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a member of the Irish Parliament, 

 in which he distinguished himself 

 by a warm attachment to the in- 

 terests of Ireland, and a zealous 

 opposition to what he regarded as 

 the abuses of the administration. 

 He employed his leisure time in 

 perfecting several mechanical in- 

 ventions, and in reducing to a 

 science the construction of wheel 

 carriages and roads ; and he was 

 likewise the author of many va- 

 luable papers in the transactions 

 of the Royal Irish Academy, and 

 other Dublin societies. He also 

 wrote several occasional pieces in 

 different branches of literature ; 

 and took much pleasure in culti- 

 vating the genius of his admirable 

 daughter. Miss EJgeworth, w-hom 

 he joined in some of her com- 

 positions. INIr. Edgeworth was 

 married a fourth time, and left 

 his wife a widow with a young 

 family. 



16 At Knowsley, Right Hon. 

 Larlij Stanley. 



27- Lady Suttie, v/ife of Sir 

 James Suttie, Bart. 



30. At Dover, the Rev. John 

 Lyon, Minister of St Mary the 

 Virgin in Dover, who distinguish ■ 

 ed himself by his writings on the 

 subject of Electricity, in which he 

 became a strenuous advocate for 

 the permeability of glass to elec- 

 tricity. He also composed a His- 

 tory of Dover, Avitli a short ac- 

 count of the Cinque Ports. 



At Dresden, Werner, the cele- 

 lirated mineralogist. 



July. 



8. In his 63d year, the Right 

 Hon. George Ponsonby, M. P. for 

 AV'icklow. He was second son to 

 the Speaker of the Irish House of 



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Commons, and was called to the 

 bar of that country in 1780. 

 From the Rockingham admini- 

 stration he obtained the lucrative 

 office in, 173'2, of tirst counsel to 

 the Commissioners cf the Reve- 

 nue ; and he was soon after in- 

 troduced to tlie Irish Parliament, 

 but did not attempt to distinguish 

 liimself there till he was removed 

 from his office in 178S by the 

 Marquis of Buckingham, Lord 

 Lieutenant. Mr. Ponsonby then 

 acted with vigtmr in the opposi- 

 tion, till the accession of his 

 friends to power laised him to 

 the dignity of Chancellor of Ire- 

 land in 1S06. This post he again 

 lost on the removal oF himself 

 and his friends from the admini- 

 stration ; and from that time he 

 has been considered as a leader of 

 opposition in the House of Com- 

 mons. His language and man- 

 ners were those of a gentleman ; 

 and disdaining a floweiy or fig'U- 

 rative diction, he only aimed at 

 stating argimients fully and for- 

 cibly, in which he often succeeded. 

 He was married in 1/81 to Lady 

 ]Mary Butler, eldest daughter of 

 the second Earl of Belvedere, by 

 whom he left several cliildren. 



9. At Brighton, in her 87th 

 year. Lady Ann M:irray, sister to 

 the late Earl of Manslleld. 



10. At Noj'thuml'crland House, 

 in his 75th year, Hugh, Duke of 

 Northumberktnd. His Grace suc- 

 ceeded his father Hugh, the late 

 Duke, l/SG. He married in 176^ 

 Lady Ann Stuart, third daugliter 

 of .lohn Earl of Bute, by whom 

 he had no issue, antl the mai- 

 riage was dis -solved by act of 

 Parliament in 1779. In the same 

 jear he married Frances Julia 

 BurrcU, third daughter of Peter 



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