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presented by earl Spencer to the appointment of head registrar of the island of Minorca ; which situation he retained till the surrender of that settlement. Unfortunately his residence in a tropical climate brought on a liver complaint, from the effects of which he never recovered. He has left a widow and five

sons.

10. At Aston Ingham-rectory, Herefordshire, aged 22, Wm.-Holt, youngest son of the rev. C. Whatley, and a scholar of Pembroke-college, Oxford.

At Weston-lodge, aged 47, Harriet, relict of Jas. Richard Miller, esq.

At Pollorton, co. Carlow, the hon. Catherine Burton, widow of sir Charles Burton, of that place, bart. and cousin to the earl of Dysart. She was the youngest of the three daughters of John the second baron Dysart, by Sophia, only dau, and heiress of Brettridge Badham, of Rockfield, co. Cork, esq. (by Sophia, second dau. of John third lord Kingston), and widow of Richard-Thornhill Lawn, esq.

11. At the rectory, Oldberrow, Warwick, Marianne, eldest dau. of the rev. S. Peshall.

12. At Windsor, Cath. dau. of the late H. Bainbrigg Buckeridge, esq. late of Erley-court.

At Windsor, aged 82, lieut.-col. S. Howe Showers, E. I. C.

13. At sea, lieut. W. B. Lamb, R.N. commander of the ship Prince Regent. At Wraxall, Geo. Gee, esq. deputy

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lieutenant of Kent.

At Gloucester Spa, Cheltenham, aged 63, the venerable George Trevelyan, archdeacon of Taunton, canonresidentiary of Wells, rector of Nettlecombe, Treborough, and Huish Champflower, in Somersetshire. He was the third son of sir John Trevelyan, the fourth baronet of Nettlecombe.

14. At the house of his sister the countess dowager of Sheffield, in Portland-place, aged 61, the right hon. Fred. North, fifth earl of Guilford, seventh baron Guilford in Surrey, knight grand eross of the order of St. Michael and St. George, chancellor of the university of the Ionian islands, hereditary high steward of Banbury, joint chamberlain of the exchequer Tally-court, D.C.L. and F.R.S. This amiable peer was the third and youngest son of Frederick the second earl, K. G. and celebrated minister, by Anne, daughter and sole heiress of George Speke, esq.

20. At his residence at Ludlow, aged 85, Jas. Vashon, esq. adm. of the white. At Crouch End, Hornsey, aged 83, James Cazenove, esq. formerly a merchant of great respectability in Old Broad-street.

21. Aged 74, Arthur Benson, esq. one of the principal committee-clerks of the House of Commons, younger brother to John Benson, esq. who held a similar situation.

22. At his seat, Rochetts, Osborne Markham, esq. the youngest son of the late archbishop of York.

26. At Hyde-park-corner, aged 44, Walter Young, esq. of the East Indiahouse.

30. At his seat of Bentage, in Westphalia, the duke of Loot Corswaren, reigning prince of Rheine Wolbeck. As he has left no children, he is succeeded by the son of his late brother, duke Charles, who was colonel in the service of the Netherlands, and died at the castle of Uccle, Nov. 16, 1822.

In Charles-street, Berkeley-square aged 92, sir Francis Willes, youngest son of the late Dr. Edw. Willes, bishop of Bath and Wells; and, many years ago, one of the under-secretaries of state.

Lately. Thos. Westropp, esq. of Ross-house, county of Clare, who has bequeathed 4007. to the charitable institutions of Limerick, as follows; 1007. to the Protestant free-school; 1007. to the Protestant female orphan school; and 2004 to the house of industry.

At the house of lady Riversdale at Dowdeswell, Miss Haly, dau, of lady Haly, of Cheltenham.

In Killarney, aged 75, the countess de Severac, aunt to the earl of Kenmare, and to Wilmot Horton, esq. M. P. She was daughter of Thomas the fourth viscount Kenmare, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Thos. Coke of Painstown, county of Carlow, esq. and was married in 1772.

