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eluded thus : " May I be permitted to mention , that it was the experience of some of these effects of old age op the muscular motions that led my thoughts tq this speculation , ' which , as it is owing to the infirmities of age , will , I hope , be heard with the greater indulgence . It is both pleasant and

useful to " contemplate , with gratitude , the wisdom and goodness of the author of our being , ' in fitting this machine of our body so admirably to the various ' employments and enjoyments of life . " Mr . T . Bailey , formerly Warehouse 7 man at the University Printing Office , Cambridge ; a man of" very singular

character . The week before his death , being apparently in good health , he ordered his coffin to be made , of red deal , in the rough , which he garnished with herbs , giving also orders for his interment without a shroud ; he even proceeded to hire and pay his bearers , predicting his own death on the Saturday follo-. ving- ' r-h ' e lived , however , till " Wednesday ' .

At his house , in Arlington-street , the Most Nobla Thomas Thynne , Marquis of Bath , knight of the garter , groom of the stole to his Majesty , a incmber of the Privy Council , highsteward of Tamwortb , and elder brother of the Trinhy-house , a governor of the Charter-house , & c . His

Lordship languished nearly 6 months , under a complaint arising from a tumour in in his neck , which terminated in an abscess that baffled medical skill ,, but which he bore with the greatest fortihide and resignation—His character as a statesman , a scholar ' , and gentleman , have long been the subject of

admiration ; and his amiable domestic qualities its a husband , father , and friend , are well known . His Lordship was born the 24 th of September , 1734 , ant ' married iu i" 53 . to Lady Elizabeth Cavendish Benfinck , sister ' to the present Puke of Portland . He has left by her Ladyship , who survives him , three sons

and five daughters ; and is" succeeded in his title-, and estates by his eldest 5011 Thomas . 'At St . Helen's Aukland , Com . Durham , Mr . ' Michael iiroadbelt , a most ingenious' clock-maker , into which machines he had introduced a great number of improvements and novelties , though his proficiency was the cffV'ct of intuitive genius , an : ! of application

Unaided by any previous instructions his general skill in mechanics was displayed in a great varietv » -of curious inventions ; some of his clocks contain small orreries—and others are furr nished with chimes , said to be more strictly consonant to harmonic

principles than such machines are commonly found to be r-His mind , which , as well as his hands , was continually en-. r ployed , appeared to have no bounds to its researches ; and his most intiniate acquaintance are of opinion , that he received little or no information from hooks ; he was seldom known

to con-it . t any ; and seemed only to have a small acquaintance with the best scientific writers , even en his favourite subjects . —To the superior force , then , of his native genius , must be ascribed the numerous productions which , in a more public situation , would have rendered him eminent I Lately , he

planned and constructed an organ , which , by competent judges , was pronounced a good instrument , and was lately sold 10 a musical gentleman , for a considerable sum of money . At Renmore , near Tavmouth , ( lie

seat of the Earl of Bredalbane , in Scotland , Robert Johnson , of Newcastleupon-Tyne- — " A youth lo fortune and to fame unknozon , " who , if life had been preserved till he had reached the maturity of age , gave fair hopes that he would have carried the fine arts , in some of their most

difficult branches , to a perfection they have not hitherto attained in Britain . The few persons who were within the narrow circle of his acquaintance , esteemed him hot less for the goodness of his heart , than they prized him for those uncommon talents , which , in spite of a variety of depressingcircumstances

, shone forth , in him , with a splendor that astonished every one who had an opportunity of observing , and powers to appreciate , them . They now , with the most sympathetic woe , condole with his aged parents , of whom he was the so / ace and support , and deeply mourn his tintirnely fate , not as a private

misfortune only , but as a national loss , which ihey cannot indulge the hope of living to see supplied . On -Monday morning , the 24 th of October last , at his house in Landvery , Caerinarlhenshire , of the gout , in the 69 th . year of his age , Arthur Davies ,

