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age, Mrs. Hannah Harrifon. Aged 94, Mr, 
Themas Dennifon. In. her 638th year, Mrs. 
Pringle, of the Grapes inn. Mr. Norman, 
Bat-manufacturer. In the prime of life, Mr. 
Johan Atkirfon. 
At the fame place, in the 67th year of 
his age, Mr. Jofeph Strong, This very fin- 
guiar man, whofe extraordinary talents have 
been long the theme of admiration, was blind 
from his infancy; yet notwithftanding this 
natural defect, he diftinguithed himfelf bya 
wonderful proficiency in mechanics. At a 
very early age, he conftructed an organ, with- 
gut any other knowledge of this inftrament 
than what he acquired by fecreting’ himfelf 
$n the cathedral after evening fervice ; and 
thereby getting an opportunity of examining 
the mechanifm, His firt produétion in this 
line, though imperfe&, was a work truly 
furprifing fer a blind artift. It was originally 
purchafed by a merchant at Douglas, in the 
fle of Man, and is. now in the poffeiiion of a 
gentleman in Dublin, who preférves it as a 
waluable curiofity. Having difpofed of his 
organ, he madeanother, upon which he was 
accuftomed to play. By the time he was 
twenty years of age, he had made himielf 
almoft every article of drefs, The firft pair 
ef fhoes he ever finifhed was for the purpofe 
ef walking to London, to vifit the celebrated 
Mr. Stanley, organift of the Temple church. 
This vifit he actually paid, and was highly 
gratified with his excurfion. Heindulged his 
natural predilection to the mechanical arts, in 
making a great variety of miniature figures 
and machines, befides almoft every article of 
houfehold furniture. Thefe amufements, 
however, did not prevent his following, with 
great affiduity, the bufinefs of a weaver, in 
which he was an excellent workman. The 
owers of his mind were amazingly ftrong, 
and had his genius been properly cultivated in 
early life, it is more than probable, that he 
would have ranked among the foremoft of 
thofe, who, deprived of the ineftimable fenfe 
of vifion, have neverthelefs foared with eagle 
wing, ‘¢ beyond the vifible diurnal {phere.” 
"Till within afew months of hisdeceafe, he 
was 2 conftant attendant at the cathedral ; but 
not being able to accompany the choir in 
chanting the pfalms, he compofed feveral 
hymns, in a meafure which correfponded 
with the mufic, and which he fubftituted, as 
an a€t of private devotion, during the per- 
formance of that part of the public fervice. 
We do not know whether any perfon was at- 
tentive enough to copy thefe pious effufions, 
which were certainly refpe€iable, from the 
intention which di€tated them; and for the 
obtaining of which he afforded ample oppor- 
tunity, as they generally conftituted a part 
of his mufical performances before ftrangers, 
and indeed that part upon which he fet the 
greateft value. He married at the age of 25, 
and had feveral children, fome of whom are 
ill living 
At Whitehaven, Mrs. Dorothy Hodgfon. 
Alfo, aged 83, Thomas Lutwidge, efq. He 
accepted the grenadier company in the Cum- 
Cumberland and Weftmoreland....York fires 
berland militia, when firft raifed; was in the 
commiiffion of the peace 40 years; ferved the 
office of fheriff in 1767; aéted as a deput 
lieutenant till neatly four-fcore 5 Serve 
many years as a truftee of the harbours and 
turnpikes, and negle&ted no opportunity of 
rendering himfeif ufeful to his country. In 
private life, he was mild, affable, and hu- 
mane ; anda generous, though not oftenta- 
tious benefactor to the poor. 
At Linftock, near Carlifle, aged 27, 
John Donald. Ties 
At Workington, Mrs. Habella Dickinfon. - 
At Sunderland, in the g1ft year of his 
age, Mr. Robert Clark, furgeon. E 
: At Tallingtire, aged 75, Mrs. Ann Dodg- 
on. | 3 
At Henfingham, aged 72, Mr, Thomas 
Wylie. 
YORKSHIRE. + 
Married.| At York, Mr. Michael Bell, 
to Mifs Coupland. Lieutenant Blackwood, 
of the 46th regiment of foot, to. Mifs Fair- 
burn. Mr, Hawker, of the 12th regiment 
of light dragoons, to Mifs Frances Crips. 
At Leeds, Mr. Charles Clapham, to Mifs 
Pike. Mr. William Smith, to Mifs Eliza- 
beth Dickfon. Mr, Thomas Benyon, to 
Mifs Daltera. ; 
- At Hull, William Dent, efg. of the Nor- 
thumberland militia, to Mifs Bamford, of the 
George inn. Mr. Bulmer, fhip-builder, te 
Mifs Mabb. 
At Norton, near Sheffield, Mr. Ander- 
ton, to Mifs Thompfon, eldeft daughter 
of Mr. Thompfon, at the Saracen’s Head, 
Newark. 
By fpecial licence, at the feat of the ear] 
of Scarborough, Winchecombe Henry Hart= 
ley, efq. barrifter at law, to the right hon, 
lady Louifa Lumley. $ 
Did.| At York, aged 74, Mr. Chrifto- 
pher Bearpack. Mrs. Scott. Mr. Robert 
Taylor. Mr. Bell, of the Duke’s-Head 
coftee-houte. E* 
At Leeds, Mr. Richard Crofsjand, mafter 
of the Lecds hotel. Mr. Daniel Smith, for= 
merly a refpectable bookfeller in this town. 
At the fame place, Mr. Henry Smithion, 
At Hull, fuddenly, inthe 71 year of hig 
age, Mr. Ralph Darling, an alderman of the 
corporation. Asa magiftrate, he was equally 
diftinguifhed by his probity, and his adtiye 
attention to the duties of his office. 
At Hull, Mr. Francis Jackfon, an under- 
writer, Mz. Eaton, Surgeon. Alfo the in- 
fant fon and heir of Mr. C. E. Broadley. 
At Urgang, near Whitby, onthe 13th of 
March, the man ufually employed at the 
lime-kiln, was found dead in bed, at the fide 
of his breathlefs wife, in whefe arms was 
laid a fine child, feemingly in the attitude of 
imploring afiiftance from its unhappy mother, 
In the adjoinining room their daughter, a 
girl about 11 years of age, was found lifelefs, 
This lamentable accident is attributed to the 
‘Mr. 
- peftiferous yapours arifing from the kiln. 
By the overfetiing of a beat, belonging ta 
the Agemempon man of war, lying in White 
Booth 
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