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- out in his carriage. 
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For his bravery and good conduét on that 
occafion, his Majefty conferred upon him the 
honour of Knighthood. 
Aged 52; Mr. Charles Simpfon, of Newgate- 
fireet; whofe death is feverely felt by anu- 
merous acquaintance, and by the poor, he 
being a liberal fubfcriber to feveral public 
charities. 
The Rev Archer Thompfon, alternate morn- 
ing-preacher at Quekec chapel, Portman- 
{quare, afternoon-preacher at St. George’s, 
Hanover-{quare, and evening-preacher at 
the Magdalen. Hewasfon of Mr. Thompfon, 
preacher at Kenfington-palace, and was of 
Clare-hall, Cambridge, A,B.17912, A.M. 1794. 
‘This excellent young man has fallen a facri- 
fice to his unremtted profeffional exertions 
in the pulpit, which were too fevere for his 
bodily ftrength. 
In Sackville- ftreet, Piccadilly, aged63, Fobn 
Spatti/z 
Berwick ; a gentleman whofe focial difpofion 
and affable manners endeared him to a very 
extenlive circle of private friends, by whom 
he will be long regretted. He married the 
daughter of the late William Strahan, elq. 
NM. P. his Majefty’s printer. 
Aged 77, Henry Cordwell, efq. of Panton- 
treet. Few have exercifed more fuccefl- 
fully thote teftive qualities, talents, and ac- 
complithments, which promote the refined 
enjoyments of polithed fociety , and no man 
has patied through life with a more happy 
experience of their advantages, or quitted 
them with lefs reluctance. 
Aged 70, Thoivas Banks, efq. R. A.; whofe 
bilities as a {culptor added luftre to the arts 
ef his country, and whote charaéter as a 
man refle¢ted honour on human nature. 
At his houfe in Bedford-{quare, Gesrge 
Shum, Ef{q. Member of Parliament for Honi- 
ton, in Devonfhire, and an eminent brewer 
in partuerfhip with Alderman Coombe. He 
had been fome time aflli¢ted with the flying 
gout, but sot lo much as to prevent his going 
He was in the Houte of 
Commons but a few days before his death. 
Captain Fervis; of his majefty’s fhip the 
Tonant. He was unfortunalely drowned by 
the uptetting of his barge, as he was proceed- 
ing to pay his refpects to Sir Charles Cotton, 
who commands before Breft, in the tempo- 
rary abfence of Admiral Cornwallis.—‘his 
gallant gentleman was nephew to the Earl 
of St. Vincent, whofe illuftrious name and 
titles, ia the courfe of nature, he would have 
inherited. One feaman perifhed with 
re kee Jervis, by this unhappy ac- 
cident ; and Captain Campbell, of the Do- 
Tis, who accompanied him, efcaped ouly by 
fufaining himielf upon an oar, until he was 
taken up by ppotlicr boat. Captain Jervis 
was an excellent officer, and a moit amiable 
charatter ifprivate lite. He ferved in the 
Weft Indies in the Magicienne frigate with 
€iftinguilied merit, and was highly refpect- 
voode, 
Marriages and Deaths in andnear London 
efg. of Spottifwoode, county of 
[April 1, 
ed and beloved by all the ciiscen and men 
who were under his command. 
At his houfe in Coventry-ftreet, ata very 
advanced age, Frederick Meckelfon, Eg. fur 
geon dentift. Notwithftanding Mr. Meck- 
elfon was fo eminent in his profetiion for fo 
many years, he was not bred to the practice. 
He was a native of Denmark, and of a res 
{pe@table family, from whom he inherited an 
independent property. This he entrufted te 
the management of his sfather-in-law, by 
whom it was profufely fquandered; on which, 
turning his thoughts immediately to an in- 
duftrious purfuit, he placed himfelf as an ap- 
prentice to a jeweller. His {fkill, addrefs, 
and abilities, were fo confpicuous i. this pre- 
feflion, that young Meckelfon was favour- 
ably noticed by the King, for whom his maf- 
ter was employed. He came to England at 
the clofe of the late reign, and worked as a 
journeyman jeweller with great fuccefs, by 
which he procured fome money. He did not 
continue many years at his trade; but, be+ 
coming acquainted with Mrs. Julien, who 
was a dentift in Coventry-ftreet, he entered 
into partnerfhip with her. This he has often 
mentioned as the mcf difagreeable part of 
his life; but he foon acquired eminence, 
and attended many of the firft families in 
this country; of courfe, his charges. were 
proportionate. He ufed to relate the follow- 
ing anecdote of ‘the iate Lord Marchmont, 
whote parfimony was well -known:—‘‘ A 
ftrange perfon had called on him many years, 
whom he always fuppofed’to be a taylor, and 
was, on that account, extremely moderate in 
his charges ; nor did the perfon ever attempt 
to undeceive him, but always found fault 
with his demand. This perfon he, by acci- 
dent, difcovered to be Lord Marchmont. The 
next time he-called, a fudden alteration took 
place in his charges, and what had been two 
guineas to the poor taylor, was now twenty to 
the Earl of Marchmont.’”? In his manners he 
was remarkably polite, and, for many years, 
was known, from his partiality to flowers, 
by the name of Beau Bouguet. In winter he 
was always to be met with a remarkably fine 
nofegay, and his boufe was always decorated 
with flowers and birds. In his perfon he was 
tall and well made, and, when young, he 
was reckoned very handfome: till within 
thefe few, years, he ufed to go annually to - 
court. Itis not quite certain what was his 
age: he has refided upwards of forty years in 
Coventry-ftreet ; and, upon any calculation, _ 
cannot have been lefs the: eighty-feven. He 
was very partial to ornamenting his houfe, 
and his colle€tion of paintings, efpecially of 
fruit and flowers, evince a very {fuperior 
tate 5 and his China, of which he had feve« 
ral fets, is extremely valuable: he had a 
perfect tea fet of Drefden porcelain, which 
he thcught could not be matched in Europe, 
and alfo a deiert fet, with uncommonly cu- 
rious figures. . 
Willan 
