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Foley, esqrs. to be colonels of his majesty's royal marine forces, vice sir Samuel Hood, K. B. and Richard Goodwin Keats, esq. appointed flagofficers of his majesty's fleet.

31. Right hon. Gerard baron Lake, general of his majesty's forces, created viscount Lake, of Delhi and Laswary, and of Aston Clinton, co. Buckingham.

Nov. 3. Right hon. William baron Cathcart, K. T. and lieutenant- general of his majesty's forces, crea. ted baron Greenock of Greenock, co. Renfrew, and viscount Cathcart, of Cathcart in the said county. James Gambier, esq. admiral of the blue, created baron Gambier, of Iver, co. Buckingham.

Harry Burrard, of Lymington, co. Southampton, esq. lieutenant general of his majesty's forces; Henry Edwin Stanhope, of Stanwell, co. Middlesex, esq. vice-admiral of the blue; and Thomas Blomefield, of Attleborough, co. Norfolk, esq. major-general of his majesty's forces; created baronets.

12. Dr. John Hunter, of Hill. street, Berkeley square, appointed, by the prince of Wales, one of his royal highness's physicians extraordinary, vice Dr. William Fraser,

dec.

25. Right hon. George earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, K. G. to be governor of the island of Guernsey, vice earl Grey, dec.

27. Hon. William Hill, to be his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of Sardinia; and Joseph Smith, esq. to be secretary of legation at that court.

28. His grace William Henry Cavendish, duke of Portland, K G.; right hon. Spencer Perceval; right hon, John Foster, chancellor

of his majesty's exchequer of Ireland; hon. William Eliot ; and William Sturges Bourne, esq.; to be commissioners for executing the of fice of treasurer of his majesty's exchequer.

Right hon. Richard Ryder, appointed advocate-general or judge. marshal of his majesty's forces, vice N. Bond, esq. resigned.

Lord Henry Moore (vice the marquis of Drogheda, resigned), and William Bagwell, esq. to be mus. ter-master general of Ireland.

Dec. 1. Right rev. Edward Vena. bles Vernon, D. D. bishop of Carlisle, recommended by congé d'élire, to be elected archbishop of York, vice Markham, dec.

9. Lieut.-colonel George Smith, of his majesty's 82d regiment of foot, knighted.

9. Right hon. lord Glenberrie, to be surveyor-general of the woods and forests.

9. Right hon. Gerard viscount Lake, appointed by the prince of Wales, receiver-general of the reve nues of his royal highness's duchy of Cornwall, vice Sheridan, re signed.

16. Edward Thornton, esq. to be his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of Sweden; and Charles Oakely, esq. to be secretary of legation at that court.

19. Osborn Markham, John Fisher, and Alexander Loraine, esqri. to be commissioners for the general superintendance and management of the barrack department.

26. Lord viscount Strangford, to be his majesty's envoy-extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary to the court of her most faithful majesty the queen of Portugal.

DEATHS

DEATHS in the Year 1807.

Jan. 1. In his 77th year, John Moffat, esq. one of the oldest directors of the Sun Fire-office.

Mr. John Thomas, solicitor, Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, The Rev. Matthew Powley, M. A. upwards of 29 years vicar of Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

esq.

At Woodstock, Joseph Brooks,

2. His grace the duke of Rich mond, at his seat at Goodwood, in Sussex, in the 73d year of his age, being born on the 22d of February, 1734-For many years he took an active part in the politics of the nation. In the early part of Mr. Pitt's first administration, he was appointed master - general of the ordnance, in which situation he continued for several years. As a se nator, his abilities, though not of a brilliant description, were deemed respectable, and he was always heard with attention.

His grace was of royal extraction, being descended from Charles Lenox, natural son of king Charles II. by lady Louisa Renne de Penencourt, a French lady, who came to England with the duchess of Orleans, the king's sister; and whom his majesty not only created duchess of Portsmouth, countess of Farnham, and baroness Petersfield, in England, but prevailed on Lewis XIV. to confer on her the title of duchess of Aubigny in France. The late duke was the third in succession, and possessed the titles conferred on his grandfather in the reign of Charles II. viz. duke of Richmond in England, duke of Aubigny in France (confirmed and registered by the parliament of Paris), duke of Lenox in Scotland, earl of March in England, and Darnley in Seotland,

baron of Settrington in England, and Turbolton and Methuen in Scotland; besides which, he was created by his present majesty a knight of the garter. He was also a field marshal of Great Britain, and a colonel of the royal regiment of horseguards blue. He bore the arms of

king Charles II. and his motto was "En la rose je fleurie."—In the rose, 1 flourish.-He married April 1, 1757, Mary, eldest daughter and coheiress of the late earl of Ayles. bury. His grace is succeeded in his titles and estates by his nephew, the hon. general Lenox, representative for the county of Sussex.

The duke of Richmond, it is said, has left 50,000l. to each of his three daughters, by his house-keeper, for whom he has provided in the same proportion. His grace never had any male issue by that lady.

