At East Close, near Christ Church, liants, aged 82, John Levelt, esq.

11. At Clanville, Hants, aged 72, the reverend John Lockton. At Effingham, Surrey, in his 30th year, George Moir, esq. of Kingston, Jamaica.

Sir William Staines, knt. well known to the public, as having served all the offices of the Corporation of London, with assiduity and fidelity. He was born in 1731, in the parish of St. George, Southwark, where his father carried on the business of a stone-mason, in a small way. When very young, possessed of an ardent and im petuous spirit, he made a voyage to Portugal, as a common sailor. In returning to England, the ship in which he sailed was captured by a French privateer; and he, with the rest of the crew, was conducted to a prison in France. After a confinement of six months, he was exchanged, and came home in a cartel; but he was so much altered by the hardships he had undergone, that his mother would not have been able to identify him, had it not been for a personal mark. It was, we believe, on his way to London, at this time, that the cravings of hunger induced him to enter a chandler's shop in a village on the road, where be called for rather more bread and small beer, than the exhausted state of his finances could afford to pay for. His apo. logy and his simplicity of appearance, however, were such that his creditor forgave his imprudence, and dismissed him with a hearty welcome. This act of forbearance he never forgot; and when ar. rived at opulence, he sought cut

the donor of this trifling benefaction, in the decline of her days, and recompensed her kindness with an annuity for life. Soon after his

return, he was bound apprentice to a stone-mason, in Cannon-street; and, on the expiration of his time, he became a journeyman to Mr. Pinder, the city-mason. While so employed, he married, and took a chandler's shop and coal-shed in Philip-lane, London Wall; where, after the conclusion of his day's labour abroad, he used to carry out coals to his customers. When Oxford-street was paved, he was foreman to the stone-mason who had the contract for laying the foot. way. It so happened, that the master became incapable of ful filling bis engagement; and one of the trustecs, who had noticed the foreman's attention and assiduity, got him employed to complete the job, and advanced him money to buy the materials. About the year 1760, the steeple of Bow church standing in need of repair, Mr. Staines, with the assistance of a friend, was enabled to undertake the contract. The satisfactory manner in which he executed this bu siness was considered by him as having laid the foundation of his future fortune; on which account, when he became sheriff, Bow church was represented in perspective, in the back ground of one of the pan. nels of his state-carriage. In 1765, he was employed to repair St. Bride's steeple, which had been damaged by lightning. On the introduction of the Scotch paving. stone into London, he entered extensively into that business; and, some time afterwards, was appointed mason to the city of London. For

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tune continuing to favour him, he was elected into the common-council for the ward of Cripplegate, in 1783; appointed one of the deputies of that ward, in 1791; elected alderman, in 1793; knighted, in 1796; served the office of sheriff, in 1797; and that of lord-mayor, in 1801. When promoted to the civic chair, his former obscurity was not unfrequently referred to; and a rumour of a prediction, the consequence of a dream, was as frequently attached to it. The sto ry, which was never denied by the worthy alderman himself, was as follows: That while employed, as a journeyman, in the repairs of the parsonage-house at Uxbridge, he was accosted one day by the clergyman's lady, who told him that she had had an extraordinary dream, viz. that he would certainly become lord-mayor of London. Flattering as this appeared to Mr. Staines at the time, it was then considered by him as dreams generally are; and it was not till he was made sheriff that it returned to his recollection. The lady was then dead, and her hus. band become old; he, however, lived long enough to be nominated sheriff's chaplain; but being too infirm to do the duty, sir William engaged the rev. Dr. Gregory, and generously paid both these gentlemen. A second prediction is said to have been delivered concerning this worthy magistrate by another female sibyl, who, many years before the event, expressed her persuasion that Mr. Staines would be lord-mayor during a period of turbulence and scarcity; that we should be at war with France; but that during his mayoralty peace and plenty should be restored.

Sir William did not, when his wealth began to increase, venture upon a country house, &c. but continued, like a tradesman of the old school, to smoke his pipe every evening among his neighbours, at the Jacob's Well, in Barbican, near which he had resided many years. Benevolence appears to have been his ruling principle. About the year 1786, he erected nine almshouses in Jacob's Well Passage, which he tenanted either with his own aged workmen, or reduced tradesmen. He also built almshouses of a similar description in Yorkshire.

12. Edward Pryce, esq. of Merton, Surrey, aged 65.

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At Doncaster, aged 75, Edward Miller, Mus. D. upwards of 50 years organist there, and well known as a composer of psalms and hymns.-His first literary attempt was intitled The Tears of Yorkshire, on the Death of the Most Noble the Marquis of Rockingham, who was his patron: 600 copies of it were sold in the course of a few hours, on the day of his lordship's interment in York-minster. Miller's Psalms of David, for the church of England, were patronized by his majesty and the clergy, and the subscribers amounted to nearly 5000. Other works, composed expressly for dissenting congrega. tions, promise to become the stan dard of singing in their public worship. The poetry of Watts and of Wesley has received fresh charms, from a style at once familiar and expressive, and admirably adapted to the capacity of public congregations. Dr. M. was also author of the "Elements of Thorough Bass and Composition." He had been fifty years organist at Doncaster; of

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which, and its vicinity, by the assistance of many learned friends in the neighbourhood, and their communications, he published the "History and Antiquities," 1805. 4to; towards which the corporation gave him £50. He was one of the very few survivors who performed in the Oratorios of Handel, under the personal direction of that immortal composer.

