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Jan. 13, At his house in Gay-street, Bath, aged 69, the Rev. Head Pottinger, Vicar of Compton, Berks, to which church he was presented in 1820 by Sir Walter James James (formerly Head), Bart.

Jan. 14. Aged 63, the Rev. Wm. Villiers Robinson, Rector of Grafton Underwood, and of Irchester cum Wollaston, Northamptonshire; and last surviving brother of Sir George Robinson, Bart. M.P. for Northampton. He was the third son of Sir George the fifth and late Baronet, by Dorothea, daughter of John Chester, esq. He was formerly Fellow of Trinity coll. Camb. where he proceeded B.A. 1789, being the fourth Senior Cptime of that year, M.A. 1792; and was presented to both his churches in 1794, to Grafton by John Earl of Upper Ossory, who was his third cousin, (Lady Gowran, the grandmother of the Earl, having been a daughter of Sir John Robinson the 2d Baronet); and to Irchester by Francis Dickens, esq. Mr. Robinson married, Dec. 10, 1795, Anne, daughter of Stamp Brooksbank, esq. and had several children, of whom the eldest son is heir presumptive to the Baronetcy.

The Rev. William Sturges, of Wakefield. He was formerly Fellow of Magd. coll. Camb. where he proceeded B.A. 1780, being second Senior Optime of that year, M.A. 1793.

Suddenly, in York-st. Portman-sq. the Rev. James Wallace, eldest son of John Wallace, esq. of Golden-square, and first cousin to the Right Hon. Lord Wallace. He was of Christ's coll. Camb. B.A. 1789.

Jan. 15. At Naseby vicarage, Northamptonshire, in his 82nd year, the Rev. John Mastin, Vicar of that parish and Cold Ashby, and of Dunton, Leicestershire. He was presented to Naseby in 1783 by the King through lapse, to Dunton in 1802 by Geo. Payne, esq. and to Cold Ashby recently. His place of residence being on several accounts conspicuous in history, and particularly from the battle which proved so fatal to King Charles the First, Mr. Mastin was induced to compile "The History and Antiquities of Naseby," which was printed at Cambridge; 8vo. 1792; and is reviewed in our vol. LXIII. p. 147. It has since been reprinted.

Jan. 22. Aged 50, the Rev. Henry Marsh, M.A. Vicar of Manuden, Essex, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Manchester. He was presented to Manuden by his family in 1803.

Jan. 26. At Clontarf, co. Dublin, aged 100, the Rev. John Usher, D.D. formerly Rector of that parish, which he received in the year 1762, on the resignation of his uncle the Rev. John Usher, who had received it in like manner from his father, comprising a period of 152 years up to 1811; the year in which the deceased resigned it to the present incumbent.

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DEATHS. LONDON AND ITS VICINITY. Feb. 11. At Islington, in her 83d year, Mrs. Susannah Williamson, formerly of Northampton.

Feb. 20. Much regretted, Benjamin Rouse, esq. of New Bridge-street, Secretary of the Hand-in-Hand Fire-Office. He was the eldest son of Mr. Rouse, who formerly held the same office.

Feb. 21. Emma, relict of Geo. Henderson, esq. of Little Maddox-street.

At Walworth, aged 33, Mary, wife of Capt. Geo. Weakner.

Aged 72, Mr. Robert Hoare, of Addington-place, Camberwell.

At Brompton, aged 80, Dudley Long North, of Glemham Hall, Suffolk, esq. formerly M.P. for the Boroughs of Banbury and Richmond. For some account of this gentleman, we refer our readers to the concluding paragraph of the "Biographical Notices of the Family of North, of Glemham Parva, and of Long, of Hurts Hall," inserted in our present number, p. 208.

Feb. 22. At Camberwell-green, aged 82, Wm. Pinchback, esq.

Feb. 26. Aged 20, Joseph, second son of Joseph Overbury, esq. of Highbury Park. In Cavendish-sq. Mary, wife of Christian Paul Meyer, esq. and dau. of W. Walton, esq. She was buried in Enfield Church, Middlesex.

Feb. 27. At Upper Tulse-hill, George Cowie, esq. of the Poultry.

Feb. 28. Aged 47, Mr. Peter Contencin, of the East India-house.

Lately. In Beaufort-row, Chelsea, Wm. Stevenson, esq. author of the "Historical Sketch of the Progress of the Discovery of Navigation and Commerce."

