toms, stationed at that port. The very long and painful illness which preceded his deceafe he fuftained with pious fortitude and Chriftian patience, and expired with modeft refrenation. In the various relations of focial life his conduct, in every respect, was exemplary. In the duties of his official itation he was vigilant and active; and to zeal for the fervice, and inflexibility of integrity, no officer ever employed in the revenue could pottibly have a fairer claim. March 3. At his apartments in Dean-ftr. Soho, almoft fuddenly, aged 55, Michael Angelo Rooker, efq. R. A He was the only fon of the celebrated Engraver, who is characterized by the late Lord Orford in his Anecdotes as the Marc Antonio of that art. Michael was bred an engraver under his father, and studied at the Academy of the Society of Artifts; and, when his Majefty founded the prefent Royal Academy, was elected one of the Affociates. His excellence as an engraver was great; but, finding the practice of the art prejudicial to his fight, he relinquished it on being appointed fcene-painter to the Little Theatre in the Haymarket, referving only the execution of the plate to the Oxford Almanack, for which he likewife made the drawings. About this time, 1788, Mr. R. began an autumnal pedestrian tour through the most romantic counties of England and Wales, carrying with him an innumerable collection of things for his accommodation. His appearance and referved manner not unfrequently raised fufpicions of his being a spy; and he was feveral times actually fubjected to confinement, till the opinion of the neighbouring jaftices could be obtained, and which, though favourable to our traveller, did not always prove fansfactory to the loyal inhabitants of the place, who had been at fome pains to fecure him. During thefe excurfions he made a feries of views of the most remarkable ruins in Norfolk, Suffolk, Sumerfetshire, Warwickshire, &c. which, from the peculiar accuracy with which they are drawn, the judicious points from which the views are taken, and the exquisite taste and attention with which they are finished, will remain a memorial of his abilities, and add a value to the col lection of the amateur who may poffels them. That he did not give the effect to h's drawings which is the prefent pre. vailing fathion, and to which in general every other merit is f. crificed, arofe not from incapacity but from principle: he adhered to a clear and decided manner af reprefenting the object before him, which he delineated with the perfpicuity of a El mish mafter. His drawings will bear the minutest fpection; and, his fubjects being ufually views of particular places, he confidered it improper to add or omit any cect, as either would neceffarily de ftroy the truth of the representation; and hence they become highly interesting to the antiquary and topographical collector. He read much, and was well informed on most fubjects of general biftory and the arts; mixed but little in fociety, and was very referved. His performances, on this account, were known only to a confined circle of his friends; and it was with difficulty even they could at any time procure a drawing from him, although he had great numbers finished in his port-folio. He was a bachelor; and, till the arrangements of the theatre induced Mr. Colman to dismiss his fcene-painter, in order to leffen the expences of the house, enjoyed à fufficiency equal to his wifhes. This event taking place unexpectedly, and a confiderable fum of money due to him being at the fame time involved in a chancery-funt, added to the preffure of the times, preyed upon his mind, and brought on a dejection of fpirits from which he never recovered. 19. At Canterbury, in her 69th year, Mrs. Six, wife of James S. efq. F. R. S. 27. Found dead in his bed, at the Cock inn, Haymarket, aged 75, Mr. Andrew Lard, many years a coal-merchant of that place. He left his company at an early hour the preceding evening in apparent good health. 