DEATHS. man, whose duty as a pastor was unremitted, published a work on the Prophecies, in 2 vols. 8vo, and a small tract, intituled, "The Night of Treason." During part of a two years residence in Switzerland, he performed the duty of the English churches there. A volume of Sermons, with a Portrait of the author, have been published since his death. At T. W. Money's, esq. M. P. Mrs. Cunningham, wife of the rev. J. W. Cunningham, vicar of Harrow. 10. Francis Drake, esq. of Wells, in the county of Somerset, recorder of that borough, one of his majesty's deputylieutenants for that county, and formerly British minister at the court of Bavaria. James Topping, esq. of Whatcroft-hall, Cheshire, one of his majesty's counsel, a bencher of the Inner Temple, and late attorney-general of the county palatine of Lancaster, and of the county palatine of Durham. 12. At Brompton-grove, at an advanced age, sir John Macpherson, bart., many years a member of the Supreme Council, at Bengal, and, afterwards, governor-general of India. 13. General Gwyn, colonel of the king's dragoon guards, and governor of Sheerness. 14. At Roundhay-park, in his 57th year, Thomas Nicholson, esq. Lately at Normanton-hall, lady Dixie, wife of sir Willoughby Dixie, bart. At the Green, Richmond, Yorkshire, lady Gerard, widow of sir Robert Gerard, of Garswood, Lancashire, bart. 18. At Brighton, in his 59th year, Charles Runnington, esq., sergeant-atlaw. In 1784 he took a decided political part on the side of the old whigs, and succeeded in the action brought by Mr. Fox, against the high bailiff of Westminster, for his conduct in granting and continuing the scrutiny on the election for that city. On the 19th April, 1815, on the death of Mr. Sergeant Palmer, he was appointed his majesty's commissioner for the relief of insolvent debtors in England, which he resigned in 1819. Mr. Sergeant R. published "Sir Matthew Hale's, History of the Common Law," 8vo. 1779; a new edition, with considerable additions, 2 vols, Svo. 1794; " Gilbert's Law of Ejectments," 1781; "Ruffhead's Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to 25 Geo. III," 14 vols. 4to, 1787; "The History, Principles, and Practice of the Legal Remedy by Ejectment, and the resulting Action for Mesne Process," Svo. 1795. The rev. Henry Kipling, vicar of Plumstead, with the chapel of East Wickham annexed, in the county of Kent, who has bequeathed 1,000l. to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of Plumstead, at the chapel of East Wickham, to be from time to time applied towards keeping up the Sundayschools of those parishes. At Dublin, at the residence of lord Castlecoote, first commissioner of the Customs, lady Castlecoote, daughter of Henry Tilson, D. D. of Eagle-hill, Kildare. 20. At Funtington, in Sussex (the residence of his brother-in-law, H. J. Hounsom, esq.) in his 57th year, Miles Monkhouse, esq. of Newcastle-uponTyne. This lamented individual was one of the most active of the patriot band in Newcastle, that formed that protecting force-the armed volunteers. 23. Admiral sir George Campbell, G. C. B. admiral of the white, and commander in chief at the port of Portsmouth. [See Chronicle, p. 19.] 24. Aged 70, by falling down stairs, Moses Langdon, esq. of Upton, near Wiveliscombe. In order to save expenses, he has been frequently known to pick, dress, and eat crows, or magpies, found dead in the fields by boys. He never kept any servant; but, in order to save wages, he gave an old woman from the workhouse her victuals to dress his ; he was in the habit of frequenting Wiveliscombe, and put up at a small inn where they dressed tripe, which he generally took for his dinner; and if any person sitting near him left any on their plates, he always ate it up with great eagerness, saying it was a pity to waste any thing. When at home, he wore the coarsest shirts, but kept fine holland ones, which he wore when he went a journey; and if he slept out, he invariably took the shirt off and lay without one, to prevent it being worn out. He died intestate, and his landed property, to a considerable amount, falls to John Langdon, a second cousin, heretofore a day-labourer. 25. At Streeton-hall, aged 25, Thomas Charles Garforth, esq. nephew of sir James Graham, bart. At Berrow, Worcestershire, Richard Cocks, esq. brother of the late Mrs. Stephens, mother of Miss Stephens, of Covent-garden Theatre. 