Finer gravel and sand 6 0 At Portsmouth, Mr. Thorp—Mr. W. Pratt. Mr. Elliott, solicitor.-Lieut. Miller, of the Pegase fire-ship-Mr. R. Welch, late sur geon of H.M.S. Kent-John Vinery Elliott, gent, 71-Mr. John North, 82. At Ropley, Mrs. Page, 92. At Bowcombe Cottage, Isle of Wight, Mrs. Bygrowe, wife of G. B. esq. At South Sea Place, near Portmouth, A. Wilson, esq. 72. WILTSHIRE. Married Mr. James Randal, of Devizes, to Miss Saunders, of Larrington. At Collingborne, Mr. J. Wheeler, of Salisbury, to Miss Blatch, of Cholderton. Devizes, to Miss Martha Gilbert of Long Mr John Jarvis, of Whistly House, near bridge, Deverill. Died.] At Chipping Norton, Mr. William Haynes, late surgeon of Morton-in-Marsh, 48. At Bradford, Mr. S. Mundy, 72. At Ramsbury, Mrs. Meyrick, wife of the Rev. Edward M. vicar of that place, 59Mrs. Whitelocke, relict of John W. esq. and mother of the too famous general of that name. At Elstone, near Umesbury, Mrs. Smith. At Salisbury, Mr. Charles Harwood, 26Mr. Samuel Williams, of Devizes. He had set off to attend the funeral of his mother in law, Mrs. Neave, at Fordingbridge, Hants, further progress, and carried him off in an inflamation in the bowels stopped his twenty-four hours. but Blue clay, or marl, terminating in a quick sand, in which are the springs, from 60 to 160 feet It is therefore intended to excavate, through the blue clay, and by stopping out the upper springs, to supply the towns from the under springs alone,-The capital, raised for the undertaking is, 40,000 in 50% shares; the estimated expence being about $2,000!. The towns of Portsmouth and Portsea, from their extensive population, necessarily contain a great number of poor and indigent children; and although there are many charitable institutions now existing for the purposes of education, yet they are by no means of such a magnitude as to render further exertion uunecessary. From these considerations, it is in contemplation to open a subscription for the purpose of obtaining the means of erecting a school on the plan of Dr. Bell and Mr. Lancaster, capable of educating at least four hundred pour children and for defraying the expenses attending the same. Married.] At Shalden, James Ward, esq. of Froyle, to Miss E. Smith. At Winchester, Mr. Canigan, assistant surgeon to the 77th regiment to Mrs. Burner, of the Star and Garter Inn. At Southampton, Lieut. Ware, of the Royal York Rangers, to Miss Heward. At Ringwood, John Durant, esq. of Poole, Dorset, to Mary Anne, second daughter of the late Henry Oake, esq. Mr. James Warner, jun. of Botley Mills, to Miss Sarah Buckland, daughter of Mr. John B. and niece of Admiral Bradby. At Portsmouth, Lieut. Birdwood, of his Majesty's ship Belleisle, to Miss, Pinhorn. Captain Spain, of the Lucinda, West Indiaman, to Mrs. C. Preed. Died. At Northwood, Isle of Wight, J. Short, esq. R. N. captain of the sea fenci bles. At Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the Rev. Joseph Hewson, M. A. formerly fellow of Queen's College Oxford, and rector of Bramshot, Hants. At Southampton, John Hunt, esq. banker, 72-Mrs. Smith, 27-Mrs. Middle ton-Mrs. Archer, 79. 3-4. At Fordingbridge, Mrs. Elizabeth Neave, At Titchfield, Edward Otto Ives, esq. youngest daughter of Mr. John B. 24. At Martin, Mrs. A. Bagues, 83. At Evercreech, in consequence of a fall from an open carriage, Mrs. Cox. At Devizes, Mrs. Innes, relict of the Rev. Mr. I. late rector of that place. At Warminster, Mr. John Pearce, 83. BERKSHIRE. Married At Reading, Mr. D. F. Taylor, of Newport, Isle of Wight, to Miss Biggs.Mr. R. Wheeler, of High Wycombe, to Miss Mary Lodge. At Bisham, Thomas Hussey, esq. of Pinkney's Green, to Miss Westbrook, second daughter of Mrs. W. of Stubbin's Farm. At Ramsbury, Mr. William Elliott, to Miss E. Challies. Mr. Thomas Stone, of Cumner, to Miss Baseley, of Charney. Died.] At Windsor, Mr. Richard Streeting, after a long and painful illness, occasioned by smoaking a pipe, which caused a cancer in his lip, by not waxing the end of his pipe before he put it into his mouthThe Rev. Dr. Hand, one of the prebendaries. At Reading, Mr. Thomas Rootes, 17.Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Rusher, boukseller, 13,-Mrs. Bradly, of Farnham, Surry, 82. Mr. Collins.Mrs. Austwick.-Mrs. S. Clarke, 5. Clarke. 69. Mr. William Higgs.-Mrs. Man, At Newbury, the Rev. Mr. Barker. At Abingdon, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Tomkins, esq. 24.-Miss Hannah Tomkins, second daughter of the same gentleman. At Wargrave, Miss Mary Ann Maynard, 26. At Hook End Farm, Mrs. Bitmead. At Midgham House, William Poyntz esq. one of the justices of the peace for this county, and brother of Dr. P. whose death is recorded in a preceding page. At Pamber, Mr. Bishop. At Remenham Cottage, Mrs. Alicia Gozman, relict of Thomas G. esq. of New Broad Street, London, 65. At Granham, Mrs. Hillier. At Hawthorn Hill, Mr. William Glaister. SOMERSETSHIRE. The new Docks at Bristol are at length completed. After struggling through numberless unforeseen difficulties, the directors of this concern have fulfilled then engagement; and have added another monument of the enterprize of modern times, to the many useful and ornamental structures which adorn this proud and happy island. Married.] At Bath, Major Goldsworthy, of the East India Company's service, to Miss Livesey. Henry Davis, esq son of the late Arthur D. esq. of Forest Hall, Carmarthenshire, to Mary Josepha, second daughter of the late Joseph Brisset, esq. of Jamaica. James Law Stewart, esq. to Ann Withelmina, third daughter of Mr. B-Major Kelly, of the East India Company's service, to Maria, eldest daughter of the late John Robinson, esq, of Pardshaw, Cumberland. At Frome, the Rev. Theophilus Prosser, master of the grammar school there, to the second daughter of Edward Newport, esq. of Keyford house. At Bristol, John Russ Grant, esq. to Har riett, third daughter of Robert Watkins, esq. John Porter, esq. of Paradise House, Wrington, to Miss Gillett, of Castle-green. At Bath, Henry, only son of Abraham Wilkinson, M.D. of White Webb Park, Endfield, to Jane, only daughter of Samuel Cox, esq. of Lumbridge.Walter Brown, esq. to Miss Jones. At Taunton, Juhn Liddon, esq. to Miss Poole, only daughter of Charles P. esq. At Wells, W. S. Middleton, esq. of Newark, Notts, to Ann, youngest daughter of Thomas Lax, esq. of West Harrington. At Compton, E. Barrow, esq. of Allithwaite Lodge, Cartndel, Lancashire, to Miss Palmer, daughter of the Rev. Mr. J. P. one of the justices for this county. At Bristol, John Adney, esq. captain in first Somerset militia, to Miss Bragge, eldest daughter of John B. esq. of Sadborough, Devon. Died At Bath, Mr. Samuel Kirkham, 83. Mr. C. Fox, a gentleman of distinguished abilities and acquirement, 60. He was formerly a bookseller at Falmouth, and produced an elegant translation of a volume of Persian poems. Mrs. Mansfield. Mr. Holmes, 39.-Mrs. Guest.-Mrs. Montague. -Mrs Susannah Stanton, 55.-Mrs. Fowles, 30. Mrs. Woolaston, relict of William W. esq. formerly M. P. for Ipswich.-Lady M.G. Mergdyth, relict of Sir R. M. Bart.-Mrs. Hayes, wife of John H. esq.-George Poole, esq 83.-Mrs. Stephens, relict of Samuel S. esq. of Tregenna Castle, Cornwall, At Bristol, Edward Jones, esq. son of the Jate James Jesq. 23.-Mrs. Ann Lovell, of the Angel Ina.-The Rev. Dr. Bulkeley, brother-in-law to the Earl of Peterborough, sub-dean and prebendary of Bristol Cathedral. -Mr. John Reader. At Harley, Mr. William Taylor, of Logdon, to Miss Ann Isabella Guy. At Minterne, Lieut. K. Digby, of the Royal Horse Artillery. At Stockland, Mr. Thomas Newcomen, 75. At Belle Vue, Weston, Zachary Bayly, esq. 66. esq. At Lower East Hayes, Hugh Payne, esq. At Timsbury, Mrs. Smith, widow of B. S He At Dawlish Villa, Walsh Porter, esq. of Farm-Combe, Worcestershire, a gentleman well known in the fashionable world, and the author of two or three dramatic pieces. Mr. W. Porter married the beautiful and ac-. complished daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Scrope, of Castle-Combe, near Bath had on the evening