Married.] At Canterbury, Mr. Spawforth, of the 28th Light Dragoons, to Mifs Barnes, of the Fleece Inn. The Rev. John Robinfon, of Chipstead, to Mifs Richardfon. John Harey, jun. to Mifs S. Callow, of St. Stephens, near this place. Mr. At Maidstone, Mr. Samuel Day, of, Frit tenden, to Mifs M. Danes. At Whitftaple, Mr. D. Badgin, to Mrs. M. Mercer, widow. At Chatham, Mr. William Proctor, brazier, to Mifs S. Clout, daughter of Mr. Clout, rope-maker. At Tenderden, Mr. James Sawyer, to Mrs. Blakemore. At Frinfbury, Mr. Edward Wilkins, fhipwright, formerly of Chatham Dock Yard, aged 74, to Mrs. R. Friland, aged 80, of the former place. Died.] At Canterbury, Edward Edwards, clerk of Stores to the Royal Artillery in that department; he fhot himself through the head. It appears, that acts of infanity had been obferved previous, to the defperate act: Mifs Gregory, daughter of the Rev. F. Gre gory, Minor Canon of the Cathedral. Lieut. William T. Bowen, of the 5th regiment of foot. Mis. Payne, wife of Mr. Thomas Payne. Mrs. Claringbold, relict of Mr. Claringbold, late of Rolling court. At Penhurst, P. S. Sidney, efq.; he was amufing himself in a canoe which he brought with him from Nova Scotia, it fuddenly overfet in the large pond before the Castle ; although three perfons were on the spot, one of whom was his brother, Mr. Sidney was fo entangled with the weeds, that he funk, and the body was not found till nine hours after the accident had happened. Mr. Sidney was only 22 years of age. At Maidstone, Mifs Winter, a maiden lady, and filter to Mr. Jofeph Winter. Aged 34, Mis. Selling, wife of Mr. T. Selling, of the Cherry Orchard. At Wilmington, the Rev. Mr. Denne. At Cheriton court, aged 82, Mrs. Taylor. At Sittingborne, aged 61, after a fevere illness of feven months, the Rev. S. Evans, vicar of that place. At Borefifle, in Tenderden, of a decline, aged 21, Mr. James Munn, son of the late Mr. Munn of that place. At Sandgate, John Thompson, efq. of Canterbury. At Brompton, Mrs. Phillips, widow of N. Phillips, efq. late mafter shipwright, of Chatham Dock Yard. At Folkeftone, aged 43, Mr. Jofeph Milton, At Kingfdown, Mrs. Homersham, late of St. Dunstan's, near Canterbury. At Northdown, near Margate, Mr. Samuel Bloxham. At Well Hall, near Eltham, Mr. John Arnold. As a mechanic, his abilities and industry were eminent. He was the in-ventor of the expanfion balance, of the prefent detached escapement, and was the first artist whoever applied the gold cylindrical spring to the balance of a time piece. At Faversham, Mrs. Furmftone, wife of Mr. S. C. Furmftone. At Deal, Capt. B. Hulke, of the Royal Navy. At Elham, aged 22, Mrs. Ayers, wife of Mr. James Ayers. At Longport, near Canterbury, Mr. James Gorley, of the Royal Oak public house, At Rochester, aged 63, the Rev. H. Jones, Rector of Shorn. At Biddenden, aged 76, Mr. Richard Pullen, grocer. At Sandwich, Mr. John Williams, of the New Inn. SURREY. Married.] At Farnham, the Rev. Mr. Rogers, of Child-Okeford, to Mifs Edgan, of Hook's Wood, Dorfetshire. Died.] At Epfom, J. Vernon, efq. formerly an eminent folicitor. At Mortlake, aged 73, Henry Shaw, efq. SUSSEX. Married.] At Haftings, J. H. Haftings, efq. of the North Gloucester Militia, to Mifs E. C. Litchfield, daughter of V. Litchfield, efq. of the council-office, Whitehall. At Horsham, Mr. W. Cripps, limner and coach painter, of Brighton, to Mifs J. Steen, fifter of Mr. Steen, attorney of Horsham. At Stonington, Major Clay, to Mifs C. Bishop, daughter of Colonel Bishop. Died.] At Brighton, fuddenly, Mr. Wil liam Meafon. At Haftings, Mrs. Brifco, wife of William Brifco, efq. of Devonshire place, London. At Horfham, Mifs GATFORD, a lady of confiderable property, aged fifty-feven. She Was a moft eccentric old maiden-having 5E2 left left fifteen pounds per annum, to fupport certain animals, cats, dogs, parrots, Guinea pigs, monkeys, &c. whom he kept with her in her own apartment; fhe left orders that her corpfe was not to be buried for a month-that fpirits of wine fhould be used for its prefervation, and accordingly between thirty and forty pounds were expended in this manner. She was inclofed, agreeable to her requeft, in four coffins -a thell, a lead, oaken, and ftone coffin, which was ftrictly obferved. The Rev. Mr. Evans, of Worship ftreet, London, was fent for down to inter her, and