prefented to it, 1801, Robert-Hen. Wake, rector of Backwell, co. Somerset. He was proved infane on a trial, Dec. 9, 1805. Mr.W. was of Trinity college, Cambridge; B. A. 1763, M. A. 1766.—Qu. if he was the fon of Dr. Róbert W. rector of Stratford-le-Bow, who died 1740, and published feveral tracts againft Hoadly, fingle fermons, and three volumes of practical difcourfes, 1739, 1748, 8vo?

At Hadley, aged 60, James Monro, efq. fon of the late Dr. John M. and formerly a commander in the E. India Company's fervice. His death originated from a cold, caught by fitting in his wet cloaths, after affifting at a fire in the outhoufes of Archibald Paris, efq. at Beech-hill, and afterwards by buffting a blood-veffel. By his firft wife, a coufin of his own name, he has left four fons and three daughters; and by his fécond, Mifs Martin, a daughter, born within a fortnight before his death.

Dec.... Mr. Thomas Penny, auctioneer, of Bourn', co. Lincoln.

Aged 19, Henry Green, ftone-mason, of Lincoln. About ten days before, while at work in a well, the roller fell into the place, caught one of his legs, and tore away the calf in such a dreadful manner as to caufe his death.

Two daughters of Mr. Clarke, of Lowefwater, Cumberland, the one 8 the other 10 years old, were drowned in crofting a rivulet in their way to fchool. It appeared that the water had rifen by a heavy fall of rain the preceding night, fo as to cover the bridge which they had to pass; and they had put off their ftockings, which were found tied with their garters.

As Mrs. Theodofia Delahay was riding behind a fervant, in the road which leads through the parish of Docklow, co, Hereford, the horse ran against a waggon' and threw her, when the wheels paffed over her head and killed her on the fpot.

At Dewchurch, co. Hereford, aged 82, Richard Garold, efq.

At his feat at Pound, near Tavistock, in his 81ft year, John Lloyd, efq. late clerk of the cheque at Plymouth dock yard, and in the commiffion of the peace for Devon.. At Exeter, Mrs. Crowther, wife of the Rev. Mr. C.

Rev. Robert Douglas, rector of Knightwick, Hampton-Lovett, 1794, and Salwarp, all co.. Worcester, and in the commiffion of the peace for that county.

At Garryhench, in Queen's County, Ireland, Lieut.-col. John Warburton, many years reprefentative in the late Irish Parliament for that county.

Dec. I. At Edinburgh, the wife of Cha. Murray, efq. late his Majesty's conful-ge. neral for the island of Madeira, and daughter of the late Robert Scott, efq. of Crail ing, in Roxburghshire.

Aged 62, Mrs. Ifabella Waugh, relict of Jofeph W. efq. of Turn-wheel-lane, Cannon-freet, merchant (fee vol. LXVIII. p. 623). Mrs. W. was niece to Thomas Crozier, afq. and fucceeded in his business. She endured an illness of nearly two years with that exemplary patience and refignation becoming a Chriftian. She was a perfon of eafy manners and great affability, acquired by an extenfive acquaintance and knowledge of the world. Indeed, her whole life difplayed a rectitude of conduct, both to her family and friends, which makes her lofs feverely felt.

The infant fon of Mr. Newton, of Warwick-fquare, Newgate-street.

In an apopleétic fit, aged 62, Mrs. Boughton, of King's Cliffe, fifter to Mr. B. of Stamford, co. Lincoln.

Aged 57, George Harrifon, efq. of Fifkerton, near Lincoln.

2. At Laytonstone, Effex, aged go, Mrs, Eleanor Nelfon, widow.

In an advanced age, Mrs. Carter, wife of the Rev. Jonathan C. rector of Flempton with Hengrave, Suffolk.

This morning, about 3 o'clock, J. Birkett, driver of a poft-chaife belonging to Mr. Webfter, of the White Hart inn at Kendal, was drowned in the river Kent, near Nether bridge, as were alfo the two horfes. On returning home, he had dri ven them, as ufual, to wash their legs, into the river, which, being very much. fwollen, immediately precipitated themdown the ftream. The body of the unfortunate young man, one of the horfes, and . a part of the chaife and harness, were found about a mile below the place where the accident happened.