preceding his death, de. sired his valet to order the post chariot to be got in readiness by five o'clock on the following morning. The man attended his master's order, and on entering the room found him dead in his bed. His death is supposed to have been produced by the bursting of an abscess which had been formed in the liver. At Clifton, Miss A. F. Capper, youngest daughter of the Rev. Francis C of Earl Scham, Suffolk. At Keyford, Frome, in his 86th year, Jahn Stevens, esq. who, for more than half a century, carried on the trade of a farmer, and whose active and unremitting industry was amply rewarded in the honest acquire ment of a large fortune. He was orather to the late Richard Stevens, esq of Landan, who, a few years since, left 20,0001. for the building and endowing of an asylum for poor girls, and a hospital for poor old men, and other charitable purposes, in the town of Frome. At Clifton, near Bristol, in his 90th year, J. P. Hungerford, esq. of Dingley, a deputy lieutenant, and many years' an honourable, independent, and able representative in par Jiament for the county of Leicester, to which dignified station he was first elected in the yeur 1775, after one of the severest contests ever remembered. Aged 76, the Rev. Robert Purcell, L.L.D. vicar of Meare and Coombe, St. Nicholas. At Bath, Mrs. Gibbs, wife of Philip James G. esq-Mrs. Bally, wife of Mr. B. bookseller. Mr. John Salmon, banker.Mrs. Beetham. At Bristol, Mrs. Witherell, 81.-Mrs. Mary Browne. DORSETSHIRE. The inhabitants of Lyme have entered into a subscription for the improvement of that fashionable watering-place. A wall is begun, which is to extend from the town to the harbour. There will be a gravel walk and shrubbery, extending full a mile. The hot and cold baths have undergone some judicious alterations. Married. At Poole, Mr. Robert Knight, to Miss Smith,. At Dorchester, Mr. Hazard, to Miss Bishop. Died.] At Milborne Port, near Sherborne, Mr. Richard Highmore. merit obtained him the appointment he held At Dartmouth, Mrs. Brooking, wife of Mr. Thomas B. tide-surveyor. "At Totnes, Mr. Charles Ham, youngest son of Mr. Matthew H. At Moretonhampstead, Mr. William Smale. In the walks of domestic charities, and social duties, he was an example of the power and value of undefiled religión. Amidst the sor row which nature and affection feet on his re moval, it is a theme of gratitude that his that faith realizes the re-union of kindred virtues can charm us in remembrance, and spfrits in happier and more lasting scenes. — Mrs. Pensent, wire of Joseph P. esq. of London. At Exeter, the Rev. Christopher Watkins, than Burnett, one of the aldermen of the city, 55 years rector of Bradstone, 84.-Mr. Jonaand who served the office of chief magistrate in 1788-Mr. John Lethbridge.—Mr. Richard Ball.' At Brixham, Mr. Thomas Parkinson. At Bow, John Wreford, esq. of Natson. At Topsham, Mrs. Ann Peters, wife of At Easton, near Kingsbridge, Miss M. A. Pearse. At Worthill, Miss Brooking, only daughter of John B. esq. At Budleigh, Saltram, Miss Fisher, second daughter of J. F. esq. of Dean-place, Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset. At At Horsington, Mrs. Spencer, relict of Matthew S. esq. At Yeotown, near Barnstaple, the wife of R. Newton Incledon, esq. At the Retreat, near Exeter, Sir Alexander Hamilton, who served the office of high sheriff of the cou ty in 1786, At Newton, House, Yeovil, Mrs. Harbin, relict of Swayne H. esq. 81. At Harewood, near Tavistock, John Pearson Foote, esq. At Heavitree, Mr. Robert Jameson, son of John J. esq of Aberdeen, 27. At Newton Abbott, Mr. Whitburne, surgeon and apothecary. hoped his friends will put it into the hands of some person, who will give it soon to the public. He published, sonie years site, a volu minous work, intitled, "The Gospel Recos vered;" and a few months before this death, A Treatise upon the Evidences of a Deity;" in which he contutes all atheistical doctrines, and ably proves the existence of a God. This work will remain a testimony of his great power of reasoning and extensive informa tion. IRELAND. Married.] At Cashell, Lord Viscount Bernard, son of the Earl of a dou, and M. P. for the county of Cork, to Miss Broderick, daughter of the Archbishop of Cashel, Died.] At Hampton, county of Dublin, Alexander Hamilton, esq. high sheriff of the county, and eldest son of the late Honourable Baron H. 44. In Dublin, the Countess Dowager of Mayo. Dowager Lady Steele.