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he was killed on the spot. Soon 
after the carriage was stopped, and 
the doctor escaped unhurt. 
26th. During a storm, as Mr. 
Cornell, a rich farmer, of Gazely, 
Norfolk, was in a field, he suddenly 
felt a shock at his ancle, and on 
looking down, observed the light- 
ning playing about his shoes ; it 1:m- 
mediately atlected his frame so much, 
as to occasion him to fall imniedi- 
ately into a state of stupor, from 
which he was, with great difficulty, 
recovered. 
Dirp.—3d. Hester Grenville, ba- 
roness of Chatham, &c. (vide deaths.) 
‘The remains of this great and vir- 
tuous woman, the dowager countess 
of Chatham, were removed, on the 
1ith of April, for interment in 
Westminster Abbey, from Burton- 
Pynsent in Somersetshire, an estate 
bequeathed by sir Thomas Pynsent to 
the late earl, as a tribute of respect 
to his great talents, and a mark of 
gratitude for their extraordinary ex- 
ertions in the service of his country. 
On the 16th, a little before 12 
o'clock, the hearse, containing her 
Jadyship’s remains, arrived at lady 
Warren’s, Kensington-gore, where 
it was met by a party of her lady- 
ship’s relatives and friends, and a 
funeral procession commenced in the 
following order: The undertaker 
on horseback ; two conductors, 
-dressed in silk, on horseback ; six 
mutes, with cloaks, on horseback ; 
two porters, dressed in silk, on 
horseback ; a state-horse, led by 
two grooms, covered with black 
cloth, bearing the arms of the Pitt 
and Grenville families, with a double 
coronet, she being a baroness in her 
ewn right, and sister to the late 
earl Temple; a herald on horse- 
back, bearing the coronet on a crim- 
son velvet cushion; a hearse and 
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six horses, the hearse elegantly 
painted with banners and intermar- 
riages, with the Pitt and Grenville 
arms, with escocheon-flags, plumes 
of feathers, and velvet beautifully 
decorated ; ten pages on foot; three 
mourning-coaches and six, with 
escocheons and feathers; followed 
by ten private carriages, amoung 
which were those of lords Chat- 
ham, Grenville, Hood, Cameliord, 
Braybroke, Carysfort, Elliot, for- 
tescue ; lady Sydney, and Mr. T. 
Grenville. As soon as the corpse 
entered the Abbey. the procession 
was preceded by the dean of West- 
minster, the prebends, minor ca- 
nons, and the whole choir, wha 
suns Purccll’s Funeral Service. The 
burial service was very solemnly 
read by Dr. Vincent, dean of West- 
minster; and the body interred in 
the vault, alongside that of one of 
her ladyship’s daughters, and upon 
that of the late earl. 
fier death is severely felt by the 
poor cottagers in the neighbour- 
hoods of Burrowbridge, N. Pether- 
ton, and Bridgewater. Her lady- 
ship’s bounty, during the inclement 
seasons, was the means of their very 
existence. When in health, it was no 
uncommon thing to meet her in the 
park of Burton-Pynsent, during the 
coldest weather, carrying a bundle 
containing necessaries for the relief 
of the indigent. She has often been 
seen to enter the abode of distress, 
with blankets, warm cloathing, and 
food, which she has ordered libe- 
rally to be distributed where such 
were necessary. Fuel, and other 
comforts, never failed to flow from 
her charity ; and Mr. Symonds, an 
apothecary at Bridgewater, had long 
her ladyship’s orders to visit the ob- 
jects of her bounty, and to give all 
the assistance which they might ro 
quire 
