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4. Mrs. Abington, aged 84, 
She was, during a long period, 
one of the most distinguished 
actresses on the English stage, 
frequently performing parts in 
concert with Garrick, and with 
not inferior nature and anima- 
tion. In her latter years of re- 
tirement she lived in the best so- 
ciety, by which she was highly 
respected. : 
5. At Nice, Sir Stephen Richard 
Glynne, bart. in his 35th year. 
13. ‘Lady Wolff, relict of Sir 
Jacob Wolff, bart. 
_17. John Hey, D. D. in his 81st 
year. 
rine-hall, Cambridge, in 1751, 
and was long a tutor in Sidney 
College, where he gave lectures 
in morality, which were much 
attended. In 1780 he was elect- 
ed the first Norrisian professor 
of divinity, in which office he 
continued till 1795. His learn- 
ed lectures were printed at the 
university press, in 4 vols. Svo. 
1796-98 ; and he also publish- 
ed seven sermons on different oc- 
casions, Discourses on the ma- 
levolent Sentiments, 1 vol., and a 
Poem on the Redemption, which 
obtained the Seatonian prize. He 
resigned in 1814 the two livings » 
he possessed in Northampton- 
shire, and removed to London, 
_ where he died, retaining the 
powers of his mind to the 
last. 
20. Mrs. Porteus, relict of the 
late Bishop of London. 
22. Sir Willoughby Aston, bart. 
aged. 67. 
Lately, John Ferriar, M. D. 
aged 51, an eminent physician of 
Manchester, and known by vari- 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
He was admitted of Catha- | 
1815. 
ous publications. His professional 
works were “ Medical Histories 
and Reflections,” 3 vols. ‘On 
the Medical Properties of the Di- 
gitalis Purpurea, or Foxglove.” 
In general literature he pub- 
lished several papers in the 
*¢ Manchester Memoirs,’? and 
particularly distinguished him- 
self as the detector of the source: 
whence Sterne borrowed many of: 
his ideas. His papers on this sub- 
ject were collected by him into a 
volume entitled ‘ Illustrations of 
Sterne.” He also wrote a poeti- 
cal Epistle to Mr. Heber, en-. 
titled, «* Bibliomania,”? His last 
literary production, was “ An 
Essay towards a Theory of Appa- 
ritions,’? 8vo. 1813, in which he 
adopted the idea of real illusion 
from physical causes. , 
April. 
1. Sir John Stuart, K. B.a 
Lieut.-gen. and Lieut.-gov. of 
Grenada. The title of Count of 
Maida, was conferred on him by 
the King of the two Sicilies, 
on account of his gallantry in the’ 
battle of that name. 
9. Lady Mary Fitzgerald, inher 
90th year, in consequence of her 
clothes taking fire. She was sis- 
ter of the late Earl of Bristol, 
and related to several of the first 
nobility. 
10. Geo. Ellis, esq. F.R.S.F.S. A. 
aged 70. This gentleman was dis- 
tinguished for his talents in ele- 
gant literature, and his intimate 
acquaintance with the early Eng- 
lish writers. Among his first at-- 
tempts at composition were con- 
tributions to those celebrated po- 
litical satires in their day, “ The 
Rolliad,”. and ‘Probationary » 
