23. The Hon. Captain John Bentinck, of his majesty's navy, son of the late Count Bentinck, and grandson of the Earl of Portland.

24. Her serene highness the Princess Amelia, of Mecklenburg Schwerin, youngest sister to the reigning duke.

Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart. far arivanced in years; in Queen'srow, near Buckingham-Gate. He married in August, 1730, Sarah, one of the daughters of Mr. Richard Righton, of Chippingnorton, in Oxfordshire; by whom he has left two sons, Richard, who succeeds him in his title, now Sir Richard Reynell, Bart and Thomas, a Lieutenant in his majesty's 62d regiment.

26. The right hon. Don Anto. nio Lopez Suasso, Baron and Lord of Auvernes le Grass, in Brabant ; at the Hague.

Lady Whitmore, relict of the Hon. Sir Thoms Whitmore, Knt. of the Bath; at Bath.

29. Mr. Stephen Winton, aged 99, at Windsor Forest.

October 3. Cardinal Francis Koenraed, Baron von Radt, and Prince Bishop of Constance.

4. The Hon. Miss Mary Falconer, daughter of David, and sister to the present Lord Falconer, of

Halkerton; at Edinburgh, in Scotland.

6. Richard Lowndes, Esq; late member for Bucks; at Hillesden, in the same county,

8. The right hon. the Countess Dowager of Tankerville; at her house, in Kensington-square.

10. The hon. Jaines Cholmondeley, uncle of the Earl of Cholmondeley, General of his majesty's land forces, and Colonel of the 6th regiment of dragoons; at Rochampton.

Louis Nicholas Victor de Félix, Comte de Muv, Marshal of France, Knight of the. French King's Orders, Governor of Ville Franche, Minister and Secretary of State in the department of War.

11. The hon. Mrs. Hay, lady of his Excellency the Governor of Barbadoes; in Barbadoes.

12. Nicholas Bontoy, Esq; Serjeant at Arms to the House of Commons; at his seat near Huntingdon.

14. Monsieur de Massow, minister of state, in the revenue department, to his Prussian majesty.

Scudamore Winde, Esq; one of the Assistant Judges of the supreme Court of Judicature, and member of the Assembly, in Jamaica.

Miss Elizabeth Gordon, eldest daughter of the hon. Alexander Gordon, and the right hon. the Countess Dowager of Dumfries and Stair; at Perth, in Scotland.

15. Lieutenant-General, Watersleben, in the service of his Prussian majesty; at Berlin.

16. The Rev. David Durell, D. D. Principal of Hertford college, Oxford; Prebendary of Canterbury, and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford in 1765, 1766, and 1767.

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street.

Lady Murray, at Kensington. 20. The right hon. Alexander M'Donnel, Earl of Antrim, one of the Lords of his majesty's most hon. Privy Council in Ireland, and governor of the county of Antrim; in Granby-row, Dublin, He is succeeded in title and estate by his only son, the hon. William Randall M'Donnel, commonly called Lord Viscount Dunluce, now Earl of Antrim.

23. William Parry, Esq; deputy comptroller of his majesty's mint, and clerk in the navy office.

25. The right hon. the Countess Dowager of Kerry; in Wigmore. street, Cavendish square...Her ladyship was daughter to the Earl of Cavan. Her ladyship's first husband was the Earl of Kerry, by whom she had issue the present Earl, and Lady Ann, married to Maurice Fitzgerald, Esq. She married, Se condly James Tilson, Esq; by whom she had issue, one daughter, Mrs. Mahon, to whom she has bequeathed the residue of

her fortune.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Trail, Professor of Divinity, at Glasgow.

27. Sir Francis Whichcote, Bart. at Grantham, Lincolnshire; he is succeeded in title and estate by his eldest son Christopher Whichcote, now Sir Christopher Whichcote, Baronet, of Aswarby, in the county of Lincoln.

The Baron Rotwell, in New Bond-street.

31. Lately, Sir John Moleswo th, Bart. member in the present parliament for Cornwall, and Colonel of the Cornish regiment

November 6. Peter Burrell, Esq; surveyor of his majesty's crown lands, father to the Lady of Lord Algernon Percy, second son to the Duke of Northumberland.

7. James Coke, Esq; greatuncle to the present Lord Viscount Grimston,

10. Stephen Penny, Esq; comp troller of the excise in Scotland.

Mrs. Peachey, sister to Sir J. Peachey, Bart.

13. His most serene highness Christian IV. Prince Palantine of Deux-Ponts, at his palace of Peter; sheim.. His highness is succeeded by his nephew, Prince Charles of Deux Ponts.

Henry Forrester, Esq; first ge neral accomptant of the revenue of excise, in Great Kirby street, Hat, ton-Garden.

Dr. Henry Season, physician and astronomer, and writer of the Almanack under his name; at Brom ham, in Wilts.

James Smollet, of Bonhill, Esq; one of the commissaries of Edin burgh.

14. John Smith, Esq; member in parliament for the city of Bath.

16. The hon, Mrs. Osborn, only daughter of the Admiral Lord Viscount Torrington, and grandmother to Sir George Oslo:in, Bart.

Adam Hay, Esq; member of parliament for the shire of Peebles, in Scotland.

21. Lieutenant-General Cadwallader; in Ireland,

The right hon. Lord Blaney ,olonel of the 38th regiment of foot, in Ireland.

Sir John Hill, Knt. of the Polar
Star,

20. John Scott, Esq; Major General of his Majesty's forces, Colonel of the 26th regiment of foot, and member of parliament for the county of Fife, at Balcomea, in the said county.

