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M.D. in the university of Oxford, 
where he took the degree of M. A. 
in 1759, and that of doctor in 1767, 
for which last he went out grand 
compounder. He was formerly 
one of the travelling fellows ou Dr. 
Radcliffe’s foundation; and for 
many years before his death had 
been physician to the king, to the 
queen, and to the prince of Wales. 
The bulk of his great fortune, up- 
wards of 8000]. a-year (a great 
part of it landed property in York- 
shire) he has bequeathed, after the 
death of his wife, to her royal high- 
ness the princess Mary, their ma- 
jesties’ fourth daughter. 
25th, Interred together this day, 
aged about ninéty years each, Jo- 
seph and Jane Martin, of Ardbirn, 
near Banbridge, in the North of 
Ireland. They were born in one 
year, had lived together 62 years, 
were each distinguishable for a good 
share of natural understanding, have 
left their family in respectable cir- 
cumstances, by their industry, and 
will be long remembered as peacea- 
ble and kind neighbours. 
26th, At the hotel de la Patrie, 
at Rennes, in France, on his way to 
Paris, admiral Villeneuve, com- 
mander of the French fleet in the 
battle of Trafalgar. He is known 
te have been Jaided at Morlaix, in 
the night between the 22d and 23d, 
froma small boat, which our port- 
admiral would have dissuaded him 
from taking; but his reason was, 
“that a large vessel could not be ad- 
fore followed, and kept him in 
sight till he landed. It is said he 
stabbed himself; but the motive 
that induced him to commit an act 
of suicide is unknown. He was 
found in his chamber quite undress- 
ed, and with five wounds, given by 
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mitted into that port, which there- . 
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a knife, in his left side. According 
to the position of his body at the 
time, it is supposed that, after he 
had stabbed himself, he threw him- 
self upon the bed, pressing himself 
upon the handle of the knife, which 
still remained in his body, to hasten 
his dissolution. History wil! re- 
cord, that the three admirals, Eng. 
lish, Spanish, and French, engaged 
in that glorious and ever-memorable 
battle, have all lost their lives. 
The English admiral was killed out. 
right ; admiral Gravina died of the 
wounds he had received in the bat. 
tle ; and admiral Villencuve finished 
his mortal career with his own hand. 
We believe this to be a true state of 
the case; it having been so. stated 
by an English gentleman, one of a 
small number lately returned from 
‘Verdun, and whois now in London, 
who was at Rennes, and at the same 
hotel, the day after the death of ad- 
miral V. He saw the admiral’s ser- 
vant, and others who knew the 
whole of the melancholy transaction, 
and there is nu doubt that the ad- 
miral killed himself in a fit of de 
rangement, of which he had exhi- 
bited symptoms for some days be- 
fore. Pisto!s, &c. had been care- 
fully kept out of his way, but he 
contrived to secrete a Knife; and 
on breaking open his chamber door 
he was found dead, with the handle 
of the knife in his hand, and the point 
of it in his heart. It may be pro- 
per, however, to state, that it has 
been suggested that he, like Pichegru 
and Wright, fell by foul means, A cir- 
cumstance which is considered as ex- 
pressive of Bonaparte’s knowledge of 
this transaction, and of his wish to re- 
move suspicion from himself, is, that 
‘on the evening after the murder, a 
letter reached Rennes, from the mi- 
nister of marine, addressed to ad- 
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