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rendon, and which intermarried with the royal family of Great Britan, in the perfon of Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, mo. ther of Queen Anne. From this house, in the female line, is alfo defcended the Earl of Darnley, through the Lady Theodofia Hyde, Baronefs Clifton in her own right, to whom Queen Anne gave (on her mar riage with the first earl) a dowry of 10,000l. in acknowledgement of their near affinity. The Hydes of Cattle-H de in IreJand, of the fame original, have flourished for fome centuries in that kingdom; and, on Q. Anne's afcending the throne (being maternatly defcended from the Hydes), the then heir of the family being presented at court, as her relation, is faid to have experienced fignal marks of her regard.

8. At Tygheary, in the gift year of his age, and gift of his muniftry, the Rev. Alan M'Queen, mimfter of North Uift.

10. Abbé Luz, a prelate of the Empire, and abbé of Krenzlingen.

13. At Exmouth, in her 23d year, Mifs Caroline A Gordon, daughter of the late Hon. Lieut.-col. G. He life of humble virtue was concluded by a death of Chrif tian fortitude. She excelled in all the accomplishments of modern education, but had learnt to confider them as the ornaments, not the employment, of life; and poffefled extenfive information on more important fubjects. She was one of the happy few that blend politenefs with fim plicity, chearfulness with reflection, fuperority with humility, knowledge with mnocence, compliance with refolution, and unoftentatious benevolence with unaffeced piety. Long confcious of her approaching end, the endured great fufferings with moft admirable compofure and refignation. Though the was bleffed by the affection, and constituted the delight, of her family, enjoyed the esteem and ́ admiration of her friends, and was at the age when life is most alluring, the quitted it, if not without regret, without repining; fupremely happy in being early removed from a world of temptation and disappointment, her heart unwrung by mifery, and her mind unblemished by vice.

21. At Wells, Somerfet, Lady Catharine Seymour, relét of Lord Francis S. late dean of Wells, and uncle to the Duke of Some fet. She was daughter of the Rev. Mr. Payne, of Holme Lacy, co. Hereford, and filter to the Countefs-dowager of Northampton. By her he had two fons and three daughters (LXIX. 173).

22. At Whitecleydale, near Rochdale, in his 98th year, John Fielding, leaving a brother in his 96th year, and a fifter in her 930 year. Four years fince another fifter died, aged 96; and their father, N. Fielding, died in his fort year. The father and fons had been employed as shepherds.

25. Mr. William Lucas, formerly an eminent brewer; a m..n well known and

greatly refpected in that line, and an inftance that integrity and indefatigable attention are not fufficient to fhield against the thafts of adverfity. Confiderable loffes, from various concurring circumfiances, des termined him to quit the brewery; and, fome time after, he opened a circulating library at Knightsbridge, where he died. A feries of difaftrous events, it is fuppofed, preyed on his fpirits, and undermined his conftitution. In the meridian of life, when his profpects were flattering, he married a very young woman, who has chearfully accommodated herself to the viciffitudes of his fortune, and who is now, after a long and painful attendance on the bed of ficknefs, left a widow in great affliction.

26 At Edinburgh, aged 81, Andrew Lumifden, efq. of the family of Cushnie, of Aberdeenshire, author of a valuable work on the Antiquities of Rome and its environs,

At Col. Wheat's, Norman Court, Mrs, Frances Newton, relict of Francis Milner N eiq. of Barton-houfe, Somerset.

This evening, about 9 o'clock, an elderly well-dretled man was difcovered, apparently in a fit, in Great Marlborough-ftr. He was put into a hackney-coach, and conveyed to St. James's watch-house, and there expired, in great agore, about 12, As he appeared to be a foreigner, feveral perfons of different nations attended, when he was at Laft recognized to be a French emigrant, of the name of Becoles Jofeph Gloneux, a teacher at Mr. George's aca, demy at Greenwich, where he was much refp éted, and bore an excellent character.

27 Mrs. Norman, wife of Samael N. efq. of Taunton; a lady of cultivated upderstanding, mild and elegant manners, and a truly benevolent difpofition.

