Kiha L. At Norwich, rev. Mr. Church, rector of Boxford, Surrey. 5. At Lifle, in French Flanders, Sir Walter Blount, bart. of Mawley-hall, Shropshire. He is fucceeded in title and eftate by his fon Walter, born in 1768, a ftudent in the colJege of Douay. Mr. William Kingston, of the Stock Exchange. At Canterbury, aged 81, the rev. Charles Du Bles. He had been one of the minifters of the French congregation in that city ever fince Auguft, 1733, a period of more than 52 years. Before he came to England he had Left the fight of one eye by the fmall pox, and more than 40 years ago he became blind of the other eye by an accident. Notwithstanding his lofs of fight, he regularly and affiduoully, to his great credit, difcharged the duties of his function till within three weeks of his death. 6. At Woolwich, Capt. Samuel Tovey, late of the royal regiment of artillery, and chief firematter of the royal elaboratory. 7. Thomas Berdmore, efq; an eminent dentift, in Racquet-court; of whom further particulars fhall be given in our next. At Fulham, aged 89, Mr. Ben. Love. Suddenly, aged 81, Mrs. Harnage, relict of Henry H. efq; late of the Custom-house. 8. At Bristol, W. Lawrence, efq; only fon of W. L. efq; of Kirkby Fleetham, co. York, and M.P. for Ripon. At Chippenham, Mrs. Anne Dalby, relict of Francis D. efq; late of Lewisham. Mrs. Townsend, wife of James T. efq; of Bruce Caftle, Tottenham High-crofs, Middlefex, alderman of Bishopfgate ward, London, to whom he was married in of about May, 1763. She was the daughter of Henry Hare, late Lord Colrane, by Mrs. Du Pleffis, to whom he left his manor of Tottenham and estates in that neighbourhood but the being an alien, could not take them, and the will being legally made, barred his heirs at law, fo that the eftates efcheated to the Crown, and were granted to Mr. Townfend upon his marriage with her daughter. She has left a fon, Henry Hare Townsend, and other children. In Chancery-lane, aged 74, George Powell, efq; an eminent folicitor, regretted by all who had the pleafure of his acquaintance. 9. On Shooter's bill, Capt. Lewis Morgan. In Broad-street-buildings, James Maude, efq; Ruffia merchant, and one of the Directors of the Bank. 10. At Hitchin, aged upwards of 70, Mr. Trifiram, attorney at law. At Preftonfield, Scotl. Sir Alex. Dick, bart. At Halitead-place, Kent, Mrs. El zabeth Chambers, relict of John C. efq; of Derby. 11. At his feat at Ballinerig, in Scotland, the right hon. George Lord Elibank, a rearadmiral. His title and eftate defcend to his nephew, Alexander Murray, of Blackbarony, fon of the late hon. and rev. Dr. Murray, prebendary of Durham. At Barham-court, Kent, Mrs. Dering, wife of Charles D. efq; and fifter to Sir Ch. Farnaby Radcliffe, bart. 12. At Kyre-houfe, Wore. Sam. Pytts, efq, Thomas Hofer, efq; of Hammersmith. Benj. Chery, efq; alderman of Hertford, an eminent butcher and dealer in cattle, He was talking to his bailiff at his farm at Jenningsbury, near Hertford, and, fending him to turn fome perfons out of an adjoining field, immediately threw himself into a moat. The bailiff returned in a quarter of an hour, but every method ufcd to recover life was ineffectual. He has left a fortune of 30,000l. acquired with a fair character, The only caufe affigned for this rafh action is, that he had bought up a larger quantity of barley for malt than he could immediately pay for, though the profit on it would have amounted to a confiderable fum. At Deptford, aged 97, Capt. Ch. Holmes, upwards of 50 years in the navy. 13. Suddenly, in an advanced age, at Midgham-house, Berks, the feat of W. Poyntz, efq; Mr. Robert Bickle, many years steward to the late and prefent Earls of Corke, but had re tired upon a genteel independent fortune. The integrity of his conduct through every fcene of life endeared him to all ranks of reople. He lived univerfally loved and respected ; died deeply regretted. His remains were depofited (according to his will) at Frome, in Somerfet fhire; and the Countess of Corke paid every tribute in her power to the memory of fo truly worthy a man. 14. In Berkeley-square, aged 92, Mrs. Eleanor Wravall, relict of W. H. W. efq; for merly high fheriff for Montgomerysh. At Flamborough, co. Somerset, in his grat year, the rev. Mr. Alexander Pages. He had been rector of that parifh near 60 years. Sir John Coghill, bart. M P. for Newport, Cornwall. At Maidstone, Mr. Peell, furgeon. At Aversham, near Newark, Nottinghamfhire, the rev. Richard Sutton, D.D. rector of that parish, and of Whitwell, Derbyshire, and a prebendary of Canterbury. He had formerly been many years chaplain to the Princefs of Orange at the Hague. He was fon of Lieut. Gen. S. and related to the Duke of Rutland. 