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Monthly Chronicle.

DEATHS . AT Southampton , Lady King , wife of Admiral Sir Richard King . John Spink , Esq . of Bury , Receiver-General of the Land Tax for the Eastern di . visio « -of Suffolk . At Caxton , the Rev . Thomas Barnard , M . A . vicar of Eltisley in Cambridgeshire . At Southgate , Samuel ' Wood , Esq . aged 90 , father and oldest member of the Goldsmiths Company . At his seat , at Chawton , Hants , Thomas Knight , of Godmersham Park , Kent , Esq . At . Tunbridgc-Wells , Edward Hewitt , Esq . of Woodstreet , London . Of the yellow fever , on his passage home from Jamaica , Mr . to the Bank of Scotland

A ' -xander Eraser , son of James Eraser , Esq . Treasurer . Wentworth Parsons , of Elen Grove , Ireland , Esq . son of the late Sir Lawrence Parsers , Bart , and brother to the Right Flon . Lord Oxmantown . The . Rev . John Perfect , many years rector of Sopworth , in Wiltshire . Miss Cathcart , sister to Lord Cathcart , and to the Countess of Mansfield , and one of her Majesty ' s maids of honour . At Brighton , James Hodge , Esq . Contractor for supplying the troops encamped throughout the kingdom . At her seat at Bourton on the Water , GloucestershireDame Elizabeth Harringtonrelict of Sir James Harrington . Bartgrandfather

, , , to the present earl . Mrs . Edwards , wife to Mr . Win . Edwards , Accountant General of the Bank of England At Pallinsburn-house , John Askew , Esq . At his seat at Lurgan , in Ireland , the Right Hon . Wm . Brownlow , father-in-law to the present Lord Darr . ley . Aged no years , Mrs . Elizabeth Hayes , of Park-lane , Liverpool . At Portarlington , Ireland , Mrs . Cavendish , sister of the late Right Hon . Henry Cavendish , Bart . In the King's Bench prison , the Hon . Mr . Curzon , son of Lord Scars - dale . At Epsom , the Rev . Mr . Francis Plumer , of Twickenham . At Lee , in KentMrJohn Battle Calleldest son of Sir John CallBart .

ofWhitcfordCorn-, . , , , wall . At Cambridge , Edmund Holt , M . A . fellow of King ' s college . At Livesey , near Blackburn , Lancashire , aged 100 years , Mr . Wm . Clayton , who worked at the last harvest , winded twist , and retained tolerably ripe senses till a little before his death—rthis last summer this venerable old man had a visit from a person of the same age , who then lived about ten miles distant , and who said he walked the whole way through a curiosity he had to see him . At Stirling Castle , Major Alexander Toass .

Henry Tompkins , Esq . Lieutenant- Colonel of the Bucks Militia . At Fyfield , Hants , after a short illness , Francis Delap Halliday , Esq . only brother of theJate Major Halliday , of the Leasowes . At her lodg ings in Queen Square , Bath , aged 22 , Miss Dobson , daughter of the late Wm . Dobson , Esq . of Twickenham . This young lady was in the most perfect health within these three weeks , and was very scon to have been married to a much-respected young country Clergyman , who visiting her during her short illness , fatally caught the fever with which she was seized , and died on Sunday the 2 d , on which day Miss D . was thought to be in a fair way ; but almost

immediately relapsing ( without being the least acquainted with the fate of her lover ) she survived him only three days . Suddenly last week at Kendal , a gentleman named Johnson : he kept a linen-draper ' s shop , and was to have been married to a lady of Lancaster that week , who , on hearing the news of his death , went and drowned herself . Her remains were brought to Kendal , and they were both interred in one grave ! At his house , in Russia-row , Mr . Joseph Andrews , Commission-Warehouseman and Auctioneer . At Jamaica , Wm . Belfcrd , Esq . Aid-du-camp to his honour the Commander in Chiefand senior Lieutenant of the 20 th regiment of Light Dragoons .

