24, 1798. He was promoted to that rank in the Thalia, of 36 guns, which frigate he commanded on the Mediterranean station until the month of October, 1800. Previous to his return thence, he appears to have given of fence to his father-in-law, by remonstrating with him on his infatuated attachment to lady Hamilton. Captain Nisbet held no subsequent appointment.

OCTOBER.

1. At Hastings, sir Frederick Francis Baker, the second baronet, of Loventor, in Devonshire, M.A., F.R.S. and F.S.A. Sir Frederick was showing his children the effect and operations of a windmill near Hastings, when, being very shortsighted, he approached too near to it, and one of the flappers striking him on the back part of the head, he shortly after breathed his last.

3. At Burnham Market, aged 39, Anne Nelson, daughter of Thomas Bolton, esq. and niece to earl Nelson.

4. Aged 58, Mr. Stephen Court (otherwise Collins), one of the managers of the Portsmouth theatre.

-In Silesia, Von Yorck, count of Wartenburgh, a field marshal in the Prussian service. He was the first who threw off the yoke of Buonaparte after the Russian retreat. He was of English extraction, being the great-grandson of David Jonathan Yorke, who left England in the time of the persecutions of Cromwell, about the year 1650.

9. At Paris, Harriet, wife of sir Bellingham Graham, bart.

10. At Dunkirk, aged 60, William Sheldon, esq. brother to the late Edward Constable and Francis Tunstall, esqrs. of Burton-Constable and Wycliffe.

12. At the Saracen's Head, Newark, William Broderick, esq. of Lincoln's Inn.

16. In Great Russell-street, aged 90, the widow of admiral sir George Young, of Formosa-place, Bucks.

18. At Conyngham Hall, the seat of the hon. sir Francis Buxton, bart. the hon. Mrs. Whaley, widow of the late Thomas Whaley, esq. of Strabo, in the county of Carlow; and eldest sister to lord Cloncurry.

19.At his brother's, lord visct. Anson, Shugborough, aged 29, captain the hon. William Anson, C. B.

20. In Gloucester-place, Rebecca, widow of sir John Simeon, bart. M.P.

20. At Little Chelsea, aged 66, sir William Augustus Brown, bart. lieutenant in the 101st foot.

At le Mans, near Nice, aged 80, the right hon. Algernon Percy, earl of Beverley, and lord Louvaine, baron of Alnwick; colonel of the Northumberland Light Infantry Militia; uncle to the duke of Northumberland. His lordship was born January 21st, 1750, and was the younger son of Hugh, first duke of Northumberland, K.G. by lady Eliza beth Seymour, sole daughter and heiress of Algernon, seventh duke of Somerset, and representative of the noble family of Percy.

22. At Limerick, major John William Hutchison, of his majesty's 74th regiment. On the day of his death he was following his regiment on horseback, appa rently in perfect health,when he stopped opposite a small tavern in the military road, and dismounting, entered the house with his hands on his head, sat down and said, "There is something coming over me," and afterwards, "Good God! take off my coat, I am getting a fit." He was immediately carried to a bed; and instantaneously expired. On an inquest it was determined that he had died "by the visitation of God."

26. At Cheltenham, the hon. Charlotte-Juliana, wife of colonel John Carrington Smith, sister to the earl of Kilkenny.

Dorothy, wife of sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, of Belhus, and sister to sir John St. Aubyn, bart. of Clowance, Cornwall.

31. In Bury-street, St. James's, major-general George Hill, late of the 3rd Guards.

Lately. At Salisbury, in his 88th year, John Anstie, esq. formerly of Devizes. To the public spirit of this gentleman, the woollen manufacture of Wiltshire

(and the West of England generally) was deeply indebted for its extension, and subsequent prosperity, through the introduction of improved machinery.

In his 50th year, the hon. and rev. William Beresford, prebendary of Laccagh in the cathedral of Tuam; brother to lord Decies; and brother-inlaw to the earl of Tankerville.

At Bodllwyddan, Flintshire, aged 68, sir John Williams, bart.

Aged 100, Mrs. Biggs, of Cholderton, near Andover, whose husband lately died in his 99th year.