preach her funeral fermon at midnight; for it was her injunction, that her corpfe fhould not be taken from her houfe till ten o'clock at night! She was buried in a vault in the General Baptist Meeting at Horfram. BERKSHIRE. Married.] At Speen, D. M. O'Donoghere, efq. of the 22d light dragoons, to Mifs Edkins, of Speenhamland. At Bufcot, G. Daubeny, jun. efq. of Redland, Gloucestershire, to Mifs M. Matthews, of the former place. Died.] At Reading, Mrs. Jones, wife of Mr. Jones, fail-cloth manufacturer. After a few hours illness, Mrs. Whiting, wife of Mr. Whiting, grocer. At Bradfield Hall, Samuel Wilson, efq. brother to Stephen Wilfon, of that place. At Abingdon, Mrs. Eldridge. At Windsor, Mr. Thomas Jervais, an eminent artist. At Wallingford, aged 62, J. Greenwood, efq. At Anvill's Farm, near Hungerford, Mrs. M. Stevens, wife of Mr. W. Stevens. At Southampton, Mr. John Barnaby, merchant of London, to Mifs S. Greaves, daughter of Mr. Greaves, cornfactor, of the former place. William Willock, efq. to Mifs P. P. Wyke. At Carifbrooke, in the Isle of Wight, Mr. Legg, of Idlecombe, to Mifs Cave of the former place. Died.] At Winchefter, Mrs. Finch, relict of the late Mr. James Finch, fupervifor. in the Excife. Mrs. Rentifh, wife of Mr. Rentifh, furgeon. Mrs Windfor, of the Marquis of Granby public houfe. At Hook, at an advanced aged, General Archer. At Portsmouth, Mafter George Arnaud, fon of E. B. Arnaud, efq. collector of the Cuftoms at that place. At Lymington, aged 100, Ann Vine, widow, who retained her fenfes to the laft. Mr. David Edwards. At Sheephoufe Farm, parish of Mitcheldever, Mr. T. Dowden. At South Stoneham, S. Fuller, efq, At Southampton, Mifs Sueter, daughter of Mr. Sueter, painter and glazier. Mrs. Davis. At Gofport, Mrs. Jellicoe, the wife of Samuel Jellicoe, efq; fhe was one of the daughthers of the late Richard Lee, efq. of Highbury-terrace.-Amiable in her temper, benevolent in her difpofition and conduct, and exemplary and affectionate in her family. WILTSHIRE. Married.] At Salisbury, Mr. H. Smith,, apothecary, to Mifs Eve, of Milford. At Bratton, the Rev. John Saffery, diffenting minifter of Salisbury, to Mifs Andrews, daughter of Mr. J. Andrews, of Ifleworth, Middlesex. At Westbury, the Rev. John Ball, to Mifs S. Napier. At Warminster, Mr. Davies, of the Caftleinn, to Mifs Glafs, daughter of Mr. Glafs, of Orchefton, St. Mary. At Marlborough, Mr. Wells, organist, to, Mifs Alder. At Ogbourn St. George, Mr. Blackman, furgeon, of Ramsbury, to Mifs Wooldridge, of the former place. Died.] At Salisbury, Mrs. Cofter, widow. of Mr. H. Cofter, cabinet-maker. Mr. Griffiths, who expired immediately on his alighting from the Exeter ftage-coach. The Hon. Mrs. Arundell, relict of the late Hon. Thomas Arundell, uncle to the prefent Lord. Arundell, of Wardom. Mr. James Larcum, carpenter. At Fisherton-Anger, Mr. Edward Holdaferved the office of under-fheriff for this way, formerly an attorney, and who once county. At Liddington, Mr. Brind. At Bradford, aged 83, the Rey, G. Tamlyn; he had been rector of that parish, and had refided conftantly there, upwards of 58 years. DORSETSHIRE. Married.] At Poole, Mr. Munn, furgeon in the 2d regiment of Worcester Militia, to Mifs Wadham, of the former place. At Buckland, near Weymouth, Mr. Bart-lett, malfter, of Langton, to Mifs Kellaway, of the former place. At Moreton, J. Frampton, efq. to Lady Harriet Strang ways, third daughter of the Earl of Ilchefter. Died.] At Dorchefter, Mr. T. Roberts, of the Wood and Stone-inn. At Shaftesbury, Mr. Gatehouse, furgeon. and apothecary. At Weymouth, B. Hotham, efq. Lieute. nant-Colonel in the Coldstream Regiment of Guards, and fon of Sir B. Hotham, of the Exchequer. At Poole, aged 65, Mr. H. Endry. At Bridport, Mr. Thomas Day; he dropped down whilst at work, and instantly expired. At Durdham Down, Mrs. Noyes, wife of Mr. R. Noyes, merchant, of Bristol. At At Fordington, near Dorchester, Mr. Hunt, fellmonger. At Holness Lodge, Mifs Davis, fifter of M. Davis,, efq. SOMERSETSHIRE, Married.] At Bath, Jofeph Large, efq. to Mrs. Bathe, widow of J. Bathe, efq. of Purton-house, Wilts. Mr. Thorn, of Frampton, Dorfet, to Mrs. Lewis, after 23 years courtship. The Rev. J. Ball, of Westbury, to Mifs S. Napier. Major Barrington, of the 56th regiment, to Mrs. Winckley. Mr. Culverhouse, baker, to Mifs