178... _ Northumberland and Durham. 
arrival in town an the 18th of May, she 
was informed that it had beeen successfully 
performed on the precedinz day. But, un- 
happily, very soon afterwards appearances 
were such as gave very little ground for 
hope. A morbid ichor appeared, attended 
with a general inflammation, and with two 
abscesses; and the wound never suppurated. 
A fever ensued, of course; but it was idle to 
suppose that this was the malady which 
proved fatal, it being merely symptomatic: 
and equally unfounded is the current opinion, 
that Mr. Windham’s most waluable life 
was sacrificed to this operation; for the 
tumour itself was found to te of.a schirrous 
nature, and fully justifies the decision that 
was made; and the state of his whole frame 
shews that his death was owing toa morbid 
habit, and not to the operation. Had it 
Been deferred for a month longer, it would 
still have been necessary; it would have 
been performed at a less proper time, and 
have been attended, meanwhile, with the 
most distresstul circumstances. Having ne- 
wer been guilty of excesses in his youth, and 
having al} his life been extremely moderate 
both in eating and the use of wiire, that his 
constitution should have been thus euddeniy 
undermined, is most extraordinary. For 
several days previous to bis death, he seemed 
to entertain little hope of life, submitting 
to Divine Providence with perfect calmness 
and resignation. On the night preceding his 
decease, on the attending surgeon, Mr, 
_ Lynn, placing him in the most favourable 
situation fer sleep, he said, ¢*1 thank: you ; 
this is the last trouble 1 shall give you:” he 
[Sept, d, 
then fell into a doze or stepor, and the next 
morning (fune 4) he expired with’ so! little 
pain, that it was scarcely perecived when he 
drew his last breath. . Great as his loss is to 
his country and to his fricnis, it is some con- 
solation’ that he died in the full maturity 
of his fame, and bas leit behind him am 
imperishabie reputation. _In 1798 Mr. 
* Windham married Cecilia, the third daughter 
of the Jate Commodore Forrest,* a2 lady 
whose virtues are above all praise, and whose 
attainments, joined with tite most amiable 
manners .and sweetest dispositica, rendered 
her a suitable companion for one of the most 
distinguished characters of his time. Witk 
what happiness their union was attended, 
may appear from kis will, by which he has 
devised to Mrs. W. the whole of his estate for 
her life, amounting te above £6000. a-year, 
with remainder to Captain Lukin, (the eldest 
son-of the Rev. Dr. Lukin, Dean of Wells, and 
Mr. Windham’s half-brother,) and the heirs 
male of his body. His remains were remo- 
ved from his house in Pal!-mall, June 6, 
for the family-vault at Felbrigge, attended 
by his nephew, Robert Lukin, esq. and Ede. 
mund Byng, -esq. nephew to Mrs. W. The 
ceremony was conducted in the most private 
and unostentatious manner,, agreeabiy to Mr. 
Windham’s express desire. s 
* Who, with the Dreadnougir, Edin- 
burgh, aod Augusta, beat five sail of the live 
and three French frigates, off Cape Frangoig, 
and who cied May 24, 1770, whilst come 
mander in chief at Jamaica. Epi‘. : 
PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES, 
: WITH att tHE MARRIAGES axnp DEATHS; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
¥.* Communications for this Department of the Monthly Magazine, properly aus 
thenticated, wna sent free of Postage, are always thankfully receiwed. Those are - 
more purlicularly acceptable-which describe the Progress of Local Improvements of 
any Kind, or which contain Biographical Anecdotes or Facts relative to eminent 
or remarkable Characters recently deceased. : 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
‘ON Monday, the 23d inst. an adjourned 
quarter sessionsef the peace for the. county 
of Northumberland, was held at Newcastle, 
for the purpose of laying the foundatien-stone 
ef the new Courts of Justice for thejcounty, 
at present building here. About eleven 
oclock Earl Percy, and a great number of 
county gentlemen, were seceived by the sight 
worshipful the Corporation of Newcastle, at 
he Merciiants’ Court; .frem whence, after 
partaking of a’ slight retreshment, they 
walked in order of proceasion to the scite of 
the intended building, in the Castle Garth. 
The stene, witha brass plate, upon which 
was engraven an appropriate inscription, Was 
laid by the noble earl ; and the Duke of Nor- 
thumberland, with a liberality worthy his 
Grace, has given a donatien of 30001. to.as- 
sist in the erection of the building. 
Permission has been obtained to hold the 
trials, at the ensuing assices for the county of . 
Northumberland, in Saint Nicholas’ Church, 
in Newcastle; and the preparations for the 
courts are already in a state of forwardness. 
Married.) At .Brancepeth, the Rev. John 
Eerresford, eldest son cf the Hoa. and Rev. 
his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Fuam, to 
Miss Horsley, nly daughter and heiress of 
Robert Horsley, esq. late of Bolam, in Nor- 
thumberland, deceased. 2 
The Hon. C, C. Jenkinson, to Miss Julia 
Soe ae Shuckburgh 