28. In his 67th year, like Epaminondas and Wo'fe, of the wounds he received in a hard-fought battle (near Alexandria). in which he was commander in chief, and was victorious, Sir Ralph Abercromby. To his country, the lofs of fuch a man, at fuch a time, is meftimable. For himself, it might have been somewhat happier, if the victory had been finally decifive of the fate of Egypt-more glorious it could fcarcely in any circumftances have been. It has crowned one of the most hodourable military lives which History fhail ever commemorate for the emulation of future times. His defcent was from an old, though not opulent Scottish family, of the county of Surling. He was born about 1738. May 23, 1756, he obtained a cornetcy in the 2d dragoon guards; and rofe, April 24, 1762, to the rank of a captain in the 3d regiment of horse. Af cending through the intermediate gradations of rank, he was appointed, Nov. 3, 1781, to the colonelcy of the 103d infantry. Sept. 28, 1787, he was promoted to the rank of major-general. Nov. 5, 1795, he obtained the command of the th regiment of dragoons. Having been near. ly 40 years in the army, having ferved with honour in two wars, and being efteemed one of the ableft, coolest, and most intrepid officers in the whole British forces, he was employed on the Continent under his Royal Highness the Duke of York, in the commencement of the present war. In the action on the heights of Cateau, he commanded At leader infpired, the extraordinary fuperiority which the British infantry under his command evinced to that which was thought the bravest and best disciplined infantry in the world, demonstrate that all the best qualities of one of the grea eft commanders were in Sir Ralph Abercromby united that they were all fummoned forth into activity, in the glorious atchievements amid which he fell. His private character was modeft, difinterefted, upright, unstained by any negligent or licentious vice. He was a good fon, brother, father, husband, and friend, as well as an able and 'heroic general. His remains were conveyed on board Admiral Lord Keith's flag ship to Malta, attended by Col. Sir John Dyer, to be there interred in the Commandery of the Grand Mafter, with the highest military honours.-A monument in St. Paul's has fince been voted by the House of Commons; over which is to be placed the Invincible Standard of Bonaparte. His widow has been created a peerefs; and a pension of 200l. a year for her and thre: lives fettled on the family. The eldeft fon is not blind (as has been reported); but is a promifing young gentleman, and inherits many of his father's distinguished virtues. He is at the Scotch bar, and has lately been married to a daughter of Mr. Dundas. The father of the late gallant Sir Ralph Abercromby is ftill living, aged upwards of 90. 31. In Tottenham-court-road, aged 81, Mr. Livermore. commanded the advanced guard. Nimeguen he was wounded. He conducted the march of the guards from Deventer to Oldensaal, in the retreat of the British out of Holland, in the winter of 1794-5. In Aug. 1795, he was appointed to fucceed Sir Charles Grey, as commander in chief of the British forces in the Weft Indies. March 24, 1796, Grenada was fuddenly attacked and taken by a detach ment of the army under h's orders. He afterwards obtained pofleffion of the fettlements of Demarara and Iffequibo, in South America. St. Lucia was next taken by more difficult exertions, in which the ability of this eminent commander was fignally displayed. St. Vincent's was, by the middle of June, added to the British conquefts. Trinidad, in Feb. 1797, fhared the fame fate. He returned the fame year to Europe, and in reward for such important fervices was invested with the red ribbon, appointed to the command of the regiment of Scots Greys, intrufted with the governments of the Isle of Wight, Fort George, and Fort Auguftas, and raised to the high military rank of lieutenant-general. He held, for a time, the chief command of the forces in Ireland. In that command, he laboured to maintain the difcipline of the army, to fupprefs the rifing rebellion, and to protect the people from military oppreffion, with a care worthy alike of the great general and the enlightened and beneficent ftatesman. From that station he was called to the chief command of the forces in Scotland. His conduct in this diftinguished appointment gave univerfal fatisfaction. When the great enterprize against Holland was refolved upon, Sir Ralph Abercromby was called again to command, under his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The difficulties of the ground, the inclemency of