In the prime of life, Capt. John Mellon, master of the Briton, Hull and London trader. Sarah, second daughter of Mr. John Stutter, brewer, of Bury, 18. She was a young lady of most engaging manners, and on visiting town, was seized with a typhus fever, that terminated her existence, to the great grief of her family and friends. Joseph Ainsley, esq. 76. Mrs. Jane Radcliffe, formerly of Durham. In Welbeck-street, Henry Jodrell, esq. barrister-at-law, many years recorder, and formerly representative of the borough of Great Yarmouth in Parliament. He has made the following charitable bequests, viz. 100l. to the Norfolk and Norwich hospital; 2001. to the hospital, in or near Norwich, for the support of blind persons; and 100l. to the society in London for the relief of persons imprisoned for small debts. Mr. G. Davenport, late of Covent-garden theatre. At Islington, 21, William, eldest son of Major-Gen. Marshall;-Also, 13, Sophia, his fifth daughter. At Peckham, Mrs. Hope, wife of R. W. Hope, esq. of the ordnauce-office, Tower. C. Fanshawe, esq. many years recorder of the city of Exeter. At Highbury-terrace, Islington, Edward Wigan, esq. At Highbury-place, Mrs. Ann Mitchell, 75, late of Mourning Thorpe. After a very short illness, regretted by all who knew her, Mrs. Apperley, wife of Mr. A. tanner, Long Lane, Bermondsey. 50, Mr. James Dowker, formerly of Old Town, near Kendal. Mrs. Cook, relict of William C. esq. of Grove street, Hackney. At Mr. Hart's, Belle Vue, Mrs. Jacob, wife of W. J. esq. of Chelsham Lodge, Surry. Martha, wife of Mr. John Hall, of Red Lion-square, and daughter of Mr. Richard Barrett, of Bath. At Combe place, Mrs. Shiffner, relict of H. S. esq. of Pontrylas. In London-street, Fitzroy-square, Mrs. Ward, relict of Humble Ward, esq. Of a typhus fever, Mrs. Hanson, wife of J. H. esq. of Bloomsbury-square, deeply regretted by her family and friends. She was niece to the late John Butler, esq. member of Parliament for the county of Sussex, and mother of the Countess of Portsmouth, whose marriage we announced in our last. Mr. De Bourg, surveyor, of Gibraltar-row, Lambeth: he was discovered in a ditch, near Camberwell; having been dming with some friends at Camberwell, and returning home late, it is supposed he missed his footpath, in the darkness of the night, and was suffocated. Mrs. Ann Chetwode, 78, relict of the Rev. Philip Chetwode, formerly rector of Stock and Ramsden. Mrs. Hemming, wife of Wm. H. esq. of Sloane-street. Maria, second daughter of the late Thos. Dyot Bucknall, esq. of Hampton Court. In Gower-street, Mrs. Hughes, relict of the late Admiral Robert Hughes. Mrs. June Turner, wife of Mr. J. F. T. Commercial-road. At Somer's Town, after only a few hours illness, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John P. Binham, of Exeter. She was the most affectionate and dutiful of children, and the sweetest flower that ever began to bloom and was wasted. Her death, to all her family and their connections, has rendered every thing truly "dull, stale, flat, and unprofitable," and their language will be long accompanied with most painful remem brances. At Chelsea College, 88, Charles Burney, Mus. D. F.R.S. &c. [Of whom a full ac count will be given in our next.] In Park-place, Baker-street, Mr. Edward Lydiatt, a frequent and valuable cortespondent in former volumes of this magazine. To those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance and the benefit of his example, it were vain to speak of his merits; those who had the advantage of hearing his course of lectures on the philosophy of the mechanic arts, will not readily forget the agreeable and perspicuous manner in which he conveyed the valuable and useful knowledge with which his mind was stored. That the sphere of action of such a man should be a limited one, must ever excite regret; that he should be cut off in the midst of his useful career, is a real loss to society: his premature death deprived the world of a work to which he had long devoted his attention, of which, those only who knew his experience and skill in these matters will be justly able to appreciate the loss. He has, however, left behind him one mounment of his ingenuity in a new instrument for measuring the tenacity of metals; and his virtues, his amiable qualities in almost every relation to society have raised