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Aged 78, John Mallet, Esq. late director general of the Hospitals in Ameriea and the West Indies, under Lord Grey.

5th. Died at Hampstead, Aged 90, Mrs. Blackford.

8th. In Lincolns Inn Fields, Mrs. Hamilton, wife of Wm. H. Esq.

Dec. 10th, In Windmill-street, Fitzroy-square, Edw. Edwards, Esq. Assoeiate and Teacher of Perspective to the Royal Academy, Author of a Treatise on that branch of Science.

Dec. 12th. Jos. Dennison, Esq. of St. Mary Axe. He is supposed to have left property to the amount of at least 1,000,000.-This Gentleman was the son of a small Clothier, at Woodhouse-Carr, near Leeds, and when about twenty years of age, he walked to London, to procure a situation in a counting-house. Though of saving habits, he always maintained, and deserved the reputation of a man of punctuality and probity; and it was perhaps principally by a strict adherence to this line of couduct, that a person who left his paternal home, with less than a guinea in his pocket, quitted the world possessed of a princely fortune. General Account of all the Christenings and Burials, within the Bills of Mortality from Dec. 17, 1805, to Dec. 16, 1806.

Christened in the 97 Parishes, within the Walls, 1121. Buried 1152. Christened in the 28 out Parishes in Middlesex and Surrey, 9734. Buried

7842.

Christened in the 17 Parishes without the Walls, 4763. Buried, 3678. Christened in the 19 Parishes, in the City and Liberties of Westminster, 4762. Buried 5271.

Christened, Males, 10,452, Females, 9928, in all 20,380. Buried Males 9215, Females 8523, in ail 17,938.

Whereof have died under two years of age,

5405

Between two and five,

2029

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Died Aged 86, at Harlington, Mrs. Jennings, widow of the late Arthur Jennings, Esq.

BERKSHIRE.

At the late Coursing Meeting, at Isley, eight dogs were entered for the Cup, which after seven severe courses, was won by Lord Rivers's Rosemary.

Died. At Newbury, Mr. Battin: a few minutes after eating a hearty supper, he leaned back in his chair and expired immediately.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

A boy employed at the Copper Mills, at Temple, near Marlow, fell into the pickling-tub, in which the metal is immersed when it comes out of the furnace, and received so much injury from the corrosive and poisonous quality of the fluid, that he expired in indescribable tor.nent the next day.

Married. At Chalfont, St. Giles, the Rev. William Jones, Fellow of King's Collere, Cambridge, to Miss Molloy, of Stone-Dean.

Birth. At Taplow House, the Hon. Mrs. Grenville, of a daughter.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

The subject for the Norrisian prize for the next year is "The Fullness of the Time when Christ came into the World."

Cambridge,

Cambridge, 15th Dec. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloster arrived at Trinity College, on a visit to the Rev. Dr. Mansell, the Master. Next day being the commemoration day at Trinity College, his Royal Highness dined in the College Hail, where nearly 300 persons, including many of the nobility, sat down to a most splendid dinner, accompanied by a very excellent band of music. The day following his Royal Highness held a Levee at Trinity College, which was attended by almost every member of the Senate resident in the Uni versity, and in the evening of the same day he set out on his return to town.

The Gold and Silver Medals offered by Dr. William Turton, for the best poetical effusions to the memory of Lord Nelson, have been adjudged to two compositions, the first the production of Mr. Raleigh Trevelyan, B. A. of St. John's. The second of Mr. Manwaring, of Brumbrow Hall, Cheshire.

The Rev. William B. Barker, of Emmanuel College, is elected a Fellow of that Society, and John Warden, Esq. of the same College, is admitted a Doctor of Physic.

Married. At Cambridge, Charles George, Esq. late of St. John's College, to Miss Emma Butcher.

Died. At Newmarket, Mrs. Eaton, of Stuckworth Hall.

CHESHIRE.

The Tobacco Manufactory of Mr. William Nichols, of Chester, has been totally destroyed by a fire.

Birth. In London, the Lady of Sir Thomas Stanley, of Hooton, Bart. of a son and heir.

