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favour of the Earl of Westmoreland , when Lord-lieutenant of Ireland , conferred the commission of Lieutenant upon the gallant youth whose martyrdom is now recorded , in compliment to the public conduct of his father , who , when higli Sheriff of Dublin , in 1794 , distinguished himself by a determined

and successful opposition to . ihe treasonable attempts of Rowan . Tandy , and their a- ; -- . ociates . The father of Capt . John Gilford was John Giffard , of Great Torrington , who was bred to the law , and whose father was Heny Giffard , of Wotton , countv of Devon , the eldest son of John Giffardof Brihtleyby

, g , his second wife . Frances Fane , granddaughter of the first Earl of Westmoreland . In the ' Worthies of Devon ' v .-iil ' -. e found the ascending pedigree of this family from this last John Giffard , whose gallant father spent his fortune and shed Ins blood for his unhappy Sovereign Charles the First . Gallant and

loval as were his ancestors , William Giffard is excelled by none of them in courage or fidelity ; the heroes of his name , who fought at Lansdowne and La Hogue , are equalled by the martyred hero who fell at Kildare .

24 . At Vienna , the Archduchess Maria-Christina , of Austria . She was the daughter of the late Empress , Maria-Theresa ; born May 13 , 17 ^ . 2 ; and niarried , April 8 , 1766 , to Prince Albert , Duke of Sa . xc-Tesehen . She was governessofthe Austrian provinces in the Netherlands until they were

conquered by . Dumourier ; and was accused iu 1792 , by the journals ofthe Continen ' , of having instigated the useless and barbarous bombardment of Lisle by her husband ; of being present , and assisting at this bombardment , and even of setting fire to one of the guns with her own fair hand . ' She died rich

very , leaving a considerable legacy io ihe French Princess ; the daughter of ihe unfortunate Louis XVI . Of a gradual decline , jn Cooper'srow , Crutched Friars , aged 81 , John Ryland , Esq . This gentleman was tlie last of a set of Literati who were the ornaments and instructors of the present

century . Mr . R . was the last surviving Wend of Dr . Johnson , and the early associate of Dr . Hawkesworth , whose sister he married , and with whom much of his younger life was spent . He was originall y bred to the law , but most

probably quitted that profession early in life , as he was engaged in a West-India connection for many , years with the late Edward Clerk Parish , Esq . and afterwards with John Bond , Esq . in Crutched-Friars . Hewasa good scholar , and expressed himself , both in writing , and speaking , in a peculiarly elegant

and forcible manner . His long life , great part of which was spent amongst men of genius , created a fund of anecdote , which he was fond of communicating , in the most pleasing manner , to Ihe various circles of his friends and acquaintance . When the club at the Essex Head was revived , for the solace

of Dr . Johnson's leisure hours , Mr . Ryland became a member . He constantly visited Dr . Johnson , during his last illness , and was one of the friends . who attended the funeral of that great man . Perhaps no man was more acquainted with Dr . Johnson's character , or better able to delineate itthough his

, numerous biographers have rendered any farther delineation unnecessary . — ' Ofthe Society , called ' The Rambler Club , " Mr . Ryland was the last surviving member . All of that society were not known to the writer of this article : but

the four remaining in 1783 , who had then a few meeiings to recollect old times , were , Dr . Johnson , Sir John Hawkins , Mr . John Payne , then accountant-general of tlie Bank of England , and Mr . Ryland abovementicned . These all lived in the profession of what is now called Calvinistic Christianity ,

and died with the supports of it . ' 29 . At Docking , county of Norfolk , John Hare , Esq . who left a written direction , that , afver his decease , his head should be severed from his body and sewed on again ; which has been accordingly done . He was descended from ihe ancient family of Hare , who

held Docking from 1597 , and the eldest branch of which was ennobled by the title of Lord Coleraine . ' We wish for some account of Mr . H . 30 . Mr . Benjamin Donne , lately appointed master , of mechanics to his Majesty on the death of Dr . Shepherd , and many years teacher of the

mathematics and lecturer in philosophy at Bristol . He published , under the patronage of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Sec . an accurate inap of Devonshire , in 12 sheets , engraved by Jeffcries , 1765 ; and a map of the