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Thomas Lane.-Mrs. Smalley.-Ann, relict of Mr. William Cleaver.

At Clipstone Lodge, Mr. S. Cutts, sen. 85.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The following is a statement of the population of some of the towns of this county, according to the last returns-Stamford. Males, 2003; females, 2579. Total, 4582. -Louth. 2947 males, 2181 females. Total, 47 28. Births and deaths for the last ten years exactly equal.-Brigg. 638 males, 723 females. Total, 1361. 310 inhabited houses. -Market Deeping. 166 houses inhabited, 6 ninhabited, and 4 houses building; 18 families employed in agriculture, 68 in trade, and 105 not comprised in the two preceding classes: total number of families, 191. 426 males, 473 females; total number of persons, 899. Eirths in ten years preceding 1801, 263; from 1801 to 1811, 273. Marriages in ten years preceding 1801, 55; from 1801 to 1811, 66. Deaths in ten years preceding 1801, 194; from 1801 to 1811, 244.-Horncastle. In the

Year Inhabited Houses Total Persons 1792

1801

1811

390
403

546

1834

2015

2622

The increase between 1792 and 1801 is 181, and between 1801 and the present period 607. The first increase may be attributed to an open common with a number of common-right houses in the parish: the second increase, to the navigation, which has materially increased the trade of the town.Grantham. 673 houses, inhabited by 776 families, 430 of which are used for trade; 10 houses uninhabited; 1677 males, and 1969. females, making togther 3646 souls. The total of males and females, in the year 1801, was $303, by which it appears that the increase in the course of ten years is 343 Boston. The number of baptisms in the paish in the ten years, ending on the 31st of December last, is 3072; of which number 1529 are males, and 1543 females. The burials in like period are 942 males, and 875 females; total 1817: so that the baptisms exceed the burials as five to three. The marriages in the ten years are 790.

Married.] At Boston, Mr. Barnsdale, of Brothertoft, to Mary, only child of George Beedham, esq. of Langrick Ferry.

At Stamford, Mr. William Goodlad, of Wansford, to Miss Sarah Clarke, of Greet

ham.

At Misterton, Mr. William Baynes, of Walkringham, to Miss Elizabeth Wressell, of Stockwith.

Died At South Ferraby, Mrs. Nelthorpe, wife of John N. esq.

At Grimsby, Mr. Richard Nell, senior alderman, and seven times mayor of that town, 66. He dropped down in his house, and expired without speaking. Honesty and punctuality were the characteristic traits of kis life, and, as they commanded the respect

whilst living, so they have ensured to him the regret, now dead, of every one who knew him.

At Gresthorp, Mrs. Beswick, wife of G. B. esq. 52.

At Gainsbro', Mr. Shipman, 81.—Mrs. Johnson, 44.-Mrs. Everington, 77.

At Alford, Mr. John Allcock, 73.

At Barholm, in consequence of the wounds he received from a highwayman about a month before, Mr. Nidd, 67.

At Grantham, J. C. Watson, esq. R. N.. late surgeon of the Princess Royal, 56. At Great Ponton, Mr. Thomas Shepherd, 82.

At Sleaford, Mr. J. Leak, 87.-Mrs. Cropper.

At Boston, Mr. Whittington, 55.—Mrs. Obbins, wife of Mr. O. sen. 78.-Mr. Joha Brown, of the Ram Inn.-Mr. Joseph Teasdale, 72.

At Gayton, Mr. John Jacques, 80.

At Lincoln, Mrs. Huddlestone, 87.-Mr. Haldenby.

At Louth, Mr. Holmes, 76.-Mrs. Goodhall, 28.-Mr. Stephen Holmes, 80.-Mr. Anselm Odlin, 72.-Mr. Stephen Pearson, 75.

At Stamford, Mr. Francis Weldon, 41Mrs. Swantown, sister of the late Alderman Searson, 77.

At Partney, Mrs. Gill, 82.

Frances, wife of the Rev. Edward Jones, jun. vicar of Greetham, Rutland, and eldest daughter of William Belgrave, esq. of Preston.

