NORFOLK.

The breaches in the fea banks, on the eaftern coaft of this county, near Horfey, which have annually laid fo many thousands of acres of land under fea-water, after every high tide, and wind blowing at the fame time from the North-eaft, have been repaired under the direction of an able engineer, Mr. William Smith, of Buckingham-itreet, Strand; by a careful attention to the forms in which the tides and waves throw up and maintain banks of gravel and fand on this coaft, Mr. Smith has been enabled to conftru& a succes fion of break-water banks, which, though of the loofeft materials, fuch as are to be found on the fpot, have effectually refifted the raging force of the waves during the last and prefent winter; particularly the high tide on the 14th ult. one of the higheft for 20 years paft, during which they have effectually excluded the briny wave from 45,000 acres of marshes, which were before annually, more or less inundated; this has encouraged fome of the proprietors to erect banks and mills, for lifting the rain and fogkage water from the lower lands of this diftriét, and 4000 acies of the wettest part, are now, for the first time, to be feen perfectly water-free in the midst of winter. One of these proprietors has employed Mr. Smith (who is the author of a treatise on water-meadows) to convert 6 acres of the newly drained marthes, into water-meadow, and to conftruct machinery for raifing the water for irrigating the fame, which will fhortly be completed and in ufe.

Married] Mr. Thomas Robertfon, of Hockwold-Cum-Wilton, to Mifs Newton, of

Methwold

At Wolterton, the Hon. and Rev. William Wodehoufe, to Mifs Huffey.

Mr. John Davey, of Mattifhall, to Mifs E. Money.

At Yarmouth, Mr. Ifaac Warner, to Mils Jane Jobafon. Mr. Chriftopher Patterson, to Mils Capp.

Died.] At Taverham hall, Miles Sother-ton Branthway t, efq.

At Edgfield, Mr. Robert Ives.
At Lynn, Mr. B Silverwood.

At Mattihall, Mr. Jofeph Bruton, 74. At Hingham, Edward Evans, efq. late captain in the 23rd regt, of Royal Welch futileers, 74.

At Norwich, Eliz. Plummer, 98 At Thruxton, Thomas Burton, efq. 81. At Bawdeswell, Mr. Rob. Leeds, 71. At Nocton, William Mafon, efq. 71. At Stoke Holy Cross, Mrs. Baiding, 90. At Swaffham, Mrs. Bouchery, relict of the Rev. Gilbert B. 72.

At Upwell, the Rev. Henry Saffery, rector of Honington, Suffolk.

At Yarmouth, Mrs. Edgar, wife of admią ral E.-Mr. Chriftopher Spanton, many years a mafter in the coal-trade, 72.

SUFFOLK.

Married.] Richard Reeve, efq. M.D. of the West Suffolk militia, to Mrs. Jeaffrefon, of Bungay, relict of Samuel, efq.

Mr. Meadows Rodwell, of Barham, to Mifs M. A. Kedington, daughter of the late Ro bert K. efq. of Sudbury.

Mr. T. Harwood, of Bottisford-hall, to Mifs Prentice, of Stowmarket.

Died.] At Bury, aged 83, Mrs. Leman, a maiden lady, only daughter of R. Leman, cfq of Wickham Market, who in 1744 ferved the office of high theriff of the county. Mr.Dan. Hum.

At Melford-hall, the lady of Sir Harry Parker, bart.

At Elmfwell, Mrs. Hunt, relict of Mr. Simon H. 73.

At Beccles, Mrs. Wavers, 33.

At Cockfield, Mrs. Challis, wife of Mr. Edward C. 53.

At Calvert's Farm, Boreham, Mr. M. Hurrell.

ESSEX.

Married.] At Maldon, Mr. Sparks, furveyor of taxes, to Mrs. Ling, of the Whitehorse inn.

At Chelmsford, Mr. Thomas Durrant, of
the Black-buy inn, to Mifs Sarah Crooks.
Died.] At Springfield, Mr. Nath. Poole.
At Braintree, Mr. Morris, attorney.
At Colchester, Mrs. Argent, wife of Mr.
William A.

