dication of the Pentateuch, both as to facts and doctrines, was begun in a review of Dr. G's new tranflation, in the British 1 Critick, February this year, continued in the following month. It is imagined the death of his friend and patron, the late Ld. Petre, to whofe memory he paid a feeling poetic tribute, had a fenfible effect on his health, and brought him to his grave.

27. At Beverley, after a long and fevere illness, the Rev. Luke Hall, late of Trinity college, Cambridge.

At Plumsted-houfe, Kent, Peter Mann, efq. eldeft fon of Gen. M. of the engineers.

28. At Mertham Rye, Surrey, William Jolliffe, efq. M. P. for Petersfield. On the 26th, having returned from hunting, with his two fons, and a colonel of the guards just come from Egypt, he was giving directions to his fervants about drawing off fome old ale for the family's ufe in town, when, having forgotten that the hatch of the cellar was open, he fell backwards head foremost to the depth of 10 feet perpendicular into it. His neck was dislocated by the fall, and the skin stripped off from the back part of his head. It was fome time before he was found by the recollection of a labourer who faw him go that way. He was taken up alive, and Mr. Earle immediately fent for. Mr. J. converfed with him in the moft fenfible and calm manner, and next morning at fix o'clock he died. On Sunday, March 7, his remains were interred with great funeral pomp in the family-vault at Merstham. The body, which had lain in ftate fome days, was conveyed to the church, which was hung with black cloth, in a hearfe decorated with efcutcheons, &c. preceded by all his tenantry in full mourning, on horfeback; then plumes, banners, and his favourite horse, properly caparifoned. The hearfe was followed by eight coaches and fix, in which were his two fons and others of his family, and particular friends. The pall-bearers were, Lord Gramley, the Hon. Gen. Norton, Sir John Frederick, Lieutenant-colonel Boyce, Mr. Eaft, and Mr. Rock. In her 16th year, MifsMontefiore, daught. of Mr. Jofeph M. of Kensington. Her death was occafioned by her drefs having accidentally caught fire. Within thefe few months not less than fix ladies have literally been burnt to death. May her unhappy fate infpire the breaft of every female reader' with that degree of precaution and care that may for ever prevent a repetition of a fimilar calamity!

Aged 63, Mr. John Simpfon, formerly of the White Swan and Sandhill coffeehouse, Newcastle, but afterwards of the Chapter coffee-house, York. He was efteemed one of the first billiard-players in this country, and was well known to, and valued by, a numerous and refpectable ac quaintance in most parts of the kingdom,

Rev. Mt. Smith, rector of St. Michael's, Winchester, and one of the minor canons of that city. While performing his afternoon duty in the cathedral, and just as he had read the text of his fermon, his voice fuddenly faultered, and he fell back lifeless. He was immediately taken home, but every endeavour to restore him was ineffectual.

At Bath, the widow of Mr. Dan. Brown. In Oxford Street, Bath, Mrs. Athill. Mifs Waddington, only daughter of Samuel Ferraad W. efq.

Mr. Price, principal meffenger to the Navy-office.

In Aberdeen, Mifs Barbara Somerville, third daughter of the Rev. Mr. S.

Lately, at Mellis in Suffolk, Mifs Anne Bullock, fifter to Captain Bullock, with whom the lived. She was a rare inftance of patience under long and painful fuffering; and thofe real female ornaments, meeknefs and a quiet fpirit, created the fincereft love, and render the lofs unusually afflicting and fevere. Those nearest her derive a momentary confolation in paying this juft tribute of affection to her memory. An excellent difcourfe replete with inftructiou, confoling, and impreffive, was deli vered on the occafion by the Rev. Mr. Hurn, a near relation of the deceafed, and vicar of Debenham.

