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le-street, joiner, aged two years; on the 18th, Anne his daughter, aged four years; on the 20th they were both interred in one coffin; and on the 21st, William, son of the said Mr. Edmundson, aged seven years: all of the scarlet fever. In his 77th year, James Robson, esq. an alderman of York. He served lord-mayor in 1800.

18. In the Edgware Road, the rev. Nathaniel Gilbert, vicar of Bledlow, Bucks.

19. At Hillingdon Heath, Mid. dlesex, the hon. Peter de Salis, count of the holy Roman empire, aged 69.

20. Aged 74, the right hon. viscountess Irwin, of Temple Newsom, Yorkshire, mother to the marchioness of Hertford.

21. Abraham Newland, esq.This gentleman was the son of a baker, in King-street, Southwark. He was born about 1729 or 1730, and his education was most probably of a mercantile nature. February 27, 1748, now sixty years ago, he was appointed to a clerk. ship in the Bank. Even at that early period of life, his attention and regularity were conspicuous; and, obtaining the approbation of his superiors, he rose through the differ ent gradations of services, until January 19, 1775, when he attained the confidential and lucrative office of chief cashier; which he held until September 17, 1807. At that period, when he resigned, the directors intimated their intention of settling an annuity upon him; an offer which he declined, but was prevailed on to accept a service of plate, of the value of a thousand guineas, as a token of their satisfaction with the manner in which be had discharged his duties.-As

chief cashier, Mr. Newland was entitled to a suite of apartments in the Bank; where he constantly re sided, and from which, for thirty or forty years, he was never absent, except during a few weeks' illness. His only relaxation, for many summers past, was a daily ride in the Islington stage, to a cottage at Highbury, where he used to drink tea: and, after inhaling the fresh air, and contemplating the beauties of the country, he returned regularly in the evening to the Bank. To his office of chief cashier, Mr. Newland joined that of secretary and agent to the commissioners who were appointed by parliament for the reduction of the national debt.

Mr. Newland was never married; though he is known to have had no aversion to the society of the softer sex. The imprudence of a certain gentleman, high in confidence at the Bank, to whom he was much attached, was some time ago the source of great stress to him. It was indeed reported, that no distant degree of illegitimate consanguinity existed between them; but the report, we believe, was ground. less.-The rectitude of Mr. Newland's conduct was unquestionable; though he is considered to have been rather avaricious. . Yet, in one instance, he subscribed the sum of £200, as a voluntary contribution, in aid of government; and, in another, a sum of money being wanted for rebuilding the church of St. Peter-le-Poor, in Broad-street, it was advanced by him to the parish, at common interest.-Mr. Newland, in his social hours, was a plea. sant companion, enjoyed the pleasares of the table in moderation, loved anecdote, and laughed hearti ly at a good story, of which he

At her lodgings, in Covent Gar den, Mrs. Macklin, widow of the celebrated Charles Macklin, comedian.

22. At. Liscombe House, Bucks, Robert Turville Jonathan Lovett, esq. only son of sir Jonathan Lovett, bart.

Mrs. Durell, wife of T. Durell, esq. of Southampton.

3. At his house at Hammersmith, Mr. Isaac Bell. He had settled his worldly affairs, and had stated, to his daughter, the Saturday preceding, his full conviction, that he should not live to transact some necessary business on Monday morn ing. The deceased was a distant relation to Mr. Bell, the once suppo. sed prophet, in the Edgware-road, who died a few months since.

was passionately fond.-In business, he was active and methodical. At hteen minutes past nine in the morning he was constantly seen entering his desk, and was unremittingly occupied in the duties of his, office till three in the afternoon. For some time, his health had been gradually declining; and, about two months after his resignation, he died at his cottage at Highbury. His remains were de. posited in the church-yard of St. Saviour's, Southwark, the parish in which he was born. About ele. ven o'clock in the, forenoon, the funeral procession moved from his house in Highbury Place, and was joined on the way by several car. riages. It passed the Bank at two o'clock in the following order :-Two Bank porters; ten persons in deep mourning on horseback; a plume of feathers; the hearse, containing the body; six mourning coaches; his private carriage, and a number of gentlemen's carriages.The deceased was driven by his own coachman. When the body passed the back part of the Royal Ex. change, there was a momentary suspension of all business; every one In Noble-street, in his 83d year standing to contemplate the re. Mr. Augustine Towson, late of mains of a man man so extensively Threadneedle-street, apothecary. known. Mr. Newland died worth £200,000, in stock, besides £1000 per annum arising from estates. [See p. 528.]

In Sloane-square, Chelsea, aged 23, Mr. Thomas Burgess, a very promising artist.

24. At the rectory, West Wickham, Kent, the rev. Joseph Faulder, aged 49.

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At his scat in Dorset, sir John Smith, bart. uncle to her grace the duchess of Roxburgh.

