37' 



Deaths in and near I^ndon 



Ciihraine, (hetJpr known as flie ad- 

 vt'iitdroiis and very ecconlric Colonel 

 Hanger.) 



At Hi'ooni Hon8e, Fulhani, at an atl- 

 vanced age, Mary Dowager Countess i/f 

 Ijmsdale. She was the dangliter of John 

 Sliiart, Earl of Bute (hy the datichter of 

 Xady Mary Wortley Montague, and 

 iliand-danghter of Evelyn, first Duke of 

 Kingston), and was niariied to the late 

 Earl of Lonsdale (then Sir James Low- 

 ther) in September, 1761. 



SiT Tliumas P/«rapc, Master of the Rolls, 

 a man of extraordinary professinnal aon- 

 men, displayed on many important occa- 

 sions, and particularly in his defence of 

 the late Lord Melville during the im- 

 peachment. When at the bar, Sir Tlio- 

 mas (then Mr.) Plnnier, gained considera- 

 ble credit for his defence of Arthnr 

 O'Connor, who (with Coigley and ano- 

 ther) was tried tor high treason at Maid- 

 stone. This circumstance materially in- 

 creased his practice and reputation. In 

 1806, Sir Thomas was api)oinled Solicitor- 

 General by Mr. Fox ; and, on the appoint- 

 ment of a Vice-Chancellor, he was nomi- 

 nated to the ofRce, whicli he tilled until 

 the retirement of Sir William Grant, from 

 the Mastorsliip of the Rolls, when Sir 

 Thomas was appointed to that office. 



In Great Ormoud-street, 71, Sir Richard 

 Richards, Lord Chief Baron. His lordship 

 had been suffering from spasmodic attacks 

 for a considerable period, and was seri- 

 ously indisposed during a late circuit. As 

 a lawyer and a judge, his decisions, parti- 

 cularly in Exchequer cases, were sound, 

 and built upon the firnv basis of deep pene- 

 tration. He was appointed, on the 4ih of 

 May, 1813, Chief Justice of Chester. Sir 

 Richard Richards was appointed one of 

 the Barons of the Exchequer in 1G14, on 

 the retirement of Sir A. Macdoiiald,' and 

 on the succession of Sir A. Thompson, 



FMay I, 



lying off' Deptford. He had been entreated 

 by some friends not to proceed with the 

 Northern expedition, and endeavoured to 

 obtain his discharge. His application had 

 been forwarded to the Lords of the Admi- 

 ralty^ and the circumstance vveiglied so 

 heavily npon his mind, that about seven 

 o'clock in the morning, loading a gini, he 

 fastened the but-cnd in a sling, and at- 

 tached it to his foot, placed the mnzzle 

 in his month, and fiied it off. The ball 

 carried away the whole of the lower part 

 of the month, and, pas.sing through the 

 back partof the head, scattered the brains 

 in ditierent directions. Capt. Hoppner, 

 ill evidence, stated that he had remarked 

 that the deceased had been, for some 

 lime, in a very desponding stale, particu- 

 larly during the last t'ortnlght : he could 

 not attribute the act to any particular 

 cause. He stated that the deceased was 

 a most active and deserving officer. Tlie 

 jury relurncd a verdict — '"'I'liat the de- 

 ceased, being in a slate of mental derange- 

 ment, shot himself, and thereby caused 

 his death.'' He was the son of General 

 Johnston, of Upton Hall, Scotland; and 

 about 30 years of age. 



[Tiic Idle Luke IVhilc, rose by slow de- 

 gree:;, fioin being the poorest, to be the 

 richest man in Ireland. — In 1778 Mr. 

 Warren, of Belfast, kept one of the most 

 respectable and extensive book-shops in 

 Ireland. His circulating library was, 

 perhaps, at that time, the largest in ths 

 kingdom. Luke White was then an itine- 

 rant bookseller, with a sir;;ill bag, and still 

 smaller capital. He called on Mr. War- 

 len in the ccnirse of business, and purchased 

 from him some of his cast-off novels, and 

 broken sets, as well as a few ballads and 

 penny pamphlets. He displayed, in ids 

 dealings with Mr. Warren, the grcale.si 

 honesty and punctuality, and was, on 

 more than one occasion, credited by liiiii 



Lord Chief Baron ; and in April 1817, on .to the amount of two or three pounds 



the death of Sir A. Thompson, Sir K. 

 Jvichards succeeded him. 



In the Circus, Bath, 87, the Rif:ht Rev. 

 Ridiiird, Bishnp of Bath and Wells. His 

 lordship was not more distinguished for 

 Ids strong intellectual powers than for his 

 urbane courtesy and gentlemanly man- 

 ners. This venerable prelate was a native 

 of Somerset, and was educated at Tiver- 

 ton, whence he removed to S^t. John's-col- 

 lege, Cambridge. In 1759, he stood high 

 among the Wranglers for his degree, and 

 vas also a successful candidate fur one of 

 the prizes for the best dissertation in La- 

 tin prose. About this time he became a 

 Fellow of Jesns-college, and was subse- 

 quently raised to be its Master, in which 

 capacity he was generally respected. He 

 bad the good fortune to educate the pre- 

 sent Duke of Gloucester, and paid that at- 

 tention to his distinguished pu)iil, which se- 

 <iire<l liim the patroni»ue of the royal fiiiiiily. 



Lieuiiiiuiil iiursic Juhmioitj of ll.e I'ury, 



We have not been able to trace out where 

 he lodged; but we suppose it must have 

 been in no very respectable domicile, as 

 lie I'ouiid it safe and desirable to deposit 

 his bag, "Ins all,'' nightly, in Mr. W.'s 

 shop ; and, next morning, when the clerks 

 opened the concern, he resumed his bur- 

 den and his toilsome occupation. To 

 think that behind Mr. Warren's counter 

 should have been deposited, in a greasy 

 linen bag, the property of a ragged pedlar, 

 the very besiniiing of such wealth as Mr. 

 White lately bequeathed ! 'I'lic lean- 

 visaged philosopher, " with spectacles on 

 nose," and a world of anxious doubt and 

 cure reposing in every furrow of his 

 wrinkled brow, peeps, with a palpitating 

 heart, in his crucible, to see whether his 

 chemical discoveries and experiments have 

 jirodiieeil that long soii^ht-for substance, 

 whose liiiich turns to gold ; but not more 

 fiu\i(iii-lv, we are sure, than did Luke 

 \\ hilc ton over (he biiudlci of Chevy 

 Chace 



