CHRONICLE. 
bridge. Betham’s; Baronetage, vol. 
IIl. pp. 21, 23. 
Two royal visits to thelord Keeper 
Egerton at Harelield are recorded in 
the 3d volume of*‘‘* Queen Eliza- 
beth’s Progresses,” 1601 and 1602 ; 
where we find also that the late 
worthy baronet (sir Roger Newdi- 
gate) was once possessed of an ac- 
count in MS. of this visit, with a 
collection of the complimentary 
Speeches with which, as was custo- 
mary on these occasions, she was 
addressed. The MS. is unfortunate- 
ly lost ; but sir Roger Newdigate re- 
collected that the queen was first 
weleomed to a farm-house, now 
called Dews farm, by several alle- 
gorical persons, ‘who attended her 
to a long avenue of trees leading to 
the house, which obtained from this 
circumstance the name of The 
Queen’s walk. Four ‘trees of this 
avenue still remain, and the greater 
part were standing not many years 
ago. Warton’s Milton, p. 46. 
“asth. At his house,’ near Ken- 
sington'Gravel-pits, Phomas Coombe, 
esq.; his residence in London was 
No. 4, Cork-street, Burlington-gar- 
dens. His fortune resulted from an 
ignoble trade (that of a tailor,) if in 
‘a commercial country like England 
any trade can be deemed ignoble 
that is carried on with assiduity, li- 
berality, and fair-dealing, With 
more than an ample income, in full 
health of body aad ease of mind, of 
_ exuberant spirits, and blessed with 
tle friendships of many good and 
even titled families, Mr. Coombe re- 
tired to apparent happiness and lei- 
sure at Kensington, with an amiable 
Wife and an only son.—But, in an 
evil hour, listening too credulously 
to a plausible project, he sunk vast 
sums of money in a mine, whence 
not a shilling ever rose again, The 
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first grievous shock, on his being 
certified of his loss, and his subse- 
quent settled chagrin, preyed most 
fatally on his peace of mind. Loss 
of spirits, sleep, appetite, and 
strength, progressively and rapidly 
ensued ; till, on Tuesday, he breath- 
ed his last heavy sigh, dying literally 
of abroken heart!!! His health, 
friends, an enormous fortune, and 
still sweeter enjoyments, were by 
one sad passion, the thirst of gain, all 
rendered ineffectual ; and a hazar- 
dous speculation in a mine ruined 
his sublunary comforts irretriev- 
ably! 
At his house in Devonshire-place, 
Mary-la-Bonne, in his 86th year, 
and aftera few days illness, admiral 
sir Richard King, bart. ; a most dis- 
tinguished and gallant officer, whose 
services have richly adorned our 
naval history. He was twice re- 
turned to parliament for Rochester ; 
and is succeeded in title by his only 
son, capt. King of the Achille, of 
74 guns, which he commanded in the 
ever-memorable and glorious victory 
off Trafalgar. His remains were in- 
terred, Dec. 4, in the west aile of St. 
Mary-la-Bonne church, attended by 
a great number of his relatives aud 
friends. The chief- mourners were, 
his son-in-law, Mr. Babbs, Mr. 
James Barnet (banker,) and James 
Horton, esq. 
26th. At Richmond, Surrey, in 
his 55th year, the rev. Thomas 
Wakefield, B. A. 30 years minister 
of that parish, son of George W. 
vicar there from 1766 to 1776, on 
the death of his father; and bro- 
ther of the late Gilbert W. who at 
his solicitation published his ** Re- 
marks on the internal Kvidence of 
the Christian Religion, 1789,” Svo. 
which went through two editions; 
and to whose memory he placed a 
menument 
