size when placed by the side of Mr. Lambert. The windows of the tap-room were obliged to be taken out on Sunday, to admit of the corpse being taken from the house; from which to the place of interment it was carried in a waggon, as no hearse could be procured which would have been sufficiently capacious to admit the coffin into it. 25th. At Inverary Castle, his grace, John duke of Argyll, marquis of Lorn, (lord Sundridge, 1766,) a field marshal in the army, colonel of the 3d regiment of foot guards, honourable master of the king's household in Scotland, keeper of Dunstaffnage and Carrick, and governor of the British society, &c. &c. Ilis grace was born in 1722, and is succeeded by his eldest son George, marquis of Lorn, now duke of Argyll. And on Sunday morning died, at Roseneath, Colin Campbell, esq. an old and intimate friend and faithful servant of his grace, as chamberlain and bailie of Roseneath. He had completed his 94th year in February last. His grace and bailie Campbell had both been of the old Highland watch, and were the only survivors of that matchless corps. The late duke of Argyll married, March 3, 1759, Elizabeth, daughter of John Gunning, esq. and relict of James, duke of Hamilton, father of the late duke; by whom, who died December 20, 1790, he had issue— George John, born February 17, 1766, who died an infant.-George, marquis of Lorn, born September 22, 1768; succeeded to the barony of Hamilton, on the death of his mother. John Douglas Henry Edward, born December 24, 1777 -Augusta, born March 31, 1760; - married to captain Clavering, and has issue and Charlotte Susan Maria. born June 21, 1775, married to captain Campbell, The remains of the duke were deposited in the burying-place of that illustrious family, at Kilmun. The following are the particulars of the ceremony, (as reported by an eye-witness,) which was performed in the most private manner possible: About ten o'clock, the princess Elizabeth revenue brig, Henry Beatson, esq. commander, sailed from Roseneath, with the corpse of his grace; also, the prince William Henry, captain Hamilton; prince of Wales, captain M'Kinnon (acting,) revenue cutters; and the Campbeltown packet Henrietta, having on board his grace, George duke of Argyll, lord John Campbell, lady Augusta Clavering and daughter, lady Charlotte Campbell, sir Alexander Campbell, of Ardkinglas, with other friends, and the servants of the late illustrious nobleman. The whole came to anchor in Holy Loch, between twelve and one o'clock, nearly opposite the family burying-place. The body of his grace was towed in his barge by the crew of the princess Elizabeth,dressed in nankeen, with crapes round their hats, and received on a platform, near which the present duke, lord John, &c. were landed. At a small distance, lady Clavering, and the other ladies, came on shore, accompanied by sir Alexander Campbell, &c. and proceeded to the vault, where they waited the procession. A part of captain Hamilton's crew was placed on each side of the path that leads to it, dressed in white frocks, with black velvet caps trimmed with silver. The corpse of his grace grace was carried to the tomb shoulder high, by the Kilmun volunteers; upon entering which it was laid next to the duchess. All then returned from the vault except those of the family, who, after remaining for a few minutes, went on board captain Hamilton's cutter, and proceeded to Ardincaple. A salute of nine guas was fired on their going ashore. The brig and the other cutter also fired a salute upon leaving Holy Loch. The outer coffin was covered with crimson silk velvet, and had two coronets, one at the head and another at the foot. The following is the inscription : Field Marshal JOHN DUKE OF ARGYLL, Aged 83 years. The mourners wore sashes, with a large knot upon the right shoulder, and another at the left thigh. JUNE. 5th. This morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke out at the Key hotel, Chandos-street, Covent garden, which in a short time was burnt to the ground. The house was a bagnio of the first description, and the most frequented of any in the metropolis. The following circumstances came out before the coroner's jury, sitting on the body of a gentleman who perished in the flames. The inquisition was taken on the 6th, at the White Lion, Hemming's-row, St. Martin's-lane, before Anthony Gell, esq. coroner for Westminster. George Thorpe, waiter at the Keybagnio, stated that the deceased, with a lady, came to the house (which was kept for the present by a Mr. Hamerton) at twelve at night, on the 4th of June; the gentleman appeared to be very much inebriated; and, after having been a short time in the house, supper was served up in a bed-room. After the cloth had been cleared, the gentleman said he should go, but the bell rung soon after, for the chambermaid to assist in undressing the lady. The deceased, on the maid's entering the room, was lying prostrate on the floor, by the bed-side. The chamber-maid left the room at a quarter before three o'clock, and a quarter after three, witness heard a violent screaming. He repaired to the landing-place on the first floor, where