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Richard Hart, esq. of Falmer, to Miss
Gibbs, of Itchenor.

At Lewes, Mr. Joseph Langridge, to Miss
Merricks.

Died.] At Beauport, at the house of her
brother Sir James Bland Burgess, Mrs. Head,
wife of J. R. H. esq.

At West Dean, Mrs. Mitchell.

At Brighton, Mrs Michell, relict of the Rev. Henry M. rector of that parish, 82.Mrs. Henry Sourne, of Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square.-William Wade, esq. lately, and for upwards of forty preceding years, master of the ceremonies at that place. Mr. Wade succeeded Mr. Derrick, as master of the ceremonies both there and at Bath, about the year 1767; he resigned the latter more than twenty years since; but continued to preside at the rooms at Brighton, with great credit to himself, and pleasure to the distinguished visitors, till the summer of last year, when, fin consequence of his age, being up. wards of 80, he resigned in favour of Captain Forth, the present master of the ceremonies. At the Signal House, near Brighton, Lieut. Pettit, R. N.

At Chichester, Mr. Fleet.

HAMPSHIRE.

During a late storm at Portsmouth, the violence of the wind was such as to blow from off the middle storehouse, in his Majesty's dock-yard, 5 tons, 1 cwt. of lead, in in three pieces. One piece weighing about 30 cwt. was carried by the violence of the gale across the road-way, to the distance of 111 feet; one piece, weighing about 40 cwt. was driven to the distance of 112 feet; and the other piece, weighing 31 cwt. dropped in the road-way, at the distance of 75 feet.

Married.] At Heckfield Church, Sir Arthur Paget, K. B. to Lady Augusta Fane, a few hours after her divorce from Lord Borringdon was signed by his Majesty.

At Portsmouth, John Martin, esq. of the Navy Pay Office of that port, to Miss Hickley. Captain Malbone, of the royal navy, to Miss Lumsdaine.

T. Rogers, esq. of North Hayling, to Miss Rogers, of South Hayling.

At New Alresford,

Murray, esq. of the royal marines, to Miss Steele, daughter of R. S. esq.

Died.] At Andover, Dr. John Hemming.
At Fawley, Mr. Nicholas Noyce.
At Southampton, Mrs. Doran, 59.-Mrs.
Morris, wife of Charles M. esq-Mr. John
Street, son of Mrs. S. bookseller, 21.
At Plaitford, Mrs. Rose, 84.
At Owslebury, Mr. Smith.

At Newport, Isle of Wight, Mrs. Dennett, wife of James D. esq.

At Portsmouth, of a fever occasioned by fatigue in the retreat of the British army to Corunna, Surgeon M'Gill of the third battalion of royals, 30-Of a fever caught in attending the sick, J. Lind, esq. surgeon of the forty-third regiment.-Assistant surgeon

Taylor of the rifle corps.-Mr. Howe, formerof the royal navy.-Suddenly, Mr. Hodges, ly of the Quebec Tavern.-Captain Hawker, since. This unfortunate man was educated who landed here from Jaimaica a few months at King's College, Cambridge; his mind was stored with scholastic knowledge, and, in the siderable property, it is believed upwards of early part of his life, he possessed very con50,000.

But, during his residence in this pity, and died of a broken heart, occasioned town he was an object of commiseration and by misery and want.

Inn.
At Havant, Mr. Gorton, of the White Hart

At Answell, Mrs. Whitear.

At Fareham, Mr. White, of the Bugle Inn.

WILTSHIRE.

Elliot, to Miss A'Court, eldest daughter of
Married.] At Heytesbury, the Hon. W.
Sir W. P. H. A'Court, bart.

toney, to Miss E. Whitmarsh.
At Wilton, A. S. Bradby, of Stratford-

Biggs, daughter of the Rev. Mr. B.
At Devizes, Mr. Benjamin Anstice, to Miss

Died.] At Salisbury, in her 87th year, Mrs. Foster, widow of the Rev. Mr. F. late in this county. She was a woman of great rector of Patney, and vicar of Britford, both nevolence; beloved and esteemed by all ranks strength of mind, of singular piety and beof society; and by the poor of this city and the neighbouring parish of Britford, whose wants she was in the constant habit of relieving, her loss will be long felt and lamented. Mrs. Newman;

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At Britford, Miss Dixon, 27.

