GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Married. At Clifton, Edward Sampson, Esq. of Henbury, in Gloucester shire, to Miss Joanna Daubeny, youngest daughter of the late John Daubeny, Esq. of Redland.-At Bristol, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Balfour, to Miss Gardiner, only daughter of Mr. Gardiner, of Ashly Place.

Died. At Bristol, Henry Bright, Esq. mayor of that city, whose upright and honourable conduct through life had made him universally respected, and whose loss will be long and deeply lamented. He had enjoyed the dignity but a short time; and though in an indifferent state of health, he discharged the duties of his high office, in a manner as satisfactory to his fellow-citizens as it was honourable to himself.-Samuel Birch, Esq. is elected Mayor in his room.-At Cooper's Hill, Charles Deighton, Esq. a gentleman of the strictest honour and integrity, whose loss, sincerely regretted by his friends, will be irreparable to the poor in his neighbourhood.-At Moreton, in the Marsh, aged 69, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, relict of the late Rev. William Baker.-At Tedbury, George White, Esq. solicitor; many years town-clerk of that borough.

HAMPSHIRE.

Died. At Lymington, at an advanced age, Dowager Lucy Blackiston.-At Plymouth, Capt. Danvers of the Marines, eldest son of the late Daniel D. Esq. of Bath.-At the upper convent, Winchester, aged 52, the Rev. James Bowyer, chaplain to the ladies of St. Peter's in Winchester, late of Brussells. -At Southampton, John Brisbane, Esq. Admiral of the Blue, In his profession he displayed the undaunted courage of a British seaman; in his manners the elegance of a gentleman, and in his death the resignation of a sincere Christian. He was an honour and ornament to the service upwards of fifty years, and the father of those zealous, and brave officers, Capt. Sir Charles Brisbane, and Capt. James Brisbane of the Royal Navy.-Thos, Collins, Esq. He was for thirty-eight years Manager of the Chichester, Portsmouth, and Southampton Theatres, and had realised a very considerable fortune which devolves to his two remaining children; Mr. Stephen Collins, and Mrs. Kelly. He was the father of Mr. T. Collins, formerly of Drury-Lane Theatre.—On the Guernsey Station, George Scott, Esq. Commander of his Majesty's frigate Boreas. About half past six in the evening (the land lying then distant a mile and a half) the vessel struck upon the Hanaway rocks, and in spite of the utmost exertion of the crew at the pumps, was very soon full of water, and though her masts were cut away by the board, she remained immoveable upon the rock, Of 140 persons who were on board when the accident happened 90 are supposed to have perished, among whom are Captain Scott and his lady, first Lieutenant Hawkins, Mr. Davy, Purser, Mr. Wright, Surgeon, Mr. Aflick, carpenter, and Messrs. Barnes, Dunstell, and Lubbrel, Midshipmen. Capt. Scott was son of the Rev. Mr. Scott, of Itchin, and brother of the Countess of Oxford. He bore a high character in the Navy, and his devotion to the service to the last moment, and the exertions of himself and crew after the ship struck, are beyond all praise.

HEREFORD.

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Died. At Hereford, Mrs. Hullett, wife of Mr. Hullett, of Bewell-st. she was sitting by the fire, a coal fell upon her petticoat, which, being muslin, was instantly in a blaze. The poor woman losing all presence of mind, ran out into the street, completely surrounded with flames, when several people joined their endeavours, and succeeded in extinguishing the fire, but not until the clothes were burned from her back: she languished until the fifth day after the accident, when her sufferings were terminated by a locked jaw. At Patley, near Ledbury, Mrs. Stock, relict of John Skinner Stock, Esq. Barrister at law of Glocester. By the death of this excellent woman, the poor have lost a generous benefactress, her family an affectionate relative, and most valuable member. Her life was a persuasive to virtue.--She was an eminent pattern of unaffected piety to God, and true benevolence to man. Her affections had been long detached from this world, and she met death

with that serenity and resignation which can result only from the consciousness of a well spent life, and hopes full of a happy immortality.-At Ross, aged 75, Mrs. Helen Mynd, a maiden lady and the oldest survivor of an eminent and respectable family; her loss will be severely felt in the town and neighbourhood, for she was to her acquaintance, a cheerful companion, to the poor a liberal benefactress, and it may be truly said of her, that she "did good by stealth and blushed to find it fame."-Mr. George Parkes of Hanbury: he was riding in his fields, and, without any apparent preceding illness, fell from his horse and expired immediately.

HERTFORDSHIRE.

Died. At Albury Hall, Mrs. Calvert, wife of Edward C. Esq.-At Hoddesdon, of the wounds she received on the 21st October, Mrs. Borehani, (see p. 644.)

