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to his talents, and obtained for him, new 
proofs of efteem. Chriftian VII. the prefent 
king, would have fixed him in his capital ; 
but notwithftanding the moit prefiing folici- 
tations, and all the diftinétions that were of- 
fered him, the Jove of his country made him 
seturn-into the bofom of his family. He 
was born at St. Germain des Noyers in Brie, 
near to Laghy, the 22d of March, 1720, of 
parents whoiare fiill remembered with vene- 
ration, througnout that country. He died 
the 14th Frudtidor, the year 7. 
The republic of letters, has juft lof& Citi- 
zen TuRFIN, at the age of go years. He 
is the author of a vaft number of hiftorical 
works, but has not been placed howeyer, in 
the rank of diftinguifhed hiftorians. His 
principal labours are, ** The Hiftory of the 
Koran, &c.”—‘* Hiftory of the life of Ma- 
hhomet, the Arabian legiflator.”—** Civil and 
Natural Hiftory of the Kingdom of Siam.’, 
+—¢¢ Hiftory of the Governments of the An- 
cient Republic.’—-The French Plutarch.” 
For fome time he carried on ‘‘ The Lives of 
the Illuftrious Men of France.” He was near 
$0 when he, publifhed the centinuation of 
‘<The Revolutions of England.” 
Bavius Veorpa, jurifconiul and profeffor 
of laws, in the univerfity of Leyden, a man 
equally diftinguifhed for nis learning, and_his 
virtuous characier, died the 21ft of laft Mef- 
fidor, aged 70 years. 
' C. PLranTere, authorof feveral Dramatic 
works, died lately at Paris. He wrote the 
Midas au Parnaffe, Agnes de Chatillon, les deux 
Hermites, et la famille indigente: Like many 
Deaths Abroad—Errata. 
~ [March 1, 
of his predeceffors, the latter part of his life 
was fpent in great mifery 5 and he has left a 
widow and 3 children behind him, totally un- 
prvaided for. The adminiftrators of the theatre, 
de Feydeau, have brought forward two of his 
works, for the benefit of his family; and 
the government has admitted one of his fons 
into the con/ervatcire, where he will be educat- 
ed at the expence of the republic. 
Gresnicx, the mufician, known by his 
various compofitions for the theatres of Lou- 
vois and Mozntanfiery died at Paris, on the 24th 
Brumaire, (Dec. 3d, 1799) at the age of 
47. He was equally celebrated for the facelity 
of his method, and the fweetnefs of his me- 
lody. He has left behind him, an Opera for 
the Theatre of Arts, the words of which are 
from the pen of Madame Viot Bourdie ; itis 
called la foret de Brome. 
On the gth of July laft died, at Madras, 
aged 77, George baker, efg. of Aller, in 
the county of Devon. Early in life he 
failed for India, and was long and yarioufly 
employed by the company, always to the be- 
nefit of the public, and to. his own honour. 
A confiderable partof his income he annually, 
devoted to the nobleft of purpofes; that of 
relieving the wants of the indigent and the 
affliéted ; nor have the effe&ts of his beneyo- 
lence ceafed with his life, for his bequefts 
have been more liberal to various charitable 
inftitutions in India and in England; and the 
poor and diftrefled of many pariihes of) his nas 
tive county, will have reafon to blefs the 
memory of their benefactor. 
i 
*,* We conclude the account of Provincial Occurrences for this month, by obferving that, 
the affluent {till continue unremittingly to exert themfelves in mitigation of the wants of the 
poor, and in adminiftering to their comforts.—The eftablifament of Soup-Shops extends even to 
the remoteft villages, and many thoufands are daily fupplied with bread, coals, and other 
neceflary articles, with a liberal and unfparing hand. , 
We are forry, however, to find that a difpofition to riot has been manifefted in fome places, 
which but ill accords with the duty or intereft of the malcontents, and’ we truft that the bounty” 
fo cheerfully extended to them, will induce them to await with patience the expected return 
of better times—Of Peace abroad and PLenty at home! 
‘ : ; aye 
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NOTICES or ERRATA. ° 
Str, 
| USuace efteemit asa particularfavor, if you will allow me to corret an erroneous paragraph,» — 
which appeared in your obituary for laft month. 
Daniel Malthus, efq. is there mentioned as 
the tranflator of fome pieces, from the French and German; I can fay from certain knowledge, 
that he did not tranflate them. The turn of his mind, very little ‘difpofed him to imitation, 
er to the copying in any way the works of others. Whatever he wrote, was drawn from 
the original and copious fource of his own fine underftapding and genius; but from his fin- 
gulafly unoftentatious and retired charaéter, and his confant defire to fhun every thing that 
might attract notice, will probably never be known as his, sibs, 
I amy, Sir, hie 
Your's, &c. rane 
Feb. 19th, 1800. T. Roper? MartHtss 

Mifiake correéied.—'The elements of the new comet, calculated by Dr. Boacee 
HARDT, inferted In page 895 of our Magazine; bave fince been found erroneous ; 
owing to an error of 8 mifutes in the dire€&t afcenfion, in“the obfervation by Me- 
chain, which had been ufed in the calculation, and to a tranfpofition in the reduce 
tien 