2. Aged 83, after a long and very painful illness, the Rev. Thomas Towle, B.D. at his houfe in Cripplegate-buildings, of which he had been an inhabitant above 40 years. Ele married, about the year 1746, Mifs Sarah Brent, of Horsleydown, a fenfible and agreeable lady, by whom he had two fons; one died an infant, the other fill furvives. She died, aged 50, May 7, 1778, fincerely lamented by him. He was buried with her December 10, in Bunhill-fields, when the Rev. Mr. Kello of Bethnal-green, delivered an appropriat addrefs over the grave; and on the fol lowing Sunday & Funeral Sermon was preached in his Meeting-house by the Rev. Mr. Kingsbury of Southampton, to a crowded auditory. A Correfpondent adds, "This accomplished Scholar, who had for fome years paft been the father of the Diffenting Minifters, was born Feb. 15, 1724. His parents being perfons of confiderable respectability and property, having determined to devote him to the fervice of the Sanctuary, placed him under the fuperintendance

perintendance of the Rev. Mr. Taylor at Deptford, a gentleman of very remarkable attainments in mathematical and claffi cal knowledge. At this feminary for Diffenting Minifters he made confiderable proficiency in Literature. After leaving the academy at Deptford, Mr. Towle completed his ftudies under the care of Dr. Marriott, who prefided over the regular Diffenting Seminary in London. For this gentleman, who was at that time the beft Greek scholar amongst the Diffenters, Mr. T. entertained the utmoft veneration, never mentioning his name but in terms of the highest refpect. He had been for perhaps more than half a century, minifter of the Independent Congregation, meeting formerly in Ropemaker's alley, Little Moorfields, near where the Romish chapel now ftands. In 1764, the building being very much decayed, a new meeting-houfe was built, to which he contributed 100l. by the congregation at Aldermanbury Poftern, and at which he regularly officiated twice every Lord's day. But a few years fince, Mr. Barber's congregation at Founder's-hall, Lothbury, being deprived of their place of worship, united themselves to Mr. Towle's church; and the two paftors divided the work of the miniftry between them, Mr. Towle preaching in the morning, and Mr. Barber in the afternoon, till within the last two years, during which Mr. Towle had been unable to officiate, and moft part of the time confined to his bed, languishing by a complication of diforders, the chief of which was the ftone in the bladder, and which terminated in his death, His father had many years before died of the fame diforder; and the ftone which was taken from him was confidered of extraordinary magnitude, but that which has, fince Mr. Towle's death, been extracted, far furpaffed it, both in fize and weight. It was nearly as large as an egg, and weighed upwards of three ounces, with rugged-edged furface; fo that the pain which it must have occafioned to the good man was most excruciating. The writer of this article, who had for feveral years been frequently honoured with his company, has often feen him, while inwardly enduring the fevereft torture, endeavouring, by reviving cheerfulness, to mitigate the anxiety his friends experienced for him. Indeed, he was, when in health, a mos entertaining and inftructive companion, ever ready to communicate knowledge from out of the abundant ftores of his mind; fond of fociety, efteemed by the wife and good of every denomination; and enlivening every party to which he was invited by pleafing urbanity and the moft chafte effufions of attic wit. His advice was eagerly fought for in cafes of diffi

