254C (Vol. 2)

The late unfortunate Mrs. WOODMAN was originally introduced to the notice of the Public as a singer, by the celebrated Dr. ARNE, to whom she was a pupil above thirty years since. She appeared at Covent-Garden Theatre in the part of Euphrosyne, in Comus, and was a competitor with the celebrated Miss DRENT, afterwards Mrs. PINTO. Her name was then SPENCER, and she was better known by the appellation of Buck Spencer, being uncommonly elegant in her dress and person; she afterwards sung at Marybone Gardens, where she received additional instruction from the late Dr. ARNOLD, and from thence went to Ireland, where she became deservedly a great favourite, and continued on the Dublin stage for many years. She married a Gentleman names SMITH, by whom she had the present Mrs. ASTLEY. After his decease she married a Mr. WOODMAN, from whom, on account of some disagreement, she was divorced. The latter part of her life she resided entirely with her daughter, to whom she was much attached, and who is inconsolable for her loss.