May 6th. Lady of fir Lionel of Cork and Orrery, in Ireland, and Darell, bart. 24th. Sir John Hunter Blair. At Hamburgh, the duke D'Aiguillon, in the 38th year of his age. He fell a martyr to the gout. At Lingen, Vander Speigel, the former grand penfionary of Holland. June 3d. At his houfe, in Tenterden-ftreet, Hanover-fquare, by hooting himself with a piftol, fir Godfrey Webfter, bart. of Battle Abbey, Suffex. For five or fix weeks paft, he had betrayed very evident fymptoms of a troubled mind, in confequence of ill luck at play; whereupon the coroner's in queft brought in a verdict of lunacy. He fucceeded to the title on the death of his father, fir Chriftopher, 1779, and has left two fons and one daughter by his lady, the daughter and heirefs of Mr. Vaffal, a rich planter of Jamaica, who, in his abfence from Florence, where they refided, on bufinefs in England, quitted him, and afterwards, being divorced, was married to lord Holland. 5th. Sir Henry Bridgeman, firft lord Bradford, a vice-prefident of the Welch charity, and L. L. D. He was born 1725; and married, 1755, Elizabeth Simpfon, by whom he had a numerous iffue, viz. the furvivors are, 1ft, Orlando, now lord Bradford, married the honourable Lucy Byng, daughter of George, lord Torrington; 2d, John, who has taken the name of Simpfon, married Henrietta, daughter of fir Thomas Worley, and is a M. P. in the prefent parliament; 3d, George, rector of Wigan, married to the lady Lucy-Ilabel Boyle, daughter of Edmund, feventh earl lord Boyle, in England. The daughters of lord Bradford were, 1ft, Charlotte, wife of Henry Grefwold Lewis, of Malvern-hall, Warwicks 2d, Anne, deceafed; 3d, Eliza-beth-Diana, married George, only fon of fir Robert Gunning, knight of the bath. The father of Henry, firft lord Bradford, was fir Orlando Bridgeman, who married the lady Anne Newport, daughter and coheirefs of Richard Newport, laft earl of Bradford. The earl deceafed 1702; the titles became extinct, but the eftates devolved on his grandfon, fir Henry Bridgeman, fon of lady Anne Newport, by fir Orlando, who was railed to the peerage 1797, by the title of baron Bradford, and is now fucceeded by his fon Orlando, the fecond lord. In his 55th year, at his houfe in Bedford-fquare, fir Francis Buller, bart. one of the judges of the court of common pleas. On the morning of the preceeding day, he had vifited the lord chancellor and several of his friends; he returned home to dinner, and afterwards amufed himfelf for a fhort time in playing at piquet with his niece, who, obferving fome change in his countenance, which the hinted to him, he acknowledged that he felt himself feized with a degree of langour and faintnefs; he was conducted to his chamber, and went to bed; and early the next morning he expired without a groan. He was the fecond fon of James Buller, efq. who was one of the reprefentatives in parliament for the county of Cornwall by his fecond wife, Jane, one of the daughters of Allen, earl Bathurft. He was created a baronet in 1789; and is fucceeded by his eldeft eldest fon, now fir F. Beller Yarde, who changed his name for an eftate of confiderable value. 7th. The Right honourable Henry Willoughby, lord Middleton of Middleton, and a baronet. He was born December 19, 1726; fueceeded his coufin Thomas, the late lord, January 19, 1781. He inarried, December 25, 1756, Dorothy, daughter and coheir of George Cartwright, of Offingham, in Nottinghamshire, by whom he had feveral children. 8th. The right honourable lady Bagot. William Cruikshanks, efq. a furgeon of the very firit eminence. He was a native of or near Glaf-, gow, where he was educated. He was born in 1745; and in compliment to the hero of Culloden, his parents chofe the name of WilliamCumberland for their fon, the latter part of which name he but rarely ufed. He was educated and intended for the church, but never fhewed much inclination for it. About the time that Dr. William Hunter, teacher of anatomy in London, and his afliftant, Mr. Hewfon, were to part, the doctor bad applied to the profeffors, at Glafgow, to recommend a young man of genius and learning to fucceed Mr. Hewfon, for which purpofe Mr. Cruikshank's abilities well recommended him. He therefore came to London, about thirty years ago. He married, in 1773, a native of Dundee, who died in 1795, by whom he had four daughters. Suddenly, at his feat at Chifelhurst, in Kent, the right honourable Thomas Townfhend, vifcount Sydney, chief-juftice in Eyre, S. of Trent, a governor of the charter 66 houfe, and a vice-prefident of the Afylum. Returning from his morning-ride, he went into the garden, and walked round the pond to fee his ducks, as was his ufual cuftom, and then returned to the parlour, de firing his fervant to bring him pen and ink, faying he would write to his attorney to inform him when he should be in town. After writing Sir, I fhall be " his lordship fell back in his chair, in a fit. His eldeft fon, he honourable J. T. Townshend, one of the lords of the treasury, and his fucceffor in title and eftate, who was with him, called for affiftance, but to no purpofe; the