CHRONTIC LE. 
excellent woman, and the protegé 
of his first, and very kind and at. 
tentive to his son from his earliest 
infancy. She died of a dropsy, af- 
ter a lingering illness, April 2, 
1805, without ever having had a 
child, and is buricd in the church 
of Newington. 
For some time before the bishop 
died, he had adopted a rigid plan of 
feconomy, in order to _ liquidate 
Some pecuniary burthens. If he 
had lived afew years longer, he 
would have enjoyed an annual in- 
come of 7000)I. by the operation of 
his prudent measures. We have 
heard that a complete edition of 
the bishop’s works, of which some 
_ yaluable sermons, never published 
make a part, together with several 
curious mathematical disquisitions, 
will be presented to the public, 
when his lordship’s papers are ar- 
ranged, by proper persons appoint- 
_ed by his family. 
9th. In Plumb-street, Liverpool, 
"aged 107, Wm. Marchant. He 
lived in four reigns, and well remem- 
_bered one of his youthful compa- 
nions enlisting in the service of Q. 
Anne. His widow is in her 99th 
ear; and they were the parents 
ioe 19 children, none of whom are 
known tobe living, _ 
12gh. Gloriously, in the arms of 
_ victory, Alexander Saunderson Bur- 
Towes, esq. third son of Alexander 
_ B. esq. of Cavan, and cousin of Mr. 
PReinderson, one of the representa- 
tives of that county. He had been 
_ only a few months promoted to the 
command of the Constance frigate 
of 22 guns, and made commodore 
was collated by his father to the 
yaluable living of Gresford in Den- 
bighshire, and to a stall in the 
cathedral church of St. Asaph. The 
Byshop’s second wife was a_ most 
“yels, but always expected them te 
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of a small flying squadron, under sir 
James Saumarez, on the Jersey 
station, for the purpose of scouring 
the Channel in that quarter. The 
squadron consisted of the Constance 
(flag-ship), the Strenuous, Sharp- 
shooter, Sheldrake, and one or two 
other light vessels. He was in his 
29th year, 25 of which were devoted 
to the service of his country. 
24th. At a very advanced age, 
lady Alva, grandmother to the 
marchioness of Stafford. 
2sth. At Tetford, near Farn- 
ham Surrey, much lamented by her 
family and a numerous and respec- 
table acquaintance, after a linger.. 
ing and painful illness, which she 
bore with the utmost fortitude, re. 
taining her excellent faculties to the 
last, Mrs. Charlotte Smith, author. 
essofSonnets and other celebrated 
works. The republic of letters 
and the lovers of literature have 
sustained no inconsiderable loss in 
the death of Mrs. Charlotte Smith. 
Her novels are sO numerous as to 
-display a wonderful invention-; for 
they are much more diversified 
than could possibly be expected 
from the same pen. Itis the general 
opinion of the most unsophisticated 
readers, that her first novel has the 
strongest claims to pre-eminent ex- 
cellence. We are of opinion, how- 
ever, that her last works, consisting 
of short stories, are the more ex- 
quisite in point of composition. She 
has contrived, in general, to make 
all her novels interesting, and has 
been studiously careful of her style. 
Indeed, she was so sensible of her 
merit in this particular, and so de- 
sirous of her works ranking with 
the belles lettres of the age, that she 
could not endure the thought of 
their being considered simply as no- 
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