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Brought forward 41,299,021
Hereditary Crown reverpes
Extraordinary Resources -War Taxes.
118,750

Customs.

3,072,761

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5,638,216

Impost money repaid by sundry ac

Property tax...

12,134,118

countants

83,968

Arrears of income, duty, &c ..

26,043

Of the monies paid to the public

469

Sundries.

Lottery (net profit), one third for

Ireland

Interest of loans for Ireland.

435,818 2,260,436

Exchequer bills at Grenada,

15,000

Total income, independent of loans 65,227,266
Loans paid into the Exchequer,

including three millions for
Ireland, and 600,0001. for Por-

Surplus fees of regulated public offices 104,364

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£79,902,934

INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, IN AND NEAR LONDON :
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased.

A PROJECT has been formed for the es

tablishment of two great fishing societies. The Imperial Association, with a loan of a million, propose to give encouragement, by the loan of money, to the establishment of stores, of casks, salt, and other materials, for curing all round the island, both to the Deep Sea Fishery and the Coast Fishery; and to make a grand depût in London, as an article both of internal consumption and foreign trade. The Royal Western Fishery, with a capital of 300,0001. is for the purpose of establishing a fishery on an extent of coast, reaching over the Nymph Bank to the Scilly Islands, and from Cornwall to South Wales.

Proposals for a new theatre, to be called the Alfred Theatre, The theatre is to be built and supported by are in circulation. subscription; 52,000l. to be raised for the building, and 21,000l. yearly. The theatre is to be either in the parish of Marybone, er that of St. George, Hannover-square. None but subscribers, their families, and friends, are to be admitted to the perform ances, which are to consist entirely of moral plays, two in a week; and a committee is to expunge from old plays they may adopt, every immoral paffage. The chief propri etors and subscribers will amount to 600, from whom the directors are to be chosen, and who may introduce their families and friends; other persons are to be admitted by ballot. It is suggested that they may easily collect an audience of 1000 unexceptionable persons, but that they will not be able to procure performers sufficiently virtuous to exhibit before such an audience.

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, the Society for maintaining and educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen till of age, to be put Apprentice, held their anniversary meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Line coln's-inn-fields, which was numerously and very respectably attended. Twelve poor or

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phans (out of twenty petitioners) were elected into the Society's schools. resolution of the general court in November mittee appointed to carry into effect the 1809, as to fixing upon a spot for new schools and promoting subscriptions for building the same, made their report: from which it appears, that the place they have chosen is a situation about half a mile north of Bakerpart of St John's Wood Farm, a very healthy time been covered in, and the internal work is street; that one of the schools has for some scriptions to the undertaking have been very now in a state of forwardness; that the subliberal, amounting to upwards of 90001.; from what they have already experienced, and the committee entertain a confident hope, that a benevolent public will enable them to ing into their permanent funds. complete their whole design without break

meeting of noblemen and gentlemen was On Monday, March 11, a very numerous held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the to carry into effect his Majesty's views with purpose of founding a permanent institution respect to the introduction of Merino sheep, it being fully ascertained that this valuable soil and climate of the British empire. A race of animals are admirably adapted to the complete unanimity prevailed through the assembly, and every individual seemed anxious blishment was formed under the title of the to aid this great national object. adopted, resolutions passed, and officers apMerino Society, rules and regulations were pointed; after which nearly 300 noblemen and gentlemen became members. The Right zealously supported the Merino cause, prehon. Sir Joseph Banks, who has so long and sided as chairman.

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At St. Luke's, Thomas Perronet Thompson, late governor of Sierra Leone, to Ann Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Barker, of York.-William Mann, esq. to Miss Matilda Milne, of Finsbury-place.

At Tottenham, the Rev. Guy Bryan, to Selina, third daughter of John Wilmot, esq.

of Bruce Castle.

At Shoreditch, Mr. George Tatlock, of Milk-street, Cheapside, to Ann, daughter of Charles Lilly, esq. of Coventry.

At Aldgate, S. S. Hall, esq. of the Circus, Minories, to Miss De Bie, of the Grove, Stratford, Essex.

At Lambeth, Robert Lloyd, esq. to Ann, second daughter of the Rev. Edward Richards, of Llangwm, Denbighshire-Samuel Gower Poole, esq. of Chelsea, to Helen, daughter of C. C. Hall, esq. of Raleigh House, Brixton.

At Edmonton, Joseph Wright, esq. of Aldermanbury, to Charlotte, eldest daughter of William Hodgson, esq.

