At Arthingworth, Mrs. Rokeby, wife of B. Brown, 50.-Mrs. Elizabeth Hacon, 55. the Rev. Mr. L. rector of that place. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Died.] At Huntingdon, while on a visit to her friends, Mrs. Bell, of Chingford, Essex, daughter of Matthew Consett, esq. of Guildford street, London. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. The subject of the Hulsean prize this year is, "A Dissertation on the Books of Origen against Celsus, with a view to illustrate the argument and to point out the evidence they afford of the truth of Christianity." Died.] At Newton, near Wisbech, Miss Peache At Whittlesea, Edward Aveling, gent 67. At French Drove, near Thorney, Mr. Hodson. At Westall Lodge, Mrs. Ruck, relict of George R. esq. of Swincomb. At Isleham, James Moore, gent. 72. NORFOLK. Married.] At Norwich, Lieut. Charles Pitt, R. N. to Matilda, only daughter of the late Sir G. Walcott, bart. J. Dearlove, esq. of Cuxeaton, Hants, to Margaret, second daughter of Mr. Francis Holland, of South Lophan Hall. At Norwich, Captain D. Jones Skelton, of the royal artillery, to Miss Mary Ann Theld, of Stoneham Aspal, Suffolk.-Mr. George Stacey, druggift, to Miss C. Harwood. Samuel Smith, gent. of Heigham, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock. Died.] At Diss, the Rev. W. Manning, many years rector of that place, one of the commissioners of taxes for the hundred, and likewise rector of Gelderstone, in this County Aged 58, Mr Edward Castleton, the last lineal descendant of Sir Edward Castleton, of Higham: the family and title are now extinct. He never assumed the title; and for many years followed the employment of a breeches maker, in Lynn, but latterly lived on a sinall patrimonial inheritance. At Lakenham, Mr. John Eden, 96. At Thurning, Mr. Philip Davis. At Saham, Mr. John Dutchman, 41. At Lynn, after a long and afflicting illness occasioned by sleeping in a damp bed, Mr. Samuel Kent, 33. At Lynn,, Mr. John Emmett, 98, formerly an officer of excise at Wisbech, where he was interred by the side of his five wives.-Mrs. Newton, of the Star Inn,-Mr. William Danham, 69. At Yarmouth,. Mr. L. B. Clarke, bookseller, 66.-Mrs. Errington, wife of Mr. George E. At Milcham, Mr. Thomas Beals, sen. At Harleston, Miss Harriet Leatherdale, third daughter of the late Mr. L.-Robert Darby, gent. 77. At Norwich, Miss Susan Taylor, a maiden lady, 73.-Mr. Henry Mountain, 80.—Mr. MONTHLY MAG. No. 209., -Mr Mark Ostorn, 77.-Mr. R. Sutton, 70.-Mr. James Gapp-Mrs. Bacon. At Foulsham, Mr. John Thompson, who practised upwards of thirty years in that town and neighbourhood as a surgeon with great success. At Earsham, Joseph Windham, esq. FR. and A.S.S. He was born August 21, 1739, at Twickenham, in the house since the residence of Richard Owen Cambridge, esq. He was educated at Eton School, from which he went to Christ's College, Cambridge, but took no degree. He returned from an extensive tour through France, Italy, Istria, and Switzerland, in 1769; and soon after married the Hon. Charlotte De Grey, sister to the Lord Walsingham; by whom he has left no issue. In all which is usually comprehended under the denomination of belles lettres, Mr. Windham may claim a place among the most learned men of his time. To an inde fatigable diligence in the pursuit of knowledge, he joined a judgment clear, penetrating, and unbiassed, and a memory uncommonly retentive and accurate. An ardent love for truth, a perfect freedom from prejudice, jealousy, and affectation, an entire readiness to impart his varied and copious information, united with a singular modesty and simplicity, marked his conversation and manners. Few men had a more critical knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages, or a deeper feeling for the beauties of style and sentiment in the classic writers; but in his minute and comprehensive acquaintance with every thing in them illustrative of human life and manners, especially all that relates to the Fine Arts, he scarcely had an equal. He knew not only whatever had been delivered by the writers who treat professedly on the subject, but. had suffered nothing to escape him in those who have only incidentally mentioned facts connected with the history of art; and, as it may be asserted without exaggeration, that his studies had embraced every work now extant in the Greck and