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trick Cotter ; he was of obfcure parentage in 

 Kinfale. anj by trade originally a bricklayer; 

 but liis uncommon lize remiered him a mark 

 for the ;iv 'rKre of a ftewman, who, for the 

 payrrent of 501 per anruna, obtained the 

 liberty of exhiuiting h'tn firee years in Eng- 

 land. Nut contented with his bar:;ain, the 

 chapman atteTpt^d ti und.rlet tl:e liberty of 

 /hewing him to another fpecul.Uor, and pnor 

 Cot;er, refifting th s i.e a'ious tranfaftion, 

 was faddled with a ficlit'ous tie. it, and thrown 

 into .1 fpon^ing-houfe in Briftol. In f is fi- 

 tuaiion he was, happily for him, obferved by 

 a gentlc-man of the city, who had fome bufi- 

 ncfs to traniaS A^ith the (herid's oincer. His 

 fimple demeanour anu extreme diftrefs induced 

 Mr. \V. to make enquiries rcipecling him ; 

 and having reafon to think that he was unjuft- 

 ly detained, he very gtnroullv became his 

 bail, and ultimately lo fir inveftigated the 

 aft'iir, that he not only obtained hin?. his li- 

 berty, but ireed him from ail kind of obliga- 

 tion to lerve his laik-mal^er any longer. He 

 was at this time eighteen, and :etained to his 

 laft breatli a m'.ft lively fenfc of tr.e obliga- 

 tion conferred upon him when a ftranger and 

 in need ; an ooligition which he manifefted 

 alfo Dy very honoui.ibic mention in his .-.ill. 

 It hap(>. n:d to be September when he was li- 

 berated, and, by the lurther ainftance ot his 

 benefaMor, he was e abled t" fet up for him- 

 feit", in the fair then held in St. James's. 

 Succefs cro.vning his undertaking, m three 

 days, inltead of r.eing in penury, he faw him- 

 felf polleded o 301. Engliih monej !— Let 

 thole who knoiw the peafantry ot liehin.l, 

 jud^e of his riches ! He now commenced, 

 and continued, a regular exhibition of nis 

 perfon, until the laft two ye irs, wlien having 

 realized an independence futf.cient to keep a 

 carriage, and lecuie to him the conveniences 

 of life, he declined what was always cxveed- 

 ingly irkfome to his feelings. He was unof- 

 fending and amiable in his manners to his 

 friends and acquaintance, of whom he had 

 latterly rather a targe cirde, as he was nei 

 ther averfe tO' a c' eerful gUfs nor pleaunt 

 company. He had naturally good fenfc, and 

 his mind was not un;ulcivafd. He de|)arted 

 without the fmalleit apparent pain or agony. 

 The leaden coffin, in which he is incloied, 

 nieafures nine f«et two inches, and the v.ood- 

 cn cafe four inches more, his own ftature 

 being full eight feet ' — beyond all qucftion 

 the tallefl: man of tlie age. He has ftill liv- 

 ing a motner and a few Uirtanc relations, for 

 wliom he has rraci-e very ample provifiun. To 

 prevent any attempt to diiturb his remains, 

 of which he had the gre.itclt horror, a grava 

 is funk to the depth oi twelve teet in the 

 folid rock, and fuch pr.^cautions taken as 

 would eticftually render abortive either force 

 or ftratagem. 



At triftol, Mr Samuel Pugh, brother of 

 Mr. John V. banker — Mifs Cox, only dajigh- 

 tci gf Mt. Wm. C. attorney.— Miis CiJduiphi 



elHeft daughter of the Rev. T. T.B. minifter 

 of St. James's. — Mr. James Cl.irke, of Tho.. 

 mas-ftreet. — Mr. James Cole. 



DORSr.TSHIRE. 



Married."] At MartocJc, Mr. Pync, attor* 

 ney, to Mils Rawlins, daughter of the R;v, 

 Henry R. 



At Stinsford, Vifcount Marfliam, fon of 

 the Earl of Romne/, to Mifs Pitt, the onljf 

 daughter and heirefs o'" VV.Hiam Morton P. 

 efq. The marriage took place in the prefence 

 of a fmall fam ly circle, confiftinj of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Morton Pi.t, Lord River., Lord P.arham, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Lafcelles Iremon^er, Mr. C. 

 Noell, and Mifs tecktord, as bride-maid. The 

 whole was a moft interefting fccne ; all t.ie 

 children in the village were newly clothed on 

 the occ.Uion, and walked in procefiion before 

 tho happy couple, ftrewing their path with 

 flowers, from the houfe to the church door. 

 Upon their retjrn to Kini;fton Houfe, they 

 were greeted wit'i the rejoicings ot the whole 

 pariih, who all fat down to a dinner prej^ared 

 for them on the lawn, in :Vont of the noule, 

 in the true ftyle of oldEngii(h hofpitr.lity. 



At Weymouth, George Taylor, ef.j. ofthe 

 Priiry, Totnefs, to Mils Rodben, daughter 

 of Th-jmas ;<. of that place. 



Dled-I At Dorchefter, Mrs White, 84. 



At Houghton, near hUndford, Mrs. Hum» 

 ber. 



DEVONSHIRE. 



Mr. Braithwaite continues to be very fuc- 

 cefsful in fifhing u|.' the property from the 

 Abergavenny £aft Indiaman. i'he lales of 

 the fundry articles recovered .rum it ulualiy 

 take place every fortnight by public auction, 

 and furniih curious contrails ot bargains to the 

 purchafers, and variety of fpeculations, from 

 the difl'ereiit dates in which the articles have 

 been recovered ; forae being in good preferv- 

 ation, but many the contrary. Books and 

 earthen ware, ironmongery and laces, pcr- 

 fumei y and tin-pans, hofu-ry, filk, and glaffes, 

 filver and pl.tted goods, have furnilhed many 

 motley lets duri.Tt; the laft four fal s. 



Married-'] .'U I'lymouth, Admiral Boger, 

 to Mrs. Drake, relict ot J. Drake, efj. 



At Exeter, Vvintrin^ham Lolcombe, cfq. 

 captain in the 18th, or Royal ivitli regiment 

 of foot, to Mifs Catharine Rufiiill, fecond 

 daughter of Robert R. efq. 



At Eaft btonehoufe, ipelman Sivaine, cfq. 

 captain m the royal n.ivy, to Mifs Sophia Le 

 Grice, deleft daugl-.ter of the late Rev. Cliailes 

 Le Grice, of Bury St. Edmund's, Sallblk. 



At Harbevt.n, Dr. Blackall, of futces, to 

 Mifs Laura Barne-j, cldelt diu^hcer of the 

 Rev. Archdeacon Li 



At Exeter, Mr. Major, of Suwton, aged 

 Z'i, to Mrs. E. Harwoud, of St. Tftomas's, 

 aged 77. 



At Heantoii, Mr. Jofep h Lukcy, of Moor 

 Winfton iu Cornsvall, to Miij Anu Velk- 

 cutc. 