At Great Wishford, Mr. Thomas Hinwood,

At Devizes, Mrs. Williams. youngest daughter of John B. esq. At Pyt-house, Miss Emily Ellen Bennett,

At Whaddon, Mr. William England.

BERKSHIRE.

Hicks Beach, esq. eldset son of M. Hicks
Married.] At Wasing, Michael Beach
B.
esq. M. P. to Caroline June, eldest daugh-
ter of William Mount, esq. of Wasing
House.

Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, to Anne, only
At Hurley, George Raylock Rusden, of
daughter of the Rev. Thomas Townsend, rec-
tor of Aistrop, Lincolnshire.

daughter of Samuel Slocock, esq. to Miss Davis. Died.] At Newbury, Caroline, eldest At Abingdon, aged 20, Hannah, the second daughter of William Tomkins, esq. what adds to the affliction occasioned by this And also, after a few days illness, Elizabeth, her mournful event, on the 15th instant, died in their lives, and in their death they were elder sister, aged 27. They were lovely not divided." Their delight was to do good, their character was generosity and tenderness, and few have been followed to the grave with mere sincere and general sorrow. younger was beloved for her warm affection The

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and artless simplicity, and to know and to love her was the same thing; and yet she was but the unfolded blossom of the elder, who possessed a warm affection, united with a most delicate sensibility, and commanded at the same time both your love and your respect. She had an uncommon independance of mind, and yet was most diffident of her own opinion. She was reserved without pride, and modest without affectation. And what is peculiarly calculated to excite the teader feelings of sympathy in the untimely removal of the elder, is, that she, who was soon to have been led to the altar, was unexpectedly followed to the tomb.

At Stitchcomb, Mr. John Tarrant. At Wantage, Thomas Ansell, esq. At Maidenhead, Mrs. Adams, 78. At Bianield, William Mackinnen, esq. of Antigua, a member of his Majesty's council in that island,

At Caversham, Mr. James Pearsall, attorney, of New Windsor, 43.

At Reading, Mr. Edmund Peckover.Mr. William Line, a journey man cabinet maker, 74. He was employed at the house of Higgs and Ford for 60 years, during which he never was known to absent himself from business a single day, to have had one holiday, or to have been once disguised in li

quor.

SOMERTSHIRE.

A very superb building in the Mall at Clifton, distinguished after its opulent proprie tor, by the name of the Aurio!, is fast approaching to completion. It comprises, an assembly-room, 100 feet long and nearly 50 feet wide, having on the inside 16 columns, 23 feet high, of the Ionic order, supporting a dome 30 feet in diameter and 50 feet above the entablature. On either side the large room are a card and a tea room, each 30 feet square, with coved ceilings in the roof. In the hotel are twelve sitting-rooms, a billiard room, and sixty bed-rooms.

Married.] At Clifton, the Rev. Robert Hoare, to Miss Purefoy, daughter of the late William P. esq.

At Bath, the Rev. E. Neale Vansittart, second son of George V. esq. M.P. to Ann, second daughter of Isaac Spooner, esq. of Elmdon, Warwickshire.

At Perrington, Henry Tripp, esq. to Miss Dean, niece to John D. esq. of Edinworth.

At Bristol, Mr. William Edwards of New port, Monmouthshire, to Miss E. Edwards, daughter of William E. esq.-Captain Henry Harding, of the Royal Caermarthen Fusileers, to Mrs. Filewood, relict of Captain James F. late of the 23d light dragoons.

Died.] At Bristol, Sarah, daughter of the late John Atherton, esq. of Yelton. -Mrs. Aldridge, wife of Richard A. esq.

