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A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY, [PRICE ONE SHILLING.]

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A SERMON PREACHED AT ST. GEORGE'S BLOOMSBURY, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 28, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, INSTITUTED FOR THE RECOVERY OF PERSONS APPARENTLY DEAD BY DROWNING.

BY THOMAS FRANCKLIN, D.D. CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY, AND RECTOR OF BRASTED, KENT.

LATEAT SCINTILLVLA FORSAN

HOC PRETIVM CIVE SERVATO TVLIT

SOC. LOND. IN RESVSCITAT. INTERMORTVORVM INS. MDCCLXXIV

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY, And ſold by T. CADELL in the Strand, J. F. and C. RIVINGTON in St. Paul's Church-yard, E. and C. DILLY in the Poultry, W. FOX Holborn, and W. OWEN at Temple-bar, MDCCLXXIX.

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Ordered unanimouſly,

THAT the Thanks of this Society be given to the Rev. Dr. FRANCKLIN, for his excellent Sermon preached in Favour of this Inſtitution, and that the Doctor be requeſted to publiſh the ſame.

W. HAWES, Secretary.
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TO ROBERT PALMER, ESQ. ONE OF THE FIRST PATRONS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THIS SERMON IS INSCRIBED

BY HIS OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT THE AUTHOR.

A SERMON.

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SAMUEL, B. I, C. XX. V. 3. THERE IS BUT A STEP BETWEEN ME AND DEATH.’

THESE, my brethren, are the words of the afflicted David, which he uttered in the deepeſt anguiſh, to his beloved Jonathan. Saul's anger, which he had unwarily though undeſervedly incurred, had to the laſt degree terrified and alarmed him; he knew the power of his adverſary, and dreaded, not without reaſon, the warmth of his reſentment. [10] The danger appear'd ſo great, and the conſequence ſo unavoidable, that he could not entertain the leaſt hope of ſafety, but gave himſelf up to deſpair: There is but a ſtep, ſaid he, between me and death. His ſituation indeed, all things conſidered, ſeemed extremely deſperate; ruin and deſtruction were immediately before him, and there was ſcarce a probability of eſcaping it: but what is there which active benevolence and diſintereſted friendſhip will not at tempt, what is there which they cannot perform? Jonathan, whoſe heart glowed with the tendereſt affection for his perſecuted and afflicted friend, ſoon deviſed the means of unexpected ſafety, and ſtepped in between him and death; turned aſide the uplifted dart, and reſtored him to peace, honour, and felicity. The manner in which he acted on this occaſion, and the ingenious device which he put in practice to redeem his friend, are deſcribed at large in the chapter from whence my text is taken, where the whole intereſting tale is told in that pathetic language, and with that artleſs ſimplicity, [11] which ſo eminently diſtinguiſh the ſacred writings.

Leaving therefore the recollection and peruſal, with all thoſe reflections which will naturally occur to you from the conſideration of it, to your own leiſure and opportunity, I ſhall proceed immediately to that obvious application of it, which naturally preſents itſelf on the preſent occaſion, and to the original of that excellent and benevolent inſtitution which we are here met to commemorate.

The words before us ſeem to point out and deſcribe the general ſtate of man, and the precarious condition of our frail and tranſitory being, ſo aptly compared in ſcripture to the graſs of the field, which ſpringeth up in the morning, and in the evening is cut down, dried up and withered: life is in its nature ſo uncertain, and even at its utmoſt extent ſo ſhort and fleeting, that every one of us might with propriety cry out with David—there is but a ſtep between me and death.

[12] But the exclamation of Jonathan's diſtreſſed friend ſeems peculiarly adapted to the ſituation of thoſe whoſe lives are endangered on a ſudden by ſome unforeſeen accident or calamity, which from a ſtate of perfect ſafety and happineſs reduces them to that of extreme peril, and from which nothing but a change as unhoped for as unexpected can poſſibly deliver them: and this, my brethren, is immediately applicable to the objects which the Charity I am here endeavouring to recommend is intended to relieve.

Great as the improvements are which in this and other nations have of late years been made in every branch of medical knowledge, yet is the inveſtigation of our own complicated frame ſtill attended with inſuperable difficulties: like the reſt of the works of God, it mocketh the art of man; we are, as the Pſalmiſt long ſince obſerved, ſo fearfully and wonderfully made, that we know not with any degree of preciſion where our own exiſtence either begins or ends, and the reſemblance [13] of death is too often miſtaken for death itſelf: the marks are ſo equivocal as to deceive the niceſt judgment, and to miſlead the moſt acute ſagacity; hence it hath ariſen, as the recommenders of this charity have frequently remarked, that before this excellent inſtitution took place amongſt us, many, too many, alas! have paid the debt of nature long before it became due unto her, many are loſt in the valley of the ſhadow of death who might even now have trodden in the chearful paths of life and being.

Simple as the proceſs is which we have adopted, plain and obvious as the means are which we have invariably purſued, it cannot indeed but raiſe our aſtoniſhment and wonder that they were not long ſince embraced, and univerſally put into practice; but there is perhaps a time appointed by providence for all things that happen in this world, which we can neither anticipate nor retard. In the days of bigotry and ſuperſtition an attempt of this nature would have been ſtiled raſh and preſumptuous; [14] in the days of ignorance and indolence it would have been derided as uſeleſs and impracticable: even in our own, even in this enlightened aera, it hath been a work of no little toil and labour to confirm and eſtabliſh it. This child of benevolence, fair and well proportioned as it now appears before you, was frowned on at its birth; it had to combat with the fears of the diffident, the oppoſition of the ſelfiſh, the ſneer of the malevolent, and the reproof of the ſcornful. But, thanks be to the great inſpirer of every good word and work! our little bark hath at length ſtemmed the torrent of prejudice, broke thro' the waves of envy and malice, and is landed ſafely in the harbour of public approbation. We are ſurpriſed at what hath been already done, when we conſider how ſhort a ſpace hath been employed in the peformance of it; we look back with aſtoniſhment, and forwards with delight and ſatisfaction.

Not five years, my brethren, have elapſed ſince firſt we went forth to ſow [15] our ſeed, and ſee what noble ſheaves we have to boaſt, and what a plenteous harveſt. In this ſhort ſpace, I am authoriſed to inform this aſſembly, four hundred and ſixty-ſeven caſes have been brought before us—Now, mark, I beſeech you, with attention what follows—of theſe no leſs than two hundred and ſeventy have been miraculouſly ſucceſsful. More than one half of them. Have we not then, my brethren, fought nobly with the king of terrors? we have diminiſhed his conqueſts, and abridged his triumphs: we have at leaſt divided the ſpoils, and more than poiſed in equal balance the ſcale of victory.

True Charity, like true beauty, to be admired and embraced needs only to be ſeen and known. It wants no patronage to recommend, no art to emblazon, no eloquence to adorn it. And ſuch is the happy lot of the inſtitution now before you, which hath already met with more ſucceſs than our moſt ſanguinary hopes could ever have formed an idea of.

