The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-06 00:00:00

DECEASE OF MISS %VROUGHTON.

We are faioured . with the following notice of
an event which has cast a gloom, of no ordinary
density over. the Fashionable, Circles of Bath
On Saturday last died at berhousn in Catherine Plaee,.
76th year, Miss W•RO UOll TON; a lady, whose extraordinary
beauty, whose taste and hospitality, will live long in the re-
membrance of a City she has for a longer series of years than is
usually allotted to mortals, most richly adorned. She is amongst
the last of a circle whose polished manners and refinement gave
the reputation to Bath it .now enjoys. The peculiar elegance of
her manners, the singular grace other person, and her acquire-
ments, gathered around her in the first bloom of her youth a
crowd 'of admirers, whose adulation neither-spoiled her heart
nor misguided her judgment. She passed through every stage
of life' caressed and esteemed; -and tO the laSt. obtained.
and indeed most honourably deserved, the resPeet, :the re-
gard, the admiration of -all who knew her.—Nature seem-
ed to lavish on her, her choicest gifts ; for, to the
latest moment, she retained her grace of person, and the
unimpaired employment of the faculties of the mind', whil4
through her long career she had been almost a stranger to pain;
and the bodily infirmities with which-life is chequered. - }ler
form seemed cast in the finest mould ; and eyen at the extra-
ordinary age at which she died, it might have served the Sculp-
tor as a model. There was a dignity, a .majesty, and grace,
that struck the eye of every person, whilst her unaffected ease
and courtly manners won the general admiration.. •She was at
all times in the Ball Room the great object Of attraction • and
even amid a blaze of youthful beauty, she shone forth pre-
eminent, and reminded the spectator of many of the classical
descriptions, where amid the•crowd of followers the godless i 5
displayed, and by her. Majesty is recognised and adored.. As
she advanced 'in life, when the charms, however brilliant, de-
cay, hers seetnell only to mature ; and as 'her earliest friends,
drooped and faded around; •she seemed to stand a'oae, ee
If Tune, had forgotten that, she existed. Her house was fur
years the centre of attraction to the fashionable world, and
her princely fortune enabled her to exercise her hospitalitYv.erm.
patronize 'the 'Arts the loved, and in which she was a practent-
Dnring the life,of Rauzzini she was constantly surrounded
by the most eminent musicians of the day, whom she patroniz-
ed with the warmest enthusiasm. The Concerts she gave were
at that -time one of the principal ornaments of Bath, and broutgll.s'
some of the first and. noblest families to the city. Possessolf
a peffectknowledge of. 'the Science, and a highly cultivate.'
voice, she'occisionally, till within a-very few years, joined
'Professors in a style not' unworthy their admiration. She lis
been one of the most elegant dancers of the day, and her graCe~
ful and stately minuet gathered around
.a host of admirers'
and when it was known that she was to dance with Sir-C';
'Banbury Williams, the Rooms were more than usually throng'
'ed, and every eye was 'directed to her graceful movernenr.%:
At 'the-different Fancy Balls, the elegance of her dress, eV'
the appropriate coStunie in which she'supported-her characters''
was a never-failing object of-admiration ; but at the 31asquv:
'rade last year, to the surprise and astonishment of alloile was
'recognized, when the masks were removed, in the characterof
young -Ploughboy, which she had supported with a vivacity
life that had excited the greatest, curiosity; for to the last, be'
youthful appearance did not forsake her. On theTtiesdg pre-
vious p•her short anti fatal illness, she was' at I ovedino s GOP"
cert at the York House, and conversed with her wonted vii-aritY
and animation, and vas with her -usual kindness, good feeling,
and- warm heart, interesting herself -for the benefit of lVliss 31" c"
auley, whom she patronized with zeal and warmth. Her sir;
port on occasions of this kind was always valuable ; fin het
friends were pleased with an opportunity of eonfplying with:he'
wishes, and she never exerted herself but for -those who re_Alii;
deserved her kindness. At the Public Concerts she was a fleet_
failing attendant; and for years, as 'it were by co/ninon cavil;
a seat was r eservedforher at the top of the /towns, and a cotirtestio,
seemed to be exercised for her which no one can againexpec
A tthe
enjoy.—But it was not only amid the gay, the gititly,.ans• She
lively, that this accomplished Lady shone pre-eminent.
Co
was not alone the Butterfly that wanders on from flower
flower, regardless of more important thoughts, for the 'excel,l,
lence of the heart equalled the beauty of the casket in sclud'
the rich diamond .was preserved. She was henevolnit, Min;
and good ; a warm, a most attached friend ; a mild and generlle
mistress ;an excellent and affectionatiate daughter. In
country,. at her seat at Wileot, she preserved the rights of
pitality, the liberality to her tenantry, the bounty to her I,h,
dependents, that are the legitimate characteristics ofthe End ii,
hereditary Landholder. 'She was adored amongst her 'ne'6„f
hours, and tears of sincerity will be shed on the grave of one_ ;;i•
the most extraordinary characters that ever graced the walks
_.;
private life, and shed happiness within the limits of its influerw`
—(Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, May 3.)

•
The inquest on the unfortunate men drosoli,
in passing through one of thearches of the Paddington Caul'
returned yesterday a verdict of " Accidental Death."
A young man, lately come or age, but not t:f
years of discretiim, gave the other day the enormous pride
740 guineas for a cabriolet horse.

BIRTH.
On NVedneseay, at the house of her father in Sicinto4
beet, Mrs. Lievesley, of a son.

'MARRIED.
"
At Calcutta, on the 30th of November last, at the Catoo,
R. IL :Nlatthews, Esq. of BL UM, to Mary Eleanor
dauvliter of Nicholas Lionnithome Bishop. Esq., of lion
da11"0
On the 27th ult., at Raddery-house, Anna Watson, se4, ac,-
daughter of James Fowler, Esq., of Raddery, to Thous
kenzie, Esq., of Ord, Ross-shire. 0.105
On the sth inst., at St. Faith's, Old Change, 0)
Ellis, of Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, to Mrs. liarn'°
of the Chapter Coffee-house.

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