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followed by numerous carriages of 

 his friends. All the beadles in Bir- 

 mingham rode on horseback, and 

 kept open the way. The corpse, 

 carried by three sets of bearers, was 

 followed by 600 workmen, each of 

 whom had a silver medal presented 

 to him, struck for the occasion. 



At Shuckburgh Hall, sir Stewk- 

 ley Shuckburgh, bart. 54. He was 

 barrack-master at Canterbury, and 

 at Silver Hill, in Sussex, till within 

 a few years, when he succeeded to 

 the baronetage by the death of the 

 late sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn; 

 and was father of the unfortunate 

 young lady who was lately shot by 

 lieut. Sharpe. 



AtLacock Abbey, Eliz. countess 

 dowager of Shrewsbury, relict of 

 George, the late earl, and daughter 

 of the late lord Dormer, aged 85. 



At Costessy Hall, sir William 

 Jerningham, bart. 73. In him his 

 tenantry, both in this county and on 

 his great estates in Staffordshire and 

 Shropshire, have lost a liberal land- 

 lord, the poor a most charitable 

 patron, and the numerous friends to 

 whom his unbounded hospitality 

 offered an ever open mansion, can 

 never forget his frank and courteous 

 manners, and the extraordinary 

 suavity of his deportment. He was 

 a great admirer of literature, and 

 the Album at his seat at Costessy 

 was abundantly supplied with poe- 

 tical eff'usions left by the various 

 guests whom his intelligent conver- 

 sation drew near him. Descended 

 from one of the most ancient fami- 

 lies in the country, he added to the 

 solid worth of the old English gen- 

 tleman, the winning courtesy and 

 gracefulness of modern refinement. 

 Precluded by an adherence to the 

 religious faith of his ancestors from 



parliamentary and most other civil 

 duties, he employed his leisure 

 hours in beautifying on a great 

 scale, the country around his ve- 

 nerable mansion. Of the taste dis- 

 played in the execution of his plans 

 of improvement, the public have 

 been enabled to judge for them- 

 selves, by the kind permission which 

 he gave to all, to ride or walk about 

 his extensive plantations. He is 

 succeeded in his title and estate by 

 his eldest son, George Jerning- 

 ham, esq. of Haughley Park, near 

 Bury. 



At Bristol, aged 19, John Dawes 

 Worgan. He was a Hebrew, Greek, 

 and Latin scholar ; had added the 

 acquirement of the French, Italian, 

 and other modern languages ; and 

 was a poet of no mean order. He 

 had been for some time domestic 

 tutor to the sons of Dr. Jenner, who 

 discovered his brilliant talents, but 

 whose sagacity always predicted an 

 early grave to this specimen of pre- 

 mature genius. He was a sincere 

 christian, of amiable manners, and 

 unimpeachable morals. 



At Orielton, in the county of 

 Pembroke, in the 27th year of his 

 age, sir Hugh Owen, bart, M. P. 

 for Pembroke. By his death his 

 native country has been deprived of 

 a steady and zealous friend to its 

 prosperity, and will therefore deeply 

 lament it. The friends of the an- 

 cient house of Orielton, who were 

 acquainted with the real worth of 

 his disposition, his intelligent mind, 

 and his honourable principles, will 

 very long deplore the severe loss 

 which they have sustained. He is 

 succeeded in his title and estates 

 by Mr. Lord, a barrister. 



In Baker-street, Portman-square, 

 sir John Murray, bart, of Black 



Baroncy, 