Of apoplexy, aged 85, Cardinal Muzia Gallo, Bishop of Viterbo. In November 1798, he was inftrumental, with the affistance of Count Zelli Pazzaglia, governor of the city, in faving the lives of 3b Frenchmen whom the populace of Viterbo threat, ened with death. The Cardinal-bifhop received them into his palace; and, cloathing himself in his pontifical robes, harangued the people from a balcony. The multitude, till then nofy and mutinous, fell on their knees and implored his benediction; and, foon afterwards, Gen. Kellermann marched into the city and relieved his countrymen.

Aged 104, Ifaac Ealy, labourer at Headington, near Devizes. He was father and grandfather to 95 children.

In the work houfe at Gaulkham, belonging to the township of Todmerden, Lancashire, Luke Jackfon, who was born March 12, 1699, and, confequently, nearly 103 years of age; he lived in three centu ries and five reigns, of William and Mary, Aune, and the three Georges. He enjoy cd the per ufe of Lis faculties to the Laft; and had fuch an averfion to phyfick and phyficians that on his death-bed, when the governor was ordered to procure me dical athitance for him, he earnestly requefied that none might be got.

Mrs. Hannah Chules, wife of Serjeantmajor C. of the Huntingdonshire militia, While converfing with a neighbour in the High Street at Huntingdon, the fuddenly dropped down in an apoplectic fi`, and ex pired in a few minutes.

The wife of Mr. Abrahams, of Chatham dock yard. He was greatly affected by the circumftance; and on entering the chamber where the corpfe lay, he fat on the fide of the bed, and obferving that he felt he should not long furvive her, he fell on her neck, and expired.

Thomas Robinson, late of Roebarton, near Taunton, in Somerfetfhire. The following curious bequests are contained in his will: "All my property in the tocks I give to the afliftance of Government-it is my voluntary contribution to the defence of the nation; and I appoint the Governour and Cahier of the Bank of England executors and trustees; and I trust they will have it placed to the proper account immediately after my death. All I have in Fauston, in money or goods of any kied, I give to my fervant, Elizabeth Clark, in requital for her taking care of me during two long illnelles, the firit of which was cuted by pofon given me by Mifs Hannah Shute, which took ont all my teeth, coufed two or three impofthumes, and from which I recovered by miracle by a milk diet."

At Bromley, Kent, the widow of the Rev. Dr. Morgan, rector of Litle Leighs, co. Eflex.

A Greenwich, in his 82d year, DanielPeter Layard, M.D. who w.s admitted lice tate of the College of Phyficious 1752, but had for feveral years retired from practice. He was father to the D. n of Briftol, ad brother to the Duchefs of Ancatter; Vice-prefident of the British Lying-m hofpital (of which he was one of the founders), fellow of the Royal Society, and LL.D. of the Univerfity of Oxford.

The widow of Mr. Thomas Roberts, of Richmond, Surrey, farveyor.

At Camberwell, in his goth year, Mr. Earle, formerly of Bermondfty street,woolJen-draper and tailor, grandfather to the celebrated Mifs Robertfn, now a pioner in the Fleet; and to whom, by a former will, he had given 10,cool. but has now left her only one thilling.

In the Borough High-ftreer, Southwark, aged 81, Mr. George Duguid.

Atter a fhort illness, Mrs. Clitherow, wife of James C. efq. of Botton-house, Middlefex, colonel of the Westminster :egiment of militia. As did, Jan. 30, in her, Soth year, at Bird's-place, Effendon, Herts, Mrs. Joddreil, mother of the wife of Mr. Clitherow, of that place.

Thomas Jecs, efq. chief teller of the Bank of England; a gentleman who, to great conviviality of difpofiton, pleafantry of manners, and facility in adapting his converfation to every company, united fuch rare abilities and acquirements as will caufe him to be long and fincerely lamented.

March 1. At Chatham, aged 65, Rearadmiral James Macnamara.

GENT. MAG. March, 1902.

At Batterfea, Cuthbert Rippon, efq.

At Burbach, co. Leicester, in her 77th year, Mrs. Anne Cooper, widow of Mr. John C. of that place, and fifter of the late Sir Jofeph Mawbey, bart.

