At Gunton, J. Petre, efq. nephew to J. Berney Petre, efq. of Westwick-house to the Hon. Mifs Catharine Harbord, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. the Lord Suffield. Mr. Lewis, paper-manufacturer, of, Castle Rifing, to Miss Parker, of Brookftreet, London. Died.] At Norwich, Mr. Scott, brushmaker.-Mr. Ducket, many years one of the conftables of the city -Aged 89, Mrs. M. Spratt, widow of the late Mr. J. Spratt, pawnbroker.-Miss Calthorpe. In her 69t 69th year, Mrs. Brettingham; kind and liberal benefractress to the poor. a In an advanced age, suddenly, Mr. Bygraver, father of Mr. Bygrave, attorney. In her 27th year, Mrs.Thurgar.-In her 28th year, Miss Greene, one of the partners in the mercantile house late Mifs Gillman's.-Aged 86, Mrs. Utten, wife of Mr. W. Utten, fecretary to the Lord Bishop of this diocese Aged 67, Mr. J Defedge, currier.-Aged 38, Mr. R. P. Hatch, baker.-Aged 73, Mrs. R. Rackham. W. Bishop Taylor, fon of Mr W. Taylor, of Framlingham, in Suffolk, he was near eight years old, weighed only twenty-eight pouuds, and was only twenty eight inches in height. The phyfical cause assigned for this is, that his mother, while pregnant, was frightened by a dwarf. At Yarmouth, after an illness of only one day, Mrs. Gooda, wife of Mr. T. Gooda, whitesmith, Aged 65, under the conflict of a very fevere illness, the Rev. Nevil Walter, rector of Bergh Apton, &c. -Aged 53, Mr. A. Brockway, principal fuperintendant of Sir Edmund Lacon's brewery. At Mattishall, Mifs H. A. Thorne, eldest daughter of Mr. Thorne, furgeon. At Long Stratton, in her 29th year, Mrs. Aldis, wife of Mr. J. Aldis, schoolmatter; one of the fociety called Quakers. At Fakenham, in her 80th year, Mrs. Layton, widow, late of North Creak.-Aged 26, Mr. R. Billing, of Coxford. - Mrs. Par. kinson, relict of the late Rev. R. Parkinson, rector of Gunton. At Thelverton, aged 103, Mr. J. Le Grice. At Swaffham, aged 19, Mr. S. Utting. -At her uncle's house, while on a vifit, aged 27 years, Miss Ivory, niece to Mr. T. Carter, of London. Captain Scott, of the ship Sarah, of Yarmouth; and alfo his wife, Mrs. Scott: they were both drowned in the River Thames, in the act of going on board the faid veffel; Mrs. Scott having missed her step, and fallen between two ships into the river, the captain plunged in, in hopes of faving her, but his exertions, with those of the mate, who also precipitated himself into the river, proved abortive, and they were both drowned. The mate, almost exhausted by fatigue, was fortunately faved by the crew of an adjoining veffel. In his 62d year, the Rev. J. F. Franklyn, rector of Attleborough and Earsham.-In his 60th year, P. Clover, efq. of Sedgeford-In her 72d year, Mrs. Ofwald, relict of T. Ofwald, gentleman, of Beccles. At East Walton, Mr. G. Spargin, an opulent farmer; a man of found unfullied integrity, and an upright inoffenfive conduct, endowed with a heart ever ready to compationate the unfortunate, and ever expanded tore. lieve their necessities; in a word, poffeffed of all the good qualities that are the indispenfible characteristics of a truly good man. At Lynn, in his goth year, Mr. E. Burton, the oldest shipmaster belonging to the port. Miss Nelson, a lady possessed of & heart which ever felt the distresses of others, with a hand liberally disposed to relieve them. SUFFOLK. Married.] Mr. Alderton, of Woodham Walter Lodge, in Effex, to Miss M. Jocelyn, of Belstead-hall, in this county -Mr. Black, bookseller, of Yarmouth, to Miss Clarke, of Sudbourne, near Orford, in this county. At Sudbury, Mr. Hayward, builder, to Mifs Farrow. Mr. Stevens, attorney, of Clare, to Mifs Parfons, of Hadleigh. - Mr. J. Fifon, merchant, of Ipswich, to Miss Shuttleworth, of Burnham, in Effex. At Bury, Mrs. Downs, wife of Mr.Downs, yarn-inspector-Aged 43, Mrs. Haddock, wife of Mr. J. Haddock, supervisor of excife. At Lowestoft, aged 42, Mr. S. Peach, merchant. At Ipswich, in an advanced