A bugg, co. Lincoln, in her 78th year, Ms. Howell, relic of the Rev. George H. late vicar of Great Limber.

Mrs. Henderson, mother of Col. H. of Fofwell Bank.

28. In Kennington-lane, aged 72, the wife of Mr. Johm Goodeve.

29. At Taunton, aged 60, the widow of R. Gibfon, efq. and mother of Capt. John G. of Delverton.

At Woolwich, Mr. Wm. Blyth, purfarof his Majesty's ship Matilda.

30. After only two days ilinefs, Mafter William-Henry Whittontal, aged 6 years 6 months, only child of Wm. W. etq. of Hoddesdon, Herts. His remains were depofited in the family-vault at Hitchin,

31. At the Rev. James Roc's, in Mufcovy-court, Tower-hill, aged 17, Mr. Edward Greaves, of Barbados.

1802 Jan 1. Found drowned in a pond near his house, Mr. Hutchinfon, of Deerfwood, in the parish of Ifield. He was pofffed of very conficerable property; and bis lofs will be fincerely felt by the poor, to whom he was a liberal benefactor.

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At Wingham, co, Kent, Mr. Edward M'Cann, furgeon.

At Walfall, the wife of Mr. Griffin, proprietor of the lime-works there.

Aged 80, Walford Phillips, efq. of Stourbridge, in the commiffion of the peace and a deputy-lieutenant of the county of Worcester near 20 years.

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At Lyons, aged 45, M. Aranco, ex-minifter of finance of the Cifalpine republick, and deputy to the Confulta.

2. At Bedwel! park, Herts, aged 26, the wife of Mr. Currie, an eminent diftiller.

Of a decline, at Kenegie, near Penzance, in Cornwall, where he refided for the henefit of his health, univerfally esteemed by his acquaintance, in his 48th year, George fecond Lord Rodney, eldeft fon of the late Admiral Rodney, ennobled 1782. By his wife, Anne, fecond daughter and coheirapparent of Thomas Harley, alderman of London, he has left 2 daugh, and 10 fons. His remains were interred in the familyvault in Hampshire.

The wife of R. Mitchell, efq. of Hallgreen, near Birmingham.

At Elmham, co. Norfolk, aged 78, Mr. William Smith.

Mr. Thomas May, many years carpenter to his Majesty at Newmarket.

At his Lordship's houfe at Shrub-hill, near Dorking, Surrey, the Hon. Mifs Charlotte-Julia Leflie, youngest dau. of Lord L.

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to a difcovery of his name and place of abode, but not the leaft circumftance ap peared to trace him. It was then thought neceflary to fend for the overfeers of the parith, in order that proper affistance might be rendered him, ho procured him every neceffary attention tha Homanity could fuggelt, or the fituation of the houfe would afford, there not being the leaft doubt of his being a perfon of relpectability, having a gold watch in his pocket, a pair of gold fleeve-huttons, &c. and his appearance in every other refpect indicating the gentleman. On his boots being drawn off, that he might be put to bed, it was obferved that the name of Capt. Turner was written in the infide of one of them. This circumitance coming to the knowledge of a perfon in the employ of Mr. Whittingham, printer, in De-treet, Fetter-lane, he faid he recollected a gentleman of that name and defcripton, who had written a book about two years ago, intituled "Turner's Ebatly to Thibet," and that he then lived in St. James's place. Application was directly made there, when this information proved correct, as his manfervant had been long in fufpence, waiting the return of his mater, who was a gentleman of great property and connexions. His country-feat rs in Glouceftershire, where he had a valuable eftate, and likewife confiderable property in the East Indies. One of his fitters is married to an aiderman of Gloucefter, and another to Profeffor White, of Oxford. Capt. T. had been in the fervice of the Eaft India Compacy in the late war in India, where he diftingu hed himself at the fiege of Seringapatam; and had likewife the honour to be appointed on the embaffy to Tippoo a Sab, where he not only acquired fame and profit, but established himself, in the opinion of the Company, as a perfon of fuperur talents, who appointed him to the head of their embassy to Thibet, which furnished him with the materials for compiling the work above alluded to, and, as a mark of their approbation and esteem, voted him 500 guineas. During his ftay in India he amaffed a large property. One of the first steps taken by his friends in town, on his being difcovered as above, was, to write to his friends in Oxford and Gloucester, who immediately repaired to town to via their unfortunate relative. They added to the medical aid and advice of Dr. Marshall that of Dr. Reynolds. The calamity proved to be a ftroke of the pally, winch entirely deprived him of the ufe of ene fide. It was not until the morning of the 30th that he recovered his fpeech, when he uttered a few words to his fervant, who constantly attended him at the workaoufe. His friends were very defrous to have him removed thence; but the phyficians thought it would be attend

