1809.] 
DIED. : 
Sir Charles Corbett, 57 years a Citizen and 
Livery-man of the Stationers’ Company, 78. 
A melancholy event occured at his funeral ; 
when his friends were assembled to follow 
him to his grave, his second sun, a young 
man in the vigour of life, broke’a blood- 
vessel, and fell suddenly a corpse, among 
the company. The funeral of the father was 
delayed, and they were both interred in one 
tomb, in the Church-yard of St. Anne’s, 
Westminster. A Subscription has been com- 
menced for the family, who have been de- 
prived of their paternal inheritance of 10,0001. 
per annum, and reduced to such indigence, 
that the present Baronet, although heir to 
Some of the best estates in the kingdom, 
iS in an inferior station in the East India 
warehouses. 
At Kew, Lady Bond, wife ef James B. 59, 
In Whitehall, ‘fchn Fordyce, esg. surveyor- 
general of the lanu revenue. 74. 
In Grosvenor-square, Catharine, widow of 
Lucy Knightley, esq. of Fawfley Park, 
Northamp:onshire, sister of the Dowager 
Duchess of Manchester, Countess Dowayer of 
Galloway, and Sir Henry Dashwood, bart. 
In Dover-street, Piccaailly, Colonel Francis 
Carruthers, late of the 61st Regiment. 
In Bloomsbury Place. James Hall, esq. 
In Grosvenor-strect, King’s Road, Fona- 
than Thorpe, esq. 78. 
In Southmoulton-street, Mrs. Fladong, re- 
lict of Mr, Frederic F. 
In Upper Berkley-street, Portman-square, 
in her o7th year, Mrs. Patience Vidgen, 
widow of the late John V. esq. of the Tower. 
Act West Hill, Wandswerth, Heary Goud- 
Win, ESJe eran! 
At his house at Totteridge, Christopher Hil!, 
esq. in the 73d year oi his age. 
~ At Woolwich, in his 49th year, Colone/ 
Sohn Harding, of the Royal Artillery. At - 
Copenhagen, under Sir Thomas Blomefield, 
and in the Spanish campaign, under Sir John 
Moore, where he had the command of the 
artillery, he proved himself a soldier, “and 
a ripe and good one.” He stvod high in the 
estimation of two successive Masters of the 
Ordnance, the Earls of Chatham and Moira 
—they knew his worth, and will lament his 
loss. To his friends he was deservedly en- 
deared, for of him truly may it be said, as it 
_ was long ago of a man of eminence 1n another 
_ -profession—‘* He afhrmed, and you believed 
him; he promised, and you trusted him; 
you knew him, and you loved him.”’ He has 
left a widow, a son (George judd), who is a 
Captain in the Royal Enygincers, and three 
daughters. - 
At Epsom, ‘feba Rokinson, esg. late of 
Dominica. 
Ag Layton, Peter Berthon, sen. esg. 70. 
At Enfield, George Capes, esg. 74. 
Montury Mac No. 188. 
Marriages and Deaths in and near London. 
105 
At Walthamstow, Richard, youngest son 
J. C. Blanckenhagen, esq. of Amsterdam. 
At Little Bardfield Hall, Essex, Fosepb 
Green, esq. of Guildford. street. 
At Mile-end, Mr. Richard Lee, surgeon and 
apothecary, rr) 
In Nottingham-street, Marybone, Sobn 
Compton, esg. 62. 
On Great Tower Hill, Mrs. Dallas. 
In Cork-street, Mrs. Dawidson, wife of 
Mr. John D. 35. 3 
In Great Cumberland-place, The Most Rev. 
his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, Prie 
mate of Ireland, Earl of Normanton, &c. é&c. 
His Grace’s decline was rapid; he kept his 
bed but three days previous to his dissolutions 
As a scholar, a prelate, and a statesman, his 
Grace stood pre-eminently high. He was ia 
his 73d year, and is succeeded in his titles by 
his eldest son, Viscount Somerton, now Eard 
of Normanton. 
At Hampstead, Mrs. Elizabeth Darby, 
wife of Mr. John Darby, of Gray’s Inn, 
attorney at law; she was the only surviving 
child of the late Thomas Eld, esq. who was, 
for nearly forty years, Master of the Report 
Office, in the Court of Chancery, and sister 
of the late Colonel Eld (highly distinguished 
in his profession), who feli at the siege of 
Dunkirk tn 1793. They who enjoyed the 
opportunities of familiar intercourse with the 
late Mrs. Darby, will iong remember, witin 
respect, the elevated sentiments that uni- 
formly marked her conduct, and to those 
who are acquainted with the high character 
of the antient family to which she was allied, 
it will be sufficient to say (and higher praise 
cannot be giyen), that she died, as she lived, 
an honor to It. ° 
R. F. Aitkins, esg, Captain- Adjutant of the 
Royal Pembroke Fusileers. He shot himself 
in a field near Chelsea. In his pocket, among 
sundry other papers, was found anote, worded 
as follows:— * As some inquiry may be ine 
stituted as to the cause of my death, I think 
it necessary to state, that !t was inflicted by 
my own hand, partly from pecuniary em- 
barrassments, and partly from the eftect of a 
strong nervous malady, which is fixed so 
strong on my spirits, as to render life insup- 
portable. I wish for nothing more than 
death.—-(Signed)—-R. F. Aitkins, Captain- 
Adjutant Royal Pembroke Militia.”-—-The 
deceased was not 30 years of age, of an ami- 
ble disposition, and had some estates in Kent. 
He had been brought up to the bar, but, 
preferring the army, entered the Kent Militia, — 
In Jermyn-street, Dr. Poignand, 63. 
Feseph Green, esg. of Guildtord-street, a 
ial the DevonCounty Bank, in Exeter. 
e was driving his gig, when his horse sud- 
denly took fright, and the harness breaking, 
he was thrown out, and killed on the spot. 
e PROVINCI Ade 
——————— Le — eee 