At Bath, Mr. Charles Fox, formerly a landscape and miniature painter of Bristol. This gentleman will long be remembered by his friends, for his mild and unassuming manners,

He

and considerable literary attainments. was born in the year 1749 at Falmouth, at which place he afterwards kept a bookseller's shop. But the greater part of his property being consumed by fire, he was induced to follow the bent of his inclination for the art of landscape and portrait painting. The better to qualify himself for his profession, and to divert his mind from the painful recollection of his misfortune, he accompanied his brother, who was the master of a merchant vessel, in a voyage to the Baltic. Impelled by that enthusiasm which is the characteristic of a superior mind, he made a tour, alone and on foot, through Sweden, Norway, and part of Russia, taking views of the wild and sublime scenery which the Norwegian mountoins, the Kol of Sweden and the lakes and forests to the north of the Neva, offer to the eye of the enthusiast of Nature:

Pine cover'd rocks,

And mountain forests of eternal shade,
And glens and vales, on whose green quietness
The lingering eye reposes, and fair lakes
That image the light foliage of the beech.

Southey. Many of Mr. Fox's acquaintance will remember the pleasure they once felt in beholding these beautiful productions of his pencil, and in hearing him read the manuscript account of. his travels. He possessed great facility in the ac-quirement of languages, and pursued with much success the study of oriental literature. His collection of oriental manuscripts, was a considerable one, and his poems of Hafiz, Sadi, Jami, Auvari, Ferdusi, and others: Thirazian gardens, prodigal of blooms," would fill several volumes. About six years ago, he had prepared two volumes of poems form the Persian for the press But increasing debility constitution, disqualified him for the labour of publication, and he continued to add to the number of his former translations, until within a short period of his death. In a recent letter to the writer of this, he says, "that the many disagreeables of publication are so very opposite to every inducement of writing, that they cast a damp upon each generous mind, and destroy poetic sentiment. the hapless author has not only to sustain the shock of caustic illiberality on the one hand, but of talents prostituted to the interests of certain booksellers, who require every thing to be depreciated in which they have no copy right, on the other." It is to this opinion of the dangers of authorship, that we may attribute the circumstance of Mr. Fox having written so much, yet published so little. In 1797, he published a volume of poems, "containing the Plaints, Consolations, and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile," which was well received. This work evinces vigour of thought, beauty of expression, and elegance of sentiment. The notes afford much information on oriental subjects. In 1792, Mr. Fox married Miss Feniers, the daughter of a Dutch merchant, who survives him. To

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young persons of a literary taste, he was par ticularly friendly; his fire-side and instructive conversation ever welcomed them. He encouraged them in their pursuits, directed their studies, and relieved their necessities. For several years prior to his decease, he had retired from business, and passed his retirement in the cultivation of that talent for poetry, which he ever valued as the companion of his solitude, the ornament and solace of active life. His heart was warm and benevolent, his conduct virtuous and unoffending, and his fortitude and resignation under longcontinued bodily indisposition, were manly and exemplary.

William Harris Jeffreys, esq. formerly of the 3d regiment of dragoon guards, 69.Mrs. Hill, relict of Rowley H. esq. of Mount Hill, Armagh, Ireland, 60.-Harriet, wife of the Rev. W Bradley; vicar of Aldeburgh, and daughter of the late Rev. W. Jeffreson, of Tunstall, Suffolk.-Mrs. Peyton, wife of Rear-admirat P.-In his 70th year, William Harris Jeffreys, esq. He behis career in the 3d regiment of dragoon guards, and was es cemen an active and me ritorious officer; for the list thirty years he has chiefly resided in this city, where his good humour, convivial disposition, and benevolent mind, rendered him universally beloved and highly respected. Hugh, the second son of Mr. Meyler, bookseller, a young man of very promising talents and most amiable disposition, 18.--John Stonehouse, esq of Lancashire, 58-Mrs. Bradley, wife of the Rev. Mr. B.-The Rev Dan. Currie.

At Clifton, Miss Smith, grind daughter of the late Francis Bearsley, esq. of Oporto. At Bishop's Lydears, Miss S. Yea, only surviving sister of the late Sir William Y. At Wotton under Edge, Mrs. Dauucey, relict of J. D. esq. 75.

well as by all who had the happiness of knowing him.

At Marlborough House, Weston, near Bath, Mrs. Browne, relict of the Rev. Francis B late dean of Elphin.

DORSETSHIRE.

Died.] At Kingston, near Wimborne, Mrs. Dean.

At Dorchester, Mrs. Foy.-Miss Christian R. Hayes, of Saltash, Cornwall, 19.Mrs Arden, wife of Mr A. surgeon.

At Shaftesbury, Mr. James Atchison.Mr. William Buffet.

