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Nathaniel Gilbert, of the island of Antigua, 
Sequire, a gentleman of large landed property 
there, and chief legal magistrate of the island, 
the maternal sister of the late lady Cole- 
brooke, and mother of the present lady 
Northamp ton. Through life, this lady was 
conspicuous not only for great good sense and 
very amiable manners, but also for the great 
Sincerity of her attachments; a sincerity 
which was the result of affection, principle, 
and benevolence, alone. In an age inwhichthe 
woman of fashion too frequently affects the 
most extravagant degree of moral sentiment, 
the purity of ler conduct expressed the innate 
worth and value of her mind; and while her 
charitable heart was ever ready to mitigate dis« 
tress, the delicacy of her*pecuniary Favours 
never wounded the feelings of those, whom her 
bounty so liberally relievei. Though hand- 
some in her youth, she was totally free from 
vanity and affectation; her charity, though 
exerted on the precepts of the divine word, 
in secrecy and silence, was not confined merely 
to alms, but manifested by a libzral and cha- 
ritable opinion of the conduct of all. So far 
was she from uttering scandal of any one that 
she did not even think it; and as to pride, 
¥f it resided in her, it was of that decent kind 
which preserved her within the bounds of 
Virtue and propriety. Thus beloved and re- 
vered for three generations, in consequence of 
a debility of body produced by an arthritic 
complaint, she expired at the end of her sixty- 
second year, when threatened with a total 
loss of sight, leaving to her inconsolable hus- 
band, children, and other connections, the 
example of a woman, illustrious in every so- 
cial department of live. Her remains were 
conveyed for interment to the family vault at 
Lambeth. 
BERKSHIRE. 
Mr. Lancaster, on his return from Bath 
and Bristol, lectured in the Town Hall of 
Newbury ; afterwards Colonel Page took the 
chair, and resolutions were passed, a com- 
mittee formed, subscriptions opened, and all 
the preparatory steps taken to establish a 
schvol, which, it is said, will shortly be open- 
ed by one of Mr. Lancaster’s young men, 
A school ona larger scale is to be establish- 
at Reading, Mr. Edward Simeon, merchant, 
of London, having given 500}. for that pur- 
pose. Mr. Lancaster some time ago lectured 
in the Town Hall of that place, and was 
maost handsomely received by the inhabitants 
of as liberal and generous a town as any in 
the British dominions. 
Married} At Reading, Mr. Edmund 
Phillips, to Miss Elizabeth Sophia Elkens. 
At Wantage, Mr. Jackson, of Bagshot, to 
Miss M. M. Tripp, fou:th daughter of Mr, 
William T. 
At Hurley, Mr. Philips Havell, of Read. 
ing, to Miss Johnstone, of ‘ae es Hill. 
Died] At Tilehurst house, aged 72, the 
rey. Richard Chandler, D, D. aathor of Tra- 
Berkshire—Somersetshire. 
[May } ) 
veis in Greece and Asia Mioor, eee Anti- 
guities, and other literary works. 
At Shaw, Mr. John Tanner. 
At Mortimér, Mrs. Dawes. 
At Down End, Mr. Roger Knight, 79. 
At Reading, Mrs. Deane, 83.—Mrs. Daw- 
son, 87.—Mirs. Calverley, 75. 
At Sedgecross Farm, Mr. John Horne. 
At Bradfield, Mr. Tull. 
SOMERSETSHIRE. 
Monday the 19th of March being fixed 
upon for laying the foundation-stone of the 
Commercial Coffee Rooms at Bristol, the 
treasurer, Mr. George Dyer, accompanied by 
the mayor and sheriffs, and a numerous party 
of the subscribers, proceeded from the Coun- 
cil House to the place of the intended build- 
ing, which was decorated with flags, in the 
following order:-——Roysl Bristol Volunteer 
Band. The Mason, earrying on a velvet 
cushion a Plate, with the following inscrip- 
tion: ‘* Bristol Commercial Coffee Rooms. 
This building was erected by the subscrip~ 
tions of the most eminent merchants and in- 
habitants of the city of Bristol, and the 
foundation. stone was laid on the i9th day of 
March, 1810, in the fiftieth year of the reiga 
of our beloved sovereign, king George the 
Third, by the hands of George Dyer, esqe 
chairman and treasurer, in the presence of 
the rigbt worshipful John Hilhouse Wilcox, 
esq. mayor; (here follow the names of the 
committee} Mr. W. L. Clarke, Secretary ; 
C. A. Busby, Architect, London.” (On the 
plate were a silver,trowel, mallet, and cvuins 
aud medals of the reign of his present ma- 
jesty.) The Clerk of Works, with the plans 
of the intended building. Mr. Busby, the 
Architect. Mayor’s officers, with the mate, 
sword, &c. Mr. Dyer, and the Mayor. The 
Sheriffs. The Committee and Subscribers. 
The‘ -erowd being excessive, ht was a consi- 
derab¥e time before the procession reached 
the spot, when Mr. Dyer deposited the coins 
and meda)s, and placed the inscription plate, 
in which he was assisted by the mayor and 
sheriffs. The fowndation-stone, of two tons 
weight, was then lowered, while the band 
played ** God save the King.” Mr. Dyer, 
standing on the stone, addressed the compa- 
ny in a neat and appropriate speech. The 
pressure was very great, but happily no ac- 
eident occurred. An elegant dinner was 
afterwards served at the Montague, toa nu= 
merous cOmpany of subscribers; Mr. Dyer 
in the chair, supported by the mayor and she- 
riffs. On placing the dessert, the following 
lines, written by Dr. Busby, were distributed 
to the company, and recited by the rev. nic 
Bedford, with the greatest applause : 
Commerce, the social blessing of mankind, 
Great league of nations! bounteous heaven 
desizn’d 
To. wake our energies, the heart expand, 
And spread the produce of each fertile Jand. 
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