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Frances Charlotte, fourth daughter of Dr Courteney, late Bishop of Exeter. 24. Lord Lindsay, son of the Earl of Balcarras, to Miss Pennington, daughter of Lord Muncaster. 30. Sir Thomas Maynard Hasilrigge, Bart. to Letitia, daughter of Lord Wodehouse.

DEC. 6. Laurence Sulivan, Esq. to the Hon. Eliz. Temple, youngest sister of Viscount Palmerston. 9. Hon. Capt. Paulett, navy, to the eldest daughter of Sir George Dallas, Bart. 14. Sir Thomas Leighton, Bart. to Sylvia, daughter of Mr Brandon, treasurer of Covent Garden theatre.

DEATHS.

JAN. 7. Alexander Brodie, Esq. of Carey Street, London. 8. Sir Francis Bourgeois, historical painter.-The wife of Sir John Pinhorn, of the Isle of Wight. 13. W.T. Lewis, Esq. comedian.-Mrs Hinckley, relict of the late Dr Hinckley. 19. At Edinburgh, Colonel Andrew Lyon. 21. Lady Elizabeth Lee, daughter of Simon Earl Harcourt, and relict of Sir William Lee, Bart. 22. John Lloyd, Esq. banker. 23. Julia, youngest daughter of the Hon. William Frederick Wyndham, brother to the Earl of Egremont. At Edinburgh, John, the second son of Lieut.-General Francis Dundas. 26. T. R. Nash, D.D. F.S.A. Rector of Leigh.-Steward Kyd, Esq. author of many works on the laws of England. 28. Mrs Yonge, relict of the late Dr Yonge, Bishop of Norwich.-Mrs Woodthorpe, wife of H. W. Woodthorpe, Esq. town clerk of London. 30. R. B. Jacques, Esq.

FEB. 1. William Cookson, Esq.-The Right Hon. Sir Hercules Langrishe, Bart. 2. John Sutherland, Esq.-Atkinson Bush, Esq. 5. The wife of John Sidney, Esq. of Penshurst Castle.-Mrs_Parsons, well known by her literary works. 7. Rupert Clark, Esq. 9. Rev. F. H. Papendick, M.A. Rev. Nevil Maskeline, D.D. F.R.S. astronomer royal. 10. The Hon. Simon Fraser. 12. The Right Hon. John Smyth. 15. John Gray, Esq. writer to the signet, and town-clerk of Edinburgh. 18. His Excellency the Duke of Alburquerque. At Castle Grant, Sir James Grant, of Grant, Bart, 25. Henry Hope, Esq. for

merly of Amsterdam, leaving upwards of one million sterling. 27. Elizabeth, Coun→ tess of Cavan.

MARCH 3. The Hon. H. E. Nugent, second son of the Earl of Westmeath. 4. Mrs Lyell, grandmother of the Earl of Delawar. 6. Gored by a furious bull, Mr Rogers, a cadet at Woolwich. 7. Rev. H. M. Schutz, the oldest of the king'a chaplains. 9. Rev. William Piggot, rector of Edgmond and Chetwin, Shropshire. 11. Lady Wilmot, relict of the late Sir Robert. 12. Rev. John Brereton, prebendary of Salisbury. 15. Olivia Grears, of Whitehaven, aged 104. 16. Gen. Loftus Tottenham, in his 95th year. 21. Rev.

J. Conant, of St Peter's, Kent. 25. The wife of Benjamin Travers, Esq. 27. The Right Hon. Lady Gardner. 28. Sidky Effendi, chargé des affaires of the Sublime Porte.

APRIL 1. Rev. Thomas Butler, L.L.B. rector of Ockford Fitzpaine, Gloucestershire. 4. The Hon. Mrs Cholmondeley,

relict of the late Hon. and Rev. Robert Cholmondeley. 5. At the age of 75, Robert Raikes, Esq. the institutor of Sunday schools. 7. Sir William Addington, Knt. formerly a magistrate at the office, Bowstreet. 13. Mrs Hawkes, wife of Mr Thomas Lakin Hawkes. 17. Rev. H. J. Ryder, B. A. of Buckingham. 19. Rev. Thomas Lambard, brother of Multon Lambard, Esq. of Seven Oaks. 21. At Ackworth, a stranger, leaving behind him 801. Just before he expired, he said his name was William Wilson, and that he was 21 years of age. 26. In his 86th year, Richard Pownall, Esq.-Sir James Murray Pulteney, Bart. His death was occasioned by an accident while shooting.