At his houfe in Margaret-ftreet, Cavendifh-fquare, W. Raddish, efq.

In his 43d year, in confequence of a paralytic feizure, Samuel Turner, efq. F.R.S. and formerly in the fervice of the E. India Company. In 1785 Capt. T. was fent, by Governor Haftings, on an embally to the Grand Lama; and fince his return to this country, about two years ago, published very curious and interefting account of his miffion, together with a narrative of his travels through Bootan and part of Thibet (reviewed in our vol. LXX. p. 965.)The circumstances attending this gentle man's death are fomewhat fingular: "On Monday, Dec. 21, about 12 o'clock at night, as a gentleman was paffing through Churchyard-alley, in Fetter-lane, he was obferved, by a woman on the spot, to make a fudden ftop, and, after flaggering a thort way, to fall to the ground. On going to his affiftance, it was thought, from the distortion of his features, that he was in a fit of apoplexy, but, on waiting fome time, and finding that he ftill remained in a state of infenfibility, Father help was procured, and it was deemed neceffary to take him in a coach to St. Andrew's watch-houfe, where he renamed till about 7 o'clock in the morning of the 22d, and thence conveyed to the workhoufe in Shoe-lane, Holborr, where his pockets were fearched, in hope that forme papers Right be found about him to lead

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the vicinity; the latter with a powerful army. The fears of the people are by no means fubfided.

Another letter from Cape François (St. Domingo), dated October 30, gives further particulars of the infurrection of the Blacks on the 24th." It was principal'y owing to the article of the Conftitution, authorizing the importation of flaves into the Colony; from which fome factions men infinuated among the Negroes, that it was intended to revive the old regime. Between 4 and 500 Whites and Mulattoes were rafiacred, but tranquillity was reflored before the 30th, The principal fomenter of it was one Flaville, the oldeft General in the island, and the chief canfe of the former revolution in the colony. Toutfaint's old mafter was in the number of the mafiaci ed. The negroes were refufed quarter."

Letter from a gentleman at Jamaica, Dec. 6.

"There are five fail of the line and a frigate here, which arrived from England a fortnight fince: for what purpose is kept profoundly fecret. It is faid, there are fix ful of the line more and many frigates expedortly. Ifhould magire it is meant as a counter poife for a force faid to be expected from France against St. Domingo. Should they attempt fuch a thing, it would coft them infinitely more men and money than the Egyptian expedition. No man in Europe can believe to what a degree of regularity, order, tanquillity, and opulence, the black General Touffaint has reftored that colony. Every man of the island is under his fubjection; and so wifely has he tempered all his measures, that not a murmor is heard from any party or colour; on the contrary, his name is venerated to a degree of enthufiafm, much fuperior to that of Bonaparte in France. His troops, although nearly naked (indeed, thousands have nothing more than a cloth round their mdd), are in a fuperior flyle of difcipine; and I have feon large parties of negros go through the whole regular exercife in a manner that would do honour to a Pruthan veteran."

ASIA.

The island of Ternate, one of the largest of the Moluccas, and lately governed by an Eaftern King, forrendered to Col. Burr on the 21 of June last.

Advices from Bombay give an account of a duel at that Prefidency, which ended fatally for a Mr. Forbes; and produced a fenance of tranfportation for 14 years to Lieut. Bell fis, of the Company's fervice, and feven years to Captain Byrne, of his Majefty's, who was his fecond. This is the first punishment of the kind under the New Cours of Judicature.

