Biographical Anecdotes of eminent Perfons. BUTLER, the celebrated author of Hudibras, was buried in St. Paul's church, Covent Garden.-Some of the inhabitants of that parish hearing fome time ago, that fo eminent a man had been buried in their church, and regretting that neither ftone nor infcription recorded the event, entered into a fubfcription to erect fomething, to Butler's memory. Accordingly they had a monument lately put up in the portico of the church, bearing the poet's buft, which was taken from that put up by Lord Mayor Barber in Westminster Abbey. The following lines were contributed by Mr. O' Bryen, and are engraved on the ftone beneath the medallion: "A few plain men, to pomp and pride un- O'er a poor bard have rais'd this humble stone, What tho' fair freedom fuffer'd in his page! Who hope to make their fortunes by the great, That wit and pride are always dangerous things, And little faith is due to courts and kings." The following epitaph on the late Dr. Johnfon is faid to be the production of an eminent Profeffor at Cambridge: "En! ubi conduntur offa Sapientiæ noftrâ ætate principis SAMUELIS JOHNSON; Cujus fi dicta, fcripta, vitam ignoras, Abi, viator, et fac quamprimum cognofcas; Riteque cognitis, tecum ipfe reputes Socrati ne Athenienfi Re et confilio Par fuerat an major." P. 480, col. ii. 1. 13, for piety of manners,' read 'purity,' &c. P. 908. Mifs Danby was daughter of the late William D. efq; of Swinton, co. York. P. 996, col. i. l. 4, r. Maresfield, Suffex.' P. 999. Dele the 23d and 24th lines, and infert the following: "Oct. 19. At Breamore, near Salisbury, aged 98, Mrs. Hubert, relict of Benj. H. efq; formerly steward to the late Earl of Warwick." P. 1000. The late Princefs Amelia was born May 30, 1711, according to the Englith reckoning; June 10, as the German style. P. 1003. Mr. Rymfdyk, who died at Bath, Nov. 13, published, in conjunction with his fon, in 1778, " Mufeum Britannicum, being an Exhibition of a great Variety of Antiquities and Natural Curiofities in that noble and magnificent Cabinet the British Museum, illustrated with curious Prints, engraved af‐ 1145 Explanations of each Figure; by John and ter Nature, other Objects, and with distinct work, in folio, which did not answer his Andrew Van Rymfdyk, Pictors :" expectations, and whofe price was four guia coftly neas. The style, particularly of the preface, number of articles from the museum of Dr. is quaint and defultory. He drew a great Hunter, by whom he was patronized, and on whofe death, we believe, he retired to Bath. mistry at Oxford. P. 1091. West Digges, who died in Ireland Nov. 10, was eldest of the two fons of Thomas Digges, efq; of Chilham Castle, Kent, by his wife the hon. Elizabeth West, only daughter of John 12th Lord de la Warr, and fifter to John 1ft Earl, whom he married in August 1724. P. 1092. The following particulars of is good in this picture might be affigned to 1146 Marriages and Deaths of confiderable Perfons. in the Eaft Indies. The fecond made its appearance at the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1781.Several fingle portraits by him were exhibited in 1777, 1782, and 1783, as well as at the Society of Artifts in 1773, when he was in the East Indies. In 1775 were exhibied at the Society of Artifts, portraits of the Nabob Omdut il Mult, Surajah Dowla, Anaverdeè Caun, Behauda Delaver Jung, Nabob of Arcet and the Carnatic; and in 1776 the ceremony of a