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gentleman, containing an immense number of gold, filver, copper, and brafs coins, of very ancient dates; the latest appears to be of Julius Caefar. There are a great number of coins of Roman kings, prætors, &c. &c. fome of the mut perfect are thofe of Romulus and Remus. Thefe coins have probably lain buried for nearly 1900 years. It would appear that they were brought over by the Romans at the time of their first defcent in this kingdom; from their being found not far from the Roman caufeway leading from Old Ford in a direct line to Whitechapel, it feems as if an encampment had been formed on this fpot. Old Ford was originally the only entrance iato London, and continued to be fo during the Saxon heptarchy, whilst they held the kingdom of Weffex, Effex, &c. and as late as the reign of King John, the paffage was thought of fuch importance, that a large saffle, forts, &c. were erected, the remains of which are now ftanding; but fince that period, the road leading from Stratford has been made, and the Old Ford paffage confequently neglected, and almost forgotten.

MARRIED.

William Darley, efq of York-ftreet, to Mifs Farran, eldest daughter of Jofeph F. efq. of the Exchequer-office, Dublin.

At Cranbrook, Mr. James Blacket, of St. Margaret's-hill, Southwark, to Mils Margaret He Ralph, daughter of the Rev. E. R. of Maidstone, Kent.

At Enfield, William Bond, efq. of Elmaottage, Whetstone, to Mifs Pottinger, only daughter of Chriftopher P. efq. late of Thurfton, Suffolk.

George Caunten, efq. late of Prince of Wales's Inland, in the East Indies, to Mifs Laty Elliot, fifter of Captain E. of the royal navy

William Robert James, efq. of Serle-street, to Mifs Maria Hodges.

Mr. Williams, linendraper, of Oxford-ftreet, to Mifs Darbyshire, eldest daughter of Mr. D. tea-broker, of Little Friday-street, Cheapfide. William Edward Rudolff, efq. to Mifs Cordelia Philipps, youngest daughter of John

P. eiq

John Pufey Wint, efq. of the island of Jamaica, to Mifs Bailey, daughter of the late William B. efq. of Kington, in the fame

iland.

Iltid Nicholl, efq. of Doctor's Commons, nephew to Sir John N. his Majefty's advocate general, to Mifs Sarah Oddie, fecond daughter of Henry Hoyle O. efq of Carey-street.

Lieut. Col. J. Conway, late of the 53d regiment, to Mifs Eliz. M'Arthur, only Laughter of John M'A. efq. of York-place, Portman-fquare.

The Hon. and Rev. R Bagot, to Lady Harriet Villiers, youngeft fifter of the Earl of Jerfey.

**John Hughes, efq. to Mrs. Rebecca Holland, relict of William H. efq. of Calcutta.

Capt. Hunt, of the royal navy, to Otrock, relict of Wemyss O. efq.

George Bramwell, efq. of the Inner Temple, to Mifs Bidwell, eldest daughter of Thomas B. efq. chief clerk in the fecretary of ftate's office for foreign affairs.

Thonias Whately, efq, of Grafton-street, Westminster, to Mifs Paulina Dawson, eldest daughter of William D. efq. of Illington.

John Brefley, efq. to Mifs Holmes, daughter of Mr. H. furgeon, lately of Bingham, Nottinghamshire.

At Iflington, E. A. Whytt, efq. of St. Swithin's-lane, to Miis Gordon, daughter of the late Capt. Peter G.

At Waltham-abbey, James Alexander Gomin, efq. of the royal artillery, to Mifs Matthews, dau hter of Francis M. efq. of Coftram, near Portsmouth.

Mr. Tillotson Laycock, of Great Pulteneyftreet, Golden-fquare, to Mifs Sayer, of Leicefter-place.

Mr. Henry Moole, of Bernard-street, Ruffelfquare, to Mifs Wilkinfon, only daughter of William W. efq. of Lamb's Conduit-freet.

At Knebworth, Herts, J. Adolphus Young, efq. of Great James-street, Bedford-row, to Mifs Frances Haggard, eldest daughter of William Henry H. efq. of Knebworth-place.