him a more imperishable one in the bosoms of his friends. At Greenwich, 52, Major-General Sir John Douglas, of the royal marines; truly regretted by his friends, and sincerely lamented by his corps, who loved him living, and mourned him dead with unfeigned sor row. The writer of this, who knew and appreciated his merit, is induced as a bright example to noble daring in those young officers who are emulous to wreath their brows with well earned laurels, to give a transcript of his early exploits:-Sir John Douglas was born at Jean Fields, Dalkeith, near Edinburgh; his father, Lonis Douglas, esq.; his mother, a Miss Hunter; and his grandfather was a lord of sessions. younger son, at the age of eleven years, he was sent to Russia, it being intended that he should be educated in the diplomatic line. That country disagreeing with his constitution, As a 1814.] Deaths in and near London, and of Public Characters. 373 constitution, he returned to his dulce domum; there he soon shewed that ardent desire of enterprise, that aspiration to run the career of glory in which he has since so highly dis tinguished himself. These ideas made him look with reluctance to passing his youth at the bureau of business; in consequence of eliciting this military spirit, the late Duke of Athol procured him, when only thirteen years of age, a commission in the marine corps; though not then denominated royal, they were ever brave and loyal, being ́always, from the nature of their situation in the ships in which they served, exposed to reap laurels through perils, danger, and death. Yet, to their honor be it said, we never heard of one who flinched from his duty, amid the roar of cannon, and all the dreadful consequences of war and carnage! Our young hero, happy in the profession he had chosen, made his first debut in arms under Lord Rodney. With that gallant veteran he served, in the West Indies and America, seven years. His next expedition was with Lord Keith, in the Monarch, destined to Madras, in proceeding to which place they took the Cape of Good Hope, and, upon their return, captured the Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay. To finish the climax, he sailed in the Tigre, with the brave Sir Sidney Smith. After stopping at Gib caltar, and having delivered the presents sent to the Dey of Algiers, the Tigre proceeded to Constantinople, and from thence sat down before St. Jean d'Acre. The marines under Lieut.-Colonel Douglas were landed, and their active exertions and usefulness were elicited, during a siege which lasted sixty-two days. Of the happy result we need not speak, nor amplify upon the merits of the heroes that did indeed, before the walls of Acre, "cover themselves with glory." Their conduct, on this memorable event, is recorded in the Temple of Fame, has been rewarded by their king, and is truly appreciated by their country! This object obtained, Lient.-Colonel D. who was made a colonel to enable him to take the command of the British and Ottoman forces, under the orders of the grand vizier, proceeded to sit down before the fort of ErArish, then occupied by the French. Within its walls are inclosed the wells, and it is denominated the Key of the Desert. After a short siege, it surrendered, March 25, 1798, to Colonel Douglas, who, after mounting the walls, received the sword of the French commander, Mousienr Cazalet, which ofttimes graced his side at the British court. In 1799, Colonel Donglas sailed in the Tigre to Constantinople, from whence he returned to England, charged with the dispatches that contained the account of the capture of ErArish. This conquest must have been most flattering to his amour propre, as being detached from Sir Sidney Smith; the conducting the attack, and the success of the enterprise were all his own! MONTHLY MAG. No. 254, The courage, skill, and military talents of Colonel Douglas, were so well appreciated by the grand vizier, that he wrote a letter himself to his majesty, recommending him to his attention and favor. This epistle was written in Arabic, upon vellum; after being translated, the original was lodged in the Foreign Office. On our gracious sove reign's perusing what did so much justice to the character of Colonel Douglas, he offer ed him knighthood: this was gratefully accepted as a reward for past services, and a marked