that gentleman's ic wh and upon his brea“, and, com, tuning of s violent pon in his itech xpired in a few minutes. He atie Cambridge; admitted of Trinity col gei) 1760; took the degree of B A. 1764; and commenced M. A. 1757. He published a tragedy, and obfervations on the Greek tragedy. WES 7. After a long illness, Mr. Bentham, mafter of the Crown in at Stamford, and one of the capital burgeffes of that corporation. At Heighington, near Lin oln, aged 98, Mr. Wm. Fofs. At St. Bonitace, in the ile of Wight Cel. Hill. who farved 28 bid-de-carop to the late Count de Lippe, during the war in Portugal. At his fat at Hillsborough, in his 75th year, the Right Hon. Wills Hill, Marquis of Downthire, Earl and Viscount Hillfborough, and Baron Kiwarlin, in the kingdom of Ireland, Earl of Hib rou h. Vifcount Fairford, Lord and Baron of Harwich, in the kingdom of England, a member of his Majefty's most honourable privy council in both kingdoms, and governor of the county of Down. He is fucceeded in his eftates and honours by his only furviving fon, Arthur, Earl of Hillsborough, knight of the fhire in the prefent parliament for the county of Down. His Lordship, who was the fecond Vifcomnt of Hillsborough, was born at Fairford, on. Gloucester, May 30, O. S. 1718. He took his feat in the Irish Houfe of Peers Nov. 11, 1743; was worn amember of his Majefty's privy council in Ireland in August 1746, and of the privy council in England in June 17:4. He was advanced to the rank of Fart in October 1757, and to that of a Marquis in Ireland in 1789: was created an Eighth Baron (Fairford) in 156, and an English Viscount and carl (of Harwich) in 1772. His Lordship was married, first, in 1747, to Lady Margaretta Fitzgerald, enly and furviving daughter of Robert the laft Earl of Kildare, by whom he had two fons and three daughters. Her Lady fhip died in 1766. He afterward married the Baronefs Stawell, relict of the Rt. Hon. Henry Bilfon Legge, and had no iffue. HIS firft-horn child, Marcus, died young; Arthur, his fecond fon and fucceffor, was born Feb. 23, 1753; his other children were, Mary-Anne, who died young; Laly Mary. Amelia, Marchionefs S difbury; and Lady Chorlo te, Countess Talbot.-The Marquis of Downfure has died very rich, both in property which he could, and in that which he could not, alienate. Of the former, bis daughters, the Marchionefs of Salisbury, and the w dowed Couotefs Talbot, have probably a counderable flare. His ton, Lord Hillsborough, will add to the hereditary eftates f me prmenty, derived from collateral bra des-The bare Margo's had once a confiderable fare in public and political tranfactions, from which he had, however, . wholly retired for fore years. At his house at Richmond, near Dublin, the Hon. Chriftopher d'Alton, fome years fince colonel-commandant of the Elector of Saxony's body-guards, and brother to Gen. d'A. lately killed at the fiege of Dunkirk (fee p. 86%). 8 In her 17th year, Mifs Mary Beuzevile, 2d daugh, of james B. efq. of Hackney. At his house in Park (treet, Grosvenorfquare, the Hon. John St. John, uncle of Lord Viscount Bolingbroke, and brother to General St. John. 9. Mr. Fawcett, fen. of the theatre-royal, Drury-lane. At Chatham, of a confumption, Mrs. Landen, wife of Mr. Tho L. of that town. At Highgate, Mr. Jones, organist of St. Vedaft, Fotter-lane, and of St. Mic! ael le Querne. At Great Yarmouth, where he had been refident about 12 years, fupported by his own and his wife's industry formerly, but latter ly by a weekly payment from fome of his benefadors, and the cafual gifts of others, Matthew Champion, at the uncommon age of 11, being born in French Flanders in 1682, and having come over to England with King William in 1688. His father was a farrier in the King's army, and he himself, though only fix years old, lived in the family of Captain Legge Pendergraís, a fon of Sir Tho. P. There are fome curious particulars relative to him committed to writing, which are too long to be inferted now, but will be fent, in a month or two, to this Magazine. Suffice it here to fay, that Matthew Champion, deferving esteem for his honefty, fobriety, and gratitude, not only received that fupply for his wants which the infirmities of his few latter years required, but likewite experienced that attention and refpect which were due to his virtues; and which not only attended him through life, but also accompanied him to the grave. 