Aged 60, J. Foxton, who for sixteen years has held the place of chief executioner at Newgate. During that period he had executed Bellingham, Fauntleroy, Thistlewood and his five coadjutors, Hunton, Thurtell, Corder, White, the bookseller of Holborn, and numerous others of both sexes, and at every age and condition of life. From the supposed skill, and the consequence of such frequent practice of the functionary of Newgate, this person has often been sent down to Lancaster, Gloucester, and other distant gaols, on capital executions. Foxton is succeeded by a man named Cheshire, who has been his assistant some years.

At Greenwich, Major Clark Caldwell, formerly of the 2d Royal Veteran battalion. He was appointed Ensign in 1792, of the 52d foot, Lieutenant 1795, Captain 59th foot 1799, in 5th foot 1805, in 7th garrison battalion 1808, in 21st foot 1810, brevet Major 1811, of 2d veteran battalion 1812; and was afterwards allowed to retire on full pay.

In his chambers, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, George Henley, esq. third surviving son of Henry Hoste Henley, esq. of Leigh House, Somersetshire.

In St. James's-square, aged 57, the Rt. Hon. Emily-Anne Marchioness dowager of Londonderry. She was the youngest dau. and coh. of John 2d Earl of Buckinghamshire, and only child by his second marriage with Caroline, dau. of Wm. Conolly, of Stratton Hall in Staffordshire, esq. (by Lady Anne Wentworth, dau. of Thos. third Earl of Strafford). Her Ladyship was married to Robert, late Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. Jan. 9, 1794, and by his Lordship (who died Aug. 12, 1822,) had no issue. Her Ladyship was for many years a distinguished leader in the fashionable world. Her portrait, by Sir Thomas Laurence, was published in "La Belle Assemblée," in 1826.

March 1. In Upper Berkeley-st. aged 72, Mrs. Jane Drummond.

In Chenies-st. Bedford-sq. aged 80, Tho. Earnshaw, esq.

March 2. At Brixton-rise, aged 65, Richard Day, esq.

Ann Mary Augusta, eldest dau. of Geo. Beverley, esq. of Queen-sq. Bloomsbury. March 3. On Dulwich-common, aged 74, Mrs. Marshall.

March 5. In Grove-road, Mile-end, aged 85, Edw. Parry, esq.

March 6. In Hanover-st. aged 71, Col. Sir Robert Barclay, K.C.B. of Madras establishment.

March 7. In Tenterden-st. aged 76, Col. T. Cooke, of the Madras establishment.

In Clarges-st. aged 70, the Right Hon. Louisa Countess dowager Stanhope. She was the only child of the Hon. Henry Grenville, great-uncle to the present Duke of Buckingham, by Margaret Eleonora, dau. of Joseph Banks, of Revesby Abbey, esq. and aunt to the late Sir Joseph Banks, Pres. R.S. Her Ladyship became the second wife of Charles 3d and late Earl Stanhope March 12, 1781, and by his Lordship (who died in 1816) had three sons, Philip-Henry the present Earl; Major the Hon. Charles-Banks Stanhope, slain at Corunna; and Lt.-Col. the Hon. James Hamilton Stanhope, who died in 1825.

March 8. In New-street, Spring-gardens, Louise Henrietta, wife of Sir James Scarlett.

At Chelsea, aged 71, David Anderson, esq. At Chelsea, aged 85, Mrs. Selina Howard. MIS. P. Cooper, wife of Mr. Henry Frederick Cooper of Dartinouth-street, Westminster. Her amiable qualities and goodness of heart, her unostentatious charity, and unaffected piety, are her best panegy

rists.

March 10. At Lambeth-terrace, Capt. Bullock, late of E.I.C.'s service.

At Hampton Court, aged 76, Edward Bowater, esq. Admiral of the Blue; brother to the late Lt.-Gen. John Bowater of the Royal Marines. He was made a Post-Captain in 1783, and, at the commencement of the French war in 1798, commanded the

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Regulus 44, on the Halifax station. His next appointment was to the Trent frigate, employed in the North Sea; and at the conclusion of the war, we find him serving with the Channel fleet in the Magnificent 74. He attained the rank of Rear-Admiral 1804, Vice-Admiral 1810, and Admiral 1819.

In Berners-st. aged 71, Thomas Lewis, esq. of Llandilo, Carmarth.

March 11. In Hunter-st. aged 53, Elizabeth, relict of James Willis, esq. Commissioner of the Customs.

March 14. Aged 88, Mrs. Hilhouse, of New Bond-street.

March 15. Aged 80, Thomas Postlethwaite, esq. banker, Lombard-street.