MAY 5. In his 79th year, Robert Mylne, Esq. architect. 6. William Boscawen, Esq. of the victualling office. 7. In his 80th year, Richard Cumberland, Esq. well known in the literary world. 8. The wife of the Rev. J. Hall, Vicar of Chew Magna, Somersetshire. 14. Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury. 20. At Edinburgh, suddenly, the Right Hon. Robert Blair, of Avontoun, Lord President of the College of Justice. 22. Mr George Robinson, bookseller in Paternoster-row.

Mr J. Holland, of Cheapside, by a flash of lightning. 23. Viscount Longueville

27. Robert Bisset, Esq. late commissarygeneral to the forces at home. 29. Suddenly, at the house of his son-in-law, the Lord Chief Baron, in George's Square, Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Henry Viscount Melville, Baron Duneira, &c. He came to town in order to attend the funeral of Lord President Blair, who was interred that day.

JUNE 1. The lady of the Hon. Thomas Bowes. 2. Lady Gordon, wife of the Rev. Sir Adam Gordon. 3. At Forge, Dumfries-shire, suddenly, Rear-Admiral James Dundas, aged 64. 5. Rev. John Markham, A. M. minister of Northhill, Bedfordshire. 14. At Edinburgh, Dr John Brown, of Hill, physician. 16. The Hon. Charles Bagenal Agar. 17. The Rev. Richard Dodd, M. A. brother of Dr William Dodd, who was executed for forgery. 23. Right Hon. Ursula Mary, Viscountess Sidmouth. 26. The Right Hon. Sir John Anstruther.-Philip Rashleigh,Esq. F.R.S. and many years M. P. 28. At Tynningham, William Oliphant, Esq. collector of his Majesty's customs, Leith. 30. Sir Edward Dering, Bart.

JULY 2. Killed by lightning in the parish of Brinkworth, Wilts, William Grinman, James Wheale, and Reuben Vizard. 3. At Edinburgh, Colin Campbell, Esq. eldest son of Sir James Campbell, of Aberuchill, Bart. and Lieut.-Col. of the Royal Perthshire regiment of militia.-The Hon. Baron Dimsdale, banker, Hertford. 4. Sir Sitwell Sitwell, Bart. 7. Rev. Ralph Price, only brother of Sir Charles Price. 11. Mr Joseph Halfpenny, an eminent draughtsman at York. 18. Rev. Lewis Mercier, pastor of a French church in London, and a very eloquent preacher.-Right Hon. Gen. Fox, brother of the illustrious statesman, C. J. Fox. 26. The lady of Sir Wil. liam Skeffington. 27. Marquis Townshend. 29. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire.Aged 60, Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, 17 years after his expulsion from the throne.

AUG. 1. Hon. Catharine Gordon Byron, mother of the Right Hon. George Lord Byron, 3. Mary, wife of William Franklin, the son of the celebrated Dr Franklin. 6. Rev. Aston Smith, secretary to the Portuguese ambassador, by a fall. from his horse. 8. Benjamin, son of the Rev. John Charlesworth, of Ossington,

Nottinghamshire. 11. Mrs Dobson, widow of the late Michael Dobson, Esq. 12. Rev. Mr Spencer, a popular preacher at Liverpool, drowned as he was bathing. 17. Rev. Dr Pearson, Rector of Rempstone, Nottinghamshire. 20. Mr Thomas Hood, book. seller, London. The wife of Dr White, canon of Christ Church. 27. Aged 88, Mrs Margaret Burnet, widow of Thomas Burnet, Esq. surgeon, who was the last of the family of Bishop Burnet. 29. Lady Bickerton, relict of the late Admiral Sir R. Bickerton. 30. In his 77th year, John Crickett, Esq. Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty. 31. Mr Astell, game-keeper to Earl Spencer.-J. Mills, Esq. one of the persons who survived their sufferings in the Black Hole of Calcutta.

SEPT. 1. Peter Baillie, Esq. eldest son of Evan Baillie, M. P. Esq. 4. Aged 109, at Hubberstone, near Milford, Mary Martin. Till within a month of her death she never kept her bed on account of illness. 5. Rev. Edward Kimpton, author of a Family Bible, and several works in science. 7. At Edinburgh, Sir Alexander Innes, of Coxton, Bart.-Sir William Mordaunt Milner, Bart. 14. At Glasgow, the Rev. James Grahame, author of "The Sabbath,” and other admired poems. 17. Most highly respected, the Rev. Matthew Raine, D.D. master of the Charter House. 22. Mrs Wakefield, widow of the Rev. Thomas Wakefield, late of Richmond. 23. Aged 92, Sarah, relict of the late James Graham, and mother of the Hon. Mr Baron Graham. 26. J. Billingsley, Esq. author of "The Agricultural Survey of the County of Somerset." 29. In his 83d year, Thomas Percy, D.D. Bishop of Dromore, in Ireland.

