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of Durham. Tliis learned prelate 

 and eloquent orator, was born in 

 1731. His father kept a livery 

 stable in Swalluw-sireet. The son, 

 after passing Uirough the forms of 

 Westruinster School, went toTrinity 

 College, Cambridge, where he had 

 •carc-ciy jaken a degree before he 

 was chosen to be companion of the 

 duke of Grafton daring a tour of 

 Europe. He attended the duke of 

 Pevonshire also on his iraveh, and 

 afterwards attended Mr. Crewe, of 

 Crew-hall, Cheshire, whose sistcrhe 

 married. I'he duke of Grafton, 

 during hisadministration, conferred 

 on him the valuable vicarage of 

 Greenwich, and by tlie same mi- 

 nisterial influence he obtained, in 

 ITOp.thebishopric of Peterborough. 

 In l/SS he was promoted to the 

 valuable deanery of Durham. 



l6th. [n his 57ih year, Edward 

 Gibbon, Esq. the celebrated histo- 

 rian, wliose posthumous works we 

 understand will shortly be edited 

 by lord Sheffield, with memoirs of 

 the auihor's life, written by him- 

 self 3 with extracts from which we 

 hope to enrich a future volume. 



FEBRUARY. 

 3d. This evening a melancholy 

 accident happcncdatthcHayniarket 

 theatre, at which thcirmajesties h.id 

 commanded " My Grandmotl;er," 

 " No Song no Supper," and •' The 

 prize." Jt was occasioned in tl.e 

 loUowing manner : in the crowd 

 one oi the deceased v/as thrown 

 down ; the people kept pushing for- 

 ward, others were thrown down 

 over him, and all were trampled 

 upijn by the crowd, who passed 

 over their bodies into the liouso. 

 The pit lies lower than thethrebhuld 

 of the door leading into it ; tii )se 

 therefore wlio go in must go down 

 ♦icps. iicre it was that the mis- 



chief happened j for the people 

 who were the unfortunatesufferers, 

 cither not knowingany thing of the 

 steps, or being hurried on by the 

 pressure of the crowd behind, fell 

 down ; while those who followed 

 were immediately, by thesame irre- 

 sistible impulse, hurried over them. 

 The scene that ensued may beeasier 

 conceived than described ; the shouts 

 and screams of the dying and the 

 maimed were trulyshocking; whi!« 

 those who were literally trampling 

 their fellow creatures to death, had 

 it not in their power to avoid the 

 mischief they were doing. Seven 

 bodies, completely lifeless, were car- 

 ried intoMr. Wyr.ch's, the druggist, 

 next door to the theatre, some to 

 the shops of other tradesmen, and 

 the remainder to St. Martin's bone- 

 house, to be owned. Medical aid 

 was called in, and every thing done 

 to restore animaiion, if it was only 

 suspended; but we are sorry to say, 

 that success attended the process in 

 one case only, which was that of 

 Mr. Brandram, of Tooley-street. 

 The following is alist of the persons 

 who were trampled to death : Mrs. 

 Fisher, sister-in-law to Mr. Bran- 

 dram of Tooley-street. Miss Bran- 

 dram, nieceof Mr. Brandram. Mr. 

 Brandram, his nephew. Mr. Bran- 

 dram himself was carried out appa- 

 rently dead, but wasrecoveredj he 

 is since dead. Benjamin Pingo, esq. 

 York herald, of the heralds' college. 

 J. C. Brooke, esq. Somerset herald, 

 of ditto. Mrs. and master Willis, 

 wife and son of Mr. Willis, attor- 

 ney, Qi Gray's inn. Mr. Garbutt, 

 late master of the Thiee Sisters, of 

 Whitby. Mrs.Gwatkin,wifeof Mr. 

 Ciwatkin, dancing master, Bartlett's 

 Buildings. Mrs. Spencer, St. 

 .Tamcs's Market. Miss Wiiliams, 

 Pall-mall, daughter of Mi-. Wil- 

 liams, of Shoe-lane. Mr. Robin- 

 son, of Coleman-street^ farrier. 

 Ba Miss 



