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the public charities, which happily abound 

 in our vast metropolis. Besides being a 

 Knight of the Garter, and a Knight Grand 

 Cross of the Bath, his Royal Highness was 

 Ranger of Bagshot-park, and Chancellor of 

 the University of Cambridge. The military 

 career of the Duke was as follows :— The 

 first commission of his Royal Highness was 

 that of Captain in the First Foot Guards, 

 with the rank of Colonel, and dated nth 

 March, 1789. In March, 1794, his Royal 

 Highness, then Prince William, went to 

 Flanders to join his company in the 1st 

 battalion, and on the l6th April was appointed 

 to the command of a brigade, consisting of 

 the 14th, 37th, and 53rd Regiments. His 

 Royal Highness was immediately afterwards 

 appointed to the command of the 11 5th Regt. 

 (3rd May, 1791,) and had a letter of service 

 as Colonel on the staff and to do the duty of 

 General Officer in the army, in which capa- 

 city he served the whole of the campaign. 

 On Feb. 16, 1795, his Royal Highness re- 

 ceived the rank of Major-General. Nov. 8, 

 same year, he was appointed Colonel of 

 the 6th Regiment of Foot. While Major- 

 General, he was appointed (1799) to the 

 command of a brigade comprising two 

 battalions of the fifth and two of the 35th, 

 forming apart of the Duke of York's army. 

 Nov. 13, 1799, his Royal Highness received 

 the rank of Lieutenant- General; April 25th, 

 1808, that of General ; May 26th, I809, ap- 

 pointed to the Colonelcy of the 3rd Guards, 

 now the Scots Fusileers ; in I816, his late 

 Majesty, by special warrant, conferred on 

 the Duke the title of Prince of the Blood 

 Royal, on the occasion of the marriage of 

 his Royal Highness with his cousin the 

 Princess Mary. — The venerable Dr. Carey, 

 whose indefatigable labours in translating 

 the Holy Scriptures into the languages of 

 the East are so well known to the Biblical 

 scholar, and to all the friends of Missions, 

 has finished his earthly course. He expired 

 at Serampore, the scene of his valuable and 

 interesting labours, on the 9th of June, de- 

 claring to his surrounding friends, the Cross 

 of Christ and the Atonement of the Redeemer 

 to be the only and all-sufficient ground of 

 his confidence and joy. — At Birmingham, 

 in the 102d year of her age, Mrs. S. Collins. — 

 At Bath, Viscount St. Leger, only brother 

 of the Hon. Mrs. Leighton, widow of Col. 

 IvCighton. This lady has lost her husband 

 and brother in the short space of a few days. 

 In his 58th year, the Rev. Samuel Lowe, 

 A. M. Rector of Darlaston, in the county of 

 Stafford. — At Stockton Rectory, Anne Bar- 

 bara, wife of the Rev. Charles Whitmore, 

 AM. and fourth daughter of the late Thomas 

 Giffard, Esq. of Chillington, Staffordshire.— 

 Aged 38, Mary Ann, wife of Lieutenant Jas. 

 Reece Lane, R. M. and eldest child of the 

 late William Parry, Esq. of Arkstone Court, 

 Herefordshire — In the 94th year of her age, 

 Ann, relict of Francis Derry, Esq. formerly 

 of Birchin, in the parish of Castle Froome, 

 Herefordshire.— At Cheshunt Park, the resi- 

 dence of T. A. Russell, Esq. Lieut-General 

 G. A. Armstrong, aged 63.— At Clifton, 

 Richard Jenkins, Esq. of Beachley Lodge, 

 Gloucestershire, aged 58.— Aged 51 , sincerely 

 and deservedly regretted by her family and 

 friends, Ann, the beloved wife of Thomas 

 Leonard, Esq. of Worcester.— In France, 

 Charles, only son of Thomas Fitz Herbert, 

 Esq. of Swinnerton Hall, Staffordshu-e.— At 

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Great Marlow, Bucks, Hypatla, youngest 

