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in the more deliberate compofitions of his pen. 
He was net ill read in the Greek authors, 
and he was intimately familiar with the La- 
tin. The latter language he wrote with pro- 
priety and eafe. He had read and reflected a 
great deal on medical fubje&ts. The long ill- 
nefs which himfelf and his laft lady, who died 
feveral years before him, had experienced, 
contributed to give this direétion to his 
thoughts and ftudies. On his own and on his 
Jady’s account he had confulted moft of the 
faculty of any eminence in the king’om. But 
as it is probable that no phyfician ever had a 
more difagreeable patiant, fo it is certain that 
no patient was ever leis difpofed tothink well 
of his phyfician, or t» give him the fmaliett 
credit either for liberality or fkill. He re- 
quired demonftrative proof of the nature of 
difeafe and the operation of medicines, in cafes 
in which the impervious obfcurity of the fub- 
ject will nut admit of any thing more than a 
probable conjecture; and becaufe he could not 
obtain that proof, and every intricate and per- 
plexing queftion which he afked, could not be 
immediately refolved, he condemned with un- 
merciful feverity both the art and the pratti- 
tioners. Indeed I always found, that the ig- 
norance of medical men was among the favou- 
rite topics of his inveftive. He did not con- 
fider that the art of healing, like every other 
‘art, in which the wit and ingenuity of man 
were concerned, could not fuddenly reach the 
acme of perfeciion 5 that it was progreflive ; 
that its progrefs has been very rapid within 
tthefe few lait years; and that the late difco- 
-veries and improvements in chemical, in phy- 
fical, and moval fcience, have enabled us to 
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overcome many difeafes which were long ef- 
teemed incurable ; and that though there are 
many which we cannot cure, there are few 
which we cannot alleviate, as he himfelf ex- 
perienced ; and that only a partial alleviation 
of fuffering is what ought to excite our grati- 
tude, rather than inflame our difcontent. The 
philofophical labours of Sir George Shuck- 
burgh are thofe on which muft principally 
reft the bafis of his intellectual fame. Here 
no man was more wary of making hafty in- 
ferences, or of forming general conclufions 
from partial and inaccurate obfervations. 
Truth was his only obje@ 5 and he endeavour- 
ed to difcover truth and to dete& error by the 
mott patient and unremitting vigilance. . Had 
he devoted more of his time to thefe purfuits, 
it is probable that he would have had few fu- 
periors in philofephical celebrity. ‘The pains 
which he took to adjuft a regular and uni- 
form ftandard of weights and meafures, the 
tardy cautioufnefs of his experiments, the ac- 
curacy of bis calculations, and the practica- 
bility of his {cheme, entitle him to the warm- 
eft praife; and the zeal, talent, and-dill- 
gence, which he employed in a méafure of 
fuch vaft national concern, may defervedly 
claim for him a place of no common diitinc- 
tion among thofe who have promoted the wel- 
fare of their country. Much remains to be 
added to complete the picture of his character. 
This is only a rude and imperfect fketch, 
neither elaborated by ftudy, nor polifhed into 
elegance 3 butit will, perhaps, be found to ex- 
hibit a faithful and impartial refemblance of 
the man. 
R. Ferrowes.] 
BRO VON CDA OC CURR EP NCES, 
- WITH ati THE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS ; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
* * Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received. 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURAAM. 
Married.| At Bolton-Chapel, Northum- 
erland, William Burrel, efq. of Broom Park, 
one of his Majefty’s juftices of the peace for 
that county, to Mifs Fofter, of Bolton. 
At Eyemouth, Dr. Robert Stevenfon, of 
-Hanover-fquare, Newcaftle, to Mifs Jane 
Dow, of Queen’s-ftreet, Edinburgh. 
At Coldftream, Mr. Gilbert Bruce, farmer, 
to Mifs J. Watfon, daughter of the late 
Alexander Watfon, fpirit merchant, both of 
Kelfo. 
At Stockton upon-Tees, Robert Sherard, 
efq. of Oundle, Northamptonfhire, to Mifs 
/Grace Martha Johnfon, fourth daughter of 
the late Rev. George Johnfon, of Norton, 
Durham. 
Ac Berwick, Captain Carr, of the North- 
umberland Militia, to Mifs Younghufband, 
of Berwick, 
At Hart, Durham, Mr. Chilton, of Bil- 
lingham, to Mifs Ovington, daughter of Mr. 
Jobn Ovington, of Hart. 
At Warkworth, John Scott, efq. of Dock- 
wray-fquare, to M:fs Ditchbourn, of Togfton. 
—Mr. John Dodds, of Newcaftle, to Mifs 
Stephenfon. 
At Sunderland, Captain Murdy, to Mifs 
Fleming, both of that place. —Mr. Williarn 
Mingens, to Mifs Mary Metcalfe, both of 
Newcaftle, 
Died.| Aged 51, Mrs. Mary Curry, wife 
of Mr. Curry, of Hafton, formerly colleétor 
of the falc duty at South Shieids.—Mrs. 
Cummins, widow of the late Mr. Robert 
Cummins, of Weftoe, aged 78. 
At Hawick, Mi. Benjamin Embleton, fon 
of Mr. Thomas Embleton, of that place, 
aged 20. 
At Monkwearmouth-fhore, Mr. Robert 
Nna2 Cairns, 
