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been appointed in tliat year (on the recom- 
mendation of his tutor, the Rev. Daniel 
Longmire, a.m,) Under Master of the 
Free Grammar School of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, then governed by that eminent scho- 
Jar and able instructor, the Rev. Hugh 
Moises, a.M. In this situation he conti- 
nued seven years; and during that period 
jiad the pleasure of seeing the school raised 
so high in reputation, and the number of 
scholars so considerably increased, as to 
require the appointment of a third master. 
The present Lord Chancellor, the Earl of 
Eldon, and his learned brother, Lord 
Stowell, both received their edueation 
dicre while Mr. King was the Under Mas- 
ter. In 1763 he proceeded to the degree 
of A.M. In 1767 he removed from New- 
castle to Ipswich, having been appointed 
Master of the Free Grammar School in 
that town, on the recommendation of his 
eld friend and preceptor Mr. Temple, to 
whom the school committee had written, 
through the Rev. Andrew Layton, A.M. 
vector of St. Matthew, (whose sister Mr. 
Temple had married) to point out a person 
qualified to fillthat situation, In the same 
year he was chosen by the corporation the 
town preacher; and, notwithstanding the 
changes in the political interests of the 
borough, he rétained this situation for a 
period of twenty-three years. In 1776 he 
was presented by his College to the Rec- 
tory of Witnesham, near Ipswich. In 
1798, in consequence of some dangerous 
attacks of illness, and an infirm state of 
health, he resigned the mastership of the 
school, which, by his talents and applica- 
tion, he had raised so high in the public 
estimation, as to have had upwards of se- 
veaty boarders at one time in his house ; 
and retired to a residence on his rectory, 
where he closed his earthly career, after 
having filled, throughout a long life, a pub- 
lic situation, with the highest credit to 
himself and the greatest advantage to 
others. Mr. King was the author of the 
following works, viz. ‘“‘ Sententia ex diver- 
sis auctoribus excerpte, et primis Lingna 
Latine Tyronibus accommodate, operd 
Johannis King, a B. apnd Novocastrenses 
Sub-praceptoris,” Newcastle, 1761; ‘tA 
Sermon, preached at Witnesham, Novem- 
ber 29, 1798, being the day appointed for 
a General ‘I hanksgiving on account of cur 
late Naval Victories,” Ipswich, small 4to. 
And “A Sermon on the Catholic Claims, 
with notes and a postscript,’ Ipswich 1813, 
small 4to. There is an engraved portrait 
of Mr. King (a private plate), by Bond, 
trom a miniature by Dunthorne, 
ESSEX. 
In this and the other home counties, the 
experiment has been made of a third gaol 
delivery—a measure as humane as neces- 
sary, under our present increased popu- 
lation, and that social distress which en- 
genders so many infractions of law. At the 
Essea—Kent—Sussex. 
[Jan. 1, 
first of these Assizes there were 92 pri- 
soners for trial:—for felony, 56; burglary, 
16; highway robbery, 4; misdemeanour, 
3; poaching, 2; breaking prison, 2; arson, 
1; rape, 1; assaulting a constable, 1; ob- 
taining money under false pretences, 1 ; 
cutting and maiming, 2 ; horse-stealing, 1. 
Married.] Mr. C. E. Stewart, of Col- 
chester, to Miss Siden, of Sudbury.—Mr. 
J. Lee, of Hawstead, to Miss E. Chipper- 
field, of Chelmsford.—Mr. C. Crooks to 
Miss S. P. Maryon, both of Moulsham.— 
Mr. Wheble, of Waltham Abbey, to Miss 
K. King, of Ovington.—The Rev. R. P. 
Whish, M.A. vicar of Broxted, to Miss 
S. CG. Streathficld.— Mr. J. Clarke, to Miss 
S. A. Woolnough, both of Dover-court.— 
Died.] At Harwich, 67, Mrs. Dunnage. 
—Miss M. Constable. 
At Colchester, 22, Eleanor Maria, wife 
of Samuel Green Cook, esq. of St. John’s 
Abbey. 
At Chelmsford, 87, Mrs. M. Hungate. 
At Romford, -9, Miss Wayland. ; 
At Earl's Colne, Mr. Burch, suddenly. 
—At Great Bentley Tyer, Mr. J. Firman. 
—At Wicks, Mary, wife of John Macerell 
Coustable, esq.—At Bradwell Mill, 6y, 
Mr. W. Wade. 
KENT. 
Marvied.] Mr. R. Clarke, to Mrs. Cock, 
both of Canterbury.—Mr. Allen, to Miss 
Dale, both of Dover.—Mr. J. Pepper, jun. 
of Dover, to Miss R. Pilcher, of Ashford. 
—Mr. J. Hobday, to Miss J. Butcher: 
Mr. H. Stace, to Miss J. Golden ; all of 
Folkestone.—Mr. B. Collens, to Miss S. 
Hunt; Mr. J. M‘Farland, to Miss M, 
Pendal : all of Chatham.—Mr. J. Tassell, 
of Broad court, to Miss M. A. Frances, of 
Deal.—Mr. J. Sanders, to Miss S. Sparks, 
both of Boxley.—Mr. G. Bayley, to Miss 
C, Attila, both of Ashford. 
Died.| At Canterbury, 78, Mrs. S. 
Hamblin, of Wincheap.—in St. Peter’s- 
street, Mrs. Covington, of Bedford. 
At Dover, Mis. M. Smith—Mr. J. 
Bell._Mr. G. Stockewell, regretted.— 
62, Mr. J. Linory. 
At Chatham, 24, Miss J. L. Burdett.— 
28, Mrs. Scrimes.—40, Mr, J. Burton.— 
19, Miss C. Magnus.—82, Mr. T. Carden, 
—At Rochester, 76, Mr. R. Burnet. 
At Margate, 83, George Slater, esq. 
M.D. deservedly regretted for his profes- 
sional and other excellence. 
At Newington, 46, Mrs. Ruck.—At 
Sittingbourne, 82, Mrs. Beckett, much re- 
specied.—At Ashford, at anadvanccd age, 
Mr. T. Cooley.—70, Mr. Brooke, 
SUSSEX. 
A luminous appearance was observed in 
the beavens on the night of 22d November, 
at the distance of about a degree anda half 
from Cur Caroli, which much resembled a 
small comet : it was viewed distinctly for 
ten minutes from the hills in the neigh- 
bourhood of East Grinstead, but a veil of 
wane 
