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illness, in the prospect of the first 

 distinctions of that profession 

 which was his pride, and the full 

 attainnaent of every other happi- 

 ness. 



At Antigua, in thetwenty-third 

 year of his age, Major George 

 Gordon, of the eighth West India 

 regiment, nephew of Colonel Gor- 

 don, military secretary to the Earl 

 of Harrington. His career was 

 short, but brilliant. He served 

 in the expedition to Zealand, was 

 aid-de-camp to General Anstru- 

 ther, in the memorable battle of 

 Vimiera; and commanded, with 

 great credit to himself, the sixth 

 regiment, during the campaign in 

 Spain, which corps was the last of 

 the British army that embarked 

 at Corunna. A higher eulogium 

 cannot be pronounced upon Major 

 Gordon, than to say, that he was 

 patronised by those great and 

 good men, the late Sir John 

 Moore and General Anstruther, 

 who honoured him with their 

 friendship. Though snatched 

 away at such an early age, he 

 lived long enough to gain the af- 

 fectionate esteem, as his immature 

 death has occasioned the deepest 

 regret, to all who knew him. 



MARCH. 



In hissixty-seventhyear, Town, 

 ley Ward, Esq. solicitor, of Hen- 

 rietta Street, Covent Garden, and 

 Monkey Island, Berks, one of the 

 oldest and most eminent practi- 

 tioners in the profession. He was 

 the son of the Rev. Henry Ward, 

 by Janet his wife, one of the 

 three daughters and co-heiresses 

 of Henry Townley, late of Button 

 Hall, in the county of Lancaster, 

 Esq. Mr. Ward commenced busi- 

 ness in Henrietta Street, in theyear 



1766, and his eminent abilities, 

 aided by a persevering disposition 

 and strong mind, acquired him 

 that distinction in his profession, 

 which he maintained to his last 

 moments. In politics, he was a 

 staunch whig, and took a very 

 active part in Mr. Fox's first elec- 

 tion for Westminster, and his zeal 

 was unabated when in conjunc- 

 tion with Edmund Burke, Esq. 

 and other distinguished charac- 

 ters, he v/armly espoused the 

 cause of his friend. Lord John 

 Townsend, in his opposition to 

 Lord Hood. Mr. Ward was mar- 

 ried, in 1772, to Miss Eieonoja 

 Hucks, a lady distinguished for 

 personal charms and accomplish- 

 ments, who died in 1800, and by 

 whom he had no children. Mr. 

 Ward not having left any issue, 

 or any consanguineous relation, 

 he has devised the Willows, and 

 all his real and personal property 

 to Patrick Crawfurd Bruce, Esq. 

 of Taplow Lodge, with whom he 

 has, for many years, been on the 

 most intimate terms of friendship. 

 He has also bequeathed upwards 

 of 20,000/. to his friends, confi- 

 dential clerks, and old servants. 



Aged twenty-six, the Hon. 

 William Frederick Eden, eldest 

 son of Lord Auckland, M. P. for 

 Woodstock, Deputy Teller of 

 the Exchequer, and Lieutenant- 

 Colonel of the St. John's and 

 St. Margaret's volunteers. This 

 gentleman had been missing ever 

 since the evening of January 

 19th, and his body was found 

 in the Thames on February 25th. 

 During this interval, every pos- 

 sible inquiry was made, and re- 

 wards offered for the discovery of 

 him, by his anxious parents. On 

 thelast mentioned day, abargeman 

 perceived the body floating in the 