At Belmont, the Lady of Henry Clarke, Esq. a son.

CORNWALL.

On the night of the 22d Nov. an armed and disguised banditti destroyed Mr. Hawkes's mill-dam and weir, at Dunmeer, near Bodmin: they then proceeded to the corn mills at Boscane, the property of the Rev. Dr. Hammond, of Oxford, where they broke and destroyed the wheels and mill-stones, and broke down the mill-dam. Even the bridge over the river did not escape their fury, and they likewise destroyed many thriving young trees. This is the third time within three weeks that depredations of a similar description have been committed at Boscane.

The Rev. John Jope, is instituted to the Rectory of St. Ives.

Married, At Falmouth, the Rev. T. Griffin, to Miss Grant, daughter of the late Dr. Grant, of St. Austle..

Birth. At Irregena Castle, the Lady of Samuel Stephens, Esq. M. P. of a son and heir.

Died. At Launceston, aged 88. The Rev. Edmund Spettigue, Rector of North Tamerton. During sixty years he had never failed doing his clerical duty but once, when he was prevented by the overflowing of a river.

CUMBERLAND.

Married. At Whitehaven, Matthew Atkinson, Esq. of Temple Sowerby, to Miss Littledale, daughter of the late Isaac Littledale, Esq.

At Gretna-Green, Lieutenant Fisher, of the 2d West-York Militia, to Miss Maria Forster, daughter of John Forster, Esq. of Newton, near Carlisle, whose consent being afterwards obtained, they were re-married the following day at St. Mary's church, Carlisle.

Births. Mrs. Dixon, of Middleton Place, was delivered on the 27th October last, of a daughter, and on the 8th December of a son, both are now alive, and with the mother, are doing well.

At Blackburn, the Lady of F. Hindle, Esq. a daughter.

Died. At Rydal-Hall, Westmoreland, George Edward Stanley, Esq. of Ponsonby Hall, in this county.

At Oatlands, in the Isle of Man James Oates, Esq.

At Cosgrove, Yorkshire, Lady M Lcaster of Muncaster-hall, in this county.

DERBYSHIRE,

DERBYSHIRE.

Married. At Chesterfield, William Outram, Esq. to Miss Bower.

DEVONSHIRE.

The herring fishery on this coast promises to be very productive this season. Several of the boats from Clovelly, with only three men, have already shared 7501. each man.

Births. At Teignmouth, the Lady of Captain Fisher, of the North Devon Militia, of a son.

At Cawsand, the wife of John Rowe, jun. shipwright, of three girls; the father's apprenticeship expired on the following day.

At Mamhead, the Lady of the Hon. Robert Dundas, of a son.
Died. At Lisbon, John Lyon, Esq. late of Exeter.

DORSETSHIRE.

Married. At Sandhill Park, Capt. Rich, eldest son of Sir Charles Rich, of Shirley House, to Miss Lethbridge, youngest daughter of Sir John Lethbridge. DURHAM.

The Rev. Thomas Egerton, Prebendary of Durham, who was one of those detained in France, at the breaking out of the war, is arrived at his house in College, after an absence of four years.

The Rev. George Stevenson, M. A. late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, is presented to the Rectory of Kellow, in this county.

William Hoare, Esq. is unanimously elected Recorder of Durham, in the room of Sir Frederick Morton Eden, resigned.

It appears from the last annual Report, that 272 poor children were educated at the Sunday schools of Durham, under the care of eight teachers and their assistants.

Several persons have lately been fined by the Magistrates of Gateshead, for riding and drawing carriages on the foot-path, and suffering bull and mastiff dogs to go about unmuzzled, and swine to go at large.

Eighty-two children of the labouring poor on the Ravensworth estate, have lately been vaccinated at the desire of Sir Thomas and Lady Liddell; and the whole have passed through the disease without a single unfavourable symptom. Married. At Bishops Auckland, Mr. John Tadman, of Newcastle, to Miss Margaret Richardson."

At Bishops, Wearmouth, Brigade Major Mills, to Miss Robinson, of HindonLodge.

