292, Provincial Occurrences. 
the hope of making their court to the tri- 
umphant party, Mr. Ellis, at the exprefs de- 
fire of 2 Great Perfonage, was prevailed on to 
accept the office of Secretary of State for the 
Colonies. His ftay in this office was of very 
thort date, Lord Rockingham and the oppofi- 
tion fucceeding Lord North and his friends in 
the following month. - This was the laft po- 
litical fituation which Mr. Ellis filied. On 
the coalition between Lord North and Mr, 
Fox, he was one of the few old friends of 
his Lordfhip that adhered to him 5 and though 
he fucceeded ta no place in the miniftry 
which followed that artangement, ‘their 
meafures met with his full fupport and con- 
currence. When Mr. Pitt came into power, 
in December 1783, Mr. Ellis followed the 
fortune of his friends; and at this period, 
after an‘aétive political life of forty-four 
years, he faw himfelf, for the firft time, in 
oppofition. He continued fteadily to fupport 
the meafures of this party, until the fchifm 
which took place in 1793, on the fubject of 
the French revolution and the late war, 
when Mr. Ellis, whofe principles and difpo- 
fition equally led him to dilapprove of the 
conduct of the French rulers, joined with 
the Duke of Portland and Mr. Burke in 
giving countenance to the fyftem of adminif- 
tration. He was, however, now too far ad- 
vanced in years to take an aétive part in the 
politics of the day ; and, on the introduétion 
ef the Duke of Portlandinto the cabinet, he 
was, with many others of his Grace’s friends, 
created a peer of the realm. From that time 
this veteran ftatefman led a life of learned 
eafe and dignified retirement, contenting him- 
felf with the fociety of his private friends, 
and reaping the fruits of a good education 
and well-fpent life. His lordfhip was, 
through life, of an ative and diligent turn 
of mind, a corre and accurate, though 
mot an eloguent {peaker in Parliament; and 
notwithftanding his conneétion with fo many 
adminiftrations, and his long familiarity of 
office, of fpotlefs and irreproachable integri- 
ty. It was his principle in general to fup- 
port the meafures of Government; but his 
political opinions were ever confiftent, and 
his political attachments were firm and un- 
PROVINCIA 
(April i, 
fhaken, His lordfhip was*one of the moft 
complete claffical fcholars of the age, and on 
every fubjeé one of the beft informed men 5" 
and the library which he has left behind, is 
perhaps the moft numerous and valuable pri- 
vate collection in the kingdom. In private 
life his virtues were not to be exceeded. He 
was of a domeftic difpofition, a moft affece 
tionate hufband and a fatherly friend to every 
branch of his family. ‘His lordfhip died in 
the 89th year of his age. He was created a 
Peer of Great Britain in 1794, with remain~ 
der, in cafe of failure of male iffue, to the 
Vifcount Clifden and his brothers ; and, in 
failure of iffue from them, to Charles Lord 
Somerton, Archbifhop of Dublin. On Sun- 
day the 7th, his lordfhip’s remains were car 
ried in great funeral pomp from his houfe to 
Weftminfter Abbey, where they were in- 
terred between thofe of Earls Chatham and 
Mansfield. The proceffion was fuperb, con- 
fitting of the hearfe, followed by eleven 
mourning-coaches, each with fix horfes, and 
twenty-two out-riders, with other carriages 
to the number of twenty-two; among which 
were, Lord Clifden’s, now Lord, Mendip, 
Welbore Agar’s, efq. the Duke of Portland’s, 
the Bithops of Landaff's and London’s, Sir 
G. Baker’s, Mr: Dickinfon’s, Mr. Sloan’s, 
Mr. Ryder’s, &c. He has left annuities 
to all his fervants, from fifty to twenty 
pounds a year, according to the length of 
time they had lived with him, The Jate 
Lord Mendip is well known to the curious as 
the poffeflor of Mr. Pope’s villa at Twick- 
enham, in right of his firft wife, daughter of 
Sir Wm. Stanhope, who purchafed it on the 
death of Pope 1744, added two wings, and» 
by a fubterraneous way, annexed an addition 
to the garden, and was particularly attentive 
to preferve every memorial of the Poet,. 
whofe willow, planted by his own hand, pe- 
rifhed laft year. ] 
Exeatum.—lIn the London Marriages of 
laft month, inftead of ‘¢ E. Warren, of Guild- 
ford-ftreet, &c. to Mifs L. Smith, daughter 
of the date Robert Smith, efq.” read, 
‘¢ Mr, Cadell, to Mifs L. Smith, daughter of 
R. Smith, efq. of Bafinghall-fireet.” . 
L OCCURRENCES, 
WITH ati THE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS, 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
¥ 4% Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received. 
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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
The late fhew of cattle at Barnard Caftle, 
(onthe 24th of February laft) exceeded the 
moft fanguine expeCiations of thofe who had 
protected it, there being a great number of 
the beft cattle from the Banks of the Tees, 
hoth fat and lean, which brought great prices 
with a quick faie. The whole .extenfive 
{quare where the cattle are fhewn was 
crowded., The Agricultural Society. there, . 
purpofes to eftablifh three other fhew days, in 
the courfe of the year. On the above day, 
thirty members of the fuciety dined toge- 
ther, ’ 
Married} 
