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Indian fea, five miles north from t\ie ifland of Serangan, to 

 •wliich it belongs. S. lat. J' 36'. E. long 125 21'. 



LIN-KIANO, a city of Cliina, of the firlt clafs, in tlic 

 province of Kiang-ii, fitiiatcd on the banks of the river 

 Yu-ho. Jts foil is good, and the climate is healthful ; but 

 it is fo much defcrted that the Cliinefe fay, " one hog would 

 be fuincient to maintain the whole city two days " Four 

 cities of the third clafs belong to its dlltricl. One of its 

 villages is tlie general mart for all the dnigs^ fold in the em- 

 pire ; and this circumltance gives it fome degree of celebrity. 

 N. lat. £7- j8'. E. long. iiy\ 



LINK 10, in Bnliiny, a kind of water-pl^nt among the Clii- 

 ^nefe, the iruit of which is of a triangular pyramidical form, 

 prominent every way, with a green thick rind, that grows 

 reddifli towards the apex, and, when the fruit is dried, grows 

 black. The internal fubilaiice is cxcccdir.g white, its talle 

 like that of the chelnut, three or four of which it equals in 

 bulk. The plant is found in (landing waters, and has very 

 flender leaves, that fprcad themfelv^s over a large extent on 

 the furbce oi tlie water, and th: fruit lies concealed under 

 water in great nnmberi:. 



LINKIOPING, in Geography, a fmall and neat town of 

 -Sweden, in Eatl Gothland, fituated on the river Stocng, 

 near lake Roxen ; containing an epifcopal palace, a catbe- 

 ■ dral, and the lioufe wliich is the relidence of the governor of 

 Eall Gothland. It has three churches and a public femi- 

 nary ; 96 miles S.W. from Stockholm. N. lat. 58 20'. 

 E. long, i^ ' iS'. 



LINKNESS, a cape of Scotland, on tlie N.W. coaft of 

 the ifland of Stronfa ; 1 \ mile S.W. of Huipfnefs. N. lat. 

 59^ 4 . E. long. O" 26'. 



LiINLEY, Joux, in Biography, an eminent miilic profef- 

 'iorand organill, long relident at Bath, where he had ferved 

 .an apprenticefliip under Chileot, t!ie organift of that city. 

 Jjinley loved mufic, was a lludious man, equally vcrfed in 

 the theory and pratlice of his art. Having a large family 

 of children, in whom he found the feeds of gefiius had been 

 planted by nature, and the gift of voice, which, in order to 

 <:ultivate, he pointed his (ladies to lingiiig, and became the 

 bed finging mailer of his time, if we may judge by the fpe- 

 dcimens of his fuccefs in his own family. He was not only a 

 mallerly player on the organ and harpficlK^rd, but a good 

 compolcr, as his elegies and feveral compoiltions for Drury- 

 ■lane theatre evinced. His fon, Thomas, who was placed 

 under Nardini at Florence,' the celebrated difciple of Tartii-ii, 

 was a hue performer on the violin, with a talent for compo- 

 lltion i which, if he Lad lived to develope, would havegiven 

 longevity to his fame. Being at Grimllhorpe, in Lincoln- 

 fliire, at the feat of the duke of Ancaller, where he often 

 .an'.uied himfelf in rowing, (idling, and failing in a boat on a 

 piece of water, in af<[nallof wind, or by fome accident, the 

 boat was overfet, and this amiable and promifing youth was 

 drowned at an early age, to the great affliftion of his fa- 

 ultily and friends, particularly his matchlefs fidcr, Mrs. She- 

 ridan, whom this calamity rendered miferable for a long time ; 

 during which, her affettion and grief were diftilled in vcrfes 

 of the mod iweet and alTeiting kind on the forrowful event. 

 The beauty, talents, and mental endowments of this 

 *' Sanfla Cxcilia redivivj," will be remembered to the !a(l 

 •hour of all who heard, or even faw and converfed with her. 

