that period, he is never found" out of whofe moral character was, at the fame time, fo depraved, that, in the courie of twenty years, his name was feldom mentioned but with fome concomitant fymp his element." No fooner had he difperfed the fcrawis and daubings of puerility, than, anticipating his future fuccefs, and confcious of his powers, he retreated, tom of reluctant difguft. Eccentric as his in tilence, to the free walks of nature, conduct was, the vigor of his genius and contemplated deeply, reafoned accurately, the foundnefs of his judgment never forand practifed diligently. The lapfe of a fook him in his art, though they rarely few years introduced him to public no- accompanied him in any other employtice, a finifhed painter of English fcenery, ment, action, or fentiment of his life. nature, fentinents, and manners; an ar- Capable as he was of the cleareft diftincrift, who, having fagaciously prefcribed the tious of moral rectitude, he never dediInits of his purfuits, and effected what- cated a fingle hour to fober conversation, ever in knowledge or in practice was re- to innocent pleafantry, to any of the enquilite to the purpose of reaching thofe dearing intercourfes of domestic or focial units, had now nothing more to learn, life, or to any rational purpose whatever. He thrunk from no difficulty; for his choice He generally spent all the time in which of fubject left him none to encounter. He he did not paint in drinking and in mean difdained nothing that was natural and diffipation, with perfons only eminent for picture que, confiftently with that deco- ignorance or brutality; and a rabble of rum which he has inviolably preferved in carters, oftlers, butchers' anen, fmugglers, all his public works. He would never poachers, and poftillions, were comitantly ritk truth, but would rather give twenty in his company, and often in his pay. He quincas to have a cat fiolen for him, than was found, at one time, in a lodging at paint one from an uncertain remembrance. Somers' Town, in the following extraor He fometimes leaves the truth unfinished, dinary circumftances His infant child, but never violated. He affected noue of that had been dead nearly three weeks, thole whimsical extravaganzas that are fo lay in its coffin in one corner of the room; frequently fetting amateurs at variance an afs and foal flood munching barley about warm and cold colouring, forcible lights, and Thadows, and fubordinations, that, to illuftrate one object or action, would tacrifice nine tenths of a picture in a wale of fenfelefs obfcurity. He faw none of thote violent partialities in nature, and he diddained to humour a depraved imagination by fantastic pretences of furpalling that which no man can equal. H's characters affect no graces, nor their oppofites that do not belong to them. His lights and fhadows are mild, moderate, and diffutive. The tout-cnjemble repofes cably upon the eye, and fatisfies a correct taite, though it may furprife a vicious one. Mis choice is always good, for he never felects any thing which it is effential to reject; nor does he ever give too much his piece is but a cantlet of picturefque nature, neatly cut out and transferred into a picture-frame. The character of Morland, therefore, as a painter, is uniformly equal and confiftent. Gainfborough, fometimes dull, was more frequently capricious, and ftill oftener carelefs; and the character of Wilfon's landfcape, feldom purely English, was fome times mixed, fometimes indeterminate; but Morland's pictures never make a miftake; never infult by falfehood, disgust by affectation, difappoint by error, or teaze by myfery. Such was Gco. Morlund, confidered as an English artist; ftraw out of the cradle; a fow and pigs were folacing themfelves in the recefs of an old cupboard, and himself whittling over a beautiful picture that he was jult finishing, with a bottle of gin hung up on one fide, and a live mouse fitting or rather kicking on the other. In circumstances fo prepofterously difgufting did this perverfe character, without being mad, live and act the life of a madman, in oue continued round of painting, drinking, and extravagance. The only character likely to form a parallel with Morland feems to be that of Adrian Brauwer, a Flemith painter of great celebrity, in the beginning of the 16th century; with this difference, that the Fleming's fubjects were as generally Baufeous as the Englishman's were decent and pleafing. Brauwer was more elaborate, and coloured more richly, though perhaps not with greater truth. The latter, therefore, may be furer of pleafing the eye, however he may affect the taste or the understanding. The death of Brauwer, at the age of 28, appears to have been brought on by the fame causes, of which accident or a stronger conftitution protracted the effects in Morland. —At his houfe in Hanover Square, Sir John Gallini, a native of Italy. He first appeared with confiderable fuccefs on the Opera ftage in this country, and foon afterwards acquired uncommon cele brity as a teacher of the art of dancing, of Frenfham, in Surry.