31. At Plymouth Dock, in his 70th year, Sir John Thomas Duckworth, bart. admiral of the White Squadron, Commander-in-chief on the Plymouth station, and M. P. for New Romney. This admiral, who was the son of a clergyman of a respectable family in Devonshire, fulfilled his duties in the navy with great credit, though the principal service which he performed without a superior was a victory over a French squadron of five ships of the line in St. Domingo Bay, in 1805. He was twice married, and left issue by

each of his wives.

At Twickenham, aged 75, Vicountess Howe, widow of William Viscount Howe, and daughter of the Rt. Hon. William Conolly, of Castle-Town, Ireland.

September.

1. In Dublin, of a typhus fever, the Hon. Judge Osborne, fourth Justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland.

12. At the Cape of Good Hope, Thomas Sheridan, Esq. eldest son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by his first wife, Miss Linley. He left a widow and several children.

At Bath, the Rt. Hon. Sir John M'Mahon, bart. a Privy Counsellor, and late Private Secretary and Keeper of the Privy-purse to the Prince Regent.

17. In her 67th year, at Ponton House, near Grantham, Lady Kent, relict of Sir Charles Kent, bart.

18. In Serjeant's Inn, Fleet Street, William Charles Wells, M.D. F.R.S. one of the physicians to St. Thomas's Hospital, aged 60. Dr. Wells was a native of Charlestown,

South Carolina, descended from Scottish parents; and after a medical education, conducted partly in Charlestown, and partly at Edinburgh and London, he settled in the latter place for the practice of his profession. It was a considerable time before he met with encouragement; nor indeed does it appear that his employment ever rose higher than a competence; but his turn was chiefly to reading and meditation, and he obtained the character of a perspicuous, vigorous, and elegant writer. Of his philosophical works, Experiments and Observations on Vision, and an esssay upon Dew, are among the most distinguished. Almost all his writings upon medical subjects are contained in the second and third volumes of Transactions of a society for the promotion of medical and chirurgical knowledge.

22. In Hanover-square, aged 72, Sir James Earl, Master of the Royal College of Surgeons, and many years senior surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and surgeon extraordinary to his Majesty and household. Sir James rose to high distinction as a professional writer, and his works give proof of the result of accurate observation and extensive practice.

25. At Interlaken, Switzerland, Lord Melgund, eldest son of the Earl of Minto.

Edinburgh, he distinguished himself by several publications, of which the following were the most considerable : - Observations on the Structure and Functions of the Nervous System. The Structure and Physiology of Fishes. A Description of all the Bursæ Mucosa of the Human Body. Experiments on the Nervous System with Opium and Metalline Substances. Three Treatises on the Brain, the Eye, and the Ear. Observations on Crural Hernia. The Morbid Anatomy of the Gullet, the Stomach, and the Intestines. Observations on the Thoracic Duct.

8. The Hon. Henry Erskine, brother to Lord Buchan and to Lord Erskine, and long the leader and ornament of the Scotch bar. He was considered as one of the heads of the whigs in Scotland; and his powers in conversation were not less distinguished for their brilliancy, than his professional talents for their soundness and sagacity.

14. Aged near 70, the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran. He was a native of the county of Cork, and after completing his education at Dublin college, he was called to the Irish bar, and by his splendid talents was soon brought into notice. He obtained a silk gown under the administration of the Duke of Portland; and in 1784 he acquired a seat in the Irish House of Commons, in which, by his sportive humour, he seconded the efforts of the popular party in favour of the national freedom. and independence. As a lawyer he was not particularly distinguished by the extent of his knowledge, or the depth of his re

searches; but there were scarcely any on the Irish bench who equalled him in addressing a jury. Some of his speeches in defence of his unfortunate countrymen have been published, and are favourable proofs of the warmth of his eloquence. During the viceroyalty of the Duke of Bedford, he was made Master of the Rolls, in which he distinguished himself for clear and correct decisions. In 1815 he accepted a pension of 3,000l. a year, settled upon him on resigning his office; after which he passed the rest of his life chiefly near London.

15. In Bedfordshire, the Right Hon. St. Andrew Lord St. John, Baron St. John of Bletso, in his 59th year. He represented the county of Bedford for nearly 25 years previous to the death of his elder brother, whom he succeeded. He married the eldest daughter of Sir Charles Rouse Boughton, by whom he left a son and heir, and other children.

16. At Soleure, in Switzerland, Gen. Thaddeus Kosciusko, the brave but unfortunate defender of the liberty of Poland.

November.

6. To the inexpressible grief of a whole nation, died in child-birth, the Princess Charlotte Augusta, daughter of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and consort of Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg. The particulars of this lamentable event will be found recorded in the pages of our Chronicle.

7. At Windsor, in his 91st year, John Andre de Luc, a member of the Royal Societies of London and

Paris, &c. He was born at Geneva, and was for many years reader to her Majesty. The great object of his study was the investigation of the arrangement and composition of the globe, in which it was his purpose to prove the evidence of the scriptures by plain and demonstrable facts. In pursuit of this intention he visited most of the countries of Europe, where he made himself known to most of the men of science of the age. The fruit of his different inquiries were a treatise on Geology, and six volumes of Geological travels. For several years he was confined to his room by the infirmities of age, but his scientific ardour remained unabated.

12. In the 72d year of her age, Dame Mary Evelyn, widow of Sir Frederick Evelyn of Wootton in Surrey, bart. and only issue of William Turton, Esq.

14. At Mr. Coke's, in Norfolk, in her 42d year, the Right Hon. Countess of Albemarle, after a premature labour. She was the fourth

daughter of Edward Lord de Clifford, and of fifteen children eleven survive her.

17. At Canterbury, in his 62d year, Sir Robert Salisbury, bart. 24. At Edinburgh, Sir Patrick Inglis, bart.

December.

12. At Edinburgh, Sir J. Henderson, bart.

18. At Cambridge, in his 25th year, the Hon. Charles Fox Maitland, youngest son of the Earl of Lauderdale.

25. At Hampton Court Palace, Right Hon. Lady Caroline Herbert, relict of Charles Herbert, Esq. and sister to the late Duke of Manchester.

At the rectory of St. Paul's, Deptford, the Rev. Dr. Charles Burney, an excellent scholar, and a truly benevolent divine.

28. At Oakley-Park, near Ludlow, in her 84th year, Margaret Lady Clive, relict of Robert first Lord Clive.

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