Effex....Norfolk....Suffolk.... Suffex.... Kent. Underwood. Among other charitable legacies, he has bequeathed 100l. to the Northampton General Infirmary. ESSEX. About two o'clock in the morning of the 16th inftant, the house of Mr. Thomas Harris, of Burleigh, was difcovered to be on fire by one of the men and an apprentice, who alarmed the family, but too late to fave the life of Mrs. Harris, her two fons, and two daughters. The eldest daughter fortunately efcaped through a window, whilft the dif tracted parent, regardless of her own fafety, and only anxious for that of her children, perished with them in the flames. Mr. Harris was absent on a journey at the time. Married.] At Colchester, Mr. John Lingwood, to Mifs Sarah Whitaker Wade. Died.] At Chelmsford, aged 86, Mr. Stephens Levitt. And the following day, aged 76, Mrs. Levitt, his wife. Mr. Scott. At Colchester, Mr. Samuel Nockolds, an eminent hat manufacturer. Mrs. Woodward, of Feering Fraine. After a lingering illness of feveral years, Thomas Selwyn, efq. of Down Hall. At Springfield, in his 49th year, Mr. Richard Balls, of the Three Cups publichouse. NORFOLK. Married.] At Norwich, Mr. Peter Colombine, jun. to Mifs Brunton. Mr. Benjamin Bates to Mifs Ofborn. Mr. Henry Toll to Mifs Gillman. Mr. R. Bacon, jun. to Mifs Noverre. Mr. Robert Barnham, of Banham, to Mifs Sarah Keddell, of Saham Toney. At Eaft Watton, Mr. Richard Young to Mifs Ann Lemon. At Difs, Mr. Suffum, of Finsbury Square, London, to Mifs Bacon, of the former place. At Fakenham, Mr. Jofeph Redgrave to Mifs Hennant. Mr. Thomas Lamb to Mifs A. Johnfon, At Holt, the Rev. John Glover to Mifs Jennis. At Foultham, Mr. Quarles, attorney, to Mifs Leaford, of Ely. Died.] At Norwich, aged 88, Mr. James Hall. Aged 68, Mr. Thomas Partridge. In his 57th year, Mr. Prior. Aged 62, Mr. Thomas Nelfon. At Lynn, Mrs. Selfe. At Yarmouth, in the 22d year of her age, after a fevere illness, Mrs. Margaret Smith. At Surlingham, aged 52, Mr. Chriftopher Coffey. At Bacton, in the 22d year of her age, Mrs. Atkinson, wife of the Rev. Mr. At kinfon. At Morlingford, aged 64, Mrs. Mary Wright. At Tivethall, aged 63, Mr. Robert Holmes, an opulent farmer. At Lammas, aged 19, Mr. Tho. Coleby. At the family feat, at Heydon, in the 73d year of her age, Mary Wiggett Bulwer, Felict of W. Wiggett Bulwer, efq. 1 155 At Difs Heywood, aged 32, Mr. Doggett, a refpectable farmer. SUFFOLK. Married.] At Lavenham, Mr. Westrop, furgeon, to Mifs Mary Foster. Died.] At Bury, in her 50th year, Mrs. Hart. At Woodbridge, the Rev. T. Goodwin, rector of Martlesham. At Redgrave, aged 73, Mrs. Barker. At Biddlefton, aged 22, Mr. Tho. Stevens. At Hadleigh, Elizabeth Gibbons, wife of Thomas Gibbons, M. D. At Dalham, in his 68th year, Mr. George Fisher. Mr. Gabriel Truffor, of Frifton Hall." SUSSEX. A very fevere, and, for the feason, very unufual tempeft was experienced at Lewes on the 31st of last month. Two claps of thunder, in particular, were extremely loud and awful; and the lightning that preceded the peals fet fire to the fpire of Barcomb church, the flames of which foon alarmed the prrish, and affembled a great number of perfons to the fpot. By dint of uncommon exertions, aided with a plentiful fupply of water, the fire was at length fortunately extinguished, after it had burnt about three hours, and confumed between fix and feven feet of the fpire. The body of the church did not receive the flighteft injury. Confiderable damage was done by the storm in several other places. The fwifts of Hendfield wind-mill were driven round with fuch velocity, that' it was impoffible to ftop their motion, and the mill, in confequence, caught fire. Married.] At Lewes, John Vernon, efq. of Bedford-fquare, to Mifs Cranston, only daughter of the late Capt.Cranston, of the navy. At Tillington, Mr. William Bishop, of Haftings, to Mifs Sarah Putrick, of the former place. At Steyning, Mr. Woolgar, aged 18, to Mifs Longley, aged 80. Upwards of 500 perfons attended this extraordinary wedding, and the bride received the warm congratulations of all the elderly ladies in the neighbourhood. Died.] At Ipfwich, aged 22, Mr. Tho. Brown. Mr. John Carter. Mr. Edward Mayes. At Rye, Mr. Waterman, attorney. 