law, which he abandoned for that of literature. Mr. Stevens was an author from choice, being possessed of handsome property.

27. In his 78th year, in consequence of an apoplectic fit, his serene and royal highness William, elector of Hesse Cassel, born, June 3rd, 1743; married, September 1st. 1764, Wilhelmina Carolina, daughter of Frederick V. of Denmark; by whom he had issue, Maria, duchess of Anhalt, Sept. 14th, 1768Caroline, duchess of Saxe Gotha, July 11th, 1771-William, the present elector, July 28th, 1777, who married Augusta, daughter of William II. of Prussia, Feb. 13th, 1797. The elector was immensely rich; in his private treasury were found 12 millions of francs in specie.

At Chalk Farm, aged 37, John Scott, esq. Author of " A Visit to Paris," "Paris Revisited," "The House of Mourning, a Poem;" and editor of the London Magazine. Mr. S. was, at one period, conductor of the Champion Newspaper. His tours were deservedly popular, for they every where discover a discriminating, shrewd mind, and originality of thought. A posthumous volume, intituled "Sketches in France and Italy," evidently consist of only the rough memoranda for a regular narrative, but are not without interest. The papers in the London Magazine, under the name of Edgeworth Benson, display superior talent, and an exquisite feeling for the fine arts. For the melancholy circumstances connected with this gentleman's death,-[See Chronicle, p. 35.]

28. In Devonshire-place, sir Charles William Rouse Boughton, bart. eldest surviving son of the late sir William Boughton, fourth bart. He took the name of Rouse in 1768, on succeeding to an estate in Worcestershire. After spending much of his early life in India, he was elected member for Evesham in 1780, and again in 1784, in which year he was appointed secretary to the Board of Control for India affairs. In 1791 he was created a baronet, by the title of Sir C. W. Boughton Rouse, of RouseLench, Worcestershire, and of Downtonhall, Salop; but on succeeding to the family baronetage, resumed his family surname. In 1796 he was elected for Bramber, which seat he vacated 1799, on being appointed one of the commissioners for auditing public accounts.

4. The Princess Elizabeth.- The infant daughter of their royal highnesses the duke and duchess of Clarence, expired at about ten minutes past one in the morning. Her royal highness, who was born on Sunday, Dec. 10, 1820, was aged two months and 22 days.[See Chronicle, p.37.]

5. In Somers Town, aged 74, Richard Twiss, esq. a gentleman well known in literary circles, by several works which attained a considerable share of popu larity; of these, his "Travels through Portugal and Spain," written at an early period of his life, excited much notice. His next work was "A Tour through Ireland," a publication distinguished by its humour and originality, and equally so by the freedom of its remarks, which incurred the singularly displayed resentment of the natives. He likewise wrote "Anecdotes of Chess," "A Trip to Paris," "Miscel lanies," &c. &c. &c. His fortune, which was originally very ample, had been materially injured by an unsuccessful speculation of manufacturing paper from straw.

6. Lately, at Bath, lady Dunalley, mother of the earl of Charleville, lord Dunalley, and the hon. F. Prittie.

7. At Southamptom, Caroline, relict of the late John Christopher Ridout,

esq. of Banghurst, Hants, and eldest sister of the late sir John Floyd, bart.

9. At his seat, Ham-house, near Rich. mond, the right hon. Wilbraham Tollemache, earl of Dysart, viscount Huntingtower, lord high steward of Ipswich, &c. &c. By the demise of this nobleman, his sister, the right hon. lady Louisa Manners, becomes the representative of the ancient and noble family of the Tollemaches, and succeeds to the titles.

At Bath, aged 77, Stephen Ram, esq. of Ramsfort, in the county of Wex ford, and Fortswood Lodge, Hants, and one of the benchers of the Middle Temple.

10. At Bath, Mr. W. Meyler, proprietor of the Bath Herald, and one of the magistrates and senior commoncouncilmen of that city. In 1806, he published a volume, intituled "Poetical Amusements."

11. At his residence in Manchestersquare, suddenly, after preparing to go to church, Robert Dalrymple, esq.

12. Robert Broughton, captain of the Royal Navy, author of "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean," 4to.; was descended from an ancient family in Staffordshire. He accompanied the celebrated navigator Vancouver, in his voyage of discovery, at which period he himself discovered many lands and islands during a short time that his own vessel was separated from that of Vancouver. He afterwards explored the coast of Asia, between latitudes 35 and 52° N., and surveyed several parts that had been unnoticed by La Perouse. In 1809, captain Brough ton commanded the Illustrious, 74 guns, in the Walcheren expedition; and in the following year, was sent against the Isle of France, in the conquest of which settlement he had the honour of sharing, After the peace, he was appointed colonel of Marines. Died at Florence, in his 59th year,

At her house in Curzon-street, May-Fair, the right hon. Harriet, countess dowager of Essex, in the 87th year of her age.

