‘farvey, 
400 
joyed here, and expreffing his firm belief of 
_aiuture fate of immortal felicity. 
Mr. Pri- 
or was not only an accurate and elegant claf- 
fical fcholar af a found mathematician, but 
a perion of refined tafte and extenfive erudi- 
tion. Ajter he was fixty years of age he ac- 
quired fuch a knowledge of Hebrew as to be 
able to read a chapter of the old teftament in 
the original, with tolerable facility. Pof- 
feffed of great intellectual energy, and accuf- 
tomed to keep his faculties always in exer- 
cife, he difcovered the fources of knowledge 
for himfelf, and drank of them with peculiar 
avidity. ws controverfy by no means 
Suited his tafte. With a ftrong fenife of reli- 
gion on his mind, es liked to confider it, not 
fo much a matter of fpeculation as a principle 
of practice. His attention was directed lefs 
to thefe points on whichChriftians differ than 
to thofe en which they are’ agreed. To-+ 
wards the clofe of life, ho vever, from the 
chearful views which he took of the divine 
admimifflration and from his own benevolence 
of temper, he was fond of reading works in 
favour of the doétrine of univerfai reftitution. 
If he was an enemy to fuperftition and en- 
thufiafm, he was fiill more f@ to every fpe- 
cies of perfecution. With an ee ae 
affeftion for the efiablifhed church, he w 
candid to ail, a friend-to freedom of agi 
andfelt his mind in fympathy with every pi- 
eus and fincere Chriftian. With relpeét to 
political opinions, Mr. Pricr was a whig, of 
the old fciool, to the principles of whith 
many of the fober minded of the new fchool 
feem to be returning. His loyalty could not 
be exceeded. He was warraly attached tothe 
conftitution of his country, and not lefs fo 
for wifhing that its health and vigour may 
never be impzired. With a high ftandard of 
intelletual and moral excellence ever before 
hiseyes, he faw clearly his own defeéis, but 
feemed to think they did not attach to the 
chara&ier of his friends; and while he pro~ 
bably thought of them more highly than he 
ought to think, he entertained tuo low an 
opinion of his own attainments. Humility 
was the charafteriftic feature Of his mind, 
and with abilities of the highe® order, both 
natural and acquired, he was, perhaps, of 
all men the leaft obtrufive. Mr. Prior pub- 
tifhed a map of Leiceferfhire, from aétual 
begun in 1777 or finifhed in 1779» 
for snide he received a premium from the 
fociety for the encouragement of arts. He 
likewife publithed, on a reduced fcaie, a hurt- 
ing map of the fame county. He was alfothe 
author of an appendix to the Eton Latia gram- 
mar, printed for etree and co. without 
his names 2 woikoi great merit. His chil- 
dren, all of whom are his furvivors, are, the 
Rev. john Prior, reétor of the fmall village 
of Wiiieflcy near Afhby, a daughter married 
to Mr. James Anftead, of Pentonville, and 
twodaughters dnmarried. The writer of this 
Imperts& fetch eiteems it an honour that 
Leicefterppire—S taffordpire. 
[Dec. 1, 
Mr. Prior was hig $receptor, the parent of 
his mind, his maternal uncle, and his friends 
_ STAFFORDSHIRE. 
Married.| At Longdon; Mr, Collins, of 
Bentley, near Litchfield, to Mifs M. meas 
fecond danghter of T. Shawe, efq. _ 
At Cheadle, P. Balkeley, efq. of Hunt- 
ley-hall, captain in the 61% regiment of 
foot, to Mifs Dagltey.—-Mr. G. Peak, potter, 
of Hanley, to Mifs Poynton, of Shelton, in 
this county. 
Died.] At Stafford, Mr. Davenhall, of the 
Crofs- keys’ pubdlic-houfe,.—Mifs S. Burch- 
hall.—tin his ¢6th year, W, Fieldhoufe, efq. 
mayor of this corporation. 
At Newcattie, Under-lyne, Mrs. Rell. 
At Woive shampton, Mrs. Stanley. —Mrs. 
Allen, of the Talbot-inn. 
At Walthall, aged 75, Mr. W. Greetly 
formerly a buckle-maker. —Aged 57, Mr. 
H. Wainwright, butcher. 
At Leek, H. Sleigh, efq. captain of the 
Leek troop, of volunteer cavairy. 
At his feat, at Trent aged 82, the” 
Right Hon. Granville Levifon Gawei: mare 
guis of Stafford and Earl Gower. further 
account will oe given in our next. 
Near Litchfield, aged 23, Mr, J. Hollands 
of Rodbafton-hall, near Penbridge. 
In November 1802, at the ifland of Domi- 
nica, aged 4z, Mr. E. Holmes, formerly of 
Walfail, 
At Lower Penn, near Wolverhamptons 
aged 63, Mr. T. Jorden, farmer. 
In London, Mrs. Peake, of Statford.—Mils 
J. Walker, eldef& daughter of the late R. 
Ww alker, efy of Seiord. 
At Hoiridge, near Newcaftle, aged 58, 
Mr. W. Smith, 
At the Light-weoods, aged 59, J. Grundy, 
efq. eldeft fon of the late J. Grundy, gent. 
of Wigfton Parva, in Leicefterfhire.—Aged 
117, Sarah Cratchley, of Gratton. 
WARWICKSHIRE. : 
From a medical report of the ftate of the 
Birmingham Difpenfary, made fur the laf 
year, ending 29th Sept 1803, and lately de- 
livered to the Pyeernaes of the In‘itution, 
at their annual meeting, it appears that 1379 
patients have received medical! relief at their 
Own habitations, in the courfe of the year; of 
which number 1187 were fick, and 192 mide 
Wifery patients 5 befides rhien 443 have 
undergone the procefs of vaccine-inoculation 
with invariable fuccefs. Report of receipts 
and expenditure for the laft year.—Received, 
5371. 11s. 4d.—Expended, 394l. 14s. rd. 
—-Balance in the hands of the treafurer, 461<° 
145. 11d.—-Arrears due, 91. rs. 6d.—-M. 
Boulton, efq. has lately raped the office of 
treaiurer to this Inftitution —The Gover- 
nors have lately prefented a gratuity of 
twenty guineas to Mr. T. Edwards, apothe- 
cary ard fecretary to the Difpenfary, in ace 
knowledgment of his a€tive and ufeful ex- 
ei tions, KC KC 
Married.} 
