the native than the European subjects of Great Britain in India. His death will be felt in that quarter of the globe as a misfortune to an empire; for the impression was universal, that his character was such as must ensure his returning to them in an elevated rank, and their regret will be proportionate to the good they had a right to anticipate from a measure that would have placed power in hands so fitted for its exercise.

The eminent services of general Close in India were not rewarded by any honours: but some time after his arrival in England he was promoted to the dignity of a baro. net, a distinction which he is said to have chiefly owed to the friendship of the noble earl who presides at the Board of Control, and who, when governor of Fort St. George, had the fullest opportunity of seeing and estimating his character.

22. Henry Clifford, esq. barrister of Lincoln's Inn. He was the second son of a brother of lord Clifford, and possessed great legal talents. He was especially conversant with the law of elections, and perfectly understood the management of them. He was always a zealous advocate for popular rights and liberties, and latterly made himself particularly conspicuous in the O. P. contest. adherence to the Roman Catholic religion in which he was bred, debarred him the highest honours of his profession, and might perhaps be the cause of his falling into those indulgences which shortened his life.

His

23. Nicholas Schiavonetti, esq. an engraver of great eminence.

Samuel Foart Simmons, M. D.

aged 64, Physician extraordinary to the king, F. R. S. and F. S. A. and member of several foreign academies. Dr. Simmons was a native of Sandwich, and received a considerable part of his education abroad, which gave him a familiar use of the French language, and introduced him to many foreigners of medical and literary eminence. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden, at the latter of which universities he graduated. He settled in London in 1778, and making himself known by several well-received publications, was elected physician to the Westminster General Dispensary, and rose to considerable practice. Being at length chosen physician to St. Luke's hospital, he thenceforth chiefly confined himself to cases of insanity, in which he acquired great reputation, and was one of those who were called in to attend upon his Majesty. A declining state of health caused him to resign his situation in that hospital in 1811, on which occasion he received the most honourable marks of approbation from the governors. Dr. Simmons was a man of a mild and liberal character, of retired habits, and chiefly intent upon professional improvement.

25. The right hon. Richard Fitzpatrick, a general in the army. colonel of the 47th regiment, and M. P. for Tavistock. He was a younger brother of the earl of Ossory; secretary to the duke of Portland when lord lieutenant of Ireland; and secretary at war in 1783 and 1806. He was distinguished for his proficience as a scholar, and his poetical talents.

26. In the United States, of a typhus fever, Dr. Benjamin Rush, the celebrated American physician. The Right Rev. Claudius Crigan, D. D. Bishop of Sodor and Man, aged 74. He had presided 29 years over that diocese.

28. At Buntzlau, Prince Kutusoff Smolensko, a very distinguished Russian general.

May.

2. Killed at the battle of Lut zen, the Prince of Mecklenburg Strelitz, nephew to the Queen. Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, in his 83rd year.

William Lord Hotham, admiral of the Red, aged 77. He is succeeded in his title and estates by sir Beaumont Hotham, late a baron of the exchequer.

11. Samuel Gambier, esq. a commissioner of the navy.

12. Count de Behague, commander at Martinique of the French islands at the time of the revolution, aged 86.

13. Sir Peter Warburton, bart. of Arley, Cheshire, in his 59th year.

15. Right hon. Isaac Corry, formerly chancellor of the exchequer for Ireland.

16. The hon. Eleanor Elizabeth Anne De Courcy, third daughter of Gerard Lord de Courcy, baron of Kinsale, in her 79th year.

17, Lieut.-gen. Arthur Wetham, Lieut.-governor of Portsmouth, and commander of the forces in the south-western district.

21. Sir John William Anderson, bart, aged 78. He was son of a native of Scotland settled in Dantzic, and becoming a merchant in

London, he passed through the usual city honours to the mayoralty in 1797, He was thrice a representative in parliament of the city of London.

Lieutenant-gen. Simon Fraser, aged 76.

John Lord Elphinstone, Lordlieutenant of Dunbartonshire, and Major-general.

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22. Sir T. Burke, bart. of Marble-hill, Galway.

Right Rev. Dr. J. Kearney, bishop of Ossory, in his 72nd year.

24. Christina Teresa, countess of Findlater and Seafield, in her 59th year.

31. The right hon. Henrietta countess of Chesterfield, one of the ladies in waiting on the Queen, aged 52. She was sister to the marquis of Bath.

