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Account of the late of his manners, and for his misanthropic character. He left on his table a memoir of his life, addressed to a friend. An article appeared in a Paper which makes it his duty to give the genuine account of this eccentric character to the public.

Sir, I cannot descend to the grave without expressing a due sense of the marked kindness with which you have favored me for some years. My sun has set for ever --a nearly total decline of business, the failure of my catalogue, a body covered with disease, though unfortunately of such a nature as to make life uncomfortable, without the consoling prospect of its termination, has determined me to seek that asylum "where the weary are at rest." My life has been a continual struggle, not indeed against adversity, but against something more galling; and poverty, having now added herself to the list, has made life a burthen. Adieu, Sir, and believe me your sincere and respectful humble servant,

WILLIAM GARDINER.

I beg leave to enclose a specimen of my engraving, of which I humbly beg your acceptance. I die in the principles I have published a sound Whig.

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attached himself to Sir James Nugent of Donore, county of Westmeath, an amiable and excellent gentleman; into his suite I was received. My father, a strictly honest, and excellently tempered man, like myself, had neither ballast nor reflection, consequently, I was, at ten years old, my own master. At that time my talents began to expand, and I then, as I have uniformly through life, found that I could easily make myself a second-rate master of any acquirement I chose to pursue. I rode tolerably, I hunted passably, I shot well, I fished well, played on the violin, the dulcimer, and the German flute tolerably, and my fondness for painting strengthened every day, and seemed to promise so fairly, that it was determined to send me to the Royal Academy in Dublin; there I stayed for about three years, and concluded by receiving a silver medal. London! Imperial London! the streets paved with gold!! struck my fancy, I adventured thither, and, being without practicable talents, I of course wandered about some time without a plan. Chance led me to connect myself with a Mr. Jones in the Strand, who made what he called " reflecting mirrors," and cut profile shades Sir, I present you with a brief memoir in brass foil, which were denominated "poof myself. If you should find it of no other lite remembrances to friends; my enj use, it will, at least, serve to light your fire. ploy was to daub the portraits of any who Your sincere and respectful humble servant, were fools enough to sit to me. At this emMay 9, 1814. WILLIAM GARDINER. ployment I got, most justly, neither praise I, William Gardiner, was born June 11, nor profit. Falling in with a Mr. Davis, 1766, in Dublin. I am the son of John one of Foote's performers, who was endeaGardiner, who was crier and fac-totum to vouring to establish a theatre at Mile-end, Judge Scott, and of Margaret (Nelson) his I listed as scene-painter and actor, playing wife, a pastry-cook, in Henry-street. At generally comedy, occasionally tragedy, and an early age I discovered an itch for draw- was thought to have some though, I believe, ing, the first effort of which was spent in very little merit. The magistrates having an attempt to immortalise Mr. Kennedy, interfered, the scheme was broken up, and my mother's foreman; and, vanity apart, my last theatrical effort was made as it was at least as like to him as it was to Durby, in the Poor Soldier, in the Haymar any one else. At a proper age I was pla- ket, which they said was not ill done, but ced in the academy of Mr. S. Dirling; there acting was to me its own reward, which I was, if I recollect right, esteemed an or not suiting the state either of my finances, dinary boy, yet was I selected, according or my stomach, induced me to serve a Mrs. to annual custom, to represent, on a rost- Beetham, in Fleet-street. who had at that rum, Cardinal Wolsey, and precious work time a prodigious run for black profile shades, I dare say I made of it. Before I quit my business was to give them the air of school and Mr. Sisson Darling, let me do figures in shade, rather than the blank him the justice to say, that he was the only black masses which were customary. About true Whig schoolmaster I ever heard of this time the celebrated antiquarian, CapNeither he nor his ushers assumed any power tain Grose, took me up, and observing that to punish the slightest offence. A book I had not talents to make an eminent paintwas kept in school, in which the transgres- er but that I might succeed as an engraver, sions of every week were registered, with he placed me with Mr. Godfrey, the engra the proofs and evidence to the same. On ver of the Antiquarian Repertory," I Saturday the master sat as judge, and twelve served him some time, but, as he was merely of the senior boys as jury, and every offen- an engraver of antiquities, I learned little der was regularly tried, and dealt with from him. At my leisure, I had engraved strictly according to justice. There was an original design (stolen from Cipriani) of no venial judge, whose passions became law there was no packed jury to defeat the ends of truth. If ever there was an immaculate court of justice, that was it. My mother, the best and most pious of all mothers, our sheet anchor, dying, my father