M. Holbrook. At Frome, S. Skurray, efq. clother, of Beckington, to Mifs Clements, of the former place. At Ilminster, Mr. S. H. Gardiner, to Mrs. S. Spurway, widow of the late S. Spurway, efq. At Langford Budville, the Rev. G. Nibbs, to Mifs Clatworthy, eldest daughter of Mr. T. Clatworthy. At Wellington, Mr. James Totterdale, to Mifs H. Clatworthy, fecond daughter of Mr. T. Clatworthy, of Langford Budville. At Walcot, Wm. O. Bryan, efq. to Mifs E. Trotter, of Bath. Died.] At Bath, Mrs. Edwards, wife of Mr. Edwards, furgeon, and daughter of Mr. E. V. Goodhall, attorney. Aged 82, G. Brackley, efq. The Rev. Wm. Thomas, M. A. rector of Tortworth, Glamorganshire, and of Britten Ferry, and one of his grace the Duke of Beaufort's domeftic Chaplains. Mr. Brumby, the very ingenious mechanist and carpenter of the theatre. Mr. Tuttle, livery ftable-keeper. John Moylan, efq. merchant, of Cork. Mrs. Welch, wife of C. Welch, efq. of Evesham, Worcestershire. At Taunton, E. Webfter, efq. fon of the late C. Webster, efq. of Hockworthy, Devon. At Wincanton, Mr. Ellis, linen-draper. At Eaft-Harptree, Mrs. Trevilyan. At the Rock-coal-works, James Praaten; he was killed by a ftone falling on him. At Milborne Wyke, Hannah Hayes; fhe poifoned herself, by taking a large quantity of arfenic. At Wells, Mr. T. Harford, late of Bristol. At Ilminster, Mr. Wm. Bryant, attorney. At Berkeley House, near Frome, aged 62, Mrs. F. Sharp, fifter to W. Sharp, efq. of Fulham, Middlefex. At Tintinhull, Mr. Winter. DEVONSHIRE. An affecting circumftance lately occurred at Honiton: a young lady, about 16 years old, apprentice to a milliner, having been reprimanded for fome misconduct in her buftnefs, was fo much affected, that the foon after left the house, threw herself into the river, and was drowned. Married.] At Exeter, Mr. Pearce, mercer, to Mils Dingle. George White, jun. At Chumleigh, Mr. J. Partridge, farmer, of Lapford, to Mifs B. Toffel. At Plymouth, T. Bewes, efq. to Mifs F Culme, of Tothill. At Barnstaple, Mr. Scott, merchant, of Scotland, to Mifs Mullins, daughter of Mr. J, Mullins, of the former place. Died.] At Exeter, Mr. J. Dale, china and earthen-ware-man. Mr. Adams, apothecary. Mrs. Collins, mother of R. Collins, efq. merchant. At Clyft St. Mary, aged 80, T. Wright, efq. At the Royal Hofpital, Stonehoufe, near Plymouth, Mr. M. Jerrard, late Lieutenant of his Majesty's fhip, Tonnant. At Crediton, Mrs. B. Hart, relict of the late Rev. S. Hart, M. A. vicar of that place. At Plymouth, N. Hunt, efq. alderman, and one of the commiffioners for prizes at that place. At the Dock, the Lady of Lieutenant Price, of the Wiltshire Artillery Company. At North Tawton, Richard Hole, efq. At Axminster, fuddenly, Mr. Whitty, fenior, carpet-manufacturer. WALES. Married.] At Wrexham, Denbeigh, Mr. Mrs. Durden, of the former place. Barclay, linen-merchant, of Manchester, to Mr. Thomas Tallent, of Manchester, to Miss At Holt, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, S. Dutton, of Chesterfield. Wood, methodist preacher, to Mifs Ann HigAt Berrin, Montgomeryshire, Mr. John gins, of that place. of 21 days, Mr. Chambers, artificial-flowerAt Holywell, Flintshire, after a courtship maker, aged 35, to Mifs L. Davies, aged 76. niels, aged 82, to Mrs. A. Williams, aged At Pentrevvylas, Denbeigh, John Dan81; the bridegroom has had three wives before the prefent, and the bride has been 39 years a widow. At Llandrinift, the Rev. R. Wingfield, vicar of Llanllwchairn, in Montgomeryshire, to Mifs Prhys, daughter of C. Prhys, efq. of Llandrinio Hall. At Brecon, Mr. John Taylor, of Ludlow, to Mifs Griffiths, of the former place. At Swansea, Mr. J. V. Perrott, ironmonger, of Bristol, to Mifs Pollard, of the former place. At Lanvare, Monmouthshire, Mr. John Lewis, late of Bristol, tobacconist, to Mifs Powell, daughter of Mr. T. Powell, of Abergavenny. Died.] On the 2d of Auguft laft, at Pantglas, in the county of Carmarthen, in the 44th year of his age, Richard Jones Llwyd, efq. efq. barrifter at law, of Gray's-inn, and well; whofe remembrance and friendship will be ever revered and refpected. When the contefts and buftle of life will be at an end, he enjoys the pleafing hope of a renewal of friendship beyond the grave. At the Palace of St. Afaph, Mrs. Bagot, wife to the Lord Bishop of St. Afaph, and daughter to the