---At Hackney, Mrs. Not long after his arrival in England, Flight, widow.-At Hampstead, aged 34, he married Lady Elizabeth Bertie, the Mrs. Pilgrim, wife of C. Pilgrim, Eq. Efter of the Earl of Abingdon; but he At Greenwich, aged 74, Dr. Buxton,* and his lady had lived feparate for feve--At Richmond, Fred. Pigon, Elq.-At ral years, on account of the precarious Summer Catile, county of Lincoln, in his fate of her health. She died only a few 71ft year, Sir Cecil Wray, Bart.-At his months ago. Sir John was generally con- houfe in Portland Place, Sir Gregory Page idered as one of the most able profeffors Turner, Bart. M.P. for the borough of of his art that ever appeared in this Thirk, in Yorkshire. He is fucceeded in country; and it is generally believed, that his titles and eftates by his eldest fon, by the exertions of his talents and great Gregory Olbourne, Eiq. In Sir Greparfimony he has left a confiderable for- gory's fecretaire the fum of 16,700 guitune, not lefs than the fum of 150,000, to neas was found by his executors.-On his family, which confifts of one fon and two Thursday, Jan. 3, in his 72d year, the daughters. In his 69th year, Mr. W. Of Right Hon. the Earl of Rofslyu. (Of bourne, of the Adelphi hotel.-In Port- whom a more particular account in our man Place, Edgware Road, Mrs. J. Ru- next.)-At Nanteribba Hall, county of ding, widow of the late J. R. Efq. late of Montgomery, George Devereux, Viscount the Eaft Indies.-At the houfe of the Hereford, and a Baronet, premier VifDuke of Roxburgh, aged 66, Mrs. Be- count of England. His Lordship was chinoe, relict of the late Capt. Bechinoc, born on the 25th of April, in the year of the Royal Navy, and mother to the 1744, fucceeded his brother Edward, Duchefs of Roxburgh.-At his father's Aug. 1, 1783, and is fucceeded in his tiboufe, at Bethnall Green, in the prime of tles and eftate by his fon Henry, now life, John Dent, Efq.-InWelbeck Street, Lord Vifcount Hereford.-At PentonMrs, Godfalve, relict of the late Admiral ville, in his 57th year, W. Haig, Efq.-In Godfalve.-In Chandos Street, Caven- Sloane Street, Lady Caroline Leigh, dith Square, the Rev. Thomas Vyner, daughter of Henry Duke of Chandois, by LL.D. of Bythorpe, in Warwickihire, his firit wife, Lady Mary Bruce, daughter and one of the prebendarics of Canter- of Charles Earl of Aylesbury.-In Debury Cathedral.-At Brentford Batts, vonshire Street, M. M. Lynch, Efq. of aged 73, W. II. Ewin, LL.D. a gentle- Mallow, county of Corke, in Ireland, late man of good education and refpectable of the North Lincoln Militia.-W. Hartalents, eafy in his manners, and cheerful ris, Efq. of the Exchequer, New Palace Rathbone in his temper; but not a little unpopu- Yard.-In Piercy Street, lar, from his ftrict attention to the adini- Place, aged 67, T. Gordon, Efq. of Balbitration of parochial concerns, in which, maghie, in the tewartry of Kircudbright, being acute to difcern and fevere to con- North Britain.-Mrs. Bifhop, wife of Mr. den every fpecies of idlenefs and im- Robert Bishop, of Hadley, near Barnet. polition, he became particularly obnoxi- Her lofs will be feverely felt by her hufous to the lower claffes of people. He band, who from her good fen'e rendered was generally confidered as extremely every fituation of life as pleafant as the avaricious, although feveral particular in- imperfect fate of human nature would itances admit. To her relations fhe acted with the tenderness of a parent. To the poor the was a benefactor without oftentation. To her friends and acquaintance the always thewed that affability and attention, as to command their refpect and esteem. es might be adduced in which be difplayed a very extraordinary liberality and generolity. He is fuppofed to have died worth more than 100,000/, the bulk of which property he has divided between Efter and the family of his nephew. Aged 49, the Rev. Thomas Mantell, rector PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES; With an Account of the principal Marriages, Deaths, &c., under the Heads of the different Counties: arranged in alphabetical Order. BERKSHIRE. next enfuing, and to be continued every MARKET for the fupply of fat cattle fuccceding fortnight till Chriftinas, and has been lately eftablifhed at Aylef- once a month from that period till Maybury (Bucks), to commence, fhould the day. undertaking experience fuitable fupport, Married.] At Southampton, J. Crooke, on the first Monday in the month of Auguft Efq, eldest fon of J. J. Crooke, Efq. of Kempfhot Park, to Mifs M. Willon, third daughter of the late R. Wilfon, Efq. of Potterley Houle, in this county. Died. At Reading, far advanced in years, Mr. J. Bettbridge, many years the riff's nicer for the counties of Berks and Oxford, with a character of the greatest uprightnefs.