17th. At Fladong's hotel, in Oxford-street, the honourable Frederick Stuart, M. P. for the county of Bute in Scotland.

18th. At Tempsford-hall, co. Bedford, lady Payne, widow of sir Giles P.

At Vienna, prince Philip of Lichtenstein, well known by his residence at Paris during the first years of the French revolution.

19th. At his house in Merrionstreet, Dublin, Charles Stanley lord viscount Monck, so created 1800. He is succeeded by his son, the hon. Henry Monck, now at Eton college.

Sir Philip Ainslie, of Pilton, knt. 22d. At his lordship's house in St. James's-place, the countess of Roden. 23d. At Mount Vernon, Mrs. Martha Washington, relict of the late president W.-The death of this estimable woman must strongly recall to the recollection of every true American the many amiable qualities which marked her character through the revolutionary war, and through the halcyon days of the first eight years administration of the federal government. The worthy consort of the first of men, she shared his anxieties; she soothed his cares; she iconciliated for him and for herself the affection of her country, and has Jefta naine that will be respected and beloved by the citizens of these states, while superior excellence continues to command their approbation and steem." New York Commercial Advertiser, May 27. On Sunday,

the 30th, the churches at Philadelphia where hung with black, as a tribute of respect to the memory of Mrs. W.; and it is expected that the American ladies will go into mourn ing.

At Lowther-hall, co. Westmore land, after eight days severe illness of a bowel complaint, with which he had been long afflicted, James Lowther, earl of Lonsdale, and viscount Lons dale, so created May 12, 1784; and, on Oct. 10, 1797, viscount and baron Lowther. He was, for many years past, lord-lieutenant and custos rotulorum of the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, wherein his immense property in lands, houses, mines, &c. &c. was situated; also, colonel of the Cumberland militia, and a vice-presidents of the Mary-la-bonue general dispensary. For nearly the two last years he had been in a very precarious and declining state of health; and was at times in so exhausted a state as to be incapable of retaining any thing but human milk on his stomach. He was son of Robert Lowther,. esq. of Malmes-mebarne, governor of Bar badoes 1716, by Catharine, only daughter of sir Joseph Pennington, bart. by Mary his wife, fourth daugh ter of John viscount Lonsdale. He died 1745, she 1740, leaving issue the late earl, another son, Robert, and three daughters; Margaret, manried to Henry, present earl of Darlington; Catherine, to the late duke of Bolton; and Barbara. The late earl succeeded Henry third viscount Lonsdale, who died without issue, in his title of bart. 1750; and was also heir to the accuranlated wealth of sir James Lowther, of Whiteiraven. Sept. 7, 1761, his lordship (then sir James Lowther) married lady Mary Stuart, eldest daughter of the late garl

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of Bute; and, as he afterwards obtained a grant from the crown of part of an estate which had been long held by the duke of Portland's family as an appendage to an estate in the county of Cumberland, given to their ancestor by king William III. it was rashly and untruly presumed that lord Bute's interest was used in inducing the lords of the treasury to improve his son-in-law's property at the expense of the duke of Portland, who was then in opposition. A considerable share of unpopularity attended this transaction; which sir James greatly increased by multiplying litigations, and bringing at once a great number of ejectments for the purpose of establishing his claim. A litigious disposition, or rather a determination to oppress, by means of wealth, and under colour of law, all who were obnoxious to him, has been frequently imputed to lord Lonsdale; and the records of the courts, the books of reports, and the accounts of the assizes in different counties, have appeared, for a long series of years, to afford some basis for the imputation. In 1782, when it was generally understood that the war could not be of much longer continuance, sir James Lowther waited on lord Sandwich, who was then at the head of the admiralty, and, after deploring the state of his majesty's navy, voluntarily offered to build and equip, at his own expense, a 74 gun ship. If this proposal was sincerely made, too much praise cannot be given to such disinterested patriotism; but if common suspicion be well-founded, it was merely a delusive attempt to acquire popularity, and ensure distinction, without the claim arising from actual merit, The peace of 1783 made the building of a ship.at that time unneces

