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Obituary.

OBITUARY .

IN October last , his Highness the Nabob Wallajah , Nabob of the ' Carnatic . At eleven o ' clock , the Fort and his Majesty ' s ships in the roads began to fire minute grins , and continued to the number of years his Highness had completed , which was seventy-eight . At twelve o ' clock the body was removed

from the palace , at Chepauk . under a canopy of state , to the place of interment , the Grand Mosque ^ at Treplicane . ' His . Highness had ever been regarded and esteemed as the firm and sincere Ally of the English Nation . His Highness will be succeeded on the

Mufnud by his illustrious eldest son , his Highness the Nabob Umdut ul Omorah . March 21 . William Benson Earle , Esq . of the Close , Salisbury , who has by Will left the following bequests : — Tothe Matrons of Bishop Seih Ward ' s College , in the Close , Salisbury , he

has bequeathed the sum of 2000 guineas . To St . George ' s'Hospital , Hyde Park Corner—to Hetheringham ' s Charity for the relief of the Blind—to the

Philanthropic Society—and to the Fund for the Relief of Decayed Musicians , a contingent legacy of 1000 guineas each . To the three Hospitals established in Winchester , Salisbury , and Bristol , 100 guineas each . Tothe respective parishes of the Close , St . Edmund , St . Thomas , and St . Martin

in Salisbury , 50 guineas each . For different charitable purposes , in the parish of Grately , Hants , the sum of 400 guineas ; and to the poor Cottagers in Grately , his tenants , the fee simple of their cottages . To the parish of North Stoke , in Somersetshire , 30 guineas . To the Royal Society , 200

guineas—to the Society of Antiquarians , zoo guineas—and to the President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures , & c . 200 guineas , for the purchase of Books'for the Public Libraries of those three respectable Societies . To the Bath Agricultural Society , 100 guineas . He has

bequeathed the sum of 400 guineas for erecting a window of painted glass , in the great West nave , of Salisbury Cathedral ; and art annual subscription of

five guineas for ten years , towards the support of the Salisbury Concert ; and a further sum of 250 guineas for the three next Triennial Musical Festivals at Salisbury , alter his decease . Besides the above public legacies , he has amply remembered his friends , and has bequeathed many others , with a view

to encourage merit , and to reward industry and goodness . March 26 . Mr ., Currey , Apothecary at Littlehampton , in Sussex , and Surgeon of the Royal William Man of War . He was seized whilst at dinner , at his house in Littlehampton , by a paralytic paroxysmwhich instantly

, deprived him of the use ofall his faculties . He languished till Tuesday last , without discovering the least knowled ge of his nearest relatives , and then expired . April 1 . In the Parish of Humbrie , Scotland , Donald Cameron , Farmer , who brought a family of

twentyup five children , whom he had by two wives . By his first wife he had five ; by his second he had twenty . Thisse ^ cond wife , at four births , brought him nine children , and seven of these in less than twenty-two months ; for she had first two ; three in less than eleven months after ; andtwointhe like space

of time . All the twenty-five children lived to be useful members of society ; and many of them are alive at present , and opulent in their station as farmers . In Westminster ,. Lieut . Col . H . Minchin , M . P , Lately , in the South of France , the Marchioness Puibusque , Daughter of Governor Holwell .

The Rev . J . Bennett , Rector of Sunningwell , Berks . Lately , Peter Paulus , President of the Dutch National Assembly . Lately , at St . Andrew's Scotland , the Hon . Mrs . K . Anstruther . 2 . John Hatton , Esq . of Shropshire .

At the Hague , Countess de Welderen , sister to Lord Howard . At Wedmore , Somerset , by a church bell falling on him , Mr . J . Richards , School-master . _ Last month , at Pisa , Capt . Leicester of the Navy . .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 5
MOON-LIGHT. Article 12
AN ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN OF ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 534, LAHCASTER. Article 14
EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. Article 17
SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 22
CHARACTERS OF CHILLINGWORTH AND BAYLE. Article 26
SCENE IN THE ALPS. Article 28
A TOUR THROUGH LONDON, Article 29
THE STAGE. Article 35
ON THE RETURN OF SPRING. Article 39
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 41
THE VANITY OF FAME. Article 42
ANECDOTES. Article 44
SINGULAR INSTANCES OF PUSILLANIMITY Article 46
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF GENEROSITY. Article 47
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 48
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
THE MASON,S PRAYER. Article 61
ELEGY. Article 62
TO THE MOON. Article 63
PROLOGUE TO VORTIGERN. Article 64
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 65
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 66
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Article 70
STATE PAPERS. Article 75
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 77
HOME NEWS. Article 78
TRIAL OF VICE-ADMIRAL CORNWALLIS. Article 79
PROMOTIONS. Article 82
Untitled Article 82
OBITUARY. Article 83
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 85
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Obituary.