laft words his lordmhip spoke were "Give me my draught;" in three minutes afterwards he expired." He once filled a high office under government, having been fecretary of state, when Mr. Pitt came into administration. July 1. At East Retford, Lincoln, aged 76, the lady of fir Wharton Amcotts, bart. fifter of the late Charles Amcotts, efq. of Kettlethorne, in the fame county, by whofe death, in 1777, fhe divided with her fifter, Mrs. Buckworth, his confiderable eftates, which are ftill poffeffyd by fir Wharton. Sir Robert Goodere, bart. James Drummond, lord Perth, fo created October 26th, 1797. The duke de Duras, a peer of France. Bryan Edwards, efq. M. P. 14th. In his 82d year, the right honourable Bafil Fielding, earl of Denbigh, vifcount Fielding, one of the lords of his majesty's bed-chamber, and earl of Delmond in Ireland. This noble earl was defcended from the earls of Haplburgh, in Germany. Geoffrey, carl earl of Hapfburgh, being oppreffed of a porter in the shop of a bookfeller, on Fifh-street-hill, he became the architect of his own fortune, and acquired confiderable property and high civic distinction. by Rodolph, emperor of Germany, came over to England, and one of his fons ferved king Henry III. in his wars; whofe ancestors, laying claim to the territories of Lauffenburg and Rhin Filding, in Germany, he took the name of Filding. The late earl was twice married; first to the daughter of Sir J. Bruce Cotton, by whom he had two fons, (lord Fielding, and the honourable C. Fielding), both deceased; fecond, to dame Sarah Halford, relict of fir Charles Halford, bart. and now countefs-dowager of Denbigh. His lordship's titles, &c. defcend to the eldest fon of the late lord Fielding, a minor. The right honourable George Mafon Villiers, lord viscount Grandifon. 18th. The lady of Aubrey Beauclerk, earl of Burford (fon to the duke of St. Alban's); to whom he was married in 1788. 224. Sir Benjamin Hammet, knt. M. P. for the borough of Taunton, in the county of Somerfet, and an eminent banker, of Lombardftreet. He was chofen alderman of Portfoken-ward, London, June 3, 1785, and was knighted on prefenting an addrefs of congratulation to his majefty on his efcape from affaffination by Margaret Nicholfon, 1786. This gentleman was a confpicuous example of the effects of enterprize and induftry His origin was humble, and the progrels of his early life afforded no prof pect of the fituation which he fub fequently obtained. He wanted the advantages of education; but he poffeffed plain common fenfe, and was well acquainted with the qualities of mankind. After having filled the fubordinate fituation The right honourable Frederick Montague. He was one of the commiffioners of the treafury when Mr. Fox came into administration with lord North, 1783. Auguft. In his 71ft year, the honourable Samuel Barrington, fenior admiral of the white, and general of his majefty's marine forces; a brother of the honourable Daines Barrington, before mentioned. 2d. At Venice, the countefs Lucy Bartiza, wife of his excellency the count Antonio Bartiza, patrician of Venice, and only furviving child of the late John Paradife, efq. 7th. Aged 23, Frederick-Auguftus Efchen, a native of Eutinen, in in the bishoprick of Lubeck. He and one of his friends, Mr. Zimpffen, accompanied by a guide, were afcending Buet, one of the Glaciers, near Sallanches, when Efchen unfortunately fell into a deep fiffure covered with fnow, and, it is fuppofed was inftantly killed. A perfon, let down by means of ropes, into the chafm, the day after the accident, was able only just to feel the dead body with the end of his flick. On the following day, another man went down, in the fame manner, and, after several hours labour, was able to get the body up. It was found jammed in between the ice, in an erect pofture, and completely frozen, at the depth of more than a hundred feet. The compreflion was to great, that his watch was flattened in his fob. Three of his ribs were found broken on each fide, and his sternum beat in. In his pockets were found 78 livres, " livres, in money, the third volume of Sauffure's Voyage dans les Alpes," and a letter which he had begun, in German, to his father, dated Vevey, August 2, in which he talks of being at home again in three weeks, and fays he travels on foot with a friend. His body was interred near the spot, and a stone placed over it, with an infeription calculated to caution future travellers who may chance to vifit thofe dangerous fituations. 