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Mrs. Charles Eliis, only daughter of 
the late lord Hervey, whose prema- 
ture death on board the  Zealous, 
which he commanded in the last war, 
was so deeply deplored by his fa- 
mily. She fell a victim to that fatal 
disorder at the early age of 22'years 
and five months, and supported her 
acute and protracted sufferings with 
a serenity and resignation never to 
be forgotten. Few events of this 
nature have produced a more gene- 
ral sensation: besides those near 
and intimate connexions whom her 
death leaves inconsolable, a very nu- 
merous acquaintance sincerely share 
the sorrow which it inflicts, and a 
still more extensive circle feel the 
loss which socicty thereby sustains, 
and are alive to the awful lesson 
which it imparts. Whether we con- 
template her extreme youth, her 
~ beauty, her accomplishments, her 
unafiected and amiable manners, the 
splendid sphere in which she moved, 
the bright and spotless example 
which she afforded, or the genuine 
and unclouded happitess which she 
enjoyed, we must confess, that we 
do not recollect to have heard of an 
occurrence in private life, more cal- 
culated to excite pity and reflection. 
Mrs. Elis has left three children, 
two sons and a daughter; the eldest 
son will inherit, through her, the 
barony of Heward of Walden, on 
the death of her grandfather, the earl 
of Bristol. 
24th. At Edinburgh, lady Eii- 
zabeth Wemyss, widow of. the hon. 
James W. of Wemyss, and sister of 
the late earl of Sutherland. 
25th. Suddenly, at Bristol, H. 
W. -J. Hawley, esq. first lient. col. 
of the king’s dragooneguards. 
97 In a fit of insanity, atthe 
27th. 
Portland coffee-house, Wm. Col- 
ANNUALIRBEGIS TER, 1803. 
quhoun, of Brompton-hall, Staines. 
esq. He had come to that house, on 
the preceding evening, to sleep, and 
retired to bed about twelve. On this 
day, at noon, on the door being 
broken open, he was found on the 
bed with his throat cut in a most 
shocking :manner; his arm partly 
severed in two places, and a deep 
wound inflicted on his belly, through 
which his intestines appeared. He 
was speechless and senseless, but 
was not quite'dead. Mr. Johnson, 
a surgeon, of Queen’ Anne-street, 
was immediately called in, and 
washed his throat in water, having 
previously called in the assistance of 
two other surgeons, who, the mo- 
ment they saw the deceased, pro- 
nounced him past recovery. He 
expired ina few minutes. He had 
come from his country seat on Mon- 
day last. At the foot of the bed 
were laying two razors, covered 
with blood. He had been married 
only about seven months. His ge- 
neral character was that of a mild, 
humane, good-natured man, of the 
strictest honour, and uncommonly 
fine feelings. 
28th. At Paris, mademoiselle 
Clara-J oseph-Hy ppolita-Lewis-Des 
latude Clairon. She fell out of her 
bed, in which she lay sick, and the 
fall caused her death. She was in 
her 81st year; and though, for a 
long time, in an habitual state of 
weakness and pain, she preserved, 
in her last moments, a great spright- 
liness and sound understanding. It 
is only a few months ago, that she 
recited a scene of Phaedra before 
Mr. Kemble, the principal tragic 
actor in England, who admired the 
expression, force, and dignity with 
which this great actress recited, at 
so'advanced an age, the finest verses 
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