Latin tongue from the æra of Homer to the fall of Constantinople, his copiousness of information can scarcely be imagined but by those of his friends, who, by a similarity of pursuits, were led to confer with him on these subjects. The history of art in the middle ages, and every circumstance relative to the revival of literature and the arts, from the fourteenth century to the present time, were equally familiar to him; and his acquaintance with the language of modern Italy was surpassed by few. He had very particu larly studied the antiquities of his own coun try, and was eminently skilled in the history of English architecture. To all that books could supply, he added the fruits of extensive and accurate observation of every thing worthy notice, as well during the course of his travels through France, Italy, Switzerland, and Istria, as in his own country. His pen. M cil, site. cil, as a draftsman from nature, was exquiHis portraits of mere natural scenery were peculiarly spirited and free; and his drawings of architecture and antiquities most faithful and elegant. As his industry was indefatigable, his collection is very great, and equally precious for accuracy and beauty. During his residence at Rome, he studied and measured the remains of ancient architecture there, particularly the baths, with a precision which would have done honour to the most able professional architect. His numerous plans and sections of them he gave to Mr. Cameron, and they are engraved in his great work on the Roman baths. To this work he also furnished a very considerable and valuable part of the letter-press. He drew up the greater portion of the letter-press of the second volume of the Ionian Antiquities, published by the Society of Dilettanti. And Mr. Stuart received material assistance from him in the second volume of his Athens. In his own name he published very little. His accuracy of mind rendered it difficult to him to please himself; and, careless of the fame of an author, he was better content that his friends should profit by his labours, than that the public should know the superiority of his own acquirements. Mr. Windham had been long a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies; and, in the latter, was for many years of the council, and one of the committee for the publication of the Cathedrals of England. He more than once declined the honourable office of vice president. Of the Society of Dilettanti he was one of the oldest members; and to his zeal it was principally owing that the publications of that society were continued, after a suspension of many years. It may easily be supposed that the library of such a man was excellent. It is, in fact, for real use, one of the first collections in this country. Not a volume was bought by him on the mere account of its rarity; but no price prevented his purchasing what was really useful; and the selection of editions, and the beauty of the copies, is what might be expected from his correct and elegant taste. Though the severer sciences had not engaged so much of his attention, he was not unacquainted with any of them. Natural history had been successfully studied by him. In private life, Mr. Windham was the most amiable of men. Benevolent, generous, cheerful, without caprice, above envy, his temper was the unclouded sunshine of virtue and sense. If his extreme modesty and simplicity of character prevented his striking at the first acquaintance, every hour endeared him to those who had the happiness of his intimacy. In every relation of life he was exemplary. A kind husband, a firm friend, a generous landlord, an indulgent master. The constant and anxious enquiries of his poorer neighbours at his gate, during his illness, bore the most affecting testimony to his worth; and his memory is honoured by the long and deep regrets of his equals-by the prayers and tears of the poor. SUFFOLK. Married. At Botesdale, Mr. Robert Plumton, of Attleburgh, to Miss Burroughs. At Halesworth, Mr. T. Tippell, to Miss Johnson. At Melton, Mr. Richard Oldham, to Mrs. Johnstone." At Sudbury, Mr. Underwood, of London, to Miss Wyatt. At Ipswich, Mr. H. Aldrich, to Miss King. Mr. Corder, to Miss Smith. At Ipswich, Mr. Alevander Christie, of the Port packet, to Maria, daughter of Mr. Roe bert Cole.