OCT. 2. Sir Hervey Smith, Bart. last surviving officer present at the death of General Wolfe. 10. Lady Louisa Hartley, sister of the late Earl of Scarborough. 11. Rev. J. Banister of Wareham. 14. Hon. Louis Duff, brother of the late Earl of Fife. 15. At Fairlie, Sir William Cunningham, of Robertland, Bart.-Sir N. Holland, Bart. of Cranbury House, Winchester. 18. At Powrie, Forfarshire, the Hon. Charles Hay, Lord Newton, one of the Senators of the College of Justice.In her 90th year, Mrs Elizabeth Brand, sister of the late Thomas Brand Hollis, Esq. of the Hyde, near Ingatestonę. 20,

The wife of Mr Brooks, in the Strand. -Mary Ann, daughter of Mr Munden the comedian. 21. At Edinburgh, Mr Patrick Erskine, surgeon. 25. At Edinburgh, Capt. John Stewart of the Seahorse frigate, aged 36 years. 29. Thomas Hughan, Esq. M.P. whose marriage we mentioned in the foregoing pages.

Nov. 5. The Hon. and Rev. Richard Byron, third son of the fourth Lord Byron. 6. The sister of Sir John Wyldbore Smith, Bart. 13. In his 84th year, the Rev. Thomas Ludlam, M. A. 22. Aged 98, Mrs Holt, relict of the late J. Holt, Esq. 23. James Hill, Esq. banker, of Uppingham.-L. P. Bouverie, third son of the Earl of Radnor. 24. The wife of William Esdaile, Esq. of Clapham. 25. Rev. W. Talbot, Rector of Elmslet, aged 91. 26. Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart. M. P. for Shrewsbury. 27. Charles Lambert, Esq. editor of Chandler's Life of Bishop Waynflete. 27. Andrew Meikle, the inventor of the improved threshing-mill; and on the 29th, his son George Meikle. 28. Joseph Jones, Esq. of the house of Jones, Lloyd, and Co. bankers. 30. Lady Lawson, relict of Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart.

DEC. 3. The wife of Nathaniel Conant, Esq. and the grand-daughter of the cele

brated Rev. William Whiston. 6. Rev. William Greenwood, author of a poem "Written during a Shooting Excursion on the Moors." 7.Elizabeth, the wife of George Meyer, Esq. 9. The Dowager Viscountess Hereford. 10. Aged 90, Mrs Mary Flower, mother of Sir Charles Flower, Bart. 11. Rev. Thomas Broughton, of Bristol. 13. lady of Sir John Perring, Bart. and alderman. 15. In his 82d year, Sir Wadsworth Busk, Knt. 16. Dr Charles Moss, Lord Bishop of Oxford. 17. In his 72d year, Mr Antes, author of "Travels in Egypt."Mrs Grant, at an advanced age, the mother of the Master of the Rolls. 20. Anne Maria, youngest daughter of the very skiiful and benevolent oculist, James Ware, Esq. 21. Aged 90, Sir P. Parker, Bart. admiral and commander-in-chief of the fleet.-Mr Coleman, serjeant-at-arins to the House of Commons. 28. The Dowager Countess Stanhope, mother of the present earl, at the age of 93; a lady of high intellectual attainments, and distinguished moral worth. 80. G. W. Thelluson, M.P. for Barnstaple.-Dr P. Wilson, formerly Professor of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow, and an eminent type-founder,

PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS

IN 1811.

FEB. 5.-Carleton House-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent made the following appointments to his household : Sir Henry Halford, Bart. M. D. Physician in Ordinary.

Major-Gen. Turner, 3d Guards, Assistant Private Secretary; and

Gen. William Kepper, Major-General Francis Thomas Hammond, and LieutCol. William Congreve, Equerries.

Lord Willian Bentinck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Palermo.

Augustus John Foster, Envoy Extraor
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dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America.

The Earl of Caithness, Post-Master General for Scotland.

The Hon. Frederick Lambe, Secretary of Legation to the Court of Palermo. John Pond, Esq. Astronomical Obser vator at Greenwich.

David Boyle, Esq. one of the Lords of Session in Scotland.

David Moneypenny, Esq. Solicitor Ge neral for Scotland.

J. W. Murray, Esq. Judge of the Court of Admiralty in Scotland,

MARCH.-Robert Townshend Farquhar, Esq. Governor of the Islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, and their dependencies. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John F. Cradock, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope.

