deler in wax. The late Mrs. Wright was one of and all-powerful Deity.-Mifs Louifa Burgoyne, the most extraordinary characters of the age, as daughter of the late Sir J. Burgoyne, Bart.-In an artift, and a politician: in an early period of Goldfmith-ftreet, Gough-fquare, overwhelmed life the gave strong indications of a fingular ta- with age, infirmities, and poverty, Mr. Wells lent for taking likeneffes in wax, and did not Egelsham; a character not unknown in the refail to take heads of fome of the leading Ame-gions of politics, porter, and tobacco. He was ricans, at the commencement of the conteft, in originally bred to the profeffion of a printer, and which her family became much injured. At ra- worked in that bufinefs as a compofitor, till difther an advanced age the found herself greatly abled by repeated attacks of a formidable gout. distressed by the ravages of the civil broils; and For fome years he was employed in the service both diftreffed and enraged, quitted her native of Mr. Woodfall, the father of the prefent country with a determination of ferving it in printers of "The Public Advertifer" and Britain. She added to the most famous Ame- "Morning Chronicle," to the former of which ricans the heads of the English and moft diftin- papers the name of Egeltham appeared for fome guished at that time for oppofition to Lord time as the oftenfible publisher. Having from North's measures; and as her reputation drew a nature a remarkable fquint, to obviate the revery great variety of people of all ranks to fee flections of others he affumed the name of the marvellous productions of her ingenuity, the "Winkey ;" and published a little volume of foon found out the avenues to get information of poetry in 1769, under the title of "Winkey's almost every defign, which was agitated or in- Whims." He was one of the founders of the tended to be executed in America, and was the honourable society of "Johns." In 1779 he object of the most entire confidence of Dr. Frank was the author of "A fhort Sketch of English lin and others, with whom the correfponded, and "Grammar," 8vo. A small poem of his is in gave information during the whole war; as foon the " Anecdotes of Mr. Bowyer," and a great as a General was appointed to go out to mount variety of his fugitive pieces in almost all the the tragi-comical itage in America from the public prints. The latter part of his life had commanders in chief to the brigadier, the in- been principally fupported by the profits of a very tantly found fome access to a part of the family, fmall fnuff and tobacco-fhop, by the collection and discovered the number of troops to be em- of paragraphs for the Public Advertiser, and by ployed, and the ends of their deftination. The officiating occafionally as an amanuenfis.-At the late Lord Chatham paid her feveral vifits, and Cranes Inn, Leicester, Mr. Waters, a gentleman was pleased with the fimplicity of her manners, of the law. He had been the Northern circuit, and understanding. She took his likeness, which and left York a few days before. On the mornappears in the Abbey of Westminster; and though ing of the 4th he was married, at Burton-uponThe had been in France, and much careffed by the Trent, to Mifs Holland, daughter of the Rev. politicians of that kingdom; yet at the end of Mr. Holland. The fame morning Mr. and Mrs. the war he was fo fingularly attached to Eng- Waters let out for town, intending to remain land, that she was conftantly employed to en- that night at Leicester, but the cold hand of force forgiveness among her country people, death fnatched away the bridegroom, and, before whom the advised for the future to look to morning, Mrs. Waters was a widowed bride.England in preference to France for trade and George Rofs, Efq; of Cromarty, reprefentative alliance. The Hon. James John Colville, eldest in Parliament of the diftrict or boroughs of fon of the Right Hon. Lord Colville, of Col- Kirkwall, &c.-In Grafton-ftreet Lady Henricrois-In France, Captain Rumbold, of the etta Vernon, relict of Henry V. Efq; of Hilton Goards. In the East Indies, Thomas Shadwell, Park, co. Stafford, and one of the Ladies of the Ef; formerly fecretary to Lord Grantham at Bed-chamber to her Royal Highness the Princess the court of Spain-At Nice, the right hon. Amelia. Her ladyship was youngest daughter of Sackville Earl of Thanet, hereditary fheriff of the late, and fifter to the prefent Earl of Stafford. the county of Westmoreland. His Lordship Rev. Richard Conyers, D. D. rector of St. married Mary, the only daughter of the right Paul's, Deptford, a gentleman who was eminent hon. Lord John Sackville, and fifter of the pre- for his learning and piety. On the morning of fent Duke of Doriet. By her Ladyfhip, who his deceafe he was unufually chearful, and about died in September, 1778, he has left Sackville the ufual time he went to church, where, after Lord Tafton, who now fucceeds the Earl in