At Weymouth, John Andrews, esq. 57. At Bridport, Nicholas Bools, esq. one of the aldermen of that borough, 72.

DEVONSHIRE.

The report of the managers of the Devon Asylum for female penitents established at Plymouth, on the frst anniversary, states, that 24 p rsons have been received into this house of refuge, many from distant counties; that some have been placed at service in pious and respectable families, and others restored to their afflicted friends with mutual joy and thank ulness.

Married.] At Woodbury, Captain A. R. Hughes the Madras establishment, to Miss Jane II Lee, thirughter of Thomas Hucketi L. esq. ott ford Barton, near Exe

ter.

At Wembury, H. A. Merewether, esq. of London, to Miss Lockyer, daughter of the late Thomas L. esq. of Wembury House.

At Lidford, William Davey, esq. aispenser of the prison at war, Dartmoor, to Miss Eliza Smith.

At Witheridge, Samuel Wilcock, esq. to Miss Jane Loosmore, of Roseash.

Dud. At Barnstaple, Henry Gribble, esq. merchant-The Rev. William Marshall, upwards of 40 years vicar of that parish.

At Mount Tamar, Mrs. White, wife of Captain W of the royal navy, and fourth daughter of Commissioner Fanshawe, of Plymouth Dock Yard

At Beerferris, Samuel Stephens, esq. At Exeter, Mr. Jonas Johnson.-Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Philip Furse, esq.Mr. William Fisher, 84.-The Rev. Walter Kitson, prebendary of St. Peter's Cathedral, and 27 years rector of the parish of St. Major in this city, 68.

At Wiveliscombe, Martha Webber, 102. At Taunton, aged 70, the Hon. Sir Jacob Wolff, Bart. of Chumleigh, Devon. He was a baron of the Holy Roman Empire, and the elder and only brother of Baron Wolf. Sir At South Molton, Mrs. Anne Meddon, reJacob was descended from an antient and illict of William M. esq, and mother of Henry. lustrious noble family, who possessed a fief Foote, esq. 65 of the empire in the Dutchy of Silesia, and were by the religious troubles expatriated to Livonia in the time of Charles 11th and 12th of Sweden, where they were admitted into the ancient corps of nobles of Livonia. Sir Jacob, and his brother the baron, are the only branches who were sent very young to this country, and naturalized. Sir Jacob married the only daughter of the Rt. Hon. Edward Weston, of Somerby-hall, Lincolnshire, and grand-daughter of the Rt. Rev. Stephen Weston, D.D. late Bishop of Exeter. He was a true christian, a sincere friend, most benevolent to the poor, and anxious to afford them every aid in his power, both spiritual and temporal. He is succeeded in his title by his only son, now Sir James Weston Wolff, and the rest of his family, as

At Totnes, Arthur Farwell, esq.

At Plymouth, Walter Clatworthy, esq.Major Campbell, of the 42d regiment.Ensign Hall, of the 48th.-The Rev. William Cooley, chaplain to the horse brigade, under the command of Lord Paget.—Lieutenant Parkins, of the 1st. West York militia, 24.—Mrs. Collins, relict of Captain C. late of the royal navy.

At Tothill, Mrs. Culme, relict of John G. esq. 65.

CORNWALL.

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CORNWALL.

Married.] Mr. Heard, printer, of Falmouth, to Miss Perry, of Truro.

At St. Agnes, Mr. Edward Daniel, toMiss Gill.

At St. Hilary, Mr. Samuel Hancock, of Ennis, to Miss Maria Polglase.

At Falmouth, Captain William Snow, to Miss Jane Williams.

Died.] At Bodmin, the Rev. John Lake, fellow of Exeter College, in whom, were united the characters of the gentleman, the scholar, and the christian.

At Truro, Miss Mitchell, daughter of Thomas M. esq. and sister to Commodore M.-Mrs. John Parkyn, 81 Mr. Ferris.Mrs. Wilkie.Mr. William Downe.-Mr. Tregaskis.-Mr. Bond, of the Bear inn.Edward, son of Mr. Bartlett, 25.-Miss Eddy, daughter of Mr. E. banker, 15.

At Falmouth, Mrs. Chard.-Mrs. Mary Waters, 34.