13. The reverend Winfred Wil. son, of Colwick, Staffordshire.

Aged 67, Mr. Quartermaine, of St. Giles's, Oxford. He had been upwards of 40 years head-butler of St. John's college.

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14. At his seat at Rainham, Norfolk, in his 84th year, the most noble George, marquis Townshend, a field-marshal in the army, lonel of the 2d regiment of dragoon guards, governor of Jersey, and lord lieutenant of the county of Norfolk. He was a god-son of George I, served under George II. at the battle of Dettingen, and attended the person of William, duke of Cumberland, at the battles of Fontenoy, Culloden, and Lafeldt. He was second in command at the memorable siege of Quebec, under general Wolfe, and was consequently the immediate successor of that renowned chief, in Canada. He also served a campaign in Portugal, and commanded the British forces sent to the assistance of that country against Spain. He was appointed lord-lieutenant of Ireland in 1767, and continued in that high office, to the great satisfaction of the Irish people, till 1772. His viceroyalty was distinguished by a total change in the parliamentary constitution of the sister kingdom. On his return to England, he was appointed to the Board of Ordnance, which

situation he retained for ten years. He married first, in December, 1751, the baroness de Ferrars, of Chartley, who died in 1770. His lordship's second marriage was in 1773, with Anne, daughter of sir W. Montgomery he had issue by both his marriages. In his private character he was lively, unaffected, and convivial. He possessed an acute mind, and enlivened his conversation with that original plea. santry, which is so very visible in the works of his pencil, when he chose to display, it. In the earlier part of his life, he frequently indulged its humours, and was an admirable caricaturist even at the time when Hogarth flourished. No one enjoyed life more than the marquis Townshend. He suffered, indeed, some heavy afflictions; but he bore them with resignation; and closed a life, protracted beyond the common date of man, with the general respect and estimation of his country. By his first wife, he has left the earl of Leicester, now marquis of Townshend, lord John Town. shend, and lady Elizabeth Loftus. By his second marriage the marquis has left six children; namely, lady Anne Hudson, the duchess of Leeds, two unmarried daughters, and two

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Of a consumption, at Bristol, Miss Newton, niece of the celebrated Chatterton.

26. John Thompson, esq. of Chiswick, aged 68.

At Chichester, Mrs. Lane, wife of William Lane, esq. of the Minerva.office, Leadenhall-street.

At Huntingdon, E. L. Edwards, esq. of Ruthin, aged 35, late major of the royal Flintshire militia.

17. Suddenly, John Withers, esq. of Pixton Hill, Sussex.

At Norton Fitzwarren, T. B. Tyndale, esq. barrack-master at Taunton, and adjutant of the Langport volunteers.

18. Suddenly, Mr. Martin, of Deal, late partner with Burrows and co. of Dover.

At Dartford, Mr. Henry Couchman, veterinary-surgeon.

At Linton, the rev. E. Fisher, rector of Duxford, St Peter's, Cambridgeshire.

At Maidstone, in her 58th year, Mrs. Mackett. At the age of 23 she was considered the principal equestrian performer at Astley's, and was the first person who rode three horses in hand at one time, and jumped over a garter while the horses were in full speed. She married John Crisps, esq. of Boose, who was fascinated on seeing her perform. After his decease she was alternately the sport of good and bad fortune; sometimes enjoying the splendour of affluence, at others suffering under the pressure of poverty; and at last died depen. dent on the kind offices of well-dis. posed persons who knew her, and who did every thing in their power to tranquillize the last moments of her existence.

19. At Salisbury, E. Hinaman, esq. of Durnford House, an alder man of that city.

Suddenly, in the act of lighting the candles at lady Huntingdon's chapel, Bath, Jones.

In his 75ch year, rear-admiral John Robinson, of Beaufort-buildings.

20. In the Crescent, Bath, aged 82, Mrs. Maltby, mother to the lady of the bishop of Lincoln.

Mrs. Beckley, wife of William Beckley, esq. of Fore-street, Spitalsquare.

Miss Hansard, eldest daughter of Mr. Hausard, printer, Great Turnstile, in her 29th year.

21. At Lewes, aged 61, Francis Whitfield, esq. banker.

22. At Sharnhook, near Bedford, W. M. Fraser, M. D. late of Lower Grosvenor-street, London; leaving a wife and ten children.

At Stirling, captain Thomas Gilfillan, late of the 71st regiment of foot.

23. In her 79th year, at Edinburgh, dowager lady Stuart, of Allanbank.

In her 68th year, Mrs. James, relict of the late rev. P. James, rector of Ightham, in Kent.

24. In Charter-house-square, the rev. Joseph Smith Hargrave.

26. At Scarborough, sir Wharton Amcotts, of Kettlethorpe Park, Lincolnshire, bart.

28. At Doncaster, aged 31, the rev. W. Moore, vicar of Collingham, Yorkshire.

At Edinburgh, Mrs. Charteris, who had been a comedian in the theatre there more than 30 years.

which are generally played in London by Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Sparkes.

29. At Bristol, aged 75, James Spearing, esq.

30. At Woodford, Mrs. Free, of New-Broad-street, aged 71.