Mr. Rowland Rouse, of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, to Miss M. B. Sturges, daughter of the Rev. Joseph S. senior, of Wappenham, Northamptonshire.

At Hackney, Mr. Gell, of Eastbourne, Sussex, solicitor, to Miss Gill.

At St. Andrew's, Holborn, Colonel Cowell, to Mrs. Whitehorne, widow of Counsellor W. of Jamaica.

At St. George's, Bloomsbury, Fortunatus Dwarris, esq. of the Middle Temple, to Miss Brereton, of Bernard-street, Russel-square.

At St. James's, Lieut. Col. Watts, barrack master at Chatham, to Miss Chapman, of Sloane-street.

At Mary-le-bone, Major-general Reynolds, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Hunter, esq. his Majesty's consul-general in Spain. The Rev. Henry Townsend, son of Gore T. esq. of Honington Hall, Warwick shire, to Catharine Anne, second daughter of Augustus Pechell, esq. of Portman-square. Augustus Bayson, esq. of Nelson-square, to Miss Elizabeth Chambers, of Charlottestreet, Portland-place.-Colonel Jones, of the 18th light dragoons, .to Antonia, young. est daughter of the late Henry Swinburne, esq. of Hamsterly, Durham.

At St. Pancras, Colonel Boyce, of the Bombay establishment, to Miss Ann Aldous, of Fitzroy-street.-Daniel Lambert, jun. esq. of Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, to Chris tiana, daughter of William Taylor, esq. of the Terrace, Tottenham-court-road.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, William Peere Williams, esq. only son of Ad. miral W. to Miss Blencowe, eldest daughter of R. W. B. esq. of Darlington, Northamp tonshire. Robert Chester Cooper, esq. of Lewes, Sussex, to Caroline, third daughter of the late George Shum, esq.

At St. Bride's, Fleet-street, Mr. Thomas Derry, of Dorset-street, to Mary, youngest daughter of Joshua Hobbs, esq. of Cheshunt, Hertse

DIED.

At the age of 75, his grace the Duke of Graftou, chancellor of Cambridge, recorder of Coventry and Thetford, &c. &c.—of this nobleman a full account is given in another part of this Number.

At his house in Duval's-lane, near Hornsey, after a short illness, in the 65th year of his age, Mr. John Leech, formerly an eminent leather seller on Snow-hill. He was a man much and deservedly respected in all the relative situations of life, and he has left a widow and seven children to lament the loss of the best of husbands, and most tender of parents. As a man, he possessed from nature first-rate talents; read much; his judgment in most cases was correct, which induced him to select the most valuable and important parts of what came under his consideration and perusal; and a considerable originality of thought, and a great independance of mind, which taught him to despise where conviction was insufficient, though this doubtless made him enemies amongst men who implicitly received other's opinions without examination in matters of religion and civil policy, but it is a conduct, which, as lovers of truth, we must admire. These qualifications in Mr. Leech, made him a rationally agreeable original, and instructive and eloquent in conversation.

In a coach, on his return from the house of a friend, (supposed by the rupture of a blood vessel) Richard Dalton, esq. of Camberwell, in the 53d year of his age, a native of Wigton, in Cumberland, and late a partner in the stationary business of Messrs. Wright, and Gill, Abchurch-lane, London, and latterly assosiated with the Messrs. Kays. His disposition was so modest and retiring, that no one knew the worth of his character, who was not intimately acquainted with him. He has been repeatedly solicited by the inhabitants of the ward in which his house of business stood to be their alderman, which he as constantly declined, from a love of books and retirement, and a contempt of civic honours; for, having been the partner of two gentlemen who had served the office of Lord Mayor of London, he had seen too much of the office to induce him to covet it. His manners were modest and unassuming; no one ever saw him pay court to a rich or powerful man; no one ever heard him converse with one in humble life, but with respectful attention. His mind was stored with various reading, and he united, in a degree almost unexampled, the most correct and measured understanding, with the kindest and most benevolent heart.

In Great Ormond-street, Mrs. Thornton, relict of Godfrey T. esq. of Moggerhanger House, Bedfordshire.

In Duke-street, Portland-place, John Tarrant, esq. late of Chancery-lane.

In Lower Grosvenor-street, Mrs. Molyneux, sister of sir Francis M.

At his father's, near Upper George-street,
Portman

Portman-square, Sampson Seber, esq. of the
Polygon, Southampton.

