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friends to deplore the loss of one of the most amiable of women.

At Paris, in his 67th year, the Right Hon. Charles, ninth Lord Dormer, of Peterley House in the county of Buckingham and Grove Park in the county of Warwick. His funeral obsequies, according to the Church of Rome, in which communion his Lordship lived and died, were performed at St. Roche on the 5th instant. He died unmarried.

In Clarges Street, Bath, in her 69th year, Charlotte Countess Onslow.

April.

On April 26, in her 83rd year, Mary Countess Dowager Poulett.

Sir John Buchanan Riddell, Bart., M. P. for the Burghs of Selkirk, Peebles, Linlithgow and Lanark.

Lord Reston, one of the Senators of the College of Justice of Scotland.

At Lisbon, Charles W. Montague Scott, Duke of Buccleugh, Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Edinburgh and Dumfries and a Knight of the Thistle.

May.

In her 86th year, the Hon. Lady Pitt, relict of the late General Sir William Augustus Pitt. She was sister to the late Admiral Earl Howe, and to General Viscount Howe.

The Right Hon. Lady Mary Meares, third daughter of Robert, late Earl of Kingston, and wife of George Meares, Esq.

At Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Margaret, Countess of Buchan, wife to the present Earl of Buchan,

At Paris, John Robinson, Esq. M.P. of Denston Hall, Suffolk.

June.

The Hon. Arabella, wife of General Frederick St. John, and sister to the Earl of Craven.

Sir William Heathcote, Bart. After he succeeded his father, he represented the county of Southampton in three continued Parliaments, but retired from public life on account of ill health. He was succeeded by his eldest son, now Sir Thomas Heathcote, Bart.

Sir John Morris, Bart. of Casemont, Glamorganshire.

Mary Anastasia Grace, Baroness Mordaunt, second daughter of Charles fourth Earl of Peterborough.

At Smeaton, near Edinburgh, at the age of 81, Sir George Buchan Hepburn, Bart.

July.

At her apartments in Kensington Palace, in her 82nd year,Lady Porten, relict of the late Sir Stanier Porten, Knight.

In Upper Grosvenor Street, in her 79th year, Sarah, Lady Cave, widow of Sir Thomas Cave, and mother of the late Sir Thomas Cave.

In Berkeley Square, Thomas Graham, Esq. M. P. for the counties of Kinross and Clackmannan.

At Fulham House, Hammer

Smith, aged 77, Sir James Sibbald, Bart.

August.

On the 28th in Canada, of which province he was governorgeneral, his Grace Charles fourth duke of Richmond, of that terrific malady the hydrophobia. It attackedhim whilst on an official jour ney through the Upper province, and proved fatal after four days. of severe suffering. The wound was inflicted about six weeks previously by a lap-dog, which died shortly after.

His Grace had previously borne the office of lord lieutenant of Ireland.

September.

Near Inverness, in her 78th year, Jean, relict of the Hon. Archibald Fraser of Lovat, and only sister of the late Sir William Fraser.

At Edinburgh, Dame Matilda Theresa Cochrane Wishart, wife of Sir Thomas Cochrane, and daughter of the late Sir Charles Ross, Bart.

The Right Hon. Lady Essex Ker, eldest surviving daughter of Robert Duke of Roxburgh.

On the 7th of September, at Tuam Palace, in his 77th year, his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Tuam, Primate of Connaught, Bishop of Ardagh, and a Privy Councillor in Ireland. He was the third son of Marcus Beresford, Earl of Tyrone, and was brother of the first Marquis of Waterford. He was consecrated bishop of Dromore in 1780, bishop of Ossory in 1782, and

was translated to the Archbishoprick of Tuam in 1794. He married in June 1763, Elizabeth Fitzgibbon, second daughter of John Fitzgibbon, Esq. of Mount Shannon, by whom he had ten sons and six daughters.

At Eastbourn, Sussex, Sir Arthur Piggott, formerly Attorney General, M. P. for the borough of Arundel for four successive parliaments.

At his son's house after a short illness, in his 61st year, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart., one of the Representatives for the county of Kent during six parliaments. He was a zealous supporter of Mr. Pitt's administration; but men of all parties will acknowledge that during 25 years he attended to his Parliamentary and Magisterial duties with a firmness, vigilance and integrity, which may be equalled, but is rarely excelled,

October.

Gertrude Brand, Baroness Dacre. In 1771, she married Thomas Brand of the Hoo, Hertfordshire, by whom she had issue, Thomas, the Member for Hertfordshire, now Lord Dacre : Henry, Lieutenant Colonel in the Coldstream Guards; and one daughter.

