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ed by the shot, there being no ap- 

 pearance of it but the smaii perfo- 

 ration where the bullet penetrated, 

 which was on the left side of her 

 head. A more angelic corpse was 

 never seen, as in life, so in death, 

 her countenance exhibited a smile 

 of complacency. Her remains were 

 interred in the family vault at 

 Shuckburgh, on Monday the 3rd 

 of April. The amiable and virtu- 

 ous life of this young lady, is the 

 only source of consolation which 

 Jier distressed family and friends 

 have under this extraordinary and 

 most afflictive occurrence. 



At Tackbrook, in the lOIst year 

 of his age, Thomas Smith, esq. 

 His benevolence to the poor caused 

 him to be sincerely regretted by all 

 those who knew him. He retained 

 his faculties to the last moment, 

 and used to walk twenty miles a-day 

 to superintend his farms, and per- 

 formed that arduous task in the 

 week preceding his death. 



Athishouse,inCavendish-square, 

 aged 73, George Simon Harcourt, 

 earl Harcourt, and viscount Nune- 

 ham, of Nuneham-Courtney, in 

 Oxfordshire. 



At Dover, John Bazely, esq. ad- 

 miral of the Blue. Though fortune 

 did not favour this gentleman with 

 so many opportunities of displaying 

 his skill and prowess as she afforded 

 some of his brave contemporaries, 

 yet his services were of an active 

 and advantageous nature, and claim 

 for him the gratitude of his coun- 

 try. 



In Guy's Hospital, Wm. Cum- 

 mins, formerly belonging to his 

 majesty's ship Isis, Several years 

 ago, according to Lis own account, 

 this man swallowed six of his mess- 

 mates' knives in a drunken frolic, 



and that, feeling no immediate bad 

 consequences, he had on two subse- 

 quent occasions, swallowed twelve 

 or thirteen more. For these two 

 years past, he had applied, at fre- 

 quent intervals, for admission into 

 various hospitals, and he was uni- 

 formly dismissed as an impostor, 

 upon telling his strange story. He 

 was received into Guy's only a few 

 weeks ago, after having been strip- 

 ped and minutely examined by Dr. 

 Babington and Mr. Ashley Cooper. 

 On opening the body, a portion of 

 iron, four inches long, was found 

 loose in the abdomen; and another 

 was making its way through the 

 Ischiatic notch. In the stomach 

 were several portions of iron ; one 

 liningof a small pocket knife; two 

 small ornaments of a knife handle, 

 apparently of silver; and a naval 

 captain's uniform button. Of the 

 pieces of iron, twelve are distinctly 

 the remains of blades, and two 

 others may possibly be considered 

 so. The remaining fragments are 

 portions of the springs and linings 

 of the knife handles, some of them 

 tapering to a point, and as sharp 

 as a pin. The blades are all corrod- 

 ed, longitudinally, giving the ap- 

 pearance of several parallel grooves, 

 running lengthways. The silver 

 appears to be uninjured. He swal- 

 lowed the knives in 1805, and void- 

 ed some of them in 1807. When 

 the fact was publicly made known, 

 it did not obtain general belief, 

 though most respectablysupported; 

 but his death, connected with these 

 circumstances, must destroy every 

 doubt. 



At Thorndon Hall, the rt. hon. 

 Robert Edward, lord Petre, baron 

 of Writtle, 45. His lordship suc- 

 ceeded his father in 1801, but being 



a Roman 