At the house of her brother, the Ho-
nourable A. Cochrane Johnstone, Lady
Elizabeth Heron, widow of Patrick H. of
Heron, esq.

At Woolwich, Mrs. Yeo, relict of Captain Y. late governor of the royal naval hospital

at Haslar.

At Whetstone, Mrs. Stoddart, relict of Lieut. S. of the royal navy.

In Wigmore-street, at the Bishop of Chichester's, Admiral Buckner.

In Russell-square, John Harrison, esq. only son of Robert H. esq. banker, of MansionHouse-street.

At Chelsea, Mrs. Delancy, widow of Brigadier-general Oliver D. 88.

In Manchester-square, Licut.-general Gerrit Fisher.

In Saville-row, Mrs. Lyell, relict of Henry L. esq. of Bourn House, Cambridgeshire, and grandmother to Earl Delawar, 81.

In Portman-square, Mrs. Moffatt, widow of John M. esq.

At Hampton Court Palace, Louisa Mary, youngest daughter of Lieut. Col. Braddyl, of the Coldstream guards.

In Lincoln's-inn Fields, W. H. Monday, esq. partners with Messrs. Wilson and Chisholme, eminent solicitors.

At Somer's Town, George Countess, esq. rear-admiral of the white.

In Red Lion-street, London Docks, Mrs. Hullab, wife of Mr. Thomas H.

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In Whitechapel, William Watson, esq. brewer, 40.

In Harley-street, Henry Septimus, infânt son of Charles Pole, esq.

In Upper George-street, Portman-square, Mrs. Tolson, wife of Major-general T. of the East India Company's service.

In Berkeley-square, Mrs. Johnson, relict of Mr. James J.

In John-street, Bedford-row, Mary, daughter of R. Litchfield, esq. of Torrington, Devon.

In Durham place, Mr. John Blake, 71.
At Camberwell, Henrietta, wife of Captain
W. Parker, late of the Bengal artillery.
In Finsbury-place, Mary, wife of W. Ban
bury, esq. 34.

In Craig's-court, Charing Cross, Mrs. W bourn, wife of Mr. W. solicitor.

In East India Buildings, Mrs. Gear, wife of Robert G. esq. 30.

In Gower-street, the only son of James Kelly, esq.

In New Bond-street, Mrs. Lockwood, relict of Captain L. of the second West York militia.

34.

At Stockwell Common, Mr. John Barclay,

In Lower Grosvenor-street, Mary Ann, wife of the Rev. J. C. Morphew, of Walpole, Norfolk.

MONTHLY MAG. No. 211.

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In Upper Grosvenor-street, John Henry
Barrow, esq. of Hill Park, Kent.

denell, earl of Cardigan, baron Brudenell of
In Grosvenor-street, aged 86, James Bru
Dean, in the county of Northampton. His
lordship held the places of privy purse to his
Majesty, and governor of Windsor Castle.
He first married Lady Ann Legge, sister to
the second earl of Dartmouth; and secondly,
Lady Elizabeth Waldegrave, sister to the
fourth earl of Waldegrave.
Having died
without male issue, he is succeeded in his
title and estates by his nephew, Mr. Brudenell,
one of the equeries to the queen.

Baron John Henry Neuman, aged 67, for-
merly an officer in the Austrian service, au-
thor of the Marine Dictionary, &c. and lately
an eminent translator of languages. His
attainments as a linguist, have rarely been
equalled.

On Tuesday, Feb. 19th, at Great Stan-
more, in the 65th year of his age, Mr. Wil
liam Parker, many years the faithful servant
and confidential agent of the late Thomas
Clutterbuck, esq. and his family, of that
place. Devoted from his infancy to the in.
terests of a family from whom he had re-
during the long period of fifty-three years,
ceived his early education, he served them,
with an attachment and fidelity so remark
able, as seldom to be equalled, and perhaps
never exceeded, by any one placed in a si
milar situation. From a knowledge of his
long tried and faithful services, and from a
conviction of his warm and affectionate dis-
position, he had long been considered as a
friend; and with such ardent gratitude did
he
repay the confidence reposed in him, that
the interests of his master's family became
his own, and his honest heart was elevated
with joy, or depressed with grief, in propor
tion to the vicissitudes of success or disap
pointment, affliction or happiness, incident
to the concerns of a numerous family during
their progress through life; but gratitude to
his master's family, and undeviating rec-
titude in all his transactions with mankind,
were not his only virtues. Deeply impressed
with the genuine truths of the Christian re-
ligion, he never failed to put them in prac
tice whenever visited by domestic affliction,
or bodily infirmity; and during his last illness
he displayed the same piety and resignation
to the divine will, which had marked every
action of his well-spent life. He retained
his faculties to the last, took a solemn and
affectionate leave of his friends and relations,
and transacted his worldly concerns with a
gave his dying admonition to his children,
fortitude and composure truly exemplary.
Some time before his death he received the
sacrament, and, without a single instance of
complaint or murmur, resigned himself to
the will of his Maker without a sigh or groan.
He was followed to the grave by all the sur-
viving sons of his deceased master, who
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wished, by this last tribute of their esteem and affection, to consecrate the memory and virtues of an honest servant and faithful friend.

