Obituary.

eminently possess , appropriate rank and fortune . To the honour of these ladies , it should be observed , that they both declined , without the least hesitation , an opportunity which , perhaps , but few in a similar situation would have had fortitude enough to reject . Lord Orford was very fond of

conversation ; he was agreeable and communicative in his manners , and possessed r . greater stock of literary and political anecdotes , perhaps , than anv man in this country . During almost the whole of his life , he was the victim of the gout , Which at last reduced him to a miserable cripple , and almost a skeleton ; but

it never impaired his faculties ; and , to the very moment of death , his understanding seemed to bid defiance to the shock of nature . His Lordship directed his body to be buried at Houghton , in the most private manner . His Lordshidied wurth 95 oool . Three

p , per Cents , and has given away 50 , 00 c ! . sterling in legacies ; which , in the present state of the funds , will leave nothing lo the residuary legatee . His Lordship has bequeathed 12 , 000 ! . lo the Dutchess of Gloucester ; 5000 I . to Lady Waldegrave ; 4000 I . to each of the Miss Berrys ; 500 I . to each of his

Nephews and Nieces , and a variety of other Legacies . Mrs . Damer has Strawberry-Hill , and 2000 I . a-year ; and Mr . Berry all the manuscripts , and the Press , from whence will now come , most probably , his Lordship ' s Posthumous Works . Lately , in Cumberland-gardens ,

Vauxhall , Mr . Joseph Booth , the ingenious inventor of the polygraphic art , and of the more important art of manufacturing cloth by a perfectly original

process . Mechanical invention is one of the great pillars that support the grandeur of the Brilish constitution . It was reserved to Mr . Booth , the Inventor of the Polygraphic Art , to apply mechanical invention , and particularly the power of chemistry , to thediffusion , perpetuation ,

and , in some respects , the improvement of the most generally pleasing and captivating of the liberal arts . This ingenious artist actually invented a method of multiplying pictures in oil colours , with all the properties of the original paintings , whether in regard to outline ,

expression , size , variety of tints , and other circumstances , without any touch or finishing by the hand , and without any injury of the painting . By means of this chemical process are produced such exact copies , as cannot , without difficulty , be distinguished from Ihe archetype , and possess all the qualites ,

and produce the full effect of the most finished paintings ; while the price at which they can be delivered to the public is commonly under the ttiith part of the price of the original . Lately at Stanton , Mrs . Church , aged 109 years . This venerable woman retained the use of speech , hearing , and

memory , to the last ; her voice being full , clear , and distinct , till within a short period previous 10 her decease-She had been blind , however , for some years past , and derived a part of her maintenance from Emanuel's hospital , in London , receiving a pension of 10 k per annum . She was a native of the

county of Monmouth . She had a distinct recollection of the rejoicings which took place at the time of the accession of Queen Anne fo the crown , in 1702 . In one bouse lived the old lady , her

daughter , her grand-daughter , and her grand-daughter ' s children , comprising four generations , ' under the same rooff . It is singular , that her death was at last precipitated , in consequence of her falling down stairs , some weeks prior to that event ; and but for this circumstance , her life might have been

lengthened out to many more years . At Edinburgh , the Hon . Mrs . Jane Falconer , daughter of David Lord Falconer , of Halkerton , and rel'ct of James Falconer , of Monktown , Esq . At Dover , after a short illness , Mr . Thomas Doorne , who for many years past kept the Flying Horse innand

, entertained a large . and respectable set of farmers , inhabitants of that town , and others , not only with good fare , but with great variety of jokes and wittysayings , of which he had good store . ' Lately , Mr . John Wood , ofBrownhills , near Burslem , whose death was attended by the following melancholy

circumstances : —Mr . Oliver , 3 respectable surgeon and apothecary , of Burslem , had for a considerable time past entertained a strong attachment for MissWood ; but the connect ion , on come accountjbeing disagreeable to the family ,