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Register.—Deaths.

pany's service.—15. At Rudding Park, Yorkshire, the Right Hon. Kathrine, Dowager-Countess of Aberdeen, aged 83.—18. At Wick, Mrs Ann Innes, relict of Captain John Sutherland of Wester—22. At Collampton, Devon, William Chisholm of Chisholm, Esq.—23. At London, in Upper Seymour Street, George Paterson, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service.—At Woolwich, Lieut-Colonel Foy of the royal artillery.—24. In Tonbridge Place, John Dunbar, Esq. late of Penang.—28. At Edinburgh, William Wight, Esq. formerly of the island of Jamaica.—31. In Cumberland Place, London, the Right Hon. Lady Frances Douglas, wife of the Hon. John Douglas, and eldest daughter of the Earl of Harewood—In October last, at Sierra Leone, Robert Hogan, Esq. LL.D. his Majesty's chief justice and admiralty judge in that settlement. As a gentleman and a scholar, a sincere friend and a social companion, Dr Hogan had not a superior. But to describe him solely by these qualities would fall far short of his merits. Dr Hogan had not been many months in the possession of a situation from which he looked forward to honour and emolument, when he was seized with a fever (the effect of the climate), which in a few days put a period to his life. He was a native of the county of Limerick, in Ireland.—Lately, in Vernon Place, London, Charles Combe, M.D. F.R.S. aged 73.—Lately at Kensington, the Rev. William Beloe, rector of Allhallows, and prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. Mr B. was a native of Norwich, where his father followed the business of a china-man; and was educated at the university of Cambrige. He obtained the vicarage of Earlshavn, with Bowthorpe annexed; and in 1796 the rectory of Allhallows. He was for many years assistant librarian of the British Museum, and highly respectable as a scholar. As an author, he was chiefly known as a compiler; and in association with the Rev. Robert Nares, the Rev. William Tooke, and the late Mr Morrison, he prepared for the press an edition of the "Biographical Dictionary," in 15 vols 8vo, and was, with the Rev. Robert Nares, a principal conductor of the "British Critic." Amongst his separate publications are, "The History of Herodotus, from the Greek, with Notes," 4 vols 8vo; "The Attic Nights of Auras Gellius, translated," 3 vols 8vo; "Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce books," 6 vols 8vo—Lately, at Cambridge, the Rev. Robert Tyrwhitt, M.A. formerly fellow of Jesus College, aged 82.—Lately, at Bath, the Right Hon. Alex. Thomson, Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, aged 72.

April 2. At Cullen Wood, near Dublin, James Ross, Esq. of Pitcailnie.—4. At Dunbar Lodge, Mrs Hay relict of the Hon. William Hay of Lawfield.—5. At Ewes Manse, the Rev. John Laurie, minister of that Parish.—7. At his apartments, Macclesfield Street, Mr Thomas Hearne, well known for his British antiquities, his drawings, and particularly his accurate and unrivalled delineations of Gothic architecture—10. At Tiverton, Charles Maxwell, Esq. late of Dalswinton, aged 82—11. At Gatcomb House, near Portsmouth, Lady Curtis, relict of Sir Roger Curtis, Bart.—At Mauldslie Castle, the Right Honourable the Earl of Hyndford. His private character was highly estimable. Few noblemen have been so much beloved. The greater part of his time was devoted to agricultural pursuits at Westraw, and to the embellishment of his princely seat at Mauldslie. He was one of the most skilful farmers in a district particularly distinguished for the excellence of its farming. Mauldslie, his patrimonial inheritance, is now separated from the Hyndford estate. It has fallen to his Lordship's sister, Mrs Nisbet of Carphin. Sir John Anstruther, Bart, succeeds to the entailed estate. The title is extinct.—14. At Maybole, Samuel Wheatley, aged 97, who at that advanced age retained all his faculties to the last.—Mr Owen O'Toole of Pepperland, county of Wicklow, at the advanced age of 105 years. He was the lineal descendent of the famous O'Toole, whose resistance to Cromwell has been so celebrated. A short time before his death, he walked twenty miles in one day—15. In George's Square, Edinburgh, Mary Erskine, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Dr John Erskine of Carnock, one of the ministers of Edinburgh, and spouse of Dr Charles Stewart of Dunearn—16. At Edinburgh, Mr Henry Moncrief, clerk to the signet—17. At Dundee, Dr Thomas Constable, late minister of the united parishes of Liff and Benvie—19. At Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, Miss Jane Ross, youngest daughter of the late Lord Ankerville—20. At London, in the 45th year of his age, Colonel Mitchell of the 51st regiment. This gallant officer served several campaigns in the Peninsula, under the Duke of Wellington, with great credit and distinction; and lastly, at the memorable battle of Waterloo, where he commanded a brigade of infantry.—23. At Jedburgh, Joseph Pringle, Esq. of Ferney-green, late consul-general at Madeira—24. At Edinburgh, Mary, Lady Rollo, widow of James, Lord Rollo—29. On the Steyne, Brighton, Mrs Brisbane, relict of Admiral Brisbane.—Lately, the Hon. Thomas Clifford, youngest son of the late, and brother of the present, Lord Clifford,—Lately, at Dent, Yorkshire, Mrs King, at the age of 111 years—On the 14th September last, at Meerat, Bengal, Major James Lumsdaine, in the Hon. East India Company's service, eldest son of the late William Lumsdaine, Esq. W. S. Edinburgh.



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