Banks purchased them all at a very liberal price. Mr. Sandby soon after attended that great naturalist in a tour through North and South Wales, where he took several sketches, which he transferred to copper-plates, and made several sets of prints in imitation of drawings in Indian ink. In 1753, he was one of the members of an academy which met in St. Martin's lane, and was, with several others, desirous of establishing a society on a broader basis; this was strenuously opposed by the celebrated Hogarth, which drew on hun the attacks of his brother artists. Among others, Mr. Sandby (then a very young man) published several prints in ridicule of his Analysis of beauty, which, he siterwards declared, had he known Hogarth's merit as he did since, he world on no account have done. On the institution of the Royal Academy, Mr. Sandby was elected a royal academician. By the recommendation of the Duke of Grafton, the Marquis of Granby appointed him in 1768, chief drawing master of the Royal Academy at Woolwich, which office he held till the day of his death. It is needless to descant on lis merits; those who have seen his drawings, can alone form an adequate judgment of the superiority of his taste, and the brilliancy of his execution.

At Copford Essex, Dr. Kelly, L.L.D. a native of the Isle of Mann,upon which he reflected no ordinary degree of honour, by his abili ties, his acquirements, and his truly exemplary conduct, as a diving and a scholar He prosecuted his classical studies under the late Rev. Philip Moore, of Douglas; whose indefatigable coadjutor he afterwards became, in the important work of revising, correcting, transcribing, and preparing for the press, the manuscript translation of the holy scriptures into the Manks language; the inpression of which, comprising all the books of the Old and New Testaments, with two of the Apocryphal books, he also superintended at Whitehaven, in the capacity of corrector; to which, on the recommendation of the lastmentioned gentleman, he was appointed by the society for promoting christian know Jedge; the patrons of that impression, as of every subsequent religious work connectel with it. Dr. Kelly also superintended the printing of an edition of the Book of Common Prayer, and Bishop Wilson's Treatise on the Sacrament, all in the Manks language; and, in the course of his labours in this vineyard, he had transcribed all the Books of the Old Testament, three several times, before he had attained his twenty-second year! On the completion of this charitable work, begun by Bishop Wilson, who, like Bede, by his piety and virtue, acquired the appellation of venerable; and promoted by the active zeal of his successor, Bishop Hillesley, Mr. Kelly was ordained, upon a title from the episcopal congregation at Air, where he resiced, respected by all who knew him, until

nent.

the Duke of Gordon engaged him to be tutor to his son, the Marquis of Huntley, whose studies he superintended at Eton and Cambridge; and afterwards he accompanied that young nobleman on the tour of the Conti, Soon after his return, Mr. Kelly graduated at Cambridge; and again visited the Continent, with two other of his pupils. In the course of a few months after his recurn, he was presented with the rectoxy of Arnleigh, in Essex; and afterwards, to that of Copford, in the same county: the former of which he resigned some years since. From the time that he entered into the ministry. it might truly be said, that he made the vo cation of holiness honourable. He has left. bein him a monument of his erudition ag the Celtic, in a Crammar or the ancient Gaelic, or language of the Isle of Mann, which was expected to be followed by a much larger work, a Manks Dictionary, which was unfortunately consumed in the tire at Messrs. Nichols's, some months ago announced as being nearly ready for the press. A large edition, the fourth, of the Book of Common Prayer, printed under the patronage, and by the munificence of, the Bible Society, from the corrected copy of Dr. Kelly, was finished at Whitehaven, and sent to the Isle of Mann, only about SIX weeks ago. Of t of twenty-sever clergymen, concerned in the translation of the Manks Scriptures since the year 1760, three only are now living. These are the translators of the book of Judges and Ruth; Ecclesiastes; and the Minor Prophets, from Joel to the end.

At Greatness, near Sevenoaks, aged 86, Peter Nouaille, esq. the oldest member of his Majesty's court of lieutenancy in the city of London. This gentleman's grandfather was descended from an ancient family in France, and came over to this country from Nasmes, in Languedoc, at the revocation of the edict of Nantes, having saurificed a considerable property in that country, in common with many others, who, upon that occasion, voluntarily left France for the sake of their religious principles. Mr. N.'s father resided at Hackney, and was a merchant of considerable eminence in the Levant and Italian trade. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. N. having previously been taken into partnership with his father, set out upon a tour through Europe, with a view to establish correspondences, and to acquire general knowledge; at the end of two years, having travelled through France, Italy, and Sicily, he was obliged to return home without visating Germany, on account of the continental war, in which England was at that time engaged. Whilst abroad he gained a perfect k..owledge of the French and Italian languages, which he spoke and wrote with the fluency and correctness of a native, acquired a great taste for the fine arts, and brought home with him a valuable collection of pic.

