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At Broseley, where he had practised as a surgeon and apothecary upwards of fifty years, Mr. Daniel Boden.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

Married. At Bath, Daniel Webster, Esq. of Dean Park, Northampton, to Miss Morgan, daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Morgan.

Wm. Lyddon, Esq. late Captain of the 1st Devon Militia, to Miss Selley, of Green Park Buildings.

At Beckington, Nath. Peach Singer, Esq. of Westbury, to Miss Mary Ford, daughter of Wm. Ford, Esq. banker.

Died. At Bath, aged 58, Harman Katencamp, Esq. formerly consul general in S cily, Malta, and Spain. Aged 85, Mr. Benjamin Morris. In the early part of his life he was by profession a drawing master, and was esteemed an artist of some eminence. His latter years were remarkable for their regularity; every day was marked with such precision, that it seldom deviated a single minute in the performance of the exact vocation of the preceding. Aged 62, Mrs. Broadley, widow of the late Hemy Broadley, Esq. of Hull. At Taunton, suddenly, the Rev. Mr. Prowse.

At Glastonbury, aged 91, Mr. John Gibbes, formerly Serjeant-Major in th8th foot. He served and highly distinguished himself in the battle of Dettin gen, on the 16th of June, 1743, and on several other memorable occasions. After his return to his native country he was engaged to train the Somerset militia, in which he continued thirty years, and on quitting it obtained an hoporary medal a as reward of merit. He never experienced a day's illness, and retained all his faculties in their full vigour to the hour of dissolution.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

Married. At Harbone, Mr. Wm. Frears, Jun. of Liverpool, to Miss J. Cairns, daughter of Edw. Cairns, Esq. of Shireland Hall.

Died. At Litchfield, aged 71, Mr. Brown, upwards of 40 years organist of the Cathedral. Francis Cobb, Esq. Receiver-general for the county of Staf ford. Aged 89, Mrs. Dorothy Collins. Capt. Bulkeley, of the 6th Reg. late

Aid-de-camp to Major Gen. Sir John Stewart.

At Stafford, aged 94, Mrs. Wright.

SUFFOLK.

Died. At Sutton Downham, aged 79, Charles Sloane, Earl Cadogan: a Nobleman possessed of much urbanity, whose loss will be greatly regretted in the neighbourhood where he lived.

At Sudbury, aged 81, the Rev. John Piper, A. M. fifty-six years Rector of All Saints, in that town, and Rector of Ride in Norfolk.

At Stamfield, aged 69, Mr. Z. Turner, many years High Constable for the hundred of Risbridge.

SURRY.

Died. At Richmond, aged 75, Lewis Bull, Esq. many years proprietor of the Public Library, Bath,

SUSSEX.

Died. At Chichester, in the 75th year of her age, Lady Viscountess Lifford, relict of Lord Chancellor Lifford, of Ireland, and mother of Lieutenant-Ge neral Hewitt. John Diggens, Esq. banker.

At Verdun, where he had been detained as prisoner, since the commencement of the present war, Gideon Newland, Esq. of Chichester. Mrs. Newland and four children are on their way from France to this country.

As Mr. John Eastead, of Pulderham, was reading by his fire-s.de, he fell asleep, when by some means unhappily his clothes came in contact with the fire, and he was so dreadfully burnt as to cause his death in less than four hours. The chair on which he sat was considerably burnt.

WARWICKSHire.

Married. At Birmingham, Mr. Peter Hopel of Liverpool, to Miss Potts, daughter of Thos. Potts, Esq. Low Bailiff of Birminghars.

Married.

Married. At Stratford upon Avon, the Rev. John Whitmore, to Miss Green. Died. At Birmingham, aged 86, Mrs. Marsh, late of Sublon. Aged 86, Geo. Attwood, Esq. Aged 71, Mr. John Donald, formerly of Glasgow.

At Wellingborough, Mrs. Jones, widow of Mr. Thomas J. late of Abington, near Northampton.

At Spratton, aged 83, Mrs. M. Hodson, formerly of Northampton.

WESTMORELAND.

Died. At Kirkby Stephen, aged 79, Mrs. Dickson.

WILTSHIRE.

Died. The Rev. C. Page, Rector of Littleton Drew and Biddestone.
At Bapton, the Rev. Henry Davis, Rector of Allcanings

WORCESTERSHIRE.