G. Seabrook, efq. to Mifs Pickford, daugh ter of Thomas P. efq. of Market-street, Herts.

Capt, G. Prescott, of the 4th garrison battalion, to Mifs H. Skinner, youngest daughter of Lieutenant-col. S. of the royal engineers.

T. A. Harvey, efq. to Mifs E. Dodd, daughter of R. D. efq. marine painter, Parliamentstreet.

At Camberwell, Mr. Thomas Payne, of Upper Thames-ftreet, to Henrietta, fecond daughter of William Orme, efq. of Dulwich

common.

The Rev. Edmund Watts, of SouthamptonAtreet, to Mifs Reeve, daughter of the late Andrew R. efq. of Reading, Berks.

Captain Boys, of the royal navy, to Mifs Vulliamy, eldest daughter of Mr. V. of Kenfington Gravel-pits.

Harry Ashby, efq. of St. Andrew's-court, Holborn, to Mifs Bell, of Colebrook-terrace, Iflington.

At Clapham, Joshua Margery, efq. to Mifs Sherwood.

William Edward Rudolf, efq. to Mifs C. Philipps, youngest daughter of John P. efq.

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The Rev. William Gillbank, rector of St. Ethelburg, eldeft fon of the late Thomas G. elq of York.

At Chellea, William Ranson, efq. late of the Old jewry.

In Portman-fquare, John Moffat, efq. one of the oldeft directors of the Sun Fire Infurance Office, 76.

Mr. Seftini, fon of Mr. S. late of the Opera-house.

In Great Mary-le-bonne freet, C. Price, efq formerly a lieutenant on board of the Formidable.

Mrs. Towery, wife of Capt. T. of the royal avy, and daughter of George Chamberlaine, efq. of Devonshire-place.

Mrs. Towje, wife of Ms. T. of Fishmongershall.

At the Rev John Bramiton Stane's, Forefthall, Effex, Samuel Newton, efq. of Portlandplace.

In Bishopsgate Areet, Mr. Rich. Chambers, brother of the late Sir Robert C. chief judge of the fupreme court of judicature, at Calcutta, and of the late Mr. William C. interpreter of the fame court, 68.

At Little Bushey, Herts, Mrs Willett, wife of Thomas W. efq.

At Hammersmith, Mr. Thomas Wifi, formerly one of his Majesty's meflengers.

At Edmonton, Mrs. Barker, reli&t of the, late Edward B. efq. of Potter Newton, near Leeds, 60.

In Sloane-street, Mrs. Pownall, relict of Governor P. of Overton-houfe, Bedfordshire, 70.

In Crown Street, T. Marfb, efq.
Stephen Cazalet, eiq. 76.

In York-place, Portman-fquare, Mis Ana Jemima Niebeljon, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-colonel N.

In Rathbone-place, Mrs. Kid, mother of Dr. K. profeffor of chemistry in the university of Oxford.

Mrs. Harper, wife of Mr. Alexander H of the Jerufalem coffee houfe, Cornhill.

In the New inn, Mr Bailey, attorney. The body lay for fome days in ftate, at his chambers, in the New Inn, from which it was conveyed to St. Clement's church-yard, a distance of about fifty yards, in a hearfe and fix, followed by leveral mourning coaches and four.

At Phillimore-place, Kensington, C. 7. P. Barlow, third fun of Mr. B. 17.

In Charles ftreet, Manchefter-square, the Dotoager Lacy Head, relict of Sir Edmund

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In Staples Inn, face Reed, efq. eminently diftinguished for his knowledge of ancient English authors, and for his judicious annotations on Shakespeare.

In Fleet-lane, Mr. Samuel Chifney, a celebrated jockey, author of a publication entitled Genius genuine," and inventor of the paSuns bits.

In Great Ormond-street, Samuel Solly, efq. In Sloane-fquare, Col. Robfon, many years in the fervice of the East India Company, and late lieutenant-governor of St. Helena, 70.

