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earl of Hapsburgh, being oppressed 

 by Rodolph, emperor of Germany, 

 came over to England, and one of 

 his sons served king Henry III. in 

 his wars; whose ancestors, laying 

 claim to the territories of Lautfen- 

 burg and Rhin Filding, in Ger- 

 many, he took the name of Filding. 

 The late earl was twice married ; 

 first to the daughter of sir J. Bruce 

 Cotton, by whom he had two sons, 

 (lord Fielding, and the honourable 

 C. Fielding), both deceased; se- 

 cond, to dame Sarah Halford, relict 

 of sir Charles Halford, bart. and 

 now countess-dowager of Denbigh. 

 His lordship's titles, &c. descend 

 to the eldest son of the late lord 

 Fielding, a minor. 



The right honourable George 

 Mason Villiers,lord viscount Gran- 

 dison. 



18th. The lady of Aubrey Beau- 

 clerk, earl of Burford (son to the 

 duke of St. Alban's); to whom she 

 was married in 1788. 



22d. Sir Benjamin Hammet, 

 knt. M.P.for the borough of Taun- 

 ton, in the county of Somerset, and 

 an eminent banker, of Lombard- 

 street. He was chosen alderman of 

 Portsoken-ward, London, June 3, 

 1785, and was knighted on present- 

 ing an address of congratulation to 

 his majesty on his escape from as- 

 sassinati(m by Margaret Nicholson, 

 178(). This gentleman was a con- 

 spicuous example of the effects of 

 enterprise and industry. His ori- 

 gin was humble, and the progress 

 of his early life afibrded no pros- 

 pect of the 8ituation which lie sub- 

 nequently obtained. He wanted 

 the advantages of education ; but 

 he possessed plain common sense, 

 and was well acquainted witli the 

 qualities of mankind. After hav- 

 ing tilled the subordinate situation 



of a porter in the shop of a book- 

 seller, on Fish-street-hill, he became 

 the architect of his own fortune, 

 and acquii-ed considerable property 

 and high civic distinction. 



The right honourable Frederick 

 Montague. He was one of the 

 commissioners of the treasury when 

 Mr. Fox came into administration 

 with lord North, 1783. 



August. In his 71st year, the 

 honourable Samuel Barrington, se- 

 nior admiral of the white, and ge- 

 neral of his majesty's marine forces; 

 a brother of the honourable Daines 

 Barrington, before mentioned. 



2d. At Venice, the countess Lucy 

 Bartiza, wife of his excellency the 

 count Antonio Bartiza, patrician of 

 Venice, and only surviving child of 

 the late John Paradise, esq. 



7th. Aged 23, Frederick-Augus- 

 tus Eschen, a native of Eutinen, 

 in the bishoprick of Lubeck. He 

 and one of his friends, Mr. Zimps- 

 sen, accompanied by a guide, were 

 ascending Buet, one of the Glacier.s, 

 near Sallanches, when Eschen un^ 

 fortunately fell into a deep fissure 

 covered with snow, and, it is sup- 

 posed was instantly killed. A per- 

 son, let down by means of ropes, 

 into the chasm, the day after the 

 accident, was able only just to feel 

 the dead body with the end of his 

 stick. On the following day, an- 

 other man went down, in the same 

 manner, and, after several hours la- 

 bour, was able to get the body up. 

 It Avas found jammed in between 

 the ice, in an erect posture, and 

 completely frozen, at the depth of 

 more than a hundred feet. The 

 compression was so great, that his 

 watch was flattened in his fob. 

 Tliree of his ribs were found broken 

 on each side, and his sternum beat 

 in. In his pockets were found 78 