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tures and prints, &c. which he continued to augment for many years alter his return to this country. In the year 1761, he married Elizbeth, the only daughter and heiress of Peter D.lamare, esq. of Greatness, whose ancestors were likewise refugees from France, in 1686. In right of his wife he became possessed of the silk mills at Greatness; they bal been erected upon a very confine scale, and at that period they did not produce above 3001. per annum. He however, soon perceived that great advantages were to be ontained by them, and possessing a profound knowledge of mechanics and mathematics, after exper.ding at least 20,0001. in enlarg ing and improving the machinery, he very considerably increased their produce. Some parts of the machinery which he invented are so ingenious in their construction and movements as to render the silk, prepared by the for different branches of manufacture, far seperior to that worked by any others in this country. He first introduced the manufacture of crapes into England, which, before his time, were imported from Bologna; by his own ingenuity he discovered the process of their manufacture, and soon rivalled them in his manner of preparing them. In the year 1778, partly through the imprudent speculations of a near relation, in whom he placed implicit confidence, and partly by heavy losses, occasioned by the failure of a house with which he transacted business, he became a bankrupt. The unkindness and oppression which he experienctd from some of his relatives upon this occasion considerably aggravated, and certainly tended to confirm this misfortune, which might have been averted, had proper time been given him to settle his affairs. He was, however, amply compensated by the countenance and friendly offers of assistance which he received from many of the most eminent merchants in the city, amongst the foremost of whom was his ever valued friend Peter Gaussen, esq. then Governor of the Bank. After the sale of his effects and collections, he prosecuted his business with unceasing energy. The silk mills now became his chief object; he more than doubled their number, and brought them to so high a degree of perfection that they produced many thousands per annum, and in a few years he was enabled, as he had hoped to do from the hour of his misfortune, most honourably to cis charge the residue of his debts, which would have been due to the creditors had not the bankruptcy taken place, and which after it had, he could be under no legal obligation to pay. It was a measure, dictated alone by that high sense of honour and integrity, which uniformly directed all his dealings with others. In 1800, having realised an independent fortune, which was then consi

derably increased by the death of a near relation, he withdrew from business, giving up the manufactory and property connected with it to his son, and retired to Sevenoaks, where he, resided till the death of his wife, which took place in 1805. He then returned to pass the remainder of his days with his son at Greatness, About this time his inemory began to fail him; it was the only symptom he exhibited of old age, and was probably occasioned by his intense application to studies of an abstruse nature, at an earlier period of life. In the year 1792, when the mania of the French revolution had nearly obtained a footing in this country, and it became necessary for every one to testify their attachment to the constitution, his nanie appeared almost the first upon the list of those public-spirited men,' who at that critical juncture established the associa tion at the Crown and Anchor. He was blessed with a good, though rather delicate constitution, which had never been impaired by intemperance, or enfeebled by disease; and he had the enviable telicity of attaining to an advanced age without suffering from any of the infirmities which usually accompany that period of life, being able to read the smallest print without the assistance of glasses. He possessed a highly-cultivated understanding, and a considerable portion of general knowledge, refined by an exquisite taste; the upright independence of his character and his high sense of honour, were manifested in every occurrence of his life. He had a strong sense of religion and piety, and a sensibility and tenderness of feeling that rendered him ever alive to the misfor tunes of others. In addition to the many Christian virtues which he exercised, the most prominent feature of his character was an unbounded liberality and benevolence towards those who needed his support; his purse was ever open to encourage and assist young artists in their professional pursuits. Το rescue merit from distress, and to bring into active and useful exertion, talents, which would otherwise have been lost, he was ever foremost to contribute his kindness to all those employed in his service, uniformly shone lorth upon every occasion, amply provicing for the comforts of those who had grown old in his employ. To the poor he was a kind friend and benefactor, and no one was more deservedly esteemed in the neighbourhood where he resided: the respect which attended him through life was equalled only by the sorrow which accompanied him to the grave. He was buried at Christ Church, Spital-fields, and has left a son, who succeeds him in the business, and one daughter, who was married in 1791 to Edward Rudges,

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PROVINCIAL

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

ON excavating the earth to obtain a firm foundation for the new Court houses for the County of Northumberland, where the halfmoon battery in Newcastle formerly stood, a variety of curious discoveries have been made. After the excavation of about thirty feet of solid earth, the entrance to an ancient well has been found, which will probably, when dug, develope some remains of antiquity. Within a few yards of this well, two pair of horns, resembling those of a stag, but Auch larger, along with the jaw-bones of the animal, were dug out. In the opinion of an eminent natural historian, these bones and horns must have belonged to an animal similar in size and species to the American elk. In several other parts which have been dug, about forty-six feet from the top of the mount, number of large beams of solid oak, perfectly sound, lying in a variety of directions, as if to support the superincumbent bank, have been also discovered, all which afford sufficient grounds to believe, that the whole mount was a work of the Romans, for the purpose of forming a commanding station, when in this country.