156 Surrey....Hertfordshire....Hampshire....Berkshire, &c. At Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Mr. James Head to Mifs M. Leopard. At Chatham, Mr. John Eggier to Mrs. S. Sharp. Mr. John Weekes to Mrs. Margaret Pettifor. Lieutenant Mofs, of the Hereford Militia, to Mifs Linderidge. At Margate, William Chefter, efq. of the Royal Navy, to Mifs Peacock, of the Manfion Houfe in that town. At Ashford, Mr. William Jones, of the Royal Artillery, to Mifs Sparrow. Died.] At Canterbury, Mr. Thomas Elms, mafter of the Blue Anchor public houfe. Mrs. Young, wife of the Rev. Mr. Young, a diffenting minifter. Mrs. Gaufion. Mifs Barham. Mr. Samuel Holness. In her 79th year, 'Mrs. Sarah Frances. Mr. Roufe. At Lewisham, aged 89, Mrs. Hannah Butterworth.. At Margate, Mr. Greenwood, of the Crown and Thistle public houfe. At Ashford, aged 73, Mrs. Janneway. At Rochester, after a fhort illness, Mrs. Lay. In a very advanced age, Mrs. Smith, Died.] At Gravefend, Mrs. S. Tucker, wife of the rev. John Tucker, rector of this place. At Deal, in her Sift year, Mrs. Mary White. At Dover, aged 37, Mr. G. Shaw, cooper. In her 87th year, Mrs. Sufannah Broadley. At New Romney, aged 55, Mr. Coates, one of the jurats of this corporation. At Charms, Mr. George Harrison, sen. At Upper Rainham, aged 73, Mr. John At Chatham, Mr. Ivet Pankhurst, quartermafter of the fhip-wrights in this dock-yard. Mifs Sarah Sugden, fecond daughter of Mr. William Sugden, chief clerk of the commiffioner's office. BERKSHIRE. Married.] Mr. Henry Witherington, baker, of Reading, to Mifs Bufhell, only daughter of Mr. Bushell, an opulent farmer, of Critton, Wilts. Died] At Reading, at the advanced age of 88, Mr. Richard Simeon. The according teftimony of two generations renders any eulogium on his character fuperfluous. Mr. Baker, furgeon and apothecary, of Londonftreet. Mr. R. L. Bacon, grocer. Mrs. Lydia Alexander. Mrs. Simmonds. After a lingering illnefs, Mrs. Ward. Mr. Cruttwell. Mrs. Lydia Speakman. On his paffage to Lisbon, the rev. William Goddard, rector of West Woodhay, in this county. At Brimpton, after a lingering illness, Mr. Arundell. At Longworth park, aged 86, Mrs. Jane Payn, widow of the rev. Francis Payn, A. M. late rector of Swerford, Oxon, and dean of Jersey. At Clewer, in his 66th year, Mr. Wil liam Cook, miller. At Woodley, in his 39th year, Mr. Richard Elmby. WILTSHIRE. Married.] At Salisbury, Mr. Darby to Mifs Chambers. Mr. Perry to Mifs Courtney. At Hungerford, the Rev. Mr. Rowlinfon to Mifs Shrimpton, of Marlborough, At Donhead, Mr. John South to Mifs Cater. At Stourton, Mr. John Child, linen-manufacturer, to Mifs Nicholas, of Charlton Mufgrove. Died.] At Salisbury, Mrs. Stone. At Hungerford, Mr. Henry Blake, of the Red Lion inn. At Devizes, Mr. John Gamble, an eminent ftone-mafon. At Marlborough, in her 71ft year, Mrs. Orchard. She had been confined to her bed for the laft five years. At Britford, Mr. John Newman. SOMERSETSHIRE. As fome labourers were lately repairing the Wellington road, they dug up an earthen veffel, containing about 2000 fmall filver coins, of the fize of fixpences. They are of the reign of Edward the First, and are in a ftate of high preservation. Married.] At Bath, Mr. Samuel Fyler, to Mifs Margaret Arnott, of Queen-1quare, The rev. James Payne, fon of the late rev. Canon Payne, to the hon. Mrs. Hyde, daughter of lord Francis Seymour, dean of Wells. Mr. Cunningham, of the theatre, to Miís Loder, daughter of Mr. Loder, musician. Mr. Jonathan Harman, to Mifs Moore. Captain Whelans, of the 61st regiment, to Mifs Frances S. C. Griffith. Mr. Quarlington, to Mrs. Gwinnefs. Lieutenant Colonel Hatton, of the 66th regiment of foot, to Mifs Hodges, eldest daughter of Jeremiah Hodges, efq. of Apps-court, Surrey. At Dorfetfbire....Devonshire....Wales. At the fame place, Mr. John Hale, to Mrs. M. Williams. At Wells, Mr. James Bacon, to Mifs Ball. Married.] At Wayford, Mr. John Frampton, of Greenham Farm, to Mifs Elfwood, of Blackdown. The happy bridegroom has, for the last 45 years, been in the conftant habit of paying his devoirs to the fair object of his affections regularly twice a week, in doing which he has travelled as a pedestrian, within that time, little less than 17,000 miles! At Moolham-house, near Ilminster, Mr. William Slater, to Mifs Amelia Wallington. Mr. John Cook, grazier, of Rookbridge, to Mifs Haynes. At Chewton-Mendip, Mr. Lamorock Curtis, to Mifs Ann Hippifley. At Kingdon, Mr. Thomas Parker, to Mifs E. Tucker. At Barrington church, Mr. T. Brookman, of Sandford, to Mifs Parker, of Langford. Died.] At