At Ketton, near Stamford, aged 78, Lady Jane Edwards, relict of Gerard Anne Edwards, esq. and sister to Henry, late Earl of Gainsborough, also mother to Colonel Noel, of Exton Park, Rutland. Her ladyship was jusdy revered in her neighbourhood, for having, during the course of a long life, been in the invariable habit of doing good by acts of unostentatious charity and beneficence. While her noble and highly respectable relatives lament her loss, they have the satisfaction to know, that by her conduct she conferred dig. nity on her rank, and that in the fullness of a good old age she expired, surrounded by those who esteemed her to veneration. LEICESTERSHIRE.

Married.] At Sheepshead, Mr. Chester, of Black Brook Hall, to Miss Smalley.

At Mountsorrel, Mr. Harrison, of Belgrave, to Miss Sarah Snow.

At Leicester, Mr. Alderman Read, to Miss
A. Parsons.
Neal, esq. of Skellington,

to Miss Cowdell.

Died.] At Leicester, Mr. Thompson.-
Mrs. Hefford.Mr. Thomas Cordeux, 82.-
Mrs. Burton, relict of Mr. William B. qf
Cadeby, 75-Mrs. Greenhall, wife of Mr.
G. surveyor, 42.

At Loughborough, Mrs. Wallis, wife of
Mr. W. surgeon, and daughter of the late
Dr. Pochin. Mr. Robt. Blunt, solicitor, 45.
At Sapcote, Mr. Thomas Lovett, 73.
At Desford, in bis 101st year, John Upton,
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stocking maker. He had worked from a youth to the age of 93 for one house, that of Moore and Co of Leicester.

At Bagworth, Mr. Richard Wikes, parishclerk.

At Great Wigstone, Mr. Samuel Freer.
At Harby, Mr. Harby, 72.
At Kegworth, Miss Alice Steele.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

Married.] At Woolstanton, Mr William Hall, of the Ridge House, to Miss Sarah Grocott, of Harley.

Mr. Wright, of Newport, Salop, attorney, to Miss Masfen, of Cannock.

Mr. Elwell, of Heath House, to Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Willits, of Tipton.

At Wolverhampton, Mr. Joseph Hill, of Bilstone, to Miss Susanna Lea, of Hales Owen.

Died.] At Stafford, Margaret, daughter of Mr. John Hughes, of the Star Inn, 30.-Mr. Stephen Smith, 63.

At Newcastle, Mr. Thomas Eardley.
At Rough Close, Miss Jane Robinson.
At Wolverhampton, Mr. Smith.
At Wheaton Aston, Mr. E. Jarvis.
At Breewood, Mrs. Haughton, 85.

WARWICKSHIRE.

Married] At Birmingham, Mr. J. Shelton, to Miss Elizabeth Bass.-Edmund Baldwin, esq. to Miss Charlotte Jones, second daughter to the late Thomas J. esq.-Mr. E. Lavinder, of Dudley, to Miss Esther Baxter.

Mr. Isaac Sproston, of Tewkesbury, to Martha, youngest daughter of R. Lambert, esq. of Ditchford.

At Aston, Mr. H. B. Timbs, of Worcester, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late James Richards, esq. of Camp Hill, near Birmingham.

At Nuneaton, Mr. John Wilson, to Miss Elizabeth Harcourt.

Richard Smith, esq. of Tibbington House, Tipton, to Miss Ferecay, daughter of Samael F. esq. of Ettingshall Park.

At Sutton Coldfield, Charles Clement Adderley, esq. of Hams Hall, to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Edmund Cradock Hartopp, of Fourocks Hall.

At Coventry, Mr. James Vale, to Miss Martha Sanders.

Died.] At Birmingham, Mrs. Mary Shenton. Mrs. Parsonage, 33.-Mr. S. Toy.Mrs. Hooper.-The Rev. Samuel Pearson, rector of Weston-upon-Trent, perpetual curate of Osmaston, near Derby, and late of St. John's College, Cambridge. He was one of the oldest members of the Antiquarian Sociéty, and formerly lecturer of St. Martin's in this town. Few men have passed through life more justly esteemed for their modest worth and unassuming manners.

At Caldicote Hall, Mary Elizabeth Louisa Rodney Bowes, lady of the Hon. Thomas B. and only daughter and heiress of George Carpenter, esq. late of Redbourn, Herts.