[16] The bleſſing which we have been ſo fortunate as to confer, is of ſuch a nature that it is not confined to the individual who receives it; many a dependant friend, many a thankful relation, many a happy family croud round, and pour forth their grateful acknowledgments for it.

But in caſes of this nature argument muſt ever give way to fact: the tinſel of oratory will avail but little, unleſs ſupported by the unerring teſtimony of experience. To this therefore I would wiſh to appeal. I would wiſh to draw your attention towards ſome of thoſe intereſting ſcenes which this inſtitution hath at various times exhibited and called forth. Permit me to carry you with me but in imagination to one of the moſt tender and affecting, and which, if you had heen eyewitneſs of, would never have been forgotten by you. O, for the eloquence of a Demoſthenes to deſcribe, or the pencil * of a Raphael to delineate it!

[17] Suppoſe yourſelves then, my brethren, but for a few moments, in your evening walk of rural retirement, on the borders of a delightful ſtream, imagine your contemplations interrupted by a ſtrange and uncommon appearance. At a little diſtance from you behold a buſy buſtling croud of induſtrious labourers encircling the body of their hapleſs companion, whom they have taken, at the hazard of their own lives, out of the neighbouring river, and dragged to the ſhore without life or motion. Scarce an hour has paſſed ſince the object of their grief and attention had left his little circle of domeſtic happineſs in all the glow of youth, health, and vigour. And now behold his body ſwolln, his eyes cloſed and ſunk, his face pale and livid, his limbs torpid and motionleſs: without the leaſt ſigns of life they convey him in hopeleſs deſpondency to his own home. The whole afflicted family, ſummoned [18] by the dreadful news are gathered together. Fear, deſpondency, horror, and aſtoniſhment are ſpread over every countenance. On one ſide behold the aged mother lamenting her loſt child, the prop and ſupport of her declining years; on the other ſtands mute and inſenſible the afflicted wife, afraid to look up to the horrid ſpectacle before her; whilſt the innocent little ones, happy only in not knowing how much they have loſt, look with amazement at the motionleſs hands which ſo lately were ſtretched out to embrace them, and wonder at the ſilence of him who always ſo kindly greeted them on his return. Thoſe who would moſt gladly take upon them the taſk of reſtoring him are moſt unable to perform it; their faculties are all abſorbed in grief, their limbs petrified with deſpair, and all the precious moments which ſhould have been employed in the means of his recovery, are loſt in fruitleſs tears and uſeleſs lamentation. They hang over him in ſilent anguiſh, take their laſt farewell in [19] the agonies of deſpair, and conſign him to the grave.

And now, my brethren, obſerve the change. It chances that one of the ſons of humanity, (which is but another name for this inſtitution) is paſſing by; as ſoon as he hears of the event, he flies, like the good Samaritan, to the chambers of ſorrow, he ſtops the retreating multitude, the idle ſons of curioſity who had aſſembled but to gaze at and deſert him, calls on the moſt vigorous and active amongſt them, to aſſiſt him, applies with zeal and alacrity thoſe plain and ſimple means which reaſon dictates, as the moſt proper to reanimate, if poſſible, the lifeleſs maſs, and purſues them with ceaſeleſs toil and unwearied aſſiduity. Death, yet unwilling to quit his hold, or relinquiſh his devoted prey, ſtruggles long and powerfully to detain it: ſeems to ſmile, as it were, at the ineffectual labour; till at length ſubdued by fortitude and perſeverance he gives up the conteſt. Nature, no longer able to reſiſt ſuch repeated ſolicitatations, [20] reſumes her ſuſpended powers, and exerts her enlivening influence. A ray of hope breaks in upon the gloom, and lights up every countenance. Behold, at laſt, again he moves, he breathes, he lives. What follows is not within the power of language to deſcribe; imagination alone can ſuggeſt to you the delightful ſcene of wonder and aſtoniſhment, of mutual joy, tranſport and felicity.

This, my brethren, is not merely the ideal viſionary work of creative fancy, but a real and true, however imperfect repreſentation of what hath not once but often happened ſince the inſtitution of this benevolent ſociety. Had you, who are here aſſembled, all been preſent at it, I hope and believe there is not one of you but on his return from it would moſt chearfully contribute towards the ſupport of ſuch a charity. Why then ſhould I not alſo hope that even this faint idea and reſemblance of ſuch a ſcene will ſtrike ſo forcibly on your minds as to expand them into chearful beneficence?

[21] But this, my brethren, great as it may ſeem, is not all which we have to urge in favour of this noble charity, we can boaſt of ſtill greater triumphs, and glory in a yet nobler victory, a triumph over deſpair, and a victory over ſin and ſatan.

If there be a crime that ſeemeth to preclude all hopes of the divine mercy, it is certainly that of ſelf murther; as it admits not, like all others, either of reparation or repentance; it is indeed the higheſt and moſt unpardonable offence againſt our Almighty Creator, being at the ſame time an impious diſtruſt of his goodneſs, and a daring defiance of his power. And yet this horrid practice is become of late years a darling and a faſhionable vice amongſt us; this peſtilence that uſed to walk in darkneſs, now ſtalketh in the noon day.

Whether it be owing to that penury and diſtreſs which are the inevitable conſequence of univerſal diſſipation and extravagance, to the want of true, or the prevalence of falſe religion amongſt us, [22] to the daring confidence of infidelity, or the equally fatal deſponding gloom of methodiſm,* we cannot poſſibly determine, but certain it is, that not a year, not a month, ſcarce a day paſſeth but we have ſome melancholy inſtances and examples of it: how happy then, my brethren, muſt we eſteem ourſelves, in being able to trace the ſteps of our bleſſed redeemer, and to have contributed towards the ſaving even a few of our fellow-creatures from everlaſting miſery! Without our kind and ſeaſonable aſſiſtance, they would have ruſh'd with all their ſins into the preſence of their judge, and the waters would have gone even over their ſouls. It may be ſaid, indeed, (and ſomething is [23] always ſaid by the malevolent and injudicious to leſſen the merit of good works) that thoſe who are determined to ruſh on death, if they are deprived of one method, will only have reſource to another; and that we ſhall not therefore by this inſtitution, much leſſen the number of ſelf-deſtroyers. But ſurely, my brethren, if we can turn aſide but one of the arrows of death, if we can ſhut up one door to eternal miſery and perdition, the trial is worthy of all our pains and all our aſſiduity. Happy, thrice happy are we to add on this occaſion, that not one of thoſe who have been prevented by us from executing their horrid purpoſe, have from the hour of their deliverance, ever ſought for the opportunity of repeating it.

