1804.] 
left no progeny. His preferment in the 
church was inadequate to his learning, piety, 
and talents. But fuch was the moderation of 
his defires, that he neither folicited nor com~- 
plained. The Colchefter living was conferred 
upon him by the prefent Bifhop of London, 
very much to his honour, without perfonal 
‘acquaintance, or powerful recommendation : 
but, from the modefty of his charaéter, and 
love of a private life, his profound learning 
and literary abilities were but little known, 
till the publication of his Ariftotle. 
At Hyde, near Ingateftone, Brand Hollis, 
esq. F.R. S.S.A.. In early life he tra- 
velled with the late Mr, Thomas. Hollis, 
whofe name he took, and who bequeathed 
him a confiderable eftate, together witha va- 
luable-collection of gems, medals, &c. Both 
thefe gentlemen were friends to civil and re- 
ligious liberty, and both liberally promoted 
the diffufion of thofe principles of knowledge 
fo eflential to the maintenance of liberty and 
peace. Mr. Brand Hollis, with the late Dr. Jebb, 
Major Cartwright, Dr. Price, and Dr. Brock- 
lefby, was one of the earliest members of the 
Society for Conftitutional Information, Like 
is excellent predeceflor, he was a friend to 
the fine arts, particularly feulpture and paint- 
Ing, and applied them to the noble purpofe, 
which is worthy of their nature and dignity—~ 
that of giving aid to the caufe of freedom and 
virtue. He has left his: eftates in Effex and 
Dorfetthire, worth about gcool. ‘per annum, 
to Dr. Difney, fubje& to debts and legacies, 
with a view to the continuance of the appli- 
“cation of them to the benefit of his country 
and fociety in general. 
KENT. 
Application is intended to be made to par- 
liament, for an act for inclofing the commons 
and waite lands in the parifhes of Eaft Malling 
and Tefton 5 and likewife for an aét for mak- 
ing a new turnpike.road from the prefent 
Comp road, in the parifh of Mereworth, to 
communicate with that leading to Brenchly. 
A plan has, it is faid, been propofed and 
adopted by government, for, conftructing a 
canal of large dimenfions between Shornclift- 
battery and the river Rother, neay Rye, and 
jut under Pleydon-heights, which combines 
the defence of the moft, vulnerable parts of 
the Kentith coaft againt invafion, with great 
public utility. It is to be flanked throughout 
with batteries, and the batteries are to be of 
fuch breadth and depth as to admit trading and 
armed veflels of 200 tons burthen: It will 
ac as a catch-water drain, and greatly relicve 
the levels below from the highland water. 
By means of it the produce of the country 
may be carried at a comparatively {mall ex- 
pence to the fea-coaft, and it will aftord a 
ready means of conveying fhingle and beach 
to the interior of the country, for making 
aod repairing of roads, which throughout this 
diftridt are very bad. It will be of infinite 
wfe to the county of Kent, fhould the pro- 
jeted canal from Yalden Lees, on the Med- 
Montuty Mae, No, 121. 
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Kents 36) 
way, to Canterbury, with a branch by Ten- 
terden to the Rother, be carried into efteét, 
The line of canal has lately been furveyed, 
and has been found to be not only praéticable, 
but one of the eafieft lines ever difcovered in 
the kingdom. Its fummit is about one hun- 
dred feet above the level of the fea, and is 
nearly fifty miles on one level. From Cane 
terbury a canal on one level has been pre- 
jeéted, to communicate with the fea at Sr, 
Nicholas’ bay, in the ifle of Thanet, capable 
of carrying tea-built veflels, fo that, by join. 
ing thefe two canals, the whole interior of 
the county will have a ready and éafy navi- 
gation to the fea-coaft at Canterbury, Char- 
ham, Rye, and Hythe.; It will alfo, by 
means of the river Rother, open a navigation 
into an important part of the county of Suffes, 
at Robertfbridge, from whence the timber and 
other articles may be conveyed at a cheap rate 
to his Majefty’s dock-yards at Chatham, and 
on the Thames. It will probably be the 
means of bringing about the improvement of 
the harbour of, Rye, fo long in contempla- 
tion, The old harbour of Lympne will alfo 
be opened, and it is not unlikely that the at- 
tention of government may be drawn, fooner 
or later, to Hythe, anda good harbour efta- 
blifhed there. 
Maorried.| At Minfter Sheppey, Mr.Strong- 
hill, to Mifs Sharp, both of Chatham. 
At Doddington, Alured Henry Shove, efq. 
to Mifs Wheeler, of Charing. 3 
At Maidftone, Mr. Samuel Ballard,’ of 
London, to Mifs Elizabeth Page. 
Died.| At Maid@one, Mrs. Mary Honey, 
widow of the late Mr. Thomas Honey.—Mrs._ 
Affiter, relict of the late Mr, John Affiter. 
At Canterbury, aged 77, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Biflaker,—— Mr. Fill, carpenter. — Mrs. Sy ~ 
monds, haberdather.— Aged 81, Mrs. Lewin, 
At Peddon, Mr. Stephen Pilcher, of Wing- 
ham. 
At Orpington, Sir Richard Glode, knight. 
This gentleman rofe from the humble Gtuation 
of a journeyman, bricklayer, by his indufttry 
and good qualities, to the rank of theriff of 
the county of Middlefex and city of London, 
and has left a very ample fortune. 
At Davington, near Feverfham, aged 2, 
Mr. Charles Weft, 34 years office-keeper to 
the powder-mills at Feverfham. He entered 
into the army in t741, in the fir regimenc 
of guards, in which he remained 32 years in 
one company. During his-fervice he was 
prefent at the battle of Fontency, and in 
many other engagements. 
At Boughton Malherb, the. Rev. Robert 
Foote, one of the prebendaries of Rochefer 
cathedral, rector of Boughton Malherb, and 
vicar of Skorne. ‘ 
[ Mr. Thomas Paine ldfield, whofe death was 
announced in sur Magazine for duguft laf, was 
a youth of moft extraordinary genius, and too 
generally known to fuffer an idea of the follow- 
ing account of his life to be difcredjted so At 
tne age of five years and a half he had a {carlee 
ys 3 Cc fever, 