S. Wayte, esq. of Groundwell house, Wilts, in his 78th year.

At Bury, Suffolk, in her 87th year, Mrs. Prettyman, mother of the bishop of Lincoln,

Henry Bright, esq. mayor of Bristol.

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25. Henry Barker, esq. 50 years one of the sworn clerks in chancery, and just retired from business, with a large fortune.

At St. John's, Antigua, majorgeneral C. Archer, commanding the troops at that place.

26. At his house, on Clapham common, in his 81st year, John Collick, esq. late of St. Martin's-lane, and one of the magistrates for the county of Middlesex and Westmin

ster.

In Wimpole-street, vice-admiral John Pakenham, of Lowstofft, Suf folk, aged 64.

James Worsley, esq. of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

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27. In South-street, Finsbury square, in his 80th year, J. Child,

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At Lyme Regis, the rev: George Ewbank, fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge:

At Belmont, Shrewsbury, Henry Bevan, esq. aged 61.

Aged 39, captain M. Stephens, of the Alarm, lost on her passage from Cork to Liverpool.

28. In the Haymarket, Mrs. Barclay, wife of Alr. Barclay, wax

chandler.

At Southampton, aged 63, Mr. Thomas Collins, proprietor and inanager of the theatres, Southampton, Portsmouth, Winchester, and Chichester. He had laboured for the last ten years under the most severe affliction, which he bore with the greatest patience and fortitude, to the last period of his existence. He was the father of Mr. T. Collins (late of Drury-lane theatre), and had conducted most of the above theatres more than 38 years, with the greatest credit and respect. In him the theatrical world have lost a friend to his performers he was kind and humane, many of whom he has supported under long illness-in his dealings scrupulously honest. He has left a widow and two children, Mr. S. Collins, and Mrs. Kelly, wife of the present acting manager, and mother of miss Kelly, of Drury lane theatre.

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of that borough in 1754; the last and ninth time was in the year 1804, an interval of fifty years, which perhaps is unprecedented in the annals of corporations. To the last he preserved his faculties entire; and a few months before his death could

walk three or four miles with the firm step of a young man. It was to walking and exercise, indeed, that he in a great measure ascribed his good state of health and his longevity.

The rev. J. Patterson, late of St. John's College, Cambridge.

31. At Pulham, Norfolk, the rev. Thomas Bowen.

Lately, in Queen-Ann-street, R. Hussey, esq. only brother of the late earl of Beaulieu, K. G. By the death of this gentleman, an estate in Ireland, of 40,000l. per annum, devolves on lord Sydney Godolphin, a minor brother to the duke of Leeds.

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At Southampton, David Barclay, esq. major of the late West Lowland regiment of Fencibles. He was captain and paymaster of the late 76th or Macdonald's regiment of Highlanders, and was made prisoner at the surrender of Yorktown, in Virginia, in October 1781. was one of the thirteen British captains who remained prisoners with the men, and who in May 1782, had (in violation of the capitulation) lots cast for one of them to suffer death, in retaliation for an American captain (who was executed by the loyal refugees); when the lot fell upon capt. sir C. Asgill, of the guards, and involved him in the unfortunate situation he so long laboured under, with so much honour and credit to himself. Captain Barclay had, some time before this period, the permis sion of general Washington to go on

Mr. Alexander Simpson, of the chief cashier's office, Bank of England, in his 67th year.

30. At Mount Pleasant, Tottenharu, in his 80th year, Rowland Stephenson, esq of Lombard-street, banker.

Mr. alderman Medcalfe, of Woodstock, in the 90th year of his age. He first served the office of mayor

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parole to New-York on the business of his regiment, and for the general benefit of the prisoners; but, feeling himself bound in honour to take his chance with the re-t of his brother captains, refused to avail himself of his previously obtained leave (though strongly urged so to do by them, and particularly by the American brigadier-general Hazew, who had then the charge of the prisoners), but remained, and stood the risk of the lot accordingly.

Thomas Dicey, esq. of Claybrook Hall, Leicestershire, and of Bow Church-yard, London, aged 65.

By her clothes taking fire, at Aske Hall, near Richmond, Yorkshire, Mrs. Bailey, aged 53, housekeeper to lord Dundas, in whose family she had lived upwards of 35 years.

In Queen's County, Ireland, James Bradford, esq. agent to the Jate and present marquis of Lans. down, in his 81st year.

Aged 70, at Wellington, Henry Mills, esq. the oldest magistrate in the county of Durham.

In his 52d year, the rev. John Walker, one of the minor canons of Norwich cathedral, vicar of Stocke Holy Cross, in Norfolk, and of Bawdsey, in Suffolk.

Near Dublin, Mrs. Duquery, sister of the late right hon. Hely Hutchinson.