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Shepherd Joe," in "Poor Vulcan," Chance led me with this for sale to the newly-opened shop of Messrs. Silvester and Edward Harding, in Fleet street, and a connection ensued, which lasted through my best days. There I engraved many things of fancy ina. 4 D 2

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terials; and also as many as time allowed of their Illustrations of Shakespeare-the principal part of the Economy of Human Life-and as many as I could of the Memoirs de Gramont: some of the plates to Lady De Beauclerc's edition of Dryden's Fables were entirely my own, and many of those with the name of Bartolozzi affixed were mine. I should have mentioned, that a long time before Bartolozzi was satisfied with my work, and listed me among the number of his pupils; I prepared for him several plates, published by Macklin. I believe I was inferior only to Bartolozzi, Schiavounette, and Tomkins, of that day, but I never liked the profession of engraving. Gay, volatile, and lively as a lark, the process of the copper never suited me. Under propitious circumstances, my talents would have led me, perhaps as an historical painter, to do something worth remembrance. An unfortunate summons from my father led me to forsake their mansion and return to Dublin, where I only squandered my money and injured my health. Once more in London, I took lodgings in the house of Mr. Good, a stationer, in Bond Street, when, as the devil would have it, a .new-married couple came to live at the back of us; they determined to give a dashing entertainment to the Prince of Wales and the nobility, and then retire to domesticate on their "dirty acres." For this purpose they erected a temporary apartment over their own yard and ours, approaching within half a yard of my window. I bored a hole through their tent to see the fun, staid in the cold a great part of the night, and arose in the morning with an inflamed eye, which has never since recovered its strength, and has been the cause of all my subsequent endeavors to geta living in other lines. By the kindness of the amiable Dr, Farmer, I was

admitted of Emanuel College, where I re mained two years; but, finding that an Irish man could not there get a fellowship, I removed to Bene't, where I got a degree of 5th Senior Optime. When it is considered that for the first two years I had no view of fellowship, and that for the third year I was obliged to work principally for the "day that was flying over my head," I cannot but think I did as much comparatively as any man of my year; but fortune was always a jade to me: and Mr. D'Oyley, chaplain, at present, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, most deservedly succeeded to the next vacant fellowship-yet they kept me five years dangling after a fellowship, and might have provided for me without injuring him. At the dissolution of the partnership between S. and E. Harding, I remained with the latter, and principally employed myself in taking Silvester's place, that of copying portraits from oil to water colours. In this the tes timony of the best artists in England are my witnesses that I beat hollow every one else. It was a line which suited me, which I liked, but which my cursed stars would not patronise. After this, all prospects in the church varnishing, and my eyes beginning to fail very fast, I turned bookseller, and for the last 13 years have struggled in vain to establish myself. The same ill fortune which has followed me through life, has not here forsaken me. I have seen men on every side of me, greatly my inferiors in every respect, towering above me; while the most contemptible amongst them, without educa tion, without a knowledge of their profession, and without an idea, have been receiv ed into palaces, and into the bosom of the great, while I have been forsaken and neglected, and my business reduced to nothing. It is, therefore, high time for me to be gone, WILLIAM GARDINER.]

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PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES,

WITH ALL THE MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. N last Ascension-day, a yearly aquatic Festival at Newcastle, a trial was made of the Tyne steam-packet, accompanied by a number of sailing and row boats down the river to Shields. She there, by various evolutions, proved that she was more manageable than any of the others; and, in returning to Newcastle, against the current, so far outstripped her competitors, as to reach the quay twenty minutes before them.

A young woman who lost her sight by the small-pox when very young, has for some time supported herself at Hexham, by sowing gloves.