-Captain Marshall, R. N. to Miss Close, only daughter of the late Rev. Mr. C. Frederic English, esq. of the royal engineers, to Miss Bleaden, daughter of John B. esq. of Stoke hall. Died. At Bury, Mr. John Mills. For near twenty-nine years from my first coming to reside here, I have been acquainted with him. He was no common man. He was originally a barber and wig maker; but for some years had left off business. With his twin brother, who died many years before him, he had carried on that business at the end of the Haymarket toward Piccadilly. His integrity was unquestioned; and I know an extraordinary instance of generosity of sentiment and conduct in him and his brother. From very early life he became attached to experimental philosophy. He made exceedingly good barometers and thermometers. He also made electric machines, and taught the use of the globes. When the balloons were first introduced, he turned his thoughts to that interesting discovery, and was very expert in making and filling them. He was an accurate observer; and one of the principal of the transits of mercury, and two eclipses of the sun, the most considerable since I have lived here, we observed together at Troston. One of the two letters apprising me of the beautiful comet of 1307 (and which arrived here both together,) was from him. He was 76. He had read not very many books, but some of the best in the different branches of natural philosophy. He had a most clear, strong, and acutely discriminating judgment, with an excellent memory. His mother died at more than the age of 90, I believe nearer 100. He was an excellent son, a good master, and a very steady friend. In make and countenance he was so like Mr. Thomas Warton, that the last engraving of that elegant scholar and highly interesting poet, by Schiavonetti, for Dr. Drake's Essays, might be taken for a portrait of Mr. John Mills. But their genius had taken a very different direction. Elegant literature, poetic taste and fancy, were the characteristics of the one; philosophic solidity and acuteness, a mechanical head, with great practical correctness, and powers of judgment and patient attention, which might have made an eminent mathematician, and did did constitute a very respectable and extraordinary man, characterized the other. Soon after the military depôt was erected in the Westgate-street, Bury, in which considerable quantities of gunpowder are of course lodged, he was the principal of three according to whose plans and suggestions general Robinson, who had the command of the district, ordered a conductor to be erected, for the security both of the magazine and of the town. It ought not to be omitted, that when the return of the comet of 1661 was expected in the winter of 1789, he constructed an astronomical machine for representing its heleocentric and geocentric places, according to the time of the year when it should become visible; with a scale of parts to measure its distance from the sun and earth, during the expected visible part of its orbit. Few persons who had paid any attention to experimental philosophy, ever visited Bury within these last twenty years or more, without calling on Mr. Mills. No man could be more naturally unaffected and unassuming in his conversation: though not correct in his lan. guage, he had been too attentive to facts and experiments, for inferences to be drawn from them, to find time for attaining to an equal exactness in words. He was exceedingly clear in his ideas. In politics he was a friend to peace, freedom, and humanity, to a reform in the representation, and to the abolition of the slave trade. This imperfect and hasty sketch may seem to give some idea of a man whose memory well merits to be preserved, and who is among the examples what natural aptitude and persevering application is capable of performing.-Capel Lofft. At Ealing, Mrs. Trimmer, so universally and so justly celebrated and esteemed for her numerous and excellent publications, and incessant exertions in the cause of religion and humanity, and more especially by her endea vours to secure to the poor the blessing of a christian education. She was the only daugh ter of the late Joshua Kirby, esq. designer in perspective to their Majesties, and was born in Ipswich. At Bury, in his 89th year, George Pretyman, esq. one of the capital burgesses of the corporation of Bury, and who twice served the office of alderman or chief magistrate, viz. in the year 1773 and 1788. This venerable gentleman (who retained his faculties till within a few weeks of his decease) was father to the present Lord Bishop of Lincoln, and was greatly esteemed for his cheerfulness of temper, by a numerous circle of friends, during a residence of nearly 70 years in the town of Bury.