-phyfic for: his profeffion. 
“advifed to try the climate of Lifbon. 
_ that time to his death, his health afterwards 
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teem, but of the fincereft regard, His remains 
were conveyed from Hatfield, attended by his 
tenantry, and depofited in the family vault at 
Wootton.” He has lett a widow, four daughters, 
"and one fon of his own name, who fucceeds to 
his title and eftates. 
In Taviftock-place, aged 30. Charles Hurnfoy, 
efy. He centered early at Emanuel-college, 
Cambridgé, having fixed upon the practice of 
His conftitution was 
naturally weak, and, after pafling about three 
years at the Univerfity, his health became fo 
impaired as to cblige him to leave Cambridge ; 
and in the winter of 1797 and 1798, he was 
From 
gradually declined, notwithftanding the precau- 
tion he tock of paffing feveral winters on the 
Continent, in Lifbon and Italy; his debilitated 
conftitution neceflarliy cbliging him to abandon 
_ all thoughts of following the profeffion he had 
chofen. Although expofed to fuch continual 
“Interruptions by bad health, and rendered inca- 
pable of profecuting any regular courfe of ftudy, 
his fingular powers of mind enabled him to ac- 
quire avery large fund of knowledge. The various 
‘branches of mathematics and natural philofo- 
phy were perhaps his favourite purfuits; but his 
comprehenfive mind led him to the cultivation 
of almoft every fpecies of ufeful fcience. He 
took great delight in mechanics; and, being 
pertectly acquainted with the theory, and pot- 
feffing alfo much ingenuity of invention, he 
made feveral curious and ufeful difcoveries. 
‘Befides a competent acquaintance with claffical 
learning, he made himfelf mafter of teveral 
modern languages- He had a high relith for 
works of imagination, where genuine wit and 
‘ humour were difplayed ; and a tafte for the fine 
arts furnifhed his leifure hours with amule- 
ment. He was perfectly {killed in the theory 
‘of mufic, and played on feveral inftruments 
himfelf. In every thing which he undertook 
he feemed to exce!; and, in the game of chefs, 
of which he was fond, he found but few com- 
Indeed, confidering that he was 
far from being fatisfied with a fuperticial in- 
veftigation of any thing he applied to, and alfo 
that fo much of his time was neceffarily taken 
“up in attention to health, one cannot but be 
_ attonifhed at the great extent and variety of his 
attainments. The depth of hs underftanding 
was not, however, more remarkable than the 
_ modefty and extreme fimplicity of his ch*rac- 
ter. He abhorred every fpecies of affectation 
and oitentatious parade; and his own manners 
were fingularly fimple and unafluming. To 
thefe were added a difpotition humane and af- 
fe€tionate in the extreme. Although he was 
backward in obtruding his fentiments or his 
knowledge upon ftrangers, among his friends 
his converfation was remarkably engzging and 
inftructive. In thort, he pefieffed fo many 
“yare endowments, both of the heart and the 
‘mind, that ail who enjoyed the happinefs of 
knowing him Well, wiil long and moft deeply 
lament his lofs ee 
In High-ftreet) Mary-le-bonne, Mr. Jofeph 
Dix, He was a very remarkable character ; 
“was hump-backed, wore a cocked hat with the 
Deaths in and near London. 
[June i. 
flaps all down, and an old brown coat, &c. 
lived on his income, which was sol. a-year, 
which ’he fyent chiefly in liquors, being a very 
little eater; and on cold, dull, and rainy days, 
ufed to lie in bed with al] his clothes on, and a, 
three-cornered cocked hat and {pectacles. He 
faid lying in bed faved viétuals, as it took away 
-his appetite, and that the heat was more equal. 
He was a very ingenious man, having traveHed 
into moft foreign parts; ufed to mix medicines , 
for himfelf (being well fkilled in that art) as 
well as for many others; never went to church 
or chapel, nor faid any more prayers than ‘‘ God 
blefs me ;’? riciculoufly conceiving that it was 
tormenting the Almighty with that which he 
knew. He was,an excellent fcholar, and fpoke 
feveral languages fluently; a very cheerful, 
pleafant contpanion for éld or young; and is 
“much lamented. 
In St. Swithin’s-Jane, of a dropfy in the 
cheft, after a painful illnefs of twenty days, 
aged 47, Jehu Edward Breen, efg. a gentleman 
well known for the amenity of his manners, 
his refined tafte in the polite arts, and-particu- 
larly for his extenfive knowledge of pictures, 
—His communicative and friendly zeal fir 
the encouragement and improvement of the 
artifts of this country, prompted him to become 
-one of the earlieft patrons and fublcribers of 
the Britith fchool; and the delicate and truly 
Chriftian feelings of his heart induced him to 
enlift, and continue to his death, among the 
governors and benefactors to the charitable So- 
ciety of St. Patrick. Huis intelligent partiality 
for the predu€tions of ancient and modern 
painters, and his difce:nment in the choice of 
them, are plainly evinced in the very valuable 
and numerous collection he has left behind him. 
Pictures of the beft maflers, viz. a Madona, 
by Kaphael; the Adoration of the Magi, by 
Povflin; the Holy Family, by Leonardo da 
Vinci; a Clade, &c. together with miniatures, 
carvings in ivory of the moft-exquifite work- 
manfliip, books on painting, and books of prints, 
bronzes, ftained glafs, &c. which for a long time 
afforded pleafure and entertainment to himfelf 
and the well-informed circle of his friends, 
will probably be foon fubmiited to the judgment 
of the public. r 
By an accidental and fatal fall from the ftair- 
cafe, aged 56, Mr. Thomas Simpkin, proprietor 
of the Crown and Anchor tavern in the Strand, 
and recently mafier of the Vintners Company. 
Tt may be faithfully recorded of him, that he 
was a modett, unafluming charadter, pofleffing 
great fuavity of manners, and capable of the 
fincereft friendfhip. He was an affectionate 
and kind hufband, and a moft loving father ; 
and has left an affiiéted widow, three fons, and 
jour daughters. His remains were depofited 
in St. Ciement’s church. 
Mr. Jofeps Welch, well known to tne noble- 
men and gentlemen educated at Weftminfter- 
{chool, having lived affiftant to Mr. Ginger, © 
(bookteller to that feminary,) for the laft forty 
years. He was long in the. habit of felling a 
MS. litt of the fcholars, which, in 1728, he 
printed in a quarto volume, intituled, ‘* A Lift 
of Scholars of St. Peter’s College, Weftminfter, 
as they were elected to Chrift Church College, 
— Oxtord, 
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