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In Baker-street, in his 58th year, the Rev. William Cole, late rector of Broadchalk.

In Seymour-place, the Countess of Aylesbury, the youngest sister of Earl Moira.

In the New road, Mary-le-bone, aged 82, the Rev. Thomas Manners, rector of Ailstone, in Leicester, and Willoughby, in Lincoln, second son of the late Lord William Manners, and uncle to the present Sir William M. bart. In Bolton-street, in the 75th year of his age, General Sir T. Musgrave, bart. Colonel of his Majesty's 76th regiment of Foot, and Governor of Gravesend and Tilbury Forts: whose meritorious services during the whole of his long military life, reflected honour upon himself and credit to his country; and whose private virtues endeared him to a numerous circle of friends. He succeeded in the baronetage to his late brother Sir William; and, having died unmarried, is himself succeeded by his cousin, James Musgrave, of Barnesley Park, in the county of Gloucester, esq.

Aged 79, Herman Schroder, esq. of Clapham. At Stoke Newington, Mrs. Tutt, wife of R. T. esq. 31.

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On Richmond Terrace, James Allan, esq.

At Sidmouth, James Amyatt, esq. He represented the borough of Totness, and latterly, in five successive Parliaments, the town of Southampton.

At his seat, Whiteway, near Chudleigh, Montagu Edmund Parker, esq. brother of the late, and uncle to the present Lord Borringdon. He served the office of High-sheriff of the county in 1789.

At Dundee, Sir Alexander Douglass, of Glenbervie, bart.

At Shepherd's Bush, aged 85, Mr. Moody, the father of the English Stage, having been upwards of forty years a member of Drurylane Theatre, where his celebrity, in Irish characters, drew an encomium even from the pen of Churchill

"Taught by thee, MOODY, we now learn to raise,

"Mirth from their foibles; from their vir

tues-praise."

He ordered himself to be interred in St. Clement's burial ground, Portugal-street, with the following headstone

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Wells, and brother to the present Archdeacon of Wells.

At the Retreat, South Lambeth, in her 69th year, Mrs. Hale, relict of Mr. S. H. of Calne, and mother of Messrs. Hale, of the Poultry.

At his chambers, in Furnival's Inn, John Sidney, esq. of Hunton, Kent.

Suddenly, at his house in Upper Charlottestreet, Bloomsbury, Wadham Wyndham, esq. aged 75, formerly a Lieut.-Col. in the army, and elder brother of Henry Penruddock W. esq. late M.P. for the county of Wilts.

At Uxbridge, Mrs. Bencroft, widow of J. B. esq. and eldest daughter of J. Rich, esq. late patentee of Covent-gaiden Theatre, 86.

At Deptford, Wm Goodhew, esq. a Deputy Lieutenant, and acting Magistrate for Kent. P. Gibbes, esq. eldest son of Sir P. G. bart. and brother-in-law to the Speaker of the House of Commons.

On Ham Common, aged 72, Lord Viscount Torrington. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his only brother the Hon. John Byng, now Lord Torrington.

At Hampstead, of an inflammation on the lungs, the wife of Francis Freeling, esq. of the General Post Office.

At Sion Hill, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, Lady E. Spencer, second daughter of his Grace.

At his house at Acton, Mr. Wm. Pearce, sen. aged 93, father of Mr. W. P. merchant, of Liverpool.

At Ball's Pond, aged 53, T. Goulding, esq. At Pentonville, aged 70, T. O. Tenant, esq. In his 81st year, J. Trackrall, esq. of Tooley-street.

At Edinburgh, the Hon. A. F Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary for Scotland.

Sir D. Cope, bart. of Bramshill, Park,

Hants.

At Coombe's Hill, Greenwich, T. Norris, esq. many years governor of Cape-Coust Castle.

Aged 80, Major Hull, Gentleman Usher to the King.

Edward Mason, esq. one of the Magistrates of Middlesex.

At her seat, Creedy, near Crediton, Lady

Parish."

Mr. M. passed a considerable portion of his last years in Bath; and a farewel letter, written by him, to a lady of that city, a few hours before his dissolution, shews how resigned and tranquil was his mind; and, in 80 advanced an age, how perfect and affec tionate his recollection.

In Hill-street, Berkeley-square, Edward Willes, esq. in his 92d year: he was the eldest son of the late Right Rev. Edward W. D.D. many years lord bishop of Bath and

daughter of Sir Wm Lemon, bart. M.P. fer the county of Cornwall.

In her 88th year, Mrs. Ann Bagot, daughter of Sir Walter Wagstaff B. hart.

