eharitable, and friendly, her extensive mental resources became a well known fund of intellectual pleasure to others, and of exhilaration to herself.

DORSETSHIRE.

Married. At Poole, Thomas Ady, esq. sherif for that town, to Miss Hester Easter.

At Topsham, Mrs. Chapman, wife of captain Ligonier C.

At Burton Bradstock, near Bridport, Sarah, wife of rear-admiral Ingram.

At Ebford House, near Topsham, George Webbe Danieli, esq. president of the island of Nevis.

At Plymouth, Mr. Gillett, late purser of

At Wotcombe House, the Rev. W. Whitaker, 85.

DEVONSHIRE.

Married.] At Stonehouse, Dr. Pryan, of Plymouth Dock, to Miss Tatlock, daughter of the late William T. esq. of his Majesty's Dock-yard, Chatham.

At Biddeford, G. W. F. Delevand, esq. of Battersea Rise, to Jane, second daughter of T. Grant, esq. of North Devon Cottage.

At Chittlehampton, Mr. Benjamin Radford, surgeon, of Chumleigh, to Miss Mary Hauche, only daughter of John H. esq.

At Plymouth, Lieut. Giles, of the Royal Marines, to Miss Cree.

Died] At Exeter, Major C. Ward Orde, late of the 9th light dragoons.-Mr. Ellis, drawing-master. Mr. Ellis had received a liberal education, which had been much improved by his own study and experience. He possessed very respectable abilities as an artist, and his appearance, manners, conversation, and behaviour, were those of a gentle man. He had resided in this city about four years, and instructed a number of young persons in the art of drawing, in which he was very successful, but it appears, that previously to his arrival he had been very untortunate, and being encumbered with a load of debt, all his industry in his profession was insufficient to the maintenance of his family, and to pay off occasionally such sums as he was called on by his former creditors to discharge. Thus situated, his little earnings being continually drained from him, with a constant fear of being arrested, and scarcely allowing himself sufficient nutriment to sustain life, he pined in secret; and though his external appearance betrayed no signs of poverty, surrounded on all sides by those who esteemed him, and who, had they known his real situation, would have been happy to assist and relieve him, he died literally of a broken heart! leaving a family of four young children, and a widow very lar advanced in pregnancy with the fifth. Their distressed situation, on the loss of a husband and a father, and let destitute of every support, without provisions, fuel, clothes, or any of the necessaries of life, can better be con. ceived by those who have feeling hearts, than it is possible to describe.

At Sidmouth, the Hon. Mrs. Cocks, widow of the Hon. Reginald C., youngest son of the late Lord Somers, and second daughter of the late James Cocks, esq-Wm. Bacon. esq. of Carr House, near Doneuster.

At Uplime, Mrs. Vere, widow of the Rev. Nicholas V. prebendary of Winchester and Wells, and rector of Uplime.

At Bellair, Mrs. Harnian, wife of Edward H. esq. of Finsbury square, London.

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At Heavitree, Mrs. Sarah Vanden Endon,

At Exmouth, Lieut. Drane, R.N. At Tuccanhay, near Totness, Abraham Tucker, esq.

CORNWALL.

Considerable improvements are proceeding by the direction of the corporation, on the Burrows, at Swansea. The pleasureground will consist of a garden of about four acres, of which a considerable proportion will be laid out in grass par terres, shrubberies, plantations of forest trees, with an extent of gravel walks within its boundary of more than 800 yards; besides this, there will be a grand esplanade facing the south, forty feet wide; twenty of which (in the centre) will be gravelled, and the sides laid down in turf, of the length of 250

yards,

yards, commanding ая

view of the bay, piers, and shipping. On the east, north, and west sides, there will also be gravelled avenues of more than 1100 yards, so that above eight acres of ground, and nearly one mile and a quarter of walk, will be laid out, and dedicated by the corporation of Swansea to the use and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the town, and its casual visitors; which, if kept in a neat manner, with a sufficient barrier to exclude improper trespassers, as also a guard against the commission of every species of nuisance, will afford both health and pleasure to the frequenters of this favourite spot, and add to the celebrity of the town, by giving this welltimed effect to its unrivalled natural beauties.