But that the facts here alleged may want no proof to eſtabliſh or confirm, behold the ſeal of truth here affixed unto them. Behold a * ſight that will plead [24] more powerfully than all which human eloquence could ever produce. Behold theſe living teſtimonies of human benevolence, theſe ſpeaking monuments of the divine Mercy. Is it in the power of any ſenſual enjoyment to impart a pleaſure equal to that which this glorious ſpectacle muſt beſtow upon you?

What will prejudice and prepoſſeſſion ſay to witneſſes like theſe? Send us one from the grave, ſaid Dives to the Patriarch, and we will believe. Behold, ye incredulous, not one but many: what Abraham then refuſed is now granted unto you. Behold them, my brethren, aſſembled in the houſe of God, to return their unfeigned thanks for his unmerited goodneſs towards them. Shall I not ſeize the opportunity to ſpeak to and exhort them?

To you, then, ye favourites of Providence, ye choſen objects of its gracious [25] attention, permit me to addreſs myſelf; permit me to hope that you meet us here with hearts full of gratitude; that ye will not, that ye never can be unmindful of your benefactors; that ye will endeavour to return the obligations conferred on you, by a diligent and punctual diſcharge of every duty becoming Men and Chriſtians. You are peculiarly indebted to Benevolence; you owe her a richer ſacrifice than the reſt of mankind, and there is nothing ſo dear and precious, which you ſhould not offer up unto her: ſhew therefore, your regard to thoſe who have preſerved you by acts of kindneſs and friendſhip; not to them, they neither want nor deſire it, but to your fellow-creatures in diſtreſs; to all thoſe who may fall into the like or any other calamity; be ever ready to fly with zeal and alacrity to reſcue them from every danger, and relieve them under every affliction.

But above all, my friends, remember that gracious Providence which ſmiled on our endeavours, and bleſſed them with [26] ſucceſs. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name be all honour and glory. We are but weak and powerleſs inſtruments in the hands and under the guidance of the Almighty Creator, the great fountain of life and being, even the God of your ſalvation. Except the Lord build the houſe, their labour is but vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. To him, therefore, pour forth all your gratitude; to him give the tribute of praiſe and adoration. You, my brethren, have been graciouſly diſtinguiſhed by him who gave you a ſecond life, and raiſed you to a double being; there is no way for you to repay the bleſſing, but by endeavouring, if poſſible, to deſerve it. It becometh all men, but above all men it becometh thoſe who have been thus miraculouſly preſerved to take heed unto their ways, to be cautious and circumſpect in every word and in every action. If ye are not the moſt diligent and faithful, ye muſt be the baſeſt and moſt unprofitable of ſervants; if ye are not the moſt ſober, [27] chaſte, the moſt thankful, pious and religious, ye are doubtleſs the moſt ungrateful and moſt abandoned of men. This, my brethren, we moſt ſeriouſly and earneſtly entreat, this we have an indiſputable right to demand of you. Very ungrateful indeed would it be to your benefactors, to ſpend that life which they have been ſo fortunate as to reſtore in the purſuit of vice and folly, in ſcenes of diſſipation, riot, and debauchery. On you it depends, whether we are to conſider the continuance of your being as a bleſſing or a curſe unto you, whether we are to rejoice in our ſucceſs, or with tears of ſhame and ſorrow to repent of it. If your days are but prolonged into guilt, and extended into ſin and corruption, if you are given back to life only to offend the great Author of it, it were better that the waves had long ſince overwhelmed you; it were better, as our Saviour ſaith, that a mill-ſtone were hanged about your necks, and that ye were caſt into the ſea.

[28] Need I add an exhortation to thoſe whom the phrenzy of deſpair once urged to the commiſſion of a crime which they have ſince that time, I am ſatisfyed, ſo often, ſo heartily, and ſincerely repented of? Thoſe who have learned the value of that treaſure which they deſpiſed, and know the extent of that bleſſing which hath been reſtored to them. Need I call on them to reflect with horror on the dreadful precipice which they have eſcaped from, need I beſeech them to conſider, how much is owing to the friendly hand that ſtepped between them and death, that was kindly ſtretched out to ſave them from everlaſting perdition?

We ſaw you, my unhappy brethren, deſerting from that ſervice to which you had been appointed by the great Captain of your ſalvation. We ſtopped, we arreſted you in your flight, and brought you back to the poſt of duty, which ye had ingloriouſly forſaken: do ye not think it incumbent on you, if you hope for pardon or reward from your Almighty leader, [29] to maintain it for the future with courage and reſolution, to preſerve it with honour, to dignify it with more than ordinary zeal, fortitude, and perſeverance? alas! how many are there, who at this moment, if they had worlds to beſtow, would gladly give them for that ſeaſonable relief, that happier fate which you were ſo fortunate as to experience! how * gladly would they now return, if poſſible, to that penury and ſorrow, to all thoſe evils which they fled from, to that door of life which is now ſhut againſt them! Think ſeriouſly, my brethren, of this your wonderful deliverance; be thankful to the Lord of life for this his gracious preſervation of you, and ſpend the remainder of your days as becometh thoſe who have been thus redeemed of the Lord. This is all which we requeſt of you in return for our endeavours to ſerve and to reſtore you. We will not doubt your chearful compliance [30] with it; your public and voluntary appearance on this occaſion pleads ſtrongly with us in your favour, and from your preſent exemplary behaviour, we draw a propitious omen of your future conduct.

And now, my brethren, to you I revert, to you we apply for the further ſupport and encouragement of this noble work. The fabric is raiſed, but on you we muſt rely for the ſupport, and preſervation of it. We have already received, with the utmoſt gratitude we acknowledge, much kind aſſiſtance from the generous and humane. But, favoured as we have been by the protection of our bleſſed Lord and Maſter, we wiſh ſtill more cloſely to imitate his conduct, and to follow his divine Example, to go about doing good. There are ſeveral parts of this wide commercial kingdom, from their ſituation peculiarly liable to accidents of this kind, which are at a great diſtance from the metropolis, and where conſequently the ignorance and indolence joined to the poverty and diſtreſs of the inhabitants, ſtand [31] in more immediate want of all poſſible incitements to duty and to humanity. To theſe we would wiſh to extend our influence; we would gladly expand our circle of benevolence. We would have, in ſhort, ſuch is our ambition, and ſuch our hope, we would have the noble Charity we are here pleading for, embrace and flow round this whole capacious iſland, even like the ocean that encompaſſeth it. We would wiſh, if poſſible, to make the inſtitution itſelf ſtill more uſeful, ſo to cheriſh this our little tree of life, as to ſee * new branches ſpreading from it. Some ſcyons we have already grafted on it, which have bloſſomed and borne fruit upon them.

