membrance of those who enjoyed his fociety, or felt his commiferation.

In Parliament-ftreet, Nottingham, Mr. Tho. Wilkinfon, gent.

At Derby, in her 99th year, Mrs. Bakewell, ironmonger, and daughter of Francis Cockayne, efq. who feveral times ferved the office of mayor of that borough.

At Willefley-hall, aged 65, Tho. Abney, efq. fon of Sir Tho. A. one of his Majesty's juftices of the Court of Common Pleas (who was killed in 1750 by the gaul distemper). He has left iffue only one daughter, married to Lieut. col. Haltings. His character was that of a truly respectable country gentlerran. He lived upon his eftate at Willefiey, the whole lordship of which he owned; was a good husband, a good father, a good mafter, and a good landlord: fincere and warm in his attachment to his friends, liberal in his benefactions to the poor, and strictly just in his dealings with all men. It was of this gentle man Mr. Thickneffe fpeaks, when he fays, "The comfortable feat of Mr. Abney fhould be particularly noticed, not only for the houfe, but the good old man, his fon, and the wife. It is a maifon carrée, has extensive views each way, but the poffe for fees no man's land but his own; and all his farm-houfes too are as well formed as his own. An hofpitable table once covered, and in the comfortable style of our forefathers, made me think myself 150 years back." See Mr. Nichols's Leicester

Thire Collections, p. 1235.

At Ridge, Herts, in her 73d year, Mrs. Eliz. Whalley, relict of Rev. Rob. W. vicar of that place.

At his apartments in Featherstone-buildbuildings, in his 67th year, James Leake, efq. of Dedham, Effex, one of the court of affifants of the Stationers Company, one of the commiffioners of the lottery, and formerly a parentee of Covent-garden fheatre.

At his houfe in Plymouth dock, after a tedious indifpofition, Fenton Grifiths, efq. Captain in the Portsmouth divifion of ma

rines.

The lofs of this brave and worthy officer is afcribed to the unwholfomeness of the climate of St. Lucia, which proved fatal to many of our beft troops while in garriton there during the late war. His corpte was interred with military honours, attended by his brother officers and foldiers.

16. At Mear's-Afhby, co. Northampton, in her 88th year, Mrs. Frances Thornton, relict of Tho. T. efq. of Brockhall.

At Great Mallow, in Ireland, Right Hon. Dowager Baronefs Malley.

17. At Wanilead, Effex, Mrs. Thurlow, widow of the late Bishop of Doham. This lady died, in the ftricteft fenfe of the word, of a broken heart. During the long hopeless illness of the Bishop, the exhibited the most constant proots of conjugal affection and tenderness, and was continually abforbed in grief; and though, from the report of his phyticians, the had time fuficient to prepare

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herself for the awful ftrake of his Lordship's diffolution, no fooner did that period arrive, than she became a prey to the moft agonizing forrow, which very fhortly brought on a diforder that terminated her life.

James Sutherland, efq. late judge-advocate of the Court of Admiralty at MinorcaWhile the King was paffing from the Queen's house to the levee at St. James's, about one o'clock in the afternoon, this unfortunate gentleman placed himself close to the rails of the Green-park, and fhot himfelf in the breaft with a piftol, in the hearing, and almost in the prefence, of his Majesty. A green filk purse, containing two pence in halipence and a fixpence, a ínuff-box, and a white pocket-handkerchief, were all that were found in his pockets. The body was conveyed to St. Martin's workhoufe; and the coroner's inqueft was taken at the BarnMeute, a public houfe in St. Martin's-lane, where, after a fitting of four hours, the jury humanely brought in a verdict of Lunacy, His remains were privately and decently interred in the church-yard of St. Martin in the Fields, about feven o'clock in the evening of the 19th, followed to the grave by his nephews, Melfrs. M. and J. Cowper, as cinef mourners, and by Simon Frafer, efq. Henry Nettleship, efq. G. Ward, efq. R. Ward, efq. Mr. N. B. Harrison, and Mr. H. S. Woodfall, intimate friends of the deceased. Mr. S. his left a wife and four children; two fons, one a captain-lieutenant in the 25th regiment, the other on the establishment in India, and two daughters, who now refide, with their mother, in Union-ftr. Weftminster. When he shot himself he held a letter in his hand, addreffed "To the Coroner who shall take an Inqueft on James Sutherland,” and which contained a short statement of his cafe, a letter to the King, and an extract of one which he fent fome time ago to Mr. Pitt; all of which, with a character of him, and veries to his memory, must be deferred till our next.

In Kennington-lane, Vauxhall, the Hon. Ifabella Scott, widow of the Hon. John S. only brother to the Earl of Deloraine. She was Mifs Young, a celebrated finger, and married to him in 1757.

