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Obituary.
At Ashted , Com . Warwick , Joseph Carles , Esq . late of Handsworth , whose characterwill not be forgotten by posterity , for his conduct during the disgraceful and never to be forgotten Riots at Birmingham , in 1791 . In private life he was an affectionate husband , a tender father , and a sincere friend
to those to whom he was attached . He bore a long and painful illness with exemplary fortitude and resignation . At the Grove , near Envill , Mr . Wolfaston . At Barehill , Berkshire , Mrs . Phillips . AtCowden , near Dalkeith , Scotland , Mr . Stair Baillie .
At the Manse , of Irongray , Scotland , the Rev . James Finiien , Minister of the Gospel there . . Mr . John Crouse , the Printer of the Norfolk Chronicle upwards of 35 years . Mrs . Ann Compton , wife of Mr . John Compton , of Charlotte-street , Portland Place
. At Dublin , Mr . Carnac , who was born deaf and dumb . Robert Hodgkinson , Esq . of Preston , Lancashire , Steward of that town . The youngest daughter of James Graham , Esq . of Lincoln ' s Inn .
In Sloane-street , Mrs . Stephen , wife of James Stephen , Esq . Barrister at Law . - At Baconsthorpe , Mr . John Spurrell , in the 1021 I year of his age . He retained his faculties to the last . At Exmoufb , Devon , Win . A . Douglas , jun . Esq . of Strathcurry .
At Saffron Walden , Essex , Mrs . Whishaw , widow of Richard Wliishaw , Esq . late of Dedham , in that county . ¦ On the 17 th of November , at Petersburg , HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY , CATHERINE , II . Empress of all the Russia ; . She had been somewhat indisposed several days previous to the 16 th
ult . but , on the morning of that day she was very cheerful , and took her coffee , as usual , to breakfast . She afterwards went to her closet , and as she staid an unusual time , one of her principal female attendants , opened the doon , and found the Empress extended on her backwith her feet towards the
, door , in an apoplectic fit . Three quarters of an hour elapsed before her chief Physician , Dr . Rogerson ( a Scotch gentleman ) arrived . She was then bled twice , and appeared to be much relieved , but never spokv afterward ' . . She
remained in this state till tne evening ( Thursday the 17 th ) whenajb _ out a quarter . before ten the Physicians pronounced her dead . On the Empress being opened , two stones were found in her gall-bladder , weighing nearly an ounce and a half . The character of the Empress of
Russia was none of those which Ve view with indecision and doubt : it had nothing little , nothing petty in it ; it was all grand all decisive ; the features of it were marked and manifest ; the lines broad and deeply indented . She had none of those qualities which fluctuate between vice and virtue . —
Her virtues and her vices were all conspicuous . We admire the magnificence of herenterprize , the commanding vigour with which she wielded the energies of her mighty Empire ; the liberal encouragement which she afforded to the arts and sciences , and the attempts she made to polish the maimers
of her people . But our admiration is converted into detestation and dread , when we contemplate heron the theatre of her vices . What an unbroken series of horror and havoc did her immeasurable ambition create I—an ambition restrained by no considerations—limited by no laws , human or divine ; which
pursued its purpose through blood and carnage ; which seemed to be ever craving and never satiated ; whose appetite increased with what it fed on ! What shall we say to the methodical massacres committed at Ismael and at Warsaw ' . to the shocking oppression exercised upon Poland , and to the
savage dismemberment of that insulted country ! a dismemberment , whose authors seem lo have rivalled the Huns in cruelty , and to have disputed the pre-eminence of guilt with- . Attila himself . Perhaps there never was a Sovtreigirwho was more systematic in her ambition , more persevering in her projects , than the Empress of Ptussia ,
20 . At St . Andrew ' s , Scotland , the Hon . Mrs . Murray , mother of Lord Elibank . 14 . At Falmouth , Thompson Spottiswoode , Esq . of the Island of Tobago . 25 . Miss Elizabeth George , of Aylesbury , . Bucks . At Durham , suddenly , as he was
going down a dance , Sir William Dick , Bart . Major of the Mid-Lothian Fencib ' e Cavalrv .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Obituary.