At the house of his mother, Lady Saltoun, the Hon. Simon Fraser, brother of Lord SalHe extoun, in the 23d year of his age. pired after a few hours illness, deeply regretted by his family and numerous connections, among whom may be mentioned a new banking or bill-brokering house in the city, of which he was the noniinal head.

Much pitied youth!

Bring fragrant flowers, the whitest lilies bring,

With all the purple beauties of the Spring; These gifts at least, these honours I'll bestow On the dear youth, to please his shade below! Pitt.

At Clifton, in the 74th year of her age, Elizabeth, Dowager Countess of Cavan, a lady remarkable for the variety of her accom→ plishments, and the extent and solidity of her mental endowments. With the greatest refine ment, taste, and elegance of manners, her lady. ship combined the most dignified independance of mind. In her character there was nothing little, nothing mean or selfish; all within was great, generous, noble, and truly be coming her exalted station. For several years she was unable, from bodily infirmity, to leave her apartment, yet her almost unremitting sufferings neither impaired the cheerfulness of her disposition, the warmth of her attachments, the playfulness of her wit, nor her varied powers of conversation, which continued to the last at once to charm and endear her to the small circle of friends who were so fortunate as to be honoured with her intimacy. Her remains were in terred in Bristel cathedral.

Age 76, Rupert Clarke, esq. one of the magistrates of the Police-office, Shadwell, and above 50 years in the commission of the peace, and a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Middlesex.

Mr. George Baker, late of St. Paul's Church-yard. He was born at Hungerford, in the county of Berks, in January 1747, where his father, the Rev. Thomas Baker, (whose worth still survives in the memory of the inhabitants,) was vicar nearly thirty years. At the age of fourteen he came to London, and was placed in the counting house of a West India merchant, whence he removed, in 1767, to St. Paul's Churchyard, under the patronage of a maternal aunt, at that time engaged in the business of a lace merchant; which commerce he continued till the time of his decease, with unimpeached integrity. Early in life he shewed a taste for the arts, and afterwards became a zealous and liberal collector of drawings and engravings, and of many valuable works of literature, in the choice of which he evinced a most accurate dis

crimination. This pursuit engaged much of the time that could be spared from business; and, together with the society of certain eminent artists, formed the chief source of his pleasures. In the works of Hogarth, Woollet, and Bartolozzi, and in the publications which issued from the press at Strawberry-hill, his collection can hardly be surpassed.

At Laytonstone, Mrs. Parsons, widow, She well known by her literary works. was reduced from a state of affluence to the hard necessity of writing to provide for a numerous family. She published in 1790, "The History of Miss Meredith," 2 vols. 12mo.; and wrote also "The Errors of Innocence ;""Ellen and Julia ;" "Lucy;" "The Voluntary Exile;" and "The Girl of the Mountains;" novels, all of which are respectable performances: and "The Intrigues of a Morning," a farce.

In Harley-street, Henry Hope, esq. the most eminent merchant of his time. He was descended from a branch of the noble family of the same name in Scotland, and was born at Boston, in New England, in the year 1736. At the age of thirteen he came

to England to complete his education, and in 1734, entered into the house of Garnell, Hoare, and Co. There he remained till 1760.

