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At Newbury, the Rev. Mr. Barker. At Abingdon, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Tomkins, esq. 24.-Miss Hannah Tomkins, second daughter of the same gentleman.

At Wargrave, Miss Mary Ann Maynaid, 26.

At Hook End Farm, Mrs. Bitmead.

At Midgham House, William Poyntz esq. one of the justices of the peace for this county, and brother of Dr. P. whose death is recorded in a preceding page.

At Pamber, Mr. Bishop.

At Remenham Cottage, Mrs. Alicia Goz man, relict of Thomas G. esq. of New Broad Street, London, 63.

At Granham, Mrs. Hillier.
At Reading, Mr. Charles Parr.

At Hawthorn Hill, Mr. William Glaister.
At Denchurch, Mr. Joshua Stottard, 57.
At Hanney, Mr. Joseph Walton, 3-k.
At Wantage, Mrs. Brown, relict of the
Rev. Philip B. formerly fellow of Queen's
College, Oxford, and vicar of Sparsholt, 83.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

The new Docks at Bristol are at length completed. After struggling through numberless unforeseen difficulties, the directors of this concern have fulfilled their engagement; and have added another monument of the enter prize of modern times, to the many useful and ornamental structures which adorn this proud and happy island.

Married.] At Bath, Major Goldsworthy, of the East India Company's service, to Miss Livesey-Henry Davis, esq son of the late Arthur D. esq. of Forest Hall, Carmarthenshire, to Mary Josepha, second daughter of the late Joseph Brisset, esq. of Jamaica. James Law Stewart, esq. to Ann Withelmina, third daughter of Mr. B-Major Kelly, of the East India Company's service, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late John Robinson, esq, of Pardshaw, Cumberland.

At Frome, the Rev. Theophilus Prosser, master of the grammar school there, to the second daughter of Edward Newport, esy. of Keyford-house.

At Bristol, John Russ Grant, esq. to Har. riett, third daughter of Robert Watkins, esq. John Porter, esq. of Paradise House, Wrington, to Miss Gillett, of Castle-green.

At Bath, Heary, only son of Abraham Wilkinson, M.). of White Webb Park, Endfield, to Jane, only daughter of Samuel Cox, esq. of Lumbridge.-Walter Brown, esq. to Miss Jones.

At Taunton, John Liddon, esq. to Miss Poole, only daughter of Charles P. esq.

At Wells, W. S. Midoleton, esq. of Newark, Notts, to Ann, youngest daughter of Thomas Lax, esq. of West Harrington.

At Compton, E. Barrow, esq. of Allithwaite Lodge, Cartmel, Lancashire, to Miss

Palmer, daughter of the Rev. Mr. J. P. one of the justices for this county.

At Bristol, John Adney, esq. captain in first Somerset militia, to Miss Bragge, eldest daughter of John B. esq. of Sadborough, Devon.

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Died.] At Bath, Mr. Samuel Kirkham, 83. Mr. C. Fox, a gentleman of distinguished abilities and acquirement, 60 He was for merly a bookseller at Falmouth, and produced an elegant translation of a volume of Persian poems. Mrs. Mansfield. Mi Holmes, 39.-Mrs. Guest-Mrs. Montague, -Mrs Susannah Stanton, 55.-Mrs. Fowles, 30. Mrs. Woolaston, relict of William W. esq formerly M. P. for Ipswich.-Lady M.G. Mergdyth, relict of Sir R. M. Bart.-MI. Hayes, wife of John H. esq.-George Paule, esq 83.-Mrs. Stephens, relict of Samuel S. esq. of Tregenna Castle, Cornwall,

At Bristol, Edward Jones, esq. son of the late James J. esq. 23.-Mrs. Ann Lovell, of the Angel Inn.-The Rev. Dr. Bulkeley, brother-in-law to the Earl of Peterborough, sub-dean and prebendary of Bristol Cathedral. -Mr. John Reader.

At Hurley, Mr. William Taylor, of Lon don, to Miss Ann Isabella Guy.

At Minterne, Lieut. K. Digby, of the Royal Horse Artillery.

esq.

