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that building, and undertake to pay the expense. The vacant space to the east and west of the Court-house is to be inclosed and planted.

At a meeting of the proprietors of Drurylane theatre, held to receive the annual report of the state of the concern-the gross receipts of last season were reported to be 68,3291. 2s.-The company performed 135 nights at a continued loss, but, thanks to the abilities of Kean, the profits of the remaining 112 nights of performance turned the scale, and enabled the committee of management to declare a dividend of 51. per cent.-The proprietors voted their unanimous thanks to Mr. Whitbread, who gave notice he should decline superintending the concern after the ensuing season. Mr. W. stated, that 176 new dramas had been presented to the committee, and they had pronounced against 141 of the number!

A deputation from the court of aldermen, consisting of Sir John Perring, bart. aldermen Birch, Wood, and Goodbehere, attended by the town clerk and George Dance, esq. architect, has left London on the important object of visiting Gloucester and other gaols in the west of England, to ascertain their improved state, for the purpose of forming regulations for the new Debtors' Prison now erecting, and whether any and what alterations should be adopted in the government of Newgate, and other places of confinement within the jurisdiction of the magistrates of the city, for which purpose, they have been furnished with an official order from the secretary of state for the home department.

It appears from a document produced before the committe of the House of Lords on the corn trade, that in the reign of Queen Anne the number of inclosure bills was 3; in the reign of George 1st, 16; in the reign of George 2d there were 223, of which 116 were in the last six sessions of that monarch; and in his present majesty's reign there have been 3230!

About seven in the evening of Sunday, August 28, a fire broke out in the oil and mustard mills of Messrs. Wardell and Co. Bankside, Southwark; and owing to its being just then low water, the flames spread with the utmost fury and rapidity. Mr. Wardell's mills, together with Mr. Hammock's corn warehouses, in which were immense quantitics of grain and fine old beans, and those of Mr. Resden, which adjoined them, were burnt to the ground. Messrs. Clark and Myer's hop warehouses and those of Mr. Evans; Messrs. Ball and Jones's iron foundry; Mr. Ayres's corn warehouses; part of the premises belonging to Mr. Goodwyn, dyer; a great deal of stabling belong ing to Thell and Steel; four barges containing 60 chaldron of coals; with seven or eight old wooden houses, all inhabited by poor families, were completely consumed. It is supposed that the fire was occasioned by ignition arising from the steam engine em

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ployed in the mustard mill, which communicated by one of the flues to the wood work of the premises. The total amount of pro perty destroyed is estimated at 150,000l. and that of the insurances is from 60 to 70,000l.

August 31 in the evening, Joseph Hack, a journeyman carpenter, cut the throat of Jane Ware, a young woman, with whom he had formed an illicit connexion, in a field adjoining the Bermondsey-road, and afterwards attempted to dispatch himself in the same manner. He was found on the ground covered with blood, and at a little distance lay the unhappy victim of his passion quite dead, with an infant unhurt beside her. Hack was conveyed to an hospital, and as the surgeons did not apprehend danger from his wound he was next day committed by the magistrates to Horsemonger-lane prison, but had not been there above half an hour when he expired. The fate of these persons ought to operate as a warning against the indulgence of licentious passions. From the evidence given before the coroner's inquest it appeared that Hack became acquainted with Jane Ware about two years since, at which time she lived servant at an inn in the borough. Hack was at that time married, and had three children. An improper intimacy took place between them, however, of which there was likely to be living proof. The wife, in the mean time, lying-in, Jane was engaged to nurse her, and afterwards received the same kind office from Mrs. Hack, who did not seem to be ignorant of the intercourse between Jane and her husband. Hack was afterwards taken up by the parish officers of Christ church, in consequence of the child becoming chargeable to the parish; he, however, found security, and was liberated. After this the unfortunate young woman got into service at Blackheath: thither, however, Hack followed her, and their intercourse again becoming apparent, Jane was obliged to leave her place. About three months ago she was delivered of twins, and Hack allowed her seven shillings a week for the maintenance of the children. On applying the Sunday previous to the catastrophe at his house, as usual, for her weekly allowance, Hack urged her to return again and live with him. This, however, she refused to do, as Mrs. Hack might have objections: but she promised to meet him in the Kent-road, and in the mean time he prevailed on his wife to consent to her coming to reside in the house with them. It is supposed that at the fatal mecting he again urged her to comply with his wish, and that her persevering refusal irritated him, and led him to commit the fatal acts which terminated the existence of both.