Gentoo woman taking leave of her friends and diftributing her jewels previous to her af cending the funeral pile of her dead hufband. We thought this short account was due to the merit of this artist, which was confined to a particular line, and of whofe private history no traits have hitherto reachel us. P. 1093. Mrs. Cleiveland's age was 60. MARRIAGES. T Lympstone, Devon, Mr. Courtney many. A print of him may be found in the 27th volume of a German Journal, intituled, "Neuen Bibliothek der Schonen Wiffenchaften." Same day, at Konigberg, aged 82, Dr. John Chriftopher Bohlins, Rector Magnificus (an office he held for the twelfth time) and Profeffor of Phyfic at the university at that place. 1786, Feb. 5. At Aran, Switzerland, of a fever,aged 30 years, Cafpar Kiesbeck, author of a work, intituled," Letters from a Frenchman in his Travels through Germany." Mar. 5. At Berlin, of an inflammatory fever, in his 74th year, John Lebricht Schmucker, furgeon-general to the Pruffian army. 15. At Nurenburg, aged 67, Charles Sebaftian Feidler, one of the Syndics of that city. The continuation of his "Vitæ Jurif confultorum Altorfinorum" is in the prefs. 18. At Munich, aged 67, the reverend A Girdley, attorney of Honion, to klus Father Ferdinand Sterzinger, member (and Margaret Gordon. Dec. 4. Rev. Mr. Johnson, chapl. to the innded new fettlement in the South Seas, to Bis Burton. 20. Thomas Oliver, jun. efq; of Laytonftone, to Mifs Brooke, of Mere, Cheshire. 23. James Dover, efq; of Hookham-hall, Norfolk, to Mifs Stuart, of Somerset-itreet, Fortman-fquare. 24. Baron de Reidezel, aid de camp to the reigning Duke of Wirtemberg, to Mifs D. yrolles, 2d dau. of the late Solomon D. efq; of Hanover-fq. 26. Charles Long, efq; of Saxmundham, St folk, to Mifs Long, of South Audley-ftr. 28. Charles Blachley, efq; of the Stamp Cffice, to Mifs Heigham, dau. of the late Fell H. efq; of Bury St. Edmund's, and nece to Sir Henry Peyton, bart. M.P. for Cambridgeshire. the Silefia Diplomatica. 08 13. At Bolkhayn, in Silefia, aged 69, rev. Chriftian Emanuel Ulber, author of feveral learned works. Dec, 8. At Brunfwick, aged 49, Dr. John Philip du Roi, phyfician to the Duke of Bruntwick. 21. At Ulm, aged 74, the rev. Gregory Trautwein, author of a Latin tranflation of Telemachus. 22. At Heilbroom, aged 34, Bernard Theodore Tcherning. anthor of an anonymous work, published in 1783, intituled, "Nacricht das Journal von und für Deutichland." 29. At Magdebourg, aged 67, John Henrv Kolle, who has long been confidered as one of the best compofers of mufic in Ger formerly director of the historical clafs) of he Academy of Sciences at Munich, and author of feveral historical effays. Lately, in Pefcia, Tufcany, the Sieur Giannini. Having proved unfuccefsful in his commercial pursuits, left he should eventually injure those with whom he had dealings, he relinquished trade, and applied himself to the cultivation of fcience. He opened a fchool, where he inftructed the poor gratis in geometry, algebra, and the French language. At Jamaica, Major David Cooper, commanding officer of the 15th or Bedfordshire regiment of foot. Far advanced in years, ..... Blackburn, efq; of Orford, co. Lanc. grandfather to J. B. efq; knight of the fhire for that county. At Rotherhithe, in very advanced age, Barker, who, with all the appearance of poverty, had concealed upwards of 2000l. under the stairs in Queen Anne's guineas. In advanced age, at her fon's