Married.] At Heworth, the Rev. John Hodgson, to Miss Kell.-Warren Lamb, esq. of Newcastle, to Miss Hunter, daughter of the late Robert H. esq. of Medomesly, Durham.

At the Holystone, James Armstrong, 85, to Margaret Craggs, aged 19.

At Arlecdon, Mr. Robert Gordon, of Skelcow, to Miss Howard, of the same place. Their united ages amount to 34 years. The father of the bridegoom is 35, and the mother about the same age.

At Wooler, the Rev. William Gilmour, to Miss Bolton, sister to Mr. Thomas B. of Liverpool, merchant.

At Sunderland, Marmaduke Featherstone, esq. to Miss Hill, sister of C. S. Hill, esq. comptroller of the customs of that port.

Died.] At Newcastle, Nicholas Walton, esq. one of the receivers of the revenues of Greenwich Hospital, in this district, 76.➡ Mr. Henry Galloway, 82.—Mrs. Mary Shel bery, 80.-Mrs. Elizabeth Read.-Mrs. Ann Grey, 71. Mrs. Isabella Rowell, 80.-Mrs. Young; she went to bed at night in good health, and in the morning was found a corpse. -Mr. William Bell, 53.-Mr. Oliver.-Mr. John Weatherston. Mr. Thomas Richard

son. Mr. Samuel Price, ship-owner.-Mr. John Coulter, 85-Mrs. Manisty, 76.-Mr. John Eden, 95.-Mrs. Elizabeth Benney, 31. -Mrs. Saunderson.Mrs. Proctor.-Mr. William Hind, master of the Shaftoe, Greenlandman.—Mr. John Temperly, 69.-Miss Ogilvie, daughter of the Rev. Mr. O.-Mr. John Carr, 38.-Mary, widow of John Walker, 102.-Mr. James Parkinson, methodist preacher.

At Hexham, Mrs. Mason, 80.-Mrs. Bell, 73.

At Alemouth, Mr. John Bell. At Wooler, Miss Stephenson, 19. At Forest Burn, near Rothbury, Matthew Hall, 107.

At Ponteland, the Rev. John Blyth, of Hartley.

At Ingoe, William Dixon, esq. 64.

At Berwick, Mrs. Wilson, 72.-Mrs. Gresham, 65.-Mr. William Lauder, schoolmas. ter, 53.-Mrs. Hogarth.-Mr. Thomas Westherston, 61.—Mrs. M'Dougal, 50.

At Durham, Mrs. Peal, 35.-Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison, 70.—Mrs. Revely, 28.-William Benjamin Shute.-The infant son of Williani Thomson, esq.-Mr. George Bone. 55.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND.

At Workington, in the year 1809, there were-Baptisms, 220.-Burials, 212.-Marriages, 47.

At Harrington, in the year 1309-Bap tisms, 58.-Burials, 32,-Marriages, 2.

Married.] At Maryport, Captain Buttermere, of the Lavinia, to Miss Jane Dempsey.

At Corney, Mr. John Jackson, of Park Nook, to Miss Mary Benn, of Middleton. place, daughter of the late Jos. B. esq.

Died.] At Bank house, in Kinnyside, Mrs. Elizabeth Boadie, 92.

At Douglas, Isle of Mann, Lient. Clerk, of the royal navy, 49.

At Burton in Kendal, Mrs. Stow. At Walby, Mr. Robert Hewett, 79. At Brampton, Mr. John Halliburton, 87. At Holm Rook, near Whitehaven.-Alrs. Lutwidge, wife of admiral L.

At Parton, Mrs. Williamson, 66. At Sansfield, near Carlisle, Mrs. Elizabeth Mulcaster, 36.

At Kendal, Mr. Francis Docker, 77. At Gatehouse of Fleet, Alexander Birkwhistle, esq. 60.