[32] One would naturally ſuppoſe that diſtreſſes ſo alarming muſt awaken the moſt lethargic; that a call ſo powerful and ſo irreſiſtible muſt be heard even by the deaf ear of liſtleſneſs and inſenſibility; that the heart-felt ſatisfaction of relieving a fellow creature, of reſtoring him to life and being, would be a ſufficient reward for the exertion of every faculty; but experience, which is ever giving the lye to ſanguine expectation, and confuting the ſhallow reaſonings of philoſophy, will teach us another leſſon, will inform us that we muſt too often be bribed to our duty, and perſuaded even with difficulty to embrace the means of our own beſt intereſt and trueſt happineſs. Men may talk largely of the virtue, the diſintereſtedneſs, and the dignity of human nature, but it will ever be ſound, weak, impotent, and vain. God never deſigned that this tranſitory life ſhould be a ſtate of perfection. After all that can be ſaid, and all that can be done, we muſt take mankind therefore as they are, and not as we would wiſh them to be. Happy if we can ſo [33] guide their affections, ſo direct their paſſions and infirmities as to render them productive of the general good, to make the wants and weakneſſes of ſome continue to the welfare and the happineſs of others. Add to this, that many of thoſe, whoſe immediate aſſiſtance we frequently ſtand in need of, are often in ſuch circumſtances and ſituations of life as render them unable to beſtow their time and attention without a proper and adequate recompenſe for it, even though they may in their nature and diſpoſition be ever ſo willing, tender, and compaſſionate. From ſuch it would be ungrateful as well as impolitic to withhold it. It muſt on the other hand be acknowledged, and it is a melancholy truth which we are obliged to ſubſcribe to, that on theſe preſſing occaſions, ſome are often called in to the relief of the unhappy object, who from education, from habit, from example, from we know not what inviſible cauſe, are as unfeeling and inſenſible as the element that ſtifled, and the waves that overwhelmed him. Souls thus narrow and contracted, [34] there is but one way to expand, hearts thus hard and callous, there is but one method to ſoften and ſubdue; and that we have prudently and ſucceſsfully put in practice, whilſt at the ſame time we lament the neceſſity of it. But the gracious providence of God hath ſo ordained that out of every evil ſome good ariſeth; one happy effect of that torpor and inſenſibility which prevaileth amongſt the poor, the vulgar, and the illiterate, is the opportunity which it beſtows on the rich and affluent to be liberal and beneficent. It ſecures to you, my brethren, the glorious privilege of contributing, every one of you, as far as your rank and abilities will permit, to one of the moſt humane and benevolent inſtitutions that was ever ſupported and encouraged in this kingdom. I doubt not, my friends, but you will chearfully adopt, embrace, and rejoice in it.

Let us then, my brethren, if we would ſee many days, be careful to employ thoſe which God hath given us in acts of mercy, [35] charity, and benevolence. Who knows but our Almighty creator, loth as it were to interrupt us in the performance of a work ſo pleaſing unto him, when he beholds us thus uſefully engaged in reſtoring and extending the lives of others, may graciouſly condeſcend to prolong our own, who knows but at the laſt and great day theſe our grateful fellow creatures, whoſe years we have added to on earth, may plead for us in the courts of Heaven, may intercede with the father of mercies for our pardon and forgiveneſs! ſo ſhall we, who have been kind and benevolent to our diſtreſſed brethren here below, be rewarded for it above, ſo ſhall the bleſſing of thoſe that were ready to periſh, come upon us.

Which GOD of his infinite mercy grant, &c.

Appendix A A LIST OF THE DIRECTORS.

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  • MR. ALDERMAN BULL, PRESIDENT.
  • JAMES HORSFALL, ESQ. F.R.S. TREASURER.

N.B. Thoſe marked with **, have ſubſcribed two or more Guineas;—thoſe with ***, are perpetual Directors;—thoſe marked with †, have ſerved the Office of Steward.