, Major-General Robert Johnston , of the 3 d regiment of Foot Guards , on his return from the Duke of York's army . Hodsall , Esq . son of the late Mr . Hodsall , banker , of the Strand . This young man is reported to have lived ina state of penury until his father's death , when he came to a fortune of ioo , oool . and the banking business . At Drumsheugh , near Edinburgh , the Right Hon . Elizabeth Dowager Baroness Colville , of Colross . Lord Daer , eldest son of the Earl of Selkirk . At Shermanbury Place , Sussex , John Chalicn , Esq . many years an acting magistrate for that county . At an advanced Mr . G . Gibbsformerly an eminent surgeon of

Exeage , , ter , and father to Counsellor Gibbs , Recorder of Bristol , the gentleman who so conspicuously distinguished himself , with Mr . Erskine , in the late trials for High Treason . At Watford Place , Hertfordshire , Mrs . Paxton , ~ ' ] iady of Archibald Pax ton , Esq and daughter of William Gill , Esq . Alderman of the City of London . At his house in Kkiomsbury-square , Eiborough Woodcock , Esq . of Lincoln ' s Inn , Register of ciie affidavits in the Court of Chancery , and Secretary of Bankrupts at Cambridge .

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LONDON : Article 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 4
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 5
AN EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELLER. Article 11
ON THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THE STUDY OF THE MATHEMATICS. Article 12
CHURCH PREFERMENT. Article 17
THE FREEMASON. No. I. Article 19
STATE OF FREEMASONRY IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN. Article 21
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 22
SEA-FIGHT OFF CAPE LA HOGUE, A. D. 1692. Article 22
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. Article 27
ON CONJUGAL INFIDELITY. Article 34
ON THE FALSE LEARNING OF THE PRESENT AGE. Article 37
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 42
THE TRUE SOURCES OF EARTHLY HAPPINESS. AN EASTERN TALE. Article 44
THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD HUSBAND, AND A GOOD WIFE. Article 46
A GOOD WIFE. Article 46
THE ILLUMINATED. Article 47
BROTHER GEORGE WASHINGTON, Article 48
ANSWER TO THE GRAND LODGE OF THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Article 49
ON THE VICE OF SWEARING. Article 49
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 51
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 61
POETRY. Article 63
A FAVOURITE MASONIC SONG, Article 64
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S EPITAPH. Article 64
PROLOGUE TO THE PLAY OF KNOW YOUR OWN MIND, Article 65
EPIGRAM. Article 65
LINES TO THOMSON, THE IMMORTAL POET OF THE SEASONS. Article 66
EPIGRAM. Article 66
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 67
Untitled Article 75
LONDON : Article 75
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 76
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 76
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Monthly Chronicle.

DEATHS . AT Southampton , Lady King , wife of Admiral Sir Richard King . John Spink , Esq . of Bury , Receiver-General of the Land Tax for the Eastern di . visio « -of Suffolk . At Caxton , the Rev . Thomas Barnard , M . A . vicar of Eltisley in Cambridgeshire . At Southgate , Samuel ' Wood , Esq . aged 90 , father and oldest member of the Goldsmiths Company . At his seat , at Chawton , Hants , Thomas Knight , of Godmersham Park , Kent , Esq . At . Tunbridgc-Wells , Edward Hewitt , Esq . of Woodstreet , London . Of the yellow fever , on his passage home from Jamaica , Mr . to the Bank of Scotland

A ' -xander Eraser , son of James Eraser , Esq . Treasurer . Wentworth Parsons , of Elen Grove , Ireland , Esq . son of the late Sir Lawrence Parsers , Bart , and brother to the Right Flon . Lord Oxmantown . The . Rev . John Perfect , many years rector of Sopworth , in Wiltshire . Miss Cathcart , sister to Lord Cathcart , and to the Countess of Mansfield , and one of her Majesty ' s maids of honour . At Brighton , James Hodge , Esq . Contractor for supplying the troops encamped throughout the kingdom . At her seat at Bourton on the Water , GloucestershireDame Elizabeth Harringtonrelict of Sir James Harrington . Bartgrandfather