Metcalfe, a waggoner, riding on the Lincoln mail-coach, between Alconbury-hill and Chesterton, fell off, and pitching on his head, died inftantly.

2. At Bath, the mother of Wm. Ramfay, efq. fecretary to the East India Company.

At Shohdon-court, co. Hereford, John Lord Viscount Bateman, Baron of Culmore, lord-lieutenant of Herefordshire, and one of his Majefty's most honourable privy council. He was the eldest fon of William Viscount Bateman, by the Lady Anne Spencer, grand-dugh, of John Churchill, the great Duke of Marlborough, and daugh ter of Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, He fucceeded to the titles in 1744; repre fented Woodstock in parliament; and married, 1743, Mifs Sambrooke, niece of Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, bart, of Gubbins, co. Hertford, and co-heitel of John Sefy.; but leaving no illue, the titles of the family expire with him.

In heland, in her 70th year, the widow of Jn. Arabinjefq. of Maglane, co. Meath, daughter of the late Col. Daniel, and mece to the late Gen Legrand.

Aved 55, Mr. James Crifp, merchant

of South of!.

Mr. L Coeft, page to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York. He returned fpeedily to Oatlands, the preceding day, from the Duchess of York's houfe at Bath, upon fome family affair, when he was taken, and died the next morning, much and justly regretted by all who knew him.

2. This morning, at 11 o'clock, at h's feat at Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire, in the 37th year of his age, FRANCIS RUSSEL, Dake of Bedford, Marams of Tavistock, Earl of Bedford, Baron Ruffel of Cheneys, Thornhaugh, and Howland of Streatham, Tecorder of Bedford; profident of the Toxopolite Society, and vice-prefident of the Small Pox Hofpital and the Veterinary College. His Grace was born August 11, 1765, of Elizabeth, daughter of the late William-Anne Earl of Albemarle, and fifter of the late Admiral Vifcount Keppel. His father, the Marquis of Tav.fteck, dying in 1767, in confequence of a fall om his hofe, and leaving three fons, he, as eideft, on the death of his grandather in 1771, fucceeded to the princely honours and fortunes of his family. The Duke died of an inflammation in his bowels; and, from the very fit moment of his being obliged to call in medical afiitance, his recovery was extremely doubtful. His Grace had been afflicted with a rupture from an early part of life, and of a complicated nature, which rendered the wearing of a trufs dif

ficult;

ficult; and it may be prefumed, it was not on when the fatal mischief happened. It was first brought on by a blow from a cricket-ball while at Westminster-school. He had been fightly indifpofed with a cold for a few days, and on Friday afternoon, Feb. 26, about 5 o'clock, a fit of coughing came on, which forced a small portion of inteftine down. His Grace was in great pain on the part, and a general uneafinefs in his bowels. The ufual means were ufed till Dr. Kerr arrived from Northampton, which was at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. His attempts to return the intestine being unfuccessful, he was apprehensive an operation would be neceffary. It was the Duke's particular defire that Sir James Earle, who had always been bis furgeon, fhould be fent for. The delay which it would occafion was attended to; but the Duke decided for himself in that particular. The exprefs for Sir James reached town about noon, and he arrived at Woburn at five on Saturday afternoon. The endeavous of Sir James to reduce the rupture were as ineffectual as Dr. Kerr's; and the operation was immediately proceeded upon, and over before fix o'clock, a period of little more than 24 hours after the accident. His Grace's fubmiffion and fortitude could not be exceeded, and furgical skill was never better executed. The ftricture was extaordinary; but when removed, and the parts returned to their fituation, his Grace feenied relieved, and had two hours comfortable fleep. It was not till Sunday noon the alarming fymptoms fift made their appearance, and which were combated with every effort of art though unfuccessful. The able affiftance of Dr. Halifax, who was his Grace's phyfician, was united in the first confolations, the doctor being fent for at the fame time with Sir James Earle. By defire of his Grace's friends, Sir James Earle returned to the Abbey on Wednesday, with Mr. William Wadd, his pupil, to infpect the body. They found the tettines in a very putrid ftate.