18. After a lingering illnefs of near two years and a half, on her way to Southamp ton, whither she was going to embark for Litbon, Miss Craufurd, eldest daughter of Sir Alex. C. bart.

At Stokelley, in Derbyshire, aged 83, Mrs. Anna-Maria Nicholion, mother of the cele brated Margaret N. who, in a paroxyfm of infanity, made an attempt upon the life of our beloved Sovereign. The old woman, i 171 almost her last moments, bewailed the fate of her unhappy daughter, who had always been her favourite child.

21. In his 66th year, Tho. Coare, efq. of Reading, formerly of Newgate-ftreet, wine and brandy-merchant, but had retired with 4 competent fortune.

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At her house at Jacob's Well, Bristol, Mrs. Jane Green, the celebrated actress, who for many years diffinguished herself by the powerful exertions of her comic talents on the ftages of Drury-lane and Covent-garden theatres. Mrs. G. was the daughter of that eminent comedian Mr. Hippefley, the predeceffor of Yates and Shuter. She began her career on the stage of Goodman's-fields play. houfe, about the time that Mr. Garrick commenced the profeflion of an actor. She was married to Henry Green, efq. who died fome few years fince, purfer of the Namur, a 90gun fhip. After a painful &ruggle with Nature for eight weeks, Mrs. G. (having completed her 72d year) was carried off by a mortification in her limbs, which age and imbecillity, occafioned by illness, and a long courfe of medicine, rendered it out of the power of Art to stop. In private life, Mrs. G. was an affectionate wife, a tender parent, and a steady friend. She has left behind her two fons, the elder a captain of marines, the younger at prefent unprovided for. As an actress, we have no one performer, on either of our stages, equal to Mrs. Green in the termagants, and few in the pert chambermaids, and various other cemic and farcical characters. She was the powerful rival of Clive, in the best days of Kitty's powers; and, as long as the continued on the stage, was defervedly a great favourite with the publick. She quitted Covent garden theatre a few years fince,' on a pique, occafioned by fome difference with the manager; and has ever fince refided in a small house of her own near Jacob's Well, Briftol, which her father built when proprietor of the adjoining

Aug.

HAY-MARKET.

1. Seeing is Believing-Surrender of Calais. 2. The Country Girl-The Village Lawyer. 3. A Quarter of an Hour before DinnerThe Surrender of Calais.

4. Half an Hour after Supper-Ditto. 5. Inkle and Yarico-Mayor of Garratt. 6. Seeing is Believing-Surrender of Calais. 8. A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner-D°. 9. Piety in Pattens-Ditto.

10. Inkie and Yarico-A Trip to ElyfiumPeeping Tom.

11. A Quarter of an Hour before DinnerThe Surrender of Calais.

12. The Young Quaker-The Minor. 13. Next Door Neighbours-The PadlockThe Irishman in Spain.

15. The Surrender of Calais-The Liar. 16. The Battle of Hexham-The Northern Inn; or, The Days of good Queen Befs.

theatre, and which was for many years the only theatre near Briftol. In 1765 the prefent playhouse in King-ftreet was built by fubfcription, and opened the next famner by a company of comedians from the London theatres; in the direction of which, the late Meffrs. Holland and Powell, Mr. King, and other of our first comedians, engaged.

22. Peregrine Sims, efq. of the Customhoufe, London.

23. At his houfe in the Old Jewry, Johu Whitmore, efq.

At her lodgings near Aftley's Ridingfchool, Lambeth, the noted Countess de la Motte, of nice memory, and who lately jumped out of a two-pair of stairs window, to avoid the bailiffs.

24. At her house in Lanfdown-road, Bath, aged 74, Mrs. Rigby, a maiden lady.

At Stoke Newington, of which he was one of the oldest inhabitants, aged 79, Mr. Wm. Giles. He was a farmer and coal-merchant, and for many years clerk of the parish.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

EORGE Earl of Morton, created Baron

G Douglas, of Lochleven, 26. Kinros

C. Meynell, efq. appointed mafter and keeper of his Majefty's Tennis-court near the Cockpit, Whitehall, and of his Majesty's Tennis-court and Tennis-plays at Hamptoncourt, and elsewhere, in Great Britain.

Hon. Jofeph Hewitt, appointed one of his Majefty's juftices of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, vice Henn, dec.

Henry Duquery, and James Chatterton, efqrs. appointed his Majefty's fecond and third ferjeants at law in Ireland.

REGISTER.

17. The Surrender of Calais-The Mayor of Garratt. [of Calais. 18. The Manager in Diftrefs-The Surrender 19. The Beggar's Opera-Village Lawyer. 20. The Manager in Distress-The Surrender

of Calais.

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