the feafon, delays, though inconvenient, yet unavoidable, the diforderly movements of the Ruffians, and the timid duplicity of the Dutch, difappointed our hopes of that expédition. But, by the Dutch, the French, the British, it was confeffed, that even victory, the moft decifive, could not have more confpicuouft proved the talents of this illuftrious officer. His country applauded the choice, when he was fent with an army to 15. Aged 24, Mr. Thomas Rickman, difpoffefs the French of Egypt. His expe- jun. of Lewes, Suflex. He happily united rience in Holland and Flanders, and the to fcienufte and cultivated talents the most. climate of the Weft Indies, particularly amiable difpofition, and a condo circumfitted him for this new command. He ac fpect and exemplary. By his death bis recomplished some of the first duties of a ge- lations and friends have to lament an irreneral, in carrying his army in health, in parable lofs, and fociety a valuable member. fpirits, and with the requifite intelligence and fupplies, to the deftmed fcene of action. The landing, the firft difpofitions, the attacks, and the courage opposed to attack, the fpirit with which his army appears to have been by confidence in their GENT. MAG. May, 1801. April 2. At Winden, near Riga, Capt. John Camp, master of the Enterprize, of Hall, detained by the Kutfian embargo. 5. At Cranbrook, Kent, Mr. Ifaac Doble, furgeon and apothecary. 6. At Meafham-lodge, co. Derby, in het 70th year, Mrs. Mary Baker, widow of the late Mr. John B. of Wolverhampton. 13. After a long illness, Mrs. Churchill, widow of the late Wm. C. efq. of Colytonhouie, Dorchester. Her remains were interred in the family-vault in St. Peter's church, Dorchefter. The corpfe was followed by the girls of the Sunday-school, to the number of 41, attended by the two miftreffes, all in clofe mourning, given them by the Rev. Mr. C. agreeably to his mother's request. At Stourmouth, Kent, in his 89th year, Mr. John Hunt, a man of great integrity, and formerly a refpectable carpenter at Wingham, in the fame county, of which place he was a native. He was blind for feveral years before his death, At At his houfe on the lines near Brompton, co Kent, Mr. James Fullager, a respectable gentleman-farmer. 16. At Frome, Mr. Jn. Ayres, clothier. 17. Mr. Wm. Tucker, formerly an eminent wine and brandy-merchant at Bath. 19. At Ripley, Surrey, in his 82d year, Mr. Thomas Harrifon. 20. Robert Pell, efq. of Fenftanton, co. Huntingdon. 21. In his 61ft year, John Marsden, efq. of Fairfi Id, co. York, one of the people called Quakers. At Exeter, Mr. Tothill, haberdasher. 23 Mr. Moxey, fen. of Exeter, 30 years deputy-receiver of the taxes for Devon. Major Duncan Campbell (Afkomel), late of the 5th or ift battalion of the Argylethire fencible regiment. At Woolavington, Suffex, Richard Bettefworth, efq. many years an acting ma giftrate for that county. Drowned, while bathing in the Serpentine river, Mr. Charles Brome, engraver,, late of Air-street, Piccadilly. 24 Mis. Cothin, widow of Rich. C. efq., late post-matter of Exeter. At Okehampton, after long and fevere illness, Robert Hawkes, efq. captain heu. tenant in the Plymouth divifion of marines. 25. At Gloucefter, Mrs. Harriet Neale, youngest daughter of the late George J. Biuere, efq. governor of Bermuda. At Charlton-place, Iflington, aged 81, Mrs. Hannah Folmer. At Buckland, near Dover, aged 71, Mr. Thomas Hatton, a confiderable farmer, and a man of good character. Aged 69, Mrs. Allen, of Glafton, Rutld. At her houfe at Acton, Mrs. Price, of London-ttree. 26. At the vicarage of Yatcombe, Devon, Mrs. Palmer, wife of the Rev. Wm. P. and niece of the c lebrated Mrs. Carter. At Bridgewater, Mrs. Ames, relic of Levi A. eiq. of Charlton, near SheptonMallet, and fecond daughter of Nicholas Sealy, efq. late of Bridgewater. Aged 21, Mifs Maria Hayward, of Lincoln, fecond dau. of Mr. H tone-mafon. In Great Cumberland freet, Mrs. Jennings, wife of J. C. J. efq harrifter. At Twickenham, Rd. Hammond, efq. 27. At Eaft Horoden, Fifex, Mrs. Powell, wife of David P. efq. of St. Helen's, Lond. At Lee, near Kumiey, Hants, Mrs. J. Warner, wife of Jofeph W. jun. efq. In Cecil-iquare, Margate, in her 85th year, Mrs. Anne Burnell, widow. Aged 81, Mr. Thomas Browne, bookfeller and flationer, of Huil. Agd zz, Mifs Bunard, of Aylesham. Returning in a gig from visiting a friend, within a quarter of a mile of her boute the horle fel, and the bafts of the carriage were broken. Ih jumping out the fell and fra&ured her skull; continued deprived of Tenfe for fix days, and then expired. At a very advanced age, Mrs. Hill, relict of Rev. Tho. H. of the Clofe, Salisbury. 