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At Stockland, Mr. Thomas Newcomen,75
At Belle Vue, Weston, Zachary Bayly,

At Lower East Hayes, Hugh Payne, esq.

At Timsbury, Mrs. Smith, widow of B. S. esq.

At Dawlish Villa, Walsh Porter, esq. of Farm-Combe, Worcestershire, a gentleman well known in the fashionable world, and the author of two or three dramatic pieces. Mr. W. Porter married the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Scrope, of Castle-Combe, near Bath. He had on the evening preceding his death, desired his valet to order the post chariot to be got in readiness by five o'clock on the following morning. The man attended his master's order, and on entering the room found him dead in his bed. His death is supposed to have been produced by the bursting of an ab scess which had been ormed in the liver.

At Clifton, Miss A. F. Capper, youngest daughter of the Rev. Francis C. of Earl Scham, Suffolk.

At Key ford, Frome, in his 86th year, John Stevens, esq. who, for more than half a century, carried on the trade of a farmer, and whose active and unremitting industry was amply rewarded in the honest acquirement of a large fortune. He was brother to the late Richard Stevens, esq. of London, who, a few years since, left 20,0001. for the building and endowing of an asylum for por girls, and a hospital for poor old men, and other charitable purposes, in the town of Frome.

Frome.

The deceased has contributed to the public coarities in his native town by establishing a fund for clothing and educating ten additional boys in the charity school.

At Clifton, near Bristol, in his 90th year, J. P. Hungerford, esq. of Dingley, a deputy lieutenant, and many years an honourable, independent, and able representative in parliament for the county of Leicester, to which dignified station he was first elected in the year 1775, alter one of the severest contests ever remembered.

Aged 76, the Rev. Robert Purcell, L.L.D. vicar of Meare and Coombe, St. Nicholas.

At Bath, Mrs. Gibbs, wife of Philip James G. esq-Mrs. Bally, wife of Mr. B. bookseller. Mr. John Salmon, banker. Mrs. Beetham.

At Bristol, Mrs. Witherell, 81.-Mrs. Mary Browne.

DORSETSHIRE.

The inhabitants of Lyme have entered into a subscription for the improvement of that fashionable watering-place. A wall is begun, which is to extend from the town to the harbour. There will be a gravel walk and shrub. bery, extending full a mile The hot and cold baths have undergone some judicious alterations.

Married.] At Poule, Mr. Robert Knight, to Miss Smith,.

At Dorchester, Mr. Hazard, to Miss Bishop.

Died.] At Milborne Port, near Sherborne, Mr. Richard Highmore.

DEVONSHIRE.

Lord Boringdon has lately added considerably to the value of his estate in this county, by gaining from the sea, by means of an embackment, 175 acres of land, formerly known by the name of Chelson Bay. The work was undertaken in the spring of 1806. and completed in the autumn of 1807. The expenses amounted to 9,0001. and the regained land is valued at upwards of 25,0001.

Married.] At Plymouth, Johnson Phillott, esq. banker, of Bath, to Mary Elizabeth eldest daughter of Robert Fuge, esq. of Ellford.

At Exeter, Ralph Barnes, esq. under sheriff of the county, to Augusta Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Archdeacon Andrew.-Dr. Parr, to Frances, youngest daughter of the late James Robson, esq. of Conduit-street, London.

At Teignmouth, Mr. Samuel Mortimer, attorney of Exeter, to Miss Eliza Hawkins.

Did] At Plymouth, Mr. C. Symons, son of Peter S. esq.-Mr. T. G Williams, eldest son of Thomas W. esq. of Swansea, and assistant surgeon of the 2d Royal Veteran Battalion. This gentleman had been in the East Infies, and almost miraculously escaped from the dreadful massacre at Vellore; his

merit obtained him the appointment be held at his dea h, and he fell a victim to a fever brought on by his incessant attention to the troops lately arrived from Spain.-Lieutenant de jersey, late of his Majesty's ship Alc. mene, a promising young officer.-Mr. Aus tin, sen. Mr. Thomas Harris-Mrs. Hart. Mr. Yeoland. Mr. Adam Snowdon, quarterman in the Dockyard.-Mrs. Lord. -Mr. G Rogers, bookseller.-Mrs. Billing. Mrs. Herbert, wife of George H.esq.-Lieutenant George Disting, of the Marines, 21. At Impacoombe, Mount Edgecombe, Mrs. Johns, mother of J. J. esq. 98.

