London, Canterbury, Middlefex, and Rochefter, chancellor of the dioc. of Lincoln, and fellow of Trin. Hall, Cambr. He was nephew to the late Sir Edw. Simpfon, dean of the arches, and was editor of Bp. Ellys's Tracts on Spiritual Liberty. Lieut. Geo. Wm. Lenox Rogers, of the royal artillery, fon of the late Major Rogers of Berwick. At his fifter Mifs Drake's in Bentinck-ftr. aged 59, the rev. Ralph Drake Brockman, B.D. of Beachborough, in Kent, in the commiffion of the peace for that county, one of the commiffioners of Dover harbour, a jurate of Hythe, &c. He was fome years fellow of St. John's Coll. Oxf. and in 1767 took the name of Brockman by act of parliament, in purfuance of the will of his kinfman, James Brockman, efq; who bequeathed to him his eftate. His integrity and goodnefs of heart, and his many amiable and refpectable qualities, in every relation of life, make his lofs fever-ly felt and lamented by all who knew him. He married his coufin Mifs Caroline Brockman in 1761, by whom he has left two fons (the eldeft, James, juft admitted at St. John's Coll. Oxf.), and four daughters. At Canterbury, Mrs. Vincent, aged 96, mother-in-law of Mr. Alderm. Jackfon At Genthorpe, in Yorkh. Mrs. Hodgson, lady of the rev. Nath. Hodgson, and fifter to Ld Middleton. 12. At Harwich, Capt. Prefton, of the W. Middlefex militia. He was exercifing his men on horseback, and juft as he had drawn his fword to give the word of com rand, it dropped out of his hand, and he fell off his horfe and inftantly expired. At Rotherhithe, Mr. Ezek. Ranfolk. Five days before his decease he had come into poffeffion of an eftate of a thousand pounds per ann. His death was attributed to a violent cold he caught upon the water on lord mayor's day. At Chinkford-Hall, Effex, aged 84, Mrs. Snell, relict of the late Robt. S. efq; and mo. ther of S. efq; of Salfburies in Shendey; one of her daughters married, 1. Mr. Sugar, prebendary of York; 2. Mr. Barnard, of whom fee vol. XXVII!. 203. 241.; another is widow of the late Mr. Snell, of Edmonton. At Warwick, aged 81, Mr. Ifaac Twycrofs, 50 years alderman of that corporation. 13. Mr. Binckes, jeweller, in the Strand. His death was occafioned by being flung from a phaeton returning from Windsor races. Mr. King, mafter of the King's Head, Enfield, by riding against the fhaft of a cart at Buth-Hill in the dark, which tore his thigh, and brought on fuch an effufion of blood, as occafioned his death in a few hours. The driver of the cart was butler to Mr. Daguilar at Enfield Wath, and had come out of his way to accommodate a wo nan and child. 15. A Destford, Mr. John Brickley, aged 104; formerly a furgeon in the navy. At his fecond fon's in Berners-ftreet, aged 84, Matthew Kenrick, efo; barrifter at law, and one of the commiffioners of the lieutenancy for London, formerly counfel to the governors of Q. Anne's bounty, and one of the commiffioners of the ftamp-office, but had retired from bufinefs many years. He has left four fons; Cranmer; John, M. P. for Blechingly, and clerk of the deliveries of the board of ordnance; Matthew, LL.D. rector of Blechingly; and Jarvis, M. A. vicar of Chilham, in Kent. At Mill-Hill, Tho. Barnard, efq; of Lincoln's Inn. 17. At Chatham, fuddenly, Mr. Francia Whitefield, keeper of a lottery-office there and at Canterbury, and a tide waiter in the port of London. Rev. Mr. Laycon, V. of Winsford, Somerf. 18. Mrs. Bromfield, aged 92, relict of Jn. Bromfield, efq; of Haywood, co. Northampton. Rev. Jas. Haffall, R. of N. Rungton, Norf. Mr. Cotton, mafter of an academy in Enfield town. At Hartford, near Huntingd. Mrs. Waytfan. 19. In Harpur-fir. Mrs. Spelman, relict of John S. efq; of Narboro' co. Norfolk. At York, the rev. John Buxton, vicar of Carleton and Bonwell, co. Norfolk. At Chatham, in the 69th year of her age, Mrs. Anne Treffé, wife of Mr. Wm. Treffé; a grand niece to George Monck, duke of Albemarle, being on her mother's fide defcended from the fifter of that illuftrious perfonage. 20. Mr. J. Hunt, fon of Edw. H. efq; furveyor of the navy. 21. In New-tr. Hanover-fqu. Edw. Sedgwick, efq; 22. Alex. Freeman, efq; aged 99, formerly a Hamburgh merchant. 23. Mr. Tatum, ftudent of Wadham Coll. Oxf. and eld. fon to Dr. T. of Salisbury. 24. Mrs. Jackfon, of Clerkenwell-clofe, one of the largest women in England. 25. Mr. Dye, aged 89, button-maker to the army. Sept. 29 GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. JONATHAN Lovett, efq; of Lifcombe-Houfe, co. Bucks, created a baronet of G. Britain. 07. 6. Rob. Pool Finch, D. D. prebendary of Weftmintier, vice Dr. Tho. Marriott, dec The dignity of a baronet of Ireland to William Gleasowe Newcowen, of Carrickglafs, in the co. of Longford, efq; Barry Denny, of Caftle Moyle, in the co. of Kerry, efq; and Hugh Dillon Mafley, of Donafs, co. of Clare, efq; 20. Tho. Lock, efq; Lançafter Herald, appointed Norroy King of Arms, and Principal Herald of the North parts of England, vice Peter Dore, efq; dec. Nov. 6. Sir Geo. Br. Rodney, bart. and K. B. appointed vice admiral of Gr. Britain, and lieutenant of the admiralty thereof, and alfo lieut. of the navies and feas of Gr. Britalo, vice L Hawke. Geo. Darby, efq; rear admiral of Gr. Britain, &c. vice Sir G. B. Rev. War-Office, O. 9. Major Oliver De Lancey of 17th reg. of light dragoons, to be adjutantgeneral of the forces in N. America, vice John André; and a lieut.