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testator , although he might have retained them for his life . Sir John Turner Dryden , of Cannon ' s-Ashby , com . Northampton , bart . { whose death tve announced in our Obituary for last May , ) so created April n , 1795 , ( and who died on Sunday the 16 th of April last ) , was the third son of Sir bro

Edward Turner , bart . and younger - ther of Sir Gregory Page Turner , bart . of Batlesden , co . Bedford ; also of Ladies Hawke and Say and Sele . William , the second brother , has been guily of much irregularity , and though inheriting a good fortune , wants resolution to do himself justice in

conducting it ; and was a prisoner in the fleet , July 1793 , when he had six guineas aweek allowed him by his family . Sir Gregory Turner Page , his elder brother , took the name and arms of Page pursuant to the will of S f Gregory Page , bart . ofWrickle mars / , , an Blackheath ; and married , in ? 1784 , Miss street

Howell , a milliner in St . J ' ames ' s- , by whom he has several children , bom in Portland-place . Sir J .. T . D . after receiving a liberal education , made the grand tour under the auspices of Dr . Nugent , author of the ' Travels to Mecklenbnrgh . ' ' The Grand Tour , ' and other works , and fatherin law to the Right Hon . Edmund

Burke . He stayed some time in Germany , at the court kept by the Queen ' s brother , to whom he was introduced . On his return to his native country , he entered into the guards , and Captain Turner soon became one of the most fashionable officers about town , both with respect to dress and equipage .

At length he lefi the guards , and relinquished a life of dissipation on his union with a very amiable lady , who survives him , and is the great grand daughter of our English poet , Dryden , and daughter of Sir Edward D . bart . of Canon ' s-Ashby , co . Northampton , who was of the family advanced to that

dignity in 1619 . With her he obtained a considerable fortune ; and , on the death of the dowager Lady Dryden , came into the possession of nearly 2000 I . a year landed estate , a small portion of which belonged to the poet . Mr ' . Turner took some pains , on getting possession of Cannon's-Ashby , to

discover the papers and MSS . of his wife ' s ancestor , but with little success ; for , he soon found out that they had all Veen carried to Rome by his son , and

are to be deposited in the Vatican . He served the office of high sheriff of the county of Northampton in " i 7 ... ; was soon after knighted , and speedily after that created a baronet ; for he had raised a troop of yeomen cavalry , and been at great , pains not only to promote , but also to present , a petition from

Northamptonshire , approvingof the present war . On many occasions he exhibited repeated instances of great liberality in politics ; was above all little personal enmities ; and an exceedingly elegant and well-bred man . The disease , or rather the complication of diseases , which proved fatal to him , was an

asthma , with which he had been long afflicted , accompanied with a nervous complaint , attended , as usual , by an uncommonly high degree of irritability . This was rather increased than abated by the unhappy turn of public affairs , he being passionately attached to his country and its welfare .

" England ! with all thy faults I love thee still , ' was a sentiment to which he most cordially assented . He lived long enough , however , to express his abhorrence and detestation of a war he had once

supported ; a circumstance which gave him great uneasiness . He was accustomed ' , indeed , within his last three months , frequently to exclaim , that , like Mutius Scaivoia , he would burn that hand which had presented a petition to the King , countenancing the present unhappy contest . He was about 49 years of has left and is

age ; a large family ; succeeded by an infant son , now Sir Edward Dryden . In his 55 th year , athis seatat Hurstbourne park , Hants , John Wallop , Earl of Portsmouth , Viscount Lymington , Baron Wallop , of Over Wallop , in that county . His Lordship succeeded

his grandfather , as earl of Portsmouth , Nov . 23 , 1762 ; married Urania Fellowes , youngest daughter of the late Coulson F . late M . P . for the county of Huntingdon , in August , 1763 , who still survives , and by whom he had issue four sons and four daughters , of whom are now livingJohn Charles Viscount

, Lymington , now Earl of Portsmouth ; the Hon . Newton Fellowes , of Eggesford , co . Devon , who changed his name in consequence of a large property left him by his maternal uncle ; the Hon . Coulson Wallop , M . P . for Andover ; and three daughter ; .

