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world ; an account of which , printed at the expence of the Board of Admiralty , is now published . Of the gout in his stomach , at his house at Bourne , county of Lincoln , in his 67 th year , George Pochin , Esq . younger brother to William P . Esq . of Barkby , one of the present members

for Leicestershire . He was Colonel of the Leicestershire regiment of militia , deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the counties of Leicester and Lincoln . In Clarges-street , in her 12 th year , tady Sophia Amyntor Lambert , youngest daughter of" Richard Earl of Cavan .

Mr . Thomas Cahusac , sen . of . he Strand , the oldest musical-instrumentmaker in and near London . At Newsted-abbey , county of Nottingham , in his 76 . I 1 year , William fifth Lord Byron . He was born Nov . 5 , 1722 ; brpd ! o the sea-service ; and , in 173 S , appointed Lieutenant of his

Majesty's ship Falkland , and afterwards of the Victory , which he quitted just before she was lost . In 1763 , he was declared master of his Majesty ' s staghounds . He married , 1747 , Elizabeth daughter of Charles Shaw , Esq . of

Besthorp , county of Norfolk , by wham he had two sons , both dead , and two daughters . His Lordship's unfortunate rencontre with Mr . Chaworlh , in which the latter lost his life , and his trial and acquittal , 176 ; , may be seen in the periodical publications of that time . On some family-difference with his son ,

since dead , his Lordship compleatly dismantled his noble mansion at Newsled , and sold the family-pictures and the timber . It had been , from 32 Heniy VIII . 1 540 , in his family , which originated from Clayton , in Lancashire , and was ennobled by the style of Baron Byron , of Rochdale , in ( he same count } -,

by letters patent 19 Charles I . 1643 . Col . Heiy , a gallant veteran , 70 years of age , fell in the secret expedition to destroy the canal , & c . at Bruges . After the English had surrendered , a French soldier began to strip him of his epaulettes and watch . The Colonel look a pistol from his waistcoat pocket , and

shot him ; upon which some French soldiers immediately killed him . At his lodgings , Orange-street , Lei-^ 'tfer-square , aged 73 ( and not long y . L-r . ¦ . ome of his last labours were prepared for the press ) , Thomas English ,

Esq . a gentleman deservedlv regretted by the circleof his friends and acquaintance . Mr . E . was a man of very considerable literary taiems . His name , it is believed , has not been annexed to any of his writings ; but some productions of his pen have been highly esteemed by Ihe public . He appears ,

however , not only to have been perfectly pure from the vanity of an author , but nearly to have wanted that degree of allowable ambition , which serves as the usual spur lo pursuits in this line . His disposition was social and benevolent ; and he felt , with an overflowing sensibility , any mark of regard 10 him

in another . Though rough 10 those that offended him , he had a mind ten- ^ derly compassionate . It was observable that , to the latest period of his life , he seemed lo have preserved , in an uncommon degree , the energy and animation of youth . In ihe circle of bis friends , Mr . Burke was known to be the

particular object of his admiration and attachment . He considered him as the greatest man , of which all his extensive knowledge of life or of books afforded him an example . We have to add , that he possessed , very eminently ,

undiminished and uninterrupted , for a long series of years , the reciprocal esteem and friendship of Mr . Burke a more eloquent mcnume . it ( as will be allowed by men of genius aud men of honour ) . han . he most laboured panegyric could erect to his memory . Suddenly , at Hurstbourne-Park ,

Hants , in her 17 th year , Lady Emma Maria Wallop , younger sister of the Ear ! of Portsmouth . At Melville-house , in Scotland , Wilhelmina , Countess of Leven and Melville ; daughterof William Nisbet , Esq . At his lodgings in Henry-street , Pcntonville , in his GS 1 I 1 yearMr . Bedwell

, Law , of Ave Maria Lane , where he for nearly 50 years had carried on the business of a booksellerwilh unblemished reputation . At Lord Massarene ' s castle , at Antrim , in Ireland , in consequence of ilie mortification of the wounds which be received in an action with the Rebels

of that country , John Viscount O'Neill " , governor of that county , and the descendant aud representative of the iincient chiefs or princes of that part of Ireland . This nobleman , whose virtuesand talent ? will long be remembered , was created

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LONDON: Article 3
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 4
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOUME. Article 4
DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE; Article 5
Untitled Article 7
AN HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND. Article 17
CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DUMP PHILOSOPHER. Article 19
OPTIMISM, A DREAM. Article 25
INTERVIEW OF CAPTAIN VANCOUVER WITH THE CHIEFS OF NOOTKA SOUND. Article 27
THE FATE OF MEN OF GENIUS Article 29
THE LIFE OF BISHOP WARBURTON. Article 30
DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI. KING OF FRANCE. Article 32
EDMUND BURKE. Article 35
Untitled Article 39
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF MAOUNA. Article 44
BARBAROUS ATTACK OF THE NATIVES. Article 45
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
POETRY. Article 60
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 62
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND. Article 63
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 65
OBITUARY. Article 70
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Obituary.

