CLEbRL LOIN I € iE. 
At the end of three months (in the 
winter of 176%) fhe came out in 
Imogen, in Cymbeline: a part, 
however, hazardous, from the va- 
riety of its difficulties; yet, fo 
ftrongly was fhe poffeffed of the 
fpirit of the author, and fo power- 
fully affifted by her addrefs, and 
other ftage accomplifhments, that 
fhe obtained univerfal applaufe. 
At Drury-lane theatre this admira- 
ble actrefs continued till the year 
1779. She then engaged with 
Mr. Harris, patentee of Covent- 
garden theatre, from which ‘fhe has 
_ fincebeen abfent but one feafon. In 
1784, during a profeffional excur- 
fion in Ireland, fhe faw Mr. Pope 
perform at Cork, and approved fo 
much of his powers, that fhe re- 
commended him to Mr. Harris; 
and at Covent-garden theatre his 
fuccefs juftified her opinion of his 
talents. A mutual affection arofe 
from this circumftance, and in a 
feafon or two afterwards, they were 
married.—Her remains were, on 
the 22d, conveyed from her houfe 
to Weftminfter-abbey, in a hearfe 
and fix, followed by feven mourn- 
‘ing coaches and her own carriage. 
In the firft were fome particular 
‘friends of the deceafed; thefe 
were followed by the School of 
Garrick (of which refpeétable fo- 
ciety fhe was an honorary member) 
and by the principal performers 
of Covent-garden theatre. The 
body was interred in the cloifters on 
the fouth fide, near the remains of 
Sir Richard Jebb, and on the right 
‘of Dr. Dupuis. The funeral fer- 
vice was read by the Rev. Weldon 
‘Champnefs. Mrs, Pope was born 
“in the year of the rebellion, 1745. 
The ftone that is placed over her 
_ remains is infcribed “ In memory 
jot Mrs. Elizabeth Pope, of the 
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Theatre Royal, Covent - garden, 
who died on the 15th of March, 
1797, aged 52 years.” 
In Bloomfbury fquare, ina fit of 
apoplexy, John Bonict de Main- 
aduc, Efq. M. D. and Member of 
the Corporation of Surgeons. of 
London. He died after his return 
from the funeral of Mr. Eyre, of 
Cecil-fireet. Thefe two gentle- 
men were married to two fifters. 
His ** Lectures” are announced to 
be “ publithed as foon as his papers 
can be arranged; which, from his 
fudden and unexpected death, may 
require fome time.” 
5. At Tiverton, Devon, aged 52, 
Capt. J.G. Stedman. He entered 
in the navy, but relinquifhed it on 
the laft peace, and accepted an en- 
fign’s commiffion in one of the Scots 
Brigade. regiments paid by the 
Dutch. He had attained the rank 
of Lieutenant when the meafure of 
fending a military force againft the 
rebel negroes on the river Cottica, 
in Surinam, the moft important, 
and now the only remaining, Dutch 
poffefion on the coaft of Africa, 
was projected. Impelled by a de- 
fire of exploring a part of the world 
not generally known, and the hope 
of preferment in fuch a dangerous 
fervice, he obtained admiffion into 
the corps of 500 volunteers, formed 
into feven companies, embodied as 
a regiment of marines, and intend- 
ed for Surinam, and was advanced 
by the Prince of Orange to the 
rank of captain, by brevet, under 
Colonel Tourgeoud, a Swifs, com- 
mander in chief. He quitted the 
Texel on Chriftmas day, 1772, and 
anchored in Surinam river Feb. 2, 
1773. He foon formed.ay at- 
tachment with a beautiful negro- 
girl of 15, one of the natural chil- 
dren of a Dutch planter, whofe 
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