At Knightsbridge, aged 48, Mrs. Colin Campbell Lloyd, wife of captain Edward Lloyd, R.N. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of manslaughter by improper surgical treatment of Mrs. Lloyd, against Mr. St. John Long.

At Ashburnham Place, Sussex, in his 70th year, the right hon. George Ashburnham, third earl of Ashburnham,and viscount St.Asaph (1730), and fifth baron Ashburnham, of Ashburnham, in Sussex (1689), K.G.; a trustee of the British Museum, and F.S.A. The earl of Ashburnham was not a political character. He had a taste for literature; was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1785, and, subsequently, a trustee of the British Museum. During the present year he had edited "A Narrative, by John Ashburnham, of his attendance upon king Charles the 1st from Oxford to the Scotch army, and from Hampton Court to the Isle of Wight; never be. fore printed." Lord Ashburnham had seventeen children.

NOVEMBER.

1. At Rambridge-cottage, near Andover, aged 34, the hon. and rev. William Annesley, rector of North Bovey, Devon, and vicar of Studley, Warwick, younger son of the earl of Mountnorris.

2. At the house of his friend, Richard Wilson, esq. at Bildeston, Suffolk, aged 77, Edward Rotherham, esq. a captain in the royal navy, and C.B.

3. At Chichester, aged 78, lieut-col. William Brereton.

4. On board H. M. S. Madagascar, aged 39, the hon. sir Robert Cavendish Spencer, K.C.H. captain of that vessel; surveyor-general of the Ordnance, and an extra groom of his majesty's bedchamber.

5. At Boxley House, Kent, aged 78, George James Cholmondeley, esq.; cousin to the marquis Cholmondeley.

5. At Blackheath, aged 56, majorgeneral sir Charles Philip Belson, K.C.B.

6. At Walthamstow, Essex, aged 86, sir Robert Wigram, of Walthamstowhouse, bart. Sir Robert Wigram was born at Wexford, January 30th, 1744, and was the only son of John Wigram, merchant, of Bristol, by Mary, daughter of Robert Clifford, esq. of Wexford. Following, and extending, the mercantile pursuits of his forefathers, he made several voyages to India in the service of the Company, and became one of the most eminent "ship's husbands" in the port of London; as well as sole, or at least principal owner, of several vessels trading to Bengal, Madras, and Bombay; and one of the greatest importers of drugs in England. He was chairman of the meeting of the merchants and bankers during the alarming period of the French revolution; and became lieut.-col. of the 6th London regiment of Volunteers, consisting of 715 rank and file. He was returned to parliament in 1802 as member for Fowey; and created a baronet by patent, dated October 20th, 1805. At the general election in 1806, he was chosen for the town of Wexford; but after the dissolution in 1807, he retired from public life, having, with his sons, given an uniform support to Mr. Pitt. Sir Robert was a vice-president of the Pitt club. Robert Wigram was twice married, and had the large family of twenty-one children.

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At Bettisfield Park, Flintshire, Dame Margaret, widow of sir Thomas Hanmer, bart. and grand-mother of the present sir John Hanmer.

7. At Naples, aged 53, Francis Janvier Joseph, king of Naples and the two Sicilies; brother to the queen of Sardinia and the queen of the French, and brother-in-law to the emperor of Austria and the king of Spain. His majesty was born April 19, 1777, and was the son of king Ferdinand the fourth, (Infant of Spain,) by the archduchess Maria Caroline, daughter of the emperor Francis I. He succeeded to the throne January 4, 1825. King Francis was twice married: first, to his first cousin, the archduchess Maria Clementina, daughter of the emperor Leopold II. by whom he was father of Maria Caroline, the duchess de Berri. This princess having died Nov. 15, 1801: he married secondly, by proxy, July 6, and

in person October 6, 1802, another first cousin, the Infanta Maria Isabella, daughter of Charles IV. king of Spain, and sister to Ferdinand VII. By this alliance he had six sons and six daugh

ters.