sary; but although the country has since been engaged in a more exténsive contest, and attended with greater exertions than those which gave rise to the proposal of such a donation, the offer was never repeated. He was, some years ago, violently satirized by Peter Pindar, whom he prosecuted for a libel, but, on receiving a concession, was induced to desist; an instance of płacability which does him honour; and he evinced great personal courage in a duel fought, in the year 1792, with captain Cuthbert, which, it is supposed, was not the only transaction of the kind in which he had been engaged. In 1784, an ancient peerage which belonged to the family, but had been for some time extinct, was revived, and sir James was called up to the house of lords by the titles already enumerated. He had been more than 30 years a member of the house of commons, being several tes elected for the counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland: and, at the general election, 1767, was returned for both. His parliámentary interest was very consi derable; and he had the honour of first introducing Mr. Pitt to the British senate, whom he caused to be elected, in 1781, upon his interest, for Appleby, at the instance of their common friend the late duke of Rutland. He was always anxious for the extension of his borough interest; and although the possession of such influence be reckoned favourable to the views of ambition, he never occupied any official situation. To the last hour of his life he was busy in election controversies; and his influence was directed to contest the county of Westmoreland, and the city of Carlisle. Dying without issue, the earldom becomes extinct;

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but the viscounty descends to sir William Lowther, bart. of Swillington, co. York, M. P. for the county of Rutland. He has provided liberally for all his family connexions, and his servants; his sisters will have above 60,000l. besides the Barbadoes estate of 4000l. a year. The estate in Yorkshire, left to Mr. John Lowther, is 5000l. a year, and the estates in Westmoreland and Cumberland, left to the present viscount Lowther, are supposed to be 40,000/. a year, including the Whitehaven estate, which was before entailed upon him; besides which, he will have near 100,000l. in personals, as 50,000l. have already been found in his house. The viscount is well known

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be deserving of it all, as a more amiable, liberal, and benevolent man never existed. Lord Lonsdale's will, and the distribution of his property, have given universal satisfaction; his own sisters and other near relations are well satisfied; and even his enemies bestow the greatest praise en him for the justice and liberality of this last act of his life. On the 9th of June, at eight A. M. the earl was interred in the family vault at Lowther, co. Westmoreland. He was attended by his own servants, having giving directions that his funeral should be private, and that they only should attend.

At his house in Essex-street, Strand, George Fordyce, M. D. F. R. S. fellow of the college of physicians, and senior physician to St. Thomas's hospital. He was born in Aberdeen, Nov. 19, 1736, and was the only and posthumous child of Mr. George Fordyce, the proprietor of a small landed estate called Broadford, in the neighbourhood of that city. His mother, not long after, marrying again, he was taken

from her when about two years old, and sent to Fouran, at which place he received his school-education. He was removed thence to the university of Aberdeen, where he was made M. A. when only 14 years of age. In his childhood he had taken great delight in looking at phials of coloured liquors which were placed at the windows of an apothecary's shop. To this circumstance, and to bis acquaintance with the late learned Alex. Garden, M. D. F. R. S. many years a physician in South Carolina and in this city, but then apprentice to a surgeon and apothecary in Aberdeen, he used to attribute the very early resolution he formed to study medicine. He was in consequence sent, when about 15 years old, to his uncle, doctor John Fordyce, who at that time practised medicine at Uppingham, in Northamptonshire. With him he remained several years, and then went to the university of Edinburgh, where, after a residence of about three years, he received the degree of M. D. in October 1758. His inaugural dissertation was upon catarrh. While at Edinburgh, doctor Cullen was so much pleased with his diligence and ingenuity, that, besides showing him many other marks of regard, he used frequently to give him private assistance in his studies. The pupil was ever after grateful for this kindness, and was accustomed to speak of his preceptor in terms of the highest respect, calling him often "his learned and revered master." About the end of 1758 he came to London, but went shortly after to Leyden, for the purpose, chiefly, of studying anatomy under Albinus. He returned, in 1759, to London, where he soon determined to fix himself as a teacher and practitioner of medicine. When he had made