approval of his conduct. A title thus acquired as the meed of valour, and bestowed by a monarch who knew how to reward it, did indeed confer honor upon its possessor! It having been represented to the king that this enviable distinction had been bestowed upon a soldier of fortune, who had only his pay to support his rank, having had the misfortune to lose the value of two thousand pounds in property, by the blowing up of the Queen Charlotte, at Syracuse, in which he had embarked the accumulated savings of a life spent in honorable warfare; his majesty, acquainted with these circumstances, most graciously bestowed upon him a pension, as a remuneration for his los-es and services, and to mark his approval of the grand vizier's recommendation. This hasty sketch of the life of Major-General Sir John Douglas, we have been induced to give from motives of high respect for his military talents, bis unshrinking valor amid contending armies, his high sense of honor in the station which he filled, that gained him the esteem of all those officers who were subordinate to his command in his public character. Among his private friends, he was kind, affectionate, chearful, hospitable, and benevolent. The high-wrought blood of a Douglas flowed in his veins, and animated his actions to all that was just, praise-worthy and honorable! His heart was truly in the right place; it was too proud to stoop to meanness, and his proper spirit revolted against oppression! Such is a true delineation of the man, who was conveyed to the last "narrow house," attended by all the impressive paraphernalia of military consequence. On a coffin, decorated with the insignia of war, was placed the sword of Mous. Cazalet, won at El'Arish, and the union colour taken at Acre. In Bishopsgate street,75, Sebastian Fridag, esq. his Prussian Majesty's consul-general for Great Britain, which respectable situation he held for more than forty years. All those who knew Mr. Fridag must regret in him the loss of an individual, who, with the intelligence, assiduity, and integrity of a merchant, combined the liberality and urbanity of the independant gentleman. In Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, 70, William Robertson, esq. many years in the arduous situation of Vestry Clerk to the united and populous parishes of St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury. This gen& C Lloman tleman was born at Tordon in Kincardine shire, and was educated under the celebrated Dr. Beattie. His literary attainments were of no small cast; and his pen has often contributed to those useful repositories, which keep the naine and talents of eminent characters in our view, and learning and literature alive to the rising generation. His remains were interred in St. Giles's vault, attended by those friends who have often witnessed his talents and usefulness at the public boards, and partaken of his cheerfulness and urbanity in social life. was noticed in our last,) possessed talents which were long admired in the graphic world. His professional merit had raised him to the rank of royal academician, but he had resigned that honor, and relinquish ed the pencil many years, except as an amusement, or for the gratification of his friends, and entered into the church. By the patronage of his friend, the present bishop, he became a prebendary of the see of Lincoln, and, by that of the late Duke of Rutland, obtained a valuable benefice. He married a niece of the late Dr. Turton, the bulk of whose great fortune, descended to the second son of Mr. Peters.] In Grosvenor place, 83, the Duchess Dowager of Leinster, the daughter, sister and aunt of a succession of Dukes of Richmond, widow of James Duke of Leinster, and afterwards the wife of William Ogilvie, esq. It will not, perhaps, be too much to say that this lady, from youth to age, was the prime ornament of her sex, whether her personal attraction in her earlier days be considered, or that she is seen only in the latter periods of her life captivating those who heard her by the graces of her conver sation, and charming all who approached her person by the ineffable sweetness of her smile and prepossessing countenance. Her youth was distinguished by every personal charm, united with every virtue. To the most exquisite beauty, the most majestic form, the most graceful manners, were