The labourers employed by Mr. Yalden, in the limestone quarries at the Mumbles, near Swansea, lately cut through a complete cemetery, in which were found immense quantities of human bones of a very large size: from the position and the confused state they were discovered in, it is highly probable that this spot was the burial-place of a vast multitude who perished nearly at the same time, either by pestilence or the sword, at some very remote period.

The following facts are extracted from documents on the table of the House of Commons, from which the effects of the Newport exemption on the trade of South Wales are rendered sufficiently apparent :There were imported into Bridgewater before the first exemption from duty in 1797, From Cardiff 259 tons of coal. Neath 4729

Mr. Johnes, of Havod, in Cardiganshire, has the merit of having improved his mansion and lands in a most laudable manuer. In 1783 they were a wilderness. There was indeed an old house belonging to the family, but it was deserted as an untenantable resi dence, and the very estate held of little va. lue. Since which time, hills planted by persons now living, have risen into opulence of timber; other hills are covered with in. fant plantations; and other lofty and exten. sive wastes are marked out to be called into usefulness and fertility in the ensuing au tumns. Larch trees have been very successful on these hills; but Mr. Johnes has engag ed in an immense extent of general plantations. From June 1796 to June 1797, four hundred thousand larches were planted. In the same year, two hundred and fifty thousand other trees were planted, of which fifty were alders, and the rest elm, becch, birch, ash, and mountain-ash. They all throve well, but the beech throve more than any, except the Jarch. About ten thousand were planted on an acre. From October 1797 to October 1798, ten thousand oaks were planted, from one to two feet high; and from October 1798 to April 1799, fifty-five acres were set with acorns. In the same space of time, in which the plantations of oaks were going forward, twenty-five thousand ash trees were planted, and about four hundred thousand jarch trees. The larches were all two-years old seedlings, and were always planted on the upper part of the hills. The larches planted at the height of from eighteen inches to two feet in the year 1796, were from ten to thirteen feet high in 1802. The shoots some years were from two feet and a half to three feet, and in some instances three feet eight inches.

The whole number of trees planted on the estate from October 1795 to April 1801, amounted to two millions and sixtyfive thousand, of which one million two hundred thousand were larches, without including the lands sown with acorns. Hunter, in his notes upon Evelyn's Sylver,

Dr.'

states

states that trees when they begin to timberize, increase in value one shilling yearly. What then may we suppose the increasing value of this patriotic gentleman's estate will be in a few years? How provident a steward has he proved himself for his successors, and what obligation has the kingdom at large been laid under by his example!

Married.] At Carmarthen, Lieut. Hunt, of the 96th regiment, to Miss Vaughan, eldest daughter of Capt. V. of the Royal Navy. Capt. Henry Esmond, to Miss Mary Noots. The Rev. F. H. Papendick, MA to Miss B. A. Williams, youngest daughter of the late Thomas W. esq. of Velinnewydd, in the county of Brecon.

At Llandewy Velfrey Church, near Narberth, Mr. Tardrew, of Carmarthen, to Miss George, eldest daughter of Thomas G. esq. of Cwmliar, Pembrokeshire.

At Llanvechen, Robert Perrott, esq of Brynhyddon, to Miss Magdalene Evans, eldest daughter of Edward E. esq. of Llanfrogan, in the county of Montgomery.

A: Pembroke, Mr. John Joliffe, of Southampton, to Miss Maria Kynaston, third daughter of Thomas K esq. of Caldy Island, near Tenby.

Died. At Haverfordwest, Dorothy Richards, 109. She enjoyed good health till within a few days of her death.

Mrs. Jones, the wife of Price J. esq. of Coffronnydd, and youngest daughter of Colo. nel Browne, of Mellington.

At Llangollen, Mrs. Mather, late of Wrexham.

