352 Deaths —Lord Mounimorres.. Mrs. Cornelly... Lord. Amberft. f Aue, { 
dead upon the floor. It appeared that he had 
put the piftol into his mouth, which accounts 
tor its not being heard by the fervant. Dr. Willis 
had now arrived, but_too late Although his 
lordfhip was not without his peculiarities, his 
moral and private character was lreproachable. 
He was a harmlefs inoffenfive man, gentle i in bis 
manners, and upright in his principles. His 
pee knowledge was great, and his primar 
ambition was to diffeminate the ue of his 
invefigations for the benefit of manxind. , Dur- 
ing the agitation of the ey ana in the 
Ik ith Houte. of Lords, he proved himfelf at. once 
a friend of the king, and a champion for the 
rights of the people. ‘The in ngratitude with 
which thefe fervices were overlooked, but above 
all che heart-rending accounts he conftantly re- 
ceived from Ireland, tended to increafe his 
ental diftrefs, and probably haftened the dread- 
fal. cataftrophe already recorded-—-He was a 
liberal patron of literature, 
able and much-admired Political Effays, during 
“the difcuffion of the regency bill —Though a 
ftaunch fupporter of the monarchy and coapa fu- 
tion, he was a determined enemy to the corrupt 
practices which have reduced his native country 
to its prefent qiftrefled fituation.—In his ex- 
penditure he was rigidly economical, yet was 
ever attentive to the calls cf humanity, and 
ady to extend a bountiful hand to the poor. 
His charities were. not oftentatious, but liberal 
and fincere —He improved his fortune (which 
had been much reduced) to about §ocol. a 
year. 
At an advanced age, in the Fleet-prifon, 
Mss /Cornelly, the once diftinguifhed pric fteis 
of fafhion, who prefided feveral years with éclat 
inthe world of gaiety. She was a native of 
Germany, and was a public finger in Italy, and 
“Germany. She came'to this country between 
30 and 40 years ago, and being of an enter- 
prizing charaéter, pofleffing a re underftand- 
Ing, great knowledge of life, and polithed man- 
nexs, “the raifed herfelf into notice, and obtained 
the patronage of the beau monde to all the 
amufements her tafte and fancy couid faggett. 
For many years her large houfe, intitled Carlifie 
Houle, was the favourite region of amufement 
in the Aavt Hae and it was fo well replenifhed 
with diverfified amufements, that-no other place 
‘ef public entertainment could pretend to rival 
its attractions. The firt event that shook-her 
influence; was, her venturing to introduce an 
HARMONIC MEETING, asa fort of j 
tion with the Opera Hout fe" ‘The Preprigtors 
of the latter were cHereae alarmed, aad ap- 
plied to the magiltrates to fapprefs th’s novel 
amufement. Sir fohn Fielcing vigoreufly in- 
terfered in their behalf, took Guadani, the 
chief finger of Carlifle Houfe, into cufiody, and 
efre€tually put a ftop to the undertake ing. 
was a fevere blow to Mrs. Cornelly, as) the 
‘had been at confiderable expence to render 
the plan, if poffible, fuperior in attraction to 
the Italian Opera; yet, by her concerts, 
and the author of 
fome very uleful works. —He alfo wrote fome_ 
This: 
balls, and mafquerades, fhe ftill made a-con- 
fiderable figure; her expences, however, were 
great, and her influence was evidently on the 
decline, wyien a-faihionable amufement -was In- 
ftituted among the ladies, intitled the Coterie. 
The blow which gave ‘the finithing ftroke to 
her confequence was ‘he Pantheon,.the beauty 
and grandeur of which, drew away all whole 
patronage could. give a fanétion to a public en- 
tertainment. Her creditors then began to-grow 
clamorous, and fhe was at length obliged to 
relinguifh the concern, and to feek in conceal- 
ment a fhelter from legai proiecutien. She 
“remained in obfcurity many years, under the 
name of Mzs. Smith, but a year or two age, 
fhe came forward again, and fuch was the 
ftrange tranfition in her fate, kept a houfe in 
Be hess as.a vender of ailes’ mik, In 
this fituation, however, fhe itil! retained a defire 
of sefuming her former purfuits; and for this 
purpofe ornamented a fuite of rooms, in order to 
have occafionally a public déjane" for people ef 
fathion. . The manners of the times however 
were changed, and her tafte had not adapted 
itfelf to the variations of fathion; aad after much 
expence beflewed ‘in gaudy and frivolous em- 
bellifiments, fhe was obliged to abandon the 
fcheme, and to feck an afylum from her 
creditors. She had a fon and daughter, to whonz 
fhe gave all the accomplifhments which are de- 
rived. from modern education, The fon was 
tutor to the prefent lord Pomfret. He’ was a: 
excellent fcholar, and an amiable man. He 
allowed his mother an annuity till his death, 
which happened fome years ago. The datgbtr 
is fill alive, and, under andtaer! name, has long 
been patronized by fonie noble families, whe 
knew her mother in better days: 
Cowper leit her an annuity, which fhe at pre- 
fent enjoys, and her mufical talents procure her - 
ar ealy introduction in’ polite circles. The me- 
lancholy end-of this lacy, holds fortha leflon to 
the improvident, for, with common difcretién, 
fne might have clofed her life in affluence. 
At his feat ar Montreal, near Seven Qaks, 
Kent, aged 83, the Right Honourable Lord 
Ambherit, field marfaal in the army, colonel of 
the 2d freziment of life-guards, and* the 6cth 
regiment, knight of the bath, privy counfeilor, 
&e. &c. He received his firft commiffion in 
the army, in 1731, was appointed aid-de-camp’ 
to general lord I Legoni r, in 1747, and attended 
his lordghip: in that Capacity at the battles of 
Dettingen, Fontenoy, and Roucoux. 
Ghee ee appointed aid- -de-camp to the duke 
of Cumberland, and as fuch, was prelent at the 
‘battle of Laffeldt.. In 1756, he was promoted 
to.the colonelcy of the fifteenth regiment of 
foot, and was afterwards with the duke of 
Cumberland at the battle of Haftenbeck. In. 
1758, March 16, he. failed from Portfmouth, 
as major-general, commanding the truops deftin- 
ed for the fiege Ae Louiiburg. November 9, 
in the fame year, he was Appointed commander 
in chief of the Britith army in America, and 
Jonel in caief of the Goth regiment, and 
afterwards 
The fate lady” 
He was’ 

