The windows of the church were broken by the populace, who endes voured to force into the church that way. In London the most marked testimonies of respect were paid to his memory. The Theatre of Drury lane, of which he was the landlord, was shut, as were many of the shops on his extenfive eftates. His Grace, till about a fortnight before, had enjoyed a good state of health; when, on a sudden, he became so vio⚫lently affected by a disorder, terined by the faculty, a strangulated hernia, that it was found expedient to call in the furgical afsistance of Sir James Earle, who, after a confultation with others of the profeffion, performed a skilful operation upon his Grace, but unfortunately, without the hoped-for fuccefs; other profeffional aid was then called in, but in vain; for his Grace languished in great agony, till a mor tification took place on Sunday the 28th of February, and the second day afterwards he expired, having made fome important arrangements with the greatest fortitude and prefence of mind. His Grace dying unmarried, and without issue, is succeeded, in titles and estates, by his next brother, Lord John Ruffell, a Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Tavistock, who was born July 6, 1766, and in 1786 married Georgiana Elizabeth Byng, fecond daughter of Lord Vif count Torrington, formerly British Ambaslador to the Court of Bruffels; The died last year, leaving issue several fons and daughters. The death of the Duke was appropriate to the whole tenor of his estimable life. When Dr. Hallifax and Sir James Earle informed him of the neceffity of a speedy operation, he faid, "Very well; but I must previously have two hours, for fome neceffary ar rangements of my papers, &c.!" Retir. ing for this purpose into his study, be wrote nearly the whole of that time, and afterwards sealed up two large packets, and addressed them to his brothers, Lord John, and Lord William Russell. His Grace then came back to the Gentlemen of the Faculty, and faid, "Now, Sirs, I am at your service; but probably it may be proper that I thould be bound, to which I thall alfo cheerfully submit."-Sir James Earle faid, he relied upon the fortitude of his Grace's mind, and therefore thought it not necessary. The operation was then proceeded upon, on a couch, and took a much longer time, and confequently inflicted more acute sensations on the patient, than were at first looked for; however, they were borne without a struggle, only two deep groans being uttered by his Grace during the whole course of this painful proceis. The Will of his Grace, deposited in Doctors-Commons, is as follows: (COPY) "I, FRANCIS, Duke of BEDFORD, do give all my personal Estate to my brother, Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Witness my hand this 27th day of February, 1802, (L.S.) "BEDFORD." "Signed, fealed, and delivered, in prefence of us, "WILLIAM KERR, [Administration, with the Will an- One account says, that the Will is writen in the Duke's own hand, on a common half-theet of paper, refembling the cover of a letter. The writing is not so steady as usual. His Grace appears first to have figned the will without witnesses, as his first fignature is fcratched out with a pen, and the name again figned below. By the date, it appears that his Grace believed himfelf in danger on the 25th. Befides this Will, he has left a very long paper, sealed up, of inftructions to his fucceffor, which was ordered not to be opened till the Will was proved. A Surrogate from Doctors' Commons went to Woburn, to swear his Grace refpecting this paper. The Duke is supposed to have made in it various legacies and dispositions of his property, as he had not time to do so in a detailed Will, which requires certain legal forms. His brother John is, of course, sole heir to all his effects, real and perfonal, and On Hha bis his honour alone depends the fulfilment of his Grace's wishes. The Duke well knew the honour of his brother, and and that he could fafely confide to him this important truft. No executor being named in the Will, Lord John was obliged to send up with it, to Doctors' Commons, a bond for due adminiftration. His sureties, in red cool. each, are Lords Prefton and Villiers. We have already noticed, that the late Duke's first fignature to his Will is erafed. The fame is the cafe with regard to the fignature of the present Duke, to the instrument above-mentioned John Ruffell."