tory sore throat, the lady of sir Nel- 
son Rycroft, bart. 
3ist. After a long illness, the 
 Tady of sir John Gillman, bart. of 
* Gillmanville, in Ireland, daughter of 
sir Thomas Miller, bart, of Froyle, 
im Hampshire. 
At his house, Black Rock, near 
Dublin, Robert Jephson, esq. many 
years master of the horse to the lord 
fieutenant of Ireland, and a success- 
ful dramatic writer. He was an 
officer in the Irish army, and for- 
merly M. P. in that kingdom, and 
_ eelebrated for his convivial powers 
and his felicity in ludicrous compo- 
sition. He is said to have contri- 
buted, during the administration of 
marquis Townshend, to a periodical 
publication, called, ‘* The Bache- 
jor.’ His first dramatic piece, 
_  Braganza,”’ was acted, for a sea- 
son, with success, at Drury-lane, 
and printed in 1775; but the plot 
was thought to resemble Venice 
_ Preserved, too nearly in some parts, 
‘©The Law of Lombardy,” a tra- 
gedy, with a similar relation to 
_ Much Ado about Nothing, was aét- 
ed nine nights at Drury-lane, and 
then laid aside, and printed in 1779. 
“© The ‘Count of Narbonne,” was 
well received. He wrote also, 
*¢ The Campaign, or.Love in the 
East Indies,” an opera. ‘ Julia, 
or the Italian Lover,” a tragedy, in 
Janguage and sentiments often su- 
blime. ‘* Two Strings to your 
_ Bow,” a farce; and “* The Conspi- 
racy.” In 1794, he published, 
** The Confessions of James Bap- 
tiste Couteau, Citizen of France, 
written by himself, and translated 
from the original French,” two vols. 
12mo. A severe satire of his own 
_ on the depravity of French man- 
ners, but very reprehensible on 
many accounts. In the same year, 
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*¢ Roman Portraits,” a pocm, in 
heroic verse, with historical re. 
marks and illustrations, in one yol, 
Ato. 
Lately, at Mockerkin, in the 
parish of Loweswater, co. Cumber- 
Jand, in his 49th year, J. Harrison, 
esq. captain of the royal navy. He 
had distinguished himself by his 
courage and conduct in Keppel’s 
engagement, off Brest, July 27th, 
1777; under lord Howe, June 1, 
1794; and in the action of lord 
Bridport, off Port L’Orient, in which 
last his clothes were set on fire by a 
red hot ball. 
At Bath, after a long and painful 
illness, the wife of Wm. Burroughs, 
esq. M.P. for the borough of En- 
niskillen. : 
June 2d. In Welbeck-strect, 
Cavendish-square, aged 73, Mrs. 
Catherine Trapaud, relict of the late 
general Cyrus T. who died May 3, 
1801, and aunt to the late duke of 
Bridgewater; a lady deservedly Ja- 
mented, and eminently distinguished 
for humanity, benevolence, and po- 
liteness. On her decease, Fran- 
cis Plaistow, esq. of Devonshire- 
street, Portland-place, and of Pot- 
ter’s-bar, South Mims, Middlesex, 
takes the names and arms of Tra- 
paud. 
3d. In Cavendish-square, in his 
43d year, the right hon. and rev. 
George Murray, D. D. lord bishow 
of St. David’s, and brother to the 
duke of Athol. His death was oc- 
casioned by coming down, on a 
damp, cold night, and waiting some 
time for his carriage, from a com- 
mittee in the house of lords: he felt 
an immediate chill, which brought 
on a violent fever, in a few hours. 
that carried him off in three days. 
leaving a widow and ten children. 
He bad nearly effected his object, 
that 