In Botany Bay, the reflefs genius of Infubordmation has la ely manifested itself: bui, from a vigorous Proclamation which

has been iffued by the Government of that colony, we find that the most decifive meafures have been adopted to prevent a repetition of thefe difgraceful fcenes of turbulence.

COUNTRY NEWS.

Jan. 15. The guard of the Glasgow downward mail was this morning frozen to fuch a degree as to have loft the use of all his limbs.

Plymouth, Jan. 21. Last night, and till this morning at 11, it blew a violent horricane at S. W. accompanied with a heavy rolling fea in the Sound and Catwater. At 3 this morning the storm raged with great fury; feveral guns of diftiels were fired by two of the frigates in the Sound, which had dragged their anchors; but providentially the whole fquadron rode out the gale Lafe It moderated at 11 A. M. but at 4 P. M. the wind got up again at W. S. W. and now blows very hard; though, as it is a fine moonlight night, it is hoped no damage will be done.—At Lancafier, about 10 at night, a very heavy storm came on from the Weftward, and continued with great violence till near the fame hour the next evening, when it entirely abated, Much damage was done to the roofs of molt of the houses in this neighbourhood; and many windows were broken. The tide was increafed to a very great height (no tide having been fo high fince March 24, 1796, when it exceeded this by 25 inches) by the violence of the wind; two confiderable breaches were made in the new embankment near Scale-hall; and moft of the timber in and near Mr. Smith's fhipyard was carried away, and fome of it fcattered over the field near the foot of the Old Bridge. The coach to Uiverston, which fet off early in the morning, was obliged to return, it having been blown over foon after it got upon the Sands: fortunately the paffengers (three infides) efcaped unhurt.-About in the morning, the windmill at Cockerbam was difcovered to be on fire, and the whole of the infide was foon confumed. Large pieces of burning timber, and flakes of fire, were carried, by the fury of the wind, to fome thatched buildings, which food at the ditance of above 100 yards from the mill; thefe, confifting of two cottages and a barn, were aifo foon burnt to the ground. There were about 60 loads of meal, &c. in the mill, and about 100 theaves of oats, and a few loads of wheat, in the barn, the whole of which was deftroyed. The above was occafioned by the violence of the wind caufing fo great an increase of friction on the wheels as to fet them on fire.-At Chefler the hurricane did confiderable damage; fcarcely a houfe having efcaped its ravages. Many windows were blown in, fome houfes entirely unroofed, and several chimneys

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fhip, from Oporto for Newcaffle with
wine, was wrecked, and part of the cargo
loft.-At Horßead, a large tree was torn
up by the roo's, and, falling on an old wo-
man named Hobbs, killed her instantly.—
At Sudbury and its neighbourhood several
houfes were unroofed by the wind, and fe-
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veral chimneys blown down.
Ballingdon was nearly broken to pieces.~
At Stamford, a windmill, and feverat stacks
of corn and hay, and innumerable chim-
neys, were blown down. The chapel win-
dows at Burgbley were blown in, and feve-
ral large trees were blown down.

