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g>ia»es. It was his good fortune to 

 be confined in the same prison with 

 the late general Matthews, who, 

 previous to his unfortunate catas- 

 trophe, entrusted to the care of Mr. 

 Leighton jewels and property to an 

 immense amount, to be delivered to 

 his family if he should effect his 

 escape ; and to ensure his zeal and 

 punctuality, he presented him with 

 a considerable sum. Being some 

 time afterwards femployed as an in- 

 terpreter, he took advantage of the 

 iirst opportunity that offered to 

 escape. After assuming various 

 disguises, and encountering many 

 periloas adventures, he arrived in 

 London, and waiting on Mrs. Mat- 

 thews, delivered to her the last let- 

 ter of her husband, together with 

 the treasure. By her, his fidelity is 

 said to have been rewarded with 

 20,0001. He immediately wrote to 

 Ireland, to inquire for a beloved 

 Avife and child, whom he had left 

 behind him, and sent a sum of money 

 to discharge his debts. He found, 

 that his wife, whom he had left 

 young, handsome, and unprotected, 

 had, by honest industry, supported 

 herself and her daughter, then ten 

 years of age, and given her an edu- 

 cation superior to her humble means, 

 lie now took a handsome house in 

 Stephen's green, Dublin ; the seat 

 belonging to the late lord chief baron 

 Foster, lather of the Irish chancellor 

 of the exchequer, near Dublin, was 

 purchased, and new carriages were 

 built for him. But an inactive life 

 had no charms for him, and he em- 

 barked the greatest part of his for- 

 tune in a banking-house, which has 

 bpcn very successful. Lady Leigh- 

 ton, whose amiable manners cndear- 

 1^ ed her to all ranks, died some time 

 ' SJncH, and left a numerous family. 

 At Weybridge, Surrey, sir Henry 

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Tuite, hart, of Sonagh, near Mul- 

 linger, in Ireland. He married 

 Miss Elizabeth Cobbc, grand-daugh- 

 ter to a former archbishop of Dub- 

 lin, and niece to the late marquis of 

 Watorford, a lady remarkable for 

 her skill in horsemanship, and much 

 celebrated as an amateur in painting, 

 music, and other polite accomplish- 

 ments. 



At Twickenham, aged S-^, lady 

 Wiiitringham, relict of sir Clifton 

 W. who died at the age of 84, Jan. 

 10, 1794. She wa« an extraordi- 

 nary and masculine person, and 

 lived after his death on an income of 

 40001. per annum. At her death 

 20,0001. devolves to his nephew, 

 Clifton Wheate, esq. of Stanmore. 



Sep. 1st. At her house at East 

 Burnham, near Maidenhead, Berks, 

 aged 63, Mrs. Stephenson, relict of 

 Henry S. esq. and mother of the 

 countess of Mexborough. 



At the rectory-housoat Radnagc, 

 Bucks, of which he had been rector 

 37 years, and aged 75, the rev. 

 Charles William Tonyn, brother to 

 the late general T. 



3d. At Vienna, after a short ill- 

 ness, Richard Meade, second earl 

 of Clanwilliam in the kngdom of 

 Ireland, viscount Clan william, barou 

 Guilford, and a baronet. He was 

 born in May 1776. His lordship, 

 married, at Schuschitz, in Bohemia^ 

 the countess of Thunn, third daugh- 

 ter of Joseph count of Thunn, ar.d 

 Wilhelmina countess of Uliield, one 

 of the most ancient families in Cier- 

 niany. Her ladyship died' in child- 

 bed, August 8, 1800, at Vienna, 

 and left three children ; Richard the- 

 present carl, now ten years old, 

 and two daughters very young. His 

 lordship, secondly, married, at 

 Vienna, July 6, 1805, the dowager 

 lady Shuldham, a very amiabU- 



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