— 
1802.] Incidents, Marriages, and Deaths, in and near London = 979 
In Hentietta-ftreet, Cavendifh-fquare, G. 
F. Schutz, efq. of Shotover, in Oxon. 
At Hampttead, aged 54, Mrs. Hewetfon, 
wife of Mr. J. Hewetion, of Catherine-court, 
‘Tower-hill. 
In Littie Ormond- ftreet, in his 22d year, 
J. Lock Robinion, eig. of Chadiington, Oxon. 
At Clapham, in his 70th year, W. Feuille- 
teau, ef. 
Mrs. Clayton, of Tilney-ftreet. 
At Hampitead, Mrs. Mills, wife of Cap- 
tain Mills. This lady was formerly well- 
Known and much admired for her mnufical 
powers, firft as Mifs Birchill, and afterwards 
as Mrs. Vincent. She je!t the {tage on mar- 
tying Captain Mills, on accompanied him 
to India. Captain Mills is the only furvivor 
of thote truly unt ee perfons who were 
in the Black Hole at Calcutta, and fignally 
difplayed his humanity in that fcene of un- 
exampled horror, by refigning his place near 
the window, to the late “Mr. Holwell. The 
latter was nearly dying for want of air, and 
had in vain implored of others the fame kind- 
nefs; it was, however, -a facrifice of felf- 
prefervation, in fuch a dreadful fituation, 
which none could reafonably expect or hope 
to obtain. | 
[in fpeakig of the character of the late 
. Ear! of Lonf{dale (whofe death was announced 
in our laft Number) impartiality finds little 
to praife, and centure to be juft ought to be 
more precile and circutai{tantial than the na- 
ture of a periodical publication permits. On 
the 7th of September, 1761, Sir James Low- 
ther married Margaret daughter of the Ear! of 
Bute, and ashe ‘aiterwards obtained a grant 
from the Crown of part of an eitate which 
had been Jong held by the Duke of Portland’s 
family, as an appendage to an eftate in tlie 
county of Cumberland, given to their ancef- 
tor by King William IIL it was rafhly, and 
wnitruly, prefumed, that Lord Bute’s in- 
fluence was ufed in inducing the Lords of 
the Treatury to improve his fon-in-law’s pro- 
perty, at the expence of the Duke of Port- 
land, who was then in oppofition. A confi- 
derable hare of unpopularity attended this 
tranfaction, which Sir James greatly in- 
crealed, by multiplying litigations, and bring- 
ing at once a great number of ejectments, 
for the purpote of eftablifhing his claim. A 
litigious dilpotition, or rather a determination 
to opprefs, by means of wealth, and urder co- 
four of ‘Jaw, all who were obnoxious to him, 
has been frequently iniputed to Lord Lont- 
dale; and the records of the courts, the 
books of reports, and the accounts of the 
ailizes in different counties, have appeared 
for a long teries of years to afford fome bafis 
to the imputation. ‘Ta the year 1782, when 
it was generally underftocd that the war 
could not be of much longer continuance, Sir 
James Lowther waited on Lord Sandwich, 
then at the head of the admiralty, and, after 
deploring the {tate of his Majetfty’s navy, vo- 
toutarily ehered to build avd equip, at his 
own expence, a feventy-four-cun fhip. Ef 
this propofal was fincerely made, too much 
praife cannot be given to {neh difinteretted 
patriotifm, but if common fufpicion is well 
founded, it was merely a delufive attempt to 
acquire popularity, and infure diltin<tio:l, 
without the claim arifing from actual mevit. 
The peace of 1783 made the building of 
_fhip at that time unzeceflary; but a! Hits 
the country has fince been engaged in a move 
expenfive conte(lt, and attended with ereator 
exertions than thofe which gave rife ta the 
propofal of the ‘donation, the offer was never 
repeated. In 1784, an ancient peerage 
which belonged to the family, but had been 
for fome time extinct, was revived, and Sir 
James was called up to the Houie of Lords 
by the titles already enumerated. He was 
always anxious for the extenficn of his be~ 
rough-intereft, but a hate the poifieliien of 
fick influence is reck td favourable to the 
views of ainbition, he ver occupied ang 
official fituation. de was 12 1764 made 
Cuftos Rotulorem of the county of Cumber- 
land. Of Lord Lonfdile’s private life we 
have neither the means nor the inclination te 
make a difplay; he was fome years age vio- 
lently fatirifed ‘by Peter i Pindar, whom he 
profecuted for a libel, but on receiving a 
conceilion was induced to defift; an ini ftance 
of placability which does him honour: and 
he evinced great perfonal courage m a duel 
fought in the year 1792, with Captain Cuti- 
bert, which, we believ e, was nee the only 
tranfaction of the kind in which he had been 
engaged. On opening his Lordtiip’s will it 
was found, that he had Ieft to Sir William 
Lowther, now Lord Lowther, all his eftates 
in Weftmoreland and Cumberland, eftimated 
at40,000i.peranu.—TLoJohn Lowther, efq. the 
brother of Sir William,he has left his Yorkihire 
eftate, worth 40001. per annun—To the 
Countefs of Lontdale, his lady, an addition 
to her jointure of v0001. ; ; 50001. in money, 
and a villa which thesrow inhabits—To the 
Duchefs of Bolton and Mifs Lowther, his 
two fitters, he has left 70061. each in money,” 
and his Barbadoes eftate worth 20001. a year 
—To Col. Lowther, whom he fo particular! iy 
protetied to favour, he has left only 12,006}. 
in money—and to the Earl of Darlington, 
his nephew and heir at law, who would ‘have 
had the whoie if no will had been found, he 
has cut off with a bequelt of 5001. His eftate 
at Laleham, im Middlefex, the houfe upon 
which he left untenanted for years, on ac- 
count of a difpute with the clergyman about 
tythes, he has directed | te be fold. *'. Lis 
Lordthip had 9000 guineas im his bureau, 
prepared for the enfuing election, Among 
his Lordthip’s whimficalities was that of keep- 
ing, at leait, 600 blood horfes and others, in 
his feveral parks, not one of which had ever 
oe broke or even bitted. The followin 
ere his Lord{hip’s titles :—Earl of Lontdale, 
Vifcount Lowther, Baron Lowtle’, Bares 
of Kendal, and a Baronet.]} 
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