of a numerous circle of friends; secluded, indeed, of late years, by his ill state of health, his society, had been principally confined to his more immediate connex- › ions to them he was most affectionately attached, and exhibited in all his social relations the kindest and most benevolent heart; by them he is deeply and sincerely regretted; and they feel a melancholy satisfaction, while recording the loss they have sustained, in offering this humble tribute to his talents and his virtues.

Mr. Jones, land-waiter at the Customs at Bristol

At Richmond, advanced in age, Mrs. Denn, widow of the late James D. esq. and mother of Lady Beauchamp.

Robert Clarke, second son of Mr. C. bookseller, New Bond-street, aged 3 years and a half. From a mal-conformation of the heart and lungs, he was always weakly. Three rather remarkable coincidences may here.be mentioned. The above child died on the anniversary of the death of his grandfather, Robert Clarke, in 1796; and an infant son of Mr. Clarke's who was born 25th July last, his eldest brother's birth-day, died on the 17th of August, the anniversary of the death of his maternal grandfather, the Rev. Alban Thomas. See our Obituary, vol. LIX. p, 769.

At Hopetoun-house, in Scotland, Lady Jemima-Johnstone Hope, wife of Captain George J. Hope, R. N.

6. On Colebrook terrace, Islington, in kis 45th year, John Howorth, esq. one of the commissioners of hackney-coaches. He exchanged from the Customs in 1805, with Mr. Woodforde, the present comptrolling-surveyor at the London docks.

Mrs. Large, of Packington, co. Leic. In his 76th year, Mr. Richard Fairchild, of Navenby, near Lincoln.

7. William Thorold, esq. son of Sir John T. bart. of Syston-hall, near Grantham.

Mr. Anthony Swift, a respectable auctioneer at Frieston, co. Lincoln.

Aged 20, Thomas, youngest and last surviving son of the late Mr. Wm. Sweet, of Taunton, Somerset.

At Thancks, near Torpoint, Devon, Mrs. Neesham, daughter of Lady Graves, and wife of Capt. Neesham, R. N.

At Camberwell, Surrey, Mr. Wm. Kimp-.. ton, of Fish-street-hill.

At her house in Bloomsbury-square, Lady Wallace Dunlop.

Lady Anne Rich, of Beaumont-street, Devonshire-place, widow of the late Admiral Sir Thomas R. bart.

9. Aged 89, Mr. Charles Metham, of Lincoln, dealer in fish and wild fowl.

Suddenly, at the George inn, Bosworth, co. Leicester, in his 34th year, Mr. Geo. Ward, printer and stationer, of Hinckley. He went to the Licence-meeting at Bosworth, in the morning, in perfect health after dinner he left the company, with whom he had dined, to call on a friend or two in the town. It is supposed that, on his return, finding himself unwell, he retired into the garden, for when enquiries. were made. after him in the evening, he was found dead. He was an industrious honest tradesman, and an intelligent wellinformed man. From his known integrity. and information, he was consulted and employed in various ways, as well by the inhabitants of Hinckley as by those of the neighbourhood. For several years he acted as clerk to the magistrates in that town, and was much respected by them; and it may with truth be said, that by his death the community hath sustained a loss.

At her house in James-street, Westminster, in the 45th year of her age, after a long and severe illness, which she bore with pious resignation, the Hon. Miss Trefusis, sister to the late and aunt to the present Lord Clinton. Of her taste and genius the publick have just seen a specimen, in several beautiful pieces of Poetry. (See p. 725.) Great, as those qualities confessedly were, they equalled not her virtue. To the poor she was a liberal, and, if her circumstances be considered, a mnnificent benefactress. The tale of want never reached her ear in vain; and though it may be feared that she sometimes gave away unwisely, yet the purity of her motives always ennobled her bounty. As a companion, she was pleasant, cheerful, and instructive; as a friend, faithful and affectionate; and one of the last acts of her innocent and benevolent life was to prove her tender attachment to her family,

Aged 29, Mr. Thomas Clark, of York, plumber and glazier. His father died Aug. 4, 1788, in his 7th year, when the acting churchwarden of the parish of St. Michaelle-Belfrey; and the deceased held that office at the time of his death.

At Margate, aged 20, Charles, fourth son of the late Mr. Wm. Purdy, of Mark-lane. 8. In Dowry-square, Hot wells, Bristol, -Mrs. D'Arcy.