- At Exmouth, Mary, the wife of captain Thomas Young, R. N.; and third daughter of the late sir William Jeynes, of Gloucester.

. At Bath, the lady of the hon. and rev. James St. Leger.

13. In the 83rd year of his age, John Hunter, esq. vice-admiral of the red.

15. At Stockholm, baron Nieldo Edelcrantz, president of the Board of

Trade. He was a native of Finland, a country that has furnished Sweden with many of its most illustrious men. He took a degree at the university of Abo, and was soon distinguished by Gustavus III. He was a man of enlarged and liberal views; and zealous in encouraging all improvements in arts, manufactures, mechanics, political economy, &c.

16. In his 27th year, after a few days illness, at the lodge Weston-in-Gordano, Somersetshire, the rev. Edward Newcome,A. B. of Jesus College, Cambridge, son of the late Dr. Newcome, archbishop of Armagh, and primate of all Ireland.

At his house in Stratford-place, after a short illness, lieut.-col. P. Douglas, late of the Hon. East India Company's service, on the Bengal establishment.

21. Mr. M. Bryant, an eminent picture collector, author of the "Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers," a valuable work of reference, and executed with great industry. He was also one of the very first connoisseurs of the day in painting, to which art he was enthusiastically attached, nor was his judgment in the art at all inferior to his fondness for it. This gentleman was born at Newcastle, April 7, 1757. In 1781 he accompanied his elder brother to Flanders, where he continued to reside until 1790, and became acquainted with the sister of the present earl of Shrewsbury, whom he afterwards married. In 1794, he again visited the Continent for pictures, and in 1798, was employed to dispose of the Orleans collection, which he sold to the duke of Bridgewater, the marquis of Stafford, and the earl of Carlisle. In 1812, he commenced his Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, 2 vols. 4to. Died aged 64.

23. At Holkham-house, Norfolk, the seat of T. W. Coke, esq. M. P., Mrs. Blackwell, relict of Samuel Blackwell, esq. of Alupney Park, Gloucestershire, and sole surviving sister of the late lord Sherborne and of Mr. Coke.

25. At Rose Hill, near Wrexham, colonel Evan Jones, of Gellewig, Caernarvonshire. Mr. J. was born in June 1771, entered the army 1791, and served at the reduction of Pigeon Isle, Fort Royal, St. Pierre, Fort Bourbon, and other French possessions in Martinique; also at the taking of Guadaloupe. In Holland and Egypt he distinguished himself under sir R. Aber

27. At Eton, drowned while attempting to recover one of his oars, which had fallen into the water as he was rowing in a small skiff on the Thames, Mr. Angerstein, son of J. J. Angerstein, esq. M. P. aged 17. The body was not found until the 30th.

--- At Hambledon-house, the seat of Charles Scott Murray, esq. Mrs. Nixon, of Cheltenham, relict of John Nixon, esq.of Le Bergerie in the Queen's county. This lady was daughter of the late Henry Lyons, esq. M. P. and niece to Robert, earl Belvedere.

---. At the Charter-house, Mary, the wife of Thomas Ryder, esq. and one of the two surviving sisters of the late sir Richard Croft, bart.

28. Catharine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Francis Bedingfield, esq. of Kirklinton-hall, in the county of Cumberland, and of Malburton-hall, in Norfolk.

29. At Exeter, major George Foljambe, 8th regt. of foot, third son of the late F. F. Foljambe, esq. of Osberton, Nottinghamshire.

30. Killed near Carmarthen, by a fall from his horse, Dr. Parry, late surgeon of the Havannah frigate, one of the ships which conveyed Buonaparte to St. Helena.

31. Mrs. Ludford, eldest surviving sister of J. Newdigate Ludford, esq. of Ansley-hall, Warwickshire, niece of sir Roger Newdigate, bart. and cousin to the late marquis of Donegal.

At his house in Pall-Mall, sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, bart. in the 81st year of his age.

- At Thornton-hall, near Bedall, in his 83rd year, Frederick Dodsworth, D.D. senior canon of Windsor, rector of Spenilthorne, and perpetual curate of Cleasby, in Yorkshire.

Lately, aged 86, Joseph Austin, esq. many years proprietor of the Chester and Newcastle theatres, &c, and the last remaining actor mentioned in Churchill's Rosciad.

APRIL.

1. At Brighton, sir Charles Edmonstone, of Dunheath, bart. M. P. for the county of Stirling.

2. At Edinburgh, aged 68, James Gregory, M.D. professor of the practice of physic in the university of Edinburgh, R.C.P. F.R.S., &c. was born at Aberdeen, 1753, and was the eldest son of the late Dr. John Gregory. In 1776, he was appointed professor of the theory of physic in the university of Edinburgh, and on the retirement of Dr. Cullen, was chosen to succeed him. Besides some professional works, he published, in 1792, two volumes of "Philosophical actions of the Royal Society of Edinand Literary Essays ;" and in the Transburgh, a paper on the "Theory of the Moods and Verbs."

