1806.] 



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Dr. Horflcy, by whom, when biftiop of Ro- 

 chefter, he was prefented to the rectory of 

 Snodland in Kent, 1799; and afterwards, 

 when bilhop of St Aftph, to a prebend of that 

 cathedral, and the vicarage of Chirke. Mr. 

 R. had alfo five daughters; one of whom is 

 married, the other four are fiiigle — Mr. R. 

 was the re-builder and fule proprietor of Tri- 

 ll ty chapel in Conduit ftreet, now inherited by 

 his fon, which, thoagh locally fitucited in the 

 pari/h of St. George, Hanovcr-fquare, is a 

 chapel of eafe to at. Martin's. After the 

 death of his eldell fon, whom he had intended 

 to fuceeed him, Mr. R. gr.idually withdre.v 

 himfelf from bufinefs ; and was appointel, 

 about the year 1797, by the Dean and Chap- 

 ter of Wcftminfter, high bailiff of the city 

 and liberty ; but rcfignej it feme time before 

 his death. He was alio in the commiflion of 

 the peace for the county of Middlefex, in 

 which he had conlulerable property. In 

 ^77() Mr. R. republifhed the works of George 

 Edwards, the celebrated Ornithulogiit, which 

 he had purchaied from the author in his life- 

 time- Mr. Robfon prefixed to this publica- 

 tion an elegant Life of the Author, coUefted 

 from his own converfations ; and a Li.nnean 

 Index, communicated by Linneus himfelf, in 

 a letter addrefled to Mr. Robfon ; wherein he 

 cencludes, E-vol-vi iiKmorta/e Ofus Ed-wardi, 

 adpojui rapt'im mcas ncmenclatwas ad mandatum 

 ilium ; tlbi faiifta omnia adfrccsr. — In 1788, 

 accompanied by his friend Mr- Edwards of 

 Pal) Mall, Mr. R. undertook a journey to 

 Venice, on purpofe to examine the far-famed 

 Pinelli Library, the Catalogue of which made 

 fix oiSavo volumes. This library, by a hold 

 and fuccefbful (peculation, he fecurcd, by of- 

 fering a price for it, which the executors and 



truftees found it their intereft to accept; and 

 during the fevere winter which followed, the 

 books were, not without much hazard from 

 the fea, brought fafely to London; and fold 

 by auftion, in the following year. Mr. Rob- 

 fon's principal amufement, when relaxing 

 from the tumults of the world, was that 

 which delighted Ifaac Walton; and the re- 

 cords of Hampton and Sunbury proclaim his 

 /kill and his patience as an Angler; where, 

 aflbciated with the lale Rev. Mr. Harrifon, 

 his friendly and Ikilful medical friend Mr. 

 Woodd, and a few other feleft companions, 

 he occafionally whiled away the early dawn 

 and evening ihade in harmlefs fport. fiis 

 converfation was mild, clieerful, intelligent, 

 communicative, but never obtrufive; and, as 

 he had imbibed in his early education a fami- 

 liar acquaintance with the Latin poets, was 

 frequently illuitrated by apt quotations. 

 'I'hough very far removed from the charafter 

 of a bon -vlfatii, he was a member of a month- 

 ly dining-cUib at the Shakfpeare tavern. But 

 of this friendly band, after an allbciation of 

 abour thirty-live years, Mr. Pvobfon was near- 

 ly the laft furvivor ! The late Alderman 

 Cadell, Mr. Dodiley, Mr. Longman, Lockyer 

 Davis, honed Tom Payne ot the Mews-gate, 

 and Mr. Thomas Evans of the Strand, were 

 members of tiiis fociety ; from wtiich origi- ' 

 nated the germ of many a valuable publica- 

 tion. . Under their aufpices Mr. Thomas 

 Davis (who was himfelf a pleafant member 

 of the club) produced his "Dramatic Miftel- 

 l.inies," and his " Life of Garrick ;" and here 

 iiril were fuggelled the ideas which led to 

 the publication of Dr. Johnfon's valuable 

 "Lives of the moil eminent Engliih Poets. "J 



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 uni/ Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent 

 or remarkable Characters recently ddceifed. 



NORTHUMBERLAND AtiT) DURHAM, 



AT a Guild lately held at Berwi.k, it was 

 rcfolved to make application to Parlia- 

 ment for leave to bring in a brll to rebuild 

 the old pier, called <Jiiecn Elizabeth's Pier, 

 and alfo for deepening and improving the 

 harbour, and toempowei- the magiftratestolaya 

 fmall tonnage on (hipping towards defraying 

 \\\K expcnces. Leave has alio been obtained 

 from the Board of Ordnance, for taking down 

 and widening the Scots Gate and the Draw 

 Brid;;e leading tl^ereto, fo as to render tlie 

 nwrtliera entrance into tliq town more accefli- 



ble : it is alfo intended confiderably to level 

 tlie ftreet of Hyde-hill. Thefe alterations 

 will tend greatly to the improvement of the 

 town, and to the convenience of travellers. 



Mayried.~\ At Coldftream, Enligii Aaron 

 Reid, of the 72d Highlanders, to Mils Eli- 

 zabeth Douglafs, daug.hter of Archibald D., 

 efq., of AdJerftone. 



At Coritorpiiine, Mr. James Milne, of 

 Edinburgh, builder, to Mils Jane Shields, 

 daughter of the lale Rev. James S., of jS'ew- 

 calUe. 



At Nev.caftle, Mr. Harry Watts, to' Mift 

 Janet Stephensj of Camberwell, near London. 



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