A
  • MR. Adams, Fleet-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Adderly, Doctors Commons
  • *** Mr Ager, Mansfield-ſt. Goodman's-fields
  • Mr Andrews, Charing-croſs
  • ** Anonymous, by J. Ford, Eſq 2l. 2s.
  • [38] Anonymous, by Mr Thompſon, 1l. 12s. 7d.
  • Mrs Andree, New Broad-ſtreet
  • † Mr Armiger, Old Fiſh-ſtreet
  • Mr Arnold, Tower-hill
  • Mr Aſherton, Inner-Temple
  • *** Mr R. Atkinſon, Minories
  • *** Mr Ayſcough, Chapel-ſtreet
  • Mr Aylett, Windſor
  • *** Mr Ayrton, Inner Temple-lane
B
  • *** Hon. Mr. Juſtice Blackſtone, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
  • *** Rev. Mr Banks, Northd.-ſt. Marybone
  • Dr. Baker, Richmond
  • *** John Baker, jun. Eſq London Hoſpital
  • ** Mr Banner, Red Croſs-ſtreet
  • Hon. Daines Barrington, Eſq Inner Temple
  • *** J. Barwick, Eſq Waltham-abbey
  • Mr Barlow, Crown-office, Temple
  • *** Francis Barroneau, Eſq Bedford Row
  • *** John Barker, Eſq Manſell-ſtreet
  • Mr Belfour, Surgeons Hall
  • Mr Beauchamp, Twickenham
  • † Mr Beaumont, York Buildings
  • Percival Beaumont, Eſq Chelſea College
  • Mr Beaumont, Hyde-ſtreet, Bloomſbury
  • John Beſon, Eſq China
  • †*** Clement Bellamy, Eſq Charlotte-row
  • Mr Bennett, Dyers-court, Aldermanbury
  • † J. Benſon, Eſq Bartlett's Buildings
  • William Bentinck, Eſq Wincheſter
  • Mr Biddle, Windſor
  • Mr Billinghurſt, Shepherd-ſt. May fair
  • Mr Birks, Laleham
  • *** Eben. Blackwell, Eſq Banker, London
  • Mr Boodle, Upper Brook-ſtreet
  • Mr Boone, Sunbury
  • †*** Rev. Sir G. Booth, Bart. St. John's-ſquare
  • [39] Rev. Mr Boullier, Red-lion-ſtreet, Spital-fields
  • *** The Hon. Philip Bouverie, Eſq 21l.
  • Mr Boydell, Cheapſide
  • Mr Boyſe, near Blackfriars Bridge
  • Mr Brabant, Fleet-ſtreet
  • G. T. Braithwait, Eſq Cuſtom-houſe
  • Mr Brandram, Budge-Row
  • Mr Breeſe, Watling-ſtreet
  • Mr Brewer, King-ſtreet, Weſt Smithfield
  • † Guy Brian, Eſq Vine-court, Spital-fields
  • †*** Edward Bridgen, Eſq Lovell-court
  • Mr Brien, Shadwell-ſtreet
  • Mr Bruin, Snow-hill
  • ** Mr Briggs, Queen-ſtreet, Cheapſide
  • Geo. Briſtow, Eſq Mer. Taylors-hall
  • *** G. Brough, Eſq of Guy's Hoſpital
  • *** I. H. Browne, Eſq F.R.S. Great Ruſſel-ſtreet 10l. 10s. & 2l. 2s. per annum
  • C. Brown, Eſq Iſlington
  • *** Mr Browne, Fleet-ſtreet
  • Mr Buck, Strand
  • *** Mr Bucklee, Barbican
  • Mr Buck, Holbrook
  • *** Mr Alderman Bull 31l. 10s. and 5l. 5s. per ann.
  • Mr Bulley, Reading
  • Mr Burgeſs, Lambeth
  • Mr Burtoff, King-ſtreet, Covent-Garden
  • *** Philip Burton, Eſq, Hatton-Garden
  • Mr Buſhnan, Guildhall
C
  • Mrs A. C. — 150l.
  • Dr. Cadogan, George-ſtr. Hanover-ſq.
  • *** Mr Caldwall, Budge-Row
  • Thomas Calverly, Eſq
  • ** Peter Calvert, Eſq Richmond
  • Mr F. W. Campbell, Love-lane
  • Mr Campion, Surgeon, Oundle
  • Gov. Cartier, Bedgbury, Kent
  • [40] Capt. Chambers of the African Trade
  • *** Mr Carter, Minories
  • †** H. Chapman, Eſq Savage-gardens, Tower-hill
  • Mr Charlton, Richmond
  • Mr Cheale, Grace-church-ſtreet
  • F. Charteris, Eſq Fulham
  • †*** Sir J. Chetwode, Bart. North Audley-ſtreet
  • † Mr Church, Surgeon, Iſlington
  • *** Mr Clark, Shoe-lane, Fleet-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Clear, Clifford's-Inn
  • C. Clowes, Eſq Inner Temple
  • †*** Dr. Cogan, Paternoſter-Row
  • Mr Coghlan, Fulham
  • Mr Coles, Bow
  • *** B. Coney, Eſq by the Rev. Dr. Markham
  • *** Hon. R. Conway, Eſq by Mr Hawes
  • *** Dr. Cooper, Norfolk-ſtreet
  • — Cooper, Eſq Ilford
  • Mr Cooper, Drury-lane
  • Mr Cooper, Graveſend
  • Mr Cooper, Saxmundham
  • Mr Corrance, Batterſea
  • Mr Cox, Fleet-ſtreet
  • Mr Cox, Radcliffe
  • Mr Cox, Harwich
  • *** Mr Cranage, Hungerford-Wharf
  • Mr Crockett, Snow-hill
D
  • William Daffy, Eſq
  • Mr Davies, Mortlake
  • Mr Day, Colcheſter
  • Mr Davenport, Strand
  • C. Dauſſy, Eſq by the Rev. Dr. Markham
  • Mr Dearnes, Shoreditch
  • ** Right Hon. the Counteſs of Denbigh
  • Mr Denham, Foſter-lane
  • †*** Mr William Denham, Foſter-lane
  • *** Mrs Derby, Coalbrook-dale, Salop 20l.
  • [41] *** Mr Derby, Thames-ſtreet
  • Mr Dick, Iſleworth
  • ** John Diggles, Eſq York-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Dighton, Fetter-lane
  • *** Mr E. Dilly, Poultry
  • †*** Mr C. Dilly, Poultry
  • † Mr Dymond, Holborn
  • Michael Dodſon, Eſq Boſwell-Court
  • *** John Dorien, Eſq Banker, London
  • *** Joſiah Dornford, Eſq Philpot-lane
  • *** Mr Downing, Hackney
  • Drapers, (the worſhipful Company of) 50l.
  • Mr Dryſdale, at Lady Lade's
  • *** Mr Dubellamy
  • *** Sir John Duntz, Pall-mall
E
  • Mr Earley, Great Marlow
  • Rev. Mr Van Effen, Lemon-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Evans, Fleet-ſtreet
F
  • Mr Fairclough, Nayland
  • Rev. Mr Fayting, Biſhopſgate-ſtreet
  • Mr Fidoe, Temple
  • Fiſhmongers (the Worſhipful Comp. of) 100l.
  • Rev. Dr. Fleming, Hoxton
  • ** Mr Fletcher, Borough
  • *** Rev. Mr Henry Fly, Iſlington
  • Mr Forbes, Fleet-ſtreet
  • Mr Forbes, Halſtead
  • *** Dr. Ford, Old Jury
  • *** The Rev. Mr Foſter, Watling-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Fox, Holborn
  • *** Zacharian Foxall, Eſq Aſhford near Stains
  • C. Fraley, Eſq Knight-Rider-ſtreet
  • *** Rev. Dr. Francklin, Great Queen-ſtreet
  • F. Freeman, Eſq by the Rev. Dr. Markham
  • [42] J. Freeman, Eſq Devonſhire-ſquare
  • Mr French, Barbican
  • Mr Frith, Kenſington
G
  • *** David Garrick, Eſq Adelphi
  • *** W. Gardner, Eſq Richmond
  • *** W. Garret, Eſq by the Rev. Dr. Markham
  • Mr Garrett, Stoke Newington
  • Mr Gale, Parſon's Green
  • Dr. Garthſhore, St. Martin's-lane
  • Mr Gatfield, Newgate-ſtreet
  • *** William Gilchriſt, Eſq
  • Mr Gilchriſt, Twickenham
  • *** Mr Good, Gracechurch-ſtreet
  • †*** Mr Good, Fleet-ſtreet
  • Mr Gorſt, Eaſtcheap
  • *** Rev. Mr Goſſet, Edward-ſtreet
  • † Mr Gotobed, Inner Temple
  • *** Mr Grote, Leadenhall-ſtreet 25l.
  • Mr Graffty, Cheapſide
  • Mr Graves, St. Bride's Paſſage
  • *** Edward Grubb, Eſq Fiſhmongers Hall
  • †*** J. Grubb, Eſq Gray's-Inn
  • † D. Guſtavſon, Eſq Fenwick-court, Holborn
H
  • G. Hadley, Eſq Southampton-ſtreet
  • Mr Hammerton, Bread-ſtreet
  • Jonas Hanway, Eſq Red-Lion-ſquare
  • Rev. H. Hankey, Eaſt-Bergholt, Suſſolk
  • Mr Harrington, Red-Lion-ſtreet Southwark
  • Mr Harris, New Palace-yard
  • *** Mr Harris, St. Paul's-church-yard
  • *** Rev. Mr. Harriſon, Brompton
  • *** Mr Harriot, Minories
  • Iſaac Hawkins, Eſq
    • *** Miſs Hawkins
    • *** S. Hawkins, Eſq
    • E. Hawkins, Eſq
    by the Rev. Dr. Markham
  • [43] †*** Mr W. Hawes, Palſgrave Place, Strand
  • *** Mr Hawes, Thames-ſtreet
  • Mr Hawes, Enfield
  • Mr Hawys, Fowkes Buildings, Tower-ſt.
  • ** Mr Hayward, Hackney
  • ** Dr. Heberden, F.R.S. Pall mall
  • Mrs Heath, Temple Bar
  • Mr G. Hebert, Criſpin-ſtr. Spitalfields
  • *** — Henbury, Eſq
  • *** Mr Henley, F.R.S. Borough
  • *** Hon. Mr Herbert
  • †*** Mr Herne, Paternoſter-row
  • Mr Heron, Waltham-abbey
  • *** Rev. Mr Herries, Lancaſter-court
  • ** J. Hingeſton, Eſq New-North-ſtreet
  • James Hezletine, Eſq Doctors Commons
  • Dr. Hicks, Stable-yard, St. James's
  • Mr Hill, Lothbury
  • *** Peter Hodgſon, Eſq
  • *** Mr Hodgſon, Wapping
  • Mr Hodgſon, New Baſinghall-ſtreet
