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ter of thf late Rev, David G. and fifter of 

 CDunfellor G. 



In Weymouth Street, Dr. Patrick Ruffell, 

 F.R.S 



In College Street, Weftminfter, Colonel 

 Teefda'e, 8i. 



in Grofvenor Place, G. Medley, efq. 

 In Scodand Yird, Mn Street, wife of T. 

 G. Street, efq. 



At Illington, Mrs. BonJ, widow of tiir 

 hte Edward B. fen. elq. of Golden lane, 

 brewer. 



At Teddington, Mr, ToiiffMiit, late of 

 Satkville-ftreet, Piccadilly. 

 At Pimlico, y. Groves, ejq. 

 Mr. Jarr.es Paikcr, an eminPnt porfrait 

 and hiftorical engraver, whole talents have 

 for many years been fuccffsfully employed 

 in ornamenting the beft editions of th-. Eng. 

 lirti ClalTics, and other works of talte, which 

 lie rendered ftiU more valuable by the fined 

 produ"3ions of his art. His lofs will be much 

 regretted by the amateurs oi' fin*; engraving; 

 but by his friends, and he lud many, who 

 liaa the pleafure of knowing his equability of 

 tamper, his fuavity of manners, anJ intL^rity, 

 his death muft be for ever deplored, though 

 by none more fincerely lamented than by the 

 S.jcicty of Engravers, of which he was a go- 

 veriior, and who attended him to the grave. 

 By Ills zral and indefatigable endeavours he 

 contribute-d much to their formation ii.to a 

 fociety for the b;ft of puitofes, humanity; 

 and his meritorious cxerrions will long be 

 rcmemberird bv tlie fatherlcfs and the widows 

 of thofe of his prof.-.irion who may be left in 

 nectliitous circumftances. 



At the houfe o/ her father, Sir Philip 

 Stephens, bart at the Aeniiralty, after hjving 

 been fdfely delivered of a daughter which 

 died in z £ew hours, fjcainteji Ranelaph, 

 wife of ThomiiS Jones, Vifcount Ranclagh, 

 €ounty of Wicklow, and Baron Jones, of 

 Navan, county of Meath, to whom flie was 

 Jiiarried in Auiuft laft. 



At his tather's houfe in Duke-flrrct, 

 Weftminfter, Ch,irl,i ^ytr.mons, f/"y. tlie young- 

 cil fon of the R-v. Dr S. He was en- 

 dowed With abilities of a fuperior order ; and, 

 with a bright and ardent fancy, he pollefled 

 a judgment which was r-markably tempe- 

 rate and corrett. His mind, naturally ele- 

 gant, was improved with alTiduous culti- 

 vation; and the nnge of his knowlciige, 

 (hort as was the period of his lite, w^s ex- 

 tended and comprehenfivc. He compofed 

 with peculiar clt-gance in pr. fe and in verfe ; 

 and, nothing but his extreme diffidence of 

 liimfelf deprived hib talenis of theit ju(t lead 

 in the coiiverfation of that ample lociety, of 

 which the fingular refinement and concJia- 

 tion of his manners made him the ornament 

 and the delight. His perception and reli/h 

 of moral order and bcaniy were quick and 

 cxquifite. His bofom was ii fand^uary which 

 nu impure or viulcnt, nu lurdid or mean paf- 



fion could ever prefume to pollute ; his heart 

 was the refidence of piety, aftcillon, and be- 

 nevolence. His temper was equal and cheer- 

 ful ; fometimes, indeed, difcovering the de- 

 preffion of calm and foft mrlancholy, but 

 never elevated into ftrong and rude mirth j a 

 fnnile generally fat upon his lip, but laughter 

 never revelled upon his chect. His fpirit, 

 mild and quiet, patient a.i-i placable, was, 

 a: the fame time, in u tcmirkable degree, re- 

 folute and intrepid. Facile and complying 

 in the common intercourfe of (ociety, he was 

 not, by any motives, to be diverted from the 

 purjiofe or the objeft to which he had been 

 direcled by his moral virion,snd v;hich his judg- 

 ment had confequently adopted. With hand- 

 fome though not regular features, his coun- 

 tenance was ftrongly alive and prtpodcffing 

 with the intelligence and the beni^jnity of his 

 mind. His perlon was admirably beautiful j 

 nearly fix feet in height, it5 fymmetry was 

 perfect; its proportions ligh', elegant, and 

 graceful, not ill-moJelled for llt-ngth, but 

 more obvioufly adapted to agility. A fever 

 put a period to his innocen: and exemplary 

 lite, before he had completed his 22d year. 



At Chelfea, Mi. R. Hudt, of Drury-line 

 Theatre, in confequence of an apoplectic fie 

 about two months ago, from ihe effefts of 

 which, he would piol>jbly have recovered, 

 could he have been inrtucea to adopt a more 

 t-mperate fyftem of life. He was early in- 

 ftruttrd ill mufii;, and was intentled merely 

 for a fujger. He polielicd a very pleating 

 voice and great .-nulical taite. H.s fird ap- 

 pearance in public vjas, wlien quite a boVi 

 at a place called Fincii's Grotto Gardens, a 

 V kind of minor Vauxh.^ll, fituated near the 

 King's Bench in St. Georges Fields, the 

 price of admilfion to which was fixpence. 

 At this place, Suett lung for one or two fea- 

 fons, and was then exalted to the orcheltra at 

 Ranelagh, where he acquired confiderable 

 reputation as a very promifing boy. His 

 vo'ce however, did not improve in fuch a 

 manner, as to give his friends re.ifon to ex- 

 pert tliat he would obtain much diivinition in 

 the metropolis. A f;w years aftervvards he 

 joined the itinerant companiss of fomc pro- 

 vincial theatres, and at Icngtn became well 

 known an i much admired as a comic adtur 

 in feveral pans of the kingdom, till his fame 

 readied the London managers, and he was 

 induced to accept an engagement at Drury- 

 lane, where he made hia lirlt appearance in 

 the year 17S0. His talents were fo well 

 known to the public that it is not necefl'ary 

 to enter into a particular account of his pro- 

 feilional merit. Jc may however, bs fairly 

 faid of him, that he was no copyilt in his 

 art. He poileired original humour, and 

 though be uccafionally inclined to indulge 

 the galleries with a comic luxuriance that 

 bordered on extravagance and nuft'oonery, 

 there was fo much quaintnela, oddity, «nd 

 whim in hit manner, that he mud hav(f been 

 K. 1 a very 



