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Irish parliament, and always voted 

 on the purest patriotic principles. 

 He was lately a benefactor to the li- 

 terary world, byhis very interesting 

 Memoirs of Lord Charlemont, who 

 was his intimate friend. 



25. At Venice Vice-admiral 

 Villaret Joyeuse, grand-cordon of 

 the legion of honour, and governor 

 of that city. 



30. Sir J. Parnell, bart. 



Lately, Christian Gottlieb Heyne, 

 aged 83, the celebrated classical 

 professor at Gottingen, and one of 

 the most eminent critics and scho- 

 lars in Europe. 



Lady Lucinda Ramsay, Aaughiet 

 of the late Earl of Dalhousie. 



August. 



8. At Dublin, in his 92nd year. 

 General Charles Vallancey, LL. D. 

 F. 11. S. director of the corps of 

 royal engineers in Ireland, and one 

 of the vice-presidents of the Dub- 

 lin society: He was the author of 

 numerous works, of which the ear- 

 liest related to the art of fortifica- 

 tion ; butthegreaterpartto the his- 

 tory and antiquities of Ireland, to 

 the study of which he was enthu- 

 siastically attached. Of these are, 

 A Grammar of the Iberno-CeU 

 tic, or Irish Language ; an Efe- 

 say on the Antiquity of that Lan- 

 guage ; a Vindication of the An- 

 cient History of Ireland ; and 

 Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, 

 in several numbers. 



9. Sir J. Shatv Stewart, bart. of 

 Ardgowan, Scotland, aged 74. 



10. The hon. Frances Elizabeth 

 Domville, wife of Compton Dom- 

 ville, esq. and daughter of the Bi- 

 shop of Kildare. 



22. Major-freneral Kirhpatrick, on 

 the Bengal establishment, a gentle- 



man particularly conversant with 

 the history, antiquities, religions, 

 and languages of the East. Among 

 other situations of trust in the East 

 India company's service, he was 

 ambassador and resident with the 

 Nizam at Hydrabad, and at the 

 courts of Madajee Scindiah, and 

 Shah Allum, the great Mogul. He 

 published, besides other works, a 

 translation of the biography of the 

 Persian poets, by Dowlat Shah ; 

 an account of the kingdom of Na- 

 paul, whither he had accompanied 

 the deposed rajah in order to re- 

 store him ; and a selection of Tip- 

 poo Sultan's letters. He had made 

 a most valuable collection of Per- 

 sian and other Oriental MSS- 

 which he deposited at the library of 

 the India-iiouse, where they are 

 liberally left open to the public. 

 The general was universally es- 

 teemed, as well for his private 

 virtues, as his talents in public 

 offices. 



Sir John Eden, bart. of Windle- 

 stone, Durham, aged 72. He was 

 elder brother of Lords Auckland 

 and Henley, and represented the 

 county of Durham from l??* to 

 1790. 



27. At Bray, in the county of 

 Wicklow, in his 81st year, John 

 Lord de Blaquiere, K. B. and a 

 privy-councillor in Ireland. His 

 Lordship was brought up to busi- 

 ness ; was principal secretary to the 

 lord-lieutenant of Ireland in 1772, 

 whence he gradually rose to his 

 titles and honours. He left a nu- 

 merous family, of whom the eldest 

 son is now a prisoner in France. 



30. Penelope, wife of Sir Henry 

 Every, bart. of Eggington, county 

 of Derby. 



Lately, Rear-admiral Laird, 

 Strathmartin, Scotland. 



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