At Bangor, the Rev. Hugh Owen, D. D. precentor of theCathedral,rector of Aberfraw, in the county of Anglesey, and of Llanllitny, in the county of Carnarvon.

At Mansant, Carnarvonshire, Edward Duncan, esq The Rev. Evan Herbert, curate of Llanbeblig, Carnarvonshire.

At Llanerch Park, in the county of Flint, H. Leo, esq. major of the Flintshire militia; by his death, the beautiful seat in the Vale of Clwyd, and valuable demesnes, become the property of the Rev. W. W. Davies, restoring to the ancient line an estate it had possessed for many centuries.

At Swansea, Mrs. Rees, relict of John R. esq. of Killymaenlwydd, Carmarthenshire. At Cardiff, Mrs. Mary Nichell, widow of William N. esq. of Cae Main, Glamorgan.

NORTH BRITAIN.

Died.] At Dumfries, John M'George, q. of Culloch, one of the magistrates of Dumfries.

In the Island of Lewes, West Highlands of Scotland, a poor woman of the name of Flora Macdonald, at the advanced age of 120 years retaining the perfect use of her faculties till the last

Died At Edinburgh, Mrs. Dundas, sister of viscount Melville.

At Craigag, in the parish of Kirkhill, at the advanced age of 102, Mr. James Fraser,

farmer. His remains were attended to the grave by a numerous family, and upwards of seventy of his grand and great-grandchildren. He possessed the use of all his faculties to the last hour; had never been confined above two hours by illness; never wore any other dress than the Highland garb in the course of his long life; and was a man much esteemed by his. numerous acquaintance for his singularly pleasing manners.

At Oxenford Castle, sir John Dalrymple Hamilton Macgill, bart. at the advanced age of 84. He was many years a baron of his majesty's exchequer in Scotland, and distinguished himself as an author by his Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, Tracts on Feudal Law, and various other able and usefuk publications. He lived in habits of the strictest intimacy with the first characters of his time, and availed himself of every opportunity which his active mind and influence afforded him of promoting the welfare of his country, during a period of its history particularly eventful. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, the present sir john, who is a colonel in the Guards.

Aged 75, James Fraser, tenant in fomovoidt, parish of Boleskine. He was one of the Fraser highlanders who distinguished themselves so eminently at the capture of Quebec, under the immortal Wolfe. It is remarkab e, that within the narrow circle around Tomovoidt, there are still surviving five more who witnessed that glorious event: one of these is captain Fraser, of Bunchegavie, and another is captain Fraser, of Erogie.

IRELAND.

In Queen's County, the earl and countess of Charleville have been most benevolently employed in founding schools for four hundred children, on Mr. Lancaster's plan. The earl has erected suitable buildings at his own expense. The countess has sent over a schoolmaster, who has been some weeks with Mr. Lancaster, at the Royal Free School, Borough Road, to be instructed in his plan. The high sheriff of the county of Cavan has been very assiduous in the institution of schools, which are productive of much good, by diffusing the benefits of that knowledge of which Ireland stands so greatly in need.

Died.] At Ardglass, the right hon. Charles James Fitzgerald, lord Lecale, vice admiral of the red, uncle to the present duke of Leinster, 52.

At Corr Hill, county Cavan, W. Haik ness, esq. 102.

On the Copeland Island, near Donaghewer, M. Strattan, 105; she applied herself to her wheel, and spun until a few days before she died, and retained the use of her faculties until her death.

-In Cork, Mrs. Catherine Sutterford, 102.

Died.] At the advanced age of 121 years, Sarah Malcomson, of Drumgoolin, near Rathtry Land. She was the life in different leases,

taken

taken out about the year 1694, at about is. 6d. an acre.

