the 59th year of his age, and 31ft of his ministry. Dec. 26. Aw. Lumifden, Efq. of the family of Cufhnie, Aberdeenshire, at the age of 81, while revifiting his native city, at the houfe of John M'Gouan, Efq. who had been the friend and companion of his youth. Mr Lumifden, in the earlier period of life, refided at Rome, the venerable antiquities of which he has defcribed, with fimple and elegant fidelity, in a work, intitled, "Remarks on the Antiquities of Rome and its Environs," which at any time would have been admired, but has now become invaluable, from that venerable feat of power and of the fine arts having again experienced the ravages of barbarous times. Retiring from Rome, he paffed many years at Paris, with the firft literary circles under the Monarchy; opportunities which engrafted on his natural mildness of difpofition, thofe correct characters to which his friends often appealed, and which will be long remembered as a model of those refined manners which civilized Europe once cherished and diffused. At London, the celebrated Father O'Leary, of the Romish religion, a native of the city of Cork, a Dominican Friar. O'Leary was a man of confiderable humour; being afked by an Irish Bishop to prove the exiftence of Furgatory, he replied, "It is not capable of a demonftrative proof, but let it remain as it is; your Grace may go farther and fare worse." At Leeds, in his 25th year Mr J. A. Contes, furgeon, who, in the faithful difcharge of the humane duties of his profef fion, fell a victim to the fever, which he had taken in the abodes of mifery, being one of the medical gentlemen who vifited for the Benevolent Society at that place. At the Roffet, Mrs Margaret Nicholas, at the very advanced age of 107. She enjoyed a good state of health till within a few days of her death. Mr Richard Hall, of Skerton, near Liverpool. He had been at church in the morning; foon after his return, he complained of being unwell, and died in about half an hour. Mrs Moreau, widow of Simeon Moreau, Efq. late mafter of the ceremonies at Cheltenham. By fome accident her clothes caught fire, three weeks ago, and before affiftance was procured, fhe was fo dreadfully burnt, that the lingered till Wednefnay laft, in the greatest agonies, when the died. At Berks, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount At Pine, Lady Dowager Northcote. At Caftlejordan, Sir Duke Giffard, one of the most ancient Baronets of Ireland, and alfo a Baronet of England. At Ellesmere, in Salop, Rear-Admiral William Hay. At Bath, Lieutenant-Colonel Hatton Flood. At London, Robert Udny, Efq. in the 78th year of his age. At Surinam, Captain Goodwicke, of the Triton, of the yellow fever. At Maxton, Mrs Oliver, wife of the Rev. Mr Oliver, minifter of that parish. In Dublin, John Kennedy of Cultra, in the county of Down, Esq. At his feat, Annabella, near Mallow, Ireland, Sir Jofeph Hoare, Bart.; he was one of the oldeft members of the Irish Parlia ment, being one of its reprefentatives for fixty years; he was a man of the strictest integrity, and died full of years and honours, being in the 88th year of his age. Captain James Ruffell, of his Majesty's fhip Ceres, aged thirty-five. Lately, at North Waltham, aged 77, Mr John Grames, who in the courfe of 6 years, had three weddings, fix births, fix burials, and lately buried his fixth wife. At London, James Findlay, Efq. late on the Bombay medical establishment. At Plymouth, Dr R. Bunce, for 30 years pafl furgeon to the Plymouth division of marines. At Wells, the Right Hon. Lady Francis Seymour. At Buckland, the Rev. J. Hurdis, D. D. of Magdalen College, and Profeffor of Poetry.. At Tarbat House, the Right Hon. Lady Elibank Mackenzie of Cromarty, widow of the late Lord Elibank, and daughter of the late George Earl of Cromarty. At Waffand, Yorkshire, Mrs Constable, fifter of Marmaduke Conftable, Efq. At Wakefield, Mrs Crossland. Her clothes accidentally caught fire, and before afliftance could be given the was paft reco very. At Hampstead, Thomas Gregory, Efq. many years Principal of Clifford's Inn. A few days ago, Mrs Noris, of Horringer, aged 106 years and feven weeks. At Hadley, Mrs Chapoue, well known in the literary world, by her Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, and other elegant productions. At London, John Rufh, Efq. furgeon, inspector-general of the army. During the American war he, by his skill and attention to the officers and men in the West Indies and America, faved many valuable