Obituary.

we understand , Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn has adopted the plan , with considerable improvement . For many years past , Sir John ' s great amusement was a constant . enquiring after , and as constant circulation of , the news of the day . Wherever news was to be had Sir John was present ; amongst the

grave readers at Hookham ' s , the fiery politicians at Stockdale's , the facetious disputants of the Westminster Library , or even the sapient money-hunting herd of Lloyd ' s coffee-house , if news was to be had , Sir John was there to glean it , and , to do him justice , was equally alert in retailing it to his friends .

In this innocent method he passed his latter days . On the 26 th he had been elected Captain of a new association for the parish of Blooinsbury ; was in good health on the 27 th , attended church , and walked in Kensingtongardens . At King ' s CollgeAberdeenDr .

, , James Dunbar , late Professor of Philosophy in that University . Shot himself at his lodgings in Bath , the Hon . Jesse Anker . The servant had taken up his breakfast , and was gone down to call the landlord , whom

his master wished to speak to ; but , before he was down the stairs , he heard a noise in the room that he had just quitted , and , instantly returning , found Mr . Anker weltering in his blood , the ball having entered his temple . He had been many months in Bath , and was highly esteemed for his affability

and generous behaviour . He lost his lady about 18 months ago ; which loss afflicted his mind most sensibly . A gentleman who had known him many years testified that , since that misfortune , he has often seen him in the deepest despair , and was scarce ever known to pass an hour without

bewailing it with the tenderesl poignancy . To . dissipate this gloom , he had recourse lo gaming ; and , it is said , that lie had lost considerable sums at various times , but not so as to injure his property (" which was very large ) in any material degree . That he did not commit the rash a-ct through any immediate distress

was evident , as cash , notes , and valuables , to a considerable amount , were in his possession at the time of his d-alh . The coroner ' s Jury brought in their verdict Lunacy—The unhappy gentleman \ vas a Norwegian , of a family

of a noble alliance , as well as great mercantile connections . 31 . Ofthe wounds he received , Col . Campbell of Ihe Guards , who was taken prisoner at Ostend . Every due respect was paid to the memory of this gallant officer . His body was interred with all due military honours , minute guns being fired from the ramparts of Ostend , and a large part of the garrison attending

procession . At Lisle , in consequence of Ihe wounds he received at Ostend , Captain Walker , of the Artillery . At Broughton-Loan , in -Scotland , aged 109 , Lewis Bisset . He was born at Inverness , and followed hisprofessinu . as a baker and brewer , there and at

Tain till about 12 years ago , when he came to Edinburgh , where , for ihe most part , his dependence has been on ths public . At the Hot Wells , Bristol , Capt . CaulfieJd , ofthe ist Regiment of Foot-Guards . On her journey to Yorkshire from

Bath , where she had long resided , Mrs . A-lcock , relict of Archdeacon A . youngest daughter of the late Bishop of Kilmore , in Ireland , and sister to Richard Cumberland , Esq . the drama ! ic author . At Gedling workhouse , county oi Nottingham , aged 06 , John Flinders ,

Pensioner , who had served his country 62 years as a soldier , 34 of which he was a gunner in the Royal Anillery , 22 years in the Sth , or King ' s own Regiment of Foot , and 6 years in the 52 d Regiment , General I . ambton's . Whilst in the Sth Regiment , he was in six battles and two sieges , viz . ihe

battles of Dettingen , Fontenoy , Falkirk , Culloden , Kackoe , and Val , Stirlingcastle , and Bergen-op-Zoom . i- ' or which services he had a pension from Government , which enabled him in his old age to live comfortably in his native parish of Gelding ; but it is very remai ' - liable' that , after many experiments for

comfort in private familes , he should prefer boarding himself in the parish workhouse for several years before his death , where he lived well at a cheap rate , which enabled him lo enjoy his can of ale regularly every day , and 10 subscribe hishalf-guinea to ihevoluntary contributions . At his house iii Canoribury-row , Islington , the te , J ' . Williams , LL . D .