At Weathersfield, Mrs. Grub, widow, 101.
At Barking, Mrs. Allen, widow, 84.

KENT.

Married.] Matthias Wilks, efq. of Dart ford, to Mifs Browne, of Wellin..

At Chatham, Lieut Brefon, of the Royal Marines, to Mifs H. Tracey.

At Ath, Mr. Henry Paramore, yeomar,
of Minter, in Thanet, to Mifs Laflet.
Died.] At Folkstone, Mrs. Fox, 80.-M
Roger Harvey, 73.

At Middle Deal, John Cannon, efq.
At Wye, Mrs. Clifford, 86.

At Faversham, Mifs Jolly, eldest daughter of Mr. J.

At Chislehurst, Andrew Stone, efq. 19. At Broadftain, Mr. Thomas Elgar, fen. At Ramfgate, Mrs. Lancefield. At Spring Grove, Frances Sufannah, youngest daughter of Thomas Brett, efq.

At Lyod, Lieutenant H. Terry, of the Eat Kent militia.-Mrs. Jones.

At

At Herne, Mr. Gilbert Pembrook, 70.

At Rochester, Mrs. Mary Wright, 76.Mrs. Smith, relict of J. Smith, efq. ftorekeeper of the Ordnance at that place, 76. At Broadford, John Auften, efq. 81. At Smarden, Mrs. Jell, wife of Mr. William J. 77.

At Maidstone, Mrs. Sufannahı Franks, a maiden lady, 69. The following perfons died within a fortnight, and all of them refided for many years within one hundred rods of each other: Mrs. Steward, 80.—Mrs. Spong, 79.- Mr. Jacobson, 85.-Mr. Allingham, 77.-Mrs. Hollingwotrh, widow of John H. efq. 81.

At Canterbury, Mrs. Dodfon, one of the fifters of St. John's Hofpital, 81-Mrs. F. Bolting, 77.-Mrs. Eliz. Hambrook, 77.Mrs. Ridout, relict of Mr. Thos. R. 85. At Staplehurst, Mrs. Crowther, 88.

SURRY.

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Died.] At Shepperton, Mr. Fletcher Read, well known in the fporting world, and a par ticular patron of the profeffors of the gilistic art. He had spent the evening with Tome convivial friends, and was next morning found dead in his bed by his fervant. Mr. Read was a native of Dundee, near which place he had fucceeded to eftates by the death of his mother, the intelligence of which event he received only two days previous to his death. A poft-chaife was waiting at the door for him, to fet off to the north, to attend his mother's funeral, when his death was difcovered.

At Egham, the Rev. Wm. Robert Jones, A. M. forty years lecturer of Egham, and master of the free grammar fchool at that place.

fea-roamers after the shingle has shifted, having fold it by weight for nine guineas, and made the circumftance known, the search was purfued by others, who foon picked up four more, varying but little in fize and figure. The Celts were found in the cliff, owing to a portion of one of them being expofed by the fall that had taken place.

Married.] At Lewes, Job Smallpiece, efq. of Guilford, to Mifs Delia Molyneux, second daughter of J. M. efq. banker.

Died.] At Chichester, Mrs. Milton, 90. At Lewes, fuddenly, Mrs. Scott, wife of Lieut. S. of the Chethire militia, 26.

HAMPSHIRE.

thorpe, efq. to Mifs Jackfon, daughter of J. Married.] At Southampton, W. GunJ. efq. of Bellevue.

At Alverftoke, Lieutenant Elers, of the royal navy, to Mifs Younghusband, daughter of the late George Y. efq. of Berwick-uponTweed, and fifter to the late Captain Y. of the navy.

with a piftol, Mr. Cowflade, one of the proDied.] At Andover, by shooting himself prietors of the Reading Mercury. He was a man univerfally refpected, and no caufe can be affigned for his committing fuicide. Verdict, infanity. Mr. Cowflade married the eldest daughter of C: Smart, the poet, and was in partnership with his mother in-law, Mrs. S. daughter of the late Mr. J. New berry, bookfeller in London.