 daughter of the late Rev. Lewis Evans, 

 Vicar of Froxfield, Wilts, and niece of the 

 Rev. A. B. Evans, Gloucester.— At Bitterley 

 Court, in the county of Salop, in the 69th 

 year of his age, the Rev. John Walcot, 39 

 years Rector of the parish of Bitterley. — In 

 the 5ith year of his age, John Scudamore 

 Lechmere Pateshall, Esq. surgeon, of Here- 

 ford. — In the 89th year of his age, William 

 Read, Esq. of Brunswick-square, near 

 Gloucester. — At Tewkesbury, Mr. William 

 Shakspeare Hart, the seventh descendant 

 from our immortal bard. — At Mountain, 

 Holt, James Smith, Esq. aged 61 ; a distin- 

 guished agriculturist, and well known as a 

 member of the Bath and West of England 

 Society. — At Peterborough-house, Fulham, 

 (having survived his wife only three weeks,) 

 Sir C. Egleton Kent, IJart. of Ponton House, 

 aged 50. He is succeeded in his title and 

 estates by his only child, now Sir C. Kent, 

 Bart, a minor. — In the 83rd year of his age, 

 Jonathan Peel, Esq. of Aecrington House, 

 Lancashire, the sole surviving brother of the 

 late, and uncle of the present. Sir Robert 

 Peel, Bart. — Aged 46, Thomas Pringle, Esq. 

 for several years Secretary to the London 

 Anti-Slavery Society.— At the Moors, near 

 Ross, Susan Bennett, and on the following 

 Thursday, Ellen and Martha, sisters of the 

 above, of the ages of 21, 19, and 16, daugh- 

 ters of Mr. John Bennett, of that place ; 

 they were all buried in one grave on Friday, 

 the 28th ult. The whole of them a few days 

 previous enjoyed perfect health. — Aged 39, 

 Richard Jones Powell, Esq. of Hinton, near 

 Hereford, Recorder of the City, and Chair- 

 man of tlie Quarter Sessions for the County; 

 He was one of the Vice-Presidents, and a 

 liberal benefactor to the Herefordshire Fe- 

 male Servants' Reward Society. His death 

 is deeply regretted : whetner as a public 

 or private man, his life was most valuable. 

 At Cradley, near Stourbridge, Cathe- 

 rine, wife of the Rev. S. Fiddian, Wesleyan 

 Minister, late of Hereford.— Martha, the be- 

 loved wife of Mr. Richard Law, of Kidder, 

 minster. — In Euston-square, London, in the 

 72nd year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of 

 Thomas Creswell, Esq. late of Tenbury. — 

 In the 75th year of her age, Mary, relict of 

 John Jones, Esq. late of Hazel Court, Here- 

 fordshire. — At his house at Stourbridge, 

 aged 74, W. Scott, Esq.— At Saltley, War- 

 wickshire, at the advanced age of 102, Mrs. 

 Jane Twist.— The French Papers announce 

 the death of a man at Polock, in Luthania, 

 aged 188. He had seen seven monarchs on 

 the throne of Russia, and served Gustavus 

 Adolphus as a soldier during the 30 years 

 war. At 93, he married his third wife, who 

 lived 50 years with him, and bore him seve- 

 ral children.— At Manchester, Rowland De- 

 trosier ; he directed his remains to be devot- 

 ed to the purposes of science. — At Glasgow, 

 aged 43, the Rev. Edward Irving.— Mr. F. A. 

 Ebert, the great German bibliographer, and 

 chief librarian to the King of Saxony. His 

 death was occasioned by a fall from a ladder, 

 from which he was reaching for a book in 

 the Royal Library. — In Cadogan-place, in 

 her 75th year. Lady Tryshens Bathurst, eld- 

 est sister of the late Earl Bathurst.— At Lea 

 Hall, YardJey, within a few days of having 

 completed his 80th year, John Blount, Esq. 

 one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace 

 for the county of Worcester.— At Barrow 



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