Died. At Lambton, William Fenwick, Esq. Under-sheriff of the county. He is succeeded by Richard Scruton, Esq.

At Kellow, the Rev. William Langstaff, Rector of that parish.

At Gateshead, the Rev. John Bailie.

At South Shields, Christopher Thompson, Esq. of Leam.

At Gainsford, aged 72, John Coade, Esq. He had been confined to his bed 14 years.

ESSEX.

Married. At Colchester, Captain J. Duddingston, 28th Foot, to Miss Purvis, of Beules.

Birth. At Walthamstow House, the Lady of Sir Richard Wigram, of a son, being her 15th, and her 20th child now living.

Died. At Chelmsford, aged 104, Mary Lazell,

At Plaistow, aged 76, John Bell, Esq.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Married. At Gloucester, John Little, Esq. of Painswick, to Miss Carruthers, of Pitchcomb House.

Birth. At Cheltenham, the Lady of Sir Edmund Carrington, a of daughter. Died. At Cheltenham, the Rev. Richard Cope, of Bramshill House, prebendary of Westminster.

At Ulley, near Dursley, Mr. Thomas Went, an eminent clothier.

In Thornbury work-house, of which she had been an inmate 35 years, Mary Brigs, 105.

HAMPSHIRE.

At the Annual Meeting of the Christ-church Agricultural Society, held at Winchester, 24th Nov. the prizes were adjudged as follows: For the best Turnips, to Mr. Elliot; for the second best, to Mr. Trim; for the best Heifer, to Mr. Daw; for the best Boar, to Mr. Elliot, for the best Sow, to Charles Jenkinson, Esq.; for the best wooled Ram, to William Mills, Esq. M. P.; for the best wooled Ewe, to Mr. Hunt; and for the best Weather, to Mr. Daw. Premiums were also given to the four best Ploughmen, and rewards to the same number of Ploughboys; to the best Thatcher; and to Labourers, for bringing up families without Parochial assistance. &c. The Rev. James Willis, was reelected President, for the ensuing year, and the Rev. Thomas Wyndham, was elected Vice-Prsident.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders of the County, Sir John Pollen in the Chair, it was unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against the Election of Mr. Thistlethwaite and Mr. Herbert.

A few days ago, a melancholy circumstance took place at Portsmouth. Some young men who were waiting for a passage to India, went out, as they say, to practise firing at a mark; soon after one of the party was brought back, having been shot through the body, and he is since dead. His companions say that the unfortunate youth was killed by one of the pistols going off accidentally, but the Magistrates not believing their story, have ordered them into custody. Births. At North Waltham, the Lady of the Rev. Clement Cottrell, a son. Married. At Eling, Mr. Johu Pursor, to Mrs. Sarah Ash. Their joint ages amounted to 131 years.

Died. At Houndcan, aged 103, Mrs. Hammond.

At Southampton, Mrs. Elizabeth Organne, wife of James Organne, Esq. of the Island of Guernsey.-Mrs. Fitzhugh, widow of Valentine Fitzhugh, Esq. formerly Envoy at Constantinople.-Captain Woodgate, aged 26, of the 1st Royal Veteran Battalion. His premature death was occasioned by a wound he received in the landing of the British troops under the command of General Abercrombie, at the Bay of Aboukir,

At Portsea, James Norman, Esq. a Captain in the Royal Navy.
At Ashton, Sir Joseph Eylis, a Captain in the Royal Navy.

At Milton, Thomas White, Esq. an Alderman of Portsmouth.

At Coldrey, near Alton, the Rev. Joseph Warton, D. D. late head Master of Winchester College.

At Pucknell, aged 84, Mrs. Compeigne, widow of Mr. Compeigne, late of Winchester..

HEREFORDSHIRE.

Married.. At Hereford, Mr. George Pritchard, of Woolhope, to Miss Powell, of Eaton.

Died. At Hereford, Mrs. Walwyn, widow of the late Richard Walwyn, Esq. of Langworth.

At Almsly, Rev. Henry Allen, D. D.

At Ledle Dewchurch, aged 32, Richard Garrold, Esq.

