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bloody hand ? The following , we understand , are the principal among the bequests of his will : to his widow , during her life , his houses in Doverstreet and Hertfordshire , with all their fixtures and furniture , with his landed estate of 3000 Ia- ; to his two

. year daughters io , oool . each ; to his eldest son io . oool . payable immediately , with the reversion of the houses and estate after his mother ' s death ; and to each of his o . ther seven sons 6000 I . assigning , as a reason for leaving them no more , that he had given each of them advanced themin

a profession , and , his life time , as far in their respective professions as he could .. His widow is his residuary-legatee . As physician in ordinary to the King and the Prince of Wales , he is succeeded by Dr . Turton , who , as p hysician-extraordisucceeded

nary to the King , is by Dr . Reynolds . 21 . At his seat at Plastow , Kent , Peter Isaac Thelluson , esq . of'Brodsworth , co . York , M . P . f . r Malmsbury , Wilts . The fortune which he disp ' oses of amounts to between 6 and 7 oo , oool . The legacies to his wife and children are not quite ioo , cool . His

large estates in Yorkshire , and the residue of his fortune , he leaves to trustees to accumulate , and be laid out in the purchases of estates in England , until all the male-childre n of his sons and grandsons be dead . The term of accumulation cannot be probably less than fro 90 to 120 if it should

m years , terminate at the first period , the property would amout to about thirty-five millions ; if at Ihe latter to one hundred and forty millions . If at this remote period , ' he should have no lineal descendants , the whole estates are to be sold , and the money app lied to the direction of

Sinking Fund , under the Parliament . He concludes thisextraordinarv disposition of the bulk cf Jus property by expressing a hope that the Legislature will not alter it . Latelv , at Barnes , Surrey , in an advanced ' age , the Right Hon . Dorothy Sandwich of

Countess-dowager of , one the four . laughters cf Charles first Lord Vi- 'coimt Fane , and one of the two surviving sisters and coheiresses of Charles the Second and lastLord Viscount Fane . In March , 1740 , she was married to John late Earl of Sandwich , by whom she has left the present Earl of Sandwich , he / only surviving issue .

Lately , in his 53 d year , Capt . Geo . Coote , of Ipswich , nephew of the late Sir Eyre C . commander in chief m the East Indies . Capt . C . accompanied Gen . Burgoyne on the expedition , in 177 6 . to Canada and Ticonderago , and taken prisoner at Saratoga .

Havwas , ing been marched several hundred miles through the different provinces , and experiencing various hardships and difficulties , he continued captive till the conclusion of the war , when he returned home , retiring on half-pay . He was the friend and confident of Lady and to whom she

Harriet Auckland , first imparted her design of going to the enemy ' s camp in search , of her husband , who was there wounded and taken prisoner by Gen . Gates ; which she afterwards did , in an open boat , procured by Capt . Coote , attended by lain to

the Rev . Mr . Brudenell , chap the artillery , and two servants , rowing across Lake Champlain , and arriving over against the enemy ' s post ; but , it being night , were refused permission to land bv the sentinel , and the lady and hercompanions remained seven or eight dark and cold hours exposed to the inclemency of the weather .

Lately , at Copenhagen , in Ins 62 < i year , smcerelv regretted , that great statesman , Count Bernstolf . According fo his desire , his body was deposited in the church of Saint'Frederick , till it could be removed to Holstem , where it then was interred by the side of his late countessHe was certainly

. one of the greatest statemen of Europe . To him his country owes a wise neutrality , the education of the Prince-Regent , and his consequent judicious government . The police of Denmark , the bank of Copenhagen , and the arrangement and occonomy of her finances , of his directive

are the happv fruits and consummate wisdom . The biography of this great man would raise a fairer and more extensive monument to his memory than a statue or a cenotaph ; such testimonies of posthumous merit are the best encourage- . the situation

ments to others in same to leave a track of bright renown when they have passed off the stage of life ; while they are memorandums strictly due to those who have passed their lives in promoting the common welfare . At Dublin , the Rt . Hon . E . Carey . At Poulton-in the-Fylde , co . Lancaster , aged 117 , Mrs . Jane Stephenson .