At Port Royal, Jamaica, aged 19, the hon. Matthew St. Clair, lieut. 84th foot. He was the second son of Charles, thirteenth and present lord Sinclair, by his first wife, Mary Agnes, only daughter of James Chisholme, esq.

At Montreal, Canada, after giving birth to a son, since dead, Mary Aston, wife of Chas. Ogden, esq. solicitorgeneral, and youngest daughter of gen. J. Coffin.

Lieut.-gen. Edward Stehelin, colonel of the second battalion of roy, artillery.

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At Woolwich, col. James Hawker, C. B. late commander of the royal artillery in the Plymouth district, and lieut.governor of Gravesend and Tilbury. He served in Spain and Portugal, received a medal for the battle of Albuero, and was also present at Waterloo.

At Stone-hall, Stonehouse, William Bedford, esq. vice-admiral of the white. Frances Mary, third dau. of the rev. Henry Worsley, D. D. rector of Gatcombe, Isle of Wight.

At the Admiralty-house, Devonport, nged 16, Georgiana Carnegie, youngest dau, of adm. the earl of Northesk, commander in chief at Plymouth.

knight of the Shire for that county during many parliaments, and elder brother to the earl of Norbury.

7. At Leipsic, of dropsy, aged 60, her majesty, Maria Theresa Josephine Charlotte Jane, queen of Saxony. She was a princess of Austria, and became the second wife of the king of Saxony in 1817.

At Kentish-town, Sarah, lady of sir James Williams.

10. At Ashby de la Zouch, aged 61, Middlemore Clark Pilkington, esq.

In Malta, lieut.-col. Alexander Campbell Wylly, C. B. late commanding the 95th reg. He served in Spain and

At Portsmouth, commander Thos. Portugal as aide-de camp to major-gen. Edwards, R.N.

NOVEMBER.

1. At Versailles, Louis François Cassas, inspector general of the Gobelin manufactory, &c., born June 3rd, 1756. This artist, so eminent both as a landscape painter and architect, is well known to the lovers of the fine arts, by his splendid works, the "Voyage d'Istria et de Dalmatia," and the "Voyage en Syrie en Phénicie," in which he has given most tasteful and accurate delineations of the various remains of antiquity in those countries, and of the surrounding scenery. He also formed, at a great expense, a very valuable collection of models of ancient buildings, which were purchased by the government, and are intended to be deposited in the new Ecole des Beaux Arts.

2. In South Audley-street, John Talbot, esq. formerly of the guards, and only son of R. Talbot, esq. M.P. for the county of Dublin.

3. Anna Maria, wife of rev. Thos. Clarke, of Mitcheldever, and cousin to the earl of Stamford and Warrington. She was born July 11, 1791, the youngest daughter of the late hon. John Grey, by Susannah, daughter of Ralph Leycester, esq. and was married Jan. 14, 1817.

4. At Windsor, aged 75, the hon. Mrs. Ariana Margaret Egerton, lady of the bedchamber to the late queen Charlotte. She was cousin to the earl of Bridgewater.

6. At Maparath, county of Meath, Eliza, wife of Thomas-Taylor Rowley, esq. She was the third daughter and co-heiress of the late Daniel Toler, esq. of Beechwood, county of Tipperary,

Pakenham, and also in the same capacity in America; was engaged in the expedition against New Orleans, and sent home by sir J. Lambert with the despatches, in which he was very honourably mentioned. He subsequently served in Flanders, and at the battle of Waterloo.

At Streatham, aged 49, Eliz. wife of Samuel Elyard, esq.

11. At Corsham, Wilts, aged 69, lieut.-col. John Alex. Castelman, on halfpay of the 9th foot.

12. In Mansfield-street, aged 76, Thos. Hunter, esq. of Besley-hall, Worcestershire.

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Aged 69, Eleanor, wife of the rev. Dr. Dupré, of Wyke-cottage, Dorset. 14. At Costessy, Norfolk, aged 100, Anne Maria Teresia Vere, formerly of Norwich.

