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Paris, &c. He was born at Ge- 

 neva, and was for many years 

 reader to lier Majesty. The great 

 object of his study was the inves- 

 tigation of the arrangement and 

 composition of the globe, in whicli 

 it was his purpose to pro^"e tlie 

 evidence of the scriptures by plain 

 and demonstrable facts. Jn pur- 

 suit of this intention he visited 

 most of the countries of Europe, 

 ■where he made hiiuself known to 

 most of the men of science of the 

 age. The fruit of his diflFerent 

 inquiries were a treatise on Geo- 

 logy, and six volumes of Geolo- 

 gical travels. For several years he 

 was confined to his room by the 

 infirmities of age, but his scien- 

 tific ardour remained unabated. 



12. In the 72d year of her age. 

 Dame Mary Evehjn, widow of Sir 

 Frederick Evelyn of Wootton in 

 Surrey, bart. and only issue of 

 William Turton, Esq. 



14. Ac Mr. Coke's, in Norfolk, 

 in her 4'2d year, the Right Hon. 

 Countess of Albemarle, after a pre- 

 mature labour. She was the fourth 



daughter of Edward Lord de Clif- 

 ford, and of fifteen children eleven 

 survive her. 



17. At Canterbury, in his 62d 

 5'ear, Sir Robert Salisbury, bart. 



24. At Edinburgh, Sir Patrick 

 Inglis, bart. 



December. 



12. At Edinburgh, Sir J. Hen- 

 derson, bart. 



IS. At Cambridge, in his 25th 

 year, the Hon. Charles Fox Mait- 

 land, youngest son of the Earl of 

 Lauderdale. 



25. At Hampton Court Palace, 

 Right Hon. Lady Caroline Herbert, 

 relict of Charles Herbert, Esq. 

 and sister to the late Duke of 

 Manchester. 



At the rectory of St. Paul's, 

 Deptford, the Rev. Dr. Charles 

 Burncy, an excellent scholar, and 

 a truly benevolent divine. 



28. At Oakley-Park, near Lud- 

 low, in her 84th year, Margaret 

 Lady Clive, relict of Robert first 

 Lord Clive. 



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