at length brought upon him a sort of melancholy, bordering on mental derangement. Early in September last, he lost a very particular friend, and, immediately after, his uncle Sir Francis B. which so disordered his affectionate mind as to produce his premature death by his own hand. It appeared, by the evidence at the coroner's inquest, that, having sent out his valet to order dinuer, Mr. B. locked himself in his dressing-room; and shortly after the report of a pistol alarmed two female servants in the house. The neighbours broke into the room, and found the deceased lying on his face dead; a ball having entered his forehead, and shot away part of his head. He had a pistol in each hand, one of which was found loaded. Proofs of his derangement were given by two witnesses, and the Jury returned a verdict of Insanity.

Suddenly, in Dublin, Lieut.-col. Connell, of the Limerick County Militia..

In his 72d year, the Rev. Robert Miller, B. C. L. rector of Kimcote, Leicestershire, vicar of St. Nicholas, Warwick, chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, and late of St. Mary-hall, Oxford.

Aged 38, Mr. W. Porter, gardener, of Gainsborough.

The wife of Mr. N. Tanner, of Westsquare.

Nov. 15. At May-place, Kent, aged 73, the Right Hon. Mary Verney, Baroness Fermanagh.

In Portland-street, M. Franks, esq. many years Chief Justice of the Bahamas.

In his 80th year, the Rev. William Nesfield, rector of Dalham, and vicar of Wickhambrook, Suffolk.

At Minster Lovell, Oxford, aged 73, Mr. Richard Coppin, a respectable farmer. The wife of Jonathan Morgan, esq. of Upper Wimpole-street.

Aged 75, Mrs. Jackson, of Llaufigael, Anglesea, relict of J. J. esq. formerly of Holyhead.

Suddenly, in South-street, aged 84, Mrs. Charlotte Staples.

Aged 77, the Rev. Robert Bickars, viear of Llantrissent, Glamorganshire, and formerly a Minor Canon in Gloucester cathedral.

Nov. 16. Suddenly, of apoplexy, at his brother's, Upper Wimpole-street, aged 57, Bernard Shirley, esq.

At Courtier-hall, co. Northampton, aged 16, Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir William Wake, bart.

The only daughter of Mr. Cartnach, bookseller, of Newgate-street, Newcastle, a fine girl of twelve years of age. She was burnt so dreadfully, in consequence of her clothes taking fire, as to occasion her death in a few hours.

At Bromyard, Herefordshire, aged 73, Mr. T.-C, Jenks.

Mr. Thos. Hall, merchant, of Lincoln.

In consequence of her clothes taking fire, the wife of E.-P. Smith, esq. of Great Britain-street, Dublin.

Nov. 17. The Rev. J.-W. Askew, M. A. fellow of University-college, Oxford. Ar Camberwell, aged 81, Mr. Richard Ladyman.

The wife of Mr. Walter Sheppard, of New Ranelagh, Millbank.

Aged 58, Mr. Edward Castleton; the last lineal descendant of Sir William C. of Hugham, Norfolk, who was created a baronet in 1641: the family and title are therefore now extinct. He died a bachelor, and never assumed the title. For many years he followed a very humble employment in Lynn, but latterly lived on a small patrimonial inheritance.

Nov. 18. At Brighton, in his 10th year, William-Henry, eldest son of Mr. H. Robinson, surgeon, London. He was a boy of uncommon promise.

At Tuxford, aged 87, Valentine Stocks, bricklayer. In the Rebellion in 1745, he volunteered his services in the Duke of Cumberland's regiment of Light Horse, and performed extraordinary feats of valour at the battle of Culloden. He was supposed to be the only survivor of that honourable regiment.

In his 60th year, William Handley, esq, of Newark.

Nov. 19. At Windsor, J.-B. Parkhurst, esq.

At Brighton, after a few days illness, Charles Tessier, esq.

Aged 74, Joseph Allen, esq. of Upper Thornhaugh-street, Bedford-square, the oldest liveryman of the Plumbers' company.

In Doctors' Commons, Henry Stevens, esq. senior proctor, and registrar of the Arches Court of Canterbury.

Mr. James Wilde, of Mincing-lane. The infant son of Richard Arkwright, 'jun. esq. of Cavendish-square.

At Candlesby, aged 88, Benj. Grantham.

Nov. 20. Drowned in the Serpentineriver, the wife of Mr. Emmerson, a master carpenter, of Union-street, Berkeleysquare. Verdict Insanity.