add ed the most winning powers of conversation, the readiest perception, the most cultivated understanding, and, withal, a mind as feminine and soft, as her heart was open to the best impressions of tenderness and love. Although some personal changes and infirmities, incidental to our natures, marked the progression of years with her, yet were the traces of time no otherwise visible, and her mind retained its wonted vigour, as did her heart its warmest affections, and her general deportment and manner their isual fascinations to the last day of her existence. As with her, youth was maturity, so was maturity youth-and old age was to be estimated in hier, only by the number of years. In her accomplished understanding, in her extensive well-digested reading, her perfect knowledge of the world, her liberality of sentiment, her expansive affections were to be found for her numerons relatives and all whom she held dear, the never fail ing resource of consolation in their paine and the soundest counsel in their difficulties. As in youth, maturity, and years, she was never conspicuously foremost of her sex, so even in the gloom of the sick chamber and death-bed, the brilliant qualities of her head and her heart still shone and illnminated those around her, like the brightgifted creature which glows superior to its kind in the darkness of the night. Her grace had children in both marriages, and has left a numerous progeny. [Lord Montgomery, whose premature death was noticed in our last, was educated at the celebrated academy of Col mar on the Rhine. Having an early pre dilection for the military profession, in 1789 he entered as an Ensign in the fortysecond regiment. He afterwards exchanged into the Guards, and embarked with He expedition to Holland, where he was distinguished as an active and zcalous offi cer. His father, the present Earl of Eg lington, having obtained a letter of service to raise the Glasgow regiment, Lord Mont gomery was appointed Lieutenant-colonel but, on that regiment being drafted, he was placed on the half-pay list. Being attacked with a severe illness, threatening a consumption, a southern climate was recommended by his physicians; and after passing nearly three years in the South of Italy, and in Sicily, he returned hone with his health murch improved. In the brevet of 1809 he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the army, when he tendered his services to the Commander in Chief in any part of the world; but soon after, the state of his health again induced him to seek a more congenial climate, and he embarked for Sicily in the Royal George with his friend Admiral Hallowell. On the recommendation of Lord Wm. Bentinck, he was appointed to the Staff with a Brigade and the command of the English garrison at Palermo. Being in the habit of the most confidential friendship and intimacy with Lord Wm. Bentinck (who was then about to take the command of the Alicant army), Lord Montgomery was prevailed on, though then in very ill health, to act as English minister in Sicily du ring Lord William's absence. For the zeal and ability with which be discharged this arduous duty at a very critical period, le received the thanks of Lord William, on his return to Palermo, and the approba tion of the Secretary of State. The repeated attacks of a pulmonary affection, increased by the anxiety of his mind at this period, had now so much impaired his con stitution, that he was compelled to resigu his military command in Sicily, which he left in the hope that the more mild climate of Lisbon (from which he had formerly Eller. William Peters, (whose death derived 1814.] Northumberland and Durham. derived much benefit) would alleviate his complaint; but it was now, alas! too late. The fatal symptoms of the disease baffled all medical aid; and on the 4th of January he died at Alicant in Spain, where his remains are deposited. In 1803 he married 375 his cousin, Lady Mary, a very amiable woman, the daughter and heiress of the late Earl of Eglington, by whom he has left two sons. Few men have lived more beloved and respected, or died more deservedly lamented.] PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. I which had not migrated,hatched a young one in an old house at Lilswood, near Hexham. The three birds, marked by a person who observed this rare circumstance, lived together till the arrival of their brethren in the summer; these they then joined, and departed with them at the close of last autumn.