15. At Burnt Inland, Scotland, right hon. Lord Rutherford, a l:eutenant in the royal At Hoxton, aged 97, Mr. Wyation. At Stoke Newington, Mr. Henry Freeman, fon of the late Mr. Samuel F. an eminent lead-merchant in London, and one of the candidates for the office of chamberlain in 1765. 19. At Barton, Gloucestershire, the hon. and rev. George Talbot, D.D. a younger fon of the Lord Chancellor T. and uncle to the prefent Earl T. and Lady Dinevor. His charafter was exemplary, and, like Dr. Balguy and the late Dean Thomas, he declined a bishoprick. He had a civil patent place (given him long ago by his father), the clerkship of she cuftodies of the idiots and lunatics in chancery. He married a daughter of the late Viscount Folkstone. 20. Mrs. Wade, wife of Mr. G. W. of King-ftreet, Bloomsbury. Dr. Burn, at Orton, of which he had been vicar 49 years, being prefented to it by the 12 feoffees, in whole patronage it was in 1736. He was born at Winton, in Weft, moreland, educated at Queen's college, Oxf. which university conferred on him, March 22, 1762, the honorary degree of LL.D. He was author of two books, one on the Office of a Justice of Peace, the other on Ecclefiaftical Law, both which have gone through feveral editions. He was one of his Majefty's juftices of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, and was made by Bishop Lyttelton chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle. In 1777 he published, in two volumes 4to, the History and Antiquity of the two Counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, in conjunction with Jofeph Nicolfon, efq; nephew to the Bishop of Carlife of that name, in which he has given the above account of himself. 25. In Albemarle-ftreet, aged 74, Richard Glover, efq. This very ingenious gentleman was brought up in the mercantile way, in which he made a confpicuous figure, and by a remarkable fpeech that he delivered in behalf of the merchants of London, at the bar of the House of Commons, about the year 1740, previous to the breaking out of the Spanish war, acquired, and with great justice, the character of an able and steady patriot; and indeed, on every occafion, he has fhewn a moft perfect knowledge of, joined to the most ardent zeal for, the commercial interefts of this nation, and an inviolable attachment to the welfare of his countrymen in general, and that of the city of London in particular. In 1751, having, in confequence of unavoidable Joffes in trade, and perhaps, in some meature, of his zealous warmth for the public interests, to the neglect of his own private emoluments, fomewhat reduced his fortunes, he condefcended to ftand candidate for the place of chamberlain of the city of London, in oppofition to Sir Thos. Harrifon, but loft his election there by no very great majority. From the time of Mr. Glover's misfortunes in trade, he lived in obfcurity, known only to his friends, and declining to take any active part in public affairs. At length, having furmounted the difficiues of his fituation, he again relinquished the plea fures of retirement, and in the parliament which met in 1761 was elected member for Weymouth. He bath fince stood forward on several occafions, in a manner highly honourable to himself, and advantageous to the public. His abilities are fo well known that we need no farther expatiate on them; in the Belles Late tres, he has also made no inconfiderable figure. Mr. Glover very early demonftrated a ftrong propenfity to, and genius for, poetry; yet his ardour for public, and the hurry neceffarily attendant on his pavate, afair, fo far interfered with that inclination, that it was fome years before he had it in his power to finish an epic poem, which he had begun when young, intituled "Leonidas," the fubject of which was the gallant actions of that great general, and his heroic defence