On the night of Sept. 12, the ingenious machinery at Battersea for sawing veneers with circular saws from 10 to 18 feet diameter. (the invention, and in part the property of Mr. Brunel, to whom the country is in debted for the block machinery in Ports

mouth dock-yard, and other valuable works) was discovered to be on fire. The saws and the middle of the building were destroyed. The loss is estimated at 30,000l. Sept. 16, James Mitchell was tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of Miss Welchman, as detailed in our last, and convicted on the clearest evidence. William Henry Hollins was also tried for the murder of Elizabeth Pilcher, a young woman in the service of Mr. Cartwright, of Lower Grosvenor-street, under nearly similar circumstances, and found guilty. They expiated their crimes together, on Monday, Sept. 18. Hollins was an elderly man, and as well before as during the trial, manifested a strong attachment for the unfortunate girl

Preferred.] The Rev. Dr. Sleath, late one of the masters of Rugby School, to be high master of St. Paul's School, vice Dr. Roberts, who retires, atter having filled that situation 45 years.

The Rev. H. E. S. Faulkner, to the living of St. John, Clerkenwell.

Berths.] Sept. 6, at the Dowager Marchioness of Waterford's, Upper Harley-street, the Right Hon. Lady Isabella Anne Brydges, of a son and heir.

The lady of Lieut.-gen. Loft, of a son, being her 17th child.

In St. James's-square, the lady of Lord Viscount Anson, of a daughter.

In Old Bond-street, Lady Amelia Boyce,

of a son.

In Connaught Place, the lady of the Hon. Arch. Macdonald, of a son.

Married.] David Neville, esq. of Upper Holloway, to Miss Towle, of Draycott, Derby.

Sir Godfrey Webster, bart. to Charlotte, eldest daughter of Robt. Adamson, esq. of Hill-street, Berkeley-square.

Lieut. col. W. C. Master, of the 3d Guards, to Miss Digby, daughter of the late Hou. Stephen D. of Richmond Park.

The Rev. H. Glossop, rector of West Dean and East Grinstead, to Charlotte, only child of the late Rich. Newland, esq. of Westergate, Sussex.

Mr. Francis Wingrave, bookseller, of the Strand, to Miss E. Elderkin, of Keyston, Hunts.

Chas. Thos. Conolly, esq. only son of Chas. C. esq. of Milford Castle, Somerset, to Eliza, daughter of John Clifton, esq. of Rich

mon..

J. E. Strickland, esq. of Hook, Wilts, to Miss Cholmeley, eldest daughter of the late Francis C. esq. of Bransby, York.

Thos. Burton, esq. captain of the Aquilon frigate, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Wm. Cruchley, esq. of John-street, Bedford Row.

Major Broughton, of the East India Company's service, to Georgiana Sophia, eldest daughter of John Chamier, esq. of Grosvenor Place.

John Latimer, esq. of Gray's-Inn-square, to Miss Skelton, of Cranford.

Sir G. Jackson, Bart. of Beach Hill, Surrey, to Mrs. Day. daughter of Wm. Woodville, esq.

Wm. Ellis, esq. of Hatton Garden, to Catherine, eldest daughter,—and Edw. Ellis, esq. of Tavistock Place, to Frances, youngest daughter of John Wolston, esq. of Tor New ton, Devon.

Lieut.-col. E. B. Wynyard, 1st Guards, to Louisa, second daughter of Joseph Warner, esq.

George Stanley, esq. of Bath Terrace, to Miss Eliz. Holmes, of Oxford.

At Sunbury, James, second son of Saml. Hall, esq. of South Lambeth, to Sarah, youngest daughter of the late T. Vincent, esq. of Calne, Wilts.

Thos. C. Treslove, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister, recorder of Queenborough, to Emily, eldest daughter of Saml. Dickenson, esq. of Great St. James-street, Bedford-row.

At Hampstead, K. W. B. Webster, esq. of the Hyde, Middlesex, to Miss Purkis, daughter of Saml. P. esq.

At Fulham, the Rev. J. H. Randolph, second son of the late Bishop of London, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Rich. Wilson, esq. of Lincoln's Inn Fields.

At Kensington, the Rev. W. D.Conybeare, to Sarah Anne, second daughter of the late Chas. Ranken, esq. of the E. 1. Company's

service.

At Highgate, the Right Hon. Frederick Robinson, M. P. to Lady Sarah Hobart, only daughter of the Earl of Buckinghamshire.

At Chiswick, Robt. Beachcroft, esq. to Claudina, third daughter of the late John Zoffani, R. A.