age, Mrs. M. Playters, daughter of Sir J. Playters, bart. formerly of Sotterley -Mr. Stow, merchant, At Mildenhall, aged 88, J. Lock, gentle man. In her 63d year, Mrs. A. Smith, widow, formerly of Halefworth. At Hadleigh, in her 92d year, Mrs. E. Baines, relict of J. Baines, efq. formerly of Layham. In the island of Jamaica, Lieutenant Samuel Le Grice, second son of the late Rev. C. Le Grice, of Bury. ESSEX. Married.] The Rev. F. Knipe, B. D. Rector of Sandon, in this county, to Mifs J. Sawrey, of Grove Hendon, in Miadlesex.E. Arrowsmith, esq. of Laytonftone, to Mifs L. Lee, grand-daughter of the late Lord Chief Justice. At Walthamstow, Mr. J. Hibbert, winemerchant, of Crutched Friars, London, to Mifs Warner. In London, J. Brown, efq. of Langtons, South Weald, to Mrs. A. Blood, widow of Captain Blood, of Putney. Mr. Seamans, of the Lion-inn, St. Ofyth, to Mifs Lingwood, of Colchester. - Mr. Cooper, farmer, at Black Notley, near Braintree, to Miss Caton, late of Bocking. Died.] At Colchester, Mrs. Rowling, wife of of Mr. Rowling, brush-maker.-Mr. Summerfum, cooper. -Mrs. Blythe.- Mr. Hale, formerly a baker. At Boxted, in her 76th year, Mrs. S. Bravander. She had been fifty years a fervant in the family of Mrs. Cooke, the whole of whose family, three generations, attended her remains to the graye. Mr. J. Fisher, farmer, of Woodham Walter Lodge - Mr. B. Shorey, farmer.-In her 27th year, in a deep decline, Mrs. Brewster, of Chipping Hill, Witham. At St. Lawrence, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, formerly of the King's Head Inn, Maldon. At Thaxted, Mrs. Philpot, wite of Mr. Philpot, jun. KENT. Melancholy Shipwreck-On Tuesday morning, November 23, during a most violent gale of wind and rain, a Dutch ship, called the Vreide, Capt. Scherman, from Amsterdam for the Cape and Batavia, laden with stores, and having troops on-board, drove from her anchor in Hythe-bay, where the had broughtto, and was driven with fuch uncommon velocity towards Dymchurch-wall, as to refift all the efforts of the crew to avoid their impending fate. The shore of Dymchurch, it is well known, is protected from the encroachments of the fea by overlaths and immenfe piles, extending from Brockman's Barn to the extreme end of the Wall, a distance of more than two miles, and further defended by large wooden jetties, which stretch to a confiderable diftance into the fea. As the unfortunate weffel approached the shore, she struck on the first jetty, near Brockman's Barn, with such violence as immediately to break her back, when the inftantly funk, and lamentable to relate, out of 472 fouls on-board, only 18 were faved. The following is given as a statement of the number of persons on-board: -Soldiers 320-Officers 42-Seamen 61-Women 22 -Children 7-Paffengers 20.-Total 472. The veflel foon went to pieces, the cargo was nearly all destroyed, and the coast has been fince strewed with dead bodies: thete were afterwards laid in rows in Hythe church, yard, previous to interment; and other bodies were fent to Chester and the adjoining parifnes for interment. A confiderable alteration is shortly to be made in the great road which leads from London, through Rochester and Canterbury. It is intended that the mails and other carriages, which have never come nearer than three quarters of a mile of Gravefend, shall, in future, pass through that town; and, for that purpose, a new road has been lately cut, or is now cutting, between it and the village of Northfleet. Stages will only touch at the top of the town, and then proceed by Milton church, and come into the old road near Denton. About three miles of this last road will thus be rendered completely ufeleis, and will, no doubt, be converted hereafter to the purposes of agriculture. The house which incloses the large steamengine lately erected at Gravefend, for the purpose of clearing the works of the tunnel of water, having lately taken fire, all the timber-work in the interior