KENT.

Married. At Canterbury, William Smith, Esq. of Chatham place, to Miss Caroline Matilda Sladen, younger daughter of Joseph S. Esq. of Folkstone.-At Greenwich, James Coleman, Esq. jun, of Laytonstone to Miss Catharine Lichigaray, second daughter of Samuel L. Esq. of Blackheath.At Chislet, John Wise, Esq. jun. of Maidstone to Miss Denne, only daughter of John D. Esq. of Chislett-court.-At Eltham, Frederick Beade Esq. of Camberwell, to Miss Lewin, daughter of Richard Lewin, Esq.

Died. At Canterbury, aged 88, Mrs. Clenden, relict of the Rev. Thomas C. Vicar of Sturry.-Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cumming, of the Royal Marines. -At Rochester, Mrs. Nicholson, widow of the late Mr. Alderman N.-At the Marine Barracks, Chatham, Serjeant John Smith, Paymaster's Clerk. In a violent fit of coughing, he broke a blood-vessel, and expired in a few minutes. --At his apartment in Brompton Barracks, aged 46, William Mackreth, Esq. Commissary of Ordnance Stores. He was a native of Northfleet, at the entrance of which, from London, he erected a building of singular appearance, intended for an inn, but now divided into several tenements. His father was an eminent merchant, and the intimate friend of Churchill and Hogarth, several of the Works of that celebrated poet were written in his house, and there are still some remains there of the consummate art of that in mitable painter. Mr. M. was a man of retired habits of life, and much esteemed in the small circle of friends, with whom he lived for his virtues and unassuming demeanour.-At Dover, George Smith, Esq. formerly an eminent Surgeon, and Apothecary. He had for some time retired from practice; but with cheerfulness and alacrity, attended to all calls from the poor and distressed, and from those who felt anxious to have the benefit of his long experience. In the exercise of his profession, he displayed the utmost diligence and tenderness, and possessed in an eminent degree, those qualities of the heart, which qualified him to smooth the pillow of the sick, with soothing and consolatory reflections, and to soften those animosities, which too frequently arise among surviving relatives. At Tenterden, Mr. John Purfield, Drill Serjeant of the Tenterden volunteers. While gathering acorns, he fell from the tree, and pitching on his head, received so much injury, that he expired on the day following. It is singular that he had a violent fall from the same tree, last year while employed in gathering acorns.

LANCASHIRE.

A paper, lately printed at Liverpool, gives the following statement of the population and other circumstances relative to that town, in the close of the year 1807. Houses, 14,565, of which 14,202 are inhabited, and 2920 have inhabited cellars. Inhabitants 99,812, being something more than 7 to a house. Streets, lanes, courts, alleys, squares, &c. 464, divided into 32 districts. Places of Public Worship 46, viz. of the Establishment 17, Dissenters 29. Public Buildings for charitable purposes 8. Charity Schools, 10. Lodges of Freemasons, 9. Public Subscription News-rooms, 7; Subscription Libraries, 3; a Theatre, a Circus, a Music-hall, an Assembly-room, a Museum,

a Botanic

a Botanic Garden, 5 Bowling Greens, 2 Salt Baths; Wet Docks, 7; Graving Docks, 5; Dry Basons, 3; Weekly Newspapers, 4; Public Banks, 5; Insurance Offices, 11; Public Stage Coaches arriving at and leaving Liverpool, daily, 22. Since the enumeration in 1801, there has been an increase of 2834 houses, and 22,104 inhabitants. We must, however, observe, that in this last statement the inhabitants are supposed to be nearly 8 to a house, a proportion beyond any thing hitherto known in England; and, indeed, unless there has been a new actual enumeration, we should be disposed to think even the proportion of 7 to a house exaggerated.

Married. At Bolton, Joseph Yates, Esq. of Peel-hall, barrister at law, only son of the late Mr. Justice Yates, to Miss Amelia Ainsworth, eldest daughter of Thomas Ainsworth, Esq. of Bridgehouse.-At Penwortham, Thomas Martin, Esq. of Ormskirk, to Miss Norris, of Longton, near Preston.-At Warrington, the Rev. George Pearson, of Winster, in Derbyshire, to Miss Dean.

