540 
extinct at his death. About three 
o’clock she rang the bell, and or- 
dered the cook to bring up the bill 
of fare, and, while in the act of ex- 
amining it, and informing the cook 
that some private friends were com- 
ing to dine with her, he observed a 
manifest change in her whole coun- 
tenance ; when she retired to her 
chair, and in a few minutes after 
expired without a groan. By her 
decease, one of the finest estates in 
England comes to the heir at law, 
not less, at the present rents, than 
17,0001. a-year, in Warwickshire, 
Staffordshire, and Cheshire.. But 
what makes this estate of immense 
value is, that the rents have not 
been raised these sixty years, the 
good old Jady not wishing to raise 
them, as her brother had adopted 
that line of conduct; and at this 
moment, if re-let, it is supposed the 
annual revenue would not be Jess 
than 50,0001. The late lord Leigh 
died insane ; and the worthy lady, 
whose death we now record, was 
not unmarked in her character by 
some eccentricity ; but it was of the 
most harmless nature, and always 
turned on the humane and benevo- 
lent part of her disposition. Her 
munificence was immense, she hav- 
ing been known to give, what she 
called her four years’ savings 
(20,000].) away at one time, to a 
distant connexion. Her charities 
were very extensive, and, upon the 
whole, her loss will be long felt in 
the little circle in which she moved. 
Her funeral, attended by a nume- 
rous and respectable tenantry, pro- 
ceed from Stonleigh-abbey, to the 
place of interment, in the family 
vault at Stonleigh church, on. the 
14th inst, when an appropriate ser- 
mon was delivered on the occasion, 
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by the rev. Mr. Thomas vicar of 
the parish. She had always re- 
quested that she might be buried in 
the same cloaths she should have on 
at the time she died. This request 
of course has been rigidly attended 
to, and she was buried in a hoop, 
whichshe wasat all times accustomed 
to wear, avery handsome silk gown, 
a beautiful cap, which has on it a 
profusion of remarkably rich lace, 
and other articles of dress of consi« 
derable value. 
4th, At Forest-house, Leyton, 
Essex, in his 63d year, Samuel Bo- 
sanquet, esq. His whole time and 
talents were devoted to the service 
of others. Though never engaged in 
business upon his own account, he 
made the commercial interests of 
his country his particular study 
from a very early age. To the 
trade of the Levant company, of 
which he was deputy-governor, he 
devoted a large portion of his time. 
Yo the concerns of the Bank of 
Kngland, of which he was for many 
years a director, his attention was 
unremitting, and his opinion upon 
commercial subjeéts was frequently 
resorted to by those who held the 
highest situations in the state. The 
duties of a magistrate inthe country 
he discharged with thesame activity, 
and the same advantage to his 
neighbourhood. 
5th. At Newcastle, aged 85, the 
rev. Ilugh Moises, M. A. head mas~ 
ter of the grammar-school, there ; 
in which situation he contributed 
not a little to the formation of some 
of the first characters of the coun- 
try, lord Eldon, lord Collingwood, 
sir William Scott, &c. &c. 
At his house in George-street, 
Portman-square, Arthur Richard 
Dillon, archbishop and duke of 
Narbonne, 
