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saved vlctiialsj^i as It took away his 

 appetite, and that the heat was more 

 equal. He was a very ingenious 

 man, having travelled into most fo- 



reign parts ; 

 for himself 



used to mix medicines 

 (being well skilled in 

 that art) as well as for many others ; 

 never went to church or chapel, nor 

 said any more prayers than " God 

 bless me;" ridiffulously conceiving 

 that it was tormenting the Almighty 

 with that which he knew. He was 

 an excellent scholar, and spoke se- 

 veral languages fluently; a very 

 clieerful, pleasant companion for 

 old or young ; and is much lamented. 



8th. At Bristol hot-wells, cap- 

 tain William ^Valker, of the late 

 i?8th of light dragoons, son of Wil- 

 liam W. esq. of Erdington-hall, co. 

 Warwick. 



At his house on Woolwich com- 

 mon, Kent, major Lawrence Hadley 

 Newton, of the royal artillery. 



9th. At Stone Dean, near Bea- 

 consfield, Charles MoHoy, esq. 

 youngest son of the late Geo. Cook, 

 esq. M. P. for Middlesex, 



At Stroud, CO. Somerset, F. 

 Franklin, a respectable young man. 

 Returning home from Bislcy on the 

 evening of the 7th, he slipped down 

 with velocity, and having a walking- 

 stick in his hand, the pointed end 

 of it struck the orbit of one of his 

 eyes with great force, and occasion- 

 ed so much injury to the brain, that 

 he lingered till this day, when he 

 expired in the most excruciating 

 agony. 



10th. At Hampton- court palace, 

 ^ged 98, lady Hester Kuwards, 

 grandmother to the present earl 

 Cholmondelcy. She was daughter 

 and heiress of sir Francis K. bart. 

 of Grete, and of the college in 

 Shrewsbury, and married to George 

 tccwnd carl, Jan. 19, 1746-7. 



At Hill-house, Surrey, in his 32ii 

 year, capt. William Augustus Hal- 

 liday, of the queen's regiment of 

 foot, second son of the late major 

 and lady Jane H. of the Leasowos, 

 i'l Shropshire, and brother to capt. 

 11. of Grosvenor-place. 



At Chcstcr-place, Lambeth, the 

 lady of the hon. Philip Roper. 



13th. Mr. Jehn Wright, of 

 Vv'orksop. Returning home, the pre- 

 ceding night, from visiting a friend 

 in that neighbourhood, he was 

 thrown from his horse, and one of 

 his feet remaining entangled in tl>e 

 stirrup, he was dragged, at full 

 speed, the distance of a mile before 

 his release could be etTected. He 

 was conveyed, speechless, to the 

 nearest house, where he expired at 

 5 o'clock this morning. 



At Kettering, in the prime of 

 life, Ttif. John Keep, jun. • His 

 death was occasioned by lifting from 

 the ground, and carrying to a cer- 

 tain distance, a sack of turnip-seed, 

 weighing upwards of 3 cwt. for a 

 triding wager, which he resolutely 

 performed, though not without fa- 

 tally injuring himself. 



Aged 48, John Scudaraore, esq.' 

 M. P. for Hereford. He was taken 

 ill in the house of commons, during 

 the debate respecting lord Melville, 

 on the 8th. Several of his friends 

 repeatedly pressed him to go home 

 and send for medical assistance, 

 which he refused, and to this his 

 death is attributed. 



At Debden-hall, Essex, after 3 

 days illness, lady Vincent, wife of 

 sir Francis V. bart. of Stoke 

 D'Abernon, co. Surrey, daugh- 

 ter of the hon. Edward Bouverie, 

 and sister to lady Loughborough. 

 This amiable young lady was in her 

 2ot.h year, and had been only three 

 years m-xnkd, 



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