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
MEMOIR OF MR. HULL. Article 4
AN APOLOGY FOR THE CHARACTER AND CONDUCT OF SHYLOCK. Article 5
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB'S ARMY. Article 9
HISTORY OF THE THE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOR 1797. Article 12
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES or PETER PORCUPINE; Article 14
MEMOIRS OF CHARLES MACKLIN, Article 18
A BRIEF SYSTEM OF CONCHOLOGY. Article 26
THE COLLECTOR. Article 30
HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF VENICE. Article 33
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF FREEMASONRY? Article 38
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 42
POETRY. Article 50
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 54
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLLAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
INTELLIGENCE FRONT THE LONDON GAZETTES . Article 67
OBIUARY. Article 70
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Obiuary.

bloody hand ? The following , we understand , are the principal among the bequests of his will : to his widow , during her life , his houses in Doverstreet and Hertfordshire , with all their fixtures and furniture , with his landed estate of 3000 Ia- ; to his two

. year daughters io , oool . each ; to his eldest son io . oool . payable immediately , with the reversion of the houses and estate after his mother ' s death ; and to each of his o . ther seven sons 6000 I . assigning , as a reason for leaving them no more , that he had given each of them advanced themin

a profession , and , his life time , as far in their respective professions as he could .. His widow is his residuary-legatee . As physician in ordinary to the King and the Prince of Wales , he is succeeded by Dr . Turton , who , as p hysician-extraordisucceeded

nary to the King , is by Dr . Reynolds . 21 . At his seat at Plastow , Kent , Peter Isaac Thelluson , esq . of'Brodsworth , co . York , M . P . f . r Malmsbury , Wilts . The fortune which he disp ' oses of amounts to between 6 and 7 oo , oool . The legacies to his wife and children are not quite ioo , cool . His

large estates in Yorkshire , and the residue of his fortune , he leaves to trustees to accumulate , and be laid out in the purchases of estates in England , until all the male-childre n of his sons and grandsons be dead . The term of accumulation cannot be probably less than fro 90 to 120 if it should

m years , terminate at the first period , the property would amout to about thirty-five millions ; if at Ihe latter to one hundred and forty millions . If at this remote period , ' he should have no lineal descendants , the whole estates are to be sold , and the money app lied to the direction of

Sinking Fund , under the Parliament . He concludes thisextraordinarv disposition of the bulk cf Jus property by expressing a hope that the Legislature will not alter it . Latelv , at Barnes , Surrey , in an advanced ' age , the Right Hon . Dorothy Sandwich of

Countess-dowager of , one the four . laughters cf Charles first Lord Vi- 'coimt Fane , and one of the two surviving sisters and coheiresses of Charles the Second and lastLord Viscount Fane . In March , 1740 , she was married to John late Earl of Sandwich , by whom she has left the present Earl of Sandwich , he / only surviving issue .

Lately , in his 53 d year , Capt . Geo . Coote , of Ipswich , nephew of the late Sir Eyre C . commander in chief m the East Indies . Capt . C . accompanied Gen . Burgoyne on the expedition , in 177 6 . to Canada and Ticonderago , and taken prisoner at Saratoga .

Havwas , ing been marched several hundred miles through the different provinces , and experiencing various hardships and difficulties , he continued captive till the conclusion of the war , when he returned home , retiring on half-pay . He was the friend and confident of Lady and to whom she

Harriet Auckland , first imparted her design of going to the enemy ' s camp in search , of her husband , who was there wounded and taken prisoner by Gen . Gates ; which she afterwards did , in an open boat , procured by Capt . Coote , attended by lain to

the Rev . Mr . Brudenell , chap the artillery , and two servants , rowing across Lake Champlain , and arriving over against the enemy ' s post ; but , it being night , were refused permission to land bv the sentinel , and the lady and hercompanions remained seven or eight dark and cold hours exposed to the inclemency of the weather .

Lately , at Copenhagen , in Ins 62 < i year , smcerelv regretted , that great statesman , Count Bernstolf . According fo his desire , his body was deposited in the church of Saint'Frederick , till it could be removed to Holstem , where it then was interred by the side of his late countessHe was certainly

. one of the greatest statemen of Europe . To him his country owes a wise neutrality , the education of the Prince-Regent , and his consequent judicious government . The police of Denmark , the bank of Copenhagen , and the arrangement and occonomy of her finances , of his directive

are the happv fruits and consummate wisdom . The biography of this great man would raise a fairer and more extensive monument to his memory than a statue or a cenotaph ; such testimonies of posthumous merit are the best encourage- . the situation

ments to others in same to leave a track of bright renown when they have passed off the stage of life ; while they are memorandums strictly due to those who have passed their lives in promoting the common welfare . At Dublin , the Rt . Hon . E . Carey . At Poulton-in the-Fylde , co . Lancaster , aged 117 , Mrs . Jane Stephenson .

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