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culty, he being, as it were, the chambercounfellor of Diffenters, and none more proper than him for that office; for, if the proper ftudy of mankind is man, he certainly had profecuted that study to the utmoft. His penetrating mind was able to dive into the deepest receffes of the human heart; feveral inftances of the fhrewdnefs of his aniwers to various questions might be given, but the following anecdote may fuffice. A perfon one day applied to him for advice, on a cafe which, he affirmed, lay on his mind. He was about to marry a young lady of property, who, as a fine quâ non, infifted on a fettlement previous to marriage. "Sir," said this perfon to Mr. Towle, "It is not that I have fuch an objection to grant this request, but there is a text in Scripture which oppreffes me very much, and militates against the demand; it is John iv. 18, perfect love cafteth out fear. Now if this lady perfectly loved me, fhe would have no fear to marry me, without requiring a fettlement." Mr. Towle, who quickly perceived his artifice, inftantly replied, Why, Sir, Divines may differ in their interpretations of this text; I myself think, in this cafe, it bears a different meaning; let us examine the words, perfect love caft eth out fear, that is, if you perfectly love this lady, you will not be afraid to grant her a fettlement." It is needlefs to add, the perfon left him mortified indeed. As Mr. Towle knew the value which was fet upon his judgment, he was in general very cautious in giving his opinion, without fifting every fubject to the bottom. He was, in religious principles, a Calvinift, not believing it poffible to defend the omnifcience of the Deity, without embracing thofe doctrines. As a preacher, his fermons were very methodical and exact, addreffed moftly to the underftanding; indeed, his opinion was, that Minifters fhould chiefly aim to elucidate the Scriptures; and with this view he had for many years been engaged in an expofition of the Bible, and having gone through the whole of the Old Teftament, had prooceeded fome way through the Gofpel of St. Matthew in the New Teftament. But it was in prayer he was moft peculiarly admired. The fublimity, pathos, humility, and devotion he difplayed in his adorations, confeffions, petitions, and interceffions, could not fail to influence the affections of those who had the happiness of uniting in his addreffes to the Throne of Grace. Mr. Towle was an unwearied fcholar, and in the knowlege of the Clafficks and general Literature, perhaps none of his contemporaries furpaffed him. He was a man of an independent fortune and high independent fpirit, till broken by illness and fevere domeftic troubles. But,

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cefsfully employed in the purfuits of this world, he poffeffed a difpofition fo guilelefs, gentle, and kindly-affectioned, as, it may be humbly hoped, was fitted to fecure to him an intereft in an happier ftate. He married, 1775, Wilhelmina-Caroline Addington, fole heirefs of the elder branch of the family of Lord Vifcount Sidmouth, By this lady, who furvives him, he enjoyed a very large fortune, and had iffue James, fellow-commoner of Trinity co!lege, Cambridge, who died in 1804, in the 21ft year of his age, and three daughters, the elder of whom is married to John Ru therforth Abdy, efq, of Albyns, co. Effex. 9. At his house in St. Thomas's hofpital, Southwark, in his 83d year, Mr. Richard Leefon, He had been an officer in St. Thomas's hofpital upwards of 56 years; the lait 12 of which he had been the fteward of it. During his long life, the integrity of his conduct, the independency of his character, and the fuperior cultivation of his mind, when compared to what is ufually found in perfons of his ftation, had uniformly procured him the esteem and refpect of those who knew him. He was a native of the parish in which he died; and was never married.

Mrs. Hamilton, wife of William H. efq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields.

Mrs. Rudd, wife of Richard R. efq. of Great Queen-ftreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

At his houfe in Grove-place, Hackney, aged 61, Mr. Jarvis Chambers.

In his 60th year, John Samuel, efq. late of his Majefty's fhip Rainbow.

Mrs. White, wife of Robert W. efq. of Aghadoe, in the Queen's County, Ireland, and eldest daughter of the late Jamès Hamilton, efq. of Sheep-hill.

10. In ftrong convultions, Mary Mafon Rippiner, of Newark, Notts. The verdict of the Coroner's Inqueft was, that he died in confequence of taking a quantity of laudanum, for the purpose of procuring fleep, not with intent to deftroy herself.

At Burton-on-the-Wolds, co. Leicester, the wife of John Noon, efq. of that place; a very worthy and much-respected woman.

After a fhort illnefs of the gout in his ftomach, while on a vifit to James Bradford, efq. at Swindon, Wilts, the Rev. John-William Aubrey, rector of Hardwick, Bucks, and of Little Hinton, Wilts.

At Finchley, Middlefex, Mrs. Wardell, widow of the late Mr. J. W. of fame place.

