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IS his edition of the System of Nature 

 of Linna?us. The world is indebted 

 lo him for the discovery of several 

 excellent dyes, extracted from vege- 

 table and mineral substances. 



At Lisbon, aged 83, Theodore dc 

 Alineyda, member of the royal 

 academy of sciences of that city, 

 and of the royal society of London. 

 The works published by him amount 

 to 40 volumes, exclusive of five vo- 

 lumes of translations. He has left 

 several manuscripts, for the publi- 

 cation of which he had obtained the 

 pcrir.ission of the censorship. 



At Paris, M. Julicn, member of 

 the class of fine arts of the national 

 institute. Thoughadvanced in years, 

 he still laboured Avith success. He 

 was one of the best statuaries that 

 France possessed ; his last work was 

 the marble statue of Poussin. His 

 bathing nymph, in white marble, 

 and the statue of La Fontaine, are 

 considered as his chefs (Toeuvres. 



In Ireland, the right hon. William 

 Power Keating, earl of Clancarty, 

 viscount Dunlo, lord and baron 

 Kilconnel, &c. kc. He is succeeded 

 by his eldest son, lord viscount 

 Dunlo, M. P. for Galway. 



In Dawson- street, Dublin, aged 

 .;8, the rev. Gustavus Hume, rector 

 of Eldermine, in the diocese of 

 Ferns, and Rathsam, in the diocese 

 of Upper Ossory ; and, in about a 

 fortnight afterwards, his widow, 

 Mrs. Araminta Louisa Hume, for- 

 merly Miss Monck, niece to the late 

 marquis of ^Vaterford and the pre- 

 lent archbishop of Tuam ; leaving 2 

 daughters. 



In Dublin, Mrs. Latouche, w-ife 

 'tf the rigiit hon. David L. and 

 daughter of the late worthy prelate, 

 l)r. George Marlay, bishop of 

 Dromore. This lady had five sons 

 and five daughters ; the eldest was 



the late amiable and beautiful coun- 

 tess of Lanesborough ; the second 

 was married to the late sir Nicholas 

 Colthurst; the third to Geo. Vescy, 

 esq. ; the fourth was the late Mrs. 

 .Teft'ries ; and the fifth is the wife of 

 Maurice Fitzgerald, knight of Ker- 

 ry. Her eldest son is colonel La- 

 touche, M, P. for Catherlough, 

 married to lady Cecilia Leeson, 

 daughter of the late carl of Mil- 

 town. Mrs. L.'s health was always 

 delicate ; and, on the death of the 

 countess of Lanesborough, she re- 

 tired into the bosom of her family, 

 and never mixed with the world, but 

 in her own house, which was always 

 the scene of elegant and refined so- 

 ciety. She was of the most gentle, 

 amiable, and placid disposition, and 

 one of the most accomplished women 

 of the time. 



Master William Dundas, youngest 

 son of the hon. C. L. Dundas, 

 M. P. 



June 4th. Mrs. Ireland, wife of 

 James I. esq. of Brislington, near 

 Bristol. While driving her daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Clay, in a gig, at Brid- 

 port, the horse took fright, and 

 Mrs. I. was thrown out, and so 

 much bruised, as to occasion her 

 death in two hours. Mrs. C. was 

 not materially hurt. 



5th. At her house in George's- 

 square, Edinburgh, lady Anne Duff. 



Mr. James Thompson, aged 40; 

 Elizabeth, his wife, aged 41 ; and 

 William, their son, aged 7, were all 

 Tinfortunately drowned in a large 

 brick-pit at Bristol. The son was 

 playing with a hoop, near the brink 

 of the pit; and, endeavouring to 

 stop it from rolling into the water, 

 fell in. The mother ran to his as^- 

 sistance, and, over-reaching herself 

 to lay hold of his cloaths, got also 

 out of her depth. The father, hear- 



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