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looked upon death as a much 1.fs evil than pain. During the whole of his life he was remarkable for great benevolence of difpofition, which was particularly confpicuous in the care he took even of the lowest animals. The keennefs of his feelings on this fubject has been attributed to the frong impreffion made upon his mind by a reprefentation of the tortures of the Inquifition, which was fhewn to him at an early age. He has left a widow and fix children, three fons and three daughters, by his latt marriage. There was alfo another child, who died an infant. Befides the literary works abovementioned, Dr. D. was the author of "Phytologia," a fmall treatife on edua. tion, and of a few papers in the Medical and Philofophical Tranfa&tions. He has alfo left another poem, intituled, “The Shrine of Nature," one volume of which is in the prefs, and will shortly be published. In the foregaing sketch, the intention has been merely to itate a few plain facts; all panegyrick has, therefore, heen purpofely avoided. They, who are acquainted with Dr. D.'s writings, mult be fe::fible of his profound knowledge, genius, and enudition. They, who had the happiness of his acquaintance and friendship, will long deplore his lofs, as they confcarcely hope to find fuch an affemblage of talents and virtues again united in the fame individual.

Of a fevere illnefs of a week, Mr. Jobn Cofte; who might have faid, with the Pfalmift, "I have washed my hands in innocency." And fuch feemed to be the opinion of others; for, after having ferved the office of overfeer of the parish of Shoreditch (where be had lived many years), they reluctantly received his accompts and refignation, and repofed confiderable confidence in him.

In Walcot-place, Surrey, in his 63d year, John Horn, efq.

At Epping, in an advanced age, the widow of John Brecknock, efq. of Ongar.

At the hot wells at Bath, Mifs Emma Goddard, youngest daughter of Ambrofe G. efq. M. P. for Swindon, Wilts.

Aged 68, Mr. Joha Sutton, of Notting. ham, grocer.

Aged 39, Mrs. Allan, wife of Capt. A. of the Gardner and Jofeph Greentandman, belonging to Hull.

19. In Fenchurch-street, aged 66, Mr. Robert Irvine, woollen-traper. His death was occafioned by an inflammation on the lungs, with which he was feized on the 14th. At Bedington, Surrey, John Walton, efq. At Bethnal-house, on Bethnal-green, Thomas Thames Faux, efq. ·

At Damhead, near Aberdeen, Mr. Gavin Young, formerly of Budge-row, London, merchant.

At Sandwich, in Kent, aged 78, Mr. Thomas Smith, who, for a great number of years, carried on an extensive business

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as a hovman, and was well known for the pun&uality of his dealings on the Corn Exchange. He retired from bufinefs, feveral years ago, on account of ill health; and, as his friends hoped and fuppofed, with a comfortable income. But about three years ago, his neceffities obliged him to communicate to them his real fituation; and they then learned, with regret, that he was entirely defhtute of the means of fupporting himself. It feemed that, upon qutting bufinefs, after paying many claimvas, he had about five hundred pounds ft; and instead of finking this fum in an annuity, or placing it in the funds, he had determined, under an idea that it was more than he should live to spend, to fupport himself on the principal. was a strange conceit; and more efpect ally in a man who had so long been accuftomed to tranfact bufinets in the funds for his numerous employers in the country; but fo it was, and the making it known may perhaps ferve as a u'efnl caution to others. As foon as his rea! fituation was afcertained, a meeting of his friends was called by an advertisement "to confider the cafe of an old neighbour;" and this meeting, at which the Mayor of the Corporation (the late Daniel Rainier, efq.) prefided, was held in the Town Hall, It was well attended; and the refult of it was a fubfcription, of about 401. a year, fufficient to render his latter days com. fortable. His end was placid; for he went to bed at night without any particu for complaint, and the next morning was found dead in his bed, looking like one afleep.

2) While on a vifit at a friend's honte, Mr. T. Wright Watfon, of Nottingham.

At Mr. Clarke's, in Newman-ftreet, in his 20th year, Mr. Chriftopher Newell, third fun of the Rev. Mr. N.

At his houfe in Adams's fquare, Edinburgh, Rob Chalmers, efq, late accomptantgeneral of excife in Scotland.

21. At her father's house in Cavendishfquare, the infant daughter of M. Dorren Magens, etq.

At Mount Fleafant, near Tottenham, the infant fon of Edward Stephenfon, eiq. of Queen-fquare, Bloomsbury.

At Scarborough, aged 55, Mr. Joha Cockerill, thip-owner.