10. Capt. Hill, of the first regiment of guards, who lately returned from the Continent in confequence of a fevere indifpofition. He was a very active and intelligent officer, and acted as brigade-major to the battalions of guards under the command of the Duke of York. He alfo held the appointment of furtmajor in the Tower of London, which he in 'b gads fome days before his death. The falary of his office of for major is lefs than 2001. a-ver, but the pros are much moder ble 7 Mr. Abraham Mouchet, late a wine-merchant in Lichfiel l-irect, Soho.. In his prifon at Mantua, probably of a broken heart. Gen. outgeroul. in his laft moments he abjured his civic oath, received the crimeat, and do with the greatest pangs of penite ice and repentance. fecretary to the embally of Semonville. He was At Spalding, co. Lincoln, in an advanced age, Mr, John definith, upwards of forty year's clerk to the faid parih. II Aged 62, Mr. Abraham Cocker, an eminent grocer and chandler at Wolverhampton. He had rifen at his ufual hour, and taken a walk; but, as he was returning home, through Bury treet, he was 1ddenly taken ill, and, having afked to at down in a neighbour's honfe, he expired in a few minutes, although the immediate alliance of the faculty was procured. At Windfer, Mifs L. Trevanion, youngest daugh. of John T. efq. M. P. for Dover, by Mifs Royd, eldest daughter of Sir John Boyd, bart, of Danton, in Bexley. In his 77th year, Mr. Thomas Barkit, of Sudbury. At Woolwich, in his 51ft year, after a few days ilinefs of a fever, Mr. John Moulden, mafter fail-maker of the dockyard there. At the St. James's hotel, Jermyn-ftreet, of a bious complaint, under which he had long laboured, in his 5-th year, Philip Carteret Webb, efq. of Mord-houfe, Surrey, and one of his Majesty's jntices of the peace for the faid county. On the 18th his remains were interred in his parith-church of Whitley, He was the only fon and heir of Philip Carteret Webb, efq. late folicitor of the treasury; was admitted a fellow-commoner of Bene't-college, Cambridge, 1755. under the tuition of the Rev. Mr. Hodgion, of Queen's college, Oxford, for whom his father afterwards procured a living in Berbadoes, where he died 1758 or 175 ). Mr.W. removed to the Temple 1757; and, in 1793, married Mits Smith, of Milford, by whom he had a tou, Philip, now in the guards, and married to a daughter of Sir Rob. Barker. 13. At her lodgings in York city, Lady Will amfon, mother of Sir Hedworth W.bart. In his 81ft year, Mr. Wm. War', officer of excife. He had been in that capacity, and permit-writer at the excife-office in Northampton, near 60 years, upwards of 30 of which he had lived in that town. In his 56th year, Wm. Carter, efq. lately Mrs. Brown, wife law, in Little Fday treet. the King's-road, Bedford-row, Mrs. Filmer, wife of is verley F. efq.; & lady no lets eminently dit.nquished for her intellectual endow dents and fortitude of mind, than pol thed manners and fweetness of difpofition; a pattern of patience and refignation. Rev. Robert Jenner, ftudent of Christ Church, Oxford.. At Rudlord, co. Gloucester, Mr. James Whitfield, naphs of the late Rev. Gen. W. He was feveral years in America; but had lived as a pirate gentleman at Rodford for a confit evable time past. 15 Orchard-fireet, Weßminster, Mis.. Parker, widow, who had just entered the routh year of her age, having been born Oct. 1, 1694. At her apartments in Chapel-ttreet, Bedford-row, Mrs. Perkins, widow of Mr. Geo. P. attorney, of the Temple. At Hammersmith, in his 80th year, Mr. James Gomme, who carried on bafinefs there with reputation as a builder, carpenter, and auctioneer, upwards of 50 years At Cambridge, aged 84, Rutic! Plumpere, M. D. Regius profeffor of phyfick ju that university. He was of Queen's-college, where he proceeded M. B. 1733, M. D. 1738; appointed Regius profcilor of playfick in 1741. He had one daughter, married to Ward, efq. of Wilbraham, co. Cambridge, and fince dead.—Dr. P. had been for feveral years father of the univerfity; and there is no remembrance of fo long a refident there as himfelf. The office is in the gift of the Crown. 