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ternoon, the amiable and beautiful 

 viscountess Sydney was delivered of 

 a son and heir, at her house in 

 Grosvenor-squarc, to the great joy 

 of that noble family ; which, with 

 much concern we state, was too soon 

 changed into the most poignant 

 sorrow ; for, at 7 in tlie evening, 

 she died, in the 23th year of her 

 age. This lady was wife to the 

 right hon. John Thomas Towns- 

 hend, viscount Sydney, of Chisle- 

 hurst, in Kent, and was married in 

 May, 1802. She had been lady 

 Caroline Clements, youngest daugh- 

 ter of the late carl of Leitrim, by 

 Jady Elizabeth Skeffington, daugh- 

 ter of the fourth viscount and first 

 earl of Massareene. The present 

 dowager countess of Leitrim has, in 

 the short space of 13 months, lost 

 her husband, her mother, her bro- 

 ther, the late earl of Massareene ; 

 her niece, Mrs, Milner; and now 

 her daughter. 



11th. Frederick Eldred, who 

 cut his throat in the shop of Mr. 

 Simms, hair-dresser, in Hammond's- 

 court, Jermyn-street, on Friday the 

 9th. Mr. S. stated, on the coroner's 

 inquisition, that the deceased came 

 into his shop in the afternoon, in a 

 very confused state, and desired to 

 be shaved ; witness was about to 

 obey his orders, when he desired 

 that his hair might first be cut, and 

 he would then shave himself. He 

 <lid so ; after which the witness, who 

 wa.s busy in the shop, heard the 

 razor fall, and he perceived the de- 

 ceased covered with blood. As- 

 sistauce was instantly called for, and 

 a young m.an who lodged in the 

 house was knocked down by the 

 deceased while in the a6t of stopping 

 the blood from the wound. He, 

 however, was overpowered, and 

 tukca to St. George's hospital in a 



coach, where he expired at twelv 

 o'clock on Sunday. By the testi- 

 mony of several witnesses, it was 

 clearly proved, that the deceased 

 had been for some time in a state of 

 delirium. He had lately got a com- 

 fortable situation at Fulham ; but 

 his conduct betraying strong marks 

 of insanity, he was conveyed to the 

 house of his father, who has beea 

 one of his majesty's pages since his 

 accession to the throne, and was in 

 the same station for some years 

 previous to the death of George 11. 

 The deceased made his escape on 

 Friday, over the leads of the palace, 

 and proceeded to the shop M'here 

 the dreadful catastropl-.e took place. 

 Under all the circumstances, th« 

 jury brought in a verdift of lunacy. 

 About 4 o'clock this afternoon, 

 Jn. Sabine, esq. major of the first 

 regiment of guards, and aid-de-camp 

 to gen. Wynyard, after having takea 

 his morning ride, returned to his 

 lodgings at Walmer, near Deal, and 

 instantly went into his apartment, 

 took a loaded pistol, and blew his 

 brains out. ISo cause can be as- 

 signed for the rash a6t. He was a 

 brave officer, esteemed by all around 

 him, from the general to the private^ 

 and married the daughter of the late 

 gallant admiral Paisley, by whom 

 he had one son. His remains were 

 attended to the grave by gen. Wyn- 

 yard, his aid-du-camp, and many 

 officers. &c. . 



12th. At Paris, John Charles 

 p-devant duke De Fitzjames, bora 

 Nov. 2G, 1743. 



14th. By hanging herself. Miss 

 Ann Brown, a young person of re- 

 spectability, residing as companion 

 to a lady who occupied apartments 

 at the house of Mr. Clcmson, Bell- 

 strect, Paddington. Mr. C. had 

 occasion to go into the back-yard, 



when. 



