Obituary.

gion , with all the social sympathies of the soul , had formed his mind for the exercise of his holy functions with au ful solemnity . On the 17 th of February fast , died in Berkley County , Virginia , Mr . Charles Roberts , at the uncommon age of 116 years . He was a native of

Oxfordshire , in England , but had resided in America nearly So years . He seemed to retain all his faculties in perfect exercise to the end of his existence , and two years before his death rode to church alone . During his long life he knew not sickness , and his death was not preceded by indisposition— -it was

sudden , as he w . is eating his supper . Sep : 8 . At Wyke , between Bath and Bristol , in the 70 th vearof his age , David Saunders , of West Lavington , Wilts ; whose ( listing -ished piety , and mo'al excellence , furnished Miss H . Moore with materials for her well known stoiy , The Shepherd of

Salisbury Plain . The dimness of bis sight had obliged him to give up his occupation , which he had followed for more than half a century on the same farm , till six months back ; since which time , several respe : ' , ? . b ! e linnet's who

well knew his wor . h entertained him , by rotation , at their houses ; and as a mark of their unfeigned respect for his memory , they had his remains conveyed from the place of his decease to h ' s own parish , and buried with more than common solemnity . In Jamaica , in April last , a negro

woman of the name of Bankes , at the uncommon age of 135 years . Sept 17 . At his hou-. e , in Southampton Ron- , lllooin .-sbury , aged 65 , Mr . Dcdd , comedian , of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane . Mr . Dodd at an early period of life was drawn to the stage by that dazzle

which the tinsel of ihe profession generally gives to young minds . Born in London uftderthe in . l ' . ienceofthe Muses , he became their devotee , whilst at a Grammar School in Holborn . But what confirmed him in an opinion which inclination had begun , was the compliments he received on his playing the

part of Damn , iu the Andria of TERENCE , a little before he left school . These wiire irresistible , and soon decided him to strike at the stage as the grand object of his future happiness and emolument . At the age of sixteen , a period when

thegeneralityofboys are getting through the classics , we find Mr . Dodd facing the naked eye of an audieivee . The first part he played in public was Rodcrigo , in an Itinerant Company , at Sheffield , a part which he went through with such success as flattered his warmest inclinations ; and as the general run of Country

Companies are not very strong in numbers , Mr . Dodd w-as so encouraged by this jirst onset , that he occasionally undertook the principal characters in Tragedy . As soon as his Summer ' s expedition was over at Sheffield , he proceeded to Norwich , were he settled for some time .

Mr . Dodd continued thus no inconsiderable servant of all work , till his engagement with Mr . Arthur , Master of the Bath Theatre . The superior applause he met with in Comedy from this audience , led him henceforward to cultivate his Comic Talents with such assiduity as not only gained him the approbation of the Bath audience , but encouraged Messrs . Garrick and Lacey

to engage him at a genteel salary for Drur . v-Lane Theatre . In the winter of 1765 , he made his first appearance in Faddie , in the Foundling ; nor could any Performer be happier in the choice cf a part , as every line of it seems written to express that particular line of acting Mr . Dodd was in the

possession of . Under so excellent a judge as Garrick , there was little to be apprehended that he ivould have unfit parts : that great Manager , as well as A ; tor , saw the line of his merit , and gave it every judicious latitude it would bear , till by degrees he produced a Performer who added no inconsiderable

consequence to Drury-Lane . As an Actor , Mr . Dodd , in the airy genteel Coxcomb certainly claimed originality . There are many other parts in Low Comedy , and as a singer , in which he was very useful ; but in Fops we think he stood alone ;—his voice , maimer , and above all , his figure , were happily suited to express that light iegagee vivacity so necessary to finish his cluiracter .

lorsome years past , he has been frequently indisposed , and has rather secluded himself from theatrical company , and though of late years rather a Manneris ! and that of the old school , he has seldom been equalled in his particular cast of parts .