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tises of Mr. Cavallo on popular and 

 interesting branches of physics, 

 may be justly esteemed the best 

 elementary works in our language. 

 But Mr. Cavallo's merit is not the 

 merit of a merely judicious com- 

 piler ; he generally improves the 

 stock of valuable facts by his own 

 occasional experiments. He also 

 communicated several papers to 

 the Royal Society in whose trans- 

 actions they have been published. 

 FEBRUARY. 

 In the London Road, St. 

 George's Field's, Andrew Robin- 

 son Bowes, esq. whose marriage 

 to the countess of Strathmore, 

 thirty-three years ago (when cap- 

 tain Stoney) occasioned much 

 bustle in the fashionable world. 

 Pursuant to the will of her lady- 

 ship's father, he then took the 

 name of Bowes (as lord Strath- 

 more, her first husband, had 

 also done) and for a few years the 

 splendour of his establishments, 

 both in Gosvenor-square and at 

 the mansion of Gibside, in the 

 county of Durham, eclipsed those 

 of all his competitors. Domestic 

 broils, however between him and 

 his noble consort, arose so high 

 that the law was appealed to; he 

 carried her off, placed her in con- 

 finement, and therein was guilty 

 of contempt of court. Her lady- 

 ship made all advantage of thisjn- 

 temperate conduct ; he was re- 

 quired to give security for keeping 

 the peace in so large a sum, that 

 he never would ask any friend to 

 be bail for him, and has ever since, 

 for the long space of twenty-five 

 years, been a prisoner in the 

 King's-bench prison. Lady Strath- 

 more had afterwards interest to 

 get a court of delegates appointed, 

 which high court pronounced a 



sentence of divorce between her 

 and Mr. Bowes. During Mr. 

 Bowes'sconfinementjhis demeanor 

 obtained the confidence of the dif- 

 ferent marshals of the prison, who 

 rendered it as light as possible. 

 By application to the Court of 

 King's Bench, the demand of 

 heavy bail was withdrawn ; but 

 during his long imprisonment his 

 affairs were become too far de- 

 ranged ever to be settled ; he 

 therefore remained a prisoner for 

 debt, but in that situation obtained 

 the privilege of residing any where 

 within the rules. 



John Hoppner, esq., R. A. in 

 Charles-street St. James's-square 

 one of the most eminent portrait- 

 painters since the time of Rey- 

 nolds. He might indeed have 

 merited the praise of being the 

 first, if he had not so closely imi- 

 tated the style of that great mas- 

 ter, as it related to the spirit and 

 elegance of his touch, forcible ef- 

 fect of light and shade, pictur- 

 esque back-grounds, graceful sim- 

 plicity of attitude, and especially 

 the richness and harmony of 

 colouring, in which he certainly 

 excelled all his contemporaries. 

 In some of his best coloured works, 

 sue!) as the Ntjmph,in the posses- 

 sion of sir J. Leicester, the viva- 

 city, truth, and delicacy of the 

 various fleshy tints, have scarcely 

 been surpassed by any master. 

 But if he could boast of display- 

 ing much of the merit, he pos- 

 sessed the faults of his prototype, 

 especially that of incorrect draw- 

 ing of the human figure. 



Dr. Kelly, atCopford, in Essex, 

 a native of the Isle of Man, upon 

 which he reflected no ordinary de- 

 gree of honour, by his abilities, his 

 acquirements, and his truly ex^ 