At Penzance, Mr. John Richards, of Bodmin, 21.

At Saltash, Robert Hickes, esq. many years a member of the corporation of that borough, 90.

At St. Tudy, Lieutenant Barnsley, of the royal navy.

Mr. Charles Hennah, son of the Rev. Mr. H. rector of St. Austell.

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At St. Endellion, Miss Sheba Pascoe,

At Tregony, James Bennetto, gent. 85.
At Redruth, Mr William Garby.
At St. Ives, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris.
At Totnes, Author Farwell, esq.

M. P. His name was originally Owen, and he married Miss Crespigny, the only daugh ter of Mr. C. formerly M.P. for Aldeburgh, Suffolk. He represented the boroughs of Pembroke, Tenby, and Wiston, upwards of 34 years, having been elected in eight successive Parliaments. In promoting both the general and individual interests of his consti tuents, he was zealous and persevering. The duties arising from his public station, he discharged with fidelity, and his private life was uniformly devoted to the exercise of those rare and estimable qualities which win irre sistibly the good opinion and affections of all› ranks of society. The spirit of party never even attempted to depreciate his merits. No man possessed more friends-no man better deserves them. He died in a good and ho-. nourable old age, esteemed, beloved, lamented. At Boddewrah, in the parish of Heneg lwys, in the county of Anglesey, Richard Williams, at the advanced age of 103. He had been blind upwards of six years, but his sight was restored a short time before his death, and he had also four new teeth.

At Ballybegy, Mrs. Symes, relict of the Rev. Jeremiah S. 84.

At Barntick, Lady Peacocke, wife of Sir Joseph P. Bart. and sister of Lord Castle

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Married.] At Jonesborough, Arminh,

At Mount Tamar, Mrs. White, wife of Capain Bernard, of the 48th regimers, r Captain White, R. N.

WALES.

A lighthouse has been erected on a rock called the South Stack, being the south west promontory of Holyhead. The elevation of the light is 201 feet above. the level of the sea :-being a revolving light, it is easily distinguished from the Sherries, which is a stationary light, and bears from the light on the South Stack about north east, half-east, distant nearly eight miles It may be seen through the whole of Carnarvon Bay, Married.] At Wrexham, the Rev. T. Roberts, one of the canons of the Cathedral of Bangor, and eldest son of the late Archdeacon of Merioneth, to Miss Owen, daughter of the late Rev Edward O. rector of Liantwrog, Denbighshire.

At Swansea, Alexander Raby, esq, of the island of Jersey, to Miss Jane Rees, second daughter of the late John R. esq. of Killymaenllwyd, Caermarthenshire.

Died At Goytree, Monmouthshire, Elisabeth, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bird, of the 54th regiment, 27,

At Lawrenny-Hall, Pembrokeshire, in the 80th year of his age, Hugh Barlow, esq.

phew of General b. to Miss M'Neale, dangater of Neale M'N. esq.

Died] At Boskell, in the county of Line rick, Benjamin Frend, esq. alderman of t merick, and a justice of the peace to that county, 70.

At Four mile Burn, in the County of Antrim, Nancy Alexander, 112.

At Castle Dawson, county of Derry, Mrs. Mary Richardson, 105. She was attended to the grave by her descendants to the fourth generation.

At Limerick, Mrs. O'Grady, relict of Darby O'G. esq, a mother to the Right. Hon. the Lord Chief Baron in Ireland

At Shanakel, Waterford, the Hon. Mrs. O'Grady, relict of John O'G. of Kilbally owen, 80.

At Kilkenny, Major Lloyd, of the 66th regiment. Having rived there with a divition of his regiment, on its march from Duba lin to Cork, previous to embarkation, after dining, at the mess, he left before the est of the party broke up, being anxious to return early to Mrs. L The night being very dark, and a bridge which he had to pass being much flooded, it is conjectured that he either missed his path across the bridge and

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got into the main current, or that he had sunk through a hole that has been discovered in the bridge since the water subsided. The most diligent search was made for his body without success; but eighteen days after it was found by accident in the river, about a mile below the town. Major Lloyd was recently married to Miss Emma Hale, daughter of the late General Hale, of the Plantation, near Guisbro' Yorkshire.