At Carlisle, Mrs. Braumont, 52.—Mrs. Ann Satterthwaite, 69.-Mr. James Robin

son,

ruins, but he came out unhurt. Twentyseven bodies have been taken from the ruins, and twenty two were either killed or have sincee xpired; this number, if we consider the peril, may be called comparatively small, but in the of humanity, awfully great. eye Married.] At Preston, James Pedder, esq. of Greenbank, to Miss Pedder, daughter of Edward P. esq.

At Manchester, Mr. Richard Dilworth, of the Post-office, to Miss Muncaster, of Salford. -Mr. S. Lapage, jen. of Leeds, to Eliza, eldest daughter of Thomas Caister, esq. of Catterick House.

At Liverpool, Captain Hinkley, of the schooner Providence, to Miss Probert.-Captain Charles Swan, of the ship Roe, of this port, to Mrs. Lonsdale, Cumberland Tavern, Old Dock.

At Warrington, Robert Pennington, esq. to Miss Fawcet, both of Kendal.

Died.] At Old Hall, near Manchester,, William Douglas, esq. 6k

At Lancaster, Mrs Bowes, wife of Thomas B. esq. 24. Mrs. Holt, wife of Mr. James H. bookseller.-Mrs. Taylor, 81.

At Poulton Hall, near Lancaster, Eidsforth, wife of A. E. esq. 34.

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At Hale, Alice Barnes, 101.

At Blackbrook, the Rev. John Orrell, catholic priest.

At Warrington, Mrs. Newton.

At Manchester, Mr. James Hand.-Mrs. Wogden. Mrs. Kearsley, relict of Mr. K. solicitor.-Mrs. Randle.

At Liverpool, William Potts, esq. of Petersburgh, Virginia.-Caleb Fletcher, esq. 54.-Miss Thompson, 19.-Mr. Richard Parkinson. Mrs Catharine Santley, 24-Mr. G. Clough, who for many years engaged performers for, and took care of, the Music Hall in this town, 59.-Mrs. Dawson, 60.-Mr. John Hornby.

At Prescot, Mr. James Scarfsbrick, postmaster, 56.

CHESHIRE.

Married] At Prestbury, Thomas Tipping, esq. of Fulshaw Hall, to Anna, eldest daughter of Robert Hibbert, esq. of Birtles.

At Chester, William Jones, esq. of London, to Miss Maria Wynne, of Waverton. Died.] At Chester, Gabriel Smith, esq. alderman of that city, 83.-Mrs. Koberts.

At Congleton, the Rev. J. Wilson, vicar of Biddulph, and head-master of the freegrammar school, Congleton..

At Nantwich, Mr. Spencer, 100.
At Stockport, Samuel Lees, esq.

DERBYSHIRE.

Died] At Dalbury, Joseph Green, esq. At Buxton, Mr. Goodwin, of St. Ann's Hotel, 54.

At Ednaston, Mr. Robert Morley.

At Bledworth, Win. Collinson, gent. 66.
At Mansfield, Mr. George Sintes, 76.
At Worksop, Mrs Gell.

At Wilford, Mr. George Dickinson, 86.Mr. Wm. Hazard, 65.

At Ruddington, Mr. Breedon, deservedly celebrated aniong the first agriculturists of the kingdom for his knowledge and judgment in breeding sheep, 63.

At Nottingham, Mrs. Curtis, 63.—Mrs. James, 58; and a few days before, her daughter Mary, 6.

At Cransley Hall, Mrs. Rose, wife of John Capel R. esq.

At Wallingwells, Sarah, Frances, and Lydia, three of the daughters of Sir Thomas Woollaston White, bart.

At Farnsfield, Mr. W. Smith, 86; and a few days previous, his wife, Peggy, 76.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The Tolls on the Witham road, between Lincoln and Boston, which 20 years ago were taken for 3001. have lately been let for 30001.

About five years ago a benevolent institution was established at Lincoln, for the twofold purpose of assisting poor married lying. in women, and of educating poor girls in such a way as may be the means of their becoming useful members of the community. From an account lately published, it appears that, by lending for the month twelve sets or bundles of necessary linen (which cost about thirty pounds) aided by about 181. ayear given in money, above sixty poor women annually are very considerably relieved. The other and more important object of this charity, the education of poor girls, is so conducted as to produce more good effect than charity schools generally do; and at a very moderate expense: eighty children are taught to sew, knit, and read, and also receive moral and religious instruction, for about forty guineas a-year. The ladies, managers of this charity, provide cloth, &c. which they cut out for the instruction and employment of the children; and at the Repository Shop the various garments they make are sold, for the benefit of the institution.

Married.] At Boston, Mr. John Eisey, schoolmaster, to Mrs. Meadows.