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Leasington , Gloucestershire . She had gone to drink tea at Lady Guise ' s , at Highnam , and soon after entering the house , fell and instantly expired . i jth . Mis . Tweedell , wife of John Tweedeli , Esq . of Unthank-Hall , in Northumberland , most deeply and unfeignedly lamented by all who had the

happiness of being acquainted with her . Her . illness was long and painful , but she bore it with the most mild and theerful fortitude , without complaining , in a manner perfectly consonant to the placid and even tenour of her whole life . From the beginning of . her malady , she had a kind of prescience of its

terminating in her dissolution , which she contemplated with that entire composure , which nothing but the innocence and integrity of her life , and the most unaffected submission to the will of providence , could bestow . Lately , at Bath ,, of a paralytic stroke , Mr . Geo . Frappell , who kept the

Grove Coffee-house in that city 25 years . He was universally respected for his . honesty , obliging behaviour , and simplicity of manners;—He had just opened ihe coffee-house next the Pumps-room , called George's coffeehouse . 14 th . At his seat of Craigstonin

, the county of Aberdeen , in the fiftysixth year of his age , William Urquhart , Esq . of the ancient house of Urquharts of Cromarty , one of the oldest families in Scotland . He was a man

universally respected and esteemed by all ranks of people , and his loss is most sincerely felt and regretted in the country he lived in , and particularly so by an amiable and disconsolate widow , a fine and promising family , and an only surviving brother , a Colonel in the army on duty with his regiment ( the

Loyal Essex Fencible fnfan ry ) in Ireland , who possesses all the amiable qualities , goodness of heart , and disposition of his departed brother . . On the 15 th . the E . ev . Mr . Thomas , a dissenting minister at Stamford ; was seized with the cramp as he was bathing in the river Weilaiuland

, drowned before any assistance could be given him . He was a native of Wales , had J' : st obtained his 23 year , and was very much respected . 16 . At Croft , iu the county of Hereford , in the 8 zd year of his age , the Rev . Richard Smith , M . A . who had been

upwards of 52 years Rector of that parish . 17 . Lately at Kemmy , Com . Wilts ; Geo . Kemmy , Farmer . In his dying moments he is said to have crammed three Guineas down his throat , ( 0 take with him . —where ? Into the earth from , whence it came ! What a Maniac is Man ,

when his soul is poisoned with avarice ! Same day In North-Audley Street , Sir Geo . Howard Bart . K . B . Colonel of the first regiment of Dragoon Guards , Governor of Chelsea Hospital , and of the Island of Jersey . The 17 th At Basford , near NottinghamWilliam Vickersta ' ffaged 14

, , , of that dreadful malady , the Hydrophophobia . -He was bit by . ; a mad ( login two fingers , on Wednesday the 15 th of June , and on Sunday , July the 10 th , his complaint first excited the attention of his friends ; the day following the nature 'of the disease , being in their minds past a doubtprofessional

assis-, tance was applied for . The symptons were those which are considered decisively characteristic of the disease ; and unfortunately such was the morbid sensibility , that powerful medicines given

in very large doses , had not the least effect : he expired by convulsive spasms on the third day after the attack . On the 18 th , aged gi , the Rev Mr . Harrison , of Pontefract ; his death will be sincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance , and particularly by the poor , to whom he

was a very liberal benefactor . 19 . At his house at Turnham Green , in the 71 st year of his age , William Lloyd Esq . Admiral of the White Flag . He was made a Post Captain in the year 1747 , a Rear Admiral in 177 8 , a Vice Admiral in 1780 , and an Admiral in 1 793 He died without issueandwe

. , , are informed , has left . the principal part of his immense property to Thomas Stepney , Esq . one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Duke of York . He was the sixth Admiral on the list . The Admiral , when in London , re sided always at the Somerset coffee-house in the Strandwhich was

, about six months in the year ; was constantly in the coffee-room , which he enjoyed ; ami has several times been taken for the landlord by strangers , through his familiarity , and urbanity of manners .

