tilator of the new theatre. Standing between the roof and the ceiling, by accident he fell into the pit, a depth of fifty feet, and died in half an hour.

19th. At Paris, JOHN ASTLEY, Esq. proprietor of the Amphitheatre, Westminster-bridge.

Nov. 8th. At Edinburgh, Mr. MURRAY. This gentleman was many years a most distinguished favourite on the Covent-garden boards.. He was the son of Sir JOHN MURRAY, baronet, of Broughton, secretary to CHARLES EDWARD, the Pretender, in the rebellion of 1745, who, after the final ruin of the cause of his unfortunate master, retired to Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, where, in the year 1754, the subject of this memoir was born. CHARLES, under the immediate guardianship of his father, received an excellent classical education, and was, at a proper season, sent into France, to perfect himself in the language of that country-a language which, from his youngest days, he spoke with the correctness and fluency of the most accomplished native. Being designed by his friends for the medical profession, he was, on his return to England, placed as a pupil with a London practitioner of eminence, and having obtained a competent knowledge of pharmacy and surgery, entered into the sea-service as a surgeon, in which capacity he made several voyages. Be ing tired of this service, he entered into an engagement with Mr. TATE WILKINSON, and made his first appearance on the stage, at York, in 1775, in the character of Carlos, in the "Fop's Fortune," under the assumed name of Mr. RAYMER. Thence he went to Norwich, and afterwards to Bath. At the death of the late Mr. FARREN, he entered into an engagement with Mr. HARRIS, at Covent-garden theatre, where he appeared in 1797, in the part of Shylock, in the "Merchant of Venice."

In characters of sensibility and deep pathos, Mr. MURRAY has been unrivalled; and in such parts as Old Norval, Lusignan, and Adam, "we shall never look upon his like again."

Mr. MURRAY has left a son and a daughter in the profession. The latter (Mrs. HENRY SIDDONS) is highly distinguished as an actress, both in tragedy and in genteel

comedy, and is the present proprietor of the theatre-royal, Edinburgh. Her brother, Mr. WILLIAM MURRAY, the acting manager of that respectable theatre, is also a great favourite in that metropolis.

24th. Suddenly, at his lodgings in French-street, Southampton, Mr. F. I. GUINN, aged 76. The origin of this gentleman is not correctly known; reports have been various as to his high descent; but it is most certain his education and acquirements were of the first order, and his bland manners strongly indicated a superior breeding. He was, at an early period of life, on the Edinburgh stage, and played the same characters as Mr. GARRICK was then performing in London, and with nearly as much eclat; he was also intimately acquainted with the English Roscius, as well as with Messrs. Ross, DIGGES, MOSSOP, and many others then in estimation; from this period till within the last seven or eight years, his history appears a blank; during it he obtained a scanty subsistence by instructing persons in geography, navigation, the mathematics, writing, the French, Greek, and Latin languages, in all of which he was a profound master. He was interred by the friendly aid of his brother Masons, and followed to his "last sad peaceful mansion," by a silent few, who appreciated his genius and worth.

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