of the house was nearly confumed. The cause of the above disaster is as yet unknown This accident, however, will by no means of itself endanger the fate of the undertaking, as, from the difficulties already overcome, together with the further means that may yet be reforted to, the most fanguine expectations are, it feems, entertaired of final success. To the curious in mineralogy, it may be interesting to know what difficulties Nature presents in the accomplishment of this great undertaking. Under the bed of the river are fubterraneous stores of water, which, in quantity and fituation, are as uncertain as their ramifications are various. All, however, that the conductors of this plan have as yet met with, are, we are told, effectually penned out, or arched, from their excavations. The work, in its route beneath the river, will mine through chalk and Aint only, which, from boring, and other local researches, appear to lie alternately, in an horizontal position, to each other, nearly east and west: but from fouth to north under the Thames, from Gravesend to Tilbury Fort, the same strata of chalk and flint run vertically, from the furface of the Kentish shore to the depth of seventy-two feet on the Eifex coast, which is fucceeded, or rather preceded, up to the surface by strata of clay. The chalk is hard and fragile, and at 146 feet deep from a level with the furface of the water, is near thrice the dentity of that which lies near the furface of the earth, and in colour approaches to grey. The beds vary in thickness from three to eight feet, and form laminæ from three to fix inches deep, closely united in the direction of the stratum; between these the water wa penetrates into the mine, but does not, however, tranfudate perpendicularly. The flint, in some places, forms entire and compact layers; there is one now excavated through, that does not exceed a quarter of an inch in depth; fome are difperfed fingly, differing in thickness up to above eighteen inches, increasing in hardness and luftre, ac. cording to the depth, affuming a blacker tinge, and throwing out abundant fire whenever it comes in collision with steel. Married.] At Canterbury, Mr. W. Mond, faddler, to Miss Gowland.- - Cobden, esq. late of the Estafette-corps, to Mifs S, Gurney. At Greenwich, Captain W. Ricketts, of the Royal Navy, to Miss E. Manfell, late of Kench-hill, Tenterden. At St Lawrence, Thanet, Mr. T. Elgar, to Miss E. Spurgen, of Ramsgate.-Mr. Balding, riding-officer at Hearne, to Miss Holtum, of Haath.--Mr. W. Richards, linendraper, draper, of Dover, to Mifs Stanley, of Folk flone. At Woolwich, W. Scott, efq. to Miss E. Schalch, fifter to Colonel Schalch, of the royal artillery. At Feversham, Mr. G. Hilton, hoy-man, of St Mildred. At Rochester, A. Manclark, esq. one of the At Maidfione, aged 32, Mr. T. Hone", Aged 18, Mrs. Coleman, wite of Mr. Coleman, furgeon.-Aged 72, of a paralytic affection, Mr. Reader, currier.-Mrs. Carter, wife of Mr. J. Carter, appraifer.-Mrs. Callow, wife of Mr. Callow, linen-draper. At Bromley, aged 65, Mr. E. Holding, at- At Dover, Mr. J. Lamb, sen. upholsterer.- At Sandwich, Mr. Horne, master of the At Ramsgate, J. Daniel, efq. of Wimpole- At Lynstead, W. Fairman, efq. in all his concerns a man of the strictest integrity, and gentle, kind, and affectionate in the relations of husband, father, and master. Mr. Frafer, fon of Frafer, efq. of At Maxted, near Elmitead, aged 70, Mr, At Town Malling, aged 80, Mr. J. Bar- At Brompton, Mr. A. Sugden, carpenter of the Buckingham ship of war. SUSSEX. The Commiffioners of the piers at New. haven, in this county, have lately announced their intention to improve the harbour, by builling a new groyne to the westward, k would be well, indeed, if the public purte were to affiit the undertaking, by contribut ing towards the expence; as the want of a fate harbour for ships of burthen to refort to, between Portsmouth and the Downs, has been long and