-Mr. R. Matters, nephew of Mr. Malters. He was lately killed on board of the Ratler floop of war, in an attempt to cut a French privateer out of the harbour of St. Vallery.—Mr. Mayow, of Barcott Farm, near Faringdou. He was walking at a fhort difiance from his own houfe, when he fuddenly fell down, and expired in the pace of a few minutes. Mr. M. was generally confidered as a very fiue youth, in his 21t year.-At Woburn, in Bedfordshire, Mr. J. Thornton, woolbuyer and linen-draper.-At Shefford, in Bedfordfh, in his 82d year, Mr. Hicks, Surgeon and apothecary.-At Hungerford, Mrs. Bunce, widow. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Married.] At Cambridge, Mr. E. Fofter, merchant, to Mifs Finch, eldent daughter of Mr. C. F.-Mr. J. Goodinau, of the Excife Oflice, to Mifs M. Lound, of North Waltham, Norfolk.-The Rev. Inigo W. Jones, of Trinity College, to Mifs M. E. Gale, of Pardica Hall, near Ulverftone, in Laucalhire. Died.] At Cambridge, aged 76, Mr. W. Gregory, many years keeper of the county jail and house of correction.—At Ely, Mr. G. Bennet, one of the lay clerks to the cathedral; defervedly a favourite with the admirers of facred mutic for his finetoned bafs voice.--At Melbourne, in his 82d year, J. Hitch, Efq, one of the deputy lieutenants of the county, and theriff for the counties of Cambridge and Hantingdon in the year 1774.-At Kneelworth, Sir Edward Nightingale, Bart. CHESHIRE. Married. At Nantwich, Mr. Schofield, fergeant in the Army of Referve, to Mifs B. Hallwood, of Beam Bridge. This marriage being celebrated against the confeut of the lady's friends, the brother of the bride actually ftripped off his clothes to fight the minister in the church for performing his duty, who was obliged to fend for conftables to keep the peace during the nuptial ceremony; after which, the bride was led away in triumph by the bridegroom, and a corporal of the fame regiment to which the fergeant belonged, to the no finall amufement and gratification of a large concourfe of fpectators. At Chefter, W. Smith, Efq, of Warring ton, to Mifs Eaton. Died.] At Chofter, Mr. Faithful Thomas, many years contable of the caftle, an office which he difcharged with credit to hinfelf, and to the fatisfaction of the public.-At Gayton, G. Salmon, Efq. of Nantwich.-Aged 80, E. Lloyd, Efq. late of Chefter.At Northwich, Mrs. Hadfield, wife of Mr. H. of the fult works. CUMBERLAND. Married.] At Carbridge, Mr. Bell, agent to Mr. Thomas Bates, of Halton, to Mifs M. Charlton.-At Kefwick, Mr. J. Crofsthwayte, jun. to Mifs Eliz. Banks, daughter of the late Mr. J. B. supervisor. Died.] At Carlile, the Rev. J. Browne, D.D. vicar of Thurlby.-Mr. Michael Sinith, many years parith clerk to the cathedral.--At an advanced age, Mr. Waitfon, formerly a fupervifor of excife, and afterwards (having been deprived of a leg by an unfortunate accident) a schoolmafier; for which employment he was generally confidered as extremely well qualified. DORSETSHIRE, Married. The Rev. J. Foote, of Babcary, to Mifs Hutchins, eldest daughter of the late J. II, Efq. of Farringdon, in Somerfetthire,-Mr. B. Gapper, an eminent clothier, of Winfham, to Mifs Eliz. Hullett, 3d daughter of Mr. S. IL of Seatown, near Bridport.-The Rev. John Bannister, of Wareham, to Mils M. Baker, of Bristol. DERBYSHIRE. Died] At his feat at Kedlestone, in his 78th year, the Right Hon. Nathanael Lord Scarfdale, a Bart. Doctor of Laws, and Vice President of the Middlesex Hospital. His lordihip was the eldeft fon of the late Sir Nathanael Curzon, Bart. whofe anceftor came to this country with William the Norman, afterwards furnamed the Conqueror; and the family have been feated at Kedlestone, ever fince the reign of Edward I. The Curzons first reprefented the county of Derby in parlia ment, in the fecond year of the reign of Richard II, and continued to do fo, although with certain intervals, until the 12th year of the reign of William III; from which period the family has, in an uninterrupted fucceffion, reprefented the faid county in parliament, until the year 1761, when his prefent majesty elevated the late lord to the peerage. His lordthip had an exquisite tafte for the fine arts; and his noble mansion at Kedlestone will remain a monument of his fkill in architecture to pofterity. His lordship's private worth, and continued benevolence to the poor of the furrounding villages, are well and generally known.