At Hampton, Lieut.-col. Blake, 20th Light Dragoons, to Miss Hanson, daughter of the late John H. esq. of Jamaica.

Died.] On the 13th September, at his father's house, in Great Ormond-street, in the 22d year of his age, beloved and lamented by all who knew him, Mr. Wm. Shearman, the last surviving son of Wm. Shearman, M. D.

John Dayrell Martin, esq. of Furnival's Inn, 49.

In Wardour-street, Mr. J. B. Vincent, 77. In Edward-street, Cavendish-square, Jas. Cavanagh Murphy, esq. architect.

In South Audley-street, Mr. Jasper Devonsmith, many years gentleman-steward of the Portuguese ambassador. He was found dead in his bed.

In Gray's Inn, Edw. Van Harthals, esq.

74. At Kennington, Wm. Edwards, esq. many years accountant-general of the Bank of England.

In West-square, Mrs. Hedger, wife of R. H. esq. barrister, and their infant son.

In Great Russell-street, Ann, eldest daughter of Rich. Latham, esq. 17.

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almost any mind but her own,-there never was an individual, in any rank of life, more completely divested of the taint of vanity, or better exercised in that soberness of thinking with regard to her own attainments, which is the characteristic of a superior mind. In domestic life she formed the delight of her family and friends, and her conduct as a wife, a mother, and a sister, rendered her conspicuous even in the noble house of Buccleuch, whose hereditary virtues are proverbial. But the admirable qua

In Dover-street, Thos. Lee, esq.

In Greek-street, Soho, Mr. Rich. Lea, bookseller.

Mr. Arthur Ball, many years accountant to the Hudson's Bay Company.

In Great Cumberland-street, at the house of her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Gage, the wife of Capt. Ogle, R. N.

In Guildford-place, Lady Mary Martin, sister to the Duke of Athol. She was born in 1769, and married at the age of 18 to the Rev. Mr. Martin, by whom she has left issue two sons.

At Islington, Wm. Ashton, esq. many years an eminent merchant in the island of St. Croix.

At Hammersmith, Miss. Parry,

At Kensington, John Green, esq. 75. At Brompton, Mary, relict of the Rev. Edw. Frith, late of North Cray, Kent, 62.

At Deptford, Daniel Isaac Eaton, who styled himself Bookseller to the Swinish Multitude, and became notorious for publishing theological and political works of a blasphemous and anarchical tendency, for which he deservedly incurred eight prosecutions by the attorney-general. His last imprisonment, of eighteen months, was for "The Third Part of Paine's Age of Reason." He was lately prosecuted for a work called "Ecce Homo," for which he suffered judgment to go by default: but was not brought up for judgment, in consideration of his advanced years, and his having given up the author.

At Dalkeith-house, Scotland, the Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, in consequence of taking cold a few days after giving birth to a daughter. Her grace, daughter of the late and sister to the present Viscount Sydney, was born in 1773, and married in 1795. The premature death of this lady must be regarded by all who had any knowledge of her virtues as a public calamity, Though the uncommon loveliness of her person, which excited the admiration of all who approached her, united to the captivating sweetness and benignity of her manners, exposed her constantly to the poison of adulation; and though the splendour of the exalted circle in which she was destined to move, would have dazzled and bewildered

in their influence to the circle of her own family. She felt that she was called on to walk a more extensive round of beneficence, and she obeyed the call with alacrity and zeal. The bounties of Providence were, in her hands, employed in promoting the legi timate end for which they were bestowed; and a thousand voices will be raised to attest, from their own joyful experience, that she was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame; that the blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon her; and she caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." The education of the poor was no less an object in which her grace displayed a benevolent interest, than the supply of their bodily wants; she founded and personally su perintended several establishments for the education of the poor in different parts of the country, within the sphere of her influence, and assisted, in a more indirect man ner, many other institutions of a similar kind. The first wish of her heart, indeed, was to do good, and that wish an active and intelligent mind enabled her in no common degree to perform. She was not satisfied with making others the almoners of her charity; she visited in person the abodes of want and wretchedness-she administered with her own hands to the necessitics of the poor-and subjected herself to no trifling privations, that she might promote the hap piness of her dependants. Those who have been so fortunate as to meet with her on such errands of love, will never forget the sunshine of gratified benev lence which shone on her countenance, and added so unspeakable a charm to the graces of her per son. There was something, indeed, in every part of her character so very far surpassing the common standard of humanity, that it is impossible to dwell on the remembrance of it without a sacred and solemn feeling, approaching to veneration. It is inexpressibly exhilarating to know that such charac ters are occasionally sent to adorn and dignify our nature; and a sentiment of tender exultation is not perhaps altogether incon sistent with the universal sorrow caused by her removal from this earthly scene. There cannot be an object better calculated to ele vate and enlarge the mind-to give it just views of the dignity of religion and virtue

and to teach it to know its own value-than the contemplation of a human being approaching, on earth, so near to the perfection of celestial natures, and, amidst the allurements and vanities of time, steadily pursuing the path that leads to the joys of eternity.

