of regard would not only have cherished his memory; but have stimulated others to emulate his example. Jan. 15. In Brayne's-row, Spa-fields, after an illness of several years, aged 73, Mr. Wm. Dixon, upwards of 50 years a member of the Moravian Church; universally beloved and respected. Jan. 17. At her apartments in LowerGrosvenor-street, after a long and very painful illness, aged 61, Mrs. Hooper, relict of worthy Jas. H. esq. formerly of The Coventry Cross, in Bond-street, and lately of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea; whose death, Dec.15,1813, is recorded in our Obituary, Vol. LXXXIII. Part ii. p. 629. The character and conduct of the learned, the ambitious, and the great, among our fellow-mortals, seldom fail to be delivered down to posterity with profuseness of care, and with all the embellishment of venal panegyric. Even such labours are not without their use for they stimulate the descendants of the illustrious dead to copy after the patterns thus set up to view, and to study to preserve unsullied the glories of their race. But, it is to be feared, the benefit resulting to society at large from these exhibitions of exalted public excellence, in philosophers, heroes, statesmen, and princes, is at best limited, and often precarious; whilst the generality of mankind contemplate the splendid description with careless apathy, if not with incredulous indifference: whereas the faithful representation of a life of private goodness, of common attainment by man or woman in the humbler walks of hu manity, cannot fail to interest, and to engage the imitation of numbers. Mr. and Mrs. H. were both amiable in their lives, and are much regretted by a large circle of respectable friends in their deaths. As a tradesman, Mr. Hooper was indefatigably industrious, attentive to his customers, grateful for favours, patient under disappointments, moderate in his profits, frugal in his expences, temperate, and even abstemious in his personal enjoyments. Mrs. Hooper admirably assisted her good husband in bis calm pursuit of a comfortable independence, by her courteous deportment to all his employers, by her readiness and dexterity in the government of his family, by her skilful management in all the minute details of his household economy, by her cheerful temper and undeviating benevolence to all around her. Blest with a family, of whom five sons (all in business) and two daugh ters (one married) survive them, they ruled over the interesting pledges of their affection with a lax silken cord of love, and never probablygave one duteous child a just cause to sigh, till now- that they are no more. May their children emulate their many virtues! May they remember the happiness of having had parents so indulgent, so prudent, so mild, and so impartial. "Manibus date lilia plenis : Purpureos spargam flores, et fangar inani Munere." AMICUS. Jan. 20. Suddenly, in Castle-street, Oxford-road, in his 63d year, Mr. William Hughes, formerly faro-dealer at the Ladies Banks. He was much regarded as a man of cheerful obliging temper; and it may be truly said, that he never made an enemy, or deserved one. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for January, 1814. 8 o'clock Morning. Day of Month. Height of By W. CARY, Strand. Fahrenheit's Thermometer. Dec. O 27 27 Jan 28 27 12 20 25 29 25 28 27 37 foggy ,35 foggy 25 26 26 foggy 56 cloudy 30 foggy 32 cloudy , 13 foggy 29,83 foggy 68 cloudy 17 25 29 24 18 30 32 30 19 32 32 28 20 28 SO 20 21 20 26 21 22 24 28 19 23 22 15 fair 31 63 cloudy 24 25 27 9 .10. 15 28 26 24 28 18 65 cloudy 25 28 32 27 1222 28 26 78 show of snow 80 cloudy 11 22 27 25 67 cloudy **Fine Gold fell 3s. on the 4th Dec. and 4s. on 1st Jan. The price now charged the London Refiners is 51, Ss, ber Ounce,-Fine Silver remains at 7s. 6d. B.S THE AVERAGE PRICES of NAVIGABLE Cafal Shares and other Property, in Jan. 1814 (to the 26th), at the Office of Mr. ScoTT, 28, New Bridge-street, London.---Trent and Mersey Canal, 1180., 11802. ex Dividend, 251. half year clear.- Grand Junction, 2254. ex Dividend 37. 10s. half year. Monmouth 1301. ex Dividend 47. half year. Old Union, 1077. Ashton 857. 827. Ellesmere and Chester, 721. Kennet and Avon, Old Shares, 201. 10s. Wilts and Berks, 191. - tower Medway, 791, Rochdale, 60%. Huddersfield, 14. 10s. — Regent's Canal, 90% Discount West-India Dock, 150. ex Dividend. East India Ditto, 110/-London Ditto, 100%, ex Dividend. Globe Insurance, 1067.- Rock Life Ditto, 21. 10s. Strand Bridge, 504. Discount.-London Flour Shares, 51. Drury-Lane Renters' Shares, 2007.-Surrey Institution, 13. 10s.-Grand Junction Water Works,36 Bank 3perC3 perCt4 per Ct.15 per Ct. Long Irish Imp. | Imp. EACH DAY'S PRICE OF STOCKS IN JANUARY, 1814. Stock. South Sea Bonds. 3 per Ct. India Ex. New Om Bills. Om. nium. Printed by NICHOLS, SON, and BENTLEY, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-str London; where all Letters to the Editor are to be addressed, POST-PAID. P. 532. ence with DEVONSHIRE PRISONS. petits bougres les Carmagnols? and of OXFORD from 1810. is time to drop the subject. dent, that ANTIQUARY, and not ANTIQUA -what, from common sense, and the authoEvening rity of Dr. Johnson, is become self evificient in Antiquarian researches. But it RIAN, is the proper substantive for a proG. B. has taken much pains to prove inquired after is in progress Twilight in our next. The A. at the press. engraved, wait only for opportunities of ec. Bar. Ther. at 8 A. M. 2129.47 37 Foggy; small rain. 29.38 49 22 20.50 434 Fe; a shower, F. & C.... 29.46 47 Cleared up; fine.. 23 29.78 37 Foggy and frosty. 29.81 45 Ditto... 24 29.86 45 Fine, but cloudy. 29.90 50 Ditto........... 25 29.94 48 Fine though gloomy.. 29.99 48 METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, KEPT AT EXETER. Bar. Ther. at 3 P. M. Ditto.......... 26 30.25 39 Very fine, like frost.......... 30.33 45 Ditto............ 27 30.01 26 Fine hard frost.............................. 30.88 35 Fine, frost....... 30.40 31 Frost. 30.34 335 Ditto. 28 30.26 28 Fine hard frost. 30.22 42 Ditto frosty 30.22 35 Frosty. 29 30.20 31 Very fine, sharp frost... 30.20 41 Ditto...... 30.20. 32 Ditto. 30 30.20 34 Thick fog, frost suspended.. 30.20 42 Foggy and mild.. 30.20 37 Ditto. 31 30.20 29 Hard frost.. 30.18 434 Frost. 30.18 36 Ditto. Early on the morning of the 10th two Therm; in the neighbourhood were at 8 and 9-not in my own observation, but { mention it as curious. Ditto; gloomy. .... 29.43 27 Ditto; rain and sleet.. 28.89 331 Rain. Dark, gloomy; snow. Ditto...... |