his the prayers were over, he afcended the pulpit, title and eftater, two daughters, Lady Elizabeth and had just named his text, which was in the and Lady Caroline Tutton, and four younger Acts of the Apostles, "Ye shall fee my face no fons. In his 27th year, George Gilbert, Efq, more," when he was feized with a fudden faintJieutenant in his Majefty's navy. He was a ing, and fell back in the pulpit, from which he michipman with Capt. Cook in his laft voyage, recovered, however, fufficiently to proceed with and has fince ferved in the Weft Indies, and was his fermon; after which, he again fainted away, in almost all the engagements in that quarter, and was taken home, where he continued ill till His diforder was the imall-pox of a moll inve about fix o'clock, when he expired without a groan. Domefie TH Waterford, April 13, 1786. HIS day a floop was wrecked on the Bar of Wexford, and the crew (fix in number) with four more who went to their affiftance, all perished. Belfaft, April 17. The new Glafs-house (which rifes 110 feet from the ground) began to work on block bottles, and will be ready to make window glass in about three months. Londonderry, April 18. The William and George arrived here from Philadelphia, having had Captain Pinkerton and seven of the crew washed overboard on the banks of Newfoundland. The Neptune, Captain Tate, of 500 tuns burthen, failed for the Greenland fishery, being fitted out at the expence of 5oool. by the merchants of this city, to attempt that new trade Limerick, April 27. This day, at half past four, Mr. Crobie afcended in his balloon, from the North Strand; of which afcent, the following particulars are abftracted from his own account. As I gradually afcended, the expanding land fcape prefented fuch a fcene, as no pen can defcribe; the river Shannon with all its little inlands, formed a pleafing variety I had before been unacquainted with; I determined to take a drawing of it, and had fcarcely ended my falutations to the fair affemblage I had left, now became undiftinguishable, when I examined my barometer, which had flood at 30. 1-10 on the earth, and found it had fallen to 15; I hung out my grapling, in order to clear the rope to which it was faftened, as that it should antwer as a plummet, by which means I could accurately perceive the course I took, which was almoft dne weft, exactly over the Shannon, and made a rapid approach towards the Western ocean, my barometer flood 1g and afcended till it fell to 13, where I got into a current from N. N. E. by which I was conveyed over Tarbert, and part of the county of Kerry, but could perceive nothing more in appearance than a figured plain chequer ed like a carpet. The profpect was unbounded, but by accumulating clouds, which formed my horizon. I could plainly fee the Lake of Killar ney, but these fonorous hills which furrounded it, were levelled with the furface. I now was Stationary, and my barometer, had fallen to 12 2-10 I continued perpendicular over a imall green field, for upwards of half an hour, during which time I eat my dinner, (that from tafting and fatigue before, was become very neceffary) and drank my bottle of wine, to the health of my numerous friends on earth. I had been obliged before from cold to put on my oil filk wrapper, my feet and hands however were very cold, and as I was determined to explore a higher region, I had recourse to a phial of Itrong lavender drop, which I drank off, without oblerving the strength of them; and though every humid thing about me was frozen, the lavender drops and the bottie they we e in, felt as warm, as it they had been at the fire. After this, I afcended to an higher altitude, than I had ever been in before; the barometer fell to 10 5-10 the difficulty of breathing was now encreased to a confiderable degree, my heart beat with aftonishing rapidity, and my ears, from the diltataion of the cellular veifels, felt as if going to burft. My breath congealing on the inftant of refpiration, fell like a light fnow, and collected on my lap as it dropped. My feet and hands became intenfely cold, and my fingers cramped, but to my astonishment, the dificulty of breathing gradually decreased, and the pain in my ears became lefs; these circumstances added to my having now got into a current which carried me Eastward, and in a right direction for Limerick again, determined me to remain at the fame altitude, until I had got nearly over the city. I regretted the lateness of the hour, (now near fix o'clock) and the unprepared ftate I was in to withstand the cold, and flattered myself with the expectation of alighting near the city whence I fet out; but as I did not continue long enough to the Eastern current, and thereby provide for a contrary inclination in my decent, I was carried with the lower one to the N. W. over Dromoland, the feat of Sir Lucius O'Brien; the cultivated appearance of which, tempted me to accelerate my defcent, in