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Deaths in and near London, 



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is fnrrouiT'ef! hy A strong paling. On the 

 right of Thursflav the 19th of September, 

 (at which time Mr. Blight, with his ladv, 

 were at Margate.) a friend of their's, a Mr. 

 Spalch, was sittini» alone in afioiit parlour 

 in Mr. Blight's house ; about half-past eight 

 o'cKck, he was alauned by a pistol or gun, 

 loaded with ball, being fired through the win- 

 dow; the bail lodged in apart ot the room 

 not far from where he sat ; ever}' search was 

 immediatelv made, but nope'^on that could 

 be suspected was to be found. The next 

 dav Mr. Spatch wrote to Mr. Blight, to 

 inform him of the c.rcumstance, when tl:e 

 iatter instantly came to town, but neither 

 he- nor Mr. Spatch could attach stispicion 

 upon any one. On the night of Mondpy the 

 25d, these gentlemen were sitting together 

 ill a bark parlour in Mr. B's house; and, 

 about the same hour (half past eight). 

 Ml. S. having occasion to go out for a few 

 minutes, took a candle, and Itfi his friend 

 aione. He had noi been gone more than two 

 or three minutes, when he heird the report 

 of a gun, on which he immediately re- 

 lumed, and found Mr. B. lying shot through 

 the body; the bail had enteied a littlebelow 

 hi^ ribs, passed through his back, a^id lodged 

 in the wainscoting behind where he sat. 

 The only person in the hou e wheu the 

 murder was coiTimifled, was a female servant, 

 who also heard the lei^ort of the f iece, but 

 was in a kitchen, at some distance; neither 

 Mr. Scripps, the servant, m r thuse who 

 were called in, could find any truces what- 

 ever of the murt.'erer: he got clear off; nei- 

 ther gun nor pistol was left behind, nor any 

 thing that could tend in the leat to dis- 

 cover him. The unfortunate gentleman 

 was initaiilly put to bed, and tlie assistance 

 of a surgeon immediately procured, who 

 soon pronounced the wound to be morlal. 

 Mr. Blight, during the night and the fol- 

 lowing morning, was sufliciently lolUcted 

 to be able to ans^ver every question relative 

 to the horrid transaction. I he whole ac- 

 count, hou ever, that he could give, w?s 

 extremely short : he stated, that, after 

 Mr. Spalch left him, he sat alone, and 

 neither heard nor suspected any one ; at last, 

 however, he saiv the door cf the loom open 

 slowly (but this did not alarm him), and, 

 almost at the same instant, he was shot: 

 he neither sa v nor heard the person who 

 fired at him. The above particulars Mr. 

 Blight repeated distinctly, several times 

 bet re he died; and declared, that he was 

 not conscious of having an enemy in the 

 world. He expired at three o'clock in the 

 afternoon of i uesday the 24th. The de- 

 ceased was on the point of retiring from 

 business. 



Ill the eleventh year of his age, Sir Jama 

 Txliiry Lous:, ban. The Tylney property, 

 whicii by tiis death devolves to the distant 

 branches of tlie Long family, amounts to 

 25,0001. per annum, and nearly 300,000!. 

 in the funds. 



In Tylney street. May Fair, Mrs. Atntuier, 

 the eldest of three surviving sisters of the 

 late Earl Caindcn, and relict of Herbert M. 

 lit utenant-^ovenior cf Fort St. Philip, 

 Minorca. <,o. Among the amiable quali- 

 ties which graced htr character^ the lii^e- 



rality of her nature was pre-eminent. She 

 was never so happy as in doing good ac- 

 tions; her friendship never changed; to 

 caprice she was a stranger ; and she was 

 rewarded by the affoction of all who had 

 any intercourse with her. Her manners 

 were engaging, her spirits lively, and her 

 principle of honour noble and elevated. 



At Brompion, Mr. Charles Falrfidd, 3 

 painter of extraordinary merit and know- 

 ledge in his prolession, but of such a modest 

 and diffident disposition, that, notwith- 

 standing his acknowledged talents, he rarely 

 ventured to paint from the impulse of his 

 own mind, and would not doit at all. unless 

 urged by the imporiunitv of liis friends. 

 He has, however, left behind him some 

 original pictures, the merit of which cannot 

 fail to transmit his name to posterity : and 

 the many excellent copies of the fitiest pic- 

 lures of the Flemish, French, and English 

 schools, produced by his pencil, will extend 

 the fame of the masters he has imitated; 

 while his own merits will be lost in the 

 admirable success of his copies, which can 

 scarcely be discriminated fpim the origi- 

 nals. Most of these copies have found 'heir 

 way into the first collections both at home 

 and abroad, and the proprietors of them 

 have no other idea than that they possess 

 the original pictures, having paid for them 

 as such, although the artist hirr.self sold 

 them at a very low rate, and never repre- 

 sented them otherwi«e than as copies bjr 

 himself. Notwithstanding Mr. Fairiitld'9 

 merit, he was never easy in his circum- 

 stances, and for a great part of his laborious 

 life was under the clutches of the griping 

 and unconscientious picmre-dcaler, who ga- 

 thered the truiis ot his labours by prac- 

 tising deceits upon the world- The clia- 

 racicrof .Mr. F. was hunourable, generous, 

 and good. He lived in retirement and se- 

 clusion; and was little known to the world. 

 Had he been more known, he would, un- 

 doubtedly have been less unhappy and more 

 succe-sful. He died at about the age of 

 45 \ears. 



In Glocester place. New Road, Philip 

 Rfras Hiarcrfi, esq. laie Commander-ge- 

 neral of the Leeward islands, and one of 

 the commissioners for investigating the 

 accounts ot the army exfenditure in the 

 West Indies. 



At Fladong's Hotel, Oxford street, tht 

 Holt. Ccloitel tardily, second son of Lord E. 

 31. This inestimable young man, doomed 

 to an untimely grave at the most interest- 

 ing period of life, when tie graces of youth 

 and person were combined with viitue afld 

 accomplishments, possessed e\ ery requisite 

 to satisfy the fondest wishes of the fondest 

 parent, the pride of the mcs'. ambitious le- 

 iative. In personal qualification, he was 

 equalled by few, in mental endowments he 

 was excelled by none; vet so little did he 

 value himself on the accident.il possession 

 of such a bountiful share cf the giits of 

 nature, that he mixed but little in those 

 pursuits which fill up the measure of the 

 ambition of the j;cner.;Iiiy of young men of 

 his rank. Such a frivolous waste of lime 

 was ill-=iited 10 his inquisitive mind; yet 

 low nere so well qualified 10 acorn the most 