-colonel in the army. CIVIL PROMOTIONS. ARL Waldegrave, lord lieut. and cuft. rot. of the co. of Effex, vice Ld Rochford, dec. Fra. Pigot, efq; to be clerk of the peace for the county of Berks, and clerk of the general theetings of the militia for the faid county, in the room of Wm. Tyrell, efq; dec. Meffrs. Lichfield, Jones, Sharpe, Garnett, and Ripon, bach, of arts, of Trin. Coll. Camb. elected fellows of that fociety. Rev. Rich. 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Lifts of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Promotions, &c. &c. 586 593 By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gent. LONDON; Printed by J. NICHOLS, for D. HENRY, late of ST. JOHN'S GATE AVERAGE PRICES of CORN, from Dec. 10, to Dec. 15, 1781. Wheat Rye Barley Oats Beans COUNTIES INLAND. Effex Suffolk York 4 Hertford 5 0/0 0/2 Durham S 33231 63 Northumberland 4 73 71 81 62 8 Cumberland 4 83 Westmorland 5 20 0/0 0/1 4/2 3 31 93 2 Rutland Chethire Monmouth 6 30 41 60 21 73 02 71 50 Cornwall Salop 5 43/6/2 Hereford 5 40 II 8 6 Hampshire Worcester Warwick 5 40 4 8.0 02 2/1 1012 3 Gloucester 5 80 93 Wilts Berks Oxford 5 80 0,2 WALES, Dec. 3, to Dec. 8, 1781. 02 South Wales 5 213 2 5 0/0 0.2 THEATRICAL REGISTER. DRURY-LANE. Nov. 24. Love in a Village-Robinson Crufoe 29. Ditto-The Quaker. 4. Ditto-Robinson Crusoe. 5. School for Scandal-Gentle Shepherd. 6. The Fair Circaffian-The Waterman. 7. Ditto-Comus. 8. Ditto-Gentle Shepherd. 10. Ditto-Robinson Crufoe. 11. King Arthur-Catherine and Petruchio. 12. 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A reprefentative, and fent him to Parlia ment with the moft diftinguished marks of approbation. He ftated an objection HIS day Mr. F- which he fuppofed would be made to his defired the copy of motion, as tending to revive those anithe charges exhi- mofities in the navy which were in part bited againft Adm. extinguished. Non movere quieta was a Keppel by Sir H. maxim generally approved; but they Pallifer, and the must be anfwerable for the bad confeheads of the pro- quences, if any fhould enfue, who ceeding confequent brought the matter forward by advifing thereupon, to be his Majefty to appoint Sir H. P, gover read; after which he rofe, and apolo- nor of Greenwich Hofpital. He then gized to the Houfe for the motion he was glanced at the odium the fame men had about to make, which, he faid, was nei- B brought upon themfelves, by taking into ther actuated by motives of perfonal en- truft and confidence another delinquent, mity to the one, nor influenced by pri- who had been degraded and declared-unvate friendship to the other. He confi- worthy of ever ferving his country more. dered, he faid, Sir H. P. as one great And who knows, faid he, how foon we caufe of the calamities under which the may fee the Governor of Greenwich nation was now fuffering, and therefore Hofpital at the head of a British fleet; he felt against that gentleman all that and then, if any objection fhould be public enmity which a juft fenfe of his made, it will be faid, Why perfecute conduct ought to infpire. At the fame the man now? the time was, when he time he paid his hon. relation [Adm. was appointed Gov. of Greenwich HofKeppel] all thofe honours which heroic pital. This appointment Mr. F-x 1e valour, joined to confummate virtue, are prefented as an infult on the honour of justly entitled to. He then took occa- Dthe British navy. Who, he faid, could fion to expatiate on the treatment his hon. fee with indifference a poft which had hirelation had met with from an Admi- therto been bestowed only as a reward niftration who had uniformly beftowed for meritorious fervice, given to a man their favours only on the moft obnoxious convicted of having preferred a maliof their own creatures; and exhibited a cious and ill-founded accufation against Atriking picture of the enormous influ- his commanding officer? To clear him ence of the Crown, oppoled to virtue, E from which ftain, the credit of a moft repopularity, and invincible integrity, at fpectable court, compofed of the first the election for Windfor, when the re- characters in the British navy, is to be prefentative of their choice was feparated arraigned, and their verdict declared exfrom his conftituents, who for feveral tra-judicial, though it had received the fucceffive parliaments had honoured him full approbation of the British Parlia with their voluntary fuffrages. This ment, and the open acquiefcence of the oppofition, however, had terminated to F profecutor himself; who,confcious of his own criminality, had refigned his lucra tive employinents in the ftate, and even his feat in Parliament, to retire from the notice of the public, and, if poffible, to Ay from himfelf. He juftified the vera the mortification of thofe who abetted it; for the free electors of the opulent county of Surrey, in abhorrence of fuch barefaced corruption, received the hon. Admiral with open arms, chofe him their |