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54th. At Wanlip, co. Leicester, 

 T«ry much lamented, dame Catherine 

 Susanna Htidson, wife of sir Charles 

 Grave H. bart. She was one of the 

 daughters and coheirs of Henry Pal. 

 mer, esq. of Wanlip (the last heir- 

 male of that ancient family) ; was 

 born April 1, 1742, and married in 

 1764. Two sons and two daughters 

 survive her. 



The hon. Penniston Lamb, son of 

 lord Melbourne, and M. P. for 

 Hertfordshire, to which he was 

 elected at the general election la 

 1802. 

 25th. At Bath Easton, Grace 



lady Croft, daughter of Bram- 



Ston, esq. and relict of sir Archer 

 C. bart. who died 1758, being the 

 second who bore the title. 



At his apartments in Greenwich 

 iospital, after a short illness, sir 

 Richard Pearson, knt- lieutenant- 

 governor of that institution. He 

 had served several years in the royal 

 navy, and commaiide4 the Serapis 

 in the memorable engagement with 

 Paul Jones, and for his bravery and 

 good conduct therein was knighted. 

 26tb. At his house in Benton- 

 street, Berkeley-square, in his 48th 

 year, sir Francis Whitworth, lieu- 

 tenant-colonel of the royal artillery. 

 Universally and sincerely la- 

 mented, captain Jervis, of his ma- 

 jesty's ship the U'onnant, who was 

 unfortunately drowned, by the up- 

 setting of his barge, as he was pro- 

 ceeding to sir Charles Cotton (who 

 commanded before Brest in the 

 absei^^ceof admiral CornwallisJ with 

 intelligence respecting the enemy's 

 squadron. This gallrxnt gentleman 

 was nephew to the earl of St. Vin- 

 cent, whose illustrious name and 

 titles, in the course of nature, he 

 Mould have inherited. 



AthisseatnearBiddefordj Devon, 



after a lingering illness, Henry 

 Downe, esq. formerly a captain in 

 the army, and late lieutenant-colo- 

 nel, commandant of the North Devoa 

 volunteers. 



28th. At Greenock, in his 88th 

 year, captain Alexander Morison, 

 of the late North Carolina High- 

 landers, well known for his zeal and 

 activity in the suppression of the 

 rebellion in 1745, as well as in the 

 American revolution. He assisted 

 Mr. M'Pherson, not only in col- 

 lecting the traditions, but in digest- 

 ing, translating, and editing Ossian. 



At Basford, in Staffordshire, the 

 seat of her son, George Blount, 

 esq. the hon. lady Blount, widow 

 of sir Walter B. bart. of Mawley- 

 hall, CO- Salop. Her ladyship going 

 into the dining room a few minutes 

 before the rest of the family, her 

 cloaths caught fire, and she was so 

 terribly burnt before she could re- 

 ceive assistance, that she expired 

 almost immediately- 



In Pall-mall, ^Irs. Shakespear, 

 wife of Arthur S. esq. M. P. for 

 Richmond, and sister to sir Matthew 

 White Ridley, bart. 



In Canada, aged 102, Vfyenti 

 Fohis, a native of China, and 

 brought to America in early youth. 

 He is said to have descended from 

 the race of the ancient Chinese Em- 

 perors ; and being of strong powers 

 of mind and body, instituted in 

 Canada a society by the name of 

 " Rousticouche," in imitation of 

 those of his native country, and iu 

 Europe ; several branches of which 

 are now in existence in the united 

 states. Some of the objects of thes« 

 societies are to obtain and preserve 

 ihe curiosities of nature, to forward 

 the arts and sciences, and to prac- 

 tise Olympic games, &c. It was in 

 the act of attempting to throw aa 



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