At Eaftmeon, Mrs. Padwick.

At Newport, Isle of Wight, Mrs. Mew, wife of Mr. M. fen.

At Winchester, Peter Gauntlett, efq. clerk of the peace for the county, 58.

At Southampton, Mrs. Andrews. Mr. Na thaniel Taylor.

At Itchen Ferry, Mrs. J. Diaper, of the

of Wootten, Berks.

At Carshalton, G Shepley, efq.

SUSSEX.

The late high tides have made great encroachments at Brighthelmftone, and at other places along the coaft, washing down a confiderable portion of the cliff about three quarters of a mile weft of the fea-houses at Eaft Bourne, and completely fweeping away all the fhingle below, which brought to light fome curiofities, that have all the appearance of being of the highest antiquity; at leaft of a period before the conqueft of Britain by the Romans. They confift of gold rings or bracelets, bearing a polish equal to any trinket when firft turned out of the jeweller's hands; a mass of mixed metal, of the colour of gold; and of brafs Celts, differently formed, and in the highest state of prefervation: the latter, it may be fairly conjectured, were the weapons of war ufed by the Celta, who anciently peopled this ifland from the adjacent continent. The perfon who first found one of thefe bracelets, by traverfing the strand in

woman in thofe parts.

At Emsworth, Lieut. Padefon, of the Royal navy.-Mr. Belt.-Mrs. Phipps.

WILTSHIRE.

Married.] The Rev. J. J. Hume, rector of Weft Kington, to Mifs Lydia Lane, youngeft daughter of the late Thomas L. of Grit. tleton House.

Mr. John Byfield, of Hains Farm, to Mifs Broom, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles B. of Westwood.

Died.] At Eastcot, near Devizes, Leonard Tinker, efq. 32.

At Marlborough, R. Pinkney, efq. lately a furgeon there.

BERKSHIRE.

Died.] At Hinton, Mifs Maria Barr.

At Newbury, Robert Scott, M D. from the rupture of a blood veflel in the lungs. We have not time now to detail the circumflances of his life, yet it would be unpardonable to pass him over in filence. Poffeffed af every virtue and acquirement that could

render

render character amiable and life refpectable, his death is regretted by all who knew him, but efpecially lamented by his friends; for those who knew him best esteemed him moft. His profeffion enabled him to exercise hu manity for the best of purposes, and the poor know not how much they have loft in this their benefactor. His great attainments gave him fuperiority, but he never claimed it, for his humility was exemplary. He had not completed his 32d year, yet had laid up larger ftores of knowledge than most men who have arrived at double that age. In a word, he was learned without pride, humane without oftentation, and humble without meannels. To say more might look like flat tery; but the writer of this, who knew him well, is certain it would be unjust to fay leís.

At Sparfholt, Thos. Gubbit, efq.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

The committee of the Bath Penitentiary have addressed the public on the close of the first year of their inftitution. "Convinced, (fay they) as the committee are of the difhculty there may be in determining, with certainty, the progrefs of the improvement of the heart, or the growth of the religious principle in the foul; they are fenfible, that it becomes them to speak with diffidence on the real moral and religious state of the fix young women, who are now the objects of their cate. But, they have the fatisfaction of faying, if apparent piety and devotion; if uniform decency of manners and converfation; if exemplary induftry and attention in the business which employs their time; and affectionate refpect to the matron who fuperintends them; be fair grounds for concluding that conviction of paft errors, fentiments of contrition, and refolution of amendment, have actually taken place in the minds of the penitents; the committee may then affure themíelves, that the bleffing of God has defcended on their endeavours to befriend thefe outcasts of fociety; and that their welfare, both temporal and eternal, is likely to be enfured, by the advantages which this afylum has afforded them. Whilft the committee perform the painful task of reporting the death of one of the young women after her reception into the Penitentiary; they beg leave to add, that they found confolation under the melancholy event, in reflecting on the benefits they had been enabled to afford to the unfortunate individual, and on the falutary imprefion which her awful example Evidently produced on the minds of the other penitents They look back with fomething more than pleasure on the cirrumstances of their having given shelter to a helpless and devoted female, emaciated by difeafe, and bowed down with affliction; of their having foothed the forrows of a broken heart, and quieted the agitations of a difturbed confcience of their having revived religious impreffions which had been