 The tone of her voice and exprefiive manner of (ingijig were 

 as enchanting as her (Countenance and converfation. In her 

 linging, with a mellifluous toned voice, a perfed (hake and in- 

 toiiati<ni, (he was poireficd of tlie double power of delighting 

 xin audience equally m pathetic (trains, and fongs of brilliant 

 execution, which is allowed to very few (Ingers. When (lie 

 lad heard the Agujari, and the iJiwu, afterwards Aladainc 



Le Brun, fhe artonifhod all hearers by pcrforminsf tlieir bra- 

 vura airs, extending the natural compafs of her voice a tourtli 

 above the higheit note of the harpfichord, before additional 

 keys were in fadiion. Mrs. Sheridan died at Brillol in 



1792. 



Mrs Tickel, her fider, was but little inferior to her in 

 beauty and talents, and Mr. Linley's other daughters conti- 

 nued to excite the admiration of all who knew them, in a 

 manner worthy of the family from which they fprung. 



Mr. Lniley, the father of this ned of nightingales, from 

 being alhdant manager of Drury-lane theatre, lived to be- 

 come joint patentee, and, for fome time, fole aeting manager ; 

 in which capacity, he gave more fatistatlion, and elcaped 

 cenfure, public and private, by Ins probity and Ready con. 

 duft, more than is often allowed to the governor of fuch a 

 numerous and froward family. This worthy and ingenious 

 man died Novemiicr 1795. 



LINLITHGOW, in Geography, a royal borough and 

 county town of Liiilithgowlhire, or Wed-Lothiari, Scotland. 

 It is (ituated on the road between Edinburgh and Slirhiig, at 

 thediftance ot 16 miles from the metropolis. This town has 

 claims to confiderable celebrity, both on account of the con- 

 nexion of its hidory with fome of the mod important tranf- 

 aftions of the kingdom, and of the noble remains of former 

 magnificence with which it is adorned. As the reader will iind 

 mentioned in the following article, the name ot this place is 

 purely of Britilh origin, and peculiarly defcriptive in its appli- 

 cation. During the reign of David I., Linlithgow fornud 

 ?. part of the royal demcfncs, and had a cadle and a grange, 

 at which that monarch and his fucced'ors frequently re- ' 

 fided. When Alexander III. died, an event which hap- 

 pened before this town obtained Us charter, it was governed 

 by two bailies, as we learn from a writ addreded to them by 

 Edward I., dated the 2Sthof Augud 1296, requiring them 

 to make payment of fome arrears, due to the king ot Nor- 

 way, by the (irm of the town. In the year 1298, the fame 

 monarch encamped his army on the heiglit immediately to the 

 ead of Linlithgow on the night before the battle of Falkirk, 

 in which the celebrated patriot, fir William Wallace, was 

 defeated through the treachery of Gumming. This town 

 was formerly a place of very confiderable commerce, opulence, 

 and fplendour. but all thefe advantages began gradually to 

 decay, after the union of the two crowns, m the per(on of 

 James VI. It once had an exclufive right of trade from the 

 water of Cra nond to the mouth of the Avon. Blacknefs 

 cadle was then alligned to it as a port, and at this place 

 many warehoufes wereereirted, fome of which are llill (land- 

 ing. A cudom-houfe was hkewife lituated here, till re- 

 moved in the la II century to Dorrowdownefs, through the 

 ititered of the Hamilton family. 



The period at which Linlithgow was fird condituteda 

 royal borough by charter is uncertain, but it has doubtlefs 

 exided in that capacity from a very early period. In th/ 

 veign of David I. it is declared by aft of parliament one of 

 the principal burghs of the kingdom. Since that time it 

 lias received feveral charters, all of which were confirmed in 

 IJ.p by a writ of Novotlamns from James V. The govern- 

 ment of this town at prefent is veiled in a proved, four 

 bailies, a dean of guild, twelve merchant counlcUors, and 

 the deaeors of the eight incorporated trades. The princi- 

 pal manufa6lure now carried on is that of leather : (hoemak- 

 ing IS a thriving biifinefs. The woollen trade is alfo confi- 

 derable, and about a mile from the town there has lately been 

 cdabhdied a very extenfive bleach field, which gives employ- 

 ment to nearly 300 perfons. 



Tlie prefent condition of Linlithgow, with refpeft to 



exterior view, is .much inferior to what it formerly was. 



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