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Ireland. 



At Newliailes, near Edinbuigli, Laily 

 Howe, widow of Vice Adin. Sir George H. 



IltELAND. 



Married.] St. George Gregs, esq. to 

 Maria Shaw, daughter of the late Alder- 

 man Henry Hutton. — A. Steele, esq. late 

 •f the 43d foot, to Mrs. Hill, widow of the 

 Rev. J. H.: all of Dnhlin.— R. O. Aid- 

 worth, esq. of Newmarket-house, county 

 of Cork, to the Hon. Letitia, daughter of 

 Lord Ennisniore. 



Died.1 At Kinsale, the Hon. Governor 

 de Courcy. — At Clonniel, Sir Rich. Jones, 



At CoUon, in the couniy of LoHth, Vis- 

 countess Ferrard.— On the Curragh, in the 

 county of Kildare, 51, Robert Gore, esq. 

 — At Rochfort, G. H. Rochfort, esq. m.p. 

 for the county of Wcstmeath. 



At Canon Brook, near Lucan, James 

 Gandon, esq. f.a.s. m.a. at the advanced 

 age of 82. He had resided in Ireland many 

 years, during which time he cultivated 

 the Fine Arts, and contributed much to 

 the improveu'.ent of the city of Dublin, 

 and of the kingdom at large; of which, 

 his various productions bear ample testi- 

 mony. His great independence of mind, 

 and private worth, as a gentleman, a scho- 

 lar, and a Christian, were best known and 

 duly appreciated by the circle of friend 



advertisement, for erecting a Royal Ex- 

 change in Dublin, then much wanted. 

 The great utility and convenience con- 

 nected with the architectural beauty of 

 Mr. Gandon's design for that building, 

 attracted the particular aitcntion and 

 esteem of tlie late Earls of Ciiarleniont 

 and Poriarliuijfon, Right Hon. Co'onels 

 Burton Conynuham, and John Bcresford, 

 and his connexion with those distinguished 

 patrons of the fine arts in this conniry only 

 terminated with their lives. About this 

 time a C«sl cm-house, for the convenience 

 of trade and public accommodation, was 

 contemplated, and for whicii he was called 

 on to finnish a suitable design, whicli he 

 did accordingly, and in strict conformity 

 .to which that noble edifice was erected, 

 which will remain a lasting monument of 

 taste, elegance, and architectural beauty. 

 He designed and executed the Court-house 

 at Waterford, at the recommendation of 

 the celebrated Howard. The beautiful 

 portico to the House of Lords, now con- 

 verted into a national bank, that noble 

 building the Four Conrts and King's Inns, 

 were designed and erected under his im- 

 mediate snperintendance, and many other 

 elegant works were designed and erected 

 by him, which reflect the highest lustre on 



with whom he passed the latter years of the science and taste of Mr. Gandon, We 



bis life, and to' whom the recollection cf must observe, that in the discharge of his 



bis virtues will long endear his memory, duty in the expenditure of public money, 



Having completed his studies under 'the his integrity was ever nnimpeached, his 



immediate snperintendance of Sir VVil- great independence of mind always steer- 



liam Chambers, whose pupil be was for ing him clear of party or faction — he never 



many years, he was the first who obtained contracted for any works, nor became in 



a gold medal for architecture, given by any manner interested in any speCulationor 



the Royal Academy at Somerset-House, job connected therewith, but always felt 



The then President Sir Joshua Reynolds, and supported the dignity of his profession. 



on presenting the medal to the successful 

 candidate, expressed himself in the most 

 flattering terms, and in prophetic language 

 foretold the future eminence to which Mr. 

 Gandon would arrive by prosecuting his 

 studies. The Vllruvius Britannicus, in 

 three vols,, folio, a most splendid work, 

 appeared shortly after this, with his name 

 annexed, and in which he was principal. 

 That bcautit'ul and much aduiired struc- 

 ture, the Court-house of Nottingham, was 

 designed by him ; it gained him the notice 

 and friendship of some of the first charac- 

 ters in England, amongst whom that of 

 Sir George Savile, and Mason the poet. 

 Soon after this great encouragement and 

 large premiums were held out by public 



— He was one of the original Members of 

 the Koyal Irish Academy, and FeJIow of 

 the Antiquarian Society, Sonieriet-bouse. 

 His social qualities, for which he was re- 

 markable, were much obscured in the lat- 

 ter part of his life by an hereditary gout, 

 which afflicted him for the last thirty years 

 of his life, but, notwithstanding his retire- 

 ment, he continued to be honoured with 

 the friendship and correspondence of ma- 

 ny nobles, and the most distinguished li- 

 terary characters in the United Kingdom. 

 His remains were de|)Osited in the same 

 vault with those of his much respected, 

 learned, and early attached friend, 

 Francis Grose, esq. at the private cbapel 

 at Drumcondea. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. 



JVe have before us a Comtnunication which represents, that, in the fabric of Cotton, Silk, 

 and Linen, the wages of labour are now so lamentably reduced, thai not more than two 

 PENCE is paid for labour which produced A shilling in 1793, and nine pence in 1798. 

 " This (says our correspondent,) applies to not less than six hundred thowsand families, and 

 proves the late assertions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to be gross delusions and misre- 

 presentatio7is." IVe are anxious to be set right, and to set the nation r^ht, on this most 

 interesting subject, and Iha'efore invite authentic communications from Readers at Man- 

 chester, Glasgow, Barnsley, Macclesfield, Coventry, Sfc. Indeed, the change and the 

 increasing differences between the official and real value of Export$ prove that something it 

 radically diseased in our commercial system. 