  • *** Mrs V. D. Hoeck, Great Ruſſel-ſtreet
  • †** Mr Hole, Iſlington
  • Mr Hooper, Tooley-ſtreet
  • *** Benj. Hopkins, Eſq Chamberlain of London
  • Mr Hopkins, Harwich
  • †*** James Horsfall, Eſq F.R.S. Temple
  • Mr Howard, Walton
  • Dr. Hoſſack, Colcheſter
  • T. Hull, Eſq Martlet-court, Bow-ſtr.
  • *** Mr Hunter, Fetter-lane
  • *** Mr H. Hurford, St. John's-ſtreet
  • *** Mr John Hurford, Highgate
I
  • Francis Ingram, Eſq Inner Temple
  • Mrs Inge, Welbeck-ſtreet
  • Mr Inwood, Iſleworth
  • † Mr Jackſon, Knightſbridge
  • [44] †*** Mr Jacob, Fiſh-ſtreet-hill
  • †*** Mr Jacob, St. Mary-axe
  • † Hugh James, Eſq Fleet-ſtreet
  • † Edward Jeffries, Eſq Lothbury
  • † Rev. Dr. Jeffries, Biſhopſgate-ſtreet
  • Dr. Johnſon, Brentford
  • Thomas Jones, Eſq Park-ſtreet, Weſtminſter
  • Rev. Mr Jones, Peckham
  • †*** Mr Jones, Middle Temple
  • Mr Jones, Manſion Houſe-ſtreet
  • Mr Jones, Graveſend
  • Mr Jones, Lambeth-hill
  • Mr Inman, St. Oſyth
K
  • *** F. Kemble, Eſq New-co. Swithin's-la.
  • Mr Kennet, Eſſex-ſtairs
  • Mr Kenny, St. James's-ſtreet
  • T. King, Eſq Great Queen-ſtreet
  • Mr King, Mortlake
  • Mr Kinnard, Chelſea
  • Rev. Dr. Kippas, Crown-ſtr. Weſtm.
  • Mr Kite, Graveſend
  • Mr Knott, King-ſtreet, Covent-garden
  • † Dr. Kooſtray, Union-coart, Broad-ſtreet
L
  • ** Sir John Lade, Bart. Groſvenor-place
  • A Lady, by Mr Jackſon
  • Mr Ladyman, Budge-row
  • Mr Lancaſter, Theobald's-row
  • Mr Langley, Church-lane, Whitechapel
  • *** Dr. Lettſom, F.R.S.—F.A.S.
  • *** Mr Alderman Lee
  • Sir Aſhton Lever, Leiceſter Houſe
  • *** Mr. Lewin, Hackney
  • ** Mr R. Lewin
  • Dr. Lewis, Kingſton
  • Mr Ley, Wandſworth
  • [45] I. H. Liſle, Eſq Colcheſter
  • Mr Lumſden, Batterſea
M
  • Mr Maddox, Rotherhithe
  • † Mr Mallet, Mark-lane
  • Mr Man, Graveſend
  • †*** R. Manning, Eſq Knight Rider-ſtreet
  • *** J. Manwaring, Eſq Iſlington
  • *** Rev. Dr. Markham, Whitechapel
  • ** Mr Marratt, jun. Hatton-ſtreet
  • Mrs Mattocks, Covent garden
  • *** Mr Mead, Hackney
  • *** Mr Miers, jun. Lad-lane
  • *** Rev. Dr. Milne, Deptford
  • *** Samuel Moody, Eſq Leadenhall-ſtreet
  • *** Mr Morgan, Weſt Smithfield
  • Mr Morſon, King-ſtreet
  • *** Cha. Murray, Eſq Conſul at Madeira
N
  • Joſeph Naſh, Eſq New-court, Sweeting's-lane
  • Mr Newell, Colcheſter
  • † Mr Nodin, Leadenhall-ſtreet
  • Mr Norris, Putney
O
  • *** Mr Oakes, Snow-hill
  • *** Mr Oldham, Mancheſter
  • Mr Oliver, Brentford
  • Mr Oliver, King-ſtreet, Smithfield
  • Mr Oliver, Bartholomew-cloſe
  • Mrs Oſgood, Crutched-friars
  • Mr W. Owen, Temple Bar
P
  • Robert Palmer, Eſq Great Ruſſel-ſtr.
  • †*** Mr Parry, Fulham
  • Mr Parkinſon, Hoxton-ſquare
  • Mr Parſons, Coventry-ſtreet
  • Mr Patch, Norfolk-ſtreet
  • [46] Mr Patten, Ratcliff-croſs
  • Mr Payne, Bridgewater-ſquare
  • *** Mr Pearſon, Spital-ſquare
  • Mr Pearſon, Cheapſide
  • † Mr Phipps, Wardrobe-court
  • Mr Pierce, Wapping dock Stairs
  • *** Mr Lewis Pingo, Grays-inn-lane
  • Mr H. Pingo, Holborn
  • W. Pocock, Eſq Devonſhire-ſtreet, Queen's-ſq.
  • *** Mr Pollard, Middle Temple
  • *** J. Porter, Eſq: Comptroller-general of his Majeſty's Cuſtoms in America
  • † Mr Powell, Newgate-ſtreet
  • Richard Price, D.D. F.R.S.
  • †*** Samuel Prime, Eſq F.R.S. Bedford-row, 5l. 5s. per annum
  • Sir John Pringle, Bart. F.R.S. and Phyſician to their Majeſties
  • Charles Pryſe, Eſq Parſon's-green
R
  • Humfreys Ram, Eſq Richmond, Surry
  • Mr Read, Ludgate-hill
  • Samuel Reynardſon, Eſq F.R.S. G. Ormond-ſt.
  • *** A. Richardſon, Eſq Paddington-green
  • Mr Richardſon, Racquet-court, Fleet-ſtr.
  • ** — Richardſon, Eſq
  • John Rivington, Eſq St. Paul's-church-yard
  • *** Mr Robinſon, Gray's-inn
  • Dr. Rogers, Red Lion-ſtr. Clerkenwell
  • † Mr Rogers, Manningtree
  • *** Rev. Mr Romaine, Blackfriars
  • Mrs Rode, Lemon-ſtreet
  • Mr Roots, Kingſton
  • †** John Roſe, Eſq Putney
  • † Bartholomew Ruſpini, Eſq Pall mall
S
  • *** The Right Hon. the Earl of Stamford, by the Rev. Dr. Markham 21l.
  • †*** Mr W. Salte, Poultry
  • Mr Sanders, Cheſhunt
  • *** Mr Alderman Sawbridge
  • Mr Scott, Peterborough-court,
  • Mr Sealy, Throgmorton-ſtreet
  • *** Rev. Mr Sellon, Clerkenwell
  • Mr Shee, Craven-ſtreet
  • J. Sherwood, Eſq Shadwell
  • Dr. Sequeira, Mark-lane
  • *** W. Sharpe, Eſq Old Jury
  • Mr Sherwin, Enfield
  • † Dr. Sims, Tokenhouſe-yard
  • Mr Simſon, Eaſt Bergholt
  • † Mr Skinner, Alderſgate-ſtreet
  • Mrs Skinner, Alderſgate-ſtreet
  • † Mr Slack, Gravel-lane, Houndſditch
  • Dr. Smith, Bride-ſtreet
  • Allyn Smith, Eſq Batterſea
  • H. Smith, Eſq Scott's Yard, Cannon-ſt.
  • Mr Smith, Limehouſe
  • Mr Smith, Fan-court, Fenchurch-ſtreet
  • *** W. Smith, Eſq Cannon-ſtreet
  • Mr Smithſon, Caſtle-yard
  • Medical Society at Colcheſter, by Mr. Hawes 21l.
  • Society, aſſembling at Coachmaker's-hall, Foſter-lane, by Mr. Denham, 5l. 5s.
  • *** Rev. Mr Sowden, Wincheſter
  • Mr Squire, Wandſworth
  • Mr Stapleton, Colcheſter
  • *** Mr Stenſon, Kenſington
  • R. Sterling, Eſq F.R.S. Colcheſter
  • *** Mr Stiles, Fleet-ſtreet
  • †*** Mr Stone, Cheapſide
  • Lyon De Symons, Eſq Wincheſter-ſtreet
T
  • E. Taylor, Eſq Inner Temple
  • *** Mr James Taylor, Tower-hill
  • Mr Taylor, Brentford
  • Mr Taylor, Woolwich
  • *** Rev. Mr Tice, Enfield
  • Dr Thackeray, Windſor
  • Mr Thomas, Greenwich
  • ** Mr Thompſon, Houndſditch
  • Mr Thornthwaite, Iſlington
  • Mr Tondero, Twickenham
  • W. Toll, Eſq Chelſea
  • Mr Toulmin, Hackney
  • Dr. Topping, Colcheſter
  • Mr Topham, Cheapſide
  • *** T. Tower, Eſq by Mr Hawes 21l.
  • †*** Rev. Mr Joſeph Towers, Well-ſtreet
  • † Matthew Twogood, Eſq America-ſq.
  • †*** Mr Townſend, Fleet-ſtreet
  • †*** Mr Towes, Saliſbury-court, Fleet-ſtreet
  • Mr Torin, Walworth
  • Mr Tuſon, Boxford
  • *** Arthur Tyton, Eſq Buckingham-ſtr. York-buildings
V
  • Mr. W. Vaughan, Mincing-lane
  • Mr Vaux, Pudding-lane
  • J. Vernon, Eſq Lincoln's-Inn
  • †*** John Vowell, Eſq Watling-ſtreet
W
  • Mr Waddington, Cheapſide
  • Mr Wade, Bride-lane
  • Mr Wade, Colcheſter
  • †*** Rev. Mr Walker, Iſlington
  • Mr Walford, Garlick-hill
  • Mrs Walpole
  • *** Boucher Walton, Eſq Throgmorton-ſtreet
  • [49] *** Mr Warrand, Minories
  • *** Mrs Ann Waſtefield, Mile-End, the Legacy of R. Waſtefield, Eſq 10l.
  • † Dr Watkinſon, Fenchurch-ſtreet
  • *** Richard Watlington, Eſq Pall-mall
  • Dr Watſon, F.R.S. Lincoln's-inn-fields
  • Mr Watſon, Holborn
  • Mr Watſon, Ponder's-End
  • *** Rev. Mr John Weſley, City-Road
  • *** Mr T. Wiſdome, Watford 20l.
  • *** Mr Whipham, Fleet-ſtreet
  • R. Willet, Eſq Dean-ſtreet, Soho
  • Rev. Dr. Williams, Library, Redcroſs-ſtreet
  • ** Edward Wynne, Eſq Temple
  • *** Rev. Dr Wilſon, Weſtminſter
  • *** Mr Willſon, Minories
  • *** S. Whitebread, Eſq Chiſwell-ſt. 21l.
  • *** Mr Withy, Craven-ſtreet, Strand
  • G. Wood, Eſq London Coffee-houſe
  • Mr Wood, Woolwich
  • *** Rev. Mr Woodroffe, Rector of Cranham, Eſſex, by Mr. Hawes, 10l. 10s.
  • †** Mr Woodfall, Saliſbury-court
  • † Mr Wright, Bolt-court
  • Mr Wright, near Weſtminſter-bridge
  • † Mr Wyatt, Albion Place
  • † Mr Wyatt, Minories
  • †** Mr Wynde, Warwick-court
  • Mr Wriggleſworth, Minories
X
  • A. X. at the London Coffee-Houſe
Y
  • His Grace the Archbiſhop of York