-This fignature is also erafed, and above it is fign. ed "Bedford." Lord John thought too much of the lofs of his brother to recollect his new title. -The late Duke's diforder (a Rupture) was first brought on by a blow from a cricket-ball, while a boy in Westminster School: it is unufually frequent in England, infomuch that about every fifteenth man is af flicted with it; and consists in the protrufion of part of the intestines through the ring of the belly into the groin, whence they descend fill lower. Sudden exertions, fuch as fevere coughing, lifting great weights, &c. are very apt to occafion a fudden protrusion of a greater quantity of the intestine than does in the common ftate of the disease fall down. This additional bulk, iftoo great to be retained, becomes filled with wind and fræces; and the ring of the belly contracts round it, and it be. comes, in the medical phrafe, ftrangulated. Various, but too ineffectual, are the means used to replace it; and if they do not quickly fucceed, recourse must be had to the knife, or mortification will foon be the consequence. The operation is one of the niceft in the whole art of furgery, but, like other capital ones, it is tedious and painful. As much depends upon its being timely performed, it must (independent of the danger arising from exposing a natural close cavity to the external air) be a precarious remedy. It is, therefore, frequently unfuccessful; but ftill, it is the only chance. and fucceeds far oftener than it fails. His Grace's body was opened on Wednesday, when the vifcera were found in a putrefcent state, precisely as the furgeon expected. The Duke of Bedford was in fuch perfect health on the morning of the 26th, as to have played at tennis during the early part of i it. He had got heated, and having put on a thin jacket to play in, it is supposed he caught cold, which occafioned a violent sneezing and coughing, and the falling of the rupture. He then fent for Mr. Parker, a furgeon and apothecary of Woburn, who, on his arrival, found the state of his Grace to be of such a dangerous nature, that he directed Dr. Kerr, of Northampton, to be fent for, who ar rived on Saturday morning early; but he deemed it necessary to fend for more asistance to London. The motive of the Duke of Bedford for leaving the whole of his eftates to his elder brother, was a defire that his various plans of extending and improv ing them should be carried into effect, as the best means of enabling his fuc. cessor to render that aid to his younger brother, Lord William, which it had always been his own principle to afford to them both. His Grace left two letters directed for Lord John and Lord William, in the former he enjoined his successor to make every due provifion for his younger brother; and in the latter he expreffed the warmest affection for Lord William, trufting that the fame cordial friendship would exist between him and his elder brother which his Grace had ever borne towards them both. POPULATION. - The authorities for the following estimates are, Büsching, Crome, Lopez, D'Aranda, Necker, Menelle, Jageman, Holle, Schlözer, and Gatterer. (Poland, 8,500,000.) Sardinia Venetian States 3,170,000 3,000,000 2,600,000 * Including Auftrian Netherlands, Lombardy, Tuscany, &c. -The prefent popuJation of the Hereditary States is infinitely short of this effimate. Rev. Joseph Baines, aged 67, many years refident in India. Mr. Henry Hurst Capel, of the office of ordnance, Tower, in his 27th year. At Orton, Westmorland, aged 58, John Barn, efq. fon of the Rev. Dr. Burn, author of the Justice of the Peace. 21. At Richmond, in his 71ft year, Dr. John Moore, author of Zeluco, &c. (See a portrait and account of this Gendeman in our Magazine for January $790.) 22. At Blasford, near Ringwood, Hants, Sir John Hales, bart. Mr. John Ashton, master of Hope School, Liverpool, aged 63. Lately, Benjamin Lester, efq. alderman, and formerly member of parliament for Poole. 23. Thomas Daniel, esq. of South Lambeth, in his 72d year. 24. Mr. Arthur Peart, of Philpot-lane. Mr. Robert Strang, merchant, at Glaf gow. In Lamb's Conduit-street, Dr. James Johnston, chairman of the commiflioners tor fick and wounded feamen. 25. The Rev. William Jackson, A. M. vicar of Chrift Church, Hants. Lately, at Hafelbeech Hall, Northamp. tonshire, G. Ashby, efq. of Querby Hall, Leicestershire, in his 77th year. 26. In New Road, Marybone, Alexander Geddes, LL. D. He was author of (1) Select Satires of Horace tranflated into English Verse. 4to. 1779. (2) Letter to a Member of Parliament on the Cafe of the Protestant Dissenters; and the Expediency of a general Repeal of all penal Statutes that regard religious Opinions. 8vo. 1787. (3) A Letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley, in which the Author attempts to prove, by one prescriptive Argument, that the Divinity of Jesus Christ was a primitive Tenet of Chriftianity. 8vo, 1787. (4) Profpectus of a new Tranflation of the Holy Bible. 4to. (5) A Letter to the Right Rev. Lord Bishop of London, containing Queries, Doubts, and Difficulties relative to a vernacular Verfion of the Holy Scriptures. 410. 1787. (6) Proposals for printing by Subfcription a new Translation of the Holy Bible. 4to. 1788. (7) Epiftola Macaronica ad Fratrem Deiis quæ gesta funt in nupero Diflentientium conventu Londini habeto prid id Feb. 1790.410. (8) A Translation of this, with the Original. 4to. 1790. (9) Carmen Sæculare pro Gallica gente tyrannidi aristocraticæ eripta. 4to. 1790. (10) A Translation of the fame. 4to. 1790. (11) Dr. Geddes's General Answer to the Queries, Councils, and Criticisins that have been communicated to him fince the Publication of his Proposals. 4to. 1790. (12) L'Avocat du Diable: The Devil's Advocate; or, Satan versus Pictor. 4to. 1792. (13) A Norfolk Tale; or, A Journal from London to Norwich; with a Prologue and Epilogue. 