1805.] 



Ireland — Deaths Ahnad% 



93 



elegance of its compofition, tranfmit the 

 name of its author to future ages with fome 

 ■degree of celebrity. 



Suddenly, at Ormaig, Craignifh, Argyle- 

 fliire, Jjraes Campbell, efq of Otmaig, a 

 gentleman who'polTefrcd not only tiie mi'.Jir 

 virtues, but thofe al("o which fit and qu.illfy 

 for the more arduous fituations in life. This 

 he exertifed during the late infutrcAions i.T 

 the iflands of St Vincent and Grenada; 

 where he eminently diftinguilhed himielf in 

 the field againft the infurgents, as Captain of 

 a troop of native cavalry. 



At Prieftlands, near Dumfries, Hugh Cor- 

 rie,efq ofCulluch, writer to the fignet. 



At Mufl'elburgh, Michael Falcon, efq. of 

 the Rcnfrewihire militia. 



At Kinloch, the infant daughter of George 

 Kinloch, efq. 



At College, near Dumfries, John Gibfon, 

 efq of GlencroA. 



At f^iownfield, Mrs. Kitherins Robertfun, 

 wife of John Knox, efq. 



IR ELAND. 



D/j./] At Dublin, Sir' Thomas I.eigh- 

 ton, bjrt. and banicer, who w.is one of the 

 many inftances, that " honed is the belt po- 

 licy". He was very early in life an humble 

 trader, in the town of Strjhane, in the north 

 of I'eland, and proving unfuccefsful, he went 

 in I'earch of better fortune to the Eait Indies, 

 as a foldier in the company's fervice. He 

 was a man of talent, and of a (Irong mind, 

 anJ rendered himfelf extremely ufcful by 

 having, in a very ihort time, acquired a 

 knowledge of the oriental languages. It was 

 his good fortune to b; confined in the fame 

 prilon with t'lie late general Matthews, who 

 previous to his unfortunate cuaftrophe, en- 

 trufted to the care of Mr. Leigh'on, jewels 

 and property to an immenfe amount, to be 

 delivered to his family, if he fliould efteft liis 

 efcape ; and to infure his zeal and pun£lujlicy 

 he piefeiited him with a confiderable f^m. 

 Being fome lime afterwards empioyeJ as an 

 interpreter, he took advantage of the firft 

 opportunity that oftered to efcape. After 

 afiuming various difguifes, and encountering 

 many perilous adventures, he arrived in Lon- 

 don, and waiting on Mrs. Matthews, deliver- 

 ed to her the laft letter of her hufband toge- 

 ither with the treafure. By her, hi? fiJeli'y 

 8 faid to have been rewarded witii twenty 

 'houfand pounds. He immediately wrote to 

 Ireland to enquire fora beloved wife and child 

 whom he had left behind him,aBdftnt a fuin 

 t money to difcharge iiis debts. He found, 

 ' lat his wife, whom he had left young, hand- 

 lo.tie, and unprotefted, had by honelt induf- 

 uy, fupported hcrfclf and her daughter then 

 ten years of age, and given her an education 

 •jperior to her humble means. He now 

 • ) )k a handfome houfe in Stephen's Green, 

 Dublin ; the feat belonging to the late Lord 

 Chief Baron Fofter, father of the Irilh Chan, 

 ccllor of the Exchequer, near Dublin, was 

 fuichafed, and new cariiages were built for 

 h:m, iJut an inaflivc life had no charms 



for him, and he embarked the greateft part 

 of his fortune in a banking houfe, which has 

 been very fucccfsful. Lidv Leighton whofe 

 mild and amiable manners endeared her to 

 all ranks, died fome time fince and left him 

 a numerous family. 



DEATHS AEROAD. 



At Stockholm, j':an Louis Defpres, princi- 

 pal architeft to the King of Sweden. He 

 was a native of Franco, and in his youth 

 ftudied at Rome, from which city the late 

 king invited him to Sweden. His perform- 

 ances botii ill painting and architedlure at- 

 teft the fertility of his invention. 



At Dole, the place of his nativity, M. At- 

 tirefcj a celebrated fculptor, aged 8o. He was 

 the bed artitt of the province of ci-devant 

 Burgundy, sv.i all his works are remarkable 

 for greatnefs of character and {kill in the exe- 

 cution. He had obtained a prize of the Royal 

 Academy of Paris, and his talents had been 

 crowned at the Acaiemy of St. Luke at 

 Rome. He was at length appointed to a 

 proftfibrftiip in the Academy of St. Luke at 

 Paris, ana fome time after the fuppreflion of 

 tint inftitution he fixed his refidenceat Dijon. 

 It was this artiit who executed in marble, 

 from the model of Pigal, the well-known 

 ftatue of Voltaire, erefted by fubfcription ia 

 the drefiing-room of the O.medk Fmnfaife at 

 Paris, and fince removed into the hall of the 

 National Inftitute. The public fountain at 

 Dole, decorated with three pedcftrian figures, 

 was the workmanfhip of M. Attiret. At 

 Dijon there are fix ftatues of liij compofition 

 repre.'"enting the four feafons, Melpomene, 

 and Thalia j and many other eitcenied works 

 atteft his merit. 



At Peteifburg, M. Lowitz one of the 

 members of the academy of fciencet of that 

 city, counfcllor of ftate, and knight of the 

 order of St. .Anive. His labours in chemiftry 

 are well known to all the lovers of that 

 fcience. He had fcarcely attained his 49th. 

 year. 



At Rome, Gugltelmi, one of the mod fer- 

 tile compofers in Italy, and mader of the 

 chapel to his holinefs, aged 76. He was em- 

 ployed 54 years for the theatres of Florence, 

 Venice, and Naples. His forte lay in the 

 opera buff.i, though he has likewife fucceeded 

 in fcrious operas, maffes, and Te Deums. He 

 has left a great number of efteemed works, 

 and a fon who treads in his fteps. 



At Paris, M. Anquetil du Perron, a mem- 

 ber of the Ancient Academy of Infcriptions 

 and Belles Lettres, and of the National InOi- 

 tute, hiftoriographer to the archives of foreign 

 relations, one of the mi>ll celebrated of the 

 literati of Europe, aged 73. He has left a 

 great number of manufcripts, from which tlie 

 Icience he fo fuccefsfully cultivated will de- 

 rive new benefit j for M. Silvellre de Sacy, 

 in pronouncing his funeral oration over the 

 tomb of his friend, foleninly renewed the en- 

 gagement he made with him before his death, 

 to complete the v/orks which he has left un- 

 finidicd. 



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