588 Incidents, Marriages and Deaths.in and near London. [July 1, 
culation clear and diftin@, her memory re- 
tentive, and her voice mufical. In the cha- 
ra@ters of Juliet, Defdemona, Monimia, Imo- 
gen, and Mrs. Halier, fhe was unequalled by 
any of her contemporaries. She loved and 
ftudied herprofefiion diligently and profitably. 
Her improvement even within the lait feafon 
was very great. Asa woman, Mrs. Pope pof- 
feffed engaging manners 3 fhe was mild, live- 
Ty, good-humoured ; but without tamenefs 
er levity. Eight days before her deceafe, the 
was feized with an apople€tic fit, when per- 
forming in the charafter of Defdemona. The 
fecond attack of this diforder proved fatal. 
‘The ventricles of the brain, on examinafion, 
were found ruptured, and full ef blood 5 a 
circumftance attributed by Mr. Wilfon, the 
furgeon, to her profeffional exertions. 
At Brompton, Middlefex, A4rs. nn Sew- 
ell, aged 79. . 
The Rev. Mr. Porteus, nephew of the Bi- 
fhop of London, reCtor of Whickham Bifhop in 
Effex, andone of the prebendaries of St.Paul’s. 
It is remarkable that the lady of Mr. Porteus 
died fuddenly, at her father’s houfe at Cam- 
bridge, within a few hours after the diflolution 
ef her hufband. 
F- Mackenzie, ef7. of Fig-tree-court, Tem- 
ple, and of Arcan, in the county of Rofs, 
North Britain. He was younger fon of A. 
Mackenzie, efg. of Lentron, defcended from 
a refpeftable and antient family, and poffeff- 
-ed of confiderable property in his native 
county. Having finiihed his education at the 
Univerfity of Edinburgh, he was firft initiat- 
ed in the Scotch law, and afterwards entered 
at the Englifh bar. Mr. Mackenzie was dif- 
tinguifhed by excellent natural parts, improv- 
ed by a learned education, and likewife by 
shanners the moft correct and engaging. His 
natural benevolence, while it embraced all 
thankind, was yet particularly direéted and 
fixed on his own countrymen, the Ceitic race 
in Scotland. The fame love of his country 
drew his attention to every objeét conneéted 
with its improvement or its honour. Hence 
he was induced, to the negle€ of his own pri- 
vate interefts, in the year 1778, to accept 
the office of Secretary tothe Highland So- 
ciety in London, and that of Secretary to the 
Britith Society for Fifheries in 17555 in doth 
of which fituations he a€ted gratuitoufly — 
To this gentleman the late Mr Macpherfon 
intrufted the publication of the Poems of Of- 
fian, on which work Mr. Mackenzie had en- — 
tered, and in which he had made fome pre- 
grefs.—See Varieties. 
In his g7th year, at an inn near Bagfhot- 
heath, Yofeph Richardfon, efg. He was fud- 
denly taken il] on Wednefday June 8, and 
although medical affiftance was foon procur- 
ed, he died on the Thurfday afternoon fol- 
Jowing. Mr. Richardfon had within the laft 
three or four years fuffered feverely by the 
rupture of a blood-veffiel, but it was hoped 
that the natural vigour of his conftitution 
would have triumphed.-—— This gentleman 
camie originally from the town of Hexham, 
in Northumberland. in the year 1774, he 
entered at St. John’s College, Cambridge, 
where Dy. Ferris, the prefent Dean of Baftle, 
and Dr. Pearce, now Dean of Elv, were hie 
tutors. Under the fuperintendance of thofe 
eXcellent fcholars, Mr. Richardfon acquired a 
fend of found learning, embelbifhed witha 
correct tafte: He inherited from Nature an 
excellent underftanding, and a fort of intut- 
tive knowledge of mankind: No man pene- 
trated more acutely into the Fatent motives of 
condut, or more readily fuggefted the true 
principlesof ation. He highly diftinguithed 
himfelf at college by the elegance, beauty, 
and vigourof his compofitions, both in profe 
and poetry. Indeed, alove of the Mufes very 
early in life took poffetiion of his mind; and 
often interfered with the aufterer duties of hig 
ftudy. He entered himfelf a ftwdent of the 
Middle Temple in the year 1779, and was, 
called to the bar in 1784. Literary purfuits 
and political conneétions tool up too much of 
his time to admit of his purfuing with fufii- 
cient diligence the ftudy of the law; other 
wife it is highly probable that he would have 
become a diftinguifhed ornament of the bar. 
The works in which he was known to have a 
principal part were the Rolliad, and the Pro- 
bationary Odes, in the compofition of which 
his talents were confpicuous. The comedy 
of The Fugitive is creditable to his dramatic 
genius: the dialogue is neat, fpirited, ele- 
gant, and claffical ; and the whole exhibits 
fuch an effufion of fentiment, wit, and hu- 
mour, that the public muft regret that he cid 
not re{ume his dramatic ftudies.. Mr. Rich- 
ardfon was a firm friend to the Britith Confti- 
tution, yer had the merit of perfeét con- 
fiftency in his political condu€t. So happily 
was the fuavity of his temper blended with 
the vigour of his underftanding, that he was — 
ne lefs efteemed by his adverfaries in political 
principles, than by a very large circie of pri- 
vate friends. He was brought into Parlia- 
ment, as Member for Newport in the county 
of Cornwall, by the prefent Duke of North- 
umberland,in whofe friendfhip he always held 
a diftinguifhed place. Mr. Richardfon was a 
proprictor of a fourth part of Drury-lane 
Theatre. He has left anamiable widow and 
four charming daughters to lament the Jofs of 
an affectionate companion and preceptor. 4 
In Cavendifh-fquare, in his 43d year, the 
Right Henourable and Right Reverend Lord GC. 
Murray, Lord Bifhop of St. David’s,and bro 
ther to His Grace the Duke of Athol. His 
Lordfhip’s death was occafioned by coming 
down on a damp evening, ina high ftate of 
perfpiration, from a Committee in the Houfe 
of Lords, and waiting fome time at thedoor for 
his carriage ; he felt an immediate chill, 
which quickly brought on a violent fever, 
that carried him off in three days. This ami- 
able prelate had nearly effeted his object of 
raifing his bifhoprick to the preduce of 35col. 
per annum, which fee, in the courfe of the 
next feventeen years, is expected to net 
16,00cl. per annum. PROVINCIAL 