At Seaford, co. Lincoln, fuddenly, aged 54, Mr. John Fofter, flax-dreffer and candlewick manufacturer, who for many years poft had carried on an extenfive hufiness

22. Aged 72, Mrs. Judd, of North Luffenham, co. Rutland, fifter of the late Mr. J. of that place.

At Warminster, Wilts, aged 85, T. Warren, efq. He had in his house 10,000l. in cafh at his death.

This night, Mr. Henry Bishop, an attor ney's clerk, many years koown in the neighbourhood of Fleet-ftreet, took a lage

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defire a Copy of their Report on the Civil Lift Accompts.-Copy fent.

The order for proceeding on Crew's di

of Hear! Hear! from every part of the Houfe.] rather lefs for the fake of my own feelings, than in confideration of the public motives which in nced me to addrefs you. Ivorce bill being read, "Lord Auckland and hall conclude with a quotation from an eminent orator, who was young when he faid, that "Crime was a curfe even in the time it was fuccefsful; while Virtue was. a Heffing not only during the life of its poffeffor, but in the happy influence of the example it left to pofterity."

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Mr. Fox then moved, that a new writ fhould be iffued for the Borough of Tavitock, in the room of Lord John Ruffel, now Duke of Bedford.

Mr. Sheridan seconded the motion; and the writ was ordered.

On the fecent reading of the Irish Duty bill, Mr. Fofler, in arguing againft it, drew a melancholy picture of the fate of the finances of that part of the United Kingdom; and oppofed the bill, as ineficient, confufed, and improvident.

Mr. Corry replied; and ftated, that the Risht Hon. Gentleman made his calculations in an unfair way, by taking the period immediately fubfequent to the late unfortunate rebellion as the basis of his argument, the fequel and the conclufion of which were therefore not to be relied on.

Mr. Foller vindicated hinfelf from the charge of having drawn an exaggerated pic ture of the calamitous state of Ireland.

The bill was read a fecond time, and committed.

March 17.

The hill for regulating his Majefty's Marine Forces while on thore was paffed.

Admiral Berkeley prefented a petition from Dr. Edward Jenner, praying for a reward for bis difcovery of the Vaccine Innoculation. Referred to a Committee.

The Houfe having refolved itself into a Committee of Supply, the fum of 266,6661. 35. 4d. was voted to his Majefty for the Ordnance of Land Service for Gie Britain, for April and May, 1802, and the fum of 50,cool. for Ordnance in Ireland, for the fame period.

Leave was given to bring in a bill to amend and continue the act, permitting ftarch to be made, doty-free, from rice and potatoes.

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the Chancellor wished to hear evidence at the bar. This was accordingly done, and the proceedings and damages in the Sheriff's Court proved,

Lord Cathcart, deeming this evidence fnfficient, moved the fecond reading of the bill, and was fupporte by Lord Mulgrave, The Lord Chancellor, Lord Redefdale, the Bishop of Rochester, and Lord Auckland, op. pofed the bill.

The Duke of Clarence replied with much force of argument to the points which had been dwelt upon by the learned Lords.

The Houfe divided; for the fecond reading 4; against it 11. The bill was confequently loft.

In the Commons, the fame day, the hill' for continuing Duties in Ireland, after fome objections by Mr. Jones and Mr. Robfon,. was paffed.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved, that there be laid before the Houfe an ac count of the grofs affeffment and net pro duce of the Income Duty in Great Britain, up to the 5th of April, 1801, distinguish-" ing the returns made before the commer cial commiffioners; as alfo of the grofs amount of the Income Duty, for the year ending 1801, diftinguishing the different claffes, viz. thofe under 2001. per annum ; from that fum to 500l. from that to 1,0col. then to 2,000l. and lastly to 5,cool. with all above that amount, duffingthing at the fame time the deductions on account of children, and fpecifically ftating the number of perfons in each clafs. Ordered.

Mr. Aldington took the opportunity of obferving, that whatever opinion he entertained of this tax, that opinion was the refult of long and ferious reflection; nor could any thing which occurred in any quarter, however refpectable, influence or alter his mind on the iubject, and what that was would be feen when he fubmitted to the House the ways and means for the year.

March 22.

Sir W. Young reported from the Committee on the bookfellers' and printers' petition. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed.

Mr. Alderman Combe prefented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of Lon 'on, in Common Heli affembled, for the Repeal of the Inco ne fax.