His Grace was fenfible to the last, but not aware of the dangerous state in which he was till the morning that he died. He bore his fofferings, which were most acute, with exemplary refignation. His folicitor, Mr. Gotobed, went down on Monday; and the equanimity and fortitude of his Grace left him full pofletion of himflf, to make what ari angements of his property he deemed proper. A fhort time before his death he faw his brothers, Lord John and Lord William; of whom he took a most affectionate leave. The scene was very folemn and impretive. The whole of Sunday Feb. 28, and Monday and Tuesday March I and 2, the road to Woburn was crowded witi cara es. The pot horfes were inofficient to convey his Gace's vifitors; his wn hories were stationed as relays for the

difpatch of expreffes, being thought more capable of that fervice than the ordinary cattle to be met with upon the roads; and the adjacent gentlemen and farmers, in the fervency of friendship towards their noble and useful neighbour, accommodated his numerous vifitors with their own horfes. The last exprefs, announcing his death, left Woburn at 12, and reached town at 35 min. paft 4, a distance of 42 miles. His Grace dying unmarried, and without iffue, is fucceeded in his titles and eftates by his next brother, Lord John Ruffel, a reprefentative in the prefent Parliament for the borough of Tavistock, who was born July 6, 1766, and in 1786 married Georgiana-Elizabeth Byng, fecond daughter of Lord Vifc. Torrington, formerly British ambassador to the Court of Bruffels. She died Oct. 11, 1801 [LXXI. 966], leaving three fons, Francis, GeorgeWilliam, and John.

The funeral took place on the roth, and was conducted without oftentation, agreeably to his own request. The prefent Duke being extremely indifpoled, he was advifed to quit Woburn, that the appearance of the preparations for the funeral might not increafe his illness. Accordingly, he left the Abbey on the morning of the 9th, in company with his brother Lord William Ruffell, for Streatham. Lord Prefton remained to give directions respecting the funeral, &c. Every thing being properly arranged, the proceffion left the abbey about 10 on Wednetday night, and a breakfast was provided at the White Hart at St. Alban's, next morning, for 50 perfons. The coffin was covered with the best crimfon velvet, and contained 300 filver nails. The hearte was drawn by fix ho: fes. It was followed by three mourning coaches; in the first were Mr. Gotobed, the auditor and folicitor; Mr. Forey, the refident agent for the Woburn estate; and Mr. Brown, a folicitor in the fecond were the Rev. Mr. Parry, rector of Woburn, Mr. Salmon, refident furveyor; and Mr. Shaw, of Woburn; and in the third were three principal fervants of the household. They were followed by his Grace's carriage, empty, drawn by fix bay horfes, and three footmen behind it, followed by a footman leading his Grace's favourite hackney. The proceflion paffed through Hock litte, Dunitable, Market-treet, and Redburn, in the meft folemn manner. The inhabitants in the places through which the proceffion patted were in the road with lights, and the greateft order prevailed. On its arrival at Rickmantworth, about half past nine on Tuefday morning, it was joined by the Buckinghamnfhire tenantry, and foon after by thofe of Cheneys, who were in waiting for its arial; and the whole then proceeded to the place of interment in the followsing order:

:

The pall-bearers on horseback,

Mr.

The tenantry of Cheneys, hetween 60 and 70 in number.

The HEARSE containing the BODY.

Three mourning-coaches;

(The first containing the principal mourners, Meffrs. Gotobed and Brown.)

Several private carriages.
The chariot of the cecsifed.
Two horfes, led by tootmen.

fo extremely great. One of the mourners (the principal kitchen-gardener) has been 55 years employed by the family in that capacity. The confufion was occafioned by a number of the notorious gang of pickpockets from London, who went down in feveral poft-chaifes. A number of perfoos were robbed of confiderable fums of monev at the time the corpfe was going into the church. These villains made a crowd of themfelves. Great numbers of the windows of the church were broken

wards of 200 perions.

