124 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



plenipotentiaries at the negociation 

 for peace at Paris with Dr. Frank- 

 lin. Mr. Hartley had also the 

 merit of being the first mover in the 

 House cf Commons for the aboli- 

 tion of the slave trade. He was a 

 correct and animated speaiier in 

 parliament ; and with polished and 

 dignified manners possessed all the 

 amiablerirtuesof private life. His 



scientific knowledge, especially ia 

 mechanics and chemistry, was dis- 

 played in several useful inventions, 

 one of which was a method for se- 

 curing buildings from fire. 



22. Mary, wife of sir W. Rule. 



25. Margaret, wife of sir Tho- 

 mas Sheppard, bart. of Thornton- 

 hall, Bucks. 



CENTENARY DEATHS. 



January. 



Thomas Warden, Epping, 111. 



Mrs. Tippen, Taunton, 100. 



Amos Prince, Milbrook, near 

 Plymouth, 103. 



Moses Pring, Milbrook, 107. 



Mrs. Gatehouse, Alford, Lin- 

 colnshire, 101. 



Mr. Armstrong, West Dereham, 

 101. 



Mrs. Mary Waters, Bedrainster, 

 104.. 



Mr. White, Milborne Port, 106. 



Mrs. Strong, Castle-Sowerby, 

 Westmoreland, 103. 



Mary Roberts, Bramwith, York- 

 shire, 105. 



Mrs. Rowntree, Whitby, 104. 



John Delahunt, M. D. near 

 Waterford, 100. 



Mrs. Cromwell, Ponder's-end, 

 104-5. . 



February. 



M. Bertrand D. de Lille, a 

 French emigrant, who had been 

 first valet de chambre of Louis 

 XV for forty years, 107. 



March. 



Mrs. Ursula Evans, Wellington, 

 Herefordshire, 108. 



Sarah Robson, Great Whitting- 

 liatu, Norihuiubei'land, 104. 



April. 



Betty Crook, Warminster, 105. 

 She had been ninety years servant 

 in one family. 



William Grantney, a Chelsea 

 out-pensioner, Newcastle^ 102. 



Daniel M'Kinnon, Falkirk, 103. 



Mrs. Ferris, Exeter, 102. , 



Archibald Grieve, Stapleton, 

 Cumberland, 102. 



Miss Sarah Hodgson, Becker- 

 mont, Cumberland, 102. 



Alice Buckley, Taddington, 

 Derbyshire, 106-7- 



Mr. W. Snowden, Durham, 

 100-1. 



Mr. John Ling, Woodbastwick, 

 Norfolk, 104-5. 



Elizabeth Wilcock, Carborton, 

 Nottinghamshire, 102. 



John Stiff, Norton, Suffolk, 104. 



Mr. John Ward, Hampton- 

 Lucy, Warwickshire, ] 00. 



Mrs. Yates, Chaddesley- Corbet, 

 Worcestershire, 103. 



Elizabeth Hartley, Clifton, near 

 York, 101-2. 



Mrs. Jane Jones, Mold, Flint- 

 shire, 103. 



May. 



Elizabeth Bell, Whitehaven, 

 (died by an accident), 106. 

 Elizabeth Frger, a uativeof Kent, 



