th, in the front of the line, with military honours.

19. At Annandale-house, Hailey-street, Cavendish fquare, after a long illness, Elizabeth Countess of Hopetoun, daughter of George fixth Earl of Northefk. She was married to James third and prefent Earl of Hopetoun, Aug. 16, 1766, and had itfue fix daughters, of whom four furvive. Either on account of her ill-health, or for amusement, the generally went to Scotland and came back in a fhip, which was called her own, fome part of the crew of which were frequently among the household in Cavendish

fquare. Among the feamen of Leith fhe was
very popular, for many kindneffes fhewn to
their families; and there are hundreds of
poor perfons in Scotland who were chiefly
fopported by her bounty.

Mrs. Campion, wife of Mr. C. hofter, Derby.

21. At her apartments on the Esplanade, Weymouth, Mrs. Mary Bacon, wife of John Bacon, efq. of the Firit-fruits-office, and of Friern-house, Middlefex; a woman pofle1led of every Chriftian virtue, and whose memo y will long exist as a pattern among her nu merous triends and acquaintance.

At Wigginton, near York, the Lady of the
Rev. Wm. Dealtry, rector of that place, and
fifter of Samuel-Francis Barlow, efq. of
Middlethorpe.

PRICES OF WHEAT, from the Returns ending August 17, 1793.
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Per quarter, 21. 10s. 7d. being 5d. lefs than

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OATMEAL, per Eoil of 140lbs. Avoirdupois, 21. 3s. rod.

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3. Half an Hour after Supper-The Moun5. A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner-D° 6. Richard the Third-No Song No Supper. 7. Piety in Pattens-The Mountaineers. 8. A-Quarter of an Hour before Diner-Do 9. All in Good Humour-Ditto. 10. A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner-D° 12. The London Hermit-Carnarvon Caftle; or, The Birth of the Prince of Wales.

13. TheSurrender of Calais-Village Lawyer 14. The Mountaineers-Carnarvon Castle.

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15. Ditto-Ditto.
16. Ditto-Rofina.
17. Ditto-Ditto.

19. Ditto Carnarvon Cafle.

20. The Battle of Hexham-The Padlock.
21. The Mountaineers-Carnarvon Castle.
22. Ditto-Rofina.

23. Ditto-The Son-in-Law. [narvon Castle.
24. The Flitch of Bacon-Tit for Tat-Car-
26. The Mountaineers-Polly Honeycomb.
27. Surrender of Calais-Agreeable Surprise.
28 The Mountaineers-Who's the Dupe?
29. Ditto-A Mogul Tale.
30 Peeping Tom-The Prize-The Village
3. The Mountaineers-Carnarvon Caftle.

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