In Leman-street, in his 70th year, George Goldsmid, esq. well known in the mercantile world for at least half a century.

In Upper Wimpole-street, Mrs. Milbanke, widow of the late Admiral Mark M.

At Colehill-house, Fulham, in his 86th year, J. Madden, esq.

In his 70th year, F. Mourgue, esq. of Fleet

street,

In St. Saviour's, Southwark, Mr. John Coventry, a man well known and much respected in the parish in which he had resided more than fifty years. He was not of an elevated rank of life, nor distinguished for his classical taste in literature: but was a man of an uncommon genius in the mechanical arts. About forty years since he was introduced to the acquaintance of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and Mr. Wil liam Henley; both well known for their great skill in electricity. Mr. Coventry, was frequently with them, and assisted them in their electrical experiments. He had in his earlier days turned his attention to this branch of philosophy, particularly to medical electricity; and he had been useful in many cases of paralytic complaints, some of which came under the notice of the writer; though he does not recollect any instance of a complete cure, where the complaint was desperate or of long continuance. About thirty years since, observing that all the hygrometers he had seen were extremely erroneous, he contrived one upon a new principle. This was a balance; on the extremity of one of the arms was suspended a string of very thin papers, about the size of a crown piece; with a bead put between each paper, to keep then distinct; thereby permitting a free passage to the air. This curious instrument was extremely susceptible of every change in the atmosphere, which was shewn by an index at the extremity of the other arm of the balance, traversing a graduated scale of ivory; and was much approved. One of these hygrometers was presented to his present Majesty, by the late. Mr. George Adams, of Fleetstreet, London; and another to the Royal Society, by Sir John Pringle, the President. The principal advantage of this little instrument was its so quickly imbibing the humidity of the atmosphere, and again a readiness in its parting with it; herein excelling most of the other hygrometers then in use: but it was liable to be injured by dust, excepting it was covered with a glass case, and then it was greatly checked in its action. Mr. Coventry, when a young man, had been well acquainted with the microscope and its use; and had made some useful discoveries in the minute part of the creation. Some of the glasses of his microscope, and of the deepest magnifying powers, were ground and polished by himself. After many trials, he discovered a method of cutting very thin slices of the different sorts of wood, in order to exhibit unser the microscope the wonderful structure of the air vessels; and the minute papillary tubes for the circulation of the Sap: and these, when well executed, are most delightful objects for the microscope., About the year 1774, Mr. Coventry presented to the Royal Society several specimens of micrometers, drawn on ivory and glassA Mr. Baker, in his Microscopical Essays, had noticed some which he had 1

by him, and which were formed of paralle! lines, drawn by a fine diamond, one fiftieth part of an inch asunder; but Mr. C. soon improved this art, by drawing one hundred lines in the space of an inch; and, after long and repeated experiments, he arrived at so great perfection in this art, as to draw parallel lines on glass, the thousandth part of an inch asunder. These lines he has likewise contrived to cross with the like parallel lines at right angles; thereby forming minute squares which are only the millionth of an inch superficial. 'The writer believes no one ever attempted this but himself. These micrometers are used with the microscope; and by them we may readily discover the magnitude of minute animalculæ, the size of the globules of blood, and the dimensions of the various parts of insects, &c. The active genius of this valuable man was always engaged in contriving and making some useful improvement in the arts; and, though he was not much skilled in instrumental music, yet he has made, in the course of years, two chamber organs of several stops. He made likewise a twelve feet refracting telescope,' for viewing the transit of the planet Venus across the sun's disk, in the year 1769; and, in company with him, the writer had that most pleasing prospect, which no mortal will again behold,, until the year 1874. The last exercise of his inventive genius, was in the construction of several curious statical balances for the assaying of gold, which, for their neat workmanship and ready adjustment in practice, were perhaps never yet equalled; and, in all probability, will hardly ever be excelled. I think I have heard him assert, that, when these balances are properly adjusted, and inclosed in a glass case to avoid dust, and to prevent every motion of the external air, they would weigh to the extreme accuracy of one thousandth part of a grain. Most of these balances have lately been shipped for the different English settlements in the East Indies, by the order of the Hon. East India company. Mr. Coventry had two

wives; the first died in child birth, in the year 1780; and his last in 1809, of a cancer. By the former he has left three sons and two daughters; by the last, two daughters only. This truly valuable man was of an agreeable disposition, and remarkable for his benevolent and patient temper of mind; strictly just in all his dealings with mankind; and has been, for many years, an example of piety to his children, and to all around him For more than fifty years he was painter to his Majesty's Mint Office in the Tower of London; and his last work for government was painting the new office for coining silver tokens, on Towerhil. He was born in the year 1735, in the parish of Christ Church, adjoining the parish of St. Saviour's, in which he died, on the 4th of December, 1812.