of, and fall at, the país of Thermopyla. Cf this piece, however, the public were fo1ng in expectation, and had encouraged fuch extravagant ideas, that although on its publication it was found to have very great beauties, yet the ardour of the lovers of poetry foon funk into a kind of cold forgetfulness with regard to it, because it cid not pofiefs more than the narrow limits of the defign itself would admit of, or indeed than is was in the power of human genius to execute. His poetical abilities, therefore, lay for fome years lay dormant, til at length be favoured the world with two dramatic pieces, called ; "Boadicia, a tragedy, 1753," Svo; and 2. "Medea, a tragedy, 1761," 4to. Mr. Glover wrote also a fequel to his "Medea," but as it requires fcenery of the most expenfive kind, it has never yet been exhibited. We hear, indeed, that it was approved by Mrs. Yates, the magic of whofe voice and action in the first part of the fame piece, produced as powerful effects as any imputed by Greek or Roman poets to the character fhe reprefented. Thus far we had prepared our ge, when the following character of Mr. Glover was handed to us by a respectable correspondent : "Through the whole of his life, Mr. G. was by all good men revered, by the wife esteemed, by the great fometimes careffed and even flattered, and now his death is fincerely lamented by all who had the happiness to contemplate the integrity of his character. Mr. G. for upwards of 50 years past, through every viciffitude of fortune, exhibited the moft exemplary fimplicity of manners; having early attained that perfect equanimity, which philo fophy often recommends in the closet, but which in experience is too feldom exercised by other men in the test of trial. In Mr. G. were united a wide compass of accurate information in all mercantile concerns, with high intellectual powers of mind, joined to a copious flow of eloquence as an orator in the Houfe of Commons. Since Milton he was fecond to none of our English Poets, in his discriminating judicious acquaintance with all ancient as well as modern literature; witnefs his Leonidas, Medea, Boadicia, and and London: for, having formed his own cha racter upon the best models of the Greek writers, he lived as if he had been bred a difeiple of Socrates, or companion of Ariftides. Hence his political turn of mind, hence his unwarped affection and active zeal for the rights and liberties of his country............... hence his heartfelt exultation whenever he had to paint the impious defigns of tyrants in ancient times frustrated, or in modern, defeated in their nefarious purposes to extirpate liberty, or to trample on the unalienable rights of man, however remote in time or fpace from his immediate prefence. In a few words, for the extent of his various erudition, for his unalloyed patriotif, and for his daily, exercife and conftant practice of Xenophon s philofophy, in his private as well as in public life, Mr. Glover has left none his equal in the city, and some time it is feared may elapfe before fuch another citizen, fhall arife with eloquence, with character and with poetry, like his, to affert their rights, or to vindicate with equal powers the juft claims of freeborn men. Suffice this teftimony at prefent, as the well-earned meed of this truly virtuous man, whofe conduct was carefully marked, and narrowly watched by the writer of the foregoing bafty sketch, for his extraordinary quales during the long period in human life of upwards of 40 years; and now it isfpon taneously offered as a voluntary tribute, an. folicited and unpurchased; but as it appears justly due to the memory of fo excellent a Poet, Statefman, and true Philofopher, in lite and death the fame." 25. At his houfe in Buckingham-ftreet, Adelphi, Mr. HENDERSON, of Covent Garden Theatre. The deceate of this gentleman will doubtless be felt as a public lets; he was the only performer, fince the death of Mr. Garrick, who could in any degree fupply the place of that admirable attor in the varieus characters of the immortal Shakspeare. His private character was exceedingly am able; and his talents, as an entertaining companion, are not to be equalled in the prefent per d. Mr. H. at four o'clock this morning, thought himSelf better than he had heen fome