1797-] 
At Locko Grange, aged 74, Mr. B. Brent- 
nall; endeared to all ranks of people by his 
affability and generofity. He was ever ready 
to ferve the needy, and particularly attentive 
to the interefts of thofe whe folicited his pro- 
tection. 
At Chefterfield, Mr. Hickfon, head ofler 
at the Falecn-inn, the laft 30 years. Mirs. 
Oates, of an excellent underftanding, amia- 
dle manners, anda benevolent difpofition. Mrs. 
Saxton, ef Codpor. At Braflingten, aged 32, 
Mr. T. Millington, of a truly noble and gene- 
rous difpofition ; he hada hand ever ready to 
relieve the affiéted. Aged 79, T. Walthew, 
gent. of Braycott; am honeft man, a fincere 
friend, ever folicitous to promete peace and good 
neigh>dourhood, as far as his influence extended. 
At Boniall, aged 80, Mr. J. Twigg. At Ren- 
nifhaw Hall, Mrs. Sitwell, lady of S..5. efg. 
univer(ally refpected for her exemplary moral 
condud. 
Aged 71, after a lingering illnefs. J. Strutt, 
efq. of New Mills, greatly lamented. By his 
ingenuity (aided by the inventiye talents of the 
late Gr R. Arkwright, kt.) the cotton manufacture 
has, in the courfe of a few years, been carried 
on, from {mill beginnings, to fuch an extent. as 
to become a greater national concern than per- 
haps ever happened to any other effort of ge- 
nius in the fame period of time. 
“CHESHIRE, 
- Died {—At Chefter, aged 79, Mrs. M. Tyl- 
fion, daughter of the late Dr. T. In her con- 
duét through life. fhe combined urbanity of man- 
ners with reétitude ef mind. She was a firm 
believer in Chrifianity, yet difplayed its genuine 
effects, untinged with bigotry—and was a real 
friend to every friend of virtue. The needy pe- 
ftitioner never went unrelieved from her door, 
and a fympathetic intereft in the fufferings of 
the afflicted. gave an additional. value to her 
bounty. Mis. Ellifon, Mr. 7. Smith. Mrs. 
Coates. Mrs. Widders. Mr. Roberts, fen. 
Mrs. Blower. J. Jones, efq of Cefn Cock. 
At Parkgate, Mr. H. Read, compéroller of 
the cuftoms. At Over, aged 20, Mr. M. Per- 
-cival ; he bore a tedious affliction with becom- 
ing refignation. Mr. Porter, of Handbridge. 
At Tremlow Hall, Mrs. Parry. At Atherton, 
mear Nantwich, y—- Mafley, efq. Mr. J. 
Walker, of Nantwich. 
In obfcure ledgings, at. Hanbridge, near 
Chefter, aged’ near 80, Orion Adams, printer. 
He was.a native of Manchefter, and fon of the 
late Mr. R. A. original proprietor and publither of 
the Chefter Courant. For the laft 50 years, his 
life has been a fhifting fcene of checquered events. 
At Birmingham, Manchefter, Cheiter, Ply- 
mouth, Dublin, &c. he is well-remembered as 
a mafter printer of repute, and there are few 
-printing-offices in the kingdom, London or pro- 
vincial, where he has not occafionally wrought 
as a journeyman. For fome years paft, he 
pra@tifed a kind of pedeftrian pilgrimage, and 
‘e ee fince he had attained his 7oth year, 
fad walked to London from Chefter and back 
Montuiry Mac. No. XVII. 
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again, with a heart as light as his pockets. He- 
was intimately acquainted with many of the firt 
characters of the ftage, particularly the late Mr. 
Barry, Mr. Mofiop, Mr. Ryder (with whofe 
farher, as printer, he had been in partnerthip, in 
Dublin) and others; and at the Stratford Jubi- 
lee, was diftinguithed as a brilliant, character 
in his own carriage, thouxh,.in a few months 
after, he funk into: the humble character: of 
diftributor of play-bills to an itinerant company. 
Ne fuperflitionfly dated his misfortunes from the 
firft month of his life, for being a twin child, 
and his mother unab'e to fo‘ier the two, fhe had 
placed hirn out to nurfe, ata little diftance {rom 
Manchefter, when the perfon employed to carry 
Orion, inadvertently dropt him into a drift of 
fnow, and there he remained nearly an hour be- 
fore he was found. This circcum@ance coming 
to the ears of his mother, created in her a rvoted 
fufpicion that he was changed at nurfe; and 
Orion ufed often to fay, that. his life was a fuc- 
ceffion of falls ever after. 
SHROPSHIRE. 
The improvements which have been. lately 
made in the quarry at Shrewtbury (by remoy- 
ing the alcove, together with the tenters and 
fence, &c. which interfeéted it) have added 
greatly to the efedét of that beautirul piece of 
ground, which has ever been Yuftly confidered 
&3 an ornament to the town, and bas never 
failed to excite the admiration of all ftrangers 
who vifit it. 
Married.|—Mr. Lioyd, of the Grove, to 
Mils E. Duppa, youngeft dauzhter of the late T. 
D. efq. of Longville. Myr, Thersfield, furgeon, 
of Brofeley, to Mifs A fbury, of Beobridge.. 
\ Died.) —At Shrewfbury, Mrs. White. “Mrs. 
Wilding -Mr. ©. Marley.  Aged.86, Mrs. 
Upton, Mrs. Wright. Mr..T. Pinckes. 
Mr. Holtham, of Kerley. At Bing Ween, 
Mr. fones, late of Fo'ton, and Mr. Evans. 
At Belmont, Mifs Bulfinch. At his feat at 
Morvil, Henry Lo:d- Leigh’ vifcount Tracy. 
He lived not to pomp or parade, but fought for 
and poffeffed more heartfelt comforts in domeftic 
connections, friencfkip, and benevolence. On 
his demife, the title which has been in his fa- 
mily for feveral centuries, is become extinét. 
H. Livinefton, efq. of Blacklands, near Bridg- 
north. Mr. Powyer, of Pontesford. 
Mrs. Ratcliffe, wife of Mr. R. jun. of 
Knockin. They had been married only a few 
davs. 
Mr. Beaumont, of Smethcott, At:Bridg- 
north, Mrs. Perry. Mr. W. Wilkes, formerly 
an. eminent futgeon. Mr. O. J. Rogers, of 
Shrawardine. Near Ofweftry, Mr. Earp., 
At Waters Upton, aged go, Mr. M. Icke. 
Mr, Eddowes, of. Whitchurch. 
At Ludlow, Mr. E. Dyke, poffefied of good 
matural and-aeguired abilities, and a more than 
ordinary fhare of pleafant, unaffected humour. 
Mr. T. Harding. 
Mrs. Davis, of Startlewood. At Creflages 
Mr, Higgons. (At Manfredonia, in Italy, lady 
Berwick, mother of lord Berwick, and the hon.’ 
3G W, Fill, 
