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cond baronet of that family; by 
whom he left Thomas Boothby 
Parkyns, the late lord Rancliffe, so 
created (and father of George- 
Augustus-Henry-Anne, the present 
lord) in 1795. By two succeeding 
wives he has alsoissue. 
19th. At Dr. Watson’s academy, 
Shooter’s-hill, co. Kent, a young 
gentleman of the name of Harvey, 
aged 18, after having Joaded a mus- 
ket with which he had been accus- 
tomed to go through the manual ex- 
ercise, left the house on pretence of 
going to shoot sparrows; but, in- 
stead thereof, went into an out- 
house, and, the more etfectually to 
complete his purpose, tied the trig- 
ger of the musket to his foot, then 
placing his head on the muzzle, in- 
stantly blew out his brains. No 
cause can be assigned for the rash 
attion, having been liberally treated 
by his friends, and just received an 
appointment as a cadet to India. 
Verdié, lunacy. 
20th. At Guildford, Surrey, after 
an illness of three months, Miss 
Anne Russell, eldest daughter of the 
Jate John R. gent. one of the magis- 
tratesof thattown. She was seized 
with an apoplexy and palsy on the 
23d of December last, when to ap- 
_ pearance, in good health, which re- 
‘duced her to a weak state, like an 
infant; but her speech and under- 
standing were not affected till a day 
or two before she died. During the 
whole of her illness she gave a de- 
cided testimony to the truth of 
_ Christianity, by which she was great- 
ly supported; and with a perfeét 
resignation Jooked forward with a 
hope full of immortality to her last 
moment. 
22d. This morning a ducl was 
fought on Galleywood common, 
near Chelmsford, Essex, between 
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lieutenant Torrens and surgeon 
Fisher, both of the 6th regiment of 
foot, in barracks there. The parties, 
with their seconds, arrived on the 
spot appointed for the encounter at 
day-break, when, the preliminaries 
having been settled, they took a 
short distance, and, turning round, 
fired at the same instant. ‘The lieu- 
tenant received his antagonist’s ball 
in the groin, and immediately fell ; 
on which Mr, F. went up and took 
him by the hand, expressing much 
regretat the lamentable consequence 
that had ensued; as, from the na- 
ture of the wound, he was appre- 
hensive it would prove mortal. As. 
sistance having been procured, 
lieutenant ‘T. was removed to a 
windmill at a short distance, and — 
thence, as soon as possible, con. 
veyed to his apartments in the bar. 
racks, where every attention was 
rendered that -his unfortunate situa- 
tion could require. The ball, having 
lodged on the side opposite to which 
it entered, was extracted by Dr. 
Welch, at 4 o’clock the same after. 
noon, but he expired between 9 and 
10 the following morning. Coroner’s 
verdiét, wilful murder against Mr. 
‘¥, and the twoseconds, one of whom 
is under arrest; but Mr. F. and the 
other have absconded. 
At his lordship’s house in Hume- 
street, Dublin, the most noble 
Charles marquis of Ely, earl of Ely, 
viscount and baron Loftus, of Lof- 
tus-hall, in Ireland, sand an Eng- 
lish peer, by the title of baron Lof- 
tus of Long Loftus, in Yorkshire, 
knight of the illustrious order of St. 
Patrick, governor and custos rotu- 
lorum of the county of Wexford, 
one of his majesty’s privy counsel- 
lors, and joint postmaster-general of 
The marquis was born 
Jan. 23, 17385; married June 23, 
1766, 