The Rev. John W. Grove, B. A. is instituted to the Rectory of Strensham, and the Rev. G. Biggs, M. A. to the Rectory of Upton Warren,

Died Aged 80, Rob. Hunt, Esq. of Feckenham.

At Worcester, aged 79, Erasmus Lloyd, Esq. he served the office of Mayor for that city in 1786.

YORKSHIRE.

State of the Woollen Manufactory from the 25th March 1806, to the 25th March 1807, as given in at the Quarter Sessions at Pontefract.

Narrow milled 175,334 pieces, or 6,430,101 yards.

Last year

Increase

Broad milled

165,857 do. 6,199,317 do.

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The whole manufactory produces this year in yards,

Last year

This decrease is attributed to two causes, the unsettled situation of our po litical relations with America, and the complete ascendancy that the battles of Austerlitz and Jena have given the French over the continent.

The foundation stone of the Humber Dock was lately laid by Henry Maister, Esq. Chairman of the Dock Company. A number of gold, silver, and copper coins of the present reign, and medals of Mr. Fox, Mr. Pitt, and Lord Nelson, were inclosed in the stone, and a brass plate was affixed to it bearing the following inscription :-" This stone was laid in the foundation of the South-East corner of the Lock of the Humber Dock, on the 13th day of April, Anno Domini 1807, by Henry Maister, Esq. Chairman of the Dock Company at Kingston-uponHull." The Humber Dock was made in pursuance of an Act of Parliament passed in the 42d year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, for the benefit of the commerce and shipping of the port of Kingston-upon-Hull and for the admission of His Majesty's ships of war of 50 guns.

Married. At Halifax, C. H. Dawson, Esq. of Royd's Hall to Miss Eliz. Dean, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Dean, of Bradford.

At Selby, Gill, Steadman, Esq. of Packenham, to Miss Foster, daughter of the late John Foster, Esq.

At Leeds, Benjamin Hird, M. D. to Miss Redsdale, daughter of the late Francis Redsdale, Esq.

Died.--At York, aged 51, Robert Taylor, Esq. formerly of Jamaica. Aged 45, Mr, Seth, Agar, one of the Common Councilmen for Monk Ward.

Died.-At Woodlale, near Huddersfield, aged 89, Lieutenant Preston, R. N. At Thirsk, aged 77, William Whitehead, Esq. formerly an eminent attorney of that place.

At Sutton, near Hull, aged 82, Mr. William Hamilton.

At Sculcotes, aged 56, Joseph Robinson Peale, Esq.

At East-Moor, near Wakefield, in the 103d year of her age, Mrs. Susannah Robshaw. Till within a short time of her death she was able to walk about, and to read, knit, and sew without spectacles. She has had 23 children, three of them at a birth, one on each of three successive days; the oldest and youngest of her children are still alive.

At Kirkdale, aged 91, William Pendleton, a veteran who had fought at Culloden, Dettingen, and Fontenoy. He has left a widow aged 92, with whom He lived upwards of sixty-eight years, and what is remarkable they never quarrelled but once during the whole time. He supported himself and wife by his own industry, and never experienced any illness till the last, which confined him to his house only a week, and to his bed only one day.

At Leeds, aged 62, the Rev. James Kitching, Vicar of Pickhill: to a benevolent and generous mind he united all the endearing qualities which adorn the character of an inestimable husband, parent, and benefactor, whilst a dig nified and truly christian fortitude upheld him from repining at the afflicting hand of an unerring Providence, which heavily and many years permitted the ravages of an excruciating disorder which at length terminated his existence.

WALES.

Married.-At Llandilo, Mr. William Jones, of Llangadock, aged 21, to Mrs. Margaret Griffiths, widow, aged 84,

At Hay, Brecon, John James, Esq. of Swansea, to Miss Eliza Watkins, youngest daughter of the late Walter Watkins, Esq. of Llydiad-y-wain, Hereford.

At Bath, Edward Morgan, Esq, of Brecon, to Mrs. Beauchamp Cooper, of Upper Park-Street.

At Tregynon, Montgomery, Mr. Richard Ford Whitmore, engineer, of Birmingham, to Miss Davies, daughter of P. Davies, Esq. of Newton.

Died.-At Carmarthen, Mr. Griffith Evans. He was the last of the forty burgesses named in the charter granted to the borough of Carmarthen in 1764.

At Abergavenny, aged 85, Mrs. Powell, widow of Mr. Powell, formerly of Pantegelly.