At Tottenham, of a rapid decline, in her 20th year, Hannah, daughter of Mr. J. Sykes, of Bishopsgate-street.

At his chambers in the Temple, aged $1, Charles-Henry Runnington, esq. Barrister at Law, a Commissioner of Bankrupts, and only son of Mr. Serjeant Runnington. He fell a victim to a fever of but five days' continuance, which seized him in the midst of robust health (for which he was singularly remarkable), at a time when his profession had opened to him the fairest prospects of future eminence. The possession of all the principles of the most perfect honour, and the

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utmost sincerity in his friendships, with an independent and manly spirit, had justly endeared him to a wide circle of acquaintance, by whom his premature decease will long be deeply lamented.

Nov. 20. At her son's, at Hill-Ridware, Staffordshire, in her 85th year, Mrs. Mary Robinson, widow and relict of the late William Robinson, of Hill-Ridware, esq. who died in 1771. She was the daughter and only surviving child of the late Rev. Charles Barnes, of Plemstall, Cheshire. She was married to Mr. R. in 1748, and had issue by him six children, three sons and three daughters; of whom one son and three daughters survive her. She was a most excellent wife and mother, and the poor of her neighbourhood in need or sickness never applied to her in vain.

At Grimsby, aged 75, Susannah Nodes, a nurse; who had saved upwards of 3007. In her occupation.

At the Polygon, near Southampton, aged 67, James Taylor, esq. many years on the East, India civil establishment at Madras.

Nov. 21. At Rochester, aged 34, Jn. Nicholson, esq. town clerk of that city.

Aged 65, Mr. Abrahamn Francia, many years master of the free school of St. Dunstan in the West.

Suddenly, Mr. Stennett, an opulent grazier, of Swaton, near Falkingham.

Aged 84, Mr. Thomas Barker, of 'Halton Holegate, a respectable grazier.

At Stamford, aged 54, Thos. Truman, esq. proprietor of Belnie Farm, near Gosberton, and of considerable estates in Stamford, which have for many years been untenanted. Mr. T. was a bachelor, and has left a sister, Mrs. Burns, who for merly lived in that neighbourhood, and who, it is believed, is heiress to his considerable property.

At Castle Bytham, advanced in years, the Hon. Mr. Moore, an Irish gentleman of property, who had for many years been under the medical care of Dr. Willis.

While on a visit at the Rev. P. Curtois, jun. at Branston-hall, near Lincoln, Wigston, esq. of Trent Park, Herts.Mr. Wigston and the Rev. P. Curtois married two sisters of Sir J. Lake, bart. Mrs. Curtois died on the 30th November. (See p. 594.)

Aged 34, Mr. J. Wharton, of Appleby Carr Side, co. Lincoln. When only 18 years of age he weighed 18 stone, and continued to increase in weight a stone each year till he was 30 years old. His coffin is said to have been six feet broad at the shoulders !

Nov. 22. At Cranbrooke-house, Ilford, John Marmaduke Grafton Dare, esq.

At the Nursery, Lewisham, after ten years dreadful affliction of the gout, in

ceived from his tutors high commendation for the exemplary propriety of his moral behaviour. Soon after the commencement of his professional career, he was invited to Shrewsbury, to undertake, in conjunetion with the Rev. Joseph Fownes, the pastoral charge of a respectable society of Protestant Dissenters. Upon the death of the Rev. Joseph Mottershead in 1771, he was chosen to be one of the ministers of a highly-respectable society of Protestant Dissenters in Manchester, in which situation he continued till within a few weeks of his death, when the declining state of his health compelled him to resign. In the year 1774, he began a school for the education of youth. In this arduous but honourable occupation, he displayed superior skill; and his celebrity as a teacher spread far beyond the neighbourhood in which he resided. In 1786he undertook, in conjunction with his colleague in the ministry; the late Rev. Dr. Barnes, the important charge of an' academical institution in Manchester, the duties of which he fulfilled in a most sătisfactory manner. He has occasionally appeared before the publick as an author. His English Grammar is perhaps one of the best elementary works in the language. His two volumes of "Sacred Harmony" are too well known to require any encomium. He also published An Introduction to the Study of Geography," with a set of blank maps; a Sermon upon Education; and a biographical tribute to the memory of the Rev. John Seddon, one of his predecessors in the pastoral office at Manchester. As a preacher, he was judicious and instructive. His compositions, which were correct and perspicuous, exhibited a pleasing union of the argumentative and the pathetic. His voice was clear and harmonious, his delivery natural and unaffected'; and he secured the attention of his hearers by a manner the most serious and impressive. In private life, he was uncommonly amiable.