8. In Crawford-street, having just completed his 85th year, Richard James Lawrence, esq. of Fairfield, in Jamaica.

Suddenly at Wentworth - house, aged 43, the right hon. Charlotte lady Milton. Her ladyship was daughter of Thomas, first lord Dundas; she married lord Milton on the 8th of July 1806; and had eleven children, nine of whom survived her.

10. Found hanging, at lodgings taken in Ebury-place, under pretence of expecting a friend from the country, George Reilly, esq. of Belgrave-place.

At Farnham, aged 54, Elizabeth, widow of the right hon. lord Charles Kerr.

11. In Cadogan-place, aged 102, Miss Lloyd.

13. At the rectory, Kegworth, Leicestershire, in the 86th year of his age, the venerable Thomas Parkinson, D.D. F.R.S. archdeacon of Leicester, chancellor of the diocese of Chester, a prebendary of St. Paul's, and rector of Kegworth. He was born at Kirkham in the Fylde, in Lancashire, on the 14th of June, 1745, and at the age of 19 years, was entered as a pensioner at Christ's College, Cambridge. The refusal of all pecuniary assistance on the part of his father compelled Mr. Parkinson, after engaging closely in the routine of college studies, to spend much time in abstruse calculations, and seldom allow himself more than five or six hours for repose. On the recommendation of a college friend, he was employed by the Board of Longitude in the calculation of tables of the series of parallax and refraction, and with the assistance of Mr. Lyons, the author of a Treatise on Fluxions, the volume, a tolerably thick quarto, closely printed, was completed in two years. Mr. Parkinson took his degree of B. A. in January 1769. On the 25th of May, 1769, he was ordained deacon by Dr. Terrick, then bishop of London, at Fulham; and on the 4th of Feb. 1771, priest, by Dr. Law, then bishop of Carlisle, at Cambridge. He officiated as Moderator in the examination of the young men for their degrees in the year 1774, when the late Dr. Milner (dean

of Carlisle and master of Queen's) was Senior Wrangler. The other moderator of the year was Mr. Kipling, afterwards D.D. and dean of Peterborough. On the 29th of June, 1775, he was presented by the dean and chapter of Ely to the vicarage of Meldreth, in the county of Cambridge. He served the office of proctor of the University in 1786-7. Ile succeeded Dr. Law (late bishop of Elphin, and brother of the late lord chief justice Ellenborough) as one of the tutors of Christ's College, and became senior tutor of that establishment on the retirement of Dr. Shepherd. In 1789 he published a large quarto volume on Mechanics and Hydrostatics.

14. At Helensburgh, Mr. Henry Bell, the practical introducer of steam navigation into Europe. It was on the 2nd of August, 1812, that he launched the first steam-vessel, called the Comet, on the Clyde. The number of steam-vessels now plying on that river amounts to more than sixty.

19. Clementina, wife of vice-admiral sir Pulteney Malcolm, K.C.B. She was elder daughter of the hon. William Fullerton Elphinstone, (son of Charles, tenth lord Elphinstone, and lady Clementina Fleming,) by Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Fullerton, esq.; and was niece to the late admiral lord viscount Keith.

20. At Moncrieffe-house, Perthshire, aged 41, sir David Moncrieffe, the sixth baronet of that place; nephew to the earl of Dalhousie, G.C.B. and brotherin-law to the earl of Bradford.

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At the Priory, near Acton, Middlesex, colonel Peacocke, late of the 3rd guards.

In her 32nd year, Katherine, wife of the very rev. C. S. Luxmoore, dean of St. Asaph, and youngest daughter of the right hon. sir John Nicholl.

21. At Newstead-abbey, Mrs. Wildman, mother of colonel Wildman.

23. At Chackmore, near Buckingham, aged 72, major Benjamin Vassar, of the Royal Bucks militia.

25. In the Newgate, Dublin, being a prisoner for debt, lieut.-colone! Duncan.

At Hutton-hall, aged 26, James Forbes, esq. eldest son of the late James Forbes, esq. of that place, and of Kingarlock in Argyleshire.

