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read much, and was particularly 

 conversant with universal history ; 

 was a classic scholar, and acquaint- 

 ed with several of the living lan- 

 guages ; and as he was very com- 

 municative, and full of anecdote, it 

 made him a pleasant and useful 

 companion, and his company court- 

 ed by some of the first people of 

 Edinburgh. He had travelled a 

 good deal through Scotland, and 

 was acquainted with the history of 

 more families in that country, than 

 perhaps any other man ; for what 

 he once read, or heard related, his 

 memor}' retained. 



At Beverley, lieut.-col. Hutch- 

 inson, of Wold Newton, in the East 

 Riding, and major of the 36th re- 

 giment of foot. He was an officer 

 of great industry and abilities, 

 which he had shown in the districts 

 where he had been employed on 

 the staff; nor was he less esteemed 

 in the domestic circles of private 

 life, by every friend who knew him. 

 Some years ago he married the 

 eldest daughter of H. Osbaldeston, 

 esq. of Hunmanby, by whom he 

 has left one daughter. He lived to 

 finish averyneat house and grounds 

 in the village of Wold Newton, 

 and died as he had completed it, 

 verifying the words of the Satir- 

 ist — 



We plan the edifice and raise the pile, 

 Unmindful of the tomb which wails the 

 while. 



At York, William Burgh, esq. 

 LL. D. in whom that city and the 

 literary world have sustained a 

 heavy loss. His genius and talents 

 were of the first eminence, and 

 they were always employed in the 

 cause of religion and good govern- 

 ment. His religious principles, 

 which were those of the articles of 



the Church of England, were 

 strengthened by mature investiga- 

 tion and research. The cause of 

 religion lay nearest tohisheart, nor 

 could he view the progress of error 

 with indifference ; and he will be 

 rankedamongst the numberofthose 

 who contended ably and "earnestly 

 for the faith which was once deli- 

 vered to the saints." — The "Scrip- 

 tural confutation of Mr. Lindsey's 

 Apology," — with the subsequent 

 " Inquiry into the Belief of the 

 Christians of the three first Centu- 

 ries," evince, at once, the extent 

 of his learning, his indefatigable 

 industry, the soundness of his prin- 

 ciples, andhis zeal for the truth. It 

 was for the latter of these works 

 that the University of Oxford, in a 

 handsome manner conferred on him 

 the degree of doctor of civil law ; 

 and they continue to be held in 

 high estimation by the heads of 

 that university, having been lately 

 recommended by a learned prelate 

 to the study of all who are under 

 preparation for the church. Mr. 

 Burgh was the most intimate and 

 confidential friend of Mr. Mason, 

 and furnished the commentary and 

 notes to the celebrated poem of 

 the " English Garden." He pos- 

 sessed a very extensive acquaint- 

 ance with the first political and lite- 

 rary characters of his time ; but 

 was more particularly in habits of 

 intimacy and friendship with Mr. 

 Pitt, Mr. Burke, Mr. Wilberforce, 

 bishop Hurd, sir Joshua Reynolds, 

 &c. Mr. Burgh was nearly relat- 

 ed to Mr, Foster, the present 

 chancellor of the exchequer in 

 Ireland, and to several families of 

 the first distinction in that coun- 

 try. 



At Bawburgh, near Norwich, in 

 his eighty-second year, John Wag- 



staffe, 