world ; an account of which , printed at the expence of the Board of Admiralty , is now published . Of the gout in his stomach , at his house at Bourne , county of Lincoln , in his 67 th year , George Pochin , Esq . younger brother to William P . Esq . of Barkby , one of the present members

for Leicestershire . He was Colonel of the Leicestershire regiment of militia , deputy-lieutenant and magistrate for the counties of Leicester and Lincoln . In Clarges-street , in her 12 th year , tady Sophia Amyntor Lambert , youngest daughter of" Richard Earl of Cavan .

Mr . Thomas Cahusac , sen . of . he Strand , the oldest musical-instrumentmaker in and near London . At Newsted-abbey , county of Nottingham , in his 76 . I 1 year , William fifth Lord Byron . He was born Nov . 5 , 1722 ; brpd ! o the sea-service ; and , in 173 S , appointed Lieutenant of his

Majesty's ship Falkland , and afterwards of the Victory , which he quitted just before she was lost . In 1763 , he was declared master of his Majesty ' s staghounds . He married , 1747 , Elizabeth daughter of Charles Shaw , Esq . of

Besthorp , county of Norfolk , by wham he had two sons , both dead , and two daughters . His Lordship's unfortunate rencontre with Mr . Chaworlh , in which the latter lost his life , and his trial and acquittal , 176 ; , may be seen in the periodical publications of that time . On some family-difference with his son ,

since dead , his Lordship compleatly dismantled his noble mansion at Newsled , and sold the family-pictures and the timber . It had been , from 32 Heniy VIII . 1 540 , in his family , which originated from Clayton , in Lancashire , and was ennobled by the style of Baron Byron , of Rochdale , in ( he same count } -,

by letters patent 19 Charles I . 1643 . Col . Heiy , a gallant veteran , 70 years of age , fell in the secret expedition to destroy the canal , & c . at Bruges . After the English had surrendered , a French soldier began to strip him of his epaulettes and watch . The Colonel look a pistol from his waistcoat pocket , and

shot him ; upon which some French soldiers immediately killed him . At his lodgings , Orange-street , Lei-^ 'tfer-square , aged 73 ( and not long y . L-r . ¦ . ome of his last labours were prepared for the press ) , Thomas English ,

Esq . a gentleman deservedlv regretted by the circleof his friends and acquaintance . Mr . E . was a man of very considerable literary taiems . His name , it is believed , has not been annexed to any of his writings ; but some productions of his pen have been highly esteemed by Ihe public . He appears ,

however , not only to have been perfectly pure from the vanity of an author , but nearly to have wanted that degree of allowable ambition , which serves as the usual spur lo pursuits in this line . His disposition was social and benevolent ; and he felt , with an overflowing sensibility , any mark of regard 10 him

in another . Though rough 10 those that offended him , he had a mind ten- ^ derly compassionate . It was observable that , to the latest period of his life , he seemed lo have preserved , in an uncommon degree , the energy and animation of youth . In ihe circle of bis friends , Mr . Burke was known to be the

particular object of his admiration and attachment . He considered him as the greatest man , of which all his extensive knowledge of life or of books afforded him an example . We have to add , that he possessed , very eminently ,

undiminished and uninterrupted , for a long series of years , the reciprocal esteem and friendship of Mr . Burke a more eloquent mcnume . it ( as will be allowed by men of genius aud men of honour ) . han . he most laboured panegyric could erect to his memory . Suddenly , at Hurstbourne-Park ,

Hants , in her 17 th year , Lady Emma Maria Wallop , younger sister of the Ear ! of Portsmouth . At Melville-house , in Scotland , Wilhelmina , Countess of Leven and Melville ; daughterof William Nisbet , Esq . At his lodgings in Henry-street , Pcntonville , in his GS 1 I 1 yearMr . Bedwell

, Law , of Ave Maria Lane , where he for nearly 50 years had carried on the business of a booksellerwilh unblemished reputation . At Lord Massarene ' s castle , at Antrim , in Ireland , in consequence of ilie mortification of the wounds which be received in an action with the Rebels

of that country , John Viscount O'Neill " , governor of that county , and the descendant aud representative of the iincient chiefs or princes of that part of Ireland . This nobleman , whose virtuesand talent ? will long be remembered , was created

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