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known this intention to his relations they highly disapproved of it, as the whole of his patrimony had been expended upon his education. Inspired however with that confidence which frequently attends the conscious possession of great talents, he persisted in his purpose; and, before the end of 1759, commenced a course of lectures upon chemistry. This was attended by nine pupils. In 1764 he began to lecture also upon materia medica and the practice of physic. These three subjects he continued to teach nearly thirty years, giving, for the most part, three courses of lectures on each of them.every year. A course lasted ncarly four months; and, during it, a lecture of nearly an hour was delivered six times in the week. His time of teaching commenced about seven o'clock in the morning, and ended about ten, his lectures upon the three above mentioned subjects being given one immediately after the other. In 1705 he was admitted a licentiate of the college of physicians. In 1770 he was chosen physician to St. Thomas's hospital, after a considerable contest with the present sir Wm. (then Dr.) Watson; the number of votes in his favour being 1C9, in that of doctor W. 106. In 1774 he became a member of the literary club, and in 1776 was elected a fellow of the royal society. In 7817 he was admitted a fellow of the college of physicians. In 1793 he assisted in forming a small society of physicians and surgeons, which has since published two volumes, under the title of Medical and Chirurgical Transactions," and continued to attend its meetings most punctually til within a month or two of his death. Having thus mentioned some of the principal events of his literary life,

we shall next give a list of his various medical and philosophical works; and first of those which were published by himself, 1. Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation. 2. Elements of the Practice of Physic. 3. A Treatise on the Digestion of Food. 4. Four Dissertations on Fever. A fifth, which completes the subject, has been left by him in manuscript. His other works appeared in the Phi losophical Transactions, and the Medical and Chirurgical Transactions. In the former are eight papers by him with the following titles: 1. Of the Light produced by Inflammation. 2. Examination of various Ores in the Museum of Dr. W. Hunter. 3. A new Method of assaying Copper Ores. 4. An Account of some Experiments on the loss of Weight in Bodies on being melted or heated. 5. An Account of an Experiment on Heat. 6. The Croonian Lecture on Muscular Motion. 7. On the Cause of the additional Weight which Metals acquire on being calcined. 8. Account of a new Pendulum, being the Bakerian Lecture. His papers in the Medical and Chirurgical Transactions are: 1. Observations on the Sinall-pox, and Causes of Fever. 2. An Attempt to improve the Evidence of Medicine. 3. Some Observations upon the Composition of Medicines. He was, besides, the inventor of the experiments in heated rooms, an account of which was given to the royal society by the present sir Charles Blagden; and was the author of many improvements in various arts connected with chemistry, on which he used frequently to be consulted by ma nufacturers. His remains were priIvately interred, on the 1st of June, in St. Ann's, Soho.

Christopher Mason, "ésq. vice-admiral of the white.

June 1st. At Barrogill-castle, in his 13th year, John lord Berriedale, eldest son of the earl of Caithness.

2d. On the Leeward island station, of the yellow fever, rear-admiral Totty.

4th. At Fulbeck, co. of Lincoln, the hon. Henry Fane, M. P. for Lyme-Regis, Dorset, brother to the late, and uncle to the present earl of Westmon land.

At his house in Oxford-street, the right rev. Lewis Pagot, D. D. lord bishop of St. Asaph.

7th. At his seat at Rushton-hall co. of Northampton, in his 92d year, Charles Cockayne, 5th visCount Cullen, of Ireland. His lordship was of ancient lineage, and paternally descended from Andreas Cockayne, lord of Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, in the reign of king Henry II. whose descendants frequently represented that county in parliament. He married first, May 4, 1732, his first cousin Anne, daughter of Borlase Warren, esq. of Stapleford-hall, eo. of Nottingham, by whom he had three sons and six daughters; only one daughter living: secondly, Sophia, daughter of John Baxter, esq. by whom he had William, married to Barbara, youngest daughter of sergeant Hill, and now viscount Cullen. This lady survived him but five weeks, dying July 12.

1780," two vols. Svo.; a Treatise on Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and the Materia Medica,' 1788, four vols, Svo. ; and the Life of his Father Alexander, Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, prefixed to the edition of his works, published by his son Alexander 1781, 4to.

At Edinburgh, David Leslie, 6th earl of Leven and Melville. He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, 1754; and had filled the office of his majesty's highcommissioner in 19 consecutive assemblies. He is succceded in title and estates by his eldest son, Alexander, lord viscount Balgonie.

10th. At Bath, aged 68, after being many years much afflicted with the gout, sir Richard Sutton, bart. of Norwood-park, co. Nottingham, so created Sept. 25, 1772. He was formerly under-secretary of state, and counsel to the board of ordnance, and one of the lords of the treasury 1780-2; and sat in different parliaments for St. Alban's, Sandwich, and Boroughbridge. His remains were deposited in the fåmily vault at Overham on the 21st instant.

11th. Sir John Russel, of Checkers, Bucks, bart.