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE, Article 4
ON COURTSHIP AND COQUETRY. Article 7
COPY OF THE INSCRPITION ON THE FOUNDATION STONE OF WEARMOUTH BRIDGE. Article 9
A SERMON, Article 10
ON DEATH. Article 14
PREDILECTION OF THE TURKS FOR THE GAME OF CHESS. Article 17
ESSAYS ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH HISTORY AND CLASSICAL LEARNING. Article 18
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF EDWARD KELLY, THE ALCHEMIST. Article 24
ON THE MUSIC OF THE ANCIENTS. Article 26
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 29
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND PAPER CREDIT. Article 31
EXCERPTA ET COLLECTANEA. Article 34
FATAL PESTILENCE IN THE AIR, IN THE REIGN OF HENRY III. Article 35
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 38
POETRY. Article 48
WINTER, AN ODE. Article 49
SONNET, ON SEEING JULIA GATHERING ROSES IN THE DEW. Article 50
EPITAPH, ON AN OLD FAVOURITE DOG. Article 50
A SONG. Article 51
A SONG. Article 51
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 52
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 52
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 58
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Article 60
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Article 64
OBITUARY. Article 69
L1ST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
INDEX TO THE SEVENTH VOLUME. Article 74
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eluded thus : " May I be permitted to mention , that it was the experience of some of these effects of old age op the muscular motions that led my thoughts tq this speculation , ' which , as it is owing to the infirmities of age , will , I hope , be heard with the greater indulgence . It is both pleasant and

useful to " contemplate , with gratitude , the wisdom and goodness of the author of our being , ' in fitting this machine of our body so admirably to the various ' employments and enjoyments of life . " Mr . T . Bailey , formerly Warehouse 7 man at the University Printing Office , Cambridge ; a man of" very singular

character . The week before his death , being apparently in good health , he ordered his coffin to be made , of red deal , in the rough , which he garnished with herbs , giving also orders for his interment without a shroud ; he even proceeded to hire and pay his bearers , predicting his own death on the Saturday follo-. ving- ' r-h ' e lived , however , till " Wednesday ' .

At his house , in Arlington-street , the Most Nobla Thomas Thynne , Marquis of Bath , knight of the garter , groom of the stole to his Majesty , a incmber of the Privy Council , highsteward of Tamwortb , and elder brother of the Trinhy-house , a governor of the Charter-house , & c . His

Lordship languished nearly 6 months , under a complaint arising from a tumour in in his neck , which terminated in an abscess that baffled medical skill ,, but which he bore with the greatest fortihide and resignation—His character as a statesman , a scholar ' , and gentleman , have long been the subject of

admiration ; and his amiable domestic qualities its a husband , father , and friend , are well known . His Lordship was born the 24 th of September , 1734 , ant ' married iu i" 53 . to Lady Elizabeth Cavendish Benfinck , sister ' to the present Puke of Portland . He has left by her Ladyship , who survives him , three sons

and five daughters ; and is" succeeded in his title-, and estates by his eldest 5011 Thomas . 'At St . Helen's Aukland , Com . Durham , Mr . ' Michael iiroadbelt , a most ingenious' clock-maker , into which machines he had introduced a great number of improvements and novelties , though his proficiency was the cffV'ct of intuitive genius , an : ! of application

Unaided by any previous instructions his general skill in mechanics was displayed in a great varietv » -of curious inventions ; some of his clocks contain small orreries—and others are furr nished with chimes , said to be more strictly consonant to harmonic

principles than such machines are commonly found to be r-His mind , which , as well as his hands , was continually en-. r ployed , appeared to have no bounds to its researches ; and his most intiniate acquaintance are of opinion , that he received little or no information from hooks ; he was seldom known

to con-it . t any ; and seemed only to have a small acquaintance with the best scientific writers , even en his favourite subjects . —To the superior force , then , of his native genius , must be ascribed the numerous productions which , in a more public situation , would have rendered him eminent I Lately , he

planned and constructed an organ , which , by competent judges , was pronounced a good instrument , and was lately sold 10 a musical gentleman , for a considerable sum of money . At Renmore , near Tavmouth , ( lie

seat of the Earl of Bredalbane , in Scotland , Robert Johnson , of Newcastleupon-Tyne- — " A youth lo fortune and to fame unknozon , " who , if life had been preserved till he had reached the maturity of age , gave fair hopes that he would have carried the fine arts , in some of their most

difficult branches , to a perfection they have not hitherto attained in Britain . The few persons who were within the narrow circle of his acquaintance , esteemed him hot less for the goodness of his heart , than they prized him for those uncommon talents , which , in spite of a variety of depressingcircumstances

, shone forth , in him , with a splendor that astonished every one who had an opportunity of observing , and powers to appreciate , them . They now , with the most sympathetic woe , condole with his aged parents , of whom he was the so / ace and support , and deeply mourn his tintirnely fate , not as a private

misfortune only , but as a national loss , which ihey cannot indulge the hope of living to see supplied . On -Monday morning , the 24 th of October last , at his house in Landvery , Caerinarlhenshire , of the gout , in the 69 th . year of his age , Arthur Davies ,

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