Lord Hobart, only son of the right hon. the Earl of Buckinghamshire.

21. The hon. Mrs. Parker, Lady of John Parker, Esq; one of the representatives for the county of Devon, and sister to Lord Grantham, at present Ambassador at Madrid, at Saltram, in Devon

shire.

22. The hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; Speaker of the House of Burgesses in Virginia, and late Presi dent of the Continental Congress, in Virginia.

23. Lady Dowager Dering, at Denton, Kent.

John Owen, Esq; LieutenantGeneral of his Majesty's forces, and Colonel of the 59th regiment of foot, at Bath,

The Rev. Erasmus Saunders, Rector of St. Martin in the Fields, and one of the Prebendaries of the Cathedral of Rochester, at Bristol.

30. Mrs. Monk, sister to the late General Bligh, and aunt to the Earl of Darnley, in Cecil-street.

31. Charles Milborne, of Wonestow, in Monmouthshire, Esq; brother-in-law to the Earl of Oxford.

Lady Irwine, mother to the present Lieutenant-General Sir John Irwine, K. B.

Cardinal Vecchis, at Rome.

• Some Account of the new Entertainment, called a Regatta, introduced from Venice into England, in the Course of the Year 1775,

N Friday the 23d of June preparations were made in the morning for the celebration of this long-expected. show. Before noon several of the companies and great numbers of pleasure barges were moored in the river, with flags, &c. Half a guinea was asked for a seat in a common barge.

Early in the afternoon, the whole river from London-bridge to the Ship tavern, Milbank, was covered with vessels of pleasure, and there seemed to be a general combination to make a gay evening.-Above 1200 flags were flying before four o'clock; and such was the public impatience, that scores of barges were filled at that time.-Scaffolds were erected on the banks and in vessels; and even on the top of Westminster-hall there was an erection of that kind.--Vessels were moored in the river, for the sale of liquors, and other refreshments,

Before five o'clock, Westminsterbridge was covered with spectators, in carriages and on foot, and men even placed themselves in the bodies of the lamp-irons. Plans of the regatta were sold from a shilling a penny each, and songs on the occasion sung, in which Regatta was the rhyme for Renelagh, and Royal Family echoed to Liberty.

The tops of the houses were cover. ed, and the sashes of many wine dows taken out; and perhaps there was not one boat disengaged whose owner chose to work. Before six o'clock it was a perfect fair on both sides the water, and bad liquor, with short measure, was plentifully retailed. The bells of St. Martin's were rung in the morning, and those of St. Margaret's during the afternoon.

The whole river formed a splendid scene, which was proportionably more so nearer to Westminsterbridge. A river barge, used to take in ballast, was on this occasion, filled with the finest ballast in the world-above 100 elegant ladies.The avenues to the bridge were covered with gambling-tables. Occasional constables guarded every passage to the water-side, and took money for admission, from half a crown to a penny. Soon after six, drums, fifes, horns, trumpets, &c. formed several little concerts under the several arches of the bridge. This was succeeded by firing of cannon from a platform before the Duke of Richmond's, who, as well as his Grace of Montague, and the Earl of Pembroke, nad splendid companies on the occasion. At half past seven, the Lord Mayor's barge moved, and falling down the stream made a circle towards the bridge, on which 21 cannon were fired as a salute; and just before it reached the bridge the wager-boats

started

started, on the signal of firing a single piece of cannon. They were absent near 50 minutes; and, on their return, the whole procession moved, in a picturesque irregularity, Lowards Renelagh. The Thames was now a floating town. All the cutters, sailing-boats, &c. in short, every thing, from the dung-barge to the wherry, was in motion.

The company landed at the stairs about nine o'clock, when they joined the assembly which came by land, in the Temple of Neptune, a temporary octagon kind of building, erected about 20 yards below the rotunda, lined with striped linen of the different coloured flags of the navy, with light pillars near the centre, ornamented with streamers of the same kind loosely flowing, and lustres hanging between each. -It happened, however, that this building was not swept out, or even finished, when the company assembled, which prevented the cotillion dancing till after supper. This room discovered great taste, but we cannot reconcile the temple of Neptune's being supplied with musicians in Sylvan habits.

At half after ten the rotunda was opened for supper, which discovered three circular tables of different elevations, elegantly set out, though not profusely covered. The rotunda was finely illuminated with party-coloured, lamps, and those displayed with great taste and delicacy; the centre was solely appropriated for one of the fullest and finest bands of music, vocal and instrumental, ever collected in these kingdoms; the number being 240, in which were included the first masters, led by Giardini; and the whole directed by Mr. Simpson, in a manner that did him great credit,

It was opened with a new grand piece composed for the occasion, after which various catches, and glees

were admirably sung by Messrs. Vernon, Reinhold, &c. &c. But the illumination of the orchestra had been unfortunately overlooked, which gave that part of the design a gloomy appearance.

Supper being over, a part of the company retired to the temple, where they danced minuets, cotillions, &c., without any regard to precedence; while others enter tained themselves in the great room. Several temporary structures were erected in the gardens, such as bridges, palm-trees, &c. &c. which were intended to discover something novel in the illumination style, but the badness of the evening prevented their being exhibited,

The company consisted of about 2000, among whom, were the first personages of distinction, viz. their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, Duke of Northumberland, Lords North, Harrington, Stanley, Tyrconnel, Lincoln, their respective Ladies, &c. also Lords Lyttleton, Coleraine, Carlisle, March, Milbourne, Chol mondeley, Petersham, &c., the French, Spanish, Prussian, Russian, and Neapolitan ambassadors, &c. &c.

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