Nov, 27. In Southwark, Henry-Wm. Coffen, esq.

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In the Circus, Bath, Col Bleunerhasset. Nov. 28. In Southampton-str. Bloomsbury-square, aged 74, Thos. Aylmer, esq. Aged 32, Mr. John Copeland, jun. of Amen corner.

At Edinburgh, the Honourable Robert Cullen, Lord Cullen, one of the Judges in the second division of the Court of Session, and one of the Lords of Justiciary. His Lordship was eldest son of the cele brated Dr. Wm. Cullen. He entered Advocate in 1764, and was raised to the Bench in Nov. 1796, upon the death of Lord Alva. Lord Cullen was a man of acknowledged talents, a sound lawyer, and always conspicuous in professional argument. He had a great taste for polite literature; and some papers in "The Mirror" and " Lounger" evince the elegance of his pen.

Mr. Gander, for 25 years office-keeper, to the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

Very suddenly, aged 73, Mr. John Bedell, alderman of Hedon, and many years one of the searchers in the Customs at the port of Hull.

At Coventry, the wife of Mr. Simmons, druggist, late of Leicester.

Nov. 29. In the Borough Gaol, Leicester, in which he was confined for debt, aged 37, the Rev. Obadiah Clayton. The history of the above gentleman is eventful and affecting. He was entered of Magdalen-college, Cambridge, in 1790, under the best auspices, and was remarkable for his good conduct during bis residence there; soon after he left the University, however, symptoms of a deranged state of mind made their appearance: these never ceased, at intervals, to recur, and were the sole cause of the irregularities which afterwards took place in his character. Being appointed usher of Giggleswick school in Yorkshire, he continued to acquit himself there with considerable credit to himself and satisfaction to the publick, till his former malady returning in a slight degree, he left home and came to Leices tershire, and was employed as curate at Segrave in that county. Still, however, the rambling disposition continuing, he gave up this employment, and, coming to Leicester, resided at a public-house in High-street, where the debt was contracted for which he was arrested. That there was much to be pitied in the case of this unfortunate man, is apparent, from the conduct of the Trustees of the School; for, from the time of his commitment to the day of his death, they continued to allow him a guinea every week; aud during his Illness ordered that he might be supplied with any additional expenditure, which his medical attendants deemed requisite.

From the nature of his disorder, his friends thought that he could not with safety be liberated; indeed he has been often heard te say himself, that Leicester Gaol was to him an asylum, where the galling idea of confinement was unceasingly removed by the humane attentions of Mr. Owston⚫ and family. During his last illness, he evinced a mind deeply imbued with religious impressions. As a scholar, he was far above mediocrity; and as a man, possessed the strictest integrity and accuracy in his dealings, whenever he was in perfect possession of his intellects. On the whole, Christian charity will drop a tear upon his tomb, and emphatically say with our Poet:

"No farther seek his merits to disclose." His remains were interred with decent so-› lemnity, and attended by four of the resi dent Clergy of Leicester. Perhaps it may be unknown to the generality of our readers, that whenever a prisoner dies in gaol, be the disorder what it may, a coroner's inquest is always held upon the occasion, and half the jury is composed of prisoners. for debt: this is, among many others, an instance of the wise and tender regard which our laws pay to the lives and wellbeing of the subject, inasmuch as it prevents the possibility of ill treatment on the part of the gaolers.

Nov. 30. At Sandwich, in his 43d year, Mr. Robert Curling, surgeon; one of the jurats of that town and port.

Suddenly, m the Friarage, Lancaster, In his 66th year, Rowland Belasyse Viscount Fauconberg. He was one of the few remaining Catholic Noblemen of the antieut stock of the Peerage of England. As his Lordship was never married, his title de scends to his brother, the Rev. Charles Belasyse, D. D. the only remaining male of his family.

The wife of the Rev. P. Curtois, of Branston, near Lincoln, and daughter of the late Sir James Lake. (See p. 592.)

