_Died_]--At Horseley, in Derbyshire, England, a venerable matron, named _Frances Burton_, aged 107. She had practised midwifery upwards of 80 years. The husband of the above old lady was sexton of the parish church 70 years; and this ancient pair frequently boasted, that she had _brought into the world_, and he had _buried_, the parish twice over! * * * * * 1807. ......_DIED_...... Near Gloucester, Virg., _Elizabeth Wagner_, aged 107. She never took medicine of any kind in her life. * * * * * From "Salem Gazette," 1811. Appropriate name for a rope-maker. Mr. WILLIAM TARRING, rope-maker, 38. * * * * * "Massachusetts Mercury," Dec. 27, 1799. Died, At _Hamilton, Essex_ County, PLATO WHIPPLE, aged 103, one of God's images in ebony. * * * * * "Salem Gazette," 1811. Mr. JACK DALAND, a very worthy black man, aged 65. He was brought from Africa to the West Indies at about 11 years of age; but instead of being _eaten_, as he expected, by the white men, he was transferred by purchase to a happy asylum in this place, where he has spent upwards of 50 years of his life, respected by the whole town, as a faithful, industrious, pleasant-tempered, intelligent man. His honest industry was rewarded by the acquisition of a comfortable property, which he has left for the enjoyment of his family. The long train of white people who followed his remains to the grave, testify to the esteem in which he was held. * * * * * The following is a notice of a "distinguished merchant" and "literary" character of Newburyport, Mass. In the appendix to "Lord" Dexter's great production--where all the stops are placed together on the last page, so that "people can salt and pepper as they please"--we find these lines: "All men inquire, but few can tell How thou in Science doth excel!" TIMOTHY DEXTER. The subject of the present sketch, according to his own account, was born in Malden, Massachusetts. "I was born," says he (in his celebrated work, "A Pickle for the knowing ones"), "1747, Jan. 22; on this day in the morning, a great snow storm in the signs of the seventh house; whilst Mars came forward Jupiter stood by to hold the candle. I was to be a great man." Lord Dexter, after having served an apprenticeship to a Leather dresser, commenced business in Newburyport, where he married a widow who owned a house and a small piece of land, part of which, soon after the nuptials, were converted into a shop and tanyard.