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At Leamington Spa, Caroline, widow of the Rev. Thomas Harris, of Braddon, near Towcester, and second daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Marriott, of Cotesbatch, Leicestershire.

in London, Mr. Joseph Gibbins, banker of Birmingham, a gentleman eminent for punctuality and probity, 55.

At Camp Hill, near Birmingham, Margaret, wife of Mr. John Thompson, 54.

At Foleshill, Mr. Benjamin Newland, 66. At Tettenhall, Dorothy Elizabeth, heiress of the ancient family of Lyttleton, of Studley Castle, in this county, and wife of Francia Holyoake, esq. of Tettenhall.

SHROPSHIRE.

A most extraordinary tornado took place early on the 25th of May at Plasyollen, the influence of which did not extend more than 300 yards in length and 30 in breadth ; but its violence was so great that every thing, from the humblest vegetable to the loftiest tree within its range, was totally demolished. Sycamores and oaks, which had withstood the wintry blast of ages, though still in full vigour, were despoiled of all their branches, many of which, measuring more than three feet in circumference, were twisted off, and carried to a great distance. Considerable damage was done in the gardens; a great number of fine healthy apple and pear trees were snapt asunder, and all the early crops of vegetables swept away.

In the afternoon of the 27th, this county was again visited by a storm, the effects of which have been awfully felt. Owing to the bursting of a cloud, Meole and other brooks, within ten or twelve miles, were so rapidly swollen, as almost instantaneously to overflow their banks to a most astonishing height, exrenting for miles over the adjoining country, and tearing down and carrying off, in their course, stock of every description. Such was the force of this great body of water rushing into the Severn from Meole Brook, that it actually turned the current of the ri ver, which rose four feet in ten minutes. In the neighbourhood of Minsterley and Pontesbury, twelve persons perished. At these two last places, at Pontesford, &c. the ravages of the torrent were without bounds. At Mr. S. Heighway's, of Pontesford, the scene was indeed lamentable; nut fewer than nine persons, including part of his own family, were swept away, and among them his vene. rable grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Heighway, and two female servants. Another part of the Family made their escape by get. ting through the roof of the house. At Hanwood, the bridge was carried away, and the

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mills of Mr. Blower, and his family, escaped with the utmost difficulty. Mr. H. Wartee, of Crock-meole, had 26 cows, besides other stock, carried away. In Coleham, the water began to rise about half-past nine o'clock, and increased so rapidly, that persons had not time to remove their furniture. The cellars and ground floors in Coleham, and that part of the Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, near the church, were almost instantaneously filled with water, owing to the arches of the bridge over the brook being for some time unable to take the body of water which rushed down. One of the privates of the North Shropshire local militia fell into the water at the farther end of Coleham bridge, and was Instantly carried away by the stream. The damage occasioned by the storm is estimated at 20,0001. The bodies of the unfortunate persons who perished have been found: the following are their names. At Pontesford, Mrs. Heighway; Eliz. Thomas and Cathe rine Nailor, servants to ditto; Richard Bennett, clerk; Richard Simmons, Samuel Speake, Richard Hincks, and Jacob Bishop, labourers; Eliz. Reece. At Minsterley, Mr. Hoggins, farmer; William Hulmes, labourer; and Thomas Parry, waggoner. Curiosity and motives of humanity have led many persons to visit the suffering cottagers, as well as to explore the hills whence the destructive torrent poured. Beyond the Snail batch lead mines, there is a valley called the Crows nest Dingle, on each side of which the Stiperstones Hill rises; upon the right is that part called Castle Ring, and on the left is Lord's Hill Bank, or Gorsy Bank. The sides of these two points have several rents or deep channels, from whence the waters issued; and nearly all these channels tending to the Dingle, the waters tore themselves a bed wide and deep, and pursued the descent to Minsterley, &c. The water has made perhaps a dozen holes in these hills, at considerable distances from each other, and the soil, with pieces of the rock, are worn away from one to four yards deep. At or near the spot from whence several of these channels are cut, small springs formerly issued; in one instance, several yards of marshy ground, which it was unsafe to pass across, are now perfectly sound and dry. If a stranger enquired from whence the torrents came, the inhabitants generally stated that the water "gushed out of the slips" in the mountains. The generally attributed cause, however, of the phenomenon, was the sudden condensa tion, at these different points, of the skirts of one immense cloud, or of several smaller

ones.