When making a visit to his uncles, who were great merchants in Holland, they were so pleased with his amiable manners and disposition, as well as with his talents, that they engaged him to quit the house in London, and become a partner with them in Amsterdam. On the death of his uncle, Adrian Hope, in 1780, the whole business of the house devolved upon him, and he managed it in so high a style of good conduct and liberality, as to draw the attention, and raise the admiration, of all Europe. Though he constantly refused to take any office, yet he was always held in the highest consideration by the government; he was visited by all distinguished travellers, even by crowned heads. His acquaintance was courted by all ranks of people; at the Exchange he was the chief object of attention; the men of business formed them selves in a circle round him; and foreign ministers pressed forward through the crowd to speak with him on the financial concerns The mag of their respective countries. nificence of his table, and his general mode of living, were suitable to the splendour of his situation. From Holland he made occasional visits to this country, partly for health, and partly to keep up his connexion with many friends and eminent persons here; and, particularly, he employed the summer of 1786, in a general tour round this island, accompanied by two of his nieces, the daughters of his sister, Mrs. Goddard. The eldest of whom married Mr. John Williams Hope, son of the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Cornwall, who, during the last years of his

residence

residence in Holland, assisted, and now succeeds him in his important commercial concerns; the second daughter married to John Langston, esq. of London House, Oxfordshire; the youngest to Admiral Sir Charles Pole, bart.

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When Holland was invaded by the French, in 1794, he determined finally to quit that country, and settle in England. Not long after his arrival here, he purchased, of Lord Hopetoun, the large house in Harley-street, where he deposited his noble collection of pictures, and resided to the day of his death. On settling in England, he considered himself as totally disengaged from business, though he assisted the house in Holland with his advice on momentous occasions, and lie devoted himself entirely to the encouragement of the arts, of which he was a munificent pation, and the enjoy ments of society, among a large and most respectable acquaintance. His temper was so singularly even, mild, engaging, amiable, that he was beloved by all who had access to him; the kindness of his heart appeared in every action of his life; he anticipated the wishes of his friends, and seemed to employ all his faculties in contriving opportunities of doing what he thought would give them pleasure. charities were in a manner boundless; he had many constant pensioners, besides those whose occasional wauts he was ever ready to relieve; the applications made to him for pecuniary assistance were innumerable; he was not without discrimination in attending to them; it is believed, however, that no real object of charity ever solicited him in vain. But his good offices were not confined to grants of money; his advice was feely given to many who applied to him on their private concerns; he instructed them in the best manner of extricating themselves from difficulties, of succeeding in their pursuits, and of conducting their affairs to a prosperous issue. No man's counsel was more to be relied upon in matters of business; for his deliberate judgment was always sound; and statesmen, on various occasions, availed themselves of it with advantage. Though he never appeared as an author, yet his style, was clear, elegant, often spor4ive, and often witty; for he had cultivated his mind by those studies which polish human nature, and was conversant with the best works of literature, especially the poets. Notwithstanding his advanced age, he remained in tolerable health, always cheerful and good humoured, the delight of a social circle of friends, till the 21st of February, when he was attacked by a disorder, which baffled all medical skill, and under which he sunk, the 25th of that month, in the 75th year of his age. By his decease, a property to the amount of more than a million sterling has devolved to his relations, and is thus demised by his will:

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Total £1,160,000 The Right Hon. Charles Marsham, Earl of Romney, Viscount Marsham of the Mote, and Baron of Romney. [Of zubom a further account will be given in our next.]

At Turner's Hill, near Cheshunt, aged 78, Mr. John Relph, a gentleman of singular worth and merit. He was born at Penrith, in Cumberland, in the year 1733. His parents were, in every sense of the word respectable, in that neighbourhood. Of his father, the Rev. Mr. Nelson, of great Salkeld, near Penrich, an aged and most respectable dissenting minister, he says, "he was a person of the strictest honour and integrity, and, as such, his memory is held in esteem to this day." He removed to London about the year 1759, and was placed as an apprentice with his relation Mr. Richard Cook, then a silk mercer, a gentleman well known amongst the Protestant Dissenters; and held in great esteem for the excellence of his character. After serving the stipulated time, and continuing afterwards with Mr. Cook, in a course of exertion highly to that gentleman's satisfaction, he successively became his partner and successor. Mr. Relph was particularly distinguished by great activity and energy in business, in which he spent the greatest part of a long life, and, by a thankful, contented, and cheerful, mind, after his health was infirm, and his sight became very imperfect. His conduct and maxims in business, formed a striking contrast with those which before his death became so very prevalent, and which are now convulsing the commercial system in this country. He never dreamed of getting rich by one adventure, or of risquing his own, and the property of others, for the purpose of making a sudden fortune. British merchant of former times, was one of the most useful and important citizens of whom this island could boast; an agent, who connected different countries by the dies of interest and correspondence, making their commercial intercourse of mutual benefit, and transmitting the productions of different climates to the inhabitants of all. He was the organ of communication, by which the abun

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