Major-gen. John Gardiner, of the East India Company's service.

Lately, John Leslie, lord Line dores, in his 64th year. He was the last male heir of the noble family of Leslie.

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The hon. Mrs. Hall, wife of T. Hall, esq. Ashill-House, Somerset, and sister of lord Lisle.

Sir H. P. Packington, bart. of Westwood Park, Worcestershire.:

At Colynin, near Dolgelly, in her 89th year, Mary Thomas, who had been bed ridden thirtyfive years, and during the last ten years of her life took no other nourishment than a few spoonfuls of a weak liquid, and that but seldom.

At Paris, at a very advanced age, M. Larcher, the translator of Herodotus, an eminent man of let.

ters.

At Vienna, aged 75, count Zin. zendorf, a minister in the finances.

June.

2. John Charles Lucena, esq. agent and consul-general from the court of Portugal.

3. The hon. John de Courcy, eldest son of lord Kinsale, lately returned from the army in Spain.

6. Lady Bernard, wife of sir T. Bernard, bart:

7. The right hon. George Ashburnham, viscount St. Asaph, eldest son of the earl of Ashburnham.

16. Dr. Bellew, Roman Catholic bishop of Killala.

17. The right hon. Charles Middleton, baron Barham, admiral of the red, a privy counsellor, many years comptroller of the navy, some time first lord of the admiralty, &c. &c.

18. The right hon. George Venables, lord Vernon of Kinderton, in his 78th year.

Sir Charles Pole, bart. whose name originally was Van Notten, which he changed on marrying the daughter of Charles Pole, M.P. for Liverpool,

Col. Archdale, co. Fermanagh, Ireland, which he had represented in parliament during 40 years.

20. Sir Laurence Palk, bart. of Haldon-house, Devon, knight of the shire for that county in the late parliament, aged 47.

21. Mary dowager lady Arundel of Wardour, aged 70. She was the daughter of Bened. Conquest, esq. of Irnham, Lancashire: 25. Sir Christopher Willoughby, bart. of Baldon-house, Oxon.

30. The hon. Henrietta Pelham, wife of the hon. C. A. Pelham, eldest son of lord Yarborough.

Lately, lady Elizabeth Garnier. Lady Aynsley, relict of the right hon, and rev. lord C. Aynsley.! Mr. Patch, an eminent surgeon of Exeter.

At Paris, Abbé de Lisle, author of several much admired poems, original and translated, and at the head of modern French poets.

July.

1. At Bermuda, lady Beresford, wife of commodore sir J. Beres ford.

2. Granville Sharp, esq. in his 79th year, a person highly distinguished for piety, philanthropy, and love of liberty. He was the youngest son of Dr. Thomas Sharp, archdeacon of Northumberland, and grandson of Dr. J. Sharp, archbishop of York. Mr. G. Sharp was one of the first persons who set on foot an inquiry into the African slave-trade, and the legality of a state of slavery in England; on which subject he published a work in 1769, entitled "A Representationofthe injustice and dangerous tendency of tolerating slavery, or of admitting the least claim of private property in the persons of men in England," by which he established the point of the liberty of all negro slaves brought to this country. He was the author of many other tracts, political and religious; and though he entertained some singular opinions on the latter topic, his worth and benevo lent zeal obtained universal re-. spect.

3. The hon. Mrs. Elliot, wife of the hon. W. Elliot.

Frances-Isabella, wife of sir John Geers Cotterell, bart. M. P.

8. Lady Campbell, widow of sir Archibald Campbell.

William Craig, lord. Craig, for twenty-one years one of the Lords of Session, Scotland.

10. Lady Tapps, widow of sir Geo. T. Tapps, bart.

11. Lady Charlotte Finch, in her 88th year,at St. James's-palace. She was daughter of Thomas, first earl of Pomfret, and was married in 1746 to the right hon. William Finch, brother of Daniel, earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham. In 1762, she was nominated governess of the royal nursery, and ever after remained attached to the royal family, by whom she was treated with singular regard.