At Bath, Arthur Achelon, Earl of Gosford, Viscount Gosford, of Market-hill, and governor of Armah. He fucceeded his father Archibald, the late Viscount, Sept. 5, 1790; married, in 1774, Millicent, daughter of Lieutenant-general Edward Pole, and by her has iffue fou. fons and three daughters, viz. Archibald, Lord Gosford; married, July 20, 1805, Mifs Sparrow, only daughter of Robert Sparrow, efq. of Worlingham, in Suffolk Arthur, deceased; Arthur Pole, deceated Edward; Olivia, married, March 14, 1796, Robert Bernard Sparrow, of Abingdon, im Huntingdonshire, efq.; Mary, married, Feb. 19, 1803, Lord William Bentinck, governor of Fort St. George, in the East Indies, fecond fon of William, Duke of Portland, K. G. and Millicent. The Earl of Gosford lived many years, after he was married, on the Continent, and was confidered one of the most elegant. and beft bred men of the age He was above 60 years of age, and had been, for fome months, in a declining state of health.

At Brompton, Mrs. Neville, lady of RichN. efq. of Furnace, county or Kildare, Ireland. This lady was the beautiful Mifs Bowerman, of the county of Cork.

In Norfolk-ftreet, Mrs. Beckett, of the Grove. Dorking, relict of John B. efq. late. of the fame place, 76.

At Aldenham-lodge. Herts, George Mafon, efq: 71, well known for his valuable collection of old English and Foreign Literature, and author of "An Efay on Design in Gardening," first published in 1768, without his name; and "Appendix to the fame:" "A British Freeholder's Answer to Paine ;". "A Supplement to Johníon's English Dictionaty," to; "Poems, by Thomas Hoceleve, with a Pielace, Notes, and Gloffary, 1796;” 4to. "Life o Richard Earl Howe, 1803," 8vo. who purchased Mr. M.'s paterna ellate at Porters, 1772. Mr M. was eldeft fon of a difiiller at Deptford-bridge, whose widow remarried Dr. Jubb, late Hebrew professor at Oxford

He has left his landed property to his brother's fon, and has provided handsomely for a natural daughter.

At Lambeth, the infant Daughter of the Hon. Hugh Percy.-Captain Jabn Larmour, of the royal navy.

Inontague-street, Mayor Wynell Mayow, efq. folicitor of excife.

At Bush hill, Edmonton, Stephen Briggs, efq. 75.

At his houfe, near Kenfington Gravel-pits, Thema: Coombe, efq.; his refidence in London, was No. 4, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens. His fortune refulted from an ignoble trade,! (that of a tailor,) if in a commercial country like England any trade can be deemed ignobl that is carried on with aniduity, liberality,

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and fair-dealing. With more than an ample income, in full health of body and eafe of mind, of exuberant fpirits, and bleffed with the friendships of many good and even titled families, Mr. Coombe retired to apparent happiness and leifure at Kenfington, with an amiable wife and an only fun. But in an evil hour, liftening too credulously to a plaufible project, he funk vaft fums of money in a mine, whence not a fhilling ever rofe again. The first grievous fhock, on his being certified of his lofs, and his fubfequent fettled chagrin, preyed moft fatally on his peace of mind. Lofs of fpirits, fleep, appetite, and ftrength, progreffively and rapidly enfued, till he breathed his laft heavy figh, dying literally of a broken heart! His health, friends, an eñormous fortune, and ftill fweeter enjoyments, were by one fad paflion, the thirst of gain, all rendered ineffectual; and a hazardous fpeculation in a mine ruined his fublunary comforts irretrievably!

[Particulars of the Rev. Thomas Towle, whofe death is recorded at p. 597 of the laft volume. This accomplished fcholar, who had for fome years past been the father of the. Diffenting Ministers, was born February 15, 1724. His parents being perfons of confiderable refpectability and property, having determined to devote him to the fervice of the fanctuary, placed him under the fuperintendance of the Rer. Mr Taylor at Deptford, a gentleman of very remarkable attainments in mathematical and claffical knowledge. At this femiry for Diffenting Minifters he made confiderable proficiency in literature. After leaving the academy at Deptford, Mr. Towle completed his ftudies under the care of Dr. Marriott, who prefided over the regular diffenting feminary in London. For this gentleman, who was at that time the best Greek Scholar amongst the Diffenters, Mr. T. enter tained the utmost veneration, never mentioning his name but in terms of the higheft relpect. He had been for perhaps more than half a century minister of the Independent congregation, meeting formerly in Ropemaker's-alley, Little Moorfields, near where the Romih chapel now ftands. In 1761, the building being very much decayed, a new meeting-houfe was built, to which he contribated 1001 by the congregation at Alderman bury Poffern, and at which he regularly officiated twice every Sunday. But a few years fince, Mr. Barber's congregation at Foundershall, Lothbury, being deprived of their place of worship, united themselves to Mr. Towle's church; and the two paftors divided the work of the ministry between them, Mr. Towle preaching in the morning, and Mr. Barber in the afternoon, till within the last two years, Turing which Mr. Towle had been unable to officiate, and mult part of the time confined to his bed, languithing under a complication of &fonders, the chief of which was the ftone ja the bladder, and which terminated in his SINTÉLY MAG., No. 153.