-Tyne Mercury, It is announced that the Lectures in the New Institution at Newcastle, by the Rev. W. TURNER, during the ensuing spring, will be on the Mineral Kingdom, and will complete the series on the advan tages of the Study of Natural History, which have been carried on during the two former seasons on the animal and vegetable kingdoms. As some labourers were lately at work on the summit of a green hill, in the farm of Old Earle, near Wooler, they struck into a complete urn of baked clay, unglazed, inverted on a flat stone, a little inclined. The urn, from some of the large fragments, appears to have been 4 inches over at the end, 12 inches high, and 12 inches across the open part, including the outshelving ledge, in the form of our common metal pots. Half a pound of fragments of human skull and other bones, in a sound dry state, and a thin piece of flint, were found under the urn. The magistrates of the county of Dur ham have gained a verdict of 20,0001. against Mr. Sandys, the architect, for having built the court-house and gaol in an insufficient manner. The Tyne-Side Agricultural Society has offered premiums of ten guineus each, to person who shall produce to the socicty a detailed account of the best set of experiments made on not less than six acres of land, three to be sown broadcast, and three drilled or ribbed in equidistant rows, in order to ascertain which is the most advantageous mode of cultivating wheat, oats, and barley. It is required that every operation and expence of each mode of culture be fully described; and that proper certificates of the nature and Condition of the land on which the experiments were made, together with an account of the kind of seed sown, the proluce of the corn, the weight per bushel, and also of the straw, and a sample of the seed and produce, be laid before the society. Married.] At Durham, Mr. Russell Bowlby, to Miss Gibbon, Mr. Greenhow, of N. Shields, to Miss Keenlyside, of Newcastle. Mr. Dove, of Darlington, to Miss Steele. Mr. C. Ebdy, of Durham, to Miss Pattinson; and Mr. J. Wright, to Miss H. Pattinson. At Durham, Alderson Hodson, esq. to Miss Isabella M. Campbell. Mr. J. Shield, to Miss E. Ridley, of Lincoln Hill. Mr. W. B. Proctor, of Newcastle, to Miss Currie. At Stockton, the Rev. J. Robson, to Miss Charlotte Stewart. T. H. Bigge, esq. of Little Beaton, to Migs Charlotte Scott. Died.] At Newcastle, 38, Mrs. Mather, of Eldon-row.-90, Mr. Chris. Atkinson. -34, Mr. R. Hindmarsh.-26, Mr. Geo. Wardle, grocer,-55, Mrs. Young.-47, Mrs. Reed, wife of Capt. R.42, Mr. John Forster, of Pilgrim-street.-52, Mrs. Eliz. Gregor.-20, Mr. John Wilkinson, of Savile-row. At Durham, 50, Miss Ann Bell-Mrs. Hill, of Sadler-street.-66, Mr. John Jacques, of Giles-gate.-83, Mrs. M. Heron, of Cross gate. Mr. J. Lindsley. At Shields, 75, Mr. Gavin Thompson.The Rev. Robt. Imery, a benevolent and good man-41, Capt. George Hoggans.92, Mrs. Watson. At Sunderland, Mr. Robt. Silkrate.-11, Mr. A. Pearson, grocer.-101, Mrs. Pearson, in the Alm's House.-81, Mr. A. Anderson.-32, Mrs. Dowell, At Barnardcastle, 76, Mrs. Hutchinson. -32, Mr. John Watson. At Alnwick, Mr. Jolin Edgell, of Wooler. 93, Mrs, Sarah Hewett. Mr. John Boyd, 65, Mrs. Mary Graham.-69, Mrs. Stanley.-67, Mr. A. Alver, of Rot-hill.92, Mr. John Huntley, the oldest freeman. -86, Mrs. Wilson.-82, Mrs. M. Wawn, At Morpeth, 68, Mrs. Annie Hnuter. At Darlington, 81, Mr. John Topham. -65, Mr. W. Carleton. At Hexham, Mrs. Leathard.-80, Mrs. Eliz. Warburton, at the Ridings SC 2 At At Bishopwearmouth, 80. Mrs. Mandlin Wheatley.-63, Mr. Hugh Dixon.-95, Mr. T. Taylor.--54, Mrs. M. Ayre.-Miss Davison. Mrs. Burrell. At Bellington, Mr. Thos. Paterson.At Bishopton, 71, Mr. Michael Head.At Bumpfield, 59. Mrs. Rippon.-At Kenton, 85, Mr. John Harle.--At Stokesley, 89, John Preston, esq. finishing a life of benevolence by bequeathing 2000l. to found a charity school in that place.-At Horsley, 72, Mr. Thomas Simpson, agricultural machine maker.-At Heworth, John Russel. jun. esq.-At Newborn. 80, Mrs. Ann Wilson.--At Jesmond, 46, Miss Hall. At Newton, 27, Mr. T. Nixon.At Howick Sea Houses, Mrs.S. Paterson.At Walton, near Stone, within three days, Mr. James Stevenson, aged 84, and his wife, aged 85.