lives. After a few days illness, at his house at Walworth, Mr John Cruikshanks, merchant and stock-broker, Birchin-lane. At Camberwell, in the 90th year of his age age, Mr Earle, formerly of Bermondsey. ftreet, tailor, grand-father to the celebrated Mifs Robertson, now a prifoner in the Fleet, who fwindled fo many people by pretending she was a relation of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Kenyon, Mr Dundas, &c. and heiress to the estate of Fafcally. At the Abbey-house, aged 56 years, Mrs Felicitas Plowden, daughter of the late Edmond Plowden, of Plowden-Hall, in Shropfaire, a lineal defcendant of the great Lawyer of the fame name in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. At the age of eighteen fhe retired amongít the religious Ladies of Prin. cunhoff (as their house was called,) at Burges, from whence the returned to England upon the invafion of Flanders by the French in 1794. 1801. Nov. 30. Mr John Riddel, English fchool-master at Selkirk. Being with a party to dine that day at a friend's, a few miles in the country, he had rather staid late, and by fome unaccountable circumftance had left the party on their return home, and wandered from the road; it was not (although much fearch was made after the a'larm was given) till next forenoon that he was found, owing to the inclemency of the night, a lifeless corpfe. He was a very promifing, induftrious young man. Dec. 2. At Stirling, Mits Christian Gra-. ham, youngest daughter of the deceased Alexander Graham, Esq. of Duchray. At Weeley, near Colchester, Effex, Mr Norman Macleod, late of Bernera, Glenelg. 3. David Mofes Corbet, Efq of Moses. field, writer in Bathgate. 4. William Bett Cockburn, eldest fon of James Cockburn, Efq at Haddington. 5. At Glasgow, Mrs Ralfton, relict of Mr William Ralfton, furgeon. - Sir John Parnell, fuddenly. He spoke upon the Distillery Bill the evening before, in the House of Commons; he breakfafted as ufual; immediately after breakfast, he went into his room, where he was feized with an apoplectic fit, and expired in less than half an hour. 8. At Edinburgh, Mrs Jean Watson, wife of Thomas Wright, Efq. of Greenhill. II. Without a moment's previous illness, Mr J. Cornell, farmer, Higham green, near Kentford in Suffolk, who, after following his daily avocations and smoking his pipe, dropt the fame from his month, and inftantly expired. At Glasgow, Mr Richard Bell, merchant. At North Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Mifs Margaret Burnet. 13. Mifs Ifabella Miller, fecond daughter of the deceafed Mr Miller, merchant in Glasgow. 14. At Hawick, Mifs Rachael Marianne Wilfon, fecond daughter of the late Dr Andrew Wilfon, physician in London. Dec. 14. In the neighbourhood of Glafgow, Mrs Bogle, widow of the late William Bogle, Esq. 15. Aged 80, Mrs Drummond, of Fleetftreet, London. - Mifs Margaret M'Grouther, daughter of the deceafed Dr Duncan M'Grouther, of Miggar. 16. At Efher. Surry, aged 72, Mr Dacett, the ingenious inventor of the drill plough, and many other uíeful inftruments of agriculture. 17. At Kilmarnock, Mr Alexander Gillies, in the 96th year of his age. - At Stockport, Chefhire, in the 234 year of his age, Mr George Brown, Check manufacturer. His death was occafioned by his fkull being fractured by a fall from his horfe, on his return from Manchester market on the Tuesday preceding. 18. At Hali-houfe Bank, in Leeds, a lit tle child fitting at the tea-table, unperceived, drank from the pot fuch a quantity of hot water as occafioned its death. 21. Mrs Riddell, relict of Mr Robert Riddell, Efq. of Glenriddell, at Bath. 22. At Edinburgh, Lieut -Col Alexander Monypenny, of Pitmilly. 24. At London, the Right Hon. Lord Kirkcudbright, aged 73. At Meadowfield, Mifs Elizabeth Duncan. - Mr Robert Angus, of Clune Park, near Port-Glasgow. 25. At Lochlin, Mrs Campbell, Dowager of Monzie. In Douglas, Isle of Man, Mrs Whitefide, wife of Mr Robert Whiteside, merchant, formerly of Ayr. 26. At Greenock, Mrs Annabella Maxwell, widow of Archibald Crawford, Elq. At Exmouth, the Lady of Sir John Whitefoord, Bart. 27. Mr Colin Henderson, fhip-mafter in Leith. Mrs Henderfon, mother of Col. Henderfon, Fofwell Bank. 29. At Stirling, in the 87th year of her age, Mifs Jean Graham, eldest daughter of the deceased Alexander Graham, Efq. of Duchray. - At Craigow, Mrs Catherine Stedman, wife of Dr John Rutherford, of Basilisk. 