[W. BICKNELL, Tooting ]

DEATHS

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DEATHS ABROAD:

At Paris, M. Legouve, the French Dramatic Poet.

On November 9th, at Paris, M. David Sintzbeim, Grand Rabbi, and president of the Central Consistory of the Jews of the French empire, &c. at a very advanced age.

At Chowringhee, in the East Indies, Lieutenant-colonel George Ball, adjutant. general of the Bengal army.

The Grand Duke of Hesse Cassel. The body was interred in the family tomb at Pforzheim.

Horrid murder Abroad.-On the 22d of July, the family of Mr. Pierre Doucet, of the Country of Opelousas (Mr. D. and his eldest son being absent from home) were murdered by a young negro man, a slave on the plantation. The children had lain down to take an afternoon's nap; Madame Doucet was occupied in spinning, and had from the window observed the negro sharpening a broad axe on the grindstone, and inquiring what he was about, received for answer, in a very impudent tone, that he was preparing to run away. The fellow entered some short time after with his weapon, and advanced upon his mistress with such rapidity, that, notwithstanding her alarm, he instantly cleaved open her skull, and then repeated his blows across her face and in other directions, without her doing any more than to scream so as to awaken her eldest daughter lying asleep on the table in the same room. The daughter flew, as by instinct, to the aid of her mother, but only came in time to receive the same fate. The

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noise by this time produced, brought out of another room a young son, who, seeing the destruction dealing around, at once attempted his escape, but was pursued by the negro to an adjacent fence, and there put to death. The negro then returned to the house and murdered the little children in their sleep, and collected all the victims into one pile. He afterwards set out to catch the best horse on the plantation, apparently for the purpose of flight. The horse being somewhat intractible, carried him to the fence of a neighbour, and, some one observing the fellow, asked what he was doing with the horse, he replied, that some Spaniards had come and murdered his mistress, &c. The inquirer and his companions immediately proposed to go to the house, and one of them being more suspicious than the rest, thought proper to seize the negro, who, after being detected in several falsehoods, and finding particularly that no tracks after a recent shower of rain could be shewn of the Spaniards, confessed his crime. He said that his father was a warrior, and that he had inherited the family courage-that what he had killed before, he would not think of counting; but if they would only let him loose he would let them see how many he could kill. The same hardihood attended him through his trialand, on being sentenced to the gallows in two hours, he appeared anxious to reach the spot, and, when there, would not wait for the cart to be driven from under him, but told the bye-standers to get out of his way and let him jump-which he did!

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM.

AN enlargement of the Hospitals for aged

Freemen, and the Widows of Freemen, of Newcastle, is likely soon to take place, through the active influence of Mr. ALDERMAN REED-A building, consisting of twenty apartments, is to be immediately erected, and as soon as they become occupied another is to be erected, to contain twenty more, making in the whole establishment Ico members.

The usual meeting at Newcastle, on the 25th January, to celebrate the anniversary of Mr. Fox's birth-day, has this year been postponed till September, on account of the ab

sence from the county of several friends of the departed Statesman.

clerk

The Editor of that excellent paper, the Tyne Mercury, made in a late number the following distressful assertion." It will afford the public a singular picture of the present state of trade, when they are informed, that, in consequence of the appearance of an advertisement in our last paper, of a being wanted in a Counting-house,'-upwards of one hundred people, (half of whom at least had the appearance of gentlemen,) applied personally for the situation, only during Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Besides these, there were 21 applications by post."

An

An Antiquarian Society has been formed in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to search into Antiquities in general; but more especially those of the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and the Roman Wall.

Two shocking murders have been perpetrated within the last month, one at North Shields, the other at Barnard Castle. At the former place, the wife of John Thobourne, a journeyman miller, died by the ill-usage of her husband; and the body being taken from the grave, in consequence of the reports that were circulated, it afforded sufficient proofs to produce a coroner's verdict of wilful murder against the husband and his sister. The deceased was the daughter of a very respectable farmer in this county, was at times a little deranged, but quite inoffensive, and had brought him a genteel fortune. In the neighbourhood of the latter place, a respecta ble young woman, servant to a farmer, was murdered on the road, and her body thrown into a ditch, by some villain who had first, as circumstances indicated, attempted to injure her person: her head was nearly severed. Married.] At Newcastle, Mr. John Petree, to Miss Davidson.-Mr. J. Sinton, to Miss Mary Ingo, of Benwell Hills.-Mr. W. Foley, of Waterford, surgeon, to the eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Crawford, of this town. Mr. John Marley, of Fawdon, to Miss Ann Mason, of High Heworth.

