Mrs. 
‘fhare-of original genius. 
-etical ftrength. 
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prime of life, he anxioufly exerted himfelf to 
promote and extend one of the manufa€tories of 
this country ; in its decline ‘which he devoted 
chiefly to mathematical and philofophical pur- 
fuits) he was eyer ready to afiit with his coun- 
fel, all who ftood in need of and folicited the 
fame; he contributed, in other refpects, as 
much as Jay in his power, to the comfort and 
happinefs of all around him. 
Found dead, in a ftage-waggon, near Rofing- 
ton-Bridge, proceeding to Doncafter, Robert 
Buxton, late an enfign, on haif-pay, of the 
7Sth regt. foot ; but whohad been obliged, by 
adverfe circaum@ances, to inlit himfelf as a pri- 
vate foldier; the regiment being on its march, 
and he finding himtelf indi{pofed, haa travell- 
ed from Biggleiwade, in Bedfordfhire, in the 
above waggon. 
At Wakefield, azéd 84, Mrs. Difney, and 
Bolland. Mr. R. Crampton, of Miln- 
thorp. At Bardfey, agedg7, Mrs. M. Abbot. 
Mifs Milne, of Longbottom, near Hallifax. 
At Barnfley, Mrs. Wilfon. Mifs A. Smith, of 
Topcliffe Park. At Seffa, aged 99, Mrs. M. 
Atkinfon. Aged 81, Mrs. Charlefwerth, of 
Little Gomerfhall. Mr. J. Wheatly, of Hop- 
ton. ; 
At Afton, the rev. W. Iiafon, LL.D. and 
F.&.S. His father, a clergyman, was pofieffed 
of the vicarage of St. Trinity, Hull. Mr. Ma- 
fon was admitted, aiter a preparatory education, 
of St.,John’s College, Cambridge, where he 
took the degrees of B.A. and MA. and, in 
1747, he obtained a fellcwfhip in Pembroke 
Hall. In1754, he entered into holy orders, 
and was patronized by the then Earl of Hol- 
dernefs, who obtained for him the appo.otment, 
of Chaplain to the King, and prefented him 
with the valuable re€tory of Afton, in this 
county: This gentleman was an acknowledgcd 
fcholar, and poffefied a well-founded claim to a 
high degree of poetical reputation. All] that 
could be gathered from the Greek and » oman 
ftores, certainly concributed to embellifh his ; 
although it has been queftioned by feveral 
critics, whether he was enriched by any great 
The memorable epif- 
tle to Sir W. Chambers. has been often artri- 
‘buted to the pen of Mr. Maton, who, it he 
were the author of it, certainly poflefled no 
{mall portion of fatirical humour, as we'l as po- 
It isthought, however, to be 
fo different from the general character of inis 
other produdtions, that it. is fcarcely, perhaps, 
to be confidered as the offspring of his mind. 
It is certain that he never acknowledged it. In 
private life, his chara¢ter, though with fome- 
what in his manners beyond the mere dignity 
of confcious talents and literature, was ciftin- 
_ guifhed by philanthropy, and the moft fervid 
triendfhip The genius of Mr. Gray he efti- 
mated with a zeal of enthufiafm, almoft 
** amounting to idolatry.” His poem of the 
Englifh Garden, the tragedies of Elirida, Carac- 
tacus, and other effufions of his pen, are juftly 
ranked among the fuperior productions of the 
age. His death was not, accafioned either by 
old age or inveterate difeafe ; as he was ftepping 
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into his chariot, his foot flipped, and his leg 
grazed againft the flep, Tnis accident had 
taken place feveral days before he paid any 
atrention to it; on April 3d, however, a mor- 
tification enfued, which, in forty-e1:ht hours — 
time, clofed his life. Upon the whole, Mr.’ 
Mafun may be confidered as a man who merits 
to be ranked with theable® fuppexters of Brith 
literature and morals. 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 
Lately, in digging a kitchen-garden, at 
Hawkftow; the feat of Admiral Shirley, a Ro- 
man pavement was diicovered, on which is 
wrought a reprefentation of ancient games or 
fports. The figures appear to be in high pre- 
fervation. : 
At a late meeting of the freeholders and 
taxed houfeholders of Bofton, |]. CART- 
WRIGHT, efq. chairraan, propofed a petition to 
the Houfe of Commons, which, after noticing 
the prominent features of national diftrefs, 7. e. 
‘© a debt of upwards of one hundred millions, 
contradled in a four years war; and the agnual 
payments from the mation to the fhate, exceeding the 
lunded rental of the whlekngdom, &c. proceed- 
ed to trace the caule of thefe evils “ to the de- 
‘feds of the reprefentatin of the people, in the 
Houfe of Commons,” and conclude with pray- 
ing for a removal of that caufe. $. BARNARD, 
efg. feconded the motion, and the petition was 
adopted, without any oppefition whatever. 
Married.|—At Lea, near Gainiboro’, the 
rev. I’. F. Middleton, reétor of ‘fanfor, Nor- 
thampton, to Mifs Maddifon, of Gainfboro’. 
At Blackney, the rev. ‘T. Roe, B.A. to Mifs 
C. Elphinttone, niece of T. J. Bury, efq. of 
Linwood Grange. 
Lied. |—Aged 28, Mr. J. Mofs. Mrs. 
Bewley Mrs. Beft. Mrs. Porter, wife of 
Mr. P. alderman. Aged 80, Mr. G. Garrat, 
of Coleby, near Lincoln ; with the character of 
an honeft man, and fincere Chriftian. 
At Mefiingham, aged 104, Winifred Fox- 
on: fhe had earned her maintenance, by hard « 
working, till within two years previous to her 
death. At Donnington, aged 49, Mr. Fox. 
At Lafeby, near Grimfby, Mrs. Shearfmith. 
Near Sleaford, aged 45, Mr T. Adkin. At 
Grantham, aged 69, Mr. J. Lyne, one of the 
corporation. irs. Willis, of Gietford. At 
Swinefhead, Mr. Glegg, many years clerk of 
the pauth. At Botton, aged 17, Mr. J. Hul. 
At Stamford, Mrs. Kitfon, and Mrs. Perkins. 
Mr. J. Gann, of Ryai, near Stamford, 
Aged 56, J. Antell, <q. of North Ormfby, 
near Lowth. Near Grantham, Mr.T. Dixon, 
in confequence of a fall from his horfe. At 
Ufington, Mrs. Tymperos, At Cowbitt. near 
Spa'ding, aged $85, Mr. A. Witfed, and, a few 
howrs afterwards, aged 75, Mrs. W. his wite: 
a remarkably happy couple, who had often 
expreffed a defire not to furvive one another, 
but to be buried in the tame grave, ‘They 
had been married upwards of 50 years. 
At Irnham, the rev. Mr. Hutchins, chaplain 
to the Duke of Rutland: while fitting at din- 
ner, he obferved to, his lady, that he found him- 
felf betterin health than he had done a Jong time 
LT t2 befores 