death. His father had many years before died of the fame diforder; and the stone which was taken from him was confidered of extraordinary magnitude, but that which has, fince Mr. Towle's death, been extracted, far furpaffed it, both in fize and weight. It was nearly as large as an egg, and weighed upwards of three ounces, with rugged-edged furface; fo that the pain which it must have occafioned to the good man was most excruciating. He has often been feen, while inwardly enduring the fevereft torture, endea vouring, by reviving cheerfulness, to mitigate the anxiety his friends experienced for him. Indeed he was, when in health, a moft entertaining and inftructive companion, ever ready to communicate knowledge from the abundant ftores of his mind; fond of fociety, efteemed by the wife and good of every de nomination; and enlivening every party to which he was invited, by pleafing urbanity and the most chaffe effufions of attic wit. His advice was eagerly fought in cafes of difficulty, he being, as it were, the chamber-counsellor of Diffenters, and none more fit than he for that office; for, if the proper ftudy of mankind is man, he certainly had profecuted that ftudy to the utmoft. As Mr. Towle knew the value which was fet upon his judgment, he was in general very cautious in giving his opinion, without fifting every subject to the bottom. He was, in religious principles, a Calvinist, not belleving it poflible to defend the omnifcience of the Deity, without embracing thofe doctrines. As a preacher, his fermons were very methodical and exact, addreffed moftly to the understanding; indeed, his opinion was, that Minifters fhould chiefly aim to elucidate the Scriptures; and with this view he had for many years been engaged in an expofition of the Bible, and having gone through.the whole of the Old feftament, had proceeded fome way through the Gospel of St. Matthew in the New Teftament. But it was in prayer he was moft peculiarly admired. The fublimity, pathes, humility, and devotion he difplayed in his adorations, confeflions, petitions, and interceffions, could not fail to influence the affections of thofe who had the happiness of uniting in his addreffes to the Throne of Grace. Mr. Towle was an unwearied scholar, and in the knowledge of the Claffics and general Literature, perhaps none of his contemporaries furpaffed him. He was a man of an independent fortune and high fpirit, till broken by illness and fevere dameftic troubles. But, as his character, drawn by more mafterly hands, will appear in the Funeral Sermon which will foon be published, the writer of this article forbears to expatiate on this fubject. He is not known to have published any thing but an Ordination Sermon at Thaxted in Effex, and two Funeral Orations over his reverend brethren Edward Hitchin, B. D. and Samuel Morton Savage, D. D. He married, about the year

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1746, Mifs Sarah Brent, of Horfley-down, a fenfible and agreeable lady, by whom he had two fons; one died an infant, the other furvives. She died, aged 50, May 7, 1778, fincerely lamented by him. He was 'buried with her, Dec. 10, in Bunhill-fields, when the Rev. Mr. Kello, of Bethnal-green, delivered an appropriate addrefs over the grave; and on the following, Sunday a Funeral Sermon was preached in his Meeting-houfe by the Rev. Mr. Kingsbury of Southampton, to a crowded auditory.