Mr. T. Atkinson, of Sunderland, to Miss Stafford, eldest daughter of the late Mr. R. S. brewer, of the same place.

At Wallsend, Mr. W. Hays, to Miss E. Turner, both of Howden Dock.

At South Shields, Captain J. Jeffels, to Miss Gordon. Mr. T. Walker, of South Shields, to Miss Ann Smith, of Seaham.

At Bishopwearmouth, Mr. Tilley, of London, to Mrs. Dobson, widow of Mr. C. D. of Monkwearmouth.

At Gateshead, Mr. George Hepper, of Newcastle, to Miss P. Rule, of Winlaton. At Alnwick, Mr. J. Dodds, to Miss Strether.

At Lanchester, Mr. John Raine, of Nitoley, to Miss Lovett, of Homeside-lane.

At Yarum, David Robinson, esq. to Isabella, eldest daughter of Thos. Fawell, esq. At Lamberton, Mr. Simon Cramond, to Miss Steel, both of Belford.

At Gilerun, Mr. E. Hodgson, to Miss F. Keswick.

Mr. G. Askew, jun. of Walwick Grange, aged 18, to Miss C. Pierson, of the Felling shore, aged 17.

At Tynemouth, S. Faulkner, esq. to Miss Campion, both of the North Shields theatre.

At Chester-le-street, Mr. John Parker, of Cross-gate, Durham, to Miss Sarah Hinds, of Chester le street.

At Gatehouse of Fleet, Mr. John Gardner, farmer in Drumrock, aged fifty-five, to Miss Mary Carson, of the former place, aged thirteen!!!

Mr. Wm. Redhead, of Hebburn Miss D. Elliott, of Heworth Shore. At Newton, Mr. Pears, of Kelba Miss Pears, of the same place.

At Lazonby, Mr. John Scott, of Green, to Miss Esther Elliot, of Caw At Hesket, Mr. Ed. Winthorpe, Atkinson; and Mr. Tho. Pattinson, Henderson, all of Cawthwaite.-Mr. Bell, of Ainstable, to Mrs. Young, of Mr. John Thompson, of Blencow, a to Miss Johnson, of Unthank, 36. Died.] At Durham, Frances, daug F. Smales, esq. a most amiable young her 21st year.-Aged 75, Mrs. Arm mother of Mr. A.-Aged 83, Ann, m Mr. Cumming.-The wife of Mr. who has left nine children.

The Rev. Mr. Lawrie, of Hexham seating minister.

At North Shields, aged 82, Mr Walker, master-mariner.

In her 87th year, Frances, relict Smart, esq. of Belford, and sister to t B. Burrell, esq. of Broome Park, Nor berland.

Isabella, wife of Mr. John Sherat Lumley Park.

At White Hill Point, Mr. Wm. St agent at Percy Main colliery, and form partner in the Wear Brewery, 'Sunderl At South Shields, much regretted, I Robson.

Aged 24, Mr. W. Brown, of North S Mary, wife of Henry Richmond, e Humshaugh, near Hexham, and daugh the late Rev. W. Hall, of Haydon-bri At Newcastle, Mrs. Gale, of Ne street.

At Alnwick, Mr. Matthew Kell. At Castlelaw, Mary, daughter of th Rev. Mr. Dysart, of Eccles."

At Whitburn, aged 94, Mrs. Jane P At Sunderland, Mr. Henry Barron, Suddenly, Mr. Robert Mattison, aged 6 At Morpeth, Mr. Thomas Mattison

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At Coldingham Hill, Cecil, widow of A. Campbell, late of the 88th regiment At South Shields, Miss Sarah Steele, 20, niece to Mrs. Marshall, of Blyth.

At Acomb, Ann, wife of Mr. John R In Hexham, aged 93, the Rev. Abr Brown, nearly 60 years curate of Wh Chapel.

Mr. Wm. Wigham, of Hindley-wra Allendale, 70.

At Peth-house, near Lanchester, Mr Walton, 75.

At West Chilton, aged 77, Mr. John son, one of, the greatest cattle-dealers in county of Durham.

At Long Benton, aged 27, Wm. Br esq.

Mr. James Ranwick, writing-maste the corporation of Berwick, 61. Mrs. Purdy, of Berwick, 80.