-At Dukes-field Mill, 51, Mr. John Curry.---At- Twizel, 69, Mrs. Marg. Neale. At Ryton, Mrs. M. Herd man. At Newton, Mrs. Henderson-At Jedburgh, Mr. George Ruthe ford.-At Bewshaugh, 55, Mr. John Paterson.-At Greenside, 99, Mr. Jolm Tenant-At Barn's-lane Head, 91, Mr. Geo, Turnbull. -At South Middleton, 40, Mr. John Reed. At Fryar's Goose, Mrs. E. Hall.--At Rothbury, 81, Mr. R. Davison.-At Easington, 88, Mrs. Laws.-At Birtley, Mrs. Shute.-At Capheaton, 104, M/s. Marg. Tours. CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND. Married.] At Workington, Capt. John Lee, to Miss Martindale. Died.] At Holme-hill, 26, Mrs. Ancell. -At Deatham, 85, Mrs. Anu Bell.-At Orton, 101, Isaac Willan.-At Gasgill, 72, Mrs, Janet Hodgson.---At Little Bampton, Mrs. Susan Hind.-At Wigton, Mrs. Ann Duon. At Kirk camnock, 77, Mr. James Browne. At Maryport, suddenly, Mrs. Ann Baxter.-At Papcastle, 64, Mrs. Tolson. At Kendal, 45, Mr. Henry Smith.-85, Mrs. Ann Kitchin.-87, Mrs. F. Simpson. 40, Mr. John Noble.-88, Mrs. Sarah Martindale.-80, Mrs. Mary Dent.-80, Mrs. Ratcliffe.-79, Mr. R. Dickenson. At Carlisle, 40, Mrs. Diana Pattinson. --37, Mrs. Robinson, late of Great Corby. -17, Miss Varty.-35, Miss Irving.-85, Mr. Thos. Gibbons.-60, Mr. T. Tiffin.72, Mrs. M. Randleson.-77, Mrs. M. Elliott. 91, Mrs. Jane Lovett.-78, Mrs. J. Tinning.-82, Mr. John Topping.-77, Mr. John Pearson.-72, Mrs. E. Harkness. 41, Mrs. M. King-10, Mr. W. Douglas.-63, Mrs. Aon Skinner. At Whitehaven, 60, Miles Ponsonby, esq. of Hail Hall; a justice of the peace, and in 1808 hih sheriff of Cumberland.Mr. Thomas Dickenson. At Penrith, 34, Mrs. Marg. M'Intyre. 49, Mr. John Hall.-63, Mrs. Mary Edmondson.-51, Mrs. Lee.-19, Miss Carr. 74, Miss M. Varty.-69, Mrs. Wilkinson. -64, Mr. J. Westmoreland.-21, Mr Rudd.-67, Mrs. M. Hodgson.-51, Mr. R. Simpson. At Sear Sykes, 66, W. Elyetson, esq. a magistrate of great integrity and worth. -At Endmoor, 82, Mrs. Ann Wallace.At Orresthead, 91, Mr. John Elleray. At Lazorby, 46, in consequence of a fall from his horse, Dr. S. B. Pearson.-At Colbeck, 86, Mrs. M. Robinson.-At Millthorp, 68, W. Blewart, esq.-At Skir with, Mrs. M. Tepping.-At Ouseley, Mr. C. Howe.-At Ravenstonedale, 74, Mrs. Ann Thompson.-At Coniston, 76, Mr. Jolm Geldert. YORKSHIRE. At York Assizes ROBERT TURNER was convicted of poisoning a young woman, on circumstantial evidence; and JoHN JAMES of stabbing a sheriff's officer while making a seizure. At their execution Turner protested his innocency to the last. The inhabitants of Hull, during the late severe weather, distributed four cargoes of coals, containing 573 chaldrons. Purchased in this manner they cost the committee about 21. 14s. per chaldron, and they were sold to the poor at two-thirds, or 1s. 6d. per bushel. Another subscription has also been set on foot to supply the poor through the year by means of 5s. tickets distributed by the subscribers. The passengers by the Highflyer coach lately observed a jack-ass worrying a sheep in a field at Dringhouses, near York, Had not the voracious animal been caught in the fact it would have been attributed to a dog.--Manchester Gazette. At a late meeting of the inhabitants of Sheffield, it was resolved:-That this Meeting do thankfully accept of the offer made by the Society for bettering the condition of the Poor, in this town, of under taking the establishment and conducting of a plan, somewhat similar to one which has been adopted with great good effect at Bath, Bristol, and other places,-for detecting the impositions of vagrants and beggars, and for relieving the truly deserving, by furnishing the public with Tickets, at a low price, to be given instead of money to applicants of every description, which tickets will entitle the holders of them to such relief as their cases, after minute mvestigation, shall seem to require and admit of, A very extensive combination at present exists amongst the labouring classes of manufacturers in Sheffield, for the purpose of advancing their wages. To counteract its effects, a society has been formed under the designation of "The Mercantile and Manufacturing Union," and a considerable. number of the principai houses in that town have enrolled their names as subscribers to a fund for carrying the objects of the union into effect. The |