Aged 25, of a concussion of the brain, occasioned by a fall from his horse, Mr. William Langley, druggist, of Exeter.

ample fortune to a beloved sister, to whom she was deservedly endeared.

10. Aged 43, Charles Bill, esq. of Furnival's-inn, attorney-at-ław, only surviving son of Francis B. esq. Had he survived his father and his uncle, both of whom are upwards of 80 years of age, he would have succeeded to a considerable property. No man ever possessed a better heart than Charles Bill. His path through life was in the shade more than in the sunshine; he was no worldling; no flatterer; with him rank and wealth were no criterion of

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merit. He was liberal, open, and sincere, without a particle of pride; and the unfortunate always found in him a friend. The antient and respectable family of the Bills originally came from Holland with King William III. and had the honour to enjoy the patronage and favour of that Monarch.

At his seat at Croxton, in Cambridgeshire, Joseph Leeds, esq. youngest son of Edward L. esq. of Croxton, one of his Majesty's serjeants at law, by Anne third daughter of Joseph Collet, esq. formerly governor of Fort St. George, in the East Indies; and dying unmarried, this antient family has become extinct.

In his 77th year, the Rev. John Ekins, D. D. rector of Newton-Toney and Trowbridge, Wilts, and dean of Salisbury. Mr. Stocking, a builder. Descending a ladder reared against the front of a house in the Edgeware-road, he missed one of the rounds, fell upon the pavement, and was instantly killed.

While on a visit at Granton, near Edinburgh (the seat of the Lord Chief Justice Clerk), Charles Hope, esq. commissioner of Chatham dock-yard. He had spent the preceding evening with considerable hilarity, and, after being a few hours in bed, was seized with the gout in his stomach, which terminated his existence in a very short time, notwithstanding every possible assistance was administered.

11. At her house at Lee, near Blackheath, in Kent, Mary Dowager Baroness Dacre, daughter and heiress of the late Sir Thomas Fludyer, bart. and relict of Charles-Trevor Roper, eighth Lord Dacre, who died July 4, 1794, and has a handsome monument in Lee church-yard, near which, in 1804, she was robbed by a hardened ruffian (vol. LXXIV. p. 972). Of this very amiable Lady, as good in her heart as she was singular in her habits, we offer our Readers some farther very interesting particulars from a volume of Mr. Pratt, our English Gleaner. "Lady Dacre has been in the habit of visiting the grave of her husband since the time of his burial; in truth, aknost daily, as she chiefly resides at her villa in this parish. The precincts of the tomb are kept sacred from every profanity of ill accident, or malicious design. Indeed, from the elements and winds of Heaven, which, she literally will not suffer to visit the grave too roughly.' While I was marking these reflections with my pencil, I observed the Lady who had called them forth coming towards the church-yard with hasty and anxious steps: which, on perceiving I was seated on the style, she directed to a smaller gate, but found it locked; and

* It will be recollected that this account appeared some years before the decease or her Ladyship.

seemed much disappointed. Unwilling to interrupt her pious progress, I quitted the style; when, bending acknowledgement, she passed into the church-yard, but was again diverted from her purpose. A party of people (it being Sunday) were hastening to the tomb, in order to read, as I had done, its inscription. The throng increasing by the entrance of some additional company, her Ladyship went back into the road, where she remained walking backwards and forwards, within view of the church-yard, till the intruders had left it; when, returning to the spot from which she had been so long withheld, she redoubled her attention; and I saw her, while I stood aloof, myself unseen, kneel in reverence at the foot of the grave, where, after remaining some time (I presume in prayer) she went back to the villa, where, in his life-time, she had so long been blest in the society of him whom she now bewails. Such are the homages of her affianced heart. Yet, certain singularities of dress, and of manner, with the yet greater singularity of attachment so long faithful to the ashes of its object, and perhaps a barbed regret in her bosom, that makes her inattentive to, if it does not even absorb, all thought or care of the world's usages, have brought on her, I understand, much of the wild conjecture, malign interpretation, and unseemly ridicule, which are always attendant upon every one who dares to deviate from the ordinary ceremonies of life. And whosoever presumes to think, to act, or to feel for themselves, are set down either as affected or insane. To disregard prescribed forms and ceremonies, even in our joys and sorrows, is considered as setting at defiance the arbitrary laws of Society; thus our very smiles and tears are in awe of the world's dread laugh;' and it is hard to say, where the controul of Fashion may stop, or how far her capricious system may dispossess sweet and simple Nature of her rights. She has already taught mothers to deny the sustenance of their own bosoms to their offspring; near and dear relatives to look upon it as ill-bred to follow a parent's or a child's coffin to the grave; and to content themselves with performing the last sacred offices by proxy -a task consigned to hired mourners! And to be caught visiting the tomb of a lover, wife, or husband, oftener than the imperious modes of the world allow, may not, it seems, in these refined times, pass uncensured! Hallowed however be the tender and generous fortitude, and sacred be the pious griefs, that are superior to and that resist such contemptible dominion! Triumphant be they over all the ribbald jests and insults that a reverence for natural impression induces. And who that has duly contemplated the varieties