the lady, in her chemise only, was standing with a candle, the bed-room being in one entire blaze. She begged of the witness to save the gentleman; but the flames issued so rapidly from the room, that he durst not attempt to enter. The house was divided, and in that part where the fire broke out, none but the deceased and his companion slept, except a domestic in the attic story. It was some time before the other part of the house caught fire; and consequently by the alarm which the witness and the chambermaid kept up, the other companies had time for flight. Jane Devaynes, (who stated her name to be so, but who has for several years been known about the theatres by the names of Kemble and Stirling) stated, that she was in company with the deceased at the Key. Her first acquaintance with him was accidental, on Whitmonday last; since which time he had almost daily visited her, at her apartments in York-street, Mary-le-bone. He came came to her residence at ten o'clock at night, on the 4th inst. and was then inebriated. He insisted on sending for three bottles of wine, one of which was drunk; witness had put the other two on her side. board, thinking her companion had had enough. In the evening, they took a coach, and repaired to the Key, which house, the deceased said, he was well acquainted with. She then related the circumstances of her going to bed, and being alarmed, as described by the waiter. Witness said she knew nothing of the deceased's name, nor where he lived. He had a great deal of paper property about him, which he had shewn to her in the evening. She always considered him to be a cler gyman. Elizabeth Hannam, chambermaid at the Key, corroborated what had fallen from the preceding witnesses. Mrs. Clark, (the late hostess at the Key) only knew the deceased personally. A Miss Llewellyn gave an account of the deceased visiting her; but she knew not his name. He was a man of low stature, sometimes dressed meanly, and wore his hair curled in one curl, with powder. There being no further evidence to throw any light upon the subject, the jury returned a verdict of-Accidental death. It has been since stated, and it is feared with too much truth, that the gentleman who was thus burnt to death, was a Mr. Garner, who kept an academy in Brompton-row, on the high road leading to Fulham. Mr. Garner was a widower, and, it is said, a few months since paid his addresses to a young lady of considerable pecuniary expectations; but meeting with a repulse, it is sup posed that the disappointment affected his intellects, as his subsequent conduct evinced strong symptoms of derangement. 9th. An alarming fire broke out this morning, between twelve and one, at the house of a baker, in William-street, Pimlico. The house was entirely consumed, and a child in it was burnt to death. 11th. The following malefactors were executed this morning, opposite the debtor's door, at Newgate, in pursuance of their sentences, viz, G. Calder, for personating A. M'Gogan, a seaman on board the Caroline frigate, and by that means defrauding T. Good, navy agent, of 2231. G. R. Walker, and C. Dodds, for forging and uttering a will, purporting to have been left by major Hawkins. G. Hemmings and G. Bevan, for extorting money from the rev. Mr. Orde. By the Leopard, of 50 guns, arrived at Portsmouth this day, intelligence was received of the total loss of the Lady Burgess, outward-bound East Indiaman, commanded by captain Swinton. She sailed in company with the fleet, on the 31st of March, from Portsmouth, and continued with them till the day she was lost, which happened on the 20th of April, when she struck on a sunken rock, between St. Jago and Bonavista, at two in the morning, and went entirely to pieces. The number of persons on board the Lady Burgess, was 184; 34 out of this number perished. Among the latter are, Mr. Cock, the chief mate, and Mr. Dick, the purser; as also, Messrs. Monk, Binny, and Kidd, cadets. All the rest of the passengers, officers, &c. were saved. At the suit of lord Cloncurry, a fiat for 10,000l. was lately marked in Dublin, against sir John Pigott Piers, for crim. con. with lady C. Sir J. P. P. is, as generally happens in such cases, an old friend of the husband, and was an inmate in the house at the time of the alleged se duction. Lady C. is a beautiful woman, the daughter of an officer. His lordship met her at Rome, where he fell in love with, and married her. Sir J. P. P. is a widower. The lady is not permitted, as in England, to range at large with her paramour, but is confined in the castle of Lyons, in the county of Kildare, long-famed for its beautiful scenery, placed on a hill, and overlooking the grand canal from Dublin to Kildare, Queen's county, &e It was the hospitable and princely abode, for ages, of the Aylmer family, the ancestors of the countess of Ken mare. 18th. This afternoon, about four, a boy crossing Fleet-street, was knocked down by the pole of a gentleman's carriage. The coachman endeavoured to stop; but the horses kicked the child on the head, and immediately drew the carriage over its neck, which killed it on the spot; no blame is imputed to the coachman, who used every exertion to prevent the accident. 