Married.] At Broseley, Mr. R. Ferrington, to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. John Toye, of Brereton, Staffordshire.

At Shrewsbury, Mr. T. Davies, to Miss Elizabeth Kilvert.

At Market Drayton, Mr. Pemberton, of Stafford, to Miss Besford,

Died.] At Shrewsbury, Mrs. Knox, wife of the Right Hon. George K. 28.—Richard Plummer, esq. captain in the Shropshire militia, 26.-Mr. Phillips.-Ar. Edward Jones. -Mr. Edward Pryce.

At Whitchurch, Mrs. Kent.-Mrs. Edge, of the Swan Inn.

At Mulford Hall, Mr. Thomas Smith, jun. At the Mosses, near Wellington, Mrs. Hooper, wife of Mr. W. H.

At Wellington, Mr. Joseph Turner. At Ruyton, of the Eleven Towas, Mr. Read, surgeon.

At Minsterley, the Rev. Mr. Williams. At Pym's Farm, near Weras, W. West Betty, esq. father of H. W. Betty, better known by the name of the Young Roscius.

At Newport, J. Dickenson, esq. solicitor. At Terrick, near Whitechurch, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John Smith.

At the More, Lucy, eldest daughter of the Rev. Herbert Oakeley.

At Cotton Wood, Mrs. Shone, 96.
At Betton Strange, J. G. Scott, esq.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

On the 28th of May this county, among others, was visited by one of the most tremendous storms ever remembered At Worcester, hail stones, of rather pieces of ice, were picked up measuring five and six inches in length; and there is scarcely a window exposed to the S. E. which has not great part of its glass destroyed. At the House of Isdustry 500 panes were broken; at the Infir mary 150; the Bishop's Palace, Town hall, and chapels, in a like proportion; the china manufactory of Messrs. Barr, Flight, and Barr, 1200; and of Messrs. Grainger and Co. to a very great extent; Mr. Freame's cabinet warehouses,in Goose-lane, lost upwards of 1000 panes; and the painted castern window at the Cathedral has received serious injury. The greatly admired walks in Sansom-fields, present a lamentable consequence of this destructive hurricane; many of the stately elm and chesnut trees have received irreparable damage; the gardens are despoiled of their fruit and herbage; the hot-bous 5, green-houses, &c. have been totally destroyed. A deluge of rain accompanied the hail, and the Severn rose nearly twenty feet in-less than twenty-four hours; in one hour it rose six feet; this of course occasioned a severe flood, which has done incalculable mischief. It is supposed that the reparation of the glass alone, at Worcester, will exceed the sum of 50001.

Married.] At Worcester, Mr. James Pool, to Maria, youngest daughter of Mr. Allen, sen.

Died.] At Malvern, Mrs. Nash, wife of the late Rev. Dr. N. of Bevere.

At Dudley, Mrs. Lee.

At Spetchley, Mrs. Berkeley, relict of Robert B. esq.

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At Hagley, Thomas Lea, sen- esq. 75.

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HEREFORDSHIRE.

The storm of May 27th, extended to this county, where also it was productive of the most lamentable consequences. It commenced about three o'clock in the afternoon, and continued with little intermission till past eight. At Checkley Common, Littlehope, Fownhope, and Mordiford, the light ning was so vivid that the atmosphere appeared in a blaze; and the falling solid torrent, collecting above Mordiford, and rushing with terrific roar down the hills and slopes, hurled every thing which opposed its fury to the grounds below; lofty trees, hedges, stones, &c. Mr. Husband, miller, at Mordiford, had his barn, in which was a eider mill, pig's cot, c. entirely swept away, leaving not a vestige of even the foundation; and the runner of the cider-mill, weighing several hundred weight, was carried to a considerable distance. The corn mill was not injured. Mr. Husband and a young woman, in endeavouring to save some pigs, were, by the rapidity of the current, carried away, and drowned. A poor woman, and an infant daughter, inhabiting a cottage close to the brook which crosses the road, were both swept off with the house, and also perished. The water in the brook opposite the Moon public-house was above eight feet high, and three feet in the parlour. At Littlehope considerable injury was sustained by the water sweeping away the whole surface of four acres of hop-ground, trees, hedges, &c. Mr. Hadley, tanner, at Fownhope, suffered severely; the water rushing from the woody hill above, across the road to the tan-yard, carried off a vast quantity of hides from the pits, with the bark from the vats, &c. At Tarrington, the effects of the storm were tremendous; the torrent from the hills rolling down with irresistible force, precipitated every thing in its way to the grounds below the road, where it formed a vast sheet of water, and sheep and cattle were carried over the hedges.