15. In Soho-square, aged 80, 1sabella, relict of Davidson Rich. Grieve, esq. of Swarland-house, Northumberland.

17. At Stonehouse, county of Stirling, aged 85, sir William Bruce, sixth bart. of that place.

18. In Upper Brook-street, Isabella Ann, wife of rev. Algernon Peyton.

In Connaught-square, Sophia Eliza, sister to sir Roger Martin, bart.

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At Stuttgart, where he was born, Nov. 28th, 1802, Wilhelm Hauff. This writer, whose literary career was prematurely cut short, when he was rapidly rising into eminence, was one of the most original and talented of his class, and a deserved favourite with the public. His principal productions are, "Lichtenstein," an historical romance in 3 vols; "Mittheilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan," and "Phantasien im Bremer Rathskeller;" the two last of which display much of that wildness

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and eccentricity which distinguish the
works of Hoffmann. There are many
tales by him in the "Abendzeitung'
and
"Morgenblatt," the latter of
which journals he edited for about a
twelvemonth. Just before his death,
appeared the first volume of a collection
of tales by him, and he also left ready
for publication, his "Märchenalmanach
for 1828." He was the intimate friend
of Müller, whose death we have record-
ed at page 258.

19. At Bletchingdon-park, Oxfordshire, Mary, wife of the rev. John Tyrwhitt Drake, rector of Amersham, and third daughter of Arthur Annesley, esq. At his seat, South-park, Penshurst, Richard Allnutt, esq.

22. At Brentford, aged 73, the widow of George Nairne, esq. of Queenstreet, Cheapside.

23. At his seat, Bosworth-hall, Leicestershire, sir William Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, eighth baronet of Fulstone-hall in that county.

26. In Castle-street, Holborn, aged 66, Dr. Poynter, Roman Catholic bishop of the London district.

27. At Ladywood-house, near Birmingham, the relict of sir William Essington, K. C. B.

28. At Grant-lodge, Elgin, lady Anne-Margaret Grant, sister to the earl of Seafield.

29. Lady Waller, wife of the rev. sir Chas. Townsend Waller, of Writhlington-house, near Bath, and third bart. of Lisbrian, county of Tipperary.

Lately. At Marseilles, Abraham Solomon, M. D. of Gilead-house, near Liverpool, and formerly of Birmingham.

The baron de Stael. His sister, the duchess de Broglie, is now the only remaining child of Madame de Stael.

DECEMBER.

1. At Hastings, aged 46, Charlotte, wife of John Goldsworthy Shorter, esq. 3. Aged 83, Joseph Planta, esq. principal librarian of the British Museum, which office he had held for twenty-eight years. Mr. Planta was born in the Grisons in Switzerland, Feb. 21, 1744. His father, the rev. Andrew Planta, resided in England from the year 1752, as minister of the German reformed church in London; and under him Mr. P. received the first part of his education. It was completed afterwards in foreign seminaries ; at Utrecht, under

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the learned professor Saxius and others,
and at Göttingen. He also took early
opportunities of visiting France and
Italy, with a view to add the know-
ledge of those languages to that of
German, which he already possessed.
Being thus qualified for the diplo-
matic line, he gladly accepted the em-
ployment of secretary to the British
minister at Brussels. In this line he
would probably have proceeded with
success, had not the early demise of his
father, in 1773, recalled him to the care
of his widowed mother and family. Mr.
Planta, sen. had been honoured with the
task of instructing queen Charlotte in
the Italian language; which probably
facilitated the appointment of his son,
soon after his death, to the office of
assistant librarian in the British Muse-
um, where, in 1775, he was promoted to
be one of the under librarians. In 1774
he was elected a fellow of the royal
society, and soon after, by the recom-
mendation of the president (sir John
Pringle), was appointed to conduct the
foreign correspondence of the society.
In 1776 he was chosen one of the ordi-
nary secretaries of the society, on the
death of Dr. Maty; having already dis-
tinguished himself by a learned and
curious memoir on the Romansh lan-
guage, spoken in the Grisons. This,
though a philological tract, received the
peculiar honour of being inserted in the
transactions of the society. After this,
by the resignation of Dr. (afterwards
bishop) Horsley, Mr. Planta became the
senior secretary; in which situation it
was a part of his duty to draw up ab-
stracts of all the communications made
to the society, to be read before the
members attending their public meet-
ings. This task he performed with the
utmost accuracy and perspicuity for up-
wards of twenty years. In June 1778,
Mr. Planta was united in marriage to
Miss Elizabeth Atwood, whose death, in
1821, proved the first interruption to
his domestic happiness. In 1788, he
was appointed pa master of exchequer
bills.