Further particulars of Sir Roger Newdigate, whoje death is mentioned at p. 598 of our laft volume,—He was the feventh child, and youngeft fon, of Sir Richard N. bart. by his fecond lady. El zabeth, daughter of Sir Roger Twifden, bart. Sir Richard died in 1727; and was fucceeded in title and eftate by his firth (then the oldeft furviving) fon, Sir Edward Newdigate, who died in 1734, and was fucceeded by his youngest fon, Roger, who was as that time a King's fcholar at Westminster-fchool, where, by his own choice, he continued three years, and became a member of Univerfitycollege, Oxford, and made the tour of France and Italy. Soon after his return, he had the honour to be unanimously elected knight of the fhire for the county of Middlefex, upon a vacancy by the creation of the Right Hon. William Pulteney Earl of Bath, in 1742; and in 1743 he married Sophia, daughter of Edward Conyers, of Copt-hall, in the county of Effex, efq; who, after a long-continued ftate of ill-health, died in 1774, and was buried at Harefield, where is her monument, a white marble vafe, with a female figure in baffo relievo recumbent; on the top an angel leaning on an extinguished torch; on the plinth are thefe lines from Petrarch: "Per me non pianger piu ch' miei di ferfi Morendo eterni e nel eterno lunie Quando moftrai chiuder gl'occhi gli aspersi.” On a tablet underneath:

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In 1749, Sir Roger Newdigate was admitted to the degree of LL.D. at Oxford; and, on the 31st of January, 1750, upon a vacancy made by Lord Cornbury's being called to the Houfe of Peers, he had the honour to be returned the first upon the poll for a burgess for the University of Oxford. Such is the noble example of independence in elections, fet to all electors by that learned and refpectable body, that to declare, to canvaís, to treat, or even to be feen within the limits of the Univerfity, during a vacancy, would be, in any candidate, a forfeiture of all favour, and an utter exclufion. By this diftinguished conduct, invariably purfued, by the honour they confer on the object of their choice, they reflect the highest honour on themelves. Thus honoured was Sir Roger Newdigate, not knowing that he was propofed, fupported, and elected, till he received a letter from the vice-chanceller by one of the efquire beadles; and in the fame manner, without application or expence whatfoever, he was re-elected in 1754, and again in 1761, and in 1768; and for the fifth time in 1774, being then abfent in Italy, which he had re-vifited that fummer. On the diffolution of that parliament, in 1780, after 35 years fervice in parliament, advanced in years, and his health affected by a town life, much illhealth of his family, and withing for repose, he folicited his difmiffion, and retired from public life. In 1776, he married his fecond lady, Hefter, daughter of Edward Mundy, of Shipley, in Derbyshire, efq. and fifter to Edward Miller Mundy, efq. knight of the thire for that county, who died Sept. 30, 1800. In 1786 he built a villa, in a beautiful fituation, which overlooks the valley of the river Colney, within a mile of Uxbridge. Two royal vifits to the Lord Keeper Egerton at Harefield, the manfion of the late baronet, are recorded in the 3d volume of " Queen Eliza. beth's Progreffes," 1601 and 1602; where we find alfo that Sir Roger was once poffeffed of an account in MS. of this vifit, with a collection of the complimentary fpeeches with which, as was customary on thefe occasions, the was addreffed. The MS. is unfortunately loft; but Sir Roger Newdigate recollected that the Queen was firft welcomed to a farm-house, now called Dew's farm, by feveral allegorical perfons, who attended her to a long avenue of trees leading to the houfe, which obtained from this circumstance the name of The Queen's walk. Four trees of this avenue still remain, and the greater part were ftanding not many

years ago.

ERRATA.

In the Remarks on Earl Stanhope's Theory of Tuning, the title in the Table of Contents, inftead of "Defence of," thould have run, Remarks on Earl Stanbope's Syftem," &c. Allo, in the Remarks, page 350, col. 2, line 23, for thefe," "read" " then.""

PROVINCIAL

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS; Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South..

Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly authenticated, and fent free of Poftage, are always thankfully received. Thofe are more particularly acceptable which defcribe the Progress of Local Improvements of any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent or remarkable Characters recently deceased.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

THE annual account of the ftate of the charitable inftitution at Bamburgh-castle, for the relief of the Sick and Lame Poor, from the 17th of October, 1805, to the 17th of October, 1806, is as follows:-Left upon the books, O. 17, 1805, 74; out-patients admitted fince, 1163; in-patients, 66; total, 1303. Of thefe were discharged cured, 1028; relieved, 184; dead, 14; fent to the New caftle Infirmary, 2; remaining upon the books, 75; befides 52 poor women delivered at their own houses.

