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At Pancras, R. Biadley, efg. to Mifs E. 
Longbottom. 
F. A. Caftriote, efg. of Arundel-ftreet, to 
Mifs Kiernan, of Doétors-Commons. * 
zaths in and near London- 
At his houfe in ee in the 8oth 
year of his age, the Earl of ORFoRD.— 
This nobleman, better known in the literary 
world, bythe name of Horace Walpole, was 
the youngeft fon of fir Robert Walpole, earl 
of Orford, who was, for many years, the firft 
woinifter of itate. of this country. Horace 
was born about the year 1715. He was firft 
at Eton fchool, and afterwards at Gambacec: 

—He was intimate with Gray, th Poised 
lyric poet ; and they fet out tog ane, ¥ on a tour 
of Europe, in the years 1739, 1740, and 1741 
A feparation, 3 however, took place, in confe- 
quence. of a difpute which arofe between them, 
in the courfe of their travels. Mr. W.. fup- 
ported a {plendid figure during the remainder of 
his travels 5 but Gray was 0! bliged to obferve a 
rigid economy. A reconciliation took place af- 
ter their. return to England, butthe wounp in 
ther friendfhip, left a scan that was never to- 
tally effaced. He was M-P. for Callington, in 
Wen arliament which met in June. 1741 sand 
fer Caftle-Rifing, in 17473 and for King’s Lynn, 
in 1754 and' 1761; atthe expiration of which 
parliament, he retired fiom public bufiness, and 
attached himfelf w holly ts literary purfuit scSs 
Gn the death of “his HE oe the late lord Or- 
‘ford, he fucceeded to the family titfe and eftates. 
In his great work, entitled, 4 Catalogue of 
Royal ae Noble Author rSy much induftry and 
yodicicus cr iticifm are’ eee ed,“ in a 
and fafhionabie ftyle. His thiftoric doubts, re 
{peCiing the ch haracter, eumeney| and perfon, of 
Richard the Third, is replete w th argument, in- 
genuity, and found knowledge. The only dra- 
matic work he ever pro duced, was The Myf- 
terious' Mother, a tragedy, printed at his own 
Le at Straw berry- “hill, and not vee intend- 
ed for performance or publicati on, only 50° co- 
pies of it were circulated among his friends —~ 
The ftory is well worthy of perufal in the clo- 
fet, although too horrid for theatric rep‘efenta- 
‘tion; depi€ting the horrors of guilt with much 
Pe etie vigour, ana a Con Gueranle knowledge of 
the human Mens The Cafile of Otrante, @ ro- 
-raance, by this author, as an unique of the land, 
was favourably received by the public, and pro- 
duced an agreeable exercife of the feverer paf- 
fions ; it has | been, however, the prolific patent 
of a number of ftrange cox mpofitions, which 
daily load the prefs, and which are calculated 
to excite apprehention and furprize, without 
thedding any new light on lifeor nature. His 
Jordihip. alfo publi ifhed Aarcdsies of Painters ; 
among Weick ate many interefting particulars 
relative to the genius, the works, and the life 
of the inimitable Hogarth. He was one ofthe 
combination of wits, who fupported Moore, in 
his periodical paper, intitled, Tbe World 5 con- 
tributing many of the beft articles to that enter- 
taining mifeellany. There are a great number 
of pieces of occafional poetry icattered through 
various publications, which might be compiled 
Deaths-—-Earl of Orford... Lard Sauthampton. 
fprightly — 
[ March, 
into a volume, highly creditable to the tafte 
and talents of his lordfhip. All his lordthip’s 
works are marked by a playfulnefs of imagina - 
tion, and a delicacy of wit; having rendered 
feveral dry fub; e&ts in the higheft degree: in= 
terefting acd amuling, Lord Orford was agree- 
able and communicative in his manners, fhone 
gteatly*in company, and was thought to pofleis 
agreater ftock of literary and pelitical anec- 
dotes, than any other man in this country.— 
During almoft the whole of his life, be was the 
vidiim of the gout, which at length wore him 
down to the flate of a cripple, and slmoit to a 
fkeleton; his mental faculties, however, were 
never impaired by it, and, to the laft, feemed 
to bid defiance to the fhock of nature. Lord 
Orford never married; his favourite miGrefs, 
through life, being the Niufe. ~ A few years 
ago, he offered to mary eitner of the twe 
Ails Berrys, merely with the view to place ei- 
ther of them in a fituation which might give. 
iplendour to their accomplithments and vittues. 
Both thole ladies, however, declined the offer, 
without. hefiation: The portraits taken of 
this nobleman, in’early life, totally vary from 
his real. likenefs afterwards, in confequence of 
the continued infirmities, which changed his 
perfon.. The only faithful: reprefentation of 
him nm. which difeafe had lett, was drawn by Mr. 
George Dance. His lordfhip died worth aceaet. 
in thethree per cents. 3 50,cc0oh of which he 
has os in legacies. Hé has bequeathed 
10,0¢¢l.'to the duchefs of Gloucefter 5 5occl. 
to ae Waldezrave;> gocel. to each of the 
Mifs Berrys : and 501. to each of his nephews 5 
befides frraller ie egacies. To oe Ars, amen he 
has lett Strawberry-hill, and goech. a yeer, 
during her life; and to Mr. Berry, his prets 
and manulcripts ; ; from. which, his lord{fiip’s 
poithumous works, including his letters, duting 
forty years, and additions to his other work’, 
will pro pebly foon be ee By a cocicl 
to his wil, he has cireéted, that the boxes, 
containing his prints, be conveyed to. Straw. 
berry-hill, as: heir looms: appurtenant to that 
eflate, which is orally to the Waldegrave fa- 
mily, after the ceceafé.ef Mrs Damer. 
Ga the 18th of Maxch, after a few days” ill- 
neis,, Mr. A. Badcock, bookfeller, corner’ of 
St. Paul’s church-yard —The generofity of his 
temper, the liberality of his fentiments, and 
the fidelity with which he fulfiled his engage- 
ments, render his memory dear to his numerous 
relativesvend friends, & 
In Stanhope-ftreet, the R-Hon. C. Fitztoy, 
Lord pres pton, general and colons! of the 
third re xt of dragoon guards, -His Lord- 
fhip was cas ae to the Duke of Gratton, and 
Was created sae in'2780: 
~ Neéar Uxby dge Mrs. Drake, reli@ of the late 
admiral) Deke: W. Sharp, efq. of Brompton. 
Mrs. Gawkins, of Bedrord-fquare. In Scuthar p= 
ton-row, Mrs. Wade. Mrs. Stracey, wife of 
Captain S. of the r9th foot.. In Spital Fields, 
fuddenly, aged 28, Mrs. Mercir, wife of t ihe 
tev. L-M. minifter ofthe French London Church. 
Aged 88, T. Cotton, efq. of Hackney. Mr. 
Jones, partner in the houfe of Jefferies, Jones, 
sa? and 
