3. In Spital-fquare, Mr. John Browne, grocer, many years one of the common Council of Bridge ward. In Lower Grofvenor-place, Pimlico, Gordon Haliburton, efq. At Chelfea, the wife of Hen. Caftleman, efq. of the Tower of London. At Ripley, Surrey, aged 67, the widow, of Mr. Jofeph Geale. Aged 50, the Rev. Luke Yarker, M. A. rector of Fingall, near Bedale, co. York. He was of Trinity college, Cambridge; B. A. 1775, M. A. 1778. At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, aged 72, Mr.T. Brewin, innkeeper. At Sheffield, after a long illness, the wife of Mr. M'Cready, manager of the Leicester, Birmingham, and other theatres. At Dalmahoy, near Edinburgh, the widow of Sir John Halkett, bart. of Pitfirane. 4. In. Upper Baker.itreet, Mrs. Lawrence, only fifter of Robert Williams, efq. of Bracknell, Berks, who died very lately, and wife of the Rev. B. Lawrence, curate of Mary-la-Bonne. At Bufb-hill, Edmonton, aged 63, Mr, Ifaac, a very refpectable farmer. Mr. Thomas Knapp, many years a paftry-cook in Fleet-fireet. At Perth, aged 77, Mrs. Jane Sande man, widow of the late Mr. George S. of that town. er the erbury, to Mr. Bridge, a refpectable young farmer, near Hythe, Kent, and belonging to Capt. Honeywood's troup of Yeomanry Cavalry. Four troops having been reviewed on Barham Downs, by Col. Gore, the infpecting officer of volunteer corps in that district, on the preceding Monday, Nov. 28, Mr. Bridge, with two or three more of his companione, went to an inn refresh themfelves after the fatigue of exercifing. It happened they stopped until a late hour, and indulged too freely in the bottle, when a foldier entered the room where they were drinking. He was asked by one of the party, what business he had there at that late hour. The foldier at firft made no reply; but, on the queftion being repeated, he returned an infulting anfwer. On this Mr. Bridge and his party quitted the room, and went to the first fentinel they found on duty, to whom they gave information of the foldier being out of his quartets at fo late an hour; and farther obferved, as he belonged to the fame regiment, it was his duty to call out a guard and take him into cuftody. This the fentinel refufed to do, and fome high words took place in confequence, when Mr. Bridge's party endeavoured to wreft the mulket from the fentinel's hands. They, however, only forced from him the bayonet, but which fo incenfed the foldier, that he truck Mr. Bridge with the but end of the piece over the back part of his head, with fuch violence as to fracture his full. He was taken immediately back to the inn, and provided with furgical aid, but to no effect; he lingered till this evening, when he died, much regretted. 5. At Bath, John Mac Murdo, efq. of Millhead. At Birmingham, in his 88th year, Samoel Garbett, efq. 6. At Coedriglan-house, hear Cardiff, the widow of Robert Wood, efq. of. Putney. At Limehouse, in his 4th year, John Crofs, efq. many years purveyor of his Majefty's yard at Woolwich. Mr. James Hitchon, of Newcastle-street, in the Strand. 7. In Harley-freet, Cavendish-fquarej the wife of Gen. Rofs, M. P.. At her houfe at Twickenham, in her 79th year, Anne Lady Mendip. Mr. John Jones, of Wych-street, Strand, plafterer. Clearing away the Inow from the roof of a house in Effex-street, he fel therefrom, and was fo much bruised as to Occafion his death fhortly after. 8. In York-place, Kingfland road, the Hon. Mrs. Murray, only daughter of the Jate Lord John M. and wife of Col. M. af Banner Cross, co. York. Mr. Kirkman, fen, many years an eminent brewer in Broad-street, Bloomsbury. At Buifield, in Berkshire, aged about 75) the Rev. William Robinson, lately rector of that parish, which he refigned to his fon about five years ago, and formerly of Dens ton, near Canterbury. He was 5th son of Matthew Robinfon, efq. of Weft Layton in Yorkshire, and of Monk's Horton in Kent, by Elizabeth daughter of Robert Drake, efq. of Cambridgeshire, who made collections for an "Athenæ Cantabrigienfes," and whofe widow re-married the celebrated Dr. Conyers Middleton. His elder brother, Matthew, the late Lord Rokeby, died November 30, 1800, and he fucceeded by his will to part of his