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proceeded Avith the office of burial ; 

 •which being ended, the deputy of 

 garter king at arms proclaimed his 

 late royal highness's style, and thus 

 concluded the ceremony. The pre- 

 sent duke then retired privately to 

 the castle with his attendants ; and 

 at two o'clock next day returned to 

 Gloucester-house. During the whole 

 of the ceremony his serene highness 

 evinced the most poignant grief. 

 Whilst the body was depositing in 

 tlic vault, he retired to the dean's 

 stall, against which he for some time 

 leaned, scarcely able to stand. Dur- 

 ing the whole of the time, univer- 

 sal sympathy prevailed ; whilst 

 every spectator was moved at a ce- 

 remony at once so solemn, grand, 

 and truly affecting. 

 . 29th. The new-invented life-boat, 

 with which experiments have been 

 making at Weymouth for some time 

 past, is considered to be well cal- 

 culated to answer the purpose for 

 »which it is intended. While sailing 

 from Teignmouth to Weymouth, 

 her stern-ports were all the time 

 open. She is buoyed up by eight 

 cases, four on each side, water tight, 

 and independent of each other. In 

 a storm the boat is dismantled, and 

 rowed by fourteen men, fastened to 

 their seats. As the sea breaks into 

 the boat, it runs out at her stern- 

 ports. It is impossible to sink her. 

 She has fourteen life-lines, the ends of 

 which float with cork, by which men 

 that arc washed off the wreck may 

 hold. She brings before the wind, 

 or nearly so, upwards of 100 men 

 at a time from the wieck. She is as 

 manageable with sails as any boat of 

 her size. The rudder is on a new 

 principle ; she has fourteen grap- 

 nels for a wreck, a room ten feet 

 wide, water tight, with copper ven- 

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tilators. The whole of her con- 

 struction is entirely new. 



3 1 St. A window in the cathedral 

 of Lichfield is now^filled with stain- 

 ed glass, purchased by the dean and 

 chapter, from a mined abbey in 

 France. It contains three subjects, 

 " Christ's appearing to the Apos- 

 tles and Thomas," — " The Descent 

 of the Holy Ghost on the Apostles," 

 and " The Day of Judsment." 

 The date is 1534, and is one of the 

 tjnest specimens of this art in the 

 kingdom. 



The Society of the Literary Fund 

 have taken a most excellent house 

 in the neighbourhood of Soho, at 

 the recommendation of his royal 

 highness the prince of Wales, wha 

 will honour it as president. 



There is at present in the river 

 upwards of 200,000 quarters of fo- 

 reign wheat : a greater quantity 

 than was ever know n. 



Died. — 30th. at Chelsea Hospital,- 

 at the age of 105, Robert Switield, 

 a pensioner ; and on the 2d. Abra- 

 ham Moss, another aged 106. 



SEPTEMBER. 



2nd. A shocking accident hap- 

 pened to Mr. Mead, at Bocking 

 Water-mill, Essex. Wh^st oiling 

 some part of the machinery, his arm 

 was unfortunately drawn in, and so 

 dreadfully mangled, as to render it 

 absolutely necessary to separate the 

 limb entirely from the shoulder. 



5lh. In sinking a cellar at the 

 corner of St. Peter's lane, in the 

 High Cross-street, Leicester, a 

 quantity of Roman coins were 

 found, some in good j^feservation ; 

 Ihey were inclosed in an earthen 

 vessel, which the workmen broke in 



E e digging ; 



