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ken of, have been given to the world 

 by others. He never longenjoyed ve- 

 ry good health from the time of his 

 commencing to practice physic in 

 London. For, not to repeat what 

 has already been said, respecting his 

 , disorders, he was, during many 

 years of the first part of his resi- 

 dence here, much subject to vio- 

 lent head-achs. He twice laboured 

 under severe agues ; and suffered 

 several attacks of inflaramatorysore- 

 throat. But none of his ailments 

 made any considerable permanent 

 impression upon his external ap- 

 pearance ; for immediately before 

 his death no person would have 

 supposed, from seeing him, that his 

 health had ever been bad, or that 

 he had attained the age of nearly 

 sixty years. 



At Newcastle, Mr. John Gray, 

 81, This man was an instance of 

 the diversity that exists in human 

 constitutions. For the last 50 years 

 his beverage was Holland Geneva. 

 He drank it without water, some- 

 times in copious libations, yet con- 

 tinued healthy until within a few 

 weeks of his death. 



At Stitchill, Berwick, in his 84th 

 year, Sir James Pringle, of Stitchill, 

 bart. master of the King's Works, 

 who represented the county of Ber- 

 wick, from 1769 so 1779. He was 

 son of Sir Robert Pringle of Stit- 

 chill, bart. nephew of Sir John 

 Pringle, M. D. F. R. S.; and mar- 

 ried Elizabeth, daughter of Norman 

 Blacleod, of Macleod, by whom he 

 had several children, one of them 

 married to George Baillie, of Jer- 

 viswood, M. P. for Berwickshire ; 

 and is succeeded by his eldest sur- 

 viving son, now Sir John Pringle, 

 bart. 



At York, in his 80th year, Alex- 

 ander Hunter, M. D. F. U. S. L. fc 



E, and Physician to the York Lu- 

 natic Asylum. He practised nearly 

 50 years in this city with the highest 

 eminence and credit in his profes- 

 sional character, his knowledge of 

 which was the result of science, 

 skill, and well founded experience. 

 His goodness as a man — his urba- 

 nity and gentlemanly manners — his 

 practice of every real and social 

 virtue, the manly and pleasing man- 

 ner with which he gave his advice, 

 whether as a physician, a friend or a 

 Mentor— his encouragement of the 

 arts, or whatever appeared to be be- 

 neficial to mankind — will ever em- 

 balm his memory in the hearts of 

 his friends, and of all those who had 

 an opportunity of knowing him ; 

 while his family and connections 

 will long have to regret the loss of 

 a tender husband, an affectionate 

 parent, a kind relative, and an in~ 

 dulgent and liberal master. In the 

 world oflettershewashighlyesteem- 

 ed, being author and annotator of 

 several works of great merit, among 

 which were his editions of " Eve- 

 lyn's Sylva," 2vols. ito; " Georgical 

 Essays," 6 vols. 8vo. &c. &c. In 

 his leisure hours he used occasion- 

 ally to amuse himself with compo- 

 sing miscellaneous pieces, such as 

 " Essays on cases of Insanity,'' on 

 " Agriculture," &c. &c. and which 

 were always well received by the 

 public. His remains were interred 

 in the church of St. Michael le Bel- 

 frey, attended by a numerous and 

 very respectable body of his friends 

 and fellow citizens. 



At Birmingham, George Croft, 

 D. D. formerly fellow of Univer- 

 sity College, Oxford, preacher of 

 the Bampton Lectures, in 1786, 

 Vicar of Arncliffe, and Rector of 

 Thwing, Yorkshire, late head mas- 

 ter of firewood School, Stafford- 

 shire, 



