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Mr. Mafor. His pofthumous writings, when pub- 
lithed, will not detraét from the tafte and under- 
ftanding univerfally allowed to kim. Of his 
works, the eftimation has been various, and the 
general opinion rather arbitrary than concen- 
trated. His Elfrida and Caraétacus tranfcend 
any peems of the fame caft, written in imitation 
of the ancient drama, in our own cr any foreign 
language; in the firft, the di€tion is elegant 
and fweet, in the latter, daring and fublime. 
The former, in his own opinion, was the moft 
popular; the latter, however, is acknowledge 
to be the moft perfect, and is fuppofed, like 
Dryden’s ode, to ftand unrivalled. In thefe 
performances,-are fentiments and expreffions, 
which would do honour to the defcriptions and 
fimplicity of Shak{peare. His elegies, particu- 
Jarly that on the death of his wife, and that on 
the demifeof lady Coventry, have been generally 
read and extolled, though not more than they _ 
Geferve, as fuperior in claffic elegance to any 
thing of the kind in the Englifh tongue, and 
expreffing a manlinefs and tendernefs of the pa- 
_ thetic, rarely found in the moft polifhed elegies 
of Roman writers. »"The fplendor of genius, and 
accuracy of judgment, confyicuous in his dr mas, 
are equally difplayed in his character as a lyric 
writer, His quarry was bold and impetuous, 
and he never fwept the ground with an ignomi. 
nious flight. Phe English Garden was the pub- 
lication on which he plumed himfelf the mott ; 
a fubje€t rather treated with profefional {kill 
than poetical delight, and hence often occurs in 
it-a drynefs of expreflion and fterility of thought, 
the natural confequence of long-drawn, didactic. 
inveftigation As precentor of York cathedral, 
he publifhed a fmall volume on church mufic, 
which has alternately met with oppofition and 
applaufe. In his Sappho and Phacn, he has 
happily imitated the ftyle of Dryden and Me- 
tafafio. Should the poem be finifhed on which 
he was at work fometime previoufly to his de- 
ceafe, it will be feen with what fuccefs he has 
seafured his ftrengih againft Dryden. His Ser- 
mons, which are numeyous, are intended for 
pubiication. 
LINCOLNSHIRE. 
Died. J—At Lincoln, aged 48, Mr. J. Hall; 
a member of the~corporation, and fheniff in 
1785. Mr.E. Hales. Aged 37, Mr. R. Hyde. 
Mrs. Hut. hinfon, wife of J. H. efg. collefor of 
excife in the Lincoln diftrict. 
At Stamford, Mrs. Davie, relict of the late 
Mr, Alderman D. Mr. kK. Pilkington. At 
St. Martin’s Stamford Baron, G. Digby, ef. 
late of Daddington. Near Stamford, Mr. Wal- 
tham, jun. Near do. Mr. Pickering. (At his 
eftate, in St. Mary’s, amaica, L. Symes, efq. 
of Ufford Hai, near Stamford ) 
Near Grimiby, aged 84, Mr. Nettlefhip: he 
bequeathed the greateft part of his large proper- 
ty to a-perfon who had lately lived with him in 
che capacity of toufekeeper. to the entire dil. 
appointment of his heirs at law. - At Market 
Raifin, aged’20, Mrs. Watfon. Near Wragby, 
aged 35, Mrs. Farr. At Heckington, aged 47, 
‘Mis. Boothby. Near Bourn, Mrs. Franks, 
, 
Lincolnfoire....Nottingham/bire...Derbyfhire. 
[ May, 
At Sleaford, aged 94, Mrs. Darwin, widow of 
R. D, efq. of Elltone, Nottingham, and mother 
of Dr. Darwin, of Derby. Near Falkingham 
Mrs. Quincey. it 
At Spalding, T.R. Cates, efg. a gentleman 
of a large fortune. Mrs, Jenkinion.  E, 
Northon, ef¢. of Holbeach, late major in the 
South Linco!n militia. Aged 74. Mrs. Harvifon 
of Aflackby ; ofa moft' excellent character. ? 
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
At a meeting (April 2eth) of the mayer, 
aldermen, comm n-council, aud livery of Note“ 
tingham, convened by W. Howrrr, efg 
mayor, it was reiolved dnaninoufly, that a peti- 
tion thould be prefented to the king, praying 
2 Pee) : : 
_for the difm ial of his minifters, as authors 
of the prefeat calamitous war,” and aifo © fop 
the reftoration of peace.’ The petition, which 
1s dyawn up with great fptrit, traces “ the 
mifmanagements of minifters,”? and the * ef- 
fects of the fame, in the progrefs of a war 
equally difaftrous- and unjuft,”” &c. Among 
other grievances enumerated, are “€ the infti- 
tuting cruel and vindiGive profecutions, WITH 
A VIEW OF PURSUING, EVEN TO DEATH, 
the fupporters of chofe very opinions eehich called 
the frrejent minifters into frower,” &c. © fn 
Re ated et lac 5 } 
fine,” it is added, “ the whole of theit con. 
dud has tenced to break afunder the bonds be- 
tween the king and people, and to bring the 
aie 1 See a pos 
empire to the very precipice of ruin,”? Sec. 
Confderable improvements are aheut to be 
1 =, ¥ « co a ¥ ¢ eae . + 
Hie io oe poe repairing the high road 
rom the Ola T rent bridge, at Nottingham, to 
St. Mary’s Church-yard, and for erecting a 
number of flood bridges fufBeient to carry 
away the fl-od watcr. The entrance, aif, into 
the town, by way of the hollow flone, is to be 
confiderably widened, , aE : 
Married.|—The rey. T. Hattings, rector of - 
Weft Leake, to Mits BE. Warner.” At Manf- 
field, capt. H. Jenkins to Mifs Hall. “At Sut- 
ton Bonnington, . J. F. Scandfprd to Mite” 
F. Boultbee, daughter of the Yate Mr’ B. of 
Stourton’ Grange, Leicefter. Art Clayworthy, 
C. Neville; efq. to Miis Acklom, daughter of 
whcy2NA el. of Wifeton. 2 ; ects Ss ze 
Lied.} — At Notting ham, aged 8s, Mrs, 
Greenwood ; of gcneraus aifections, exemp!ary 
piety, and great purity and fimplicity of man- 
ners. (In London, aged 26, Mrs. Wells, of 
Nottingham.) Mr. Godber, formerly a jeweller 
in Nottingham. : 
At Eatt Retford; Mr. J. Booth, jun. alder- 
man. Myr. J. Lomax, ien. of Long Collingham ; 
many years a wholefate crocer, of, confiderable 
bufinels, in Nottingham “Near Bingham, aged 
63, Mrs. Walker. 
DERBYSHIRE. 
Married. \—-The rev. E. Wilmot, reétor of 
Kirk Langley, to Mis Chambers, of Stretton, 
F. Calvert, efq. of Sudbury, to Mifs Spurrier, of 
Walfall: Mr, Reynolds, of Little Afhby, to 
Miis Weft, of Newton Netherwoed. 
Died.]|—At Derby, aged21, Mr. J. Ward. 
Aged 39, Mrs, S. Martin, 
At 