long forgotten; and infpired hopes of mercy and pardon, which were of power fufficient to foften the pains of decaying nature, and to triumph over the terrors of impending diffolution. The exact economy by which the expences of the house have been regulated, will be beft eftimated, by a reference to its receipts and disbursements; and by the recollection that eight females, on an average, have been fupported from February, 1806, to the present time, for the fum of 1721. 12s. 11d.; the remainder of the donations and fubfcriptions, which conftituted the funds of the inftitution, having been difburfed in the purchafe of furniture, and in detraying thefe contingent charges, which would neceffarily be incurred on the commencement or fuch an establishment as the Batn Penitentiary. The total amount of the receipts, from December 20th 1805, to December 20, 1806, is 5471. 14s. 2d. and the expenditure, the greater portion of which was incurred by repairs, furniture, &c. on the first establishment of the inftitution is 5651. 14s. 6d.

Married.] At Bath, Captain Goldfinch, of the Oxfordshire Militia, to Mifs Auftin, daughter of the late Rev. Hugh Williams A. of Barbadoes.-Captain Elwin, of the 44th regiment, to Mifs M'Glafhan, only daughter of John M'G. efq. late of Jamaica.

At Clevedon, Henry Hallam, efq. commiflioner of ftamps, to Mifs Elton, eldest daughter of Sir Abraham E.

Died.] At Bath, Robert Gardiner, efq. 56.-Mrs. Rodd, wife of Colonel R. of Trebartha Hall, Cornwall.-At the boufe of his daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Hewett, Thos. Strettell, efq The lady of Wyndham Knatchbull, efq. fifter to Sir Edward K.

At his houfe in Gay-ftreet, at the advanced age of 95, Walter Long, eiq. of a very ancient and refpectable Wiltshire family. The wealth of this gentleman, landed, funded, and otherwife, may be justly termed immenfe. Notwithstanding his habits were generally fuppofed to be parfimonious, yet on numerous occafions he was generous and extremely liberal. To many public and loyal fubfcriptions he contributed with exemplary readiness and fpirit; and towards the rebuilding of St. James's church in Bath, he gave the fum of 5001 About 35 years ago, on account of his prudentially relinquishing an inconfiderate promife of marriage that he had made to the accomplished Mifs Linley (the late Mrs. Sheridan), he was brought on the ftage, in the character of Mr. Flint in the Maid of Bath, by that unfparing fatirist, Samuel Foote. In the year 176, he served the office of high fheriff' for the county of Wilts. He was, the following year, a candidate to reprefent the city of Bath in Parliament, in oppofition to the late John Smith, eiq. of Combhay; he loft hi election by one vote only, which vote was afterwards the fubject of contention in the House of Cummons, where its validity was altimately efta

