622 Marriages and Deaths tv-and near London. 
Careline, eldest daughter of Francis Gosling, 
esy. of Bloomsbury-square. 
"At St Bride's, Fleet-street, Mr. Wittem 
Caslon, jun. of Salisbury Square, letter foun- 
der, to Miss Bonner. 
.At Stoke Newington, John Shaw, esq. of 
Dublin, to Harriet, fourth daughter of Jona- 
than Eade, esg.—T. W. Harvey, esq. of 
Ferring House, Essex, to Miss Johnstone, 
daugitter of FE. J. esq 
At Lambeth, W. Dre, esq. of Ciapham 
Common, to Miss Ann Thornton, of Ken- 
nington. 
At Hackney, Mr. Thomas Howell, sur- 
geon, to Mary, daughter of Dennis de Berdt, 
esq. of Clapton. 
At St. Margaret’s, Westminster, yee 
Frere, esq. to Miss Marian Martin, youngest 
daughter of Matthew’ M. esq. of Poet’s 
Corner. 
At Great Stanmore, Major Montalembert, 
permanent assistant in the quarter master ge- 
neral’s department, to Elizabeth Rose Fortes, 
only daughter of James F. Esq. of Stanmore 
Hill. 
At Lambeth, Mr. A. A. Mieville, of Ber- 
nard-street, to Miss Mary Aaa ted daugh- 
ter of James Browne, esq. of Brighton. 
At St. George’s, Hanover-square, John 
Stratton, of Hawley, Gloucester, esq. to 
Maria, youngest daughter of the late John 
Bower Jodrell, of Henbury, Chester, esq 
Lord Viscount ‘Turnour, son of the Earl 
of Wintertoun, to Miss Heys, daughter of 
Mrs. H. of Upper Sunbruy Lodge, Middle- 
Sex> 
at Bromley, Mr. T. Curtis, bookseller, of 
London, to Miss Reynoldson, daughter of 
J. R. esq. 
DIED. 
At Walthamstow, in his 81st vear, David 
Barclay, esq. the only’ surviving grandson of 
Robert Barclay, of Urie, author of the cele- 
brated Apology for the Quakers. He was 
bred to business in the city of London, and 
was long at the head of a most extensive 
house in Cheapside, chiefly engaged in the 
American trade, and the affairs of which he 
closed at the commencement ef the revolu- 
tion. He was, at thet time, as much dis- 
tinguished by his talents, knowledge, integ- 
tity, and power, as a merchant, as he has 
been ever since in retirement by his satriot- 
ism, philanthropy, and munificence. We can- 
“not form to ourselves, even in imagination, 
the idea of a character more perfect than that 
of David Barclay. Graced by nature with a 
most neble form, all, the qualities. of his 
mind and the heart correspond.d with the 
grandeur of his exterior. The sumeriority of 
his uncerstanding ecnfirmed the impression 
which the dignity of his demeanor made on 
allgand though, by the tenets of his re‘igious 
faich, he abstuined from all the hor curs of 
pudlic trust, to whica he was frequcnily in- 
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[July 1, 
vited by his fellow-citizens, yet his influence 
was justly great on all the public questions 
of the day: his examination at the bar of 
the House of Cemmons, and his advice on 
the subject of the Amercian dispute, were so 
€lear, so intelligent, and’ so wise, that, 
though not followed, Lord North pubsicly 
acknowledzed he had derived more informa- 
tion trom him than from all others on the 
east of Temple-bar. It was the revolution 
that determined him to wind up his extensive 
concerns, and to retire ; but not 4s busy men 
generally retire—to the induigence of mere 
personal luxury.’ His benevolent heart con- 
tinued active in his retreat. He distributed 
his ample fortune in the most sublime ways. 
Instead of making all those persons whom he 
loved dependent on his future bounty, ‘as 
expectants at his death, he became, himself, 
the executor of his own will, and by the 
most magnificent aid to all his relatives, he 
no: only ‘laid the foundation, but lived to see 
the maturity, of all those establishmenta 
which now give such importance to his fa= 
mily. Nor was it merely to his relations. 
that this seasonable friendship was given, but 
to the young inen, whom he had bred in his 
mercantile house, and of whose virtuous dis- 
positions he approved. Some of the most. 
eminent merchants in the city of London are 
proud to acknowledge the gratitude they owe 
to David Barclay, for the means of their first 
introduction into life, and for the benefis of 
‘his counsel and countenance in their early 
Stages of it. It isa proof of the Sagacity of 
his patronage that he had very few occasions 
tu repent of the protection he had conferred. 
And the uninterrupted happiness he enjoyed 
for many years in the midst of the numerous 
connections he had reared, held out a lively 
example, and a lesson to ateaicy of the value 
of a just and well-directed beneficence.’ His 
virtue was not limited to his relatives, to his 
friends, to his sect, to his country, or to the 
colour of his species——he was a man of the 
warmest affections, and therefore loved his 
family and friends—he was a patriot, and 
theretore preferred nis own country to all 
others; but he was a Christian, aad felt for 
the human race. Ne-man therefore was 
€ver more active than David Barclay, in pro- 
loting whatever might ameliorate the con- 
dition of iai—lardely endowed by Providence 
with the means,-he felt it to be his duty to 
Set great examples; and when an argument 
Was set up against the emancipation of the 
negroes from slavery, ‘€ that they were too 
ignorant and too barbarous for freedom,” -he 
resolved, at his own expense, to demonstrate 
the fallacy of the imputation. Having had an 
estate in Jamaica fall to him, he determined 
at the exzense of 10,0001 to emancipate the 
whole gang (as they are termed) of slaves. 
He did this with his usual prudence as well 
as generosity. He sent out an agent ‘to 
Jamaica, and made him hise: a vessel, “in 
which 