chimneys blown down; but no lives were
loft. A ftack of hay (about 40 tons) on the
Tarvin road was blown over, and nearly all
loft; the vanes on the top of St. John's
and Bride's churches are bent like bows,
and rendered ufelefs; and the streets are
ftrewed with flates, bricks, &c. The wind
was nearly Weft; confequently, the da-
mage to the fhipping in the river, on the
coat of Wales, Hoylake, and the Chan-
nel, muft, we fear, be very great.-In
the town and neighbourhood of Sheffield
many houfes were unroofed, chimneys
blown down, windows wrenched from
their fituations, many old cottages totally
demolished, trees torn up by the roots,
and hay-ftacks fcattered about. The place
wears the appearance of a town closely be-
fieged, and for the whole of the day was
nearly as till and filent as at midnight.
Among the most conspicuous buildings that
have foffered is the Tontine Inn, the leads
of which were early in the day torn from
the roof, and lie ditperfed in the adjoining
Atreets. After the wind was fomewhat
abated, it ftill roared hideously, accom-
panied with intervening storms of rain
and fnow.-At Doncafter, the hurricane
blowing from the W. N. W. did confider-
able damage. The roofs of several houses
were stripped, chimneys blown down, and
two large trees in Marchgate blown up. It
blew fo violent, that many perfons paffing
abong the ftreets were thrown down, and
much hurt. A barn of Mr Jackson's, of
Reffington, was blown down.-At Thorne,
in Yorkshire, a chimney, near 8 feet high,
was blown down, and knocked in part of
the house of the Red Lion Inn, kept hy
Mrs. Beftow; by which accident one fer-
yant-maid was much bruifed, and one
killed on the fpot; who was dug out of
the ruins in a dreadful ftate, not having a
whole bone in her body.-At Drayton, a
barn belonging to Mr. Rix was blown
down. There were three men working
in it at the time; two of them, alarmed by
the cracking of the building, had time to
run out, and the third efcaped by throwing
himself under the wall to the windward
fide: the ruins fell over him; but, though
in a degree buried beneath them, he did not
-At Shrewsbury many
fustain any injury
houses were unroofed, and the treets co-
vered with tiles, bricks, &c.; but provi-
dentially no perfon was hurt.-At Norwich
the streets were frewed with the fragments
of chimneys, reofs, &c. and in the neigh-
bourhood feveral large trees were blown
down; and a pear-tree, belonging to Mr.
Gurney, in Magdalen-treet, was torn to
atoms. Other damage was done to the
amount of Iocol.-At Lowestoft, the brig
Thomas, from Shields for Ramigate, was
driven on the Homefand, and wholly loft,
with the mafter and cook; the rest of the
crew were faved. At the Cockle Sand, a

At Hall the storm continued, without intermiffion, till about noon, when it rather abited, but blew violently at intervals till a late hour in the evening. The damage it has done to the buildings, &c. in many parts of the town, is confiderable. The gable end of the Diffenting chapel in Hope- ftreet is blown in, and a great part of the roof tripped off; feveral houses in Parliament-ftreet, and other parts of the town, experienced a fimilar fate. The ftreets were in most places literally covered with chimney-pots, tiles, and bricks, which had been torn from the adjacent houfes.' The appearance on the fide of the river was tremendous. From the extreme vidlence of the wind, the Humber appeared like a field of fmoke. A fmall doop, belonging to Mr. Jofeph Howard, of this place, unloaded, funk oppofite the garrifon; fortunately, none of the crew were on-board, and the veifel has been got up, with little damage. A brig was driven afhore between this place and Paul, but has fince been got off. A floop was funk off Hale, and two out of three of the crew drowned; the third reached the thore with the greatest dithculty. Of the crew of another floop in great diftrefs, off that place, one perished upon deck by the cold; another was drowned, and the third was, by great exertion, got on fhore and carried to Hefe-At Holybead, the gale commenced from the Westward, accompanied by a very heavy fea. Next morning a floop was driven on thore; but fortunately one life In the afternoon the Sachem of only loft. Portland, a large American fhip, bound to Dublin, and laden with a valuable cargo of tobacco, was driven on this coaft, and anchored off a reef of rocks, with a signal of diftrefs flying. At half-pait four the parted, and truck on the rocks, the fea making a fair breach over her: the, however, get over, but drifted to leeward into the harbour, and ag in truck on another reef, exhibiting a moft melancholy fight, having cut away her main and fore-maft; nor for many hours was there a hope of A liberal faving a life from on-board her. fubfcription of 40 guineas, by gentlemen detained there on their paffage to Ireland, induced fix brave fellows to attempt to get

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the vicinity; the latter with a powerful army. The fears of the people are by no means fubfided.

Another letter from Cape François (St. Domingo), dated October 30, gives furCher particulars of the infurrection of the Blacks on the 24th." It was principal'y owing to the article of the Conftitution, authorizing the importation of flaves into the Colony; from which fome factious men infinuated among the Negroes, that it was intended to revive the old regime. Between 4 and 500 Whites and Mulattoes were matfacred, but tranquillity was reftored before the 30th, The principal fomenter of it was one Flaville, the oldeft General in the island, and the chief caufe of the former revolution in the colony. Toutfaint's old mafter was in the number of the maffacied. The negroes were refufed quarter."