26. At Castle Bernard, county Cork, on his 75th birth-day, the right hon. Francis Bernard, earl of Bandon, viscount Bernard, and viscount and baron

Bandon, of Bandon - bridge, county Cork; a representative peer for Ireland; recorder of Bandon; brother-inlaw to the earl of Shannon, K. St. P., uncle and father-in-law to lord viscount Doneraile, and uncle to lord Riversdale.

27. At Wellingore-house, Lincoln, colonel Noel Nevile, son of the late Christ. Noel, esq. of Bath and Wellingore.

29. In Upper Woburn-place, James Humphrey, esq. barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, and Ham Frith, Essex.

30. Aged 89, James Chalmer, esq. of Abingdon-street, father of the Scotch solicitors and agents, in London.

At Isleworth, aged 64, lady Margaret Boyd, first cousin to the earl of Oxford, and sister to the dowager lady Rodney, and the countess dowager of Kinnoul.

DECEMBER.

1. At Fisherton Anger, Amelia, widow of admiral sir Robert Calder, bart. and K.C.B. who died in 1818.

In Somerset-street, aged 79, the right hon. Hugh Elliot, formerly governor of Madras. He was sworn a privy councillor, March 19, 1814. He died suddenly, soon after retiring to bed. He has left nineteen children.

2. At his house at Hammersmith, aged 74, John Crowder, esq. alderman of the ward of Farringdon Within, and late lord mayor of London. Alderman Crowder was a native of Buckinghamshire, he was originally brought up as a printer, and was for some time employed in his majesty's printing-office, under the late William Strahan, esq. About fifty years ago he obtained an engagement in the printing-office of Francis Blyth, esq. printer and part proprietor of the "Public Ledger," a daily morning paper much encouraged by persons concerned in commerce and shipping, and the "London Packet," an evening paper, published three times a week. In the year 1787, Mr. Blyth died, when Mr. Crowder, who the year before had married Mr. Blyth's niece (Mary Ann James), succeeded to the management of the whole concern. This he carried on for upwards of thirty years, with the greatest impartiality, diligence, and integrity; and during this period was frequently employed in printing valuable works for the booksellers. He did not

finally quit the printing business until about ten years ago, when he had amassed a considerable fortune.

3. At Weymouth, aged 88, William Weston, esq. alderman, and father of the corporation, and many years collector of the Customs at that port. He five times served the office of chief magis

trate.

6. At Gumley-hall, Leicestershire, the seat of his son-in-law, E. C. Hartopp, esq. aged 78, the right hon. Morton Eden, baron Henley, of Chardstock, in the peerage of Ireland: a privy councillor; G.C.B.; and F.R.S. Lord Herley was engaged in many important diplomatic missions. He commenced his career at the age of 24, with the appointment of minister plenipotentiary to the electoral (now royal) court of Bavaria, and minister at the Diet of Ratisbon, October 10, 1776; he was removed to Copenhagen, with the style of envoy extraordinary, February 22, 1779; and to Dresden, September 21, 1782. In 1783 he came to England, and was married at Lambeth, by his brotherin-law, archbishop Moore, on the 7th of August, to lady Elizabeth Henley, fifth daughter of Robert, earl of Northington, and coheir to her brother Robert, the second and last earl, and K.T. He had two sons born at Dresden in 1784 and 1785; and with the additional character of minister plenipotentiary, conferred July 6, 1788, remained there until 1791. He was then appointed minister plenipotentiary to the duke of Saxe Gotha, where having resided only a short time, he was in the same year appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin; shortly after, he was nominated a K.B., with the insignia of which order he was, at the king's desire, publicly invested by his majesty of Prussia on the first day of the following year.

In 1793 he proceeded to Vienna, as ambassador to the emperor of Germany; in 1794, he was sworn a privy councillor, and went ambassador extraordinary to Madrid; but in the same year he was re-appointed, as envoy extraordinary to Vienna; where he remained until 1799; when, on his retirement, he was, by patent, dated November 9, created a peer of Ireland, under the title of baron Henley, of Chardstock; Chardstock is in Dorsetshire. He enjoyed an annual pension of 2,000l.

At the house of her son, Dr. Lush