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The neighbours broke into the 

 room, and found him lying on his 

 face, dead ; a ball having entered 

 his forehead, and shot away part 

 of his head. He had a pistol in 

 each hand, and one was found 

 loaded. Verdict — Inscmity. 



At Fulham, aged seventy-three, 

 Nathaniel Kent, esq. an eminent 

 land agent, whose morality, strict 

 integrity, and urbanity of manners, 

 added to a conscientious discharge 

 of his professional duties towards 

 landlord and tenant, had Jong en- 

 deared him to numerous friends 

 and acquaintance. 



At Windsor, November the2nd, 

 her Royal Highness the PRIN- 

 CESS AMELIA, the youngest 

 child of their Majesties. She was 

 born August 7th, 1783, and was 

 from early youth of a very tender 

 and delicate constitution, being fre- 

 quentlyattacked with severe indis- 

 position. In her person she was 

 tall and slender, and her air was 

 most graceful and prepossessing. 

 Illness had impressed its marks on 

 her countenance, and scattered 

 lilies over her cheeks. In her 

 manners she was so mild, elegant, 

 and amiable, as to win every heart. 

 Thefrequency of her indispositions 

 prevented her from studying as 

 deeply as her eldest sisters, yet 

 she cultivated the fine arts with 

 great success. In music and 

 painting she was a proficient. She 

 met with few rivals on the piano- 

 forte, and displayed a classical 

 taste, both in her selection and 

 execution of pictures. A model 

 of filial piety ; her love for her 

 father was revealed in all her ac- 

 tions, and was so tenderly expres- 

 sed a few days before her death, as 

 to occasion the unfortunate illness 

 under which he still continues to 

 labour. Dignified, though conde- 



scending ; benevolent, without os- 

 tentation ; lively, though a prey to 

 sickness, which usually quencl>€S 

 the spirits as well as the health 

 of youth, she was beloved by all 

 those who lived within the sphere 

 of hearing of her virtues. Some 

 symptoms of the illftess vi'hicli 

 terminated her existence, having 

 revealed themselves early, her 

 royal highness tried the effects of 

 sea-bathing, and derived much 

 benefit from that practice. Her 

 favourite amusement was that of 

 riding, in which she was conspi- 

 cuous for her elegance and skill. 

 Exercise, however, and all the re- 

 sources of the medical art, could 

 but delay the fatal hour; her dis- 

 order began to gain ground in an 

 alarming manner upwards of two 

 years ago, and when the first jubi- 

 lee of his majesty was celebrated, 

 she was lying on the bed of sick- 

 ness, with but little hopes of reco- 

 very. Towards the middle of last 

 summer, however, she regained 

 strength enough to sit up in her 

 apartments, and to take a short 

 walk into the garden. About a 

 month before her decease, her 

 royal highness was attacked with 

 St. Anthony's fire, which brought 

 on a relapse, which afforded her 

 an opportunity of displaying the 

 noblest christian faith and fortitude, 

 during weeks of prolonged agony, 

 uncheered by any ray of hope. 

 During the last few days her 

 strength had been rapidly wasting 

 away ; and she closed her eyes as 

 in a kindly sleep. It would be in- 

 justice to the memory of this ex- 

 cellent princess, to ascribe all her 

 patience and fortitude to the natural 

 frame of her mind, as the habit of 

 devotion to which she had been 

 trained and led by parental ex* 

 ample, and the true principles of 