The proceffion arrived at the church about one o'clock; and at that time at least 5000 perfons were affembled in the village. On its arrival at the church-yard-gate, it was met by the rector of Cheneys, the Rev. Mr. Morris (who had accompanied the Duke, as tutor, on his travels), and the Rev. Dr. Randolph. After the coffin was taken out of the bearfe, and placed in the vault, the evening fervice was read, and a most excellent fermon preached by Mr. Morris from the 2 Cor. v. 1. He defcanted on the usefulness of the Duke's character; and obferved, that Ins fucceffor inherited his virtues, as well as his titles and estates. A funeral anthem was fung, and was performed by a very refpectable band of vocal and inftrumental performers. The funeral service was likewife read by Mr. Morris, in the family-vauit over the corpfe. The following infcription is on the coffla: "The Moft Noble Francis Duke of Bedford, born the Twenty-thard day of July 1765, died the Second day of March, 1802." This makes 51 of the family whofe remains have been deposited there. Two of them are embalmed, and stand upright in leaden coffins; and the chapel is decorated with 7 capital monaments of the family, from the fit Earl to the late Duke's grandfa her. This vault has been the burying-place of the family for upwards of 350 years; and an old manfion-house (one of the oldest in the family) adjoins the church-yard; part of it has been pulled down, and what remains now is a farm-house. The body was placed on the coffin of his Grace's gindfather, near that of Lady Jon Ruffel, whofe funeral the Duke himfeif had in October Luft attended, and immediately by the fide of the late Dy chefs. The vault was to continue open three days for public inspection Juft as the coffin was going into the church, the most difgraceful fcene of confufion took place, which is too common on thefe occafions; the populace iteating the elchutcheons from the hearte. A man was knocked down and trampled on by a horfe, and his leg torn and bruifed in a moft thocking manner. On the morners endeavouring to follow the corple, fome of them were literally carried into the church, and others could not gain admittance, the crowd being

into the church that way. In London the moft marked teftimonies of respect were paid to his Grace's memory. The theatre of Drury-lane, of which he was the landlord, was fhut, as were many of the shops on his extenfive eftates. At the parish churches of St. George, Bloombory, and St. Paul, Covent Garden, minute bells were tolled from 11 in the morning till two in the afternoon. The interment of the late D. of Bedford was upon the precife day and month in which, 35 years before, his amiable father, the Marquis of Tavistock, fell from his horfe in hunting, and received his death-wound. On Sunday the 14th was performed, at the feveral parith-churches of St. Paul, Covent Garden, and St. George, Bloomsbury, in memory of his Grace, by Metirs. Calcott and Cook, an appropriate Voluntary and Darge; after which was introduced the celebrated Dead March in Sul. The pulpit and readingdelk were hang with black, and decorated with atchievements of his Grace's arms, in contmemorat on of the awful event; but, owing to fome negle&t, not a remnant of cloth was fufpended from the organgallery of either of the churches. terminated the funeral rites of one of the moft diftinguished Noblemen of the prefent age, who, while be graced the peerage of his country, proved himself a mott buillimt ornament of fociety, and the best friend and benefactor of his fellow creatures. The man who, poffeffed of rank, of title, of imments opulence, could, in the gay feafon of budding youth, defpife the httle enjoyments which furrounded him, and withdraw into the most revied paths of effective petriotiim, is no common character. As a private gentleman, the Duke of Bedford food high indeed; he was hofpitable without prodig dity; focial without excefs; and inftructive without pedantry. As a patriot, his endeavours were directed to the real interefts of his country; he endeavoured to render it happy by rendering it plentiful. As a itateiman, his manly oratory carried conviction with it. He was placed by his opulence far above corruption; and he, on all occafions, fpoke his fentiments with the hereditary franknefs of the Houfe Ruffel. His declarations were his ow:

