1806.) 
One of thefe events had aétually taken place, 
and the other foon followed. In this critical 
ftate of affairs, the eyes of the Cabinet and 
the nation were once more turned towards 
him, and he was invefted with the yice-regal 
powers, amidft the acclamations of hoth 
kingdoms. His adminiftration was fhort ; 
but it was fuccefsful. The union of the in- 
furgents was diflulved, the difaffe€ted difarm- 
ed, and an invading enemy taken captive. 
But his adminiftration was accompanied by 
merits of another, and ofa better kind, for mi- 
litary defpotif{m in a great meafure ceafed ; 
the fyftem of plunder and free quarters was 
checked ; and the torture, the rack, the whip, 
the fcourge, and the halter abolifhed, as inftru- 
ments not within the pale of legitimate go- 
vernment. The reftoration.of tranquillity in 
Ireland was foon fucceeded by its union with 
Great Britain, on which Marquis Cornwallis 
refigned the government of the country and 
returned to England. Here he was foon 
called upon to at&t a diftinguifhed part in the 
negotiations which were opened for a general 
peace, being in 1801 appointed the plenipo- 
tentiary of Great Britain to the congrefs af- 
fembled for effecting that defirable objeét. 
The refult was, the peace of Amiens. The 
life of Lord Cornwallis was a feries of ho-. 
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nourable exertions in the fervice of his coun- 
try, with very fhort intervals of repofe, Lit- 
tle more than two years elapfed after his re- 
turn from France, when government. was 
again dcfirous of availing itfelf of his talents 
and experience. The affairs of India were in 
a critical ftate, and no perfon feemed fo pro- 
per to reftore them, as one under whofe au- 
{pices they had formerly been fo flourifhing. 
The appointment of governor-general was 
accordingly offered him, and he accepted it, 
with a {trong prefentiment that he could not 
furvive the ordinary period during which that 
office is held. His health had been fenfibly 
on the decline fur fome months previous to 
his embarkation ; and he had every reafon to- 
dread the effeéts of a tropical atmofphere 
upon a frame already yielding to the hand of. 
time, and impaired by the variety of fervices 
in which he had been employed under every 
viciflitude of climate. Soon after his arrival 
in the Eaft Indies, he fet out to take the 
command of the army, when he was arrefted 
by the hand of death at Ghazeepore, in the 
province of Benares, on the sth of October. 
The Marquis is fucceeded in his honours and 
eftates by his only fon, Charles Vifcount 
Brome, who is married to Louifa, one of the 
daughters of the Duke of Gordon, 
PROVINCTAL OCCURRENCES: 
WITH atu tHE MARRIAGES anp DEATHS ; 
Arranged geographically, or in the Order of the Counties, from North to South. 
*,* Authentic Communications for this Department are always very thankfully received, 
meni, PS 
NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 
T a meeting of the Durham Agricultural 
Society, held at Durham on the 21ft of 
December, 1805, it was refolved to offer the 
following rewards for the enfuing year: 
No. r. Tothe farmer whofe ground, not 
lefs than 150 acres, fhall be deemed to be in 
the moft fkilful mode of cultivation and bei 
condition,—5s guineas. 
2, Forthe greateft quantity, and beft in 
quality, of rye grafs feed, produced from 
two acres of ground,—-s guineas. 
3. For the bef -ftallion for getting harnefs 
ordraught horfes, to be kept inthe county of 
Durham, asa ftallion, for one feafon after- 
wards, and to atrcend Durham market in the 
ufual manner,—3 guineas. 
4. For the beft ftallion for getting hunters 
or road horfes, with the fame injunétions as 
laft mentioned in No. 3,—3 guineas. 
5. For the beft bull, not lefs than two 
years old, to be kept in the county of Dur- 
ham one feafon afterwarde,—-3 guineas. 
6, For the beft tup, whether aged or thear- 
Monturyx Mag. No. 142. 
ing, to be kept in the county of Durham 
for one year afterwards, 3 guineas. 
7. For the beft cow or heifer, in milk or 
with calf, to be kept in Darlington or Stock- 
ton wards for two years afterwards, as a breed- 
ing cow,-—3 guineas. 
8, For the beft cow or heifer, in milk or 
with calf, to be kept in Chefter or Eafington | 
wards for two years afterwards, as a breeding 
cOw,——3 guineas. ) 
g- For the beft pen of five fat weddep 
fheep, under two years old, bred and fed by 
the refpe€tive candidates in the county of 
Durham, ant foza fide their property at the 
time of fhewing, and which has not been fed 
by any other than green food,—1© gtineas, 
10. For the beit fat ox, bred and fed in the 
county of Durham, certified to be under four 
years old at the time of fhewing,—10 gui= 
neas. As the fhort horned breed has been 
the only one hitherto fhowa, fhould any 
ox of any other true and ynmixed breed be 
fhown, and prove to have the moft merit, 
the additional fum of five guineas fhall be 
given, inorder te indyce perfons in pofielign 
Aa “of 