John Hodgson, Esq. Major General, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Curaçoa.

Sir James Cockburn, Bart. Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bermuda Islands.

David Hume, Esq. one of the Six ordinary Clerks of Session in Scotland.

James Ferguson, jun. Esq. one of the Four Commissioners of Edinburgh.

William Harding Read, Esq. ConsulGeneral in the Azores; Louis Hargrave, Esq. Consul in the Balearic Islands; and Robert Staples, Esq. Consul at Buenos Ayres and its dependencies.

Robert Liston, Esq. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte; and Bartholomew Freere, Esq. Secretary of Embassy to the same.

Francis Lord Napier, his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Nugent, Bart. Commander in Chief in India, and a Member in Council of the Bengal establish

ment.

APRIL.-C. Maxwell, Esq. Governor of Sierra Leone and its dependencies.

MAY-Field Marshal his R. H. the Duke of York, Commander in Chief of the Land Forces.

JUNE.-R. Ward, Esq. Clerk of the Ordnance.

Major Generals-F. Baron Dreschel, with temporary rank; C. Baron Linsengen, with ditto; R. Aytoun; G. Rochfort; F. Grose; H. R. Gale; J. Spens; W. Scott; R. Tipping; A. Campbell; A. Trotter; F. Fuller; Sir J. Affleck, Bart.; G. V. Hart; J. Robinson; G. Warde; Hon. T. Maitland; R. Bright; W. Ramsay; J. Campbell; J. Skerrett; H. Oakes; C. Campbell; Sir G. Prevost, Bart.; W. Waller; M. Archdall; Sir J. C. Sherbrooke, K. B.; G. Drummond; J. Wharton; W. Payne; Hon. E. Bligh; W. Earl Craven; Lord W. Bentinck; E. Earl of Cork; Hon. H. G. Grey; Hon. E. Paget; A. Wetham; Sir B. Spencer, K. B.-to be Lieutenant Generals in the army.

Colonels-B. Fisher, royal engineers ; T. Nepean, ditto; T. R. Charleton, royal. artillery; H. de Hinuber, king's German legion, with temporary rank; Sir C. Shipley, Knt. royal engineers; H. Bell, royal marines; T. Strickland, ditto; T. Mahon, 9th light dragoons; W. T. Dilkes, sd foot guards; H. Rudyerd, royal engineers; J. Oswald, 35th foot; J. Gashard le Mar chant, Military College; J. M. Hadden, royal artillery; W. Doyle, 62d foot; J. Hatton, 66th foot; Pinson Bonham, 69th foot; J. Burnett, military superintendant of hospitals; W. Anson, 1st foot guards; J. Bourchier, of the late royal Irish artillery; I. Brock, 49th foot; G. W. Ramsay, 60th foot; R. Craufurd, on half pay of 60th foot; E. Howarth, royal artillery; J. Dorrien, royal horse guards; T. Desbrisay, royal artillery; C. Terrot, ditto; W. Fyers, royal engineers; G. Glasgow, royal artillery; R. Winter, royal marines; W. Bentham, royal artillery; E. Stehelin, ditto; J. A. Schalch, ditto; H. Hutton, ditto; T. Barrow, 5th West India regiment; J. S. Farley, 68th foot; J. Wood, on the half pay of the Liverpool regiment; H. Churchill, of the late horse grenadier guards; J. Jenkinson, on half pay of the Sheffield regiment; T. Lewis, royal marines; T. Dunbar, 3d West India regiment; R. Williams, royal marines; L. Desborough, ditto; A. Keith, 65th foot; J. Mackelcan, royal engineers; J. T. Lavard, 54th foot; J. Skinner, 16th foot; J. Meredith, royal marines; R. H. Farmer, ditto; Watkin Tench, ditto; J. S. Saunders, 61st foot; L. Maclean, quarter-master-general in the West Indies; G. Wilson, royal artillery; S. Rimington, ditto; D. Ballingall, royal marines; D. Shank, Caradian fencibles; . Shaw, on half pay of the queen's rangers; G. Dyer, royal marines; A. Hay, 1st foot; J. J. Barlow, on half pay of the Cheshire fencibles; W. Minet, 30th foot; W. M. Peacocke, Coldstream guards; Sir J. Douglas, Knt. royal marines; J. Pare, on half pay of 69th foot; W. P. Clay, on half pay of 40th foot; C. Wale, 66th foot; T. Hull, 62d foot; J. Kemmis, 40th foot; R. Burne, 39th foot; J. O. Vandeleur, 19th light dragoons; C. Pye, 3d dragoons; Sir W. Aylett, Knt. on half pay of the 6th garrison battalion; J. R. Fletcher, 6th dragoons; R. Browne, 12th light dragoons;