Thus

his language was energetic; and he could hardly, therefore, fail to convince even the unwilling mind of prejudice. He was not of that clafs of men who are gazed at merely becaufe they occupy an elevated ftation,) and who are forgotten almost before their actions are recorded upon their tombs. He was fuch a man as a peer of this great empire ought to be; dignified without pride; poffeffed of loftinefs without baughtinefs; magnificent without oftentation; generous without profufion. He was what every member of the Ariftocracy should be; neither the fycophant of the Crown, nor the flave of the People; neither the favourer of the lefs open attempts of the one, nor the fupporter of the bolder attacks of the other. He stood between them both, unawed by one, and uninfluenced by the other; anxious to keep each in their due fphere and ftation. His laft moments, like the rest of his life, were clear, upright, and undaunted. After having with his own hand fettled all his affairs, he, with unfhaken firmness, fubmitted to a painful and dangerous operation. His turgeon confided in his refolution, and was not difappointed; for though the excruciating pain of the knife did twice extort from him a groan, it could not compel him to a single struggle. Even when informed that he had in him not more than one hour's existence, the manly firmness he had all along difplayed forfook him not; he continued calmly to converfe with his friends, till he breathed his laft ia the arms of his Notle Succeffor.--Hs Grace's will, of which the following is ia copy, was depofited in Doctors Commons on the 5th inftant:

"I, Francis Duke of Bedford, do give all my personal estate to my brother, Lord John Ruffel. Witnefs my hand, this 27th day of February, 1802.

(L. 5)

"BEDFORD,"

Re

fo in a detailed will, which requires certain legal forms. Lord John is, of course, fole heir to all his effects, real and perfonal, and on his honour alone depends the fulfilment of his Grace's withes; but the Duke well knew that he could fafely confile to him this important truft. No executor being named in the will, Lord John was obliged to fend up with it to Doctors Commons a bond for due ad ni Aration. His fureties, in roo,oool. each, are Lords Preston and Villiers. We have already noticed that the late Duke's fift figna ure to his will is erafed. The fame is the cafe with regard to the fignature of the present Duke to the inftrument above mentioned "John Ruffel" This fignature is alfo erafed, and above it is figned "Bedford.” Lord John thought too much of the lofs of his brother to recolle& his new tule.

The late Duke of Bedford was a man not to be claffed with thefe who, "Slumbering in a feat by chance their own," have no other claim to the regard of mankind than what arifes from the accident of their birth. In any fphere of life, the Duke of Bedford would have been diftingufhed as a man of merit. Born to a princely fortune, he fhunned thote fnares which the crafty and defigning fpread for unpra&ifed youth His vaft property had accumulated during his minority to an immenfa fum; but on its coming into his poffellion he did not, as is too frequent, commence the career of diffipation. He joined indeed thofe circles to which his rank and fortune naturally introduced him; he participated in their pleafures, but he did not fhare their excetfes. While others, lefs rich, were fquandering their comparatively fmall patrimonies among polite gamblers, his Grace was hardly more than a spectator of the play. Even from this share of fifhionable amufement he retired in early manhood; and at an age when others are purfaing the deftructive road of extravagance, he devoted himself to elegant literature and useful fpeculation. His rank as a Duke, his intellectual abilities, and his independent fpirit, early led him to signalize himfelf in the Houfe of Peers. He was foon diftinguished as a fpeaker, and on almost every occafion oppofed the lave Ministry. He did not, however, conítantly attend; but when he c! fo, he was heard by all parties with refpest, and liftened to as a man capable of delivering fentiments that demanded a marked attention. Whatever his opinions were, no man ever doubted but they were dictated by the ho net conviction of the moment; and there feemed every reafon to believe that his Grace would become one day a leading man in the political history of his country. For fome years he defeated much of his time to agricultural improvement. Woburn Abbey was the feat of rural science. Here