school at Hertford, Mrs. Worfley, relict of the late Mr. W. fchoolmafter of that town, mother to the rev. Mr. W. pastor of the congregation of Proteftant Dillenters at Chethunt, and fifter to the late rev. Dr. Obadiah Hughes. In Wolfingham workhoufe, agal 150, Ralph Wilfon. Mrs. Philips, of Bromfgrove. She had been rendered helpless by a paralytic stroke, and, fitting too near the fire, was burned to death, and reduced almoft to a cinder. Dec. 2. At Shepton Mallet, the rev. Tho. Wickham, M.A. rector of that place, vicar of Cattle Cary, and prebendary of Wells. 4. At Stony Stratford, the guard of one of the mail coaches, who was fhot in the groin by one of his own piftols. 6. Loft in a form on board the St. Auftle Obituary of confiderable Perfons; with Biographical Anecdotes. 1147 2 Cornish corn floop, from Eaft Looe, off Lewes, Mr. and Mrs. Giles. She was diftantly related to the prefent Viscount Courtenay, The captain returned to the wreck, lashed to a rope, which he fastened round Mrs. G. to heave her on fhore; but her husband caft it off and begged her to stay with him, and they both perished together. Their bodies have fince been found, firft Mr. G's, which was buried in Newhaven church-yard; and afterwards Mrs. G. very much disfigured, who was decently interred by his fide. 7. Mr. Woodman, a confiderable horsedealer in London. Sitting on the roof of a ftage-coach, whofe fprings had been raifed, he was crushed to death as it pafed under the gate-way of the Cock inn at Stony Stratford, and fcarcely a bone efcaped unbroken. Such is the effect of that abfurd and fcandalous elevation both of ftage and private carriages, contrary to all the established laws of mechanics, and on no better principles than thofe of an extravagant fafhion ! 8. At Edinburgh, in a very advanced age, Leonard Urquhart, efq; writer to the fignet. 9. In Clarges-ftr. right hon. Henry Roper, 11th Lord Teynham. He was born May 7, 1733, and married, first, Wilhelmina eldest daughter and coheirefs cf Sir Francis Head, bart. who died in child-bed, without leaving iffue; and fecondly, Eliza. beth daughter of Webber, efq; and widow of John Mills, efq; of Woodfordbridge, Effex, by whom he had three daughters and three fons, Philip, born 1763, died an infant, Henry, born 1764, his fucceffor, and John. ..... Mr. Munfey, parish clerk of St. Mildred's in the Poultry. His death was occafioned by the fame caufe as that of his late Majefty, bursting a ventricle of his heart as he was going up ftairs, and he dropped down dead in the afternoon. He was between 30 and 40 years old. 10. Of a paralytic ftroke, at the feat of William Peyntys, efq; Berks, Mrs. Eliz. Crofs, many years housekeeper to the late Countess of Cork, whofe lofs this honeft, valuable fervant never recovered. At Godalming, of a cancer, Mrs. Ballard, late of Portsmouth. After a long and painful illness, Mrs. Marianne Chalié, wife of Mr. Matthew C. merchant, Mincing-lane. 11. William Livingstone, efq; partner with Meff. Gregory and Turnbull, merchts. in King's-Arms-yard. He had dined at Mr. Turnbull's on Blackheath, and, returning home in the evening with fome gentlemen, parted from them, about 11 o'clock, at Kenttreet turnpike. He was found in a ditch between the gardeners' grounds and the road leading from that turnpike to the Caftle at Newington, with his horse, his arm broke, and entangled in the bridle. His horfe being brought to the Royal Exchange, was known