The Rev. Thomas Wintle, whose death is recorded at page 177 of our last number, was the son of a tradesman of Gloucester, where he was born in 1737. He was educated chiefly in his native city, and distinguished by his thirst after knowledge, and his diligent application to school exercises. Obtainining an exhibition at Pembroke College, Oxford, he there became Scholar, Fellow, and Tutor. In 1767, Archbishop Secker made him rector of Wittrisham, in Kent, and called him to be one of his domestic chaplains. After the death of his Grace in the following year, he resided at Wittrisham, or on the small living of St. Peter, in Wallingford; until, in 1774, relinquishing these preferments, he was presented by the late Bishop of Winchester to the rectory of Brightwell, Berks. At Brightwell he lived constantly for forty years, and at Brightwell he died, leaving a widow, two Bons, and one grand-daughter. That in early life, Mr. Wintle was unremitting in the attainment of useful learning, and in the practice of religion and virtue, the honourable distinction conferred on him by that eminent divine and excellent man, Archbishop Secker, gives ample proof. That in his more mature and late years he ceased not, by precept and example, to set forth the expediency and advantages of a religious and virtuous life, all who had communication with him can testify. Not that the world at large has to learn what were his pursuits; for, with a desire that his honest and pious labours might be productive of good beyond the small circle of his parish, he published, 1st, "An improved Version of Daniel attempted, with a Preliminary Dissertation, and Notes, critical, historical, and explanatory." 2. "A Dissertation on the Vision contained in the 2nd chapter of Zachariah." 1. "Eight Sermons on the Expediency, Perdiction, and Accomplishment of the Christian Redemption, preached at the Bampton Lectures." 4." Christian Ethics, or Discourses on the Beatitudes, with some preliminary and subsequent discourses; the whole designed to explain, recommend, or enforce the Duties of the Christian Life." 5. "A Letter to the Lord Bishop of Worcester, occasioned by his Strictures on Archbishop Secker and Bishop Lowth, in his Life of Bishop Warburton." The first two of these publications will class Mr. Wintle with the most distinguished biblical scholars. The Bampton Lectures and Christian Ethics contain a form of sound words adorning the doctrine of Christ, and provoking his followers to good works. The Letter to Bishop

Hurd has been highly recommended, as one of the few pamphlets which should be preserved. It had been well for society if Mr. Wintle's sphere of daily action had been less circumscribed. If his study, accurately to know the will of God, and his delight, punctually to perform it,-if his orthodox Christian faith,his extensive knowledge, his sound judgment, his well-disciplined understanding, his gentle and cheerful disposition, his instructive and entertaining conversation, his sound and practical doctrine, his meekness, his equanimity, his temperance, his inflexible integrity;-if these, and other talents and graces, with which the head and heart of this learned and good man abounded, had been exercised in more public life. might not thousands, seeing his faith by his works, have been led to follow his example, of giving glory to God, and doing good to men?

Mr. Charles Dibdin, whose death is mentioned at page 177 of our last number, was born at Southampton, about 1748, and educated at Winchester with a view to the clerical profession; but his fondness for music frustrated the intentions of his friends, and impelled him to repair clandestinely to the metropolis at the early age of 15 years. The precocity of talents which he exhibited in his favourite pursuit was remarkable; for at 16, he brought out an opera of two acts at Covent Garden, under the title of The Shepherd's Artifice, written and composed by himself. For some time after this, he was nevertheless principally engaged in composing music for the productions of others, and among the rest, for Love in the City, Lionel and Clarissa, The Padlock, The Jubilee, The Installation of the Garter, and The Christmas Tale. He was induced, while yet very young, to appear upon the stage; and in 1768 was the original Mungo in The Padlock, in which, as well as in Ralph in The Maid of the Mill, and other characters, he displayed such originality of conception, that his early secession from the stage has often been the subject of regret. On his retiring from it, the Circus was built for him, and he was manager of it for two seasons. He afterwards erected a small theatre in Leicester-street, Leicestersquare, where for many years he gave a new species of entertainment, in which he was the sole writer, composer, and performer. It was for these exhibitions that he produced his songs; and in this line, whether we consider the number or the merit of his performances, he was perhaps never equalled. They amount to upwards of 1200; and it may truly be said, that though a great por tion of them are in praise of love and festivity, yet not one passage of a licentious tendency can be found in the whole. They are eminently calculated, on the contrary, to support the interests of virtue, to exercise the best affections of the heart, and to en