days before, and infifted on his attendants, who had fat up feveral nights, retiring to bad. At nine the fame morning, on his wife's going to adminfter a medicine, he was found lifelefs. He departed in the 37th year of his age, and has left an infant daughter by his difconfolate widow. Mr. H. is to be lamented by the public not only as an excellent actor, but as a moft valuable man: He had a heart replete with candour, benevolence, and affection; he was humble, foft, and easily wounded by unkindnefs; all thofe fine fenfations, which his art fo well expreffed, his nature truly felt; and the tears of his fpectators never fell unaccompanied with his own. He was devoutly thankful to the public when they applauded his exertions, but totally overpowered with gratitude, if at any time they marked his perfen with esteem. At a period when the English Stage is furnished with performers whom no preceding time exceeded, or perhaps has equalled, the death of Mr. Henderfon makes a breach that can hardly be filled up; bis fraternity at each theatre lament it with a fenfibility that does honour to their hearts, and fhews, with many other inftances, that in their profeffion emulation does not extingnish candour, not prevent the cordial interchange of mutual kindnesses amongst its members. To answer the defcription of a actor, muft have been the lot of very few, perfect either in antient or modern time; fo many requifites must meet in one perfon, that the man must be a phænomenon who poffeffe them all; nature and education mult unite in a wonderful degree. In the inftance of the deceased, there might be fomething wanting on the part of nature, but the defrength of his understanding, and the truth fect was merely external; he refted on the of his feelings. Sincere to his author, he never failed to give a perfect delineation of the character intrufted to him, though he did not always heighten it with thofe graces that would have given it the laft hand and finished touches of a mafter. His chief excelience therefore lay in ftrong colourings; in broken and abrupt fpeaking, where the workings of the mind break forth into foliloquy, and more is to be conveyed to the fpectator than the tongue utters, he was an unrivall'd master: he could give its full weight to every incident of terror; and whether in the medication or execution of foul of the fcene. Thofe parts of tragic horror, the deepest catastrophe, he was equally the very from which feeble fpirits revolt, he wss ever prompt to undertake; and this may be confidered the test of a faperior genius: his fcale was uncommonly extenfive; for it included the extremes of Tragedy and Comedy; and as he was attached to his Theatre under a very liberal engagement, we are perfuaded, he would have frained every further re ource in its fervice, and there were many fill within his reach.But this is now over; and whilft he was pouring forth his ardent thanksgivings to the Supreme Being for restoring him to health, the flattering intermiflion proved to be no more than a paule before death, and he expired without a ftruggle. Mr. H. died inteftate. The property he has left is between 6 and 7oool. A will was found in his defk, which he had left inftructions with an attorney to draw fome time fince, on his going to Scotland, but it was not wit neffed or figned. By this, however, which, though not a legal, is a certain demonstration of his intentions, we hope his relatives with proceed in the difpofal of his fortune library, which confifts of a great number of valuable and well-chofen books, we understand is to be difpoted of by auction. His N. B. In the 3 per Ceat Confols, the highest and lowest Price of each Day is given in the other Stock the highest Price only. 3 More in Duantity and greater 957 ariety than ang Book of the Kind and Pritt. 940 Johnfoniana, from Bofwell's Journey 952 9531 95 ()ང་། 95 951 97 Caffles and Antiquities in Glamorganfhire 989-99: 311 Illo frated with a View of an anciert CLOISTER in CLERKENWELL; Remains of the CARMELITE CHURCH at ATHLOY, in IRELAND; and other curious Antiquities: Alfo the BEAR-TRAP of the BASCHKIRIANS in RUSSIA, to defend their BEES. By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON, Printed by J. NICHOLS, for D. HENRY, late of SAINT JOHN'S GATE. |