Of an inveterate cancer, in her 44th year, Mrs Elizabeth Davies, wife of Mr. Daniel Davies, of Bloomsbury-square.

Mrs. Palmer, wife of John Pal mer, esq. M. P. for Bath.

Aged 71, Joseph Brooks, esq. alderman of Woodstock.

3. John Laird, esq., formerly chief surgeon, and president of the medical board on the Bengal esta blishment.

The rev. William Gilbank, rector of St. Ethelburg, London.

Mrs. Anguish, mother of the du. chess dowager of Leeds.

4. At Maldonado, captain Francis Rundell. of the 54th regiment.

5. At his chambers, in Staple.inn, Isaac Reed, esq. a gentleman well known for his extensive acquain. tance with English literature, especially the dramatic works of the black-letter period. This rendered him peculiarly fit for the superintendance of those editions of Shak

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speare

speare which the London booksel. lers confided to his care. His annotations on these editions are his principal works. He published in 1782 the "Biographia Dramatica ;" in which the diligence of his enquiries were eminently useful.

He also edited Dodsley's collection of old plays, 12 vols. 8vo. 1780. He was, during many years, Editor of the European Magazine, but parted with his property in that work, after Mr. Sewell the bookseller's death. His collection of English books was perhaps the most extensive of any ever possessed by a private individual. Mr. Reed was of simple manners, of great equanimity of temper, of good morals, friendly, and ready to assist the literary undertakings of others.

His writings manifest his candour, while his strictures display sound criticism and correct taste.

6. In Sloanc-square, col. Francis Robson, F. S. A. late lieutenantgovernor of St. Helena, aged 70.

In Sloanc-street, Mrs. Pownall, widow of the late governor Pownall. At Chislehurst, in Kent, of a typhus fever, Andrew Stone, esq. in his 20th year.

William Newdick, esq. of Cheshunt.

7. Peggen Hale, esq., banker, Bond-street.

Dowager lady Head, relict of sir Edmund Head, bart.

S. Jane the wife of Clement

Wrintersley, esq. vice-lieutenant for the county of Leicester. She was eldest daughter of sir Thomas Parkins, of Burney, in the county of Nottingham, and sister to the late lord Radcliffe.

Mr. Samuel Chiffney, many years a well known jockey on the turf, and author of a work called" Genius Genuine."

William Tennent, esq. of Stanmore, Middlesex.

10. Suddenly, in Dublin, aged 72, the earl of Miltown.

12. At Ackworth, near Ponte. fract, Anthony Surtees, esq. many years lieutenant-colonel of the 20 West York militia.

Louis Balan, esq. aged 38, late his Prussian majesty's counsellor of legation.

Edward Eyton, esq. of Eyton Hall, near Wrexham.

Sir Stephen Lushington, bart. many years a member of the EastIndia Direction.

Mrs. Dolben, wife of John English Dolben, esq. at Pentonville. At Blackheath, Robert Bell, esq. aged 84.

At Southampton, major-general Stewart, of the royal artillery.

12. In the island of St. Croix, John Barker Barnes, esq.

13. At Bush Hill, Edmonton, Stephen Briggs, esq.

Peter Harrison, esq. of Sand. wich, Kent.

The earl of Gosford, governor of Armagh.

Colonel W. R. Hepburn, of Rickerton, Kincardineshire.

Lady Hesketh, relict of sir Thomas Hesketh, bart,

Peter Harrison, esq. of Sandwich, Kent.

14. Mayow Wynell Mayow, esq. solicitor of excise.

15. Suddenly, at his house at Ri viere, while reading prayers to his family, John Edwards, esq. aged 76.

16. Captain John

R. N.

Larmour,

James Preston, esq. of Hounslow, aged 78.

The rev. Baptist Proby, dean of Lichfield, and upwards of 55 years rector of Doddington, in the Isle

of

of Ely, which is said to be the most valuable rectory in the kingdom.

Mr. Julius Leuchte, leader of the band of the gentlemen's concert at Manchester.

17. At Tobago, James Pigott, esq. attorney-general of that island, and brother of sir Arthur Pigott. Francis Goold, esq. one of the proprietors and manager of the King's Theatre.

In Lincoln's-inn, Brinley, esq.

Wentworth

At Leicester, aged 85, Mr. alderman Price.

18. At Edinburgh, lieut. col. Monypenny, of the 73d regiment. 20. Aged 89, the rev. J. Carless, vicar of Stratford, Herefordshire, &c.

21. At his house, London Style, near Kew bridge, Luke Wetten, Esq. in his 68th year.

At Lewisham Hill, aged 54, the rev. John Thornhill, rector of Hor. ton, Gloucestershire.

Thomas Strettell, esq.

22. Aged near 84, the rev. James Wilmot, D.D. 27 years rector of Barton on the Heath, Warwickshire.

Mr. William Cooper, formerly a bookseller on the Market Hill, Cambridge.