Married.] At Lugwardine, Mr. J. Aston, attorney, to Miss Wootton, of Lug Bridge. At Ross, Mr. William Fisher, to Miss Wear, both of Goodrich.

Dad.] At Checkley, R. Watkins, a fine boy, 13 years old, son of Mr. W. of that place, who is supposed to have lost his life by having picked and eaten some poisonous herb.

At Leominster, Mrs. Dorothy Woodhouse, relict of Mr. W. late of Byton, 23.

At Cawborough, John Gammond, esq.

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seven o'clock, a train of waggons, laden with coals, &c. proceeded from the latter place. along the tram-road, and, being joined by others from Leckhampton Hill, containing different kinds of building stone, their arrival at Cheltenham was welcomed by the ringing of bells, and the acclamations of a numerous assemblage of persons at the wharf, near the turnpike. An elegant dinner was served up at the George Hotel. The evening passed with the greatest unanimity and cordiality, every one appearing highly gratified by the completion of a measure of such importance to the town of Cheltenham, and the county at large.

On the suggestion of that ingenious and able physician, the late Dr. BEDDORS, three baths were a few years since erected at the Upper Hotwell, Clifton, which not only vie with any in the kingdom, in point of convenience, but are so constructed as to insure the advantages resulting from the peculiar purity of the water, as either bath is instantly filled for the sole use of each individual. by means of a steam engine, which raises the water from an immense depth, and conveys it into each bath directly from the spring, the redundance of which is such, that waterworks are now establishing for the two-fold purpose, of conveying this water even into the most elevated parts of Clifton, and of forming a capacious reservoir, as a security against fire; thus obviating the objection to the purchase of water in casks, as a moda equally scanty, disgusting, and precarious, and at the same time removing the apprehensions of those who have been deterred by the dread of fire, from fixing their residence in that beautiful village.

Married.] Mr. John Foxwell, of Wottonunder-Edge, to Miss B. Jones, youngest daughter of John J. esq. of Hill, near Berkeley.

At Newent, Mr. William Taylor, 82, to Mrs. Mary Hayward, 79.

Died.] At Tewkesbury, Susannah Rickerts, 88, a pauper, in the House of Industry, having existed ten weeks without eating any kind of food, the only nutriment she received during that period being a few spoonfuls of beer each day. Her disease was of an apoplectic nature. Mr. Benjamin Yeates.

At Charlton King's, near Cheltenham, Dame Dorothy Mill, 71, widow of Sir Richard Mill, of Mottisfont, in the county of Southampton, bart. sometime representative in Parliament for that county, and colonel of its provincial regiment. She was the only daugh ter of Richard Warren, of the Red Cliffe, in the county of Somerset, esq, and of his wife, Henrietta, a co-heiress of Charles Yate, of Coldthrop, esq. by Elizabeth, daughter, and finally sole heiress, of Colonel Richard Yate, the loyalist, of Arlingham Court, both in this county. By the decease, without issue, of the intermediate branches, her ladyship became representatiye of the elder branch of

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the very ancient house of yate, Of her chasacter, it is difficult to speak in adequate terms of praise; but her prayers and her alms have, we doubt not, gone up to the throne of grace, and are there recorded as a memorial of her devotion and charity. Her estates at Arlingham, are conveyed to trustees, for the beneft of her only daughter, now in Sicily, wife of the Chevalier Ferdinand Raibaud Della Cainea, of a noble Italian family.

At Cain's Cross, near Stroud, Mr. John Saunders, attorney.

