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Mr. M. Coates, of Briftol, to Mifs S. Adams, 
ef Percy-itreet. Sho 
Robert James Carr, efq. of Twickenham, to 
Mifs Wilkinfon. 
’ Mr. Paternofter, of Norfolk-ftreet, to Mi‘s 
Twining, Ifleworth. 
Mr. R. Woolafton, ef Beaufort-buildings, to 
Mifs Wright, of the Salopizn Coffee-houfe. 
Mr. G. Harman, to Mifs M. Honan, of Erith, 
Kent. 
Mr. R. Pooler, mathematician to the Prince 
of Wales, to Mifs Palmer, of Iflington. 
J C. Stracey, efq. captain of the roth foot, 
to Mifs H. Browne, of Southampton-row, 
Bloomfbury. ; 
Join Sutton, Count de Clanord, to Mifs S. 
Eray, of Lincoln’s Inn. 
Deaths 1x and near London. - 
Died] Mr. Matthew Rav, of Lombard- 
flreet. 
At Finchley, Mrs. W/en, widow of the late 
Thomas Allen, efq. 
} Mifs Forbes, of Church-flreet, Newington. 
FE Of an inflammation in her bowels, the Right 
Hon. Lady Gertrude Cromie. 
Mrs. Hammond, wife of Mr. Hammond, in 
Sols-row. 
At Hampftead, H. W. Guyon, efq. 
Mr. Michael Guef, of Chandos-ftreet, Co- 
vent Garden. ; 
Mr. David Leatkes, apothecary, of George- 
Are2t, Hanover-fquare. 
Mrs. Brewne of Bedford-row. 
In Boulton-ftreet, Robert Pate, efq. of Ep- 
forn. 
At Enfield, Mrs. Weedceck, widow of the 
Rev Dr. Woodcock, late Vicar of Watford, &c. 
Wilhtam A@core, efq. of Efher, Surrey. 
Mis. Euzabeth Klockenbrinck, Clapham. 
At Camberwell, Milfs Amelia Sophia Per- 
din, only daught.r of John Perkins, efq. of 
Park-fireet, Southwark. 
Mr. William Walker, of Albemarle-ftreet, 
furgeon to St. George’s Hofpital. 
Mr. Robert Huad/weil, of Bafinghall-fireet. 
Edward dthawes, eiq. clerk to the company 
ef cordwainers. 
At her houfe, in Hereford-ftreet, Lady Ch. 
Finch, eldeft daughter of the late earl of Win- 
chelfea and Nottingham. 
Mrs. Tremelis, wife of Mr. Tremells, caal- 
merchant, Northumberland-ftreet. 
Mrs. Kirby, wife ef Mr. Kirby, keeper of 
Newgate, 
General Brome, at Woolwich. 
At Croydon, fohn Samdrosk, efq. 
Lieutenant Robert Ha/keth, of the navy, and 
fon to Sir Robert Juxton, bart. of Ruiford-hall, 
Lancafhire. 
In Great Queen-ftreet, Mrs. Francklin, wi- 
cow of the late Rev. Dr. Francklin, tranfiator 
ef Sophocles, &c. 
At Turnham-green, Louis Beauvais, efq. 
aged 82. 
At Hackney, David Alvis Rebello, efq. well 
known for his attachment to the ftudy of the 
works of nature and of art. 
Deaths in London. 
[May 
At Hampton, William Weed, efq. aged 74. 
At Richmond, Mrs. Rees, wife of Captain 
Rees, of the Northumberland Eaft Indiaman. 
In our Magazine for April, we took notice 6f 
the death of ohn Hett, Ejq. at Clifton near 
Brifiil. We now add, with much pleafure, a 
few particulars, which have fince come to our 
knowledge, of the life and charaéter of a man 
of his extraordinary merit. He received the 
rudiments of grammatical education at Mr. Wor- 
feley’s fcheol, at Hertford: after which, under 
the tuition of Dr. Ward, profeffor of rhetoric at 
Grefham College, joined with his own indufiry 
at home, he made a confiderable progrefs in claf- 
fical and academical learning, and in feveral 
branches of polite literature, Ata proper age, 
he was put clerk to an attorney ; but after fome 
time, he entered himfelf of one of the Inns of 
Court, applied diligently to the ftudy of the 
laws of his country, as well as to make himfelf 
maficr of the practice of the courts of law and 
equity, and was called to the Bar. It was 
known among his friends, that he was well pre- 
pared for his prefeffion ; it was, therefore, no won- 
der, that a regular attendance at his chambers or 
houfe,cafinefs of accefs, and areadinefs in giving 
the beft and moft difinterefied advice, fhould gra- 
dually introduce him into extenfive bufinefs, 
He was principally engaged in that of the Court 
of Chancery, which he very clofely attended for 
many years, and until he found that his incef- 
fant application began to undermine his coniti- 
tution. ’ He then determined to retire from bu- 
finefs, or to procure himfelf to be appointed one 
of the King’s Counfel, which would have re- 
lieved him from the moft laborious part of it. 
It was at this time, that a yacancy happening by 
the fudden death of one of the Mafters in Chan- 
cery, that Lord Bathurft, who then prefided in 
that Court, without any folicitation, but merely 
from his own knowledge of Mr. Hett’s worth 
and fitnefs for the employment, fent for him, 
and made him an offer of it. In this office, 
which gave him otium cum dignitate, he cgn- 
ducted himfelf with his wonted intégrity and 
judgment, and with fo much attention and good 
temper, as to gain the approbation of every 
one concerned. But the effect of his former too 
intenfe application, in a very few years, appeared 
in alarmmg paralytic affections, which rapicly 
ivcreated till they wholly difqualified him for 
the duties of his office. He therefore refigned 
it; difdaining to take the emoluments, and 
leave its importagt duties to be perhaps il dif- 
charged by perfons, for whofe knowledge, judg- 
ment, or integrity, he could not anfwer.’ The 
Jaft five years of his lite he refided at Clifton, 
but had quite loft the ufe of his hands and his 
fect; and his fpeech, for the laft two or three 
years, was hardly to be underftood; yet his 
memory and intelleétual faculties continued 
perfeét to the laft; and he not only bore thete 
great atfictions with patience, and refigmation 
to the Divine Will, but often fhewed the moit 
amiable cheerfulnefs in the midft of them.--- 
Mx. Hett, in his youth, had exhibited proofs of 
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