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dirougli life. She was the person 

 wlio first discovered the method of 

 rearing what are now called the 

 potatoe-oats, so generally cultivat- 

 ed, and with such success, in va- 

 rious parts of the kingdom. The 

 circumstance which led to it was, 

 the deceased's observing a single 

 stem of oats growing on a potatoe 

 rig, the seed of which had been 

 conveyed thither bythe wind. Ob- 

 serving that the straw was uncom- 

 monly strong, when the grain was 

 matured, she preserved it, and used 

 it for seed the ensuingseason, which 

 succeeding in a very extraordinary 

 degree, the method was soon after 

 adopted by numbers of farmers. 



At Nice Blundell, near Liver- 

 pool, Henry Blundell, esq. in the 

 twenty-seventh year of his age. 

 As a patron of the fine arts, and an 

 encourager of deserving merit in 

 whatever shape it presented itself, 

 he stood unrivalled. Of his bene- 

 volent and extensive charities, our 

 public institutions bear ample tes- 

 timony-, and in private life he pos- 

 sessed, in a most eminent degree, 

 every social tie and endearing 

 quality that human nature is ca- 

 pable of. The remains of this 

 much esteemed gentleman were 

 interred in the family vault in 

 Sephton church, attended to the 

 grave by a numerous assemblage 

 of the neighbouring gentry, te- 

 nantry, and servants, amidst a con- 

 course of spectators, who were 

 gathered together to witness this 

 tribute of respect to the memory 

 of departed worth. The proces- 

 sion extended nearly half a mile. 

 There were forty-six carriages, 

 only three of which were empty. 



At Venice, the French general 

 Menou; celebrated in the cam- 

 paignatEgypt. He appears to have 

 been a favourite of Bonaparte; for 



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he protected him on his return to 

 France against all his officers, who 

 attributed the necessity of evacu- 

 ating that country to his misma- 

 nagement. Like his friend Bona- 

 parte, he changed his religion, 

 married an Egyptian woman, wore 

 the turban, and took the name of 

 Abdallah Menou. Bonaparte made 

 him a count, and governor of 

 Venice, but never entrusted him 

 with any military command, where 

 active operations were going on. 



During the defence of FortMa- 

 tagorda, Cadiz, major Lefevre, 

 royal engineer, by a cannon-ball. 

 By his death the army has lost a 

 mostintelligentofficer. Upon every 

 occasion in which his services were 

 demanded, he evinced the utmost 

 bravery and zeal; but it was chiefly 

 at the battle of Maidathat he dis- 

 played those qualities. The talents 

 he manifested in a distinct com- 

 mand which was entrusted to him 

 in that ever-memorable battle, en- 

 titled him to the honour of a me- 

 dal, which was intended to be con- 

 ferred only on officers of superior 

 rank ; but his claims were unde- 

 niable, and the reward which was 

 due to his gallant exertions, was in 

 justice granted, as a fair distinc- 

 tion which he had earned on that 

 glorious day. The reputation he 

 had acquired attracted the notice 

 of his majesty's government ; and 

 he was, with great propriety, se- 

 lected as an officer in every respect 

 qualified to give the Spaniards the 

 aid of his talents, and to obtain 

 such intelligence respecting the 

 state of things in Spain, as could 

 be relied upon for the extent and 

 the accuracy of its details. In the 

 performance of both these services 

 he gave the utmost satisfaction. 

 Major Lefevre may be truly said 

 tohave existed only for the service. 



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