23d. This evening a scaffold gave way at the Mint, in the Tower, where they were making some re pairs, by which accident three men were unfortunately killed on the spot, and many others severely wounded. At the public-office, Queen-square, John and Jane Barrington were committed for trial, charged with attempting to extort money from lady Frances Compton, by counterfeit ing the hand-writing of lady George Cavendish, requesting the former VOL. XLVIII. lady to befriend the prisoners, as deserving her attention. It is supposed they had carried on this species of fraud for a length of time. In the court of king's bench, Robert and Henry Kennett, father and son, were brought up for judgment, being convicted of a conspiracy to defraud certain creditors under a commission of bankruptcy. They were both sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and the father to stand once in the pillory, in Oxford-street. 24th. This afternoon, a pair of spirited horses ran away with a curricle from Hatchett's, in Piccadilly, down Dover-street, threw down Dr. Reynold's coachman, who was passing at the time, and wounded him dangerously. Two other men were thrown down, and slightly injured. 25th. In the court of exchequer, at Dublin, major Bland, of the 47th foot, laid his action against captain King, of the commissariat department, for criminal intercourse with his wife. The former had been absent from Europe for a length of time, during which the lady had not heard from him. At length, concluding he was dead, she listened to the addresses of the defendant, and married him. These accounts were contradicted by the certainty of the lady having received remittances from her husband. On the plaintiff's coming home, the circumstances of the case were developed -an action was commenced, and damages were laid at 10,0001. but the jury gave a verdict for only 3001. 26th. The inhabitants of Andover were much alarmed by a whirl. wind, which, from the description, nearly resembled a West India tor Ee nado, nado. It carried up three haycocks in a field near the town, belonging to Mr. T. Heath, to a height past calculation, as a great part of the hay was literally carried beyond the reach of the human eye. When seen again, the estimated height was upwards of 800 fect. It fell in different parts of the town and neighbourhood, a portion of it full half a mile from the spot whence it was carried up. The consternation of the labourers in the fields was very great, but can more easily be conceived than described. It is said that the marine soap, to wash with salt-water, manufactured from earth found upon the earl of Warwick's estate, will produce to that nobleman a profit of 10,000l. a-year. 27th. A verdict, with 3001. damages, went against Mr. Briggs, son of sir J. Briggs, in the court of king's bench, for the seduction of Betsy Harris, the daughter of a farmer and butcher, in Monmouthshire. Mr. R. L decided a celebrated match at whist, by which he has won 6000 guineas. The match occupied no less than six days in playing out; during which time the parties took very little rest. 28th. Mr. Moulton, horse-dealer, of Kensington, being in a singlehorse chaise, in Hyde park, attempted to drive the horse into the Serpentine river, to give him water; the horse, plunged, sunk, and threw out Moulton, and a boy with him, when Moulton, the boy, and horse, were all' drowned.-Same afternoon a Newfoundland dog, in plunging for a stone thrown into the above river, brought up the body of a young woman by the hair of her head: she was genteelly dressed, and appeared to have lain some time. The deceased proved to be a servant, of the name of Collins, about twenty years of age, who had lived last with a family in Kensington-square, and had been missing near a week. Last week a ewe sheep, belonging to Mr Dannerly, of Dinthill, was killed, on account of a supernatural conception. It appears that the sheep, after having been incautiously opened, had four lambs, which were extracted from the body alive; one of them is since dead, but the other three are all likely to do well. The archbishop of Canterbury being engaged on his quadrennial visitation, a few days ago went to Hythe, in Kent, in his coach and six. Stopping there that night, by some accident the stable into which his grace's horses were put, caught fire; and, notwithstanding the utmost exertions were made to save the horses, three of the poor animals perished in the flames. Egremont-house has just experienced the sad vicissitudes of fortune, to which fashion has of late so wantonly reduced SO many "principalities and powers." After descending from a noble earl to an opulent woolstapler, it was knocked down the other day by the hammer of the auctioneer, to Thomas Bernard, esq. the late benevolent treasurer of the foundling hospital, for 16,000l. including the furniture. 29th. Early this morning a party of friends, consisting of Mrs. Van Butchel, the wife of Dr. Martin Van Butchel, of Mount-street; her second son, Mr. Isaac Van But chell; three misses Aston, daughters of Mr. Aston, gun locksmith, of |