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In India, in ation, at the battle of Delhi, 
under General Lake, on the 11th of Septem- 
ber laft, and in the twenty-firtt year of his 
age, Lieutenant William Prefton, of the 
Fait Ladia Company’s forces, a native of 
Dublin, and fon to William Prefton, of that 
city: This young man pofleffed from nature 
an excellent underftanding: it had been early 
cultivated by a claffical education. He was 
well verfedin the beft Latin. and Greek au- 
thors, and, fhewed that he was capable. of 
feeling their beauties, by an elevation of fen- 
timent, and a difplay of poetic talents, be- 
yond his years. He had likewife made con- 
fiderable proficiency in drawing and defigning. 
He had been originally defigned for one of the 
learced profeffions: but an ardent mind, and 
the profpe& of more rapid advancement, in 
active life, led him to the profeffion of arms. 
After a: refidence.of four years in India, 
where he. efcaped the dangers of a climate 
Fital to fo many; he found an honourable 
end inthe field of battle. 
manly fenfe, the accomplifhed and cultivat- 
ed mind, and various talents of this youth, ~ 
render his premature fate the more to be Ja- 
mented, as he promifed, had his life been 
{pared to a riper period, to have become the 
price of his relations, and an honour to his 
country and his profeffion ; but it is the duty 
of man to bow {ubmiffive to the decrees. af: 
Providence. The only confolation remaining 
to an afliifted father, under this fevere and 
fudden firoke, is the refleétion, that, if the 
career of a beloved fon was fhort, it was un- 
flained by crime, and clofed.in glory. 
At Wilna, David Pilchowiky, late profef- 
for of the univerfity of Wilna, a knight of 
the order of St. Anne,. and a commander of 
the order of Malta He devoted his whole 
life to the fciences and literature, and en- 
xiched the Pol.th language by tranflations of 
Salluft and Seneca, hetides many original 
works. Above all, however, his meniory 
will be for ever dear to bis countrymen, on 
account of a noble and truly benevolent ef- 
tablifhment which he founded for the edu- 
cation cf poor children. ; 
On-board the Goliah, at fea, in confe- 
quence of a wound received in an aétion on 
the 8th of December laft, Mr. Jofeph Lang- 
fton, firft lieutenant of the royal marines, 
and fon of Mr. Langfton, of Aulcefter, War- 
wickthire. The foilowing account of Lieut. 
Langfton, &c. from an officer on-board the 
Golian, is fo trely honourable to the princi- 
ples and feelings of the deceafed, that we beg 
leave to fubjoin it in his own words: ** He 
with Mr. Kent, the fir lieutenant of the 
fhip, had galiantly volunteered their fervices 
to cut off a fmall veffel that -was fanding in 
fhore. Capt. Brifbane gave them two boats, 
ah Deaths Abroad. > 
The fuperior and. 
[May 1, 
with which they proceeded; and, as the 
fmall veffel efcaped their vigilance, they de- 
termined not to come back without fome- 
thing : in confequence of this refolution, they 
attacked a large brig (the Rachel of Liver- 
pool, captured by the French, and defended 
by French foldiers) and brought her out. 
It is impoflible to do juftice’ to your fon’s -— 
Breatnefs of mind. The boat had juft got~' 
along fide, and Mr. Langfton was on the gun- 
wale ready to board; one hand (his left) 
having hold of the rigging, when a mufquet 
was fired at him by a French foldier, which’ 
wounded him dreadfully in the right fhoulder. 
A prodigious hemorrhage took place, and, 
from the nature of the fervice, it was a con- 
fiderable time before the furgeon could poffi- - 
bly get to the relief of the wounded, Mr, 
Langfon refufed ta be dreft until a poor ma- 
rine foldier (fince dead of his wounds) had 
firit had affiftance: afterwards, every atten- 
tion was paid him by all his meffinates, and ° 
the greateft care taken of him by the fur-’ 
geon and his affiftants; and we had the hap- 
pinefs, as we thought, of feeing him do well, ° 
until the 23d of December at night, when* 
the fhip had a great deal of pitching motion, 
which is a very uneafy one, and unfortunate- 
ly renewed the hemorrhage, by which it was: 
underftood that death muft in the end enfue. 
This gave him time to fettle ‘his affairs, and 
make his peace with the Almighty, which’ 
he did in the moft fincere, manly, and Chrif- . 
tian-like manner; fo that his tefignation, 
fortitude, and patience, excited the attonifh-’ 
ment of all. He lingered with hemorrhage 
till the 3rft, when circumftances proving” 
favourable for amputation, which ‘he had 
much withed for fome time, it was’ put in 
execution at the fhoulder joint. It was a for- 
lern hope at bef ; but our moft anxious de- 
fire was that fo gallant a man fhould’ be pre- 
ferved for the comfort of his friends, and the 
good of the fervice. He bore the whole ope- 
ration with fortitude and recolleétion; and 
expired, lamented by all the crew, a fhort 
time after its conclufion, being quite exhauft- 
ed. He uniformly experienced every folace 
and friendly office in the power of his meff- 
mates, and the Captains Brifbaneand Roby, 
to beftow, during his whole ‘illnefs. We 
buried him with every military honour our 
fituation would admit 3 it was impofiible he 
could have too much. Lieut. Kent, who 
was in the fame boat with him, fucceédéd in 
getting on board the vefiel; but, when en- 
gaged with the enemy, he received five 
wounds, four of them with bayonets, and ~ 
the fifth on the left temple with a fabre.. 
Fe died on the twelfth day, a mortification 
haying come on before it was poffible to ame 
putate.”” + Re 
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