16. At Exeter, in an advanced age, after a lingering nefs, Mrs. Poole, late of Bath, relict of David P. efq. ferjeant at law. Aged 89, Mrs. Ridghill, relict of Mr. Alderman R. of Newark. GUILLOTINED, at Paris, in her 38th year, being born Nov. 2, 1755, MARIE ANTOI NETTE, the beautiful widow of the late French King, Louis XVI. She was archduchefs of Auftria, and fifter to Leo, old H. Late Emperor of Cerm. ny to the prefent Q, n of the two Sicilies, and to the profent Dunets of Parma; and was married to the King of France in 1776. This unfortu nate Princefs had been condemned on the preceding day by the Revolutionary Tribu nal, as "guilty of having been accellary to, and having co-operated in, different manoeuvies against the liberty of France; of having entertained a correspondence with the ene mies of the rep.blick; of having portici pated in a plot tending to kindle civil war Obituary of confiderable Perfons; with Biographical Anecdotes. [Oa in the interior of the republick, by arming As foon as the Queen left the Con- In his 68th year, John Hunter, efq. F.R.S. , for the profeffion of phyfick, and a year, now at Cambridge, intended, we bedaughter.-Mr. Hunter may be truly faid to have been an honour to his profeffion and to his country. His deep knowledge, in both fpeculative and practical furgery, has long been known and admired, whether confidered as to the efficacy of its operations, or the fenf:bility of its effects. As a man of letters, independent of his profound scientific studies, he had traced the practice of furgery to the earliest ages. He was well acquainted with every practitioner mentioned by Pliny; with written on the fubject, as well as with every all the Greek and Roman authors who had modern one who has contributed to the perbe his monuments. His anatomical researches festion of the art. His own publications will were various, perfevering, and fuccessful; the office, ufe, fituation, or communication, no man was better acquainted with. His laof the feveral parts of the human structure, the whole great art of phyfick may securely hours may be confidered as a bafis, on which rest. As a man well verfed in antient hiftory, the Egyptian chronology was familiar. to him, as far as it related to the antiquity of he knew that Homer was an anatomist (at anatomy. As a fcholar diftinguishably classic, leaft that he had ideas of anatomy) as well as an Epic poet; nor lefs did he know that this noble science was entirely overwhelmed with barbarifm by the Goths and Vandals, and moft happily restored in the fourteenth cena courfe of lectures; but Death bas deprived tury.-Mr. Hunter was foon to have opened the profeffion of one of its first ornaments. His fame, however, will be his recording pillar, and be far more durable than even the brazen skeleton confecrated by Hippocrates to the Delphian Apollo! Science has ftill to receive, from the theories of John Hunter, His "Comparative Anatomy," in, fome compenfation for the lofs of his practice. tended to be published after his death, was, many years fince, faid to be in a forward ftate, by thofe who had been gratified with the fight of parts of it, and had an opportu nity of knowing his laborious and extensive refearches upon the fubject. Among the perfons molt interested in its appearance must be the difciples of Lavater, whole fyftem, exifting hitherto but in the conception of his followers, and communicable only by definitions, which depend upon the fancy of the hearer, may acquire certainty from his proofs, and at length be received into the cliffes of demonftrable knowledge.-Every particular is interelling, with refpect to the lo.s of fo valuable a nian. He had, for fome years, been fubject to fpafms; on account of which, he was cautioned not to indulge in any violence, or loudness of speech. Upon fome occurrence, in which he was worthily, but too warmly, interefted, he neglected the warning which his own kill had approved, and was feized with a fpafm that occafioned almost an immediate death.He is thought not to have died very rich; for, of whatever his prefent kill could acquire, he was always ready to expend the greater part upon the raeans of future improvement. Such had been his habit, fince his 18th year, when, from the condition of a boat-builder, or fhipwright, he began the career that ended in his becoming, both in theory and practice, the firft furgeon in the world; a circumftance which, either with refpect to his own honour, or to the encouragement of others, can never he mentioned in vain. Lift of his papers in the Philofophical Tranfactions: Anatomical obfervations on the torpedo, vol. LXIII. p. 481; On the digeftion of the ftomach after death, LXII. 447; Anatomical experiments on birds, LXIV. 205; Obfervations on the Gillaroo trout, ibid. 310; Experiments on the gynnotas electricu, LXV. 305; Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing hea., ibid. 446; Propofals for recovery of perfonsapparently drownel, LXVI. 42: Of the heat, &c. of animals and vegetables, LXVIII. 