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LONDON: Article 3
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 5
LODGE OF BIGGAR. Article 10
THE MANNER OF CONSTITUTING A LODGE, Article 11
VIRTUE. Article 16
ON THE TENDENCY OF THE PAGAN MORALITY AND POLYTHEISM TO CORRUPT YOUNG MINDS. Article 17
EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. Article 21
CURIOUS PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE JEWS. Article 28
MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A TOUR THROUGH LONDON, Article 34
INSCRIPTION ON A TOMB-STONE IN COBHAM CHURCHYARD. Article 38
A DESCRIPTION OF ICELAND. Article 39
REPARTEE. Article 42
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 43
ON KISSING. Article 44
ASTONISHING PROFITS ARISING FROM BEES. Article 46
To the EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 47
ANECDOTE. Article 48
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 53
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 59
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 60
POETRY. Article 61
ODE TO LAURA. Article 62
SONGS OF THE PIXIES.* Article 63
VERSES Article 64
CUPID AND SARA. Article 65
SONNET TO THE MARQUIS LA FAYETTE. Article 65
A SONG. Article 66
ON A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY WEEPING. Article 66
LINES ON THE DEATH OF A NIGHTINGALE. Article 67
A PARODY Article 67
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 68
MONTHLY CHRON1CLE. Article 69
HOME NEWS. Article 71
OBITUARY. Article 75
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 80
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Obituary.

Leasington , Gloucestershire . She had gone to drink tea at Lady Guise ' s , at Highnam , and soon after entering the house , fell and instantly expired . i jth . Mis . Tweedell , wife of John Tweedeli , Esq . of Unthank-Hall , in Northumberland , most deeply and unfeignedly lamented by all who had the

happiness of being acquainted with her . Her . illness was long and painful , but she bore it with the most mild and theerful fortitude , without complaining , in a manner perfectly consonant to the placid and even tenour of her whole life . From the beginning of . her malady , she had a kind of prescience of its

terminating in her dissolution , which she contemplated with that entire composure , which nothing but the innocence and integrity of her life , and the most unaffected submission to the will of providence , could bestow . Lately , at Bath ,, of a paralytic stroke , Mr . Geo . Frappell , who kept the

Grove Coffee-house in that city 25 years . He was universally respected for his . honesty , obliging behaviour , and simplicity of manners;—He had just opened ihe coffee-house next the Pumps-room , called George's coffeehouse . 14 th . At his seat of Craigstonin

, the county of Aberdeen , in the fiftysixth year of his age , William Urquhart , Esq . of the ancient house of Urquharts of Cromarty , one of the oldest families in Scotland . He was a man

universally respected and esteemed by all ranks of people , and his loss is most sincerely felt and regretted in the country he lived in , and particularly so by an amiable and disconsolate widow , a fine and promising family , and an only surviving brother , a Colonel in the army on duty with his regiment ( the

Loyal Essex Fencible fnfan ry ) in Ireland , who possesses all the amiable qualities , goodness of heart , and disposition of his departed brother . . On the 15 th . the E . ev . Mr . Thomas , a dissenting minister at Stamford ; was seized with the cramp as he was bathing in the river Weilaiuland

, drowned before any assistance could be given him . He was a native of Wales , had J' : st obtained his 23 year , and was very much respected . 16 . At Croft , iu the county of Hereford , in the 8 zd year of his age , the Rev . Richard Smith , M . A . who had been

upwards of 52 years Rector of that parish . 17 . Lately at Kemmy , Com . Wilts ; Geo . Kemmy , Farmer . In his dying moments he is said to have crammed three Guineas down his throat , ( 0 take with him . —where ? Into the earth from , whence it came ! What a Maniac is Man ,

when his soul is poisoned with avarice ! Same day In North-Audley Street , Sir Geo . Howard Bart . K . B . Colonel of the first regiment of Dragoon Guards , Governor of Chelsea Hospital , and of the Island of Jersey . The 17 th At Basford , near NottinghamWilliam Vickersta ' ffaged 14

, , , of that dreadful malady , the Hydrophophobia . -He was bit by . ; a mad ( login two fingers , on Wednesday the 15 th of June , and on Sunday , July the 10 th , his complaint first excited the attention of his friends ; the day following the nature 'of the disease , being in their minds past a doubtprofessional

assis-, tance was applied for . The symptons were those which are considered decisively characteristic of the disease ; and unfortunately such was the morbid sensibility , that powerful medicines given

in very large doses , had not the least effect : he expired by convulsive spasms on the third day after the attack . On the 18 th , aged gi , the Rev Mr . Harrison , of Pontefract ; his death will be sincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance , and particularly by the poor , to whom he

was a very liberal benefactor . 19 . At his house at Turnham Green , in the 71 st year of his age , William Lloyd Esq . Admiral of the White Flag . He was made a Post Captain in the year 1747 , a Rear Admiral in 177 8 , a Vice Admiral in 1780 , and an Admiral in 1 793 He died without issueandwe

. , , are informed , has left . the principal part of his immense property to Thomas Stepney , Esq . one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Duke of York . He was the sixth Admiral on the list . The Admiral , when in London , re sided always at the Somerset coffee-house in the Strandwhich was

, about six months in the year ; was constantly in the coffee-room , which he enjoyed ; ami has several times been taken for the landlord by strangers , through his familiarity , and urbanity of manners .

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