Bath, John Gunning, efp. F. R. S. A. S. S. furgeon-general to the army, and furgeon extraordinary to the king. Alfo Major Keightley. At the fame place, Aaron Knight, many years head hoftier at the Mews in AvonStreet: after doing his customary duty in the morning, he went into the hay-loft, and hung himself. He was an honest and faithful fervant, but has been fubject to fits of melancholy and defpondency for a confiderable time. He has left a wife and four children. At his feat at Menford Caftle, in a very advanced age, Dr. Pugh, an eminent and fuccefsful practitioner. At Winford, Mrs. Yorke. At Stanton Wick, of the gout in his ftomach, Mr. Jofeph Sage At Bath, Mrs. Methold, relict of the late E. Methold, efq. She has left handfome legacies to most of the charitable inftitutions in Bath, and 50l. to the afylum for poor blind perfons in Bristol. At the fame place, after an illness of only a few hours, Mrs. Tarry haberdasher. Mifs Davis, fifter of Dr. Davis. Mrs. Racey. In an advanced age, Mrs. Sheppard. Mr. Ifaac Matthews. Mr. John Gent, jun. apothecary. Mrs. Juliana Mackworth, fifter of the late fir Herbert Mackworth, of Gnoll Caftle, Glamorganfhire. Her death was occafioned by a fevere contufion on the head, which the received by a fall from the vineyards. At Frome, fuddenly, Mrs. Middleton. Mr. James Turner, fchoolmaster of the parish of Keen, near Garton, was lately found drowned in a ditch near his own house. He was a very useful man in the neighbourhood, and fupported an unblemished charaûter. DORSETSHIRE. 15% Married.] At Frampton, Mr. William Salisbury, to Mifs Jane Lucas. At Pitcombe, the rev. William Frederick Grove, of Melbury Abbas, to Mifs Pounfett, of Cole-place, near Bruton, Somersetshire. Died.] At Ofmington, near Weymouth, after a short illness, Mifs Wood. At Weft Coker, Mr. Abraham Sandford. At Odcombe, whilft fitting in his chair, just after he had paid his workmen, Mr. Harris, ftone-cutter. DEVONSHIRE. Married.] At Exeter, Robert Walpole Dudley, efq. of the Wiltshire militia, to Mrs. S. Grahame, widow of Robert Grahame, efq. of Morphie. At Tor-Abbey, Mr. William Throgmorton, to Mifs Giftard. At Plymouth, Captain Elrington, of the army, to Mifs Colby, of Barnstaple. Died.] At Exeter, Thomas Hayman, gent. coroner for that city. Alfo, Mr. John Rickord. Mr. Allistone. In the 74th year of her age, Mrs. Elizabeth Kennavay. At her feat at Crofs, near Torrington, the right hon. lady Clinton, widow of the late Robert George William Trefufis, lord Clinton, who died in Auguft laft. At Hall, in this county, Mr. Charles Chichester, aged 76. At Silverton, aged 84, Mr. Robert Rowe. WALES. The following PROCLAMATION far a MEET ING of WELSH BARDS, at Midfummer, 1798, will prove that the race of bards and the religion of the Druids is not yet extin&. "In the year 1797, the fun being in Alban Hevin, or the fummer folftice, an Invitation was given, in the hearing of the country, and the government, under the period of a year and a day, with protection for all who might feek for privilege and graduation in science and bardism, to repair to the London Meeting, upon Primrofe Hill; to the Chair of Glamorgan, upon Tyle y Gawl; and to the Chair of North Wales at Caerwys; where there will not be a naked weapon against them; and then and there, in the prefence of M. Du, Iolo Morganwg, and B. Glas, and others, Bards according to the privilege of the Bards of the Ifle of Britain, to deliver and fet forth the judgment of the feffions, in the face of the fun, and in the eye of the light, on all, with respect to genius and moral conduct, who may feek for profidency and privilege. And alfo at the time and places aforefaid, to pronounce on the merits, and to adjudge a prize, for the beft Tranflation, into Welth, of Gray's Ode, "The Bard;" and relating to other matters, according to the rights and cuftom of the Bards of the Ifle of Britain. Ygwyr yn erbyn y Byd! The Truth, in oppofition to the World." SCOTLAND. . 