At Dartmouth, Mrs. Brooking, wife of Mr. Thomas B. tide-surveyor.

At Totnes, Mr. Charles Ham, youngest son of Mr. Matthew H.

At Moretonhampstead, Mr. William Smale. In the walks of domestic charities, and social duties, he was an example of the power and value of undefiled religion. Amidst the sorrow which nature and affection feet on his re

moval, it is a theme of gratitude that his virtues can charm us in remembrance, and that faith realizes the re-union of kindred spirits in happier and more lasting scenes.— Mrs. Pensent, wire of Joseph P. esq. of Lon.

don.

At Exeter, the Rev. Christopher Watkins, 55 years rector of Bradstone, 84-Mr. Jona than Burnett, one of the aldermen of the city, and who served the office of chief magistrate in 1788. Mr. John Lethbridge.-Mr. Richard Ball.

At Brixham, Mr. Thomas Parkinson. Few men have experienced more the reverses of fortune than the deceased; from a state of affluence he became so reduced, as to seek an asylum in the poor-house of the above place. Engaged in thirty-two law suits with officers of the crown, for seizure of contraband goods, without the limits, he lost twenty-eight of them, which impoverished his fortune.He was an ingenious man, and was latterly accustomed to carry about a model of a vessel which he constructed to cross a river against the wind, by a set of oars, which would go round with a wheel, and cause the little vessel to make head against wind and tide. He also constructed some curious machinery for driving piles, and if he had met with support, it is thought that his plan for raising the Royal George, at Spithead, woulă have succeeded.

At Bow, John Wreford, esq. of Natson. At Coffleet, Frances, youngest daughter of Thomas Lane, esq

At Topsham, Mrs. Ann Peters, wife of Nicholas P. esq.

At Easton, near Kingsbridge, Miss M. A. Pearse.

At Worthill, Miss Brooking, only daughter of John B. esq.

At Budicigi, Saltram, Miss Fisher, secund daughter of J. F. esq. of Dean-place, Bishoy Lydeard, Somerset,

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At Horsington, Mrs. Spencer, relict of Matthew S. esq.

At Yeotown, near Barnstaple, the wife of R. Newton Incledon, esq.

At the Retreat, near Exeter, Sir Alexander Hamilton, who served the office of high sheriff of the county in 1786,

At Newton House, Yeovil, Mrs. Harbin, relict of Swayne H. esq 81.

At Harewood, near Tavistock, John Pearson Foote, esq.

At Heavitice, Mr. Robert Jameson, son of John j. csq of Aberdeen, 27.

At Newton Abbott, Mr. Whitburne, surgeon and apothecary.

CORNWALL.

A public Dispensary and Humane Society has just been established at Penzance. Its objects are to mitigate the sufferings of the poor in seasons of sickness, by gratuitous medical assistance, nourishing food, and other needful comforts to rescue the poor from the malignity of the small-pox, by introducing vaccination-and the recovery of persons in cases of suspended animation.

Married.] At St. Tudy, Richard Hasken, esq. to Mrs. Ann Furnis.

At Endellion, Mr. W. Thomas, to Miss Cock, daughter of C. esq. of Tretreock. At Lirkeard, William Beard, esq. of Bodmin, to Miss Nanjulian, of Lostwithiel.

D.ed.] At Flushing, the youngest daughter of J. P. B. Trevanion, esq. of Cashayes.

At Towey, Mrs. Fife, wife of Lieut. F. At Charlestown, St. Austell, Mrs. Sarah Vounder, 34.

At Camelford, Mr. John Marshall, surgeon.

WALES.

The commissioners of the Breconshire turnpikes are about to make two branches of turnpike-road; une branch from the Brecon and Murthyr road near Nant-yr-Eira, to join the Neath and Merthyr road near Hirwain iron-works; and the other from Crickhowell-bridge to join the Abergavenny and and Merthyr road, near Pentwyn Clydach, Llanelly.