Suddenly, at Pimlico, Mr. Shaw, one of the messengers attached to the Foreign Office. Mr. Shaw suffered so severely from intense cold on his journey to Vienna during the sittings of the Congress in that city, that he lost the use of his legs, which he never recovered. Previously to this dreadful accident, he was peculiarly distinguished for his great assiduity and dispatch.

March 21. In Lincoln's-inn-fields, aged 35, Frances Ashwell, wife of George Pocock, esq.

Aged 18 months, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Pevensey, only son of the Earl of Sheffield.

March 22. At the Manor-house, Wandsworth, Marianne, wife of Dr. Sumner, Lord Bishop of Chester.

In Cheapside, aged 77, Alex. Brand, esq. Aged 10, Emma Jackson, the youngest daughter of Mr. Venn, of Highbury Park.

BERKS.-Lately. Aged 68, Sarah, wife of Mr. Robert Cruttwell, of Wokingham.

At Reading, Lancelot Austwick, esq. for many years an Alderman of that town, and a Magistrate for Berkshire.

BUCKS.-Jan. 29. At Stony Stratford, aged 58, Wm. Childs Ratcliffe, gent. late of Wolverton.

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At Beaconsfield, aged 68, Margaret, relict of John Winckworth, esq. of Paddington.

CAMBRIDGE.March 3. At the house of Mrs. Franklin, her daughter, in Witcham Fen, in her 100th year, Elizabeth, relict of Mr. Thomas Rogers, farmer, of Sutton Fen.

DEVON.-At Exeter, aged upwards of 100, Elizabeth Blanchard, widow of the town-serjeant. She was remarkable for ready wit and rhyming, and retained her faculties to the last.

Feb. 21. At Sidmouth, Lieut.-Col. Neil Cockburn, late of the 4th veteran battalion. He was appointed Captain in the 15th batt. of reserve, 1803; of 84th foot, 1804; brevet Major Jan. 1813; of 8th West India regiment May following; Lt.-Col. 1815; of 4th vet. batt. 1819.

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DORSET.-Feb... At Sherborne, Elizabeth-Esther, infant dau. of the Hon. JamesHenry and Lady Elizabeth Dutton.

March 14. At her house at Spetishury, aged 42, the Hon. Anna Maria Arundell, sister to Lord Arundell of Wardour. She was the eldest dau. of Jaines-Everard 9th and late Lord, by his cousin the Hon. Mary Christiana, eldest dau. and coh. of Henry the 8th Lord Arundell. Her remains were interred in the chapel at Wardour Castle.

DURHAM.-March 4. At Durham, Miss Elizabeth Ambler, only daughter of the late Wm. Ambler, esq. many years Recorder of that city.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.-Jan. 21. At Clifton, the wife of Adm. Sir H. Sawyer, K.C.B. Jan. 24. At Gloucester, Lady George Sutton.

Jan. 27. Aged 57, Mr. John Henry Frankis, solicitor, of Bristol.

Feb. 22. Aged 21, Anne, eldest daughter of S. Whittuck, esq. of Hanham Hall, Gloucestershire.

Feb. 26. At Shurdington House, aged 11 months, Margaret Elizabeth, third daughter of Samuel Gist Gist, esq.

March 15. At Bristol Hotwells, at an advanced age, William Pennington, esq. many years Master of the Ceremonies at that place. March 17. The relict of Joseph Marsden, esq. Cheltenham.

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Lately. At Southampton-house, Cheltenham, Mrs. Grace Webb, sister to the late Thomas Bagshott Delabere, esq.

At Chipping Sodbury, Theresa-MaryParker, only child of Mrs. Dando.

HANTS. At Southampton, aged 93, Mrs. Anue Chamier, sister of the late Anthony Chamier, esq. M.P.

March 9. At Newport, Isle of Wight, Georgiana, youngest daughter of the Rev. Peter Geary.

At the Priory, Isle of Wight, aged 48, Eliz. wife of Win. Watkin Anwyl, esq. and only surviving child of the late Sir Nash Grose, knt. formerly a Judge of the King's Bench.

March 11. At Fawley, aged 91, George Cavel; he left a widow, 11 children, 57 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.

March 12. At Southampton, aged 95, Mary-Anne, relict of John Brissault, esq. who formerly carried on an extensive business in sugar baking in that town, and was one of the members of the corporation.

March 21. Aged 88, Thomas Terry, esq.

of Dummer.

KENT.-Feb. 19. At Lewisham, aged 74, John Lane Green, esq.