order to alight there; but the wind blowing much stronger than I had thought, hurried me a little beyond the house, before I reached the earth; after my grappling, as I imagined, had fecured its hold by a rock, I put out my barometer, and fome other loofe articles, and endeavoured to fecure my balloon, &c. I leaped out, ftill keeping my hands, and as much of weight as I could on the boat, calling loudly for affistance; one or two ruftic, who I faw in a field for fome time, obferved me, and I thought were coming to my affiftance, but to my great mortification it was quite the reverse, aftonishment and fear lent them wings, and they fled from me with precipitation. I deftroyed a confiderable deal of the balloon's power of a cent, but found the difficutly of holding it myself fogreat, that atter the grappling quitted its hold, I was obliged to yield with the car until it came to a diy wall. I intended when an intermiflion from iqualls would allow me, to load it with ftones, but this buline's being too much for one, and a very heavy fquall of wind juft coming on, the wall gave way, and after being dragged thro' the breach, and approaching fail to the river Fergus, I was obliged to relinquish my holt, and had the mortification to fee my chariot reafcend without me. Mr. Singleton, on whofe ground I alighted, at ten minutes past fix, fent his men in search of me, but could not come up in time to give me any affiftauce; they however conducted me to his houte. The balloon was as fortunate as myfelf, as it was taken up by Captain O'Brien, at Ennis. 28th. At nine o'clock this night, Mr. Cobie made his appearance in Limerick, when the inhabitants took the hortes from his carriage, drew him in triumph through the city, and there were illuminations, bonfires, and every demonftration of joy. At noon a great concourse of people again affembled at Mr. Crefbie's lodging, when they chaired him through the city. ASSIZE NEWS, 29. Domestic Intelligence. Cork, April 3. And by adjournments till the 15th, the following perfons were capitally convicted, viz. John Mahony, otherwife Captain Fearnought, 22. Thomas Vokes, and William Vokes (brothers) Denis Lahy, and Thomas Lahy, for breaking and entering, in company with other perfons, the house of Giles Powell, Elq; at Sunday Well, cutting, wounding, and robbing him of 1751. 35. 6d. a gold watch, and fundry articles of plate ;-executed April 22. N. B. They all protefted their innocence, and Lahy declared he was no farther concerned than being afled to be of the party, which he declined; but drinking next day with fome of the robbers, as was fuppofed. John Edmonds, and Denis Sullivan, for horfe ftealing-executed May 27. And Edmond Sweeney, for felony, to be tranf ported for life. Catherine Smith, for ftealing a filver watch from Mr. Owen Sullivan; Timothy Murphy, for ftealing bridles and faddles; and William Minihame, for Itealing cloth, to be tranfported for feven years. Michael Sullivan, for perjury at the trial of Owen M'Carthy, to be burnt on the hand, and fix months imprisonment; Timothy Hamilton, and William Driver, to be imprisoned one month, and give fecurity for their good behaviour for feven years; and Cornelius Regan, for ftealing 2. 4d. out of a till, to be imprisoned one month. Thirty-fix perfons, charged as white boys, were brought into court, and Owen M'Crohan, alias Dr. M'Crohan, was fet to the bar; this trial was put off to next affizes, on affidavit, as were the trials of the others, who were all ad mitted to bail. Omagh, April 6. James Thompson, alias Steel, convicted of felony ;-executed April 27.- -Eliza Thompson, Margaret Mc Michael, and William Johnston, to be executed July 1. William Finlay, William Armstrong, Laurence Fallon, and Owen Campbell, to be traniported for seven years.-Hugh M'Crea; whipped on the 20th, and 27th of April ;-and James Colhoufe; pilloried on the 27th of April, and again on the 4th of May. Omagh, 15. Cowan, Captain of a daring banditti, that infefted the Fews Mountain, was capitally convicted of robbery. Lifford, April 13. Enfign Auchenleck, and ix foldiers of the 49th regiment, were tried for killing two women, and wounding a number of perfons at a quarrel at Ballyshannon, on the 28th of February. [see page 164] The trial lafted from 12 one o'clock the next at noon, to morning, when the jury withdrew, and after confulting two hours, brought in a verdict, that .279 Corporal M'Donald was guilty, and acquitted the reft. It appeared on the trial, by feveral witneffes, that a party of foldiers were drawn out by one Dudgeon, a gauger, at the houfe of one M'Gowan, to feize whisky, that they firft illtreated the people, that they returned to the Barracks, broke open the ammunition cheft, furnifhed themfelves with ball cartridges, then turned out deliberately, killed two women, and Three wounded near twenty other perfons. witneffes on the part of the foldiers fwore that the foldiers were firft attacked at M'Gowan's houfe, that they were beat over the bridge into the barracks, and fo violently attacked there, that they were obliged to act in their own de-. fence. Dudgeon, the gauger, was alfo tried, and acquitted.