Lord Belgrave obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal fo much of an act made in the 7th and 8th years of Willem III. as relates to the difabling of perfons offending against the fame from ferving in Parlia ment, and to make other or more effec tual provifions in lieu thereof,

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DEFINITIVE TREATY OF PEACE

Between the FRENCH REPUBLIC, his Majesty the KING of SPAIN and the INDIES, and the BATAVIAN REPUBLIC (on the one part): and His Majeny the KING of the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (en the other part).

The First Conful of the French Republic, in the name of the French People, and his Majefy the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being equally animated with a defire to put an end to the calamities of war, have laid the foundation of Peace by the Preliminary Articles, which were figned in London the 9th Verdemi tire an, 10 (1 of Odober, 1801). (Vol. LXXI. P. 1033.)

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And as by the 15th article of the Preliminaries it has been agreed on, Plenipotentiaries fhould be named on the part of each Government, who fhould repair to Amiens, and there proceed to arrange a Definitive Treaty, in concert with the Allies of the Contracting Powers:"

The First Conful of the French Republic, in the name of the French People, has named as Plenipotentiary the Citizen Jofeph Bonaparte, Counsellor of State:

His Majefly the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland has named the Marquis Cornwallis, Knight of the Moft Nable Order of the Garter, one of his Majelty's Privy Council, General in bis Mjety's Army, &c. &c.

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His Mjfy the King of Spain and the Indies, and the Government of the Batavian Republic, have appointed the following Plenipotentiaries; to wit, his Catholic Majesty has named Don Jofeph Nicolas d'Azara, bis Counfeller of State, Grand Crofs of the Order of Charles III. Amballador Extraordinary of his Maje.ty to the French Republic, &c. &c. And the Government of the Batavian Republic has named Roger Jean Schimmelpenninck its Amballador Extraordinary to the French Republic, &c. Which faid Plenipotentiaries, having July communicated to each other their respective powers, which are tranfcribed at the conclufion of the prefent Treaty, have agreed upon the following Articles :----

Art. 1. There shall be peace, friendship, and good understanding, between the French Republic, his Majesty the King of Spain, his heirs and fucceffors, and the Batavian Republic, on the one fide; and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Joeland, his heirs and facceijois, on the other part.

The contracting parties all use their utmoft effores to preferve perfect harmony "between, their respective countries, without permuting any act of hoftility whatever, by fea or by land, for any caufe, or under any pretext.

They all e refully avoid every thing which might for the furure disturb the happy union now re eftablished b tween them, and fhall not give any fuccour or

protection, directly or indirectly, to those
who would wish to injure any one of them.

II. All the prifoners made on one fide and the other, as well by land as by fea, and the hostages carried off or delivered up during the war and up to the prefent day, fhall be restored without ranfem, in fix weeks at the latest, to be reckoned from the day when the Ratifications of the prefent Treaty are exchanged, and on paying the debts which they fhall have contracted during their captivity. Each of the contracting parties thall refpectively difcharge the advances which fhall have been made by any of the contracting parties for the fupport and maintenance of prifoners in the countries where they have been detained. There shall be appointed by mutual confent for this purpose a commiffion, fpecially empowered to afcertain and determine the compenfations which may be due to any one of the contracting parties. The time and the place hall likewife he fixed by mutual confent for the meeting of the Commithioners who fhall be entrusted with the execution of this Article, and who fhall take into account, not only the expences incurred on account of the prifoners of the refpective nations, but likewife on account of the foreign troops, who before being taken were in the pay and at the difpofal of one of the co tracting parties.

III. His Britannic Majefty restores to the French Republic and its Allies, viz. his Catholic Majefty and the Batavian Re public, all the poffeffions and colonies which refpectively belonged to them, and which have been either occupied or conquered by the British forces during the Courfe of the prefent war, with the excep tion of the Ifland of Trinidad and of the Dutch poffetions in the Inland of Ceylon.

IV. His Catholic Majefty cedes and guarantees in full property and fovereignty the Island of Trinidad to his Britannic Majefty.

V. The Batavian Republic cedes and guarantees in full property and fovereignty to his Britannic Majeft all the poffentions and establishments in the land of Ceylon, which previous to the war belonged to the Republic of the United Frovinces, or to the Dutch East India Company.

VI. The Port of the Cape of Good Hope remains to the Batavian Republic in full fovereignty, in the fame manner it did previous to the war,

The hips of every kind belonging to the other contracting parties thall be allowed to enter the faid port, and there to purchafe what provifions they may stand in need of as heretofore, without being able to pay any other impells than fuch as the Batavian

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Batavian Republic compels the fhips of its own nation to pay.

