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Knowley Hall, where Lady Derby was in 

 the daily exercise of benevolence and cha- 

 rity. She died there, after several years of 

 iU-health, on the 23d of April, 1829. 



COUNT PINDEMONTE. 



This nobleman, one of the most esteemed 

 modem Italian poets, whose recent death 

 we have to record, was born at Verona, in 

 1753. He was educated at the College of 

 the Priests of the Order of St. Charles, at 

 Modena. He relinquished his studies there 

 at the age of eighteen ; and, soon after, 

 wards, he qublished a series of Essays in ' 

 Prose and Verse ; some of which were com- 

 posed in Latin, and others were transla- 

 tions from the Latin and the Greek. His 

 frorks, which we can only partially enume- 

 rate, were extensive and varied : amongst 

 them, we find the following : — a Transla- 

 tion of the first two books of the Odyssey ; 

 — Fragments of the Georgics ; — Abarite ; 

 — Bucolics, in Prose and Verse ; — Two 

 Epistles in Verse, one addressed to Homer, 

 the other to Virgil ; — The Tomb ; — Verses 

 on the Theseus of Canova, and on the death 

 of that Artist ; — Eulogiums on several dis- 

 tinguished persons ; — Verses on the Voy- 

 ages of Captain Parry ; — Sonnets addressed 

 to Antonio Cagnoli ; — Stanzas on the Death 

 of Jliss Bathurst, who was drowned in the 

 Tiber ; — a Discourse on Theatres ; — Dis- 

 sertation on the English Mode of Garden- 

 ing, &c. 



Count Pindemonte was distinguished as 

 much by the excellent qualities of his heart, 

 as by his fine genius. His constitution was 

 naturally weak ; yet, by care and temper- 

 ance, he attained the age of seventy-six. 

 He had visited England, France, Germany, 

 Holland, &c. ; and, wherever he went, his 

 benevolent disposition and urbane manners 

 ensured him an increase of friends. Amongst 

 his intimates was the celebrated dramatist 

 AlHeri, whom he was accustomed to meet 

 at Paris and at Florence. 



The magistrates of the city of Verona, 

 where Count Pindemonte died, also the 

 professors of the public schools, the mem- 

 bers of the Agrarian Academy, and all 

 the most distinguished inhabitants, attended 

 his funeral ; and it is understood that a 

 monument will be erected to his memory. 



8IE WILLIAM nUnnOUGHS, BART. 



Sir M'illiam Burroughs was the fourth 

 Ron of the Kcv. Lewis Burroughs, D.D., of 

 Dunibow, in the county of Londonderry, 

 by Mary, daughter of Richard Cane, of 

 Lalabrian, in the county of Kildare, Esq. 

 Having been bred to the law, he was called 

 to the Irish bar, in 177'!- Soon afterwards, 

 he embarked for India, and practised with 

 considerable success at Calcutta. He filled 

 the office of Advocate (fencral of Bengal 

 during the government of Lord Comwallis ; 

 after wliich he returned to Europe, and, on 

 tlic 1st of December, 1{!04, he was created 

 a Baronet. In the same year he was elected 



M. P. for Enniskellen, in Ireland. He 

 frequently spoke in the House of Commons ; 

 at first on the ministerial side ; but after- 

 wards, he more usually voted with the Op- 

 position. At the last general election but 

 one, he was again returned, but lost his seat 

 on a petition against him. 



Sir William Burroughs married Letitia, 

 daughter of 'William Newburgh, Esq., of 

 Ballyhaise, in the county of Cavan, by 

 whom he had an only daughter, who sur- 

 vives him. Sir WiUiam died at his seat, 

 Castle Bagshaw, in the same county, early 

 in June. 



LORD HARRIS. 



The Right Hon. George Harris, Baron 

 Harris, of Seringapatam and ]Mysore in the 

 East Indies, and of Belmont, in the county 

 of Kent, G.C.B., a General in the army, 

 Colonel of the 73d regiment of Foot, and 

 Governor of Dumbarton Castle, was the son 

 of tl'e Rev. George Harris, of Brasted, in 

 the county of Kent, by Sarah, daughter of 

 George Twentyman, of Baintree, in the 

 county of Cumberland, Esq. He was born 

 on the 18th of March, 1746. Having en- 

 tered the anny at an early period of life, he 

 held the rank of Lieut. General at the siege 

 and capture of Seringapatam, in the year 

 1709; and, it was in commemoration of 

 his signal gallantry and important services 

 on that occasion, that he was advanced to 

 the peerage, on the 11th of August, 1815. 



Lord Harris married, in 1779j Ann Car- 

 teret, youngest daughter and co-heiress of 

 Charles Dixon, Esq. of Bath. His third 

 son, Charles, fell in the act of leading on 

 the troops to tlie attack on New Orleans, on 

 the 8th of January, 1815. His Lordship 

 died at Belmont, on the 19th Jlay, and 

 was succeeded by his eldest son, William 

 George, a Colonel in the army. 



JIR. MACREADT. 



Mr. WUliam ]Macrcady, the father of 

 IMr. Macready, one of the most popular 

 actors of the present day, was a native of 

 Dubhn. He was bred to the business of 

 an upholsterer, by his father, who carried 

 on that trade there to a considerable extent. 

 Having a strong penchant for the stage, he 

 relinquished his business, performed in 

 almost all the Irish provincial theatres, and 

 at length obtained a respectable situation in 

 ]\Ir. Daly's company, at Dublin. He was 

 so engaged when the veteran 3Iacklin paid 

 his last visit to Ireland. IMacklin, desirous 

 of appearing in his own comedy of The 

 Man of the World, allotted the character 

 of Egerton to Mr. Daly. The manager 

 submitted to the old man's caprice, in being 

 directed like a school-boy, until the .appella- 

 tions of "blockhead," "stupid fellow," 

 " no actor," " dunce," &c. were bestowed 

 on him with much liberality, when he threw 

 up the part in disgust, ftlacready was se- 

 lected as his substitute ; and he accommo. 

 dated liimsclf with so much deference to the 