ef tates in Kent, Yorkshire, and Cambridgefhire. In 1760 he married Mary, only furviving daughter of Adam Richardfon, gent. and fifter and heir to William Ri chardfon, efq. of Kenfington, who died in America about 1766, and who, when in the full vigour of his faculties, was a man of fuch intellectual attainments, as to be thought by Mr. Chalmers to be the author of the celebrated "Effay on the Caufes of the Decline of Foreign Trade," though generally attributed to Sir Matthew Decker. Mr. Robinfon was educated at Westminster, and St. John's coll. Cambridge, of which he was fellow, having proceeded B. A. intimate with the poets Gray and Malon, 1750, M. A. 1754, and where he became who correfponded with him, and occafionally vifited him at his feat at Denton. (See Mafon's Memoirs of Gray.) Early in 1768, he was prefented to the rich living of Burfield, on the death of the Rev. George Talbo At Kennington, near Vauxhall, the wife At Ipfwich, aged 28, after an illness of only two days, Lieut. Jeaffrefon, R. N. commanding the Sea Fencibles at that port leaving a young and amiable widow to la ment his early lofs. The more than friendly attentions of his brother officers, and the principal inhabitants of the town where he lived, and the almoft unexampled refpect fhewn by them at his interment, are here gratefully recorded, as confolatory, in the highest degree, to his mourning relatives whilst the unfeigned and general forrow manifefted at his premature deceafe, and his peaceful departure from this life, prove the truth of the Scriptural obfervation, that "Honour standeth not in length of days, but that wifdom is the grey hairs to man, and unfpotted life as old age." Talbot, who is mentioned in a letter of Lord Bolingbroke in Swift's Works, dated 1732, as inclined to make an exchange of this very living with that celebrated Dean, whom Bolingbroke wifhed to bring back from Ireland, and place in his own neigh bourhood. (See Swift's Works, 1803, vol. XVIII. p. 233.) This rectory had been formerly poffelled by Dr. William Talbot, Bishop of Durham, father of Lord Chan, cellor Talbot, whofe brothers, William and Gilbert, were born here in 1688 and 1690, and in 1767 was in the poffeffion of Matthew Robinfon Morris, efq Charles Robinfon, and Charles Conmeling, gents.Mr. Robinson's fifters, Mrs. Scott, the wis dow of George Lewis Scott, efq. and Mrs. Montagu, of Portman-fquare, both well known in the literary world, died, the former in 1795, the latter in 1800. Mr. R. has left a fm and two daughters, among whom his ample fortune comes. His fon is rector of Bin field Coveney *, with Maney chapel in Cambridgeshire; and his youngest daughter is married to Samuel Egerton Brydges, efq. of Denton in Kent. At Edinburgh, Thomas Pringle, efq. vice-oth year, Lady Charlotte Tofton, aunt to admiral of the Red. the prefent Earl of Thangt, who obtains 20,ocol. by her death. The house, furniture, &c. in Seymour-place are willed to Mrs. Blackwell, an old and intimate friend of her ladyship. The remainder of her fortune devolves to Lady Caroline Barham, Lord Thanet's filter, but fubject to various legacies. The remains of Lady Charlotte were interred, with great funeral pomp, in the family-vault at Rainham, Kent. 9. At the houfe of his fifter, in Newman-ftreet, Oxford-street, where he was found dead in his bed by his eldest fon, who went to call him, and in the 71ft year of his age, Mr. James Fenoulhet, formerly an eminent furgeon and apothecary in Frith-street, Soho. At Durham, aged 95, Mr. Ralph Bradley Fuller, one of the beadfmen of the cathedral in that city. In his 48th year, Col. Boardman, late lieutenant-colonel of the Scotch Greys; a gentleman of diftinguithed profeffional merit, and defervedly esteemed.. 