At Nurtherah, East Indies, lieutenant Francis Lodge Morres, of his majesty's 22d regiment of foot, third son of the late rev. Redmond Morres, rector of Clonmun, county of Cork, by Mary the daughter of Edward Dalton, of Dean Park, county of Clare, esq. and niece of the late right hon. John lord Eyre, nephew of lord Frankfort, late one of the commissioners of his majesty's treasury in Ireland; and on the fa.

ther's side also nearly related to lord viscount Mountmorres.

At Verdun, in France, after a few days illness, captain Deane, late commander of his majesty's post-office packet the King George. The captain had been a prisoner in France about four years; and his, was one of the four packets detained at Helvoetsluys, in Holland, at the beginning of the war; the other captains, Flyn and Santer, having made their escape to this country.

At Paris, in an advanced age, M. de Breteuil, minister of state before the revolution.

Near Baltimore, in America, Mr. George Maltby, merchant, formerly of Norwich, aged 42. At Penang, John Hope Oliphant, esq. first in council.

At Kingston, Jamaica, David Innes, esq.

At Sicily, colonel Salisbury, of the 1st regiment of guards.

Dec. 1. In Queen-square, Mrs. Boydell, relict of James Boydell, esq. of Hackney Grove.

At Brighton, aged 58, Mrs. Kemp,, wife of Thomas Kemp, esq. M. P. of Coneyborough, near Lewes.

At Peckham, in his 27th year, Mr. Joseph Tappen, timber-merchant,. of Narrow Wall, Lambeth.

4. Captain Charles Adolphus Pyron, of the Bengal cavalry.

At Paris, madame la Fayette, wife of general la Fayette. She was daughter of the Duc d'Ayen, son of marshal de Noailles.

5. At his house, at Gretford, in the county of Lincoln, the rev. Francis Willis, M. D. celebrated for his success in curing that greatest affliction of the human race, insanity. He had not enjoyed perQq2

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fect health since an illness with which he was attacked about six weeks before; but he was so far from betraying evidence of approaching dissolution, that late on the Friday preceding his death, in a dark and cold evening, he was vigorous enough (in the 90th year of his age) to walk twice from his own house to the village of Barholm, a distance of nearly a mile, to see a patient: he retired to rest in good spirits; and on the following morning shaved himself, as was his practice, and continued without any apparent change of health until af ter dinner on Saturday; when he complained of being very ill, and five minutes afterwards expired in his chair. As a man so advanced in years, he was remarkably hale: about five years since, he performed a journey of 90 miles on horseback in a day, to give a vote at Brent. ford for his friend, Mr. Mainwaring. The fame of the professional. service that he some years ago rendered to this country, in the person of the sovereign, induced his assistance to be sought for the queen of Portugal, to whom he went, and who was for some months his patient. At the time of his death, a great number of afflicted persons of family and respectability were under his care at Gretford and Shillingthorpe, where the doctor had the largest establish. ment of the kind in the kingdom. He was of Brazen.Nose College, Oxford, M. A. 1740, B. and D. M. 1759.

In his 70th year, Vincent Pearce Ashfield, esq. of Bold-strect, Liver. pool.

In his 72d year, John Bourmaster, esq. admiral of the blue, which high rank he attained by profes sional merit, joined to the strictest

honour and integrity in the service of his country, as well as in private life.

6. Mr. Smither, a lieutenant in the army, who resided in Bryanstone-street. He dropped down suddenly in Oxford-street, and expired. fle was co his way to the Gloucester coffee-house, to go by the mail to see his wife and family, near Salisbury.

7. In his 61st year, Thomas Hay. man, esq. of the Paragon, Kentroad.

At Ashley, near Woburn, Bed. fordshire, Mr. Wright, master of an eminent boarding-school there.

At Totness, aged 42, Thomas Watts, esq. of the Sun-Fire office.

8. Suddenly, in his 74th year, Daniel Robinson, esq. of Gray'sInn.

In his 78th year, the rev. Fran. cis Mapletoft, rector of Aynhoe, Northamptonshire.

After a painful illness, which he endured with exemplary resignation, Henry Callender, esq. of No. 51, Lime-street.

9. In his 62d year, Mr. George Gwilt, of Southwark, architect.

Mr. Thomas Pomeroy, jun. of Grove place, Hackney.

At his house in Southampton, John Brisbane, esq. admiral of the red. In his profession he displayed the courage of a British seaman; in his manners, the elegance of a fine gentleman; and in his death, the resignation of a sincere Christian,

At Stapleford, Leicestershire, the right hon. Philip Sherrard, earl of Harborough, in his 41st year.

11. At Clifton, in his 47th year, col, the hon. W. Monson, of the 76th Hindostan regiment.

At Doncaster, aged 57, Henry. Moyes, of Edinburgh, M. D. Dr.

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