At Cowbridge, aged 84, Mr. Thomas Lewis, attorney at law.

At Swansea, Edward Elton, Esq. late of Burley-Hall.

SCOTLAND.

Married. At Edinburgh, the Rev, James Somerville, of Symington, to Miss. Caroline Welsh. Patrick Wishart, Esq. of Foxhall, to Miss Margaret Robert son, second daughter of the late Alexander Robertson, Esq. of Prenderguest.Mr. Michael Bogle Macfarlane, merchant, of Glasgow, to Miss Matilda. Ri chardson, youngest daughter of Mr. John Richardson, manufacturer. James Nairne, Esq. W. S. to Miss Hill, eldest daughter of the late professor Hill.

At Glasgow, Alexander M'Arthur, Esq. of Linlithgow Bridge, to Miss Mary Hill, second daughter of the late George Hill, Esq. of Hillend. Mr. Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock, to Miss Agnew Hutton, of Kendal.

At Garraland, Hamilton Boswell, Esq. of Ayr, to Miss Jane Douglas, daugh ter of Patrick Douglas, Esq.

At Ayr, the Rev. John Roxburgh, of Kilmaurs, to Miss Margaret Robert, gon, daughter of Richard Robertson, Esq.

At Kirkaldy, George Gowan, Esq. architect of Edinburgh, to Miss Margaret Stirling, daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Stirling.

At Aberdeen, Hugh Gordon, Esq. late of Madras, to Miss Elizabeth Forbes, "daughter of William Forbes, Esq. of Echt,

Died,

Died.-At Edinburgh, Mrs. Turnbull, widow of George Turnbull, Esq. of Dalladies, W. S. Aged 81, John Gardner, M. D. Sir James Ramsay, of Balmain, Bart. Aged 78, Joseph French, Esq. Mrs. Cunningham, of Hyndhope. Admiral Sir John Inglis, of Auchendenny. He commanded the Belliqueux, of 74 guns, at the battle of Camperdown, under Lord Duncan, and greatly distinguished himself in that action. Walter Little Gilmour, Esq. of Craig

millar.

At Glasgow, David Russell, Esq. of Woodside. Aged 88, Mrs. Aiken, of Shirva. Aged 85, Miss Jane Pollock, of Pollock.

At Gorbals, Glasgow, Malcolm White, in the 102d year of his age. He retained all his faculties to the last, and was able, on the morning of his death, to rise from his bed, and do some things about the house; he used to go about the town and country selling religious books; he was a native of Cowall, Argyleshire.

At Kelkarchan, in his 101st year, Robert Stevenson; he enjoyed perfect health till within a few hours of his death.

At Ayr, on the 24th March, Robert Aiken, Esq. The death of this excellent man has made a void in society which will not be soon or easily filled; for, to a sound and cultivated understanding, be united a kind heart and a social spirit. The upright integrity of his conduct through a long and useful life, his active benevolence, the sincerity of his friendship, and the cheerfulness and vivacity which he retained at an age advanced beyond the usual bounds of humanity, attracted the esteem and veneration of society at large, and endeared him to a numerous and respectable circle of friends, whose affectionate reverence for his memory will cease only with their existence. He was one of the earliest friends of Robert Burns, who has borne testimony to his virtues in the first stanza, of "The Cotter's Saturday Night," and in the following epitaph published above twenty years ago, the justice of which has been universally admitted:

"Know thon, O stranger to the fame

"Of this much lov'd much honour'd name!
"For none that knew him need be told

"A warmer heart death ne'er made cold."

March 31, in the 74th year of his age, and 45th of his ministry, the Reverend William M'Gill, D.D. one of the ministers of Ayr. This gentleman was another of the early friends of Burns, who in one of his letters thus characterizes him. "He is one of the worthiest as well as one of the ablest of the w: ole priesthood of the Kirk of Scotland, in every sense of that ambiguous term." He was in truth a man of no common character. Possessed of a strong and discerning mind, he carefully studied the sacred scriptures, he explained them with great clearness and accuracy, and his illustrations of religious truths were varied and impressive. Severely tried in the course of Divine providence, be drew consolation from the gospel of Christ, and in imitation of his great Master, whom he loved, he was resigned to the will of God. His manners were plain and unaffected, and no man possessed more uprightness and integrity of heart. By his parishioners, and by all who had the pleasure of being intimate with him, he was very highly esteemed, and his death is deeply regretted.

