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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



the present duke of Brunswick 

 fiom being killed or taken by the 

 J^rcnch. This gentleman, who was 

 alike distinguished for benevolence 

 and for an high sense of honour, to 

 which he sacrificed his fortune, com- 

 menced his military career with un- 

 common promise ; but, displeased 

 at the manner in which he conceived 

 his friend, the commander of the 

 British forces at Minden, had been 

 treated on that occasion, he gave 

 up his commission in disgust, six 

 weeks before the death of George 

 the Second. To the feelings result- 

 ing from the exercise of benignity, 

 Mr. Smith added the happiness to 

 witness the high estimation in Avhich 

 society held the family with which 

 he had enriched it. Sir Sidney 

 Smith being his second son, the pa- 

 ternal property devolves on colonel 

 Smith, of Walmer. Mr. Spencer 

 Smith, who so ably conduced our 

 interests at Constantinople, and 

 who is now our minister at Stut- 

 guard, is the youngest son. During 

 many of the latter years of his life, 

 Mr. S. resided in apartments exca- 

 \ated in the cliff, at no great dis- 

 tance from Dover Castle. 



At Brighthclmstone, aged about 

 50, in consequence of her muslin- 

 dress catching fire, in her bed-cham- 

 ber, in the evening of Sunday the 

 12th, lady Warren, widow of sir 

 George W. sister to the countess of 

 Liverpool, aunt to the duchess of 

 Dorset, and mother-in-law to vis- 

 countess Bulkeley. It appears, that 

 had her ladyship given timely alarm 

 to the servants, her life would most 

 probably have been preserved ; but 

 so little apprehcnsivo was she that it 

 was in danger from the accident of 

 her apron catching fire, she did not 

 conceive it necessary even to ring the 

 bell. The butler was first alarmed 



by her screams, and on his entering 

 the room, finding her ladyship in 

 flames from head to foot, he caught 

 her by the arm, and attempted to 

 wind the curtains around her; but 

 being linen, they immediately caught 

 fire, and the whole side of the room 

 was soon in a blaze. The servant 

 at last succeeded in extinguished the 

 flames, by rolling her ladyship in 

 the carpet ; but before this was ac- 

 complished, her arms, neck, and bo- 

 som, were burnt in the most dread- 

 ful manner. The man's right arm 

 and both his hands were much burnt, 

 and both liis oye-brows were scorch- 

 ed. Lord and lady Bulkeley reach- 

 ed Brighton in sufficient time to at- 

 tend the last moments of their much- 

 lamented relative. When formerly 

 a maid of honour, her name was 

 Bishopp. She was a very ami- 

 able woman ; and her husband, sir 

 George Warren, has not been dead 

 quite two years. Though possessed 

 of an income of 11,0001. a year, he 

 left her only with her jointure, 

 which was short of a 10001. a year. 

 The liberality and opulence of her 

 family enabled her, however, to 

 maintain her usual splendour. It is 

 singular that the deceased lady and 

 her husband exhibited allegations 

 against each other in Doctor's Com- 

 mons, and afterwards renewed all 

 their conjugal endearments, and 

 lived together till the death of sir 

 George. Her ladyship was buried 

 at Farcham, Hants, which has be«a 

 the burial-place of the Bishopp fa- 

 mily for many years. 



18th. At his house at Chelsea, 

 after a long illness, Mr. Topper, 

 nearly 50 years footman to his ma- 

 jesty, and the person who prevented 

 Margaret Nicholson from hurting 

 his majesty when she made an at- 

 tempt on his life at St. James's 



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