28. At Sellaby, co. Durham, the Hon. Frederick Vane, uncle to the Earl of Darlington, and deputy-treasurer of the royal hofpital at Chelfea. Peregrine Phillips, efq. of Sloane-square. At Beminster, aged 82, Samuel Cox, efq. At his chambers in Tanfield-court, after a few days illnefs of a nervous fever, John Spinks, efq. fub-treafurer of the honourable Society of the Inner Temple. In the course of nearly 20 years in which he filled that office he difcharged its feveral duties with honour to himself, fidelity to the fociety, and fatisfaction to the various perfons with whom he had deafings; and, from the excellence of his private life, he has left behind him, as a confolation to his friends for their lofs, a moft irreproachable character. At Ashley, near Bath, in confequence of a fall from her boife, aged 23, Mrs. McClttock, wife of John M'C. efq. of Drumcar, co. Louth, in Ireland. At Bolton, co. Lincoln, Mrs. Broughton, wife of Alderman B. In York-Itreet, St. James's fquare, Mrs. Gibson, wife of John G. efq. 30. Aged 76, Mr. John Boufell, late an eminent leather-cutter at Norwich; who, for upwards of 20 years, lived an abftemious life, refraining from animal food and fermented liquors. At Lowestoft, in his 68th year, the Rev. Francis Bowness, rector of Gunton, and many years in the commiffion of the peace for the county of Suffolk. His regular and correct discharge of the various and impor tant duties of a clergyman and a magistrate, the mildness and urbanity of his manners, his ftrong understanding and focial qualities, will make his lofs felt and regretted by his parishioners and numerous friends. At Reading, aged 65, Mr. John Bird, formerly a reputable plumber in that town. At Weft Moulfey, Surrey, Mr. Jof. Guff At his brother's houfe in Bloomsburyfquare, John Dyneley, efq. This morning, about 11, George Ford, a porter at the Bell and Crown inn, Holborn, dropped down dead at the door of Mr. Auk tin, brafs-founder, Saffron-hill. Five days before, he overheated himself in the dif charge of his duty; and, coming to his Lodging in Red Lion court that evening, complained of a pain in his breast. On the evening before his death, he went to the hofpital for a letter of admiffion, which he carried in the morning to his master at the Bell and Crown, to be figned by him; and, in returning home, within a few yards of his lodging, dropped down as aforefaid. He had been 7 years a porter at the St. James's hotel, in Jermyn-fieet, with an unblemished character. At Edinburgh, in her 76th year, Mrs. R. Inglis, fifter to Hugh 1, efq. of Bedford-row. Lattlys Lately, at Jamaica, of the yellow fever, Roderick Mackenzie, efq. fon of the late Capt. Kenneth M. of Redcastle. At Madrid, the Marquis d'Iranda, one of the richest bankers in Europe. In Grafton-ftr. Dublin, Mr. Michael Boylan, a reputable painter and paper-ftainer. At Merrion, Mr. Wm. O'Neill, fon of Mr. John O'N. of Frederick-itr. Dublin,, In Trinity-place, Dublin, in his 68th year, Mr. Francis Meran, an eminent tailor, late of Fleet-ftreet. In the county of Tipperary, Mr. Price; who, having taken a farm against the with of those who took upon them to regulate the rents of land, received a written intimation, which appears, from the evidence of a member of the House of Commons, to have been to the following effect : 66 Liberty Hall, "Take notice, that you have been tried and convicted of having taken farm. You have been sentenced to death. You are to give up the farm; otherwife, the warrant for your execution is in the hands of the executioner." This account the Member received from a brother of the deceased, who fhewed him another letter to the fame effect, which was ferved on a tenant of Mr. Price at the fame time, who, in confequence, fled the country. Mr. Price was, within a few days, in the open field at noon, fired at and murdered by a single individual, who was fuffered to depart at his leifure, without any endeavour being