5. In John-street, Berkeley-square, aged 35, capt. Robert Winthropp Yates, R. N.

At Cheltenham, aged 57, Thos. Wilson Patten, esq. of Bank-hall, Lancashire, and Wotton-park, Staffordshire; next brother to Peter Patten Bold, of Bold, esq. He was formerly lieut.-col of the 5th royal Lancaster militia,

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6. The wife of major-gen. Cole, R.M. 8. At Oxford, aged 70, Eliz. relict of the right rev. John Parsons, D.D. bishop of Peterborough, and master of Balliol-college.

9. At Brighton, Susannah Maria, wife of John Paine Berjew, esq. M. P.

13. At Naples, aged 83, cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo. His eminence, who was born at Naples, Sep. 10th, 1744, distinguished himself by his financial talents during the pontificate of Pius VI, by whom he had been appointed treasurergeneral to the Roman see. Although a churchman, he had no disinclination for military affairs. In 1799, he undertook the perilous task of reconquering Naples from the French, and notwithstanding that he landed at Reggio with only three men, such was the enthusiasm he excited, that he collected twenty-five thousand to his standard, with which force he encamped before the walls of Naples, and the city capitulated to him. In 1801, he was appointed minister plenipotentiary from the king of Naples to the court of Rome. After the imprisonment of Pius VII at Savona, Napoleon invited the cardinal to Paris, and bestowed on him the cross of the legion of honour. He returned to Rome with the pope in 1814. Ruffo was a man of very energetic mind, and also of much information, particularly with regard to the subject of political economy, which he understood more profoundly than almost any of his countrymen. During the latter years of his life, he resided chiefly on his estates in the kingdom of Naples, where he devoted his time to planting and agriculture.

At the house of her son-in-law, lord le Despenser, in Nottingham-place, aged 81, Alice, widow of Sam. Eliot, esq. of Antigua.

15. At Harpole, aged 32, Mary Jane, wife of hon. and rev. Tho. Laurence

Dundas, rector of that parish, and brother to lord Dundas. She was the eldest dau. of the rev. James Bousquet, of Hardingstone, in the same county.

15. At Eastbourne, aged 70, Mr. John Pendrill, the representative of the preserver of Charles II. His son, who formerly kept the royal oak at Lewes, is now clerk at the Gloucester - hotel, Brighton.

At Paris, aged 69, Helen Maria Williams, a lady of some celebrity as a writer. Her first production was a poem entitled "Edwin and Elfrida, a legendary tale," 1783, which was succeeded by two volumes of miscellaneous poems, containing "Peru," &c. It was, however by her political, not her poetical writings, that she excited public attention, particularly by her "Farewell to England," her "Sketch of the Politics of France;" "Sketches of the State of Manners and Opinions in the French Republic," in which she exhibited herself as the champion of liberty and republicanism. Latterly she had changed her tone, and espoused the cause of the Bourbons, in opposition to that of the party with which she had at first identified herself.

16. Aged 68, the hon. Francis Hely Hutchinson, next brother and heir presumptive to the earl of Donoughmore.

At Swithland, aged 43, lady Harriet Erskine, sister to the earl of Portarlington. She was the third dau. of John, the first and late earl, by lady Caroline Stuart, fifth dau. of John, third earl of Bute; and was married May 4, 1813, to the hon. and rev. Henry-David Erskine, rector of Swithland.

31. At Greenwich-hospital, Andrew Brown, at the advanced age of 105 years and nine months. The veteran had been an inmate of the college fifty years, having entered in 1777.

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