1800.] 
him, which greatly excited the indignation 
of her father, who preferred his complaints 
to his Royal Patron. He reprefented the 
diferace and degradation of his family by fo 
humble an alliance, and warmly folicited the 
Jifmiffal of the offender. The good fenfe of 
his Patron faw the matter in a very different 
light, which induced him to obferve, that the 
inequality was not fo great as to outrage the 
feelings, or wound the pride of aman who could 
not entirely forget his own former fituation. 
He was therefore advifed to make the bett 
of the affair, and reconcile himfe!f cordially 
with his fon-in-law and daughter. Inftead 
of prudently adopting this counfel, the en- 
raged father perfifted in urging the difcharge 
of the offender againft the dignity of bis fa- 
mily, threatening to confign both hwufband 
and wife to indigence; to prevent which the 
illuftrious perfon alluded to, difcharged Welt- 
Jie bimfelf, and put the fon-in-law into his 
lucrative fituation. Weltjie and his broken 
Englith, together ‘with his ridiculous airs of 
confequence, ufed to afford much mirth to the 
gay frequenters of Carlton-Houfe, who will 
probably heave a figh to the memory of one 
from whofe miniftry they derived fuch excel- 
lent entertainment. 
By bis own hands, Mr. John Cole, for- 
merly one of the band of Drury-lane Theatre, 
and onginally a pupil of the famous violin 
player, Pinto, and patronized by Garrick. 
4.00ut 20 years ago he married a fifter of Sir 
Thomas Aprece, who brought him a hand- 
fone fortune; but being much sttacued to 
the fituation he held, he continued in the 
. Theatre 13 years, and quitted thie orcheftra 
and the profeflion together about the year 
1793. By his lady he had two childrea, a 
fon and a daughter; the fon he bred to the 
church, and he wiil in a fhore time become 
poilefled of a living of qgool. per annum. 
About two years ago his wife died, fince which 
be has been oblerved to be much dejected ; 
and on the night of the laft performance of 
‘the Beygar’s Opera, at Drury-lane, he ap- 
plied to Mr. Shaw, and told him, that he 
was very unhappy; he faid that his wife 
being dead, his fen at college, and his daugh- 
ter at a boarding-fchool, he was loft for want 
of fociety; but if he could be re-engaged at 
the Iheatre, he fhould recover his wonted 
dpirits. Mr. Shaw promifed him the fir@ va- 
Cancy. His defpondeacy however increafed ; 
he appeared much difordered during the whole 
of lait week, frequently walking about his 
room fdr hours togerher.—-Independent of his 
Own private fortune, he was allowed sol. a 
year by Sir Thomas Aprece, which was paid 
quarterly, when Sir Thomas ufually pre- 
_ feated him witha sl. note. The fortune of 
his wife wag fettled on herfelf and children, 
The deceafed was free from any pecuniary 
embarraflments. In his apartments were 
found gol, in cata, and many valuable articles. 
- Montury Mag. No, 65. 
Marriages and Deaths in and near London. 
369 
The Jury. fat on the body on Wednefday, and 
brought in averdi& of 
Suddenly at his lodgings in the Haymarket, 
Connolly, efq. barrifter at law, of the 
kingdom of Irelana. He had fpent the day. 
abroad, with fome friends, came home appa- 
rently in health, drank a glafs of cherry- 
brandy, and died fhortly afterwards, fitting 
in his chair. 
In Broad-ftreet Buildings, aged 54, Mrs. 
Mary Mullett, wife of Mr. Thomas Mullett. 
She was the eldeft furviving daughter of the 
Rev. Hugh Evans, M. A. and fifter of the 
Rev. Caleb Evans, D.D fucceflive Paftors of 
the Baptift Congregatiun of Proteftant Dif- 
fenters in Broad-Mead, Briftol, and Prefidents 
of a very refpeétable eftablifament in that 
city, for the Education of Candidates for the 
Chriftian Miniftry. In her, a mild and happy 
temper was united to a well-informed and be- 
nevolent mind: and through the whole of 
lire, tothe moment of her death, fhe re- 
coramended and exemplified every moral and 
Chriftian virtue. She was an affectionate 
wife, atender mother, a kind fitter, anda 
generous, fteady friend. Her benevolence 
extended to the utmofi bound of her capacity, 
in relieving virtue in diftrefs; and in various 
inftances fhe has been the difconfolate widow’s 
aid, and the orphan’s prote&tion and fupport. 
Piety, humility, aid charity, were her cha- 
racteriftics ; and by the faith, hope, refizna- 
tion, and confidence of a Chriftian, her life 
was ‘uniformly and happily regulated.’ Re-— 
covering from the efiects of feveral paralytic 
attacks, her family and friends were indulg- 
ing the hope of her perf2é reftoration, and 
of enjoying her fociety for fome years. On 
the day of her death fhe was in more than 
ufual health and cheerfulnefs, and in full 
vigour of mind; when, at dinner, fhe fud- 
denly exclaimed, Oh! my head—fell on her 
hufbani’s ari, and {poke no more. To her 
family her death is an irreparable lofs; but to 
her an inttant tranflation to that fare of feli- 
city which had been her frequent and moft 
delightful contemplation. Her memory, by 
her numerous friends, will be ever held in 
efteem and veneration, 
After a fhort illnefs, in the 48th year of 
his age, Mr. Thomas Macklin, an eminent 
print-feller in Fleet-{treet, and the projeétor 
and proprietor of the Poets’ Gallery, and-of 
the magnificent edition of the Bible. Jn Mr. 
Macklin the Arts bave loft a moft induftrious 
and enterprifing tracef{man, and Society a va- 
luable and refpeétable member. In connece 
tion with the modern hiftery of the arts, we 
fhall add fume further particulars refpecting 
his life in the Retrofpect of the Fine Arts ia 
our next Number. We underttand that his 
widow will continue his bufinefs on the fame 
liberal and extenfive plan as that on which 
it has hitherto been conducted, and that the 
Bible wil be completed and delivered to the 
fub{cribers by Chriftmas next. 
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