9th. The Right honourable Mary countess Howe, widow of the late earl Howe. She was daughter of Cheverton Hartopp, of Welby, in Leicestershire, and married to lord Howe, July 5, 1758. At New-hall-nunnery, by Chelmsford, Effex, the honourable Charlotte Clifford. She was fecond daughter of Hugh third lord Clifford, and fifter of the fourth, and great aunt of the prefent lord; and was, as well as her fifters Mary and Prefton, a benedictine nun at Ghent, and fuperior of the nunnery of the fame order lately established under the patronage of lords Clifford, Petre, &c. in the old palace of Henry VIII. ту Sept. General Ruffell Manners, colonel of his majesty's 26th regiment of light dragoons. In his 87th year, Albany Wallis, efq. of Norfolk-ftreet, in the Strand, an eminent folicitor, in partnership with Mr. Troward. He was a man, who, by the exertion of indefatigable industry and phlegmatic pru. dence, acquired a very confiderable fortune in the law. His abilities were of a very inferior kind; but he had learned the policy of filence, and, therefore, it was generally conceived, while he was fo taciturn in fociety, that "more was meant than met the ear." Upon the whole, it may be faid of Albany Wallis, that, though he had neceffarily many ac quaintances, his temper and charac ter were not likely to conciliatę many friends.-He has left his large fortune, between 70 and 80,000. to lady Bailey, of Pall-mall, for life; and, after her death, to colonel Bailey, her fon, who has taken his name. Mr. Wallis bad feveral fifters' children and other near relations in indigent circumftances, of whom he has taken no other notice than by giving 500l. to his heirs at law. Lady Bailey, it is faid, has refused to act as an executrix under the will of her late liberal friend; and Mr. Troward has likewife declined the fame act of reprefentative duty, being a claimant on the estate to the amount of 30,000. Countefs dowager of Darlington, fifter to the earl of Lonsdale. 9th. In his 85th year, James Hayes, efq. a bencher of the Middle Temple, formerly one of his majefty's juftices for North Wales. He was of King's-college, Cambridge; B. A. 1737; M. A. 1741. 13th. The right hon. Eleanora dowager lady Saltoun. 16th. At Newmarket, in his 85th year, W. Vernon, efq. the father of the turf, and upwards of fifty years diftinguished as a fporting man. He married lord Offory's mother, by whom he had three daughters, viz. the prefent lady Warwick, Mrs. Smith, and one unmarried. He is believed to have first introduced into England the forcing of peach and other fruits on hot walls, of which he had fome capital ones at Newmarket. Mary dowager lady Walfingham. She was daughter of William Cowper, efq. of the Park, near Hert ford; Ford; and married, Nov. 12, 1743, to William de Grey, created lord Walfingham, 1780. Aged 76, the duke of Saxe Cobourg. 30th. Lady Hughes, relict of admiral fir Edward Hughes. O. The rhingrave of Salm. and Mackie, prefented fome very uncommon appearances. There was literally no lung on one fide; whilft, on the other, there appeared a complete pair, with their proper veffels. The heart, without being difeafed, was preternaturally enlarged. Lady Maffarene was madame Borcier; twice married to his lordship in France, and, accompanying him to England, was married to him a third time, at St. Peter's, Cornhill, Aug, 19, 1789. Right hon. John Meade, earl and vifcount Clanwilliam, baron of Gillford, and a baronet. He was only fon of fir Richard Meade, third baronet of the family; born April 21, 1744; created baron and vifcount 1766, and earl 1776. He married Theodofia, daughter of Robert Hawkins Magill, efq. by whom he had five fons and five daugh-fheriff of London 1789, when the ters. John Lord Northwick, fo created 1797, being fir John Rufhout, bart. in which title he fucceeded his father; he reprefented Evesham in parliament many years. The right hon. Charles Coote, earl of Bellamont, K. B. He fucceeded, on the death of the late earl, 1766, to the barony of Coloony; was created earl of Bellamont 1767; and in Auguft, 1774, married the lady Emily Fitzgerald, daughter of the late duke of Leinfter, by whom he has left feveral daughters. Dying without iffuemale, his titles are extinct. In his 81ft year, lord William Seymour, uncle to the prefent, and brother to the two late dukes of Somerset. Aged 38, the once celebrated and beautiful countefs of Maffarene, lady of Clotworthy fecond earl of Maffarene. Her death was fuppofed to have been occafioned by the diforder termed angina pectoris. Her body, on being opened by Mr. Fearon, in the prefence of doctors Laforeftier VOL. XLII. Nov. Aged 66, Charles Hamerton, efq. city pavior, and alderman of Bread-ftreet ward; to which office he was chofen 1797. He was king went first to St. Paul's. Mr. Hamerton realifed a confiderable fortune by the introduction of the Scotch pavement into London. 10th. Dowager lady Reay. In London, the marquis de Bouillé, fo juftly celebrated for his military talents, the rectitude of his charac ter, and the honourable conduct which he purfued towards us in the American war, and for the ftrong marks of fidelity which he gave to the unfortunate Louis XVI. In the 50th year of his age, the right rev. Dr. Matthew Young, lord bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduach. Colonel Harpur, of Gower-court, in Kent. Lady Molyneux, relict of the right hon. fir Capel Molyneux. In his 66th year, George de la Poer Beresford, fecond earl of Tyrone, marquis of Waterford, cuftos rotulorum of the city and county of Waterford, a member of his majefty's privy council in Ireland, knt. of St. Patrick, and baron Tyrone, ofHaverford Weft, county of Pembroke. He married, April 18, 1769, F Elizabeth, |