-Mr. Samuel Lambert, 90.-Miss Mary Hockley, a maiden lady, 86-Mrs. Plaice, wife of Mr. P. formerly of the King's Head Inn. At Woodbridge, Mrs. Backett, wife of Wm. B. esq. and daughter of Wm. Norris, esq. of Ipswich. At Drinsktone, Mrs. Owen. At Crandley Hall, Eye, Sarah, youngest daughter of Mr. T. French, 18. At Thurlow, Mrs. Gardner. At Benhall, Mrs. Orford, 52. At Lowestoft, Miss Lockwood, daughter of the Rev. Mr. L. vicar of that place, 11. At Denston, Mr. Richard Everard, 76. At Ipswich, Mrs. Ann Pilkington, relict of the Rev. James P. At Bawdsey, Mr. Thurston Whimper, of Alderton Hall. In consequence of the hurri cane that prevailed on the 10th of November, and the high tide that followed, a vessel had come on shore and was wrecked. About seven o'clock in the evening, Mr. W. and another gentleman, went down to the beach, for the purpose of rendering any assistance in their power upon the occasion. Too much engaged by the humane object which they had in view, they remained on the shore till the tide, which was unusually high, came in, and, beating over the beach in a tremendous manner, and in some places making breaches in it, impeded their retreat. The other gentleman, by the strength and spirit of his horse, escaped, though very narrowly, with his life; but Mr. Whimper's horse stumbled,, and afterwards came down in one of the breaches, and dismounted him. Being unable to swim, he could not reach the wall, though at a few yards distance only, but was lost between that and the beach; and thus fell a sacrifice, in the prime of life, and full enjoyment of health, to the benevolent design of affording aid to his fellow-creatures, suffering under the afflicting circumstances of shipwreck. His body was found next morning. ESSEX. Married.] At Ballingdon, Mr. David Edwards, to Maria, second daughter of Mr. John Sparrow. Died.] At Stubbers, Wm. Russell, esq. 56. At Great Baddow, Matthew, eldest son of the Rev. A. Longmore, vicar of that parish, 17. KENT. December 14th, about six in the morning, in consequence of the late heavy falls of rain, a great part of the cliff at Dover, near Guildford Battery, gave way, and buried M.s. Poole, wife of the foreman of the ordnance carpenters, her five young children, and niece: these unfortunate persons were asleep in their beds when the accident happened, and had no opportunity to escape, as the crash was momentary. Mr. Poole was just leaving his house at the melancholy juncture, and escaped with life, though considerably bruised from the rolling of the stones. bodies of Mrs. Poole and her children have been found, but that of her niece has not yet been discovered. In the night between the 15th and 16th, another tremendous fall took place in Snargate-street, where severul houses sustained considerable injury, but no The lives lives were lost. The quantity of chalk detached in this second fall is computed at 1000 tons. These accidents have so alarmed the inhabitants of the town, that many of them quit their houses at night, lest they should by the repetitions of them suffer, which are apprehended. Married.] At Leybourne, the Rev. B. J. Bridges, rector of Saltwood, to Charlotte, third daughter of Sir H. Hawley, bart. of Leybourne Grange. At Dover, Capt. R. Gibbon, to Mrs. Hall. Died.] At Hayes, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Bowdler, esq At Rochester, John Nicholson, esq. townclerk of that city, 34.Ely, esq. At Lewisham, Thomas Russell, esq. 37. At Sandwich, Robert Curling, esq. one of the jurats of that corporation, 42.—Mr. G. Temple, 72. He oropped down suddenly in a fit, and immediately expired. At Bexley, Mrs. Leigh, wife of Richard L. esq. At May Place, Lady Fermanagh, 73. At Canterbury, Miss Mary Shrubsole, 27. -Charles Orlando Gore, esq. eldest son of the late Charles G. esq. of Tring Park, Hertfordshire, many years one of the representatives in parliament for that county. At Brompton, Miss Elizabeth Whittle. At Ramsgate, Mr. Francis Hills, master of the Resolution passage vessel.