10. Aged 36, Catherine, wife of Wm. Cotton, efq. of Clapham common, Surrey. She was recovering from her lying-in, when an alarm, occafioned by the dreadful ftorm of thunder and lightning on Nov. 22, produced a fever, which terminated her exiftence. She was a woman of a most amiable character, and univerfally beloved; and her lofs is irreparably felt by an afflicted husband and fix young children. Her remains were depofited, on the 17th, in the family-vault in St. Laurence Pountney church-yard, London. Mr. John Rudhall, printer and proprie tor of Felix Farley's Briftol Journal. Mrs. Newby, wife of Mr. N. chapelclerk of Trinity college, Cambridge. At Bawtry, Paul Harrifon, efq. In Dover-street, James Sayer, efq. late of Richmond, Surrey. II. John Sumner, efq. of Bromptonrow, Knightsbridge. *Coveney was purchased of the Middleton or Drake family by Mr. Topping, $768.7 12. In Parfonage-lane, Enfield, aged 84, Mr. Scofield, formerly a confiderable indigo-broker in London. At her houfe in Seymour-place, in her Mrs. Wm. Curtis, only daughter of Timothy C. efq. of Homerton, Middlefex. After the death of her first husband, Mr. Maitland, the was married to her coufin, and died foon after her delivery of her firft child. At New Barnes, near St. Alban's, Herts, the wife of Matthew Towgood, efq. Aged 60, the wife of Mr. John Mackie, of Walworth, Surrey. At Edinburgh, Mr. Robert Wilfon, late of London, but formerly an eminent printer at the firft-mentioned place. 13. At Liverpool, Capt. John Parry, late of the fhip Duke of Kent. At Hammersmith, the youngest daughter of James Scott, efq. At Sandwich, in Kent, after a few days illness, in his 30th year, John White, efq. eldeft of two fons of the late Mr. W. whofe death (on the 15th of November) is recorded in a preceding part of our present Obituary. He had been very recently ap pointed to the command of a company in the Earl of Guildford's regiment of Walderfhare Volunteers; and it is fuppofed that a cold, caught in the exercife of his profeffional duty, laid the foundation of the dif eafe which, till the might preceding his death, excited no fufpicion of its fatal ten dency, dency. The lofs of this excellent young man, who to great integrity and benevolence, and an enlarged and well-cultivated mind, united the advantages of a tall, handfome perfon, very fascinating powers of voice as a finger, and the most amiable and condefcending manners, is a fource of fevere affliction to his furviving mother and brother, and to all who had the pleafure to live in habits of intimacy with him: and indeed the very general expreffions of regret which this melancholy event has excited among all ranks of people, in the town of Sandwich and its neighbourhood, are a proof how highly he was refpected and esteemed. 14. Mr. John Gore, many years printer and publisher of the Liverpool Advertiser. At St. Meleons, after a fhort illness, aged 62, John Coryton, efq. in the commiffion of the peace for the county of Cornwall. 15. In an advanced age, Mr. W. Par menter, of Wormingford. 16 At Trowbridge, Edward Horlock Mortimer, efq. in the commiffion of the peace for Wilts. At Elyfium-row, Fulham, Middlefex, James Duncan, efq. of the Old Square, Lincoln's inn, London, one of the oldeft folicitors in the Court of Chancery, who, it is thought, completed his 78th year on the 29th of November laft.-Some biographical sketches of this rather extraordinary character will be given in our next. 17. In Poland-ftreet, Westminster, in her 58th year, after a long and painful afthmatic complaint, which fhe had borne with great patience and refiguation, Mrs. Newby, wife of Mr. Charles N. apothecary. 18. At his houfe in Brunfwick-fquare, in confequence of a cold caught in Smithfield, which produced a fatal ulceration on the lungs, Peter Mellifh, efq. the very eminent contractor for cattle; and theriff of London and Middlefex 1798. He was the active treafurer and a very zealous promoter of the Literary Fund; and is faid to have died worth 200,000l. 19. Aged 76, Heaton Wilkes, efq. brother to the late John W. efq. alderman and chamberlain of London, and formerly an opulent coal-merchant in Thames ftreet. 