Obituary.

« xplosion of an arm-chest , wnich also killed two persons on the quarter-deck of the ship . This wound , baffling all the skill of the faculty , subjected him ever after to ceaseless torture . His uncle was a Colonel , and wounded under Lord Galway ; and his father ( acaptain in the army ) although shot through both

cheeks in the disastrous battle of Almanza , yet survived many years . On the death of Admiral Sir Charles Hardy , his Majesty appointed Sir Hugh to the government of Greenwich-hospital ; when , resigning his seat in parliament , he retired from all public concerns , except the duties of his government , which

were always ably and Unremittingly discharged . . As a professional man , he was found superior to most of his cotemporaries in maritime skill .-judicious in his disposiiions , and decisive in their consequent operations : in private life , conciliating in his manners , and unshaken in his friendships . The wise and

salutary laws , which he caused to be enacted for the benefit of his country , and the comfort and happiness of the poorfishermen in Newfoundland , during his goverment of that island , are proofs of a sound mind , and a humane and

benevolent disposition . He was made a post-captain in the year 174 6 ; ' in 1762 , governor of Newfoundland ; in 176 ; , he made peace with the Indians upon the back settlements of Canada ; in 1770 , he was promoted to the rank of rear-Admiral , and , in the same year , was elected one of the elder brethren of

the Trinity-house ; in 1771 , he was appointed comptroller of the navy ; in 1773 , created a baronet ; in 1775 , chosen M . P . for Scarborough ; in 1776 , one of the lords of the Admiralty ; in 1778 , a vice-admiral , lieutenant of marines , and governor of Scarborough castle ; in 1780 , he was appointed master

and governor of Greenwich-hospital ; in 1781 , elected to represent the borough of Huntingdon in Parliament ; and , in 1717 , promoted to the rank of admiral of the White . The title , and an unentailed estate in Ireland , devolve on his nephew , now 'Sir Hugh Palliser Waltersof Greenwich ; his other estates

, , and a large personal fortune , are left by will to Mr . Thomas , his natural son ; who has , pursuant to his will , taken the surname and arms of Palliser . On the 26 th his remains were deposited in the parish-church of Chalfont St . Giles , in Buckinghamshire . The" funeral * in

obedience to his own requisition , was very private ; the chief mourners were Admiral Bazely , Capt . Hartivell , George Hartwell , esq . and another gentlemen . For more than the last 15 or 16 years of his life , he seldom or ever lay down on a bed ; from ihe constant pain in his leg , which he bore with the most manly

fortitude , he was under the necessity of composing himself in an easy chair , sleeping , at intervals ; and when awake , he placed the wounded limb on the contrary knee , in which position he employed himself in rubbing the bone , ( for it was literally no more ) to assuage the pain , till sleep again insensibly

. overtook him . ( Other accounts of the cause of his death say , that it was occasioned by a dropsical habit of body , to which he had always been subject , after a severe illness of five months . ) He was an indefatigable collector of valuable naval papers , which , are now arranging by the present possessor Mr

. Palliser . Lately at his house in Hackney , aged 55 , David Alvez Rebello . -esq ' . ' A paralytic affection , that for the space o _ two years , by progressive strides , deprived him of his faculties , finallv

terminated his existence . Few characters have been more lamented ; none more deservedly so . Society has lost in him a valuable member ; the fine arts a patron ; and the poor a liberal benefactor . While sensibility , talents , taste , and generosity , are estimable , his loss will be regretted . Mr . R . had applied much

to the study of natural history , on which he has left several desultory pieces ; was a great admirer of the works of art , particularly coins , of which he had made an elegant and judicious . col ! cction as well as of minerals , botany , and every other branch of natural history ; in short , of every subject which must

have naturally presented itself to' a mind so vigorous and expanded as his . May 25 . Died in the workhouse at Durham , aged 85 , Thomas French , well known in that city , for the last six or seven years , by the fictiiious title of Duke of Baubleshire , which , on the decline of his understanding he assumed -without

, Royal Creation , and wherein he seemed to have greater pride than any-Peer of the Realm , adorned with a real one . He wore a star composed of pieces of cloth of different colours , or of painted paper" on the breast of his spencer , a cockade in his hat , and several bras .