Mr. Limerick, who had recently got an appointment as a writer in the Eaft India Company's, fervice, and was waiting to take his paffage in the General Stuart Eaft Indiaman to India, where his father is, and from whom he had been abfent 19 years, was accidentally shot, on Southsea common, by a ball from the piftol of Mr. Hamilton, which unfortunately went off

as he was about to fire at a card for a wager. Mr. L. immediately dropped his piftol, and, after running about 40 yards, fell down. He was taken to the bathinghoufe, and thenee to the Crown inn, where he expired early the next morning. The moft perfe&t friendship fubfifted between them; and the unfortunate deceased made oath that his death was accidental.

Edward Edwards, efq. one of the Affociates of the Royal Academy; of whom we fhall give fome interefting particulars in our Supplement.

II. Aged 18, Smith Steel, of Ingham, near Spittal, co. Lincoln, only child of Mr. S. farmer and grazier there.

At Woodbridge, the Rev. Jofeph Gunning, M. A. rector of Spexhall, and vicar of Sutton, both co. Suffolk; and formerly of Chrift Church college, Oxford.

12. At his houfe at Hammersmith, Jn. Hatchett, efq. coach-maker to their Majefties, and in the commiffion of the peace for Middlefex and Weftminfter.

In New Ormond-street, Mrs, Langdale, wife of Mr. Marmaduke L. stock-broker, and eldest daughter of Robert Kelham, efq. of Bush-hill, near Edmonton, Middlefex. She has left 4 fons and 3 daughters.

Aged 14, Charles, fecond fon of John Calverley, efq. of Leeds.

Mr. Jofeph Denifon, of St. Mary-Axe, merchant, probably above 80 years of age, an extraordinary inftance of fuccefs and profperity in his undertakings; being undoubtedly immenfely rich, though probably not to fuch an enormous degree as has been represented. He was a native of the Weft part of Yorkshire, his parents in the humbleft walk of life. But by fome means he made his way to London, and after fome time became clerk in the counting-houfe of a Mr. Dillon, an Irish Catholic merchant, who, "among the various changes of this mortal life," in after-times himself failing, was glad to become clerk to his own ci-devant clerk Mr. Denison. At length he entered into bufinefs for himself; and, by unabated induftry and the moft rigid frugality, worked himself into very high credit and an in-creafing fortune. He dwelt for a confiderable time in Princes-ftreet, Lothbury, and afterwards removed to Jefferies-fquare and St. Mary-Axe. He became connected with the family of Haywood, bankers at Liverpool, and other confiderable merchants in the North of England. He always profeffed himself a Diffenter. In the beginning of his life he married a countrywoman of his own of the name of Sykes, diftantly related to the mother of the wellknown Antiquary Mr. Ralph Thoresby, who bore that name: fhe was of great fervice to him, and very affiftant to his prosperity, keeping his books, and looking

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after his affairs, when he was abfent upon bufinefs; the died above 40 years ago, without iffue. He afterwards married Elizabeth, only child of a Mr. Butler, formerly a hat-maker in or near Tooley-ftreet, Southwark, a well-educated and very amiable woman, who lived with him only three years and a half, dying, Nov. 27, 1771, aged 32, much regretted by all her acquaintance: fhe left a fon, WilliamJofeph, member of the laft Parliament but one for Camelford, and lately reamed for Hall, who is unmarried; and two daughters: Elizabeth, married to Henry Earl Conyngham, and has flue, and Maria, married to Sir Robert Lawley, bart. and has no iffue, He bought of Lord King, the eftate of Denbies, near Dorking, in Surrey, formerly the property of the well-known Jonathan Tyers; and afterwards, of the Duke of Leeds, for above 100,000l. (as has been laid) the eftate of Seamere, near Scarborough, in Yorkshire.

13. Mr. Thomas Jewell, one of his Majefty's yeomen-prickers.. He was feized with a pain in his ftomach while hunting, near the King's dog-kennel, whither he went for fome refreshment, and expired in about half an hour.

Mr. Seftini, ton of Mr. S. late of the Opera-hufe.