-The Corporal was recommended to mercy by the jury. Clonmel, April 17. The following perfons were convicted, viz. Richard English (alias the fecond undaunted Buck of Gurrafkeha) for the murder of John Fitzgerald, at Cullen, on the evening of November 3, 1784, by firing (in company with four others) feveral shots, out of guns and blunderbuffes, into his body, when unarmed and defenceless; hanged, quartered and beheaded, on the 29th of April. John Murray, for aiding and affifting, in running away with Mifs Mary Bennet, of Kilvevinoge, near Rofcrea; hanged the 3d of May. Jonathan Short, for the murder of his brother William Short, at Tipperary, on the 15th of September laft;-reprieved, Elinor Greene, for the murder of faid William Short, on the 15th of September, frangled and burned. Margaret Short, (wife of Jonathan Short) for the murder of the aforefaid William Short, to be strangled and burned, on the 10th of June. John Neil, for cow ftealing, to be hanged on the 10th of June. John Linnahan, and Peter Lopus, for burglary and felony, out of the houfe of Philip Reily, of Tipperary, to be hanged the 10th of June. James Condon, for a rape, committed on the body of Anftice Eakins, at Mandemount, on the 10th of March, laft, to be hanged on the 10th of June. Charles M'Carthy, for horfe ftealing, to be burned in the hand, and, im prifoned for three months. William Bowen, for fhop-lifting, found guilty of the value of four fhillings and nine pence, fterling, to be transported for feven years. John Feneen, and James English, otherwise Crab, found guilty of inandaughter at large, to be burned in the hand, imprifoned for one year, and give good fecurity to keep the peace for three years. Thomas Wefton, for keeping unlawful poffeffion of the lands of Ballynamona, the eitate of John Kelly, fined fifty pounds, to be imprifoned for three months, and give good fecurity to keep the peace for three years. DUBLIN April 18, 1786.` Three Dublin Volunteers, returning at night from a visit to the barracks, were attacked on Oxmantown Oxmantown Green, by fix ruffians, armed with hangers and long knives; and on making refiftance, were overpowered and beat in a dangerous manner. 19.] Two gentlemen, returning about eleven at night from Afton's-quay, were attacked in Price's-lane, by two robbers, who demanded their money, but meeting a stout refiftance, ran off into Fleet-street. 21.] A gentleman was attacked, and robbed of three guineas and his watch, in the Phoenix Park, by five foldiers, between seven and eight o'clock. This day, the body of a young woman was taken out of the Canal;fhe was feen the night before with a bundle, and it is believed the was robbed, murdered, and thrown in. This morning the river Dodder overflowed and fwept away the remainder of Ringfend Bridge. 22.] A decent tradesman was robbed in CookAreet, of fixteen shillings, by four fellows, armed with piftols. 23.] Mr. Elliott, of Church ftreet, returning from the Tholfel, was attacked in Pill-lane, by three robbers, who held piftols to his head; he refolutely fnatched a pistol from one of them, wounded, and after a defperate battle, feized two and lodged them in Newgate. John Kennedy, an induftrious man, was taken up drowned, at Bloody Bridge. May 8. The feffions of parliament ended, when the Lord Lieutenant gave the royal affent to forty-three public, and three private bills, amongst which were nine bills for grants for public fervice; the revenue bill, the Dublin harbour bill, the light gold bill, the gaol bill, the pawnbroker's bill, and the bill that abolished the navigation board. 10] Mrs. Hall, of Johnson's-court, returning from the Rotunda, was robbed of 27 guineas, and a picture, fet in gold, by three fellows, armed with knives. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ; The Child of Love, fhews the author to be fo much in love, that he is quite out of reafon and has neglected both fente, harmony, and measure; as a proof of this affection, we thall take only two lines, the firft is Theu deareft Fixture, that lives in my Breaft. Befides the harthnets of this verfe, we find that the object of his love is a fixture that we fuppofe mult go with the leafe of his breatt, and Contrary to moft fixtures is a living Fixture: If he had called the Lady a living Moveable, there might have been fome truth in the epithet, but as it is, it is downright nonfenfe. Fleau Language jaweeter than Dew the Bee fips. What delicate cas mult a man have who can write thus !