Sir Fofeph Moti pire! Wi poire. 
trates, refpecting a juftice of the peace, who 
had given an affiduous attendance to the du- 
ties of that office for upwards of forty years. 
Sir Jofeph, after this, refided almoft con- 
tinually at his houfe at Botleys, in Surry, 
where he lived with great hofpitality. He 
eccafionally cultivated the mufes, and we 
have feen fome of his poetical effufions, 
which were certainly above mediocrity. On 
the death of Lady Mawbey; he penned fome 
verfes to her memory, which are {fpoken of | 
as abounding in fenfibility. 
_ Sir J. Mawbey carried along with him to 
his grave the charaéter of an independent man. 
Ina corrupt age, this is no fmall merit, and 
* it perhaps created fome, as it certainly added 
to the number and Miofty of his enemies 5 
for what can be a greater ftigma on thofe who 
are wallowing in the fpoils of the public, 
than to behold a refpectable diftiller content- 
ed with an honourable competency, and 
{corning to increafe it by augmenting the dif- 
trefs of the nation? 
SUSSEX. 
Married.} At Irfield, Walter Gray, efg. 
ef Southgate Grove, to Mifs Rickman. 
At Heathfield, Mr. Charles Goringo of 
Whifton Park, to Mifs Elizabeth Luxford. 
Died.] At Lewes, Mr. Charles Rider. 
At Chichefter, in her 66th: year, Mrs. 
Anne Pilkington, widow of the rev. Dr. 
Pilkington, late vicar of Finden.  _ 
At Highdown Hill, in the parifh of Wef- 
ton, Mr. Oliver, miller. 
i HAMPSHIRE. 
Married.] At Southampton, Jofeph Law- 
ence Dowall, efq. to Mifs Kingfbury. 
‘At the fame place, the right hon. earl 
ef Yarmouth, eldeft fon of the Marquis of 
Hertford, to Mifs Fogniani. 
Died.| At Winchefter, Mr.Rogers. Mrs. 
Hopkins, wife of Mr. R. Hopkins, manuple 
to the college. _ 
At Portfmouth, Mr. John Shoveller, fen. 
merchant. Lieut. William Chriftmas. 
: WILTSHIRE. ©) 
Married.} Mr. Rawlings, of Fording- 
bridge, to Mifs P. Curtis, of Breamore. 
At Bifhopftone, Mr. Thomas Harding, to 
Mrs, Clark. 
At. Bemerton, Mr. Meredith, land-fur- 
veyor, of London, to Mifs Page, of the for- 
mier place. ee 
Mr. Savory, jun. of Purton, near Swindon, 
to Mifs Rogers, of Ramfbury. 
Died.| At Salifbury, Mrs. Saffery, Mr. 
Edward Seymour, jun. «In her 93d year, Mrs. 
Goldwyer.. Dr. William Hancock, formeny 
a phyfician of eminence, but who. had for 
" many yeass retired from bufinefs. 
__ At Weftbury Leigh, aged 73, Mr. Stephen 
Brown. 
At Breamore, fuddenly, Mr. Holloway. 

magiftrates of the diftri&t, in which they 
‘conveyed their opinion of his conduét in a 
manner highly honourable to all parties It. 
was written and tranfmitted after 2m retreat 
from the bench, ' 
475 
He was greatly noted for his extraordinary 
_fkill in curing the diftempers of cattle. 
Mifs Frances Arundel, of Afhcomb. 
une 7th, after a fhort illnefs, at Deverell, 
Mrs. M. A. Goddard, widow of rev. W. God- 
dard, of Stargroves, Berks.—As an apology 
for intruding thefe imperfeét outlines upon 
the public, it may be obferved, that in every 
point of view the reprefentation of a valuable 
life, promifes fome utilicy to mankind. |The 
prefent defign is drawn with as much faith and 
candour, as the partiality of an ardent friend 
may be fuppofed to poffefs. The defire of 
being correct, and of doing the fubje& juftice, 
ig of more powerful influence in the mind of 
the artift, than to difplay his own feelings, or 
compofe a flattering panegyric on a_ perfon 
whofe memory could not. be embellithed by 
either. Mrs. M. A. Goddard wasthe daugh- | 
ter of Major Prince, in his majefty’s fervice. 
She was born in the year 1774, but her pa- 
rents dying at an early period of he: 288, the 
care of her devolved on general Sir R. Sloper, 
under whofe liberal guardianfhip the received 
a good education. At the ageof 18, fhe mar-— 
ried the rev. Mr. Wm. Goddard, of Star~ 
groves, in®Berkshire; he was a man of an ex- 
. cellent heart, and they lived very happily to- 
gether until the autumn of 1797, when Mr. 
Goddard, attacked with a complaint in the 
lungs for which he was advifed a voyage to 
Lifbon, unfortunately died on the paflage, 
leaving a wife and three infant children. 
When Mrs. M. A, Goddard returned from this 
melancholy duty, fhe arranged her affairs to 
live wich a brother-in-law, at Deverill; where 
the event happened which occafions the prefent 
attempt at pourtraying her chara¢ter. In pere 
fon fhe was delicately feminine, her form was 
neat and elegant, her complexion pure and 
fair; fhe was allowed, by both fexes; to be 
handfome.—Her expreflion was peculiarly 
pleafing, accompanied with a gentlenefs and 
affability of manner, which was extremely 
captivating. She was modeft and graceful in 
her deportment, without the fmalleft appear- ° 
ance of ating ;—there was nothing theatrical 
about her. In company, and in converfation, 
her mildnefs of temper led her to aflume an 
inferior part:- She feldom obtruded obferva- 
tions or arguments of her own; the violence 
of difputation, and the gabble of impertinent 
‘folly were’equally repugnant to her difpofition. 
Her paffive conduét, onthefe occafioms, could 
not be confidered a fault: whenever fhe fug- 
gefted any thing, it was either founded in 
good fenfe, or it was a fimple expreffion of 
pure affe€tion and benevolence. She pre- 
ferved that equality of temper which affuages 
and difarms anger ; fhe was always ready to 
forgive, and bountiful in her efforts to do 
good. A modeft dignity prefided over all her 
conduét: She never faid a fovlith thing. In 
domeftic life, in worldly bufinefs, in the du- 
ties of a mothers; a wife, and a friend, the 
can never be excelled. Although fhe had a 
very unufual fhare of the moft difficult tranf- 
ations én worldly affairs, yet the always ap- 
pearet 