-The Right Hon. John Monck Mason, 84. At Athe, county or Limeric, in full pos session of her faculties, Mrs. Eleonora Scau lah, 110. DEATHS ABROAD. In the Island or Jamaica, Lieutenant-ge neral Villettes. This officer was descended from one of the most ancient families in France. His ancestors were Lords of Montdidier in Languedoc, in the thirteenth cen tury, and many of them held considerable offices under different monarcns. During the civil wars, they were much distinguished for their exertions in favour of the Hugonots; and arter the revocation of the edict of Nantes they withdrew from Frane and set tled in this kingdom. The rather of the late lieutenant-general was Educated in the diplo matic line, and was many y ars rainister plenipotentiary to the late and the present king; first at the court or i urin, ano arterwards with the Helvetic Cantons. He with drew from public life in the year 1762, and resided at Bath till 1776; when he died, in the 75th year of his age. His second son, William Anne Viliettes, was born at Bern, on the 14th of June, 1754. He received the early part of his education at a private school near bat, and the later part of it at the University of St. Andrew's. A mildness of disposition, and a regular performance of whatever it was his duty to 35; qualities which through life were distinguished rea tures of bis char cter, were remarkable even at this early period. It was observed at se.col, that he never received a blow, either from his master, or any of his school-rellows; nor was he ever known at the university to to have exper:chcea a reprimand from any of the professors, or to have been engaged in à quarrel with any of his rellow-students. His father originally intented him for the bar, and he was accorgly entered at Lincoin's tun, and kept two or three terms; but his ardour for a military life was so great that December, Faron was taken by surprise (but not by the fault of any British officer); and Fort Mulgrave, the nearest post to Les Sablettes, was carried by storm. These disasters rendered the evacuation of Toulon unavoidable. The Neapolitan troops, undes the command of Colonel Villettes, behaved very well as long as they were exposed to no danger; but when they saw that Fort Mulgrave was lost, and the French appeared ready to attack them, they retired in a body, got into their boats, and embarked on board their ships. Notwithstanding the desertion of sq great a part of his force, Colonel Villettes. kept up so good an appearance with the remainder, that Les Sablettes, and, of course, the whole of the peninsula, continued in our possession till the evening of the 18th; when the evacuation of Toulon being complete, he received orders to withdraw his troops. This service, though rendered very difficult by the proximity of the enemy, was nevertheless effected during the night; and the troops. were marched to the other end of the penin sula, where they were embarked in boats, which conveyed them, without loss, on board the fleet. The next service in which Colonel Villettes was engaged, was the conquest of Corsica. He acted here in his proper station at the siege of Saint Fiorenza; and afterwards. in a more distinguished manner, at that of Bastia. Lord Hood having proposed to the commander of the land forces the attack of this latter place, and the measure being deemed inexpedient by that officer, bis lordship resolved to undertake the siege, without the assistance of any troops but those who were originally given him as marines. After a close blockade of forty days, Bastia was taken, and Lord Hood gratefully acknowledged the essential