After a tedious illness, the right hon. lady Elizabeth Townsend, wife of Gore Townsend, esq. of Honington-hall, in the county of Warwick, and sister to the late earl of Plymouth.

2. The rev. Thomas Scott, rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks, born at Brayloft, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, February, 1747, was author of several valuable theological and religious works. His" Force of Truth" is a popular publication, and has been frequently translated. Many of his writings were in reply to the objections raised against Christianity by infidel and speculative authors; such are his "Answer to Paine;""Rights of God," &c.; but he will be best known as a commentator on the Holy Scriptures. His edition employed for thirty-three years, has of the Family Bible, on which he was been frequently reprinted.

3. Suddenly, Charlotte, second daughter of the right hon. sir James Mansfield, at his house, in Russell-square.

At Twickenham, lady Taylor, relict of the late sir John Taylor, bart.

4. At her house in Park-street, in her 89th year, viscountess Pery, relict of viscount Pery, and mother to viscountess Northland, and the hon. Mrs. Calvert.

sir John Colpoys. By this event, the -. At Greenwich-hospital, admiral governorship of that national establish

ment is become vacant.

5. At her house in Southampton, the right hon. lady Flamina James, aged 46.

At his seat, Kingswood-lodge, near Egham, after ew days illness, John Reid, esq.

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At Bognor, in her 67th year, Mrs. Trowbridge, sister of the late admiral sir Thomas Trowbridge, bart.

In his 56th year, the rev. George Ford, upwards of 25 years rector of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters, at Stepney.

7. At Bramham-park, Yorkshire, after a few days illness, James Lane Fox, esq. nephew to George Fox Lane, lord Bingley, in his 65th year.

9. At her seat in Hampshire, in her 52nd year, the right hon. the dowager viscountess Gage.

At his chambers, aged 69, Alexander Johnson, esq. bencher of the honourable society of the Middle Temple.

10. At his house, Langham-place, Walter Spencer Stanhope, esq. of Cannon hall, Yorkshire.

Aged 16, Mr. Henry Joshua Rowley, son of admiral and nephew to sir William Rowley. The death of the deceased, who was a pupil at Westmins→ ter-school, was occasioned by a fall from a fourth-floor window, in his lodginghouse on the preceding day: he appeared quite insensible from the time he was taken up till he expired.

9. At Whitby, Yorkshire, in his 43rd year, Thomas Bateman, M. D. author of a work on cutaneous diseases.

11. At his house in St. James's-place, Robert Calvert, esq. in his 55th year.

12. At Chislehurst, Kent, aged 86, Mrs. Mary Townsend, sister to the late lord viscount Sydney.

13. In his 72nd year, William Stevenson, F. A. S. was a bookseller at Norwich, and for many years proprietor of the Norfolk Chronicle. He was much attached to archæological pursuits, and the study of ancient architecture, to which he contributed much by his valuable supplement to his edition of "Bentham's Ely."

At Stanmore, lady Caroline Finch, youngest sister to the earl of Aylesford.

14. At his house in Gloucester-place, aged 62, major James, author of the Military Dictionary," the "Regimental Companion," and other miscellaneous works.

15. At his house in Berner's-street, aged 54, James Bartleman, esq. the celebrated singer.

At her residence in Cavendishsquare, Mrs. Dickson, relict of colonel

A. Dickson, and only daughter of the late sir Henry Moore, bart.

20. At Rome, lieutenant-general Reed, of Crowood, Wilts, late of his majesty's 1st regiment Life Guards. His death was occasioned by poison administered by a Venetian servant, whom he had hired at Paris, and who, it was afterwards found, had served in the galleys.

Crome, a native of that city, a landscape 22. At Norwich, aged 52, Mr. J. painter of no ordinary merit. Of humble and obscure origin, he had the merit of acquiring a respectable independance eminence in his profession, by the native by his application, and of rising to vigour of his talent. Mr. Crome was one of the founders of the Norwich

Society of Artists, the first provincial establishment of the kind in this country: he also formed several very excellent pupils, viz. his son J. B. Crome, and Messrs. Storke and Vin

cent.

