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Obituary.
OBITUARY .
ON thc twenty second of March , at his house in Stanhope-street , the Right Hon . Charles Fitzroy , Lord Southampton , a General in the Army , and Colonel of the Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards . His Lordship , who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton ,. was born in
1737 . and created a'Peer in 17 S 0 . In J 75 s . be married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren , by whom he had a numerous progeny . . He is succeeded in his title and estate ? , by George Ferdinand , his eldest son . 22 . At his house in Bloomsburysqtvarein a fit of lexyJohn
, apop , Boniet de Mainaudnc , M . D . and Fellow of the Corporation' of Surgeons jn London . A few- days since , at Hillingdon-plr . ce , near Uxbridge , Mrs . Drake , relict of the . late Admiral Francis William Drake , and daughter of the late Sir William Heathcote , bart .
Suddenly , Dr . Hayes , Professor of Music in the University of Oxford . The Doctor was supposed to be the largest man in England , as hv _ i «_ -, vrly equalled in weight the celebrated Mr . Bright , of Mnldon , in Essex . The remains of this ingenious Composer were interred with great funeral in StPaul ' s
pomp . Cathedral , on Tuesday the 2 rst of March .: The gentlemen and children of the three choirs sung Dr . Green ' s Anthem of ' Lord , let me know mine end , ' & c .
Lately , at her house in HalfjYIoon street , Piccadilly , in her 57 th year , Mrs . pope , of the Theatre Royal , Coventgarden . Tradition informs us that Miss Yonge ( Mrs . Pope ) -was born about the year 1740 . Her birth is not so authenticated as to enable us to stateivhen it happened ,
nor the place exactly where ; but her early years were certainly not passed in affluence : for she was at the proper age apprenticed to a milliner . Miss Youge worked with thc wife of Thompson , a very diligent and respectable actor now at Covent-garden theatre . The talents of Miss Yonge at last
attracted the notice of a friend , who introduced her to Mr . Garrick . we believe about tbe year 1768 . At Ibis time she was in her twenty-fourth year . Her features were never ver } - expressive ; but her figure was elegant , and her deportment graceful . Gnrricl- tlu . ught her powers pointed at Imogen , —but she
then did not look sufficiently juveni'e , and he was at some difficulty to say what should be done for his old Yonge , as he puniiingly expressed himself . At Drury-lancshe played two seasons ; but either her merits were not felt by the public or the manager , for she iei ' t London then for Ireland , and performed *
in Dublin , in ihe year 1770 , at the little then-re in Capel-street : there the present Mr . Lewis acted with her , and pronounced her merits to be such as must eventually replace hcrupon a London theatre . Miss Yci . ge , no doubt , had considerably improved herself by this excursion . She had become a ready and versatile actress ; and Mr . Garrick , who had very accurate information , sent oft" Mr .
Moody to Dublin , to offer her a carle blar . rbe , After remaining eight years at Druryl-frie , the very high offers of Mr . Harris induced her to enlist under the banners of Coveut-gardeu ; and , for eighteen years co . islamly before the town , playing sometimes witb , and a . ' ways against , seme ol" the greatest actresses this com .-
try has ever seen , she has , if not equalled in particular parts , exceeded in a wider scope ofcfiaracter , and , in generality , has acquired sufficient fame and the greatest attraction . in the comprehensive language of a gentleman who had surveyed her journey through life inn profession perilous
to tbe head and the heart— " I have known her a good child , a good wife , a grod woman , and a good friend . " This lady was buried on Wednesday , March 221 I , at one o ' clock , in the cloisters of the abbey . She ivas followed to the grave by seven mourning coaches , and the family chariot empty . The age expressed upon her coffin was 52 . Lately , at Jamaica , Major Crosby , Nephew to Admiral Crosby , on his way
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
OBITUARY .
ON thc twenty second of March , at his house in Stanhope-street , the Right Hon . Charles Fitzroy , Lord Southampton , a General in the Army , and Colonel of the Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards . His Lordship , who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton ,. was born in
1737 . and created a'Peer in 17 S 0 . In J 75 s . be married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren , by whom he had a numerous progeny . . He is succeeded in his title and estate ? , by George Ferdinand , his eldest son . 22 . At his house in Bloomsburysqtvarein a fit of lexyJohn
, apop , Boniet de Mainaudnc , M . D . and Fellow of the Corporation' of Surgeons jn London . A few- days since , at Hillingdon-plr . ce , near Uxbridge , Mrs . Drake , relict of the . late Admiral Francis William Drake , and daughter of the late Sir William Heathcote , bart .
Suddenly , Dr . Hayes , Professor of Music in the University of Oxford . The Doctor was supposed to be the largest man in England , as hv _ i «_ -, vrly equalled in weight the celebrated Mr . Bright , of Mnldon , in Essex . The remains of this ingenious Composer were interred with great funeral in StPaul ' s
pomp . Cathedral , on Tuesday the 2 rst of March .: The gentlemen and children of the three choirs sung Dr . Green ' s Anthem of ' Lord , let me know mine end , ' & c .
Lately , at her house in HalfjYIoon street , Piccadilly , in her 57 th year , Mrs . pope , of the Theatre Royal , Coventgarden . Tradition informs us that Miss Yonge ( Mrs . Pope ) -was born about the year 1740 . Her birth is not so authenticated as to enable us to stateivhen it happened ,
nor the place exactly where ; but her early years were certainly not passed in affluence : for she was at the proper age apprenticed to a milliner . Miss Youge worked with thc wife of Thompson , a very diligent and respectable actor now at Covent-garden theatre . The talents of Miss Yonge at last
attracted the notice of a friend , who introduced her to Mr . Garrick . we believe about tbe year 1768 . At Ibis time she was in her twenty-fourth year . Her features were never ver } - expressive ; but her figure was elegant , and her deportment graceful . Gnrricl- tlu . ught her powers pointed at Imogen , —but she
then did not look sufficiently juveni'e , and he was at some difficulty to say what should be done for his old Yonge , as he puniiingly expressed himself . At Drury-lancshe played two seasons ; but either her merits were not felt by the public or the manager , for she iei ' t London then for Ireland , and performed *
in Dublin , in ihe year 1770 , at the little then-re in Capel-street : there the present Mr . Lewis acted with her , and pronounced her merits to be such as must eventually replace hcrupon a London theatre . Miss Yci . ge , no doubt , had considerably improved herself by this excursion . She had become a ready and versatile actress ; and Mr . Garrick , who had very accurate information , sent oft" Mr .
Moody to Dublin , to offer her a carle blar . rbe , After remaining eight years at Druryl-frie , the very high offers of Mr . Harris induced her to enlist under the banners of Coveut-gardeu ; and , for eighteen years co . islamly before the town , playing sometimes witb , and a . ' ways against , seme ol" the greatest actresses this com .-
try has ever seen , she has , if not equalled in particular parts , exceeded in a wider scope ofcfiaracter , and , in generality , has acquired sufficient fame and the greatest attraction . in the comprehensive language of a gentleman who had surveyed her journey through life inn profession perilous
to tbe head and the heart— " I have known her a good child , a good wife , a grod woman , and a good friend . " This lady was buried on Wednesday , March 221 I , at one o ' clock , in the cloisters of the abbey . She ivas followed to the grave by seven mourning coaches , and the family chariot empty . The age expressed upon her coffin was 52 . Lately , at Jamaica , Major Crosby , Nephew to Admiral Crosby , on his way