-At Chefter- the bodies, but could not obtain any fafield,aged 73, Mr. William Manley, formerly tisfactory evidence of the caule of the fire. an attorney of great practice, when he was It was fiated, that, on its fint breaking encemed, viited, and employed by many out, it raged very fiercely, from the quauof the firit families in the neighbourhood; tity of fraw in the ftable, in which no less but fuch is the lubricity of mundane affairs, than feventy of the men were lodged; that he died in the parish work-houtc. He was the unfortunate men initantly rushed to handfomely interred by the subscription of the door of the stable where the fire befome liberal-minded gentlemen, who had gan, but, finding it latched by a common known him in his better days.-In his 17th iron latch on the outfide (which is lifted year, Marmaduke Hunloke, Efq. fecond up by putting the finger through a hole in fon of the late Sir Henry Hunloke, of the door), and they not knowing, or, in Wingerworth.-At Swarkftonc, aged 63, their great hurry and confufion, not atMr. T. Grimes, formerly house fleward, tempting to open it in that way, were for during the space of 25 years, to the late a time prevented from making their escape. Sir Henry Harper,of Calke.At Egginton, Every one must have perithed in the flames, Mr. J. Lowe, high-conftable for the huu- had not the corporal of the detachment, dred of Repton and Gretley. to whom the alarm of fire had been given, ran down to the liable, and extricated them from their diftreffing fituation. DURHAM. Married.] At Hawick, Captain Irvine, of the Royal Navy, to Mits Dickfon.At Berwick, J. Henderson, Efq, formerly a Lieutenant in the East India Company's fervice, and now Captain Commandant of the Berwick Company of Volunteers, to Mifs Selby, of Holy Island, in this County. Died.] At Bifhop Auckland, aged 52, Mrs. A. Simplon, wife of Mr. J. S. innkeeper. She was fo corpulent, as to require a cottin three feet in width about the fhoulders; and it was found neceffary to dilplace a window, in order to remove the comin out of the houfe.-At Chefterle-Street, in the prime of life, Richard Bell, Efq. Major of the Chefter Volunteers. ESSEX. A fire, attended with calamitous circumftances, broke out lately in one of the tables at the Spotted Dog inn, at Chelmsford. Several hundred Hanoverian foldiers halted in the town and its vicinity, and, from the great numbers billeted on the inn-keepers, they were compelled to lodge them in ftables and out-boules. Thole quartered at the Spotted Dog had retired to a table, with their pipes, and, it is fuppofed, that the fire dropping from one of them communicated to fome loofe traw, which fet the premises in a blaže. By the activity exerted by all ranks on the occation, the conflagration was preveated from extending beyond the preinites: twelve of the foldiers perifhed, whole dead bodies were afterwards dug out. A number of horfes belonging to the royal waggon train were in the ftables, al of which were removed but two, and they were burnt to death. One other unfortunate Hanoverian died the next morning from the injury he received. The cornder for the county held an inqueft on VOL. III. Died.] At Chelmsford, Mrs. Turner, of the Wheat Sheaf Inn.—At Colchester, Mr. F. Sherman, fchoolmatter.—At Dunmow, in his 54th year, John Rayner, Efq, furgeon, a gentleman of refpectable talents in his profeflion, combined with great benevolence and goodness of heart. At Burnham, aged 70, the Rev. Mr. Cromwell, a Baptift minifter, of exemplary life and converfation.-The Rev. R. Fofter,rector of Great Marlow, formerly fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and proc tor of the University in the year 1763. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A bill is intended to be brought into parliament for powers to vary and alter the line of the Gloucester and Berkeley canal, in the parishes or townships of Saul and Fretherne, in this county; as likewife to extend and carry the faid canal through part of the parish of Arlingham, in order to make a communication with the river Severn, at or near a place called Hock Crib, in the last-mentioned parish. Married.] Mr. H. Loveday, clothier, of Paiufwick, to Mifs C. Wane, fourth daugh ter of Mr. W. of Fairford.-At Badgeworth, Mr. Mafon, of Dowdeswell, to Mifs Jones, filter of T. Jones, Elq. of Cooper's Hill. At Died.] At Gloucester, Mrs. Saunders, wife of Mr. S. foap-boiler. --At Sevenhampton, at an advanced age, Mrs. Lawrence, wife of W. L. Efq. Prettbury, in his 64th year, T. Baghott, Efq.