360 
was, by opening a vein, to bleed to death, but 
that, urged by the importunities of his ser- 
vants, he had recourse to the razor, with 
which he perpetrated the fatal deed. 
At Roehampton, suddenly, in the prime 
of Jife, Benjamin Goldsmid, esg. senior partner 
of the well known and highly respected firm 
of B. and A. Goidsmid, many years brokers to 
the English Government, contractors for loans 
of unparalleled magnitude, ane partners ina 
house esteemed one of the most wealthy in 
Europe. Mr..G. was beloved by all who knew 
him, and was as much celebrated for his be- 
mevolence and munificence as for his im- 
mense wealth. ; 
in Great Cumberland-place, Adiss Tapps, 
the only daughter of Sir G. J. T. Bart. of 
Hinton Admiral, Hants. 
At his son’s house, Pimlico, in his 37th 
year, Andrew Clinton, esq. of the War Oifice. 
At Hoiloway, William Richard Venning, 
eldest son of William V., esq. 
At Hammersmith, in his 85th year, Fobuz 
Rice, esq. a miserably penurious character. 
He was born in Westminster, and having re- 
ceived a musical ecucation, he resolved to 
try his fortune in America. He sailed for 
Wew York, where he settled, and got an ap- 
pointment as an organist. In this situation, 
denying himself the common necessaries of 
life, he accumulated a considerable sum cf 
money, and returned to England. His ha- 
bit was that of the most indigent beggar, and 
so deplorably miserable were his garb and ap-~ 
pearance, that he was turned out of two lodg- 
ings which he took. At ijength he obtained 
aroom ata glazier’s shop, near Marsham- 
street, where he was taken ill. He reques- 
ted to be decently clothed, and conveyed to 
Mr. Boyce, at Hammersmith, whose father, 
he said, was his most intimate acquaintance. 
He was accordingly taken to the house of 
Mr. Boyce, where he survived only a few 
days. After his death, his will was opened, 
by which it appeared, that he had bequeath- 
ed 20,0001. to Mr. Boyce, and 10,0001. to 
the Bishop of New-York. Ke 1s said to 
have died worth 40,0001. 
At his father’s house, aged 13, T. H._S. 
Stanbope, fifth son of Walter S. S. esq. of 
Gannon Halil, Yorkshire, M. P. 
-In Harley Street, Mrs. Reed, wife of 
John R. esq. of Chipchase Castle, Northum- 
berland. : 
At the City Coffee House, Mr. William 
Seddon, attorney, of Manchester. 
At Highbury Place, Islington, NV. Basevi, 
ésq. late of Biliiter Square. 
‘In New North Street, the Rev. E. B. De 
Ia Fontaine, rector of Great Pontan, Lin- 
colnshire. . 
In Little Dean’s yard, Westminster, in his 
77th year, the Rev. Samuel Smith, L.L. D. 
prebendary of Westminster, and (after 
the resignation of Dr. Markham), upwaras 
of 24 years master of Westminster school. 
Peter Rainier, esq, Admiral of the Blue, 
_ Deaths in and near London. 
[May 1, 
He was made a Post Captain, October 29, 
17783 a Rear-Admiral, June 1, 1795; a 
Vice- Admiral, February 14, 1799; and an 
Admiral of the Blue, November 9, 1805. 
Admiral Rainier was Commander in Chief in 
the East Indies for several years, where he 
amassed Yast property, and returned from 
thence about two years since. Ar the last 
general election he was returned to Parlia- 
ment for Sandwich, his native place. « 
In Great James Street. Bedford Row, 
where he was born, and resided all his lite, 
Edward Phillips, esq. 70. as 
in Sloane Street, Mr. Lewis Bologna, of 
Covent Garden Theatre. 
_At Twickenham, Mrs. Henrietta Parker, 
eldest sister of the late Lord Boringdon, and 
niece to the late Ear] Poulett. 
In Portman Square, at her son’s house, 
Fane, Countess Dowager of Dundonald. 
She was the mother of twelve sons and datigh« 
ters, and among her descendants, she has an 
Admiral, and five Captains in his Majesty’s 
Navy. 
At Kensington, Soba Bulley, esq. former=- 
ly writing-master to the Prince of Wales 
and Duke of York, 82. 
Mr. Ledger, messenger of Covent Garden 
Theatre. He had attended as usual att 
treasury of the theatre on the day of nae 
cease, and went to the .banker’s to lodge 
the money. Having concluded the business, 
he had proceeded only a few steps from the 
door, when he fell down in a fit, was con- 
veyed home, and in a few hours expired. 
In Newman Street, Mrs. Winston, wife 
of the proprietor of the Little Theatre, Hay- 
market, ; 
In Newcastle Street, Strand, in his 54th 
year, Mr. Thomas Bayley, better known by 
the appellation of Little Tommy, who du- 
ring 40 years servitude in the humble capa- 
city of a pot-boy, accumulated the sum of 
4001 } C 
‘ In Wimpole Street, Aérs. Penton, wife of 
John P. esq. late M.P. for Winchester, sis- 
ter of the late Countess Digby, and aunt te 
the present Earl D. 
Thomas Gould, esq. one of the benchers,. 
and late treasurer ef the Middle Temple, the 
only surviving brother of the late‘Judge G. 
In Edward street, Portman square, aged 
84, the Dowager Lady Frankland, widow of 
Admiral Sir Thomas F: Bart. and mother of 
the present Sir Thomas F, of Thirkleby, — 
- Yorkshire. 
In St. .Ieaies’s Square, Mrs. -Heathcote, 
wife of T. T. H. esq. ah! : 
At Bush Hilt, Edmonton, Robert Kelbamy 
esq. the oldest member of the two societies of 
Lincoln’s-inn, and Staples-inn, 90 ‘ 
At Hackney, Mrs. Hicdgson, widow of Te 
_H. esq. of Aldgate, 71. ’ 
At Edgware, the Rev. Fobn De Veil, ree- 
tor cf Aldenham, Herts, and one of the jus- 
tices of the peace for the county of Middle- 
sex. 
At 
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