Lately. At Gibraltar, aged 19, Mr. Mansel, eldest son of the Bishop of Bris tol. This fiue and amiable young man was taken a prisoner at the age of 13, together with the brave and unfortunate Capt. Wright, in the Vincenzo, and carried into France. After continuing there. about five years, during which time he underwent much hardship and many cruelties, on account of the firmness of his determination, even at that tender age, not to give information which might affect his Captain, against whom the Enemy was bitterly incensed on account of their suspecting him to have landed Pichegru, Georges, &c. on their coast, he finally succeeded in making his escape. But the sufferings which he endured from his long and repeated concealment in wet ditches, woods, marshes, &c. for upwards of three months,

months, during the course of that escape, too visibly affected his constitution. His friends were often anxious with him for a change in his profession; but his attach ment to it was unalterable: and, after staying with them for a few weeks only, he sailed as midshipman on board the Circe frigate, Capt. Woollcombe.

Rev. John Hook, D. C. L. head master of Bedford school, and formerly fellow of New college, Oxford.

Rev. Craven Dodsworth, vicar of Ebberston and Allerston, Yorkshire.

Rev. Richard Hackett, rector of Beckingham, near Aswark.· ́`

Rev. W. Heron, vicar of Middlewich, Cheshire.

Rev. Wm. Evans, of Easton, upwards of 40 years pastor of the Independent Congregation at Ford, near Kingsbridge, Devon, He possessed an excellent understanding, considerable learning, and an accurate knowledge of the Scriptures.

At Clones, co. Monaghan, at the advanced age of 87, the Hon. and Rev. Richard-Henry Roper, brother of the late Lord Dacre, and rector of that opulent and extensive parish for upwards of 60 years. At Whitehaven, Rev, T. Martin, brother to Edward M. esq. of Morriston, near Swansea.

Rev. Cavalier Jouet, curate of Rawreth, Essex, and late of Harwich.

Aged 77, the Rev. Robert Rickards, vicar of Llantrissent, Glamorganshire.

Aged 82, the Rev. John Alcock, rector of the second mediety of High Hoyland, near Barnsley, and of Burnsall, near Skipton, Yorkshire.

Suddenly, at Gallon, co. Mayo, in his 40th year, J. Browne, esq. of Brownestown, in that county, major in the South Mayo militia.

In Glamorganshire, Mr. Crawshay, iron master..He is said to have died worth a million sterling, acquired during the last forty years. He has left two daughters ; but has bequeathed the whole of his pro perty to his nephew Mr. Hall.

At Hampstead, Lady Catharine Lennox, only daughter of the Earl of Lennox. : At Bath, aged 74, Mrs. Goldwyer, wife of John G. esq.; who himself died on the 5th Dec. see p. 596.

Philip Freeman, esq. of Ipswich.

At the Ewes Farm-house, Yorkshire, aged 76, Mr. Paul Parnell, farmer, grazier, and maltster, who during his lifetime drank out of one silver pint cup upwards of 20004. sterling worth of Yorkshire stingo, being remarkably attached to stingo tipple of the home-brewed best quality. This calculation is taken at 2d. per cupfull. He was the bon vivant whom O'Keefe celebrated in more than one of his Bacchanalian songs, under the appellation of Toby Philpot.

At Gosport, aged 71, T. E. Dean, esq. By a fall from his borse, Mr. Strutt, farmer, of Norwell, near Newark. His son died about six months before, in conse quence of being thrown by the same animal.

At Revesby, co. Lineoln, aged 73, Mr. Briscoe, one of the persons who went round the world with Sir Joseph Banks.

At Trichonopoly, Ensign Alexander, of the 2d batt. 16th reg. Native Infantry. He burst a blood vessel, by his horse rearing and falling backwards on him, and expired in about lialf an hour afterwards.

In camp, with Col. Hare's detachment, of the small-pox, Lieut. Lionel Hook, of the 22d Dragoons.

Aged 67, John Legg, esq. brewer; a respectable member of the Body Corporate of Chichester.

At Ramsgate, T. Lindsey, jun. esq. of Hollymount, co. Mayo.

At Broadway, Montgomeryshire, aged 82, W. Dunn, esq.

At Reading, the Chevalier De Torcy,' captain in the regiment of Loyal Emigrants in the British service.

-On-board the Chapman transport, in Portsmouth harbour, Dr. J. M'Cleod, one of the physicians on the staff of the British army in Portugal; to the unwearied discharge of which duty he fell a sacrifice.

At Barholm, Mr. Smith, ensign in the Stamford regiment of Local Militia.

In his 22d year, Lieut. Cole, of his Majesty's 12th regiment, and son of Thos. C. esq. of Bristol. He was returning to Eu

rope for the benefit of his health, in the Lord Nelson, when this vessel (with several others) was wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope, and every one on-board perished.