CHRONICLE. 
Mary Elizabeth Forbes, danghter of 
lord Forbes, sister to the duchess of 
Athol, and wile to Joha Hay, esq. 
banker of Edinburgh. 
Sth. At Edmburgh, sir John 
Gibson Carmichael, of Stirling, bart. 
At his apartments, in Charles- 
street, St. James’s-square, aged about 
A8, George Biggin, esq. a gentle- 
man of considerable literary and 
scientific acquirements ; one of the 
trustees of the opera-house, and of 
Deury-lane theatre; and who seme 
years ago ascended with Lunardi 
and Mrs. Sage, in a balloon. 
7th. At his house in Buccleugh- 
street, Edinburgh, in his 41st year, 
Alexander Thompson, esq. author 
of poems entitled *¢ Whist,” 1791, 
Svo; the ‘* Paradise of Taste ;” an 
ingenious ‘‘ Essay en Neyels ;” and 
** The German Miscellany,” a col- 
lection of translations of dramas, 
dialogues, tales, and novels. 
Sth. Im Pall-Mall, aged 73, 
after a long and lingering illness, 
Mr. James Christie, many years 
well known and justly celebrated as 
an auctioneer, and the successful 
disposer of property of every hind, 
whether by public sale or private 
contract. With an easy and gentle- 
man-like flow of eloquence, he pos- 
sessed, in a great degree, the 
power of persuasion, and even tem- 
pered this public address by a gentle 
refinement of manners. His remaiis 
were interred, on the 14th, in St. 
James’s burial-ground. 
10th. Mr, Simon, a respectable 
hatter in Vere-street, Oxford-road. 
Being acquainted with one of the 
domestics, he went to the house of 
the duke de Berri, in George-street, 
Manchester-square; and being ac- 
counted an excellent swordsman, the 
domestic asked him if he would 
take a foil, andindulge him with a 
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lesson im the small-sword exercise. 
Mr. 5. replied, ‘‘ 1 am now very 
stiff, and have had no exercise in 
the small-sword for several months ; 
but, to gratify your curiosity, PM 
take a trial with you.” He stripped 
off his coat; took the foil; and, 
after a very grand introductory sa- 
late, for which Mr. S. was counted 
one of the first in England, pointed . 
his guard; but, on the first parry, 
he clapt his hand to his right breast, 
and exclaimed, “‘ My God! iam 
no more!” Instamtly the foil felt 
from his hand; and, before he could 
fall backwards, he was caught in 
the arms of the gentleman with him, 
and placed in a chair, where he ex- 
pired in a few minutes. 
16th. At Newcastle, Mrs. Dixon, 
daughter of the late col. Gardner, 
and sister of the present adm. lord 
Gardner. 
At Rome, in her 75th year} the 
princess Matilda, of Este, sister of 
the late duke of Parma. 
At his apartments, in Greenwich 
hospital, after a few days illness of 
a paralytic stroke, in his 51st year, 
John Willet Payne, esq. rear-adm. 
of the red, yice-adm. of the coasts’ 
of Devonshire and Cornwall, trea- 
surer of Greenwich hospital, comp- 
troller of the household of his royal 
highness the prince of Wales, and 
lord warden of the stannaries. ‘The 
professional and private character of 
this gentleman have long stood so 
high m the public estimation, that 
they can gain no addition by any 
eniogy. He began his career in the 
navy, about the year 1769, on board 
the Quebec, of $2 guns, commanded 
by lord Ducie ; served as imidship- 
man on board the Eagle, of 64 guns, 
bearing the ilag of earl Howe, in the 
American wart; whence he was made 
lieutenant, and promoted to the 
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