14. The dowager lady Heathcote, relict of the late sir Gilbert Heathcote.

20. At Mount-Juliet, Kilkenny, the right hon. Henry Thomas Butler, earl of Carrick, aged 67.

22. The hon. Michael de Courcy, capt. R. N. third son of lord Kinsale.

At the British Museum, George Shaw, M. D. F. R. S. keeper of the Natural History in that repository. Dr. Shaw was born in 1751, at Bierton, Bucks, of which his father was vicar. He was educated at Magdalen-hall, Oxford, and took deacon's orders for the purpose of assisting his father in his clerical duties. Afterwards turning his attention to medicine, he was made deputy botanical lecturer at Oxford in the absence of Dr. Sibthorp. He there graduated, and removed to London to practise as a physician. His knowledge of natural history

caused him to be elected vice-president of the Linnean Society, to the transactions of which he contributed some papers. He gave lectures at the Leverian Museum, and conducted a periodical work, called "The Naturalist's Miscel lany." He was elected into the Royal Society in 1789; and being afterwards appointed assistantkeeper of the Natural History in the British Museum, he quitted the practice of physic, and devoted himself to natural science. was thenceforth assiduously engaged as the writer of various works, of which the principal was "General Zoology,' a valuable performance, carried by him to eight vols. 8vo. and a ninth left in MS. Dr. Shaw was well versed in general literature, and no mean proficient in the politer parts of it. He was estimable in the different relations of life, and pure in his moral character.

He

23. Rev. sir Thomas Broughton, bart. Doddington-hall, Cheshire.

26. The Rev. Hugh Worthington, aged 61, forty years minister of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters at Salter's-hall, and a much admired preacher.

27. Mrs. Laura Keppel, relict of the late bishop of Exeter, and daughter of sir Robert Walpole, in her 79th year.

28. The right Rev. John Randolph, D. D. bishop of London, aged 64. He was the son of Dr. Thomas Randolph, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, a zealous defender of the doctrines of the church. The bishop was educated in that college, and after occupying different academical posts and ecclesiastical preferments,

was raised to the see of Oxford in 1799, translated to that of Bangor in 1807, thence to London in 1811. His publications were chiefly occasional sermons and charges, and a Latin prælection on the study of the Greek language. He perform ed with zeal and assiduity the duties of his function, and was regarded as inheriting his father's orthodoxy.

30. Lady Jane Baker, relict of sir G. Baker, M. D.

Mr. Robert Nelson, masterbuilder of Deptford-yard, drowned with his son in passing with a boat under London-bridge.

August.

1. Henry Vane Tempest, bart. M. P. for the county of Durham. 4. The hon. R. H. Monckton, second son of the late viscount Galway.

7. William Pierrepont, esq. rearadmiral of the blue.

11. Henry James Pye, esq. poet laureat, in his 69th year, Mr. Pye was the son of Henry Pye, esq. of Faringdon, Berkshire, who frequently represented that county in parliament. He was educated at Magdalencollege, Oxford, and after the death of his father settled as a country gentleman at Faringdon, took a commission in the magistracy, and the militia, and in 1784 was elected a representative for his county in parliament. Becoming involved in his circumstances, he was obliged to sell his paternal estate. În 1790 he accepted the place of poet laureat; and in 1792 was appointed one of the magistrates for Westminster. Mr. Pye from an early

age made himself known for his poetical talents, and from time to time published the fruits of his studies in this walk, of which perhaps the most read were “Faringdon Hill," and "The Progress of Refinement." He also gave an edition of "Aristotle's Poetics," with a commentary. If not a poet of the higher rank, he displayed the elegant scholar, and polished versifier.

13. Rear-admiral Samuel Thompson, aged 94.

Dr. Joseph Stock, bishop of Waterford, aged 77.

18. At Bath, the Rev. John Simpson, in his 67th year. He was brought up to the dissenting ministry, but for many years had declined settling with any particular congregation; and possessing an easy fortune, devoted himself to acts of benevolence, and theological studies, of which he published several esteemed fruits.

21. The queen dowager of Sweden.

26. Lady Bacon, wife of sir Edm. Bacon, bart. and daughter of the late sir W. Beauchamp Proctor.

27. At Tunbridge, in his 61st year, baron de Rolle, a native of the canton of Soleure in Switzerland. At an early age he entered into the Swiss guards of the king of France, and was a captain in that corps, and aide-de-camp of the count d'Artois at the time of the revolution. He afterwards resided at Berlin as the agent of the Bourbon family, where he raised the regiment bearing his name.

30. At the storming of St. Sebastian, col. sir R. Fletcher, long chief engineer to lord Wellington.