Married.] At Newcastle, Mr. Wingate, to Miss Harrower.-Mr. Hodgson, to Miss

Preston.

At Berwick, Mr. Ross, to Miss Ker. At Alnwick, Mr. J. Fenwick, to Miss Romney.

At South Shields, Captain Hoggans, to Miss Hedley.

At Stockesly, Mr. G. Everington, to Miss Deason.

Died.] At Newcastle, 67, Mr. N. Gib son.-77, Mrs. Morrison.-76, Mr. H. Reay.-72, Mr. Robert Cant.-48, Mrs. Todd.-23, Mr. M. Thompson.-78, Mrs. Graham.-52, Mr. R. Curry.-86, J. E Blackett, esq. senior alderman, and father of Lady Collingwood; an upright magistrate and amiable man.

At Berwick, 42, Mr. Stevenson.-61, Mr. Paxton.-24, Mrs. Mills. Mrs. C. Grant.-68, Mr. J. Brown.

At Morpeth, 77, Mr. Jos. Bootyman.

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Cumberland and

At Hexham, 72, Mrs. Craft,

Westmoreland-Yorkshire.

At North Shields, Mrs. Popplewell. 23, Miss Turnbull.-63, Mrs. Moody. At South Shields, 60, Mr. J. Cummings. -63, Mr. J. Patterson. Mr. P. K. Young. At Durham, 77, Mrs. Prond.-76, Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Thwaites.-Miss A. Welford.

At Bishopwearmouth, Mrs. Henderson. 86, Mrs. M. Nicholson.

At Sunderland, 47, Mr. Samuel. Mr. Sergison.-75, Mrs. Andrew.-47, Mr. T. Laidman.

At Darlington, 37, Mrs. J. Archer.
At Stockton, Mrs. E. Colling.

In Chester-le-street, 83, Mr. G. Curry. -At Birtley, Mr. W. Young.-At Brampton, 22, Miss A. Sloan.-90, Mrs. E. Smith. At Horbury, 21, Mr. J. Wood.At Hylton Ferry, 65, Mrs. Addison.--At Gosforth, 81, Mr. E. Hann.-At Long Lifford, Mr. King, well known to those who visited Cheviot.-At High Felling, 60, Mr. J. Drummond.-At Stamfordham, 74, Mrs. Lamb.-At Gateshead Fell, 77, Mrs. Dobson.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORELAND.

Great quantities of herrings were lately caught at Rockliff and Sandsfield near Carlisle, and at Poulton, near Lancaster; a circumstance scarcely ever remembered to have happened.

Bridge over the Eden, near Carlisle.On the 3d ult. the key-stone of this muchwanted and beautiful fabric was put into the first arch, and the next morning it was closed.

Married.] At Carlisle, Thos. Ramshay, esq. to Miss B. Mounsey.

At Walton, J. Lorimer, esq. to Miss Huson.

At Bridekirk, Wm. Rudd, esq. to Miss M. Skelton.

At Lanercost, Mr. W. Bell, to Miss A. Elliott.

At Crosthwaite, H. Campbell White, esq. to Miss Clark.

Died.] At Carlisle, 51, Mr. Joshua Ward.

At Appleby, 92, Mr. John Shepherd. At Penrith, 85, Mrs. Roabert.-73, Mr. G. Bell.-88, Mrs. Burriel.-63, Mr. Wm. Clark,

At Kendal, 41, Mrs. Baines.-39, Mr. W. Bradshaw.-17, Mr. A. Airey.—24, Mrs. M. Airey.-57, Mr. Thos. Bulman.

At Natland, 85, Mr. Wm. Black.-At Fallbarrow, 95, Mrs. Marg. Collinson. At Threlkeld, the Rev. Thos. Clark.

YORKSHIRE.

The act for erecting a free church at Sculcoates, near Hull, contains a clause of no common importance, viz. to provide accommodation in the church for five hundred poor.

The inhabitants of Scarborough, like

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those of several other sea-ports, have formed a liberal subscription for the relief of their distressed townsmen returning from French prisons.

According to the returns for the year 1813, the marriages in Leeds were 583, the baptisms 1406, and the burials 722: indicating an increase, over the preceding year, of 131 baptisms, and a decrease of 66 burials. The number of marriages was precisely the same as in 1812.

