1803.] 
inn.——Mr. J. Brooke.—-Aged 84, H.. Mack- 
worth Praed, efq.of Trevethen, in Cornwall, 
—The Rev. J, Williaws, yicar of Aberga- 
venny, inthe county of Monmouth.—Mr. 
Chapman, fen. a refpectable mafter builder.— 
Dr. Mapleton.~Aged 83, E, Tuckett, efq. 
of Tottenham.—Mrs. Comyn —Mr. Brookes, 
formerly a clothier of Melkfham, and fome 
time clerk to the commiiiioners for lighting 
this city.m—-The lady of Sir John Keane, 
hart. 
In her goth year, Mrs. Murifon, relict of 
the late J. H. Murifon, efq. of [lford Houfe, 
near Bath. 
Died.] At the Deanery, Briftol, of the_ 
gout in his ftomach, the very reverend 
Charles Peter Layard, D.D. dean of that ca- 
thedral, and F.R.S. Dr. Layard wasithe fon 
ofa very eminent phyfician, who died lately 
at Greenwich. He was educated firft at Weft- 
minfter-fchool, and afterwards at St. John’s 
Cotlege, Cambridge, where, in 1773 and in 
1775, he obtained the prize for the beft Sea- 
tonian poem. He was for feveral years mi- 
nifter of Oxendon Chapel, Oxendon-ftreet, 
where he was greatly followed as a moft elo- 
guent preacher. He was alfo librarian of 
Archbifhop Tenifon’s library, in St, Martin’s 
parifh, and chaplain in ordinary to his Ma- 
jefty. In 1800, on the refignation of Dr. 
Hallam, the King perfonally conferred the 
deanery of Briftol o1 Dr. Layard. At the 
time of his death, which was very fudden, 
the Dean was about to be induéted to the va- 
luable living of St. Avuguftine, in Briftol. 
He was a man of great learning and of moft 
amiable mannets. He publifhed two fer- 
mons, onéat the confecration of Dr. Horfley, 
now Bifhop of St. Afaph, in 1789, and the 
other for the benefit of the Magdalen Hofpi- 
tal in 1802. The Dean has left a widow and 
ten children to lament his lofs. 
April 3. This day, at Burton Pynfent, in 
Somerfetthire, the Right Hon, the Ba- 
ronefs, and Countefs Dowager of Chatham, 
relict of the great Earlof Chatham. She was 
born in the year 17203 married OGtober 26, 
17543; created a Baronefs December, 4, 1761. 
her iffue were, John, the prefent Earl of 
Chatham, born September ro, 17563 Wil- 
Niam, the prefent Mr. Pitt, born May 28, 
1759; Charles, who died; Hefter, who 
married Earl Stanhope, and fince dead; Har- | 
riot, who married Lord Eliot, aad is fince 
gead. Her Ladyfhip was the daughter of 
Richard Grenville, efq. of Wotton, in the 
county of Buckingham, by Hefter, his wife, 
fifter to Lord Cobham, of Stowe, in the fame 
county. No wife ever exceeded her in con- 
Jugal affeftion—no lady ever exceeded her in 
mental qualifications. To anelevated mind, 
the mildeft philanthropy, the pureft princi- 
ples of Chriftianity, the united the mof ele. 
gant manners, all which adorned her fuperior 
to mot of her fex, and endeared her to all 
thofe who had the honour of her acquaintance, 
who will long lament the lofs they have felt 
- Mentury Mag. No, too. 
Somerfet/hire——- Dor fet/bire. 393. 
by her death; nor will the event be lefs 
poignantly felt by the furrounding poor, to 
whom fhe was, during a long period, a moft 
kind and liberal benefadtrefs!. Onthe 16th 
of April her remains were interred in Weft- 
minfter Abbey, with appropriate fplendour 
and folemnity. The funeral proceffion cone 
fitted, befides the hearfe, of three mourning» 
coaches, drawn by fix. horfes each. The 
mourning-coaches were followed by eighteen 
carriages belonging to friends, relatives, &c. 
of the family. In the proceflion firft ap- 
peared the undertaker, then two conduétors, 
drefled in filk, fix mutes with cloaks, two 
porters dreffed in filk; the above all on horfe- 
back ; then followed a ftate-horfe, led by 
two grooms, covered with black cloth, bear- 
ing the arms of the Pitt and Grenville fa- 
mily, with a double coronet ; then a herald 
on horfeback 5 next a hearfe, elegantly 
decorated with banners, &c. and fix horfes. 
Afterwards followed ten pages on foot, three 
mourning-coaches and fix, followed by the 
carriages of the Earl of Chatham, Lord Gren- 
ville, Lord Camelford, Earl of Fortefcue, 
Earl Carysfort, Dowager Lady Sidney, Lord 
Eliot, Lord Braybrooke, General Gren- 
ville, and Lord Hood. At two o’clock’the 
proceffion entered the Abbey, the pall of the 
coffin moft beautifully enriched with gold and 
filver ornaments; it proceeded upthe mid- 
dle aifle, folemn mufic playing all the 
time, and turned down the north aifle to the 
vault, where lie the afkes of the late Earls 
the corpfe was interred upon the coffia of the 
late Earl. Anthems were fung over the 
body; Dr. Vincent, Dean of Weftmintter, 
performed the fervice. Her Ladythip’s death 
is feverely felt by the poor cottagers in the 
neighbourhood of Burrowbridge, North Pe. 
therton, and Bridgwater. Her bounty, in 
the inclemest feafons, was often the means 
of their very exiftence. She has been often 
feen inthe park of Burton Pynfent, during 
the coldeft weather, carrying a bundle, con- 
taining neceflaries fur the relief of the indi- 
gent, and diftributing, liberally, blankets, 
warm cloathing and food, fuel, and other 
comforts, where fhe judged-them neceffary, 
Her. Ladythip’s humanity was likewife di- 
rected towards the relief of fuffering indivi- 
duals in different parts of the kingdom, as 
well as thofe in her own neighbourhood. The 
only return fhe required from thofe who were 
continual dependants on her charity, was 
their regular attendance every Sunday at the 
parifh-church, where fhe alfo was accuftomed 
to vifit 1egularly. The Countefs had en- 
joyed the eftate of Burton Pynfent ever fince 
the deceafe of the late Earl. She ecreéted 
upon it, at the expence of 25o0o0l. in the 
park, an obelifk to the memory of the pa 
triotic donor, the late Sir Thomas Pynfent. 
DORSETSHIRE. 
Died.]. At Sherborne, is bis 71% year, 
Mr. J. Melmoth, fchoolmatter, in-which ca- 
pacity he had officiated’ nearly fifty years, 
3E ‘with 
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