justly complained of, and, in many initances, too fatally experienced. Married] Mr. Boore, toyman, of Londos, to Mits Stokes, of Lewes-T. W. Knot, ciq of Chichelter, to Mits A. Holloway, d Emiworth, Flants. At Rye, Mr. Watfon, to Mrs. LardnerMr E. Scrafe, of tire Broyle place, Ringi mer, to Mits S. Pain, of Lewes. Died.] At Lewes, at a very advanced age, Mr. T. Avery, formerly a laddier, but wha has been for feveral years pait confined to his bed. At Horftram, aged 80, Mrs. Wicker, wi dow, formerly of Roffy-place. At Sejere combe, near Battle, J. Bishop, efq. HAMYSHIRE. Married.] At Fortímouth, Mr. Stevens, to Mifs Jones. At High Clere, R. Vincent, efq jun, of Ludthelf, near Whitchurch, to Mits Curtis Dust. At Southampton, in her 17th year, Mifs Lloyd, of Winchefter. At Newport, Ifle of Wight, Mrs. Mitchell, widow of the late Dr. Mitchell, phytician the troops at Chatham. WILTSHIRE. Married.] B. Crocker, efq. land-agent, at Calne, to Mifs Perkins, of Freihford, Somersetshire. At Luggershall, C. Payne, efq. of Shire hampton, Gloucestershire, to Mifs A. Sel wyn. Died] At Melksham, Mr. B. P. Ludlow, furgeon, and Cornet in the Welsh Yeomanry. J. Long, efq. of Great Cheverell-houseIn Bath, Mrs. Barufs, relict of the late Dr. Baruss, of Devises.-Mis. Everett, of Hor ningtham.-In the prime of life, Mr. B P. Ludlow, furgeon, of the Melkiham troop of Wiltshire Volunteers. BERKSHIRE. Married.] At Burbage, Wilts, the Rev. H. Wilton, to Miss Creace, late of Whitley, near Reading. At Windfor, the Rev. John Williams, A. M. of Plaxtole, Kent, to Mifs Richardfon, only daughter of Major General Richardfon, of Windfor. At Reading, Mr W. Havell, butcher, to Mits A. Leggatt.- Mr. Ball, taylor, to Mifs H. Lawleis. -Mr. T. Rutledge, mercer, of Plymouth-dock, to Mifs Crutwell.-M. Anthony, eiq, of Shippon-house, in this county, 10 to Miss E. H. Mc. Coombe, of Walcot-place, kins, sen, carpenter, of Sydling St. Nicholas; Lambeth.-Mr. Sutton, master of the Catha- he had been clerk of the parish about 49 rine-wheel Inn, Colnbrook, to Mifs R. A. Minchiner, of Maidenhead. Died.] At Reading, aged 74, Mrs. Cave. -Mr. Crofts. Aged 71, Mr. J. Tilleard, formerly a distiller in Bishopsgate-ftreet, London. Mrs. Bunn, wife of Mr. Bunn, fenior, flax-dreffer.-Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Higgins, widow of the late Mr. F. Higgins, formerly grocer in Sidbury. Aged 79, Mrs. Clark, of London-streetMr. W. Stevens, of Hurley - Mr. Wainwright, of Tiberton. SOMERSETSHIRE. Married At Burrington, Mr. R. Wafbrough, of Bristol, to Mifs Wylde. At Clifton, M. M. Lynch, efq. of the North Lincoln militia, to Mifs Britten.-T. Holdsworth Hunt, efq. of Oporto, to Miss Newman, of Bath. At Taunton, Colonel De Visme, late of the Coldstream-guards, to Mrs. Halls. Mr. J. Cornish, fecond Doctor of the marines on board the Lion ship of war, to Miss Welsh, of Bristol. At Bristol, Mr. J. G. Powell, apothecary to Mifs J. Parfitt, daughter of the late J. Parfitt, eiq. of the ifland of Jamaica. Died.] At Bristol, Mifs Bligh. In an advanced age, Mrs. Palmer, bookfeller.-Mr. Bennett. Mr. C. Hicks, wine-cooper.-Mr. E. Jeit, plumber.-Aged 75, Mrs. Philips, widow, formerly of the Hot-wells. Mrs. Hodfon, wife of Mr. Hodfon, grocer.- Mrs. Probart, wife of Mr. Probart, cheese-monger Captain J. Nelfon, of this port. In her 78th year, Mrs. Meafe.-Mr. W. Stephens, glass-merchant. Mr. W. Bell, formerly an eminent cutler in Bath, and particularly patronised for his skill in grinding furgeons inftruments. This gentleman was uniformly and staunchly patriotic; a character which he exemplified in a remarkable manner, during the two years imprisonment of Mr. Wilkes. He then made a folemn oath that he would neither shave bimself, nor change bis linen, till the object of his outrageous idolatry had regained his liberty; and in this unpleasant itate he actually remained till the period was expired. DORSETSHIRE. Married.] At Weymouth, the Rev. J. Creech, to