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(at the house of her son-in-law, 

 captain Walker, of the royal navy), 

 after supporting a lingering illness 

 with exemplary fortitude, lady Ir- 

 vine, widow of the right hon. gen. 

 sir Jolwn Irvine, K. B. 



'28th. On the 7th of May last, 

 Alexander Thomson, betwixt four 

 and live years of age, was severely 

 bit on the face by a dog, in Tron- 

 gate-street, Glasgow, which, from 

 various circumstances was not sup- 

 posed to have been mad. The dog, 

 however, was immediately killed. 

 The wounds healed kindly, and the 

 boy enjoyed good health till Wed- 

 nesday, July 24, when he complain- 

 ed of a headach, sickness at sto- 

 mach, and loss of appetite. Early 

 on the following morning, symp- 

 toms of hydrophobia made their ap- 

 pearance ; medical assistance was 

 called in, and the most approved 

 means of cure tried, and particularly- 

 large and repeated effusions of salt 

 and water. The disease, however, 

 rapidly increased on Saturday even- 

 ing, and early on Sunday morning, 

 the 28th, the child expired. This 

 is the fourth melancholy instance of 

 hydrophobia in that city and neigh- 

 bourhood ; viz. a man and a woman 

 at the head of the town, a young 

 gian at Balgray, and this boy. 



29th. At his house in Bolton, 

 row, Piccadilly, in his 73d year, 

 Walter lord Aston, of Forfar, in 

 the county of Forfar. His lordship, 

 ■Wiho had been engaged in trade in 

 the early part of his lite, sucoeeded 

 to the peerage in 1763, and received 

 a pension of 3001. per annum from 

 government. He was an inoffensive 

 man, and rather of a convivial turn. 



In Gloucester, Miss Anne Gorges, 

 fifth daughter of tho late Richard 

 G. esq. of liye-court, co. Hereford, 



2 



M. P. for the borough of Leomin- 

 ster. 



The only son of Gharles LiJIy, 

 esq. of Coventry, observing a poor 

 man who had been fishing near that 

 city in great danger of being lost, 

 plunged into the water to his assist- 

 ance, and both were unfortunately 

 drowned. The bodies were found 

 in about twenty minutes, and every 

 means used to restore life, but 

 without effedt. 



30th. Almost suddenly, Thomas 

 Montolieu, esq. of Brompton, bro- 

 ther to Mr. M. banker, of Pall 

 Mall, and brother-in-law to lord 

 Elibank. The deceased and ano- 

 ther person in company had just 

 entered Astley's theatre, and paid 

 for their admission, when the door- 

 keeper perceiving him stagger, raa 

 to his assistance, but could not 

 reach him before he fell to the 

 ground: a chair was procured, and 

 he seemed to recover a little, but 

 relapsed into several fainting fits. — • 

 Medical assistance was procured, 

 but in the course of ten minutes he 

 expired. 



August 2d. At his lodgings, St. 

 Augustine's-back, Bristol, Benja- 

 min Rowe, esq. late lieut.-col. of 

 the 50th foot. 



At his apartment in the new bar- 

 racks atLewcs,Sussex,after a few days 

 illness, capt. Gibson, of the 4th or 

 queen's own regiment of dragoons. 



In Chelsea college, aged 106, 

 Abraham Moss ; and on the 30th, 

 aged 105, Robert Swifield ; both of 

 whom retain-Ld their faculties to the 

 last. 



3d. At the house of Henry Bo- 

 sanquet, esq. at llarnage, Wilts, in 

 his 8lst year, Christ. Anstey, esq. 

 the celebrated author of " The Bath 

 Guide, or Memoirs of the Blunder- 

 head fumJly ;" a work that hus been 



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