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of his tafte, ftyle, eloquence, me- 
rit, and extenfive celebrity. 
His exit from the ftage of life 
was marked with that natural grace 
and dignity which charatterized his 
€very movement in the circles of 
fociety, of which he was fo diftin- 
guifhed an ornament. <A _ fhort 
time previous to his yielding his 
Jaft breath, after having heard read 
to him fome eflays of Addifon, he 
recommended himfelf in many af- 
fectionate meflages to the remem- 
brance of his abfent friends, con- 
verfed fome time with his accuftom- 
ed force of thought and expreffion 
on the awful fituation of his coun- 
iry; and gave, with fteady compo- 
fure, fome private directions in 
contemplation of his approaching 
death. As his attendants were 
conveying him to his bed, he funk 
down, and, after a fhort ftruggle, 
paffed quietly, and without a groan, 
to eternal reft. Any attempt to 
defcribe the talents and acquire- 
ments of this great man muft be 
impotent and vain. He has not 
_ left that man behind who is capa- 
ble of performing the arduous tafk. 
His fair fame, indeed, requires 
not the feeble efforts of a defcrip- 
tive pen to perpetuate its huftre. 
When time fhali pafs away, and the 
prefent admiring generation fhall 
be no more, the name of Edmund 
Burke will live in gtory, and be im- 
mortal. 
The pall-bearers who attended 
the funeral of Mr. Burke were the 
Duke of Portland, the Duke of De- 
vonfhire, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Lord 
Chancellor, Speaker of the Houfe 
of Commons, and Mr. Windham. 
The proceflion confifted of a hearfe 
and fix, two mourning coaches, the 
family coach, anda numerous train 
ef the inhabitants of Beaconsfield. » 
ANNUAL) REG DST ER, 
1797: 
11th. In his ninety-eighth year, 
the veteran father. of the tage, 
Charles Macklin. He had long 
been in a ftate of natural decay; 
but, although incapable of quitting 
his bed for feveral weeks previous 
to his diffolution, his {pirits did not 
forfake him till within a few 'mi- 
nutes of his final exit from the ftage 
of life. He was born in the north 
of Ireland. The real name of the 
family was M‘Laughlin, which,. to 
render more pleafing to an Englifh 
ear, was familiarized to Macklin. 
So late as the 10th of January, 
1790, he appeared in the chara¢ter 
of Shylock, fome parts of which he’ 
executed with fuperior force; but 
his memory failing him in others, 
he then finally quitted the ftage, 
and retired to enjoy an annuity 
purchafed for him by the publica- 
tion of fome of his dramatic writ- 
ings; which, together with another 
annuity of 201. from Lord Lough- 
borough, whom he inftruéted in the 
pronunciation of the Englifh lan- 
guage, when that great law charac- 
ter firft became a candidate for dif- 
tinGtion at the Englifh bar, afforded 
him, if not an affluent, at leaft a 
comfortable fubfiftence in the latter. 
years of his very long life. 
SS 
AD .G UC Sone 
SUMMER ASSIZES.) 
At York three prifoners were 
capitally conviéted ; who were left 
for execution. Miss 
At Worcefler two prifoners were 
left for execution. 2 +849 6! 
At Oxford feven prifoners were 
capitally convicted, of whom two 
were reprieved, and the other five 
were left for execution: - 
capi- 
At Hertford one only was 
tally convicted, iG ie to Wow es 
At 
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