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Forbes fent an immediate anfwer ; he told the 
-Minifters, the Generalhip of the Marines was 
a military employment, given him by his Ma- 
jetty, as a reward for his fervices—that he 
thanked Ged he had never been a burthen to 
his country, which he had jerved during a long 
life to the beft of his ability—and that he 
would not condefcend to accept of a penfion or 
bargain for a peerage. He concluded, by lay- 
ing his Generalihip of the Marines, together 
with his rank in the navy, at the King’s feet, 
entreating him ‘to take both away, if they 
could forward his fervice ; and, at the fame 
time, afluring his Majcity, he would never 
prove himfelf unworthy of the former henours 
he had received, by ending the remnant of a 
long life on a penfion, or accepting of a peer- 
age, obtained by political arrangement. His 
gracious mafter applauded his {pirit, ever 
after continued him in his high military ho- 
nours, and to the day of his death condefcend- 
ed to fhew him trong marks of his regard: 
On the x8th, his rernains were removed 
from his houfe in Saville-row to Watford 
Church in Hertfordthire, where his lady is in- 
“terred in the family vault of the Earl of Effex, 
to whom fhe was half-fitter. The funeral 
was very private, only one coach following the 
corpfe, with the fervants of the deceafed, con- 
fitting of a footman, valet, cook, and houfe- 
keeper. 
near 200,000}. which devolves to two daugh- 
ters, coheirefles. To his houfekeeper, and 
two other domeftics, he has bequeathed an- 
huities of 301. each, and to his butler a year’s 
wages. The infcription on his coffin-plate and 
Monument contains not only his titles and 
honourable defcent, but alfo the pedigree of 
his wife. 
13. ‘Fobn Harrifon, Efg. of the Million 
bank. 
At his father’s, Pall-Mall, C. Heberden, Efq3 
’ fon of Dr. H. 
14. At Vauxhall, 7. Snaith, Efq. banker. 
Mrs. Byron, of Portugal-ftreet, Groivenor- 
{quare. 
_. At Clapham, Rev. onathan Gardner, fel- 
Jow of St. John’s, Oxford. 
In New-ftreet, Hanover-fquare, aged 80, 
Mr. Adam Smith. 
15. Mrs. Prince, of Conduit-ftreet. 
March 15. At his houfe, in Percy-ftreet, 
Rathbone-place, Mr. Stephen Storace, the Com- 
pofer, a man of confiderable genius and great 
Skill 5; and better acquainted with the jeu dz 
Theatre than any living mufician. Mr. Storace, 
born in 1763, was the fon of Mr.S. S. a na- 
tive of Italy, who married the daughter of 
Trufler, the proprietor of Marybone-Gardens, 
fo much famed for making ‘ rich Seed Cakes 
and Epping Butter.” In the early part of his 
Alife, he difcovered a ftrong propenfity for mu- 
fic, which his father took fuch pains to culti- 
vate, that at the age of ten or eleven, he was 
.able to perform the moft difficult Solo of Lur- 
tini and Giardini on the violin, with the great- 
elt precifion, According to the fashion of the 
“ 
London Deaths... Storace... Bond, fT 
He has left behind him a fortune of 
[ March 
times, he was placed in a confervatori, of Mu- 
fical college, in Italy ; and thinking the ftudy 
of compofition more refpectable than /craping 
cat-gut, he turned his whole attention to the 
theory of compofition. The proficiency he 
made, we are enabled.to judge of by his early 
productions: he wrote his beft eompofition, 
the finale to the firft att of the Pirates, while 
at Vienna; and moft of .the pieces, for which 
he has fince been fo greatly admired, during 
his refidence upon the Continent. Returning 
to England, he refided fome time at Bath; but 
finding no opening there, or in London, at 
that time, he was induced to give up his mus 
fical purfuits, and turn his attention to Draw 
ing, an art for which ke always had a pre- 
deliction. His introduétion te Drury-Lane 
‘Theatre was occafioned by the friendihip of 
Mr. Kelly, who had known him in Italy. In 
this fituation, he found ample fcope for his 
abilities; and the public thought fo favourably 
of his tafte, that he is faid to have received 
greater prices for fome of his operas from the 
mufic dealers than was ever given before, al- 
though they chiefly confifted of compilations. 
His operas of the greateft popularity are—The 
Hatnted Tower—The Siege of Belgrade—and 
No Song no Supper. As a compoter, he had 
much fire and Ipirit, theugh little originality. 
His chief merit lay in his Quartettos and Fi- 
nales. The melody of his airs were generally 
pleafant, though not always confonant with 
the fentiments of the poet. .An attack of the 
gout in his head fnatched our young compofer 
from the world, at the early age of TH1RTY- 
THRE. He married the daughter of Mr: 
Hall, the engraver, by whom he has left feve- 
ral children. 3 
16. At Brompton, Robert Maundrell, Eig. 
captain of the Wilts militia. 
17. In Manchefter-fquare, the moft noble 
the Marchionefs of Winchefter« 
Mifs Frances Whitfield, of St: Margaret’sy 
Lothbury. 
18. In Margaret-itreet, Cavendith-{quare, 
Mr. H. Bellington. 
At Lambeth, Mr. F. P. Lepard, ftationer, of 
Newgate-ftreet. , 
19. In Little St. Martin’s-lane, Mr. H: 
Vicary, attorney. 
March 19. At his houfe in Lincoln’s-inn- 
fields, George Bond, Efq. one of his Majefty’s 
Serjeants at Law. He‘had lately been mar- 
ried to an accomplithed lady with a large for- 
tune. He pofleiled many of thofe ineftimable 
qualities which endear man te fociety ; and is 
now univerially regretted. About the comy 
mencement of the French revolution, he ac- 
companied his learned friend, Mr. ERSKINE, 
to Paris. They were prefent at the debates 
in the Convention, and were affigned diftin- - 
guifhed feats by the Prefident. 
22. In Upper Gower-ftreet, Mrs. Wilfon. 
In Londen, R. WH. Bootle, Efq. of Lathams 
Co. Lancafter, many years reprefentative for 
the city of Chefter. 
Mrs. Rawlinjon, Berwickeftreet. Rie 
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