| 304.) Deaths 
DEATHS AMRROAT. 
In July laft, at Jamaica, Lieut. T. Davies, . 
ef the Port Mahon Sloop of war. He was 
educared in the mathematical department of 
Chrift’s Hofpital, and apprenticed on board a 
Weft Indiaman, in which fervice previous to 
the expiration of his indenture, he had ar- 
rived at the ftation of fecond mate, when 
{about twelve years fince) he was _impreffed 
mto his Majefty's fervice, and fent on board 
the Thetis frigate, at that time commanded 
by, Capt. {now Admiral) Cochrane. That 
brave «nd intelligent commander foon dif- 
covering him to be an able mathematician as 
weil as an expert navigator, and that he pof- 
fefled talents in other refpeéts of the moft 
ufeful nature, though frequently obfcured by 
an innate difidence, favoured him with his 
patronage, and took every opportunity of ren- 
dering his fitwation save irkfome as the 
mature of the fervice would admit. With 
Captain Cochrane he continued ‘nearly fx 
years in the North Sea and on the American 
dation, returning from the latter of which, 
his patron was removed to the Ajax, of 
So guns, when he took the fubje& of this 
memeir (thenamidfhipman) with him. On 
the failing of the Egyptian expedition, h 
Was sppointed acting lieutenant of the Re- 
nomme, and at the difembarkation of the 
troops, commanded one of the boats employed 
tn that fervice. hen they had neared the 
thore, three of the men were killed bya 
ball, and before he could receive an anfwer 
to his queflion, whether the boat was da- 
maged, a fhell fell in the centre of it, which 
‘killed five more, wounded eight, and funk 
the boat. The remainder of the crew and 
tuldiers, however, with the exception of one, 
were faved by the exertions of fome of the 
other boats. On the landing being effcéted, 
Lieut, Davies was appointed to the command 
of the divifion of boats employed to act on 
the lake Madié, in confequence of which, he 
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ing only attained his 3sth year.—In a letter 
written by him in the almoft.certainty of ape 
proaching death, he difplayed the moft he- 
roic fortitude, combined with a pieus relige 
nation ; and although he had many induce - 
ments to attach him to this life, yet he di¢ 
not fuffera fingle murmur, or a repining <x 
preflion, to efcape his lips; the weaknefs of 
his body never overcame the fortitude of his 
mind, which preferved its wonted ftrength 
and vigour, even to his laft moment. 
The late M. Necker, the celebrated 
ftatefman and financier, fo celebrated by hig 
writings and the tranfaétions in which he hag 
been engaged, died on the 19th of April, at 
Copet, near Geneva. The vicislitudes of hie 
fortune were not a little remarkable, is 
father, who had come originally from Kuve 
trin, was employed at Geneva a’ a profeiiog 
of jurifprudence. fames Necker, his fom, 
was born there in the year 1732 5 amd come 
menced his political career by being admitted 
into the Council of the two Hundred in that 
city, He was afterwards appointed minitter 
of the Republic af Geneva at Paris, where by 
degrees he rofe tothe higheft employments. 
In 176§ he was appointed fyndic of the Bak 
India: Company 3. in 1775, direftor of the 
Royal Treafury; in 1766, general director of 
the French Finances} and afterwards twice 
prime minifter. The hiftory of his tranface 
tions while in power, and his fubfeguent ses 
moval, are too intimately conneGed with the 
late important events which have agitated Kus 
rope net to be generally known, Since his 
retirement from office he has lived at his ed- 
tate of Copet in the neighbourhood of Geneway 
where he has devoted his time to the compos 
fition of {everal works on religious, moral, 
and political fubjeéts. His talents and com- 
du& have been alike the fubje& of much digs 
pute. [rt is {ufficient forus to ebferve, thee 
although a foreigner, a proteftant, anda pri 
vate citizen, he rofe to the higheft fiteations 
in France, ata time when each of thefe cir- 
refided ina tent, for feveral months, on the® xuinfances formed no inconfiderable obftacle 
banks of that lake; and’ performed the du- 
ty allotted to him to the complete fatisfac- 
tion of his fuperior officers, for which he was 
honoured wich a gold medal by the Grand 
Sultan, as a reward for his fervices Onthe 
Feturn of the expedition, pis appointment as 
lieutenant was confirmed by the Board of 
Admiralty, and at the cgnclufion of the late 
war he retired on half-pay, and was marijed 
toa moft amiable woman, 4 native of the 
fifter kingdom. But so fooner did hottilities 
recommence, than he offered his fervices, 
and was appointed tothe Port Mahon floop, 
which fhortly after failed for the Wett Indies, 
whofe baleful climate has, of late, proved fo 
deftruétive to numbers of ourgallant country - 
men. His conftitution, enervated by fatigue, 
and alternate refidence ip various climes, was 
unable to cope with the malignancy of its 
atmofphere, and a diarrliwa put a period to 
his existence in the prime of manhood, hav- 
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te his advancement. Wien out of power, 
he was enaoled to fgend his leifure in retire- 
ment, and to devote himd:lf to the rationaj 
purfuits of a psilofopher and a man of taite ; 
a rare forcune for a difplaced flatefman.. His 
wife, well known in both the political and 
literary worid, died about eizht years ago. 
His only daughter, Madame Stael-Holftein, 
was mariied tothe Swedifh ambafiadonof tha¢ 
name, wii fome time fince refided at Paris, 
She is now a widow, and has ditinguifhed 
herfelf by feveral literary performances 3 p2re 
ticularly ‘her late novel, Delphine, im which 
the has fuilered- her defire of working ftrongly 
on the feclinys' te overpower every idea of 
good tafe, morality and-religion. 
At Malta, on the sath of April lat, Laly 
Giorgiasa Stewart, dauginter uf the Earl of 
G; lieway. . 
At Verdun, in France, the Marguis and. 
Marchiopels of Tweedale. — , 
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