Married.] At Glasbury, Brecon, Thynne Howe Gwynne, esq. to the Hon. Georgianna Marianna Devereux, sister to Viscount Hereford.

Died.] At Newhouse, near Cardiff, Mrs. Knight, aged 58, widow of the late William Knight, esq. and one of the daughters of the late William Bruce, esq. of Lamblethian.

NORTH BRITAIN.

At Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, aged 84, John Goldie, esq.; a man, for acuteness of apprehension, and eccentricity of ideas, equalled by few. The last forty years of his life were almost entirely spent in the study of the science of astronomy, in which he is said to have corrected several prevailing errors. His book upon the subject was almost ready for going to the press when he died; and it is to be

hoped his friends will put it into the hands of some person, who wil give it soon to the public. He published, some years since, a volu◄ minous work, intitled, "The Gospel Recovered;" and a few months before his death, "A Treatise upon the Evidences of a Deity;" in which he contutes all atheistical doctrines, and ably proves the existence of a God. This work will remain a testimony of his great power of reasoning and extensive information.

IRELAND.

Married.] At Cashell, Lord Viscount BerBard, son of the Earl of Bandon, and M. P. for the county of Cork, to Miss Broderick, daughter of the Archbishop of Cashel.

Died.] At Hampton, county of Dublin, Alexander Hamilton, esq. high sheriff of the county, and eldest son of the late Honourable baron H. 44.

In Dublin, the Countess Dowager of Mayo. -Dowager Lady Steele.-The Right Hon. John Monck Mason, 84.

At Athen, county of Limeric, in full pos session of her faculties, Mrs. Eleonora Scau lah, 110.

DEATHS ABROAD.

In the Island of Jamaica, Lieutenant-ge neral Villettes. This officer was descended from one of the most ancient families in France. His ancestors were Lords of Montdidier in Languedoc, in the thirteenth cen tury, and many of them held considerable othices under different monarchs. During the civil wars, they were much distinguished for their exertions in favour of the Hugonots; and after the revocation of the edict of Nantes they withdrew from France and settled in this kingdom. The father of the late lieutenant-general was educated in the diplo matic line, and was many years minister plenipotentiary to the late and the pressut king; first at the court of Turin, and afterwards with the Helvetic Cantons. He withdrew from public life in the year 1762, and resided at Bath till 1776; when he died, in the 75th year of his age. His second son, William-Anne Villettes, was born at Bern, on the 14th of June, 1751. He received the early part of his education at a private school Dear Bath, and the latter part of it at the University of St. Andrew's. A mildness of disposition, and a regular performance of whatever it was his duty to do; qualities which through life were distinguished features of his character, were remarkable even at this early period. it was observed at school, that he never received a blow, either from his master, or any of his school-fellows; nor was he ever known at the university to to have experienced a reprimand from any of the professors, or to have been engaged in a quarrel with any of his fellow-students. His father originally intended him for the bar, and he was accordingly entered at Lincoln's-inn, and kept two or three terins; but lus ardour for a military life was so great,