made to detain him, though many people were at work at no great distance. At Clifton, aged 24, Mrs. Sinnot, wife of Dr. Nicholas S. of Daventry; by whofe death before the attained the age of 25, a confiderable property devolves, by the will of the Rev. Richard Canning, to the So-, ciety for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. At Yarmouth, in his 85th year, the Rev. William Adams, rector of Rollesby and Vicar of Stalham, Norfolk. At Cobham, Surrey, aged 75, Mr. Henry Crawler. At Long Buck by, co. Northampton, the, Rev. Geo. Freeman, LL.D. rector of Shelton, co. Bedford, and vicar of Long Buckby. At his houfe in Bedford-row, John Brettell, efq. fecretary to the Stamp-office. May I. At Otes, Eilex, John Baker, efq. one of his Majesty's depu y-lieutenants and juices of the peace for that county; who married the dowager Lady St. Aubyn, and purchafed that eitate about 1797. At Bath, after an illness of a few days, in his 811t year, the Rev. Charles Dix, M.A. rector of Gateley and Brifley, Norfolk. He was of Chrift's college, Cambridge; B. A. 1740, M. A. 1744. The former living is in the gift of the College, the latter of the L'Etrange family, 2. At B. Burchall's, efq. Fulmer-house, Bucks, in her 17th year, Mifs Frances Harper, daur of the late Col. H. of the E. Indies. 3. At his houfe in Mansfield-street, of a cancer in his tongue, in his 87th year, General Cyrus Trapaud, Colonel of the 52d regiment of foot, and the oldest Gene. ral in his Majefty's fervice. He was related to the Marthal Turenne, the Duke De Bouillon, the Duke la Fourate, and feveral other of the French Nobility. Of Marthal Turenne a fine but was feveral years ago fent to him with this infcription, "To General Cyrus Trapaud, from Godfrey, reigning Duke of Bouillon, this Buft is prefented, as a Memorial of Alliance and a Token of Esteem." His family came to this country early in the last century, on account of the perfecution of the Protestants. His father having had a regiment in France, Queen Anne gave him a regiment of dragoons, which he commanded in Portugal. The General ferved under his late Majefty Geo. II. in the battles of Dettingen, and Val, alias Lafeldt, in Germany; and was at thofe of Fontenoy, Falkirk, Culloden, and Guadaloupe., General Trapaud's life, as well as his death, were marked with that amiable ferenity, and that perfevering courage which had fo fuftly ende red him to his friends and country. He bore, with his accustomed fo title, the Jofs of fight during a period of fix years, having fubmitted to the painful operation of couching without benefit; and he fuftained a lingering malady for more than a twelve-month preceding his diffolution, with that refignation which an honest confcience, and a fervent hope can alone infpire. He died moft fincerely regreted by his relations, and numerous and refpectable friends; and his liberal charities, and benevolent exertions in behalf of the dif treffed, must ever be gratefully remembered by many. The General, it is believed, was born in Ireland, where he had many relations; but left that country very young. He was rather under the middle itatore, remarkably compact and well made, and continued straight to the left. He had, though of a dark complexion, a pleafing, chearful, and benign countenance, which never left him. His remains were intered with military honoms, at the burial-ground belonging to Chelfea-hofpital, and his fnneral was muit refpectably attended. Among the carriages were thofe of his Grace the Duke of Ancaster, Lord Rous, Generals Pattifon, Bercie, and Arabin, Col. Brownrigg, Mr Jodrell, with many others of diftinction. At her apartments in Wind'or caftle, Mrs. Pigott, relict of Gillery P. elq. of Cleaver, Bucks. At Darking, Surr. Mr. Ifael Lynn, fen. 4. John Whitmarsh, efq. m jor of the Taunton volunteers; after exercifing whom, in perfect health, he was feized with a fit, which foom proved fatal. In Axford-buildings, Bath, the wife of Michael Jones, efq. At Olmanthorp, near Leeds, Mrs. Lucas, wife of James L. efq. late furgeon at Leeds, but now of Conitborough, near Doncaster. Aged 70, Mrs. Jane Buxton, relict of Mr, John B. who," after a series of years in affiction and pain, departed this tranfitory ftate Sept. 13, 1784, in the 54th year of his age," and was buried in the church yard at Enfield, Middlefex, with the following epitaph: "Stop, whom thou beeft, as you pass by, Ye giddy, thoughtless, young, and gay, On a contiguous ftone: "Mors Janua Vita. Here lies the remains of Mrs. Anne Thorne, who died Feb. 13, 1794, aged 744 Here alfo lieth the remains of Mr. Jofeph Thorne, who died Jan. 18, 1795, aged 71." 