Died. At Lancaster, aged 100, Mr. John Berry.-Aged 62, Mrs. Saul, relict of Thomas Saul, Esq.-At Liverpool, aged 82, Mr. John Johnson, surgeon, Though skilful in his profession, and exemplary in his life, he was by a series of misfortunes reduced in his old age to indigence; yet out of an annuity of twenty-four guineas allowed him by a benevolent friend, he not only maintained himself decently, but was enabled to exercise that liberality and charity for which his disposition was remarkable, and finally to bequeath a handsome sum to posterity.-Aged 70, after a severe and lingering illness which he bore with Christian resignation and fortitude and with that cheerfulness which the good man alone can feel under the severest visitation of Providence; Vincent Pearce Ashfield, Esq. of Bold-street, merchant. His mind was cast in no ordinary mould, his virtues were numerous and eminent, among which charity shone conspicuous. In him his acquaintances have lost a cheerful companion and a most valuable friend: his family the best and most indulgent of fathers, and the mercantile world, one of the most ornamental and useful of its members. In the department, in which he was most eminent, it would be difficult to find the man who can supply his place; while the public may deplore the loss of a concentration of so much talent and so much worth: his friends cannot but record in sympathising feelings of regret, and exclaim over his precious relicts, "take him for all in all we shall rarely see his like again."-Aged 76, Mr. William Ainsworth, of Soho-street.-At Goston, aged 71, George Grimshaw, Esq.-At Wavertree, aged 59, Mrs. Gildart, relict of the late Johnston Gildart, Esq.-At Widness, near Warrington, aged 29, Mr. William Cowley, tanner, eldest son of Mr. Cowley Richardson, of Widness-House. In lamenting the early fall of this young man, his friends and acquaintances feel the loss at once, of a sincere and affectionate friend, of a ready assistant in exigencies, and a most useful member of society. He was held in the greatest esteem by his neighbours, and he was scarcely so universally known as beloved. To him scrupulously exact in all his dealings, they never feared to intrust their most secret affairs. As a Christian, he merits the highest commendations, his life having been a continual series of the strictest moral and religious duty, he met death with that heroic fortitude which is only granted to the virtuous. His resignation to the will of Heaven was remarkable; though placed in a neighbourhood where he had gained every heart, though in the very bloom and vigour of life, yet a few days previous to his dissolution he declared, that whatever might be the decision of Providence he was perfectly content.-At Scorton, near Garstang, aged 101, Mr. William Dickison, mariuer. His person was tall and very upright, he retained his mental and bodily faculties to the last, and has left behind him a numerous offspring.-At Preston, aged 52, John Little, Esq. of Newby.-At Heaton, Norris, aged 53, the Rev. William Bowness, L. L. D. His extensive knowledge, liberal communication, and general utility will make his memory long respected,, and his death much lamented in the neighbourhood where he was so actively useful in his generation,

LEICESTER.

Married. At Gadsby, the Rev. J. Leete, to Miss Mary Lydeat, youngest

daughter

daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Troughton Lydeat, many years rector of Warkton, in Northamptonshire.

Died. At Stapleford, aged 41, the Right Hon. Phillip Sherard, earl and baron of Harborough, and baron of Leitrim, in Ireland. He is succeeded in title and estates by his only son Phillip, now in his twelfth year.-At Hinckley, aged 55, Mr. John Needham. For upwards of thirty years he had been an occasional writer in the Gentleman's Diary, and a contributor to other publications of the same nature.-At Castle-Donnington, aged 97, Aichibald Campbell. He was a native of Scotland, and came into this country as a soldier in the army of the Pretender, from which he deserted at Derby, where, and in that neighbourhood he has ever since remained. For several of the last years of his life he was a member of Etwall Hospital, that excellent Asylum for the aged and infirm.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

Married. By special licence, at Aswarby House, Capt. Atty of the North Lincoln Militia, eldest son of James Atty, Esq. of Whitby, to Miss Harriet Whitecote, second daughter of Sir Thomas Whitecote, Bart.

Died.-At Maxis Enderby, Thomas Adams Franklin, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel of the Spilsby Volunteer Infantry. His remains were interred in the family vault at Spilsby, attended by upwards of seven hundred persons.-At West Deeping, aged 88, Mrs. Ann Rowe.-At Toynton, All Saints, Miss Frances Toynston. But a few days before the prospect of life and happiness fully presented itself to her, and the day on which she died had been fixed upon for her wedding day.-At Greatford.-The Rev. Francis Willis, M. D justly celebrated for his success in curing that greatest affliction of the human race, insanity; and highly esteemed as a man always ready to alleviate the minor necessities of his fellow creatures. He had not enjoyed perfect health since an illness with which he was attacked about six weeks ago, but he was so far from betraying any symptom of approaching dissolution, that on the evening before his death (which was very dark and cold) he was vigorous enough to walk twice from his own house to the village of Barholm, a distance of nearly a mile, to visit a patient. He retired to rest in good spirits, and on the following morning shaved himself as was his practice, and continued without any apparent change of health until after dinner, when he complained of being very ill, and five minutes after expired in his chair. For a man so advanced in years he was remarkably hale, and about five years since performed a journey of ninety miles on horseback in one day to give a vote at Brentford for his friend Mr. Mainwaring. The fame of the professional service he some years ago rendered to this country in the person of the Sovereign, induced his assistance to be sought for the Queen of Portugal, to whom he went, and who was for some months his patient. At the time of his death a great number of afflicted persons of family and respectability were under his care at Greatford and Shillingthorpe, where the Doctor had the largest establishment of the kind in the kingdom. He was of Brazen-nose College, Oxford, M. A. 1740.-B. and D. M. 1759. He has left five sons by his first wife, who was sister to the Rev. Peregrine Curtis, of Brinstone, near Lincoln, and who died on the 18th of May, 1787, aged 73. Some time after her death, the Doctor married Mrs. Storer, who survived him, by whom he has left no issue.