30. Mr Thomas Thomfon, farmer at Low Heaton, near Newcastle. Though blind from his infancy, he was allowed to be one of the best judges of cattle in that neighbourhood; and, amongst other fingular performances, he has been known to make a wheel-barrow complete. After a few days illness, Mr Edward Chandler, of Knightsbridge; his only fifter In Portland-place, Mrs Chisholm, Lady of James Chisholm, Efq. of Stonedge Roxburghshire. 1802. Jan. 2. At Dura, Mifs Jean Bayne youngest daughter of Alexander Bayne, of Rires, Efq. 1. At Edinburgh, Mr James Dallas, writer to the Signet. -At Glasgow, Mifs Jane Brown,daugh. ter of John Brown, Efq. of Waterhaughs, -At Glafgow, James Giblon, Efq. of Hilihead, late fhipmafter. - At Keltonhead, Mrs Johnfton, wife of Wm Johnston, Efq of Demarǝra. - At Kenegie, of a decline, in the 48th year of his age, the Right Hon. Lord Rodney. His Lordship's death is an irreparable lofs to a family of twelve children. 3. Mrs Walker, aged 75.-Having occafion to rife from bed, in order to admit her husband into the house, the unfortunately fell from the top of the flairs to the bottom, diflocated her neck, and died upon the fpot before any affiftance could be procured, no perfon but herfelf being in the house, and the door being locked within --She had previously dropped the key from the window, which her husband in the dark was not able to find; and was intending to go down to open the door, when this melancholy catastrophe terminated her exiftence. At Aberdeen, Mrs Mercer, wife of Major Mercer. At Edinburgh, in the 78th year of his age, Dr William Spence, late of Farniehirft; a Gentleman eminent in his profeffion, and the first that difcovered the ufe of the Bark in malignant fevers, and in all putrid difeafes, and, by the bleffing of God, was the means of faving many of his fel. low-creatures from thefe dreadful maladies. - Mr James Greenock, younger of Whitehoufe. 4. At Dundee, Mrs Grizel Scott, widow of Mr Lewis Hay, late fupervisor of Excife. 5. Mr William Adam, merchant, Ayr. 6, Mrs Mathie, wife of Mr Benjamin Mathie, writer in Glasgow. - Mr William Richardfon, merchant in Glasgow. 7. At the Manfe of Livingston, the Rev. Mr Robert Wishart. Jan. 8. At his houfe in Hereford-street, London, Robert Udny, Efq, of Udny, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian So cieties. Mr Udny poffeffed a very ample fortune, part of which he acquired in commerce, as a Weft India merchant, and part by fucceeding to a confiderable family eftate in the north of Scotland. Having early in life conceived a paffion for the fine arts, he diftinguished himself by an ele gance and correctness of tafte fuperior to made the tour of Italy, during which time moft men of the prefent age. He twice he purchased many excellent pictures of the beft mafters of the Italian school.-As Mr Udny was one of the most eminent connoiffeurs and encouragers of the arts, as well as a man of great hofpitality, it was the intention of many Amateurs and Royal Academicians to fhew their refpect for his memory, by attending his funeral; but on opening his will, it appears that his remains are directed to be interred at the family vault in Scotland. 9. At Edinburgh, Mifs Marian Gordon, only daughter of John Gordon, Esq. mer. chant in Glasgow. 1. At Glasgow, Mrs Monteath, widow of Walter Monteath,Efq. of Kepp. 12. At the Manfe of Livingfton, Mifs Jean Wifhart, only daughter of the late Rev. Mr Robert Wishart 15. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Colonel Mackenzie, commandant of the 78th Regiment. Samuel Douglas. Efq. late of the Island of Jamaica, died at Charlestown, South Carolina, upwards of two years ago; and his corpfe having, in terms of his will, been put into a leaden coffin, the same was lately conveyed to this country, in order to be depofited in a tomb which he had fome time ago caufed to be erected, in the new church-yard at Newton-Douglas, to the memory of his revered parents, who refided in that neighbourhood.—Mr Douglas left a confiderable fum in legacies to his relations in Galloway; but the principal part of his fortune, amounting to upwards of 25,000l. he has left for the endowment of an Academy, for the education and maintenance of poor children belonging to the parishes of Penningham and Kirkmabreek, to be built at Newton Douglas.His funeral took place there on Thursday the 14th current, and was attended by a great number of his relations, as well as by the gentlemen in the neighbourhood, when an elegant entertainment was provided for the company at the inns, by or der of the Trustees to his will. |