The Bills of Mortality for Newcastle, for 1806, give the following refults:-St. Nicho las. Baptifms, 122; burials, 83.-All Saints, Baptifms, males, 279; females, 254: total, 533; increased, 5. Burials, males, 67; females, 55; total, 122; decreased, 10. Marriages, 881; decreased, 5.-St. John's. Baptifms, males, 81; females, 54; total, 135. Burials, males, 72; females, 60; total, 152. Marriages, 110.-St. Andrew's, Baptifms, males, 55; females, 56; total, 111. Burials, males, 62; females, 52; total 114. Marriages, 4-1.

It appears, from the report of the Durham Infirmary, that 66 in-patients, and 174 outpatients, have been admitted from Nov. 22, 1805, to Nov. 22, 1806, in addition to thofe who remained on the books at that time; in all, 267. Of thefe 207 have been cured, 13 relieved, 11 incurable, 4 irregular, and 10 have died; 22 remain on the books; 49 children have been inoculated for the cow-pox. We are happy to obferve both the funds and the ufefulness of this valuable institution to be increafing

Married] At Newcastle, Mr. A. Tinwell, fchoolmaster, to Miss Margaret Bolden. Mr. Robert Storey, furgeon, to Mifs Spencer, of Bubopwearmouth. Capt. Thomas Ridley, to

Mifs Ann Donkin.

At Durham, Hilkiah Hall, efq. to Miss Fielding

At Eafington, Brigade-major Mills, fon of Heary M. efq. of Wellington, to Mifs Jane Robinson, daughter of George R. efq. of Hendon-lodge, near Sunderland.

At Sunderland, the Rev. Mr. Millar, of Newcale, to Mifs Donnifon, of the Shakespeare inn, Sunderland.

At Berwick, Mr. George Davidson, to Mrs. Ana Heriots." The banns of the bridegroom,

and two of his daughters by a former wife, were published on the fame day.

At Morpeth, James Downing, efq. of Church-house, Merton, Surry, to Mifs Tyler, fecond daughter of the late James T. efq. of Whalton.

Died.] At Stamfordham, Mrs. Walker, widow of the late Mr. Robert W. of Sunderland, common brewer. This unfortunate lady was reading by the fire, near midnight, when her gown caught the flame; and there being only a fervant girl up, who, instead of affifting her, ran in terror into the street, to call for help, he was fo dreadfully burnt as to caufe her death about five o'clock in the morning.

At Durham, Mrs. Elliot, wife of Mr. Wm. E-Miss Isabella Burnell, eldest daughter of Mr. B. 39.-Mrs. Redhead, 93.

At Hexham, Mr. Lancelot Bell.

At Hareup, near Alnwick, Mr. Luke Scott. At Berwick, Mr. Ralph Wait, 78.-Mr. John Newcombe, 62.-Mrs. Bruce, wife of Mr. James R. 37.—Mrs. Elliott, fifter to the late Mr. Byram, 88. She was left alone in her room when her clothes accidentally took fire, and she was fo dreadfully burnt that the expired in a few hours.-Mrs. Graves, daughter of John Proctor, efq. 40.

At Windy Nook Heworth, Mary, widow of Mr. Jofeph Walton, 100.

At Newcastle, Mrs. Embleton, fchool-miftres.-Mr. George Richardfon, many years mafter of the charity-fchool of St. Andrew's parish.-Mr. John Stoker, fhip owner.-Mr. Leifhman. Mr. William Bilton. Mrs. Mary Burne, 51.-Mr. John Woodman, of the Rofe and Crown, 54.-Mafter Stephen Wright, fon of John W. efq.

At Gainflaw, near Berwick, Robert Ogle, efq. of Eglingham.

At Low Row, near Lanchester, Durham, Mr. William Wood.

At Claypeth, Mrs E, Atkinfon, wife of Mr. W. A. fen. 82.

At Darlington, Mifs Eliz. Appleton, fecond daughter of Mr. A. bookfeller.

At Brinkbourn Abbey, Mr. Crofier, wife of Mr C.

At Garden-house, near Newcastle, Mr. Jof. Atkinson, 76.

At Felton, Mrs. Harrifon, fifter to Mrs. Grey of the Angel inn, 80.

At Haggeriton, Mr. James Crawford, 57, many years freward to Sir Carnaby Haggeriton

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