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dlesex, who survives him; and is succeeded by his eldest son, John, an officer in the Army, who has just attained his 23d year: Mr. Drury, of the house of Williams and Drury, bankers, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. Driving a curricle, with two bloodhorses, over Finchley common, accompanied by Mrs. Drury, the horses took fright, and ran off at full speed. Mr. and Mrs. D. were thrown out, and the former killed on the spot. He was a very heavy man, about six feet high, and extremely corpulent. Mrs. D. escaped unhurt; it is supposed she was saved by falling on Mr. D. The servant was at a considerable distance behind, and did not arrive till Mrs. D. had recovered from the shock.

In his 63d year, Joseph Bladworth, esq. of Barking, Essex.

17. At his father's house, in Cheapside, aged 23, Mr. W. Brice Collett.

In Chancery-lane, of a brain-fever, Mr. William Burton, pocket-book and frame maker, formerly of the Strand.

Mr. T. Hunt, of Collingham. While ferrying himself over the Trent, at Muskham, he fell overboard, and was drowned.

18. Suddenly, Mr. Cullum, sen. an eminent butterman and cheesemonger, of Clare-market. He was in perfect health, and enjoying the company of a few friends, at a late hour the preceding night. From a very humble beginning he had amassed a large fortune.

At Somersby, co. Lincoln, in his 69th year, William Burton, esq.

19. At Barham, Kent, Edward Dering, esq. eldest son of Sir Edward D. bart. of Surenden, in the same county.

In his 73d year, Henry Goodyear, who had been 27 years parish-clerk of Sleaford, co. Lincoln.

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with his friends, as usual, at Burgess's Library; and said, that as a friend had undertaken his duty in London, he should stop three weeks longer. At a quarter before 10, (as was his constant custom) be took a walk on the Pier, from which, in a very few minutes, he accidentally fell into the yacht of Sir William Curtis, then in the Harbour; by which fatal accident his arm was broken in three places, and his skull so severely fractured that he died in less than two hours. Mr. V. was perhaps as universally known as any one inhabitant of the Metropolis. He was a great walker, and was to be daily seen every where. At Will's coffee-house-at the Chapter-and at Dolly's, he was quite at home-and so harmless and inoffensive were his manners, that many a sigh will be occasioned by his untimely end, from the numerous acquaintance his placid demeanour had obtained. - St. Laurence (worth 2001. a year) is in the alternate gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, and Baliol College, Oxford.

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23. In his 80th year, after a severe illness of three months, the Rev. William Morel, of Paddington-green.

In Scots-yard, Bush-lane, Mr. Thomas Humpston, several years a faithful and assiduous clerk in the house of Messrs. Styan and Bishop. The death of this aimable young man is attended with circumstances of a peculiarly-distressing nature to his friends and acquaintance. He was only in his 25th year, and was upon the eve of entering into business for himself. Of his character only one opinion could be formed. His virtues were upon every occasion conspicuous; open, ingenous, and unassuming, he was an ornament to the circle in which he moved, and had justly endeared himself to all who knew him.

24. Mr. Dickie, late a stationer in the Strand, who had been confined nearly five years in the Fleet prison, in consequence of a verdict given against him for 7001. damages, for uttering defamatory words against Mr. Aris, the keeper of Cold-bathfields prison. He has left a distressed widow and four children.

25. At 12 o'clock at night, after a short illness, at the house of the London Institution, of which he was the Principal Librarian, Richard Porson, M. A. of Trinity college, Cambridge, and Greek Professor at that University. He was born on Christmas-day 1758. [A fuller account of him shall be given in our next.] ** PROMOTIONS, &c, unavoidably deferred. August 23, to September 27, 1808,