11. At Edinburgh, the right hon. Mary Anne Baroness Abercrombie, of Aboukir and Tullibody, in the county of Clackmannan, so created May 22nd, 1801, with her late husband, sir Ralph Abercrombie, K. B. She was the daughter of John Menzies, esq., of Fernton, in the county of Perth. Suc eldest son George, now baron Abercrombie. At Claremont-park, Esher, colonel baron de Hardenbrooke, equerry to his royal highness Prince Leopold.ceeded in her titles and estates by her The remains of the baron were interred at Esher church. Baron Just, the Saxon minister, followed as chief mourner; baron Pfeffel, the Bavarian minister, and colonel Addenbroke, also followed. 26. In her 82nd year, Barbara, sister of the late sir Alexander Craufurd, bart. At his residence in Ipswich, Suffolk, in his 82ndyear, the rev. George Routh, M. A. 29. Suddenly, at Lichfield, of apo plexy, the rev. Edmund Outram, D.D. public orator of the university of Cambridge, and rector of St. Philip's, Birmingham, prebendary of Lichfield, archdeacon of Derby, &c. and chancellor of the diocese of Lichfield. He published a collection of curious extracts, exhibiting the character of Methodism from the writings of sectarians. 30. At Warren's-court, in the county of Cork, in his 68th year, sir Augustus Warren, bart. M. P. for the city of Cork. He is succeeded in his titles and estates by his eldest son, Augustus. 31. At Rome, in his 72nd year, cardinal Antonio-Maria Doria Pamfili. 12. At York, aged 68, Francis Constable, esq. of Burton Constable, and Wycliffe-hall, in which property he is succeeded by sir Thomas Clifford, bart. of Tixal, Staffordshire. 13. At her scat, Basset Down-house, in her 69th year, Mrs. Maskelyne, relict of the late rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D. D. astronomer royal. -. At her house in Curzon-street, in her 88th year, the dowager lady Rycroft, relict of the late sir Richard Rycroft, bart. of Penhurst in Kent. 14. In his 67th year, the rev. James Lindsay, D.D. of Grove-hall, Bow, in the county of Middlesex, upwards of 35 years minister of the Presbyterian meeting, Monkwell-street.---[See Chronicle, p. 29.] At Swindon, Wilts, in his 68th year, William Harding, esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace, and a deputy-lieutenant of the same county. 16. At Wrottesley, Louisa, second daughter of sir John and lady Caroline Wrottesley. 18. In Portland-place, aged 91, Mrs. Mackenzie. 20. At Featherstone Cottage, Turnham Green, the lady of sir John Carr, of New Norfolk-street. At Rigacre, Shropshire, in his 80th year, Walter Woodcock, esq. one of his majesty's justices of the peace for that county. At Tunbridge Wells, Theodosia lady dowager Monson, widow of John, the second lord Monson, in the 96th year of her age. She was the daughter of John Maddison, of Harpswell in Lincolnshire, esq.; was married June 23, 1752; and had issue John, third lord Monson, and nine other children. She lived twelve years after her great-grandson, the present lord, succeeded to the title! This 24. Alexander Stevens, esq. gentleman, who was a native of Elgin, in Scotland, where he was born, 1757, was educated to the profession of the DEATHS. 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 commis sioners 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 popularity; 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," "Miscellanies," &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, DEATHS. esq. of Banghurst, Hants, and eldest sister of the late sir John Floyd, bart. 9. At his seat, Ham-house, near Richmond, 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 Wexford, 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 Broughton 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 He Trade. He was a native of Finland, a country that has furnished Sweden with many of its most illustrious men. 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 establish ment. 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 DEATHS. crombie. In 1808 he married a niece of lord chief justice Kenyon, and retired from the army, to his residence on his paternal estate. 26. At Merstham-house, Surrey, after a lingering illness, the right hon. lady Ann Simpson, relic of John Simpson, esq. of Bradley-hall, in the county of Durham. 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 Nor folk. 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 and Literary Essays ;" and in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 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 of the Family Bible, on which he was employed for thirty-three years, has 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. |