At his house in Stephen's Green, Dublin, John Law, D. D. bishop of Elphin, and brother to Lord Ellenborough. This truly venerable prelate was a man of profound erudition, and his whole life was devoted to the practice of those moral and religious duties which he so forcibly inculcated in his excellent discourses from the pulpit.-The following authentic anecdote deserves to be recorded, as furnishing a useful instance of the wise and genuine liberality of his character. When he took possession of the See of Killala, and learnt that almost the whole of the population were Roman catholics, he used these expressions, "That it was a hopeless tisk to make them protestants, it would answer every purpose to make them good catholics:" and with this view he got printed, at his own expense, and distributed gratis through the diocese, a new edition of the works of the Rev. John Gother, which breathe the piety, and, in plain and intelligible language, inculcate the morality, of the bible. The same liberality distinguished every action of his life, and is particularly observable in his wild. He has left to the Rev. James Whitelaw, vicar of St. Cathe rine's, Dublin, 5001. Of this gentleman his lordship knew nothing but his virtues and literary acquirements; but to such a man as Dr. Law, they were the best recommendation. He had previously bestowed upon him the living in the diocese of Elphin, held by the late Dr. Sandford; and in his last and tedious sickness, was often heard to express his satisfaction, that he lived to have an op. portunity of shewing him this ma k of his friendship and esteem. To Dr. William Magee, senior fellow of Trinity college, Dub. lin, he has bequeathed a like sum of five hundred pounds. This gentleman had also no recommendation but his literary talents. To Dr. Brinkley, professor of astronomy in Trinity college, Dublin, he has bequeathed five thousand pound with all his books, va lued at three thousand pounds. His lordship died worth forty-five thousand pounds, and his legacies, including one thousand pounds to his brother, Lord Ellenborough, amount, in the whole, to sixteen thousand pounds. The remaining twenty-nine thousand pounds is bequeathed, one-half to his widow, Mrs. Law, and the other half dis

tributively between his brothers and sisters,

of whom four survive him.

which adorned, his character. Never was there any man who united, in an higher degree, the accomplishments of the gentleman with the attainments of the scholar. His polished manners, his refined sentiments, his easy flow of wit, his classical taste, and his profound erudition, rendered his conversation as fascinating as it was instructive: the rare qualities of his heart procured for him the most devoted attachment of relatives and friends, the affectionate regard of all who knew him. A frame of peculiar delicacy in capacitated Mr. W. for the exercise of an ac tive profession, and early withdrew his mind from the busy bustle of the world to the more congenial occupations of literary retirement, The intervals of exemption from pain and sickness, which are usually passed in languor or in pleasure, were by him devoted to the cultivation of those favourite departments of literature to which he was guided not less by natural taste than by early associa tion. To seek for that best of blessingshealth, which his own climate denied him, Mr. W. was induced to travel: the ardent mind of this young enthusiast in the cause of letters, which had drunk deep from the classic fountains of antiquity, and, had imbibed the most profound admiration for the heroes and the sages of old regretted not his constitutional debility, but seized the occasion which invited him to that sacred theatre, on which the greatest characters had figured, and the noblest works bad been achieved. He visited Ialy; he embraced with enthusiasm that nurse of arts and of arms; he trod with devotion her classic ground, consecrated by the ashes of heroes, and immortalized by the effusions of poets; he studied her language; he observed her customs and her manners; he admired the inimitable remains of ancient art, and mourned over the monuments of modern degradation; he conversed with her learned men; he was enrolled in her academies; and became almost naturalized to the country. Further particulars will be given in our next.

DEATHS ABROAD.

At Madeira, where he went for the reco very of his health, Francis Henry Bamber ty sq. 22, son of the late Robert Lambert, eq. of Dorchester, and fellow of New College, Oxford.

At her residence, on Gay Hills, in, the parish of St. Thomas in the Vale, Jamaica, at the very advanced age of 120 years, Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, a native of the island, and relict of the late Jacob Fletcher, esq. of White Hall estate, St. Anne. She retained and possessed her usual flow of spirits to the all her faculties, enjoyed a good appetite, period of her death, and did the duties of her domestic concerns till the last three years; she was of a lively and cheerful dise position. Her daughter, at de good old age of eighty, attended to her wants and com.crta at the close of this long life,