Mifs Langrish. At Yeovil, Mr. Bethell, furgeon, to Miss Whitmarsh. At St. Minver, in Cornwall, A. Hamley, efq. of Trerore, in Endellion, to Mifs Symonds, of Treglines. Mr. Lambe, furgeon of Beaminster, to Miss Toogood, of Keinton Magna. At Sampford Peverell, Mr. Merfon, furgeon, to Mifs Tarrant, of Columpyne, near Wellington. Died.] At his house, at Piddletrenthide, W. Cox, efq. In his 77th year, Mr. J. Hop MONTHLY MAG. NO. 94. years. At Sock, near Yeovil, Mrs. Brookes, widow. -Mr. J. Sleeman, farmer, of Lamerton. DEVONSHIRE, Married.] The Rev. R. Butler, of Lanreath, in Cornwall, to Miss Templer, of Stover-house, in this county. At Plymouth, Captain Whitby, of the Belleifle, an 84 gun-ship, to Miss Symonds, daughter of the late Captain Symonds, of the Royal Navy. Died. At Exeter, of a dropsical complaint, aged 63, X. Stevens, efq. of Cross, near Torrington, Justice of peace for this county. At Bratton, F. Baffett, efq. of Heantoncourt. He was a defcendant of the Plantagenets, and represented the borough of Barnstaple in two fucceffive Parliaments. He had been likewife Lieutenant colonel of the North Devonshire militia. At Kingsbridge, the Rev. Mr. Penn, a Diffenting-minifter, of the Baptift perfua fion. At Yarde, near Kingsbridge, Mrs. Gillard. At Plymstock, Mr. Perry, furgeon. Aged 72, Mrs. P. Carpenter, widow, of Newport-houfe, Cornwall, formerly of Tavyton, near Tavistock. CORNWALL. Died.) At Liskeard, the Rev. Henry Moore. His learning, taste, and genius were exceeded only by the purity and benevolence of his character. With talents and attainments superior to those of most men, he was, beyond other men, modest and humble; and, though he spent his days in retirement, hiss temper was as cheerful, his manners as attractive, and his conversation as sprightly as those of a man who had lived in the polite or busy world. A volume of his poems, hitherto unpublished, will foon be edited by one of the best judges of literary merit, who will prefix to it a short account of the much-lamented author. WALES. It is intended to erect a bridge over the river Wye, from a certain point in the parish of Llyswen, in Breconshire, to the parish of Boughrood, in Radnorshire; as likewise to make a new road from the faid bridge to Aberedow, about fixteen miles up the river, so as to open the country in that point; and likewife to Glasbury, about four miles down the river; and alfo to Painscastle, about five miles, and from thence to join the Builth road at Edow-bridge, about fix miles; whereby an eafy communication will be nearly eftablished with the entire county, for the purpose of introducing coal and lime from the Brecon canal into the heart of Radnorshire. It is alfo intended to shorten the road from the faid canal, in the town of Brecon, to the said bridge, so as that the distance will be within ten miles. Mr. Macnamara, who 30 is is proprietor of the lands on each fide the river, proposes to build the bridge at his fole expence. IRELAND. Died. At Hilden, near Belfast, Hugh Dickson, efq. late Lieutenant-colonel of the 29th regiment of foot, in which highly-meritorious corps he had ferved near forty years, with the highest credit, as an officer and a gentleman, esteemed by his brother-officers, and almost adored by the foldiery. DEATHS ABROAD. Died.] At Berlin, Sarti, the celebrated compofer. Lately, in the East Indies, Lieut. Col. T. Wharton, Commander of the fifth regt. of NativeInfantry, and eldest son of T. Wharton, elq. Commiflioner of Excife. At the Hague, Mr. Irhoven Van Dam, late Secretary to the Council for the American possessions. He may be ranked among the first-rate linguists, as he spoke almost all the living languages as fluently as his own. He was likewife well skilled in the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin tongues, and excelled in every thing which related to the belles-lettres Unfortunately, however, politics engroffed too much of his attention, His