assistance which he received on that occasion froui Colonel Villettes. The merit of this service will perhaps be more fully ap preciated, when it is known, that the force which Colonel Villettes commanded, was composed of no more than 1000 British soldier,,250 landed seamen, and 1200 Corsicans; which last were fit only to scour the country. The garrison, on the other hand, consisted of 4000 French regulars, and about as many of the armed inhabitants. Even after the sur render of the place, the difficulties of Colonel Villettes' situation did not cease. With his small force, he was to guard 8000 prisoners; and thus arduous task was continued several days, the state of the weather rendering it. impossible to send them away in a shorter time. For this important service Colonel Villettes was rewarded, by being appointed Governor of Bastia; and a vote of thanks to him being proposed in the House of Com-: mons, it seemed to be a subject of regret with every person, that some circumstances, of parliamentary etiquette rendered it impossibie to accede to the motion. In the year 1796, an intermittent fever, of a very bad. that Mr. Villettes at last gave way to his sen's inclinations, and obtained for him, in the year 1775, a cernetcy in the 10th regiment of dragoons. In this respectable corps, Villettes continued till he rose to the rank of major. In this, as in every other part of his Bite, a punctual discharge of the duties of his station was constantly observed. By this he obtained the approbation of his superiors, and by his amiable manners he secured the esteem and good will of his equals and his inferiors, During a great part of this period, Capt. VilBettes attended Sir W. Pitt (then commander et the forces in Ireland) as his aid de-camp and secretary. The character of that venerable officer requires no panegyric; and it certain By was an honour to Villettes, that he lived several years in his family, not only as his secretary, but as his confidential friend. His attachment to Sir William Pitt was, indeed, that of a son to a parent; and, like all other attachments that he formed, continued invariable to the end of his life. In the year 1792, Major Villettes quitted the dragoons, and was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the 69th regiment of foot; which, in conse quence of the breaking out of the war in 1793, was sent to the Mediterranean, serving as marines on board a division of the fleet under the command of Lord Hood. From this service Colonel Villettes was exempt, as a field-officer; but when Toulon, was given p to the allies, he left England to take the command of his regiment, then forming a part of the garrison, His services there were auch distinguished by General O'Hara, and his successor, General Dundas. The heights of Faron were entrusted to him; and during the time that he commanded in that important station, his vigilance was such, that he never retired to rest till day-light appeared. All attempts at surprise were accordingly frustrated, and every thing remained secure; the strength of the position scarcely exposing it to any other danger. At length, the French army being increased, after the reduction of Lyons, the danger to which Toulon became exposed was proportionably greater, and Colonel Villettes was called to a station of still more importance, and requiring the execution of greater military talents. This was the defence of Les Sablettes, a narrow isthmus, by which the peninsula that forms the south side of the road of Toulon is con mected with the main land. As long as this post was in our possession, the whole peninsula was secure, and the ships could remain in safety in the road; but if this had been lost, the various batteries on the peninsula might have been turned upon them, the shipping must have removed into the bay, and the subsequent embarkation of the troops and the inhabitants would have been rendered impracticable. At this post Colonel Villettes commanded; having under him 700 british, and 800 Neopolitan troops. On the 10th of |