8vo. 1792. (14) THE HOLY BIELE, or the Books accounted facred by Jews and Christians, otherwise called the Books of the Old and New Covenants, faithfully transflated, &c. Vol. I. 4to. 1793. (15) Ververt; or, the Parrot of Nevers: a Poem in four Cantos, tranflated from Gressel. 4to. 1793. (16) Dr. Geddes's Address to the Public on the Publication of the First Volume of the new Tranflation of the Bible. 4to. 1793 (17) Letter from the Rev. Alexander Geddes, LL. D. to the Right Reverend John Douglass, Bishop of Centuriæ, and Vicar Apoftolic in the London Dittrict. 4to. 1795. (18) THE HOLY BIBLE, Vol. II 4to. 1797. At Tooting, Surrey, Lieutenant Charles Rice, of the royal navy. 27. William Mackensie, esq. provost of Inverary. 28. William Jolliffe, esq. M. P. for Petersfield. His death was owing to art accident. Mr. Jolliffe had been for a long time previously employed in inspecting some improvements on his eftate at Mitcham, in Surrey. On Friday last he went into a field adjoining the houfe, where a number of labourers were employed in digging; whillt walking, not observing a pit near, he fell in, and unfortunately broke the spine of his back, and fractured his skull in several places. He laid a short time in that fituation; but assistance being near, he was con veyed to his house, where, after languithing in extreme torture until Sunday, he then expired. The Rev. Mr. Smith, rector of St. Michael, Winchester, and one of the minor canons of that cathedral. In the performance of his afternoon duty at the cathedral, just as he had read the text of his fermon, his voice suddenly faultered, and he fell back lifeless. MARCH MARCH 1. At Battersea, Cuthbert Rippon, efq. At Chatham, Rear-Admiral James Macnamara, aged 65. 2. Richard Gimbert, efq. of Piccadilly. At Shobden Court, Herefordshire, in his 81st year, the Right Hon. John Lord Viscount Bateman, Jord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of that county. His Grace Francis Duke of Bedford. (See p. 235). Lately, Mr. Thomas Jees, chief teller of the Bank of England. Lately, at Sandwich, Daniel Rainier, efq. brother of the admiral of that name. Lately, Major Cooper, of North Allerton, Yorkshire. 3. Mr. John Parkinson, of Lime Areet-square. 6. The Rev. W. Kemp, B. D. of the university of Cambridge. Lately, at Muffets, near Hatfield, Herts, Jonathan Michie, efq. 9. At Beverley, the Rev. B. Foord, LL. D. At Welcroft House, near Hereford, in his 69th year, William Leslie, esq. 10. At Hope Mantel, Herefordshire, Lieutenant Yonge Darwall, of the Staffordshire militia. 11. At Edinburgh, aged 80 years, Mrs. Mary Nisbet, relict of the Rev. Dr. William Robertson, principal of the university of Edinburgh. Colonel Count Sutton Clanard. 12. Mifs Wilkes, the daughter of the celebrated John Wilkes, of political notoriety, at her house, in Grosvenorsquare, She walked in the Park the day before, and dined apparently in perfect health. About twelve at night she called up her servants, and in less than an hour expired. She was much advanced in life, and for, some years had been deprived of her voice. She recovered it in some de. gree, but spoke in a harsh, difcordant manner. Her mind had been feduloufly cultivated by her father, and she was a well-bred, intelligent woman. affection was always a striking feature in her character, and this is virtue virtue the ditplayed in a generous use of her independent fortune, in support of her father, during many fevere embarrassments which his profuse style of living had brought upon him. It was understood that the had many manuscripts of her father's, which the intended to give to the Public, among which were his private and politi. cal Lite, in two diftinct works, as well as Filial many poetical imitations of classic authors. Miss Wilkes lived in circles of elegance and fashion, in which her good sense, knowledge of the world, and easy manners, rendered her very acceptable. 13. At Margate, James Hamilton, esq. only fon of Colonel Hamilton, of the Coldstream regiment of foot guards. Mr. Dunn, of the Theatre Royal, York. At Derby, John Trowell, efq. late major of the Derby militia. 14. James Hamilton, elq. of Gartham Lock, aged 35, captain lieutenant in the princess royal's own late fencible cavalry. Lately, at Strawberry Hill, near Collumpton, Devonshire, in the 78th year of his age, the Right Hon. Charles Henry Coote, earl of Mountraith, of Weeting Hall, in the county of Norfolk. 16. In her 86th year, Mrs. Maty, reli& of Dr. Matthew Maty, formerly principal librarian of the British museam. In Greville-street, Hatton Garden, Dr. Murray. At Bath, the Rev. Amburnham Philip Newman, of 1 hornbury Park, Gloucestershire. Mr. John Smith, of Ouliton, near Eafingwold, Yorkshire. 18. Mr. Charles Howse, of Tower. street, watchmaker. Nicholas Webb, esq. of Ebworth, in the county of Gloucester, aged 63. Thomas Horne, of White Hart-lane, Tottenham, aged 75. 19. Mrs. Bagshaw, of Parliament-ftreet, Westminster, aged 92. 22. At Walton-upon-Thames, aged 83, Mr. Lake Young, many years deputy of Cordwainer's ward. At St. Alban's, the Dowager Lady Lade. 23. Mr. Felix Calvert, an eminent brewer. |