At Newtown, King's county, Sir Michael Smith, Bart late master of the Rolls in Ireland, and many years a Baron in the Court of Exchequer. Sir Michael is succeeded in his honour by Sir William Smith, a Baron of the Exchequer. By Sir Michael's death, pension of 2,7001. which he enjoyed as a retired judge, ceases.

NORTH BRITAIN.

Married.] At Rothesay, Captain Robert Stewart, of the Telegraph Excise Yacht, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of W. Muir, of Park.

At Edinburgh, Lewis Henry Ferrier, esq. of Belsyde, to Miss Monro, daughter of Dr. Alexander M. sen. of Craiglockhart.-David Meldrum, esq. of Dron, to Miss Margaret Brodie, daughter of Mr. Archibald B.

Died.] At Edinburgh, Isabella, Countessdowager of Errol, mother to the late and present Earl of E.-Miss Henrietta Hope, daughter of the late Hon. Charles Hope Weir, of Craigie Hall-James Frazer, esq. principal secretary to the Bank of Scotland.

At Perth, James Morison, an eminent stationer, bookseller, author, and publisher.-A further account will be given in our next.

The Rev. Duncan Mackay, late acting chaplain of his Majesty's troops on the establishment of Madras, in the East Indies. Having returned from India some years ago with a moderate fortune, he chose to express the respect which he always retained for that ancient seat of learning where he had received his education; his attachment to that district of Scotland, where he was born, and his desire to help forward virtuous and indi-" gent young men of genius, during the course of their academical studies; by founding a new Bursary in the United College of St. Andrew's, and vesting the patronage thereof in his chief, Lord Reay. Having communicated his intention last summer, and corresponded with the College upon the subject, he lately lodged three hundred pounds sterling in the hands of Mr. Walter Cook, W. S. Agent for the College, but he died before the necessary deeds were finished, and he left them to be executed by his trustees.

At Edinburgh, 29, Lieutenant John Berry. At an early age he entered the navy, and, solely by merit, rose from the station of a seaman to the rank of Lieutenant of his Majesty's ship the Revenge. He was

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At Corunna, of a fever, occasioned by excessive fatigue, Captain F. J. Darby of the 10th light dragoons, and nephew to Sir John Lade.

In Spanish Town, Jamaica, Elizabeth Haywood, a free black woman, at the very advanced age of 130 years. She was a grown girl at the time of the earthquake which destroyed Port Royal, in 1692, and remembers having gone with her mother for a load of the wreck which drifted ashore on the beach near Port Henderson on that occasion. She was a native of the island, and in her youth belonged to Dr. Charnock, of the above

town.

At the battle at Corunna, in the 22d year of his age, Lieutenant Noble, of the 95th rifle regiment, only son of the late Mr. Noble, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. He was bravely animating his men in the heat of the battle, when he received a shot through the head and instantly expired.

On board the Mary transport, on his passage home from Corunna, Lieutenant-Colonel Symes of his Majesty's 76th regiment, formerly Ambassador to the Kingdom of Ava, and author of an interesting and valuable account of that country.

On his passage to Gottenburgh, Arthur Branthwayt, esq. late a captain in the 28 dragoon guards, son of the late Rev. Arthur Branthwayt, of Stiffkey, in Norfolk, and the last of the male line of the ancient and respectable family of the Branthwayts, of Norfolk. He was on board the Crescent frigate, lately lost off the coast of Jutland, and one amongst the unfortunate sufferers who perished on that melancholy occasion.

At Jamaica, Charles Cecil, second son of Sir Cecil Bishopp, and late of the Muros frigate. The ship was wrecked in an attempt to destroy some batteries in the neighbourhood of the Havannah, and this excellent young officer having exerted and exposed himself, in spite of the cautions of his friends, was attacked, on his arrival at Jamaica, by the yellow fever, which soon proved fatal.

In the harbour of Gijon, in Spain, the Hon. Captain Herbert, of the royal navy, second son of the Earl of Carnarvon. Ha was going on shore from the Swallow sloop, with Mr. Creed, son of Thomas Creed, esq. navy agent; but just as they were on the Bar, a violent surt broke over them, filled the boat, and plunged the whole into the sea. The greater part, by taking hold of the boat,

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