At a meeting held at Hull, for affording relief to the prisoners belonging to that town returned from France, it was stated by a physician, that nearly the whole were afflicted with the tape-worm, supposed to be occasioned by the peculiar quality of

their food.

A cat in Huddersfield had lost her kit. tens by accident; and a hen about the same time had deserted a brood of ducks she had been set to hatch: thus situated, the ducklings were placed among the straw in a stable, where the cat adopted them, lying beside and clinging round them. When they stray to their natural element, she stands by the water side washing them with the greatest solicitude and, as they return, she carries them on by one in her mouth to the warm retreat in the stable. No dog dare approach har when with her web-footed charge.

Married.] At York, the Rev. W. Gray, to Miss A. Howard.

At Leeds, Mr. J. Rushworth, to Miss M. Barker.

At Hall, R. Moorson, esq. to Miss Maria Robertson.-The Rev. S. Ward, to Miss Ridsdale.

At Halifax, Mr. Edwards, to Miss S. Kershaw.

At Headon, T. Smith, esq. to Miss E Champney,

Died.] At York, Mr. Croft.-Mr. J. Blanchard, son of Mr. B. printer of the York Chronicle.-63, Mr. Wilkinson, respectable ironmonger.

At Huddersfield, Mrs. Hill.

At Wakefield, Mrs. Strafford.-86, T. Sturges, esq.-40, Mr. Waller.

At Leeds, Mrs. Maud.-20, Mr. W. Mapother. 66, Mrs. Machan. Mrs. Steel. Mrs. Wilson.-20, Miss S. Ellis.74, Mr. Kellett. 73, Mr. H. Rinder.

At Halifax, Mrs. Simpson. Mrs.Senior. At Sheffield, 81, Mr. J. Beckett. At Pontefract, Mr. C. Brown. At Hull, 86, Mr. T. Lascelles.-29, Mrs. Foster. -67, Mr. Holmes. 66, Mrs. Simpson.

At Gainsborough, 33, Mr. Jos. Torr.

At Cleckheaton, 43, Mrs. Heywood.At Horbury, Mr. J. Wood.-At Batley, 68, Mrs. Richardson. At Rothwell Haigh, 68, Miss M. Fenton. At Skipton, 58, Mrs. Normington. Mr. E. Mawson. At Beeston, 63, Mr. J. Wilkinson.-At

Shelf,

Shelf, 38, Mrs. Taylor.-At Tyersall- tin.-68, Captain S. Marks.-62, Mr. Rowland Parry.-45, Mr. W. F. Ankers. -53, Mr. William Woods.-27, Captain Dowson, 6th dragoons.-Mr. S. Nicholson. At Manchester, Mr. Jos. Sims.-14, Miss M. Oman.-27, Miss J. Berwick.Mr. T. Adshead.

house, J.Drake, esq.-At Huislett,86,Mrs. Thompson.--At Pudsey, 80, the Rev. W. Howorth. At Tong Mill, 60, Mr. J. Milner. At Drypool, 62, Mrs. Withernwick. At Hedon, 85, Mr. T. Wilson. At Newbald, 85, Mr. W. Baldwin.-At Kelham, Samuel Outram, esq.-At Preston, in Holderness, Mr. E. Burnham.-At Great Driffield, 57, Mr. W. Newsome.At Pocklington, 32, Mr. Powell.-At Bramhope-hall, the wife of Ch. Smith, esq.-At Hough-house, greatly regretted, the Rev. Joshua Wilkinson, B.D. fellow of Benne't College, Cambridge.-At Mirfield, the relict of R. Brook, esq. of Cinderhill-house. At Wath, 96, Mrs.

Shaw.

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LANCASHIRE.

It has been remarked, that shell snails are unusually scarce in the gardens this year, partly owing to the severity of the winter, but much more to their having been destroyed by the thrushies, which, dragging them from their holes, beat them against stones or other hard bodies, until the shells giving way, the inhabitants become an easy and luscious prey.

