1§6 



Berkjhire — Somerfetjhire. 



[Sept.- I, 



May this lazy ftream, who to Granta beftows 

 Fhilof.'phicdl /lumbers and learned rcpcfe ; 

 To Gvanta, fweet (jranta, where ftudious of 



eaCe, 

 Seven yeais did I Ileep, and then loft my de- 



?rcps. 

 His firft appearance as an author was in the 

 monody on the death of the unfortunate Mar- 

 quis of Taviliock. who was killed by a fall 

 from his horfe. This was infimstjiately fol- 

 lowed by the New Bath Guide, v/hich is 

 in a great meafure built on Smollett's novel 

 of Humphrey Clir.ker. Ir. je;d the charac- 

 ters of -uiit Tabby and Mifs Prue, and the 

 whole dcfcription of IJatli are copies from 

 the Tabitha Bramble and Lydia of that cele- 

 brated romance. IVlr. Anftey however was 

 rot the only one who derived materials trom 

 th.s lource , /or bheridan nas made equally 

 free with the fame charaftcrs in the comedy 

 el ilie Riv lis The Baih Guide was receiv- 

 ed with dfltrved and general appljufe. Its 

 fa ire, ^• ich is poignanc, without gro.'snefs 

 or i-trlojidlity plcafed all j and the profufion 

 of wit am numouronthe r.ath amufsments, 

 thf phyfi^ians, the ext.^rtions, the public 

 breaki'jils, and balls, was ''qu^Hy grateful, 

 oil account of its juftncis ai.d i-ovclty. But 

 it is oi.necelTary to mlaige on a work which 

 has parted through numerous editijns, and is 

 in the ha .ds of every perfon of tafte. After 

 this projuftion jMi. Ai'.'.ey's mufs con- 

 tinued filent, or was, at leaft, employed on 

 mere trifles ; and a writer to whom the palm 

 of hii" ou'ous and light poetry was adjudged 

 upon t'.'. fir ft efforts of iiis talents immediately 

 pafl'ed ii.roobfcurity. For the lift thirty yc rs 

 nobody has been lefs kno>A n to I'ae public than 

 Mr. A. thTe is no bcr. mot or witticifm of 

 this dillm^jiflied author upon record : he 

 couii never bi. prevailed upon to fing again, 

 hovitver perfua^ej by 'is friendsorhis book- 

 feller, but feemecl reljlvcd that, like the 

 fwan, his hrft note /hould be his laft. His 

 iia ciiTA/evcr has not been forgotten; his 

 fon has, in a great nr.cafure redeemed the 

 pledge of his faliier, and proved tnat he 

 inherit' a full meafure of his poetic taints, 

 by a publicuiion, !j^ no rf'"p'-cl inferior to the 

 Bath Guide, entitled the Conduft of a Law 

 Suit. 



At Filherton, Mrs Elizabeth Lewis, fifter 

 of the late William Deverell, efq of Guilf- 

 borough, Northamptonlhire, 84 



t^t Downton, IViifs Eliz. Hodgfon. 



At Shafton, Mr. William Norris, 87. His 

 heart and hand were always open to relieve 

 the djftrelled : he .letefted ODprefTion, and in- 

 duftiy al>vays found in him a foftering friend. 

 His tharities were unbounded and will long 

 remain engraven on many a poor man's heart. 



At Mere, Mr. J. Lander, 72. 



At D^irerham, the Rev, Hhilip Henvill, 

 many years curate of that place. 



BtRK SHIRE. 



fAarried.'l John Hunter, efq. of Reading, 

 to Mrs. Pearce, of Idilone Ailibury. 



At Speen, Mr. W. Cibling, of Rays, 

 EfTex, to Mifs Bating, cf Specnhamland. 



At Windfor, George Auguftus Fenwick, 

 efq. of the Koyal Horfe Guards, blue, to 

 Mifs Pulten, only daughter of the Rev. Tho- 

 mas P. 



Diedl At Reading, Mr. Curtis. — Mrs. 

 Taylor, wife of Dr. T. — 4t Mr. Lamb's, J. 

 Richardlon, 75. He had lived in that family- 

 above 45 years. 



At Newbury, Mr. John Bright, 82. 



SOMERSETSKIR E. 



Tlie New Cut a-d improvements in the 

 harbour of Briftol are carried on wi.h the 

 greateft difpitch ; the foundations of the 

 c-.(l iron bridges are already laid, and the 

 canal in many places excavated to the in- 

 tended level. Notwithftanding the fum of 

 coo, cod. has lately been appropriated for 

 the completion of the Docks and Harbour, 

 iO,oocl. has been raifed by voluntary fub- 

 fcription for building and fuppoiting an ad- 

 ditional wing to the Infirmary. The fpire 

 of Radclift' Church is alio to be completed, 

 and a iragnificent cenotaph conftru£led to the - 

 mcTiory of the ill-fated Chatterton. The 

 C' rporation vying with the merchants and, 

 private citizens in their laudable exertions, 

 hsve ere''ted, at their own txpence, to the 

 great convenience of the inhabitarts and orna- 

 mert of the city, a noble and fpacious arch 

 for toot p.iflergers under St. John's Gate. 



The Town hall of Wells is immediately 

 to be confiderably enlarged and improved, fo 

 as to remove former compl.iin'-s of its con- 

 fined fituaticn, and render it in future more 

 commodipus for holding the aiTizes and lcf« 

 fions for this county. 



Mamed-I At Bath Capt. John Machefon, 

 to Mifs M'Keand — Mr. Gaflcell, to Mifs 

 Parry, dauoll^er ot the late Thomas P. efq. 

 — Thgm^s r'anton,efq. of Newmarket, Cam- 

 bridgeshire, and Piccadilly, London, to Mifs 

 Gubbins, daughter of the late Jofcph G. efq. 

 of Ireiaid. — Mr. Morris, to Mifs Uuiheld.— . 

 Robert Kirkpatrick Lfcott, efq. of Ongar- 

 hiil, Surry, to Mifs S Crolfe, y.ungeft 

 daughter of the Rev T S. Croll'e. 



At BriltoJ, Mr. John Hackett, to Mifs 

 Pope.— .4r. Thomas Lvne, jun. to Mifs 

 L:)ui("a Grant, both of Bath. — Mr. Thomas 

 Hopf'cr, m -reliant, of Newcatlle-upon-Tyne, - 

 to Mifs W. D Hammett. — 1 he Rev. Tho- 

 mas Elbury Partridfje, reflor of Uley, to 

 Mifs riaythorne, only daughter of the late 

 Jofeph H. efq. 



At the Friend's meeting houfe, Olvefton, 

 Mr. John Karding, of Briftol, to Mifs Ann 

 Taylor, eldeft daughter of James T. efq. 

 Trenchay. 



At Great Cheverel, Mr. Stephen James, 

 cornfaiSor, of Briftol, to Mifs .Bartlett, eldeft 

 daughter of Mr. William B. farmer. 



ZJ.WJ At Bath, Mrs. Dix, wife of the 

 late Rev. Charles Dix, reftor of Briftley and 

 Gately, Norfolk, and grand-daughter of the 

 late Rev. Lawfon Huddkdon, archdeacon of 