7; Account of the free martin, LXIX. 279 ; Account of a woman who had the small-pox during pregnancy, and feemed to have comm.cn.cated it, to the foetus, LXX. 128; Of an extraordinary pheafant, ibid. 520; Of the organ of hearing in fish, LXXI. 379; Anatomical remarks on a new marine animal, LXXV. 333; Experiment to determine the effect of extirpating one ovarium upon the number of young produced, LXXVII. 233; Oblervations to fhew that the wolf, jackall, and dog, are one fpecies, ibid. 253; On the structure and œconomy of whales, ibid. 372; On the heat of wells and fprings in Jamaica, and the temperature of the earth below the forface in different climates, LXXVII. 53; On the identity of the fpecies of the d'g, wolf, and jackall LXXIX. 160; On bees, LXXXII.129. A whole-length portrait of him, fitting, by Sir J. Reynolds, was engraved by Sharp, 1788. LINES written under the PICTURE of JOHN HUNTER, Efq. late Surgeon general. By J. CRANE, M. D. Extinto, fama fuperftes erit. HUNTER! by Nature form'd her laws to teach With that rare skill few other men can reach; More than he has?-in giving thus to view Alas! thefe arts proctire but tranfient fame, And can no more perpetuate thy praise, But, though the painter and the poet fail, 18. W. Annefley, efq. of Chelsea, brother to Francis A. efq. one of the reprefen tatives for Reading, Berks. Aged 71, Wm. Stagg, efq. of Clerkenwellclofe. He has bequeathed to the old Finfbury difpenfary 1ool.; to the parish charityfchool rool. and 100 guineas to the poor. Mr. Stamp Garrard, attorney, of StoneyStratford. While he and two other gentlemen were out on a fhooting party, the gun of one of them unfortunately went off, ia paling through a hedge, na fhot Mr. G. in the head, which killed him on the spot. At Kendal in Weftmorland, of a paralytic affection, for which he had in vain fought relief at Lifoon, the Hon. Sir John Willon, kut. one of his Majefty's inttices of the Court of Common Plens. His lief had been of 14 davs continuance; and He had fultained it with that cheerful regnation and compofure which bespoke a mind most perfectly at peace. He married, April 7, 1788, the daughter of Serjeant Adar, whom he had known from a child, and by her had fula him the publick have lost a molt valuable citized, an abe and upright jouge. The moÆ profound knowlege of the law, preferved by a memory equally diftinét and retentive, united to a ftrong and correct judgement, with an understanding of uncommon figcity and clearnefs, directed all his legal decifions, and will. make them be looked up to with refpecl, as long as they are known and recorded. In the adminiftration of judicature, civil and criminal, he was diligent, attentive, and penetrating, equally removed from prejudice by the ftrength of his head, and from parti alty by the integrity of his heart; his justice was tempered with mercy, and los humanity regulated by a regard for the pubic wei His country had only to regret, that his too fcrupulous attention to the labor ous duties and contulated not a little to deprive the of his office exceeded his bodily itrength, world the fooner of fo valuable a life. What his family and friends have loft will be heit fpolen by the deep and lafting regret with which his lots will be by them remembereds Endeare to them in an uncommon degree. by chearfulness of temper, fimplicity of midners, and benevolence of heart, his public and private virtues will live in their memo ries when this feeble tribute of respect, from one who knew and love! him, will be long forgotten. 21. At Newport, in the isle of Wight, the Hon. Mr. West, brother to Lord Delawar. 23. At his honfe in Margaret-ftreet, Cavendish-fquare, Rev. John Cocks, prebendary of Bristol, and rector of Suckley, co.. Worcester. 25. After having been nearly three weeks. delivered of her filift child (fee p. 955), Mrs. Key, GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. APTAIN Edward Pellew, of the royal navy, knighted. CAN Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of Hertford, created Earl of Yarmouth and Marquis of Hertford. Henry Lord Porchefter, created Earl of Carnarvon. Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas, appointed cuftos rotulorum of the county of Middlefex, and of the city and liberty of Weft infter. George Poyntz Ricketts, efq appointed captain-general and governor in chief of the inland of Tobago. Lawrence Hanfen, efq, appointed his Danih Majelty's conful at Liverpool, and all other ports in the county palatine of Lancalter, with the approbation of his Majesty. John Auftrother, e'q. of Lincoln's-inn, appointed his Majefty's juftice of the counties of Carnarvon, Merioneth, and Angh fea, in the principality of Wales, vice Hayes, ref. Wm. Grant, efq. of Lincoln's-inn, ap pointed one of his Majefty's juftices of the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, and of the town and county of Haverfordwest, and of the county of the borough of Carmarthen, in the principality of Wales, vice Motiord, app. folicitor-general. Rt. Hon. Lord Henry John Spencer, appointed envoy extraordinary to the Court of Stockholm: -r nas Drake, efq. mifter plmpot, nury to the Republick of Genoa; --Hou. Win. Ellot, fecretary of em baily to the States General of the United Provine. s, and minifter pleampotentiary in the abfence of the ambaffidor;-George-Henry Rote, efq. fe retary of logation to the Court of Berlin;-and James Craufard, efq, fecretary of region to the Court of Corentagen. Sir Richard Worfley, bart. appointed his Majcity s minister rendent at Vence. Capt. Forbes Champagne, of the 23d foot; Capt. Win. Purves, and Capt. Mundiford Allen, from the ball-pay of the late independent companies: Capt. Wm. Dyott, of the 4th foot; Capt. Bryan Philpot, and Capt. John Sullivan Wood, of the independe at companies; Capi, Edw. Davis, of the 60th fost, and Captain lieutenant John Thomas, of the 28th foot, appointed m-jors of brigade. to the forces. Lieut.-col. John St. Leger, of the rft footguards, appointed depury adptont-general to The forces ou the Continent under the com mand of the Duke of York.-Col. Robert Johnstone, of the 3d foot-guards, appointed deputy quarter-mafter-general; Capt. Gerald Fitzgerald, of the 1ft foot-guards, deputy jadge-advocate; Capt. Alex. Sutherland, of the royal engineers, brigade-mafter; and Sontag, captain of guides to the taid forces. Dr. Hugh Kennedy, from the half-pay, appointed inspector of, and Charles Morris, eiq. alfo from the half-pay, appointed purveyor to, the hofpitals for the faid forces. Surgeon John Mallet, from the 11th dragoons, appointed farveon to the faid forces. Surgeon Patrick Dundon, from half-pay, appointed furgeoa to the forces in G, Britain. John Parifh, fq, appointed conful at claimburgh for the United States of America. Rev. Thomas Hughes, M. A. appointed a prebendary of Wefh. vice Boscawen, dec. Rev. Charles-Peter Layard, P.D. appointed a prebendary of Worcester, vice Hughes, reûgned. Rev. Samuel Alford, M. A. St. Borian, alias St. Burian deany and rectory, co. Corn wall, vice Boscawen. dec. Edw. Milward, jun. efq. appointed comptrolier of excife, vice Butler, jun. Dr. John Gillies, the celebrated author of the Hiftory of Greece, appointed his Majefty's hiftoriographer for Scotland, vice Robertfon, dec.-Belides the honour, a falary of 2001. is annexed to the office. Patrick Beliew, efq. appointed (by the Queen) gentleman-ufher of the privy-chamher to her Majefty; Cha. Rooke, efq. gentieman-ufher daily-water; and George N. Vincent, and Charles Harward, efqis. gentlemen-uhers quarter-waiters. Capt. Win. Afle, from the 23d foot, app. major of brigade, vice Vallencey, refigned. Sir Gaert Elliot, bart. fworn of his Majefty's moit honourable privy-council. Charles Whitworth, eiq cavoy-extraordinary and minifier-plenipotentiary at the Court of St. Petersburg, created a kidgh of the Eath. George Harward, eiq. appointed conful in the feveral pors of Olten, Nie port, and Bruges, in the province of Flanders. Right Rev. Samoei Horley, bihop of St. David's, tranded to the fee of Rochetter, and appointed dean of Weftminiter, boli vice Bp. Thomas, dec. CIVIL PROMOTIONS. JOHN BRUSE, etq. appointed hiftoriographer to the East India Company, vice Orme. Alex. Olborn, efq, appointed folicitor nf the cuftomus for Scotland, vice Menzies, dec. John Hunter, efq. appointed comptroller of the duties on houtes, windows, &c. under the commiffioners of taxes, vice Brent, ref. Mr. Huh Macpherfoo, appointed profe for of Orie. tal languages in the univerfity of Aberdeen, vice Bell, dec. John-Willett Payne, efq. appointed (by the Prince of Wales) steward of the feveral manors |