20 In Colebrook-row, Iflington, aged 75, James Smith, efq. 21. At Folkftone, in Kent, after a fhort illness, in his 28th year, Mr. Hall, grower, late of Deal. 22. Mrs. Lloyd, mother of Mr. L. bookfeller, Harley-ftreet, Cavendish-square. coach to be called, and, at about a quarter before 8, got into it, and defired to be dri ven to the White Horfe cellar, Piccadilly, whence he was to proceed in the stage to Bracknell. On the coachman opening the door at the White Horfe cellar, he perceived Mr. S. motionlefs, and apparently dead. His perfon not being recognifed by any body on the fpot, he was immediately taken to the workhoufe in Mount street, Grofvenor-fquare, were medical affiftance was called in, but without effect, as he was dead. It is fuppofed his death was occafioned by an apoplectic fit. Mr. S. was one of the Duke of Cumberland's fharpfhooters, and very lately gave a gold n dal, value 50 guineas, to the best shot in that corps. He was formerly celebrated as the Harlequin of Drury-lane theatre; and his houfe was frequented by all the profeffors and amateurs of the drama. THEATRICAL REGISTER. DRURY-LANE. me 31. Edward the Black Prince-The Camp. Nov. 1. The Wife of Two Hufbands-High Life Below Stairs. 2. Ditto-All the World's a Stage. 9. Ditto 'Tis All a Farce. 10. Ditto-The Midnight Hour. 11. Ditto-The Deaf Lover. 12. Lovers' Vows-Scapin in Mafquerade. 14. K. Henry the Fourth-'Tis All a Farce. 15. The Jew-Fortune's Frolick. ma'l 16. Edward the Black Prince-The Children in the Wood.[per. 17. The Castle Spectre-No Song No Sup18 Cymbeline-The Deferter. 19. Hearts of Oak-All the World's a Stage. 21. Ditto A Houfe to be Sold. [cary. 22. Ditto The Doctor and the Apothe23. The Wife of Two Husbands-Citizen. 24. Hearts of Oak-The Spoil'd Child. 25. Ditto-Of Age To-morrow. 26. The Wife of Two Hufbands-TheMock 28. Pizarro The Camp. 29. The Wife of TwoHufbands-Humourift 30. Ditto-The Irishman in London. Dec. 1. Ditto-The Apprentice. [Doctor. 2. The Way to Keep Him- The Camp. 3. The Wife of Two Hufbands-'Tis All a Farce. [ver and bis Dog. 5, Jane Shore-The Caravan; or, The Dri6. She Won'd and She Wou'd Not-Ditto. 24. Mr. Spencer, proprietor of the Gar- 7. The Rivals Ditto. [to be Sold. rick's Head tavern, Bow-ftreet, Covent- 8. The Wife of Two Hufbands-A House garden. He rofe at an early hour in ap- 9. Lovers' Vows-The Caravan. parent good health, with a view of going to. The Merry Wives of Windfor-Ditto. to Bracknell, in Berkshire, to fetch home 12. A Bold Stroke for a Wife-Ditto,uki Mrs. S. who had been there on a vifit, with 13. Wife of Two Hufbands-Of Age Tofome friends, for fome time. After eating 14. Deaf and Dumb-TheCaravan.[morrow. ‘a hearty breakfast, he ordered a hackney-15. The Merchant of Venice-Detto. AGR, 7. Macbeth Ditto.. 8. John Bull-Ditto. [Laughs at [Locksmiths. 9. The Gamefter-Raifing the Wind. [the Doctor. 13. The English Fleet in 1342-The Jew and 14. Ditto-The Spoil'd Child. 15. Ditto-The Intriguing Chambermaid.. 19. Ditto-The Mifer. 20. Dato-The Midnight Hour. 21. The Diftreffed Mother-The Pannel. 27. King Richard the Third-Ditto. [Wind. 31. The English Fleet in 1342-Ditto. BILL of MORTALITY, from November 22, to December 27, 1803. Christened. Females1 146 Males 1323 2469 Buried. Between 50 and 60 255 60 and 70 188 2 and 5 287 5 and 10 101 10 and 20 72 20 and 30 170 30 and 40 262 40 and 50 276 70 and 80. 120 Whereof have died under two years old 651 Peck Loaf 35.3d.; 35. 3d. ; 35. 3d.; 35. 3d. ; 3s. id. PRICES OF FLOUR, December 26: Fine 45s. to 50s.-Seconds 40s. to 45s. Fine Pollard 225. to 24s-Bran 1os. to 1os. 6d. Total 14,833 Sacks. Average 52s. 6d. os. od. lower than the laft Return. Average Price of SUGAR, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Kent Bags Suffex Ditto Effex Ditto St. James's-Hay Straw Il. 5s. Whitechapel-Hay 41. os. Clover 51. 10s. Beef d. to Il. 10s. od. Straw il. 5s.mod. to l. 15s.od. Average 51. 55. od. SMITHFIELD, Dec. 26. To frk the offal-per ftone of 81b. 44. 9.43. od. to 5s. Veal10nline SOAP, Yellow, 84s. Mottied, 925. Curd, 96s. CANDLES, 12s. 6d. Delivered 61s. od. TALLOW, per ftone, 81b. St. James's 4s. 8d. Clare Market 4s. 8d. Whitechapel 4s. 8d NN Days Stock EACH DAY'S PRICE Bank 3 perCt 3 per Ct. 4perCt5perCt5 perCt Long Short Red. Confols. Confol. Navy. 1797 Ann, Ann. 28 29 144 30 -100-1100-100 70071001 556 147 55 912 16 333 1100-1000100 146 54% 91 1.6 700790 11 Sunda Printed by NICHOLS and Son, Red-Lion-Paffage, Fleet-Street.] OF STOCKS IN DECEMBER, 1803 India India Exchq. SouthS. Old Stock. Boads. Bills. Stock. Ann. J. BRANSCOMBy Stock-Broker, at the Lucky Lottery Office, No 11, Holbourn. |