Appendix B MEDICAL ASSISTANTS.

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Appendix B.1 MIDDLESEX.
LONDON and WESTMINSTER SIDE.

Below LONDON BRIDGE.
  • LIMEHOUSE—Mr Smith
  • Ratcliffe-Croſs—Mr Patten and Mr Cox
  • Shadwell—Mr Bryen
  • Wapping—Mr Pierce, Mr Hodgſon, Mr Williams, Mr Midford, and Mr Teiſe
  • Minories—Mr Wyat
  • Billingſgate—Mr Vaux
  • America-Square—Mr Crawford
Between London and Weſtminſter Bridges.
  • Lawrence Pountney-Lane—Mr Bee
  • Great Eaſtcheap—Dr Lettſom
  • Broad-Street—Dr Kooyſtra
  • Garlick-Hill—Mr Walford
  • Old Jury—W. Sharpe, Eſq
  • Old Fiſh-Street—Mr Armiger, and Mr James
  • Holborn—Mr Watſon and Mr Dymond
  • Pater-noſter-Row—Dr Cogan
  • Fleet-Street—Mr Forbes
  • Red Lion-ſtreet—Dr Rogers
  • Strand—Mr Hawes (Palſgrave-Place) Mr Buck
  • Norfolk-Street—Dr Cooper
  • York-Buildings—Mr Beaumont
  • Whitehall—Mr Andrews
  • Weſtminſter—Mr Harris and Mr Wright
  • [51] Chelſea—Mr Halford, Mr Greenhead, and Mr Kinnard
  • Fulham—Mr Parry and Mr Coghlan
  • Parſon's-Green—Dr Cadogan and Mr Meſſiter
  • Hammerſmith—Mr Loveday, Mr Palſer, and Mr Terry
  • Chiſwick—Mr Hedges and Mr Teniſon
  • Brentford—Dr Johnſon and Mr Corſon, Meſſrs Oliver and Anſell, Mr Downing, Mr Harding, Mr Taylor and Mr Webb
  • Iſleworth—Meſſrs Dick and Inwood
  • Twickenham—Meſſrs Beauchcamp and Tondero—Mr Gilchriſt
  • Hampton—Mr Griffenhoofe
  • Laleham—Mr Birks
  • Sunbury—Mr Boone
  • Staines—Mr Pope

Appendix B.2 BERKS.

