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Obituary.

OBITUARY .

ON thc twenty second of March , at his house in Stanhope-street , the Right Hon . Charles Fitzroy , Lord Southampton , a General in the Army , and Colonel of the Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards . His Lordship , who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton ,. was born in

1737 . and created a'Peer in 17 S 0 . In J 75 s . be married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren , by whom he had a numerous progeny . . He is succeeded in his title and estate ? , by George Ferdinand , his eldest son . 22 . At his house in Bloomsburysqtvarein a fit of lexyJohn

, apop , Boniet de Mainaudnc , M . D . and Fellow of the Corporation' of Surgeons jn London . A few- days since , at Hillingdon-plr . ce , near Uxbridge , Mrs . Drake , relict of the . late Admiral Francis William Drake , and daughter of the late Sir William Heathcote , bart .

Suddenly , Dr . Hayes , Professor of Music in the University of Oxford . The Doctor was supposed to be the largest man in England , as hv _ i «_ -, vrly equalled in weight the celebrated Mr . Bright , of Mnldon , in Essex . The remains of this ingenious Composer were interred with great funeral in StPaul ' s

pomp . Cathedral , on Tuesday the 2 rst of March .: The gentlemen and children of the three choirs sung Dr . Green ' s Anthem of ' Lord , let me know mine end , ' & c .

Lately , at her house in HalfjYIoon street , Piccadilly , in her 57 th year , Mrs . pope , of the Theatre Royal , Coventgarden . Tradition informs us that Miss Yonge ( Mrs . Pope ) -was born about the year 1740 . Her birth is not so authenticated as to enable us to stateivhen it happened ,

nor the place exactly where ; but her early years were certainly not passed in affluence : for she was at the proper age apprenticed to a milliner . Miss Youge worked with thc wife of Thompson , a very diligent and respectable actor now at Covent-garden theatre . The talents of Miss Yonge at last

attracted the notice of a friend , who introduced her to Mr . Garrick . we believe about tbe year 1768 . At Ibis time she was in her twenty-fourth year . Her features were never ver } - expressive ; but her figure was elegant , and her deportment graceful . Gnrricl- tlu . ught her powers pointed at Imogen , —but she

then did not look sufficiently juveni'e , and he was at some difficulty to say what should be done for his old Yonge , as he puniiingly expressed himself . At Drury-lancshe played two seasons ; but either her merits were not felt by the public or the manager , for she iei ' t London then for Ireland , and performed *

in Dublin , in ihe year 1770 , at the little then-re in Capel-street : there the present Mr . Lewis acted with her , and pronounced her merits to be such as must eventually replace hcrupon a London theatre . Miss Yci . ge , no doubt , had considerably improved herself by this excursion . She had become a ready and versatile actress ; and Mr . Garrick , who had very accurate information , sent oft" Mr .

Moody to Dublin , to offer her a carle blar . rbe , After remaining eight years at Druryl-frie , the very high offers of Mr . Harris induced her to enlist under the banners of Coveut-gardeu ; and , for eighteen years co . islamly before the town , playing sometimes witb , and a . ' ways against , seme ol" the greatest actresses this com .-

try has ever seen , she has , if not equalled in particular parts , exceeded in a wider scope ofcfiaracter , and , in generality , has acquired sufficient fame and the greatest attraction . in the comprehensive language of a gentleman who had surveyed her journey through life inn profession perilous

to tbe head and the heart— " I have known her a good child , a good wife , a grod woman , and a good friend . " This lady was buried on Wednesday , March 221 I , at one o ' clock , in the cloisters of the abbey . She ivas followed to the grave by seven mourning coaches , and the family chariot empty . The age expressed upon her coffin was 52 . Lately , at Jamaica , Major Crosby , Nephew to Admiral Crosby , on his way

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
ON LEAVING LEHENA , † IN OCTOBER, 1788. Article 5
ANCIENT AND MODERN FRANCE. Article 7
REMARKABLE INSTANCES OF THE EFFECT OF FEAR. Article 8
AUTHENTIC PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF ROBESPIERRE. Article 10
PRESENT STATE OF THE SPANISH THEATRE. Article 13
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD, Article 18
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS. Article 21
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THE COUNTESS CORNELIA BAUDI, OF CESENA; Article 24
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AUSTRIA, Article 28
ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROR THEODOSIUS. Article 31
ON THE PROFLIGATE MANNERS OF THE CITY OF AVIGNON, Article 32
ORIGINAL LETTER OF PETRARCH TO A FRIEND, Article 33
OF THE DESTRUCTION MADE BY DUELLING IN FRANCE, IN THE LAST CENTURY. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 36
CUMBERLAND FREEMASONS' SCHOOL. Article 36
PRESTONIAN LECTURES. Article 36
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 37
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Article 37
TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ADDRESS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Article 38
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 39
POETRY. Article 50
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 50
THE CHANGES OF NATURE. Article 50
TO A RED BREAST: Article 51
THE LAIRD AND THE LASS O' LALLAN's MILL . Article 51
THE LAPLAND WITCHES. Article 52
LOUISA: A FUNERERL WREATH. Article 52
SONNET IV. Article 52
LE CORDIER. Article 53
THE TWISTER. Article 53
TO THE EVENING STAR. Article 53
THE DESCRIPTION OF A STORM. Article 53
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 54
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 69
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.