The patriotic and laudable Concentric Society of Liverpool, held lately a dinnermeeting in consequence of the termination of the horrors and miseries of continental war, and of the cheering prospect thereby opened to the friends of peace and liberty, and of the best interests of the human

race.

Married.] At Lancaster, the Rev. Mr. Smelt, to Miss Ellen Buckley.-Mr. Moore, to Miss D. Kew.

At Liverpool, Pat. Walsh, esq. to Miss Sophia Devenish.-Captain Ward, to Miss E. Hughes.

At Manchester, Rd. Dobson, esq. to Miss M. A. Caister.-Michael Walters, esq. to Miss Han. Bayley.

At Ulverstone, Mr. Benning, surgeon, to Miss Harrison.-J. Harrison, esq. to Miss Webster.

At Pilling, the Rev. James Potter, to Miss Tomlinson.

At Ormskirk, J. D. Bromfield, esq. to Miss Margaret Mawdsley.

At Walton, T.Hind, esq. to Mrs. Lewtas. At St. Helen's, William Mackintosh, esq. to Miss Fraser.

At Bolton, J. Newsham, esq. to Miss Davenport.

Died.] At Lancaster. 21, Mr. W. Hall. -17, Mr. T. Smith.-Mrs. Armitstead.Mrs. Singleton.-49, Mr. Rd. Morton.

At Liverpool, Mrs. Edgar.-80, Ed. Mason, esq.-63, Mrs. Wetherherd.-69, Mr. Joseph Mercer.-17, Miss A. Ashhurst. Mr. J. Mason. Mr. T. Austin. Mrs. Wallis.-39, Mrs. Greenwood.-35, Mr. T. Peters.--31, Mr. Richard Walford. -86, Mrs. Crane.-78, Mr. William Mar

At Warrington, 56, Chr. Suttle, esq. collector of excisc.

At Preston, Mrs. Sturtevant.

At Burton-in-Lonsdale, 83, Mrs. Ta tham.-At Hulton, 24, Mr. Joseph Marsh. At Bootle, 56, Mr. C. Musher.-At Tar hock, 33, Mr. J. Billinge.-At Ormskirk, Mr. T. Gass. At Prescot, 23, Miss A. Harrison.-At Harwood, Mr. Robert Lomax.-At Long Millgate, 27, Mrs. South

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In the public news-room of Derby, the subscribers to the Courier, London newspaper, unanimously voted "That the san guinary sentiments which that interminable war-man unblushingly avowed, and his ap parent chagrin and disappointment at the cessation of human butchory, were too gross to be any longer countenanced, and therefore ought to be execrated by every lover of his country, or friend of the hu man race: That the paper (the Courier) be consequently committed to the flames, and that in future it shall not be permitted to be brought into the room, while conducted on principles so odious, and (as the subscribers conceive) so truly jacobinical.

Married.] At Derby, James Oakes, esq. to Miss S. Haden.-Mr. William Brough, of Belper, to Miss Silvester.

At Hope, the Rev. J. Longdon, to Miss Dickinson, of Sheffield.

At Pentrich, Mr. Samuel Slater, of Holly-house, to Miss Hannah Storer. Died.] At Derby, Miss A. Miller.68, Mr. J. Watson.

At Wirksworth, Miss Mary Pearson. At Chelmerton, 85, highly respected, T. Buxton, esq.-At Buxton, 44, Mr. George Goodwin.

68, Mrs. Mary Port, relict of the late John P. esq. of Islam, daughter of Dewes, esq. of Welsburn, and niece of the celebrated Mrs. Delany, by whom she was educated among the wits and cognoscenti of that age. She was, in consequence, a wo

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man of very superior intellectual attain ments; but a marriage, contrary to her taste, followed by domestic discord, produced an alienation of mind, which for many years deprived her friends and family of that social converse which she was qualified to adorn, by her rare intelligence and by the rich stores of anecdotes with which her memory was fraught.

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.

