364. 
very large quantity of grain, to the 
amount of near 20001. which unfor- 
tunately wasnot insured. This ac- 
cident was occasioned by a fire in the 
cabin of a boat (which lay under the 
warehouse) communicating with the 
floor: a boy who slept in the boat 
was fortunately awakened by the 
smoke in time to escape; the boat, 
however, was burnt, and a horse suf- 
focated in an adjoining stable. . 
Drev.—Jan. 2d. At his house at 
Twickenham, Middlesex, in his 81st 
year, sir Richard Perryn, knight, 
late one of the barons of the. court 
of exchequer. 
16th. Aged 77, C. J. De Boeck, 
a native of Brussels, in Germany.— 
He was naturally attached to the 
study of painting, and from his in- 
fancy displayed marks of great ge- 
nius in that art. » Being of a volatile 
disposition, he set out on his travels, 
and went into Italy, with no other 
prospect than what the efforts of his 
taste and genius promised him.— 
There he became acquainted with 
the works of the most celebrated 
masters, and soon acquired a perfect 
knowledge of that art ix which he 
afterwards so eminently excei!ed.— 
He thence returned to his native city, 
where, having produced several capi- 
tal pieces, and exercised his talents 
successfully, he resolved to fix his 
abode in England, and to this end 
left his whole collection to the care 
of afriend. When he had arrived here, 
and becomealittle settled, he thought 
of disposing of his paintings to ad- 
vantage, and sent for them; but the 
person in whose charge he had left 
them was not to be found, nor was 
he ever afterwards heard of by the 
lamented subject of this article. By 
this abominable act he was reduced 
to great distress; and, but for the 
unceasing exertion -of those talents 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
which he was so happily possessed 
of, his family must have perished 
through want. 
well as many others which he met 
with in the course of his life, he bore 
with a truly-christian patience, ne-~ 
ver repining at his losses, but always 
possessing an air of cheerfulness:— 
Having a perfect knowledge of the 
German, French, and Ltalian lan- 
guages, and, besides these accom- 
plishments, possessing a thorough 
knowledge of the science of music, 
he commenced schoolmaster, and 
kept a very respectable academy for 
some years at Bethnal Green, with 
great credit; where he first became 
acquainted with that family who 
have supported him in his latter days, 
By a sad reverse of fortune, he was 
obliged to quit this profession, when 
he found a friend in the late Mr. 
Fairbone, mathematical instrument 
maker, of New-street, Gough- 
square, who, upwards of 14 years, 
besides giving him a room in his own 
house, and supplying him daily from 
his own table, allowed hima weekly 
stipend. This allowance was kindly 
continued after Mr. F.’s death, 
Nov. 18, 1801, by his surviving fa- 
mily, who, it is but justice to say, 
have used their utmost endeavours 
to make his last days comfortable. 
About a fortnight since, he lost the 
use of his reason, and continued lin- 
gering in. this lamentable state, a few 
lucid intervals excepted, till his 
death. 
FEBRUARY. 
Ist. The French government has 
definitively organized the protestant 
church at Paris. There is a consis- 
torial church there ; and the national 
edifices of St. Louis du Louvre, of 
St. 
This misfortune, as ~ 
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