-Rear admiral Wm. Fox, 78, At Folkestone, Mrs. Elizabeth Sanford, wife of Mr. Mark S. 43. SURRY. Married.] At Epsom, Charles Pearson, jun. esq. of Greenwich, to Eliza, only daughter of the late Colonel Hill, of the Royal Artillery. At Dorking, Mr. Smith, of Brightling, Sussex, to Miss Sarah Warmford. Died.] At Richmond, Mrs. Jane Joyce, 84. At Denmark Hill, Sarah, wife of Francis Paynter, esq. At Boxton, Mary Ann Noad, 102. SUSSEX. A vein of fine coal, of the kind called Kendal-coal, has been found on the banks of the stream dividing Heathfield and Waldron parishes, in this county. The vein extends without interruption about a quarter of a mile in length, is in strata from two to ten inches thick, lies near the surface, at the bottom of Geer's Wood, and on the skirts of Tidmoor, and is declared, by persons conversant in the trade, to have every favourable indication of quantity and quality. Similar appearance of coal are found in other parts of the above parishes. The very considerable encroachments of the sea on the road between Brighton and Rottingdean, have become a subject of discussion with the town commissioners of the former. A committee has been appointed to survey the same, and report on the propriety of opening a new road, from the top of St. James's-street, to pass behind the Crescent, and on the practicability of repairing and maintaining the present one. Married.] At Etchingham, the Rev. John Lukin, rector of Nursling, Hants, and youngest son of the Dean of Wells, to Miss Genner. At Peasmarsh, the Rev. Mr. Newling, Canon Residentiary of Lichfield, to Miss Lettice, daughter of the Rev. Dr. L. Died. At Brighton, L. Tessier, esq.Mr. T. Hicks.-Mr. Nye. At Lewes, Mrs. Cripps, mother of John Martin C. esq. of Stantons.-Mr. Phelan, 26. At Ewhurst, Leonora, eldest daughter of John Gladwin, esq. At Chichester, John Legg, esq. a member of the corporation, 67. At Slaugham, Mr. Wm. Longhurst, 83. At Mexbeggar, near Rye, Mr. Joseph" Haddock, 40. At Horsham, Mrs. Rickward, wife of Mr. Wm. R. jun. 23-Mrs. Lee, wife of M:. L. of the King's Head Inn.-Mrs. Page. At Salehurst, John Pooke, esq 92. At Mountfield, Mr. James Bourne, 75. At Cuckfield, on his way from Brighton to London, Anthony Henderson, esq. M P. for Brackley. HAMPSHIRE. Married.] At Lymington, Henry Coombe, esq. of Caroline-street, Bedford-square, to Anne, second daughter of Charles St. Barbe, esq. At Newport, Isle of Wight, Ensign Charles White, of the 4th West India regiment, to Miss Hale, eldest daughter of Mr. H. of Glocester. At Pilewell House, C. Bodenham, esq. of Rother was, Herefordshire, to Eliza, fourth daughter of the late Thomas Weld, esq. of Lulworth Castle, Dorset. At Kingston, Lieut. J. W. Purchase, R N. to Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Mr. Spencer Smyth, master in the Royal Navy. At Barton Stracey, William Allen, esq. of Newbury, Berks, to Miss Caroline Cheyney. Died.] At Southampton, James Taylor, esq. 67. At Alton, Matthew Blacket Wise, esq. of the Priory, Warwick. At Winchester, Mr. Wm. Taylor, one of the vergers of the cathedral.-Mr. T. Newlyn, attorney, At Baughurst, Elizabeth Pouys, youngest daughter of John Ridout, esq. At Longmoor Farm, near Otterbourn, Mr. Andrew Smith. At Portsmouth, Mrs. Henry Phillips. Mrs. Lannam.-Mr. Powell, of the firm of Hurry and Powell.-Lieut. Charles Cutts Ormsburg, Ormsbury, of H. M. §. Royal William.Mrs. Atkins, cousin to Viscountess Hood.On board the Chapman Transport in the harbour, Dr. J. M'Leod, one of the physicians on the staff of the British army in Portugal. At Andover, Mr. Charles Heath, many years a brewer and banker in that town: a man, in whom, to perseverance and successful industry, was combined unshaken integrity and universal philanthropy. At Millbrook, Mr. Thomas Clark, and a few days afterwards his relict, Mrs. C. At Portsea, aged 73, William Bayly, esq. late first master of the Royal Academy, Portsmouth. He was a man of acknowledged abilities, possessing strong natural talents, and a large portion of scientific and acquired knowledge as a mathematician and astronomer by profession, he was of considerable eminence, and highly esteemed by some of the first astronomers of the age. Other circumstances of his life rendered him equally worthy of respect, having twice accompanied Captain Cook round the world, and shared his dangers, though he escaped the fate of that enterprising and