The Sun.
London, England, 1802-03-03 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD.

'IT is with very great concern, that we announce
the Death of the Most Noble FRANCIS Duke of
BEDFORD. His Grace died at his Seat at Woburn
yesterday morning at eleven o'clock. An express
brought the melancholy intelligence in the after-
noon.

The first accounts received from Woburn yester-
day morning, gave some faint hopes of the Duke's
recovery. Between twelve and one, however, a
groom arrived with the intelligence that tile medical
men had given up all hopes.

The Duke died of a mortification iri his ,bowels ;
and from the very first moment of his being obliged
to call in medical assistance, his recovery -was -ex-
tremely doubtful. His Grace had been for many
years afflided with a rupture. On Friday morning
he was as well as usual ; but towards noon a fit
of coughing came on, which broke the rupture,
and upon examination it was found that the gut
had descended from its proper seat. Surgical ad-
vice was instantly sent for to town, but before it
could arrive, and the proper operation be performed,
the intestine had been so long out of its place, as
to be in a state bordering on putridity ; and in
this state it was obliged to be forced back into
the body. Nothing could exceed the skill of the
operator in this delicate business, and there was
reason to believe that the operation would have
efFeaed a complete cure, provided the mortification
could be stopped. Unhappily, neither the power
of medicine, nor the art of the Faculty, could re-
tard its progress.

His Grace was sensible to the last, and aware of
the dangerous state in which he was. He bore
his sufferings, which were most acute, with exem-
plary resignation. . His Solicitor went down on
Monday ; and the equanimity and fortitude of His
Grace left full possession of himself, to make
what arrangements of his property he deemed pro-
per. A short time before his death he saw his bro-
thers, Lord JoHN and Lora WILLIAM ; he like-
wise saw Lord Hot LAND.: of all of them he took
the most affelionate leave. The scene was most
solemn and impressive..
The Duke of BEDFORD possessed a strong and
penetrating mind. His understanding NNi,assclid and
enlarged ; his talents were not only, elegant and
splendid ; they were pradical and useful. lie bad
cultivated the gifts of Nature with diligence and
success. Though born to'the first rank and fortune,
and brought to the enjoyment of these advantages
at an age when with most they are pernicious, from
the facility of abuse, His Grace never forgot the
propriety of his own chara&er. He had added to
a mind originally vigorous and manly, a large store.
of knowledge, and the precious fruits of wise and
enlightened observation.

As a Politician, his charaeter was certainly rising
very rapidly in the public estimation ; whatever his
opinions were, no man ever doubted but they were
dilated by the honest convittion of the moment.
As a Man, His Grace was universally respeCted and
beloved. The use he made of a magnificent fortune
was wisely benevolent. He was the leader in every
beneficial institution for the encouragement of those
arts which most immediately conduce to the comfort
of others. In the management of his vast property
he gave an example in every beneficial improvement,
and in carrying his plans into elf: a, he supplied cm.
ployment to the industry of many thousands of the
labouring classes. His exertions for spreading a spi-
rit of agricultural improvement will long be remem-
bered, and its benefits extensively felt. The great
and useful works which he himself planned, displayed
the soundest judgment, and he conduced them with
a method, exactness and propriety, that proved how
well he was qualified for affairs. His Estates, both
in the country and in town, shew how well he un-
derstood beneficial improvement, and the just appli-
cation of great wealth. He was the best friend of
industry, because he gave employment to it.
He was a generous and kind relation, hospitable
to his friends, a munificent encourager of the Arts,
and a liberal landlord. His condua furnishes a
good example for the imitation of the- Nobleman
who is the inheritor of his large fortune.

He was born August I I, 1765, of ELIZABETH,
daughter of the late W.T.1,1,7 AM ANNE, Earl of AL-
BEINIAR LE, and sister of the late Admiral Viscount
KEPP EL. HiS father, the Marquis of TAN ISTOCK,
dying in 1767, in consequence of a fall from his
horse, and leaving thres sons, he, as eldest, on the
death of his grandfather) succeeded him in January
1771.

His Grace wa, tall, well formed, and uncom-
monly elegant in his person, and polished in his
manners. He was never married.

He is succeeded bY his brother, Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL, one of the Members for Tavistock, and a
widower, his Lady having died at Bath dUring the
last autumn, leaving belling her three sons) FRAN-
CIS, GEORGE WiLLIANI, and JOHN.

An Account of the Duties paid for the last two
years, on all Printed Books imported into this King-
dom, distinguishing bet ween those Bound, and those
not Bound

13 Obis: BOUND.' NOT BOUND.

s. s. d,
b. 1.1 6 iti 1,734 S 0

Fear 18,7•6,
Three Quarters, ending loth
October, tBo 1, 1,217 2 7 I 1,910 0 4i
Note. —This Account cannot yet be made up to a later
period than the loth of October iBox the Inspector-General
not being in possession of all the necessary Documents from
the Out-Ports for the last Quarter of that Year.
WILLIAM IRVING;
I nspeelor-G eneral of the I mliorts and
Exports of Great Britain.
InspeFP:r-Generalis-Office, Custc,m-
-tloa,e, Loncitm, Fes. 25, 1802.

Yesterday was married at St. Botolph, bishops.
gate, by the Rev. Dr. CONYBEARE, Mr. K. C.
MACKENZIE, merchant, King's Arms Yard, to
Miss PIPER, second Daughter of the late JOHN
Pit, FR, of Coly-ton House, Devon.
It surnrizes a stranger very much, when he ar-
rives at Paris, not to hear either clocks or bells.
There arc not al)ove three clocks in all Paris, viz.
one on the Thuilieries, one on Notre Dame, and
one upon anOther