by the faddle, which a fadler In Serjeant's-inn, William James, efq; F.R. & A.SS. formerly partner with Neale, Fordyce, and Down, bankers. He married the daughter of the latter, by whom he had feveral children. His eldest fon, Murdoch, an amiable youth, the delight of his father, and a fkilful practitioner in the law, died in 1785, juft after his father and family had exhautted their feanty portion in enabling him to purchafe the office of one of the four city pleaders. To the honour of the first corporate body in the world be it recorded, that the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the city of London, on a reprefentation of the melancholy cafe, with their accuftomed benevolence, gave up the accidental emolument which fell into their hands, and permitted the reprefentatives of Mr. Murdoch James to nominate a fucceffor. 12. In her 86th year, Mrs. Morris, relict of Robert M. efq; of Swanfea, and mother of Mrs Defenfans. 13. In Bedford-row, William Waller, efq; of Lincoln's-inn, barrifter at law. On St. Mary Hill, Billingfgate, Mr. Williamfon, many years clerk of that parith. 14. In St. James's-ftr. Capt. Carr, many years in the Eaft India Company's fervice, and late commander of the Barwell. At Temple Mills, Berks, George Pengree, efq. Mrs. Clark, wife of Jof. C. efq; of Northampton. At Alresford, Hants, lieut. col. John Van Fullerton, late of the 45th regiment, uncle to the late Countcís Cornwallis. 15. At Edinburgh, Alexander Home 9th Earl of Home. He fucceeded his elder brother William in 1761, and married Primrose daughter of Charles Lord Elphinston, by whom he had a fon, William Lord Douglas, his fucceffor; and a daughter, Elizabeth.He married 2dly, Maria daughter of James Home, of Ayton, efq. 17. At her houfe in Spring-Gardens, aged 90, Lady Anfon. Mrs. Darby, widow, Old-ftreet-road. 19. At New Inn, Mr. John Dobin on, attorney at law. 16. At Manchester, aged 100, Mr. Jonathan Ridgeway. 19. At Briftol hot wells, Mrs. Clo tvyk, wife of John C. efq; and dau. of the late hon, William Molefworth. 22. The only fon of Mr. Sandford, New Bond-ftreet. 23. At Weft Ham, Effex, in alvanced age, Mrs. Sufannah Matthew, aunt of Mr. Job. M. of that place. In Tuckey-ftr., Enfield, Mrs. Roberts, wife of Mr. R. formerly a Carolina met chant, 1148 Obituary of confiderable Perfons.-Lift of Bankrupts. chant, and now City Garbler, and only dau. of the late Capt. Barnes. 24. Advanced in years, at his feet at Eaft Burnham, co. Bucks, Charles Eyre, efq; first secondary of the court of Exchequer. 25. After a lingering illness, which the bore with great fortitude and refignation, Harriet wife of Robert Kirke, efq; late conful at Algiers; leaving an unhappy hufband, with a numerous family to provide for, to bewail a wife and tender mother of exemplary piety and conduct through a life of mnch trouble and anxiety. At Mile End, aged 96, Capt. Manfhip, many years a commander in the Turkey trade. At Hommerton, Thomas Hanby, efq; formerly wholesale ironmonger in Piccadilly. 26. Mr. Ayrie, of Sackville-ftreet tavern, Piccadilly. At Tichfield, Mifs Thompson, dau. of Capt. T. At Higham, Kent, of a complaint in his head, the effect of water or a contufion, Master Thomas Hughes, eldest fon of the late John H. efq; of Bettefhanger. 27. In Henrietta-street, Covent Garden, Major Charles Vealtch. 28. At Bath, Mrs. Aubrey, widow, dau. of the late Bishop Willes. 29. Mr. Curtis, fhipbrewer, Wapping. 