VII. The territories and poffeffions of her Moft Faithful Majefty are maintained in their integrity, fuch as they were antecedent to the war. However, the bounda ries of French and Portuguese Guiana are fixed by the River Arawari, which empties itfelf into the Ocean above Cape North, near the islands Nuovo and Penetentia,, about a degree and a third of North lati. tude. Thefe boundaries thall run along the River Arawari, from its mouth the most diftant from Cape North to its fource, and afterwards on a right fiue, drawn from that fource, to the Rio-Bauto towards the Weft.

In confequence, the northern bank of the River Arawari, from its diftant mouth to its fource, and the territories that lie to the North of the line of the boundaries laid down as above, fhall belong in full fovereignty to the French Republic.

The fouthern bank of the said river, from the fame mouth, and all the territories to the South of the faid line, fhall belong to her Moft Faithful Majesty.

The navigation of the River Arawati, along the whole of its courfe, fhall be common to both nations.

The arrangements which have been agreed upon between the Courts of Madrid and Lisbon, respecting the fettlement of their boundaries in Europe, fhall neverthe lefs be adhered to, conformably to the ftipulations of the Treaty of Bajados.

VIII. The territories, pollettions, and rights of the Sublime Porte, are maintained in their integrity, as they were before the war.

IX. The Republic of the Seven Inlands is recognized.

X. The lands of Malta, Gazo, and Camino, fhall be restored to the Order of St. John of Jerufalem, to be held on the fame conditions on which it poffeffed them before the war, and under the following ftipulations:

public and of Great Britain, defiring to place the Order and Inland of Malta in a state of entire independence with refpect to them,, agree, that there shall not be in future either a French or English language; and that no individual belonging to either. the one or other of these powers fhall be admitted into the Order.

3. There shall be established a Maltefe language, which thall be fapported by the territorial revenues, and commercial duties of the Inland. This language shall have its peculiar dignities, an establishment, and an hotel. Proofs of Nobility fhall not be neceffary for the admision of Knights of this language; and they thall be moreover admiffible to all offices, and thall enjoy all privileges in the fame manner as the Knights of the other languages. At least, half of the municipal, adminiftiative, civil,. judicial, and other employments depending on the Government, fhall be filled by inhabit ints of the lands of Malta, Gazo, and Camino.

4. The forces of his Britannic Majefty. fhall evacuate the 19and, and its dependencies, within three months from the exchange of the Ratifications, or fooner if poffible. At that epoch it shall be given up to the Order in its prefent, state, provided the Grand Mafter, or Commillaries fully authorifed according to the Statutes of the Order, fhall be in the Inland to take poffellion, and that the force which is to be provided by his Sicilian Majelty, as is here after ftipulate, fhall have arrived there.

5. One half of the garrifon, at least, fhall be always compofed of native Makele; for the remainder the Order may levy recruits in thofe countries only which continue to poffefs the languages (poffeder les langues). The Maltele troops thall have Maltele Officers. The Commander in Chief of the garrifon, as well as the nomi nation of the officers, thall pertain to the Grand Matter; and this right he cannot refign even temporarily, except in favour of a Knight, and in concurrence with the advice of the Council of the Order.

6. The independence of the Ines of Malta, of Gazo, and Camino, as well as the prefent arrangement, fhall be placed under the protection and guarantee of France, Great Britain, Auftria, Spain, Rudin, and Pruña.

1. The Knights of the Order, whofe languages fall continue to fubfift, after the exchange of the Ratification of the prefent Treaty, are invited to return to Malta, as foon as the exchange fhall have taken place. They will there form a general Chapter, and proceed to the election of a Grand Mafter, chofen from among the natives of the nations which preserve their language, unless that election has been already made fince the exchange of the Pre-proclaimed... liminaries.

It is understood that an election, male fubfequent to that epoch, thall alone be confidered valid, to the exclufion of any other that may have taken place at any period prior to that epoch.

2. The Governments of the French Re

Langue; clafs, or ti.be.

