Obituary.

was that of a man neither insensible to his situation , nor sinking under its horror ; he was collected , but he appeared to feel the seriousness of death . By his rejection of the comfort derived from clerical assistance in the last momeiHsol' life , he seemed to disbelieve the efficacy of the mechanical

appendages of devotion . At Puitenham , Surrey , Mr . R . Sumner , brother of the Rev . Dr . S . late of Eton , now Provost of King's College , Cambridge , as . heir father had been before , who died 1771 . Mr . S . and his wife were on a visit to Admiral Cornish , their brother-in-law . In the

morning the gentlemen rode out ; and , on their return , Mr . S . feeling himself somewhat faint , lay down on the bed , where he had a violent fit of tears , which so much relieved him that he arose , dressed himself , and joined the company at table ; but was no sooner seated than his face fell fiat on the plate , and he

was heard to give one catch in his throat , as if sick at the s ' omach . On being lifted up , it was evident he had expired . What greatly added to the distress of the scene in this interesting moment was , that Mrs . S . advanced in pregnancy , was seated at table directly opposite to her husband , and who was removed thence to her chamber in a state that gives apprehensions of bad consequences attending so alarming a shock .

At Ringrose ' s hotel , York , on her way to Scarborough for the benefit of her health , aged 22 , the Right Hon . Lady Mary More , daughter of the Countess of Wicklow , and wife of the Kev . Thomas H . lo whom she had been married one year and a quarter . At Spratsdown , hear Whitchurch ,

Hants , Mrs . K . Waterman , who had deposited 9000 farthings ( 9 I . 7 s . 6 d . ) to defray her funeral expences . The Rev . John Barclay , minister of the gospel to the Bere ' an church in Edinburgh . After enjoying a good night's rest , and eating his breakfast as usual , he left his own house in perfect

health , at . he ordinary time of meeting for public worship . In his way to church , finding himself a little indisposed , he stepped into a friend ' s house , asked for a little water , of which he drank and bathed his face ; in the act of drying it , he sunk down on his knees , expressed a few words in prayer ,

and departed , without a groanor struggle , in his 63 d year , 40 of which were emploved in public ministry . Thela . e Earl of Gainsborough , ( whose death zoos announced in our Magazine for April ) succeeded to his title , when very young , by the death of his brother Repbstake , who died , 1770 , 3 . nineteen

years of age . His Lordship was educated at King's College , Cambridge , where he took the degree of A . M . in 1761 . The ancestor of his family came into Englandwith the Conqueror , whogranted him some lands . The tide of Baron and Viscount was conferred on Edward , who was created Baron Noel in 1617 ,

and succeeded to . he title of Viscount Campden on the death of his father-inlaw , who had secured the title for him by reversion . The ti . le of Earl of Gainsborough was conferred , in 1612 , on Edward , the third Viscount . The late Henry Noel was the sixth and last Ear ! of the family ;

fordyinn-, without issue , . he titles are extinct . The paternal estates descend to Gerard Noel Edward , the M . P . for Rutlandshire . His lordship . was never very conspicuous in political life ; but was by no means one of those useless men

of fortune who pass through life unknowing and unknown . He applied lo , and encouraged . he study of natural history , in which science he had collected a very valuable library , and was considered by the Linn . ean Society as a man proper to be one ofthe four honorary members , togelher with Sir Joseph

Banks , Mr . Pennant , and the late Marshal de Nouaille . His character , a few years since , suffered considerable tarnish by . some severe oppressions of his tenants , in compelling each of them to keep one or more of his hounds , of which he always had a larg e pack . Several of ihem were actuall y

dispossessed o ( lheir farms for refusing , with manly perseverance ,, lo submit to so 'insulting a badge of vassalage , At linrtham Park , near Corsham , Wilts , Lady James , relict of Sir W . J . Bart , ( whose merits and services in the East Indies , as a naval officer , were never excelled or exceeded ) and

, daughter and co-heiress of the la'e Edward Goddard , Esq . of Hariham , whose other dai'ghter died October iS , 1797 . Her Ladyship had an only daughter , the late lovely and lamented Lady Ranch fie ( who died- January iS , 1797 ,