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nourable tribute to his worth and 

 services of 47 years. 



15. Robert Findlay,'D.D.'PTO- 

 feasor of Divinity in the university 

 of Glasgow, aged 94. 



16. Charles Henri^ Mordannt, 

 Earl of Peterborough and Mon- 

 month, in his 57th year. By his 

 death the earldom is extinct. 



17. H. Tresham, Esq. R. A. 

 member of the academies of Rome 

 and Bologna. He was a native of 

 Ireland, and long" resided in Italy 

 for improvement as a painter, by 

 which he acquired a marked pre- 

 dilection for the Roman school. 

 As an artist he possessed consider- 

 able talents; but he was particu- 

 larly distinguished as an excellent 

 judjje of the productions of art, 

 ancient and modern, in which ca- 

 pacity he was selected to superin- 



• tend the splendid publication of 

 ensrravings from the works of an- 

 cient masters in English collections, 

 undertaken by Messrs. Longman 

 and Co. iMr. Tresham also possess- 

 ed a talent for poetry, and was 

 much esteemed for his social qua- 

 lities. 



21 . Baron Minto, late Governor- 

 general of India, aged 63. He 

 was the son of Sir Gilbert Elliot, a 

 distinguished member of Parlia- 

 ment in the court interest ; but 

 upon his own entrance into the 

 House of Commons, in 1774, he 

 took the side of opposition. He 

 continued to support the measures 

 of that party with high reputation, 

 till the alarm excited by the French 

 revolution caused him, with many 

 others, to go over to the ministry ; 

 and having been made a member 

 of the Privy-council in 1793, he 

 was sent to Corsica to negociate 

 the accession of that island to the 

 sovereignty of Great Britain. He 



accepted, for his Majesty, the 

 royal title of Corsica, and conti- 

 nued there as Viceroy till the pre- 

 valence of the French party oblig- 

 ed him to quit it. After his re- 

 turn he was raised to the British 

 peerage, and in 1797 was sent 

 ambassador to Vienna. He suc- 

 ceeded the Marquis of Wellesley 

 in the general government of I.i- 

 dia, and accompanied the expedi- 

 tion for reducing the island of 

 Java in 1811. Returning at the 

 expiration of his authority, he 

 experienced a gradual decline of 

 health, which, at length, brought 

 his life to a close. 



Sir Eiastnus Gotver, knt. Ad- 

 miral of the White, in his 72nd 

 year. 



24. Sir T. Roberts, bart. Irel. 

 in his 78th year. 



29. Hon. Mrs. Caroline Howe, 

 widow of J. H. Esq. of Hounslow, 

 in her 93rd year, 



Mary Viscountess Wentworth, 

 daughter of Chancellor Northing- 

 ton, and relict ofthe last Earl Ligo- 

 nier. 



Hon. Capt. Walpole, second son 

 of the Earl of Orford, aged 30. 



Lately, 



Frances Mwrie/, Baroness Adare. 



John Lemon, Esq. M. P. for 

 Truro. 



Adm. Sir T. Graves, K. B. 



Rev. Sir Robert Hughes, bart. 



Ladj/ Gierke, wife of Rev. Jos. 

 Townsend, Rector of Pewsey. 



July. 



8. Sir Soulden Lawrence, knt. 

 Justice of the Court of Common 

 Pleas. 



9. Rt. Rev. Dr. Delany, titu- 

 lar bishop of the united Dioceses 

 of Kildare and Loughlin. 