The observations in our last, relative to the causes of dissatisfaction among the stocking weavers, led to a meeting in Nottingham, of the plain silk frame-work knitters, who state themselves to be anxious that their case may receive an impartial and liberal consideration. They say that they cannot attach blame to themselves for seeking an advance of wages, because, as almost every other description of manual labour has received an augmentation of price; as every article of consumption, whether agricultural, mineral, manufactu ral, or colonial, have materially advanced; as the salaries of every department of public business, civil, military, judicial, and even the highest offices of state, have been increased; it cannot be expected, or be desired by the public, that they alone shall remain stationary." 66 They say, they have never been actually (though they have been nominally) advanced within the last twenty years: specious, and, in some instances, partial augmentations have been given for making a pair of silk stockings, &c. but as the quantity of labour has not been fixed, to constitute a given quality of hose (fine hose being four times the price of coarse, there being eleven different qualities) has given great latitude for encroachment, a greater number of courses, or finer quality has been demanded, equally commensurate to such advance: as therefore no actual advance has been made, can it be thought unreasonable, that a body of workmen, who must exercise considerable skill and care in the fabrication of the manufacture, and whose average earnings do not exceed thirteen or fourteen shillings per week, should seek for an amelioration of condition! They unreservedly state their readiness to submit their case to arbitration, either by deputation from the parties interested; by reference to the honorable the four members for the town and county; or by arbitration of any four private gentlemen; or, any other eligible mode their employers may chuse to point out." This appears to us, if the premises are accurately stated, to be a very correct and reasonable proposition, and worthy of the notice of his Majesty's Government, or of Parliament, should the respectable body of master hosiers deem it impracticable, from the general state of trade, or the prices in foreign markets, to meet the wishes of the workmen,

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Married.] At Nottingham, Capt. Fincham, to Miss Sykes.-G. Hodgkinson, esq. to Miss Julia Beevor.-R. Chatterton, esq. to Miss Wallis.

At Newark, H. Davison, esq. to Miss. A.Tomlinson.

At Worksop, the Rev. T. Barton, to Miss M. Jackson.

Died.] At Nottingham, Mrs. S. Hague, 76.-77, Mr. William Radforth. 81, Mrs. Oldknow.--Miss Smith. Mr. Wain. -Mr. Ward.-58, Mr. T. Vernon.

At Mansfield, Mrs. Rycroft.

At Newark, 62, Mrs. Phillips.-70, Mrs. Bycon.-92, the Rev. Davies Pennell, twenty-six years vicar, and forty years master of the grammar school.

At Bradmore, Mr. William Dalby. At Hathern, 17, Miss E. Harriman.

At Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mr. R. Willough by. At Annesley, 69, Mr. I. Cant, Dotanist.

LINCOLN.

The new school-room at Horncastle, for the education of poor children on the Laucasterian or British system, was lately opened. The school was opened only on the 4th of January last, since which 120 boys and 103 girls have been admitted. Out of this total number 223, two have gone to service, five withdrawn by their parents, and seventy-seven are in the daily habit of reading the Scriptures. A degree of cheerfulness and animation is observable among the children; and a sensible improvement in the morals and manners of many of them is already produced.

A most affecting, and, with reference to the character of the nation, a most afflicting statement has been laid before the House of Commons by Sir Samuel Romilly, relative to the continuance of the abuse of authority in Lincoln goal. The document appeared in a late Stamford News, and we regret that we have not room to transfer it to our pages. We trust the House of Commons will not, on this occa sion, disappoint the expectations of the country, but will diligently enquire and punish the guilty with exemplary severity, whether the accused, or the accuser.

Married.] At Stamford, J. Aldred, esq. to Miss E. Foster.

At Grantham, Mr. J. Downing, to Miss Ward.

At Crowland, the Rev. II. Bullivant, to Miss F. Everard.

Died.] At Lincoln, Mrs. Hall.-Sudden. ly, Robert Burton, esq.

At Boston, 72, Mrs. A. Cletton,--83, Mr. E. Wily.

At Stamford, Mr. Ph. Congreve.-89, Widow Borridge.-63, the wife of Charles Roberts, esq.

At Grantham, Mrs. Roberts.-28, Mrs. Allsop.-At Louth, 80, Mrs. Tipper. At Wisbech, 75, Mrs. Defew.12, Mrs. Cooch.

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