H. M. Gordon, on half pay of the 16th foot; A. J. Goldie, 6th dragoon guards; R. B. Long, 15th light dragoons; R. H. Sheaffe, 49th foot; A. Duff, on half pay of 4th foot; G. Airey, 8th foot; R. S. Donkin, quarter-master-general in the Mediterranean; Hon. E. Stopford, 3d foot guards, G. Cooke, 1st foot guards; T. J. Backhouse, 47th foot; J. Wilson, 4th Ceylon regiment; W. Eden, 84th foot; F. G. V. Lake, 60th foot; G. T. Walker, 50th foot; J. A. Vesey, on half pay of 29th foot; R. Stovin, 17th foot; K. Mackenzie, on half pay of 15th foot; Sir J. Dalrymple, Bart. 3d foot guards; F. J. Wilder, 35th foot; Hon. G. de Grey, aid-de-camp to the king; S. Hawker, ditto;-to be Major Generals in the army.

Right Hon. Charles Yorke; Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart. Vice-Admirals of the Blue. James Buller, Esq. William Dommet, Esq. Vice-Admirals of the White.

Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, Hon. Frederic Robinson, and Horatio Walpole, Esq. commonly called Lord Walpole,-Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Frederic Edgcumbe, Esq. a Commissioner of the Victualling Board.

JULY.-Lieut.-Col. H. Torrens, Military Secretary to the Prince Regent.

Hon. Wellesley Pole, Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews.

John Allen, Esq. Warden of Dulwich College.

Robert Viscount Melville, Keeper of the Privy Seal in Scotland.

General William Earl of Harcourt, Governor of Portsmouth.

Major-Gen. the Hon. A. Hope, Governor of the Royal Military College.

Col. G. Murray, Lieut. Governor of Edinburgh Castle.

AUGUST.-Vice-Admirals of the BlueH. D'Esterre Darby, E. Bowater, G. Palmer, W. O'Bryen Drury, and W. Essington, Esqrs. to be Vice Admirals of the White.

Rear Admirals of the Red.-F. Pender, W. A. Otway, and G. Lumsdaine, Esqrs.; Sir S. Hood, H. Nicholls, H. Sawyer, D. Gould, Esqrs. and Sir R. G. Keats, to be Vice Admirals of the Blue.

Rear Admirals of the White.-R. Watson, Esq. Lord Gardner, M. Dixon, G. Losack, W. Mitchell, G. Hart, and T. Bertie, Esqrs. to be Rear Admirals of the Red.

Rear Admirals of the Blue.-J. Langharne, W. Hargood, G. Gregory, J. Ferrier, R. I. Bury, R. Moorsom, Esqrs.; Sir C. Hamilton, and the Hon. H. Curzon, to be Rear Admirals of the White.

And the undermentioned are appointed flag-officers :-A. Fraser, B. Hallowell, G. J. Hope, Esqrs; Lord A. Beauclerk, W. Taylor, J. N Morris, G. Burdon, W. Brown, T. B. Martin, J. Lawford, F. Sotheron, and T. Woolley, Esqrs. to be Rear Admirals of the Blue.

Captain W. Bligh has also been appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue, by a commission dated July 31, 1811.

Lieut. General Arthur Visc. Wellington, K. B. General in the army in Spain and Portugal only.

John M Mahon, Esq. Receiver and Paymaster of the Bounty to Officers' Widows. Sir S. Hood, Naval Commander in Chief in the East Indies.

Sir S. Achmuty, Provisional Governor at the Presidency of Fort St George.

Duke of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby.

James Buller, Esq. one of the Clerks of the Privy Council.

Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. C. Sherbrooke, Lieu. tenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Col. J. Butler, Lieutenant Governor of the Royal Military College.

Lieut. Col. G. Vaughan, Governor of Fishguard Fort.

Lieut.-Gen. Gother Mann, Inspector General of Fortifications.

Lieut.-General Sir G. Prevost, Bart. Capt. General, Governor in Chief, and Commander of the Forces in Upper, and Lower Canada, &c.

Right Hon. George Rose, an Elder Brother of the Trinity House.

Sir John Sinclair, Receiver General of the Taxes in Scotland.

Rev. John Davie, B. D. Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

SEPTEMBER.-Winkworth Tonge, Esq. Deputy Judge Advocate of the Forces in Jamaica.

OCTOBER.-Right Hon. Henry Wellesly, Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni

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