March 9. At Lewisham, aged 72, N. Hadley, esq.

March 13. Aged 19, Emma - Mary, youngest dau. of Joseph Sladen, esq. of Lee. LANCASHIRE.-March 10. At Liverpool,

oldest Magistrates for the counties of Chester and Lancaster. He had the command of the first volunteer corps raised in the former county in 1793, and retained it until its dissolution at the peace.

LEICESTERSHIRE.-Feb. 21. At Somerby, near Grantham, in her 90th year, the relict of R. Cheney, esq. of Langley Hall, Derbysh.

LINCOLNSHIRE.-Feb. 23. At Grantham, aged 80, Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. C. Churchill, Rector of Great Ponton, daughter of the Rev. Richard Easton, formerly Vicar of Grantham, and sister of the Rev. Win. Easton, Vicar of Barrow-upon-Soar.

March 6. At Louth, Langley Gace, esq. a member of the Louth corporation, and Distributor of Stamps for the parts of Lindsay.

MIDDLESEX.-Feb. 19. At Hill Cottage, near Willesden, Emma, the wife of J. P. De la Fons, esq. of George-st. Hanover-sq. Feb. 25. At Hadley, aged 63, Charles Cottrell, esq.

March 20. Aged 72, Thomas Cooper, esq. of Henley-upon-Thames.

NORTHAMPTON.-Feb. 2. Aged 62, John Hall, of Daventry, gent. banker.

Aged 85, William Blundell, well known by many as huntsman to the late George Freeman, esq. of Long Buckby, during the period he kept his pack of harriers.

Feb. 12. At Whilton, aged 75, Anne, widow of the late Rev. Wm. Lucas Rose, many years Rector of that parish.

March 17. At the Rectory, MiddletonCheney, the wife of the Rev. Archdeacon Churton.

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OXFORD.-March 3. Sarah, wife of Wm. Davey, esq. of Bridge End House, Dorchester. SOMERSET.-Jan. At Taunton, the widow of Rear-Adm. Dundas, and sister to the Right Hon. Lady Harris. She was a dau. and coh. of Charles Dixon, esq. of Bath. The Admiral (who was uncle to the present Sir Wm. Dundas, bart.) died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1814.

Feb. 19. At Bath, aged 28, D. H. Dallas, esq. only son of Lieut.-Gen. Sir T. Dallas. Feb. At Hendford-house, Yeovil, T. Potter Miles, esq.

At Bath, Mary, wife of Richard O. Smith, esq. of Baring-place, Heavitree, and dau. of the late E. Broderip, esq. of Wells.

March 22. At Cossington, aged 67, George Warry, esq.

STAFFORD.-Feb. At Blithfield, in her 20th year, the Hon. Louisa-Frances Bagot, eldest dau. of Lord Bagot.

Feb. 3. At Abbot's Bromley, aged 76, Wm. Flesher, esq. formerly of Ottley, York

shire.

SUFFOLK.-Lately. At Stratford St. Mary, in his 76th year, Wm. Boyfield, esq.

March 6. At Drinkston, aged 70, Joshua Grigby, esq. the eldest and last surviving son of Joshua Grigby, esq. formerly M. P. for Suffolk. His remains were interred on the

12th in a vault made in the middle of his garden, pursuant to his particular desire, the service being read by the Rev. W. P, Scargill, Minister of the Unitarian Chapel at Bury, to whom the deceased bequeathed twenty guineas to perform that duty.

SURREY.-Jan. 28. At Ewell Grove, Elizabeth, widow of the late Sir Thomas Reid, bart. She was daughter and heiress of John Looker Goodfellow, of Newbury, in Berkshire, esq. was married Feb. 21, 1791, and was mother of the present Sir John-Rae Reid, bart. one of the Directors of the Bank of England; of another son, and two daughters, one married to the Rev. Benj. Sandford, Vicar of Farningham in Kent, and the other to Wm. Chas. Lempriere, esq. Captain R.A. Sir Thomas died in 1824.

Feb. 21. At Woodcot Lodge, Mary, wife of Wm. Turner, esq.

Feb. 23. At Chertsey, aged 89, Solomon Hudson, esq.

March 15. At Mortlake, aged 85, Mr. Joseph Christian, of the Strand, and Wig

more-street.