-At Butler's Court, near Lechlade, in his 45th year, T. Powell, Efq. Captain of the Lechlade Comp. of Volunteers, and formerly an eminent furgeon at Highworth, in the county of Wilts.-At Cain's Crofs, Mrs. Judfon, wife of Mr. Judfon, an eminent clothier. L HAMPSHIRE. medicine and advice; and, when the mode of inoculating by the vaccine matter was introduced, the made herself mistress of the art, and inoculated upwards of 800 perfons with her own hand. In a word, the was a woman of fuperior qualities of mind, but which were far exceeded by the uncommon excellencies of her heart. HEREFORDSHIRE. A turnip was lately taken up from a piece of land in the parith of Mantell Gamage, in this county, of the following very extraordinary dimenfious: it meafured 414 inches by 392, and weighed, without the top, 274 pounds. It is preserved at Garnons, as a most curious specimen of the uncommon magnitude to which that valuable root may be brought. Among other extenfive works and buildings now erecting by order of government at Portsmouth, the following are chiefly deferving of notice. The magazine on the piece of ground called Tipper Point ftands in a very convenient fituation for the purpose for which it is intended, at a proper diftauce from other buildings, and having, at high tides, a fufficiency of water to admit veffels of confiderable burthen to lie along-fide, and to receive their cargoes. The buildings at this point are both large and numerous, and the fitores are judiciously arranged. The new gun-wharf, erecting on a point which projects a confiderable way into the harbour, between the towns of Portsmouth and Portfea, is likewife a great and important work, and will prove of effential benefit and convenience to the ordnance department, as there will be buildings of every defcription, for the depositing of arms, ordnance ftores, &c. In addition to thefe edifices, a large range of buildings is recently commenced in the lower part of the town of Portfea, near the water, and adjoining the army depot. Thefe will contain Married.] Walter Syms, Efq. Captain workshops, and ftorehouses of all kinds, in the 69th reg. of foot, to Mifs Martha and when completed will produce a very confiderable faving in the expence of tranfporting articles of that defcription from Woolwich, and other places. Married.] At Southampton, Captain Lynch Cotton, of the 15th reg. of Light Dragoons, to Mifs Robins, daughter of J. R. Efq. Died.] At Hereford, in her 65th year, Mrs. Holland, widow.-Mifs Bilwell, daughter of the late Mrs. Northy.-At Prefteign, ip bis 60th year, the Rev. Benj. Barrow, M. A. rector of Byton. -At Burlton Court, in his 72d year, J. Brewfter, Eq. KENT. Careless, eldest daughter of the Rev. Died.] At Canterbury, Mifs Drew, only daughter of the late Mr. J. D. furgeon.At Rochefter, T. Hill, Gent. a common councilman of the Corporation. - Mr. Greenwood,filversmith.—At Sheerness, in her 21ft year, Mifs Wade, eldest daughter of the late Benj. W. Efq. of Leeds.-At Sevenoaks, W. Shepherd, Efq. of Styles Hill, near Frome, in Somerfet.-At Boughton, Mrs. Butt, wife of W. B. Efq. of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire.-At Staplehunt, aged 27, Lieutenant W. Finch, of the Staplehurit Volunteers. LANCASHIRE. Died.] At Southampton, Mr. R. Pearfon, fon of Mr. R. P. coal-merchant. Mr. Dunuing, ftraw hat manufacturer. At Newport, W. Bowreman, Efq. fon of the late W. B. Efq. of Brooke Houfe; and, after an interval of a few days, his filter, Mrs. Baffett.-At Gofport, fuddenly, Mrs. Inglefield, late of the King's Head inn. At Marwell Hall, J. Utterfon, Efq. Juftice of Peace.-At Afhe, by a fall from her horfe, after an interval of 12 hours, aged 56, Mrs. Lefroy, wife of the The opening of the Rochdale canal Rev. G. L. rectof of that parish; an ex- took place on Friday, the 21st of Dec. cellent woman, endowed with uncommon laft, when two elegant yachts, containing powers of intellect, great talents for po- the committee of the canal company, etry, and of a very benevolent difpofition. other proprietors, preceded by ice-boats, Although he was the delight and or- came down the fame from Rochdale to nament of brilliant circles, fhe never Manchester, a distance of 12 miles, and forgot or neglected her inferiors: to the arrived at the wharf in Piccadilly, Manpoer her vifits and attentions were unre- chefter, at half past three o'clock in the mitting to them the frequently admi- afternoon. Their approach to the town niftered food, clothing, and inftruction: was welcomed with the reiterated fhouts The herself taught the village children to of an almost incredible number of specread and write: to an extenfive circuit tators. The completion of this moft of neighbouring parishes the diftributed difficult, expenfive, and important under and |