At Ashted , Com . Warwick , Joseph Carles , Esq . late of Handsworth , whose characterwill not be forgotten by posterity , for his conduct during the disgraceful and never to be forgotten Riots at Birmingham , in 1791 . In private life he was an affectionate husband , a tender father , and a sincere friend
to those to whom he was attached . He bore a long and painful illness with exemplary fortitude and resignation . At the Grove , near Envill , Mr . Wolfaston . At Barehill , Berkshire , Mrs . Phillips . AtCowden , near Dalkeith , Scotland , Mr . Stair Baillie .
At the Manse , of Irongray , Scotland , the Rev . James Finiien , Minister of the Gospel there . . Mr . John Crouse , the Printer of the Norfolk Chronicle upwards of 35 years . Mrs . Ann Compton , wife of Mr . John Compton , of Charlotte-street , Portland Place
. At Dublin , Mr . Carnac , who was born deaf and dumb . Robert Hodgkinson , Esq . of Preston , Lancashire , Steward of that town . The youngest daughter of James Graham , Esq . of Lincoln ' s Inn .
In Sloane-street , Mrs . Stephen , wife of James Stephen , Esq . Barrister at Law . - At Baconsthorpe , Mr . John Spurrell , in the 1021 I year of his age . He retained his faculties to the last . At Exmoufb , Devon , Win . A . Douglas , jun . Esq . of Strathcurry .
At Saffron Walden , Essex , Mrs . Whishaw , widow of Richard Wliishaw , Esq . late of Dedham , in that county . ¦ On the 17 th of November , at Petersburg , HER IMPERIAL MAJESTY , CATHERINE , II . Empress of all the Russia ; . She had been somewhat indisposed several days previous to the 16 th
ult . but , on the morning of that day she was very cheerful , and took her coffee , as usual , to breakfast . She afterwards went to her closet , and as she staid an unusual time , one of her principal female attendants , opened the doon , and found the Empress extended on her backwith her feet towards the
, door , in an apoplectic fit . Three quarters of an hour elapsed before her chief Physician , Dr . Rogerson ( a Scotch gentleman ) arrived . She was then bled twice , and appeared to be much relieved , but never spokv afterward ' . . She
remained in this state till tne evening ( Thursday the 17 th ) whenajb _ out a quarter . before ten the Physicians pronounced her dead . On the Empress being opened , two stones were found in her gall-bladder , weighing nearly an ounce and a half . The character of the Empress of
Russia was none of those which Ve view with indecision and doubt : it had nothing little , nothing petty in it ; it was all grand all decisive ; the features of it were marked and manifest ; the lines broad and deeply indented . She had none of those qualities which fluctuate between vice and virtue . —
Her virtues and her vices were all conspicuous . We admire the magnificence of herenterprize , the commanding vigour with which she wielded the energies of her mighty Empire ; the liberal encouragement which she afforded to the arts and sciences , and the attempts she made to polish the maimers
of her people . But our admiration is converted into detestation and dread , when we contemplate heron the theatre of her vices . What an unbroken series of horror and havoc did her immeasurable ambition create I—an ambition restrained by no considerations—limited by no laws , human or divine ; which
pursued its purpose through blood and carnage ; which seemed to be ever craving and never satiated ; whose appetite increased with what it fed on ! What shall we say to the methodical massacres committed at Ismael and at Warsaw ' . to the shocking oppression exercised upon Poland , and to the
savage dismemberment of that insulted country ! a dismemberment , whose authors seem lo have rivalled the Huns in cruelty , and to have disputed the pre-eminence of guilt with- . Attila himself . Perhaps there never was a Sovtreigirwho was more systematic in her ambition , more persevering in her projects , than the Empress of Ptussia ,
20 . At St . Andrew ' s , Scotland , the Hon . Mrs . Murray , mother of Lord Elibank . 14 . At Falmouth , Thompson Spottiswoode , Esq . of the Island of Tobago . 25 . Miss Elizabeth George , of Aylesbury , . Bucks . At Durham , suddenly , as he was
going down a dance , Sir William Dick , Bart . Major of the Mid-Lothian Fencib ' e Cavalrv .