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pected from him, had he enjoyed a 

 longer term of existence. 



^11- Joseph Woods, esq. aged 74, 

 a member of the Society of 

 Friends ; a man of retired habits, 

 but of cultivated understanding, 

 strict integrity, and kind disposi- 

 tion. He was from the first a 

 member of the society for the abo- 

 lition of the slave trade, wKose 

 cause he effectually served by his 

 clear and eloquent writings. 



30. Lieutenant-general Baron de 

 Hompesck. 



John Mackenzie, esq. of Glasgow, 

 aged 70, a gentleman distinguished 

 by his ardour in promoting all the 

 best interests of mankind. He was 

 an eminent agriculturist, an en- 

 lightened patriot, and a true sage. 



Lately, Ladi/ William Seymour, 

 widow of Lord William Seymour. 



Lord Massey, Hermitage, Lime- 

 rick. 



Sir Joseph Peacocke, Bart. Barn- 

 tick, county of Clare, aged 78. 



At Rio Janeiro, the Marquis of 

 Pombal, son of the celebrated 

 prime-minister of that name. 



July. 



9- James Mingay, esq. senior 

 king's counsel, a bencher of the 

 Inner Temple, and recorder of Aid- 

 borough, long eminent at the 

 bar. He. was member for Thetford 

 in the short-lived parliament of 

 1806. 



10. The honourable J. Bligh Jo- 

 celyn, second son of the Earl of 

 Roden, and a lieutenant in the 

 navy. 



At Berlin, Charles Lewis Wilde- 

 now, M. D. professor of botany, 

 and member of the Academy of 

 Sciences, in that city, author of 



the Flora Berolinensis, ahd otheir 

 esteemed botanical works. 



11. David Rattray, M. D. aged 

 75, more than fifty years a physi- 

 cian at Coventry, in high reputa- 

 tion, and extensive practice. 



U.- Sir T. Fletcher, Bart, of 

 Betley-court, aged 66. 



16. Rev. William Murray, D.D, 

 aged 75, for thirty-six years mas- 

 ter of the free-school of Dungan- 

 non. 



20. Lady de Crespigny, Rich- 

 mond-house, Surrey. 



21. Joseph Denman, M. D. aged 

 82, late physician at Bakewell, 

 Derbyshire, and an active magi- 

 strate in that county : author of 

 an Essay on the Buxton Waters, 



22. At the battle of Salamanca, 

 Major-general Le Marchant, a na- 

 tive of Guernsey. He served his 

 first campaign under the Duke of 

 York on the Continent, where, 

 having observed the superior use of 

 the cavalry sword by the Hunga- 

 rian hussars, he was principally 

 instrumental in introducing the 

 same sj'stem into the British army. 

 He had afterwards a great share in 

 the establishment of the Royal Mi- 

 litary College, of which he was ap; 

 pointed lieutenant-governor. He 

 was sent to Portugal in 1811, with 

 the command of a brigade of caval- 

 ry, where he distinguished himself 

 as an active and enterprising officer, 

 and obtained the public approba- 

 tion of Lord Wellington. 



23. John Davies, esq. aged 94, 

 captain in the royals. He had 

 served at Dettingen and Fontenoy, 

 and was aid-de-camp to General 

 Hawley. 



24. Francis Hardy, esq. aged 

 61. He had been eighteen years 

 representative for Mullingar in the 



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