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blished. He poffeffed a comprehenfive mind and found judgment, which continued to the laft perfect and unimpaired. To the verge of life he felt anxiously warm to the fituation of Europe, its politics, interefts, and embarraff ments; and potteffed a perfect knowledge of every prominent character now ting on that great and gloomy theatre: but he never once defpaired of the continent furmounting its difficulties; of the fafety of England he did not entertain a fear. As a fcholar, Mr. Long might be placed in a fuperior class; he was generally well read, and was allowed, by perfons of acknowledged taste and learning, to repeat the Odes of his favourite Horace in the true fpirit of that infpired poet; and that with the cleareft recollection, to the last month of his very long life. His private charities were extenfive and unoftentatious; fo that his death will be proportionably regretted. Not many years fince, he renewed the leafes of most of his tenants at their old rents, though the eftate had, by a fair eftimation, rifen in value upwards of 100,0001. In early life, Mr. Long entered largely into the fashionable world, and partook of its va rious pleasures, but never fo far as to injure his conftitution; and though poffeffing a large fund of wit, it was fo tempered with good humour, that it was never known to hurt the feelings of a friend, or wound the reputation of an individual. Though fuch a character may have poffeffed fome errors that imperfect human nature is ever fubject to, yet before fo many acknowledged excellencies they will fade away and be forgotten; but his fteady patriotifm, his private charities, and public munificence, will be long held in grateful and affectionate remembrance. His remains were interred in the family vault at Whatton, near Melkfham, Wilts. Mr. L. has left very few perfonal legacies; he having outlived a great number of friends, to whom in former wills he had bestowed handfome tokens of his refpect. The intereft of property to the amount of upwards of 200,0001. in the funds, and in the banks, together with the produce of his vaft eftates, are bequeathed to his fifter during her life. The money is to be laid out in land, and added to the other eftates; the whole annual income of which, at her deceafe, is to be equally divided between R. Long, efq. M. P. for Wilts; his brother, John Long, efq. of Melkfham; and Daniel Jones, esq., for their respective lives; then to go to the two furvivors, and after. wards to the last survivor. At the demife of thofe three gentlemen, it is to concentre in the eldest fon of R. Long, efq. or other male heir.

DORSETSHIRE.

Died.] At Weymouth, Mrs. Harvey, wife of Mr. John H. of the Library. Mrs. Palmer, wife of John Palmer, efq. M.P.

At Dorchester, T. Beach, efq. many years an eminent portrait-painter, of Bath, 68. Lle was a native of Milton-Abbey, a village,

fince converted into the noble manfion of the Earl of Dorchefter. From his earliest years, Mr. Beach evinced a strong defire to be an artift; and under the patronage of the Dorchester family, he became a pupil to Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the year 1760. How well he fucceeded under that great mafter, his works, which, in the neighbourhood of Bath, are very numerous, will fully teftify; the pictures which he painted about twenty years ago were certainly executed in the happiest periods of his pencil; though a late performance, a portrait of Dr. Harrington (from which an excellent mezzotinto has been engraved), must be equally admired. His moft celebrated work is a large picture of the domestics in the service of the late H. H. Coxe, efq. of Penmore. This picture is now in the poffeflion of Sir J C. Hippefley, of Stoncafton. No one can contemplate this performance, without hesitating which most to prefer, the hand of the mafter or the pupil. To Mr. B.'s profeffional excellence, we must add that no man, ever poffeffed a more friendly and benevolent difpofition; he was a good fcholar, and exemplary in the exercife of religion and charity; yet no man more enjoyed the focial circle, or more contributed to its mirth. DEVONSHIRE.

At the laft court of governors of the Afylum for Lunatics, held at Exeter, the report made was, 15 patients difcharged cured, 15 out on trial with their friends, 32 in the houfe, of whom 12 are much recovered. The meeting clofed with an addrefs to the public, in which we find the following very important obfervation:-"We cannot refrain from anxiously endeavouring to imprefs on the public mind, that infanity fo far from being incurable by fcientific and medical treatment, as many have unfortunately thought, is, perhaps, of all maladies the moft eafily and certainly removed, if attempted on its first appearance, or in its early stages. In this inftitution, no one recent cafe has failed to receive a speedy cure. But probably there is not any disease incident to humanity, in which neglect or delay is attended with fo ferious difadvantage and mifchief; fince in fuch cafes, even feclufion from the world, and the most judicious treatment do not always fucceed, and never without long perfeverance."

Died.] At Plymouth, Lieut.-Colonel Hatfield, 70. He distinguished himself on feveral occafions during the late American war, as commanding officer of the 434 and 45th grenadiers, and was, in the truest fenfe of the word, a foldier's friend.

At Norton-house, near Dartmouth, Thomas Bond, efq. His death will be greatly lamented by all who had the happiness of his acquaintance, and most severely felt by the poor in that neighbourhood, to whofe neceffities he has for many years moft liberally contributed. He was a polite and accomplished gentle