that

that Mr. Villettes at last gave way to his
son's inclinations, and obtained for him, in
the year 1775, a cornetcy in the 10th regi-
ment of dragoons. In this respectable corps,
Villettes continued till he rose to the rank of
major. in this, as in every other part of his
life, a punctual discharge of the duties of his
station was constantly observed. By this he
obtained the approbation of his superiors, and
by his amiable manners he secured the esteem
and good will of his equals and his inferiors.
During a great part of this period, Capt. Vil-
Jettes attended Sir W. Pitt (then commander
of the forces in Ireland) as his aid-de-camp
and secretary. The character of that venera-
ble officer requires no panegyric; and it certain
Jy was an honour to Villettes, that he lived
several years in his family, not only as his
secretary, but as his confidential friend. His
attachment to Sir William Pitt was, indeed,
that of a son to a parent; and, like all other
attachments that he formed, continued in-
variable to the end of his life. In the year
1792, Major Villettes quitted the dragoons,
and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the
69th regiment of foot; which, in conse
quence of the breaking out of the war in
1793, was sent to the Mediterranean, serving
as marines on board a division of the fleet
under the command of Lord Hood., From
this service Colonel Villettes was exempt, as
a field-officer; but when Toulon was given
up to the allies, he left England to take the
command of his regiment, then forming a
part of the garrison. His services there were
much distinguished by General O'Hara, and
his successor, General Dundas. The heights
of Faron were entrusted to him; and during
the time that he commanded in that impor-
tant station, his vigilance was such, that he
never retired to rest till day-light appeared.
All attempts at surprise were accordingly
frustrated, and every thing remained secure;
the strength of the position scarcely exposing
it to any other danger. At length, the
French army being increased, after the reduc-
tion of Lyons, the danger to which Toulon
became exposed was proportionably greater,
and Colonel Villettes was called to a station
of still more importance, and requiring the
execution of greater military talents. This
was the defence of Les Sablettes, a narrow
isthmus, by which the peninsula that forms
the south side of the road of Toulon is con-
nected with the main land. As long as this
post was in our possession, the whole penin-
sula was secure, and the ships could remain
in safety in the road; but it this had been lost,
the various batteries on the peninsula night
have been turned upon them, the shipping
must have removed into the bay, and the
subsequent embarkation of the troops and the
inhabitants would have been rendered im-
practicable. At this post Colonel Villettes
commanded; having under him 700 British,
and 800 Neopolitan troops. On the 16th of

December, Faron was taken by surprise (but not by the fault of any British officer); and Fort Mulgrave, the nearest post to Les Sablettes, was carried by storm. These dise asters rendered the evacuation of Toulon unavoidable. The Neapolitan troops, under the command of Colonel Villettes, behaved very well as long as they were exposed to no danger; but when they saw that Fort Mul. grave was lost, and the French appeared ready to attack them, they retired in a body, got into their boats, and embarked on board their ships. Notwithstanding the desertion of so great a part of his force, Colonel Villettes kept up so good an appearance with the remainder, that Les Sablettes, and, of course, the whole of the peninsula, continued in our possession till the evening of the 18th; when the evacuation of Toulon being complete, he received orders to withdraw his troops. This service, though rendered very difficult by the proximity of the enemy, was nevertheless effected during the night; and the troops were marched to the other end of the penin. sula, where they were embarked in boats, which conveyed them, without loss, on board the fleet. The next service in which Colenej Villettes was engaged, was the conquest of Corsica. He acted here in his proper station at the siege of Saint Fiorenzo; and afterwards in a more distinguished manner, at that of Bastia. Lord Hood having proposed to the commander of the land forces the attack of this latter place, and the measure being deemed inexpedient by that officer, his lordship resolved to undertake the siege, without the assistance of any troops but those who were originally given him as marines. After a close blockade of forty days, Bastia was taken, and Lord Hood gratefully acknowledged the essential assistance which he received on that occasion from Colonel Villettes. The merit of this service will perhaps be more fully appreciated, when it is known, that the force which Colonel Villettes commanded, was composed of no more than 1000 british soldiets,250 landed seamen, and 1200 Corsicans; which last were fit only to scour the country. The garitson, on the other hand, consisted of 4000 French regulars, and about as many of the armed inhabitants. Even after the sur render of the place, the difficulties of Colonel Villettes' situation did not cease. With his small force, he was to guard 6000 prisquen; and this arduous task was continued several days, the state of the weather rendering it impossible to send them away in a shorter time.

For thus important service Colonel Villettes was rewarded, by being appointed Governor of Bastia; and a vote of thanks to him being proposed in the House of Cammons, it seemed to be a subject of regret with every person, that some circumstances of parliamentary etiquette rendered it trupessible to accede to the motion. In the year 1796, an intermittent lever, of a very bad