Hon. Edward Hay, Governor of Barbadoes. At Bangor, Carnarvonshire, Mr. Joha Gibbs, ftock-broker, of London. At Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Mr. John Nicholas, fon of the late John Nicholas, efq. At Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Dr. Macdonald. At Swanfea, the Rev. Mr. Thomas. SCOTLAND. A Stamp-Office is about to be established in Scotland; in confequence of the great expence and delay in purchafing stamps from London. The arrangements are nearly completed; and feveral of the workmen, and others employed at Somerset-houfe, have been fent to Edinburgh to forward the eftablishment. Died.] At Edinburgh, Mrs. Mary Clerk. At Stirling, Lieutenant Marcus Marr, aged 27; he was a young man of very promifing talents in his profeffion, and univerfally refpected as a man. At Dumfries, Mr. Robert Hannah. Mifs Aynes Grive, fifter of Mr. Grive, merchant. Biographical Memoirs of Reinhold Forfier, Charles Borda, and Francis Callett, are deferred till next month. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. THE trade, of this country with the principal part of Europe having of late been confined almoft wholly to one channel, the unufual flow of bufinefs it produced to thofe places through which it was carried on led many perfons to extend their concerns in a degree to which their capital was inadequate, and encouraged a fpirit of adventure and fpeculation, particularly in the chief articles of fugars and other Weft India produce, which at length has been carried too far. The confequence has been the failure of fome confiderable houfes at Hamburgh and other places, which has affected their connections in this country fo far as to caufe the ftoppage of feveral houfes which had hitherto maintained no fmall degree of commercial reputation. The fhock given to the commerce of Ireland by the late unhappy fituation of that country, produced very obvious and general effects on its manufactures, from which they have not yet recovered; but it was the LINEN manufacture, the great ftaple of that country, which moft feverely felt the evil influence of the commotions. Of that manufacture it is known that the principal feat is Ulfter, and although in that province there was lefs blood fpilt and fewer enormities committed than in the fouthern parts of the island, yet the operations of industry were very generally fufpended, partly in confequence of the minds of the labouring people being diverted from their ufual habits and occupied by the hopes of change and of a new order of things, and partly because the very hazardous circumstances of the times deterred the purchafers of linen in that province, for many months, from invefting their property in goods of any kind, or embarking in any commercial fpeculation. The manufacturing poor were thus forced into idleness, as well as inclined to it from the caufes juft mentioned, and the demand for linen from this country and other markets continuing equal to what it had ufually been, the quantity on hand was of courfe foon greatly exhausted, exhaufted, as it was no longer fupported by the requifite fupply. The confequence was, that when the rebellion fubfided there was a great fearcity of linens; indeed it may almost be faid there were none to answer the accustomed orders; the price rofe of courfe, and though fince that period the province of Ulfter has returned apparently with fincerity to the purfuits of industry, there has not yet been produced fuch a quantity of goods as fully to anfwer the demand, fo that at prefent there is fcarcely one unbought piece of goods in the north of Ireland; the webs are frequently bought while in the loom; and the price of linens, particularly of thofe which usually fell for two fhillings and under, remains at nearly double what it was eighteen or twenty months fince. The linens of a finer kind have alfo greatly rifen in price, but in confequence of the demand for them not being fo great as for the cheaper kinds, have not rifen in an equal proportion; linens of all defcriptions are however uncommonly high, and it will probably be fome months before this great article of Irish commerce falls to its proper level. We stated in our laft report, that the BIRMINGHAM trade began to affume rather a more favourable appearance, and if it does not continue fo, it certainly will not be from