MONMOUTH.

In the old alms house at Chepstow, aged 80, Eleanor Townly. She had been confined to her bed upwards of twenty-three years, and astonishing as it may seem, it is an indisputable fact, that during the whole of the time she never had a natural discharge without surgical assistance.

NORFOLK.

At the Annual Meeting of the Norwich Society of Universal Goodwill, J. C. Hampp, Esq. president, Robert Partridge, Esq. vice president, it appeared by the accounts, that 202 persons, besides the weekly pensioners, had been relieved in the course of last year, making a total of 2420 since the first establish

ment

ment of the institution. The number of objects who partook of the bounty of the society this year far exceeds any preceding one; amongst whom were many soldiers and sailors wives and children in distress (whose husbands and fathers had been sent on foreign service) who were thereby enabled to return to their respective homes.

Married.-At Norwich, Robert Kinder, Esq. of Stoke Newington, to Miss Enfield, daughter of the late Dr. Enfield of Norwich.-At Gorleston, Lieut. Bray, Royal Navy, to Miss Tyler, only daughter of John Tyler of Southtoun cottage.

Died.-At Norwich, aged 77, Mr. John Clarke Snell, formerly of Bury St. Edmunds. He was remarkable for his eccentricities and his extensive knowledge of mankind. For the last twenty years he had devoted his time to the study of astrology which rendered him a well known character. He supported an illness of three years with the utmost fortitude, and sunk into the arms of death with cheerful resignation. Aged 73, the Rev. Thomas Bowen. He had been for upwards of forty years Rector of Pulham St. Mary the Virgin, and Pulham St. Mary Magdalen. His tithe feast for the former parish (St. Mary) was on the day he died, when he was well enough to assist in receiving the same, but expired about ten o'clock at night. He was formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge, B. A. 1759, M. A. 1762.-At Lynn, aged 59, Alexander Bowker, Esq. an alderman of that borough.-At Snellisham, Mary, the wife of Henry Styleman, Esq, after a lingering and painful illness, which she bore with exemplary patience and resignation, the result of a truly christian and wellprepared mind, and for which the Almighty seemed mercifully pleased to reward her in her last moments with an unusual degree of tranquillity.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Married. At Northampton, the Rev. W. Wilkieson of Woodbury Hall, Cambridgeshire, to Miss Elizabeth Mainwaring, second daughter of Rowland Mainwaring, Esq.

Died. At Northampton, aged 76, Mr. John Newcome, one of the senior aldermen of that corporation. At Mears Ashby, aged 74, Mrs. Catherine Thornton, a maiden lady, universally respected and beloved for her many excellent qualities; she exercised the charity of a sincere Christian. Her good humour was accompanied with fortitude, and her piety_was unaffected.-Aged 78, the Rev. Francis Mappletoft, Rector of Aynho. To attempt any eulogium on his character would be superfluous, his life having been one continued course of piety and active benevolence,

NORTHUMBERLAND.

Annual account of the charitable Institution at Bandro' Castle, for the relief of sick and lame poor, from Oct. 17, 1806, to Oct. 17, 1807.

Married. At Teignmouth, Lieut. Richard Wilson, of the Royal Navy, to Miss Carr, of North Shields.

Died. At Newcastle, aged 70, the Rev. William Warrilow. He was much esteemed by a numerous circle of friends for his extensive information, his urbanity as a gentleman, and his erudition as a scholar.-Aged 55, Mr. Alexander Fraser, of Aberdeen, cattle-dealer. He retired to his bed at the Half-Moon Inn, in good health, and was found a corpse next morning.-At Cullercoats, near North Shields, aged 115, John Ramsay, mariner. He served as a cabin boy on board one of the ships in Sir George Rooke's squadron at the taking of Gibraltar, in 1704. He retained his faculties in full perfection till within a few days of his death, nor did his great age in the smallest degree damp his lively

spirits