At Ross, aged 88, Mrs. Judith Coney.

At Bristol, Mr. Thomas Fisher, of Whitechurch, in this county.

The Rev. Thomas Lloyd, M. A. one of the Senior Fellows of St. John's College, Cambridge, is pron.oted to the Vicarage of Lewisden.

Married. At Dublin, John Hoskyns, Esq. youngest son of Sir Hungerford

Hoskyns, of Harwood, to Miss Caroline Renton.

At Knibworth, John Adolphus Young, Esq. of London, to Miss Haggard, eldest daughter of William Haggard, Esq. of Knibworth Place.

HUNTINGDONShire.

Married. At Little Paxton, the Rev. Thomas Richard Rooper, of AbbottsRepton, to Miss Standley.

KENT.

KENT.

27th of Nov. As a party of Artillery were crossing Kennington-Common near Ashford, one of the ammunition boxes at the back part of an howitzer car exploded, in consequence of the powder being heated by friction. A gunner who was sitting on the box was driven to a considerable distance, and so much injured, that he died next day. A few minutes after another box exploded, but luckily without damage, except to a horse which was drawing the next gun, which was struck by a splinter with such force, that a triangular piece was driven out of the skull betwixt the eyes, so as completely to expose the brain and cavities of the head.

An extraordinary discovery has been made by Mr. William Collins, farrier, in the sufferings of a horse, the property of Mr. G. Stevenson, of Maidstone, which died of the stone after having lingered a considerable time in excruciating agony. Mr. Collins, on opening the animal, extracted 17 stones, the largest weighed 26 ounces and a half-gross weight of the whole, seven pounds three

ounces.

Married. At Marybone Church, Henry Hawley, Esq. eldest son of Sir Henry H. of Leybourn Grange, to Miss Shaw, eldest daughter of Sir John S. of Kenwood.

At Lewisham, the Rt. Hon. Col. S. H. Lumley, to Miss Tahourdin, of Sydenham.

At Waltham-Abbey, Joseph A. Gomm, Esq. to Miss Matthews, of Corsham, Hants.

Died. At Canterbury, Mr. Henry Hilton, late Mayor.-Aged 70, Mrs. Hillbrook, she has left 100l. to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, and 207. to the poor of St. Dunstans in that city.

At Blackheath, aged 79, John Walker, Esq.

Mr. Brown and Mr. Ludgwater jun. both of Upchurch, being out together shooting, while the former was in the act of pulling the trigger after taking aim at a rabbit, Mr. L. unfortunately started across his piece and received the whole of the charge in his head, which occasioned his instant death, At Sittingbourn, Thomas Tonge, Esq.

LANCASHIRE.

At the anniversary meeting of the Caledonian Society of Liverpool on St. Andrew's Day, the subscription to the charity fund of the society amounted to upwards of 100l.

Married. At Cartmell, Thomas Askew, Esq. of Fellgate, to Miss Barrow, of Alithwaite Lodge.

At Liverpool, George Frederick Harris, Esq. to Miss Ferguson,

Robert John Jones, Esq. of Jamaica, to Miss Eliz. Barton.

John Clayton, Esq. of Enfield, to Miss Buchanan.

At Manchester, William Warner, Esq. of Uttoxeter, to Miss Norris, of Salford.

Mr. Robert Cuttle, to Miss Lever, of Whitby.

Died. At Liverpool, aged 100, Bridget Marchant.—William, her husband, died in October last in his 107th year.

At Wigan, aged 94, Mrs. Wyan. She was mother, grandmother, and great grandmother to upwards of 200 children.

At Liverpool, Mr. Benedict Paul Wagner. He was the first foreign merchant that ever settled there.

LEICESTERSHIRE.

Died. At Nether Broughton, aged 85, Mr. Robert Gill. He was father to ten, father-in-law to seventeen, grandfather to eighty-five, and great grand. father to twenty-nine persons, all living.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

The Rev. Stephen Sloane, B. A. is presented to the rectory of Gedney. As some labourers were digging clay in the brick yard of Mr. Pool, at Bot tesford,

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