celebrated navigator. He was born at Bishop Cairnons in Wiltshire, and in the early part of his life followed the pursuit of his father, who lived upon a small farm in that parish; and, during this period, whilst in the capacity of his father's ploughboy, he acquired from the exciseman of the neighbouring village, the rudiments of his subsequent attainments. Having in this manner obtained a competent knowledge of arithmetic, and by his rapid progress evinced the abilities he possessed, through the recommendation of Mr. Kingston, of Bath, by whom they were first noticed, he became at an early age usher of a school at Stoke near Clifton. After filling the situation of a mathematical teacher at another seminary for some time, he was made known to Dr. Maskelayne, the atsronomer royal at Greenwich, by whom he was engaged as an astronomical assistant. In 1769, under the patronage of Dr. Maskelayne, Mr. Bayly was sent out by the Royal Society to the north Cape, to observe the transit of Venus; his account of which was subsequently published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1772, he was associated with Dr. Wallis as one of the astronomers to attend Captain Cook on his second voyage of discovery, to resolve the question concerning a southern continent. And in 1776 again set out in the voyage which unfortunately terminated the laborious and useful life of that brave and Excellent commander. After returning to England, having by the several voyages he had undertaken, rendered the most essential services to his country and the world, in accurately determining the latitude and longitude of the several places discovered by his various surveys and astronomical observations, Mr. Bay!y was, in the year 1785, on the decease of Mr. Whitkell, appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, head master of the Royal Accademy at . Portsmouth, which situation he held with great credit to himself and equal advantage to the institution until the new establishment of the Royal Naval College in 1807, when his Majesty in council, in consideration of Mr. Bayly's long, meritorious, and eminent services, granted him a handsome pension, on which he retired from public service. Off the Isle of Wight, Mr. Thomas. Dwyer, of the commissariat department. He was on the eve of sailing to join the army in Portugal, when, returning from the Isle of Wight in a boat to join his ship off Cowes, the sail jibbed, and the boat most unfortunately upset, by which accident this gentleman perished in the 25th year of his age. His various information, and excellent disposition, justly endeared him to an extensive circle of relations and friends by whom his loss will be long sincerely and deeply lamented. He was a son of the late Mr. Dennis Dwyer, of Stanmore, Middlesex. WILTSHIRE. Married] At Maddington, James Wickens, esq. of the Inner Temple, to Anne, eldest daughter of John Hayter, esq. of Maddington House. At Staunton, St. Bernard, Thomas Whittard, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Mrs. Lee, relict of George L. esq. Died.] At Salterton, Augustine Hayter, esq. 82. At Heddington, Thomas Maundrell, esq 87. BERKSHIRE. Married. At Abingdon, the Rev. Wm. Price, rector of Coln St. Denys, to Miss Da vies. At Reading, Thomas Roworth, esq. of Stratton-street, Piccadilly, to Mary Ann Ca therine, second daughter of the Rev. Dr. Valpy. Died.] At Windsor, J. B. Parkhurst, esq. -The Rev. Thomas Pulton, rector of Hit cham, Bucks, and vicar of Chattisham, Suffolk, 73. At Reading, J. Goldwyer, esq of Bath, 74. SOMERSETSHIRE. Married] At Melbury, Sampford, C. Lemon, esq. M.P. for Peuryn, to Lady Char-, lotte Strangeways, youngest daughter of the late Earl of Ilchester. At Bath, the Rev. Gilbert Holmes, dean of Ardfort, Ireland, to Lydia, eldest daughter of Francis Saunderson, esq. of Castle Saunderson, county of Cavan.-Stephen Williams, esq. of Trowbridge, Wilts, to Anne, only daughter of the late John Rotton, esq. of Templebogue, Dublin.-David Campbell, esq. captain in the East India Company's service, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Wm. Ramsay, esq. lately of Jamaica. At Newton St. Loe, Wm. Augustus Dobbyn, esq. to Maria, daughter of the late Capt. Corneck. At Bristol, John Pearsall, esq. of Willsbridge, to Frances, third daughter of Richard Highatt, esq. W. Westcote, esq. barrister of Lincoln's |