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was an able mathematician, anil an 

 excellent writer. For Dr. Grego- 

 ry's Dictionary of Arts and Sci- 

 ences, he furnished a large number 

 of articles, which exhibit a sound 

 judgment, powers of correct rea- 

 soning, and a vast store of general 

 knowledge. During the last two 

 years, he was a contributor to the 

 Rev. Dr. Rees's New Cyclopedia, 

 and perhaps almost one of his last 

 efforts was the drawing up a short 

 article for that work. In the volume 

 that is yet unpublished, will be 

 found among other articles from 

 the pen of Mr. Grellier, one on the 

 docks that will be read with interest. 

 In the office in which the greater 

 part of his time was spent, he was 

 highly respected for a most diligent 

 attention to the various duties of 

 his station, for his accuracy in bu- 

 siness, for his strict and undeviating 

 integritj% and for the amiableness 

 of his manners. As a husband, a 

 father, and a friend, his loss will be 

 long and severely felt. In every 

 relation of life, he was beloved 

 while living, and those who were 

 best acquainted with his virtues 

 and talents, will most and longest 

 revere his memory. 



Killed, in the month of October 

 last, in a glorious attempt to repulse 

 a body of French troops, who had 

 landed in the Island of Capri, major 

 John Hamill, of the Maltese regi- 

 ment. This gallant and heroic of- 

 ficer had only seen his 30th year, 

 when his country was deprived of 

 his valuable services. He was a 

 native of the north of Ireland, and 

 traced his descent from a most res- 

 pectable Roman catholic family. — 

 His fate was attended with circum- 

 stances truly affecting — circum- 

 stances equally calculated to excite 

 fiensations of regret and admiration, 



and which must render his memo- 

 ry dear to the nation in whose ser- 

 vice he bled, and confer immortal 

 honour upon his name. 



In the London road, St. George's 

 Fields, Andrew Robinson Bowes, 

 esq. whose marriage to the countess 

 of Strathmore, thirty-three years 

 ago (when captain Stoney), occa- 

 sioned much bustle in the fashion- 

 able world. Pursuant to the will 

 of her ladyship's father, he then 

 took the name of Bowes (as lord 

 Strathmore, her first husband, had 

 also done), and for a few years, the 

 splendor of his establishments, both 

 in Grosvenor-square, and at the 

 mansion of Gibside, in the county 

 of Durham, eclipsed those of all his 

 competitors. His political connec- 

 tions were also among the higher 

 class; not only a seat in the lower 

 House, but the dignity of the Irish 

 peerage was destined for him, under 

 the Rockingham Administration ; 

 but this bright aspect of his affairs 

 was soon clouded. His friends 

 went out of office, domestic broils 

 between him and his noble consort 

 arose so high, that the law was ap- 

 pealed to; hecarriedher off, placed 

 her in confinement, and therein was 

 guilty of contempt of court. Her 

 ladyship made all advantage of this 

 intemperate conduct ; he was re- 

 quired to give security for keeping 

 the peace in so large a sum, that 

 he never would ask any friend to 

 be bail for him, and has ever since, 

 for the long space of twenty-five 

 years, been a prisoner in the King's 

 Bench prison. Lady Strathmore 

 had afterwards interest to get a 

 court of delegates appointed, which 

 high court pronounced a sentence 

 of divorce between her and Mr. 

 Bowes. During Mr. Bowes's con- 

 finement, his demeanor obtained 



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