At Kemerton, Miss Mumford.

frequently great and painful; but bis genuine principles of sentiment and action, both of a religious and civil nature, remained unshaken and uncorrupted; and he retired from the ultimate close of his prospects, in consequence of events mostly of a national description, and independent of his controul, in the full maintenance of hereditary integrity. Notwithstanding his varied and active occu pations, he had read much; his library, though small, was select and valuable, and his conversation and anecdotes, from so many diferent sources, enlivened with great con

At Cheltenham, P. Evans, esq. of Aber- stitutional chearfulness, were intelligent and gavenny.

agreeable. His talents and general accom

At Stroud, Mrs. Newman, wife of Mr. N. plishments, as well of an useful as ornamen. attorney.

At Cirencester, Mr. Pierce, druggist.

At his residence at Painswick, of an apo plectic seizure, followed by two weeks illness, deeply and deservedly lamented by his family and extensive acquaintance, Mr. Daniel Roberts, aged 57. This gentleman was the son of Mr. John Roberts of Bristol, afterwards of London, by Amelia, second surviving daughter of Mr. Thomas Diniel, both merchants of superior estimation and charac➡ ter; the second possessing an extensive influence in the former city, where the subject of this notice was born, on the 12th December, 1753. He was the fourth in lineal descent from John Roberts, an eminent personage in the early history of the people called Quakers; and the tenth from Hugh Tyndale, of Hunts Court, in Nibley, esq. father of the celebrated apostle of the English reformation; these ancestors he was often accustomed so contemplate with pleasure, in common with several others of considerable religious and scientific merit. His family connexions early devoted him to commercial pursuits, and, while yet in his minority, he sustained a principal share in the superintendance of one of the most extensive establishments of its kind in Europe. At different periods of the American revolution and independence, he thrice visited that continent; the first time in the spring of 1774, on professional engagements, connected with the preceding. Here his numerous and respectable introductions, supported by his personal merits and conciliating manners, acquired him the esteem. of numerous individuals, in different spheres of life, amongst whom were General Washington, Dr. Franklin, and other distinguished characters of each party; while his address in the management of a very arduous confi dence, and his abilities as a merchant, were acknowledged, by competent judges, to have been in many respects unrivalled. On a similar occasion he was also absent in Austrian Flanders. In one of his transatlantic excursions, he explored, with much taste and gratification, the magnificent scenery of the northern provinces. The vicissitudes, and disappointments which he experienced in some of the former and following occurrences, were

tal nature, were otherwise of no common rank; and during a subsequent seclusion of above twenty years, he devoted his principal attention, next to the care of his childreas' education, to medical botany and chemistry, in which his acquisitions were freely rendered subservient to philanthropic and patriotic feelings, and though his native liberality was often subjected to imposition, it was never precluded from exertion by preceding instances of ingratitude or deceit. His integrity has been already adverted to, and his turn of mind was peculiarly independent; but in his high sense of religion, benevolence, and superior energies of domestic attachment, his more familiar traits of character were predo minantly conspicuous, his extended and active, but unassuming and private, benefactions may long be feelingly remembered by the objects of their exertion, and his uniform anxiety and efforts for the improvement and happiness of his family, ever anticipated and superceded the cold suggestions of sordid policy. In this interesting particular, it would indeed be difficult to render an adequate justice to his desert and kindness, and, amid the absence or diminution of every other excellence, these alone would have afforded a private source of review and acknowledgment, affectionate as eternal. His theological sentiments were comprehensive and sublime, and the latter part of his life was assiduously employed in the dissemination of principles calculated to pro mote the welfare of mankind. He marrie₫ in 1778, Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Jonah Thompson, of Nether Compton, Dorset shire, a gentleman of honourable extraction, and distinguished for eminent moral qualities, and general acquisition. In exterior appear ance, Mr. Roberts exceeded the middle height he was remarkable for great corporeal, as well as mental activity, and in point of personal symmetry, agility, and elegance, he was equalled by very few examples, in the earlier part of life. The delicacy and propriety of his external habits were exemplary and con. spicuous. His eye was singularly expressive and brilliant, and his countenance, but for a severe attack of the natural small pox in in fancy, which however seems to have improved the original excellence of hig constitution, would

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