5. At Edmonton, aged 73, Mrs. Sarah Huxley, one of the oldeft inhabitants of that parish, and much regretted by the poor, and poffeffed of the old manfion called Wyerall, in that parith, rebuilt by Geo. H. 1611. 6. At Bath, the wife of Col. Starkie. 7. In advanced age, the widow of Mr. Hart, druggift, of Exeter. Mr. Smith, of Canterbury-place, Lambeth, clerk in the Sun fire-office, put an end to his life by ftabbing himself in feveral parts of his body with a carving-knife. At Ipfwich, Mrs. Sarah Ruftat, relict of the Rev. Tobias R. M. A. rector of Stutton, co. Suffolk, vol. LXIII: p. 93. To the poor fhe was a conftant and hberal benefactress, and through life a pattern of every chriftian and moral virtue. 8. At B-fleet, near Ripley, Surrey, in his 8ift year, Mr. John Burges, fen. At Enfield, of a fupprettion of urine, efteemed and valued by all who knew him, Mr. James Jarvis, black(mith and farrier. His father died, aged 90, Jan. 3, 1783. 9. Mis, Borton, wife of Mr. B. printer, Little Queen-ftreet, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Of an apoplexy, at his houfe in Wellclote fquare, the 44th year of his age, Scheve Arney, efq. At Eatteo-houfe, near Norwich, aged 69, Sir Lambert Blackwell, bart, By his death the title of Baronet, conferred on his grandfather, July 16, 1718, becomes extinct. He has bequeathed all his eftates, with his valuable collections of paintings, books, coins, &c. to William Fofter, junior, efq. of Norwich, fubject only to a life an nuity of 50l. to Mrs. Butler, and to the payment of a few legacies. At Buxton, of a paralytic disorder, aged 67, John Fofter, efq. of Leicester Grange, in the county of Warwick; eldeft fon of John Foster, of Burbach, co Leicester, gent. by Dorothy his wife, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Parr, vicar of Hinckley. Mr Fof ter ferved the office of high fheriff for the county of Worcester in 1779; in 1780 was called to the bar by the honourable Society of the Midle Temple; and, in was afterwards high fheriff for the county of Warwick, and in the commiffion of the peace for the counties of Leicester and Warwick. He was thrice married; 1. in 1765, to Mary, one of the daughters of Thomas Milward, efq. of Walefcott, in Worcestershire, by whom he had one fon John, who died 1796 (LXVI. 795); 2. to Judith only daughter of Edward Gueft, esq. a merchant of London, by whom he had one fon, Robert, born about 1780; 3dly, to Charlotte, daughter of William Kerr, M. D. of Northampton, by whom he had feveral children.-Leiçefter Grange is fituated in the county of Warwick, on the edge of the county, being feparated from Leicestershire by the Fofs Road; and is fa mous in history for having been honoured with a vifit by King Charles II. and by be ing afterwards the refidence of Sir Williain Perkins, who was executed for high trea fon in 1696. Some of the tallest and finest elaftic pines in England were thought to be grown in thefe grounds. In a fmall fpot, called The Grove, were 140, meafuring, one with another, 90 feet in height, In 1784 the prefent grounds and garden were laid out with much tafte by the late worthy owner, under the advice of his friend Mr. John Robinson, whose descrip tion of Leicester Grange, 1787, was print ed in the "Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica," No XLIII. p. 348. IO At Theobalds-grove, Herts, of a deep decline, George-Frederick Prescot, efq. eldeft fon of Thomas P. efq. and nephew to Sir George P. bart. At her mother's, Mrs. Crump, of Albrighton, Shropshire, of a decline, in her 27th year, Mrs. Jane Galabin, wife of Mr. Henry Lewis G. of Ingram-court, Loodun, printer. And on Saturday the 18th of April preceding, alfo of a decline, their in fant fon Edward, aged 9 mon hs. II Athis houfe in Banhil'-row, aged 63, Dr. Boily, a German empiricks of great telebrity among the lower orders of people. 12. At Snare-hill, near Thetford, fuddenly, James Pell, efq. He ferved the of fice |
