92 
fent Lord Harrowby came into Parliament in 
the yéar 17g0 for ‘Viverton; which borough 
he has always reprefented until the prefent 
time. His tather and grandfather have re- 
.prefented the fame borough from the year 
3747. When he was frit _electec, he was 
uoder fecretary of ftate to tle late Duke of 
Leds; but when his Grace refigned in 1791, 
hh: was appointed Jornt-pay mafter of his Ma- 
jefty’s forcesy and his brother, Richard, was 
a pointed deputy-paymatier. In-1801 he 
xeligned, and was appcinted treafurer of the 
navy; which place he held until June, 1803, 
when George Tierney, efq. was appointed to 
fucceed hinp. / He was fecond tolMMits Pive:in 
his duel with Mr. Tierney. The patronage 
of the borough ef Tiverton isin his Lord- 
fhip. 2. Richard, born fuly 5, 3766, mar- 
xied Augaft 1, to Frederice, daughter of Sir 
John Skynner. 3. Elizabeth, bora Novem- 
ber 22,1767. 4,.Henry, born July 1, £7773 
married in December 18c2, to Sophia, daugh- 
‘ter of T. M. Phillips, efg. He is in holy 
rders. 3 
At Wells, Mr. B Andrews, attorney. 
At_Cliftcny-aged 74, Mrs. Powell, 
dow of late Rev. f. Powell. 
At Frome, Mr. J. Willis, filverfmith. 
At the Hot Weils, aged .76, Mr. Du- 
pont. 
At King’s Down, Mrs. E. Jennings. 
At Woollavington, near Bridgewater, Mr. 
R. Dowden, mathematician and profeffor of 
mufic—Mr. R. Templeman, of Merriott, 
near Crewkherne.—Mr., J. Beft, late of Way- 
ford Farm, in this county and brother to 
— Serjeant Beit. 
DORSETSHIRE... 
pee Mr. Parfuns, fell-monger, of 
: 
wi- 
Dorchetter, to Mifs Ball, of Eenlade, near 
‘Taunton. 
Dica.J ,At Shaftefbury, the ~Rev. J. 
Barngg, formerly of the Englith monaftery 
of Benedi€tines, at Doway, in French Flan- 
‘ders —At Heaftridge, Mrs, Martin, former- 
ly of Sherborne. 
' DEVONSHIRE. : 
A plan isin agitation to make an applica- 
tion to Parliament. for extending the canal 
called the Grand Weftern Canal, from ‘Taun- 
ton to theriver Severn. 
Murried.| At Colycon, near Honiton, Mr. 
W. Coxe, of Fareway, to Mifs S: Baker. 
: Lied} At Exeter, inthe prime of life, 
Mirs. Parr, wife of Dr. Parr 5 a lady highiy 
diftinguifhced by her native goodnefs of heart, 
and by ail the domeftic virtues, to the culti- 
vation of which her brilliant accomplith- 
ments were ever rendered more or Tats fub- 
Tervient, 
Aged 976, Mr: Jofhua Williams, of the 
fociety of ial: ers, and one of the_proprie- 
tors of the general bank. His lois is deeply 
vegretted as a man‘of meek manners and phi- 
lanthropic' conduét. 
_. At an auvanced age, Mr. W. Jackfon, 
fubchanter, organift, and Infarmater Pu- 
Dor fetfhire— Dewonppire. 
[Aug. 1, 
erorum of the cathedral of Exeter. (4 more 
particular Account of this gentleman will be given 
in our next J 
Mr. J. Bowdidge, fuller. 
At Barnftaple, Mr. E. Davie, poftmafter. 
At Crediton, Mrs. Hugo. 
At Ipplepen, ages 73, Mr. Norman. 
Mrs, E. Mills, of Cullumpton. 
At King’s Nympton, aged 64, Mrs. 
Stowey. 
At Bruton, in the prime of life, Mr. J. 
E. 
‘Sims, junior, late mafter of the Sun-inn, 
Onthe 18thof May, died at Poole, inthe 
19th year of her age Mifs Sarah Briftowe, 
eldeft daughter of Mr. lames Briftowe ; and 
cn the rath of June, Mifs Sarah Briftowe, 
ycungeft fitter of the fatne gentleman, aged 
25. Lovely and pleafant were they in their 
lives, attached to each other with uncom-. 
mon tendernefs, and in death not divided !——. 
Deportment unaffeétedly fimple and engaging, 
and conduét uniformly virtuous and amiable, 
characterized them both. A _ pulmonary 
complaint. of fome continuance gave each of 
them occafion fomthe exercife of much forti= 
tude and equanimity ; and while it alfo called 
forth the affiduity and unwearied tendernefs 
of their relatives, rendered fuch attentions, 
as well as the effurtsof medical tkill, unavail- 
ing, and at laft condugted them to the houle 
appointed for al] the living. Jn that filent 
dark abode are they now both depofited, and _ 
*< there they alike repofe” for ever, having 
ceafed to excite the anxieties, the hopes, and 
the fears of thofe who felt an intereft in their 
well-being. But the memory of their vir- 
tues will always remain ; and time only can 
remove the impreffion of heartfelt regret 
which their early diffolution has occafioned. 
ac Exmouth, the Rev. R. Hole, rector 
of Faringdon and Inwardleigh, in this county. 
A gentleman who united to the moft amiable 
‘manuers, extenfive learning, an elegant 
tafte, firict integrity, and chearful, unaf- 
fected piety. His heart and his talents were 
equally excellent. Mr.Hole was the author of 
When the admiration © 
feveral valuable pieces. 
of the poetry of Offian was general, and no 
hefitaticn refpecting its early era was enter- 
tained, he publifhed a poetical tranflation of 
Fingal, laboured with no common care, in 
lines perhaps no lefs meilifiuous than thofe of 
Pope. .The fufpicions of Mr. Macpherfon’s 
cenduct, in the compilation, prevented, per- 
haps, that verfion from being fo generally 
read and warmly admired as it deferves ; but 
the ‘* Ode to Imagination,” fubjoined, claim- 
ed a very general applaufe, as highly animat-- 
ed and poetical. Some years afterwatd he 
publifhed atranflation of Homer’s Hymn to 
Ceres, of which there is a rival, but inferior, 
verfion by Mr. Lucas. This poem, if not 
Homer’s, is certainly of very high antiquity, 
and is tranflated by Mr. Hole with {pirit and 
élegance. Atno great diftance the epic ro- 
mance of Arthur followed, of which the wild- 
nefs approaches nearer the ichool of Be 
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