SUSSEX-At Brighton, the Rt. Hon.AnnaMaria Countess dow. of Minto. She was the eldest dau. of Sir George Amyand, the first Bart. by Maria, dau. of John-Abraham Kerton, esq. and was consequently aunt to the present Sir George Cornewall, and elder sister to the Countess dowager of Malmesbury. She was married to Sir Gilbert Elliot, afterwards Earl of Minto, Jan. 3, 1777, and had issue, Gilbert the present Earl, four other sons, and three daughters. Her Ladyship was left a widow in 1814.

WARWICK.-At Warwick, George Boswell, esq. of Witton Hall.

WILTS.-Lately. John Cockell, esq. of Chapmanslade.

March 8. At Sloperton Cottage, Devizes, in her 16th year, Anastasia-Mary, only dau. of Thos. Moore, esq. the modern Anacreon.

March 19. At the Rectory, Wootton Rivers, Amelia, wife of the Rev. Dr. Stone. WORCESTERSHIRE.-March 18. At Old Swinford, aged 64, the widow of Richard Hickman, esq.

March 19. At Waresley-house, AnneIsabella, the youngest daughter of the Rev. S. Wildman Yates.

Lately. Aged 55, Henry Robeson, esq. solicitor, of Bromsgrove.

YORK.-At Holbeck, near Leeds, Betty Jackson, aged 106; she had lived all her life in that village, and had not much suffered from the infirmities of age.

Feb. 8. At Clapham, the relict of Percival Evans, esq. and dau. of late John Lambert, esq. of Cottingham.

Feb. 12. Aged 72, Thomas Strother, esq. of Thorpe Greens, near Whitby.

Feb. 14. At Wickenby, aged 42, Edw. Gillyatt, esq. capt. in the N. Line. Militia.

Feb. 15. At Richmond, the relict of the Rev. C. Goodwill, Rector of that place.

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Feb. 18. At Dalston, aged 74, Mr. Benj. Flower, formerly editor of the Cambridge Intelligencer, and throughout his life the firm friend of civil and religious liberty.

Feb. 20. At Kilnwick Percy, aged 68, Robert Denison, esq., father of the Acting Magistrates of the East-Riding Bench, and a gentleman highly respected in every relation of life.

Feb. 23. Aged 70, Ann, wife of Mr. Marmaduke Buckle, of York, and eldest dau. of the late Mr. Sheriff Porter.

Feb. 25. In her 80th year, Ellen, relict of J. Scholfield, esq., late of Sandal, and mother of William Scholfield esq., of that place, and of J. Scholfield, esq. of Howden, banker.

March 3. At Bishopsthorp, aged 64, Richard Raisin, esq.

March 5. Isabella, youngest dau. of the late N. Sykes, esq. of Swanland.

March 9. At Beverley, aged 49, Capt. George Dawson, late 33d Foot, and son of the Rev. Major Dawson.

March 17. At Heckmondwicke, near Leeds, aged 76, Mr. John Hanbury, formerly of Bartlett's Buildings, London. He was the only surviving descendant of the eminent Joseph Williams of Kidderminster.

March 18. At Scarborough, aged 39, Mr. Geo. Beswick, son of the late Colonel Fothergill, of Gristhorpe.

WALES. - Feb. 25. At Lodge Park, Cardiganshire, aged 17, Catharine, the youngest dau. of the late Simon Griffiths, esq. of Cwmyrhaiad.

March 14. At Blackwood, near Newport, aged 26, Mr. Thos. Webb, surgeon, a young man of promising talents.

SCOTLAND.-At Edinburgh, Mr. R. A. Smith, Precentor in St. George's Church, well-known for his Scottish and Irish Minstrelsy, "The Flower o' Dumblane," &c.

Feb. 25. At Leith, Robina R. Aitkin, relict of the late George Knox, esq., American Consul at Hull.

Feb. 27. At Edinburgh, aged 75, the Right Hon. Mary, dowager Lady Seaforth.

ABROAD. Dec. 2. John Hardwick Minshull, Esq. Capt. Royal Bucks Militia, 2nd son of W. Minshull, Esq of Kentish Town: Also Lieut. John P. Cumming, 88th Foot, eldest son of Major-Gen. Cumming: both of whom were wrecked off Brindisi, on their passage from Corfu to Ancona, when all on board the vessel perished.

Jan. 3. At Amsterdam, aged 62, A. Snoek, the most celebrated tragic actor of the Netherlands. His whole life had been devoted to the dramatic art; for 34 years he had been the chief ornament of the Amsterdam Theatre, where he appeared for the last time on the 4th of December, in the character of Edipus.

Jan. 3. At Paris, aged 63, Madame la Marechale Massena, Duchesse de Rivoli and Princesse d'Esling. Her illustrious