, , , to the present earl . Mrs . Edwards , wife to Mr . Win . Edwards , Accountant General of the Bank of England At Pallinsburn-house , John Askew , Esq . At his seat at Lurgan , in Ireland , the Right Hon . Wm . Brownlow , father-in-law to the present Lord Darr . ley . Aged no years , Mrs . Elizabeth Hayes , of Park-lane , Liverpool . At Portarlington , Ireland , Mrs . Cavendish , sister of the late Right Hon . Henry Cavendish , Bart . In the King's Bench prison , the Hon . Mr . Curzon , son of Lord Scars - dale . At Epsom , the Rev . Mr . Francis Plumer , of Twickenham . At Lee , in KentMrJohn Battle Calleldest son of Sir John CallBart .

ofWhitcfordCorn-, . , , , wall . At Cambridge , Edmund Holt , M . A . fellow of King ' s college . At Livesey , near Blackburn , Lancashire , aged 100 years , Mr . Wm . Clayton , who worked at the last harvest , winded twist , and retained tolerably ripe senses till a little before his death—rthis last summer this venerable old man had a visit from a person of the same age , who then lived about ten miles distant , and who said he walked the whole way through a curiosity he had to see him . At Stirling Castle , Major Alexander Toass .

Henry Tompkins , Esq . Lieutenant- Colonel of the Bucks Militia . At Fyfield , Hants , after a short illness , Francis Delap Halliday , Esq . only brother of theJate Major Halliday , of the Leasowes . At her lodg ings in Queen Square , Bath , aged 22 , Miss Dobson , daughter of the late Wm . Dobson , Esq . of Twickenham . This young lady was in the most perfect health within these three weeks , and was very scon to have been married to a much-respected young country Clergyman , who visiting her during her short illness , fatally caught the fever with which she was seized , and died on Sunday the 2 d , on which day Miss D . was thought to be in a fair way ; but almost

immediately relapsing ( without being the least acquainted with the fate of her lover ) she survived him only three days . Suddenly last week at Kendal , a gentleman named Johnson : he kept a linen-draper ' s shop , and was to have been married to a lady of Lancaster that week , who , on hearing the news of his death , went and drowned herself . Her remains were brought to Kendal , and they were both interred in one grave ! At his house , in Russia-row , Mr . Joseph Andrews , Commission-Warehouseman and Auctioneer . At Jamaica , Wm . Belfcrd , Esq . Aid-du-camp to his honour the Commander in Chiefand senior Lieutenant of the 20 th regiment of Light Dragoons .

, Major-General Robert Johnston , of the 3 d regiment of Foot Guards , on his return from the Duke of York's army . Hodsall , Esq . son of the late Mr . Hodsall , banker , of the Strand . This young man is reported to have lived ina state of penury until his father's death , when he came to a fortune of ioo , oool . and the banking business . At Drumsheugh , near Edinburgh , the Right Hon . Elizabeth Dowager Baroness Colville , of Colross . Lord Daer , eldest son of the Earl of Selkirk . At Shermanbury Place , Sussex , John Chalicn , Esq . many years an acting magistrate for that county . At an advanced Mr . G . Gibbsformerly an eminent surgeon of

Exeage , , ter , and father to Counsellor Gibbs , Recorder of Bristol , the gentleman who so conspicuously distinguished himself , with Mr . Erskine , in the late trials for High Treason . At Watford Place , Hertfordshire , Mrs . Paxton , ~ ' ] iady of Archibald Pax ton , Esq and daughter of William Gill , Esq . Alderman of the City of London . At his house in Kkiomsbury-square , Eiborough Woodcock , Esq . of Lincoln ' s Inn , Register of ciie affidavits in the Court of Chancery , and Secretary of Bankrupts at Cambridge .

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