Letter from a gentleman at Jamaica, Dec. 6,

"There are five fail of the line and a frigate here, which arrived from England a fortnight fince: for what purpose is kept profoundly fecret. It is faid, there are fix ful of the line more and many frigates expedortly. I fhould magire it is meant as a counterpoile for a force faid to be expected from France against St. Domingo. Should they attempt fuch a thing, it would coft them infinitely more men and money than the Egyptian expedition. No man in Europe can believe to what a degree of regularity, order, tranquillity, and opulence, the black General Touffaint has restored that colony. Every man of the island is under his subjection; and so wifely has he tempered all his measures, that not a murmor is heard from any party or colour; on the contrary, his name is venerated to a degree of enthufiafm, much fuperior to that of Bonaparte in France. His troops, although nearly naked (indeed, thoufands have nothing more than a cloth round their middle), are in a superior style of difcipine; and I have feen large parties of negros go through the whole regular exercafe in a manner that would do honour to a Pruffian veteran."

ASIA.

The island of Ternate, one of the largest of the Moluccas, and lately governed by an Eaftern King, forrendered to Col. Burr on the 21 of June last.

Advices from Bombay give an account of a duel at that Prefidency, which ended fatally for a Mr. Forbes; and produced a fen

ce of tranfportation for 14 years to Lieut. Bell fis, of the Company's fervice, and feven years to Captain Byrne, of his Majefty's, who was his fecond. This is the first punishment of the kind under the New Cours of Judicature.

In Botany Bay, the reftlefs genius of Infubordination has la ely manifeited itfelf: bui, from a vigorous Proclamation which

has been iffued by the Government of that colony, we find that the most decifive meafures have been adopted to prevent a repetition of these disgraceful scenes of turbulence.

COUNTRY NEWS.

Jan. 15. The guard of the Glafgew downward mail was this morning frozen to fuch a degree as to have loft the use of all his limbs.

Plymouth, Jan. 21. Last night, and till this morning at 11, it blew a violent horricane at S. W. accompanied with a heavy rolling fea in the Sound and Catwater. At 3 this morning the ftorm raged with great fory; feveral guns of diftiefs were fired by two of the frigates in the Sound, which had dragged their anchors; but providentially the whole squadron rode out the gale Lafe. It moderated at 11 A. M. but at 4 P. M. the wind got up again at W. S. W. and now blows very hard; though, as it is a fine moonlight night, it is hoped no damage will be done.-At Lancafier, about 10 at night, a very heavy storm came on from the Weftward, and continued with great violence till near the fame hour the next evening, when it entirely abated, Much damage was done to the roofs of most of the houfes in this neighbourhood; and many windows were broken. The tide was increased to a very great height (no tide having been fo high fince March 14, 1796, when it exceeded this by 25 inches) by the violence of the wind; two confiderable breaches were made in the new embankment near Scale-hall; and most of the timber in and near Mr. Smith's fhipyard was carried away, and fome of it fcattered over the field near the foot of the Old Bridge. The coach to Ulverston, which fet off early in the morning, was obliged to return, it having been blown over foon after it got upon the Sands: fortunately the passengers (three infides) efcaped unhurt.-About in the morning, the windmill at Cockerbam was difcovered to be on fire, and the whole of the infide was foon confumed. Large pieces of burning timber, and flakes of fire, were carried, by the fury of the wind, to fome thatched buildings, which stood at the ditance of above 100 yards from the mill; thefe, confifting of two cottages and a barn, were aifo foon burnt to the ground. There were about 60 loads of meal, &c. in the mill, and about 10 theaves of oats, and a few loads of wheat, in the barn, the whole of which was deftroyed. The above was occafioned by the violence of the wind caufing fo great an increase of friction on the wheels as to fet them on fire.-At Chefer the hurricane did confiderable damage; fcarcely a houfe having escaped its ravages. Many windows were blown in, fome houfes entirely unroofed, and several chimneys

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