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ment was -a pint of strong beer, 
which he usually quaffed twice or 
thrice a week at the Duke’s Head, 
at Great Bridge (about a mile from 
his own house), whither he was 
led by a boy that constantly at- 
tended him. For a long series of 
time he had a strong antipathy to 
the making ofa will, considering 
it asa prelude to a speedy death ; 
but the arguments of his late wife, 
whose influence repressed or 
turned into an harmless channel 
many of his singularities, and her 
representations of the unprovided 
state of his younger children, at 
length prevailed over his prejudices, 
and induced him to leave them 
handsome legacies, ‘With all his 
oddities, he had a heart apen to 
friendship and has _ frequently 
given substantial proofs of his re- 
gard for those who could indulge 
him in them. His landed estates, 
which are pretty cunsiderable, go 
to his eldest son, and are supposed 
to have sufficient timber on them, in 
want of felling, to pay the legacies, 
Feb. 7. At Oxen-heatb, Kent, in 
his $7th year, sir Francis Geary, 
bart. admiral of the white. He 
was created a baronet by tbe ttle 
ofsir Francis Geary, of Polesden, 
Surrey, in consequence of his marry- 
ing Miss Bartholomew, a Kentish 
lady. 
9. Viscountess Llandaff of Ire- 
jand. 
13. Elizabeth, lady of sir John 
Smyth, bart. of Sydling St. Ni- 
vholas, in Dorsetshire ; by whom 
she had several childrep, three 
only surviving her. She was the 
daughter and sole heiress of Robert 
Curtis, esq. of Willsthorpe, co. Lin- 
coln, barrister at Jaw, and niece of 
Matthew Wyldbore, esq. of Peters 
borough, member for that city. 
pee 
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Aged 81, his serene highness 
Henry-Augustus, reigning prince 
of Hohenloe Ingelfingen, chief of 
the illustrious house of that name. 
He was born July 11, 1715. 
15. Thomas Arthur, viscount 
Southwell, of Ireland. 
In his 64th year, Mr. Emanuel 
Elam, of Leeds, formerly a consi, 
derable American merchant, and 
ene of the people called quakers, 
He had retired from business se. 
yeral years ago, with a fortune of 
nearly 200,000]. It was this gen- 
tleman and his brother Samuel 
who were the principal purchasers 
of the valuable estate which was 
sold in Oétober last, belonging to 
the marquis of Salisbury, near 
Leeds, for 155,000]. The elder 
Mr. Thelusson. offered 150,0001. 
and James Armitage, esq. of Huns- 
let, near Leeds, 154,000]. Mr: 
Leatham, of Barton, near Malton, 
and Mr. Dowker, one of the te- 
nants, were the other purchasers. 
17. Jas- Macpherson, esq. M, P. 
Aged 51, M. Dombey, a cele- 
brated French botafist, whu was 
several years employed by the king 
of Spain, in collecting and describ- 
ing the plants and other naturai 
productions of Peru. After his 
return from that country he retired 
to Lyons, and continued to reside 
there till lately, when he was ap- 
pointed by the national conven- 
tion, to undertake another voyage 
to America, for the purposes of na~ 
tural history. He accordingly em- 
barked at Brest for*Philadelphia ; 
but the ship be was on board was 
taken by the English and carried in- 
to Antigua, where he died. 
At Vienna, in his 77th year, 
count Trautmansdorff, the em- 
peror’s chamberlain. 
March 8. Sir Wm. Chambers, knt. 
At 
