1805.] 
Witlock, aged 50, being the third wife he 
has married within two years. _ 
Died.| At Portfmouth, at the houfe of 
G. Poore, efg. Daniel Collins, efq. of Egypt, 
ifle of Wight.—Aged 73, Mrs. Wallis, te- 
ligt of P Wallis, efq. mafter fhipwright of 
his Majefty’s yard at Halifax, Nova Scotia. 
—Aged 43, Mr. William Taplin. His death 
was occafioned by falling over a wheelbarrow, 
carelefsly left in the ftreet after dark.— Aged 
75, Mrs. J. Sivell.—Mrs. Barton, aged gs. 
—Mrs. Williams, mother of J. Williams, 
efq. of the cuftoms.—-Mr. Mottley, fen. in 
the 68th yearof his age. 
At Averftoke, Captain Sarradine, of the 
navy. 
At Newport, Ifle of Wight, Mrs. E. Tay- 
lor, aged 94.—Mrs. Howard, aged 88.—Mr., 
S. Squire, an eminent farrier, aged 37, 
In London, Daniel Hobfon, efq. of Somer- 
by, near Ringwood. 
At Hurlborne Priors, aged 22, Mifs L. 
Lowman, third daughter of Mr. Henry Low- 
man. 
At Maidfhanger, near Bafingftoke, Edward 
Fifher, efq. one of his Majefty’s commifii- 
oners of excife, and late under-fecretary of 
fate. 
WILTSHIRE. 
Married.] At Salifbury, Mr. Andrews, 
furgeon, to Mifs Mary Allam, youngeft 
daughter of John Allam, efgq. 
At Downton, Mr. Thomas Waters, fecond 
fon of Mr. Waters, of Amefbury, to Mifs 
Short, only daughter of the late Mr, Short, 
of North Charford, Hants. 
in London, Francis Dugdale Aftley, efq. 
of Everley, in thiscounty, to Mifs Geaft, 
daughter of the late Henry Geaft, efq. of 
Birmingham. ‘ 
Died.] At Salifbury, aged33, Mrs. Symp- 
fon.—Mr. Young, formerly of Southamp- 
ton.—My. Pearce, of the Six Bells.—Mr. 
Edward Feltham, painter and glazier. 
William Mackey, efq. of Stowey, and late 
ef Jamaica. 
At Winterbourne Stoke, Mr. George Kel- 
low. 
At Milton, near Pewfey, John Webb, efq. 
ene of his Majefty’s juftices of the peace 
for this county. 
At Quidhampton, Mrs. Dyer: 
down ina fit, and inftantly expired. 
At Steeple Labsford, Mrs. Clarke. By 
fome accident her clothes took fire, and fhe 
was fo much burned as to o¢cafion her almoft 
immediate death. 
Suddenly, at his houfe near Cricklade, juft 
after getting into bed, Mr. Charles Poulton, 
an eminent falefman and grazier. Few men, 
in the various and extenfive dealings which 
he had with mankind, bore a more uniform 
good chara¢ter for honefty and punétuality. 
At Warminfter, aged 33, Mrs. Strode, 
wife of Mr. George Strode, clothier. 
fhe fell 
i Wiltoiré. 
209 
Aged é9, Mr. William Wanfey, of War. 
minfter. Inthe death of this excellent man 
the caufe of civil and religious liberty bas 
lo{t a fteady and enlightened advocate.. The 
education he received, under the care of the 
late Mr. Burgh, of Newington (author of 
Political Difquifition, Dignity of Human 
Nature, &c.), early infpired him with that 
ardent love and defire to inveftigate the truth, 
which fo eminently diftinguifhed Mr. Burgh 
himfelf, and which has fince chara@terized 
fo great a number of his pupils. Having 
this end conftantly in view through life, it 
may truly be affirmed of the fubje& of this 
notice, that while he was not only ready, 
but ever eager to beftow the moft candid con- 
fideration and attention on the opinions of 
others, however adverfe his own, he never, 
for a moment, hefitated, if convi@tion fol- 
lowed, to’give up his immediate aflent, both 
in opinion and praétice. Yielding to no one 
in a fteady ahd inflexible adherence to the 
caufe which his natural judgment Jed him te 
efpoufe, he was never furpaffed in the mot 
liberal and charitable views of thofe who 
differed from him; confidering, as he often 
ufed to fay, that opinion was a matter of ne- 
ceflity, and not ef choice. Never was he 
heard to exprefs himfelf with acrimony of 
others, becaufe they differed from him in re- 
ligious faith, however prepofterous fuch faith 
might appear tohim; unlefs, indeed, it was 
infiftted on as exclufively right, and the be- 
lief of it ‘eftablifhed, and enjoined on others 
by pains and penalties, In thiscafe, his live. 
lieft indignation has often been excited ;and at 
the various times the repeal of the Teft and 
Corporation A&ts has been agitated, he con- 
_tributed much, by his perfonal exertions and 
his purfe, and often by his pen, to the mea- 
fures neceflary to bring the quettion to a par= 
liamentary hearing. On thefe occafions the 
fugitive publications of the day were indebt- 
edto him for fome of the moft appropriate 
and pointed difputations on the fubjeét. And 
the Diffenters having been charged by a dig- 
nitary of the church, now on the bench, 
with holding opinions inconfiftent with the 
welfare of Government, Mr. Wanfey re- 
plied, in a pamphlet entitled «© Remarks on 
a Letter to the Proteftant Diffenters,” which 
was confidered, by thofe interefted in the fub- 
je&t, as exhibiting a clear, concife, and maaf- 
terly view of the arguments which bear on 
the gueftion. In religion, he affociated him- 
felf with a fmall body of Proteftant diffent- 
ers, who conduét their worfhip, in mof re- 
f{peéts, in confonance with the fentiments of 
the late Dr. Prieftley ; yet he difdained the 
appellation of fetarian, and his utmok with 
was, that the diftinétion of Unitarian cr Tri- 
nitarian, Socinian or Calvinift, fhould be ab- 
forbed in the general denomination ef Chrif- 
tian, His view of politics led him generally 
to agree with thofe who have, of late, been 
in a minority; a minority fmall, indeed, in 
number, 