kind, which is common in Corsica, obliged
Colonel Villettes to resign the government
of Bastia, and return to England; and the
following year, Portugal being threatened by
the French, he was sent to that country, and
served in the army commanded by his friend
Sir Charles Stuart, about a year and a half;
when, the danger being for the present re-
moved, the British troops were withdrawn,
and Colonel Villettes came back to England,
where he was promoted to the rank of a major
general, on the 18th of June, 1798. About
this time, General Villettes was appointed
comptroller of the household of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Kent; and his royal
highness continued to honour the gene-
ral with his confidence as long as he lived.
In 1799, General Villettes was sent to Corfu;
it being then in contemplation to raise a corps
of Albaniabs for his Majesty's service. Of
the inexpediency of this measure the general
was soon convinced; and however advantage-
cus the adopting it might have proved to
himself, he strongly advised the contrary, and
the plan was accordingly relinquished. The
mutiny which some years afterwards took place
at Malta among troops of a simi ar descrip-
tion, fully proved the justness of his opinion.
When his presence was no longer necessary
in Corfu, Gen Villetes was sent to Malta;
where he acted for some time as second in
command to Gen Pigot; and, after his de-
parture in 1801, as commander in chief of
the forces, in which important situation he
remained till the year 1807. Those persons
who recollect the stipulations concerning
Malta in the treaty of Amiens. the discus-
sions which arose during the peace in conse
quence of those stipulations, and the value
attached to this inland by all parties since
the renewal of hostilities; and who, at the
same time, consider the situation of Malta,
with respect to Naples, Sicily, Egypt, and
indeed the whole of the Mediterranean and the
Levant, will readily conceive that there were
few situations, in which a firm, temperate,
and judicious conduct could be more requisite
than in the commander of the forces in that
island. It may safely ne asserted, that few
men were superior to Gen. Villettes in the
qualities from which such a conduct origi-
nates. His judgment was so good, that,
though he selcom stood in need of advice,
yet, on every proper occasion, he was ready
to listen to it, to adopt it with cando, if he
judged it to be right; or to adhere to his
own opinion, it he saw no just grounds for
abandoning it. His firmness in pursuing the
line of conduct, which he thought it his duty
to adopt, was equally remarkable; and to
these qualities were united a temper the least
irritable, and manners the most conciliatory,
that can be well imagined The favourite
maxim of "Suaviter in modo, Fortiter in
re," has perhaps seldom been Diure per-
featly exemplified. Many instances occurred

during his command in Malta, in which. these qualities were exerted, and executed with the very best effects. When Tomasi, the French-elected Grand Master, laid claim to the island; when a French Agent sought an occasion of quarrel, and endeavoured to raise a disturbance in the theatre, as had been done successfully at Rome, Naples, and else.. where; when a most alarming muiny took place among the foreign troops in Fort Ricosoli; on all these, and on many other occasions, the firm, temperate, and judicious conduct of Gen. Villettes was successfully employed. In the year 1807, the personal and professional merit of this officer, his perfect knowledge of most of the European languages, and his long acquaintance with the military sys tems of the continental powers, pointed him. out to his Majesty's government as a proper person to command the foreign troops who were to form a part of the army intended to be sent to the Baltic, under Lord Cathcart. Gen. Villettes was accordingly re-calicd from Malta; but, though he obeyed the summons with the utmost promptitude, it was found impossible for him to arrive in England in time to take any share in the northern expedition. That expedition was accordingly disp tched under other commanders, and Gen. Villettes was, soon after his arrival, appointed to a situation still more honourable, but eventually fatal to him. It was in the month of September, 1807, that this Officer, now a Lieutenant general, returned to England, a country in which he had passed so small a portion of his life, as to be much less known in it than his worth deserved. He was soon after appointed Colopel of the 64th regiment of infantry; and his talents were not suffered to remain long unemployed. A proper person was wanted to be commander of the forces, and Lieuten nant-governor, of Jamaica. Many circum stances in the situation of that Island rendered it necessary to be particularly careful in the appointment of a general officer suited to that important trust. Gen. Villettes was selected for this purpose; and it would, perhaps, have been difficult to have found a man more capable of fulfilling the duties of the station to the satisfaction of Government, and for the benefit of the colony. He was accordingly appointed Lieutenant-governor and commander of the forces in Jamaica, with the rank of a General in that Island, in the latter end er the year 1807. Highly honourable as this appointment was, Gen. Villettes would willingly have declined it. His copstitution, which was never very strong, had been much impaired by bilious complaint: and having been absent from England during almost the whole of the last fourteen years, he would gladly have remained some time in this country. The last day before he ersbarked at Spichead, was spent at the house of the earliest friend of his youth, to whom, in confident jal

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