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two firft volumes of Sermons, which eftablifhed 
his reputation for this kind of compofition, and 
encouaged him, in 1764, to print two more 
volumes, upon the Parables of Our Saviour. 
On thete difcourfes it is unneceflary here to 
make any remark ; they have been long before 
the public, in high eftimation, and they mutt 
continue to be held in efteem, jo. long as elevat- 
ed ideas of the divine nature and government, 
and a rational and well-found<d devotion, fhall 
exift in the mind of man. In.175§9, he pub- 
Vithed his reply to Dr. Samuel Chandler, in 
which he abiy defends his own obje€tions to the 
notion of the etermty of hell torments, which 
objections Dr. Chandler has publicly attacked. 
In 1777, he publifhed two additional volumes of 
Sermons, upon mifcellaneous fubje&ts ; which, 
though they do not abound with that depth and 
originality of thought which charaéterizes the 
other four (being probably written when the 
force and vigour of his mind began to bend un-~ 
der the preffure of increafing difeafe) are yet 
very refpectable compofitions: The whole of 
thefe difcourfes had been delivered from the 
pulpit at Norwich, and are {till recolie&ted with 
delight. Mr, Bourn’s manner and delivery in 
‘the pulpit would not perheps entitle him to the 
ditinétion of .an orator, but there was a certain: 
full and mafculine tone in his preaching which 
commanded refpect and rivetted the attention. 
In 1775, he found his bodily infirmities increaf- 
ing upon him, and being thus rendered incapa- 
ble of properly aifcharging the duties. of his 
function, he refigned his minifterial charge, and 
retired to a villaze near Norwich. In this feclu- 
fion from the world, his faculties felt a gradual 
decay, and he became a melancholy example of 
noble talents, with a itrong and vigorous mind, 
fading away intg childith imbeciiity. Not many 
months before his death he was again removed 
to Norwich, where he died, in the 83d year of 
his age, and was interred in the burying-eround 
of the o¢tagon chapel there. Late in life Mr. 
' Bourn formead a matrimonial connedtion, but has 
left no defendants. 
On the sft of December, at Norwich, in the 
42d year of his age, Thomas Goff, Grocer, 
He -paffed for a natural fon of the Duke of 
Cumberland, who, in 1745, fupprefied the 
infurrection of the Jaeobites. 
had not acquainted him with the Latin and 
Greek, but he had acquired the French lan-. 
guage, and was become attached to the phuilofo- 
phy ot French politicians, and the politics of 
Frencn philolophers. He was diftinguifhed for 
erginslity, difintereft, and boldnefs of charac- 
t 1, and was the founder of the Norwich Revo- 
Yution Secicty, which at the time of the conf{pi- 
racy of the clubs, drew its thare of attention, 
He purfued chemical fcience,. and had begun 
forne experimental enquiry relative to the acid 
nature of the eleétric fluid. As member of the 
court of guardians, he was moft afiduoufly at- 
tentive to the diftrcfies of the poor, and almoft 
abnoxioufly indulgent to their folicitations for 
,gyt-door ailowances, which he preferred to their 
being received into houfes of indufiry, His 
*, 
Norfolk... . Suffalk. . «©. Kent, 
His education - 
- Gorely. 
- Sutton, 61, Mrs. J. Humphreys. 
f Dec. 
private beneficence bordered on prodigality, and. 
Was thought, ¢uring the hard winter, to impair 
his fortune. He was unmarried, and bequeathed 
his property to a friend. { 
SUFFOLK. a 
By a late decifion of the Court of Exchequer,, 
Mr. Fifke, of <towmarket, obtained a verdict 
(with all cofts in Jaw and equity) againft the 
Rev. W. Aldrich, vicar, who inftitated the fuit 
to compel Mr. Fifke to pay tythes for an eftate 
of abbey land, and to fet aide a modus eftg.. 
blithed from time immemorial in the pariih of 
Stownpland. This was one of the moft vexa- 
tious fuits ever known, and has coft large fums 
oF money, although the land, the fubjeét of 
conteft, only confitted of fifteen acres ! 
Married.]—At Betton, Mr. J. Smith to 
Milfs E. Batchelor, At Bury, R.; Clark efq. of 
Steerfton, to Mifs M. Complin. Mr, C.Sniith 
Q. M. ia the Warwick Diazoons,, to Mifs M. 
Mortimer. ‘ : " 
Died. J —Mrs, Malls, or Loweftoff. The rey 
J. H. Swain, perpetual curate of Eeifton <= 
Seiffwell. Mr. Howlett, of Wickhamfkeith, . 
At Bury, Mrs. Wynn, and Mrs. Rowland. Mr. 
J. Grofs, of Rendefham. Mr. C, Squire, of 
ipfwich.’ At Eye, Mrs. Rivett ; aly up 
fiairs, her foot flipped, and falling to “the bot= 
tom, the fell into a fit, and expired {oon after. 
Kewnr. ; 
| Married \—At Canterbury, Mr. 
London, to. Mifs Freeman. © Mr. Allen, of W. 
Beer, t6 Mifs Meed. Mr. J. Skinner, of Finf 
buryPlace, to Mifs Ginder- J.C. Troy, efg. 
to Milfs. Graham, of Jamaica. At Margate, Mr. 
Wright, to Mifs Gillis, At Chatham, Mz. W. 
Pegan, {urgeon, to Mifs S, Pope, Mr. T, Ken-. 
net, of Wye, to Mifs Sutton, of Broughton A- 
luph. At Upper Deal, Mr. R, Canny, to Mifs. - 
Newton. At Lower Deal, Mr: Mears to 
Mifs Piddock, At Folkitone, Mr. R. Avery 
to Miits Minter, At Deal, Lieut, Durbar, of 
the marines, to Mifs A. Hawker, after a court- 
fhip of 16 years and 9 days. At Dymechurch, 
Ms.. A. Walter, to Mifs M. Hodgham- At 
Frittenden, Mr. Polle, furgeon, of Cranbrook, to 
Mifs Day.> At Chillinden, Mr. T. Alfop, to 
Mits H. Hawkins. At Dover, J. Shipton, efq. 
town-clerk, to Mifs F: Walker, A ae 
Died. J—At Mai ttone, Mr. T, Jackfon and 
Mr. J. Godding,’ At Canterbury, aged 78 
Mrs. Fairman.. 70;. Mr. M. Gibbs, and Mrs. 
‘ Near Eltham,. J. Naylor, efq. At: 
Folkftone, 61, Mr J. Boxer, and Mrs. Bayley. 
At Margate, Mis. Taddy,-and Mrs. Cook, At 
Hever, 71, the rev. S. Newe, reétor. At Chart 
, At Chatham, 
Mrs. Farmer. At Dover, Mr. Ratcliff. At 
Chiflett, 27, Mr. J. Nath, At Upftrcet, Mr, 
Map. 
Wood, ef 
Sussex. 
Eleven gallons of barley, which were fown. 
the laft feafon on a piece of land near Lewes. 
meafuring not quite an acre, produced a crop of 
{even quarters; the culture of the land, &c. 
had been well managed and attended to. 
Tord. 