Obituary.

OBITUARY .

ON thc twenty second of March , at his house in Stanhope-street , the Right Hon . Charles Fitzroy , Lord Southampton , a General in the Army , and Colonel of the Third Regiment of Dragoon Guards . His Lordship , who was next brother to the Duke of Grafton ,. was born in

1737 . and created a'Peer in 17 S 0 . In J 75 s . be married a daughter of Admiral Sir Peter Warren , by whom he had a numerous progeny . . He is succeeded in his title and estate ? , by George Ferdinand , his eldest son . 22 . At his house in Bloomsburysqtvarein a fit of lexyJohn

, apop , Boniet de Mainaudnc , M . D . and Fellow of the Corporation' of Surgeons jn London . A few- days since , at Hillingdon-plr . ce , near Uxbridge , Mrs . Drake , relict of the . late Admiral Francis William Drake , and daughter of the late Sir William Heathcote , bart .

Suddenly , Dr . Hayes , Professor of Music in the University of Oxford . The Doctor was supposed to be the largest man in England , as hv _ i «_ -, vrly equalled in weight the celebrated Mr . Bright , of Mnldon , in Essex . The remains of this ingenious Composer were interred with great funeral in StPaul ' s

pomp . Cathedral , on Tuesday the 2 rst of March .: The gentlemen and children of the three choirs sung Dr . Green ' s Anthem of ' Lord , let me know mine end , ' & c .

Lately , at her house in HalfjYIoon street , Piccadilly , in her 57 th year , Mrs . pope , of the Theatre Royal , Coventgarden . Tradition informs us that Miss Yonge ( Mrs . Pope ) -was born about the year 1740 . Her birth is not so authenticated as to enable us to stateivhen it happened ,

nor the place exactly where ; but her early years were certainly not passed in affluence : for she was at the proper age apprenticed to a milliner . Miss Youge worked with thc wife of Thompson , a very diligent and respectable actor now at Covent-garden theatre . The talents of Miss Yonge at last

attracted the notice of a friend , who introduced her to Mr . Garrick . we believe about tbe year 1768 . At Ibis time she was in her twenty-fourth year . Her features were never ver } - expressive ; but her figure was elegant , and her deportment graceful . Gnrricl- tlu . ught her powers pointed at Imogen , —but she

then did not look sufficiently juveni'e , and he was at some difficulty to say what should be done for his old Yonge , as he puniiingly expressed himself . At Drury-lancshe played two seasons ; but either her merits were not felt by the public or the manager , for she iei ' t London then for Ireland , and performed *

in Dublin , in ihe year 1770 , at the little then-re in Capel-street : there the present Mr . Lewis acted with her , and pronounced her merits to be such as must eventually replace hcrupon a London theatre . Miss Yci . ge , no doubt , had considerably improved herself by this excursion . She had become a ready and versatile actress ; and Mr . Garrick , who had very accurate information , sent oft" Mr .

Moody to Dublin , to offer her a carle blar . rbe , After remaining eight years at Druryl-frie , the very high offers of Mr . Harris induced her to enlist under the banners of Coveut-gardeu ; and , for eighteen years co . islamly before the town , playing sometimes witb , and a . ' ways against , seme ol" the greatest actresses this com .-

try has ever seen , she has , if not equalled in particular parts , exceeded in a wider scope ofcfiaracter , and , in generality , has acquired sufficient fame and the greatest attraction . in the comprehensive language of a gentleman who had surveyed her journey through life inn profession perilous

to tbe head and the heart— " I have known her a good child , a good wife , a grod woman , and a good friend . " This lady was buried on Wednesday , March 221 I , at one o ' clock , in the cloisters of the abbey . She ivas followed to the grave by seven mourning coaches , and the family chariot empty . The age expressed upon her coffin was 52 . Lately , at Jamaica , Major Crosby , Nephew to Admiral Crosby , on his way

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