  • Wallingford—Mr Hunter, Mr Golding, and Mr Flamank
  • Reading—Mr Snowden, Mr Pope
  • Windſor—Dr Biddle, Dr Thackeray, Mr Aylett

Appendix B.3 SERPENTINE RIVER.

  • Knightſbridge—Mr Jackſon
  • Shepherd-Street—Mr Billinghurſt

Appendix B.4 KENT and SURRY SIDE.

Below London Bridge.
  • Graveſend—Mr Bolger, Mr Cooper, Mr Harriſon, Mr Jones, Mr Kite, and Mr Man
  • Woolwich—Mr Bickerton, Mr Irwin, Mr Taylor
  • Deptford—Mr Harriſon and Mr Sutton
  • Greenwich—Mr Mills, Mr Wheeler, Mr Pocock
  • Tooley-Street—Mr Breach and Mr Hooper
  • Dock-Head—Mr Penry
  • Allard's-Point—Mr Chapman
  • Rotherhithe—Meſſrs W. and G. Chapman, Mr Gray, Mr Maddox and Mr Green

Appendix B.5 SURRY.

  • Blackfriars—Mr Boyſe and Mr Ridout
  • Lambeth—Mr Burgeſs
  • [52] Batterſea—Meſſrs Lumſden, Alderman and Corrance
  • Wandſworth—Meſſrs Squire and Ley
  • Putney—John Roſe, Eſq and Mr Norris
  • Mortlake—Mr Davies and Mr King
  • Richmond—Dr Baker, Mr Jackſon, Mr Smith, and Mr Charlton
  • Kingſton—Dr Lewis, Dr Bennett, Mr Hemmings, Mr Roots, Mr Smith, and Mr Waterbouſe
  • Henley—Mr Pope and Mr Mapleton
  • Great Marlow—Meſſrs Sneath and Traſh, Mr Eardly
  • Walton—Meſſrs Howard and Carpenter
  • Weybridge—Mr Webb
  • Chertſey—Mr Mapletoft and Mr Smith

Appendix B.6 NEW RIVER, ISLINGTON.

  • Iſlington—Mr Hole and Mr Church
  • Hoxton—Mr Parkinſon, Hoxton-Square
  • Shoreditch—Mr Dearnes
  • Stoke Newington—Mr Garrett and Mr John
  • Hackney—Mr Downing, Mr Howard, and Mr Toulmin
  • Enfield—Mr Sherwin and Mr Harriſon
  • Bow—Mr Wilkinſon and Mr Coles

Appendix B.7 ESSEX.

  • Waltham-Abbey—Mr Cannon and Mr Heron
  • Stratford—Meſſrs How, Talbutt, and Miller
  • Colcheſter—Dr Hoſſack, Dr Topping, J. H. Liſle, Eſq Mr Sterling, Mr Day, Mr Staples, Mr Wade, and Mr Newel
  • Harwich—Mr Cox and Mr Hopkins
  • Halſtead—Mr Forbes
  • St Oſyth—Mr Inman
  • Manningtree—Mr Rogers

Appendix B.8 HERTFORD-SHIRE.

  • Hertford—Mr Chandler, Mr Froſt, and Mr Cutler
  • Ware—Mr Burr, Mr Welford and Mr Tice
  • Cheſhunt—Mr Hooper and Mr Sanders
  • Hoddeſdon—Mr Baker

Appendix B.9 BEDFORD.

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  • Mr Gadſby, Mr Pulley and Mr Jackſon

Appendix B.10 SUFFOLK.

  • Nayland—Mr Fairclough
  • Eaſt Bergholt—Mr Simſon
  • Boxford—Mr Juſon
  • Holbrook—Mr Buck
  • Saxmundham—Mr Cooper
  • Long-Milford—Mr Bolton

Appendix B.11 SHREWSBURY.

  • Dr Owen, Mr Cooper, Mr Sanford, Mr Lomax, Meſſrs Winnals, Mr Simons, Mr Cartwright, Meſſrs Holt and Bromfield, Mr Rogers, Mr Stainer, Mr Tudor, Mr Wynne, Mr Yomans
  • Bridgenorth—Mr Beale and Mr Stedman
  • Newport—Mr Collins and Mr Jones
  • Wenlock—Mr Granger
  • Coalbrook-Dale—Mr Bodens and Mr Wright
  • Broſley—Mr Corbet, Mr Rowley and Mr Wyke
  • Wellington—Mr Cartwright and Mr Roe
  • Shiffnell—Mr Younge
  • Church-Stretton—Mr Langſlow
  • Oſweſtry—Mr Price, Mr Griffiths, Mr Evans, and Mr Read
THE END.
Notes
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The little imperfect narrative here given might, I think, furniſh matter to ſome of our eminent artiſts for an excellent picture; I would therefore recommend it to my friends, Sir Joſhua Reynolds, Mr. Weſt, or that ingenious moral painter Mr. Penny, to try their ſkill upon it.
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I am informed by a gentleman of fortune and undoubted veracity in the country of L—r, that ſince the building of two chapels by a pious Lady of Quality, for the reception of the Methodiſts, there have been repeated inſtances of ſelf-murther, a crime which was ſcarce ever heard of or practiſed in that part of the kingdom, till after the introduction and encouragement of thoſe pernicious people.
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A number of the happy objects who had been reſtored to life, men, women, and children, attended divine ſervice, and were placed in the gallery immediately oppoſite to the preacher.
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—Quam vellent aethere in alto
Nunc & pauperiem & duros perferre labores!
VIRGIL AENd.
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Alluding to the uſe which this Society may be of not only in regard to the immediate object of ſaving perſons apparently drowned, but in varicus other caſes, ſuffocation by the cord, apoplexies, hyſteric fits, the effects of ſulphurous acids, the ſteam of acids, &c. in many of which the methods practiſed by the Society have already been uſed with ſucceſs, and we truſt may hereafter be of ſtill greater ſervice.
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