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LONDON: Article 3
PREFACE TO VOLUME THE NINTH. Article 5
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 7
TEMPERATE REFLECTIONS SUITED TO THE PRESENT TIME. Article 8
AN APOLOGY FOR THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF SHYLOCK. Article 10
MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MACKLIN, Article 15
ACCOUNT OF CADIZ. Article 18
REFERENCES TO THE PLATE. Article 22
MEMOIR OF WILLIAM MASON, A.M. Article 23
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Article 25
HISTORY OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR 1797. Article 26
ADDITIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GYPSIES. Article 29
ORIGIN OF DRINKING HEALTHS. Article 29
CEREMONIAL OF THE EXECUTION OFRICHARD PARKER, FOR MUTINY. Article 30
A BRIEF SYSTEM OF CONCHOLOGY. Article 34
ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. Article 38
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FISHERIES OF THE RIVER BAN, IN IRELAND. Article 41
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 42
THE INFLUENCE OF FREEMASONRY ON SOCIETY Article 44
NOTICE OF A MASONIC DESIDERATUM. Article 47
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 48
NOTICE. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 50
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 56
POETRY. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 62
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 68
DOMESTIC NEWS. Article 71
OBITUARY. Article 78
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 81
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Obituary.

testator , although he might have retained them for his life . Sir John Turner Dryden , of Cannon ' s-Ashby , com . Northampton , bart . { whose death tve announced in our Obituary for last May , ) so created April n , 1795 , ( and who died on Sunday the 16 th of April last ) , was the third son of Sir bro

Edward Turner , bart . and younger - ther of Sir Gregory Page Turner , bart . of Batlesden , co . Bedford ; also of Ladies Hawke and Say and Sele . William , the second brother , has been guily of much irregularity , and though inheriting a good fortune , wants resolution to do himself justice in

conducting it ; and was a prisoner in the fleet , July 1793 , when he had six guineas aweek allowed him by his family . Sir Gregory Turner Page , his elder brother , took the name and arms of Page pursuant to the will of S f Gregory Page , bart . ofWrickle mars / , , an Blackheath ; and married , in ? 1784 , Miss street

Howell , a milliner in St . J ' ames ' s- , by whom he has several children , bom in Portland-place . Sir J .. T . D . after receiving a liberal education , made the grand tour under the auspices of Dr . Nugent , author of the ' Travels to Mecklenbnrgh . ' ' The Grand Tour , ' and other works , and fatherin law to the Right Hon . Edmund

Burke . He stayed some time in Germany , at the court kept by the Queen ' s brother , to whom he was introduced . On his return to his native country , he entered into the guards , and Captain Turner soon became one of the most fashionable officers about town , both with respect to dress and equipage .

At length he lefi the guards , and relinquished a life of dissipation on his union with a very amiable lady , who survives him , and is the great grand daughter of our English poet , Dryden , and daughter of Sir Edward D . bart . of Canon ' s-Ashby , co . Northampton , who was of the family advanced to that

dignity in 1619 . With her he obtained a considerable fortune ; and , on the death of the dowager Lady Dryden , came into the possession of nearly 2000 I . a year landed estate , a small portion of which belonged to the poet . Mr ' . Turner took some pains , on getting possession of Cannon's-Ashby , to

discover the papers and MSS . of his wife ' s ancestor , but with little success ; for , he soon found out that they had all Veen carried to Rome by his son , and

are to be deposited in the Vatican . He served the office of high sheriff of the county of Northampton in " i 7 ... ; was soon after knighted , and speedily after that created a baronet ; for he had raised a troop of yeomen cavalry , and been at great , pains not only to promote , but also to present , a petition from

Northamptonshire , approvingof the present war . On many occasions he exhibited repeated instances of great liberality in politics ; was above all little personal enmities ; and an exceedingly elegant and well-bred man . The disease , or rather the complication of diseases , which proved fatal to him , was an

asthma , with which he had been long afflicted , accompanied with a nervous complaint , attended , as usual , by an uncommonly high degree of irritability . This was rather increased than abated by the unhappy turn of public affairs , he being passionately attached to his country and its welfare .

" England ! with all thy faults I love thee still , ' was a sentiment to which he most cordially assented . He lived long enough , however , to express his abhorrence and detestation of a war he had once

supported ; a circumstance which gave him great uneasiness . He was accustomed ' , indeed , within his last three months , frequently to exclaim , that , like Mutius Scaivoia , he would burn that hand which had presented a petition to the King , countenancing the present unhappy contest . He was about 49 years of has left and is

age ; a large family ; succeeded by an infant son , now Sir Edward Dryden . In his 55 th year , athis seatat Hurstbourne park , Hants , John Wallop , Earl of Portsmouth , Viscount Lymington , Baron Wallop , of Over Wallop , in that county . His Lordship succeeded

his grandfather , as earl of Portsmouth , Nov . 23 , 1762 ; married Urania Fellowes , youngest daughter of the late Coulson F . late M . P . for the county of Huntingdon , in August , 1763 , who still survives , and by whom he had issue four sons and four daughters , of whom are now livingJohn Charles Viscount

, Lymington , now Earl of Portsmouth ; the Hon . Newton Fellowes , of Eggesford , co . Devon , who changed his name in consequence of a large property left him by his maternal uncle ; the Hon . Coulson Wallop , M . P . for Andover ; and three daughter ; .

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