23. In Margaret-street, Cavendishsquare, in his 53rd year, H. Edridge, esq. Assoc. R. A. This artist was first intended for the profession of a mezzotinto engraver, but finding it little suited to his taste, he applied to miniature painting, at first on ivory, but afterwards on paper in black lead and india ink, for which manner, however, His heads were remarkable for precihe ultimately substituted water-colours. of colouring equal to that of oil, yet of sion of execution, and a richness and force a peculiar delicacy and freshness. He had two children, both of whom died prematurely; and their loss rendering pecuniary emolument of less importance to him, he latterly relinquished the more lucrative practice of portrait for that of landscape, in which branch of the art his sketches, exhibited at Somerset House, this and the preceding year, display great taste and talent.

25. At his house in Bruton-street, in his 78th year, Henry Lewes Luttrell, earl of Carhampton. His lordship is succeeded in his titles and estates by his only brother, the hon. John Luttrell, Olmius. By his demise, there is a vacancy in the House of Commons, where his lordship sat for the borough of Ludgershall.

26. At Ambleside, Westmoreland, on his way to Matlock for the recovery o his health, David Erskine Dewar, esq of Gilston-house, in the county of Pife

eldest son of the late major-gen. Dewar, of that place.

Suddenly, Mrs. Cathcart, wife of the hon. and rev. A. H. Cathcart, vicar of Kippar, rector of Methley, and a prebend of York cathedral.

26. At Belfast, the rev. William Neilson, D. D. professor of the learned languages, &c, in the Institution.

29. At her house, in Upper Brookstreet, in her 86th year, lady Juliana Dawkins, relict of Henry Dawkins, esq. -- In Cavendish - square, Mrs. Dickson, relict of col. A. Dickson. -. In Montague - place, Russellsquare, Thomas White, esq., clerk of the inner and upper treasury of the court of King's-bench.

30. At the advanced age of 91, the right hon. the marquess of Drogheda. This nobleman inherited from his father, who died in 1758, the titles of earl of Drogheda, viscount Moore, baron Mellefont in Ireland, and was himself created a marquess of Ireland, in 1791, and a baron of Great Britain, in 1801; and was also a knight of the order of St. Patrick. In 1766, his lordship married lady Anne, daughter of the first marquis of Hertford, by whom he had many children. He is succeeded in his titles by his son, Charles viscount Moore, now marquis of Drogheda. The deceased was the oldest general in the service, and colonel of the 18th dragoons.

At his seat, Bellevue, near Southampton, in his 84th year, sir Richard Rodney Bligh, G. C. B. admiral of the Red, &c. &c. He was born in 1737, of an ancient and respectable family in Cornwall, and was godson of the late lord Rodney. He attained the rank of post captain, in 1777, and in Nov. 1794, when commanding the Alexander of 74 guns, sustained, with unparalleled bravery and ability, a combat against a French squadron consisting of five seventy-fours, three large frigates, and a brig. Sir Richard was twice married, and has left several daughters and one son, captain George Miller Bligh, of the royal navy.

known in France by the name of Charles Hesse. This republican prince was for a long time one of the editors of the Journal des Hommes Libres, in which were signed Fiat Lux.

2. At Clifton, aged 82, Mrs. Piozzi, a lady whose name will always be remembered in the literary world, as the accomplished hostess and friend of Dr. Samuel Johnson, as well as by several productions of her own pen.

3. At Calne, Wilts, in his 80th year, the rev. Thomas Greenwood, vicar of that parish 40 years.

At Benham, near Wantage, Berks, aged 75, Mrs. Goodlake, relict of the late Thomas Goodlake, esq. and only surviving sister of the late sir C. Price, bart.

4. At Stoke D'Avernon, Surrey, lieut.-col. Henry Rowland Fetherstonhaugh.

5. At St. Helena, NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE --- [See Chronicle, p. 104.]

5. At his house, in Montague-square, Anthony Butler St. Leger, esq. in his 63rd year.

8. In Montague place, Mary, the wife of major-gen. Barton.

11. At the residence of her noble relatives, the duke and duchess of Wellington, in Piccadilly, the marchioness of Worcester. Her ladyship was present both at the drawing-room and ball given by his majesty, in celebration of his birth-day; on the following morning she found herself much indisposed, and went into a cold bath, which, instead of relieving, only increased the com plaint, which terminated her life a little before five o'clock on the morning of this day. Her ladyship was Georgiana Frederica Fitzroy, eldest daughter of the late hon. Henry Fitzroy (son of Charles, first lord Southampton, brother of the duke of Grafton) by lady Anne Wellesley, sister of the duke of Wellington, and marquis of Wellesley, and was married to the marquis of Worcester, July 25th, 1814.

Lately, Mrs. Neville, relict of Charles Neville, esq. of Llanelly, Caermarthenshire.

12. At Madras, lieutenant-colonel Samuel Dalrymple, C. B., of the Madras Artillery.

13. At Bristol, in his 79th year, the rev. Dr. Thomas Ford, student of Christ Church, Oxford, 1765, D. C. L. 1770. In 1773 he was presented, by Richard, carl Howe, to the vicarage of