Ir. Fentum, mufic- feller, in the Strand. In his sed year, Mr. James Smith GalJaway, furgeon, fon of the late Rev. John Cole G. vicar of Hinckley, có. Leicester.

Suddenly, at the Ship, in Prince's-ftreet, Bristol, Mr. William Burford, cooper, fon of the late Capt. George B. of Bristol.

At Wilsford, co, Lincoln, Tho. Tyler; who was digging a well there, when the earth fell in and instantly crushed him to death, leaving a wife and two children.

Between 12 and 1 o'clock at noon, as Mr. Alexander Grierfon, merchant, of Great Crosby, formerly, for many years, commander of a Liverpool trading-fhip, was walking arm in arm with a friend in Paradife-ftreet, Liverpool, two carts, going at a quicker rate than ufual, in oppofite directions, came in contact with each other at the corner of the ftreer. Mr. G. who was clofe to one of them, attempting to fpring from it, failed in his effort, and fell down, when the cart paffed over his head, and he expired in about 10 minutes. The owner of one of the carts, riding in it at the time, was thrown out by the violence of the concuffion, and the cart paffed over his body; he furvived the accident; but his life is defpaired of.

Aged 100, Mary, widow of Jofeph Walton, of Windy Nook, Heworth, Cumberld, Rev. John Bailie, upwards of 30 years a Diffenting-minifter in Newcastle.

14. At Stapleford, near Hertford, aged 70, Mrs. Mitchell, wife of M., M. farmer

there, and daughter of Mr. John Camfield, who, and his eldest fon after him, held a farm there for near a century.

15. At Penrith, aged 70, Mr. John Dawson, parish-clerk and bellman; whose emphatic annunciations, in the latter capacity, have for many years attracted the attention of many a ftranger.

Bartholomew Churchill, efq. of Chobham, Surrey.

Accidentally shot, at Hammersmith, co, Middlefex, Thomas Harris. - Bedford, a gardener, in the employ of Mr. Brooks, of Hammersmith, depofed before the Coroner's Jury, that the deceased, whom he had long known, was working with him in a nurfery; and at half paft 4 they retired together to a fhed, to depofit their tools. A gun was standing in the shed, which he (Bedford) took up, faying, 'Here is Frank's gun,' meaning his young master. He had fcarcely touched the piece when it went off, and lodged the contents in the body and arm of his companion. Several perfons proved that the parties were ever good friends; and that the deceased, previous to his death, attributed it to accident.

Suddenly, at his houfe in Crown-ftreet, Westminster, Thomas Marfh, efq.

16. Found dead in his bed, having been in a decline for fome time, Mr. Wade, baker, of Humberstone-gate, Leicester.

Aged 61 Mr. Nicholfon, of St. John's place, Wakefield, co. York, formerly an eminent mathematician and writing-maft. At the Hot wells, Briftol, Mifs Maria Roper, daughter of the Hon. Philip R.

17. Aged 69, Mr. William Pearfon, far mer, of Stamford, co. Lincoln.

At his feat, Foxcoat, in Warwickshire, Francis Canning, efq.

At Bristol, Mrs. Hague, wife of Mr. Daniel II. fer.

At Charterhoufe, co. Somerfer, aged 92, Mrs. Rogers, relict of the Rev. J. R. and laft furviving fifter of the late Dr. Squire, Bishop of St. David's.

At Brigham, co. Cumberland, aged 94, Mrs. Whinney, mother of Mr. John W. of Broughton-bridge.

At Newcastle, aged 58, Mr. George Richardfon, upwards of 20 years mafter of St. Andrew's free-fchool.

18. Aged 61, Mr. Lancaster, for a feries of years an e ninent furgeon and man-midwife in Bk ckburn, co. Lancaster.

Aged 48, Mr. Alderman Elger, draper, of Stamford, co. Lincoln. He ferved the office of mayor in 1805.

19. At Cockermouth, aged 72, Mrs. Mary Rofe.

In the prime of life, after a fhort illness, Elizabeth, wife of Captain Towry, of the Royal Navy, daughter of George Chanberlaine, efq. of Devonshire-place; a true pattern of all that is eftimable in woman.