OBITUARY .

IN October last , his Highness the Nabob Wallajah , Nabob of the ' Carnatic . At eleven o ' clock , the Fort and his Majesty ' s ships in the roads began to fire minute grins , and continued to the number of years his Highness had completed , which was seventy-eight . At twelve o ' clock the body was removed

from the palace , at Chepauk . under a canopy of state , to the place of interment , the Grand Mosque ^ at Treplicane . ' His . Highness had ever been regarded and esteemed as the firm and sincere Ally of the English Nation . His Highness will be succeeded on the

Mufnud by his illustrious eldest son , his Highness the Nabob Umdut ul Omorah . March 21 . William Benson Earle , Esq . of the Close , Salisbury , who has by Will left the following bequests : — Tothe Matrons of Bishop Seih Ward ' s College , in the Close , Salisbury , he

has bequeathed the sum of 2000 guineas . To St . George ' s'Hospital , Hyde Park Corner—to Hetheringham ' s Charity for the relief of the Blind—to the

Philanthropic Society—and to the Fund for the Relief of Decayed Musicians , a contingent legacy of 1000 guineas each . To the three Hospitals established in Winchester , Salisbury , and Bristol , 100 guineas each . Tothe respective parishes of the Close , St . Edmund , St . Thomas , and St . Martin

in Salisbury , 50 guineas each . For different charitable purposes , in the parish of Grately , Hants , the sum of 400 guineas ; and to the poor Cottagers in Grately , his tenants , the fee simple of their cottages . To the parish of North Stoke , in Somersetshire , 30 guineas . To the Royal Society , 200

guineas—to the Society of Antiquarians , zoo guineas—and to the President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures , & c . 200 guineas , for the purchase of Books'for the Public Libraries of those three respectable Societies . To the Bath Agricultural Society , 100 guineas . He has

bequeathed the sum of 400 guineas for erecting a window of painted glass , in the great West nave , of Salisbury Cathedral ; and art annual subscription of

five guineas for ten years , towards the support of the Salisbury Concert ; and a further sum of 250 guineas for the three next Triennial Musical Festivals at Salisbury , alter his decease . Besides the above public legacies , he has amply remembered his friends , and has bequeathed many others , with a view

to encourage merit , and to reward industry and goodness . March 26 . Mr ., Currey , Apothecary at Littlehampton , in Sussex , and Surgeon of the Royal William Man of War . He was seized whilst at dinner , at his house in Littlehampton , by a paralytic paroxysmwhich instantly

, deprived him of the use ofall his faculties . He languished till Tuesday last , without discovering the least knowled ge of his nearest relatives , and then expired . April 1 . In the Parish of Humbrie , Scotland , Donald Cameron , Farmer , who brought a family of

twentyup five children , whom he had by two wives . By his first wife he had five ; by his second he had twenty . Thisse ^ cond wife , at four births , brought him nine children , and seven of these in less than twenty-two months ; for she had first two ; three in less than eleven months after ; andtwointhe like space

of time . All the twenty-five children lived to be useful members of society ; and many of them are alive at present , and opulent in their station as farmers . In Westminster ,. Lieut . Col . H . Minchin , M . P , Lately , in the South of France , the Marchioness Puibusque , Daughter of Governor Holwell .

The Rev . J . Bennett , Rector of Sunningwell , Berks . Lately , Peter Paulus , President of the Dutch National Assembly . Lately , at St . Andrew's Scotland , the Hon . Mrs . K . Anstruther . 2 . John Hatton , Esq . of Shropshire .

At the Hague , Countess de Welderen , sister to Lord Howard . At Wedmore , Somerset , by a church bell falling on him , Mr . J . Richards , School-master . _ Last month , at Pisa , Capt . Leicester of the Navy . .

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