7. The neurality of the Order and of the Inland of Malta, with its dependencies, is

8. The ports of Malta fhall be open to the commerce and the navigation of all nation, who shall there pay equal and moderate duties; thefe duties fhall be applied to the cultivation of the Maltese language, as (pecified in Paragraph 3, to th of the Civil and Military Etablishiments of the Ifland,, as well as to that of a general Lazaretto, open to all colours. 9. That

nary ftature and obliging difpofition pro-
cured him a recommendation to His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, with whom
he lived as lodge-porter at Carleton-house
till 1793-
He was then appointed fer-
geant in the Sutherland Fencibles; but, on
account of his prodigious height, which
made the rett of the Corps, though fine
ftout maen, look like fo many dwarfs, he
was chiefly employed in the recruiting
fervice; he, however, continued with them
after they were formed into the 93d, until
the day of his death. He measured 6 feet
so inches high, 4 feet round the cheft,
extremely ftrong-built and mufcular, but
yet proportionable, unless his legs might
be thought even too large for the load they
had to bear. His ftrength was prodi-
gious; but fuch was his pacific difpofition,
that he was never known to exert it im-

properly. He always difplayed a degree
of manly pride, and, notwithstanding very
confiderable offers were made to him, upon
condition that he thould allow himfelf to
be exhibited as a fhow, he fpurned at
what he thought the hire of degradation.
Once, and only once, he was prevailed
upon to make a public appearance; nor
was this obtained from him by lefs autho-
rity than that of His Royal Highnefs, whole
fervant he then was. This took place at
the Opera-houfe, in the Haymarket, then
occupied by the Drury-lane Company,
where Som appeared in the appropriate
character of Hercules in Cymon and Iphi-
genia. His death was occafioned by a
collection of water in the thorax, an in-
fidious and almost incurable difeafe, to
which the robust are more particularly lia-
bla. It is fometimes the confequence of
exceffive bleeding in pleurifies, and other
complaints that affect the breath, but its
ougin is not unfrequently quite obfcure.
It generally lurks under the mask of an
athma, and continues increasing, till at
length the patient can hardly breathe, un-
Jefs upright in bed. At length a fit of
coughing terminates the tragedy, though
very often fudden exition cuts the fufterer
off at once, before the quantity of water
would otherwife have occafioned fuffoca-
tion. Sam continued healthy and active
till his 35th year; his health then began to
decline, and it is by no means improbable
that this was the firit formation of the di-
feafe which finally terminated his exiftence.

7. At her houfe in Beaumont-itreet, Mary-la-Bonne, in her 54th year, Mis. Lowfa Butcher. She had been to Hackney the preceding day, and, on her return, was

taken with an apoplectic fit, which ren dered her infenfible, and ended her life.

Mrs. Butler Danvers, wife of the Hon. Auguftus Burlec D. of Swithland, co. Leic,

9. Aged 3, Thomas Chapman, gent. He was lineally defcended from Sr Haas Newton's own fifter, the being his grandmother.

11. At St. Stephen's, Canterbury, in an advanced age, Mrs. Fielding, widow of the late Henry F. efq. well known by his truly original writings in the last century.

12. At Margate, in his 75th year, Francis Cobb, elg. who may truly be called "The Friend of Margate." As a magif trate and a man he lived generally beloved. His death will, therefore, he justly and fincerely regretted by all who knew him. Of his numberlets kind elies to them who food in need, and of his well-timed munificence to many a worthy individual, who now gratefully recalls it to mind, his memorial is beil preterved in the hearts of others; and, from the filence which in thee cafes he ever withed to impose on humfelf, it can become none besides to proclaim them. His decline was gradual: he felt its impretion as a fincere Chriftian ought; and waited for his change with calm refignation, fuited to his character. He has left tokens of his great usefulness, his private athduity, and public fpirit, all around him; and, living strictly in the paths of moral victue and unaslunnng piety, it may truly be laid of him, from the conftant tevor of his conduct, that dus higheft luxury was to do good. H: was equally unfparing of his powers and count is for the promotion of every plan of improvement to the town of Maiga e. Fic aided them effentially by his te cit, no less than his ability, and, above all, by the falut ry influence of his own animating Xample. To that excellent inftitution, the Sea-bathing Infirmary at Margate, he was an early and a liberal benefactor, and one of the ong mal v.ce- refidents.

13. At Lympfione, near Exeter, aged 102, M:s. Adams.

16. At Dover, at John Trevan'on's, efq. Mits Boyd, fifter of Sit John B. bart.

18. At the house of his brother-in-law, in Great Marlborough-street, the Rev. Edward Cranmer, M. A. rector of Quendon, Effex, and vicar of St. Bride's, London.

20. At Lambeth, in his 79th year, Mr. Robert Cartony.

22 Athis Lordship's house in St. James's place, the Countess of Roden.

23. After a lingering whefs, the wife of Mr. White Newman, of Newgate-itreet.

BILL of MORTALITY, from April 27, to May 25, 1802.

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