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lunteers, induced his lordfhip to favour the 
world with a Philojopbica/ Letter on this political 
fubject. His-iordihip, fome little time ago, 
thought himfelf ill treated by an attorney, of 
whom he fpoke in very fevere terms in the 
Houfe of Lords; aid thus far he was perfetly 
fafe: but unfortunatgly he follewed his oid 
practice, and. fent his fpeech to the public 
papers; which being ~deensed, ae tle court 
and jury who tried the caufe, a publica- 
tion and a libel, Ahi is lordfhip was os need to 
a few months’ oe ee nus in the King’s 
Bench; which we hope has fully convinced, 
that the shaeaters of fuch immaculate per- 
fons as attornies ought not to’be fpotted w ith. 
On. the 18th of Oober, Mr. Middle- 
ton, theactor. This unfortunate young man, 
whofe real name was Megan, was the fon of. 
a refpectable linen-draper at Dublin. He re- 
ceived a liberal and claffical’educ: ation, as his 
friends intended to place him in the profefiion 
et furgery. He was however feduced by the 
ftage, and, afiuming the name of Middieton, 
performed on feveral provincial boards, as 
well as at the theatres royal of London. His 
conception of the charaéters he played was 
generally juft; but Nature had thrown in- 
durmountable obftacles in his way to theatri- 
cal fame, beth in his voice and countenance. 
—He married a very amiable woman, the 
daughter of Mr. Whyte, who was the friend 
or the elder Sheridan, and kept the famous 
Englith grammat-fchool in Dublin many 
years. This wite and two children aré left to 
lament the indifcretions of a huiband and a 
father, which have placed them in the moit 
deftitute fitudtion, after having conducted 
him to extreme poverty and an early tomb. 
The expences of his interment were defrayed 
by the contributions of his theatrical bre- 
thren. 
In Great Winchefer ftreet, 
Hubberfty, efa. 
At Hampitead, Mrs. Rachaei Bayne. 
At Genlineror Mr. William Moorman. 
In Spring Gardens, fuddenty, Mr. S.S. F. 
Hingeiton. 
At Hammerfmith, Lad 
Jehn.Hales, bart. 
In Upper Wimpole-ftreet, Robert Col- 
ville, efg. 
At Stockwell, aged 75, Mrs 
of the Rev. Mr. Perfe@. 
Inthe Middle Temple, John Kenrick, efq. 
In Duke-fireet, Manchetter-fquare, Mrs. 
Calcrait, widow of the late General Calcrait. 
In Queen Anne-itreet, Mrs. Matters. 
In Devonfhire-ftreet, Portland Place, Sa- 
muel-Fitch, efg. 
Jc: 
In Ar lees. Place, 
s Henderfon, for- 
Zacoharly 
dy Hales, wife of Sir 
Moorfields, 
Gilbee, efg. 
_At Walworth, Mr. tam 
merly of Deribnea: treet. ; 
a, St. James’ s-ftreet, Bedford-row, Mrs. 
Daniel Crofts, 
in Berner’s-ftreet, ¥ 
lifs Stephens, daughter 
£S. Stephens, efq. 
Deaths in and near London. 
{ November, 
Mr. Thomas Burzefs, fenior clerk of the 
Lock Chapel. 
Thomas Cheetham, efq. one of the Sur= 
veyors General of the Cuffoms. 
At Windfor, Mr. Alcerman Blunt. 
At St. Alban’s, J. B. Gilbee, efq. 
In Mount-ftreet, Berkley-fquare, Mr. James 
Hall. 
At Bethnal Green, Mr. John Heathfield. _ 
In St. Paul’s Church-yard, fuddenly, Mr. 
Lu kyn mn. id 
At Kennington Place, Vauxhall, Mrs. 
Barthelemon. 
In Eat Lane, Bermondfey, George French, 
efa. 
In Charlotte-ftreet, Portland Place, aged 
$3, Do&oxr Johnfon. 
Aged 29. Mr. T. Spilibury, of the Bank. 
In the Adelphi, Mr. Moore, Secretary te 
the Society of Arts and Sciences. 
At Kentiih-Town, after a fhort illnefs, 
James Mainftone, eiq. of Effex-freet, 1 in the 
Strand. 
In Upper Belgrave-place, Chelfea-road, 
aged 74, Andrew Hogg, efq. fermerly a gold- 
imith in Caftle-ftreet, Leicefter-fquare, and 
late one of the court of afiiftants of the wor- 
fhipful company of drapers. 
IRELAND. ' 
Anguft 4, in Doriet-ftreet, Dublin, in his 
74th year, Mr. Cooper Walker, late of Ec- 
cle’s-ftreet, of the fame city; a gentleman 
who, to al the virtues of a hasane and ae 
rent, united univerial benevolence, great 
equanimity of temper, a found Salas 
amemory remarkably retentiv ey, and a mind 
replete with an infi nite vari ety of ufeful and 
elegant information. His perfon was {mall, 
but remarkably well-proportioned, and his 
face uncommonly handfome; nor did the 
bloom of youth forfake it even in old age. 
Cbliged, by the delicate ftate of his health, 
to live for many years in retirement, he oc- 
cafionally beguiled the pafling day in record- 
ing the domeftic aad other occurrences of the 
one preceding 3 thus forming a curious and 
interefting body of Ricor di, in che manner of 
the diary of the firit Cojmo de Medici, which 
prov ed to Mr. Rofcoe fo abundant a fource of 
information. 
and in confequence of fome ftriking traits of 
refemblance between his charaéter, and that 
of the founder of the Medici family, Mr. 
Walker was diftinguithed in his own family 
by the mame of Cosme. Befides the work 
we have already noticed, he had colleéted ma- 
terials for, and was gradually giving a form 
to, an Hiffory of the City of Dublin; which, 
had he lived to finifh it, would have proved a 
latting monument to ae memory. Ardent in 
refearch, and faithrul in narration, he was 
highly qualified for fuch an undertaking. 
Mr. Walker was defcended from the ancient 
families of the Walkers and Ruifels, of War- ~ 
wickfhire, and maternally allied to the Bed- 
hams, of the cownty of Cork, and other res 
fpectable 
In allufion to this circumftance, : 
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