Daniel S. esq. of Bloomfield. 
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fifth Earl of Cavan, wife of Sir Michael C. 
of Stacumnie, Iveland, and cousin to the 
Earl of Kerry. 
In, Montague-strect, Russel-square, HS. 
Dickey, esq. 
> At the eae house, Teddington, fiddle- 
sex, Captain Fobn Smith, of the royal navy, 
aged 62. 
In Southampton- -TOW, Bloomsbury, Mr..7. 
Cracroft, elerk in the acceuntant- pels 
office in the court of chancery. 
. At Canonbury, at the house of his brother, 
» M*Call, esq. of Jamaica 
“At his chambers in the Temple, H. Farrer, 
esq. 
- a Dean-strzet, South Audley-street, Mrs. 
Hotham, eldest daughter of Sir J, Dyke, of 
Luilingstone ‘Castle, Kent, and widow: of 
Lieut.-colonel H., eldest son of the late baron 
Hotham. 
In Piccadilly, 4x, fourth daughter of Mr. 
Marahhrd; bookseller.’ 
In Castle-street, Mrs. Hay, relict of Calsmel 
Hi. of Warrieston, and sister of Sir Alexander 
Munro, of Novan. 
In Gower-street, Mrs. Hal/, wife of the 
Rev..Dr. H. chancellor of Liandaff. 
At Greenwich, the Rew. Fobn Lecker, vicar 
ef Kenton, Devon. 
. #ct his father’s house, in Grosvenor-place, 
Edward, the youngest son of J. H. Beaufoy, 
esq. aged 9. 
Mr. Ciaridge, register of pamphlets at the 
Stamp office. i 
i j-square, Mrs. Hoare, wife of the 
pf Knuston-hall, Northampton- 
Miss Harrict Reynolds, 
iter of the late William R., 
eld, Essex. 
ohn Scratton, second son of the late 
. At Hartiesury Castle, aged 88, the Right 
Rev. Richard Hurd, D.D. Bishop of Worcester. 
Fhis learned and “trely veneravle prelate was 
born at Congreve, a village in Staffordshire, 
where his father was a respectable farmer. 
Being designed for the:church, he was edu- 
eated under the care of the Berlin 
Budworth, master ef the Grammar School in 
Brewoud, of whom he makes a grateful men- 
tion in the dedication of his Horace. Havy- 
ing attained a sound classical knowledge, he 
was ‘sent tc Cambridge, where he was ad- 
mitted of Emanuel College, of which he after- 
wards became fellow ; and was presented by 
that soviery tothe living of Phurcaston in Lin- 
colnshire.. In. this retirement he devoted 
himself to the duties of bis situation, and the 
cultivation of letters.. Here he preparedrhis 
edition. ef Horace, which he juciciously de- 
considered 
dicated to Bishop Warburton; hee 
the colossus ef litesatuke, and the 
of:his day. Few persons 
discern the merits 
aad. chews: no 
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Deaths in and near London. 
fJulyt 
withsuch coarse severity, yet certainly he 
was destitute of envy, and dreaded not the 
‘depreciation of his own fame, in consequence 
of the rising reputation ofcthers. He allur- 
ed Mr. Hurd from his beloved seclusion, and 
brought him forward to the world, almost 
against his own inclination. He made him 
aechdescon of Gloucester, and by way of ac- 
quiring popularity for him in the metrepolis, 
associated him with himself in the situation 
of preacher at the chapel in Lincoln’s inn. 
The object of the bishop was soon obtained. 
Hurd’s discourses procured general admiration; 
and the preacher attracted the notice and. 
friendship of the Earl of Mansfield; through 
whose interest he obtained the distinguished 
office of preceptor to the Prince of Wales and 
Duke of York, a situation for which ne man 
in the kingdom was better calculated. and 
the duties of which ne performed with great 
credit, Preferment was now certain; nor 
was it long withheld. In 1775 he was made_ 
Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry ; in 1781 
he was appointed clerk of the closet to the 
king 3; and onthe 50th of June, of the same 
year, he was confirmed in the see of Werces- 
ter. On the death of Dr. Cornwallis, arch- 
bishop, of Canterbury, in 1783, that dignity 
was offered to Bishop Hurd; but he had ob- 
tained a situation more congenial to his 
wishes, and therefore he declined it, Since 
his translation to Worcester, his lor 
most secluded himself from the busy 
residing chiefly at Harton castle, the e 
copal palace of his diocese. This ancient and 
noble pile he enriched by a large and inesti- 
mable library, containing the. greater part ef 
the books that had belonged to Mr. Pope and 
Bishop Warburton ; which he has bequeath- 
ed for the use of his successors. Dr. Hurd 
has shewn his critical powers and taste tothe 
greatest advantage in his edition of Horace’s 
‘¢ Epistcla ad Pisones,” é&c. with an English 
commentary and notes; and also in his edi- 
tion of Cowley’s works. The first appeared 
in 1759, and. the latter in 1772... But the 
work which procured him the greatest repa- 
tation, was his ** Moral and Political Dia- 
logues, with Letters on Chivalry and Ro- 
mance,” 3 “vols. 8vo. 1765. Some of the 
pieces had appeared before, without a name, 
and their success probably led the ingenious 
author to publish a complete and enlargec 
edition. These dialogues evince a projound 
‘knowledge of the English history and consti- 
tution, and breathe a_warm attachment te the 
cause of liberty, It is said that the king, one 
day pointing to these dialegues, observed, 
‘¢ These made Hurd a bishop.. 4 mever saw 
him till he came to’kiss hands.”? As a theo 
logi¢gl writer, his principal preductions are* 
‘two volumes of excellent sermons, preached 
. before the Society of Lincoln’s-inn ; and ano- 
ther of Discourses on the Piophecies, at the 
Jecture founded by Bishop Warburton at the 
same’ place. In these compositions we ob- 
serve deep thinking, close lugical reasoning, 
ot of wa eee i Seilal 