5th. At Vevay in Switzerland, on his return home, John Somerville, Baron Somerville, of Scotland. The late Lord was born in 1765 at Somerville Aston, in Somersetshire. Somersetshire. After receiving his education at Cambridge, he made the tour of Europe, accompanied by the late Duke of Bedford. He was high in the favour of his sovereign, and bore for

several

several years the office of one of the Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber. In the parliament elected in 1796, he sat as one of the Sixteen Scots Peers.

In his 29th year, the Hon. Frederic Sylvester North Douglas, only son of Lord Glenbervie, and M. P. for Banbury. He was married in July last to Harriet, eldest daughter of William Wrighton, Esq.

At Hall Place, Berks, in his 83rd year, Sir William East, Bart.

At the Hague, on the 15th of October, the Princess Dowager of Brunswick Luneburg, sister of the King of the Netherlands.

At Kibroy, co. Tipperary, the Right Hon. Maria, Baroness Dunalley. She was the only daughter of Dominick Trant, Esq. and was married in 1802, to Henry Prittie, Lord Dunalley, by whom she had no issue.

November.

At Doneraile House, in the county of Cork, in his 65th year, the Right Hon. Hayes St. Leger, Viscount Doneraile, a Governor of the county of Cork. He was born in March 1755, and married in 1785 Charlotte Bernard, sister of Francis, Earl of Bandon, by whom he left two daughters and an only son. His lordship possessed very extensive estates in the counties of Cork and Water. ford, and principally resided at his beautiful seat at Doneraile, where he was much beloved.

On the 22nd at Charlton House

Wilts, in the 82nd year of her age, the Right Honourable Julia Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire.

December.

At Tunbridge Wells, the most Rev. Euseby Cleaver, D. D. Lord Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glandelagh, Primate of Ireland, Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick and Visitor of Trinity College, Dublin. After residing some time in Ireland, he married a lady of that country, by whom he had several children, and who died much lamented in 1816.

In her 76th year, Lady Anne Fitzwilliam, sister of the present Earl.

Aged 64, Emily, wife of the Right Hon. Lord Henniker.

Dec. 14. At Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, the Right Hon. Hugh Montgomerie Earl of Eglinton Lord Montgomerie and Kilwinning, Knight of the Order of the Thistle, Lord Lieut. of Ayrshire, one of the State Counsellors of the Prince of Wales. His lordship was the son of Alexander Montgomerie, Esq. of Cuilsfield. He married Eleanora, daughter of J. Hamilton, Esq. By this lady he had several children, only two females of whom are living. He succeeded his cousin Archibald, as Earl of Eglinton in 1796.

At Kinsale, the Right Hon. Susan, Baroness Kinsale. She was daughter of Conway Blennerhasset, Esq. and was married in 1763 to John de Courcy, 26th Lord Kinsale, by whom she has left issue.

APPENDIX

APPENDIX TO CHRONICLE.

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CONVENTION between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Signed at London, October 20th, 1818.

IS majesty the king of the

Britain and Ireland, and the United States of America, desirous to cement the good understanding which happily subsists between them, have, for that purpose, named their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say, his majesty, on his part, has appointed the right hon. Frederic John Robinson, treasurer of his majesty's navy and president of the committee of privy council for trade and plantations; and Henry Goulburn, esq. one of his majesty's under secretaries of state; -And the president of the United States has appointed Albert Gallatin, their envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of France; and Richard Rush, their envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of his Britannic majesty: who, after having exchanged their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed to and concluded the following articles:

Art. I. Whereas differences have arisen respecting the liberty claimed by the United States, for the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry and cure fish, on certain coasts, bays, harbours and

creeks,

Britannic majesty's

dominions in America, it is agreed between the high contracting parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have for ever, in common with the subjects of his Britannic majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quipron islands on the shores of the Magdalen islands, and also on the coasts, bays, harbours and creeks, from Mount Joly, on the southern coast of Labra

dor, to and through the Streights of Belleisle, and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice however to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company. And that the American fishermen shall also have liberty, for ever, to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, har

bours,

bours and creeks, of the southern part of the coast of Newfound land hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose, with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground. And the United States hereby renounce for ever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish, on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks or harbours of his Britannic majesty's dominions in America, not included within the above-mentioned limits provided, however, that the American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours, for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying, or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.

Art. 2. It is agreed that a line drawn from the most northwestern point of the lake of the woods, along the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, or, if the said point shall not be in the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, then that a line drawn from the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said paral

lel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of his Britannic majesty and those of the United States, and that the said line shall form the southern boundary of the said territories of his Britannic majesty, and the northern boundary of the territories of the United States, from the lake of the woods to the Stony Mountains.

Art. 3. It is agreed, that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens and subjects of the two powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other power or state to any part of the said country, the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.

Art. 4. All the provisions of the convention" to regulate the commerce between the territories of his Britannic majesty and of the United States," concluded at London, on the 3rd day of July, in the year of our Lord 1815, with the exception of the clause

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