-But love makes its votaries fomeumes deaf as well as blind. The Epifle from Spindle Shanks to Lady Save all, hath stric merit, but is too local and perfonal to be read with pleature by fuch of our readers as do not live in Cork. The Elegy and Sonnet dated from Merfbeen, neal Duncannon fort, wan: much correction before they can be fit to meet the public eye. As they thew fome dawnings of poetic genius ;-we recommend to the author to examine the metaphors with the rule of truth. Who like bis Tortoise Pen, ftill crept on shore. Here let him confider that as a tortoife hath no quills or feathers, it cannot furnish the material of a pen; and that though that animal may creep on a thore, yet a pen cannot; and then he will fee the incongruity of the metaphor. Thy ready Wit, and Gestures nicely weav’d. This figure is as improper as the above metaphor. A gefture Weaver is quite an unknown trade; befides after this poem proceed, in Stanzas of alternate Rhyme, for twenty lines, we have eighteen lines of continued verse, and then four Stanzas more of four lines each, to the deftruction of uniformity. In the fonnet we are forry to fee feveral wretched and diffonant lines joined with the following: But ah! behold the chilling Froft Its tint and fweet perfume. The Elegy figned L. hath great merit, and would have been inferted, if it had not been seen in a news paper, before we could find room for it. BIRTHS for May, 1786. N Eccles-ftreet, the Hon. Mrs. King (daughter IN to Lord Viscount Erne) of a fon.-In Merrionftreet, the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Monck (daughter to the Earl of Arran) of a daughter.-At Glaffnevin, co. Dublin, the Lady of Charles Coltello, Efq; of a daughter.-In Clare-street, the Lady of Charles Defvoeux, Efq; of a fon.-In Abbeystreet, the Lady of Charles Lionel Fitzgerald, Efq; of a fon.-At Caftle Blunden, co. Kilkenny, the Lady of Samuel Mathews, Efq; of a fon and heir. MARRIAGES for May, 1786. Whis Majesty's Toop, Infpcctor, to Mils ILLIAM HEATH, Efq; Commander of R. Marshall, daughter of the Reverend Mr. Maithall, of Fahan.-Thomas Lyon, of Watercaffle, in the Queen's County, Efq, to Mils Blakeney, filter and fole heirels of the late John Blakeney, of Abbert, co. Galway, Efq. [ 281 ] WALKER's HIBERNIAN MAGAZINE: O R, Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge, For JUNE, 1786. Memoirs of TIMOTHY BRECKNOCK, Esq. (With a full length Portrait of that eccentric Gentleman.) THE HE unfortunate subject of thefe Memoirs was fon of the late Right Rev. Dr. Brecknock, Bishop of St. David's in Wales. He was born in the year 1716, and received the first rudiments of his education under his father's eye. From home he was removed to Jefus College, Oxford, where he went through his humanities and philofophy with as much attention as could be expected from a volatility of difpofition, which he difplayed from his earliest years. He feemed to be poffeffed of an ardent ambition to excel his fellow-collegians in every art, fcience, and fpecies of knowledge: This, at firft, caled him to apply feduloufly to the attainmic of one branch of literature; but he no fooner met with a perfon eminent in any other branch, than the fame ambition prompted him to defeat its own purpose by quitting the half-learned feience, to ftudy another with equal attention. This naturally led him to acquire a fuperficial knowledge of almoft every thing, without being perfect in any thing; and whilft he aimed at being an univerfal fcholar, prevented that excellence in any ftudy to which his naturally ductile genius might have led him to maf rofe an indifference in religious matters, and a ftrong propenfity to fcepticism. He therefore quitted the university without taking any degree, and about the year 1736, he entered Lincoln's-Inn, and began the ftudy of the law. In that purfuit he chofe a very devious line. Inftead of learning the liberality of the British laws, he paid the clofeft attention to their obliquity. He dwelt not fo much on the juftice, lenity, and beauty of jurifprudence, as on the quibbles it fometimes produces, and the unneceffary delays, and contorfions of right that a keen-fighted man might find out. He neglected a view of its polifhed furface, and the best method of placing it in an amiable light, to pry into the crannies, explore the loop-holes, and underftand the quirks of it. And it flattered his pride if he could overreach the honeft lawyer, by cunning evasions and fubtile defences. We do not find that, with all that skill that Mr. Brecknock acquired in the dirty part of the law, he was ever called to the bar; hence, happily perhaps for many people, his fphere of action was confined, and he was chiefly a folicitor-in which ftation his genius and his talents led him more to the practice of the Old Bailey, in defence of criminals, than in the courts of Weftminfter; to which he paid little attention, unlefs when employed to evade payment of a juft debt, or carry an arreft of judgment. In all which he too often fucceeded. Mr. Brecknock was ever a man of strong feniations, and his finances being too con tracted to afford the expences that attend them, |