force the duties of loyalty and patriotism. The influence of these songs upon our gallant tars has long been known and acknowledged, and has strongly contributed to stimulate their heroism, and to inculcate submission to the hardships of their profession, and to the will of Providence. Of this, his "Poor Jack" is a striking and popular illustration. His services in this way procured him the notice of government, and a pension of 2001. a year; of which, however, he was deprived on a change in the administration. Embarassments obliged him to dispose of his theatre in Leicester-street; and some time afterwards he opened a music shop in the Strand. This speculation proved unfortunate; and a commission of bankruptcy left him completely destitute. His situation having reached the ears of a few gentlemen to whom he was almost unknown, they held a private meeting, at which a subscription was made for him, and invited the public to join their laudable endeavours, in behalf of a man to whom the country owed considerable obligations. The result was, that such a sum was raised as enabled the trustees to secure a moderate annuity for Mr. Dibdin, his wife, and daughter; the principal being reserved for the two latter after his decease. From this period he resided at Camden Town, where he expired, after experiencing long and severe bodily infirmities, leaving, besides the widow and daughter already mentioned, two sons, well known in the theatrieal world, Charles, proprietor and acting manager of Sadler's Wells, and Thomas,

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who bids fair to equal his father in the fe cundity of his productions. Besides various plays not printed, Mr. Dibdin produced the following dramatic pieces,-"The Shepherd's Artifice," 1765.-" Damon and Plillida," (altered from Cibber) 1768.-"The Mischance," 1772-"The Ladle," "The Wedding Ring," and "The Deserter," 1773. -"The Waterman, or the First of August," and "The Cobler, or a Wife of Ten Thousand," 1774.-"The Metamorphoses," and "The Seraglio," .1776.-" The Quaker," 1777.-"Poor Vulcan," "The Gypsies," "Rose and Colin," "The Wives Revenged," and "Annette and Lubin," 1778."The Chelsea Pensioner," and "The Mirror, or Harlequin Every Where," 1779. "The Shepherdess of the Alps," and "Harlequin Freemason," 1780.-" The Islanders," and "The Marriage Act,” 1781.

"The Graces," 1782.-"The Cestus," "Harlequin the Phantom of a Day," "The Lancashire Witches," and "Long Odds," 1783.-" Clump and Cudden," and "Liberty Hall," 1785.-"Harvest Home," 1787. Of his other publications, the principal were, "The Devil," 2 vols. 8vo. 1785 -"The By-stander," 4to. 1787.-" Musical Tour," 4to. 1787.-"Hannah Hewitt," a novel, 1792.-" The Younger Brother," novel, 1793.-" History of the Stage," s vols. 8vo. 1795.-His "Professional Life," 4 vols. 8vo. 1802.-" Observations on a Tour through England and Scotland," 4to. 1803.-" Henry Hooka," a novel, 1806.

BEDFORDSHIRE.

Sept. 12, a pillar, 75 feet high, in commemoration of the peace, was erected at Potton. The basement of the pillar has four pannels, and on a black ground, in gold let ters, are the following inscriptions:

1. "On the 12th day of September, MDCCCXIIII, this pillar was erected by the inhabitants of this place, as a memorial of gratitude to Almighty God, and in commemoration of Peace, obtained after a severe war of twenty years with France."

2. "In the year MDCCCXIIII, the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, the Prince of Orange, Marshal Blucher, and Platoff, Hetman of the Cossacks, visited the Court of the Prince Regent."

3. "Amongst the instruments employed by Divine Providence, in procuring the blessings of peace, the renowned Nelson, the invincible Wellington, the brave Hill, Graham, Hope, stand pre-eminent, and will ever be remembered by a grateful nation,"

"On the XXIII of June, MDCCCXIIII, seven hundred of the poor of this parish dined in this market-place; and on the 4th of June following peace was here proclaimed."

Died.] At Bedford, Mr. J. Page, shoemaker.

BERKSHIRE.