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INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES anp DEATHS in aNnp nEaR LONDON. 
With Biographical Memoirs of di/linguijhed Charaéters recently deceafed. 
The Draper’s Company of the city of 
‘London has lately come to the refolution, 
(which was carried unanimouily ), of making 
an offer to Government, to raife, at the ex- 
“pence of the coinpany, two hundred men for 
‘the land forces, to be attached to {uch corps, 
and employed on fuch fervices, as the Com- 
mander in Chief thall think fit. 
The Court of Dire€tors of the Eat India 
Company have lately made an offer of ten 
thoufand tons of fhipping for the fervice of 
Government, which offer has been fanétioned 
by a General Court of the Proprietors lately 
held at the India Houfe. The Direétors have 
likewife fubiczibed the fum of five thoufand 
pounds to the patriotic fund at Lloyd’s; and 
the Governors of the Bank have fubfevibed 
‘the like fum for the fame purpofe. 
_ The patriotic fuad at Lloyd’s Coffee-houfe, 
for the relief of fuch as may fuffer in defence 
of their country, and for the encouragement 
,of fuch as may fignalize themfelves during 
‘the prefent conteft, amounts to the fum of 
%3+,000l. lately purchaied in the 3 per cent. 
coniols, exclufive of the fum of 20,0001.° 
flock, previoully given by.the Committee of 
that eftablifhment, . 
The Court of Common Council at -Guild- 
¢hall have unanimoufly voted the .fum of 
25001 as a fub{cription to the above fund, 
The officers, non-commiflioned officers, 
and privates of the Royal Corps of Artillery, 
~quartered at Woolwich, have lately prefented 
2 general contribution of five hundred guiceas 
to the faid Commitree at Lloyd’s, towards ef- 
fecting the patriotic purpofes of the fund. 
The principal dealers in poft horfes, car- 
riers, &c. borh in London and the country, 
have pledged themfelves to put their horfes, | 
and carriages at the difpofal of Government, 
in cafe of invafion, This ative, zealous 
fpirit, in defence of the country, pervades 
the whole ifland. Meetings are every where 
hoiding, to pafs refolutions prefcribing the 
means of defence ; volunteers are aflociating ; 
fub(criptions and levies are raifing in every 
part ; fo that the whole kingdom will foon 
exhibit a mott formidable appearance. —Very 
numerous and moft re{pectable meetings have 
been held in various parts of the country, 
‘Co promote the aforefaid patriotic purpofes, 
but the confined limits of this Magazine pre- 
Clude the pofiibility of inferting full accounts 
of them. It may be neccflary, however, to 
‘record the unanimity that prevails univerfally 
throughout thefe meetings; and even thofe 
perfons who on former occafions differed 
widely from their fellow-townfmen on poli- 
tical fubjeéts, now declare their fentiments 
to be in full unifon with the reft of the 
meeting. ‘The managers at moft of the pro- 
vincial theatres have Jikewife given benefits, 
the profits of which are to be applied to the 
Montuiy Maga, No, 105. 
fubfcription at Lloyd’s Coffee-houfe. Mr. 
Hoy, the Worcefter manager, firft fet the 
example. 
At a late meeting of the noblemen, 
gentlemen, and freeholders of the county of 
Surrey, (the bufinefs of the meeting was 
opened by the high fheriff, J. P. Kenfington, 
efq ) The Addrefs, which was moved by 
the Lord-lieutenant, Lord Onflow, and fe- 
conded by Lord William Ruffell, was carried 
unanimoufly. Sir Thomas Turton, hows 
ever, ridiculed the idea of the capital or 
the country being in danger. This drew 
from Mr. Sheridan a very animated and for- 
cible reply, which he concluded amidft the 
loudeft burfts of univerfal approbation. Mr. 
Francis, Mr. Botham, and feveral other gen-, 
tlemen, delivered their fentiments in appro- 
bation of the Addrefs. Mr. Sheridan was 
highly complimented by the Lord-lieutenant, 
who wifhed that every man in the county, 
from the higheft to the loweft, had heard 
his fpeech, every word of which, his Lord- 
fhip declared, was worthy to be written in 
letters of gold, 
The following account of deaths by the 
fmall-pox, taken from the Weekly Bills of 
Mortality, evinces a confiderable decreafe of 
deaths in the metropolis, fince the inftitutron 
of the Royal Jennerian Society : 
Weekly Deaths. Weekly Deaths. 
1802, Nov. 2'° 72|.1803, Mar. 22° 22 
Oo) 4 ‘ ag’ 33 
16 61 | mee Apr. 5 > 16 
Me ele S35 EE) ag 
30 «6 88 tO.) 34, 
—— Dec, 7 83 26. #12 
14 102 |——m May 3. 15 
21 50 ge) 13 
ae ia iy delay! 2) 
1803, Jan. 4 49 24 13 
1 Mahia ar 1 
18 37 |}——— June 7 Io 
hace Weta 0 14) 16 
we-—~ Feb. £ 31 73 Waa: 2 
8. - 30 NS 
15 3k {mem July 5 83 
bs bMS (2 
meme Mar. 1 25 Ig . 12 
8 20 26... 15 
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The Rt. Hon, tf Lord Mayor has been 
lately ele€ted Lieut. Colonel] Commandant of 
the Corps of Volunteers of the Ward of 
Farringdon-Without, on the nomination of 
Mr. Hodgkinfon. His Lordthip held this fitu- 
ation, to the unanimous fatisfaction of the 
Corps, during the late war. 
His Royal Highnefs the Duke of Clarence 
has lately entered his name in the ranks of a 
volunteer corps about to be raifed in Ted- 
dington. His Royal -Highnefs attended a 
late meeting of the inhabitants for this pur- 
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