30. In New Burlington-ftr. Lady Mary Howard, aunt to the Earl of Carlile. Rev. Dr. James Burflem, late of Pem broke-hall, Cambridge, rector of Wifbech, to which he was prefented by the Bishop of Ely (on the death of Mr. Burroughs); minifter of Rumford, Effex, to which laft he was prefented in 1778; and chaplain to Lord Townshend. In Devonshire-ftr. Queen-fquare, William Pocock, efq. BANKRUPTS. Ohn Bell, Newcastle upon Tyne, merchant Jo Francis Barraclough, Old Malton, Yorkih. John Mofman and W. Burne, Newcastle up- T. Buckney, Black Friars, timber-merchant W. Bennett, Hindon, Wilts, mercer John Thacker, Wifbech St. Peter's, Inle of Thomas Newman, Little Brickhill, Bucks, Juftina Shewin, Louth, milliner W. T. Greaves, Briftol, haberdasher maker Sam. Gilderdale, Thora, Yorkfh. factor dealer John Arnold, Princes-ftr. Lothbury, mercht James King, Newcastle upon Tyne, glass- Richard Mapp, Droitwich, merchant coach-maker Richard Sewell, St. Martin's-Lane, perfumer Daniel Eccofay and Henry Tyldesley, Gray's- Charles Stopford, Rob. Dodge, and Samuel Commiffions of Bankruptcy supersoded. INDEX OF NAMES to VOLUME LVI. PART II. N. B. The small numerals after the figures fignify that the name is fo Barber 909 Bracebridge A. Baring 810 Carteret 903.1003 Cotes 1003 1090 Bradney 618 Carruthers 8c9 Cotterell Barkeley 1003 A Bbott 618 Braithwaite 1087 Carver 618 906 Cotton Barker 907, 1146 Bramham 1094 1003 Carwick Abercorn 815 Barbo: 713 Court 996 Brand 996 Adains 617, 809 Barlow 710 Caflon 713 Covile 1091 Brant 996 Addington 709, Barraclough 1148 Braffey 89 Caftelman 998 Cowe 809 618 Cox 1087 Bar:on 713 Brewster 619, 907, 1148 Caffan Adee 716 Barwich 906 Agutter A kin Ainfl:e Adolphus, pr. 719 Batchelor Allardzie 907 Bathurst 614,615, 908 811 Bridge 996, 1089 1148 Caulet 803 Briogeman 714 Craigge 908 715, Cavendish 1001 Cawthorn 622, 907 Briscoe 809, 907, Cecil 815 Crane 1094 Crawford 999, 622 620, 1003 1088, 1094 1003 Chair 713 Britton 618 Creafy 715 806 Chalic 713 Bokman 906 Beale Amelia, pr. 1000 Beard Amory Andrews 814 908 Beaumont 1083 Beaufort 995 Brocklebunt 810 Chambers 995 Bromhead 1001 Chapman 714, ii. Crock 620 Brooke 908,109, Chatfield 719 1147 Crefpigny 713 808 Crefley 714 617 Chaplin 1094 Crefwell 907 996 620 Brooks Andre 909 Beauvior 911 Chetwoe 1146 Chefter 991, Icco Crosley 908 Ciofs 1087, 1147 907 713 Crottenden 618 Brown 621 Anfon 1147 Bedew 907, ii. Cheveley 1091 Cultum 618 808 Anfie 996 Beette 1087 Cring 621 Cumberland Appleby 812 Browne 617, 621, 904 714 Bell 622, 812, Chriftie 703, 995 Conliffe 618 Armitage 809 713, 714, 715, Clarendon 903, Curtis 1148 1148, Armstrong 715 Bennett 808, 991, 992, 1003, 1091 908, 993 Clarke Arnold 1148 1093, 1143 Bruce Arnot 809 617 Bentley 713, 1148 909, 1091, Bruere 812 Arundel 1001 Berkeley 1003 Brufby Afaph 619 Claridge 906 808 Bickerton 904 Buchanan Afgill 996 Biggs Afheton 713, 1090 Billingham 806 Ahley 618 Birt 996 Buckney 1094 Biffon 907 Buffing on Athol 815 Bishop 1000 Builer Atkins 910, 1003, Blackley 1090 Blackburn Atkinfon 713, 1146 Bunce 1000, 1090 Blackhaw Attre 618 Blagrave Aubrey 812, 907, Blake 1091 Buckingham 620, Clay on 1090,1093 809 Burtlem 1148 Collins 618 Burnell Auguftus, pr. 719 Blannerhaffet 996 Burrows 908, 1148 Bland Augell 809 Blane Auldjo 811 Blifs Auftin 1003 Blows Anftria 901, 904 Blunt 808 Dawfon 907, 1093 1003 De Courfey 996 711 809 Delaval 815,995 995 Dennison 806 Collingwood 714 Denton 621, 810 619, 22 Clive 908 1146 |