At Montrose, at the advanced age of 87, Mr. John Wallace, teacher of dancing. He was a native of Moulin, in Perthshire; and having embraced the cause of the unfortunate Charles Stuart, was wounded at Culloden. He came to Montrose in 1746, and continued to exercise his profession in that neighbourhood for about 55 years, when bis infirmities compelled him to retire. At Leith, aged 80, Mr. Robert Kerr. Aged 73, John Archibald, Esq. wine merchant.

At Craigsanchar, Fife, aged 84, Mrs. Cochrane Stuart.

At Tillecoultry, Alexander Stirling, D. D. minister of that parish.

At Perth, in the 86th year of his age, and 49th of his ministry, the Reverend George Fraser, of Monedie. He was much respected for his honesty of heart, his friendly and humane disposition, and for his diligence, while his health and strength permitted, in the work of the gospel. He has died regretted by his people, and by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance.

At Alloa, the Rev. John Rhind, of the Episcopal Chapel.

At Portglasgow, aged 85, Mrs. Fullarton.

At Stirling, aged 64, Mrs. Heugh, wife of the Rev. John Heugh.

At Paradise, near Kelso, aged 78, William Dodds, Esq. late of the War Office.

At Arlary, Robert Arnott, Esq.

At Mauc line, aged 106, Margaret Paton.

At Innerhadden, Duncan Stewart, Esq.

At Lochrutton, aged 69, the Rev. George Duncan, minister of that parish. At Corehead, aged 86, Mrs. Grizel Scott, widow of the late Rev. William Scott, of Kirkpatrick, Juxta.

At Doonside, aged 48, William Crawford, Esq.

At Inverness, William Chisholm, Esq. late provost of that burgh.

At Aberdeen, aged 84, Mrs. Elizabeth Yates, widow of the late Mr. Alexander Yates, of Rotterdam. Aged 73, Mrs. Martha Cuthbert, widow of Peter Cuthbert, Esq.

Lient. Col. Edgar Hunter, of Hunthill.

At Mid-Calder, aged 92, Mr. Alexander Lowrie, senior.

At Hill-house, Berwickshire, aged 82, Jolm Somerville, Esq. of Ivelaw.

At Galaschiels, James Blaikie, Esq. of Easter Longhaugh.

At Dumbartou, Mr. Alexander M'Kenzie, late one of the magistrates of that burgh.

At Keith, aged 87, James Stewart, Esq. of Cairnberrow.
At Stonehaven, aged 82, Mrs. Elder.

IRELAND

The following extracts from the Dublin Papers will best describe the effects which are apprehended from the recent unexpected change:

In this country the change has scarcely met the approbation of a single man; and we are happy to observe, that even those who we really thought would exult, have not only shewn their moderation, but even mark their disapprobation of the measure; they have had the good sense to perceive, that the new arrangement cannot possibly be of many months duration, and that it only unhinges the Government, and perhaps destroys the plans which were fast maturing, not only for home defence, but for the humiliation of the enemy; they look back on the past twelve months with satisfaction, and they now look forward with fearful apprehension-they look upon the past, and behold a public serenity, a social intercourse, a friendly interchange of sentiments and services among all parties, to which they had been long unaccustomed-they look to the future with doubt and dismay, dreading the revival of those asperities which destroy society, and wither up the sinews of the state-they look back and are assured that, under the Administration of his Grace of Bedford, they should enjoy security from the foe, and internal peace-they look forward with a dreadful uncertainty, not knowing what evils may be brought upon their country by the incapacity, if not the criminality, of Ministers; but let us conjure our Countrymen of all denominations, of all sects and parties, to remain tranquil, and steady to the laws and the constitution; it is only by such a demeanour they can hope for freedom and happiness. Had the system of the last twelve months continued two years more, party distinctions would have been forgotten in Ireland, and we should have been all amalgamated in one common bond of affection and national honour; and still, if the people conduct themselves peaceably, and with a due observance of the laws, if neither party shall provoke the other by hostility, to acts of outrage, the Friends of the People, and the men best fitted to rule the state, must return to office, and all the wishes of the Empire will be consummated.”

Married. At Dublin, John Hamilton Weldon, Esq. of Gravelmount, Meath, to Miss Rowley, youngest daughter of Hen y Rowley, Esq. of Gloucester Street.

In Dublin, the Hon. George Ponsonby, son of the late Lord Ponsonby, to Miss Glaston.

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