158 SCOTLAND. Agricultural Report, &c. David Martin, efq. portrait painter, died at his houfe in Edinburgh, on Saturday the 30th of December, 1797., Mr. Martin was born at Anftruther in Fife, and received the education of his carly years from his father, Mr. John Martin, a man of a moft refpectable character, and very ingenious. In very early life Mr. Martin's genius for drawing difcovered itself, procured him the notice of the neighbouring gentlemen, and introduced him to the acquaintance and friendship of Mr. Ramfay, late painter to his Majesty. With Mr. Ramfay he went to Rome, and refided in that fchool of the arts about three years. During the period of Mr. Ramfay's greatest fame, and while he was painter to the royal family, Mr. Martin was his friend and useful afliftant. He did not confine himfelf to the pencil, which was employed not én portraits only, but occafionally on other Atudies: he frequently amufed himfelf as an engraver and worker in mezzotinto, of which, his Summer Evening, and Ruins of 3 Ancient Baths, and Earl Mansfield, and his Hume, and Rousseau, are difinguished fpecimens. Mr. Martin's predilection for Scotland is easily accounted for: his venerable parents and nearest relations refided there; his attachment to the metropolis was leffen, ed by the death of his wife. In 1783, he left London; and fince that time has enjoyed much reputation and fuccefs in his profeflion and it is univerfally allowed, that no Scot tifh artist has appeared of fuperior, if of equal abilities The Countess of Stair, at her house in Galloway. At Dundee, Mrs. Camilla Elizabeth Wright, wife of James Wright, jun. efq. daughter of colonel D. Campbell, and great grand-daughter, on the maternal fide, to the late lord Rokeby, archbishop of Armagh, &c. She is greatly regretted by all her friends and acquaintance, who could justly appreciate great fenfibility, a high fenfe of pro priety, franknefs, integrity of principle, and independance of spirit. AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 1798. OUR accounts from the more northern diftricts ftate, that notwithstanding the froft and falls of fnow during this month, the operations of the hufbandman have not been much retarded. In general, farmers have been bufily employed in turning over their winter fallows, or in preparing their lands for barley and oats. From Wales too we find, that the late changes in the weather have, in many refpects, been favourable; fpeaking of thofe districts in the vicinity of the river Wye, our reporter obferves, that the heavy rains, the torrents from the mountains, and the frequent and un common overflowings of the Wye, during the winter, have fpread a cheap manure over the meadows, which has been mellowed by the warm weather that fucceed; and as the practice of flooding is univerfally attended to in this country, there is perhaps fcarcely a bit of pafture, all around, especially in the vallies, that is not confiderably enriched. The wheat crops, of which alone any conjectures can yet be formed, looked, before the froft, very fine and promiting; and the confiderable fail of fnow, by which the froft was ushered in, will probably contribute rather to their benent than injury. In other parts of the kingdom, we alto find, that the wheat crops, especially on dry loams, in general, appear well: but that on ftrong wet clayey foils they are not fo promifing. TURNIPS.. Thefe roots have continued to ftand the winter extremely well. In most of the districts north of the Tay, this crop feems to have failed." GRAIN. The markets keep ftill rather on the decline. Wheat, on the 17th inftant, averaged throughout England and Wales, 49s. 6d. Barley, 26s. 11d. and Oats, 16s. 9d. per quarter.. MEAT. This continues pretty much the fame as in our last Report. IN SMITHFIELD, on the 26th, Beef fold from 40d. to 50d. and Mutton from 44d, to 52d, per stone, finking the offal. Hops. Kentish Hops fetch from go to 108s. bags; from 100 to 126s. pockets. STOCK. Fat ftock ftill continues high, but the prices of lean cattle are much lower. HORSES. Thefe are still getting cheaper. ERRATA. In the valuable paper, No. 27, On Waghts, p. 13, 1. 28, for vitis read visi— p. 14, 1. 6, for bonis read boni. p. 16, ì. 36, for lower read tower. In Mr. Richter's paper, No. 26, the first liffe, The principal means by which, hhould have been the inciple by means of which. In the 25th line, the word poble intituted for inpoffible. In p. 534, col. 2, 1.8, from the bottom, that necessary connection fhould have been that of necessary connection. In p. 134, cól. 1, of the prefent Number, the head-line CHEMISTRY," is,' by the neg ligence of the printer, in its wrong place. It should be understood as preceding the fublequent paragraph refpecting the "Annales de Chemie.” In Mr. Loft's Paper, No. 25, the duration of the lunar eclipfe fhould be 3h. 59m. infead of 5. and urujual, instead of unequal, in the account of the folar ipot. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. XXIX.] FOR MARCH, 1798. [VOL. V. The Four Volumes of the MONTHLY MAGAZINE, which are now completed, may be bad complete of any Bookfeller, price Thirty Shillings, neatly half-bound, or any fingle Number, or Volume, may be bad feparate, at the Pleafure of the Purchafer. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. SIR, HAVI AVING undertaken to examine the principles of the new theory of chemistry, I wish to excite as much attention as poffible to the fubject; and as your publication goes into the hands of all lovers of literature in England, I beg leave to make use of it, in order to ftate, in a general way, what appear to me to be the strongest objections to this fyftem, which has now reigned triumphant about twelve years, very few perfons befides myfelf being advocates for the old doctrine of phlogiftion. I have already published two pamphlets on the fubject, and I intend to continue the controverly till I have collected all the evidence that thall be fufficient to decide the queftion; and if in the iffue I fee reafon for fo doing, I fhall publicly acknowledge my converfion to the doctrine that I now controvert, and fhall even take a pride in fu doing. In the mean time, having heard what has been advanced by fome very able advocates for the new fyftem, in answer to my first pamphlet, I think I am pretty well apprized of all that can be faid with respect to thofe experiments that are yet before us. But in time fomething more decifive may be produced. In reply to all that I have yet heard on the fubject, I would observe, 1. When ametal, viz. iron, is diffolv. ed in the vitriolic acid, the antiphlogitians fay, that the inflammable air which is procured does not come from the iron, but from the water, which is decompofed in the procefs. But, according to their theory, water confifts of two principles, hydrogen gas and oxygen, and therefore, if the hydrogen be fet at liberty, in the form of inflammable air, there ought to remain an additional quantity of oxygen in the veffel; and I afk, where is it to be found? They fay in the calx of the iron. But I anfwer, that this calx exhibits no appearance whatever of its containing any oxygen, and the acid attached to it yields lefs dephlogifticated air on being MONTHLY MAG. No. XXIX, fubjected to a red heat, than the fame. quantity of the acid that was employed in the procefs. And if this calx be afterwards expofed to the heat of a burning lens in atmospheric air, it is fo far from making any addition to it, that this air is diminished. It is acknowledged by my opponents, that after the folution, the acid in the veffel will not faturate more alkali than it would have done before. Since, then, this additional quantity of oxygen which the new theory fuppofes, cannot be found, either in the form of an acid, or of dephlogifticated air, what evidence is there of its existence? And is not the proba bility greatly in favour of the inflammable air coming from the iron rather than from the water, and that by the lofs of this principle it becomes a calx. If this be the cafe, metals are compound fubftances, and water, as far as we yet know, a fimple one; whereas, according to the new theory, metals are fimple fubftances, and water the compound. 2. When steam is applied to red hot iron, inflammable air is procured, and the iron receives an addition of about one half of its former weight, and is the fame thing with what the forge-men in England call finery cinder, and with the feales of iron in a blackfmith's fhop. This fubftance the antiphlogiftians fay is an oxyde of iron, fuppofing that the water is decompofed by paffing in contact with it, when the hydrogen is feparated in the form of inflammable air, and the oxygen remains united to it. But I afk, what is the evidence of this fubftance containing any oxygen, when it can neither be reduced to an acid, nor exhibited in the form of oxygenous gas, or dephlogifticated air? I think that the addition to the iron is mere water, and when it is heated in inflammable air, the iron is revived, and the water fet at liberty. Another evidence of a folid fubftance, like this, containing oxygen, is its oxygenating, or as I call it, dephlogiftica, ting, the marine acid. But though this fubftance |