the want of a fufficiently enterprizing fpirit in that place, for no fooner had the expedition which lately failed made good its landing in Holland, than we understand fome Dutch orders were immediatly given out, and the merchants are diligently preparing to invade that country, both for the purpose of collecting old debts, and with the view of contracting new ones. But few orders have been received from the laft Brunswick fair, and we underftand from Germany, that the dearnefs of provifions is fo great as to affect materially the ftate of commerce, fo that the expectations from the Francfort and Leipfic fairs, now about to be held, are not very great, particularly as the fecurity of the former place is neceffarily held upon an uncertain tenure fo long as the French remain it its vicinity. The next convoy for the Mediterranean, which is expected to fail fhortly, will take fome confiderable quantities of Birmingham articles for the Italian markets. The demand for Ireland has lately been very confiderable, as but few goods had been fent there during the late troubles, fo that the fhop-keepers and merchants have now to lay in almost entire new ftocks, which they feem to be doing with confiderable fpirit, but the prefent high courfe of exchange occafions fome difficulty in obtaining remittances from Ireland, and there feems little probability of its being much lower for fome time to come. It was apprehended a fhort time ago, that the trade of Birmingham would fuffer confiderably from the introduction of a practice almost as nefarious as that of making counterfeit money; this was, marking of buttons gilt, which in fact had no gilt whatever upon them." Thefe buttons, in the first inftance, were made principally for the German trade; but fo rapidly did the practice encreafe, and fo much were the confequences to be apprehended from it on the general trade of the town to be dreaded, that an act of parliament was thought neceffary to ftop its progrefs, which was of courfe obtained. This act expreffes the quantity of gold to be put upon a button of a certain dimension, when marked gilt, double gilt, or treble gilt, and impofes a fine of 20s. per grofs, upon the perfon manufacturing or vending them with a lefs quantity of gold thereon than is fpecified; one half of the money to go to the informer, upon conviction. A number of refpectable gentlemen have formed themselves into a committee to attend to the execution of the act, and by means of their affiduity, feveral perfons have been convicted of the offence and obliged to pay the fine, fo that we hope foon to fee this ftain upon our manufacturers entirely done away. It is to be regretted that the act itself is worded fo loosely as to be difficult to be understood by the manufacturer, and on the other hand is not fufficiently clear, to regulate thofe who wish to check a practice as ruinous as it is difgraceful to the trade. The neceffity of legislative interference in this and fimilar cafes is greatly to be lamented, for however well it may accomplish the end propofed, it is much to be regretted that the poorer clafs of people fhould be tempted to become informers against their employers. The SILK manufactory upon the whole continues in a very favourable fituation, few perfons engaged therein having any reason to complain of want of employ, and the demand being fuch as enables the manufacturer to meet the advancing price of Thrown filk, which otherwife would prove a ferious difadvantage. The revival of the article of Velvets, or at leaft a great increase in the confumption thereof, particularly for collars and other parts of military uniforms, has been of late very favourable to the workmen in this manufactory, as this branch, though one of the most profitable to them, being of flower progress than moft others, occafions employ for a greater number of hands, and the whole number of workmen being less than it was a few years ago, from many having gone into the army and navy at the commencement of the war, good workmen have of late been fure of conftant employ. Italian raw filks are cheap in comparison with Thrown, which at prefent are exorbitantly dear. The India company's filk fale which commences the 29th October, confifts of 300 lots of China, 1100 Bengal, 10 Privilege ditto 7 Madrafs tilk, and 100 Bengal organzine. MONTHLY |