At Southampton, in his 67th year, Arthur Hammond, esq. a magistrate, and late one of the surveyors-general of the customs in London.

At Saxe-Weimar, Charles Gore, esq. maternal grandfather of carl Cowper.

25. At Bath, Mrs. Smith, mother of Mrs. Fitzherbert.

Aged 68, the reverend Humphrey Hyde, vicar of Bourn, in Lincolnshire.

At Yarmouth, the lady of ad. miral Edgar.

27. In Charles-square, Hoxton, Mrs.. Lush, the wife of Charles Lush, esq. an eminent attorney, one of the clerks of the court of requests for the Tower Hamlets, and deputy lieutenant for the Tower Royalty.

In Lansdown-place, Thomas Sa. ville, jun. esq.

In his 59th year, Mr, Robert Cooper, master of the Ship tavern, Woolwich.

28. At Nestor, in Bedfordshire, suddenly, Thomas Bond, esq.

29. Suddenly, in his bed, at Shepperton, Fletcher Read, esq. in his 40th year, well known for his patronage of the professors of the pugilistic art.

James Law, esq. aged 60, formerly a major in the East-India Company's service.

30. At Bath, the wife of Wyndham Knatchbull, esq. of Russelplace.

Mr. Alexander Crawford, many years of the London Assurance office.

Aged 74, the rev. J. M. Bingham, rector of Birchanger and of Run. well, in Essex.

31. At East Hill, Wandsworth, William Walker, esq.

At Oxford, aged 68, sir John Treacher, knight..

Aged 75, Mr. Thomas Millis, many years beadle of the Stationers' company.

Lately, near Wooler, Northum. berland, aged 87, sir P. C. Ewins, bart. who formerly married signora Centuci, a Neapolitan lady, by whom he had issue an only son, born at Eagle-hall, Somerset. This son marrying without his father's consent, the latter disposed of all

his

his estates, invested the produce John Lever, only brother of the

in the public funds, and withdrew into very humble retirement, about 40 years since, leaving his son (since dead) the scanty pittance of 40 a year only, and whom he never afterwards would be reconciled to, or see. The deceased made many wills; and by the last, after giving in legacies about 40,0007., bequeathed the residue of his immense property (ex. ceeding, it is said, 500,000l. ster. ling) to a distant relation, at New. ry, in Ireland; who dying but a very short time before the testator, the title and whole residue of this splendid fortune devolve, by lapse, to Mr. James Ewins (now sir James Ewins, birt.) the testator's grandson, of Newport, Monmouthshire, perfumer. He is a man of unblemished character, probity, and integrity, with a large family of children.

At Bath, Mrs. Dutton, relict of Ralph Dutton, esq.

Mr. Edmund Rogers. who for 46 years kept the boarding-school at Walsham-le-Willows, in Suffolk. In Dublin, Richard Paul Bon. ham, esq.

In Dublin, aged 81, John Allen, esq. a director of the bank of Ire. land from its first establishment.

Robert Gardiner, esq. late of the çivil service on the Madras establishment.

In Great Ormond-street, Samuel Solly, esq.

Mrs. Smith, wife of Mr. Smith, auctioneer, at Windsor, aged 45.

At his brother's house, at Cefn, Denbighshire, Thomas Kenyon, esq. of the Temple, London.

In High-street, Sligo, Mrs. Coup. land, aged 121 years.

In Ireland, aged 75, the rev.

late sir Ashton Lever, knt.

In Germany, colonel Emmerick, late deputy surveyor-general of his majesty's woods and forests.

At Lisbon, Mr. James Warren, bookseller, of Margate. Lately, at Verdun, in France, Dr. Jackson.

Lately, in his 65th year, Charles Marion Weleted, esq. of Kimbol. ton, Hunts.

At Wearmouth, E. Lawson, aged

106.

Aged 77, at Colchester, Con. necticut, in America, Mr. Ezekiah Kilburn. Until he was 50 years of age, he exhibited an intelligent mind, He then, by degrees, became in. sane; three years elapsed; it was found necessary, for his family's safety, to confine him in chains. In this situation he remained almost 25 years, when he imbibed an idea that he should be poisoned to death; he accordingly refused to take food of any kind (tobacco and water excepted,) and, strange to tell, he fasted 62 days. He then, by the solicitations of his attendants, with a voracious appetite, received into his stomach one large table-spoonful of milk, and again refused sustenance. He survived two days after taking the milk, when death closed the melancholy scene.

The rev. Joseph Lodington, ri. car of Oundle, Northamptonshire, and of Horbling in Lincolnshire.

At Bath, aged 95, Walter Long, esq. of a very ancient and respec. table Wiltshire family. The wealth of this gentleman, landed, funded, and otherwise, is immense. He was generally supposed to be penurious; but his private character and public subscriptions were both numerous and liberal in proof, he gave five

hundred

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