exterior figure distinguished him from nearly all other men. He was small of stature, short of body, high. breasted, hunch-backed, with an inclining head, a long nose, wide mouth, and very pierce ing eyes. This curious machine was supported by what might be called two laths, inftead of legs. Such was the residence of a foul which appeared too great for her habitation. At Paris, of a fever, aged 28, Francis Xa. vier Bichat, M. D. a physician of extraordinary talents, belonging to the Hotel Dieu, His funeral, which took place on the 23d, was attended by fifteen mourning-coaches, and as many private carriages, and by fix hundred medical ftudents on foot. The First Conful has decreed that an infcription, on black marble, in honour of this physician, and of Default, the celebrated furgeon of the fame hofpital, who died a few years ago, shall be placed in the hall of the Hotel Dieu. MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. THE evils of the imposition of the tonnage duty, at a time, when even without any fuch new burthen, the mercantile navigation of Great Britain was to fuffer by the unavoidable effects of the Peace, are felt with continually increasing severity, in all the fea-ports of the empire. One of the Members for Liverpool affirmed, in a recent debate in the House of Commons, that the carrying trade of this country was already less, by one-third, than in the last years of the war. Similar complaints are heard from almost all those persons who are the most interested and best informed in this matter, throughout these kingdoms. General Gascoigne means foon to move the House of Commons for a repeal of the Tonnage. duty Act. And there is great reason to expect, that, if the shipping-interest shall, with due fairness, vigilance, and difcretion, bring all the necessary information before Parliament, the Minister will find some less oppreffive substitute for a tax which ought never to have been imposed, and which has been already levied at a season when the shipping-interest should rather have received new relief and encouragement, to enable them to withstand, in the car. rying-trade, the new competition of foreigners. It is by such taxes that the wooden walls of Great Britain are liable to be the most dangeroufly sapped. In the series of years between 1788 and 1802, the annual amount of the value of the Ex ports and Imports of the British trade has been nearly doubled. In 1789 the value of the Imports was 17,82,000l.; the value of the Exports, 19,330,000l. In 1801, the Imports, 32,000,000l.; the Exports, 42,242,0001. It is estimated, and we believe correctly, that 50 cargoes, each from 500 to 1000 tons, are annually imported from India to the harbours of Hamburgh, Copenhagen, and Oftend, which, by more liberal and judicious arrangements in our India-navigation, might be made to arrive, in the first instance, in British ports. The ships which the Government-General of India has received orders to permit to be built, in that country, for the accommodation of the private trade, are to be of the burthens of from 500 to 550 tons each. The keels are to be laid within three calendar months from the day on which leave for building shall have been given by the Governments in India. Twelve other calendar months are to be allowed for building the veffel, between the time when its keel was laid, and that of its being in com plete readiness to be launched. The merchant-shipping of the United States of America, appears, from the last estimate of which we have received information, to amount to about 100,000 tons. The annual value of their Exports was, for 1801, about 80,000,000 of dollars. It is known, from accurate experiment, that the beef fold in the markets of London for ten-pence or a fhilling per pound, does not, in fact, cost the butcher more than four-pence three farthings per pound. A canal is about to be formed, under the direction of that able civil engineer, Mr. Ralph Dodd |